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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROUNA, [THURSDAY. JUNE 18TH, 1925
NUMBER 42 f
SENATOR J. THOMAS HEFLIN
MAKES GREAT SPEECH HERE
STORY OF THE SOUTH” UAPTI-
VATED AUDIENCE.
Snail but Appreciative Crowd Heard
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Speaker.—Other Distinguished
Men to Be Invited.
FOUR WILL RUN
FOR GOVERNOR
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Speaking to a small but highly ap-
y eciatiVe audience at the Vamp The
atre in. Barnwell Thursday night,
United States Senator J. Thomas He-*
fin, of Alabama, enthused his hearers
with his great lecture, “The St pry of
’•he South.” and. if possible# made
them even prouder than ever that
they are Southerners. The speaker
• the evening was introduced by" Col.
Harry D. Calhoun, who presided at
the meeting as chairman, and with a
few preliminary remarks that served
to put his audience in a receptive mod,
the Senator began to develop his
theme. His brief summary of Ala-
bf.ma's birth as a territory, her
^ owth into statehood, wedding to
U icle Sam, her suit for divorce, which
as decided against her in a decree
, pnded down it Appomattox and the
subsequent reconciliation, was great.
New Englanders, said Senator He-
f. ii. are great propagandists and
while- they have not made history like
the people of the South, they have
Ken careful to write and • publish
wnat little they have to their credit—
? mething that Southerners have neg-
leced to do. For instance, history re-
•< -d< .the fact that the first **teit
p..rty” was held at Boston and the
f t battle of the Revolutionary war
was fought at Concord, while as a
' matter of fact, both occurred in North
Carolina, the shot that wafe heard a-
round the world beTfTg fired by em
battled farmers in Alamance County.
A Southerner, Patrick Henry, in his
immortal speech* crystalized the
sentiment of the .colonies against the
oppression of England and Southern-
ei' framed the Constitution of the
United States. When it hecamd nec
essary to select a commander in chief
of the colonial armies, a Southerner—
George Washington—was selected
for that important post.. One of the
decisive battles of the Revolutionary
■^Var was fought at King's-Mountain,
in this State, and after the successful
T* mination of that contlict. ir.was a
Southerner who became the fi.vjit Pre-
sid nt of the l nitod States. -
In the Vecqnd war with England—
tl- i of 1M2—thr'- South again played
a Tttg ryle. and credit - to a
Snuthernei Andrew Jackson— for
BLACKWOOD, JACKSON, RI( H-
ARDS AND McKISSKK.
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Those Who Would Rule Are Not
W aiting to Be Drafted for Ser
vice bv the People.
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For a number of >^ears past the
name of Ira C. Blackw-ood. of Spart
anburg, solicitor of the~Seventh Cir
cuit, has been discussed in connection
with the Governorship, atfd it bus been
pretty generally believed that even
tually Mr. Blackwood would aspire to
head the State government, says a re
port from Coumhia. The news comes
now from 'Spartanburg that Mr.
Blackwood has intimated that he will
make the race next year, although, it
is added in the report, he has not defi
nitely decided. It is no secret that
many of Mr. Blackwood’s friends, not
onlv throughout the Seventh Circuit
hut all over the Piedmont and in other
sections of the State, have been urg
ing hinri to otfei.'sutd since he con
fesses to serious consideration of be-
comiyp a candidate, it is considered
very likely that he wilk-W in the race
next year. I
Mr. Blackwood, who is exceedingly
popular, is recognized as one of the
State’s most forcefht solicitors. For
thfc past nirte years he has served his
district in this capacity, and last year
was reelected by a handsome majority.
He is a member of the law firm of
Lyles. Daniel, DrummbmLand Black
wood.
Mr. Rlackwoqdjs intimation that he
will make the rnCe brings the practi
cally certain candidates to date to
four—Mr. BlackwoiJfi. I.t.-Gov. Pi. B.
