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th* orriciAt Ntwapjkfm or bamnwru. comm Barnwell CoBMlidaUd Jwm 1. 192S. VOLUME LIL JITNEY-JUNGLE COMES TO STATE PLANS WIDE EXPANSION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Store May Be Located in Barnwell and . Other Cities of 1,000 Population or More. A “Jitney-Jungle” grocery will probably be located n Barnwell during the rext months, as the plan of the company, whose main office is in Jackson, Miss., plans “to appoint franchise owners for every city in this State with 1 a population of 1,000 or more.” The following clipping from Sunday’s issue of The State tells of the new system: Jitney-Jungle,| an improved and patented self-service retail grocery store system is coming to South Carolina. Four representatives of the company, whose main office is located in Jackson, Miss., are now in the State making surveys and propose ‘to appoint franchise owreis for every city in the State with a population of 1,000 or more. Columbia is scheduled ior several toreg and it is anounced that the franchise for this cty will be placed this week ir. the hards of a local man. Headquarter* representatives of the company say that local retail grocery- j men aod jobbers are to be given first opportunity to own these home-owred ard home-operated stores. According ON THE FARM BOARD ‘Ju«t Like a Member of the Family' 1 BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 2STH, 1»2». Expects Heavy Demand For S. C. “Iodine” Products NUMBER 47. TO CROSS ATLANTIC LOCAL STREETS WILL BE PAVED "Zm Dr. William Weston Returns From Trip to West Where He Preached f' “Iodine’^ Gospel.—Finds Keenest Interest in Palmetto Porducts. Carl Williams of Oklahoma City who has been appointed by President Hoover as a member of the federal farm board. Mr. Williams is the for- —Thousands See Charts. COURT HOUSE SQUARE WILL BE SURFACE-TREATED. Demand for South Carolina food products, rich in iodine, preventive of goiter, will be tremerdousiy stimulat ed throughout the Western States and in other sections where goiier is a scourge as a result of the charts shown, literature destributed and talks made at the meeting of the Am erican Medical association- in Port- 4 land, Oregon, according to Dr. Wil liam Weston, director of the Natural Resources commission, who recumed to Columbia Thursday after a visit to a number of Western cities. “Keenest interest,” Dr. Weston said mer president of the American Cotton Thursday, “was manifested in South Grow*™ 1 Exchange and vice president Caro i ina products. We had an ex- of the National Council Farmers’ Co-!. ; . 4 4 .. • .. .. . operative Marketing association. - h,blt “ the * ,,oclatlor ' meetl " K • rd at the meeting and they asked many questions about our foods. - “The attendance of physicians alona was about 3,100 and in addition there were about 2,000 women, some wives of physicians and some teachers. “Hurdreds wanted to krow where these iodine products could be obtain ed. Already seven carloads of can ned foods have been sent from the factory at Fairfax to Seattle ard San Francisco.” ^ Doctor Weston also visited Chicago, Saint Paul, Mirr..; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Seattle, Wash ington. He "talked with doctors at every* opporturity ar d found interest sharp. As a result of his trip west, Doctor ■ Also Street* Bounding Calhoun Park and Burr Street to Interaectiou Highway No. S. ■ a • . mm David G. Turner :& the 16-foot boat In which he will attempt to croas the Atlantic from Boston to Paris, France. He will carry 80 gallons of gasoline and oil, a few food supplies and a compass as his only Instrument of guidance. Like Llndy be will make the trip alone. we explained in detail to hundreds just Weston believes additional canning , , 1 ' U J I . . Barnwell Folks in Automobile Wreck what the charts meant and the sig nificance of the figures showirg iodine cor tent of vegetables. “There was manifested a sharp de sire to get South Carolina foods. Mrs. P. A. Price, Mrs. Jasper John*. Sixty-five per cent of the people of Mi*. Rotali* Span, and Johnn* I Or»*on suffer from goiter and they Scoville Hurt. Mrs. Perry A. Price, Mias Rosalie Spanfi and Johnnie Scoville, of Barr- of course were particularly irterest- ed in our exhibit, but doctors from all pat is of the world