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r’? PACK POO. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA v THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1*28. The Barn wll Peopt^SwitiaAl JOHN W. HOLMES 12. B. P. DAVIES. Editor and Proprietor. - Entered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., aa second-claes matter. % SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year fLM Six Monthe 90 Three Months -— — (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928. It is imagination which rules the human race.—l^apoleon. A Misunderstanding Somewhere. “Though wti were unable to attend the meeting held at Barnwell last Saturday, having been called by L. P. Boylston, we understand from those who attended that though the crowd was small, the object in creating senti ment in favor of the abolition of Rule 32 was accomplished. However, the Bamwell corr*'pom!ent for the dail ies seems to think otherwise as shown in the clipping below,” says the Wil- liston Way, which reprinted a news story about the meeting which ap peared in The New* and Courier and The State and which was substantial ly the same as appeared in last week’s issue of Thu People-Sentinel. Like the editor of the Williston paper, we did not attend the meeting either. Our information wa s gotten from two perfectly reliable gentlemen, one of whom is a relative - of Mr. Boylston, and each said that they and Mr. Boylston were the only three per sons present. If our information was correct (and we have no reason to think othu’-wise) we fail to see how “the object in creat ing sentiment in favor of the abolition of Rule 32 was accomplished,” as the only two attendants, other than Mr. Boylston, (according to our infor mants) are “l>efore and after A1 Smith Democrats” and Wnth are hmrtily in favor of retaining the rule From Farm to City. .Discussion continues on what many consider a major national problem— the migration from farms to cities of experienced farmers. Some hold that eventually the food supply will be con siderably reduced because of thia mi gration, and that this will causo great ly increased prices and perhaps en danger the welfare of the people. May we quiet these alarmists by pointing out that while the movement from farms to cities still continues, it has, according to rcrent statistics, considerably abated? On the other hand the number of persons leaving the cities for the farms is considerably increasing. In other words, the exodus from farms to cities may cease to be a mat ter of great concern. No matter what rumors may fleat about, actual figures show that the tendency of people to movrt away from the farms is decreas ing rather than increasing. It is true that many experienced farmers go to cities in the quest of easier means of making money, or to give their children the benefit of the educationaj facilities of tha metro politan centers. * * • 9 Va j However, there has been so much improvement in the educational and recreational facilities of small towns and farm districts that already the mov<<ment to large municipalities is somewhat Checked.' As rural life be comes more attractive, fewer persons will leave the rural ristricts. The so lution of the problem lies in making farm life more interesting. They "Are fretting Dog-gone Tired of Tins Job " By Albert T. Reid The Seventeen-Year Locust. Election, pledging myself to abide by the results and support the nominees of the party. W. D. Harley. For Alderman. I hereby announce myself a candi- date for the office of Alderman for the 1 Town of Bamwell, and pledge myse4f to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. ’' W. J. Lemon. 1 hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Alderman for the Town of Bamwell, and pledge myse*lf to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of thtf party. E. D. Peacock. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Alderman for the Town of Barnwell, and pledge myseif to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. 0 + B. W. Sexton. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Al derman for the town of Barnwell, and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. G. M. Hogg. The advance guard of the seven teen-year locust have appeared. From many States come appeals for help. Why, ask the farmers, doesn’t the government do this, that and the other thing about it! Why are these buz zing creatures allowed to get away with all the damage they do? Alas, man is almost helpless before these insects. A few hundred may be killed now and then with sprays, but The' no sooner are they done with than new ing is now on a more or less artificial scale. The consequence is, we deduce from ' inquiries, that unfavorable weather plays havoc with the grow ing crop in a few days’ time. We also recall most clearly that every farm house in those days had “pet patches” about