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PAG! SIX THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAT HTH, -1MT. -T^ S’MATTER POP Long Distance Contagion By C.M. Payne yji l"PoT> 1 IDo nV 1^1 NK 'fe.‘R'l?AT)i( is -+|e al-tHy V44e.i?e 3>» VOU'^ET T^ATl *) DE. A -flO'W CokieJ TIPoM t4e me/ •J. 4^ Voung Ship of tho Dooort in Darfur •ACT Soclaly. Washln«(oa. D. cx) A S A rwiult, during the preat war, of the pro-Turklah artlvl- rtee of the aultan of I>arfur. the weateroroosi prorliu’e of th« Anglo Kayptlan Sudan. Great Brit ain found It nereoear)' to take over aetual government of thta region on the southern edge of the Sahara near the middle of northern Africa. I>ar- fur la therefore one of the most re cent lands to pass from native ruler to British administrator. The new British administrator learned of the character of the region over which he was to rule by the long and tiring overland Journey. Ills cara van marclied practically all and every night except for a couple of hours at midnight to rest the camels. Utn Kedada, which was a military base for the British army of occupa tion on the march up to Bl Fasher, Hands on high ground with a fair outlook, surrounded by escarpments of low-lying hills. Its chief call to fame Is n most excellent water sup ply—an invaluable asset 1 It Is difficult adequately to picture what a well means until one has lived near the Sahara. On the 300-mlle trip from Central Soudan there are only two. The first necessity for Brit ain's first representative at I’m Ke- dada was a temporary house. In the land of opposites, where one writes from right to left, takes off one's shoes and leaves the hot on when en tering a house, one naturally begins building at the roof and builds down ward. Native tukls, or huts, are made from dried millet stalks and are shaped like straw bee hives, but are finished at the top with little tufts. When the temporary dwetilug was finished, the work of creating a town was started In earnest. This was planned In lots of 107 by 107 feet, with roads running north and south and east and west, of 65 feet and 32 feet, alternately. On each dt these plots nine tukls were allowed to he built, and a man was appointed head of the plot to see that It was kept In a sani tary condition. Natives gradually col lected from the surrounding hamlets to be near tbe well, and a town of 500 or 800 people soon sprang up. Includ ing a fair pilgrims from Nigeria. Peo ple did not formerly live near the highway for fear of being raided by passing bands. Mitlst Their Only Grain. The country of eastern Darfur is mostly covered by brushy scrub and a grass called haskaneet, the seeds of which hare Innumerable little spikes that get . into grerythlng—food, dothes, hair sod -akin—salting up nasty irritations. Tbs natives all carry hememsde tweeters to extract the Uplkes from their legs JUUet Jg til* only sbedes of grglg »• that will grow In Ihe district, owing to the poorness of the anful as soil. Although the Inhabitants call them selves Arabs and speak that language, they are negroids—that Is, negroes with a small admixture of Arab blood which has come down through the agee. They are Mohammedans, but as few can read or write, they are not strict followers of the prophet, except In that both sexes re*|>ect the Ramadan, the month of fasting. Both hoys and girls have their tribal marks cut on their cheeks at an early age, salt being rubbed In to keep the silts open. IJttle girls wear a rahad, a short skirt of strings of leather hanging from a belt, which swings picturesquely like a kilt at they walk. If there la enough rough cdtton cloth to go round. The Ivoya have a sacklike shirt with holes foR their arms; otherwise they go as Clod made them. Owing to the Arab Invasion of northern Africa many centuries ago. tbe Moslem religion extends from the Red sen to the West African coast. It Is laid down In tb£ Koran that all devout followers of the prophet who are able to do so |nust*make the sacred pilgrimage to H ecca onc ® l® their -lifetime. Selling all that they 1 * possess, the hardy Hausa tribesmen of Nigeria purchase as many bulls and cows as they can and set out, the children and old women being mounted on the patient beasts, upon which also are loaded cooking pots and Innumerable bits of paraphernalia. The braves amble along, brandishing their throw ing spears, while the oldest man car ries a spear