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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931.
TBE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
HOPOCATRUC
By G. Chalmers McDermid.
This baby in a drought stricken section of West Virginia was one of the
ultimate consumers of the foodstuffs given by the American Red Cross in the
past year. More than 2,75O,OC0 persons wers fed by the organization.
RED CROSS RELIEF IN
79 DISASTERS IN YEAR
Forest Fires. Plagues, Storms,
Earthquakes, as Well as
Drought. Call for Kelp.
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T!tn* forest (Ire# tvhlt-li have ra;ed
tn Idaho and other western sections
this year have presented a serious dh
aster-one of a number, in addition to
(the enormous drought relief problem*,
v.hieh have b^en met hy the Atnerlean
Red t'ross relief forees.
Suffering, faith and courage are
contained in a story coming’from the
I'riest River Heetion in Idaho, told hy
a. volunteer Red Cross worker as fol
lows:
."Pieture a happy little home-teni
near the hanks of Priest river in
northern Idaho. While father, with a
little son tagging at hie heels, is nut
tending t^rops and addine tn tlie clear
tng. mother is at home making prepa
rations for. another arrival. Then
comes the fire (le:iti)n,.iwt:epiiLC. all U«
its path. While father fights to pro
teet his little home, the stork an
■ounces Its arrivaL •
“.Mother and baby are Imiulled ln~i
quilt and loaded on a truck for the
raco through the naming forest. Father
drives the truck aud the little hoy sits
at his mother's side, brush in:*, away the.
parks which fall like rain upon the
mprovlsed litter.'' t
To the Red Cross worker, the mother
expressed her anxiety to return to the
hills to rehabilitate the tittle home
stead. All they possessed was lost In
the forest firec. The Red Cross aided
all of the families and 4s working to
help them rebuild their homes.
Altogether seventy-nine disasters
called for Red Cross help and money
during the -year just closed. Aside
from the drought, which required ser
vices of volunteer workers numbering
more than 60.000. and a drought relief
fund of more thaa $15,000,000 of which
$5,000,000 came from the national Red
Cross treasury, help was given in 22
tires. 13 tornadoes, eight storms and
eight floods, six forest, fires, four
earthquakes and four ■mlu£~«xploalone.
three typhoons and three epidemics.
> j, two cloudbursts, and one each hurri
cane, mine cave-in and railroid acci
dent. v
''-Me from a major catastrophe.
drought, when the whole
public was asked to contribute funds
for relief, Red Cross relief in these
disasters was .met from the organiza-
. tion’s funds and from special local con
tributions. Part of each membership,
eybscribed to Rod Cross Chapters at
th.o roll call period from Armistice Day
to Thanksgiving Day, goes toward this
important work.
MICE TUSK !N DROUGHT
HID MET BY RED CROSS
In thru time o^ acreage reductions
we should consider carefully the
lands which we expect to use next
year. Many of our fieldg have been
planted year afte r year in the same
crops and the soils on many of these
fields are “crop sick."
In planning the 1932 crops we must
consider thi s fact—“Is thi 3 particular
field well adapted to producing maxi*
mum crops? Haye I made large
enough yields per acre on this field
in the past few years to warrant my
competing with my neighbors’ best
lands?"
1932 must be a year in which every
acre we use produces a maximum
yield. Good farmrs will make a
larger yield per acre, normal weather
and' grov mg conditions, considered,
in 1932 than they did this yearT Why?
*—because they will pay more atten
tion to the details of farming on their
smaller acreages.
They will pick their best suited
lands, they will fertilize them proper
ly and systematically, and they will
grow the best straing of seed and
crops that money can buy.
Those best .suited lands will be
picked in the next 30 to 60 days, and
.the lands which will “lay out" next'
year will be planted to some kind of
a fall cover crop, po-sibly oats and
vetch or Austrian field peas, to be
plowed under in the spring, and to fol
low later with a soiling crop of soy
beans or velvets..
- Good farmerg will plant som c sort
of cover crops on their beet idle lands
in order to keep them in good tilth.
‘ They wtfi abandon - many acr—- - of 13fl days,
their p-oie r lands for many years to
come, because these poor acres have
been a mill-stone around their necks
ever since war time prices existed.
