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-THUPSDAY, JUNE 7TH. 1928. THE BABNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, BOOTE CAROLINA . / PAGE 8ETEN. CUSTOMS o 5ARAWAI folfeek WATER REDUCES BACTERIA COUNT Investigators Show How the Moisture in Paris Sub way Cut Down Germs. ^ By Arthur Brisbane NOGUCHI BRAVE MAN. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE. SHE WEIGHED 240 POUNDS. OISTURE decrease? the num ber of bacteria in the air enormously. French scion'- lists counting microbes i the air be 2 fore and after a rainstorm in parts hav-e found w^-totals. wide variations iu the Land Dayak Women of Sarawak. with foreigners > (Trernred by the National tteopranhic Society, WnshinKton. 0. C.) I N SARAWAK, an independent state on tlie Island of Borneo, it is possible to observe jungle [)eo- ple in various stages of civiliza tion—ranging frouj the shrewd Malay traders of the towns to the primitive I unans whose weapon is the blowgun. The Sea Dayaks, or Ibans, to use the mrive name, are tlie largest and most progressive tribe. Their love of adventure made them tlie ready pupils of the piratical Malays in tlie early daye; hut since their initiative lias been turned into useful channels, they have show n much ' capacity f«>r de velopment. They are thrifty and in dustrious, building good houses, which t.re usually neat and clean. The period of their harvest feasts Is perhaps the most interesting time to visit them. After they set aside from the rice crop the portion they require fof the year's food supply ;md enough more for trading purposes, the remainder la converted into a nctr wine and feasts are held at one house ~aftor another. ' On the morning of tlie feast chickens are killed, rice ks scattered about the house, and-other ceremonies are per formed to propitiate the evil spirits. As guests begin to arrive from neigh boring houses, tlie gongs are beaten, small brass cannon are tired, if gun powder can he obtained from a white visitor, and live fowls, as a token of good-will and friendship, are waved about over the newly arrived guests. The sacrifice of fowls plays an im portant part in many ceremonies, such as that of blood-brotherhood among tlie Knynns when a man is adopted iiito tlie famlly of another, Itie kilting of tlie fowl'serving a? a means of con- Omens From Pigs' Livers. At noon tlie most Important event of the feast day takes place—pigs are killed and from their livers omens for tlie next year are read. During the morning tlie pigs have been decorated with heads and charms, charged with messages to tlie gods, and urged to sh iw. by tlie markings on the under side of the liver, what the future lias * in store. After the pigs are killed the livers lure extracted and tlie learned men ..proceed with their interpretation of the omens. t As there are always enough pigs so that some of them are sure to have livers that give good omens, the feast then begins with great good cheer, the ’Women bringing out delicious new rice —brown in color and nutty in flavor— cooked in neat- tittle individual fUAck- ages made from leaves; also various excellent vegetables from the jungle, such as tlie lietirt of several of the palms as well a« the, '.coder shoots *>f ,*-vrrrdn ferns, and. finally, slightly roasted pig and partly boiled chicken. Cock fighting is tlie chief event of , tlie afternoon, and on these occasion* tlie birds are armed with sharp knives, so that tlie fights are usually soon over. In the years gone by, tlie evening’s entertainment might have ended with tlie “head dance,” with the result tli.it some young warriors would thereby be Inspired to set forth in quest of new head? to decorate their homes. The head dance is now prohibited, hut it may be seen in the privacy of a friendly chiefs house. Two old women take one of tlie heads from the cluster hanging in tlie smoke over the fire. Then they place some boiled rice between tlie Jaws, with a lighted cigarette in one coiner and a quid of betelnut and sir! in tlie other. Tlie head itself is then car ried by the two women up and down HieTong veranda of tlie house. They swing it to and fro in a stiff, awkward . dance wljile they sing a monotonous song. Among the Land Dayaks. The Land Dayak?, as their name in dicates, live Inland, and they more fre quently build their Tiouses at a dis tance from tlie streams than is the habit with other tribes. In addition to the Malays, they are the natives of Sarawak proper. They are more affected by contact and are ratl|J?r less enterprising and energetic than their neighbors, tlie Sea' Dayaks, who oc cupy tiie Batang Lupar. tTTid Kejang rivers to the north. A few Land Dayak villages in the vicinity of tlie headwaters of tlie Sarawak and Sa- dong rivers near the Dutch border re main, however, tittle