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4^*- fST THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY ^g| Consolidated Jom 1, 1925. 'Jumk Like a Member of (he Family” SB NORMAN B. GAMB LIFE INSURANCE r OLUME LL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12TH, 1928. NUMBER 33. TO SURFACE TREAT BARNWELL ROADS ENTIRE COUNTY SYSTEM TO BE IMPROVED. ‘ Is First Se c tion of State to Go in for "Dependable Type” of Highway. * —Sixty-seven Miles. A* Reimburseroenc agreements total ing $271,000 and providing for .8 miles of paving in Fairfield County and over 67 miles of surface treatment in Barti- well County were executed Thursday with th^ State Highway Department, it was announced Thursday afternoon by J. W. Wilks, secretary and treas urer of the department. ^ The Barnwell County agreement is for the entire county road system, this beiijg the first entire county to go in for surface treatment of its county roads. Thera have been stretches of highways in other counties given sur face treatment—-Barnwell will- have her entire county system so treated/ The agreement with Barnwall Coun ty provides for two hundred and sev enty-six thousand dollars for the* .sur-v face treatment of a section of route 3 rom the Oiangeburg County line hrough Blackville and Barrwell to the Allendahi County line, approxi mately 26 miles; a section of route 37 from Elko to Barnwell, approximately ten miles; and a section of»route 78 from the Bamberg County line,through Blackville and Elko to the Aiker. County line, approximately 14.5 miles. Another agieement for $75,000 pro vides for the surface treatment in Barnwell CoUrty of ^ section of route. ^ 39, beginnir^g-m-WilUston -aml extend- j •,— jng to the Orangeburg County line, ap proximately 8.4 miles, and a section of royte 64 between Barnwell and Olar, approximately; 8.3 miles. The agreemtnt with Fairfield Coun ty is for $20,000 a-Sd provides for the hard surfacing of a faction of route 21 through the Winnsboro Mills prop erty, approximately .8 miles in lengthy -Tho'Barnwell County projects when completed, will givt the county an entire system of “dependab!g_type” Diet “With Boots On* New Army of Boll Weevils Ready to Swoop on Cotton On* the platform of a hall at Delaware, O., where he was about to address his followers, Frank B. Wil lis, of Ohio, pictured above, candidate Jor the Republican nomination for President, was suddenly stricken and died. i Hard-Surface Ronds Should Be Big Boost Barnwell Will Continue to ' benefit ^from Tourist Travel to and from % t " » ‘ Land of Flowers. That tho construction through BaYn- well Countv of surface-treated Washington, April 5.—A startling increase over last year of the numbei* of boll weevils which survived the winter hibernation is indicated in a report announced tojday by the depart- ment of agriculture based on examina tions of Spanish moss in the States of Louisiara, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas. The finding based on the number of weevils per ton of moss, record 65.9 as the Louisian a State average, compared with 15.7 for last year, 43.0 in 1926 and 6.0 in 1925. In South Carolina 21.1 were found, compared with none last year. Southern . Louisiana showed 365.1 per ton in 1928, compared with 70.0 last year, while the northern part of the States had 1.0, compared with 4.0. last year. -- Comparative figues are not available for the entire cotton belt as examina tions were made last year in Louis iana and South Carolina only. In Alabama, * 45.2 - werci' found in each ton of moss examined; in Texas, 74.5, and Georgia, 88.7. * 1926 figures showed 2.0 in Georgia. All examinations, with the excep tion of those in Texas, were made from February 21 to March 10. Thpse in Texas were made on January 15, 16 and 20, and February 24. The department observed that con- jd;tions, g inerally speaking, “were favorable in most sections for a large number of weevils entering hiberna tion last fall. “Although the figures presented above are indicative of percentage of weevil survival” tbe report added**“it is recognized that the examinations wer« made in an insufficient number of points to give figures from which accurate conclusions may be drawn for the entire cotton belt.” In the northern part Louisiana the department recalled most of this area was irr.hided in the Mississippi floo4 area during the 1927 season and that in some sections vary little cotton was planted. The records for this section thus represent primarily the after-effect of the overflow rather than winter moiality, the report said. Glorifies tbe Pig Conducts Analysis of State’s Products roads, as they were designated by the highway commission at' its last meet ing.