Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MAT mm. m Mi. $m" m i Ka^v.-.v.'.-.-.v.v.v.x-.‘^;*.*:*x-:*r:<'»:«»x»:*:*»y.<*x^>>:*v.”<i-.v.y.v.s%s-.vAV/.w.v.v.^ Stylet in ships have changed 1 greatly since the first commercial fertilizer was brought to this > country. Above—Modern liner of the type that carries 1.000.000 tons of nitrate of soda annually to the m to i > United States from Chile. Right—Freighter In ' service in 1830. Inset—Herbert C. Brewer, direc> tor of the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational f Bureau. % T HE older v generation among Southern farmers deserves credit for laying the founda> tions of the modern soil-improvement programs which have proved so suc cessful in raising the yields and profits on our farms. This is shown by the experience of Southern farmers, now past middle age, who have volunteered Information about th£ earliest users of nitrate of soda in their states. Some of these planters have been using fertilizers continually for quarter of a century, and one farmer in South Carolina re ports that he first used nitrate of soda back in 1875 As part of the 100th anniversary of the use of nitrate of soda in this coun try, recognition in the form of a dis tinctive award is to be conferred upon the farmer in each state who has used this fertilizer for the longest period of time. This award Is being given by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educa tional Bureau. Letters from farmers are reaching the office of the Educa tional Bureau daily and the awards will be made this fall. “Four generations of Southern farmers have used commercial fertiliz ers during the past 100 years,’* says Herbert C. Brewer, director of the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau, “but efficient soil-building practices were not understood general ly until the last quarter century. It remained for our educational agencies, such as the extension services of the state agricultural colleges, to popular ize the practices which could be de pended upon to assure the most eco nomic production. At present, thou sands of farmers are doing dally what only a few of the most enterprising did a half century ago.** Local and Personal News of Blackville Blackville, April 26.—On Monday afternoon, Mrs. W. R. Carroll was hostess at a lovely party when she entertained in compliment to Mias Dorothy O’Gorman, who i s soon to be come the bride of Commander L. L. Connelly, U. S. N. On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. G. F. Fosey was hostess to the Monday Bridge club honoring Miss Dorothy O’Gorman. Miss O'Gorman's mar riage to Commandeer L. J. Connelly, U. S. N., will take place Wednesday morning at ten o'clock in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Blackville. The Davis Lee chapter, U. D. C„ held a bridge card tournament at the home of Mrs. I. Brown on Wednesday afternoon. The Eastern Star chapter of Black ville entertained the district Eastern Star chapters which include Wagener, Salley, Norway and Blackville last Friday evening. The meeting was called by the Diftrict Deputy Grand Patron, H. A. Rich, of Blackville. Mrs. Ruth B. Danielson, grand worthy matron was present and gave a talk on efficiency of Eastern Star workers. Each district was maiked as to the merit of their performance of chap ter duties. The entire district wa> placed on the honor roll for the State. Worthy Pation E. E. Pick ling was awarded a certificate of ef ficiency for his splendid work in the local chapter. A corsage of American beauty roses w>as presented to Mrs. Danielson by the Blackville Chapter. The Girl Scouts under Miss Grace Richardson were donors of Ea s ter eggs to several needy families during the past week. Thursday afternoon, they hiked into the country carrying articles of clothing to worthy families. Some of the members of the fifth, ■sixth and seventh grades hiked to Rosemary Thursday afternoon. Miss Ha Mae Suber, sixth gfbde teacher, accompanied them. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Vineberg and little son and daughter motored from their home in Asbury Park, N. J., to visit Mr. and Mrs. I. Brown, spending last week here, returning Tuesday. Mrs. H. L. Buist was in Orange burg on Monday where she met Mrs. H. F. Buist, of Charleston, who spent the week with relatives here. ^ Mrs. Norman Anderson and Mrs. R. A. Patterson, of Barnwell, were in Blackville as the guests of the U. D. C., chapter on Wednesday afternoon at fkhe card tournament at the home of Mrs. I. Brown. Miss Helen Weissinger, Mrs. G. L. Weissinger and Mrs. Farrell O'Gor man were Columbia visitors Thurs day. Supt. G. F. Posey visited The Cita del Wednesday on a business trip. Mrs. John O'Gorman, Miss Dorothy O’Gorman, Mrs. Farrell O’Gorman, Mrs. W. R. Carroll and Mrs. H. L. Buist were m Augusta Friday. Mrs. J. W. Browning and daughter, Mrs. Somers Pringle, motored to Au gusta Thursday. Urn Double Pond school, of which Mil. W. C Buist is principal, and Social and Per»onal New* from Willuton Williston, April 26.—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer and children, of Col umbia, were week-end guests of rela tives in Williston. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Porter spent Sunday in Norway, the guests of Mrs. Porter’s mother. Mfs. Boyce Salley. Mrs. Jame« A. Kennedy and son. spent the pest week-end with her mother, Mrs. Estelle H. Patterson, in Barnwell. Mrs. Ophelia McKerley and brother. Norman Pender, of Spnngftelck werri guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Ahl. Mrs. S. B. Ray i« spending several days with her mother, Mrs. Du Bose, of Bishopville. Miss Ruth Scott has returned to the University hospital, after viaiting at her home here. Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Gyles, of Blsck- ville, were visitors here Monday af ternoon. American Ice Sheets In North America three ice *»heeta have been Identified. The I.nhra- dorenn in the northeast had Its cen ter in northern Quebec, whence it nprend In every direction to tin* south. Its flow covered most of eastern Can ada and refiehed as far as New York and Cincinnati. The Keewatin sheet, radiating from relatively low ground to west of the Hudson hay. on the one hand came Into confluence with the Labradorean sheet, and on the other hand met the third sheet. The Cordllleran diverges from an axis southwest of the Rocky mountains and in Its full development may have come in contact with the Keewatin. In the southwest it reached Vancou ver and the Pacific ocean. The drift less area of Wisconsin 300 miles with in the lohute front of the Keewatin and the Labradorean sheet was left untouched. Just why this area es caped Is by no means clear. 100,000 OF 6CRMAN > SOLDIERS MISSING Many of Them Buried in Nameless Graves. Berlin.—Eleven years after the war 100.000 German soldiers are still miss ing. * i Most of them are believed to lie in mass graves In foreign soil, dumped there by the enemy and no record kept of their identity. But a healthy percentage, 10.000 perhaps, are be lieved to be alive and to have re mained “somewhere in Siberia,” disin clined upon liberation to go hack home to a shrewish wife or to face financial or other difficulties/ says the Chicago Tribune. Of these 10,000, many undoubtedly live in bigamous bliss, married to a Russian girl who may or may not have been Informed about the frau back home in Germany. 43,251 Wars Prisoners. Of the hundred thousand missing, 43,251 were last heard of as prisoners of the Frenqh. What hapened to them beyond that Is not known. By far the greater part probably died in French army hospitals -or on their way there. In the opinion of the Ger man Reich association of former war prisoners, which has just issued a re port on the situation. They were like ly burled In mass graves and no ade quate effort made to keep any record of their identity. A greater number, 51,213, were last heard of as prisoners of the Russians. Most of these are assumed to have died in the epidemics that swept the badly managed Siberian prison camps from time to time. The number of dead probably made it difficult for the not too efficient Russian hospital and burial services to keep tabs on indentl- ficstlon. To this dsy the sssodstinn is kept busy disposing of rumors as to what happened to Germany’s hundred thou sand missing. Sometimes the rumors are investigated. Sometimes they are absurd on their face and without In vestigation receive Immediate and em phatic denial. ^Of the latter variety la the rumor which persists In springing up now and then In Germany that the French and Ruasians maintain secret prison camps where German