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u * . — THE BARN%ELL PEOPLE-8ENTINEI,, SOUTH CABOUHA THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 1 "yA v. x v:;,*' —I i ]***-* T —FMiBfe : v Vt ■ r«v i V V . M s, Th* Rambla, Barcelona. i’V <Pr«pared by tk« N«tlon»l Q«o«r*phlo aod«ty, Waahlncton. D. C.) LTALONIA, Spaln’a northeaet- * «4 province, is fwover threat* ei^lnx devolution; bqt In re cant centuries, at least, the rotations have never quite resnlted Independence. The geography of Spain is better in terms of its cities than its i. Catalonia can be placed by calling it “the province of Barcelona is the head city." it can be located by calling jfrWifr" Ireland. Still Catalonia might raaent this label m much as aba chafes at Madrid rate, because of independence ranning to the Ninth century at least is ancient enough to warrant Ire- being called Instead “the English la.'* To make Ireland a proper it would be necessary to mova England across the Irish sea Of Raglaod'S'factorie* and mines and moot hf her Industrious workmen. There would be left in England (now Ote tbte bf Spatey titei^vern-’ line intwaTyr*- ■ Catalonia la the workshop of Spain. Claims to pay nearly SO per cent of |bo nation’s tax bill. The annual In- fomo pradoced by this single prov ince la reported to be two-thirds that Of tbo entire nation. Although Cata lonia covers only one-sixteenth of the Bton of Spain it supports one-tenth of Ibe population. * There is an old Spanish proverb, “A Catalan can turn stone Into bread.” A Catalan la proud of that proverb. Worll* Is raised to high dignity In Catalonia. The Catalan does not ivy Seville and other Spanish cities Ir * reputations with tourists as Int spots where the Middle ages unashamed. He lives In the Is proud of Barcelona’s of workingmen’s houses and gmokestackH. \ Modem machinery can •be found on atarcelona's docks. At the Catulla mimes the latest advances in mining engineering are In evidence. The J!Ibro, wllloh drains the whole south flank of/* the Pyrenees, Is dwin dling to a erer>k because of the rapid Increase of IrMgatton. It Is the Cata lan's close link with the progressive World that tua* made Barcelona Spain’s glass o| fashion and the sec ond city of the jnatlon. They Hava Tnslr Own Language. Castilian Spanish la official Span ish. It Is standard, like Parisian Trench.‘ .Bbt once away from Madrid one hears all aorta of varlationa of Castilian. Go Into Catalonia and you Will hear another language entirely. Tbo Cntnteas have spent auicfa time.. k-te Catalan. While It Is a Romance lan- ^ gnage. the tourlet equipped with both Trench and Spanish might as well Stop np his ears when he crosses the border. Be will be deaf to Catalan. ./ If the traveler comes from the North he will ran Into the Catalan language before he crosses the bor der. For many centuries before Spain and France became well-knit states, Catalonia Was a saddle over the Med iterranean end of the Pyrenees moun tains. On the French side the Cata lans have not clung to their heritage with the passion of their Spanish brethren. Most of them, like Marshal Joffre, himself a Catalan, are deeply loyal to France. But In Roussillon, In French Catalonia, one may hear In a short walk through the narrow •treats, Spanish, French with a Span ish accent, French with a Catalan ac- ce^t, Spanish with a Catalan accent, - v — — encli accent, Catalan accent and Catalan ting down any Incipient uprising. Sel dom do these attain the Importance of a revolution. Tha Fortress and Rambla. Barcelona’s grim fortress on a rocky hill at its harbor entrance frowns upon the stranger; but its broad, colorful, llvt^ly streets welcome him most graciously. It Is a city of pictures as It was when Washington Irving described It. The years have not robbed It of Its charms, ’but they have brought factories and noisy traffic. The more fashionable streets have a tree-lined promenade for ( pedes trians in tlie center and on t)ie out side of the trees are the highways. Here the struggle of the old and the new is epitomized In the automobile, the horse-drawn carriage, the “mule bus,*’ which Is just what its name im plies, and the donkey carts with the exceptionally small animals of Span ish breed. Woman frequent the streets as they . 