—The State. All Roads Xm Included^ The above article from The State “dependable type” roads, as they are now desigrated, will give an added boost to tourist travel through this sec tion is the opinion of level-headed business men here who have observed benefits that are being derived tFereffom fly various local businesses. Unfortunately, the bulk of this traf fic this year was during the sp^ll of unu^ualy bad weather, which, com bined with the heavy traffic, put the sand-clay jrgads in a very rough con dition. During tha-fall, winter and spring season st/ore^ of tourists from North and East have been passing through this city and many of them have stop ped over for a night. Lo^al people have been somewhat slow to recognize that this is an asset that could be greatly increased bv a little effort. Other towns made the tiffort and benefitted greatly in a monetary wav.-; Dr. Roe E. Remington, of the Univer sity of Minnesota, Investigates Iodine Content. ✓ Columbtar- Remington, .April—7:—Dr. Services in Sheldon Ruins Are Announced Will Be Held This Year Sunday, April 22nd.—Numbers of People Will Be in Attendance. *FoivLthe information - of those who of the University ofil expressed. a desire to attend the an- Minnesota lias been in South Carolina this week making investigations rela tive to the analysis of the contents of food products grown in this State— beans, lettuce, spinach, turnips—and various other crops. - v At the lasi^eeting of the South I nual Episcopal Church service in the old Sheldon ruins after reading a de scription of this event last year in The People-Sentinel, announcement is madu that the service will be held this year on Sunday, April 22nd. Old Church Sheldon Church is one of the most Carolina legislature a bill was passed. h* s t° r * c spots in the^ow country and creatirg a commission on analysis 0 f j anua l service attracts hundreds of food products and an appropriatijon..of. v * s ^ or s Horn all sections of the coun- $15,000 was made for meeting the< Hcwevar, one home-owner on Marl- boro Street erected a sign ir front of last Friday is in error as regards |Ter r residehcci and secured many tran- the roads from Williston to the Edis- to River and from Barnwell to Olar, which will be of sand-elay construc- sients for rooms and meals. Black- u j ville and Barnwell are on the shortest route from the North to Florida and expenses of tl^> investigation. Doc tor Remington has been in the State in connection with the work. Food products grown in the lower part of the State are said to be es pecially rich in i«dim«. Iodine generally regarded as a ^preventive of goitre. Cows fed on products rich in iodine produce butter anH milk which contain quantities of iodine—so tion. Next year it is hoped that the, every effort s hould be made toAcaslr] the experts contend. Persons Barnwell-Augusta road will be eluded in the paving program. in- Hilda Happenings. # ir ” on this opportunity, tive Barnwell business man says that he is thoroughly “sold” on the possi bilities of catering to tourists. The building of dependable type roads will overcome the objtuction of had roads to this route and scores of who theh^ Hilda. April 10.—James Kennedy, cf Guyton, Ga., visited Joe Gunnels U EuBer^ Wo-ks spent the week-end; travelers will pour thrbugh this sec- with Hunter and Randolph Gunnels.! t: ™ season. It i s under- stood that assurance Kas been given Miss Evermae Broughton, of Great Falls, spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Black, visited the latter’s parents, Mr. * and Mrs. Aiken Collins, Sunday, i Naithian Collins and family, of n$ar Blackville, were visitors in this community Sunday, Mrs. Rosa Still and daughters, of A conserva- ^ ave a su ^ c j en < > y °f iodine in food are free from goitre. In what is known ns the “goitre” belt, a large per cent of childien suf- for from goitre. Shoul(d