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.•*v PAGE FOUR. THE BARNWELL PEOrLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 1936. The Barnwell People-Sentinel 1 J ack »imkin S . he claims to stand for ■ ■ — roseyvelt, but is violently against you and ickes ami hopkins ^tnd wallis and congress and the sennate. there is JOHN W. HOLMES \ 1840—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year fl.50 Six Months Three Months *60 (Strictly in Advanea.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. My Hopeless Hope. ____When I was a young fellow, fresh ffresh i 8 right) from the cornfield, my greatest ambition was to be a clerk in a store.’ “A store” is also correct; we had only one gtore in the little country town about 6 miles from our home. I never saw even that store until I was over 10. I craved to walk up and down the floor behind the counter; to open the showcase and snatch out a piece of French candy ever now and then; to eat an apple when I wanted one, and count out those pretty red sticks of peppermint candy for the lucky child that frequently had enough money to buy 3 cents worth of that |w^et, glistening stuff, all at one time. a colored man who lives here that is very black; he claims to be' a white man, so jim and the negro gentleman is put in the game class. as for the undersigned, hon. mike Clark, rfd, he is for the present crowd staying in offis onner count of all our mills i a running full time, wages are satisfactory, t taxes ain’t verry high, our scholl teachers is getting paid, food i s cheap, cotton is high, everboddy either has a 2-door or a 4-door, the poor is getting ritch and the ritch is holding his own, and the goose is hanging high, and he’s our own goose, this mought prove of service to you in fighting back at those idimmercrats that ain’t what they say they are. yoies trulie, mike Clark, rfd, champane speaker. Mike and Family Are in Desperate Straits. hon. henry s. wallis, sc-cker-terry of agger-culture, Washington, d. C. well, the drawth ha s ruint me and my family and 1 cow and 1 mule and 6 nice dogs, we must be put on gov- verment relief at once or will have to take up bad babbits for something to eat, drink and wear. Of the 34,927,121 cars in the world, 24,751,644 are in the United States. Half an acre garden can easily produce $150 worth of food. Legal Advemsements School Bus Notice. ^ Sealed bids for driving the Diamond school bus are being received and will be opened Saturday, August 22, 1936. All bids should be forwarded to A. M. Sanders, chairman, Barnwell, S. C. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. after the rain fell, which got here 90 days late, our cotton and corn sprouted and poked their heads out of the ground, a dozen boll weevils \va s setting on the hills waiting for the cotton to come up and they et it as fast as it arrived. Notice is hereby given that I have filed my final account as Executor of the estate of F. D. Rowell, deceased, with the Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of v Probate for Barnwell County, State of South Carolina, ♦ and will petition said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letter s Dismissory upon Satur day the 5th da^^pf September, A. D. 1936, at 10:00 o’clock a. m. J. Monroe Rowell, Executor of the Will of F. D. Rowell, dec’d. Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 10, 1936 4t. NOTICE OF SALE. as required, or if the bidder fail to comply with his bid within a reason able time, the premises to be resold upon a subsequent salesday, upon the same terms and at the risk of the bidder. G. M. GREENE, Master for, Barnwell County. ,, ■ -■ .= MASTER’S SALE. Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Barn well County, South Carolina, in the case of C. A. Epps, plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Hattie P. Baughman, defendant, I, the undersigned Master, will sell in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., during the legal hours of sale, on the 7th day of September, 1936, same being salesday in said month, to the highest bidder, the following de scribed premises: All that certain piece or parcel of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Blackville, County of Barnwell, State of South Carolina, and known as the “Able Brick Store Lot Proper ty,” and bounded as follows: South by Railroad