Jackson. of^Wagenerj Representative
A. Foster Mckissick. of Greenville,
and John G. Richards, of Liberty Hill.
Important Notice to - Subscribers.
Since consolidating The Barnwell People and The Barnwell
Sentinel, the maiing, lists of the two papers have been combined.
As stated in a previous issue, The Barnwell People-Sentinel will
be mailed each week to subbscribers of both papers. Where a sub
scriber was taking The People and The Sentinel ami was paid in
advance to the latter, due, credit was given, as will he seen fropi
the address label, on the paper, .
Now it is poor rule that doesn’t work both ways, and the pub
lisher of The Pebpte-Sentinel requests every subscriber who.,is in'
arrears to remit promptly. Every effort has been made to get the
mailing list corrected up to date and all that is necessary for a sub
scriber to find.out how much he owe* is to examine the date on
his address label. It shows the month and year of expiration (all
subscriptions jlate from the first of each month).' For instance,
if the date reads “Jan. 25” it means that a subscription expired
January, 1, 1925. The figures are for the year not the day of the
month. ‘ j-
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The People-Sentinel is making every effort to give its readers
one of the l^st weekly newspapers in this, section of the State,
hut. frankly, it costs money—and a lot of it. Subscriptions are
just as much a part of the? legitimate returns of a newspaper as
advertisements. Losses on either hurt the paper to that extent.
The editor believes that his subscribers appreciate his efforts
to give them-a worthwhile newspaper and he is asking them to
show that appreciation in a material way by sending i*i their re
newals without delay. While he does notuwant to low? a single
reader, he does not care to se^d the paper ti anyone who does not
want it or who has no intention of paying for it. \
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As a special' fafor, he a^ks that this matter be giverf immediate
attention. , ,, •
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1 BOLL WEEVIL DOING GREAT
DAMAGE IN THIS COUNTY
BLACKVILLE MAN
BADLY INJURED
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AUTOMOBILE TURNED OVER AT
MONTMORENCT,
Sem H. Ru-.h Suffers Broken Ribs and
William Mims Is Also Seriously
Hurt in Accident.
BARNWELL MAN
TO HEAD ASSN.
W H.l, HE I’ltESIDKVi: W STATE
BANKERS* ASSN.
Uol. Harrv *D. Calhoun, I’resident of
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Home Bank, Is in Line, lor
Uromotion.
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chart
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f hr*|aking tile power jof the r* 'i men in
this country when he won the battle
>>■ Horseshoe Bind, in Alabama.-
'y.d.or Heflin touched .on the
c-iuse's leading up to the war between
t 1 '', State- and tin wondeiTul heroism
d:-placed by those who wore tlie (iitay
in ■ lat-niigh'roivflict. And not only.
iid. did the leaders pledge their 1
and their .'oldiers* allegiance to a
Ga.t;' wt.en the quest ion of
Suites'* l ights, submitted to f the afhi-
tr inu et-of the -word, was derided as
ga -: th>-m v it a nioad-sotike 1 decree,
mr also tdvtt »o •heir children and
tV ihildren'- etdidten untfl Hie end
>f time. Tlia! tile SoUth .accepted,
ihitt decisien’ih rood 'aith w.is proved
in ••!)(' Spatii-ii-Anrerican War. when
Son'homers mia kl\ rallie.d to the de-
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Barnwell County Is
Represented Abroad
Barnwell County is well represented
abroad; The People-Sentinel last week
recorded the leavingof Mrs. Lizzie M.
Cave, of this city, for a trip to Europe,
-he having sailed SaUfirday from New
York aboard the Leviathan, the larg
est steamship afloat. It will also he
of interest to many friends in this
county to learn that Major and Mrs.
R. Jdoyd^C<{h‘, thi(ir little son and Mrs.
Emma Simms, nil former residents of
Ba nwell. leave .in a few days for Hon-,
Vlulu, to which place Major Cole has
been assigned for the next Uvo years.
