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a ■ * t I r ! B. P. DAVIES, Editor «ad Proprietor. ; " ! . Subscription Rates. On* Y*ar 11.50 Si^ Months _ T -’. v .90 Three Months .50 (PnyaM* ^ A^rance.) i: ; i ,..,i ■ "... THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH, 1922. Snellinff, March 13.-^Miss Kate Grubbs, of Denmark spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. W. F. Hill. Mr. W.*C. Birt and daughter, Miss Sina, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Birt in the Rosemary sec tion. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Anderson of Dunbarton, spent Monday after The People agrees with Senator I noon with th * parents, Mr. Davis Moise, of Sumter County, that' an< * ^ rs * M. Cook the distribution of the $400,000 fund guaranteeing a seven month’s school term to needy schools is neither fair nor equitable. For Instance, Barn well County taxpayers contributed $4,273.90 to the fund yast yer and received in return only $838 or about 20 per cent. Charleston contributed more than $34,000 and received noth ing in return, while Horry County paid in $4,000 and received $42,000. Jasper County paid in more than $3,000 and received nothing in return, while Chesterfield paid in a little more than $5,000 and received over $29,(K)0. It is argued that all that is neces sary to receive the benefits of the seven months’ fund is to levy a local tax of eight mills, have an actual en rollment of 25 children and a 60 per cent, daily attendance. This, of course, means additional taxation />n people already over-burdened in or der to get back money that they have already paid as taxes. We are in favor of amending ttie law in order to effect a more equitable distribution of the fund, or else abolish it altogether and let each county control the dis bursement of the money collected for *-chool purposes. Mrs. W. L. Baxley and son, Ben jamin, spent last week-end with rel atives at Kline. Misses Lessie and Cynthia Coo*4. this date for this Prospectus of Barnwell, were visitors here last week. Mrs. M. F. Hpir, of WillTston, is spending this week with her daugh ter, Mrs. Ella Rutland/ Mr. W: L. Baxley was a visitor at Dunbarton Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Moore and children, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Moore and Miss Eunice Hill were visitors in Warrenville Sunday afternoon. Mr. H. M. Cook spent Thursday in the Rosemary section. The many friends of Miea Lena Tarrence will be grieved to learn 4hat she is ill with pneumonia but hope for her a speedy recovery. Miss Blanche Baxley, of the Pleasant Hill section, spent last week at the home of Miss Alice Tarrence. FREIGHT HANDLING IN EUROPE DELINT COTTON SEED BEFORE PLANTING Quirk Cniform Germination Impor tant in Presence of Roll Weevil. Clemson College, Feb. 4.—As the cotton planting season (approaches, and in view of the heavy boll weevil •■feotation and the importance of taking every possible step to give cotton a good early start in the race against tha weevil it is, suggested again, as it was last planting aeason, that farmers delint cotton seed be fore planting, as one means of get ting an early crop of cotton. Delinting is especially valuable when conditions are unfavorable for seed germination. It hastens germ ination from t*o to eight days de pending on soil and climate condi tions, makes germination more uni form, and tends to prevent disease. Delinted seed can be more evenly planted, and it requires fewer seed to plant an acre. Below are direc tions for delinting seed with sul- puhuric acid. Materials Needed Concentrated sulphuric acid about 8 pounds for each bushel of seed. Three wooden or earthen tubs, one of which shouldd have a number of small holes in the center of the bot tom with a copper wire screen over them to prevent the s<eed from pass ing through. A large glass or earth en funnel with a screen may he used instead. Plenty of water. Directions for Treating Seed Place seed in tub “A” which has no holes in bottom and cover with acid five to ten minutes. Stir seed constantly with a wooden stick until lint is removed. Next . pour seed and acid in tub “B”, which has holes in bottom and which has been placed over tub “C*», which has no holes in bottom. As soon as the acid is drained off, wash seed with water until free from acid. If a good.) stream of running water is applied this does not take low»g. Spread seed on floor or on sheets in the sun to dry. When dry they are ready to plant. * Caution. If left unneeessarly long in the acid the seed will be killed. Wooden tubs must be tight. *aihs which re quire to be tightener! by swelling