09 else in Spain f .and on Uutnbia, Barcelona’* AiXtU awawia* stroll ladles with faces half-hidden by mantillas, others in smart walking suits and Parisian hats, and still oth ers, native peasants, with picturesque velvet garb and their long baggy Caps. Even amid the sights and scene# of a street one’s attention ultimately is attracted by a house of the so-called Catalonian style which, at tirst, may look like a distortion of a mirror of many curves. A longer inspection of many a fine Barcelona home discloses that the curved and crooked lines, and bevel effect at each window tier, are purposely designed, and admira tion Is elicited by tl(e delft tiles in variegated colors which appear be low the roofing, T T ntk 14P2 Barcelona was the New York of the Mediterranean. Its posi tion in the northeastern coast of Spain, actually at about the same latt- t the Western city Is to Atlantic trade routes. ('oliimhiis' voyage was con sidered h hit of impertinence on the part of the Catalonian government to upset'the balance of trade in favor of cities in western and southern Spain. Soon a movement swept the Catalan provinces, of which Barcelona Is the center, for annexation to France. In I 1040 Catalonia did rebel against Philip IV, and gave Itself over to French ' protection; but its old allegiance was renewed in 1602, and cemented by the j peace of Ryawlck before the close of i the Seventeenth'century. In four cen- Evcrlatting FircM ifi 'V- Few regions are mors remarkable than those near the Caspian- sea.' The waters of tha sea once stretched far north and joined the Arctic ocean, but i>QW. .after countless ages, they have receded to their present'limits. Vast stretches of waste and bstTto tend are left where the waters once extend ed-deserts ef reddish clay, with oc* caslonal marshes. v This Is the region known as the “Land of Everlasting Fire.” After sun set, leaping np on all aides from rents In the interminable plain, rise ghostly, danelng tongues of flame, untarnished by smoker casting ■« lurid light all around. . , Dotted about lie squat temples, from whose pinnacles rise columns of fierce flame, the dread gods Incarnate of the fire-worshipers. The columns are said to ha.ve burnt continuously since tbe birth of Confucius. The everlasting fires are not the dis embodied souls of dead men and de mons, as the natives believe, but are due to torrents of gas which stream from underground regions, and are ig nited spontaneously. <- It is possible to dig a smnl^hole and then, by applying a live coal, cause it to burst*into flames. If a tube of pap^r is stuck about two inches in the ground, and the top of it touched with a live coal, a flame will Issue from it, but If the edges of the paper have been smeared with clay it will not take fire. norm ‘ t v> <• , ■ 11 tv 1. 'Since farmers have started gathering th e, /cix)p, actual conditions, reports indicate th « 7! f^lLrted la t government estimate was only 13,492,000 ba ta. a further loss has taken place on account of boll weevil and tuna ora We weather, and the prospects are (or a very small crop. Last years’ consumption figures were 17,428,000 bales. . 2. Tplringthese facts into consideration it appears to nus Urn 26c, possibly higher, is. certain before January first. I ^ opportunity for profit is just wa grant as it was last year. Itbere- fore, advice making purchases immediately before any further 3. I can buy the actual spot cotton for you, m small or large lota, as I have for other investors, and store same in my ,bonded warehouse?. You may pay for some outright and I will iiwuo you. a bonded warehouse receipt, or I will advance you 80 per cent, of the amount and you* cad deposit the balance. 4. I will abo be glad to handle any of your cotton you ship, either fior sale or storage. Phone or write me for an yj^“5 r . 