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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 31. 1929.
NUMBER 22.
URGES ADVERTISING OF
IODIZED FOOD PRODUCTS
WANTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO ACT NOW.
Will Sell Readily in Goiter Area of the
Middle West, Dr. William H.
Weston Says.
They Don’t Believe It
But We’U Tell It Again
“One-Crop” Farmers and Non-Adver
tising Merchants Are Ccctsidered
Poor Financial Risks.
Columbia.—Immediate capitalizing
of the results of iodine research tests
on South Carolina food products was
urged to the General Assembly Thurs
day by Dr. William H. Weston,' of
Columbia.
Dr. Weston, chairman of the State
food analysis commission, urged the
use of a state-owned trade mark for
South Carolina grown vegetables and
fruits which would be a guarantee of
their high content of iodine and an
asset in marketing them in the goiter
belt regions of the North and Middle-
west. v '
Other Recommendations.
Other recommer.datiens included
obtaining $100,000 for advertising and
research, one-fourth to be appropriat
ed by the State and the balance ob
tained from power, fertilizer and other
interests; advertising; inducement for
canneries to establish in the State,
and intensive cultivation of Irish po
tatoes for marketing in the North.
During a joint assembly the mem
bers were told by Dr. Weston, Gov
ernor Richards and Dr. R. E. Rem
ington, of Charleston, food chemist of
the commission, that South Carolina
soil in every county insured an iodine
content in food ten to a hundred times
greater than those produced in other
parts of the country.
75 Per Cent Infection.
Incidence of goiter in the regions
where the soil was of low iodine con
tend was discussed by Dr. Reming
ton, who showed figures that * n cer
tain localities in the middle west a
group tested showed goiter affection
in 75 per cent of the persons.
A summary of the food research
work on the relation of iodine and
goiter was given by Dr. Remington,
foimerly associated at the University
of Minnesota with Dr. J. F. McLen
don, nationally known food chemist.
* Dr. McLendon is now in Charleston,
Dr. Remington announced, investigat
ing the iodine content of food pro
ducts grown here.
Declaring that while iodine was
most necessary to bodily health, it
could be used in the body only in the
forms obtained from plants and ani
mals, Dr .Weston said that every part
of this State produced food with a
high enough content of the element to
drive • out competition of foodstuffs
from other sections of the country.
Trade Mark. •
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Suggesting that the Statel-owned
trade mark might be used by concerns
or shippers on payment of a slight
fee, the commission chairman said
that a person resident in Detroit had
assured him that this trade mark
guarantee would be sufficient to sell
the food products in the Detroit goiter
area.
Four ounces of South Carolina
grown Irish potatoes eaten daily, he
declared, would absolutely proteet the
user from goiter or could cure sim
ple cases.
For this reason he recommended the
intensive production and marketing
of potatoes in view of the large potato^
consumption in the North.
Could Not Be Harmed.
Answering questions from the
floor, Dr. Weston said that a person
could not be harmed by an over-sup
ply of iodine in the form contained in
plant food.
The necessity for speed was urged
on the members as the speaker said
that North Carolina and Georgia were
beginning research work in this field
Here’s what Bruce Malcolm Phelps,
Southern representative of the Duplex
Printing Press Co., of Battle Creek,
Mich., said in a recent address about
the “one crop” farmer and the mer
chant who does not advertise:
“Show me the community that has
farmers raising something besides cot
ton and mortgages and I’ll show you
a community that pays its bills, paves
its streets and roads, and is generally
prosperous. If I were a banker, I
would loan little or no funds to either
the farmer who raised mostly cotton,
or the merchant who did not pay over
a certain amount of his business in-
come to judicious and carefully plan
ned advertising. The reason for^this
statement is quite obviousr. The “one
crop” farmer must fail if he persists
in that course, and the merchant who
does not advertise is a poor financial
risk generally, and he is doing little
other than psrasite upon the commun
ity since he furnishes no portion of
the cost for civic publicity through
your local newspapers. The news
paper is a printed example of the
spirit of the community. It shows
what your town is or ever hopes to
be. No newspaper cap live profitably
and serve the community with fair re
presentation unless it is well support
ed. Your newspaper is your business
card—see to it that it is clean.”
