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dh-'-' rM.-- Me VOLUME XLVIIL Juftt Like a Membef <of the Fatnny w BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 2ND. 1925. Largeat Caoatg Cirodatioa. i‘ i TT BARNWELL COUNTY’S BEST 4 MOST POPULAR NSW8PAPBK. U -— %x-.i- — • • • ' ALL HOME PRINT. NUMBBE PERSONAL NEWS OF BLACKVILLE Blatfkville, June 29.—Friends of Mr. William Mims will regret to learn that he is still in a very serious condition from injuria received in an automo Ship That Carries Searchers for Lost Explorer - "3 returned visiting r "Li- i bile accident recently. Mgr-&-HrRqsh. who was in the same accident, is up going around. His tongue which was ‘ badly cut, is healing-mcely, but he suffering a good deal of pain from other bruises received. “Annette Kellerman, the Venus of the South Seas, was shown on the screen at the Lyric recently, and the water stunts she performed were greatly enjoyed by the audience. She . seems to have been quite an inspirat ion to the“bathin^ beauties”at Dyches Pool, Who are now perfofmifig some of her stunts” remarkably well. The cucumber busness has lulled to be replaced by the cantaloupe season, which bids fair to be very succeessful, prices today (Monday) ranging from $1.75 to $2.00 a crate. The Rev. Howard Cady filled his usual appointment here at the Epis copal church Sunday, and his earnest sermon made a deep impression on the hearts of'his hearers. Mr. J. L. Buist is some better after a serious spell of illness. Mr. Stanley Brown is at home from college for the summer. Miss Rebecca* Blatt has from a visit to New York. Master Sam Matthews is Augusta and other places. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Baxley returned to ther home in Savannah last Tues day, after speeding a week at the home of Mrs. C. R. Kelly.' .. ‘ ’ L_ Mr. and Mrs. Somers B. Pringle and little son, Somers, Jr. left Sat urday for a visit in Charleston. Miss Alice Inman, of Lockhart, is the guest of the Misses Grimes, at Lees. * - After spending a month with Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Dyches, and other relatives in Aiken, Mrs. Mary C. Car? roll has returned home. Mrs. George Wagener Gyles and lit tle daughter, Margaret Lee, have re turned from Florida, where they have spent the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Gyles are now occupying the Julius Sanders residence. Mesdamees C. S. Buist, Bessie Mat his, Daisy Boland and Mr. C. S. Wil son were visitors in Denmark Mon day afternoon. The illness of Mrs. Darling Walsh ds a source of regret to hosts of friends.. To the delight of many friends Mrs. Ben F. Stome is at home, recuperat ing nicely after a serious fn a Columbia Hospital. . Mri and Mrs. Judson V. Matthews and son, Carl, and the Rev. Hugh Murchison were among the visitors in Denmark Sunday afternoon. Miss Dot Mims, of St. George has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Le- roy Still. ■ - Mrs. Merle Jewell and children Patricia, Jean and George, havee re turned to their home in Portland, Maine, after a two months visit to her parents, Mr. and J Mrs.- J G. S. Buist. While here each of the children’s birthdays came, and the important occasions were appropriately celebrat ed. Four generations were -^present Mrs. Izler the great grand mother Mrs. C. S..Buist, the grand mother Mrs. Jewell and the cfeydren. May celebrate many CORPORATIONS TAKE PLACE OP INDIVIDUAL^ 'IN OPERATING. ' INDUSTRIES OF COUNTRY. By E. T. H. SHAFFER, WALTERBORO. S. C. Farmer. Merchant and Writer on Eco nomic and Sociological Subjects in Leading Magazines of America, Con tributing Jo “Public Service^ issued by the North and South Carolina Public Utility Information Bureau. operation r they al] l* ve * more birthdays. Mrs. Clifton Sandifer and children bave returned from a visit to her, sis ter, Mrs. Clayton, in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Baxley and son, Mr. Bryan Baxley, wwere visitors in Aiken Tuesday. Misses Emma and Julia Kirkland are the guests of their sister, Mrs. E. E. Pickling. — Mes. Annie Sanders and her daugh ter. Miss Willie Sanders, of Columbia have been decent visitors at the home of Mrs, Sanders mother, Mrs Gribbin. Miss Helen Weissinger has been visiting at Myrtle Beach. Blackville is well represented at the Evangelistic Meeting I Presbyter ian) which is going en at Denmark -now, and the services are being en joyed immensely. Mr. and Leon Marcha, of Gas- nia, N. C., have been visiting Mrs. archa’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim 'Creech.