Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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nr. MAT t JOHN W. BOLMBB E. P. DAVIES, Editor ui Proprietor. at the post office at Barnwell S. C., aa aecond-claas matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jm Year It50 Six Months JO llm Months ... tOO (Strictly In Advance.) THURSDAY. MAY 8TH, 1930 Famine and the Ccnsua. K & h-' The inhahitanta of practically all towns like to boast of the size of the places in which they live and “point with pride” to any substantial in crease in population. Every ten years Unde Sam’s census show some inter esting and enlightening figures. Greenwood is at least an average South Carolina county. It is an agri cultural and an industrial county. Preliminary census figures released last week reveal that while the three largest towns in the county—Green wood, Ware Shoals and Ninety-Six— ^ahow substantial gains In population, the county as a whole gained only 37 as compared with the count )n 1920. Only four of the 15 townships showed any increase, the other eleven til hav ing lost in population. This decrease in th# rural districts and increase in the larger towns is without doubt the result of farm abandonment, the cen sus showing a decrease of 950 farms In the past ten years, or an average loas of nearly 100 farms a year. The figures further show that of the county’s total population of 35,828, only 8,000 people live in the email villages and rural sections, whereas four towns have a combined popula tion of 27,828. . There can be only one reason for tfcla wholesale abandonment of farms nad the consequent drift of people from the rural districta to the towns and cities. That reason is the de plorable state in which agriculture Bads itself in America today, and no ■mn caa foresee the ultimate result at this stampede from the farms. It !i a warning that cannot be indefl- nitely ignored by induatrial America. la drinktat K, of court#, you might hnva paralysia and rheumatism, and mabbe go blind, but otherwiaa—the staff Is fine. Note the Change. I am perfectly satisfied with the result of the Peace Pact, but taxes won't be any lower, and politicians won't be any fewer, and Muscle Shoals will continue to be e worthless asset, and Hk>over prosperity will help the more fortunate feliowa to maintain the soup line for the less fortunate fellows that are out of a job. Correct Forms for Business and > Social Letters. A Dun. Dear Mr. Dodger: Permit me to again call your at tention to your 1926 balance, the amount (aa stated in all of the 875 letters previously written to you) is $78.99. If you will kindly allow your Super-Six to remain in your back yard for a weak, you can ’save enough mloney to p«y this obligation. Every body is bragging about your new house. Your ex-friend, I. M. Broak. aa orange or in a fence comer, every thing else was as easy as pie. The government inject destroyers “bunch ed* themselves around the fly in ques tion end squirted various and sundry squirts of poisons and insecticides directly at the anatomy of the dan gerous foreign meddler and within 5 or 6 days, the fly was dead, dead, dead. i The net coat of killing one of those flieg measured in money amounted to less than $876,543.22, but this included the calcium arsenate and the hyper- dermic and the spyglass they found him with, and of course, something had to be put out for embalming the said fly eo's he could be sent to Wash ington and shown to the senate and congress to prtve that the govern ment's representatives were hard at work. ' Political. Dear Constituent!— If I am elected this summer, you and yoUr son, Bill, and your daughter, Sallie Lou, can count on a job in the lower house. You are the kind of a guy that a fellow can depend on, so keep your ear to the ground. Guess you heard that my opponent robbed a bird’s neat when he was a little boy and of course you know his wife’s mother is a Catholic? NufT sed. Your only Hope, Imer Lyre. #< i ; Nobody’s Business By Geo McGee. VS omen First. It a good-looking woman happens to diive her food-looking Ford into tbo aide of a bad-looking man’s auto mobile while a fine-locking policeman io admiring her permanent wave and wishing he wasn't married so tightly, tbs s«id fine-looking policeman im mediately decides that the bad-looking man ran his vehicle into the vehicle of the female in question and what a policeman says is the law end the gospel. (So I said nothing about it and paid the bill myself.) Cottoo Letter. New York, May 6.