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.. w j •rnmmmmmm THURSDAY, fEBRUAHY 11. 1926^ r THE BARNWELL PB0PLE-8Kh FINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE Tl r Go to Florida . i -■■'i . ' REAL, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY peLQACH 6-DAY FLORIDA" TOURS Covering the entire past Coast fnom Jacksonville to Hollywood and Miami and retrn, over the famous paved Dixie High way. Educational, inspiring. Carefully planned to enable you to see everything ^n the shortest time at minumum expense, while insuring comfort and the best of ac commodations. And here is a surprise: The total cost of the six-day tour is only $45.00. Tours leave any point in South Carolina every Thursday night. Make your reservations now for one of these tours of inspection. W. W. SMOAK, Mgr., Hollywood Office 276 King S^reet, Charleston, S. C. story told succinctly. The grounds are bemtftiful at any season of the year, f la June, a verit able paradse, in December, a hunter’s dream, i To lootf out over this great rolling country, comprising aoftSething like twenty thousand acres, as a shim- The Virginia-Carolina Field Trials A. F. Hochwalt in “The American Field.” When; the officers of .the Virginia- arolina Field Trial Association an nounced last Rummer that they had found a new field* ground down in the Statd of South Carolina, many won dered if their vision was not tinctur ed with an overplus of enthusiasm, for the report’s were glowing, ro seate, almost superlative. The trials which took place over these new grounds during the week of November 30, have shown that' the club has, indeed, made a find. The officers, in deciding upon this new place, evidently went far beneath the superfluities to bedrock, and their statements were not overdrawn. The grounds are in the vicinity of Barnwell, a little town—one of the oldest in South Carolina—of about two thousand inhabitants. A town where tradition and history meet each other half way. It is a fine old place and its citizens have k»xtended a hearty welcome to the field trial con tingent. Not only a welcome, but an mvitation to come hack again arid again, for spor-ts-of the outdoors are jMrt of the old South. Everyone loves a dog in this country and few there are who do not enjoy shooting and fishing. Field trials, .though new in How To Stop Bad It is often surprising how quickly the heaviest cough disappears when treated by a remarkable new method. Here is the method, based on thefam- ous Dr. Ki ng’s Ne wDiscovery for Coughs: You simply take one teaspoonful and hold it in your throat for 15 or 20 sec onds before swallowing it The pre scription has a double action. It not only soothes and heals irritation, but also loosens and removes the phlegm and congestion which are the real cause of the coughing. So the severest cough 1 soon disappears completely. Dr. King's New Discovery is for coughs, chest colds, bronchitis, spas modic croup, etc. Fine for children, too —no harmful drugs. Very economical, as the dose is only one teaspoonful. At all good druggists/ 1 Ask for $ -- DtL&JSCS CougHS these parts, have taken a firm grip upon the people of Barnwell and the spirit they show is indeed unique. What most people at the average field trial center regard with languid interest is to these Barnweliites tin- glingly alive, and with their cooper ation it seems that the grounds .in this vicinity may eventually become a permanent field trial center. Barnwell is not equipped with a hotel that can adequately take care of a field trial crowd, but the people of the town made up for this by tak ing visitors into their homes and thus many of them were cared for far better than the average small town hotel can provide. All in all, we know of few places where the field trial contingent will meet with such a hearty welcome and such soli citous interest as was shown here. The story as to how it happened that the Virginia-Carolina Club came to discover Barnwell is rather inter- estmg. About a year ago the Rev. R. W\ Humphries, who had just been stationed at Barnwell, had occasion to get out over the great preserve which is now owped and lea set 1 by Sidney E. Hutchinson, of Philadel phia. Mr. Humphries has always been a bird dog lover, a shooter and an outdoor man. He is a member of the Georgia Cfuh. and after seeing these grounds he got into communi cation with the officers of that organi sation. The Georgia .Association, however, had arranged to remain at Waynesboro, but they notified Col. R. T. Steadman and Tracy S. Com: stock, president and secretary, re- spectivoly, of the Virginia.lidiLIlial TIuETwhich was looking for available grounds.