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./■'Vfc’t *+'y ■ • A- * X , itHf «* r i r 'j- JtJMM FOUR. THE BABWWRLL PROPtB-SKNTTOBU BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1924 m f 1 - *■ IWEaia wll pRople-Sentinei JOHN W. HOLMES >r 1940—4t IX m. P. DAvTeS. Editor «ad Proprietor. Entered at the poet office at Barnwell. 8. C., as lecond-claaa matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ,$1.60 Six Months — .90 lluee Months -BO . (Strictly In Adraace.) THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1934 MERRY CHRISTMAS! In presenting: our annual Christmas edition of The People-Sentinel to our rabsertbers. we wish each and every one of them a Merry Christmas and express the hope that Santa Claus will remember all of our little friends who so trustingly sent us their letters fbr publication, as well as those who communicated with good' old Saint Nicholas in some other way. We also urge our friends to patron ise the advertisers who cooperated so generously in making this edition pos sible. They are anxious to serve you aa shown by their messages in this issue. ■ t f ; |y Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Filea of The Barnwell People. DECEMBER 18, 1884. There are several cases of roseola in town. Mr. J. Allen Tobin is gracefully and efficiently filling the position of Sher iff’s clerk. Major E. Steadman, who has re cently removed to Columbia, was thrown from his buggy week before last and badly hurt, several bones be ing broken. He is now rapidly recov ering. Rev. D. W. Key, formerly of Orangeburg, has accepted calls for the next year from the Williston and Rosemary Baptist Churches. A Good Days’ Work. The best day’s work that the farm ers of the South have done in a long while was accomplished Friday, when they shouted their overwhelming ap proval of continuing the Bankhead Act for another year. As we stated last week. The People-Sentinel regards control of cdttoh ‘production as the aahrmtion of the Southern farmer, and the result of Fridby’s referendum was a stinging rebuke to those selfish in terests who seek to continue to ex ploit the cottontots. A bitter fight was waged against the Bankhead Act by cotton handlers, exporters and others who are interest ed in the production of large crops, regardless of their effect upon the pro ducers. But the Southern farmers had the beneficial effects of the operation of the Act this year and they refused to be delivered into the hands of the Philistines. True, there were some injustices and inequalities in the administration of the Act this year, but President Roose velt and his helpers have promised to eliminate these in 1935. The big ma jority in favor of continuance was probabiy due to the President’s en dorsement of control and his promise to take care cf the “little farmer.” And speaking of exporters, we fail to see how the Southern farmer can be benehtted by exporting a large amount of cotton unless he is paid a profitable price therefor. Those who fiivor large exports at the world price overlook the fact that the cotton pro ducer must come into direct competi tion with poorly paid labor in India, South America, China and elsewhere, while at the same time he is forced to make his needed purchases in a tar iff-protected home market. If we are to continue to produce for export, some sort of debenture plan must be put into operation. Perhaps the com ing Congress will devote its attention to this phase of the situation. Hie Judiciary and Back Pay. Were the average taxpayer in South Carolina to express his unbiased opin ion of the recent decision in the so- called' Grimball case and the subse quent rush of the judges to get their *%nck, pay,” he would doubtless be held in contempt cf court. But there i* no denying the fact that bitter criticism is being launched against the judiciary. -r The legislature, in its feverish ef forts to trim the sails of the ship of _ state during the <?ar^ and dire days of the depression, reduced the salaries ■of all State officers and employes 10 per cent. Economy was the watch word and we do not recall that any of the judges voiced their opposition to the cut at that time or resigned rather than accept the reduction. Now that we are beginning to see a little day light ahead, they immediately demand and receive this “back pay” on the grounds that the cut was “unconstitu- tkmal.” Seme of the more thoughtful are wondering why they did not also demand interest on that part of their salaries “witheld” from them! R has been pointed cut that when 4he salaries of