affected by for eign influences. \ —— In common with tlie other tribes of Borneo, their* houses are long com- miinai dwellings built on posts eight Or nine feet from the ground, a pas sageway on one side giving access to the rooms, each of which is occupied by one family. - — j_ Among the dwellers along streams visitors are always quartered in the gallery, which forms, on the river side of the long house, a common passage way for entrance to the row of rooms on the r other side. A'' the eaves are low, the gallery is well protected from the rain and is really the best place to sleep. Terhaps the most Interesting tribe' in Sarawak-and one of those least af- | fected by contact with ^foreigners is . the Kaynn, which occupies tlie head- j waters of the * Barani and Rejang rivers, in the northerly part of Sara wak, extending also into Dutch Borneo. . These people for unknown genera- ; lion's have Jived almost entirely iso- j lafed in the interior of the island. , There are many reasons for believing they are of (’aucasic origin, having entered Borneo from southeastern ' Asia, where they received infusion of Mongol bIq<>d and separated from peo- ple of their own race, who were tlie progenitors of the meseut Kajen tribes of Lower Burma. j It appears that the Kayans came to porneo by the way of Tenasserim, tlie Madav T^tnsu 1 ar iimt Kumatra, hrter ^ The death of Dr. Noguchi, a courageous Japanese scientist, is a great loss to the world. Backed by the Rockefeller Institute, Noguchi was a leader -in the war against disease, and poverty and misery horn of disease. Yellow fever killed him at last, as he sought for more knowledge in the African yellow fever regions. Some bronze bandit on horseback shouldjgive his high place to Noguchi, whose memory really deserves honor. America is the country of opportu nity, and Milwaukee is one of the best American cities. All over America are opportunities, visible to ^the majority when it is too late to seize them. What everybody knows is not so valuable. For instance, consider the baby carriage business that C. J Smith managed in Milwaukee up to 1887. vV Fifty thousand dollars would have bought it. A. O. Smith inherited it and made bicycle parts. , - In .1904, the A. O. Smith Corpora tion was formed and L. R. Smith, grandson of C. J., took charge. His father put $85,000 and others put $955000 more into the corporation. In a cable meter of air gathered up near The Tlace Clicby Messrs. A. S:ir- tory and Marc Langlais found 3.SU0 germs on a wet day at 5 p. m. .and 16,000 at the same time on a dry day.. Similarly in the Paris subway after the tracks had been spriyikledThor oughly only 410 bacteria were found to the cubic meter while two hours later, when the tracks were dry. the investigators discovered 68,000. Taking advantage of auch findings, officials oL many communities are ad vocating more generous sprinkling and in many instances have applied calcium chloride to road surfaces to lay the dust. That chemical, which in itself has high germicidal value, absorbs moisture as well as k.illijj£ germs. may attend, prove their claims, ap point a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact such other business as shall be properly presented. Notice is further ^iven that at this meeting application will be made for an order for sale of* both real and personal property, and if offered, a composition to creditors will be Voted on. Claims verified in accordance with the bankruptcy law should be filed by all desiring to take part in the meet ings or share any dividends whicb may be declared. ’ * —— H. E. MOORE, Referee in Bankruptcy. Dated at Orangeburg, S. C., this 30th day of Mdy, 1928. / NOTICE OF ENROLLMENT. Legal Advertisements SUMMONS FOR RELIEF L. R. Smith did new things, making frames for automobiles, keeping up with the times and ahead of them. Time passed, and in 1923 J. E. Vihlein advised this writer and other friends, “buy stock in the A. O. Smith Corporation. A very able man, with new ideas, Js running it." The stock sold then at $13 a share. A Ik tie later it sold at $525 a share, and five shares were given for one. The baby carriage business that you could V have bought in 1887 for $50,000, or in 1923 for $1,300,000, now sells on the Stock Exchange at $40,000,000. State of South Carolina, County - f liarnwel. In the Court of Common Pleas. B. F. Owen- y ■ _ . . Plaintiff, V '*\ Virginia Thompson, Miller Thompson, Henry Thompson, Mickey Thomp son, Doctor Thompson, Archie Thompson, Victoria Mitchell, Rosa Glover and Ira May Dunbar, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint Persuant to Rule No. 11 of the Democratic PaHy South Catolina, I, Edgar A-. Brown, County Chairman of Barnwell County, hereby give notice: , (1) (Rule No. 6): T The qualifications