were in attendarce factories will be established in this State within a year’s time and that the dairyir g irdustry will make mark ed progress. He considers his mission to the West a great success. Leading physicians of the world were in attendance on the corvertion and practically all of them were in formed of the heavy iodine contert of South Carolira foods Should Bring a Note - of Cheer to Growers Impetus Given Natural Raaaura Comm boron Should Be Reflected In BuaiaeM Activity. to officers of the company, the Jitney-1 and Mr*. Jnap*r John., of Allvn £ n f 0|rce Traffic ! dale, had a i arrow escape from senous Jungle system is now operated in 12 Southern States acd claim to be feed ing more than a million people. At the present time there are only three of H ?te stores in South Carolina, all be ing located in Greer ville, urder the ownership of Carolina Jitney-Jangle company, officered by W. B. Moore and Charles McGowan of that city. The Jitrey-Jungle system is pre injury Saturday afternoon in a col-j Law* on All Roads Itston between Mr. Scovifle's autcvno- bile and a c.r oeeupW by a party of Sa.yrr Acta Wb«. (iov.nmc Rirbard* nr » ro »* Th. accident occurred at », Salient. That Too Many Arei- cross-roads near Edgefield while the Barnwell folks were en route to Sum mit, near Herdersonville. N. C* to at- deuu Occur. Columbia, July 20.—Beginning Au- First Open Bolls of Cotton Are Seen Oat I’Mcd from f ield of A. J. thaeau msd the Other by Tea-year Old Farmer Boy. The first opea bolls of the 1929 cot- the ville's tar and the one occupied by the were badly damagedh Una as compact and attractive, plan and arrangement of oak fixtures is beautiful ie simplicity and corven- lent to the moat minute detail. Every feature in t^fce arrangement of the store is aimed at the convenierce, com fort and ecoromy of the customer. The proportion to South Carolina M<Wwt # , workinr South will be the aamo to wholcoote grocery for th . upbuilding and in- Jubbnn aad retail grocer* aa is in ef- bust rial proapertty of this 1 'ate. The I* *tfcar Olalaa lh. local gro- p.terted atorc fixture* are eer will own his buaiaw. and manage u ^ ^ c<t „ , , ru f„.j It without intetferenc. from the home turjl|f pUrU ^ c.^,* frafw office, but will hive ehai. store sdver- mfn NotKnnc b. purrh.aH out-' tising sad merchandising campaig. *■ , i<w ^ th , StlU th ., ran be .cured Th* Jitney-Jungle aystem wao orifi- or ufwtu ^r ^.Uy. it la nr - 1 rated and patented by W. B. McCarty, nounc ^ < j It. preaident, more than nine years ^ purpo „ of th . o-gsmia- ago, and from its home office in Jack- ^ k forth ... Xo furBiih th. „ . . h , v . th ,. .on. Mlao., has rapidly spread over It. Suu ^ c.rolin. better mer-1 throu « h ’ U kapeetor. nnd , B Irttrml that ,an 4 * house party. Poetanately, no ^ South Carohaa highway ton crop wero displayed Ic Barnwell on* wo. oenoualy hurt, the .stent of <le p. rtBWBt through it* insptetors wUI Wodao^y afternoon of tort attiud fcu»h'<W tUiT ,niurW * b *"’* W "' D ° r uadnitako to md m n^tottoc od aad so far an to knowa thay I U cuts ard bruise^ and after being given !r *g tr M highwye eutmde ef Am eepertid m the Btetw A medical attention they proceeded on j^orporated towrs. according to an reported five open bolls Thursday that to North Carolina, where they jolted an0 uncement today by Ben M. Sawyer, were picked from stalks placted in a another party from this State. chief highway commissioner. I back-yard in that town. It to understood that both Mr. Sco-, A ^ f«r*nce of inspectors is to; The first boll skowa to a rep Columbia, July 23.—The work of the Natural Resources Commiasior. hat during the past three weeks been given an impetus which should bring a note of cheer to every grower la South Carolira and be reflected li eveiy business activity. Dr. Weston’s trip to the meeting of the American Madkal Association in Portland. Ore gon, will without doubt havs far-reach ing offsets. His work was given a cordial reception and by the office of the Natuml Commission following vnrious confer ee caa which* he held in the Northwest *h"w that thr markets of thp gottef regiora are erthudlaatk with regard to the iodine content of South Carolina fruits, vegetables and dairy products. Ten a of thousands of <*• I ard crates of poaehao havo When the preser t program of pav ing and surface-treatment of streets is completed, Barnwell will be one of :he most attractive little cities in * lower South Qarolina and will emteh step with the new ern of progress wd prosperity that seems to be promised by the discovery of iodine in South .g. Carolina fruits and vegetables. The paving program calls for paving with concrete of Main Street from Harrison’s corr.er to Marlboro Street* with 4tt-ft. sidwalks on each side.