Several Wiilistiin people also sailed
on the Leviathan last week .for*Eu-
,i ipe, they heing Mr. and Mrs. .A-r M.
Kennedy and Miss Martha Dixon.
1 While abroad ’bay will visit France,
Italy. Switzerland. Germany, the Brit -
ish'l-los and other countries. Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Kennedy'. David and Eliza
beth Kennedy, of \\ ijljston, and Mi .*/
Kennedy’s sister. Miss .Gertrude Baft*
nett, of .l.aurens, left’ last v. eek for
San' ■ FrTincisco J ,.|trom which, uort they
It will be a source of gratification
to his many friends throughout Barn
well County and the State,at large
to know that Col. Harry D. Calhoun,
who is now. ^ vice president of the-
South Carolina Bankers' Association,
will he by virtue of his present of
fice the next president of thatorgani
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Col. Calhoun was born and reared
on a farm near Appleton, in what was
then Barnwell County. He secured
his education by attending the three
months term of the common sdumls
in his district, having to walk four
miles each day. At the age of 13
years, he accepted a position as'
regular plow-hand with Mr. J. Law-
ton Sanders, ‘T Red Oak township,
for $5.('<) a month and hoard. Whin
15 vears of age he went to Beaufort
COSMETICS TAX
CUT DOWN LOW
DROPPED
(fNT 1
FROM TWENTY PER
FO FOUR PER ( ENT. \-
Aiken, June Sem H. Rush, a
well known merchant of Blackville, S.
C., and his companion. William Mims,
were badly injured late last night
when their automobile turned over pt
Muntmorenci after the car had struck
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the edge* of the depot when the rail
road crossing was passed. Mr.* Rush
was rendered unconscious front 'his
hurts which consisted of several
broken ribs and concussions on the
heaiT"and face. Mr. Mims sustained
injuries about the neck and shoulder
and in the accident hit his tongue
nearly ii^ twain. Drs. Ryan Gyles, of
Blackville, and Hastings Wyman, Jr.,
of Aikenj' were called to attend the
sufferers, who 'following treatment
•were taken to their homes in Black
ville. The physicians feared last
'night thai fhe fractured ribs had
punctual the uings of Mr. Rush who
appeared very seriously hurt.:
FARMERS WORKING TO CONTROL
COTTON^ PEST.
Reduced;.bv State Tax Appeal Board
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at Meeting Held in Governor's
, Office Fridav.
’>f the St;'r
K i ancisco^m-om wl
sail this week, fm
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and Stripes. It
v. ’-a South' 1 ) ner. a hoy from North
Cardina. he reminded lus bearers.
u*as^ the first Jo lose his life in
that •conflict.’ ai'd tn Joe \Vheeler, a
Confederate \ eteran. was due the
(,-;<'ilit that was given to Roosevelt,
Newton D. Baker, a Southerner, was'
■Secretary .of War. Josephus' Daniels,
a .Southerner, was Secretary of ,tho
Navy', land Woodrow W ilson. a South-
erncr. wajwPresident-when the United
States was forced to-pnter the World
War in -defense of civilization, and
tVoops from North Carolina. ’South
Carolina land Tennessee broke the
Great Hindenburg line.
The South, said the speaker, is like
wise the greatest section of the coun
try, lioth agriculturally and industri-
■ ally, citing facts and figures to prove
■ EKTs sVatement. North Carolina ttfml
South Carolina acne.. Ke said, apm
more than half of the South'? cotton
that is not exported. Any erpp that
can he grown anywhere van be pro
duced in the South and he is proud of
the fael that the Southern farmer is
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learning diversification.
For awhile, other sections of the
.country tried to combat the march of
empire to the South by attacking
climatic and Jiealth conditions. That
charge was successfully refuted antt
now thi# section is the health resort
\v>r sail trns v/eoK lor Hon ilulu To
§jemi some time with Mr-. Kenne
dy's hrol}iei'. Csipt. David !•.. # B>arnett.
who. we believe. vYa- Rt one’dimt; a
member of the liarnweir High School
faculty.