Avenue and Standard Oil Company and measuring fifty (50) feet, more or less; on the East by Standard Oil Company of N. J., and Clark Street, and measuring one hun- j dred twenty (120) feet, more or less; on the North by lands of Herman Brown measuring sixty (60) feet, Pursuant to decree of the Court more or , esSj on the West by lot of of Common Pleas for Barnwell Coun Our sDore-keeper was the big gest man in our whole community. He wa s not only big in physique, but he ^ COrn and arm y wirms de - took a newspaper which came twice ' str °y ed U M ore it got 4 blades on it. a week and he knew everything. Very ’ ever y thin K in the except 6 few of his customers cpuld read, and hens a " d 1 < whic * Xiongs to in case of Jefferson Standard Life In surance Company vs. W. M. Birt, the undersigned Master will sell to the highest bidder in front of the Court House at Barnwell, on the 7th i day of September, 1936, between the legal hours of sale, the following de scribed premises: , All that piece, parcel or tract of my corn wii th. ..m. way except |lnd |yjnK „ n<1 lh( . town of Snelling, County of Barnwell, State of South Carolina, containing 110 acres, and bounded a s follows: North by lands of J. K. Snelling; East by D. P. Johnson and measuring one hundred fifty (150) feet, more or less. Terms of sale, cash, purchaser to pay for papers and revenue stamps. And the highest bidder at the sale, other than the plaintiff, or hi s at torney, or any person who may there after raise the bid, as provided by law, shall make a cash deposit with the Master of five per cent, of his bid as evidence of good faith in the bidding. The deposit of the last highest bidder shall be applied upon the bid, should there be a compliance with the same; that if the person making the highest bid at the sale they had to let him tell them from 1 our nab <> r - 9mith > died enduring may Jowers; South bv Sand . 7 , , .. and iune so we have had to eat canned 1,1 «*wwera, ooum oy oanu maKin j, tne nignesi oia ai me saie day to day what was going on m the J ’' . , , Bar Ferry road from Barnwell to th th n |o. n tifT fails to make u.. collar stuff up to now, but the stoar has cut' . . /•’ u* . i . . » i " lh e« than the plaintiff, tails t maxi world. He wore the first stiff collar ^ JJ; J Augusta. Ga; West by estate of J. . llrK , { „ nn%xt at th „ tirm , of the ac . and celluloid cuff s I ever saw This big merchant had all of 30 dollars worth of goods in hia store at ail times; and around Christmas, when ,et "• die ,ou • nd cuti «* *««• C » ark wo,k off our creddick. plese send my 4 boys, scudd, dudd, mudd, spud Clark, to the ccc camps, M. Sadler, and lands now or formerly of Daniel Greene, less 94-100 of an acre, more or less, lying between the old Sand Bar Ferry Road and the new State Highway from Barnwell such deposit at the time of the ac ceptance of his bid, then the mort-, gaged premise* shall be re-sold at once, without re-adveilviement and without further order of the Court, upon the same terms, at the risk of Artwork, wrr, in dtm.nd, h, po«l- “J"* loc * 1 -’'"f room - " d f T to Ell.nton. « th.t the »uthtrn! , uch biiMr „„ , h „ unM . „ r boundary of the tract of land now be-1 fome MbMqornt . nd convenient sales- iin- bly ran his stock up to around 40 dol- * nd and <>* th * f*n»>ly glZ’s 'cracker^ jar* ^‘7 tle^only’ brought 'to"ouV’^ £ ** ™ »^ h ^y | day Uiere.fur. .t tWe option of pi. Thurrh th. * Jd .hi. to do manual i.hor h.nct th. ; •"« - music; he could sing by square notes; ( d * rec t method of help, round note B were then unknown. said tract of land bein* the »ame ^ thrr „f ter untl | « compliance tract of land heretofore conveyed to' ^ ^ That if the last we are hawing plenty of rain now ^ Stan ^ Life Insurame hi|fhe , t blddrr maklnK depoa.t requ.r- n i Jbut it is all wasted as no croo. . rt , i Co "'P« n y b X G M h f „d fails to comply with hi. bid with- . M. and pa always bought old but “ • ‘I! ^ daUd February 23. 