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LUME LII. ST THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY The Barnwell People-Sentinel nsolidated June 1, 1925. “Ju&t Like a Member of the Family" LargMt Cammtj Offlili—. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1929. NUMBER 25. Local Store Robbed; Auto Is Also Stolen Unknown Parties Enter Store of Farmers Union Mercantile Ccan - pany and Take Goods. 0 The store of the Farmers Union Mercantile Company, of this city, was entered Wednesday night of last wecdc and robbed o£, several hundred dol lars worth of merchandise by thieves who also stole Lloyd Plexico’s Chrysler sedan which they used to transport the stolen goods to Colum bia, where the car was abandoned. Most of the goods taken from the store were women’s ready-to-wear and hosi ery, only two pairs of men’s shoes be ing missing. The robbery evidently occurred early Wednesday night, as the loss of Mr. Plexico’s car was discovered by his brother, Bernard Plexico, between 9:30 and ten o’clock. It jvas tracked to the rear of the Farmers Union store and from there out Highway No. 3 towards Columbia. The owner of the car was in Columbia at the* time and upon being advised of the robbery he notified the Columbia police depart- ent, members of which found the car arked near the city limits during the TiTfght. It was intact except for a damaged door, but the stolen goods were not recovered, nor is there any clue* as to the identity of the guilty parties. From the manner in which they went through the stock of goods it is thought that they are experienc ed robbers and that two men did the job. The automobile was stolen from the yard of the Plexico home, where it was parked late that afternoon by Mrs. PleXico, who neglected to lock the car. School Improvement Assn. Met Tuesday Enjoyable Program Sponsored by the Pupils of Secc«d Grade—Officers Make Reports. Will Exploit Value of Iodine Content Trade Mark Has Been Secured for Fruits and Vegetables Grown in South Cardina. Quite a large audience cmjoyed the Washington’s Birthday program by members of the second grade of the local school, which preceded the regu lar monthly meeting of the Bara wall School Improvement Association, held in the school auditorium Tuesday af ternoon. The stage decorations were in keeping with the spirit of the oc casion. The program was as follows: The' Flag Song—Second ^Grade. Soldier Man (Recitation)—Joe Hal ford. Making the Flag (Dialogue)—Kit- tie Plexico and John Murray Compton. Hatchets (A Washington Song)— Sarah Frances Brodie. Some Day (Recitation)—Cicero Vaugban. Free Lessors (Playlet)—Margaret Black, Ann Brown, Helen Black, Son ny Patterson, William Harris, L. M. Mace and Billy Bolen. America (Song)—Second Grade. A violin solo by Mrs. J. Norman An- dorson, with Mrs. Solomon Blatt as accompanist, also added to the enjoy ment of the occasion. Supt. W. W. Carter presided at the business session, at which time re ports were read by Mrs. A. A. Lemon, secretary, and Mrs. R. S. Dicks, treas urer. After adjournment, those pres ent viewed tho art exhibit which is on display at the school building this week. COKER SAYS COTTON CAN BE , GROWN PROFITABLY IN S. C. MUST FOLLOW DISTINCT PRO GRAM FOR SUCCESS. Many Thousands of Acres\ Planted Each Year in Cotton Which Should Be Growing Focd. South Carolina Town Held by Bootleggers Liquor Runners For c e BlufTton Citi- zens to Assist Them in Leading Booze on Trucks. IS tt A copyright has been granted for, print and label to be used on ship ments of South Carolina vegetables ami fruits in connection with the ad vertisement of these products for their lodint contents. F. Taylor, chair man of the new industries commis- Mon of Columbia went to Washington to copyright and register the trade mark. The copyright was taken in the name of the State of South Carolina. The trademark will be officially reg istered when it is\put into use, the | preliminary’ action already having been taken by Mr. Taylor. The specification for the trademark is as follows: “Design: Tho outline all be the exact geographical map f the State of South Carolina in black. In the middle of the State there is to a palmetto tree in green. Printed as in plain letters diagonally across the map of the State shall be: ‘Fruits and veg<ltables grown in South Caro lina contain a sufficient amount of iodine in its natural state to prevent or cure goiter and other conditions .Till a in ck i n'F 11 nn Alvt“ Lvi Cl v?I Iv Ivri Iv Jr v/ X