In spite of the fact that poor acres
gave them poor return s even in the
time of 20 cent cotton, poor acres
were a sore temptation to all farm
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But now, good farmers are giving
up their poor acres a a fast as they
c*n.~ Will the average farmers and
the poor farmers follow their exam
ple!? Or will they just continue to be
average faimers and poor, farmers?
A community made up of small
farms, intensively cultivated, is gen
erally a thriving community. Inten
sively cultivated acres always give
larjfer yields and better financial re
turns per acre.
Good farmers will do a whole lot of
thinking in the next few months.
They do not believ e that the end of
the world is upon us, or that the
country is going bolsheviki. When
winter i s ever they will have thought
out some plan to make thei r farms
give them a good living in 1932. Will
aveiage faimers or poor farmers do
this too, or will they continue to let
Relief Given to Distressed Helps
in Meeting Serious Situation,
. ’ Chairman Payne Says.
someon e else do their thinking for
them ?
South Carolina farmers have always
found their way around major diffi
culties, and the South Carolina faimer
of 1932 is no exception. He realizes
that things are tough now, but they
don’t stay that way long.
$25 or 30 Days.
Robert Cave, young white man who
lives on the Bamwell-Blackville high
way, about midway between thf two
towns, was arrested Sunday by Sheriff
B. H. Dyches on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly.. He was itied
before Magi.-trate W. P. Sanders, of
this city, Tuesday morning and sen
tenced to pay a fine of $25 cr serve
WANTED.—150 to 200 bu-hels of
shelled corn at 4(K:entg per bushel.— |
Address R. A. Deason, Barnw/U, S.
C. *. 10-29-tfc
UNITY
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We Deliver Phone Us
Specials for Saturday
COFFEE, Rio, pound fresh ground . . . 15c
COFFEE, Unity Special Blend, pound 23c
SUGAR, 10 pounds, loose ....... 49c
RICE, long whole grain, 7 lbs. for . . . 25c
PINEAPPLE, 15 c size, sliced'crushed . 19c
GELATINE, all flavors, 2 pkgs. for . .15c
LARD, 8 pound bucket . . * , . 75c
MAYONAISE, Royal Scarlet, pt. jar . 19c
WESSON OIL, pt. can > . . . 25c
SALMON, Buster Pink 10c
SALT, two 5c packages for 5c
MATCHES, 10 penny boxes . ... 5c
PEAS, No. 2 can, S. C. Grown .... 15c
TRIPE, large can . . • * 14c
FLOUR, 24 lbs. Self Rising, guaranteed 60c
MILK, 3 tall cans, R. S . 25c
TOMATOES, 3 No. 2 cans 25c
FIELD PEAS with snaps, No. 2, S.C. gr. 15c
PINEAPPLE, No. 2Vfe can, broken sliced 15c
FRUIT FOR SALAD, 15c size . . . , . 10c
GRITS, medium or fine, 6 pounds . . . 15c
We Have a FRESH Supply of Fresh
Vegetables Each Day.
Unity Grocery Stores, Inc.
BARNWELL and BLACKVILLE
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Aid for War Veterans
More than 430,000 ex-service men
and their families witre aided through
3.00$ Red Cross Chapters and the na
tional organization during the year
ending^ June 30. 1931. Dependent
families were cared for, veterans’
claims were filed, hospitalization ob-
jiutLavany,
•'Till* year of tbs great drought”
»n those pant twelve or more months
will be known to future generations,
wrought great damage to millions.
Not alone did the crops.* which were
burned in the, Helds in tweaty-tbroe
states. In the suipmer of 1930. deprive
several million persons of food, but
the drought disaster continued in the
sxauper of 1931 in the norihwretern
slates, aud albo brought other minor
ilitastrophes In Its wake, such as for
est lire*, and the grasshopper plague.
More than a year has elapsed since
the American Red Cross launched, in
August. 1930. Its first moves for relief !
of the drought-stricken farmers,
in that time more than 2.750.000 per
sons were given food, rlothing, med;
ical aid, shelter or other type of as
sistance. At no period during this
year wore there fewer than 70.000
persons being aided and at the peak
of the relief work on March 1. last,
more than 2.0O0.000 persons were bc-
imr helped;—
Today, still as a result of the
drought, the Red Cross Is giving ex
tended relief In parts of North Dakota.