* Dr. John Molony and Dr. Bill Mo- lony were among the dentists from this section who attended the Dental Convention in Columbia. An important event of last week was the birth day party given by Mrs. Leroy Still in honor of the Democracy and capitalism have no quarrel with each other. In fact, democratic America is fast becom ing capitalistic America and in the process democracy is losing none of its potency. The change is being brought about by the democratization of capital. Corporate wealth, once the octopus, now is the obedient servant of society. Corporations, once the fear of private business enterprise, now are the active agencies Qt .progressive industry. It is significant to note that in the year 1890 individual firms or limited partnership manufacturers produced a total value of $5,000,000,000 while in corporated enterprises produced $7,- 733,000,000 worth of commodies or ap proximately 59 per cent. In 1919 indi vidual enterprises produced only $3,- 500,000.000 in commodities while in corporated businesses produced $55,- 000.000.000 or about 80 per cent. Tak ing all lines of industry into account it has been estimated that today 90 per cent of the business of the country ia carried on by corporation. Character" of Stockholders. In connection with the above figures a still greater significance is seen in the number and character of the stock holders of those corporations which are carrying on the business of the country. A few years ago those stockholders were limited to the 1 wealthy few. In the year 1904 only aA insignificant number owned all the stock of the great corporation, while in the year 1924 there were 2.000,000 who owned stock in public atllitfes alone. Twenty years ago or less there were 43.000 persons who owned Unit ed States Steel stock; now there are 159,000; from 6,000 stockholders in the Standard Oil group the number has jumped to 300,OOfl; from 7,000 Ameri can Bell Telephone and Telegraph stockholders the increase has been to 343,000, and so qp through the list. There are' 45,000.000 persons in the country who are, in effect, stockhold- ersjn Insurance companies, while 36.- 000,000 have invested their earnings In savings banks. N v Main Street, Net Wall Street. Bringing all the facts and figures together the conclusion is reached that “Main Street* and not-Wall Street” owns the business and industry of America. In other words, tfie people —not centralized wealth-^own the great enterprises of the country; people themselves are now the corpor ations. This development has been gradual -and at rimes painful:' it' has been in process since the War Between the States and is still in process. The ultimate is popular owenrship of ail business and industry. It is the solu tion of the problem of capital and labor. There are those who have been blind to this great economic development. Senator LaFollette made bis ripple of a presidential campaign with utter dis regard of it, blind to the fact that those millions of the country’s popula tion who had invested their hard earn ings in corporate enterprises were thereby writing-their verdicts against him and his- communistic doctrines Another expedition to the Arctic regions started from* Atlantic Highlands, N. J., on June 21, for the purpose #f | searching for William Nutting, an explorer who disappeared in northern Labrador aboet one year ago; ■ailed in the ship Zodiac, which is shown above. At tike left la Its captain, Norman Rosa, at the whasL Tenor** Singing Saved x - Two From Awful Death Tbs late Joseph Mass, the famous tenor, during a visit to the United States some years ago. wts very fond of hunting the buffalo on the prairies. When engaged in this sport on one occasion with his friend, Boucicault, the celebrated Irish actor, they were suddenly attacked by a number of In dians in the dusk of the , evening, while far from- their encampment. Hound hand and foot, the captlvee were dragged to the Indians’ halting placa, where a lire was made. While awaiting tiieir fate, fearing that that night would be their last, Boucicault said "to his friend; “Joe, sing- for me;’’ Maas, who had never sung in such terrible circumstances, tearfully com plied with his friend's request, and began to sing some old favorites, re calls the Family Herald. The Indiana pricked up their eara and leaned for ward to listen as the great tenor’s voice thrilled through the night air. ’ When he stopped they pricked him with their spears, saying. “More, more,” and he was compelled to con tinue. Bong after song he sang, up til at Jength he noticed that one by one the Indians were dropping off to sleep round the flj'e. When the last man had dropped off to, sleep Maas crawled to a knife lying on the ground and managed to cut Baucicault's thongs, and his friend then quickly released him. ' “ pier.' He lets his halyards go with a run, and„the sail is off his vessel ba a moment The high poop acts aa a riding mizzen and brings him head to wind; the low bow prevents him from falling off the wind. “If the blow la likely to laat any time, he lays out a sea anchor. Hla next procedure is to barn a Joss stick and probably a few pieces of paper to his household god. After that, aa there is nothing more to do except eat or sleep—he does so.’’ Chinaman Sails Junk .. in His Own Fashion The oldest seagoing vessels of the world are the junks of the Yellow sea of China. These junks are “highly decorated vessels, with tall poops and rounded sides, reminiscent of the days of Drake and CpIambus.” “Junks of this type ar^ in existence still which were built in the time of -K+en Lung, say goirte lSO years ago,” says the London Yachting Monthly. “A junk will not heave tO^and Johg Chinajnau .is fully aware of this. H# d2csn’t_even try; his plan is far aim- Milted Accuutomed Noise Along the Irish coast are lighthouses which fire a signal gun, at three-min ute Intervals during foggy weather. To a visitor the noise is Irritating and un bearable, making sleep an ’impossi bility; but to the seasoned lighthouse- keeper not only doee the monotonous boom pass unnoticed, but a break la its regularity reacts as a disturbance. An old Irishman of long service slept soundly and peacefully during a winter night while hla wife fired the roaring three-minute signals—that Is, he rested comfortably until by some shortcoming one of the charges failed to explode. Instantly he awoke, sat up, gazed wildly around, and shouted, “Maggie! What the deuce wag that?" Ingenuity Displayed by Spider Repairing Web On thfe porch of a mountain cottage In Pennsylvania a tiny spider ,, was seen to repair her web in a very in teresting manner. The web, except for. the threads that spread radially from the center, , was torn and weatb- spokes, so to speak. Coca-Chewing Evil Habit The chief vice of the Indians and half-breeds of Bolivia is diewing coca. A man who has th$ habit can always be detected by the immense lump in his cheek. The general effect of the drug is to dull the nerves and stiffen the resistance to fatigue. Under its influence natives can endure great" hardships and physical strain. Many ef them wijl work for days at a time on nothing except coca leaves, prhlch they begin to chew at breakfast time and continue to chew throughout the day. As with all narcotics, the per sistent use of coca wrecks the nervous system and dulls the Intellect.—Youth’s Companion. " erbeaten; the were intact and tightly strytehed. Starting at the center, the spider ran outward along a radial thread, sweep ing it clear of the cross threads, breaking them and collecting.the frag ments until she had 4 tiny bundle. That .she would roll up with her claws and toss ou^ Into the air to drop tn the ground as waste mstertah Appar ently the gummed points of Intersec tion of threads she softened quickly by fluid from the mouth, for., she stripped the spoke perfectly clean. (The observer found later that he coaid not strip a spoke of croes threads by sliding a split twig along It.) - Returning to the center along the ■tripped spoke, the spider wovtd free the adjoining spoke, pausing now and then to throw away her tiny ball of waste. Having reduced her web to spokeq only, she proceeded to replace the p&rt of the web that she had cleared . away, spinning - anew the threadftv that were to stretch from spoke to spoke. Buch a striking example of economy of time, material and labor was a de light to see.—Youth’s Companion. Stem-end Treatment U Very Important ^Shipments of watermelons in car- [lots from this point began this week and “whether watermelons are to be sold at the other end of the line, in | the markets or sold on the fide-tracks or where they are loaded should not make any difference in using the item-end treatment,” says Harry G. Boylston, county agent. Continuing, Mr. Boylston says; - “Some fanners have felt ghat where they seTTthe melons for cash the side track they" do not care to be bothered with the stem-enJT' treatment Railroads have hereto fore been requiring this treatment to be done, and we should do it proper ly, because it it is done it will re duce the losses from stem-end rot which occurs while the melons arc in transit to the market. Treatment, does not require much expense or | extra labor, and it is quite an