about ten feet long to add to the dignity of his age. The Journey to Mecca takes about two years. Much of the ground to be covered Is practically waterless, and there are great hardships to endure. The pilgrims follow the main cara van routes across Nigeria, on througl) French equatorial Africa, approaching Darfur province through Aveshr. In the time of the Sultan All Dinar the pilgrims paid heavy tolls to him; their fairest daughters often were forcibly taken to adorn his harem, and their cattle impounded to pay Imag inary taxes. Tht reoccupation of Dar- bur by the Anglo-Egyptlan Sudan gov ernment therefore Is of immense benefit to theee pilgrims, as they now have the lurotectlon of either the French or British governments throughout their route! DHfleultlee Net Over. . Even to, there are many difficulties to ho overcome. At various larger centfra the little parties settle down, sometimes for months at a time, hew ing wood and drawing water or cut ting graaa far the nuor* Jn&olent Rev. J. R. Cullom Passes Away. Allendale, May ly.—The Rev. J. R, Cullom, county superintendent of edu cation, died Iftst night at his residence bear Allendale in the 46th year of his age after a lingefitog illness. Moved by a spirit of service, Mr. Cul- 1cm was always ready to aid enter prises looking to-the public welfare, consequently he was one of the most highly esteemed citizens of this sec tion. : lie came to Allendale from North Carolina about 20 years ago, called by the Baptist cHfcrch of Allendale as pawtor of that church, which he served abouft. tcty years. At the time of his death he was pastor of Concord Bap tist church. . By devotion to duty, service in the cause Jof Christ’s king dom and service to those in need, he attracted a host of friends in the various walks of life. When Allen dale County was formed in 1919, he he was elected without opposition Superintendent of education, which office he held to the time of his de«‘h. He married Miss Ira Edenfield, daughter of the late Miles Edenfield. Besides his widow, he leaves one son, Edenfield Cullom; several sisters and brothers of North Carolina, The Rev. Mr. Culhxn was educated at Wake Forest, where one of his brotheis, Dr. W. R. Cullom, if now engaged a s a member of the .faculty. Has funeral service* will be con ducted from his home, and he will !>e .buried at the Edenfield burying ground Friday, May 20th. Govan Items. time in Orangeburg with her sister, Mrs. P. A. Bolen. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lancaster spent Saturday in Savannah. Mr. and Mrs, Ghue Goodwip^ of Denmark, spent Sunday with Mrs. R. L. Lancaster. ^ Mrs. Mary Browning and Charlie Browning, of Olar, are visiting rela tives here. Frankie Williams, of Columbia, visited his parenta here last week. Mrs. Sue Kittrell was a shopper in Savannah Tuesday. Mrs, D. E. Hutto was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Williams Sunday. ^ I Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams and family, of Livingston, spent Sunday with relatives here. Death of Chpt. Sam Rice. Moonlight Picnic. Govan, May 21.—Miss Ethel Kit- treil, of Columbia, spent several days of last week wRh her patents, Mr and Mrs. D. W. Kittrell. Mrs. W. H. Smith is spending si me Willsston, May 23.—Miss Eloise i Quattlebaum, assisted by the yocng ladies of her Sunday school class, en tertained in honor of the young men of the Baptist Sunday school N a nl the off : cers and teachers of their de partment, with a delightful m.vor- light picnic at Willis’ Mill about throq milA from Williston, Thurs day evening. Those attending gathered at the Baptist church about seven-forty- flve, where a way was provided for all to go. ^fter a joWy time was spent play ing and chatting; sandwiches, cak« and tea were serVed in picnic style on a table by the mill; at a late hour the jolly bunch, about 30 in number, returned to their h^mes. Arabs, thereby earning enough money to provide them with food f*r tbe Joavney to the next place. At El Abeld they rest a long time, laboriously earning enough money for the railway fare to Khartum, and then proceed to Suakin or Port Sudan. Thence they are taken In Arab dhows to Jidda, the Red sea port for Mecca on the Arabian coast. The principal occupation of a na tive roan of Darfur Is killing time, and hla average daily round Is as fol lows: »’ An early riser, he Is up betimes to send his women off, either to the