1 ”' formation yw desiie. - A PHONE 44b. CHAS. G. HOUSTON. ■ ( COTTON FACTOR, — — AUGUSTA, GA. * 'W —L NciT D Blue, of Vernon, Fla has set a high , school and college record by ftwrihing the two full courses of seven years in 29^4 months He will receive his A.B degree at Florida University at the end of the summer term. LAST EXCURSION — TO — Human Blood Stream Has Tides Like Sea The only time most people think anything about the ebb and flow of tides is when they are at the seaside or on the river. Few people know they have their own daily tides In tbe blood stream pumped from the heart That this is so has been shown by Dr. F. B. Shaw, who declares that the high tide of the white corpuscles of the blood usually comes just after midnight and again in the afternoon. These tides, he says, may be related to the hours of eating and sleeping or to the changing positions of sun and earth. jm iif jimii' iiiiriiiiirfli i L ^ .. AttWhec doctor, baa. discovered that aftger makes the blood sweeter. After making several people angry, he drew off samples of blood, and in all cases found more sugar In the blood after the fit of emotion than before. Hit Impulse. The following true Incident was told to a friend of the Companion not long ago by a woman of the Quaker faith. A Quaker was once passing a Quak er meetinghouse in the country when suddenly he felt an impulse to go In and preach, although there was no audience. He acted according to his Impulse, preached a short sermon and then left the building. Some years later,' while in London, he was accosted by a man who saM to him, “Sir, you saved my life.” • Astonished at such a remark, he ude us New York oily, relatively Is to | ^ ou n,enn ’ I do not he Mediterranean world what the know you. “Well,” said the man, “I was pass ing a certain meetinghouse one day arid, hearing a voioe, I listened out side the window.” And then he add ed in a »ow voice, “I was an ex-convict and in despair, but your words saved me.”—Youth’s Companion. Matter of History Confirmed by Coin Coins do more than throw corrobora tive light on historical events. In isome cases they actually supply data missing in (be records which would otherwise remain in the limbo of for gotten things. There is an old tradition of tbe Christian church, for Instance, that the Apostle Thomas, familiarly known aa Doubting Thomas, went to India as a missionary. The Apocrypha con tains a book known as the “Acta of 8L Thomas,” in which la revealed how the disciple converted one Gonda- pharneOv-Ateg of India, to Christianity* As far aa history can tell ns, no such king of India ever lived. But in 1838 coins were found In northwestern India bearing the name Gondapharnes. tain tbe truth. x Shortly afterward other coins of the same period were discovered, lacking the name, but bearing a Sew inscrip tion. This time it was “Great Saviour,* King of Kings.” No numismatist will go so far as to declare tbat this In scription refers to tbe king’s conver sion, but It may very likely' be so.— Crawford Wyman in the Saturday Evening Post x ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. WASHINGTON, D. C. Friday, September 2,1927 VIA: Southern ^Railway System Round trip fares as follows: 1 $15.00 14.60 ._jt > 14.00 i4.oo V*. Aiken, S. C. Barnwell, S. C. RlackviMe, S. C. ..l. Denmark, S. C. ’ * ' i Proportionate round trip fares from intermediate stations. BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES: Washington Senators Boston Red Sox, September 3rd and 4th. J GOING:—Tickets will be sold to be good on regular trains Friday, September 2nd, except Crescent Limited. RETURNING:—Tickete will be good reti roam; point prior to midnight Wednesday, September 7th, 1927. Tickets good in Pullman sleeping and parlor upon pay ment of Pullman charge. 1 A fine opportunity to viuit the nation’s Capital. Wonderful parks, Washington Monument, Library of Congress, Zoological Park, Lincoln Memorial, National Museum and Mt. Vernon. For mformation, tickets and Pullman reservations call Southern Railway ticket agepts or address W. E. McGEE, Dir. p aM . Agent. Columbia. S. C. 