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> j ♦ r> v DEATH DIARY BARES HINDU GANG SECRETS Found in Effects of Slain University Student San Francisco.—Liko a roving spirit of the mystic Hast, whence he came, Sant Ram I*amle, slain University of California sluilent, lias returned from the dead to point the finger of accu sation at his murderers. He came hack in the text of a little red book of hand^ pocket size, - a diary, ip which tie kept a minute record of his last month of life. . ^ Found by accident among soiled laundry and personal effects lie left . with n friend the night before he van ished. the blood red book was bailed by Sheriff Charles .1. McCoy of Yuba county as the possible solution to the university student's mysterious slay ing. May Solve Fourteen Murders. •YilU if it solves Ramie's death "Tt may go far toward unraveling th" fourteen other, murders of. bis couu- ifjrmwt-that have haftled state, county, am! city peace officers 'for months. Sheriff McCoy believes. Beginning January 1. Ilktl, it con tains a daily record of Ramie's com ings and goings and mimes some of those he feared. The name of Nukmi Singh, held in jail in Sacramenfo for the student's mprder, .appears promi nently. the slieritT said So highly do Die authorities prize ♦hese last writings ot the slnlti man, they retii>ed to divulge details'of its 'Contents.- It is being rhe-ely goarded,- and will lie until men named in it me captured. M<Coy declared. 's Relentless Pursuers. . Thai Ramie was close on the heels of ti e Hindu murder_ring. authorities are Convinced. It, was his relentless juirsi.it of the stayers that prompted them le kidnap him and throw lii s uendb-ss body into Cache slough, near Itio Vista, chained to a tractor wheel, according to t'larem-e-S. Morrlll,' < vTiief- of the state bureau of criminal id<*n- m t ifit at ion. .. . • Coincident with (lie fimliug of tlie diary, McCoy also learned oT a [dot to kidnap l*elip Singh, president of the Fast India corporalibn. Shortly titter m e oVI...ia.tlte morning, reeently. a ii'ndti attemj>ted to lure Dellp Singli .from hN eahin on the pretext of need ing help to gel his stalled automobile started. I>elip refused to go* .McCoy '■aid investigation indicated tho un known Hindu was trying to coax him into a trap. Indian Artists to Vic for Exhibition Prize New York.—A competition among the artists of the American Indian tribes for -tip* best design suitable for use as a poster and catalogue cover is announced by the exposition of In dian tribal arts. John Sloan, president of the organ" Cation, said that “there are many very talented artists among the In dians who have recently started paint ing in water colors. The Kiowa, Hop! and Rueblo Indians are pat^irularly copipetetrt. We■ are asking ffient to submit designs. Kxnniplc* of their painting*, as well as the pottery, bas ketry. jewelry, textiles, hcadwork. etc., of .10 Indian trll»es will he shown at the exposition." The winning design pill be award ed $100. The design will he used not only as a poster advertising,the expo sition. but as a cover for the catalog, to be edited by I>r. H .1. Spinden of the Brooklyn museum. F. M. Hodge of the Museum of the American Indian, and Oliver I.a Farge, autlmr. Burning the Woods may have abused the privilege by Monday, the 1st day of June, 1931, failing to adopt some systematic this being Salesday in said moth, the method of setting these fires when following described real estate: By E. B. FERRIS. X ‘ * - r- they would d6 the growing timber. least harm to' Seventy (70) acres of land knowp as Templeton place, bounded a s fol lows: North by lands of. Mrs. Ross; East by lands of Mrs. Emma Black; South by lands of Mrs. Mary Laneas- V Having lived many years ^n South Mississippi in a strictly long-leaf pine region, we soon became accus-' tomed to the annual firing of the for- j ests and thought little about it. Then came the time when fpiesters