judges were raised a fie wyears ago, no objection was raised ■ Ay the judiciary, although the Constr- tathm provides that the salaries of constitutional officers cannot be raised ipor lowered during their term of of- See. In this instance, the Constitution man defeated by providing certain with “expense accounts” in of a raise in salary. N Tempera mutantur, et nos mutamur mis. Coroner Tobin held an inquest on Tuesday on the dead body of Sarah Johnson, colored, who was accidentally burned to death on Capt. H. J. Croft’s place in George’s Creek towmship. The County Treasurer reports the taxes collected up to the 15th inst’ to be: State, $20,818.63; County, $16,- 905:33; Special, $6,680.29; School, $8,- 437.04; Poll, $6,697.67; Trial Justice fines, $201.10; Circus License, $190. Cotton receipts at Williston this season are 200 bales ahead of last year’s shipments. At Blackvilli from August 23rd to December 13th they foot up 7,857 bales, 794 bales ahead of last year’s receipts. Mr. J. Allen Weathersbee, of Williston, is holding 360 bales of cot ton for a rise in price. DECEMBER 16. 1904. Farmer J. D. Garrison’s cotton fire was not so great as first feared. Seven bales were repacked after the burned cotton was piced off the nine damag ed bales. To the loss of two bales must be added the differehce in price that the repacked bales bring. The sadl death at Blackville on Tues day of Mrs. J. B. Morris, Jr., has brought deep and wide sorrow to the many loving ones who knew her as cherished daughter, devoted wife, sin- Executions to me directed by J. . J. MASTER’S SALE. Bell, Treasurer of Barnwell County, I . ! — have this day levied upon and will sell Under , and by ’virtue of a decree of to the highest bidder for cash, be- the Court of Common Pleas for Bam- tween the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Monday, the 7th day of January, 1935, this being Salesday. in said month, the following described real estate well County, State of South Carolina, in thi^ case of Aiken Mortgage and Realty Company, plaintiff, vs. A. By ron Hair, Mrs. M. 'E. Still and J. J Creek. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers and revenue stamps. That the Master shall require the highest bidder at the sale, other than the plaintiff, to make a cash deposit of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars (which does not exceed three (3 per cent.) pa* Cudd, defendants, I, the undersigned ’ centum of the total indebtedness due sill in front of the-Court the plaintiff,) as earnest money in the £ \ ' ~ ~ • uc'TVta sformait in unnlipH ^11 X2$ xX V v x wssx^ ’ v. & -. . Five hundred and forty (540) acr^s Ifouse ’at Blarnwell, S. C., during the biddfing. The deposit to be applied cere*friend. To the bereaved busband above fexecuticn and Costs. in this time of crushing grief all his former co-workers of this office ten- der their—sincerest, most—heartfelt sympathy. Mr. John A. Newsom resigijpd the position he has held- so efficiently and courteously with the Bank of Barnwell and its successor to accept a post of much larger promise and opportunity at Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. W. C. Jen nings of the Easterling-Patterson Co. will be Mr. Newsom’s successor and the Barnwell Branch is fortunate to secure his entirely capable assistance. The following “invitation has been received here: “Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dicks request the honor of your pres ence at the marriage of their niece, Frances Marie Cave, to Mr. Archie Franklin Greene, Wednesday after noon, December twenty-second, at six o’clock, at their residence, Greenland, South Carolina, 1909.” PIRATE TREASURE HIDDEN ON ISLAND? Story Says 20,000 Pounds of Silver Was Buried. Monhegnn Island, Maine.—A vast pi rate treasure may be burled somewhere on Monhegan Island—the first land sighted In the New world hy. many early navigators. At least, so some folks believe. More than 20,000 pounds of Silver, so the story goes, may be had for the dig ging—if the treasure really was burled here. Whether It Is merely a legend, some old-timers tell how It has been handed down-that more than 200 years ago a bloody hand of buccaneers sailed north ward to spend the spring and summer in the Gulf of Maine after a success ful tour of southern seas. ~ '44te- Jtellamy-W4Wmtt>t- eomiainy—-ns Country Doctors ForcedT the pirate hand was known because it was commanded hy rapt. Samuel Bel lamy ami Paul Williams, once a re spected Newport (It. 1.) seaman, put out for Rhode Islam! In a fh'pt of two pirate vessels