—Southern sell ing was more in evidence at the open ing than wan anticipated by the longs and in consequence thereof, July con tracts sold down to a new low for the season in sympathy with turnip- greens. Acreage estimates are being . offered at 10-cents per dozen by tenth glory window farmers and a big crop U being forecast, however and not withstanding or setting, Mr. Legge avers that the 15-cents advance on middlings (promised by the Muscle 4Bhoals adherents) this fall will more than pay for the gasoline and oil the farmers used during the year to pro duce the crop in question, therefore . we strongly advise suicide. Speaking of Efficiency. After spending about $7,000,000, the government says the Florida fruit fly is no more. It is an open secret that those fly experts actually killed and wounded between 7 and 8 real flies, and not less than^2 of them were diagnosed as the genuine Medi terranean fruit flies—with snouts and bills and proboscises and everything. Last Sunday’s Racing Results. ' V Killed by trains at crossings ^.125 pedestrians rundown and run over 150 Telephone disasters 111 v Killed while making 55 miles per hour 142 Killed while making 65 miles per hour 152 Killed while making 75 miles per hour 182 Crippled while hugging at 45 \ miles per hour - 100 Legs broke while lapping at 44 miles per hour 144 Miscellaneous wrecks .. 999 Poor old Florida ha 8 suffered from many meladies during the past few years. • First, the binder boys came and bound up everything within sight with mortgages of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth varieties—and then they departed from thence and left the banks and the natives with the bag to hold. And the bag busted. Saggeetjoee to Jafca Drinkers If it tastes like brimstone, hit it I if it like | before yea r a few dr«| If * make •rid. Then came the storm and cyclones with their fright and fury, and good old Florida groaned, but fought right on. As if these 3 things were not enough, Mr. Hoover sent his bug kill ers down among the orange and grape fruit groves. The binder boy and e storm dwindle into insignidcance when compared with an expeft fly swatter. They were to thoroagh in their undertaking, they killed taverml June bug t aad honey mistake before they the fruit fly was their though that Lets than $25,000,000.00 worth of property wag destroyed in this won derful war on the intrepid fruit puncher. Vegetables and oranges and other earth-grown edibles came under the heel of the werrisrs, end Florida will nbt soon forget the kindness (?) shown her by the republicans be- esuss she got off the donkey end boarded the elephant when Hoover out Hoovered Al. Smith. But the republicans had to show their appre ciation in some manner, so they did it through the fruit-fly ordeal. Social and Personal News from Willistan Love My darling ittle-tootay-wootsy: la oo still popper’s iddle tittlem- tootlem? Ye*? It’s been year* and year* since last night. Doe* oo think of uor angsl-popper evvy so much and so often, and is oo just crying out loud to get big old popper boy to buss its putty ittle ruby lips? So long, wumpsy-mumpsy till 8. • Yours all over, Mush. Seeking Employment. Gentlemen:— Pleas conaidder this as my appler- cation for a poeish as stenog and book keeper in your office. 1 am a graduate of the Skinnem Bis College of this city, and feel well quellerfled to do anny and all kinds of work com mon to such offices as yours seams to be. Testimonials will be furnished on request. Write by Aetum mail. Sincerely yours, Verrie Dumm. Hanking. If you will get your wife and her 5 brothers and your father-in-law and 2 good men owning Liberty Bond* and General Motors stock to endorse your note, we shall be gkd to discount the same for $12.50, provided, of course, that you lesve 90 per cent of the cash advanced on deposit with us for not less than 90 days, and our loan com mittee approves proposed extension ■cf credit. They meet every third Tuesday in October and July. Yours truly, The Anti-Loan Trust Co. Williston, May 3.—Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Willis and son, of Lodge, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Ackerman. Mrs. F. L. Baker, of Nashville, Tenn., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. K. Ackerman. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ussery and Mrs. Eunice Ussery visted friends in Augusta Monday. J. A. Latimer, of Columbia, was a visitor in Williston Saturday. Wiley Trotti, of Atlanta, visited his mother, Mrs. Tills Trotti, the past week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Widener, and son, Warren, of Augusta, were week end gue*U of the letter's mother, Mrs. Josephine Hair. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. fWell and Mrs. Lawton Priest, visited relatives in Denmark Sunday. Mrs. J. V. Porter is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. E. Salley in Norway. Miss Margaret Baker and brother, Johnny and suiter, Mrs. Taylor, of Rock Hill, were guests Sunday of Miss Edith Bell. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Lee, and friend, Mr. Snyder ,of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, were week-end guests of the former’s mother, Mr*. A. S. Blancherd. Mr. and Mr£~C. H. Trotti and Mr. snd Mr*. Earle Petty, of North Au gusta, *pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Black spent Sunday with relatives in Hilda. Little Herman Boland U visiting re latives in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Porter and Mrs. C. H. Trotti, attended the opening of the air port in Columbia Thursday. . Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Porter and Misses Lucile and Madeline Porter, visited relatives in Govan Sunday. Mrs. A. K. Shealy is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ford, of Mooresboio, N. C. Mr. and Mr*. L. A. Hair spent Sun day in Augusta, with Miss Mittie Hair. P. M. Hair and Miss Blanche Jow- ers visited the latter’s brother, Rue- ben Jtrwers at the University hospital Sunday. Mis. P. M. Hair and daughter and Mrs. W. O. Sprawls spent Wednesday in Augusta,*^ Mrs. S. B. Ray has returned from a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. DuBose in Bishopville. Mrs. Phil Harris and children, of Spartanburg, are visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith. Cullen Boland, of The Citadel, and his sister, Mrs. Bred, are here for a visit to their brother, L. H. Boland. 1 Tragedy of Long Ago He that dlggeth a pit shall fall therein—A young man of near this place some time ago sent an.under taker with a coffin to the house of a young woman, who upon sighting it fainted away and remained ill for some time. The effect his rash piece of folly had upon her preyed on his mind and he fell into consumption, and required in reality the sad office he bad undertaken for the young lady. He waa himself buried in the asms coffin be bad tent to burr—Nashville Whig snd Banner, March 9, 1830. iy Fun Seriously If you ara^ln France and In Brit tany and la Qulmper over a holiday, aaya a traveler, you will discover that festivities begin at sunset the night before. .Peasants from all the conn- try*’round dress in thbir best and come into town in their carts and wagons. The small corner cafes in the old part of town are full of them. Everyone drinks cider—it is the na tional beverage of Brittany. Outside in one of the open squares a couple of sturdy barrels are set up with chairs upon them for the musicians. From these precarious perches the bagpiper and the fiddler and the fel low with a horn play fast and furi ously for the dancers. As the dance gets more and more Exciting some of the young men kick off their wooden shoes and hop around in their socks, but every one Is most skillful In keep ing on their heavy wooden sabots. They stay up. late the night be fore a holiday. There are aounds of clopping shoes and singing and lahfh- te'r all night—getting even loader to ward daybreak. Then the real holiday begins. Candidates’ Cards For House of Representatives. Barnwell, April 25, 1930. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Representative in the General Assembly from Barn well County, pledging myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election and to support the nominees of the party. R. C. HOLMAN. >roc of Wmttr fa m Single Drop Qm m« a» mal ft* bt aa many aa oos bfllbm, mem bmv died of them m °* ( t A >4 throu^ acatm cause the foes of a hmb * >d poisoning—may trrm ^ you so sick weeks—mr through bl. r infect vou with infect you with that Boost dreaf fatal of diseases, lockjaw. "»»» a Just because you can see w> dirt in a cut does not mean that A is dean. You cannot see germs. 'Die only safe and sane thing to do, is to thoroughly wash every cut, no matter how small, with Liquid Borosone, to kill the germs, and then dust ft wMBoroione Powder, to * "* Healing Springs, S. C., May 5,1930. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives from Barnwell Coun ty, pledging myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election and to sup port the nominees of the "party, v D. W. HECKLE. and 60 cents, and can be had at R. A. Deason, Barnwell, S. C. Epps' Pharmacy, Blackville, S. C. Simple Strategy That Cotta Monkey Freedom When a Collector sets out to capture a monkey alive In the forests of South America, he certainly “makes a mon key” out of the animal. By means of a little strategy, the hunter finds it easy to lay a trap which makes the capture easy. There are some 230 or more species of trees which produce a fruit called the mon key pot. The fruit, woody and hollow, has removable tops somewhat like the manufactured pots of the kitchen. Among them is one which produces a seed that we know as the Brazil nut. When the hnnter is out for his prey, he removes the top from a monkey pot and fills It with nuts. In due course, the monkey appears, reaches in and seizes a handful of the nuts. His hand, so filled, will not come out of the pot and the monkey, if he rea sons at all, reasons that if hla hand went In It should also come out. and hangs on to the nuts. Being unable to get his hand out and apparently un willing to drop his food, he tries to get away with the monkey pot hanging to hla hand. Thus crippled, be is easily captured. Seil-FUb sa Acrobat Of all the great game tehee In the ocean near Florida, the splendid sail Ash la first in Interest. Although this lithe acrobet of the gulf stream Is nsedlessly slaughtered by thousands each year, says Natnrs Magazine. It still remains one of the least known of tbe popular tropical Ashes. No one really knows where this quaint wan derer of the deep breeds, whither be goes, or whence he cornea. But he cruises along tbe gulf stream, aloes. In couples, or la small schools, some times quite small, though well past the haby stage, one of the quaintest Ash In all the world. His querulous down-turned month and large bright eyes set near Its bane: hla long beak, and high, flaunting purple-splotched dorsal fin. which suggests the frill of some long vanished aadrian. give him a strangely birdllke appearance. MONEY TO LOAN Loans made same day application received. No Red Tape HARLEY & BLATT Attorneys-at-Law Barnwell S. C. Ask Your Soldier Boy How “Cootirs" Got Such t Hold. He'll tell you th«t the battlefronts of Europe were swarming with rata, which chrried the dangerous vermin and caused our men misery. Don't let rata .bring disease into your home. When you see the first one, get RAT- SNAP. That will finish them quick. Three sizes, 35c t 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by The Beat Pharmacy and Deaton's Drug Store, Barnwell. 666 Tablets Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia In 30 minutes, checks a Cold the. first day, and checks Malaria in three days* 666 also in Liquid Atlantic Fertilizer Co. FISH GUANO SPECIAL ASPARAGUS FERTILIZER. Call 79 R. L. HAIR, Representative Willistan, S. C. si' % ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. ! HALL & COLE, Inc. *4-l«I FANBUIL HALL MAMET. BOSTON. MASS. (•■wiwioa MrrrfcaaL aad DMribman of ASPARAGUS of the Oldest Commission Honees In the SEND FOR SHIPPING STAMP. Why Ad Writsrs Grow Gray, The high light In the shop window was an attractive ad of an alarm clock, showing a faithful and artistic drawing of tbe dock Itself. Two mem bers of the proletariat stood looking at It That’s Just the thing you’re lookin’ for, Bill.” “Nope; not me.” “Why, that’s the best one we’ve seen yet." "Yeah, hot 1 don’t want no clock that’ll wake me up at no such hour.” The pictured clock registered 20 minutes to 4. Kicking the Backet The origin of the expression to "kick the bucket” meaning to die, is found in a procedure in the act of suicide. A person wishing to hang himself stood upon a bucket and, having affixed the rope to a beam and drawn it as short as possible, be kicked away the bucket and thus attained a “drop.” The story of Sheridan’s use of the expression Is well known. When he was on his deathbed he waa informed that a friend, being “merry” had fallen down a well. “Did he kick the bucket?" gasped Sheridru. LONG TERM MONEY to LEND 6 per cent, interest on large amounts' Private funds for small loans. BROWN & BUSH BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. a (?) About Popper The pepper used as a condiment is the product of unripe berries of Piper nigrum, a tropical shrub of climbing habit Both black and white pepper of commerce are derived from the same plant, the latter’s loss of color 'being due to removal, by maceration, of dried skin. The leaves of an allied form, P. belle, are chewed by Asiatics, with areca-nnt and a little lime, aa a preventive of dysentery. Cayenne pep per comes from a species of capsi cum. i A “Dear.” he whispered as they were seated together oa the sofa, “I am go- lag to ask yon an Important question aad 1 want yon to take year time a boot WU1 yon mirry me?" why should I Family reunions [ © by telephone Nowadays you can have a family re union any time. Even though members of the family are widely scattered in different states, they are always within talking distance. Many fam ilies now have reunions once every week by telephone. These voice visits keep family ties alive. • • A visit, by tele phone, with relatives is the next best thing to seeing them, and the cost is small when you use long distance Station* to-Station service. • • Have a - i family reunion of your own tonight SOUTHERN BELL Tdcpkonc and Telegraph flaeorp•» ated > o — J*