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Federal Agents Get — Carload of Liquor Seventy-five Thousand Dollars Worth of Imported Goods Seized.— Fifteen Stills Smashed. Charleston, Feb. 23.—Not content with seizing a freight car full of im ported liquor valued at $75,000 federal agents last week went into the bushes of seven South Carolina counties on a successful booze hunting expedition, capturing outfits with a total value of nearly $12,000, making ten arrests and smashing 15 stills. This outburst of liquor law enforce ment under the regime of T. P. Tol bert, deputy administrator for this district, follows another drive almost as vtolent and sweeping. Swooping down upon Pinewood, in Sumter County, which was the scene of the “shot-in-the-back” affair of a Negro last fall, the agents raided in short radius of the village and made ten different spots, all within a short radius of. the village and eight of their ten arrests there. The largest and most valuable out fit taken in the period was also at Pinewood when J. J. Broughton, said to be a prominent white man, was ar rested along with four negroes. The still, which agents say belongs to Broughton, was only a 120-gallon one but 18,000 gallons of mash were found at the site, along with 30 sixty-gallon fermenters and other necessities for the manufacture besides an automo bile and two mules and a wagon. Although some of the raids were staged vas long as ten days ago, no reports were made to Mr. Tolbert in Charleston until today. Of Interent to Farmers. On Monday and Tuesday, February 18th and 19th, poultry was again loaded in the» county and with this shipment more has bet*i sold from the county already than was shipped for the whole year in 1928. At Wil- liston 96 people sold 4,922 pounds which brought them $1,139,441, and at Blackville 98 people sold 5,088 pounds, which brought $1,208.70. This makes a total of about 25,000 pounds which has been sold from the county up to this time. The next shipment will be made over thvN Atlantic Coast Line as soon as there seems to be a suiplus of poultry' ready for the market. A number of farniers have become interested ir. the State-wide contests this year for cotton, com and sweet potatoes. $2,000.00 in prizes is being offered in the State in the cotton con test, $1,000.00 in the corn contest and $600.00 in the sweet potato contest. For com and cotton a five-acre field is used and a one-acre field is used for the sweet potatoes. Those de siring to enter these contests should notifiy the county agent at once. It has been definitely shown by three-year records in the cotton con test that the width of rows for cotton has been too wide. For this territory 36 to 39 inches is the proper ^width. Many farmers have already been im pressed with the fact that more cotton can be made by the narrow width of row and have decided to decrease the width as well as leave it close in the drill. From the figures mentioned above it is shown that the increase in the value of cotton may be made by Using the proper width of row.—Pre pared by H. G. Boylston, County Agt. ——, # Hilda Happenings. Barnwell Is Invaded by Stockingless Girls Two Young Tourists Attracted Some Attention by Displaying Their * Legs a la Nude. Jack Story, 24, mail aviator, of Kansas City, leaped 3,000 miles from his plane to safety—but didn’t forget to shut off the motor and seize a sack of mail. The plane was wrecked but none of the mail was damaged. HEAVY IODINE CONTENT MEANS MUC HTO FARMERS Research Commission Prepares Table Shcmring^Parts Per Billion in Fruits and Vegetables. Th« heavy content of iodine in foodstuffs grown in South Carolina may turn to immense practical bene fit and place extra dollars in the pockets of farmers of this State in the view of business men and health au thorities here. The iodine discussion arose some time ago when it dtiveloped that vege tables grown in this section if eaten by people in the goitrous regions of the North and Middle West will cure, or tend to prevent, that serious mal ady. So heavy and healthful is the iodine mixture that persons living in this State" and rection very rarely suffer from goiter. The situation is being studied by the South Carolina Food Research Commission and an effort will be made to interest the goiter section folk to eat foods grown in this territory, and in turn the Palmetto farmer will be encouraged in producing