* This street will also be widened and straightened, the proparty owners having agreed to give the necessary land to the town for that purpose. In addition, sidewalks will be built down Burr Street, to the Episcopal Church and Burr Street will be surface-treat ed from the end of the pavement at Vickery’* Garage to the intersection of Highway No. 8 at Furtick's new store. Sidewalks will also ha built dowr. Marlboro to the R. C. Holnma corner. Gravel is now being spread on Cowl House square and on the streets bounding Calhoun Park, from the corner of the Bank of Western Caro lina to the Dicks Mack of buildings aad oa down by th# Baptist Church to the highway from AagnaU and Elko. Contracts for the concrete work will be let by the State Highway Depart ment **>4 the Barr well CKy in Columbia on July 88th. to advertisements far bids i published in the CelnmMa m ard It la hoped that the ot tatrfi ho alartod sees ■■MUmr th# city fn Mghway deportment under a buraement agreement wilt ho 1 pey the coot of the work net by the plana of the highway be held ia Columbia at an early dale, tative of The People-Sectinel came I ^ on the markets of the country with Mr. Sawyer said, at which time they from a field belonging to Allen J. in the past taro weeks bearing the will receive instructions aa to what Owens, of Barnwell, who is generally | iodine label. J. Emile Harley, Jr, of will be expected of them in coanec- recognised aa being ace tion with this added duty. farmer* in this section. Thursday j Emile Harley, chairmac of the jodi In a memorandum for the director morning Bunynn Baxley, the tor -year J clary committee of the house of of motor vehicle dlvisior., Mr. Sawyer aaid: % “Hit excellercy. Governor Richards, hat expressed his grave concern at Southerr. States and claims to be feed ing more than s million people. Fairway Stcres Also. Another am ouncement in Sunday’s Stat%that is of irterest to the people of Barnwell County was that of the Fairway Stores, Incorporated, of South Carolina, the Palmetto operating unit of a rational system of chain grocery stores, and plans made call for the opening of 200 or more Fairway stores in this State within the next three years, according t<> J- W. Sehpard, president. After the F&iiway system of chair, grocery stores has been fully per fected ir this State, similar organiza- lions, will be formed .in other States, chandise at lower pi ices, to aid mer- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Willi* Baxley, I reeertatives, used the labels on 19.000 who lives near this city, sari this watermelons and then telegraphed for paper an open boll that he picked 6,000 more, stating that he kod been from hit field the day before. Bun-1 extremely gratified with the uee of the the prevalence of motor vehicle occi- yun ia a wide-awake, iadustrioua young j label, dents with their resulting damage to chap and he has set a mark for older | Senator persons and property. The governor farmers to shoot at believes that the highway departmert With seasorabl* weather it is be the first bale will be marketed early in August. Barnwell Coorty alto reported the first cotton blossom this year. co-operation with county police of- . * o. T t # • fleers, might ad in regulating traffic chants of this State in meetrrg for-j „ ’ T. \ * Ja ' w u . on State highways so as to reduce the eign competition and to build a vast' .. . , . . ... , . # c .u .1 » • accident hazards, ard to that end has demand, for South Carolina’s own , , 7 authorized such co-operation. products. Mr. Shepard, the president ard treasurer, is 9<*rmerly of Evarsvill^ nd., and Miami, Fla. The vice-presi dent is E. K. DcLoache, of Columbia, and the secretary is L. E. Nesmith, of Gastonia, N. C. Shepard Talks According to Mr. Shepard, the Fair way system is the ratural outgrowth of an urgent need on the part of inde pendent grocer!