EHEHEuia
Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the
swimmer, and -'William Ferrance,
the Soldier in India who fell in
love with her picture in a paper and
wooed her by letter. Now he has
returned to London and the two
have met.
Local Man Thinks
“Grass” Is Solution
MINNESOTA CHEMJST TELLS
1 OF IODINE TESTS IN STATE
Dr. J. F. McLendon, National Authority, Saya South Carolina Products
Have Large Medicinal Content. Praises Laboratory at College of
Charleston. Advo c ates Advertising Discovery.
Judge Rice Upholds |
Decision of Council *
Declares Special Election on Sale of
Light Plant la ValkL—Notice of
Appeal Filed.
Terry Richardson Is Backing His
Opinion by Adding tc« His Al
ready Large Acreage.
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Mrs. Leon B. Martin.
Blackville, Jan. 24.—The entire com
munity was saddened over the death
of Mrs. Leon Martin, which occurred
Sunday morning, January 20th, at
her home here, after an illness of
several weeks.
She had been a resident here for
the past eight years, and had won
many friends by her lovable charac
ter.
Mrs. Martin was a faithful member
of the Methodist church. Funeral ser
vices were held at the cemetery Mon
day noon, conducted by the Baptist
pastor, the Rev. B. H. Duncan, assist
ed by the; Methodist pastor, of Wood
ford, the Rev. W. A. Mitchum. Amidst
a large concourse of sorrowing rela
tives and friends attested her popu
larity and the esteem in which she
was held.
She is survived by her husband and
three children, Dorothy, aged 10,
Gloria, 6, and Leon, Jr. 4, also her
mother, Mrs. S. A. Inabinett, of Wood-
foid and the following sisters and
brothers, Lurleen Inabinett, of
Orangeburg ,Rosalyn Inabinett, of
Winthrop College, S. L. Inabinett, of
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Harry In
abinett, James InabineU, George In
abinett and Paul Inabinett, of Wood
ford.
B. Y. P. U. Meeting.
“In my opinion, increased acreage
in asparagus ig the solution of the
farm problem in this section,” says
Terry Richardson, of this city, who
is adding 20 acres of “grass” this year
to- his already large atiJag^r Mr.
Richardson, thinks every farm pro
gram should embrace plans for the
future, and he is practicing what he
preaches. He says he is cured of the
all-cotton fallacy and from now on
will look upon asparagus as his main
money crop.
. Asparagus, without a doubt, offers
a profitable crop for the future; it
is profitable now, but not for begin
ners, for the farmer who starts with
asparagus now will not receive a
profit until the third year. Once as
paragus, well cared for, is ready for
the market, an income that is sure
and profitable will continue for a long
term of years.
All who are interested in asparagus
will do well to ask T. R. Pender, of
Williston, for a free copy of his book
let, “Asparagus, Its Care and Culti
vation.” A great deal of information
is contained in this pamphlet. Ac
cording to Mr. Pender an acre of as
paragus the third year will, at aver
age price, produce a net profit of
$7.05; the fourth year a profit of
$31.74; the fifth year a profit of
$89.86; the sixth year a profit of
$152.04, when the peak of production
has been attained.- This peak of pro
duction should then continue for a
long time. Every year interest on
the previous investment is included in
the expenses.
Mr. Pender says that the average
price for asparagus since 1922 has
been $2.97 per crate of twelve bunch
es, and the above profits are based on
this approximate price. Asparagus
brings the nearest equal price every
year of perhaps any crop produced in
the United States, according to fig
ures given by the Williston grower.
The price range for the last seven
years is as follows: 1922, $2.87: 1923,
$3.28; 1924, $3.42; 1925, $2.25; 1926,
$3.05; 1927, $3.18; 1928, $2.76—aver
age price, $2.97.
Columbia.—Dr. J. F. McLendon, of
the University of Minnesota, national-,
ly known- chemist, who has been at
the Medical College of South Carolina
in the laboratory of the South Caroli
na food analysis commission for the
past week, was in Columbia Monday
as the guest of Dr. William Weston,
chairman of the commission.
