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■ ■v— ■ ■ w^m *f 1 't,-;-»! • 'JtfPMfti! 1 f -“nr ,^ip^~mn^rTrf w^-^JfSrr «' ^ t i ; ' y f»A<;S TWO. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA i i THURSDAY, MAY 26TH. 1932. TO MAKE PO RIVER HIGHWAY OF TRADE _ to Qualify for Race j? f ii ( I' r* I H Italy to Spend Vast Sum on Ambitious Plan.. Wnslilnuton.—Hfcontly Italy started work on an ainl>!tioiiN project to turn the unruly I'o river into a highway of coninerce from Milan to Venice. The project will require several years for completion, and im expenditure of close to ."00,»)t)0,00<> lire. A bulletin from the National (IcoKraphie society ■describes the I’o river and the rich country tributary to it. **The I’o is a surprise to many ob servers, who cannot at tlrst under stand how a really larne river can How from east to west for 410 miles In obviously narrow .Ilaly,” says the bulletin. ‘The explanation is that the I*o lies just outside the peninsula por tion of Italy. The top of the ‘Italian b«)ot’ Hares up into the European main land among the Alps, and it is-in this continental part of Italy that the To flows. Across this northernmost part of Italy It Is approximately 400 miles from French to Yugoslavian territory; ■and the I’o, because of Its many me anders, easily runs .up its highf mile age in the somewhat shorter air line distance from the French frontier to the Adriatic coast. Valley Is Unique. “The I’o valley is unique among Eu ropean river basins because of tis great extent of almost level land f° r long distances Inland. Viewed on a relief map, tills great tongue of low land Is seen to cut upland Italy almost In two. There Is a reason for tills. Not long ago, geologically, the sea ex tended Into northern Italy along the foot of the alps almost to the present French border. The grout I’o basin Is this old gulf, filled now with alluvial material washed down from the moun tains. The relatively large flow of the I’o, especially at certain seasons, Is owing to tlie fact that the basin Is hemmed in on three sides by moun tains (the Alps to north and west, the A* oinines to the south) and that the run-off from these heights is at times very rapid. The river Hows along vir tually the entire stretch of the Italian Alps, and receives water from most of their southern glaciers and lakes. “Itecau-e the ‘plain of the I’o’ is so nearly level, particularly in* its sea ward half, the river lias brought dis- asl rous Hoods to the residents along its course, throughout historic times. Even during the early days of Home it was necessary to build dikes and em- hankments to restrain ttie rising wa ters. During the early part of the Dark ages after the full of Home, these protective works fell into decay. The river wandered over the plain, each major flood creating new channels, luirge areas of the rich valley reverted to marsh. Tyong before the renaissance, the work of restoring the I'o's dikes and - constructing drainage canals was he gun, and by 1 fiOO the valley was again well protected. This region was one of the earliest in Europe to see the ■development of reclamation engineer ing ns well ns the construction of canals for water supply and commerce. In the Twelfth century Milanese engi neers constructed their grand ship ♦•anal from Milan to the Ticino river, making use of locks. ^Wcrks Rival Holland's. “In recent centuries the embankment wnA dike syslepi^f (he I’o has gone on <Ie\&t«i»ii*tf^tf^til the protective work rival those of the Netherlands. In many sections the confined river flows at a level much higher than the pro tected. fertile fields. About three mil lion acres are protected by dikes, and approximately fi.OOO square miles of land’are under irrigation. This latter area exceeds that of the entire state of Connecticut. .“Since the rives- has been confined to a narrow course, the silt which for merly was spread over a wide delta, now Is washed into the sea. The coast near the principal mouth of the I’o is /being built outward at a rapid rate. S«nd dunes marking the site of the coast of some centuries ago, are now ].*» miles inland. “The level sweep of the I’o valley, Its natural fertility, and the ease with which it can he cultivated make it an 'enormously productive region. It has been so from the earliest times. In the days of ancient Home it was a source of wheat, of cattle pastured on irrigated meadows, and of swine which fed on the mast of the forests that covered the fopthills. Today It produces all these products, and be sides large quantities of rice. Mul berries are grown to feed silkworms, and vineyards cover wide areas. Mi- lan and Turin, situated in the I’o "basin, are populous cities and prosper ous centers of industry and commerce; and scattered through the valley are numerous thriving local market towns. Tlie region is one of the most populous In Italy. “Although tremendous amounts of money and time have been spent on the I’o through centuries, the works fiave been primarily protective against floods and for the taking of irrigation water. Tim new' project will supple ment this by making the stream nav igable for larger boats and longer dis tances. The plans call for numerous flams and weirs to regulate thp depth and for reservoirs to Imjiound surplus water and regulate the flow.’’ Salt Pre»erved Hay Baker, Ore.—The unusual cows of William Chambers, Rock Creek ranch- prefer »is-year-old hay to that wit| and retains that youthful Paul Sanders First Paid His Assessment and Filed His Pledge for Magistrate at Hilda Tuesday Morning. Paul H. Sanders is the first candi date to qualify for the 1932 Demo cratic primary election*. He w'as-in town Tuesday morning and filed his pledge and paid his assessment to the treasurer of the Democratic organiza tion as a candidate [or the office of Magistrate at Hilda. Mr. Sanders formerly held this office, -but wa s de feated two years ago by the present incumbent, Magistrate W. K. Black, of Hilda. Elsewhere in this issu e of The People-Sentinel will be found Mr. Sander?’ formai anouncement. Social and Personal News from Williston Williston, May 21.—Dr. John Black, of Jacksonville, Fla., spent Sunday with hi.* parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Black. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Riley and son, Pat, of Greenville, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kenne dy. Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Polcen and sons and J- L. Boyd motored to Columbia Sunday to meet Mcs. Boyd, who has returned from Washington, D. C. G. M. Pender ha* returned from the University hospital, Augusta, where he underwent treatment. Malden Sprawls is here for the holidays, having taught this year and last in North Carolina. Miss Elizabeth Stalling- is visiting her uncle, Dr. John Black, in Jackson ville, Fla. Mrs. Essie Mazurvey, of Charles ton, is visiting her father, R. E. Woodward, who is ill. Mr. Wood- Ward -pent several days in an Augus ta hospital, but is at hom e again. Mrs. J. L. Boyd left Wednesday for her daughter, Miw Van Etta Boyd. Mrs. G. E. Crouch, Mrs. G. J. Trct- ti, Mrs. W. G. Thorripsc Louise Prothro visited Dr. W. C, . -*■ ' v •. • » Smith at the University hospital in Augusta Wednesday. Mrs. Crews Bland has' retuened to AugurHa, after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff U.-sery. • Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Lee and t scn of Walterbcro, were week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Blanchard. The Rev. and Mr*. W. R. Davis and family and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cook went fishing Tue-day to Cottageville and w-ere joined Tuesday night by T. R. Pender and C. K. Aekermanf Mrs. T. J. Folk^left Thursday for a visit to her parents in Glennwood, Ga. J. W. F:-lk is visiting his brother, G. M. Folk, in Dublin, Ga. Lewis Mim«, of Augusta, is spend ing a few days with hi* parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mims. Mrs. E, R. McCarter and children spent the week-end in Bianchville with relatives. W. C. Smith Jr., and Q. A. Kenne- dy, Jr., attended th e Democratic con vention in Columbia Wednesday. Mr. and Mr*. 0. H. Lane, Mrs. C. A. Schumpert and children, Marie and John Walter, of Newberry, and Paul Whitakr, cf Bamberg, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. W’hit- aker. Mrs. A. N. Garber motored to Co lumbia Thursday to meet Miss Sadie Garber, who has returned from school St Convers e College. Dr. Gregg Smith, captain, Medical Corps, United States army, stationed at Boston, is here on a visit to his father, Dr. W. C. Smith. graduate of Limestone College, con ceded to have at it 9 head an able ecu- tor. She wa« a skilled magician and for many years was organist in the choir,the Barnwell * Baptist Church. No one could fill her place— prempt^so ready and eager to serve. . There is a gap in the village cf Barnwell that will ever temain. We must pick up the work her tins hands laid down—finish the song tlrat sh^ began to sing. Since her passing, a great loneliness has crept ever rhel‘ What sh e loved I cannot lay aside. She left her impression in the heme— her beautiful Christian life, her boundless hospitality. She graciously welcomed the “stranger within her gates.” These lines bring her tc me: “Kind feeling hath sh e cf her own That lesser souls have never known, And deeds of week-day charities Fall from her hands As noisles s as the snow.” V My heartfelt sympathy reaches out Fef and one sister, F. Cook, of Guyton, Ga., Paul Cook, of Olar, and Mrs. J. B. Zorn, of Govan. Paul Ccok, the younger brother, has been critically' ill for the last six weeks. Funeral services wer e conducted at the heme in Olar Tuesday afternoon and interment followed at the Starr cemeter that they give the crown ample plant food during th e coming summer The summer growth cf the crown f Priest Risks Life to ** Rescue Altar Vessels Blackstone. Mass.