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PI jch* «m Social and Personal News from Willis ton Williston, May 31.—Mia g Julia Ray, who has been principal of the Willis ton grammar school for the past two years, has returned to her home in* Denmark. Miss Lenna Brown Davis returned Saturday from Duncan, where she has^ been teaching the past two years, and will spend the summer with her par ents, the Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Davis. Mrs. J. B. Harley, of Barnwell, was a visitor to Williston Tuesday after noon of this week. Miss Sadie Garber has returned from Converse College, where she has been studying, to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Garber. Avery N». Walker, of Greenville, made a short visit to relatives in Wil liston, Saturday. Miss Marleen Hewitt has returned to her home in Bamberg after a visit to Miss Loretta Fletcher. Miss Harriett Sellars and Miss Wy att left Saturday for their homes af ter teaching the past year. Miss Margaret Cardwell has re turned to her home in Aiken after spending the last school year here teaching. * Miss Olive Kennedy, of Augusta, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Hair. Miss Virginia Wilkes, who taught piano-and violin in the Williston-Elko schools the past year, has returned to "hertiome in Lincolnton, Ga. Miss Celeste Kent left Saturday for her home in Glenwood, Ga., after teaching here the past session. l , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis, of Al lendale, spent Wednesday afternoon in Williston. Miss Sara Patterson, of Barnwell, wa s the guest of her sister, Mrs. Jas. A. Kennedy, during chautauqua week. Mr. and Mrs. 0. N. Courtney and Miss Marguerite Courtney attended commencement exercises at Bryson City, N. C., the latter part of this week and will be accompanied home in a few days by Miss Ruby Courtney, who has been teaching here. Mr. Boyer, of Davi t and Company, who was here during the asparagus season, has joined Mrs. Boyer and the children here, after being away for several weeks. H. C. Tennant has returned to WiL listen from Florida, where he went at the close of the asparagus season. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer and children, of Columbia, were visitors to relatives in Williston Tuesday after noon. Mrs. J. C. Folk has returned from a visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, of Oconee, Ga. Mrs. Vera Merton, of Charleston, is visiting her brother, L. H. Roland. Mrs. J. V. Porter had as her guest during the week-end her sister^ Mrs. J. M. Murray, of Hardeeville. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Miss Mary Robinson, of Rowesville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wil lis, Jr. Jack Harley, of Allendale, is visit ing his father, L. M. Harley, here this week. Mrs. A. L. Reaves and son, of Bish- opville, and Mrs. J. W. Carroll, of Gas tonia, N. C., have returned to their homes after visiting Mrs. S. B. Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., and son, Quincey III, and DuBosp Boylston have returned from several day s visit to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse An derson, at Wilson, N. C. Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Boylston also visited Wash ington and Baltimore while away. Misses Edith and Mildred Bell, Elo- ise Quattlebaum and Mrs. G. W. Whit aker spent Wednesday in Augusta, and while there visited the Williston folks who are ill in Augusta hospitals*: Mrs. W. T. Willis, Sr., Mrs. L. H. Bo land, Mrs. Milledge Gunter and Perry Hall. Mrs. M. N. Ahl, Mrs. E. M. Ussery and Mrs. LeRoy Ussery spent Monday in Columbia. Friends of Mrs. Milledge Gunter will be glad to know that she is doing nicely after an operation at the Uni versity Hospital in Augusta. Perry Hall is at the University Hos pital fer a minor operation for an old injury to his leg. Williston friends of Miss Betty Har ley, who formerly lived here and who is now living at Allendale, will regret to learn that she has been taken*to a Charleston hospital for treatment, and probably for an operation. The local baseball team left Wed nesday for a three days visit to Par ris Island, where they will play three games with the Marines. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Williams will be glad to learn that their little daughter, Martha Frances, who has been seriously ill for the past several days, has begun to improve. Among> the habies ill the past week are the little son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ct Wilson and little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Qnincy Hsi». * * mi I An Early Stage in Subway (Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.