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Afl Voters Are Urged to Sign Their Name* J. OMcfc. Coei*7 Huptria- 4 of Rdvcatiofi, WHtee to Enrollment Committees. " ht an effort to raise Barnwell Coun ty’s rating: in the literacy column, Horace J. Crouch, county superintend ent of education, by direction of the county Democratic executive commit tee, has addressed a letter to every member of the several enrollment committees in the county, requesting thuir cooperation to this end. Mr. Crouch's letter i s as follows: “This letter is written to you by direction of the Executive Committee of Barnwell County's Democratic Clubs. “A drive against /illiteracy in South Carolina recently closed. This cam paign in a measure was carried on in Barnwell County. A ‘write your name' intensive campaign was carried on for a week or so. Our rating in the liter acy column is not very creditable, but it is hoped that the recent adult schools and their influence will show improvement. The last Legislature appropriated money for this work, and outside sources supplemented this fund. It is expected that South Caro lina's figures after the present census will show fewer illiterates. Our Club Rolia are frequently referred to In order to ascertain the number of our white citizens unable to read and write. Our status in this matter may show improvement if you, <in the en- rwflment of club members, will follow the suggestion made hty the County Executive Committee. “We wish it understood, first, that the Executive Committee does not want any citazen disfranchised, nor evm embarrassed, and I was instruct ed to emphasize thig statement uflth each member of the Enrollment Com mittee It happens too often that members of Enrollment Committees register the names of those applying fur registration and w tness their sig natures. We respectfully request that you hwtat upon every club member registering ia his own handwriting, if H ig possible to be done. We offer tbs* suggestion also: If, after regis tering. the signature appears illegible, we aak that you re-wnte the name in the column intended for the witness’ •ignature. This will help when the time comes to typewrite the list of enrolled. “Tim Barnwell County Board of Ed ition. Dr. W. M Jones and. Mr. C. J. Fichling, greatly helped with the recently conducted drive against iUit- and they heartily join in the request ” -Run-Off” Aftor Rainfall Affect* Water Power !n the study of the matter of rain fall, It has been gradually realized that the •'nin-ofT* rails for Just us mutii Investigation as the prorlpita- tloe. In fact. It has been found that the -run-ofr’ Is even more variable than the rainfall. The “runoff’ Is that part of rainfall which flnda Its way to the stream* and Is available for generating hydroelectrical power. This “run-off’ Is not a fixed percent age. When the ground Is very dry it absorbs all the rainfall and there ia no “run-off." When the earth Is Matu rated practically every drop of rain fall runs off. Thus, when a severe drought strikes an are* usually well watered, the drop in “run-olT” is much n»re pronounced than tlie shrinkage In precipitation. AM of this has l>een known In a general way. hut It lias taken a prolonged dry Npell to make It really appreciated, and water power plants that were planned from rain fall records without proper allowance for the still greater fluctuations In “run-off’’ have suffered. The recognition of this relationship will undoubtedly save the industry many millions of dollars In unprofit able Investsments and will safeguard the consumer because of greater re- eerves that will be provided hereafter. Wright Brothers Showed Genius in Early Years According to the first biography of the inventors, ‘The Wright Brothers: Fathers of Flight,” by John R. Mc Mahon, they showed their inventive minds at an early age. When Orville was ten and Wilbur fourteen they constructed a wood-turning lathe out of lumber from the wood pile, parts from an old buggy and marbles for ball bearings. Us power plant was a toot treadle long enough to accommo- dato the feet of six boys. When Or- wine was seventeen and Wilbur twen ty-one they built a printing press with m second hand tombstone as the flat Their first revolutionary dlscov- ras made from a cardboard box which Wilbur had Just sold t bicycle Inner tube. Orville had pre- vkmaly concluded that lateral hal- mem would be necessary to terceae- tnl flight. As bis brother twisted the he evolved the very In Nor- well pnssle tbs Whilebelly as an folk with this strange folk. Whence came ItT The answer la; From the medieval pageants which were played all over Europe at one time, and of which the Passion play at Obermmmergau la an almost unique survival. Whalebelly probably Immortalized the perform ance of some forgotten actor who took the part, during the eight days' pag eant held at Smlthfleld, of the whale which swallowed Jonah! Other surnames which probably orig inated from these religious plays are Farrow (Pharoah) and Asplln (Ab- salmon). Mlldmay Is another name with a religious origin. It is a cor ruption of the Virgin Mary. ‘‘Mild” was the recognized character of Mary, hence the formation of the modern well-known surname. Here Is an extract from “Stowe’s Survey of London,” a very famous old book. “The third lane out of Tower st is called Mlncheon lane, so called of tenements there, something pertain ing to the Mlnchlns of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate st.” Mlnchen comes from the German Monch, or Manchin, meaning monk or nun. Thus, Minchln lane, as it Is now called, derives from the former resi dence of nuns there. It also gives us the modern surnames Mlnuchln, Mlnch- er, Minch and Mince.—London Mall. “Grapevine” Method of Spreading News in City In the neighborhood stores of the city there Is an underground system of communications that rivals the drum signals of the African Jungles. News Is spread here as rapidly as was the coming of the British when Paul Revere made his famous ride. A Jeweler Is -robbed, and In no time all the shopkeepers of the neighbor hood know all about It. They know the details better, perhaps, then does the victim himself. The butcher, whose store Is next to the robbed Jewelry store, runs half a block to tell his friend the delicates sen proprietor. The latter dashes along to pass the news to the tobacco shopkeeper. And ao It goes. But when three or more gather to discuss It. words of wisdom Issue forth. How to catch the robber, how to avoid being robbed, where the Jeweler failed to safeguard bis goods—nothing escapes attention. Most agree that the robbed one bad too much money lying around and all agree they would not do so themselves.--New York Tt TWo FUodsrs Cksia The “Flanders chain of good luck” seems to exist In Scotland In s num ber of copies, and It appeals to some kind of superstition I see that s copy, emanating from Rumania, Is described as containing about eighty names, mostly foreign, on a type written csrt>on copy of foolscap, sell filled with the names and the appeal. The receiver is asked to make nine copies and send them to friends, which would be not an Indirect way of turning friends Into enemies. And the further this document goes the longer It grows. This I* a pretty good guarantee of Its early decease, especially as there are no money prizes —Weekly Scotsman. Famous Bsauty Is Hibiscus It has been written of one of Flor ida's wild flowers that It “is probably (he most gorgeous of all the plant* indigenous to the United States.” This superlative praise was given to a tail hibiscus that opens crimson flowers five to eight inches across, says Na ture Magazine. Like several other species of wild hibiscus, this crimson- flowered one blooms In the borders of swamps In summer, at a time when low grounds in many ’places are gay with the southern red Illy, whose up right solitary flower, of red and yellow spotted with purple, tops a stem set with many narrow' erect leaves. Preparing for Emergencies Pat called upon his friend Mike, and found him sitting In his shed with the much-mended inner tube of his bi cycle wheel over his knee. “Puncture, Mike?” he asked sympa thetically. The other shook his head. “Then why are you covering the tube with ad those patches?” Inquired Pat wonderlngly. “Well, ye see,” explained Mike, “when I do get a puncture it’ll be al ready mended and all.”—Weekly Scots man. His Punishment An Irish fireman, rescuing a wom an ut a blaze, lost his hold near the bottom of the ladder and landed heav ily with the woman on top of him. A doctor, hastily summoned, pro nounced him sound, though badly bruised. “You are a brave man,'* said the doctor. “Brave, maybe, but no gintleman,” replied the Irishman, rubbing his In Juries, “or Td have let the Udy go first.” Special Notice Consumers! v In order to better accomodate our customers, we Vs # , have moved all retail ice storage up town, on the cor- 7 ner lot opposite The People-Sentinel MUTUAL ICE & FUEL CO. Phone 84 Barnwell, S. C. Social and Personal News from Willi*ton Wilbston, June 21.—Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mima, of Savannah, were week-end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mims. Miss Lucile Scott is at home for the summer holidays, visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W, Scott, of White Pond. Miss Scott will teach in Charlotte next year. W. K. McCurry has gone t* Col umbia, where he will attend summer school at the University of Sooth Carolina. Mia* Lucy Cook has returned to her home near Barnwell, after viait- ing relatives here for several days. Mrs. Mae Creech returned Sunday from Detroit, where she has spent several months visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. T. Gallagher. She was ac companied home by Mrs. Gallagher' session, and little daughter, who will visit her Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Gyles, of Black- Hair. Rev. and Mrs. S. Y. Harvin, left Monday for New York City, where Mr. Harvin contemplates taking a course at Columbia University. Mrs. Barney Givens has returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bolen in Oclunibia. Mr. and M rs. J. W. Cook were visi tors in Columbia Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Daws, of Al lendale, visited their parents here Sunday. Mrs. Kella Walker left Fridgy for a visit to her daughters. Mrs. J. I. Hall and Mrs. E. K. Rutherford, at Salley, after spending several days here with her sister, Mrs. E. M. Boyla- ton. . Miss Laurence Greene is at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. 8. Greene, in Elko, for the summer. Miaa Greene has been a student at Greenville Women’s college the Miss Laura Smith has returned home from a two week’s visit to Mrs. A. E. Corley, near Dunbarton. Mrs. B. F. Adams, of Collier, spent the past weekend here with her niece. Miss Myrtle Woodward. She return ed home Monday, and was accompa nied by Miss W’oodward, who will visit her several dasy. Miss Ethel Woodward la visiting her sister, Mrs. B S. Harrison. Mrs. James A. Kennedy and son are spending n few days with Mrs. Kennedy’s mother. Mrs. Estelle H. Patterson, ia Barnwell. Mia# Dorothy Evelyn E id son has returned from Augusta, where she spending some time with ; Mrs. Walter Kudsoa. Livingston, of Livingston, to spending sometime with Mrs. B. C Matthews. Mias Dorothy Kitchings and E. E. Zorne were visitors to Denmark on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parker and Miss Ruby Parker visited friends in Orangeburg Sunday. Miss Ethel Pender, of Springfield, is spending this week with her aunt. Mrs. M. N. Ahl. Luther White, of Springfield, was a visitor here Tuesday afternoon. Misses Christine U^ei^ an^JKhel Birt are attending summer r school here and staying with Mrs. E. M. Ue- ••VT- % Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Porter visited Mrs. E. E. Salley in Norway Sunday. L. N. Harley left Wednesday for Columbia, where he has accepted a position with the State Highway De part meat. Miaa Anna Marian Bus bee. of SprtngfleUf, to vfslgng Mto t Elotoe Corley. mother and brothers, W. C. and J. W. Cook. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kennedy spent the week-end in Greenville, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Riley. Miss Katherine Birt, of the Univer sity hospital, of Augusta, spent Sun day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Birt, of Elko, and while here paid a short visit to relatives in Wil- I token. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cook visited Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ussery, of Barn well Sunday. • Miss EUie Lou Porter, of North Augusta, is visiting her uncle, H. V. Porter. Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Davis, left Monday for Charlotte and Lumber- ton, N. C., where they will visit rela tives. They were accompanied by ville, were visitors in Willtoton Mon day afternoon. Mrs. Lester Williams and baby, of Blackville, is visiting her mother, Mrs. L. E. Hair. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kitchings, and children have returned from a visit to relatives in Lauriuburg, N. C. Mrs. E. P. Polcen and children were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sykes, in Augusts. They were accompanied home by Mr. Sykes, who made a short visit to them and Mrs. W. M. Hair. Misses Nina and Mildred Bell spent the past week-end in Augusta with their aunt, Mrs. S. H. Walsh. Mrs. E. F. Polcen and Misses Edith and Mildred Bell spent Wednesday in Columbia. W. B. Owens left Tuesday for Ashe- Vacation Executive ability Implies somethin* thaa giving urgent It a I bereik teowtodee of what to be to aftr Mr. Davis’ mother who will remaiin ville, where he will attend the Rhodo- for an extended visit there. | dendron Festival, and vrsit his daugh- Miss Kathleen Moore, of Charleston, {er, Mrs. F. A. Turner, for a few days. is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Woodward. Miss Maude Vin-ng, of Barnwell, and Miss Annie M-ote, of Waycross, Ga., spent several days the past week with Mrs. B. L. Bolen. C. G. Hartman of Red Boiling Springs, Tenn. is visiting Miss Inez Clemson College Scholarship Examinations. Mrs. Rena Rouis, of Aiken, is visit ing her sister, Mrs. E. M. Boylston. Miss Gladys Haskell, of Greenland, is the guest of Miss Alease B*irt. Misses Olive Parker, Nina Freder ick, Celeste Kent, Mrs. John Miley and Mrs. A. B. Fairey are among those driving from here each day to attend the Southeastern Summer school at Bamberg. Miss Anna League Merr.tt is at tending summer school at Furman University. ^ • — — Competitive examinations for the Miss Helen Kirsch has returned award of vacant scholarships in Clem- from Charleston and the Isle, of TRY THE COOL PLACES IN THE Southern Appalachian Mountains —or— Western North Carolina Eastern Tennessee or North Georgia “The Land of the Sky” Comfortable. TRAVEL BY TRAIN Econo micaL Safe. son College will be held bn Friday, July 11th, 1930, beginning at 9 A. M., by each County Superintendent of Ed ucation. These scholarships will be Palms, where she spent a week with Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Boinett. Miss Grace Givens is spending sev- r eraj, days at Folly Beach, the guest of open to young men sixteen years of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. White, age or over, who desire to pursue Miss Florence Kirsch spent last courses in Agriculture and Textiles.; week in Bamberg with her sister, Mrs. Scholarships are awarded by the State Glenn Hughes. Board of Education on the recom-J Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whittle and mendation of the State Board of Pub- children spent the week-end iin Lees- lic Welfare. , 1 ' ville, visiting the former’s mother, Persons interested should write the Registrar for information and appli cation blanks before the time of the Mrs. M. Q. Whittle. Miss Letha Hite, of Batesburg, is visiting her sister, Mias Elbert a Hite, examinations. Successful applicants at the home of her aunt. Mis. Noah must meet fully the requirements for Lybrand. admission. j Miss Dorothy Whittle was the Each scholarship is worth $100.00 weekend guest of Miss .Fredericks and free tuition. to $40.00 addi- Bodie, of Batesburg. Mr. and Mrs. George Merlin Mine Moilto Boland, of Mr. and Mrs. Ala Brads, of L. H. —ALSO— JERSEY SEASHORE RESORTS OLD POINT COMFORT (Including New Camberlin-Vanderbilt Hotel.) 1 VIRGINIA BEACH (Including New Hotel Cavalier) BEACHES AT OCEAN VIEW (Norfolk) CHARLESTON, SAVANNAH, BRUNSWICK, (Sea Island Beaches on Saint Simons Island) MOUNTAIN AND LAKE REGION OF NEW ENGLAND RESORTS ON THE GREAT LAKES THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA LAKE RESORTS PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLORADO CALIFORNIA REORTS NATIONAL PARKS LAKE REGION OF CANADA CANADIAN NORTHWEST COMBINATION RAIL and MOTOR TOURS to Mountain Resorts. REDUCED FARES TO ALL SUMMER TOURISTS RESORTS TICKETS ON SALE DAILY BEGINNING JUNE 15TH, GOOD UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST. CONSULT TICKET AGENTS SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM S .