* Tracy Comstock, ever on the alert, soon got matters moving. It was arranged to look the situation over. The Reverend Humphries, at the local end of the line, became equally active. Result: Members qf the Virginia-Carolina came to Barn well in June. They met the chair man of the Chamber of Commerce, Solomon Blatt, and several of the other active. people of Barnwell, among whom may be mentioned Ed gar A. Brown, Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives; Harry D. Calhoun^ president of the Home Bank, and various other of the influential citizens of Barnwell. The delegates of the club were taken out to the great preserve, owned and con trolled by Mr. Hutchinson, but pre vious to this the owner had been communicated with atpf had given per* mission to run field trials’ over his preserve. His local representative is Captain G. Arthur Evans, who is the man who purchased the preserve for 'the russet fields, or the faint croons lazily among the tall tops of the long-leaf pines*, one may easily visualize its poteht charm and sense its possibilities. It is a land that from the -very nature of it should harbor quail for all time to comer At least, this can be made possible if proper care and protection are given the country. These lands have their history, too/ Once the ances tral home of the Duncans, they were called Duncannon. Under this name 1 , , they are still known, although Mr. Hutchinson has changed the name of his winter home to “Quail Lodge,” but to the local people they will re main Duncannon for all time to come. Mr. Hutchinson himself is not directly-gnterested in field trials, but his manager. Captain Evbns, has been identified with them in years past. He knows the requirements of a field trial ground. It is no vain as sumption in saying that we have seldom seen more beautiful grounds. The soil is of a sandy nature, there-ds never any possibility of it becoming soft or boggy, no matter how wet the season may be. There are no had crossings; every foot of it may easily be ridden finder any and all condi tions,. Very little of this country is under cultivation. Here and There a patch of cotton or corn and at fre quent intervals little areas of sor ghum, peas, or buckwheat, sown for the benefit of the birds. Unfortun ately, the season was very dry last Summer and much of the quail food did not do as well as was expected. The result is that this year the food supply was subnormal,-which perhaps was an important factor in the final results of the trials. Water, also, was rather difficult to find during most of the season. But for grounds with marvelous- possibilities we know’ of none better. The Virginia-Caroli na Club, however, is not allowing an easy optomism to encourage the be lief that these grounds are here and ready-made without effort to keep them up by continuing in a concerted effort to increase the bird supply. That was the only shortcoming this year; there were not enough birds week was the barbecue banquet given on Tuesday evening, to which three hundred people sat down. The^e 'was no speech-making, but a dance follow ed the repast. There were different combinations of judges for the various stakes, but mer of golden sunlight plays'Upoh "W: H. Beazell, veteran trainer and old* hand at the game, went through them all. In the Derby he was assist ed by Tracy S. Comstock; in the All- Age he served with Captain Ambrose Gaines, bnt the latter was compelled to leaVe upon thAconelusion of that stake, and in / Hie two amateur events L. V. Simmons, of Allendale, S. C. served very capably with Beazell. The noon luncheons were served at an old house about in the middle of the preserve and were in charge of the ladies of the Methodist Church at Barnwell, of which the Reverend R. W. Humphries is pastor. They were el- alborate dinners, with a varied menu each day, and it is heedless to say that they were much appreciated by those who partook of them. As guides of the cours^, Captain G. Arthur Evans and Angus Patterson alternated^- Both were very capable men and for Mr. Patterson we might * . 2 ' say that, though this was his first experience-in this role, he proved to be a very good marshall. Mr. Pat terson knows this land like an open book, for much of it belonged to his family at one time, and some that is under lease by Mr. Hutchinson does yet. • . . The attendance was good all week. Many officers of the club were pre sent from start to finish. Col. R. T. Stedman, the president, was one; Tracy S. Comstock, another, and R. R. Hickson, assistant secretary, a very capable one, was still another. Visi tors came from adjoining towns and on some days as high as seventy- five riders; were, on the field* whHe quite a numfier came out from Barn well in automobiles to see at least part of the running and toi-oblam some idea as to what the field trials really are. Sycamore News. Sycamore. Feb. 8.