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Road Construction to Benefit Barnwell Chftirmait C. E. Jones Outlines Pro gram as Planned for South- L * ■ we*ern Counties. Chairman C. E. Jones, of the State highway commission has outlined what the $65,000,000 highway paving program 'v&ill mean for the section of South Carolina contiguous to the Savannah River and the Southwestern portion of the State. ^His statement is as follows: “The state highway commission has not yet approved a definite chronolo gical program of construction work to be financed by the $65,000,000 bond issue, but it is nevertheless of con siderable interest to consider the changes that the next few years will bring in the highway situation. In the Southwest portion of the State ad jacent to the Savannah River, for ex ample, the contemplated paving will prove almost a new aspect of com munication among the population cen ters. “With the completion of the con struction program, McCormick will have a hard surface or other depen dable type of highway to the State of Georgia over the Furey’s Ferry Bridge and to the adjacent county seats of Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield and connecting at these points- with similar type highways leading to almost all parts of v the State. “Edgefield, in addition to U. S. Highway No. 25, which is or will be hard surfaced for itg entire length from Augusta to the North Carolina line, will also have a similar connec tion with Aiken via. State Highway No. 19 and with Saluda via. State Highway No. 39 and No. 19. To Connect With Barnwell. “Aiken, in addition to U. S. High way No. 1, which is already paved from Augusta through Columbia to Bethune and the connection with Edgefield just mentioned, will have a hard surfaced connection to the Southeast via. U. S. Highway No. 78, which isv already paved as far as Montmorenci and which will connect at the Barnwell County line with about sixty miles of existing depend able type highways leading in various directions. The improvement as a 5*oft surface type of State Highway No. 315 from Aiken Ea-t and State High way No. 19 to the South will also faci- liate traffic in those two directions. “Barnwell already has connections leading to the adjacent counties of Aiken, Allendale. Bamberg and Orangeburg via. the existing depend able type State Highway No. 3 and No. 37, and U. S. Highway No. 78 and these connections will be ade quately extended by highways to he constructed in the adjacent counties except to the North via. State High way No. 3. This route from the Barn- well-Orangeburg County line to its junction with State Highway No. 6 near Swansea is designated as a soft surface type highway but the State highway commission has authority un der provisions contained in the bond i s sue act to improve it with a higher type surfacing and such a change will doubtless be considered so as more adequately to take care of the needs of North and South bound traffic. Similar consideration will doubtless be given also to the advisability of placing hard surface or other depend able type surfacing on that short stretch of State Highway No. 4 West of Springfield in Aiken County to avoid what would otherwise be the only stretcji of soft surface oa the entire length of this route. Will Need New Bridge Over Savannah “With the construction of State Highway No. 28 from Yemassee to Allendale, Beaufort, Hampton and Al lendale will have a direct hard sur face highway connecting these three county seats with extensions to the erthwest and North via. State High ways No. 3 and No. 33, to the North and Northwest via. U. S. Highways No. 21 and No. 17, and to the South west via. the existing paving on U. S. Highway No. 17 through Ridgeland and Hardev^Ue to Sevannah, Ga., and the needs of traffic on State High way No. 28 Northwest of Allendale will no doubt be considered by the State Highway Commission in con nection with the possible substitution of a higher type of surfacing. The further improvement of State High ways No. 33, No. 36 and No. 63, which are all designated as soft surface highways South of their junctions with State Highway No. 28, will fur ther fadliate North and South bound traffic through portions of Hampton, Jasper and Beaufort Counties. “With the increase of highway traf fic to he expected with improve ment of the State system, tne need of an additional bridge over the Savan nah River will become more pressing and its logical location would seem to be on State Highway No. 881 in Allendale County, which is about mid way between the nearest adjacent bridges near Augusta and Savannah, Ga. With the construction of such a bridge, the increase in traffic might warrant the State Highway Commis sion considering the construction of hard surface or other