food stuffs for what promises to bn a gradually developing and profitable market. Figures just released by the Food Research commission show that in some sections of Michigan, Minnesota, and other States in the Middle West goiter rung as high as 73 per cent. This malady is caused chiefly, it ap pears, by an insuffickfit iodine con tent in food. The iodine content of most vege tables grown in the goitrous States is extremely low. In cranberries grown in Minnesota, for example, there is | no iodine traceabln in the product at all. In wheat in the same State the content is one part per billion, and in oats there are only 10 parts per bil lion. However in South Carolina the fol lowing results have been found, the figures indicating so many parts of iodine per billion parts of material found in the various foods: Green befens 429; beets 170-223; blueberries 116-165; cabbage 126-255; carrots 136- 174; Chinese cabbage 310; collards 483; lettuce 754; okra 488; peaches 285; peas 192; Irish potatoes 100-544; rutabaga 128-153; spinach 350-431; squash 316-1018; sweet potatoes 97- 227; tomatoes 55-273; turnips 365; turnip salad 636. So blase has the average Barnwell citizen become that even the sight of stockingless females on the streets fails to cause more than a ripple of comment. Several days ago two young women, in company with an older woman, alighted Here from an automobile dearirg the license tag of a Northern State. Nothing unusual about that, of course—these days one is accustomed to seeing cars with “foreign” license tags. The fact, how ever, that the two young women dis played their legs a la nude was a lit tle unusual even in these days of the near-fig leaf. They calmly walked into a local restaurant, calmly ate a meal and calmly walked out again. One is at a loss to understand why young women think that a style that was always disgusting and slovenly- looking when affected by the mem— that is, rolled socks—can possibly be atractive when adopted by the fair sex. As a noted fashion designer says, in commenting on this “hideous sight”: Stockings were invented by man to enhance the charm of ankles and limbs. If you do not wear any, there is no improvement. Bare legs can ruin a perfect costume. Stockings make the ankle precious, bright, polished, pricely”—and the reader is told that “he sputtered on, wrath knowing no bounds.” Bouquets Tossed to The People-Sentinel Old Home Paper Carries News Each Week to Appreciative Subscri bers in Various Places. Quite often appreciative subscribers, in renewing their subscriptions^ take the time to write the editor and tell him how much “the old home paper” means to them. Four such bouquets came in the mail Tuesday morning. Mrs. Daisy Buckingham, writes: “It (The People-Sentinel) does double duty now. Goes to London every week. Duncan (Holmes) says: ‘It brings a refreshingly distant note into this far off home of ouis.* ” W. B. Turner, president of the Bank of Western Carolina, of Aiken, is an old friend also. He writes: “I have been taking your paper for the last forty-one years and I feel that I cannot do without it.” The third letter was from M. V. ; Still, of North Augusta, and was as follows: “When away from home, certainly can’t afford to miss a single copy of the old county paper.” In sending in his renewal, Raphael Koester, of Washington, D. C., says: “I enjoy reading your splendid paper very much and hope some day to look at your home town. If you should come to Washington during inaugura tion, please look me up and let’s get acquainted. I like South Carolina people.” J. B. Grubbs Attends Automobile Meeting Local Chevrolet Dealer Says Company Will Build Millica and Quarter . Cars This Year. Chevrolet Motor Company has eis- tablished as its 1929 production quota 1,250,000 passenger cars and truck units, according to J. B. Grubbs, local Chevrolet dealer, who has just re turned from Columbia where he was in conference with factory and zone sales executives. Mr. Grubbs was onthasiastic in his comment on the meeting which drew into Columbia 110 dealers from South Carolina. The dealers convened at the Columbia Theatre, Wednesday af ternoon, where they witnessed the most un'que sales meeting ever sponsored by any company in the industry. Following th«i meeting there was a banquet at the Jefferson Hotel, featured by an elaborate dis play of entertainment. At the aftemoon meeting, Mr. Grubbs