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f 9 \ ) I \ -"V' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. PAGE THREE WINNERS TO VISIT CHICJIGO! ««ovid umrom wtewwtoiwi I* &S [>, .4 ' A^V' t V" * ' . ■ Girls and Boys From South Carolina to Attend Club Congress IMov 30- Dec. 5. Hi ei/’flill. Mrs. H<»rr.et *■ i-on, i) liader tor Sou.li v'aroiina «>n chaperon the home demonstration } duo girls Irom the, state who have j won trips ,tu the National Boys' and Girls’ Club congress in Chicago No-{ vember 30-Decemher 0, leaving—\»> i vemher 3tl and rteurning December t». Winners are announced by Mrs. Johnson as follows: Cocking club member, Miss Virginia i Green, Clarendon county,' home mak ers club member, Miss Marcello Sims.' Florence county, canning and garden club member. Miss Anna Kuth Yoyles, . Abbevilje county; sewing club mem ber, Miss Ada Hatchell, Dillon county; SundaySchool ? Lesson 1 (B> RKV P B FITZVVATKFl. 1) D.. of th^ Kventn* Srhool. Moody Bible In- , at It uft» of Chlrajfo.) ic 1 r JLM Western N»*wapHp^r t’nlon.) Lesson for November 23 < X rt 'Z&' Spivey, contest Cnion^ For the hay and the corn wheat that Is reaped. For the labor well done and the barn» that are heaped, For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb, For the rose and the sonff and the harvest brought home— Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! and the For the trade and the skill and the wealth In our land. For the cunning and strength of the workingman s hand, For the good that our artists and poets have taught, For the friendship that hope and af“ fectlon have brought, Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! For the homes that with purest affec tions are blest. For the season of plenty and well- deserved rest, For our country extending from sea to sea. The land that Is known as “The Land of the Free.” Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! —Anonymous. poultry club member, John ! Wiliamsburg county; health winner. Miss Ruth Garner. ]county. I Counties planning to ss-nd county J '—rr ' winners*--the decisions have not all been made—include Abbeville, Green ville. Richland and Sumter. Competitors were scored on the fol lowing points: Year's record 20, con test work 15, club story 15, exhibit in canned products 10, judging 5, attitude toward club work 15, attendance at meeting 15, neatnessjn records 5. THE TRANSFIGURATION Ll'SSON TKXT—Luke 9 2S-2fi. <*< -LDICN TKXT -This is my beloved Son, hear Him. — Luke 9.25. I'RIMARY TOPIC Jesus Shows His Glory ll'N'IOR TOPIC Beholding Christ's Glory 1 NTKR M KD1ATK AND SKNlOU TOP IC—-The Glory of Jesus Christ. Yol NG I'KOIM.K AND ADI'KT TOP IC—The Tr.-instiguratloji a Preparation for the Cross While it bC'tnik that in this lesson ie disciples jyv witnesses of Christ's lory, the full truth is. T tliiit the mani festation of ChrisLih glory was to give to the diseoufagvd disciples a fore gleam of the Messianic Kingdom. The hopes of the disciples were crushed when Christ announced His death- on the cross. They were unable to see bow victory could issue from death. Jesus took with Him Peter. .Tames and John and went Into the mountain to pray. Ills chief aim in retirement was to get the disciples apart and Into a state of receptivity so that He might show them the method of the Before going to the moun- fel “No More Turkeys for Thanksgiving!” When the baby who this Thanks giving day scuffs his wee buttoned shoe on the rung of his high chair, and pounds the enameled tray before him with the drumstick of the Thanksgiv ing turkey, has grown to manhood and attained the position of Importance hack of the carving knife, will there be any bird to carveV a writer in the. St. Louis Globe-Democrat asks mourn fully. oh, there may be a goose or a duck or a chicken or two, of course! But will there he a gobbler—a great, brown, deliciously fragrant fowl, stuffed with chestnuts or onions or whatever dressing the family likes best, the crisp skin fairly bursting over the firm white breast? “No!” cry the members of the Nation al Poultry, Butter and Kgg association, as they go over the records of their turkey-raising members. “Twenty years from today the turkey will be as extinct as the American buffalo, un less somebody does something about it." In the eastern and middle western states the turkey production has fallen more than,50 per cent since the war, while even In Texas, where the farms are being cut up Into small parcels, the gobbler's sun Is setting. Alton Briggs of Boston, former sec retary of the association, urged that every turkey he saved at all costs. “I am sure the American people and congress are too patriotic to allow the turkey to follow the buffalo,” says 'Mr. Briggs. “Congress saved Plymouth Rock ; It must save the turkey. Con gress must care for the bird as It has for the Indians. If this Is done we shall have our Thanksgiving turkey for some time to come.’’ Dwelling on Past Glories. Bat If not. other members hasten to add. little Jimmy and Mary Lou, who sfpiiihhle happily over which one’s turn It is to have the wishbone this year, will he telling their respective families two decades hence how “once Mpon a time.” the last Thursday in November useil. to mean turkey—and then go on to explain to the wide-eyed circle ex actly what sort of a tiling that f»v*l was. May he they will have to promise to take benighted youngsters to -Jljgd * nearest natural history museum to show them a stuffed bird. Unfortu nately. the taste Is something no mu seum In the world will he able to pre serve. The first mention of the American turkey in history was made, in 152." by one Oviedo, who thought tliey were a variety of peacocks, and commented upon the vast numbers of them In the new wilderness. Four hundred years later, national research councils, een sus bureaus and state legislatures vie with one another as to who can devise a plan to protect the “disappearing national bird.*' From officials of the United States* Department of Agriculture comes the disturbing news that there is y stead ily decreasing annual crop of domesti cated turkeys. The crop of 19*22 was not half as large as 19‘20's. Why Turkey Is Passing. ' One reason advanced for the ebb of the turkey census Is that development of intenslvle agriculture and the in creasing density of population on farm land is reacting unpleasantly on the king of birds) Turkeys like to roam at their own sweet will, and they en joy foraging for their own food; when one farmyard abuts more or less close ly on another's, the gobblers are woht to ignore little things like metes and hounds' set hut In deeds, and to strut about on neighbor’s property. Poach ing by birds Is no more popular among farmers than poaching by -people, and vigorous objection is raised, so that at length it Is found advisable to give up turkeys altogether. Then there is the extreme delicacy of young turkeys to be combated. “Blackhead” and “Hinberneek” are two diseases peculiar to this bird, and al-. most Invariably fatal. “Blackhead," for Instance, may attack one member of a flock of half a hundred, and with in forty-eight hours the entire fifty will have succumbed. Whether or not these diseases de velop because of the condition of the average barnyard Is a moot question. If every farmer took care that his barnyard was clean, supplied plenty of fresh water for the birds to drink, and a dry place for the young during had storms. It Is predicted that the turkey census would go up instead of down in short order. Toward the latter part of winter or enfly spring turkey hens begin laying —and they* don’t lay their eggs in nice, comfortable, selected nests pro vided by the thoughtful farmer. They slip out and hide among patches of weeds or bushy thickets, sometimes hear home, sometimes full half a mile away. And the v ambitious turkey grower has tiie role of Sherlock Holmes thrust upon him. Deterioration through' inbreeding is the greatest foe of the turkey indus try, and it has been brought about by the heedlessriess of the farmer about Infusing new blood Into the flocks. For generations turkey growers in many of our Eastern states have borrowed a male bird from a neighbor, or lent their own year after year, giving no of the intelligence of a noble bird. But by this scheme, for some twenty years, wild gobblers have been annually ob tained for turkey farms In Rhode Island. The wild turkey and the prairie Chicken retreat before civilization, while their near relative, the Virginia quail, adapts itself to man-changed conditions. The only possible salvation of the wild turkey, according to a recent gov ernment survey, lies In Its partial do mestication. In early Colonial days birds of this species were very numer ous In Massachusetts, and so tame that flocks of them used to strut about the commons in the neighborhood of settlers’ homes. They have been ex tinct In New England for more than hulf a century, and In other parts of the country they have become so wild as to he hard to shoot. Two Killed at Saluda. Saluda.