the house, and it was a fact that these patches, ferti lized with barnyard manure, always made cotton. A very small percent- SOUTH CAROLINA EDITORS ENJOYED WONDERFUL TRIP 9 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) floor, where the editoiial rooms are 7 • / located, on down through the various departments housing the business of fices, the desks of thti reporters, the writer was at the Court House at andj hordes advance to buzz and nibble. f<Jf a short while after the time set Luckily, they do no permanent dam- for the meeting and talked to Mr. | age to vegetation. They make a lot Boylston himself, who was deploring noise, and seem to .herald their the lack of interest shown by those! presence as if they were expert pub- who had previously expressed them-,Lcity men. selves as being against Governor They aie a great nuisance on more , counts than one, and happily their Was there a second and secret meet- ^ ves are short duration. The ang held for the purpose of crystaliz- plague does not last long. The locusts ing sentiment against the National l* ve or ‘l- v two or thiee weeks. Democratic ticket? Unless such was the case it is hard to rta’oncile the in formation given The Williston Way with that received by The People-Sen- Is it true that locusts are with us each year but occasionally hatch in large numbers? Are the locusts’ vis its actually spaced seventeen years sons would like to know the answers. If it be true that they come up from the ground once eveiy seventeen years, they certainly know how to get a lot of attention centered on them while they enjoy their brief stay in the sun! tinel. If the editor of the Williston a pa't? Some day a gieat natuialist paper cants to do so, he night name answer these riddlts. Many per- those from whom he received his in formation and the writer will he glad to do likewise. As we see the matter, it is not a question of veracity be tween the two editors but Ixitween those who supplied the information about the meeting. One of the papers was misinformed, or they reported mtp&rate and distinct meetings, and if “the object in creating sentiment in favor of the abolition of Rule 32 was accomplished” the loyal Democrats of the county should know it and be on their guard. For our own information we should like to kpow which report was correct. Caranza, good will flyer, ha s passed to his reward. And in the very midst of mourning for th<i brave flyer, eiti- xens of both Mexico and the United States were shocked by the news of th£ assassination of General Obregon. Mexico has lost two of its finest, two ‘great souls whose lives were an in- apiration and an incentive to noble thoughts and deeds. The honors paid to Caranza in New York were impressive and beautiful. While ariplanes cruised the skies overhead, a long, solemn funeral pro cession marched thn streets. Thous ands of American military men march ed with slow, measured tread in tri bute to the great aviator, while many more thousands watched, hats in hand, eyes dimmed with tears. The sun burnt scorchingly upon New York that day. On and on moved the procession, wi£h slow measured tmid, to the music of Chopin’s funeral march, un mindful of the burning heat. AM New r ork thought that day of the young iro whose achievements had fired the imagination of two lands. » America and Mexico have wept to gether over the tragic deaths of Car ranza and Obregon. The tears of a common grief Have brought, we be lieve, Mexico and America closer to- each other than they have ever been. Caianza’s good-will flight was 'a beautiful tribute to this country, a magnificent gesture of international friendship. His untimely death has cause gwnt sorrow; he shsll be en shrined forever in cur hearts and in the hearts of his countrymen. TRUTHFUL REPORTING The Barnwell People-Sentinel re cites the fact that it has been taken severely to task by its farmer citizens in time past for reporting an unfavor able condition of the cotton crop, as he sa\v it, to the daily papers.-Friends jumped on the editor-reporter for giving the county unfavorable publici ty. The editor goes on to say that the Bamberg correspondent of the News and Courier had found himself in a /similar predicament, and bases this conclusion on a paragraph w’hich ap peared in the Charleston paper recent- , • i ly that the crop had shown marked de terioration, while in another report a few’ days later it w’as reported as showing much improvement. The Peo- nle Sentinel concluded by saying that “all of which is just about as am biguous as the platform of major poli tical parties.” « ,, Our Barnwell friend is entirelv in correct in his deductions. The Bam berg cotton crop condition w’as re ported faithfully in both instances. With modern methods of farming, the '’ron poes all to nieces or mends with in a few’ days’ time. It is possible— not only possible but in fact it