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ic Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1840-mi ^ B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., an second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year — $1.60 Six Months ..... .90 Three Months — (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY XUGUST J9TH, 1925. { .60 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 1925 — \ ,— It sometimes happens that rail roads, because they are corporations, are apparently the victims of unjust discrimination and when it appeared to this paper that sucTi was the case we have spoken in defense of the roads, realizing that no section cafti progress an<i develop without them. However, it also happens that at times the railroads apparently dis criminate against tht people and when that is the case, The Peon’e-Sen- tinel will, of course, champion the cause of the people. A case in point is the recent change in the passing :r h'hedule of trains passing through »3a>rwell, which ap pears elsewhere in this issue. The new schedule completely “bottles un” this section, so far as getting in and out of Columbia during the daytime is concerned. The former schedule was bad enough, allowing only about three hours in Columbia. Now it is impossible to have any time in Col-, umbia during the day unless the use of the night trains or a bus line is resorted to. The railroads have bean claiming much of late of the loss of passenger traffic by reason of the growing popu larity of bus lines, but if the new schedule is a fair sample of the treatment accorded their patrons in other sections the loss is easily understood. I 1 The People-Sentinel sincerely hopes thatthe officials of the Southern Rail way will make a new schedule where by this section may be served more efficiently. the interference disappeared. About a year ago a similar dis turbance intferferred to large extent with local radio reception^ coming just about the time that the World Series was being broadcast. 1 > WGY to Use 60,000 Watts. f a. s' a Of interest to listeners-in in this section is the announcement that Station WGY at Schenectady, N. Y., will broadcast during the evenings of August 22, 24 and 25 its pr->gram and signels at a power of 50,000 watts, the greatest energy ever used for this purpose. The program is in the form of a test and Secretary Hoover has asked the nation’s radio listeners to assist in determiningjwhat effects the super-power station has on the transmission of waves. Government observers and many broadcasting stations will engage in the same attempt, equipped with scientific devices to determine the in tensity, range, modulation, fading and ^inketing phenomena which the signals from the tremendous f'^er center will evince. At the same time, the regular listeners, scattered every where as they are, can greatly assist the project by reporting their receiv ing experiences. s The station, while bringing the full 50 nilowatt power inco service most of the time, will also reduce at in tervals to its regular two kilowatt standard in order that comparisons mav be made. The high": t power sttfwi now broadcasting in the United states is five kilowatts, or 5,000 watts, so the Schnectady station will be using ten times the energy hitherto developed for broadcasting'. Mr. Joe Pender, of Scotia, passed through Barnwell last week on his Way home from Glenn Springs. For Satisfactory Weights and 'Grades, Ship Your Cotton to MID DLETON and PETERSON, Inc., Savannah, Ga. * hold, manage and deal in real es~ tate; to lend and borrow money and to do all things incident to those above set ‘forth. The Capital Stock of the proposed corporation is to be Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, divided into fifty (50) shares of the par value, of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars each> Notice is also given that a meeting of the Subscribers of the capital stock will be held at ^(he office of the proposed corporation in the building next door to the store of Wm. iMor- rison, in Blackville, S. C., at tep o’clock a. m., August 24, 1925, for the ‘ purpose of organization of the corporation s apd the election of directors. BlackvilW^S. Mr Er STILL,, H. D. STILL, Jr. C., August 18, 1925. For Satisfactory Weights and Grades, Ship Your Cotton to MID DLETON and PETERSON, Inc., Savannah, Ga. Cotton Estimates Again. * As evidence that cotton estimates are, as a rule, worthless it is inter esting to note that a Greenwood firm compiled a list of guesses on the ppobrtble size of the crop in that county. These estimates ran from 9,000 to 17,000 bales. Last year Greenwood County made a little more tnan 17,500 bales of cotton. The. above figures are taken from Sunday’s