1931, and out Uwfu| eJuu . r ^ , hoWn thrn -Sandy Clau.” at this .tore. I have here to enjoy same, the grass got in th , off|c# of the t1frk 0 fl imDO%ii .w.,, i* rrUine d b v the known them to actually spend as much ! short in the pastor, our old cow Court of Bantwe „ County in , forfrllrd the a. 35 cent, on us 10 children for only " or « ber mouth off nearly up to her 8 . M 525 - I ^‘I'ni, officer and f rfe t 1 Gosh they were horn, trying to bite it off to eat. the _ / i r v k # ** bqutdated damages, and a single Christmas. Gosh, they were ■ 7 * J Term, of sale: Cash, purchaser to, thr ^ moltM -d premia, shall good to ua! We got from 4 to 6 dogs couldn't ketch anny rabbit, for raisins, half of an orange, from 2 to f««l; they were too poor and boney 3 nigger toe. (Brasil nuts) and half to overtake them, so send some dog of a .tick of candy; each one of us food along If anny is left got all of that; and old Sandy knew better than to give one of us the smallest thing, even an extra raisin, that all the rest didn't get. the bid upon the compliance with the same and to be paid to the plaintiff as liquidated damages upon non- compliance. If the deposit be not this situation i. verry desperate and must have attention at once, please don't forget to go over your head ami call on dr. townsend or rev. “.A man who own*) . .tor, b«-k ' <-oUf hlin*. .r m,bl* .If l.ndon, lot | „ ^ulrwl. or’if thr in those days was considered well-to- a'd. we will remain dimmercrats a fmi| ^ fomp , y with hi bid with i n do. H., children .Iwny. b..-, f** ">»« d.y., but who,v„ .and, I . tm ., th , to bo to, .nd brought kn,ck-kn..k to wthool plont, of ,„r«h,ng Am w.ll got our nl full .upport nnaoforth. rt.o or fo.m. up<)n , hr „„ and „ , h , rj , k yores truiie, mike Clark, rfd. ruint dirt farmer. , the said mortgaged premiers 1 pay for papers and sUmps The lhen ,. ft#r b, ^.^id on some subse- bid will not remain open, highest bid | quent ukMlay to ^ designated by der required to make cash deposit of p ,, in|lff or hl , .ttorney, without re- five per cent, of his bid as earnest j advertisement and without further or- money, such deposit to be applied on! ^ of t|w . upon the terms school house. BLACKVILLE. — Norman Bates, Lawson Fickling and George Boylston; clerk, Nick Martin; polling place, old post office. DOUBLE PONDS.—A. H. Croft, Leon W. Hutto and Samuel P. Hart- zog; clerk, J. P. Chitty; polling place, Double Ponds school house. DUNBARTON.—T. A. Cook, Henry A. Moody and W. J. Rogers; clerk, T. W. Dicks; polling place, vacant store. ELKO.—C. W. Hair, R. R. Johnston and C. J. Bates; clerk, Alonzo Bates; polling place, sechool house. FOUR MILE.—A. 0. Dunbar, E. L. Bush and B. L. Peeples; clerk, F. M. Youngblood; polling place, Atter- berry’s filling station. FRIENDSHIP.—Jas. A. Ray, H. W. Fail and H. E. Creech; clerk, Frank Sanders; polling place, Friendship school house. GREAT CYPRESS.— B. M. Jen kins, Jr., E. B. Sanders and L. R. Sandifer; clerk, A. O. Sanders, poll ing place, Kline school house. HEALING SPRINGS—D. W. Heck le, Lawrence Odom and Edward Wade; clerk, B. F. Gardner; polling place, Healing Springs school house. HERCULES.—Hayne Dyches, J.A. Creech and 0. H. Morris; clerk, N.A. Hiers; polling place, Democratic club house. HILDA.—J. M. Rowell, H. D. Hut to and R. T. Williams; clerk, S. F. Hutto; polling place, Atlantic Coast Line R R. depot. RED OAK.—T. D. Creighton, Jr., W. R. Moore and O. D. Moore; clerk, S. E. Moore; polling plaeej Moore’s store REEDY BRANCH. — J. C. R. Grubbs, Koger Hartzog and John R. Grubbs; clerk, W. H. Black; polling place, Reedy Branch school house. ROSEMARY.—C. B. Parker, Ed Tarrance and R. S. Weathersbee; clerk, Marion Hair; polling place, Pleasant Hill school house. SILOAM.—W. H. Boyles. Sr., T. Calder Ellis and S. H. Gantt; clerk, E. G. Hay; polling place, Siloam Church. WILLISTON.—F. T. Merritt. R. L. ing their ballot*. Section 3. The tickets shall be printed on clear white paper in the usual manner, but shall have a coupon at the top perforated so as to bo easily detached. On the coupon shall be printed “Official Ballot.” “Club Ward i-. No The numbers shall run seriatim for each'club. There shall be 50 percent, more ballots than there are voters en rolled at each voting place. Section 4. The manager s shall be responsible for all ballots furnished. When a voter presents himself he shall be given a ballot. The manager in charge of the poll list shall enter the number of the ballot next the name of the voter. The voter shall forthwith retire alone to one of the booths, and without undue delay pre pare his ballot by scratching out the name of the candidate for whom he doe s NOT care to vote. No voter shall remain in the booth longer than five minutes. After