it develop that South Carolina food stuffs are rich ir iodine, it is believed that the great, milk manufacturing concerns will establish plants in this State and ship their products to tho central west—where goitre prevails—thus at once promoting agriculture and in dustries. Doctor Remirgton says the prespects for his work are ex tremely promising. South Carolina is ... , .taking the lead among the States of 1 hat would give an at-; TT . . ... . „ „ ,, ! the Union- in this work. that similar roads will be constructed through Orangeburg County, connect- ingjwitfi’the hard-surface at Swarsea, and it is also believed Allendale Coun ty will also link with Barnwell at the -county line most unbroken stretch of all-weather reads through the State, connecting Hercules sertioiv were the guests I with the -°a.stal highway at Yemassee MISS BEULAH HARVEY f Mrs. Annie Woodward Sunday. Miss Roberta Bonds and Mrs. Ethe! Hartzog,^tended the club market at Barnwell Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Delk, of near 4, Blackville, were visitors here Sunday afternoon. . — Miss Maggie- Delk wa s a visitor ir Barnwell Saturday. v . Master Corey Hartzog spent the week-end with little Billy Delk. Qfi 8 uch n € or Ridguland. The writer had an opportunity riding over about K>0 miles of roads in North Carolina ‘Monday— from Burlington by way of Pipehurst end Rockingham—and found them all that is claimed. In appearance they are very much like asphalt roads, but have the added advantage of being somewhat smoother. They per- — w mit of safe traveling at the maximpm speed limit—45 miles an hour—:or even ^faster. They are • dustless in dry t weather 'and do riot get muddy when Roe’s electric plow is now being it rains. It is said that they are easi- demonstrated on the farm of James ly repaired and tha cost of mainten- G. Campbal 1 rear the Savannah River, ance is much less that that of sand- in Allendale County, with the irren- clay highways, ter himself conducting the work. The, # * new plow promises to revolutionize! agriculture, some of the claims being: j Destruction of insect—pests, weeds' and grass seeds, fertilization of the soil and Mr. Hoe even hopes to destroy \ boll weevil. Mr. Campbell saw PLACED ON PROBATION Electric Plow Demonstration. Mayor Ra ySworn In. Blackville, April 10.—The injunc tion against the officers-elect of tha propped jnunicipal corporation of Charleston ,April 8.—Miss Beulah Harvey, of Beaufort, is free on two years’ probation from a jail sentence of six months imposni on her in fed eral court in Columbia last Winter, when she was convicted of implication in conspiracy to violate the federal farm loan acts. Probation for Miss Harv<tv* was agreed to by Judge Ernest F. Cochran, the trial judge, on petitior of her attorney, Edgar A. Brown. Judge Cochran at the time of her conviction expressed the opinion that she might ba given such clemency. Convicted with Miss Harvey were W. E. Richardsor* president of the Beaufort bank, and R. C. Horne, Jr., secretary, both of whom were sen tenced to tw T o-year terms in th'e At lanta penitentiary. ‘Prosecution grew out of the South Carolina Agricultural Credit association of Beaufort, wher. it » c was charged that officers of both or- try. This year it is expected that many Barnwtll people will attend ard tmjoy the beautiful Episcopal Church service in a most unusual setting. The following editorial comment is from 1 ■ * « . ■ Monday’s issue of J’he, News and Courier: Episcopal church service will he held in the ruir/? of the church of Prince William, at Sheldon, in Beau fort County, Sunday, April 22. The rector of St. Helena’s Beaufort, the Rev. R. Maynard Marshall, Charles tonian, will officiate. ^ \ The ruins of old Prince William’s church are set ir.» enchanting environ m<4nt. Spring’s wild flowers are blooming and the woodland about the imposing walls is rioting in color. The impressive, ritual of the Episcopal church is tne more effective in this natural sanctuary.' The Rev. Mr\ Marshall is keeping tradition of an dneient parish alive, much as the tradition of St. Jamas, Goose Creek, near\Charleston, is cherished. The lattev' edifice still stands while' Prince William’s^^is marked by bare walls. Over the modern highways, people irj Charleston will