issue of The Index-Journal, which also contained an interesting record of the weather in 1899, which was quite similar to this year. The crop was cut short by the prolonged drought and the record states that “the total crop for the belt was 9,- 422,000 bales, nearly two million less than the year before.” Cotton has been opening prema turely in this section of the State on Recount of the long spell of dry weather, and it is quite likely that a similar condition exists over practi cally the entire belt. Observant far mers say that premature opening of bolls invariably forecasts a small crop. The last government estimate was for a crop of 13,566,000 bales and the cotton gamblers profess to believe that 14 million bales will be the yield this year. The People-Sen tinel is of the opinion that, if ac count is taken of the wholesale deteri oration of the past three weeks, the next government forecast will be much smaller. NOTICE. Notice is hereby gjven that the undersigned intend to file with the Secretary of State on Manday, Aug- '.t 24th, 1925, or as soon thereafter as may be, a Declaration for Charter for the Farmers Mercantile Com pany, Incorporated, which proposed corporation is to have its principal place of business at Blackville, Barn well County, Siouth Carolina. The general nature of the business which it proposes to do is to operate a gen eral mercantile business; to buy, sell, arf flying pistons *vr* f/rS W* Kir t'4 - ^ It must, in order to reach every mov ing part anci do a thorough job of lubrication. A good* oil sold at road- side .pumps and Service Stations wherever you see the ■ "Standard” sign. ‘STANDARD’ JUadU MOTOR OILS ‘Based on over 50 years* expedience Faversham Weds in Secret Local Interference Spoiled Reception For the past few weeks, the night ly reception of radio programs has been spoiled for Barnwell fans by local interference and at times the noise would become so had that some fans thought seriously of sell ing their sets. One night last week Mr. F. H. Mil ler, superintendent of the local power plant, Mr. A. A. Lemon, local radio dealer, Messrs. Moody and Thomas, of Dunbarton, attempted to locate the source of the trouble and after mak ing numerous tests decided that a transformer on Main Strett was caus ing the interferences. This transfor mer was M cut out” the following day but the noise was as bad as ever. It could also be heard on certain tele phone lines in the city and was par ticularly bad on the long distance aphone line—so much so, in fact, it the Southern Bell Telephone Co. a lineman here Monday to re- ire the noiae from the lines. ay night the above gentlemen in set out to solve the problem this time they were successful, (tag that the interfeijence came two wires near the power house, which caused an arc and “broadcasted" the aggravating noiae over town. The wires were repaired Tuesday mom- ang to the delight of radio fans Our Ginning Plant, which'is equipped with four of the latest improved gins and one double box' press, has , been . ~ ’ ' • . ' . , • • ■; y . ' ' ' ^ - thoroughly overhauled during the summer, and everything is now in first class condition to handle the new crop. We are equipped to gin 7 5 bales of cotton per day, and caikassure the public of quick service and excellent turnout. i Charges, $3.00 per bale up to 500 pounds; over 500 . v . - f » . >N V • „ . . I ~*~ *• ' . 1 \* pounds at the rate of 60 cents per 100 pounds. Bagging and Ties, $1.25. . No Ginning will be charged—Terms CASH. B. S. MOORE, Manager U llliiini Faversham. the \vell-kno\Yn actor, and Edith Campbell wer< married secretly some days ago by a justice of the peace at Huntington, Loni island. Mrs. h uversiiam is now at her husband’s estate near that town. Immediate Service When you are in a hurry—need your car right away, and something goes wrong, we give yoy immediate service,, so you will not be delayed a-minute longer than absolute- 1 i * —— ly necessary. No extra charge for this service. Barnwell, Bros. s. c. A * o T £ f T ❖ ♦r. Our Gin is Electrically A . ' ‘ T T T ❖ f ❖ We wish to announce that our Ginnery is in full operation and we are better prepared than ever to gin your cotton and give you a good out-turn. During the past summer we had our gin breasts and saws thoroughly overhauled c^t the factory and in addition^we. installed a large electric motor which is operated on current sup plied by— _ - k " • . . .0— -,r ‘ ‘ v v •• v The Edisto Public Service Cor OF DENMARK, S. C. Y which concern is furnishing power to the several towns in this sec- Y tion of South Carolina. Our power supply is ample and smooth and we are ready to gin your cotton as soon as you drive on our yard. Your Patronage is Solicited s A BLACKVILLE, S. C. v’