preparing his bal lot, the voter shall present himself to the manager. Hi s ballot must be folded in such a way that the number can be seen and the coupon can be readily detached by the manager with out in any way revealing the printed portion of the ballot. If the voter is not challenged, and takes the pre scribed oath, the manager shall tear off the coupon, put it on file, stamp the ballot, ^id the voter shall deposit his ticket in the box, and shall im mediately leave the polling place. If a voter shall mar or deface his ballot, he may obtain one additional ballot upon returning to the manager in charge of the ballot s the ballot so msrrea or defaced, with the coupon attached. The manager in charge of the poll list shall change the number of the ballot on the poll list and place the defaced ballot on file. No voter shall be given a second ballot until he ha 8 returned the first one with the coupon attached. Section 5. No person shall be al lowed within the guard rail except as hereinafter piovided. If a voter can not read <>r write, or i* physically dis- . ! »•<!. and by r« ason thereof did not Hair and J. W. Johnson; clerk, G. W. sign the eniollment book, he may ap- Thompson; pollitog place; Williston peal to the managers for assistance. Motor Co.’s show room. - who shall appoint one of the managers YKNO.MK.— H. J. Baxley,, B. O. and a bystander to lie deMgn.»t« . by Norris and Uascom Morria; clerk, J.jthe voter, to assist him in preparing W. P%tes; polling place. Southern i h:s ballot; Provided. After the voter'. Railway depot. Special attention ia called to the following rtt'es: SO. The managers shall open the polls at eight o'clock a. id., and close them at four o'clock p. m ; Provided, That in the cities of Oiarleston and Columbia the po la shall be open at ballot has been prepared, the by stander so appointed shall immediate- y go behind the guard rail. Pro vided further. That in cities contain ing 55,000 inhabitants or more, the chairman of the manager* shall ap point two of thr watcheis representing the two different factions to aasist him right o'clock a. m.. and dose at aix o'- preparing the ballot; after tha vo clock p. m. The managers shall then proceed publicly to count the vote*. After tabulating the result the mans ter'a ballot has been prepared, the watchers so appointed shall immed iately go heh-ltd the guard railing. every morning till they busted him. All of us made up to the kida whose daddy sold things. Most of them would steal small keepsakes for their mates on request. I never suffered for orange peelings; Jim Skinner toted a pocket full of them to school nearly every day, but he never fetched an orange. Clerking was wonderful back yonder. Mike Sizes Up the Local Situation, hon. jim farley, p. m. gen. on vacation, Washington, d. C. deer sir:— i have been asked to dognose the various cases of politics now afflicting flat rock so that the pressent add- ministration mought use the same as a basis to annerlize the situation at large ansoforth. holsum moore, an ex-dimmercrat, says he i s in favor of roseyvelt, but he hollers for rev. coughling and hon. limpke all of the time, that makes him a socialist in billy goat clothing. Bankers Help Farmers art square allso claims to be a L> dimmercrat, but brags on talmadge and dr. townsend, but as he wants to be postmaster at flat rock, he speaks well of landon and al smith, he is anner-lized as being a cross betwixt a communist and a republican. tom head is for plowing up, parity checks, direct relief, rental checks, collecting the furrin detts, soil eros ion, low intrust rate, curbing the gambler, taxing the ritch, feeding the poor, oggemized labor, and drought relief, he seems to be a 100 per cents dimmercrat. as flat rock has always berm dim- mercratic, it ia hard to understand plied sweetly. The conviction that 4-H Club work lays the foundation for sound citizen ship and intelligent farming Influenced a New York City bank executive to contribute $500 to the Agricultural Committee of the State Bankers Asso ciation. to further 4-H Club activities in the state. “I am convinced that the work is so worthy, and is being so well handled that it should Interest those who believe in building sound citizen ship. as well as intelligent farming tor the future." he said. Unusual prominence was given this past year to agricultural