began to, agitate methods of complete fire protection which some felt were not always entirely practical in their application. Those who have had most experience, evidently be- HO POCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. C. M. Turner; east by land* of H. P. Bailey; sooth by lands of H. P. Bailey, and west by lands of C. M. Turner. , -ZJL Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser \ ■*.. < to pay for pupeis and stamps. Pro vided further, that the successful bid der or bidders be required-to deposit ter, and Wjes-t by lands of Lawrence j*® 11 P er cen L °T thp amount of his or Miles, ALSO: facesi (That is, the samo kind of a lieve there is .“ome viitue in burning; smile I mentioned in the first para- the woeds at some time during the; graph.) These ca'bbuge* growers are The asparagus season is finished | and most of the growers are wearing fifty (50) acres, more or less, a smile that only good prices can bounded as follows: North by lands bring. - ' j °f Sallie Ross; East and South by The cabbage season is also fwi^ed, k 1 ™ 1 * » f George Bodiford, and West but the smile i 8 lacking on most l an dg of J.' M. Farrell. Levied upon and gold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. tfONClL H. DYCHES, her bid with the Master, as evidence of good faith and in case the said successful bidder should fail so toifr* , 'JT 7 the said Master is authorized aad • t directed to re-sell tho said property during the legal hour* of sale apoa the same or some subsequent conven ient salesday at the risk of the defaulting bidder. ■- 1 G m. GREENE, Master for Barnwell County. Master’s office, May. 12, H>31. == the best sport^ nr^the whole world, and they smile, no matter what hap pens. Man^ farmers in the Coastal Coun ties are wondering what the cukes the average South Mississippian be- look like in the Blackville, Barnwell', State of South^Carolina, lieve? that burning the woods mhkes and Williston areas; and 1 was plied year, otherwise the practice would never have become so general. The opinions cf large numbers of people aie nearly always worth considering and certainly it may be said that Sheriff, B. C. Barnwell, S. C., 12 day of May, 1931. SHERIFF’S SALE.* the gras s better for his cattle sheep. and County of Barnwell. THE STATE vs. J. McBEAN with many questions when I returned from a trip to those areas last F'ri- Some nine year? ago, the .Coastal Plain Experiment Station at McNeil: ‘ Here’s my observation oh the situa- began an experiment to determine ^°n: Most of the cukes in Beaufort the effects <;f buring the woods, j a J}^ Charleston Counties are at least both, on the reproduction of long-leaf T days ahead of the most advanced in ^ ^ up; . n ^ win ^ to pine trees and the growing of grass Hatnwell and Llackvrlle sections, al- for cattle. The land used, about half G* 0 there are a good many cukes ip a section, was so divided as to com.- I°wer ( oastal plain section that pare burned and unburned areas that a, t * s ‘* j U!i * the same stage as those in the upper sections. Under- and by virtue of a Tax Exe cution to me directed by J.* J. Bell, I Treasurer of Barnwelj County, I have IS THE TIME TO FERTILIZE AS PARAGUS. A TON OR MORE OF 7-5-r» PER ACRE PUT ON THE TWO CROP IN TWO APPLICATIONS, AND FOLLOWED BY A JUNE AP PLICATION OF AT LEAST 50# POUNDS OF 20 PER CENT KA1N1T WILL GIVE YOU BEST RESULTS. Plenty of POTASH means more COLOSSAL grass next season 1 underhand that a small shipnrent; were pastured with similar lands bn- Trastared. Not having seen the ex- perirnent for a number of yerff-s, we i harleston. Saturday morning of were pleased to look it over recently, ^ a?: ^ week—7 hampers. after the effects had accumulated for The first Irish potatoes Iffft South almost a decade ' I Carolina on Wednesday. This week .... 'should see a. I**g-move.tn.ent—and hope One thing was apparent to the . rr , T , . . , , ■ at least for good prices, eye. Unburned areas not pastured , , . , . . • ... i , j _ A question asked me on Wedne?