soldiers are still being confined. Canard Branded. Another rumor goee to the effect that France forced thousands of Ger man prisoners # to join her foreign legion In North Africa. The German Former Piisudfeis' association brands that one aa a canard manufactnred for the purpose of maintaining hatred between Germany and France. story was probably suggested by the fact that about 60 German prisoners at the end of the war chose to join the foreign legion rather than be repatriated to the fatherland. It la alao true that many of theae had pasts that sere not unclouded und preferred not to go back home. Other German missing are scattered ■bout the world, buried in the soil of (he far flung battlefields where they fought nod fell. The former German colonies In China. Africa, the Halkana. Italy. Turkey, and the seven seas—the latter holding the hundreds of Ger mans who went to tea In U-boats and who never came back—all these figure in the list Flnsllg, there are those Germans confined in Siberian prison camps who when set free chose to stay. One Ber lin dally, the Zwoelf I’hr Blatt, esti mates the number at a good 10.000 and remarks that 10.000 German mothers or wives still have a chance to see their long lost soldier men alive. TnmOM to Historic loci4—1 Quite a few common sayings. It has been found, come down from old Eng lish ballads, while some are founded on some historical Incident. The moat famous of the latter perhaps Is the told Scottish superstition, “Bad luck to kill spiders.** Those who have read the various stories of Robert Bruce, king of Scot land, will recall the one where It is told of the Scottish baron who, awak- enipg one morning disheartened over Ids attempts to conquer the English and gain the throne of Scotland, saw a spider trying to fasten its pagfe across the rafters of the building. Twice the spider tried and failed and thereupon "Bruce resolved that if its tlUrd attempt should be successful, he, too, would'try again to defeat the English and gain the Scottish throne. Bruce, watching the spider, saw It steeling itself for a supreme effort, the spider sprang, and succeeded In fastening lt$ web on the rafter, tfad, full of courage, Bruce arose to try once again, and like the spider, suc ceeded. Hence, the superstition, “Bad luck to kill a spider.” Sound Was the Seme Considering the short time the maid had been in this country she had been quick to master a new language, but once in a while encountered words that were puzzling in their import. One morning the master of the house came down to breakfast and found that some flies had got into the room. He called the maid. “Hilda, please bring me the fly swat ter.” She looked undecided. “Bring you what, sir?” He repeated. “Fly swatter.” Hilda nodded, went away and soon returned with—a glass of ice water.— Brockton Enterprise. ADVERTISE in The People-SentineL Mrs. A. B. Hair, assistant teacher, closed its session Thursday. Miss Margaret Richer, of Columbia, was at home for the past week-end. Cadet Ssm Mathis and Cadet A. V. Collum t of The Citadel, were at home last Saturday. Laurie Buist,-of Columbia, was here for a few days this week. She made a trip to Charleston Wernesday. Hugh McLaurin, of Sumter, visited friends hem Sunday. Mias Mary Martin is riaiti&ff friends ;; Woman’s Back Talk *1 Costs 60 Days More j; Washington.—Back talk to the 1 J i! judge, telling him where to go, <! cost Miss Dorothy M. Davis, ;* ! * twenty-four, a sentence of sixty !» J J days In jail on top of thirty al- ] [ < > ready decreed her by Police < > Jndge Dltt here. * ’ Judge Hitt did not bear the <> ! remark, but his attention was JJ called to it and be thereupon 4 * notified n brother magistrate ! [ < * who held over the young woman ] mpended sentences la two dry !! isea. The original thirty days had < m fives after convict— ef ;; n see main. West Virginia’s “Gretna Green” Sets New Record * Wellsburg, W. Vn.—This “Gretna Green” for elopers of the trl-state dis trict achieved a new record in 1929, 3,360 couples having secured their licenses from the bureau here. Even the record cold day of the year—the Saturday following Thanksgiving day —when the frigid blasts seemed un bearable, 17 young, hopeful couples made their appearance and secured the necessary permits to wed. Chinese Have Hundreds of Monetary Systems Shanghai.