Doctor McLendon said he had been
checking the results of the laboratory
in finding the iodine content of South
Carolina foods, as found by Dr. Roe
E. Remington, a^d had found them
correct in every respect.
He said iodine in organic form was
the only remedy for goiter, in his
opinion, and that South Carolina
should spread the news that her
foods contained iodine in order that
the public might be educated to the
benefits of iodine for goiter.
Speaking of the laboratory, he said
it was so well equipped that he could
conduct all his own experiments there
without bringing a single instrument
from Minnesota.
Doctor McLendon has been ton
ducting experiments in the iodine con
tent of foods raised in Minnesota for
five years and says he finds that in
South Carolina the foods, by his own
observations, contain many times as
much as those of Minnesota.
“The public should be educated to
eat more green vegetables,” he said
“It eats too much sugar and starch.”
Describing the method of obtaining
the iodine content, Doctor McLendon
said there are two methods. One is
to desiccaite the sample, which must
be large in order to find a quantity of
iodine, passing the steam through an
instrument which allows no iodine to
escape. The other ig to desiccate the
product at such a low temperature
that the iodine will not evaporate.
Former Barnwell Boy
to Speak Over Radio
Dr. George M. Armstrong, of Clemson
College, tc»Talk on Quality Cot
ton from Atlanta.
More Cotton Grown
In Barnwell County
Recent Government Report Shows
That Farmers Produced 13,765
% —
Bales Last Year.
The an ihH B. Y P TJ. meet rg of
the Rarnwiil arsbclatibti will be held
at Ehrhardt Friday, February 1st, at
6:30 p : . m. All Baptist churches arc
urged to send large delegations. The
program is as follows:
6:30—Song.
6:35—Devotional.
6:45—Welcome, Miss Geraldine Kin-
ard.
6:50—Response, Prof. Jno. Walker.
6:55—Minutes, J. H. Walker.
7:00—Special Music.
7:05—Reports: President, Mrs. G.
N. Smith; Treasurer, J. H. Walker;
Division Presidents, Laurie Sandifer,
Miss Alva Baxley, Prof. Jno. Walker;
Junior and Intermediate Leader, Mrs.
but that this State had a two-year ad-1 A. V. Cullom; Chorister, Mrs. B. D.
vantage over them.
During the meeting acknowledge
ment was given to Dr. A. B. Patter
son, of Barnwell, former State sena
tor and a physician, for his pioneer
work in this field.
A plea for an interest in scientific
research work was made by Dr. Rem
ington who told the legislators thfit
by their encouragement of this activi
ty they might aid in the discovery of
scientific truths “that will roll down
through the centuries.”
ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel.
Carter.
7:20—Special music.
7:25—Address, “God’s Call Excel
sior!”—Rev. D. S. Kellam.
7:55—Special music.
8:00—Appointment* of committees.
8:05—Supper.
8:45—Song. 4
8:50—Devotional.
9:00—Special music.
9:05—Address,—Dr. Paul Wheeler,
of Mullins, S’ C.
Business. Benediction.
Succumbs to Injuries.
ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel.
Aiken, Jan. 28.—The airplane crash
here Sunday, January 20, which re
sulted in the death of A. R. Barlow,
pilot, and cousin of Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, last night took the tolluf
a second life, that of Price.E. Gregory,
36, of Aiken.
Mr. Gregory, a passenger on the
plane at the time of its fatal plunge,
died at a hospital here. He had suf
fered a mangled right leg which it
had been necessary to amputate.
Physicians were qf the opinion that
Mr. Gregory would recover until-about
two days ago when it developed that
he was also suffering from concus
sion of the brain which was poison
ing his entire system.
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Baptist Women Meet.
Blackville, Jan. 28.—The associa-
tional meeting of the Woman s Mis
sionary union of the Barnwell Bap
tist association, composed of the
churches in. Barnwell and Bamberg
f
counties, was held with the Baptist
church here Saturday.
This was a very important meeting
and was well attended by the churches.
Lunch was served in the social room
of the church buildhtg. After the
program waa carried out . officers
were elected for the coming year.