said, he heard from the lips of M. D. Douglas, Assistant General Sales Manager, the most Inspirational sales discussion he has ewer heard since he entered the automobile business. Mr. Douglas, according to Mr. v Grubbs, made the unqualified prediction that not only would Chevro let build 1,250,000 automobiles during the present year, but that their cars would be sold as quickly as they were produced. Last year, according to Mr. Douglas, Chevrolet sustained its position as the world’s largest auto mobile manufacturer with a produc tion of 1,200,000 automobiles. The Columbia gathering which Mr. Grubbs attended is one of a series of 40 such meetings which Chevrolet is conducting throughout the country during the next six weeks. No large center in the country has been over looked on the itineraries which take three crews of ranking factory exe cutives to every section in a complete coverage of country. BARNWELL TEACHERS MEET AT BLACKVILLE Highway System Is a Source of Pride Network of Paved Roads Not Respoa- aible for Alleged High Taxes, _ Says Commissioner. — Lce ? c ud ^y. girl evangelist from Ohio, at 15 believes the world IS becoming as sinful as in the day. Of Noah. She has preached for ux years. LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE PAYS TRIBUTE TO PRESS Col. J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, Thinks Newspapers Should Be Given Scene Protection. Death of Miss Mamie Nell Bronson. Ashleigh News. Hilda, Feb. 26.—The Rev. and Mrs. w.% Davis, of Wuiiston. spent Wed nesday with Mr. and Mrs. A. P Col lins. i Miss Lucy Cook spent the week end at Snellirg with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,;H. M. Cool:. Mjr. and Mrs Ernest Black, of Wil- liston, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.* F. D. Rowell. M f s. A. P. Collins and Mrs. J. B. Hartzog were visitors in Barnwell Saturday. Supt. H. J. Crouch and Dr. D. L. Lewis, of Columbia, visited the school here Thursday. Mrs. Nathan Collins and children, of Healing Springs, were visitors here Sunday rfternoon. Maxwell Kinsey, of Ehrhardt, was a visitor here Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Altman Dyches, of Charleston, spent last week-end here with relatives^ Ml-.-. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Ashleigh, Feb. 26.—A number of young people of this section attended the box party at the Long Branch school house Friday mgStr— A party was given Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hair. Music, dancing and games were enjoyed by all. The friends of J. L. Owens -will learn with regret that he has been ill yfor the past few days. Mrs. D. I. Ross, Misses Martha Wil son and Ltfcille Tant, Blease Rosier and Richard Tant were the guests of Miss Arlie Lee Diamond Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Diamond and daughters, Misses Arlie Lee and Ossie Belle, and Harrell Birt, all of Long Branch section, and Bois Creech, of Barnwell, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Halford Sunday night. Mrs. D. I. Ross, Misses Martha Wil son and Louise Tant attended church at Long Branch Sunday. Mrs. Lewis Porter and daughter, Hazel, spent Thursday in Elko witji relatives. Mrs. Henry Maine, Mrs. Floyd Hair and Mrs. Shannon Harley and chil dren, o$*Olar, spent Sunday at the home of their mother, Mrs. Hampton Morris. The many friends of Miss Mamie Nell Bronson, of Barnwell, were pro foundly shocked to learn of her death, which occurred Thursday afternoon about two o’clock at an Augusta hos pital, where she had been taken a few days before. About a month ago Miss Bronson suffered an attack of influenza, which later developed into pneumonia with complications, the latter being the direct cause of her death. Her body was brought back to Barnwell Friday and laid to rest that afternoon in the Episcopal Church yard, the funeral services being con ducted by Archdeacon Joseph Burton, rector of the Church of the Holy Apos tles, in the presence of a number of sorrowing relatives and sympathetic friends. Miss Bronson was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Harriett Bronson. During the World War she served as clerk in the office of the Local Draft Board and later worked in the office of her brother, Gerk of Court Rob’t. L. Bronson. Besides her mother, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. A. R. Wal- lack, of Hendersonville, N. C. f and •three brothers. Max, Robert L. and John I. Bronson, all of this city, who have the sympathy of the entire com munity in their bereavement. Blackville, Feb. 25.