Washington and Montana, where re-
sources of hundreds oT families \vr;e
wiped out thhi past summer, when a
second and nyrre severe spell of dry
weather was prolonged in that region.
This drought relief pressed the
greatest task that, has ever been un
dertaken by the Red Cross as a pence
time activity. The Mississippi Valley
flood of 1927. while more spectacular,
.and calling for rclW of a costlier type,
because homes and possessions were
swept away, affected hardly one-fourth
the number of people who suffered he-
caase of.the drought.
In addition to the broad program,
of drought relief still being carried
on. John Barton Payne, chairman of
the American Red Cross, has given
the following suggestion to Chapter
chairmen. In regard to unemployment
relief: "Where there is suffering and
want from any cause and the funda
mental local needs are not being met.
Chapters nay participate in the com-
muftity plans for meeting the need.”
-Some type of general family reMef,"
whether for the drought vietlms. the
unemployed ,or the^war veteran and
his family, were carried on by more
than-3.000 Red Cross Chapters last
yer,r. Judge Payne said.
"The drought relief work " of 1930-
31.’’ he hdded. “the relief now being
extended following last summer’s
drought, principally in Montana and
i| North Dakota; the assistance which
is being given to ex-serviee men and
tlieir families; and the part which
several hundred Chapters are taking
locally in their communities’ relief
measures are activities of the Red<
Cross, nationaCand local, which have
met and are meeting some of the seri
ous needs of the present situation.”
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
COLUMBIA’S
HARVEST WEEK SALE
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From Mon., Nov. 2, to Sat, Nov. 7
A Full Week of Great Values
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in Columbia’s Stores
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Special Prices Every Day! '' Special Features Every Day!
, Columbia Merchants have planned a great event for South Carolina shoppers.
Just as the farmers have great harvests, with their prices low; so have the Mer-
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chants great stocks of new merchandise for you . .. . *. with PRICES LOWER THAN
EVER BEFORE. Come Monday, or come Tuesday; come any day or come
every day .... and buy and save. Our fall and winter stocks are now overflowing
with the newest and best from the world’s markets.
Part of each contribution during the
American Red Cross annual roll call.
Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day,
goes toward supporting this vital
work for veterans of the World War
and other w&rs in which, the United
States has engaged. 1
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Columbia Merchants’ Association
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Sticking to the Finish
Character is developed by fighting a
plan through TTiuql^nd* triumph
Ing over obstacles. Anyone ciM. start,
but only a person with character will
stick to the finish.—Watchword.
BELK’S
(Department -Store)
1501 Main Street.
COPELAND CO., Ire.
(Men’ s Furnishings)
1535 Main (Stvest.-
KOHN’S
(Ready-tc-Wear)
1405-09 JA a in Street.
M A RSHALL-TATU M CO.
(Men’s Clothing)
1450 Main Street.
RUFF HARDWARE CO.
(Hardware and Household)
1649 Main Street. —
SOUTHERN—STORES CO.
(Furniture)
1718 Main Street.
K. C. WILLIAMS & SONS, Ire.
(Furniture)
1725 Main Street.
BON MARCHE
(Department Store)
1600 Main Street.
EFIRD’S
fDpperrtnnmt Store*) -
1601 Main Street.
LORICK & LOW RANGE, Inc.
(Hardware)
1527 Main Street.
MAXWELL BROS. & (Jl INN
(Furniture)
1722 Main Street. • *
JAS. L. TAPP CO.
(Department Store)
1644 Main Street.
Coggins and Johnson. v-o. t Inc.
(MA’*,. Fiiraa. hings )
1300 Main Street.
HAVERTY
(Furniture)
1638 Main Street.
FURNITURE CO.
MANGEL’S
(Ladies Ready-to-Wear)
1547 Main Street.
J. C. PENNEY CO.
(Department Store)
1632 Main Street.
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ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel
SEARS-ROEBUCK and CO.
^Everything fer Home)
_ 1704 Maht, Street.
katanas
(Clothers and FumUhers)
1250 Main Street.