' The People-Sentinel wishes them
nfl bon Voyage and a safe return to
their homes.
The cosmetics tax was deduced hv
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the State tax appeal board from 20
per cent to four per cent at a meeting
held in the office of Governor McLeod
Friday. Thb tax on ice cream as sold
in tKulk was removed. However, ice
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cream when sold at soft drink stands
will he subject to the usual tax^
,, The cosmVtics and ice cream taxes
were mac ted by the recent legislature.
Ice cream was taxed under the pro
vision for taxes on soft drinks. Here
tofore an article of cosmetics costing
50 cents was taxed ten cents. ' Here
after the tax on such an article will he
two cents. A one cent stamp on each
twenty-five cents articles will here
after. he imposed.
Lifting the tax on hulk ice fream
relieves purchases for .family use or
for church festivals and the like.
The motipn for the reduction of the
two forms of taxation was made by
Representative Carroll Nance, of Lau-
rciiC Following the decision for the
Barnwell Loses Under
New Gasoline Tax Law
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Apiil—the first entire month of^ the
five-cept gasoline tax in South Caro
lina—produced $396,483.03, of which
$158,846.18 has been ' distributed a-
mong t,he several counties, Barnwell
County’s sh’are’ being $1,687.49. Un
der the old law Barnwell County’s,
share would h^ve been $1,735.41, a
loss undm the new law in effect of
$97.92. Barnwell is one of the 30
tounties which lose under the 'new
law.
The counties’ quota of the tax, un
like their proportion of the old three
cents a gallon tax, is distributed on
the basis of license tax receipts. The
fojfrner method of distribution jind
that originally contemplated ny the
framers of the-five cents tax, was up
on the basis of property valuation.
The new distribution plan, a com
parison reveals, works to benefit 16
counties .— Anderson, Chesterfield,
Edgefield Lancaster, Florence, Green
ville, Horry, Laurens, Lexington,
Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Rich
land. Saltfda, *Spartanhurgj arut‘York.
Chief beneficialies are: Greenville
County, which receives $4,965.29 more*
manufacturer, and.
Mr._a.ud Mrs. VV. M. Towne.'of Mar
tin,-were yisitovs here Friday.
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of the country.
Senator‘-'Heflin’s address was re
lieved by inimitable anecdotes and
he jumped from prose to poetry and
from the sublime to the ridiculous
with the agile ease of the finished
orator and student of public raffairs
and human frailities. No mere re
porter can <fo justice to the iijon. his
message and magnetic_ personality
they must he seen, heard and felt to
he appreciated. His word-pictures
?ivduction. the beard of appeal-.called j than it would have had the former
in Dr. E, L. Wingfield and W,. J. Mur-j distribution Ki.ds # been agreed to;
| ray, .Tl .. Uolumhia druggists, and ad- ; Richland ('t>unt.v, which gitinA $1,879.-
\ sed them oj' the., decision. J. A. j 71; Sprfrta*»hurg, gaining $1,499.71;
m ice cream i and Lexington, gaining $1,476.07;
I rapk K*dUuv, of i The remaining 30 counties lose' by
(Tintoc:. wore alsp in Columbia aniH the change of distribution basis .In
were in conlYrencc with ihcheaid. ‘amounts ranging from $2.92 in the
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l .olowing '•tho meet ing Governor j instance
McLeod stated that the members of the east
the commission irad had the matter of
roilu* i\r the eo iiictic- tax undi '■ c.on-
- iderai i'lhyBy -om time. They had |
given the inatti r thorough study. ! Mt.-f:
The leduetion v in line'with what
ranging from $2.92
of Bamberg to $3,888.43
of <'hailo-ton,
(.reech-Sandif er.