—The Barnwell County Teachers’ Association met in Blackville Saturday with about seven ty-five in attendance. An instruc tive and entertaining program was given by the following: C. J. Pick ling, of the Barnwell County school board; Rev. B. H. Duncan, of the Baptist church; Mrs. B. B. Kammer, of the Ashleigh school; D. L. Lewis, State supervisor of elementary schools of Columbia; Jimmie Buist, Miss Catherine Matthews, Miss Theresa Funderburk and Miss Catherine Weis finger; Dr. Harry Clark, chair of education, Furman University, of Greenville. Lunch was served by the ladies of the Blackville School Improvement association. The tables were prettily appointed, the color scheme being yel low and white with nodding jonquils in profusion. The Menu consisted of a chicken salad course, creamed pota toes and garden peas, pickles, hot rolls, cake and coffee. ■ ♦ ♦ - Mrs. Maggie Mitchell Dies. After a lingering illness Mrs. Mag gie Mitchell died Monday, February 18th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. L. Wooley, at Elkfe Mrs. Mitchell, who; would have been 90 years old last Sunday, was one of the most lovable women in the community and numbered her friends among the young and old. Her husband, Jona than Mitchell, and daughter, Mrs. Lula Mitchell, died a number of years ago. She was one of the oldest mem bers of Rosemary Baptist church. The fui)eral and burial services were conducted by the Rev. W. R. Davis at the Bates cemetery, near Williston, Tuesday morning and at tended by a large number of friends and relatives. - ' ♦ ■ Negro Church Damaged by Fire. The following tribute, to the news papers of the State and Nation was paid last week by Col. J. E. Harley, member of the House of Representa tives, when that body was debating tives, when that body was debating the libel bill, which was killed: “In 99 out of 100 times, what the newspaper says about the man in politics is generally true,” said J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, as he arose to speak for the bill. “You vote* to help the farmer; you vote to give aid to the laboring man; here is a bill to protect the newspapers when they are innocent. “Let us be fair. What sort of State would we have—what sort of nation would we have, were it not for the press ? “Under this bill you are not pre vented from suing when thore is malice. We should give protection to the people who have done more than any other one group for the upbuilding of our State—the newspapers. What you are, what I am, we can attribute to the newspapers of this State and of this nation.” “Don’t you think the papers are protected under the libel laws we have now?” asked J. M. Truluck, of Florence. “I do not,” Mr. Harley replied. ♦ ♦ ♦ CAROLINA CUCUMBERS HAVE LOTS OF IODINE Senator Arrowsmith read a letter in the Senate Friday from Dr. Roe E. Remington, chemist for the iodine re search laboratory, to Dr. William Wcaton, chairman of the iodine com mission, saying he had found 515<pnd 513 units of iodine in South Carolina cucumbers. In explanation, Senator Arrowsmith said Doctor Weston had said three ounces of pickles made from these, eaten daily would be a certain cure for goiter. ~ w ♦ » Double Poods Doings. Double Ponds, Feb. 26.—Miss Ear line Delk was hostess at a party given at her home Friday night. All pres ent enjoyed a delightful evening. Mr. and Mrs. Smoak, of Bamberg, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Grubbs Sunday. Greenville.—The North Carolina highway system “is the universal pride of our people,” declared R. A. Doughton, commissioner of finance of North Carolina, in a communication to v the Greenville News replying to some statements made by D. A. G. Ouzts, of Greenwood, in a communi- cation to The News. Mr. Doughton declares that there is no dissatisfac tion in North Carolina over the road program but that on the contrary every one is very proud of it. Mr. Ouzts in his communication to The News after attacking the pending highway legislation in South Carolina had asked his readers to “look n& North Carolina with its lace of paved roads all over the State and tfca amount in millions in bonds used to build these and then listen to tha revolt of the property taxpayers over excessive high taxes which is