> HE cities of the World that pos sess underground street rail ways—11 in all—are about te have a recruit In Stockholm. This capital and metropolis of Swe den with Its 405,000 inhabitants is ne gotiating for the construction of a comprehensive subway system to cost many millions of dollars. This decision of Stockholm to place street railways under the earth’s sur face comes soon after the newest and one of the most ambitious of the world’s subway stations has been opened under Piccadilly Circus, the center of London’s activity and the place of her greatest traffic conges tion. The two events recall the brief period during which the present ex tensive underground railway systems in great cities have developed. It seems strange that man, who de serted his caves scores of thousands of years ago and who has been busy since subduing the earth’s surface and even invading its air, should turn back and begin burrowing beneath ground. It seems strangest of all that he should delve below the surface for rapid, mass travel, a thing that he ^.probably never dreamed of in his most imaginative moments until perhaps a century ago. Underground rapid transit is the result of the tremendous growth of certain cities. It was only where pop ulation increased to such an extent that surface streets became choked with myriads of people seeking to move about that the idea of travel be neath the surface could ever seem de sirable. And It was only after the In vention of the railway that the Idea became feasible. Just as the cross-country railway developed from the stagecoach, so the highly organized and heavily capital ized subway systems of today grew from the omnibus, the stagecoach of the city. In New York, a city stage line was started in 1830 to operate north on Broadway from Bowling Green; and within two years the world’s first street railway—its cars drawn by horses—was horn In the same city. It was a line along Fourth avenue from near the present site of city hall to near the present location of Grand Central station. The idea spread in the United States hut Eu rope was slow to follow*. Paris es tablished a horse-car line in 1850; but It was not until 1801 that London had Its first “passenger tram.” In London and New York. Londoners did not take kindly to street railways; they objected to the rails which interfered with other traf fic. It was because of this feeling that railways in cities should be out of the way that the fir^t steps were taken in London toward underground rapid transit. The earliest line, con structed before 1870, w’as not ail un derground. Much of It was in open cut, and only part In tunnels. The trains w^ere operated by steam en gines, and the tunnels were so smoky and ill ventilated that the system was not a success. In the meantime New York, faced with a growing congestion of street traffic, and a lengthening city, was ex perimenting with a new solution, the elevated railroad. The first was built In 1868 and by .1787 there w T ere four elevated structures * on which steam trains were operated. Placing fast moving city trains above the street level proved the best solution while steam was the only motive power, and the system was adopted in Chicago, Berlin and Liverpool. London, then the world’s greatest city, continued to look underground for the solution of the rapid transit problem. After cable cars first came Into use in Son Francisco In 1873 and spread to other cities, the Idea was conceived of operating cable cars in tunnels in London. In 1886 the world’s first all-tpilnel subway was started In I*ondon; by the Ime it was completed in 1800 the electric locomotive had been perfected and the new under ground railway was put Into opera tion with this newest draft agency. Glasgow, Scotland, and Berlin. Ger many, opened subway railroads about the same time. Budapest, Hungary, was n&t to Join the ranks of subway cities. Boston was tbs first American city to begin work on s subway It was opened in 1808. In 1000 tbs Paris “Metro’* began Its undergronnl career, and in the same year New lork started on Its first nndnrfrotutd rail Construction, New York City. way. The first train rolled through the New^York subway In 1904, and the WU« VifbUo* « to work of extending the system has^ ^ yyffiranra of ICisa The history of the kite la vague. The Bible records It as a salutation of re spect, but prehistoric history gives the origin to cannibalism, contending the modern kiss Is only a modified bite, thereby giving the Impression that Man so loved Woman he wished to In dicate she was good enough to eat. Among the oriental races the kiss has been known from time Immemorial. Kisses are not used In Madagascar, parts of Polynesia, Africa, South Sea islands and Japan. In ancient Greece It was a death penalty offense to kiss in public. The Malay kiss (the rubbing of noses) also is used In Greenland and jparts of Russia. In Egypt they kiss one hand and place It on top of the head as a sign of affection. The Romans had but three words to signify the kiss, while the Greeks had four, the French have twenty and the Germans have thirty. Among the lat ter cognomens Is one which might be highly recommended to the world at large; It is called “nechkussen,” mean ing “making up for kisses that have been omitted.” In olden times, to kiss a pretty wom an was considered a sure cure for a headache. , * ■erica of exploits that w«rt to mako him a boro of romanco. After ten yean of this lift Cyrano left the serv ice and began to writ# tragedies. Cy rano’s ingenious mixture of science and romance furnished a model for many writers, such as Swift and Poe. He died In Paris in September, 1665. M. Edmond Rostand’s romantic play, “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1897), revived interest In him. 