for membership in any club of the party in’this State, and for voting at a primary shall be as follows: viz: The applicant for membership, or voter, shall be 21 years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election and he a white Demo crat. He shall be a citizen of the United States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the State two year? and in the county six months prior to the succeeding general election and ir.i the c’ub district 60 days prior to 7 the first primary following his offer, to er.toll: Provided, that public school teachers and ministers of the grvspel in chaige of a. regular organized church shall be exempt from the pro visions of this section as to residence if otherwise qualified.” ■ ./ <2) ' Books of enYollme-it for the re- ABOVE spective Democratic clubs required un der the rules for the new enrollment in Barnwell County will be opened by the secretaries or the enrollment Enrollment Committee—H. P. An derson, B. F. Owens and R. M. Burck- halter. Book to be opened at B. F. Ar>der- son’a store. ELK O—Clirt) District; As get out in 6 above. Enrollment. Committee—Paul S. Green, Alonzo Bates and C. W. Hair. Book to be opened at Green and Company’s store. • ^FRIENDSHIP—Club District: A s set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee — H. E. Creech, James Ray and Frank San der?. - —'i.'" - Berk to be open J at residence of Jai es P;.y. N FOUR MILE—Club District: as set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—C. M. Tur ner, A. R. Dunbar and D. C. Bush. Book to be opened at residence of C. M. Turner. GREAT CYPRESS—Club District; As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—G. C. Best, Victor Lewis and C. D.-Owens . Book to be opened at store of Lewis and Best. — HEALING SPRINGS—Club Dis trict: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—W. T. Wal ker, L. P. Boybston and Jas/J. Ray. Book to bo opened at residence of Jas J. Ray. HERCULES—Club District: As set ^ut in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—J. A. Mor ris, L. S. Still and J. A. Cneyfi. Book to be opened at residence of J. A. Morris. HILDA—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—F. D. Row ell, W. G. Collir« and A. F. Carter. The ablest American manufacturers could learn about mass production and labor saving in L. R. Smith's plants. One of his mills, making 35,000 automobile frames a week for Chevrolet, using marvelous automatic machinery, does with 200 men work that requires 2,000 men in other plants. * One r automatic" Tnachrne, changing steel sheets into steel framesfJs 550 feet long. In one place machinery and thirty-four men handle 14,000 J side bars and 30,000 crossbars and driv? 1.(XX),000 rivets per day. *in this action, and to serve a copy of J your answer to said Complaint on th£ , subscribers at their office in Barn well, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof r exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the re lief demanded in the Complaint. Herman I. Mazursky, Plaintiff’s Attorney. Dated: 2nd day of June, A. D., 1928. Machines do the work, men look on. From the floor below, heavy steel rivets _are^ blown up through thin pipes by air power, placed in the frarffes and fixed there, no hand touching anything. There you see solved the problem rais'**\ by inadequate immigration. penetrating up the rivers of Borrieo. One notices the features of some Kayans that very strongly suggest Caueusie origin, this being particular ly true of the upper or ruling classes, who would he most likely to preserve their racial stock uncontaminated by mixture with ^ctjquered tribes. Kayans and Punans. Many Kayans have very light skin, particularly those of the interior and those who have been little exposed to tlq* sun. The tribe believes iu a large number of deities, vfcjtli one supreme being at the lu^iid, thus resembling the Greek mythology. Many of tire de tails of the methods of taking omens among the Kayans by the flight of birds and tlie examination of the en trails of animals present extraordinary points of similarity with tlie Roman j methods of taking'tire auspices. The Punans belong to one of the most primitive tribes of Borneo. They are timid, harmless people, living iu tlie Jungle, usually away from the rivers, cultivating no fields, hut get ting their food from tlie wild sago and other jungle plants and from the small game, which alley jdioot with the sumpitan, or blowgun. in the use of which they are exceedingly skillful. The hiswgun is made chiefly by tti Kayans. from whom tlie Punans pur chase it. It consists of a hardwood pole about six and a half feet long, the hole being about one-quarter of an inch in diameter. Tlie hole is drilled 'with a long Iron rod and polished with a rough leaf—a sort