The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, May 26, 1927, Image 6
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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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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
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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 -
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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.
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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
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