—Two men are dead and an- | kingdom other seriously injured as the result tain He declared that Hit »re were some of an automobile wreck three miles j from here on the Chappells highway. The dead are: a Mr. Nimmoeks, white, | and section foreman on the Southern : railroad between Batesburg and John ston and a negro, “Bud” Boskit, a sec tion hand employed by Nimmons. Bill Holland, Nf»gro, who lives near Saluda, was seriously injured. There were two other negroes in the 1924 model Dodge car that escaped injury. It was said that Nimmons. who lived at John ston, was employed by the Boskit Ne gro to bring him to his former home near Saluda for a visit. The Boskit Negro was driving the car at the time of the wreck and was going at a rapid speed. It was stated, the car turning completely ever and stopping on its side on the second turn. The two men were killed instantly, the Negro’s neck was broken and the skull of the white man crushed and he received a deep glass cut under his chin. An empty whiskey bottle was found near the car. Turkeys on Ranches- Because of the decreasing produc tion of turkeys on farms, the business of raising turkeys on a large scale may develop into an Important and Inter esting form of ranching. As yet, how ever. turkey ranching is In Its Infancy. In the unsettled foothills of California and in certain sections of Arizona, a few persons have engaged in this In dustry ho the extent of raising a thou sand or more turkeys each year. Here the range Is unlimited and the natural food of the turkey, such as grasshop pers and other Insects, green vegeta bles und the seeds of various weeds and grasses Is abundant. Advantage Is also taken of the turkey’s relish for acorns, and where these are plentiful hut little grajn need he used for fat tening in the fall. Tliese large flocks of turkeys are managed much like herds of sheep, being taken out to the range early in the morning and brought home to roost at night. They are herded during the day by men, either on foot or on horseback, and by dogs specially trained for the work. Pee Dee Women Hold Convention. Florence.—After selecting Darling ton as the next meeting place Hge Eastern district of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs closed here, the meeting being held in the Episcopal church parish house. All of the* counties of the Pee Dee sec tion were represented, the total at tendance of clubwomen, state officers and chairmen of state departments be ing 42. 1 Mrs. Duncan. McKenzie, director of ’he Eastern district, presided. Mrs M. C. Brunson acting as secretary. May or Waters welcomed the visitors for the city of Florence and Mrs. D. M. McEachin for the city federated clubs Miss Mabel Montgomery responding Laurens.—The Uppei South tfl lina Methodist conference closed Today, but What ot the Future? thought to the inevitable consequence, until in some localities it is difficult to find unrelated stock. This total dis regard of the fundamental laws of na ture hah In some sections reduced the onditton of turkeys almost to a state of imbecility, and has so undermined the vitality of the birds as to make it difficult to rear a tenth of the number of poults hatched. What’s to he done? Wild Turkeys Superior, Wild turkeys are the sele<E of their race, having survived through genera tions by reason of their superiority to i others of their kind. Therefore, xaj^ experts, such a bird, as a father, is in | valuable to the future of a flock. His offspring, when he mates with tame I turkey hems^are bigger and hardier than onllnaryKiPkf'ys. Furthermore, their meat has a better flavor. To obtain breeding stock is a matter of no serious difficulty in sections of the country where the wild birds roam. The birds are caught, without injuring them, in a kind of trap built of ordi nary fence rails, and about twelve feet square. Beneath the lowermost rail on one side the ground Is hollowed suf- ftdlntly to admit a turkey, and corn Is sprinkled in the hollow, with a trail of the same attractive cereal leading from the outside to the inside. Pick ing up the corn, the birds, wLth-joW-, ered heads,‘find their way into the pen; but when they have eaten all the grain, they raise their heads, and never think of looking low down for a place of exit. It seems a mean advantage to take Be Grateful Always Don’t leave such a heavy burden next year for Thanksgiving day. Be prompt with the thanks due each day’s blessings. '************ : ************** * t * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * £ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * i* * * * * * * * * * Thanksgiving Prayer Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thae