of nutumDsuTHF^ paper. Tlie slender dar»s are made from tlie hard, straight fiber of tlie nibong palm, sharpened at one end, with a tiny groove cut aruund the dart below the point, for the purpose of carrying into the wound some of the poison in width* tlie end of tlie dart is dipped, ' This poison, made from tlie sap of the upas tree. Is so powerful as to cause tlie death of u man in two or three hour*:—A—picce of pith on tlie lower end of the dart acts as a piston by which tlie dart is blown through the tube. ‘—*- The Punans live in tlie simplest form of houses—mere leaf shelters— moving from place to place aa they exhaust their supply of food. TluJy are tlie real Jungle jieople, fol lowing for days any other man witn- out his in tlie least suspecting their presence. * You wonder that marvellously effi cient long lasting automobiles can lie sold at present prices, but remember, for one item, that painting an auto mobile frame, baking it so that it comes out with a beautiful coat of brilliant black enamel, costs, for human labor, one and a half cents, and the labor is highly paid, if any pay can be called high for labor pro ducing such results. Mr. Smith's institution, revolution izing important branches of American industry, is one of the many such plants throughout the nation. Our manufacturers, using their brains, re lying on new methods, not on low wages, can undersell F.ur<q*e and Asia. The thinking brain and the automatic machine are the real wealth pro ducers. * / NOTICE! TO_THE ABSENT DEFENDANTS MILLER THOMPSON, THOMPSON, ARCHIE THOMP- ccmmrttees of the respective clubs on Tuesday, June 4, 1928, ar,d will re main open for the enrollment until Tuesday, the 24th day of July, 1928, which shall be the last day of en rollment. (Rules Nos. 11 and 12.) (8) Each applicant for enrollment shall in i.ersop write unon the club roll his full name and immediately there af ter his age. occupation and post office ^diiitss, and if in a '•ity or town shall Book to be opened at store of Henry Smith. L U)I G H—Ghab District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—Pete John son, Lonnie Hall and C. D. Young- bloO|d. Book to be opened at the Company’s store. REEDY BRANCH—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—J. C. R. Grubbs, M. O. Creech and J. B. Still. Book, to be opened at residence of M. O. Creech. RED OAK—Club District: As set out in 6 a,bove. Enrollment Committee — Micagy Birt, O. D. Moore and J. M. Hill. Book to be opened at Moore’s store. ROSEMARY—Club District: As set out in 6 above. v * • - Enrollment Committee—W. R. Bell, R. S. Weather^bee and M. S. Hair. write the name onstreet and the num-' Bopk 10 ^ at residence her nf hi? house in which he resides,! ’ ^ 0 ” tk, rs ' )ee ' if such Resignation exists in said' SILOAM-Club District: As set MICKEY! ® r town- If the applicant fannot out ' n ® a ' 10ve - write he may make his mark upon the SON AND ROSA GLOVER: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the complaint in the above entitled action was on the 4th ^ay of June, 1928, filed in the office cf the Clerk of the Court for Barn well County, South Carolina. Herman I. Mazursky, 6-7-3tc. Plaintiff’s Attorney. / / CITATION NOTICE. Probate Weight has its advantages, Falstaff to the contrary notwithstanding. M rs. Myra Huddleston, ot .Mattuun, 111., has broken the world’s record for long swimming. She swam fifty hours, beating any other woman’s record by an entire day, and beating the best masculine recolkl by four hours. The State of Sofath Caiobr.a County of Barnwell B\ John K. Snelling. Esa. Judge. WHEREAS, Robert Allen Griffin ! hath made suit to me to J £rant unto him Letters of Adminis- ' tration of the Estate of and effects j of Flora Mae Griffin. Enrollment Committee:J. W. Bates, rdlli which shall be witriesged by the W ' P - M<irri * an<1 Belto«-Holly. Book to be opened at Yenome depot. WILLISTON—Club District: As set out in 6 above. secretary or other person then having the custody thereof, and the secretary Enrollment Committee — Dr. W. Cone, M. C. Kitchings and Winchester Smith. * Book to be opened at Corner Drug shall fill in the other requirements. (4) No person shall be enolled in any club O” vote in any primary except in the club district in which he resides. 1 Store. (Rule No. 8.) Attention is called to the fact that. That the names of the clubs h und ^ r Rul e It, there shall be a new Barnwell County, the boundaries of general emotiment of all voters every the club district^ as required to be aCur years, beginning with the year set out in Rule No. 11, the names of 1926 * particular attntion being called the members of the enrollment com- *<> the following provisions: mittees and the places where the re-1 “(a) Provided, further, That in spective club rolls are to be are as each election year the books of en- follows: i-JPollxnent be opened as now provided, j and, those persons meeting the re- I quirements for enrollment since the The club district and boundaries of last general enrollment, or who are the clubs in Barnwell County are as rot enrolled, shall be enrolled by the In all cases the voter must secretary, cr by tlie enrollment com- (6) Mrs. Huddleston weighed 240 pounds when she started. 