* throughout the State lights <*r no lights. The records show that in the years 1925-28 inclusive, 9,772 ac cidents occurred m the State, 459 people were killed, and 3,276 peo ple were injured. F. H. Hitt Graws New Melon. F. H. Hitt, of Elko, was a visitor here Tuesday and brought along two fine specimens of a new variety of. , . . , . a . . . . creased prices in the markets of watermelon that he is growing on a| A . , small scale this year. Its name ia “The principal causes of the acci-^ “Ribault” and Mr. Hit secured enough dents, according to the reports, were seed from a grower in Florida to plant careless driving, speeding, drivirg un-! about an acre and a quarter as ar. der the influence of liquor, defects of experiment. In spite of the fact that j vehicles, dazzling headlights, and poor for a method of buying, selling, ae- jCfiSlUinfc And. advertising whififr still “It is immediately apparent that c&relfiagnass, the. most important item dependent grocers large scale buying power and improved store arrange ment and modern merchandising meth ods, will be controlled by a parent or ganization owning patents on fixtures ard floor plans, and will iitdnde separ ate operatirg organizations in each price basis with the chain store or- ] be altogether obviated by either the enactment or the enforcement of statutes. In fact, tke department’s records indicate that most cases of carelessness from which motor vehicle negotiations fjor which have been in the enable them to compete on an equal jin the list of accident causes, can not makifg for sometime/ This system, 1 which contemplates furnishirg to in- ganizations which are making such great in-roads upon the sales of inde pendent establishments.” One of the most interesting features connected with the plans of the Fair-| accidents result involve r©Violation of way organization is a projject to es- law and no bad intentioi whatever, tablish canneries at various points in Carelessness,Thowever, causes about the State. The establishment of these one-third of all the serious evident* State throughout the country. The! car neries will serve a double purpose.' that occur on State highways.V The South Carolira operating units to be The retail store will be stocked with other major cases of accidents that I financed and directed by local citizens ard will maintain its general head canned goods produced by the local have listed all involve vciations of canneries, thus making available to law. quarters in Columbia where depart- the consumirg public an abundarce of | “Your instructions to inspectors ments for purchasing, accounting and South Carolina products throughout should emphasize the ;iri.wry purpose sales prAnotior. will be installed. (the entire'year. — i we have in mmd tc develop n ‘safety Open in September. I n addition the cani-ed products of first’ point of view in the mirds of he used only about 600 pounds of fertilizer on bis “patch,” mammoth melons were produced, some of them, .... , . . , . _ . weighing 60 pound*. Thu two that-he j JT,.. -j.mrf ■ 11 j ■ j '■■■ ■ •' James H. Hammond, o ’ Columbia, has beer us ing the labels upor hi s individual baskets of grapes Other melon growers and many peach grower* of the State, aa well as grow ers of tomatoes, have written the of fice telling of the fine results which they experienced as a result of the use of the labels or. their products. Carloads of cucumbers and thousards of barrels of Irish potatoes earlier ir. the season found ready tale at in- the country where the demand was ir.sis- tert for South Carolina products bear ing the iodine label. Reports have come from New York and the Central and Westerr States to the effect that South Carolina products bearing the label were demanded, ard that the supplies were exhausted early and ad- Tke cor tractate are sod progrso* on the streets ef villa traversed by the Bute It b understood that Railroad Ai will ha surface-treated the « width of the street oe the of th# railroad, which will add greatly to the streethreoeae of that siva littb city's besineos | Willistoa has already built about a mil# of corcrete that town The first Fairway stores will be opened ir Columbia about September South Carolina would be distributed motor vehicle operators by means of in other SUtes through ar extensive direct personal advice and warning 1st, and