Of interest to his many friends is
the announcement that Dr. George
M. Armstrong, cheif of the division of
plant diseases at Clemson College,
will speak over radio station WSB in
Atlanta this (Thursday) evening, his
subject being “Quality Cotton and
How to Grow It.” Dr. Armstrong is
a son of Capt. J. B. Armstrong, treas
urer of Barnwell County, and before
going to Clemson was in charge of the
government experiment v station at
Florence. He has had wide experience
in his chosen profession and his talk
will no doubt be of interest to the
farmers of Barnwell County.
Station WSB is conducting a farm
school program, Prof. H. W. Barre,
director of agricultural research at
Clemson College, having talked the
night of January £lst on economic
aspects of Southern agriculture, while
Dr. T. S. Buie, chief agronomist, spoke
Monday night on fertilizers for field
crops.
♦
Condensaries Must
Come South, Belief
Barfnvell County produced a larger
crop of cotton in 1928 by 316 bales
than it did the previous year, ac
cording to figtirefr. Just made public by
P. A. Baxley, speciatN6gent, of Black
ville. Prior to January 16th, the
farmers of this county iw4 ffinned
13,765 ^ales as compared with 13>431
bales to the same date a year ago afi^
a total production in 1927 of 13,449
bales. The ginning report for other
counties in this section is as follows:
1928: 1929:
Aiken 17,461 17,955
Allendale 6,914 6,376
Bamberg 8,614 11,119
Hampton 3,83$ 3,273
Orangeburg 39,182 41,362
The State 731,676 729,883
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Hercules Items.
A Charleston gentleman, who is vi
tally interested in the progress of this
section of the State, is in receipt of a
letter from a representative of one of
the largest condensed mild concerns in
the world, which at present has no
condesaries in the South, in' which the
belief i s expressed that his company
will be forced to come south for its
milk supply, due to falling off of pro
duction in other sections. The writer
of the letter in company with the
Charleston gentleman made a trip
through this section- some time ago j^ rs ^ ^ p a |j
and was impressed with the efforts
to promote dairying in this section:
The letter says in part:
“I am very pleased to note that
"some progress Is Being made in the
territory in which I traveled with
y6u. I would like to be kept informed
from time to time as to what further
progress is being made as to the de
velopments along the lines of the dairy
industry. I hope some time that I
can make the same trip again with
you through the same district. I per
sonally feel that we will be forced to
go south in the near future as our
production is falling behind the de
mands for our products.”'
Condensaries will never be located
here until there are sufficient milk
cow s throughout the district to war
rant such an investment, but, as in
dicated in the above letter, the eyes
of the milk manufacturers of the
country are on this section of the
State, only waiting until the number
of cows is sufficient to come here.
Miss Dorothy Still, of Healing
Springs, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Ben.Creech.
Audrey Hutto, of Ellenton, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. M. L. Hutto.
Eddie Smith, of Ellenton, pent the
week-end with his sister, Mrs. Theo
dore Still.
Miss Eunice Hutto was the guest
of Miss Kathryn Hutto Saturday.
Miss Irene Hiers was the week-end
guest of Misses Dovie and Dorothy
Gunnels.
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Mr. and Mrs. Loice Hiers spent the
week-end with Mrs. Hiers' father, J.
A. Creech. - ^
R. L. Fail is very ill at the Orange
burg hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Shellie Fail, of Bath,
spent the week-end with his mother.
Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken,
handed down an order Tuesday up
holding the validity of the special
election held in Barnwell January IStb
on the sale of the local light plant te
the South Carolina Power Company,
of Charleston. The election wa* con*
tested before the city council by L,
C. Vickery, Angus B. Patterson, E. F.
Woodward and Thos. M. Boulware,
who charged a number of irregulari
ties in its conduct. After hearing ar
guments pro and con, council decided
that the election was valid and die-
missed the p<#tion, whereupon an
appeal was taken to the Circuit
Court. Judge Rice heard the argu
ments in Aiken Friday afternoon and
rendered his decision Tuesday. Aa
soon as it wag received in Barnwell*
Thos. M. Boulware, Esq., representing
the contestants, filed notice of inU»-
tion to appeal to\he Supreme Court.