20 pounds less when she finished. Skinny girls and women, you need not weigh 240, but you should he ashamed to cut down your vitality for the sake of an ugly, bony figure. THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to follows: cite and admonish all and singular j enroll in the club nearest his place of mittee. In case any properly enrolled the kindred and cred tors of the said residence, calculated by the nearest voter has changed his voting precinct. Flora* Mae Griffin, deceased, that they; practical i^ute, and can only vote at be shall be entitled to be enrolled in be and appear before me, in the Court j the voting place of such club, a^H tec- hi* new precinct under the following of Probate, to be held at Barnwell,: ritcry included by this test shall be rules, to wit: Application for a cer- S. C., on Saturday, June 16th, next, j considered the club district of su»:h tifi ate of transfer shall be made in after publication thereof, at 11 o’-jelub: * , ” * J ' clock in the forenoon, to show cau.ee, ; BARNWELL—Club District: Asset if any they have, why the said Admin- out in 6 above. >* ist rat ion should not be granted. Enrollment Committee—Perrv B. writing to the secretary of the former club, who shall certify in writing to the secretary of the precinct club where such enrolled voter desires to Given under my Hand this 1st day | Bu-h, N. G. W. Walker and R. A. Dea- be enrolled, to the effect that such Linonstration of'Modern Farming >pt. Paul Whitaker is engaged thisNJpek in affording a demonstration of modern farming on his plantation a few sfifies from Bamberg. Capt. Whitaker- has lecently purchased a reaper and thresher combined, and is new ha’ vesting his nearly 100 acres of fine oats. The machine cuts, threshes, and sacks the oats all in one r operation, being pulled by a farm tractor.—The Bamberg Herald. Quite So The youngster did not mean to be cynical, but this is the answer he gave when his teacher asked him to explain the difference between animal jnstinci and human intelligence: ’ **If we had-instinct." lie said ,^‘we should know everything we jueedeti to know without learning It; Im« we've got reason'and so we have study ourselves most Ijtlnd or be % ill . of June, A. D., 1928. John K. SnellFg, Judge of Pobate, B. C. Published' on the 7th day of June, 1928, in The Barnwell People-Sentinel. - IN THEi DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES For the Eastern District of South Carolina IN BANKRUPTCY.! In Re: Faimers Union Marcantile Co., Bankrupt. • ^ TO THE CREDITORS OF ABOVE BANKRUPT: son. Book to be opened at Dea son’s Drug Store. ’ BENNETT SPRINGS—Club .Dis trict as set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee — H. H. veter was (duly enrolled in his club, giving date of enrollment, name, age, occupation and address. At the time he shail note in ink on the enrollment book the transfer,so made. Upon pre sentation of the certificate of trans- Meyer. J. F. Swett and L. L. Peeples, fer to the secretaiy, the applicant Book to he opened ui j. F. Swell’s shalKbe permitted to enroll in his new j voting precinct club, provided he is store. BLACKVILLE — Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee C. C. Sim Buist Stome and J. Dewis l Rush, THE Grubbs. Book to be opened at Rush’s Drug TAKE NOTICE, That on the 7th Store, day of May, 1928, the said Farrrfers DOUBLE POND—Club District: As jn ati^iJ'-eFfespefts-qualified-tHider the rules, of the party. ‘(b) In case of the death of any voter, the secretaiy, or the enrollment committee, under supervision of the County Executive Committee, shall have ruthority to strike from the be oks of enrollment the. name or nrimes of such deceased voter, giving of death of tool 9 *?• i Union Mercantile Co., of Williston, set out in 6 above. ‘S. Cr, in the County of Barnwell, dis-i Enrollment Committee—Leon Hut- the approximate date trict aforesaid, wasjadjudged a bank-j to, Sammy Hartzog and J. P. Chitty. deceased.” rupt, and there will ne a first meeting Book to be opened at residence of EDGAR A. BROWN, 4 of creditors in the office of the under-1 Leon Hutto. • * J J Chm., Co. Executive Com. signed on the 11th day of June, 1928,1 DUNBARTON — Club District:' As Attest: B. P. DAVIES. Secy. f Barnwell, S. C M May 19,’ 1928. - I V. at 1UA. M., at which time creditors^ get out in 6 above. W