does— for cotton to appear to he most favor able one w«»ek and most unfavorable the next. This should not be, and un- Vss our memrrv fails us. was not the ease when we lived on the farm. This condition, w’hich worries the Barnwell editor, has been the oc casion re^entlv of a number of inquir ies amqpg onr farmer friends as to the cau«e. The maiority opinion is that it is because of the greater use of commercial fertilizers than former ly. !We recall that thirty years ago the use of 300 to 400 pounds of gnano -er acre was rather heavy fertiliza tion. We are informed that it is now much heavier on an averap*. and to; Jhat is added the use of nitrate of offices of the telegraph operators, to age of the cotton acreage is now com- j the mechanical departments, where a posted, because the acreage is so much large battejy of linotypes produce the larger and compost is much scarcer.' type slugg for thei various editions. Is there not a lesson in this? It Here the pages are “made up” and seems to us that if only a limited acre- J mats made for the sterotyping depart- age is planted with the assurance of ment. The visit to the press rooms making a good yield, it would be much w’as a revelation, immense prtoses more profitable than 15 to 20 acres turning out the papers at the_rate of per plow’ under w’hich nothing but arti-! 20,000 copies an hour. The tour of ficial fertility is applied with the inspection was concluded by a visit certainty of a failure unless the to the mailing department, wherti the weather conditions are just right.— Bamberg Herald. Those Illinois prisoners who made a dash for liberty on the Fourth of July seem to have carried patriotism a bit too for! ? In Panama moving pictures that are regarded unsuitable for children are so advertised. Human nature be ing what it is, Panama theatres proba bly have their biggest crowds on the nights when these are shown! various daily editibr.s, running into the hundreds of thousands of complete papers, are distributed to the read- Ilerald Tribune boasted of the fact i t^at they beat the other New York papers with their Tunney-Heer.ey fight extra by a margin of ten to twenty seconds. Friday morning, the M<rgenth^ler I hereby announce inj Self a candi date for the office of Alderman for the town of Barnwell, and pledge my- , * , . - xt self to abide by the rules and regular w’hile only a few’ hours out from New . , , V . . . _ tions of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees J. R. Harrison. York failed to dampen the enjoyment of association numbers and the* re turn trip was fully as enjoyable as the 0 * e one Northbound. The ship docked at Charleston at j hereby announC e myself a candi- six o’clock Monday mornine and-after date for ree i ection to the office of breakfast on hoard, the editors and Alderman for the town of BarnweIIi their friends reluctantly bade one an-' other good-bye, pledging, if possible, to meet again next y<ur atboard a ship bound for Havana, Cuba, where they plan to hold the 1929 meeting. The Barnwell members of the party reached home shortly befont one o’ clock Monday afternoon and have been busy ever since regaling their friends with accounts of w’hat all unanimously dcrlare to have been the greatest trip in the history of the South Carolina Press Association—and that is cer tainly saying a great deal. ard pledge myself to abide by the rules and. regulations of the Demo cratic municipal election and to sup port the nominees of the party. S. B. Moseley. Contestants in New’ York’s big ng public The managemcmt of the dance marathon are glad it’s all over, as they’ve got the time to go to dances now! I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Alderman for the tow’rv of Barnwell, and pledge myself to abide by the rules amt regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. ' G. Malcolm Anderson. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Alderman for the towm of Bamwell, and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic municipal election and to sup- “Flies have caused more' deaths 1 than all wars,” savs Major Ransom of the Medical Department of the port the ‘he party. W. E. McNAB. of the Medical Department of the U. Linotype Company was host on a s. Army. “Sipce the fly camt. into sight-seeing trip around the city, with | the world it has been synomymous an enjoyable luncheon at the linotype Cy Watkins says things are get ting so “darned” bad that pretty soon the farmer w’on’t have anything to be relieved of! A motorist fined $25 for a traffic violation sent an extra $25 to the court because the policeman who had given him a summons -was so polite That’s what we call the height of ap preciation! Now that an edict permits women of Bosnia to go about unveiled, Bosnian women may lose their reputa tion for beauty! The movement in favor of adding another month to the calendar is gaining headway. Must be sponsored by landlords! 