iv/viIIlvT* “There shall be arranged inside the boundaries of the map in their natural colors the following fruits and vege tables: Peaches, plums, apricots, dew berries, raspberries, strawberries, purple and wh4t<grapes, cherries, to matoes, cuoimbers, asp^jragus, lettuce, cabbage, Irish potatoes, snap beans, green peas, turnips, carrots,,, corn, onions, squash, egg plant, radishes and okra,’’ On the trade mark will also bet a picture of a Jersey or Helstein cow, or both. ♦ ♦ ♦ Barnwell Lady Witts Prize. friends of Mrs. R. S. Dicks, of this city, will be interested to know that she was one cf th^ successful contestants in. the recent Watson starling silver letter-writing contest. Twenty thousand letters were sub mitted by men and women throughout the country, thq winners being select- Bluffton.—The little town of Bluff- ton, between Savannah and Ridgo- land, cut off from the rest of the world, without telephone or tele graph communication has been the scene of recent strenuous activity, ac cording to tales which have just leaked out. A boatload of imported liquor was reported to have been landed near Bluffton. The bootleggers went away and left it for a short time and dur ing their absence some of the natives made the glorious find and promptly appropriated about 40 cases of the foreign made product. The bootleggers returned and were incensed at their loss. They traced the uninvited visitors down and forced them at the point of pistols, it is re ported, to assist them in loading the whiskey ih4o trucks. A prominent citizen who operates an oyster fac tory near the scene of action was in nocently approaching his place of business, when he was set upon, blind folded and carried to Yemassee, where he was released. The whiskey which had an esti mated value of $150,000 was loaded into sixteen trucks and the caravan took the Charleston highway and proceeded calmly on its way. The Beaufort County officials were notified by the outraged citizens, but too late to do anything about it." ~ Hartsville.—David R. Coker, of Hartsville, in a communication to the newspapers, unreservedly declares that cotton can be grown in South Carolina profitably even under quite adverse conditions. “Many farmers, bankers and busi ness men in South Carolina,” says Mr. Coker in his announcement, “do not believe that cotton production under present conditions can be made pro- fitablet Some are advising the aban donment of cotton altogether. Over whelming evidence has been present ed by the five-acre cotton contests «nd by a Tew other progressive farmers during the past three years that cotton can bei produced profitably even under the adverse conditions which have recently prevailed. To produce cot ton profitably, however, a very dis tinct program must be followed. The old methods will not bring success ex cept occasionally and the new definite ly proved methods will produce better results than the old every year. “It is vital to the success of agricul ture that the methods which have proved successful and by the use of which average yields of better than one bale per acre have been made by many in South Carolina for the past three years, shall be given the widest possible publicity. Soil. “Many thousands of acres in South Carolina ate planted to cotton every year that ought to bo in food, forage crops or pasture or which should be allowed to go back to forest. Cotton will not pay on very poor land lacking in humus or on poorly drained soil. Good, well drained land in good tilth should be used and no more should be planted than can be well fertilized, well worked and properly harvested. Preparation. 4 —— “The land should bo thoroughly pre pared not later than mid-winter so so that freezes can pulverize the clods, destroy some of the insect enemies and absorb the winter rainfall. If broken in October or November it .is advan tageous to sow a cover crop to be No Court Next Week. By order of Judge M. L. Bon ham, the February term of the Court of General Sessions, which was scheduled to convene at Barnwell on Monday, February 25th, has been called off. This action is occasioned by the fact that the criminal docket is ex tremely light, with no jail case* awaiting trial. Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches has notified all grand and petit jurors not to report Monday. powed down before March 1st. It will b neceesary to harrow and plow several times to break turfs if cover crop it mad. 1 Width of Rows. v . “The width of row should be de termined by the expected height of the cotton plant but should not be less than 32 inches or more than 42 inches. Fertilization. “(a). Phosphoric acid. The equiva lent of 500 to 600 pounds of 16 per cent, acid phosphate should be used. This amount of phosphate is neces sary to insure early maturity and en courage htavy fruitage. “(b). For clay lands* and well drained uplands with clay subsoil upon which cotton never rusts, the potash equivalent of 100 pounds of kainit, 75 pounds of manure salt or 25 pounds of nitrate of potash, is sufficient. On many of our lighter soils and on stiff bottom soils, es pecially where cotton is known to rust, at least twice this amount of potash shobld be used. “(c). Ammonia. Not less than 50 or more than 90 pounds of available ammonia per acre should be used. “All of the phosphoric acid and all of the potash (unless more than 100 pounds kainit or its oquivalent is to be used) should be put down before planting time, along with one-fourth to one-third of the nitrogen(ammonia). This fertilizer should be distributed in a broad, rather shallow furrow and thoroughly mixed in by running once or twice in the furrow with small sweep or large shovel beforo the bed is thrown up. This should be done Barnwell County Is Scene of Big Raids Federal Agent and State Constable Captured 1,020 Gallons of Liquor y \ and Much Beer. , One thousand and twenty gallons of liquor, 30,500 gallons of beer and three stills with an estimated capacity of 250 gallons a day each constitute the casualties of raids staged in Barn- wdl County last week by Federal Prohibition Agent Frank Arnold and State Constable C. M. Foster^ who have^ headquarters in Greenwood. The officers captured more than 20,- 000 gallons of beer and 714 gallons of liquor about two weeks ago in this county and at spots not far removed from the raids of last week. One. of the stills was found seven miles Northwest of Barnwell, another eight miles West of this city, a third three miles South of Snelling, and the liquor, which was in 2,040 half-gallon fruit jars, was located six miles West of Barnwell. No trace was found of the operators of the still or of the owners of the whiskey. County Teachers to Meet in Blackville Addresses Will Be Made by D. U Lewis and Dr. Harry Clark. Fine Program Anncsmced. Native of Barnwell County Celebrates 97th Birthday Death of Henry Hutto. m ed from among that number. Mrs. rdVi icks was awarded a sterling silver oon as a reward foi her efforts. Would Ele^t Trustees. A bill has been passed by the State Senate and sent to the House of Rep resentatives providing for the election of five trustees for Dunbarton school district. * Hilda, Feb. 20.—The many friends of Henry Hutto were grieved to learn of his death, which occurred at an early hour Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Creech. Funeral services were held at Friendship Baptist Church this (Wed nesday) moT-ning at 11:00 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Baxley, of Barnwell, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Collins. William Ray, Roy Dyches, Misses Laura Stanley and Oda Baker spent Friday afternoon at Olar. Miss Evelyn Bl$ck, of Bamberg, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Julia Black. , Miss Mamie Hutto was a visitor in Blackville Saturday. Frank D. Rowell entertained a number of friends and relatives with a barbecue dinner Thursday in honor of his 74th birthday. Everybody re ported an enjoyable time. James DeLoach, of Augusta, spent the week-end here with his family. Aiken, Feb. 14.—Aiken County’s oldest citizen, Capt. Thoma s Wash- ngton Coward, celebrated yesterday, his 97th birthday. Captain Coward, who, despite his age, is yet hale and hearty, resides about threo piiles from Aiken with his son, Thomas F. Coward. Captain Coward was born in Barn well County in 1832, there spending his boyhood days. Later he moved to Aiken and married Miss Frances Burckhalter in December, 1856. Mrs. Coward died March, 25, 1874, leaving eight children, five of whom are still living. Captain Coward later married Miss Josephinci Owens, of Dunbarton, of which union there were four chil dren, all living. Captain Coward entered the Con federate service at the opening of the war, serving in the calvary around Pocotaligo, but was soon recalled, as he was needed as a conductor on the old South Carolina railroad, which had been his old job. Ho ran ot^ this line from Hamburg to Charleston pntil 1865. Recently, when the replied of the Best