'T- Shepherds First Golfers? It Is now said thgt shepherds In Scotland originated the game of golf 500 years ago. Although It has been claimed that the game began In Hol land in 1732, It seems that It made Its first appearance in Scotland five cen turies ago. The shepherds, tending flocks, were In the habit of knocking stones with a stick at other shepherds whose flocks were beginning to In termingle with the first group. From this means of warning an other shepherd of the trespassing of his flock grew the, game of golf. Grad ually the practice became a sport, the objective being to hit small objects with the stone. been under way almost continually since. Philadelphia* first joined the ' cities having underground rapid tran sit systems In 1008. Since then the roster has been added to only by Madrid, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo. The subways in Madrid and Buenos Aires are only a few miles in length, but the Tokyo system is fairly extensive. Big Population Nssdsd. The fact that heavy population is essential to the success of subways Is demonstrated by a glance at the roster of “subway cities.” Of the world’s 10 greatest cities, all but Chi cago, Osaka and Moscow have sub ways, and in the missing three the construction of underground railways Is being given serious consideration. Of the smaller cities having subways, Budapest, Glasgow, Madrid and Bos ton, the two first named have more than a million population; while the recorded population of Boston, apply ing to a restricted area, does not in dicate the magnitude of the crowds daily dependent on the city!s rapid transit facilities. The Madrid under ground system is of limited extent Of the sub surface city railway sys tems, those of New York and Lon don, the two cities which vie for the title of world metropolis, far surpass all others In extent. Yet In plan tnd operation these two great metropoli tan systems are in some ways strik ingly different London was the pi oneer and some of her early construc tion was found liter to lead to marked inconvenience and expense. Thus her earliest “tube” tunnels were cons tructed at great depths, making It necessary to supply batteries of ele vators and escalators at the stations. New York took up subway construc tion late, but profited by the experi ments of those earlier In the field. She adopted the Budapest plan of placing | the tunnels as close as possible to the surface so that elevators would be Unnecessary. Another radical departure from the older methods, adopted In New York, was characteristically American. This was the virtual building of t^o sub ways in one, by the provision of four tracks, two devoted to express and two to local service. Good Devices by the English. In London the sub-surface railway system is known as “the Under ground”—“suWay” Is applied only to pipe tunnels, footpaths, under-street crossings, and the like. Some details making for the convenience and com fort of passengers stand out in the operation of the Underground. Sta tions are more ornamental and less starkly utilitarian than most of those in New York; and in some, as in the newest I’iccadilly'station, striking mu ral paintings adorn the walls. The Piccadilly station is virtually an un derground square, brilliantly lighted, surrounding which are well-appointed shops. The best feature of the Under ground to a stranger in London, how ever, is the remarkably sensible meth od of keeping him informed of his whereabouts. It is not necessary to peer out at stations seeking to make out dim numbers or names on posts and walls. Suspended from the ceil ing in the middle of each ,car Is a large-scale map of the system with a tiny electric bulb at each station. When the train approaches a station the bulb for that station flashes on. and remains lighted until the train starts again. New York has more than 300 miles of subway track and this will be ma terially increased when the new in dependent subway system Is placed in commission. In both London and Paris the underground trackage is close to 200 miles. In Chicago the construction of a passenger subway has been discussed for many years but at present only surface and ele vated lines are in use. Chicago has a possible nucleus for a subway syfr tem In Its almost unique freight tun nel system. Under the streets of the business section of the city exists a gridiron of 50 miies of tunnel, six feet wide and seven and a half feet deep. On two-foot tracks In these ■mall tunnels a busy railway traffic la carried on every day while few Chi cagoans are aware of its existence By the system freight is delivered to the basements of stores, and thou tanda of tons of ashes sad refuse are annually. ' * • Remember Plural When Speaking of Molasses “Molasses” comes to us through the Spanish from the Latin “mellaceus,” meaning honeylike. Since the singular and plural forms are spelled the same the word is often construed as a sin gular when It should he construed as a plural. Hence “molasses are,” “these molasses,” and “those molasses” are common expressions, especially in the Sooth and West. They are incorrect except In those rare cases whefi the speaker or writer has in mind differ ent varieties of molasses and really desires to use the word In the plural. ‘These mol asses are good,” is not cor rect when the speaker refers to mo lasses on the dining table. He should say, “This molasses Is good.” On the other hand. It might he correct, though awkward, for a merchant to write, “Please send me 10 gallons each of both of those molasses I ordered lust year,” when he referred to dif ferent varieties of the product.