—There are hundreds t ,pf different monetary systems In China. Almost every small settlement and city has Its own system and when a person from one Tillage wants to bay something In another he must make a number of complicated calculations before he knows what he must pay. Chinese Capital Loses Noted “Thieve*’ Market” The famous “thieves’ market” of China’s ancient capital is formally abolished In a decree Issued by Gen. Chang Yin-w'u, mayor of Peiping. The decree also prohibits the fairs which have been held for centuries there at dawn and after nightfall. The decree quotes a Chinese classical writer as saying that the middle of the day is the time for people to buy and sell. The “thieves’ market” has been one of the most picturesque fea tures of Peiping life for generations. To an appointed place hundreds of dealers have brought every couselv- ■ble sort of object at six o’clock In the morning, or earlier, and Chinese and foreign residents In search of bar gains have been the patrons. It has been popularly supposed that a large number of the articles displayW were stolen, which accounted for their sur prising cheapness. Dsslh-DssJtsg Habits The handshake, universal gesture of friendship. Is the distributor of disease and death. It has been defin itely established that typhoid fever, tuberculosis, dlptbertn end cholera ■re among the diseases which may he carried through the handshake. Ex periments have shown that ths seventh person removed from the original germ bearer may bo Infected. The danger would be greatly lessened were It not for the common habit of pat ting the fingers In the month. A group of SO students end teachers In a li brary were observed during a period of a half hour. Only one person failed to carry his hand to his month. Thir teen members of the group wore teen to moisten their Angers before torn log the leaves of their books, a particular ly dangerous habit. Toohnologkal Edwcotiow The beginning of techno! ogles I edu cation may be traced back to ancient times, as Is evidenced by tbe constro< lion of the pyramids of Egypt, the aqueducts, military muds and fortifica tions of the ancient Romans. During the Middle ages there was n general lack of Interest In learning of nil kinds. It was principally conducted by the monks and similar religious or ganlzations. whose interest was more In the arts than in the sciences. Tech nological schools were founded In the Eighteenth century. In the t’lilted States the work of Dr. Jacob Bigelow did much to further Interest In tech nological studies. He published his “Elements in Technology” In 1829. Valuable Outlet In the critical years of adolescence, when the emotional nature of the young person Is In evidence, music Is the most valuable outlet for the sur plusage of emotion—a veritable safety valve, in fact; not alone the mere passive hearing of music, but more than this, the serious study of music In Its executive sense, will do more to hold to the track a youngster tingling with the higglety-pigglety emo tion of that period than anything else. Parents who neglect the musical edu cation of their children are Ignoring one of the most valuable factors in character advancement.—Exchange. Venetian Canals Venice is built upon islands, which served as refuge for Inhabitants of neighboring cities during attacks by barbarians. Its strategic advantage was so great that many fugitives re mained, and the lagoons which sep arated the islands were the natural, streets. These islands were formed from the silt and debris brought down by rivers, and the soil is an oozy rand that makes ItiilMing difficult Road beds would be ofrUrmelj difficult to make, while cabals are, obviously, easy to construct and maintain. Early American Voltquo North Carolina once prided Itself on having a first-class volcano In Its midst. It wss Bald mountain. Things ware pretty bad with Bald mountain In those days. U was acting up In the spring of 1874. “The mutter togs of Bold mountain." the paper reported on April IT. If7< QUARTERLY <06NTINUri> FROM PAGE TWO.) <- r I S3 1&6 ■H G. M. Hogg, magistrate’s constable G. R. Peeples, magistrate's constable ....... C, B. Parker, chain gang and constable L. S. Creech, magistrate’s constable G. H. Harden, magistrate's constable V. B. Martin, chain gang and constable W. H. Manning, postage and salary 5TJ6 Jqnnie P. Greene, rest room ... 