advan- ; tage to those who are shipping Uwm- ,selves, or to the ones who buy The material used to apply the item- end treatment irs made with blue stone, starch and water. Two ounces . of blue stone are disolved in a quart of water, and this water is brought to the boiHng point, after which while the blue stone water is boiling, starch solution it slowly added. Tha starch solution is made by dissoMag two ounces of any ordinary starch in a pint of cold water. Care should ba taken to not use tin or galvanised ware, as the blue stone will attack these materials. Boiling of this so lution after the starch solution has t)een added slowly to continue until the mixture begins to thicken and then it should be taken off to cooL If property made it should be about the thickness of paint. “The watermelons should be loaded in a car, stems are cut and than the paste applied with a small mop or brush, and those desiring to have assistance in the making of this paste will call on Uua office.’’ allowed a few momenta fdF thlS to sink In and then added; “Do you know why I wish that?” For a mem—g — two there was silence, and then a childish voice from the back of tht room wss Heard to say; ’*’Caa you’ve forgot all you ever knowed.”—Atlanta Journal seventh birthday of her little son, .Leroy, Jr. All the little folks who participated in the lovely affair say business ft w jn never be forgotten. Miss Joe Smith, of Atlanta, has home of been a recent guest in the Mrs. R. R. Chisolm. Miss Sarah Molony was a visitor in Columbia recently. - , j Mr. Earl DeIk. who has a position in Washington, has been on a visit to his parents, Mr.-and Mrs. Henry Delk. Hosts of friends were delighted to gheet him again. ^ Mr. Leroy Fanning has gone to Baltimore on a ^business trip? The home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Strobe! on Hampton Ave., which is being-remodeled, is nearly completed and makes a nice appearance. The revival services at the Bap tist church in Elko are beiijg attend ed and enjoyed by quite a number of folks from/ here. Mr. And Mrs. Byran Croft and chil dren visited her mother, Mrs, Googe, near Allendale, last week; while there they visited Mrs. Croft’s uncle, Mr. Owen Barker, who is very ill at his borne in Seiglingville. S'- And There “are many of our would be leaders in the Orolinas who have failed to sense the significance of this economic trend. As to this development there are two concrete conclusions which I should like to mention. They are: Firsts The growth of corporations as commercial and industrial factors mqst be recognized as a fact and' eco nomic soundness of the development ’ admitted, results being taken as proof thereof. Second: That the regulation and supervision of those corporate enter prises be entrusted not to capricions legislative bodies composed' in large part by politicians, but to judicial bod ies. Bringing the matter down to cases, I Ho not wish the investments I have in savings, in tesurorce policies and whatever little stock I may own in in corporated business enterprises, sub jected to the political whims of un certain legislatures. Neither does my neighbor wish his hani-eamed savings penalized in order to meet some un just and inequitable tax demand. It is generally Conceded that the re- , cent session of the South Carolina ' Legislature made iti blunder of blund ers In adding another and unwarraht- ; ed tax on the business of corporations l in the Palmetto State. The effect of that legislation will be to retard and , hinder that economic development which is now under way all over the country. The progress of Sooth •Caro lina has been temporarily held up by shortsightedness. Let the legislative branch of onr State government create a smaller strong, and compact corporation oop- mtsslon supplying with the necessary expert technical assistance and entrust the supervision of corporate enter prise to that commission; itself being hands off ; then we would witness the real beginning of industrial to this State. How He Felt There had been a shipwreck and the passengers were takes to various houses in the neighborhood to be made comfortable. They were received an guests of Importance In rme home and conversation was essayed. “There were no fatalities, I understand," said one, “but how did you feel when the waves dashed over you and you thought each moment n&tgkt be yoor laat 21’. . " x~-—•- * “Very , wet, madam, very wet, the reply. ~ . was Took It Literally The two were discussing the care less way In which trunks and suitcases are handled by some railway c<hw panies. . - “I had a very cute Idea for prevent ing that once,’’ said one of them, flailing reminiscently. "I labeled each of my bags, ’With care—China.’