—Mrs. Frank Rentz and - little daughter, Evelyn, have returned from Greenville, where they have been spending some time with relatives. Frank Rentz went to*Columbia on business Wednesday. Mrs. Estell Load holt and her daugh- for the natural resources of the land. ) ter and son, Mattie L. and Ben Haley, At least, they were not found in suf- | motored to Ehrhardt Sunday, taking ficient numbers in places that are accessible to field trial dogs. Per haps more o^them were in the woods and thickets than were found on the courses traversed, but that is neither here nor there. The club will make every effort to supply the foodstuffs that are necessary, and as this is a preserve that will probably Ik? in existence for years ami years to come, it will be worth the effort not only for the owner of the grounds, but for the club running its trials over them to do whatever is possible to make, these the most practical grounds in the South. When one considers what has been done at Vinita by the Southwestern Club, one may easily understand how -much iess diffictrftTt will be to build up this new ground here at Barnwell into a field trial center that is second to none. Despite the bird scarcity, this year, the Virginia-Carolina Club has good reason to feel highly pleased over its great good luck in securing these grounds. ♦ The present trials were a huge suc cess. This is the first year that the club has ever run two Open stakes with purses commensurate with cir cuit values. It offered $750 in each stake, the Open Derby and Open' All- Age. The Derby did not bring out as many starters as was anticipated, but in the All-Age there were forty- eight, which is the same number that started in the Southwestern and a re cord in quail trials. The Members’ Derby was also small, but the corre sponding All-Age had seventeen. This year’s experience of the Vir ginia-Carolina club may be summed up as the harbinger of greater events to follow, for the members of the club are all enthusiasm over these new grounds, at Barnwell, and next with them Mrs. Mattie Causserreau, Mrs. LoadhoiCs ffcdther, who has been with her sister, Mrs. Susan Folk. / Harold McKasky was in town Tues day afternoon. Practical Instructions In HOME SEWING By Ruth Wyeth Spears Mr. Hutchinson. The Captain was ., .... , , there to take the committee over the! y .“ r . the , f,eld tr “ l publ,c , ro ‘» J 0011 grounds. They came, they saw arid they were enthusiastic. That is the LMIE TEftM HEY ID 1EIID Farm Loans 6 per cent, large amounts. .Town prop erty in Barnwell, residential and business, 7 per cent . ’ Loans procured promptly at lowest cost. Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell Countie^ THOMAS M. BOULWARE Attorney-at-law - Barn we Jl,. S.C. for big things to happen down here in the vicinity of*" this littl etowri, Which has always been noted for its conservativeness.. To bear this statement out, one of its citizens told the story that when the first railroad was built in South Carolina, Barn well had an opportunity for being on the route, but the plantation owners objected to it on the ground that a railroad running through their lands might be the means of killing their turkeys and young baby slaves and the project was voted down. But Barnwell has two railroads now and it is easily accessible from all points of .the compass. One of the pleasant features of the EMBROIDERED ARROWHEADS. Cat a little triangular shaped piece of cardboard to use as a guide in marking. After marking around the ar rowhead bring the thread through at the lower left hand corner of - the triangla as shown at A in the sketch. Then short straight stitch under the .point of the triangle as at B. f ' Ner i take a long, stitch at- the base as at C. For this stitch bring tho needle out as, near as possible t<f the place wherri the- thread was first brought through. __ Take a stitch at the top of (ho triangle just below the first stitch and another afe the base bringing tho needle in and out just inside fhe previous etitchca. Continue u “*i’ the entire space is Med in if .-hewn in the sk< khed * *— , ’• v y—f * Jbr Economical Tronepbrfotion . t-r Causey-Youmans Chevrolet Co. :s. c. 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