Friend, the first engine run on this line, came through Aiken Captain Coward was one of the pas sengers to ride from Montmorenci to Aiken. The experkince made him re call the old days. . Speaking of his “railroading” days, Captain Coward says that he ran on the line the day of the Battle of Aiken, February 11,1865, when Sherman tore up the tracks from Charleston*, but was stopped by Joe Wheeler at Aiken. “I was coming out of Hamburg that morning and when our train got to the lower bridge at Aiken, we were waved down and told that the y&nkeeg were fighting near the edge of th« town. We stopped long enough to hear the \ shooting ard then backed the train to Graniteville. I never shall forget that day.” “I was boarding my train the morning I heard Lincoln was killed,” continued Captain Coward. “All of our people seemed to be glad to hear it, because naturally they* hated the Yankees. We didn’t realize that it was the worse thing that could have happened to us. If Lincoln had lived, there wouldn’t have been any ‘carpet bag’ days. They were worse than yar.—,—*— : “Slavery had to bo abolished. God put up with it as long as He could, and then He brought on the war to end it forever in this country. The abolition of slavery gave the poor white man a chance to buy land and own a home.” Captain Coward says that times have certainly ch^ged. “The young folks beat frne. When* I wag young, children obeyed their patents. NovT the parents obey their children. I think the parents are prfetty much to blame. Parents certainly ought to be advisors to the children. Time was when children were glad to eee Christmas come. Now, it’s Christmas all the time. When I was a boy, all I wanted was a quarter to get some powder ard shot and I was happy.” ptain Coward continued: “I am not 4s active as I once was. The only thing X am afraid of is that I may get helpless before 1 die. I am not afraid of death. No, I am not afraid to die.” Captain. Coward is occasionally seen on the streets of Aiken, riding in his son’s car. H<« is a member of the Aiken Agricultural club, whose meet ings he attends when the weather is good. Hale and hearty at 97, he is deeply appreciative of all that is past, but kectoly alive to the present and ex pectant of the future—\ about two weeks before planting. Thorough mixing of the fertilizer is absolutely necessary to prevent the strong salts from killing the young seedlings as they come up. Inatten tion to this necessary procedure is responsible for many poor stands. “The balance of the ammonia should be applied in two or more* side appli cations, the first immediately after chopping and the others at intervals of ten days or two weeks. If 200 pounds or more of nitrate is used it should be divided into three or four applications. The writer prefers ni trate of ?oda for tide applications be cause of its immediate availability and alkaline reaction. On land requiring more than the iritial application of potash 100 to 200 pounds kainit or its equivalent in manure salt oy muriate* should be mixed and applied with the ammonia. Seed. “Pure bred seed of a variety of proved adaptability to present condi tions should be planted. Ample seed to secure a very thick stand should be put down. A great many of the seed produced in the State this year are of very low germination and it is ab solutely necessary to know the per centage of germination of the seed to be used. Plantiag. “A good planter which will uni formly distribute* 1% to 2 bushels of seed, putting them at a depth of one to two inches, is essential. The earth should be well firmed upon the seed by the planter or by subriquent n Uing. Tht» top of the bed should be level or slightly convex after planting. It is not well to plant too early, as stands are frequently lost or the plants stunted by a cold spell after germina tion—in fact seed will often rot in the ground or damp off after germi nation if planting is followed by weather too cool for germination or growth. Delinting will be found valu able, as germination will be much quicker. The plants will be less likely to be troubled by fungus diseases if sulphuric acid is uaed for delinting The regular monthly meeting of the Barnwell County Teachers Association will bo held Saturday, February 23rd, in the Blackville High School auditor ium, beginning at eleven a. m. An ex cellent program has been arranged for the occasion, the high lights being addresses by D. L. Lewis, State Super visor of Elementary Schools, and Dr. Harry Clark, of