work by the Tennessee Bankers Association. The Agricultural Committee report reveals hearty cooperation between bankers and extension workers. “Key bankers and county agents have been in closer contact than ever before." it says. Georgia bankers have givtn both moral and financial backing to a Mar keting Project sponsored by the Ex tension Service of the College of Agrl culture, and activities the past year showed significant results. The phases of the Marketing program emphasized in the year’s work are: The retail curb market; roadside marketing; miscel laneous marketing (suited to the lo cality); barterhig (exchange of com modities or services with neighbors): standardized canned products for sale prepared in homes or canning centers Most of the Jone’s Sunday motor tri^ had been marred by a violent quarrel. On their homeward journey they passed a pasture field just a s a donkey brayed long and loud. "Is that a relative of yours?” he asked spitefully. “Only by marriage, dear,” the re- of the bidder. G. M BREENE, Master for Barnwell County. NOTICE OF SALE. and at the risk of the former pur chaser, and so fiom time to time thereafter until a compliance shall he secured. G. M. GREENE. Master for Barnwell County. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Of fice of Collector of Internal Revenue. Columbia, S. C., August 8. 1936.—The following described real property, seized from HOWELL PR I ESTER un der warrant for distraint for non-pay ment of assessed taxe s due, will he so!d as provided by section 3190. Re vised Statute^ of the United States, Pursuant to decree of the Court' at public auction, on Friday, August of Common Pleas for Barnwell Coun- 1936, at 11 o^clock a. n»., _»t his ty in case of Federal Farm Mort- home, R. F. D., Barnwell, S. C.: All that piece, parcel, tract of land, situ- gage Corporation vs. Marion Wil-) a t e , lying and being in Georges Creek Hams, the undersigned Master will Township, in the County of Barnwell, sell to the highest bidder in front 0 f j St-te of South Carolina containing one hundred and nine (109) acres, the Court House at Barnwell, on the 7th day of September, 1936, between the legal hours of sale, the following described premises: All that certain tract of land con taining Ninety - three (93) acres known as the Marion Williams Place, in Red Oak Township, of Barnwell County, South Carolina and now in more or less, and bounded on the north by lands of C. F. Rizer; on the east by Hercules Creek; on the south by lands of Frank Proveau; and on the west by lands of Jame s Ray. This being the same land conveyed to the said Howell Priester by the Bank of Western Carolina by its deed of con veyance, dated December 30, 1930, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Barnwell County, South NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. Executive Committee, Demecratic Party, Banwell County. the possession of Marion Williams; 1 Carolina, in Deed Book No. 9-1, page bounded on the North by lands of J. j 44.—R. M. Cooper, Collector of Inter- B. Morris and Leon Tobin; on the | na ^ R evenue * East by lands of H. W. Sanders; on the South by lands of H. W. Sanders; on the West by lands of Ruby Snel ling and the Public Road which separates the same from lands of Joshua Sanders. Said tract of land i s particularly described according to a plat prepared by J. B. Ellis, Sur veyor, on the 30th day of October, 1933, which is recorded in Book A. page 4, of the records of the office of the Clerk of Court for Barnwell County. , Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. The bid will not remain open, highest bidder required to make cash deposit of Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 3, 1936. NOTICE is hereby given that a primary election of the Democratic Party will be luld on Tuesday, Au gust 25th, 1936, and a s :cond primary, if one be necessary, will be held two weeks thereofter. The following managers are hereby appointed and tic following polling places named foi both elections: BARNWELL—4i. W. Halford, F. S. five per cent, of his bi<J as earnest, Brown and Angus Patterson; clerk, money, such deposit to be applied on Mordecai M. Maaursky; polling place, the bid upon the compliance with the same and to be paid to tha plaintiff as liquidated damages upon non-com pliance. If the deposit be not made Court House. BENNETT SPRINGS—C. B. Ellia, W. F. Bates and W. D. Meyer; clerk, G. R. Peeples; polling place, San Hill gers shall certify same and forward ' Prt> v, ded further. That if there be no the ballot box, containing the ballots. * • ucb watcher, availab.e, the chairman poll list and all other papers, except , •?!