* “And did that have any effectf’ asked the other.' - ' t 1 “Well. I don’t know; you see, they •hipped the whole darned lot l off to Hongkong. ~ > Labor That Calls for Much Physical Effort A well-known writer once said that oyster dredging on the American coast was the hardest work in the world. The two dredges were wound In by hand, and that everlasting wind ing. balanced on a swaying deck, was wicked work. The moment one dredge was aboard the oyster* had to be ^cuTied,” and the whole eight men of the crew were working against time from dawn till dark. . v The dock laborer’s Job Is another which entails tremendous physical ef fort. A -steamer's time ia money, and \vh,en cargo is being discharged not one moment must be wasted by any of those engaged. • The amount of work that can he done in one day Is almost Incredible. An inquest on s dock laborer who died suddenly on a wharf .was held some time ago at which it was stated that on the day of" hla death be had Unloaded no fewer than 36,000 wood paving blocks. Compositions of OH Olive oil Is practically 100 per cent fat and has energy value of about 4,000 calories per pound. The Association of Official Agricultural Chemists in cludes among edible vegetables oils and fats of sufficient Importance to »warrant standardizing the oils of cot- tonseed, peanut, sesame seed, poppy seed, coconut, .rape need, sunflower and maize. Of these peanut ell bears the closest resemblance to olive oil la its chemical and physical properties. Advertise in The People-Sentinel uaaopi Sight of Cats and Owls The belief that cats and owls caa *ee In the dark la a popular fallacy. The Iris of a cat’s eye la Capable of great variation, so at to admit more or less light, thus enabling the cat to see mucb bolter in the dusk than can humans, but la absolute darkness all animals sre as helpless as any human being. The feature which adapts cer tain eyes for use with only a poor light la the constitution of' the retina which la composed of two sets of struc tures, the so-called rods and cones. The rods are apparently affected by radiation slightly before the cones, and hence sqme creatures. Including owls, whose eye# bosses* a large pro- portion of cones, are better suited for •eelng In a faint light. Storm Cloud* Visibility The weather bureau aays that the distance at which Mono clouds ant visible to the naked eye wsrlaa great ly with one’s position and the kind at clouds. If a person la li an open flat country and the clouds are of th« broad stratna or layer type, he may not see them more than 90 or 40 saltan away, and even not half so far If ton air tends to be misty or hazy. On thn other hand, when the air la quite clear a well - developed cumulo-nimbus, or thunderstorm, cloud may. In favombUl circumstances, be seen when mem than 100 miles away. ■VS Australians Knaw,Sm*~ ^ Snow fails in southeastern AustraHt during the winter months, and occn> sionally ilea on the ground as far nortl) as Melhthifne and Sydney. On tha mountains and In northeastern f Vio torU and southern New South Walsat the snowfall is very heavy. Foretta •re practically buried in snow and OS the plateaus of northeastern Victoria the ground is sometimes covered to thi depth of several feet from May to Sap> tember. This also occurs on the high* lands of Tasmania, although' there an no mountains hearing perpetual sneer- caps In either Australis or Another Good Way “That’s a fine car. How did get it?" "Out of a prise competition.* “Did yorWTTt" “No, 1 organized it.”—1 .ondon f log Show.—p, — m T Uncomplimentary The county inspector was paying hla monthly visit to the village school. He examined the children In reeding and general knowledge, as was hla custom, and was very pleased with the an swers he received. After the last question he rods to hta feet and, look ing slowly around on the fneea, remarked genially: “f wiah l waa a Jlttle-boy at school again/’ He Fortified ‘ One Sunday morning a southern pastor noticed a new attendant nt thn services. * ' v When the meeting was over thn preacher made iritis business to speak to the newcomer. "Rastas," he said, “this la tha firat time I have seen yon at chsreb for a long time. I’m mighty glad to see yes here." T had to come,” replied Rastoa, “I needs strengthenin’. Tse got a Job whitewash in’ a ch icken coop and build- in’ n fence around a patch.” Tht Only Wmy *T was only acting tha part aaaker” > Magistrate—Bm yea man senseless I Prisoner—I did. Tbei* jy&m AdvertiM it m