and two prizes. A great storm descended upon them, driving one of the prizes and (plain Bellamy’s 300-ton galley, Whidaw, aground on t’a|>e Cod near Wellfieet. Captain Wilburns’ ship rode out the storm, as did the other prize, which he is said to have ransacked as In- prepared to llee for Monhegan. The story goes that the governor of Massachusetts hay. hearing of the dis aster, dispatched Capt. Cyprian Sputh- ack to the scene with orders to obtain what pirate loot be could In the name* of the crown. But, after a wide search, including an examination of the submerged hulk of dhe wrecked ships, all Captain Southack could find were 102 bodies and ships’ fittings which hud been washed ashore and six real, live pirates. Failure of this search has led Mon hegan folks to believe Williams pro ceeded here. They say he established a base on this Indian outpost, 12 miles from the island, but up a bumper pirating busi ness all his own and made of the unin habited island a port of call where he is believed to have burled the 20,000 pounds of silver. • "> Laughs and Jokes.-With His Shadow Customers W.nshlDgtuiL—Frank Hodges laughs and fulks with shadows. Hodges lives behind • n curfain of semidarkness. He’s not blind nor can he see. Fourteen months ago an in- hereut eye weakness nil but shut him out completely from the rest of the world. ^ He is proprietor of a confectionery stand in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration building. Originally he sold only papers and magazines, but found It impossible to support Ids wife and Yankee Tourists Leave $105,000,000 Overseas Washington.—About $1(15,000,000 of American money was left in foreign countries Id the first six months of 1934 its a result of tourist spending, the Deportment of Commerce has re ported. The expenditures by 103,320 Amer ican tourists abroad were offset part ly hy *25,000,000 spent hy foreign tour ists in this country, leaving an “un favorable" American balance of SSO.- 000,000. At the same time immigrant, remittances to foreign countries were S58.000.000 and charitable remittances .$50,000,000. A total ot SiKH.OOO.OOO in gold and currency Hewed to the United States from the rest of the world in the first six months of this year In settlement of international trade, tourist and linunciol accounts. of land and 9 buildings in Tinker’s legal hours of sale, on the 7th clay of Cresk School District, bounded on the January, 1935, same being salesday in North by Turner Smith and others, 1 said month, to the highest bidder, the East by Est. of G. W. Jowers and R. CV Sprawls, • South by Mitchell, Bell and Kennedy, West by Youngbood and others. Levied upon and sold as the proper ty Estate of C. M. Bell to satisfy the —ALSO:— Sixty acres of land in Morris School District, bounded on the North by M. C. Diamond, East by G. J. Diamond, South by Liza Cave and West by Con nelly Mill Creek. ^ Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of Johnnie Cave to satisfy the above Execution and costs. —ALSO:— Seven acres of land in Barnwell School District, bounded on the North by J. Bunyan Black, East by J. Bun- yan Black, South and West by Terie Richardson. Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of Miss S. T. Patterson to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. -t-ALSO:— Eighteen acres cf land in Reedy Branch School District, bounded on the North by Bsrnwell-Orangeburg Public road, East by Orlando Black, South bv Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and West by Mazie Butler; Also, 36 following described premises: All that certain lot of land with the improve ments thereon, situate in the town of Blackville, Barnwell County, South Carolina, at the corner of Clark and Pascallis Streets, and bounded as fcl- Jows: - On the North by Pascallis Street; on the East by what is known as Railroad lot; on the West by Clark Street and on the South by lot of B upon the bid, should there be a com pliance; that the person making the highest bid, other than the plaintiff, fail to make such deposit immediately at the time of acceptance of his bid then the mortgaged premises will be re-sold at once upon the same terms, at the risk of such bidder, on the same salesday; that any biddier making the deposit herein required fail to comply with his bid, without lawful excuse then such deposit shall be retained by the selling officer andioifeited to the acres of land irrKeedjTBrancTr School District, bounded on the J'lorth by Badnwell-Orangeburg Public road, East by Nix, South by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and West by Orlando Black. -4 Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of L. B. T. Black to satisfy the above Execution and costs. —ALSO:— Three acres cf land in Four Mile School Distric:, -bounced on the North by Odom, East by J. F. Swett anJ South by Kennedy Estate. Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of S. J. Fickling to satisfy the above Execution and c:sts. —ALSO:— One lot in the town cf Blackville, bounded cn the North by Springtown Public road, East by lot of Williams, South' - ^ la mis of J. D. Whittle, West to Take Up Live Stock Kansas City, Mo.—Country doctors are being forced to become farmers iM-canse so many of their patients pay them In live stock and produce, physi cians attending a convention here re cently said. One doctor said he had accumulated so much live stock he had heeti obliged to move Into the country in order to provide room for it. School Chalk Color Causes Eye Strain Lincoln, Neb.—It’s not bad writing, but the color of the chalk used on school-room blackboards that causes eye strain of pupils. Addressing thF Southeastern Ne braska Optometrists’ association here, Dr. Leo G. Miller said that yellow chalk on the blackboard is much easier to see, causes less eye strain, requires letters only two- thirds to three-quarters the stz^ of those in white chalk. NOTICE! ¥he Barnwell Production Credit Association will hold its, annual meet ing in the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., at 10:30 a. m., January 4, 1935. Ail members -are urged- to-be- presenti-f- and are also asked to invite non-mem- bsr farmer fiien^l? t^ come to the meeting. F. V. JAMES, Secretary-Treasurer. Legal Advertisements L. Boylston. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers an<f revenue stamps And that the Master require the suc cessful bidder to deposit with him at the conclusion of the bidding, a sum of money equal to five per cent, of such bid as a guaranty that such bid will be complied with; that upon fail ure of the successful bidder to make such deposit, the Master shall immedi ately re-sell, on the same salesday, the said premises, upon the same terms and conditions, ignoring any bid made by or on behalf of such defaulting bid der; and that such deposit shall be credited upon the purchase price, and if said bid be not complied with with in a reasonable time the said deposit to be forfeited to the plaintiff as liqui dated damages. G. M. GREENE, _ _ _ Master, Barnwell County MASTER’S SALE. plaintiff aa, liquidated damages. That no personal or ^deficiency judg ment is demanded and that the bid ding will not remain open after the sale, but that compliance with the bid may be made immediately. G. M. GREENE, Master, Barnwell County. MASTER’S SALE. Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court cf Common Pleas for Barn well County, South Carolina, in the case of Marie T. Cornell, plaintiff, vs. Mattie Bell, et al., defendants, I, the unebrsigned Master will sell in front of the Court House at Barnwell, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale, cn the 7th cay of January, 1935. same being sales day in said month, to the highest bidder, the following de- by lands of Jupiter Brown. Levied upon'and sold as the proper \Jnder and by virtue of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas f:r Barn- well County, State of South Carolina, in the case of D. O. Fanning, plain tiff, vs. E. W. McKerley and B. J. McKerley, defendants, I, the under signed Master, will sell in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., during the legal hours of sale, tn the 7th d&y of January, 1935, same being salesday in said month, to the highest bidder, the following described premises: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Barn well County, State aforesaid, with improvements thereon, containing and measuring sixty (60) acres, more or less,, arid hnunded aft-foliows: On the “All of that piece, parcel or tract of land in Rosemary Township, Barr- well County, State aforesaid, contain ing 90 acres, .more or less, and bound ed on the North by lands of the estate* of W. P. Mitchell; on the East by lands of estate of W. P. Mitchell am. Hamp Woodward; on the South In lands of J. W. Kennedy and cn the West by lands of R. E. Woodward.” — Also: Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will five children on }he‘ meager re- ! file m y fi . nal account as Executrix un- dter the terms of the last Will and Testament of the late Ransom Snell- ing, deceased, with the Hon. John K. Sneliing, Judge of Probate for; Barn well County, S ate of South Carolina, upon Saturday, January 12th, 1935, at lOiOO'Tz'elock in the forenoon, and pe tition’the said Court* for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismissory. Elizabeth Sneliing, Executrix, Estate of Ransom Sneliing, Deceased. Dec. 20, 1934.