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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924.
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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WINNERS TO VISIT CHICJIGO! ««ovid umrom wtewwtoiwi
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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-
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ic 1 r JLM Western N»*wapHp^r t’nlon.)
Lesson for November 23
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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