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a < h,' of Klifie. and
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Mr. I.lovd Sandildr. of Denmark, were
i-fiK believed ; o be t lie. spirit of,the
legislature in iU’--jng the tax act. the
( hief Executive said.
.A -h*»rt tini" ag", 1
Tuesday of last week. The
an attractivo young- lady and
tree
Col. Harry 1). Calhoun.
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and secured a position .as clerk* in
dry goods store. Five years later
he went on the road as a traveling
salesman and for 20 lyears. was “a
knight of the grip.’'
Coj. Calhoun returned to. his native
county ‘in 1,910 and assisted in organ
izing the Home Bank of Barnwell,
being elected to the presidency,
which position he has held ever since.
During—tluu itme. the stockholders
of the Home Bank have paid 120 per
cent."! .The hunk is a great factor in
promoting the interest of the farmers
Mid other worthy pursuit of Barnwell
County. if
During the World War. Col. Cal-
druggists published
tisoment in this
BArnwell
a f'ull page r.dyer-
paper 'protesting
mat riei
Itridt-i i-
has itiiany friend.! in this section^ The
groom formetTy held a po-itioti with
Boleps Barber Shop, in this c.ity.
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against the ^20
metics. . ‘
per-cent • tax qn.cos-
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Cotton Bloom from Mever’s Mill.
Infestation Heavy.
Mr. and Mr-. Jesse Rountree, of
Meyer’s Mill, were vi-itors here Frt- 1
day and brought The People-Sentinel i
a cotton bloom from their fields the
fust to he received from that section/
As was the case with the other bloom*
received by thi? papery it'was picked
from cotton plapkcd *in March, Mr. 1 ,
a-re
wonderful, his criticism*,kindly • houn served
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the impoitant
and his presentation of the t M5tpry--ef | committees anclAflrWes u^ui he has hidd
the Sou-th” a clear . and unbiased
history of the great achievements "of
this-great section. It was a privilege
to* hear him and a matter for regret
that- larger number of people did not
avail themselve- of the opportunity,
well .under the auspices of the local
The Alabama Senator came to Barn-
Chamber of Commerce, which organ
ization- plans to invite other distingu
ished public men to visit this city
during the next few months.
Rountree states tbyt he
promising crqp.„.
ha^ji very
many positions of honor and trust in
thy county and State. At one time he
was chairman of (iwoup Two'of the
South Carolina. Bankers’ Association,
has beep a tru-tee of the local schools
for 15 years and was instrumental in
building the/ beautiful new school
building at. Barnwell. He is^ a briga
dier general of the Sons of Veterans
of the Second Congressional District,
is a vestsymaii -of- the Episcopal
Church, and (i- always ready to serve
Vdvertise in The People-Sentinel
iu- fellow'ma/i. He is closely identified
with*the Owens. *Rrnwn and Over'-
-treet families in the county^ H;s
greaF’grandfathi’r. James Overstreet,
represented this district in Congi'ess
front dM4 to 1822. He traveled to
and frotigJLhe national capital in a
gig and died online of the trip-, his
body being huiied at China. Grove, N.
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The PAople-Sentinel congratulates
both Col. Calhoun and the South Caro
lina -bankers?
Clemson College, June Ki.—-
(Special to The People-Senti
nel i: VY«.‘ have had in the last
few days six experts on weevil
conditions visit all counties in
tjhe lower part of the State and
they report weevil . infestation
in all counties very heavy and
increasing, Many fields / now
have infe.-tation of .35 to 50
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per cent. 1 Poisoning should he
started when one-tenth of the
Squares are punetured or where
20 weevils pet; acre are found.
Unless vigorous action is taken
at once, great financial loss
may !>c expected. We urge
leaders in every community to
arou-e the people to the neces-
*sity of making at onpe dose
observation of their fields and
of applying poison when neces
sary. To remain -prosperous.
