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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 2ND. 1925.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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*
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