dependable type surfacing on State Highway No. 331, which is designated in the act for surface and possibly, also the advisability of improving with a high er type of surfacing than designated some more direct route between Al lendale and Savannah than via. U. S. highway No. 17 and State Highway No. 28. “The next few years will see a wonderful improvement in the State highways in the Southwestern por tion of the State.” Authentic Records of Men of Unusual Size The tallest man about whom the actual facts are known, other than those recorded in Biblical history, was one John Middleton. He lived in the Sixteenth century and was commonly called the child of Hale. It is said that his hand from the wrist to the end of the middle finger was seventeen inches long. His whole height was nine feet and thcee inches. Pliny, the Rom an writer, however, mentions one Ga- bora as “the tallest roan that hath been seen in our age.** He measured nine feet nine inches in height. Pat rick Cotter, who died In 1806, was probably the tallest Irishman; he meas ured 8 feet 7 inches, beating his coun tryman, Charles O’Brien, whose skele ton In the museum of the royal college of surgeons, London, measures 8 feet 4 inches only. Record Meteorite *he most remarkable encounter be tween the earth and a meteorite of which there Is any record Is probably the one that resulted In the formation of Meteor Crater, near Canyon Diablo in northeastern Arizona, a desert re gion. This crater is about 4,000 feet in diameter, with \\alls rising about 150 feet alwjve the plain and descending precipitously «iOO feet to the floor. Bocks at the bottom are crushed to a depth of several hundred feet and show signs of great heating. Within a radius of five miles of the crater thousands of Iron meteorites have been picked up. Meteorites differ greatly from me teors, or shooting stars, in many re- ‘ spec!*, possibly even In their origin. Stars Still Tsll Tims In casually looking at your watch to tell the time of day, you probably don’t stop to think that your timepiece, if it Is accurate, has indirectly received its lime from tiie stars. In au article In World’s Work, it is laaiited out that thp naval observatory at Washington, which furnishes the nation its time, makes a check every night by observations of the stars. Three delicate clocks are enclosed In glass cases far beneath the ground, and fire kept at an 1 exact temperature. These clocks keep the time which Is first determined by astronomers, and hourly throughout the day comes the time across the country, correct to the thousandth jmrt of a second. U»e» for Gjrroscopo When first invented, the gyroscope, then called rotascope, was used ns n scientific toy to Illustrate the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, elc. A delicately mounted form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foneault, Is used to render visible the rotation of the earth on a<*count of the tendency of the rotat ing wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independent of the earth’s motion. This same principle is made use of In an instrument Invented by [>r. 11. Auschutr.-Kampfe, designed to replace the mariner’s compass or to serve as a check upon Its accuracy. V ' W: Changed “Women used to be dever.” declares Nobert Well, ‘’but now they are, for the most part, very obvious; smart hut shorn of mystery, all their little Yemiuine tricks revealed. “ ‘Does your wife kisa you every night when you come home?’ asked the newly married man of his more experienced friend. ‘“Well, er, not always,* admitted Mr. Experience. ‘She used to, but now she only does It when she expects to go shopping next day.’*’—Los Angeles Times. SAMOANS USE NOVEL WAY TO ROPE SHARKS Natives Lead Fish to Boat, Then Lasso It. Pago Pago, Samoan Islands.—Per haps in no other place in the world 1$ shark fishing the sport it Is some few miles out from Pago Pago. No harpooning, spearing or trolling here. The old Samoans would refuse to take you to the shark fishing grounds if you dropped a hook. They have their own method. In a large outrig ger canoe the good-natured Samoans set out from Pago Pago hay In the afternoon. On the way they offer solemn prayer that many sharks will appear and that their catch will be heavy. It is a religious rite with them. A tin of salmon Is emptied in the water—juice and all—as the first mor sel to lure sharks. A stout stick is run through a hole in a half coconut shell and made fast. As a native thumps It up and down in the water a heavy, chugging sound is made which aids in attracting fish. A 75-foot line about the thickness of a man’s thumb is put out. It has a piece of wood attached near the end and a good-sized chunk of decayed meat is fastened on for bait. The piece of wood keeps the bait very