—Path finder Magazine. Cyrano Not Imaginary Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, ■ French romance writer and dramatist, was born in Paris March 6, 1610. At the age of nineteen he entered s corps of the guards, serving in the cam- M An Historian” Incorroct “A” Is the correct form of the article before words beginning with confto- nant sounds. Therefore we should say “a historian” and “a union,” not “an historian” and “an union.” A few writers in this country adhere to the old practice of using “an” before words beginning with a consonant sound when the first syllable Is not accented, but this practice is now regarded as Incorrect. It is a holdover from the days when “an” was used indiscrim inately .before words beginning jrlth vowel and consonant sounds.—Path finder Magazine. ^ Quaint Inn Signs “Help Me Through” Is the name of a licensed house at Bllton. Lanran- shlre, England. Its sign depicts a globe with the head and feet of a man protruding at the top and bottom re spectively. There is also “Same Yet ” In Slmlster lane. Rhodes. Lancs. The original name of the house was ’The Red Lion." It was being redecorated and when a sign-writer asked what name was required, he received the re ply. “Same yet.” and forthwith com plied. And so it remains to tills day. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. Hilda MCttoft. wm •Utndta* • fua«r. sl at Friendship Church Monday af ternoon, their hone, its contents sad several outbuildings were totally troyed by fire of unknown origin. Neighbors broke open the door of the smokehouse and saved Mr. Hutto’s supply of meat, bit were unable to remove any. of -the furriture from the burning dwelling. It is understood that Mr. Hutto had no insurance. Smoke from the burning buildings was clearly visible from Barnwell, a distance of several miles. > - ■■ - ♦♦ ♦ Blackville Ships Cukes. Blackvlle, June 2.—Every day sees the cucumbers coming in with greater haste and numbers. The buyerg are coming in each day and by the middle of this week the market will be at its height. Farmers from miles around are bringing their cukes here as this is the center of the crop shipment. Thi s is the gals time for BlsckviQe and everyone is planning for the mar ket to go high and stay there. Simon BroWn’s Sons loaded two cars Tues day and six Wednesday. About thir teen cars were loaded in Blackville Saturday with the beat price around $1.50 for the best. University of South drain Columbia, S. C. D. M. Dougins, President SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS ^ ^ Examinations for award of vacant scholarships in the University and for entrance will be held at the County Court House Friday, July 11, 1990, at 9 A. M. Applicants must be 16 years of sge. Scholarships are vacant in the fol lowing counties: Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Barnwell, Bean fort, Berkeley Charleston, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Florence, Lau rens, McCormick, Marion, Oconee, Williamsburg, York. Applicants for scholarships should write to Committee on Normal Schol arships for application blanks, to be returned by July 9th. Scholarships art worth $100 plus tuition and term fees. Next session will open September 17, 1930. SUMMER SCHOOL June 18 to My 90, 1990. PRICES OF FORD Cars and Trucks Reduced Effective June 2nd Reductions range from $5 to $25. Follow- - _ | ,i ' \ ing are the new prices for FORD CARS AND TRUCKS. STANDARD COUPE $495 SPORT COUPE $525 DELUXE COUPE $545 TUDOR SEDAN $495 3-window Fordor Sedan __ $600 DELUXE SEDAN $640 TOWN SEDAN $660 CABRIOLET $625 ROADSTER $435 PHAETON $440 PICK-UP OPEN CAB .. PICK-UP CLOSED CAB . MODEL A Panel Delivery f DELUXE DELIVERY - STATION WAGON MODEL A CHASSIS — MODEL AA Truck Chassis 131% Ince Wheel Base _ MODEL AA Truck Chassis 157 Inch Wheel Base Model AA Panel Delivery $425 $455 $570 $545 $640 $345 $510 $535 $780 x There has been no change in the price of the Roadster and Phaeton. ALL PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT. It hat always been the custom of the Ford Motor Company pass on to the public as rapidly as possible the advantages econmies effected in manufacturing. This is in accordance with the Ford policy of keeping prices at the lowest level consistent with the high standards of quality maintained m all Ford products. Barnwell Motor & Mfg.