with water will not do, as the acid takes all the water* out of the wood. Acid must be handled with c^re, for it will eat holes in any clothing which it touches. Ceuntrles tuooeed in Avoiding Some of Our Problems With Canals and Small Cara. This discussion of what Europe can teach us would not be complete with out a reference to their large canal howls and small freight cam, observes W. C. Gregg lu an article lu the Out look. Their canals were developed cen turies ago, long before railway prob lems were knowrn. They form a net work all over Europe, and with the standard canal boat between two and three hundred feet long, tliey move Immense quantities of material at low costs, especially fuel and building urn terlal. They are generally pulled by horses, hut occasionally men and women hitch themselves to what seems an Impossible load and move It for tulles. Tbere la no quest l«»n about the duapneas of such transportation, aa pcclally when the canuia are already hullt and no burden of modern bind- ed debt la the penalty of their use! The small freight cor may alao give Europe an advantage over us. ThJre are generally two sides to questions. The large United States standard freight cars require a mini mum of say, thirty tons. If an Amer ican shipper has that much material, the car is loaded and goes a thousand miles or tiH*ee“with no rehandling of the lost}. But what about the ship ment of_Jen tons? In Europe that represents their* carload minimum, and they send it anywhere without rehandling and at (he carload rule, hut the shipper In the United States who wants to forward ten tons must do It as local freight, at local rates. It tuuat he rehandled at Junction |s»lnt» and at terminals, causing great delay and great labor cost. I am not advising any change here. 1 am merely showing where Europe has cheaper costs, and why. We may learn many lesson*, inclpding a larger use of handcarts and wheelbarrows. “TO EVERY MAN HIS GHOST’ DOUBLE POND ITEMS Double Pond, March 13.—There was a heavy rain fall here last week. Mr. Isadore Hartxog motored to j Blackville last week-end. ’ Mr. Ellen Jones spent last week end in Blackvilla. ~ Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jones, Miss I OUie Lee Jones and Mr. Ellen* Jones | spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hair near Denmark. « Mias OUie Lee Jones spent a fewj days with relatives in Blackville i Egyptians Firmly Belisvt That Each Individual Is Accompanied by Shadowy Counterpart. —T—< ^ ‘The Egyptians believe, even to this day. that every man has a ghost,” says Prof. George A. Relsuer. recent ly returned front Egypt with the Har vard expedition. ••Statues of several thousand years ago picture the Egyptian man with his ghost. But the woman wasn’t considered important enough to have one. She was the man’s wife, and that was considered sufficient honor for her. -'‘The men took very good care of their ghosts. At regular intervals they went to the room tvhere the ghost was supposed to live and placed food offerings there for him to eat. These consisted of bread, onions and beer. It was ueqessary to repeat some mag ic phrases which had the effect of changing the physical nature of the food so that It would be fit for. con sumption by a spiritual beings “When a man died he became Iden tified with bis ghost. On the Inside of the Egyptian's coffin a black, xlg *ay line was traced to represent the course which the deceased must take through the underworld. At each.turn of the path was a warning of the dan ger to be looked for at that particular point an<L directions for avoiding it.” Speaking of Furaitur* Bride—want an easy chair for my husband. ^ ^ , > Salesman—Morris? Bride—No, Clarence. . —Business Envelopes Elko, March 15. — Announcement has been received that J a Northern capitalist and president of a very popular cannery will visit this section next week for the purpose of consid ering the advisability and possibili ties of locating a cannery here as a branch house. This company is at present putting up the'Very famous “Sweetheart” brand of canned goods, which ought to be popular, nominally at least. Asparagus^ is the main truck canned, and the movement of “grass” in the next few days fixes Since our truck growers have increased in diversification, we look upon this gen tleman’s visit as fgdl of promise and possibilities. A warm welcome a- waits him. Now that the South Carolina Legislature has adjourned, our folk are hoping to have and firmly expect to have better weather. That measly ground hog must receive the blame for all our bad weather. He was “out” on Feb. 2 (2-2-’22—there may be something in “two s ’), and came out again Tuesday of this week. He saw his shadow both days. It looks like h^ would "have a heart.” Nobody here ^vas able to attend Princess Mary’s wedding. Mrs. R. G. Stansell, postmistress, was in Columbia for several days last week visiting Mrs. Mary Harley and Mrs. Barnhill. Mrs. Stansell’s daugh ter, Miss Mary, who teaches music in the North High School, joined her last Friday and spent the week-end In Columbia also. Mr. Allen E. Hair has been looking after the post office during her absence. 