foY Thine unfailiriK mercy despite our waywardness and for Thine abounaint? providences even thouKh we have been so forgetful of Thee and of Thy love. We thank Thee that Thou hast so often put the aiiKel with the drawn sword across our pathway when we have been bent on dotnK evil and on having our own way. lake as a father pltleth hts children Thou hast pitted us and we have received goodness upon goodness, and beauty upon beauty out of the rich, eventfi 1 year, which has passed away forever. Often we hfave looked into the clouds, and dewed the flowers on the new- made mound? with our tears, but as a mother comforteth her chil dren Thou didst comfort us. In all our experMqpes Thy grace has been s j flic■ t-»£n t for us. We bless Thee our Father, and pray that Thou wilt still lead us on over wha'ever way—may prove to be our future path. We thank Thee for our homes, our country, our churches and oqr friends We thank Thee that we have had strength and a task and those who love us. and whom we love. Grant It unto us that we may live In Thy light and truth as a nation, as families, as churches and as individuals, and that thu» the way may ever grow brighter for us and for the world. Ever give us. If Thou will It. work and flowers, .and frlend-B with laughter and love. If it must be otherwise with us, grant us the strength still to .sing" and he glad. And may our whole life on earth be a service to Thee and to our fellowmen" jg and then will our heaven be jjc. an eternity of thanksgiving, jfcl Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 4c Amen.—Chrlstlan-Evangeltst. ajc * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5k 5k * 5k sk >k sk sk =k 5k 5k 5k 5k sk sk 5k 5k 5k 5k Upper Methodist Conference Closes. Caro- its tenth session with the reading by Bish op ChlRns Denny of the appointments for presiding elders and mission pas tors and others In charge of depart ments fostered by the church. Two new presiding elders we^e an nounced. the Rev. P. F. Kilgo of Lau rens being assigned to the Anderson district and the Rev. T. W. Munner- lyn qf Batesburg being assigned to the Rock Hill district The Rev. J. R. T. .Major of the Columbia district and the Rev. (E. S. Jones of Cokesbury ex changed districts, while the Rev. W. A. Fairey was returned to the Spar tanfiurg district and the Rev. A. N. Rurnson returned to the Greenville district. Memorial services with Bishop Denny presiding were held in honor of the Rev. J. B. Tra-ywlck and the Rev. Benjamin M. Robertson, who passed away during the conference year. THAT BAKE -DAY Woman Arrested on Murder Charge. Greenville. -Estelle Babb, alias Es telle Green, young woman of Greer, this county, who was arrested on a I charge of murder in connection with the shooting of Dorothy Dodson, a Greenville woman, in the Babb home at Greer, October 2*!, was held without boruj in the county jail On orders 1 from W. H. Willimon, foreman of the grand jury. Mr. Willimon—said—Hrat further investigation was being mndu. standing in His presence who would not taste of death till they should see the Son of Man corning in His king dom (Luke 9:27; Matt. lfl:28). That their drooping spirits might he revived and their confidence restored. He Is transfigured before them. Two men from the upper world are sent to con versewith Him about his approaching death in Jerusalem (v. 31)—the very thing about which the disciples re fused to talk. Then, too, God’s own voice was heard In words of approval of Christ’s course, directing them to hear the Master. Surely they cannot doubt His ability now to carry into execution His kingdom plans. The purpose, then, of the transfiguration is to give the disciples a fnregleam of the coming kingdom, to enable them to see Hie kingdom In embryo. That thin Is true Is not only shown by JJie context and circumstances, hut by. the- Inspired Interpretation of one who was with Him and knew all that transpired (U Peter 1 :1(V19 R. V.). Note the out standing features of the kingdom as displayed in the transfiguration: 1. Jesus Christ the Glorified King on ML Zion (v. 29). The glorified king on this mount was Intended to symbolize the Messianic kingdom when Christ returns to the Mount of (Hives In Jerusalem (Zech. 14:4-17). This Is still in the future, and will he literally fulfilled. U. The Glorified Sainte With Christ (vv. 30-31). (1) Moses, who was once denied an entrance into Palestine, appears now In glory, representing the redeemed of the Lord who shall pass through death Into the kingdom. Many thousands of the redeemed have fallen asleep and at the coming of the Lord shall* be awak ened to pass Into tile kingdom. (2) Elijah, now glorified, represents the redeemed who shall pass Into the kingdom through translation. Many shall he living upon the earth when the Lord shall come, and shall without dying he changed, and thus pass into the kingdom (I Cor. 15:50-53;' I Theses. 