Furman University. Vocal and instrumental solos will also add to the enjoyment of the occasion. At the conclusion of the program, lunfch will be served by the Blackville School Improvement Association. The following program has been announc ed by Horace J. Crouch, County Sup erintendent of Education: America. Devotional—Mr. C. J. Pickling, Member of the County Board of Edu cation. Vocal Solo—Mrs. B. B. Kammer, Principal of the Ashleigh School. Address—Mr. D. L. Lewis, State Supervisor of Elementary Schools, State Department of Education, Col umbia, S. C Violin Solo—Miss Li)a Toil, Black ville High School. Address—Dr. Harry Clark, Chair of Education, Purman University, Green ville, S. C. Business. Lunch. Smoothing harrow or weeder should be used to break crust if packing rain occurs before a stand is up. Spacing. “An average of about two plants to the foot of raw, is about right for growthy soils but three or four plants per foot is not too much where the weed will not grow over two feet tall. “In pre-boll weevil days 5,000 plants per acre was considered a good stand but now that the crop must be matured in a much shorter time we know 20,000 to 40,000 plants per acre will produce much greater yields. It is true that staple is as a rule some^ what shortened by this close spacin but it is ^absolutely necessary to h thick spacing to obtain maxip^qn yields. • // Cultivation. V “As soon as cotton is up to *Mand it should be sided with harro^r/or small sweep. It should be worl^d us soon as crust begins forming >fter each rain at kaast once per week, weather permitting. Middles Tastf be split with shovel to secure good drainage but this should not be continued after cotton begins setting fruit heavily, sweep being used for this purpose from the* until cotton Ups in the rows. There is no lay-by time for cotton. It should be plowed as long | as you can go through it without ser ious damage to the plants. Flat and shallow cultivation should be practiced at all timos after fruitage is well started. > Weevil Control Nothing has curtailed the crop of South Carolina so much as the idea that a majority of our farmers have had that they could afford not to fight the boll weevil. In three years out of the past eight the farmers of this section who did not fight the weevil hut used good methods otherwise, made about as much cotton as those who did fight him. In ovary one of the other five years, however, weevil con trol paid enormous dividends, proper ly poisoned crops frequently making two or three times as much as un poisoned crops. I do rot know of a single farmer in middle or lower South Carolina who has made fair to good crop® durjng the past eight years who has not intelligently poisoned the weevil. In certain sections of the Piedmont weevils have not been in evidence during several years of this period but wherever they can be found on the young cotton in the spring, poisoning is necessary. As there were plenty of weevils in the Piedmont Ust fall and as we have had no low tem peratures anywhere in the State thus far, it is pretty certain that weevil control measures will be necessary this year over the entire State. “My entire experience indicates that by far the most important step in weevil control is the killing of the over-wintered weevils on the young cotton at the time the first small squares appear. This can be done at a coat of 15 to 20 cants materials for each application. Two, three or four applications will be nee- ’ essary, according to weather condi tions. A mixture of one pound of cal cium arsenate thoroughly stirred into a gallon of water, to which one gallon of cheap molasses is then added, will poison two' acres and kill practically every weevil on the young cotton. The mc^fftsfis mixture is best applied with a~ cloth mop about three inches wid§ on the end of stick shout feeling. After lightly dipping ded forward and doi king the cotton plants mto or ree inches below the top, then opera tor then walking down the rows, tip ping the plants over with the mop and applying the mixture on the un der sides of the leaves. Children quickly become expert in this opem- Ition when properly sup^’vised. A drop or two of the mixture per plant is sufficient, as the weevils walk fboot over the leaves very freely and am practically certain to discover and ent * the mixture within 24 hoars. (writer hag a number of times watch ed weevils moving about plants and finding and et mixture. “If a hard rain comes hours the mixture , 4 (CONTINUED