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" TT T" 5 ' ■ WL-i Great Pdwer System “ >r ' v ^ ued from Rage one.) In Interest of Ssnrks. It Is in the interest of service. It Is for the gwety of eenrioe. Electric power compnntes are public service cotnpenies^-eervinc the public, those ioter-conneritJbM are eetebHshed to Make possible stttl better service. A few fears ago no one knew how to carry electric power over long djs fences. Each town or city made its own electricity for nearby -hstrlhu- tion. Tiie Isolated municipal power [plant came into existence and served its day and served ft well—in the ab sence of something better. But men began to devote themselves to the study of electicity and how to handle ft The remit has been to perfect means for the transmission of vast stores of power from centralized sta tions to where power 'was needed. Economies of power manufacture have been effected by these enprineers —these men (not politicians) who know the electric power business, to such degree that the-operation of a small, isolated plant has become un profitable and unsatisfactory. Those and like developments sounded the death-knell of the municipal plant. It was simply a natural evolution. The resources at the command of the large company gave it a tremendous 4 advantage over a single unit. The public wanted a surety of service and at a cost fehich only the larger com panies could offer it. Inter-connections, such »s are being effected all aver the country, are merely a pro ease of doubling and re doubling the surety of service which is the stock in trade of the power companies. It means also an equality of service. The little town of 1,000 inhabitants hundreds of miles distant froar *■ immw vf~T>6wer today re ceives the same quality of jgrvtee^en- joyed in Charlotte, Raleigh, Charles ton and Columbia. Further, with all Ithe inter-connections that have been made the coat' of electricity has con sistently decreased. — - I It wilUnterest the people of North and South Carolina, particularly those resident tri the towns *snd cities served by the larger power companies to know thsf the electric industry of the two states i> in the front ranks of aggresivqneas and progressive ness; establhhment of the Southeas tern super-power system and now "1 completion of the “big circuit” is evi- Washington FOR A GLORIOUS 4th Go on any train July 1, using a round trip tickat, good until midnight July &th, and costing only $14.50 from Wilmington, other points in proportion. BASEBALL: Was Kington vs. Athletics. July 2; vs. N. Y. Yankees, July 3rd. Let us arrange your trip.. J. E. MAHAFFEY, Ticket Agt Barnwell, S. C. Phone No. 6. ATLANTIC COAST UNE s. Health Things You Should Know INQUIRIES Sometimes my readers write me, asking about little things not made clear in my letters to this paper— I thank them for the indirect con fidence—sometimes for criticisms indulged. I cannot, of course, un dertake the treatment of diseases by mail; have all I can do at home; but, a self-addressed, stamped en velope will bring an' immediate reply from me, in the Interest of good newspaper service. I have been asked recently what foods are most likely to make a . “lazy” live/worse. Sometimes a lazy liver is an over-loaded, tired liver, not a lazy one. Hence I reply that, an overload of any kind of food will aggravate an over-loaded liveriMruits being the least harm ful. The specific article of dirt ^bat I forbid, when dealing with aa engorged liver is, atarch, in its\ many forms, such as boiled or mashed potatoes, dry beans, white bread, and the like. The liver func tions largely as a starch-transform er, and cannot do more than it is able to do. One writer remonstrates—that fats work harm in “liver troubles”; referring to animal fats, I suppose. I have forbidden all meat-fats in gall-bladder conditions Jbnt these are not “liver-troubles. Fat meats are not good in gall-bladder infec tions; dairy fats, butter, cream &c. in small quantity, do much less, if any harm. And, the vegetable oils, olive oil particularly .have a reputation for being beneficial, among the older clinicians. Every liver case is a law unto itselL and should be referred to the family Wphysician, whether acute, subacute, or chronic Especially "Xfter forty-five should all suspicion of liver disease be investigated. A stitch in time may save several yards of catgut. hexe x X AMONG the eight Chevrolet passenger car models x"V there is one particularly suited for every driving preference—a Chevrolet for everybody, everywhere. The development of this complete line of low-priced modern quality cars is a notable achievement in fine •ear building. It represents the result of 14 years* con sistent improvement and endless testing on the world’s greatest proving ground. It touches every cross section of American life. The family seeking an all-purpose automobile—those women and men who. require personal cars of un questioned smartness—-the business man who demands combined economy, utility and fine appearance— ownefs of high-priced automobiles who wish to enjoy the advantages of additional transportation without sacrifice of quality or prestige— —all find in Chevrolet exactly the car that meets their needs, at a price whose lowness reflects the economies of gigantic production! —at these Low Prices Si. . .