8 35 W. S. Thomas, vital statistics __ 22JZS O. D. Hammond, vital statistics 52.50 J. W. Johnson, vital statistics - [ 33^5 B. H. Dyches, salary, chain gang, etc 235,54 M. J. Millef, public buildings Underwood Typewriter Co., public buildings * 6JX> Selig Co., public buildings 73^9 Zion Institute, public buildings ... Ltt G. M. Greene, postage __ 1QJKT The People-Sentinel, stationery and adv. 24jOO Mazursky, county home ....111' 17.61 T. D. Creighton, Jr., county home 1J50 L. Cohen, chain gang and jail 110.96 Simon Brown’s Sons, chain gang 10.90 Merritt Grocery Co.,' chain gang 114L30 Frankie Harley, Sheriff’s clerk Preston Allen, county home ... 15.00 Cornelia Butler, county home 300 Sarah Ray, county home ]o*oo A. J. Owens, county home B4J1 J. C. Baxley, county home 7 gjQQ Lemon Bros., county home and chain gang ... 112.7B R. A. Deason, county home 16 10 J. L. Buist and Son, county home 30.00 Irene H. Lemon, board of regents ........ ... 16j97 Curtis Still, chain gang \ qq Vickery Bros., chain gang ... 31&J6 A. D. Furtick, chain gang 3 pp J. B. Armstrong, county* treasurer ....... 68J0 J. B. Armstrong, postage 2.89 Sarah C. Armstrong, treasurer’s clerk 50JO Mrs. W. T. Hankinson, vital statistics ........ 9,7$ B. H. Dyches, dieting prisoners ...... ' 47J0 E. F. Woodward, chain gang .............. ' K8 44 Mazursky, chain gang .... MMM R. W. Dicks, chain gang ............ .. ... 190J0 Easterling and Co., chain gang, county home .......... S4J6 G. R. Peeples, chain gang ............ ......... liJO A. B. Hightower, chain gang .......... .............. jpjf P. P. Carter, chain gang gjO Max Bronson, chain gang ............ ...... ......... eeup E. L. Sanders, chain gang .......... .... gjgg Peopie't Water Service Ca, public buildings ILSt O. D. Moore, county home ..... j. ........ ... .... SlUB John K. Snelling. salary, lunacy sad clerk ........ 114*10 W. M. Harris, postage ........ ...'. ......... ...... ft If Barnwell Motor Ca^ chain gang ........ .............. TUT Seed, Hoyt and Washburn, highway _ _, inssu Bank of Wsotem Carolina. k«hway ..... ...... ttLSO Fanuera I’mou More Co. jail j* tf L- T Claytor, county homo WJ$& P. A. Redfem, public buildings ........... ....... 1J6 C. P. Ifolaftr, county home ............ H M < ock. magistrate's constable .......... „....... T. A. Holland, Jr. chain gang r......... Gilmore Hailey, chain gang ........ George James, janitor .......... .......... A. B. Patterson, lunacy ............ .......... R. W, Dicks, chain gang ............ J• Rf« Patterson, county supervisor ......... Cl Paid March 4. 1986: > - • • O « • R. R. Moore, county director . Id is Brabham, county director L. S. Still, county director .... G. W. Greene, county director D. P. Lancaster, coroner ..... George James, janitor Bernice Still, chain gang Joe Baxley, chain gang W. E. McNab, chain gang ..... J. K. Ryan, chain gang ....... Paul S. Gieene, chain gang ... I*. Cohen, chain gang I J- F. Swett, chan gang ..... Isujuv N. F. Sanders, chain gang TiuM Henry Hartxog, chain gang m A. M. Anderson, chain gang Merritt Grocery Co., chain gang Perry B. Bush, director’s clerk . 13 B. W. Peeples, magistrate 29.16 G. L. Hill, magistrate d R. L. Wooley, magistrate C. S. Buist, magistrate Paul H. Sanders, magistrate .1 Charlie Hiers, magistrate’s constable H. M. Cook, magistrate’s constable 14 ftp L. S. Creech, magistrate’s constable V. B. Martin, magistrate’s constable C. B. Parker, chain gang and constable _ G. R. Peeples, magistrate’s constable O. W. Harley, magistrate Carlisle Courtney Home, special * Jennie P. Greene, rest room Frankie Harley, sheriff’s clerk .... W. H. Manning, county auditor Irene H. Lemon, board of regents Preston Allen, county home H Cornelia Butler, county home .. Hattie J. Owens, county home Sarah Ray, county home .... l< A. J. Owens, county home R. A. Deason, county home ... 1< J. C. Baxley, county home . Lemon Bros., county home C. F. Molair, county home . W. E. McNab, county home W .H. Dyches, county home 7* O’Neal Moore, county home 11 Farmers Union Merc. Co., county home John K. Snelling, lunacy, salary and clerk H. J. Crouch, county snpt of education ... Barnwell Motor Oo n chain gang John Hood, lunacy J. A. B. Patterson, lunacy B. H. Dyches, dieting Bant C J. B ■— ■*: i*