almost confiscating, many claim.” Replying to Mr. Ouzts, Mr. Dough- ton, who, as commissioner of finance, is thoroughly familiar with Nlorth Carolina's financial status, says: M I cannot understand the basis of the foregoing statement North Caro lina has issued or authorized the is suance of $116,000,000 of bonds. W* have a very fine system, hard surface and other dependable highways, of which our people are very proud. We have an annual income arising from the sale of auto licenses and four cent gas tax of approximately $18,000,000, out of which we pay the expense of the commission, the interest on the bonds, a sinking fund of SSOOJMM, and we expend about $6,600,000 for maintaining our roads. After doing this we have about $C,500-ufl0 for construction of roads out °f 0ZT an nual revenue. “There is no dissatisfaction in the State in reference to our road pro gram. We will }mve every bond paid out of our revenue we estimate by 1962. There is no tax on physical property of any kind for roads. It is true that there if complaint of high taxes, but in North Carolina it is not on account of the road program. The Legislature is now in session, and it appears that we will place another cent tax per gallon, upon gas and add to that $1,000,000, making a total of approximately $3,600,000 which we will use in maintaining the county roads and relieving the counties from the burden of maintaining those roads to that extent. The taxes by maay considered burdensome arise from the maintenance of our school system, payment of interest, sinking fund, and bonds of various kinds issued for school buildings, for county road im provement, etc. *T have no opinion about the pro posed road program in your State, hut- write this letter simply in the interest of truth and to answer the implication that North Carolina is dissatisfied with her road program. On the other hand, it is the universal pride of our people.” Death of Mrs. L. G. Richardson. , The friends of Mrs. Susan J. Rich* fiisses Vietorine, Myrtle and Ear- •rdaon, wife of L. G. Richardson, Considerable damage was done to the Bethlehem Baptist Church (color ed) in Barnwell by fire which was dis covered about nine o’clock Sunday night. Willing hands kept the blaze in check with water thrown from buckets until the aririvat of the volun teer Are department, which succeeded in extinguishing the blaze . Mrs. J. 8. Still and daughters motored to Augusta Friday. line Delk were the week-end guests of Miss Francis Delk. Miss Bertie Lee Hartzog was the week-end guest of Miss Elizabeth Delk. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Chitty were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Croft. Miss Helen Delk was the week-end guest of Miss Lois Hartzog, at Hilda. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Hair were the Sunday aftemoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Delk. Mrs. Maggie' Delk and son were .visitors of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Jones Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Croley, of Hilda, were the Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Delk. Mrs. G. A. Bonds is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Delk. Mrs. Fannie Graham waa called to Great Falls Wednesday night on ac count of the illness of her daughter, Miss Evermae Broughton. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hutchinson, of Philadelphia, Pa* are spending time at their hunting preserve, “Quail Lodge,” neai this city, were shocked to learn of her death, which occurred at 1:30 o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Harley, of Barnwell. Although Mrs! Richardson had been in ill health for many years, it was not generally known that her condition was ^critical She was 73 yean of age, and it aor- vived by her husband, three daughter!, Mn. J. E. Harley and Mn. O. H .Best, of Barnwell, and Mn. A. C. Matthews, of Newberry; one son, L. G. Richard son, Jr., of Washington, D. C., and one brother, B. M. Jenkins, Sr* of Kline, who have the sympathy of the community in. their bereavement. The funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o’ clock at the Barnwell Methodist Church, the Rev. M. L. Banks officiat ing. The pall besren were: CoL J. K. Harley, J. E. Harley, Jr* A. C. Mat thews, Hummell Harley, Dr. O. H. Best and Terry Richardson. Mr. and Mn. Herbert R. and children, of guests of the L. H.