- had. during this time, accumulated “ ' . day:—“When is the l»est time to put soy beans or eowpeas in an aspara gus middle?” such a mass of roughage under the young timWi that fire- by accident or design would have destroyed practic ally every young tree, especially if it happened when conditions were fav- ... , , . i i < * nut. keep it clean by cultivation, and orable io its spread. In fact, small m ’ K . My answer:—-Ix-t your asparagus make a good stalk and start to nps.h the highest bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale in front of the (Court House at Barnwell, 3. C., oh I Monday, the 1st day of June. 1931,| | this being’' Salesday in said month, the following described real estate: Two lots and 1 building in the I Town of Blackville, bounded as fol lows: North by J. A. Maloney, East by J. A. Maloney, South by Railroad Avenue and West by Laitigue Street Levied upon and sold to satisfy the above Fixeoution and Costs. BONCIL H. DYCHES, c * * . ~ - SherHfT B. C. Barnwell,‘S. C., 11 day of May, h93t. I aryas bad recently been puiposely burned a? a part of the experiment, under controlled - and uncontrolled conditions, and wheir^ tFiis burning had then put your soy lieans or eowpeas in the middles, either one or 'two rows to each middle. Am I right or wrong? Criticize me on that recom mendation and give me your .expori- And Cuke £>ide Dressings? A MIXTURE OF 100 POUNDS OF QUICK NITROGEN AND 100 POUNDS c/ MURIATE OF POTASH WILL MAKE .YOUR VINES STAY GREENER. LONGER AND WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER QUALITY CUKE. =£= SEE YOUR FERTILIZER MAN TODAY FOR PRIC ES. NV Potash Export, My. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. SHERIFF’S SALE. Another question asked the same been done without control, fully 80 per cent of all timber had been killed <>nce outright. W’hen the time of burning had h*» les* favorable to makin* a ■Uy-fWhM i, your ,too,amend.turn hot fire, a, when the roufthajte was ' 01 aspaiajrus fi rtilization . slightly damp, no saplings of -any. My answer:—Frankly, and straight no from the shoulder, 1 would put 200 100 size were killed and there was damage apparent to remaining sap- l ,oun< ^ s ^if^ quick nitrogen am lines. Annual burnings under eon- 1 ' >oun ' ,1 ‘ " f muri ‘ ,t ' of p ' ,U,sh lat ' trolled conditions where cattle had Ja,u ' al ^ ,,r '' arly p *'l,™aiy-« ton of grazed at the rate C.f one animal tol'-V 10 ,'" 4wo ten acres had destroyed practically ! mmed ately all, r lUtting^ is " vu i ‘ g’* .i. ■_ i ^ .u ^ and then a minimum of 500 pounds no timber, for the simple ivason that , 1 '-y •. . t ' there had been so 8 mall an accumu lation of roughage to' make a fire. 'Xa-ual observations in looking bver this experiment would certainly con vince the non-expert that the best plan for ie-forestation under existing circumstance- is in grazing the land of 20 pel- cent kainit or 200 pounds of muriate of potash during the mid dle pari of June. , _ If I had asparagus that i- the way 1 would fertilize it—and I’m talking from the experience of some* of the .best growers in the (state make the above statements. when I ' \ as much as possible so a 8 to keep down].' Get a grin from thi* one ^Melvin any great -oro’.us f gra s, then if Blitch in commenting on my report of my trip to the Hastings Potato section last week through this col- Son of Ex-Sultan May Get Millions for Letter Jerusalem.—The existence of a re markable ancient manuseripi letter, said to be written on parchment by’ x Mohammedan prophet to the king of Abyminia. was revealed reeently in nnnoimeement made by Prince Selim, eldest son of. the late Sultan Abdul Hamid. An American offer of $750,000 has Iteed turned down for it.v Prince Selim is at present considering an offer of $2,500,000 which has been made by an English society, if the documents are pro veri-genuine. — Prince Selim is being risked by scholars from the east. He received the letter as a wedding present from his father, who was presented with the manuscript by the king of Abys sinia 50 years ago. Woman, Sixty, Seeks to Divorce Mate, Thirty N - Newark, N. J.