The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 25, 1927, Image 8
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THE BARN%ELL PEOPLE-8ENTINEI,,
SOUTH CABOUHA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 1
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<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-’
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
Friday, September 2,1927
VIA:
Southern ^Railway System
Round trip fares as follows:
1 $15.00
14.60
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Barnwell, S. C.
RlackviMe, S. C. ..l.
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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.
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on
Washington
FOR
LABOR DAY
Go on any train Sept. 2nd,
using a round trip ticket, good
until midnight Sept. 7th, and
costing only .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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you drive downtown. See hgw
easily they step out in front
when the signal cl
rwcjus
die slip in the friendly rivalry
of traffic.
You cannot say you know the
full meaning of “performance”
until you've driven g Buick
for 1928.
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Dirititm #/ Gtntrml M»t»n C»rp*rmti»m
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