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I Prof. Lueco Gunter Dies in Greenville . i The following item taken from the News and Courier will cause deep regret among the host of friends of Prof. Gunter in Beaufort, where he was superintendent of the high school for three years. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to his widow and children in their hour of bereavement: Greenville, Sept. 1.?Prof. Lueco Gunter, for the past two years head of the department of education of Piirman umversit*v. died at his home here this afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock, after having been unconscious since Monday. With him at the time of his death was Dr. W. J. x i \ McGlothlin, president of Furman; Prof. 'H. T. Cox, dean of the university, and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Brodye, of Wagener, and Mrs. E. W. Able, of Saluda. No funeral arrangements have been made. Prof. Gunter was forty-three years old. He was a native of Wagener, , having been born near that place on S March 11, 1879. He attended common schools in Aiken county, attended high school at Blackville, was a student at the University of South Carolina, being graduated there with the B. A. degree. He became a member of the Baptist church at the age of 15. Following his graduation, he - UaoiifnTt Decame supenuicuucut ui x>ca^v<? "high school. Three years later he became superintendent of schools at. . Rock Hill. After this he was supervisor of rural schools for the state of South Carolina, remaining in this position until about two years ago, when he became head of the department of education at Furman. During !his stay in Columbia he taught pedagogy in the University of South Car!; olina. Prof. Gunter's illness practically dates back to about the time he came to Greenville. He continued actively at his work, however, for about a year. During 1921 he was in' charge of the summer school. About nine months ago his illness was diagnosed as cancer of the spine. His condition became serious. He was first taken to Atlanta where he ; was treated for about two months. Later he was taken to New York, ' where he underwent treatment for several months. He came back slightly improved and for a time his recovery was hoped for. During the past few weeks, however, he had steadily grown worse. Six weeks ago he suf? fered a relapse and remained in bed until his death. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Theora E. Gunter, who lives with her youngest , daughter, Miss Mamie Gunter, in Sumter; by his wife, who was Miss Laura Perry, of Columbia; and *'T>y three young children, Margaret, Lueco, Jr., and Nilla. y- . Hail the Tomato! Science at last accords premier 'place on the world's bill af fare to the humble tomato, admired by our grandsires a hundred years ago as the "love apple," but for a long time avoided by them as poisonous. Accordingto the American Medical Association, the tomato is richest of all everyday foodstuffs in its content of vitamins, elements still chemically obscure, but definitely established as necessary to a properly balanced *1 diet. v Vitamins?and, therefore, tomatoes?supply the individual with fresh reserves of energy. Eat tomatoes and tackle your tasks with confidence. So say the new race of dietitians and we are prepared to believe. If you are a golfer, half a dozen tomatoes a day added to your , wAmiiai' /Hot- should in short or dor A U1UA V%- V ? V? improve your game. Vitamins?and, therefore, toma- ' toes?cure and prevent various skin , diseases. Do you cherish a haunting ] fear of scurry or beri beri? Let the tomato become a part of your daily fare. Eat tomatoes between meals. Slip one into your pocket before leaving for the ball game, and nibble it between innings. It will immunize the nibbler against a host of embarrassing disorders. Tomatoes are also rich in iron, lime, potash salts, and critic acid, ail of which are essential to bodily wellbeing. But their highest distinction, their supreme triumph, is in their prodigal endowment of vitamins. Cheap, plentiful and readily preserved for future consumption, the tomato should, beginning at once, come into enormous demand. Science has given it a sweeping testimonial.? ?? . * A A Virginia Fiiot, Aug. zy. Knew His Mother. Teacher: "Now, we will say that your mother bought three dozen oranges, the dealer's price being 30c a dozen, how much would the purchase cost her?" Johnny: "Seventy-fi' cents. Ma's a jim dandy at bargainin'."?Boston Transcript. j Plantation Days In Old Beaufort (By N. L. Wiliet.) Than the South Carolina coast no section in the United States has been so ravaged by wars,, actually five in number. The earliest was waged by the Spanish. Then came the continued wars with the Indians which ended by the expulsion of the Yemassee tribe of Indians about 1707. Along in 1782 came the war with England in which Deveaux in his march from Charleston to Savannah ravaged the country. At Sheldon he burned Sheldon Hall and Sheldon church. The slave negroes flocked to him in immense numbers and were a great nuisance, but, the British profited by carrying them away in ships and selling into foreign ports some three thousand of them. Imi mense numbers swam out and clung | to the departing ships, but their i hands were chopped off and they were j lost in the seas. In the very begin! ning of our late civil war Beaufort. Port Royal and Hilton Head and practically Beaufort county were captured by the northern army. The white planters left hurriedly never to return, and their lands were confiscated'and given to negroes, ten to fifteen acres each. Some thousands of these little homes and holdings are still held by negroes. At the end of the war Sherman's army devastated this Carolina coast country, burning practically every building within its range, among them being the rebuilt Sheldon Parish church. Parish System Established. About 1707, Granville, now Beaufort county, after the expulsion of the Yemassees, was offered to set tiers and Heavy bounties were paia to protestant white men and white boys. Roman Catholics were prohibited and to prevent further importation of negroes a heavy duty was imposed upon them. Several years previous to 1707, an act was passed which established the peculiar parish system of South