close to the surface of the water. The oth er end of the line is made fast to the boat If sharks fall to appear the natives offer further prayers. Excited cries of “afe afe” break the quiet of the trop ical waters as a school is sighted, ft is the native word for “come on’’ or “welcome.” Soon a shark heads for the bait, but the native at the line draws it In just rapidly enough so that the meat is kept a bit ahead of the fish. A shavel nose shark cannot snatch It In one gulp without turning over on Its back, hence it is quite a simple thing for the man at the line to lend the shark to the boat. The fun begins when the shark ap proaches the boat Seated beside the native at live line are two others; one with a heavy, hempen noose and the other with a stout 5-foot pole. The line is pulled in rapidly and the bait raised out of water just before the shark reaches the boat. As the shark snatches at It a native slips the noose over the shark’s nose and head and draws it taut back of the dorsal fin. The fish virtually has been lassoed. Quite a Battle. A 9 to 12-foot shark can do consid erable kicking and fighting—almost sufficient to swamp or npset the boat. The native with the stout pole places it against the shark's mouth and as tiie fish opens Its jaws the pole is rammed down its throat. The enraged shark puts up a tremendous battle but it quieted somewhat when its head is spilt ojien with a hatchet. A heavy Hub also Is brought into play and la ter the shark Is split open just above the tall and gradually bleeds to death. Sometimes they have been known to fight for several hours. The natives find certain parts of the shark quite tasty and the return of a successful hunt often Is the Incentive for a feast among the Samoans. Many of the young Samoans know nothing of this exciting sport, but the old men are past masters at it. / Judge James Wilkes Fnxall of West Chester, Pa., who is attached to the American naval base In charge of legal matters at Pago Pago, is one of the few white men who ever accompanied the na tives on a hunt. He characterizes It as the “most exciting of sports.” Also Important The children's dinner wan in prog ress. They had been providedSvith a nice fat chicken. I “What part did you have?” asked one little boy of hla neighbor. “The wishbone,” was the reply. “I had a leg.” put in another child. One after the other they explained the various parts. Presently little Jackie, who so far had not spoken a word, held up a skewer and exclaimed! “Look, I've got the perch the chicken sat on!” ADVERTISE IN He People-SentmeL Do You Want Boy or Girl? Try Algebra Berkeley, Calif.—The sex of children no longer may be a matter of guess work liefore birth, acf'ording to Dr. Herbert M. Evans, chairman of the de partment of anatomy at the University of California. In a paper made public, Doctor Evans, famous as the discoverer of vita mines E and F, contended that the long hidden secret of sex determina tion had been discovered. “If an X mates-with a Y, the off spring will be a boy,” Doctor Evans declared. The problem now, he added, is to ascertain whether yon are domi nated by the factor X or Y. Sex of a baby, Doctor Evans said, is determined during the period of fer tilization and the presence of one of two microscopic chromosommes Is the determining factor. Designating one as X and the other as Y, Doctor Evans explains that with in a group of 48 chromosommes of a germ cell, s pair of minute germs will control the sex of the child. Thus the algebraic formula for sex determination is: XT equal male; XX equal female. Whether the factors of X or Y are more dominant in some persons thnn in Olivers is not revealed In the report, but it is presumed research Is being carried out to determine the prede- termlnance of X or Y and learn a method of selection. Doctor Evans points out there are 48 chromosommes In both men and wom en. In the female there two X chrom nsommes sod In the male there Is one X and one Y. ■ -I" . " EflkUmft Postmaster Troy. N. Y.—Matthew Fleming, sev enty-two. and his daughter. Mrs- Alice Tisdale of Richmond. Va.. are reunited after a separation of 25 years through the medium of a letter sent by Mrs. Tisdale to “Matthew Fleming, Troy, X. Y.. Postmaster Please Find.” The r w Writer Has Long List , of Rail Superstitions Black cats are eyed with horror by railroad men, but dogs are considered lucky. Cross-eyed people avoid ap proaching .American engine cabs be cause they are evil omens likble to be driven away with well-aimed lumps of coal. 1 Their proper function is to sit on the first seat of the rear coach, thereby conferring one day’s luck on the con ductor; As a mutter of fact, while the engine driver is giving his steed a final inspection all adults who stare at him are considered unlucky