*595 3aj D r.*695 £££—*■!*780 i*SJS£* *525 Cabriolet . *715 '©Si'SV 3 ” .*tt5 ZS*. . .*745 ‘iSSES,,,*** All price* f.o.t>. FUat, MictUgBn i Causey-Youmans Chevrolet Co., I.Xw * ' a**"* 1 *-*-. ' ''te 1 •■">+ <♦ / '/ ^ » ... 1.' * " Labrador's Rocky Coast ... (Frepered by the Netloael Oeographle Society, WeeMnyton, D. C.) L ABRADOR hga suddenly grown to twice its g&nerally accepted aize because of a decision of the British privy council settiqg its boundary far Inland from the Atlan tic. Labrador haa always occupied a seemingly anomalous position; it walls Canada north of the St Lawrence completely off from the Atlantic. Most maps have shown this territorial bar rier aa a very narrow strip along tbs coast tor such was Canada’s claim. By vlrtus of the recent dedalon-te-fa- ▼or of Newfoundland, however, Lab rador extends 800 miles inland in the south. It forms a rough triangle, growing steadily narrower ,to the north until the triangle’s apex la reached at Cape Chldley, on Hudson strait, - where the waters of Hudson bay reach the Atlantic. It comes as a distinct surprise to most persons who turn their atten tion newly to the geography of north eastern America, that Canada and Newfoundland are separate govern mental units—aa distinct, for example, as Jamaica and New Zealand. Labrador Is best known along the coast, and them It la truly a land of sternal warring. Mvorywbere along Its coast line great teas ceaselessly pound as with the hammer of Thor Into Its adamantine aides. The almost resistless Arctic Ice-flow growls and groans as It crushes, cleaves, and smashes the very face of nature, white the monster bergs outside, like omi nous ice giants, roar and crash as they vainly battle with their still more re- alatleas enemy, the sntnmer sun. Where In the more-sheltered spots gentler nature strives to spread a cov ering over the nakedness of the tend, abysmal cold wavea battle with the grow gnarled and knotty Ui the con flict The few animals that in any number can survive In Its wilds, are especially endowed to reslat Its ap parently never discouraged effort to destroy the very -source of life. Cached Supplies for Unfortunates. As one approaches It from the At lantic and passes Its high portals) the cliffs of Belle tele, he spies a stout log house perched high up on a barren ledge clinging to the very face of the cliff. Suggestive sight: it contains cached the necessities of life against the Inevitable day when acme poor royagera shall find themselves audden- i savage ctemency. SCHEDULE CHANGES IMPROVED SERVICE Barnwell v EFFECTIVE JUNE-18^ _ Train No. Leavaa: -q^rnvee: , *37 Barnwell 11:12 p. m. Auguste 12:55 a. m. V ~ *37 Bqrnwell 11.12 p. m. v . Atlanta . 6.30 a. m. Through Afclfcte sleep^r-connficLng 7 attains west of Atlanta. * /x ANSWERING QUESTIONS CONCERNING OUR PASSENGER SERVICE GIVES US PLEASURE. J. E. MAHAFFEY, Ticket Ageht Barnwell, S. C. Phone 5 f ATLANTIC COAST LINE ^ contrasts that those who love it at least may be forgiven for thinking It the borders of fairyland. It is indeed a fine set of people It has produced, for one may count as Labradorians the thousands <ff men and women from Newfoundland who every year go to wrest a living from its reluctant grasp. Sea love, self-reliance, and optimism are the three strongest traits of char acter developed in these people, with rather more than the ordinary amount of fatalism. There la no doubt the peo ple are tough—tough aa their oWa sharks, they say, which will come to a bait made of their own liver, or con tinue to eat after being disemboweled. Can Support Good Population. - Observers declare that Labrador can maintain a good population, but at present little capital has been Invested there, except In fishery and furrlfex Neither of these- Industries do "prac tically anything' to enrich the country, seeing that almost overy fish caught and every fur collected leaves the ’coast as It Is, and la turned Ihte money elsewhere. , —CotLylmon. and trout are exploited rathertnan fished. Rivera hava been barred with nets for years. The Indis criminate use of cod traps wjth small mesh leaders destroy every year thou sands of salmoa-peal seeking the riv ers, and. In the opinion of every one. Injure very seriously the cod fishery itself by almost entirely preventing the great shoals coming Inshore to feed. * Whaling la practically*a thing of the past off Labrador. For home consump tion, seals are valuable, their skins and fata forming a marketable com modity of no mean value. When seals ‘'strike In’’ plentifully It la the easiest way In the world to get rich, for 4t tenacious plants and scrubs which. conje t0 on^'g *ioor Viewed, aa those who frequent It mostly view It, from the sea, one would think Its sole harVest vjps the countless Ice-borne erratics that crowd every hillside and crown every sky line, Just where other countries would be flaunting flowers, fruits and trees. In the realms of human life also the same stern conditions maintain. Life la truly a battle In Labrador, and Its conditions are responsible for a white race whose members are aa re markable for their adaptability to live under the very hardest of physical conditions as the