*•»»» two by-standrrs who are Section 6. From the t me of the shsll opening of the polls until the an- court I nouncement of the result and the the club roll, relating to such election. | lo '°t r ,n Primary to by one of their number to the chair-; ••••a* the voter in the preparation of man of the county committee within j h** balloC 36 hour, after the close of the po Is 35. —The county committee assemble at their respective houses on the morning of tl* second ^ signing of the official return, no per- day after the election on or before 12 : son shall be admitted to the po.Hng o’clock noon to tabulate the returns ■ place except the managers, duly au- and declare thr resuit of the pr.mary, j thonxed watchers ami challenger*, so far as the same relate, to members ' the chad man of the executive rom- of the general assembly and county mittee or members of the executive officers, and shall forward immediate- committee appointed in his stead to ly to the chairman of the State com-! «upervise the polling place, persons mittee at Columbia, S. C., the result ! duly admitted for the purpose of voting of the election in fheir respective | police officers admitted by the man- counties for United State, senator, State officers, congressmen and solici tors. The State committee shall pro ceed to canvass the vote and declare the result. 36. —The protests and contests for county officers and members of the general assembly shall be filed within two days after the day of the declara tion by the county committee of the result if the election with chairman of the county committee and said county committee shall hear and determine the same at its first meeting there after. Rule 4.— ... Section 1. In every primary elec tion in this State there shall be pro vided at each polling precinct one booth for every 100 enrolled voters or majority fraction thereof. The booth s shall be made of wood, cheap metal, or any other suitable substance, shall not be less than 32 inches wide and 32 inches deep, and six feet, six in- agers to picserve order or enforce law; Provider!, however, that candi dates fo public office voted for at such polling place may Ik* present at the canvas, of the votes. Provided, canvass of votes shall be open to the public. Section 7. If the watchers or offi cers of the law who are admitted to the polling place by the managers shall interfere with the manager s or obstruct the voting, it shall be the duty of the managers to suspend the election until order is restored, or as may be provided by the rules of the party. No person- shall be allowed to approach polling places within 25 feet while poll s are opdn, other than the persons herein provided for. Section 8. Upon the close of the election, managers shall account to the executive committee for all ballots de livered to them, and make the follow ing return: (a) The number of of ficial ballots furnished to each polling ches high, shall be provided with a precinct, (b) The number of offi- curtain hanging from the top in rial ballot, spoiled and returned by front to within three feet of the floor,! voters, (c) The number of official and shall have a suitable shelf on 1 ballots actually voted, which the voter can prepare his ticket. Copy of rules will be mailed to man- Provided, The provisions of lhi„ Act agers of each club with tickets, shall not apply to any precinct where Each executive committeeman is there are less than fifty (50) voters; hereby notified that he will be re enrolled on the club roll at such pre emet. Section 2. The polling places shall be provided with a table for the man agers. The polls shall be provided with a guard rail, so that no one ex cept as hereinafter provided shall ap proach nearer than five feet of the booths in which th* voters are prepar- 'S- quired to furnish the managers of election with two suitable boxes, one for ticket, for candidate, for State of ficer* and one for candidates for Con- gresaional and County office*. (Or dinary cigar boxes will do.) EDGAR A. BROWN. County Chairman. B. P. DAVIES. Secretary.