14,000,000 Turks in Search for Surnames Constantinople.—Fourteen million Turks are nervously scratching their heads or thumbing through the few telephone directories available in search of a name with which to en dow themselves. Reports from Angora state that an act requiring the adoption of family names is nearing passage. The lack of these names has caused Infinite .confusion, as thousands call'them selves the same one name, generally Mustapha or Fatima. - Angora’• new edict will be another flap at 'he Koran. Its precept, “Don’t be prood of family, make your own name,** la responsible for the Moslems lack of family tags. ^ soda. In other words, cotton farm-! ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel. factoty in Brooklyn. From there the visitors were taken to Coney Island as guests of Barron Collier, and after a visit along the boardwalk and an ex cursion through Luna Park, they enjoyed an elegant shore dinner, with all the trimmings, at Felton’s as guests of the American Type Foun der* Company. As ona member of the party expressed it, it was a “shore”- enough dinner. Returning from Coney Island, the South Carolinians were guests at the Roxy Theatre, one of the most mag- nificent theatres in the country and with which many readers of The Peo ple-Sentinel are acquainted by reason of the radio broadcasts from its stage studio.^ The magnificence of its architecture and construction and the luxuriousness of its appointments were a delight to everyone, While the stage performance of “Carnival da Venice,” with its beautifully costumed and well-trained ballet, accompanied by the 100-pieee orchestra, and the motion picture production of “The StmA An gel,” with Vitaphone accompaniment, was an aesthetic treat of sight and sound, color and harmony, and was a fitting climax to all that had gone be fore and marked the close of the splendid program that was worked out (by F. T. Djepman, of the publicity de* partiwifft of the Mergenthaler Lino* type Co., and John R. Young, of the Merchants’ Association. . Saturday morning the visitors were free to do as they pleased up to the hour of leaving for home, and many spent the time in shopping and sight seeing. Promptly at 12 o'clocTc New York tiimi (11 o’clock Bamwell time) the Cherokee pointed her prow SoutH- ward and as the Statute of Liberty faded into tbe distance the tired but happy crowd heaved a sigh of regret that the visit to New York was but a memory. That regret, ho waver, was tempered by the knowledge that two delightful days aboard ship were still in pno*pe:t. The threat of a storm I hereby announce myself a candi- with epidemics of pestilence and dis- date £or the office of Alderman for ease.” But with FLY-TOX it is a very simple easy mitter to rid the house of flies—to keep it fresh and clean, free of insect taint. FLY-TOX is the s-cientific insecticide developed at Mellon Institute of Industrial Re search by Rex Fellowship. Simple in structions for killing ALL household insects on blue labeled bottles. IN SIST on FOL-TOX.—Adv. T. B. Ellii J. H Elite ELLIS ENGINEERING CO. Land Surveying a Specialty. Lyndhant, 8. C. CANDIDATES* CARDS. Advertisements under this head aw payable strictly in. advance, as fol lows: Mayor, $5.00; Alderman, $2.50. Municipal Primary Election. For Mayor. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to the office of Mayor of Bamwell, subject to the rules and regulations of the* Bam well Municipal Democratic Primary Election, pledging myself to abide by the results and to support the nomi nees of the party. V. Seymour Owens. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reeiection to the office of Mayor^of Barnwell, subject to the rules and regulations of the Bam well Municipal Democratic Primary the town of Barnwell, and pledge my self to abide by the rules and regula tions of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. B. S. Moore, Sr. For Commissioner of Public Works. I heieby announce myself a candi date for reeiection to the office of Commissioner of Public Works for the town of Barnwell, and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support" the nominess of the party. T. J. Langley. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to the office of Com- missioner of Public Works for the tou/n of Barnwell to succeed T. J. Langley, and pledge myelf to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. W. C. Milhous. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Commissioner of Public Works for the towir of Barn well to succeed T. J. Langley, and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic municipal election and to support the nominees of the party. W. R. Hubbard. KOD AKERS! Send your films to us for develop ing and printing. One 4dy service. Write for prices. 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