South Caroling \{nust produce its
share of the Southern cotton
eropj , t
W. W. LONG.
About 10 Dusting -Machines Hare
S-. >'
Been Bought in This County R*-
i cently. Says Boylston. ^
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During the past week or ten days.
teports of boll weevil damage have
become more ffaquent and widespread
ifi this section. Arepresentative of
Thi- People-Sentinel was-told Monday
that a farmer living near Barnwell,
who has weevils picked from the cot
ton plants by hanK every year, has
already picked 1,51X1 weevils from 12'
acres of .cotton, whereas up to July
1st last year he had picked 1,800 wee
vils from the same acrea/;. This
Woes not mean that Aueh a iVeavy im
Testation is general throughout the
county, as some farmers report that
to date their cotton has suffered little
or no damage. However, a close
watch should h^ kept on every fieldj.
and when infestation shows as high
ns ten ,per cent., or evt-n before that
time, control measures of some sort
should he taken immediately.
The editor of-this paper is not at
tempting to advise the farmers as
to what they should do, hut authori
ties generally are agreed that-dusting
'kith calcium arsenate is the best
_jqieJrhod. Where it can be done, pick
ing weevils from the plants by hand
is a good way, hut this will require
quite a lot of labor. Squares should
fm gathered as fast as Ahoy fall, es
pecially the first ones. Later in the
season, this is not advised.
The People-Sentinel is in receipt of
the following communication from
County Agentj Harry G. Boylston:
“We find a^rithis time that some
ds of cotton are very heavily in-
ted with hnll weevil, so mqch so
that 29 to 25 \)er cent of the squJtves
are being punetured, while in othir
cases infestation is still Very light.
We now are beginning to realize that
unless the most favorable Reasons
exist for the next month an?! a half,
or that a well planned fight on the
weevil is made, that serious damage
will result to the cotton crop of this
are flow beginning td realize this sit
uation and are beginning to dust cot
ton -for weevil control. At least 40
dusting machines have been bought
in the county recently, and the farm
ers seem to be determined to take no
chances of practically loosing their
crop by weevil damage. W r here-4t is
seen.that the boll weevil is now do
ing considerable damage, that is punc
turing 5 to 10.per cent of the squares, r
dusting should K* immediately begun,
applying an application and fo lowed
he two or more in 5 to 7 davs, and
then an observation is made to see if
the 1 weevil is under control. noAnore
dust being applied »tintil the *f!amage
begins to increase, when, one or two
additional applications may become
necessary.,
“Very definite (lusting demonstra
tions, where a part of.the field will
he left hbdusted: will be carried on
.with five different farmers in the
county. These demonstrations have
been arranged for, and carried on with
the following people: J. G. Owens, of
Barnwell. D. 'f*. Johnson, of Black
ville. G, (’. Fowke, of Dumbarton,
Victor .Lewis, of Kline,' and W. G.
Smith. Jr., of Williston. As soon as
the work has been begun and the out
line of the different fields'made up.
more information will l>e given as to
the different joints where farmers
will. have an opportunity to observe
‘proper dusting methods that are being
carried on*. Tty-re is a probability of
the price of Xrkenate increasing j and
diffculty in obtaining dusting ma
chines. I would therefore advise all
farmers contemplating dusting to,|
secure their machines /find dusting 1
material as soon as. possible.”
In Honor of Visitors.
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, \Ie><lames Charlie Brown. Sr.,, and
Charlie Brown. Jr., entertained at
bridge Thursdav afternoon in honor
( .f Mrs. Theodore Vogel, of Washing
ton. D. C.. Mrs. R. S. Dick* was the
winner of the high score jmize and
Mrs. C. Kevs Sanders cut the con-
solatien, both prizes beityg strings of
heads. The guesKof honor was pre
sented with a dainty piecLof lingerie.
After the games a froze-n <*tlad and
iced tea were-served.
Mr. Duncan Sams, of Gaffney, was i
a recent visitor at the home of Mr. M.
B. Ha good .'
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