have no oiffirulty in reaching the ruins at SheldorAThey will drivti by way of the Comobhee river bridge, thence to Garden’s C ner, named after Commisary Garden revolutionary figure. • In view of the growing interest ir, the annua service, it is likely that a large num be of people will mov<i from Charles ton. Mr. Marshall does a fine thing in holding annual services at old Prince William’s. He directs attention to the departed promise of the regior while carrying forward the work of his church. Let the imagination play and scena? of vanished yearfe will be oonjured up by mental pictures. * ' I ealing Sj rings having been dissolv- is wonderful plow at work in New ed by Judge Shipp, and the plaintiffs ganizations misrepresented the value fork last -eason and was so impressed in the said action havirg withdraw of securities when obtaining loans with it that he bought one for v HTs their complaint, a charter was recent- from thei federal Intermediate Credit newly acquired farm. Otis Brabham, ly issued to the said officers-elect by bank of Columbia, of Allendale, advises The People-Sen- the Secretary of State, and J. J. Ray | : - ♦ ♦ ♦ tinel that Mr. Roe will be in that sec- has been sworn in as Ma/or, together Mrs. Wallis Cone. Mrs. Sam Ray tion only a few days lorger. » ♦ ♦ ■ ADVERTISE in The People-SentineL with several of the wardens-elect. ♦ *■ " j and Mrs, IA G. Dickp■ motored to d*** ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Barnwell Saturday and were guests of friends here. OWENS TO MAKE MAYORALTY RACE BARNWELL ATTORNEY THROWS , HAT IN THE RING. Previously Served as Alderman r Mayor Pr© Tern.—Law and Order Platform. and Dr. Josef Franz Kapp, prominent medical man, who claims that a serum obtained from pigskin will restore grandma’s complexion to rival that of her granddaughter. . Governor to Enforce Law as to Carnivals Can Only Show i n Connexion With State and County Fairs.—Law Declared Constitutional. Columbia, April 4.—Carnivals show ing independently of State or county fairs would do well to give South arolira wide berth during the ad- ministiation of Governor John G. Richards, for he has announced that he intends to er force without favor that no carnival can hold forth in the Palmetto State unless connected with a State or county fair. Already the chief executive has or dered carnivals closed iri various towns—-at WAr© Shoals in Green wood County and at Columbia. In Columbia, the Krause Greater Shows were operating und«r the aus pices of Live Oak Camp, No. 2, Woodmen of the World. When Gov ernor Richards was notified that the carnival was to open Monday, he instructed his constables to close it up. However, a temporary restrain ing order was secured and the ear- figHt Of interest to numerous friends in Barnwell and the State a t large is the aijnounctinent of V. Seymour Owens, Esq., as a candidate for Mayor of this city, which appears elsewhere in. this issue of The People-Sehtmel. This is not Mr. Owens’ first entry into the 'arena of municipal politics, he having previously served one term as Alderman, .during which time he act^fl as Mayor pro tern., and as Acting Mayor following the resignation of Mayor R. C. Holman a number of years ago. Mr. Owen| does rot need any^intro- duction to the people of Barnwell, among whom he has lived for so many years. Suffice it* to say that he stated to a representative of this paper yesterday that, if elected, he pledges his personal efforts to an honest, economical and business-like adminis tration of the city government and a strict, fair and impartial enforcement of all laws and ordirqnces of Barn well, as well as the laws of the State. BEGIN SPRING ORCHARD SPRAYING IMMEDIATELY nival opened one ipight. This in junction was dissolved, however, anc the opetator of the carnival, Ben Krause, was arrestnl and placed in the Richland County jail. ’ He was later released on bond and it is gen erally urderstood that the governor will not press the' case agamst him provided he leaves South Carolina with his shows at once. “The. law provides that carnivals car/not be. opeiated in South Carolina unless they are in connection with a fair” the governor says. “I intend to enforce the law to the best of my ability.”