—Mrs. Esmeralda .M. Brduwer, wealthy woman who took a husband thirty years younger than herself and then repented, has won a step toward gaining marital freedom. A master in chancery recommended that she receive a decree of divorce from Hugh Evan Brouwer, thirty. Mrs. Brouwer, sixty, took the witness stand «nd testified in effect: . . ‘‘Brouwer pursued me and urged me t-o marry him hut I repulsed his ad vances. pointing out the disparity in our ages. Finally*he followed me to Florida *nnd won my consent. Soon he began to drink and heat me and kTeked* me.” » Brouwer denied all these charges. advisable, to bu -i ;lv* yearly accumu lations of gras- end >t’aw at such time, as to do 4he lea< harm to the i “"in, said:—“Mac, you better change young trees. In fact, after t bsyiving the small long-leaf pines pr«.'cnt on burned and unbumed areas, we found no material difference in stands, r-On similar areas that had been pastured, the effect of annual fires was ftill less apparent on the young long-leaf pines. Whether the same thing would be true in growing other varie ties of June, we are not prepared to say. . . • \ M. D. Tage, an adjoining land- owner to tho experiment station, has been guided by this experiment and has placed cattle on a section of land well stocked with, young long-leaf saplings. Wheie fire from the rail road had formerly been a constant menace in the heavy rough of un : burned grasses, the cattle, after two years grazing, have reduced the rough to a point. where no serious fire could occur, and the pine straw could now be. burned off without dan ger of the loss of trees. Preliminary figures covering sev eral years, giving results of graz ing cattle on burned and unturned areas in this experiment—show that * , n the name of your column to HOPF- LESS-CA-TRUC.” Don’t know whether he referred to me and my column as “hopeless” or just to the potato situation. Popular Excursion —TO— WASHINGTON BALTIMORE FRIDAY. MAY 29TH. 19.31 FROM BARNWELL, S. C. -to— WASHINGTON BALTIMORE $15.50 17.50 Good five Mays from date of sale. Proportionate excursion fares from otter points. An opportunity for shcrfR’acation at low cost. State of South (’arolina, CHCnfy of Barnwell. THE STATE Vs. _ JOE S. WOOD. Under and by "virtue of a Tax F’x^- cution to me directed by J . J. BfclF. Treasurer of Barnwell County, I have this day levied upon and will sell to the highest "bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale In front of the Court House fet Barnwell, S. (’., on Monday, the 1st day of June, L93J, this being Salesday in said moth, the following da-x-ribed real estate: Sixty-seven acres of land, more or less, hounded as follows: North by lands of F. O. Williams,')East by Low- r e Three Huns, South by' W. P. -Wood and West by Barker lands. Also 45 acres, moie or less, bounded as fol low-: North by A. FI. Davis, Flast] by Lower Three Runs, South by J. L. Wood and West by Barker lands. Leviei upon ami sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. BONCIL H. DYCHES. Sheriff, B. C. Barnwell, S. C., 11 day of May, h93t. EDUCATIONAL TOUR For Teachers and Students — VISITING — WASHINGTON. PHILADELPHIA. ATLANTIC CITY and NEW YORK Special Pullman train with trained guides. All expense* paid, including be.-t hotels, meals, sightseeing, theatre*, Wealth of entertainment. tips, and all other expenses. CERTIFICATE RENEWALS Teachers making this trip will have their Certificates renewed on the basis of this trip. Educational leaders of South Carolina have endorsed this trip &s one of unusual value to the teachers. Governor and Mrs. Blackwood and Hon and Mrs. James H. Hope v will be guests of honor.. Special Pullman train will leave Spartanburg- oa July 17th. . Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Reservations should be made promptly. F'cr exceptionally low coat price and complete details, address Tour Manager, Spartanburg Herald- Journal, Spartanburg, S. O., or W. E. McGee, G. P. A., Southern Railway System, Columbia, S. ,C- > MASTER’S SALE. State of South Carolina. County of Barnwell. Couri of Common Pleas. T. K. Miller and Mrs. Jule B. Smith,] Plaintiffs, Vs. >\. Samuel J. Bailey, Kate Maude Justus,] Ethel Peeples, Jennie Miller Thp- merman, F’lorence Sego, Sarah | Elizabeth Clifton and the Coe-Mor-| timer Company, Defendants. When buying Soda accept • * - - — . • « no substitute—specify and de mand the orignal and genuine CHILEAN NITRATE of Soda. \ it low much better grain s were made from the burned portion,' possibly due mote to the fact that grazing was made easier where there was less rough and- dead grass to interfere. At any I'ate, even pine timber grows; slowly, and if reforestation is to be j practiced by individuals rather than Consult Tieke^Agent* SOUTHERN RALWAY IfYSTEaM Legal Advertisements SHERIFF’S SALE. r . School Model of Safety/ Naugatuck. Conn.—All three stories of,.the Naugatuck public high school .have ground-floor entrances The school building, said to. be a inode! of safety and efficiency, is constructed on iTSteep hlUsidgL by the State, such annual income as* State of South Carolina, may be had from the grazing of cat- 1 County of Barnwell. tl e seems imperative. Annual taxa-; a THE STATE tion and loss of income from invested - v vs capital ■* makes the cost of timber mount higtr when there is no annual offset such as may be had from the grazing of cattle. So, this experiment would indicate that the average South Mississippian has had some reason back of the general practice of firing the woods By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder for cash, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State and County aforesaid, on Monday, June] 1st, 1931, th e sr in said month, between the legal hours of sale, the following described real property, to-wit: A1F that*certain tract of land situ ate in ■Fmrr Mile Township, Barnwell County, State of South Carolina, con taining six hundred and sixty-six acres, more or less, and bounded north by land s of C. M Turner; east] by estate* lands nf W. A. Moody;] south bv 'estate a jfcry» of Mrs. C. J. Williston Fertz. Works Williston, S. C. •\- estate lands of Minnie Gave, Sara Falla Cave, Ernest Cave, Jr., Ethel Cave, Elizabeth Cave and Augusta Cave. ... lJndec;*nd.by. yirtuearf AJax I^er, ner where hU line corners and turns cution to' me directed by J. B. Arm strong, Treas, Barnwell Co., I have this day levied upon and will sell to Ashley, and W. P. Casseb^t^oljng and excepting] therefrom thirty &cre 8 of the above, ^mentioned tract of lanctJaid off as follows: Beginning at a point on the public road leading from th e homo place of Samuel J. Bailey to the town of Ellenton and running south to the first corner of the land of C. M. Tuv- and rute west, the southern and northern lines of the said thirty acres to be the same length and the eastern the highest bidder for cash, between : and western ar e the same to he lika- and his insi*tenc e on grazing cattle legal hours of sate in front of the' wise the same length; the boundaries , and sheep on the-xanges, granting he - ' Co&rt House at Barnwell, S. C., on of which are now north by lands of - . v. I • * ' Going to Tybee or Jacksonville Beach? STOP AT \ AfeOTEL SAVANN K T 'in • SAVANNAH, GA. HOTEL SEMINOLE . -N* JACKSONVILLE. FLA. RATES: , WITHOUT BATH _ __A Sl^TUP ,.. -- wrrja. BAi’fl. —$2.50 -UP ' -* IN EVERY ROOM ELECTRIC CEILING FAN. SOFT WATER. RADIO-LOUD SPEAKER -i-RATES POSTED ON DOOR. MODERN : FIREPROOF ^ MOST CENTRAL LOCATIONS. ( HAS, B. GRINER, Manager \ m .vJ'-: A » . v. , ; "7i .. • - . .a-V.*., - ■ ' . _ ; i