If he perfects his appeal, it will pral^
ably be several weeks or months ha-
fore' that body renders a decision.
I
Double Ponds Doings.
Double Ponds, Jan. 28.—In spito of
the bad weather a large crown attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Hattie Aldrich
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. M. A. Delk was the wiisli and
guest of Mrs. H. H. Delk* of Btaek-
vtlla
A number of the Double Ponds folk
attended the W. M. U. meeting In
Blackville Saturday, January 26th. v
Misses Francis and Victorina Delk
were week-end guests of Miss Myrtle
Delk.
Mrs. Fannie Graham was called ta*
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. ^ j
Grubbs, in Barnwell, Sund#*’
noon to nurse their bah*
wy ill with pneum*r :
^Mr. and Mrs. J
family an< * 1
ty Sunday. ' - _
Card of Thaaks..
I take this means of thanking the
many friends of little Billie Riley for
the many kindnesses and expressions
of sympathy during his recent illneis.
Mother.
Miss Lillian Hutto.
Gilmore and forest Creech were the
Saturday night guests of Clyde Hutto.
Misss Katherine Creech and Inez
Sandcrc were the Thursday night
guests of Miss Vickie Sanders.
Miss Margaret Hutto was the Wed
nesday night guest of Miss Ernell
Sanders.
Mr ( and Mrs. M. L. Hutto and;
Misses Eunice and Katherine Hutto
were the Sunday afternoon guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Aiken Gunnels.
Miss Julia Wam^''
few days with relatives
burg.
Horace Ray and son spent a 9M
days with his sunt, Mrs. S. E. Deflc*^
recently. .
Pat. Morris, Misses Evelyn and Qao
Creech were supper guests of
Francis Delk Tuesday night.
Miss Evelyn Black spent the
end at her home in Hilda.
Miss Myrtle Delk is at home very
ill with influenza.
Miss Laura Stanley spent the week
end in Olar.
, A very interesting cake demonstra
tion was given at the home of Mim.
Fannie Graham Thursday by
Elizabeth McNab and Miss
Those present were, Mrs. Turner, of
Long Branch, Mrs. J. B. Hartxog, of
Hilda, and Miss Sadie Delk, of Hilda.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Delk were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grubbs*
in Barnwell Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Delk were the
guests of the letter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Bonds, Sunday evening.
Hilda Happeainga.
Hilda, Jan. 29.—The many friends .
Misses Myrtle anr. Corine Haskell of Mrs. Hattie Aldrich will regret |o
were the Saturday night guests of learn of her death Saturday at the
Death of Mrs. Hattie Aldrich.
Hilda, Jen. 28.—The death of Mrs.
Hattie Aldrich, which occurred Satur
day, January 26th, was a shock, but
not altogether unexpected to her many
friends, as she had hern seriously ill
for several weeks. Her body was
laid to rest Sunday aflermo.: in the
Salem cemetery, a mound of beauti
ful flowers covering her last leSting
place. The bereaved family has the
sincere sympathy of the entire com
munity..
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Miss Margsret Free was the week
end guest of relatives in Bamberg. <
home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Hutto.
Miss Laura Stanley spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. Melvil Ho
gan, at Olar.
The many friends of Jim Hutto krill
regret to learn that he is ill with fln*
but hope for him a speedy recovery.
Miss Lila Weeks entertained a few
of her friends Friday evening. Amoog
the out-of-town guests were Stafford
Creech, Hennis Creech, Misses Estelle
Bennett, Zadalee Brabham and Gladys
Miles, of Barnwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Folk and chil
dren, of Midway, and Miss Evetya
Black, of Bamberg, spent the weekend
with their mother, Mrs. Julia Blade.
Mr. -and Mrs. Bradford, of Blaek-
ville, were visiterg here Friday after
noon.
Senate Overrides Veto.
By a vote of 30 to 6, the State Sen
ate Tuesday night passed the act te
Ubei alise the observance of
Carolhaa’s “Blue Sunday” laws swig;
Governor John G. Richards*
Senator Edgar A. Brown* of
well, voted to uphold the vet*
now goes to the House of
lives fori