0 9 »■ Mr. Buist Keel was a week-end vis itor here Sunday. He is now clerk ing for Mr. Lonnie Baughman, of Blackville. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Lee have both made trip* at different times Ho Co lumbia to the bedside of their son, Mr. W. B. I>ee, of The State, who has been quite yiok. ami who is still confined to his bed. His condition greatly concerns' his many friends here. Mr. J. H. Wrighf, of Johnston, vis ited Elko last week in the official ca pacity of fertilizer inspector from Clemson College. He has relatives here and his visit served a doable purpose Miss Mae Woodward spent the lat ter part of last week in Blackville visiting kin folk and attending the Coleman-Baggott revival at the Bap tist Church. Quite a number of other Elko people enjoyed these services also. Mrs. L. P.' Williams has been quite ill for some time, and everybody wishes her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wooley and family were called to Dunbarton last week to attend the funeral of one of Mrs. Wooley’s nieces. The 1920 census figures give Elko as 188,-but now another must be add ed to the total. This additional ONE is the most important personage in town to father Norman B. Young blood. The new arrival is Miss Mary Katherine Youngblood, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. a* Youngblood, who die leceivh.g 186 congratulations. Stats of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, aa. Frank J. Chsney makes oath that ba Is senior partner of the Sir of F. J. Cheney A Co., doing business in the City of T'-ledj, County and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, WA. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal) Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Medicin* Is taken In ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O. ’ Sold by all druggists. 76c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. A DISTRICT GENERAL AGENT FOR BARNWELL, S. C., AND VICINITY FOR THE STATE MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY OF MASSA- tHUSETTS, WHOSE ANNUAL STATE MENT SHOWS ASSETS AF $72,219,112. INSURANCE IN FORCE of $338,000,000, LOW PREMIUMS, LARGE ANNUAL DIVIDENDS AND MOST LIBERAL POL ICY CONTRACTS. OUR 1922 SCHED ULE OF DIVIDENDS MAKES THE COST OF INSURANCE IN THIS COM PANY AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. A REAL OPPORTUNITY for THE RIGHT MAN TO MAKE A MOST PROFITABLE CONNECTION, WITH AN ASSURED IN- COME FOR THE FUTURE. IF INTERESTED WRITE US FOR OUR PROPOSITION. Louis Sherfesee, GENERAL AGENT, GREENVILLE. S. C. The Buick Disc Clutch TAX SALE State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. THE STATE j: -vs NORWOOD GRAHAM Under and by virtue of a tax ex ecution directed to me by J. B. Arm strong jpount^ Treasurer, I have levied ifpon and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, in front of the court house on Monday 3rd. day of April 1922, this being salesday ip said month, tltb fol lowing described real estate: Fifteen acres of land bounded on the West by Barnwell and Williaton public road, on t^e-^outh^by Ijndg of j B. Mazursky and on the East and north the boundary is unknown. This land being sold to satisfy tax execution and costa. Purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. : • C. Keys Sanders, Sheriff. is the Great War Tank Clutch ■ ^ y ^ . ( _ -• These monstrous, powerful war tanks, plowing their way through swamp and forest—oyer trench, embank- ■ ment and shell hole—battering their way. through every ^ obstacle—required ab£ve all things a clutch absolutely positive, dependable, and easy to operate. This is the clutch that is used in Buick cars. It provides the same certainty and safety either for ordinary serv ice or unforeseen emergency. * \ '4r3» ■ r • # ^v < V , J r This disc clutch is a development of twenty years of consistent effort. Rome was not Jmilt in a day- neither is a perfected clutch. Buick Sixes • 33-3im-44 Thr— PaM. Kmmdutmr 33-Sit-45 Fit* Fam. Touring - 33-SiM‘H Thrum Fmmm. Coupm - 33-Si*-47 Firm Pam. Sudan - - . 33-Si*-4S Four Faaa, Coupm - - 33-Sia-49 Sumon Faaa. Touring 33-Sim-SO Saaoh kauat Sodan *