4:14-18). (3) They talk oD the very thing which the disciples refused to believe, namelv. the death of Christ. , Z ■■ . f HI. Israel, in the Flesh, in Connec tion With the Kingdom, Represented by Peter, James and John (v. 28). Israel shall he called from their hid- | irtg place among all nations of the ! ^orth and sJtn+HJm gathered to Jesus ^ Christ the King, as the central people in the kingdom (Ezek. 37:21-27). (1) Peter proposes to build three tabernacles (v. 33.). The' Feast of Tab ernacles looked forward to the glorious reign of t’hrist. Peter caught n glimpse of the significance of the transfigura tion. His proposition showed that he thought of the Feast of Tabernacles, and therefore of the Millennium. (2) The divine voice (v. 35). At this time God Himself uttered 1114 wfn\iis, assuring them that this One In glory was .Ills Son .Testis Christ. — IV. The Multitude at the Foot of the Mountain (vv. 37-43). TWs Is representative of the nations which shall he brought info the king dom which shall he established over Israel. See Isaiah 11:10-12. The peo ple here were grievously oppressed by the devil. About the time of Christ’s first coining he did his best to harass men. Just before Christ's coming again be will be especially active, for he knows that his time Is short. %ats what of women havedone with c*mm. BAHINC Beta* &&**** a, * ddep r2S5 any of the In gredient* on bake day* : evA • SECT BY mz IBPI Sales Z 1 /* Times Those ot Aar Other Brand At the Little Window Bank (’ashler (new at the Job)—I'm sorry, sir, hut you will have to be Iden tified before I can cash this check. Patron—But it is drawn to “Bear er.” Cashier—I see that, sir, but how do I know that you are he?—Boston Transcript. Fining Station AwardexL Verdict. Union.—The jury awarded a verdict of f2i>.( i 0b in the case of the Crescent Filling station vs. the Standard Oil company in the court here. The ver dict gave $k000 actual damages and $17,000 punitive damages. The Crescent Filling station in its ’omplaint alleged that the Standard Oil company through its local agency here had engaged in price cutting, seriously damaging the former's business The case has attracted a gei-at deal af attention and the legal battle has been most interesting. Life Life in Itself Is neither evil! It Is the theater of evil sis you make It. good good nor and Our Qualities The qualities we have do not make "s so ridiculous as those which we af fect to have.—La Rouchefoucauld. Repentance Especially,4 repentance means ■ definite refusal to abide any longer In sin.—George Hodges. Falsehood Has No Future Falsehood may have Its hour, but It bus no future.—Pressense. Ptrmantnt roadM art a good investment Road — Building Far Behind the Automobile Millions now recognise the automobile as a ne cessity. It is no longer a luxury for the few. Sixty per cent of its use is for business. Because of this the mod ern paved highway haa become an economic ne cessity. s Yet although the mileage ot ' Concrete Road* and Streets hw l been ateadily increasing, our " highway system today lags far behind the automobile The great majority oi our highwaye are as out oi date as the single- track, narrow gauge railway oi fifty years ago. Such a condition not only seri ously handicaps the progrees ot the automobile as a comfortable, profitable means oi transporta tion, but also holds back com mercial, industrial and agricul tural advancement in practically every section oi the country. It is - costing taxpayers millions oi dol lars annually. Highway building should be continued and enlarged upon. Your highway authorities are ready to carry on their share oi this great public work. But they must have your support. Tell them you are ready to invest in more and wider Concrete High ways now. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 111 West Washington Street CHICAGO cyf National Organisation to Tmprora and Extend the Vtet of Comxeta Offices In 29 Cltlea SAMPSON WIND MILLS and Towers S*vr« ume »n<l Ixbor. Keep* the household tud lire Hock 1 supplied with water. Write today tor detail, and pricea. Sydnof Pump and Well Co., Richmond, Va. Pumpa. Enfinei, Saw Mllla, Wind Milia. Radiolaa. Etc. N. U. t CHARLOTTE, NO. 47-1R21