—4t. turns. r However, Frank laughs and jokes with his shadowy customers. His wares are arranged on a shelf in rows. He recognizes each brand of candy or cigarettes by its position. Occasional ly his brothers stop in just to sec that he hasn't got the magazines or papers upside down. • He has no way of determining the denomination of paper money. Yet ev erything balances. He knows some of his shadows by the sound of their voices. He hands them what they want or they take It If he’s busy. Some'doy he hopes to. muster the art of cataloguing a man by the In- lomitlons of his voice. r ~ % ADVERTISE in Th* People* SeqtiM) ty of Handy Flem to satisfy above Execution and costs. —ALSO:— Ninety-five acres in Red Oak School District, bounded cn the North by P. T. Carter, East by Baldock Public road, South by lands formerly of Black, West by Rosanna Carter. Levied upon and sold as the proper ty cf Mrs. S.-C. Hay to satisfy the above Execution and c:sts. —ALSO:— Seventeen acres of land and 1 build ing in Kline School District, bounded as follows: North by Brown and'Bush, East by Sou. Cotton Oil Co., South by Jim Mortis and West by Brown an Bush. Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of Caessr Johnson to satisfy the above Execution and costs. —ALSO:— Eighty-three (83) acres of land in Ellenton School Distiict, boundod cn tfie North by lands of W. B. Turner, East by B. L. Peeples, South by Juno Johnson, West by C. M. Turner. Levied upon* and sold as the propor- ty of Adeline Tutt to satisfy the above Execution and costs. ^ ^ —ALSO:— Ninety-two (92) acres of land -in Ellenten School District, bounded on the North hy^Casse^-CD.i East and South by Ashley Co., and West by .Ch&i^ie. Cato. . Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of W. A. Todd to satisfy the above above Execution and costs. —ALSO:—f Forty-five aeres of land 1 and one building in Friendship School Dis-* trict, bounded on the North and East by lands of Jim Morris, South by lands of B. _L. Zoun and West by lands of Britton Morris. \ Levied upon and sold as the proper ty of Est. Mrs. Belle Zorn and heirs at law, Joe Zorn, Ed Zorn and N *t Z:rn to satisfy the above Execution and costs. —ALSO:— Twenty acres of land' and 1 build ing in Diamond School Distiict, bound ed as follows: North by Brown and Bush, East by Baldqok Public road, South by Terie Rithardsln and West by Est. of Morris. North by laftek of A. B. McKerley; on the East by lands of W. H. Baxley and N. Blatt;M)i£the South by lands of D the j O. Fanning and on the West by Reeves “All that piece, parcel or tract of land in Rosemary Township, Barnwell County, State aforesaid, containing 30 acres, more or less and bounded cn the North by lands of Bertha and May McLemore; on the East by lands of C. B. Parker; on the South by lands cf J. W. Kennedy antf on the West by lands cf A.-fr McLem i<f.” ' ~ Terms cf sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers and Revenue stamps. G. M. GREENE, Master, Barnwell County. MADAM BELL PALMIST MAKES AN HONEST PROPOSITION guarantee success where all other Palmists fail, give never-failing advice upon all matters of life, such as love, courtship, marriage, divorce, business, law suits, speculation and! transac- tiens of all kinds. I never fail to reunite the separated, cause speedy and happy marriages, overceme enemies, rivals, lover’s quarrels, evil habits, stumbling blocks and bad luck of all kinds. Permanently bcate^ in tents on Barnwell-Allendale Highway just this side of Still’s Filling Station. WATCH FOR SIGNS AND TENTS. Office Hours:—9:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. m. — Open Daily and Sunday. SEPARATE ROOMS FOR WHITE AND COLORED. t** SPOTS! We Sure Can CLEAN ’1 Coarse or sheer Fabric - - it’s all the same to us* WE KNOW" HOW to treat “spotsV - - how to save that or suit for further wear. SHERIFFS SALES. State of Souvh Carolina, County of Barnwell. Under and by virtue of certain Tax • * Plexico’s Dry Cleaners Levied upon and sold as the proper ty cf Est. of E. F. Sease to satisfy the above Execution and costs. ^ , J. B. MORRIS, Sheriff, Burnwell Co.,, Barnwell, S. C., Dec. 18, 1934. BROWN & BUSH BROWN-BUSH BUILDING BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS