Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THURS&AY, JANUARY 8TH, 1931 * , EL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGR T1 Local and Personal , ^ News of Blackville S-rS c ^ Blackville, 3..r-Mrs. Pearl Mathis was hostess to'th* members of the Monday Bridge dub Wednesday afternoon at 3j:30. Mrs. W. W, Sfolp- ny, Mrs. J. fe. Boggle, Mrs. Sam Izlar^ Buisi, Misses Hettie and Etta Mathis, Mrs. Briggs Kammer, of Sanford, N. C., were guests.. There were’ four tables* Mrs. Sem Rush receiver {fie *’ honor prize of highest 'score,, and Mrs. L. J. Connelly cut consolation/- Miss Helen Weissinger assisted in serving refreshments. £1 . ' - - —> Mr. and Mrs.’IT/H. Crum and family have moved to 'Lees, where he will ha^e farming interests. Mr. and Mrs. Rivers Caifroll and lit tle daughter, of Asheville, are guests “i— of Mr. and Mrs._W. R. Carroll. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schirmer, of y Charleston, are speeding the holiday season here. • Supt. G. F. Posey and Mrs. Posey khave as their guests his mother and sister. Miss Grace. Posey, of Harts- ville. Miss Lela West ,of Darlington, is visiting. Dr. and Mrs. 0., D. Ham mond. - — • f Miss Myrtis Boland jentertgined on ‘- Wednesday evening with a party. A number of the college set were guests. \ The evening was spent thancing-and in conversations. Miss Susan Gibbes and Miss Catherine Townsend, of Colum bia were guests. r . Mrs. Briggs Kammer, of Stanford, N. C., is visiting friends and relatives £ ~ ' — — Miss'^erfice Drown haras’fier’guest M isses Susan Gibbes and Catherine ■iUwjisendr-oi--Columbia. Local and Personal News from Ellenton 'yf- EllentQD 1 , Jan. 3.—Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bush ai rived here Monday, after spending several days in Columbia with the latter’s sister, Mrs.- W. P. Etchison/ , , Ralph Dunbar spent Christmas-, in - Columbia with his sister, Mrs. W. P. Etchison. ‘ *. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bush visited' Mrs. Mary Bush' during the holidays. Dr ."and Mrs. W. H. Green had as r_. their guest Christmas the latter’s brother, Edward Rook, of Charleston. Capt. and Mrs. W. D. Black and family, of Williston, w'ere guests on Sunday afternoon* of Mrs. Black’s sister, Mrs. H. M.-Cassels, §r. Miss Jane Stembridge, Rev. H. H. Stembridge, Jr., and Baynard Ellis, of W’aynesboro, were here Sunday. Rev. Stembridge preacheii atv the Baptist Church that morning and at the-Dunbaiton Baptist church Sunday night. , • - . Miss" Lena Helmly was the guest last week-end of Miss Carolyn Mun- day in Waynesboro. Rev. and Mrs. Cecil F. Outlaw had with them "for the holidays the for mer’s sister and brother, of Nor th Carolina, and Miss Beini'ce Outlaw, of , M ichigan. • Mrs. Mattie Lanier, of Beech Island, visited friends and relatives here during^ the holidays. Mrs.' C. A. Smith and little son, were guests of her brother, Council A. Dunbar and family at their home on -Ohs -HUL in Augu11a Tuesday of this week. ' * . Mi/s Eleanor Dunbar, who wa s at home front Bowman for Christmas, also visited Miss Eliabeth Otis in Augusta. • - Mr, and Mis. C. M. Turner and son, W. B. Turner, II, spent last Fri- - day in^Aiken, the guests of Mr. and* Mrs. \y. B. Turner. t_ Mp and Mrs. W. T. Toler, Mrs. R. D.-Mayes, Mrs. G. C. Helmly, and Miss Marian Toler were among those attending the wedding of Miss Myrtis Mayes and Mr. Osborne Long, Christ mas afternoon at the Methodist par sonage in Appleton. Carlisle Brinkley spent the week end in Barnwell with hi s aunt, Mrs. Perry B. Bush. * ** t — Miss Mildried Hayes was the guest of her sisSSr," Mrs. W. T. Dpncan, in Barnweirduring the .holidays. ' The many friends of Mrs. Walter Hayes regret to learn of the death • of her mother last week. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Greene, of Barnwell, visited Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Greene during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Jule B. Smith visited relatives in Greenwood last w*eek.‘ V "“ Cadets Lindwood Bi>sh and Jeff • Stokes have returned to their studies at The Citadel. } i N . .V V “A* tnduMiry Prospers—So Prosper The People' J* ,’l #' V s' While commodity values generally have been on the down grade in recent years, and particularly in recent months, and the cost of living has •' fallen;. THE JOB has become immensely more valuable. Steady employment has become a thing most to be desired. . - '•* •— . : “ ' ■ 1 ?v e ■ • ~ ■ ' t - 1 ’ ' : r * 1 i r - ' ' 1 ■ ' ‘ \ . - " / .> Unfortunate circumstances, facing not only industry, but also agriculture, commerce, transportation and finance, have necessitated rigi<r elimi nation of all unnecessary costs. In some pses wages have been reduced; in many c^ses surplus labor has been dropped. Unemployment is today a/ problem #h’ich requires Solution. The man or woman who' has steady employment is extremely fortunate. *.. *1 . With the cotton manufacturing industry, the situation i s particularly distressing. Common sense has necessitated curtailment of production and a, subsequent curtailment of working force. As a result, the year 1931 will no doubt show a smaller proportionate of operatives per mill than for years past. In fact, the mills have been finding employment for large forces of-unneeded help for months past. This they have done solely in the interest of their own employees. This burden, steadily increasing each year, has reached impossible proportjons and cannot continue. t - " ' ' - - v* * ^ - ~ . •, - • - • It is interesting to note that in spite of the efforts of mill executives to give some type of employment to as many adult citizens of tfietr s as possible, still the ratio of employee's t,o residents of mill villages has steadily dropped since 1908, so that the burden actually carried by y villages the mill has become enormous For example note: N FR05TTI|E YEAR BOOK—1929 OF THE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1908 1918 1929 No. of Textile Employees > • 46,885 • . 48,169 . . 72,223 . Total Mill Population 104,214 125,942 194,272 P. C. Employees to Mill Population 374 -f -• The job is all important He who appreciates the value of a job in a time like this is wise. \ lANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION of south Carolina Welcomed Hi» Release . . From Tyranny of Time “Do you recogtiize thlsV” he said, heldiiig out a small round object ip the palm of his hand. “It is yours, "hmloHlitedly. Tins morning, quite by rhnnee, -1 kicked -it out of the sand. while having a stroll on the beach.* It was a wrist-watch I had bought years ago in France. A small, frayp-f- lies. It’s none of my business. But ment of the strap still citing to it, hut the hands had rusted away and the numerals on the dial had been ef faced bv\ the action of sand and sea ids Mayflower relicsT he looked at me doiltTtfpU.V. iuit Ifnally decided to take my inquiry as a joke. “If I had as many of them ns the People who come in here tell nje they have," said' lie, “there would lie enough to sink a Cunarder today. 1 let them talk on about their Mayflow er heirlooms and how they nave coihe o^rticut river, iutsing Its clalia^q^on straight down to them in their fund- -waUiiv Monday Dr. C. NTHufcIThalter," of this city, sent the editor of The Peo ple-Sentinel, a freak turnip leaf that he pickfed from his “patch” that mont' ing. Instead of fieing ffutU lifcg all well-regulated turnip leaves are -u|f- posed to be, this one was funnel-shap ed I remembered clearly the day l had -kist it, shortly after I first came to tlie South seas—and how anxiously 1 had Searched for it near the sttimp of a i*andatnts tree where 1 hud placed It'With my clothes while swim ming in the lagoon. I turned it over slowly, ihinkiiitf.of the days when that small instrument had exercised .such tvraimy oker my life, hurrying me out of bed of a morning, driving me pune UBnfly here and there throughout the • day. Even now it seemed to lie mak* ii#; a mtn;e. insistent appetll, and a gfiosny rtei'ling—of—nervous tension. of old-time restlessness, stirred me faintly. With, an under-hand throw I sent it fat out ofer the surface of the lagoon. It skipped three * tildes and sank witli a Triny splash ,"V0 yards offshore:— “May it suffer a sea change Into something rich and strange,” said my friend. “Have you missed it in all 4best* years*'” To which I n?plledr quite trtifhfully, “Never- once."—James Norman Hall. a Avoman from St. Louis got Ab* airy about a fork she had that I lost my. temper. I up and told her that forks were such a new-fangled Italian nov elty 4n 1020 Hint the Pilgrims never saw one before they sailed.” Draw on Imagination — for Mayflower Relics grimages to I’ilgrini Town (Plymouth), ncm—sn many Rr The- *uurse of the years Hint l Imve Tost tlie count, thert’ Was an old curiosity shop there, kept hr vu gray-haired, bine-eyed Sax. ^ with n venerated Pilgrim naute," writes Jajiies Morgan in the Boston Child*. “When .I'T/^ed him, after a Turn Down “Unlucky” Legacy & Because they believe a curse lies upon it, tlie heirs of n legacy of .$;50,- 000 at Prague refuse ,tt> touch the money. A short time ago Johann Jungmann, a baker, received a law yers Tetter informing him he was the heir of a wealthy unde who had al ways disliked him. Soon after lie re*, reived the money Jnngmann was taken ill and died. His eldest son inherited Ids father's fortune, including tlie -Jvgary. and—within a week- lie nts.. fell ill and died. Tlie property lias been inherited by a younger son, hut he will.,not jtccept the legacy. It lias been placed' in chancery and will -eventualiy revert, to the state. State Boundaries Long , Matter of Disputation For a great tqany years the boun dary between tlie colony of New Yofk and.Massachusetts wits in dispute. The government of New York maintained that the eastern limit WaKthe L’on- Dutch title. The Massachusetts gp v *‘ eminent claimed territory westward as far as the Hudson river. For-the pur pose of establishing this claim tlie; Boston government in IfibO made a grant of land on the Hudson river below Fort Orange mid‘in IG72 sent John Payne to New York to soiicit- permission to pass and repass by. wa ter. He was 'ptost courteously re ceived, hut the -claim was never rec ognized. The. dispute finally reached such a stage, resulting in riots, etc.,, that It was-submitted to the lord commissioners of trade of England,’ and George II in 17b7, by royal order In council* determined th^ boundary, granting the territory to New York. This was stili not acceptable until 1773, when commissioners from New York and Massachusetts met and fi nally decided .the boumlary according -to lhe Never Requires Winding A wristlet watch that never requires winding—one is said to have gone for three years—lias been invented by a watchmaker in Bolton, England. In side is a snij;U.. weight or balancer with each movement of tlie wrist tlie balance swings, and gives avturn to tlie spring. Although half an hour's wear is sufficient to wind'llie 'Spring bre Is Rif «TMcangemcrit td'gutiTO against overwinding. If put down for forty hours the tfutefi TCU1 run down, but upon being put Zack on tlie wrist Jt will,start ticking again. 1 Peculiarities of Concrete The bureau of standards says that concrete does not blow up. Goncrete, however, as well as practically every, other material, expands with am in crease in temperature. On a very hot xlay, under u-sum with no clouds in the sky, eoncji'Cte° milds will become very warm Slid expand to a oonsideralde extent. If-means are not taken in the desigtr of the road to accommodate tlds expansion the road will—“heave,” as it.is called, frequently breaking at the poilit where it has been raised PrereVved by Frost A Russian scientific mission' sent out by the Bolsheviks from Lennin- grad to the Altia mountains in Cen tral Asia, has discovered the burial mound of a Hun chieftain of 27 cen turies ago. From Asia the Huns swept into Russia. Tills leader of the Huns had his fortress among the high peaks of tlie mountains. From there lie swept like a vulture on to the . plaipg. To his eyrie he returned with ids spoils. There he lived and died. Thousands of "winters , have passed over tlie burial plage; None can tell who tlie chief was, or what tyrannies he committed, or how he died. But Time, which Has efface! hfS ftett6i^T • has preserved his body. The cold lias embalmed it in its rock tomb. Hard Knock Samuel Insyll, tlie Chicago capital ist who runs tlie Chicago opera com pany. said in an inteniew: “Our company la the best lit the world, but from its yearly deficit you’d think it—well, you’d think it was like the hand. “A hand, playing away for dear life, marclied proudly along a city street wliejHi pale-faced woman ran out of a fust aud grabbed tlie bandmaster’s arm. ' \ . * “‘Oil, sir,’ she gasped, ‘will you please stop playing as you pass our house? My husband is very, very musical.' ” INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRICE. Manager. T. B. Ellia BLLI8 ENGINEERING CO. Land Surreying a Spacialtj, lieen used per uin t -vulumc of concrete the greater will be Hie expansion. Concrete also cjuinges its volume due to changes in water content. Drying out causes shrinkage aud wetting igauses this expansion aud Jion. ' J '- advertise Ui Tfi* People-s«nt ■( ** ■ Old Virginia Home Mount Airy, on the Rappahannock river in Richmond county, Ya., was built in 1750 by Col. John Tayloe. Tlie interior, ns well, ns the cornice, chim neys nml roof, were destroyed by fire in 1844 and hastily restored with con- omjv Tiupexterior is jof native brown sandstone, with trim of fine wiii^p sandstone said to have beeii brought from England. The formal setting and character of the house and Hie mofiu- of the gardens suggest a European d^ik'ner. JVERTISE in rne People-ScntiiMil LyaAnrst, 8. C MONEY TO LOAN Loans made applicatiop^receivecL ed Tape HARLEY & BLATT. Attomey»-at-Law w< ADVERTISE IN ThePeopIe- . t- 'i'/