. The law relative to carnivals has been declared constitutional by Judge M. M. Mann-. The time to make first application of spraying in- the Spring for the control of worms and rot is as siftorv - as the petals fall from tha blooms. Ore (1) pound Arsenate of Lead, four (4) pounds Hydrated Lime and fifty (50) gallons of water. .. Second spray to be applied ten days to two weeks following the first one, use same mixture as of number one, adding thereto, twelve (12') pounds of Dry-Mix Lima Sulphur. This is for the control of worms M well as browr. rot. _ ... ..—- Third spray, use the same mixture as number one and two, leaving out Arsenate of Lead ard apply twb weeks following the second spray. Three applications applied af the proper time with the right mixture^ thoroughly covering the young fruit, peaches will be allowed to develop to maturity practically free from worms and rot. The late G. W. Hutson always car ried out this spray schedule, and was known many miles for having pro duced unusually fine fruit.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston County Agent. THE COAST LINE DINING CARS FEED A MULTITUDE Barnwell Defeats Branchville. Showing a complete reversal of form after biting ^decisively defeated by Bamberg earlier In the week, the Barnwell High School baseball team trounced the strong Branchville ag gregation on the .local diamond Fri day afternoon, 8 to 3. The result was a pleasant surprise, as the visitors had previously defeated Bamberg. The game scheduled^with Estill Tues day was called off on account of rain. Barnwell will play at Durbarton Frb ♦ ♦ ADVERTISE i»i The People-Sentinel. Wilmington, N. C., April 9.—The Passenger Traffic Department of the Atlantic Coast Line reports that dur ing February 123,613 meals were served to pasengers in the dining cars of its through trains between the North and Ecast aqd Florida.' These stupendous figures, analyzed, show that 4,262 meals wore served every day; 1,421 guests for break fast, dinner and supper! ye* If handled one at a time it would have been necessary to complete ser vice at the rate of 22 seconds per piirson from midnight January 31st to mid right February 29th^{*robably, no first class hotel, or chain of first class hotels could accomplish this huge feat. m !“ . This perfoimance is the more re markable when it is considered that each meal was carefully prepared from foods specially selected from the best markets, and to suit the indi vidual taste of over 100 thousand ex perienced diners. * i This performance is evidence that the Atlantic Coast Lina’s Dining Car Department is unsurpassed by that of dny railroad in the world. ♦ ♦—» “Why don’t you ask Tom to lend you that five? I’m broke.” “Well, I jrtid, and he told me to go lo the devil.” “What did you do?” ; * “Naturally, l came here.” Confederate Camp Reunion. Thti Confederate Camj> Morrall re union will take place on May 4th, 1928, at the usual plat e of meeting, Meyer’s Mill. A full program will be publish ed in The People-Sentinel and The Wiliston Way in. their issues of April 19th, 26th and the 3rd of May. All Veterans and Widow^* of Confederate Veterans ate urgertly requested to be present on that day as there will be great things in store for them— barbecue, hash and rice will ba fur nished to the Veterans and widows and wives o^Veterans, arjd the usual basket picnic will be expected. \^atch for other notice in next week’s issue. By order of the Commander, L. F. HAIR, E. B. SANDERS, Adjutant. Mrs. Best Improving. Tha many Barnwell friends of Mra. Martin C. Best, who was carried to an Augusta hospital last week for treatment of a skull fracture, will be very glad indeed to know that ad vices from her bedside yesterday (Wednesday) morrjng were to the, effect that she had passed a comfo bkt night and it is now confidently ex pected that she will recover. Reports received here Monday were not en couraging and for a time jt was feared that her irtjurks would prove fatal. Her friends sincerely hope that she will soon be well enough to return home. Baxley -Et heredge. Blackville, Apri^fi.—Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Baxley announce the engaget- merjt of their daughter, Miss Clara Alv a Baxley, to D. Edward Etheredge of Batesburg, the marriage to take place early in Jpne. ofre » * idvertise The I xple-SsntineL