distinctive color schemes will marketing system to Be operated by rather than by means of arrests and utilised in all stores of the chain, system will operate on a cash ard carry basis a 9 in other of the chain grocery systems. As much of the pro duce, etc., or sale as can be raised in the Fairwhy corporation. Official* of prosecutiors. the company have recently visited New^ “Each inspector should constantly York and other large centers of popu- 4 — , -i — , — . laton to investigate marketirg possi- over the results of their findings, and bilitiea, and have also conducted a sur- feel that the time is now ripe for the this State will be secured by tke chflin vey of the State to determine sources successful exploiUtior of South Caro- in South Carolina for distnbutior in of supply and to locaU strategic | line products, not orly among our own preference to buying produx outside # poi. t# for the erection of epnriag peopb but throughout the country at of the A:ft# aw , , , . , . s Q j R1 i j Carolina vegetables and fruits were brough here weighed 48 and 51 pour ds^ . , , , . . . « ^ , . ® . , telegraphed for, with request that respectively. They have very much .* . . .. . , , ., K they bear the iodine label, the appearance of the Excel, being oblong in shape with a dark green The count y organizations are be- rird. The flavor ia .uperiof to either I in * r “P idl y perfected under the direc- the Watson or the Excel and because *' on Chairman W. W. Smoak and of the thickness of the rir d should ^ two other men >b er ». Col. Holmes carry well in shipment. Mr. Hitt is B ‘ S P rin * s * nd Mr - W ‘ A - Coleman, of very much pleaaed with his experiraen-1 the county organization committee Of the Commission. larger acreage next year for .hlp- l who is chairm ‘ n of th « Commiaalon, mert. Local growers will do well to c » Ued th * oourtry’. attention to the investigate the ptenihiirtiea of the I iod,ne content ot South c »rolina fruit, “Ribault ” ' vegetables and dairy products both in « — in — his recent radio address from Chicago mind that his job ia to serve! »"<i the meeting of the governors’ There is nothing that improves the looks of a town more than paved streets and sidsMulks. Property owners ther take more pride hi the appearance of their homes and yards and a* a result the town presents a more attractive appearance to resi dents and visitors alike, with the re sult that some of the visitors may be* come residerta. 4 Good Program at Vamp. The attraction at the Vamp Theatre for Friday, July 26th, will be Laura LaPlante in “The Last Waning,’ 9 which is said to ha the greatest mys tery picture of the year.—mighty mystery, daring drama, ereepkg ErtpenSS. a and the nerg and safeguard the public in the freer corference io New Lond ®“' C o»“- U « comfortable use of our highways, *«**• Th « Governor says th.t at both rtkularly that he must oteerve P Uce * th * P*°P le • lread y lcrew °f s of courtesy »rd good m.n- South Carolina iodine through the .11 of hi. contacts with rote I work of W *^ on * nd n«w»P«per users articles from the office of the Natural “He must, of cuone. arrert ute R “ ourc “ Commi.sion u well a, prosecute wilful tow viototor. .. » in « iodi "* Ub * 1 OK 8o “ th C" 0 ** 1 * part of his routine, but such .rrest* I producU ' should be made with the least possi ble un pleas* ptnesa and always withU Mr. and Mta. Alien Was, of A the certainty ir his own mind that his fiwta, were the guests of actior ia necessary in the interest ef I here Sunday. Mr. Deaa mmg a aMe at action. Also another chapter of the aerial picture. “The Canary Murder Case,” with aa all-star cast, will be showr. Saturday, the 27th inst. Beginning Monday, July 89th, every Morday will be “Family Nigi^t,” when I the entire family, rcgjwfleas of the number of members, will be admitted for 60 eetta. Arrangements are be ing made to have good pictures for these nights and the mar agement hopes that the atterdance will be such as to insure a continuance of family nights throughout the summer.—sdv. Will Spread lodiae Gospel Mr. and Mrs. Angus B. Patterson left Barnwell Saturday morning ifc their car for a visit to relatives and friends at various placet ie Michigan. Before leaving 41 Jfcor ef the OMI to place on their automobile to advertise the farm mudacta la Jfcft section ard aaid;