Carolina, which lasted for about one hundred and fifty years, out' of which grew the Prince William Parish at Sheldon and the St. Helena Parish around Beaufort. Much Cattle Raised. Along in 1682 we are told, that the South Carolina coast climate was healthy and that Indians there grew to an old age. The soil was fertile, even sandy soils bringing good corn. In 1681 many plantations held sev- 1 en to eight hundred head of cattle each. These cattle were free from disease aid in winter, it is said, they were not "pinched" because they could feed out in the open all the year. Land was cheap, something like a dollar an acre in our currency today. About 1700 some plantations carried a? many as a thousand head < of cattle and hogs were owned in i greatest abundance, these hogs rov- < ing wild and living off nuts and roots < and several types of bulbs called < Wampee. In the swamps large num- j bers of beasts roved wild and boun- < ties were placed on the skins of wolf, 1 panther, bear and wild cat. Every farmer hired an Indian hunter to provide game, one hunter easily furnishing the year around wild meats } for thirty persons. An Indian could ( easily kill from one hundred to two * hundred deer alone in a year. Bears ? were very common. One pound of 1 the money of the province was equal to four pounds today, or one pound ? in those days equal to about twenty dollars of today. The hire of the 1 above Indian hunter was twenty dollars a year. * Silk Worm Culture. * The Huguenots had tried out silk culture and had failed in it, but in 1707 Nathaniel Johnson, of St. Thomas Parish, is credited with making seven or eight thousand dollars a year out of silk alone, and many plantations made seven or eight hundred dollars each year without reducing their other work. The negro children fed the silk worms. Silk worms were fed on mulberry trees which grew spontaneously in great " numbers out in the woods. This silk was largely exported to England a long with lumber, pitch, turpentine and resin, to be followed by indigo and rice. Trade between Carolina - ? - t* t and Europe oegan as iar uac-K as 1669 and continued to grow. The vessels built were small but there were a great many of them, calling not only at Charleston but at other seaports south of Charleston, and many of them coming up into the big rivers in Beaufort county. Between 'Em. A very old story of Sheridan's wit. says a London exchange, has come down through the nineteenth century. Fox and Grenville was walking down -Bond street one day when they met Sheridan. Fox hailed him. "Hey Sherry, we were just talking about you, wondering whether you are most knave or fool." "Well, do you know," said Sheridan. taking an arm of each, "I'm a ^ little betwixt the two." IS UNIONISM WANING? Charlotte Mill Owners Say They Don't Fear Strike Bludgeon. The strike bludgeon held over the heads of southern textile mill owners by President McMahon, of the United Textile Workers of America, is dreaded no more than a baby's rattle, says a Charlotte, N. C., dispatch. ?1 At least that is the sentiment expressed by many owners of mills here and elsewhere in this section with headquarters in Charlotte. They were frank to admit in interviews on mi- " ? ~ fhof + V* /"ITT /IA T? nf 1 IlUl'SUct.y anci UUUU luttu i.u&j uu uui fear the threatened action of the president of the textile union. According to word from the north, Mr. McMahon is threatening to call a strike in southern cotton mills next spring in order to force the hand of mill owners for the establishment of the 48-hour week. He is now laying his plans and has already made public announcement of his intentions. Textile unionism, say mill owners here, is the next thing to a word in a dead language. Textile operatives here and in near-by textile centers have become "disgusted" with the unions as the result of the three months' idleness last summer when the strike availed them nothing, mill owners assert. Many of the operatives, it was explained, have not gotten straightened out from that strike and are still paying off merchants' debts incurred during that period of idleness when all was going ont and nothing coming in. The textile organization is a mere skeleton of its former self and plays nn nart in manv of the larger mills of this section, declare the owners. Heice it is the belief of the owners that a strike call issued by Mr. Mc Mahon will not 4>e heeded unless present conditions materially change. Unless the operatives can be offered something more attractive than the strike of 1921, another call for a! walkout will be passed up, assert j owners. The present working schedule is 5 5 "hours a week in the majority of North and South Carolina mills and, according to owners' statements, this is a satisfactory arrangement. Workers are apparently satisfied with the schedule, according to mill officials. .The railway strike, with its resultant non-shipment of coal*, is causing more trouble and worry to mill heads than the threatened strike call of the union official. If the shipment of fuel is not forthcoming, mills will be forced to close down and that is an added factor against the chance of a summer strike, it being the contention of mill owners that operatives will not care to quit work. The question now confronting owners is the care of operatives and getting enough coal to keep them warm during tne winter luuhlus. vnucis are determined to see that sufficient coal is gotten andJ workers will be given every possible attention and loal furnished in every instance, it svas said. After Winding Up. We referred some time ago to the vooden sink our ancestors cherishid. The recollection further recalls ;he Vermont story of the , old New Sngland housewife and her husband, vho ventured the discreet query: "Mirandy, hev'ye wiped up the link yet?" "Why, yes, Hiram, what d'ye vant?" "I kind o' wanted a drink, but I jueSs I can wait till mornin."?Boson Herald. i A hungry cat? A foolish rat. A lively run? Exciting fun. Ferocious jaws? Paws and claws. A dying sq.ueal? Pussy's meal. Alas! Poor rat? Happy cat! j mrr dgarette^^^ They are GOOD/ 1U J J. WESLEY CRUM, JR. ATTORXEY-AT-LAW Bamberg, S. C. Offices in Herald Building Practice in State and Federal Courts. Loans negotiated. h. 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