—Rev. Thomas P. Smith, pastor of St. Paul’s Catholic church,. rDked his life to carry sa cred vessels to safety ns tile edifice was destroyed by fire. The church was built in TSCO. Damage is estimated at *200.000. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDemid. to her cnly son, who can se e “beckoning hands,” his Mother’s eyes “yes, waiting, yes, watching for him.” • - (Miss) Eva C. Owens. Augusta, Ga. (Ed. Note.—Miss Owens i 3 a daugh ter of the late Cel. Wt A. Owens, who was instrumental in establishing The Barnwell Sentinel. years ago.) H p died about 50 Death of J. E. Cork. Mrs. Julia Brown Easterling. Allow me space dn' the dear old “Sentinel” to express my feelings as a relative and personal friend cf Barnwell’s most beloved and gifted citizen, Mrs. Julia Browb Easterling. From early womanhood x e’en down to old age I’ve watched hW caieey. Possessed with a vigorous mentality, Washington, Ga., where she has gone) to me she was marvelous. Every to attend the graduation exercises pf ( advantage was within her grasp—a , Olar, May 18.—J. E. Cook, 68, sub stantial citizen of Olar, died at a Co lumbia hospital Monday night follow ing an eperatien Saturday. Mr. Ccok was well known through out Bamberg and Barnwell Counties and had many friends. He had been a member cf the board of trustees of the Olar public schccls for the last 30 years: He was preceded to the grave by hi s wife two years ago. She was before marriage Miss Lucia Morri*, cf Olar. * Mr. Cook is survived by the follow ing children: Mrs. Lewis Howell and W. B. Ccok, of Georgetown; James D. Cook and Mrs. I. E. Ready, of Char lotte, and Mrs. G. S. Hartzog, of Lex- ingten, N. C. Also by two brother? The - -asparagus sh4pping season ended as a “fizzle” as far a* most growers were concerned, according to reports I gained last week on a trip through the “grass territory.” Last summers drpught cut the -ummer growth of the plant and this spring’s dry weather added insult to injury. Mcst cf the growers have plowed down their grass now and the season has pa?sed into history. The top dressing season has start ed, and many farmer’s are getting what fertilizers they can to do this most important “after cutting” fer tilization. Mr. Harley, cf Barnwell, told me that he was going to put out a mix ture cf 5 tens of acid phosphate, 10 tons of cotton seed meal and 5 tons of 16 per cent kainit on 40 acres, at once, and that he would give a fur ther application of 500 pounds of manure salts in late July or August. Mr. Q, A. Kennedy, Jr., cf Willis ton started this week putting out a mixed fertilizer analyzing about 4-6-20 at the rate of 1,200 pounds per acre. Thi s after cutting fertilization is very important, in spite of the ar guments of som e folks against it, and it is my advice to the growers i« really what makes the crop next spring and in spite of the extremely dry summer of 1931 and the drier spring of 1932, the man who-system atically fed his asparagus after the cutting eason last year, is the man who made the most, “grass” this spring. -v? Money is “tite”—*ure—but the as paragus grower who expects to make a maximum cutting of colossal aspar agus next spring must find some money to buy fertilizer for hi* crop this summer. Lang Cave, cf Barnwell, using 500 pounds of muriate in addition to his regular fertilization last summer, made $40.40 mere on hi s field than where he didn’t use the muriate. Figuring the cost of the muriate at about $8.50 per acre, one dollar re- tumed him $4.76. .. One dollar returning $4.76 is 476 per cent if I haven’t figured my arith metic wrong, and that is a good re turn on anybody’s money, especially in the depression year of 1932. With these few arguments about the summer fertilization of grass the only further argument I can put up is let’s have a wedding in th e aspara gus fields in the nexf few’ weeks, and to put it in the language of Walter Windshield have Mr. and Mrs. Fer tilizer Drill Middle Aisle it down the old asparagu s row shortly and make some fertilizer dealer two dollars richer. And id it lain where you stay? The old soil in the low country lap- oed up nearly five inches of rain in 48 hours like a piece of new blotting paper, and did it help the potato crop ? % The new bug the “thrip” is a homeless orphan now. The rain washed him off the potato and cuke leaves, and those crops took a new lease on life. Here’s hoping we don’t have any more dry spells' lik e the one just passed. 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You’re paying twice for your gasoline. Once at the pump and again at the repair shop. 1932 gasoline must have every thing. “Standard” 1932 gasoline has everything. 'Quick starting for traffic jams. Smooth and silent power when you need it. Added miles of low-cost, trouble-free transportation. Read the list at the left. Check it. It spells savings. A sweet engine. Next time yoik buy gasoline—buy “Standard.” It has everything a real gasoline should have. # 1