native Eskimo they are steadily replacing. These little Arctic natives can withstand anything except civilized man. But Labrador, beyond being a place of war, Is a land of contrasts—a land vVhere extremes meet—and where no man dleth from monotony of physical circumstances. Scarcely a stone’s throw from this ceaseless strife one finds onself in a land almost of •op pressive silence—a country so utterly devoid of the busy hum of human life that the dominant Idea forced upon one Is, “Can I be certain I shall ever again get back to the haunts of mao?” while visions of the uncertain oppor- tunltles for communication with the world outside rise unbidden to the mind. Soon, however, memories of its gen erous spaces. Its glorious fiords, ita keen, bracing air, ita call for resource fulness, its rich .sea harvest, ita noble rivers and plent^us salmon, Ita wily, silent animals with their priceless skin*, its countless deer herds come back to cheer one. Ita splendid ever greens, Ita gorgeous mosses, the car pet bedding of its brilliant llchena all ■•rye to relieve the first chill of ita Add to these Ita beauteous nights, Ita long twilights, the fantastic colors of the moon shining oa Its weird Ice and deep bine seas, the an- earthly loveliness of Ita auroras, abd the magnificent tracery of Ita northern eUffh 8nch a land to tt of chanfoa and and -drown themselves in hla nets ready for use. Labrador* seals ar«X*real seals, and not the fur-bearing “Otarldae” of the Pacific. The largest, the hoods, are of Immense size and height, and by no means to be carelessly approached when with their young. They will then ■how fight very readily, and many a poor old ball has come to his death from a rifle Just to enable the mur derer to steal the pelt of hla baby that he waa de/ending, his own body being left, after all, aa being too heavy to take. ■ Excellent as their skins are always for Bleeping bags, canoes, tents, har nesses. etc.: for ciothlngTh cold weath er they cannot touch the cured cari bou hide. In miW weather the seal sides are, aa might be expected, ranch more water-tight, except when tanned. The soft chamola-llke, cleaned akin of the deer makes clothing- Impene trable to wind and weather, while the gloves and moccasins, being soft and mobile, are far- warmer than the Labrador seal. There are vegetable as well as ani mal resources In Labrador. The red partridge berry or small cranberry, the blue hertz or bilberry, the yellow bake- apple or cloud-berry, the purple marsh- berry, with the red currant, the rasp berry, and gooseberry, are all abun dant, all easily preserved, and all grow without any effort on thp part of the natives to sow, cultivate, or in any way Improve them. Of cultivated vegetables in Labrador the success depends oh the better, natural or artiflcicL get frotq summer froete. In the bottoms of bays, carrots, peas, potatoes, lettuce, radishes, beets, etc., all grow In tbs' open well. The Immense future that lies be fore pulping In" Labrador la evident from the.succeaa attending Lord North- dlffe’s great venture In Newfound land, and by the fact that every acre of sea and land from the Straits to Hudson bay has been applied for ahead,' If not granted, for thia very purpose. The incalculable energy of the countless falls. Including the Grand falla of the Hamilton river, probably the third largest in the world, and second only to the Victoria falla In height, la an aaaet which the future will be unable to overestimate. Now that chemistry stands on the very verge of a synthesis of atoms, and a new world seems ready for con quest If sufficient energy la procur able, these hitherto unappreciated richee art beginning ; Let U* Wash and Grease Your Car FREE! * f T T ? ❖ We have secured a complete list of the license numbers of automobiles in Barnwell. , , / • . 1 Each week one of these numbers will be drawn and the owner of the car bearing the corresponding license number will be en titled to have his or her car greased and washed at our station ABSOLUTELY FREE. The lucky number will be publish ed each week m The People-Sentinei. Look elsewhere in this issue for the number of the lucky owner. We are making special rates on greasing and washing cars as follows: WASHING: . • ' « *' Class A and Claws B Cars . . | All (other otars . GREASING: Alemite System ........ Springs greased free of charge at all times. Our prices on vulcanizing and tire repairing are also very reasonable. . 50c . 75c $1.00 A full line of Tires, Tubes and Auto • * # « Accessories. Invite us to your next “BLOW-OUT. » Standard Service Station Main Street Barnwell, S. C. *■ . * You Are Invited— To spend July 4, at Wilmington, N. C, or one of her wonderful beaches; motor boat racing, dancing and other sports. Round trip tickets via the Atlantic Coast Line good any train going July 2, and returning before midnight July 6. Cost; / Barnwell to Wilmington and return . $6.75 l Fares from other points in proportion. J. E. MAHAFFEY, T. A., Phone 5 x Barnwell, S. C. Do You Like To Fish? If so, communicate with M. C. Worthington, Frogmore, S. C, phone 126AI Beaufort, for complete arrangements to fish on thei St. Helena Banks. One of the best fishing grounds on the Carolina Coast. Advertise in The People-Sentinel