'll on Washington FOR LABOR DAY Go on any train Sept. 2nd, using a round trip ticket, good until midnight Sept. 7th, and costing only . m Catalonia has a flag, too. It Is a banner with four diagonal red stripes. There is a' fine story to the A dying Catalan hero drew fingers across his yellow and gave it to his countrymen r r A standard. While the banner not appeal* often in public, it is iced in coat lapels, automobile tor copa and Insignia for athletic Ij5£V,-/y' •> » ' nortnal are its occasional revo- nprislngs and riots that Bar- Lgwo kinds of police. One ' N "rt>anos,** attract fmmedi- by their red costs and are cVarged only* tra®c pnd turles this resentment ha'd ameflio- rated enough to permit the placing of Big Industrial City. Despite its comn^en-Ial subsidence | when the Atlantic replaced the Med iterranean as the major water route of civilization, Barcelona flourished. A year after the late war between George Dewey and Spain, as O. Henry put It, Barcelona paid more than a tenth of tlie kingdom’s entire revenue from Industrial taxation. Before the 1 World war some two score Important | shipping companies; had made It a port of regular call, and today the city lias a population exceeding half a million. ~ In respect to publicity Barcelona has hardly put its best foot forward, since it is heard of most often as a center of riots, strikes, and rebellions. Though one traveler found the -citi zens pleasantly surprised that King Alfonso, who had Just visited there, had escaped with lils life, he con cluded after staying a time that, “with all her reputation for turbulence Bar celona seemed an enlightened ami thoroughly progressive city.” Have lock Ellis paid a more glowing trib ute, after admitting the city’s faults, by saying: “Barcelona Is a revela tion of what a great commercial city may be when humanely and harmoni ously organized. In a beautiful and exquisitely tempered climate,a robust-' ly Independent and clear-eyed popula tion has here freely expanded itself, loving work and loving piny, and com bining these two fundamental human Impulses more completely and more admirably than in any other equally great city ” Despite Its disorders and it# mod ernism, Barcelona retains many relics of those mellow times when Cervantes It the setting for Don Quixote’s adventures. There still are lottery ticket sell rad coats att bei- Great Wall of China Few people realize what an almost perfect condition prevails along a large port of the great wall of China. The bricks of the parapet are as firm as ever,- and their edges have stood the severe climate of north China with scarcely a break. The paving along afr-ttea-arattrte-oe w»oft} tl»at -"^-ddSJhayxiderbw TFwftk ITTcycte. and tbe great granite blocks with $14.50 from points Barnwell, other in proportion. ' BASEBALL: Washington vs. Boston, September 3rd and 4th. ■ ... * which it is faced are aa smooth and as Closely fitted as when put In place over 2,000 years ago. The entire length of this wall is 1,400 miles; it Is 22 feet high and 20 feet in thickness. At Intervals of 100 yards or so there are towers some 40 feet In height. J. E. MAHAFFEY, Ticket Agt. Barnwell, S. C., Phone 6. ATLANTIC COAST LINE Considerate The artist had agreed to paint the portrait of a beautiful young girt in her very becoming lavender evening gown. •_.« The girl’s mother decided; as she thought the matter over at home, that she would prefer to have her daugh ter wear a yellow dress. A few days later the portrait paint er received a message over the tele phone from the young girl; “Mother thinks I’d better wear my yellow dress and hopes you haven’t bought tlie paint yet!”—Vancouver Province. One Year*s Moose Bag 'It lias been estimated that about ,10,000 moose are killed in Canada each year. This seems a heavy slaughter, but far from there beins any danger of extermination (roni this toll taken by the moose hunter, authorities In different sections are of the opinion that a killing of twice Uiat number could be made each year, ‘and the natural increase would, defi nitely offset any danger of thfc extinc Uon of the moose. *-*■ * 1 ^ "y t ~ 1 ~ ~ ■ Not to Be Consoled Little Katherine waa crying, not foi anything in particular, but for every thing In general Her mother, trying to divert her attention, said: “Oh, look at that pretty borae tied there.** took It as on* more.. 4a life, aayta«: *1 want j| l» It a mi - - REST UP LABOR DAY $11.5<K Round Trip Ticket to Norfolk or Richmond Sept 2nd from Barnwell Other Point* Proportional Final Limit Midnight Sept 6th Tickets and Information J. E. Mahaffey i Ticket Agent Phone 5. ATLANTIC like an arrow from a bow Buick for 1928 gets away in traffic like an arrow from a bow! Watch the Buiclcs next time ' * > - you drive downtown. 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