well or to the tebeldl -tree to get wafer. If he owns a fair number of animals, he accompanies the women and asslsfis them. He then sees the animals driven out to pasture by a small boy, who Is responsible for bringing them back at night. That finished, his day’s work Is done. His wife returns and at once busies herself preparing grain for the thick, fermented beer, like pea soup, which is the principal means of sustenance. As soon as the first rains come, the man goes off with his wife or wives and escorts each to her own patch, because each has her own seed sup ply, Just ns each has a separate house. As soon as the millet seed Is planted, he and she wait until the seedb be gin tor sprout, unless he has planted when the rains are due. This he fre quently does In feverish anxiety—the only time he ever exhibits this trait Then IF often happens that there Is a dry spell for a month, In which case the grain dies and the work has to be done over again. After three weeks of good rain and nijiple sunshine, the grain comes up, hnd with It the everlasting haskaneet; so he takes his only other tool, a half- moon-shaped hoe, and hoes the weeds. This is rather harder work, since It entails some back-bending, although the handle is made as long as possi ble. At tbe end of four months,-If tbe crop has safely passed through these vicissitudes, the millet Is ripe, grown to a height of six feet. The head, some ten Inches long, Is snipped off and taken to a hard piece of ground near by, where the grain la beaten out by hand. The grain then Is win nowed by being thrown in the air, after which it Is stored fn small pita dug In the ground, to be removed as required. _ v - Advertise in The ^J-^^'Sentinel. About your Health Thinfi You Should Know Jofaa Joseph Gaines, hi D. ' BACKACHE The universal spring symptom, in these days of house-cleaning, when the rugs must be beaten and the piano lifted. Men and women are both victitps—women most often; and the treatment of any ailment is—to re move the cause, and second, to res.t off the present damage.. Backache is either muscular—from over-work or injury, or from in flamed nerves—neuritis. In women, especially those that are mothers, it may come from prolapse of certain internal organs, which exert a drag ging down on important nerve- trunks,—if the patient is subject to much exercise on the feet. The physician should be consulted, before serious or chronic condition results. From “lumbago" to “sciatica" is the shortest of sfeps; therefore the ach ing back should receive attention at its appearance. Sometimes a diseased rectum causes a lame back—the pain being “re ferred** from an ulcer or hemorr hoids; the cute comes with removal of the cause. Alarely do the kidneys produce backxhe; if so, some form of calculus may be suspected. Of the local ^measures for relief of a lame back, we have rest for the first. Rest will cure sciatic neu-^ rhis, if not caused from a remote lesion. I have cured a number of refractory cases, by putting the hip and areas near it in a plaster cast for two weeks. A good porous plaster—an old procedure, is worth a trial, if the physician is not near-hy. Good liniments, those that produce a brisk irritation of the skin are rational; fortunately, but few lini ments absorb very deeply. The, bowels should of course be kept free ly open, and the amount of water usually• drank* should be doubled. Medicines to be taken for relief of pam, should sever be taken without „ the advice of the family physidaa. Captain Samuel Mobley Rice, aged .61 years, retired veteran conductor of the Southern Railway system, died early Thursday morning of last at the Baptist hospital in ^Columbia after a short illness. He had many friends throughout this section to whom this announcement will bring sorrow, as his “run" for years was between. Columbia and Allendale. Captain Rice was bom in Bamberg County February 26, 1866, being the son of David Rice and Catherine Thomson Rice. He was a brother of tho late Judge Ben T. Rice, of Barn well. m ^ ^ ’ Send Ut Your Job Work. .Will Jack Dempsey fight again? now seems to be the public question. Sure he will. Maybe not in the ring but—well, he’s married, tep’t he? T. B. Ellis 1 J. B. Ellto *\! V. ELLIS ENGINEERING CO. Land Surveying a Specialty. Lyndhurst, S. C. HALL & COLE, Inc. 94-102 Faneuil Hall Market • ■ BOSTON, MASS. 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