unless they are accompanied by children. Accidents on United States lines arc believed to occur In triplets. An en gineer who reports one Is gloomy and despondent until he has worked off the spell by reporting two more. Neither will any engineer who has not lost all interest in life cheerfully write “13 cars” on his report; he pre fers to report “13 cars and an engine.” The brakeman supports the driver In his ^observance of superstitious rites by never carrying his lamp above his w’aist. To do so is considered fatal. But the strangest of all tales of railway superstition is the story of the engine on the New York, New Haven and Hartford line. On the thir teenth of every month, no matter who he may be, the driver of that engine reports sick. The number of the en gine is Q-13.—London Mall. BROTHER OF BARNWELL % DOCTOR SIGNS CONTRACT Of interest to the friends of Dr. H. A. Gross, of this city, is the an nouncement that his younger brother, J. J. Grots, hag signed a contract with the Columbia baseball club as pitcher. In making this announce- ment, The Columbia Record said: “Gross joined the Columbia camp Thursday night. He played third base Friday afternoon against the Newark Bears but yesterday after noon took the mound for one inning agatfist the and showed some real stuff, has been pRcMug winter baseball ball league down in the Canal soue. Last summer the ful pitcher hurled in the league. His home is in St. George.* Doctor Gross is also a pitcher of mean ability, the two brothers hav ing pitched against each otheri-in “Little World Series” last the doctor taking the mound for berg and his brother twirling for St* George. Ask the doctor who won* Claims Elephant Leads Beasts in Intelligence The question of the relative Intelli gence of our so-called “dumb” beasts seems to begone to which there is no end. Wherever animal men gather the controversy wages hot and furious. “I think elephants are the most in telligent of all animals,” says Hub bard Nye, writing In Liberty Maga zine. “I realize this opens an argu ment, for every man who has worked In a circus or menagerie may think otherwise. “My contention,” continues Nye, “U that elephants show more intelligence in learning to work. In twenty min utes you can teach an elephant to plow a cornfield and not step on a single shoot. The big beast's intelli gence shines brightest In vaudeville work. He is the only animal capable of going through his stunts without a trainer and without cues. “The three-ton star will stand back- stage waiting for his act for an hour and a half, placid, thinking bis ele phant thoughts, while property men shift scenery right under his trunk and chorus girls go scuttling around him. You can head him between the most fragile seta of gauze, and he won’t hurt a ihing.” FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER Vo ice visits by telephone ... It may not bo convenient for you to visit out-of-town friends and rela- ^ fives as often as ybu desire but it is possible for you to l\ keep in touch with them by telephone. A telephone visit is the next best thing to seeing them, and it costs so little .... In addition to the low cost, out-of-town telephone service is quick, accurate and per sonal. Why not give your friends or relatives the pleasure of a few minutes visit by tele phone.? Number, please! SOUTHERN BELL Telephone and Telegraph Company Incorporated pi i loti For Barnwell Merchants Only Being one of a series of chats with Barnwell businessmen in which they{are told how they can increase their volume of sales. Turning S-L-O-W Sales into Quick Turnover IN THIS, the last of a aeries of six advertisements, the basic idea advanced in the preceding five is emphasized. That idea, simply, i 8 this: YOU’VE GOT to put forth every effoit to keep Barnwell's folk com- > ing to your stores and buying in your stores. ADVERTISING in your local, home newspaper can help accomplish that aim. Not only your own advertising, but the advertising of the manufacturers whose goods you stock as well. , u ^ <r 1 ■i YOU CANNOT get the advertising support of these manufacturers merely by wishing for it. You’ve got to make the manufacturers realize how necessary it is to you, if you are to sell their goods successfully. AND YOU CAN make the manufacturers realize it by selling their salesmen who call on you on* Barnwell—by interesting them in Bfcrn- well as an outlet for your merchandise—by interesting them in your local, home newspaper * s the means to more sales of your merchandise in Barnwell. • • THIS IS an opportunity, you merchants of Barnwell, that you should make the most of, one that may mean til the difference between slow, infrequent aales and quick, profitable turnover. ' rap You nsed the advertking aid el the to rernmwetid yowr local The 4k.