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• HERB AND HEREABOUTS. • Brown last week to visit friends. . up to Colum- relatives and Mrs. Katie Rouse, of New York City, is the guest .of Mrs. Estelle Hagocd. Mrs. T. B. Hagcod, of Okatee is spending a few cays with Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hagood. Mi;s Rosalie Spann, of Sumter, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Price: year.. Mrs. ,G. M. Greene, who has served a s treasurer for the past three years, tendered her resignation to take effect this fall. Her successor was not named Friday. Mrs. Cave gave a very Interesting account of her trip Washington, where she attended the Continental Congres?. Mrs. Robert C. Holman read a splerjid paper on John Barnwell, Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Carrie Herndon rendered sever al instrumental solos, which were much enjoyed. The hostes? served delicious re freshments consisting of pressed chicken, sandwiches, saltines, olives and tomato cocktail. Mrs. W. L. Molair and little daugh ter are visiting Mr. a n d Mrs. Hugh McLaurin in Sumter. C. M. Turner, Jr., of Winnsbcro, was the week-end guest of his brother, W. B. Turner. Mrs. Clay W. Pate and daughter, Miss Emily, of Savannah, are visiting Barnwell County relatives. Two Week* Health Program in County South Carolina Tuberculosis Associa tion Will Hold Tuberculin V . and Chest Clinics. Miss Julia Lemon, of Columbia, spent the week-end with bar parents, Mr.-and Mrs. W. J. Lemon. Mcrdecei M. Mazursky left Sun day aftern:cn for Charleston to at tend federal court as a juror. 4P Miss BeBee Patterson has returned e after a visit to Col. and Mrs. ry D. Calhoun in Denmark. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. King and two chi'dren, of Elizabeth City, Tenn., were the guests of Barnwell friends this week. and Mr-. Earl Carpenter, cf c^, N. C., spent the week-end Mr Dallas with Mr. and Mrs. L. C, Lyndhurst. Fowke at Miss Willie Bush Deason, who has btim teaching school at Ridgeland, re turned to Barnwell Sunday fir the eummer vrcat: n. Dr. and Mrs. H. Greene, of Beaufcrt, tnn unce the birth cf a lit tle daughter, Margery Miller, born Mav 14th at Barnwell. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Easterl ng, <1 Denmars, attended the graduation exercises of the Barnwell High School here Monday evening. Mrs. W. H. Greene a nd little daugh ters bav e returned to their home in Beaufcrt after a two week- visit to Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Greene. During the first two weeks in June the South Carolina Tuberculosis Asso ciation will carry on an intensive health program in Barnwell County. There will be several tuberculin clin ics for white children, a chest clinic for colored people and several classes for white vromen in home car e of the s ick. All phases of this program have been carrfed cn in other counties, where they h^ve aroused intense inter est and where they have met with de cided success. This woik is made pos-ible through the Christmas seal sale and because cf a small appropriation from the legislature. Mr*. A. A. Lemon is county chairman cf the seal sale com mittee. Miss Jennie McMaster, field nurse of the Tuberculosis Association, will be in charge of the work- -Miss Mc Master has been with the South Caro lina Tuberculosis Association for about two and a half years. She is just completing her third health dem onstration In Bamberg County. She is a graduate of a Houston, Texas, h(-pital and has had special public health training at Western Reseiv? University, Washington University and University of Michigan. She has also had about 15 years* experience in the public health field. The health program will be more fully and more definitely explained in next week’s i-sue of this paper. The seal sale ccmmittee is anxious to hav as many persons as p:s*ible take ad vantage of these opportunities. A1 who are interested are cordially in vited to attend any of the gatherings Watch for further announcements Plaque Melted by an Illiterate Voodoo Doctor. New Orleans.—An illiterate voodoo doctor who kept a rattlesnake for u pet found a lead plaque marking the original French , claim to Louisiana territory, melted* K into bullets and shot it away, according to a story told the Louisiana Historical society. Worth of the relic today to larger historical societies would have been aa much as $1,000,000. Frank H. WaddlU, engineer and vice president of the Historical society, said. This is W’addill’s story of the claim, and of the pia^ue which was destroyed years later when it was found by the voodoo doctor hunter: “Rene Robert Cavelier de LaSalle with 22 Frenchmen and 31 Indiana for mally took possession of Louisiana on April 9, 1682, at a point about 70 miles below New Orleans. He claimed the land from the gulf to Canada between the Rockies and the Alleghenies in the name of Louis XVI. “He erected n column, set np a wooden cross and plaque with the In scription in I>atin ‘Louis the Great Reigns, April 9, 1682.’ “Four years later the evidence of the ceremony there had vanished. “Then about 1895 a hunter known as Vilgere Dinet dug np a leaden plaque from an Indian monnd near there. On it were three rows of In scriptions. “He decided it was Indian writing. Natives there, generally illiterate, could not read it. “One day I told George Lee Hays, a friend -of mine in that district, the story of the missing plaque and I said I would hunt for it if I were younger. “ ‘Why; 1 know about that plaquef Hays sdid, and he then told of its dirf- covery and how Dinet had melted It and shot it away. “The plaque to Dinet* was ‘just an old Indian relic.”’ INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILTIY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. . P. A. PRICE. Manager. Mrs. T. D. Fogleman returned to her h< me in Burlington, N. C., Satur day after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. B. P. Davies. TAKE A W EEK-END TRIP Round Trip Tickets FARE and ONE-FIFTH Between All Stations On Sale Return Limit FRIDAY,. SATURDAY and SUNDAY, -+L Following Tuesday Midnight. Take a Train Ride and Visit Your Friends. SAFER THAN STAYING AT HOME.” Ask the Ticket Agent SOUTHER RAILWAY SYSTEM ALL any weevil asks is a chance—one chance. Once he gets busy with a square, the boil is gone. Reports indicate enough weevils this year to ruin the crop, if they get a chance. Whether they get it or not, depends pretty much on you. — Local and Personal News of Blackville Theodore Vcgel, cf Washington, D. C., arrived in Barnwell this week to join his wife, who has been the guest of relative* for the past several days. Mis*ts Willie Bush Deason and « line Ho’man motored to Clemson ^ge Tuesday, being accompanied le by the former’s brother, Cadet Steven Dea&on Mr. and Mrs. Antley, cf Cordova, the Rev. F. Clyde Helm?, cf Colum* bia, and C, B. Marccm, of Concord, N. C., were the guests cf Mrs. R. S. Dicks on Sunday. ocie WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BRIDGE CL’UB. Mrs. J. Julian Bush wa? hostess last week to the members of the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club. High score prize, a towel, was won by Mrs.- B. P. Davies and the consolation wa* cut by Mrs. Solomon Blatt. A valad course with coffee was served during the afternoon. Guests ether than, club members were Mrs. T. D. Fog'emlan, \cf Burlington, N. C., Mr*. Thecd-cre Vogel, of Washington, D. C., Mr*. Span, of Sumter, Mrs. W. A. Fuller and Mrs. Angus Patterson. Blackville, May 21.—Mrs. A. V. Colium was hostess Friday afternoon to the Charle* Pinckney Chapter, D. A. R. Mrs. Fred Turner won first prize. Mrs. Isadore Brown was hostess Thursday afternoon to the members cf the Regular Bridge Club. Highe*t score w’as made by Mrs. L. J. Connel- ly. The first, second and third grades cf th e grammar school, wdth their re- spectiv e teachers, Mis* Dorothy Neil, Miss Carolyn Richardson and Miss Ruth Barton, were guest s of the sec ond and third grade mothers, Mrs. W. R. Carroll and % Mrs. H. L. Buist at a picnic given at Holman’s bridge Friday afternoon. Fifty children were in attendance and a splendid time enjoyed by all in games and races. Mrs. Newell Patton i s visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nine- stein. Farm Agent Notes. Ore Pail Turns Mining Town Into Ghost City Sacramento. Calif. — A mile-high tram line, with its ore buckets creep ing along glistening cables, is- taking away the life blood of one of Cali fornia’s famous mining towjis. An other “ghost” city is in the making. Towns have boomed and then dis appeared since tiie discovery of gold in 1848. but no exodus has *been so strange as Mils one high over the glistening snows of the Sierra range. The famous Walker copper mine virtually lias been forced to cease op erations. More than 350 men, most of them with families, will have to look for work elsewhere. Snowdrifts 20 feet deep rut off the mine from civilization. The "tram” is the only way out. So the impulntion of the little town that has been built up around the mine is disappearing over the tram way—two at a time—eighteen a day at best. By the shortest route it is 70 miles. It’s a novel way to start looking for a new home. For nine miles the ore buckets wing over the mountains —the Grizzly range. 7,000 feet high— and the deep valleys so far below that giants look dwarfted—until Spring Garden and “civilization” finally are reached. Offers Wife Trunkful of Money; She Rejects It Chicago. — Maurice Llppert, 9109 Commercial avenue, owner of a trunk full of money and bonds, was sent to jail by Judge Daniel Trade for nonpay ment of $160 alimony to Anna, his estranged wife, to whom he met through a matrimonial agency. His suggestion that Anna take the whole trunk full and leave him in peace was instantly spurned by her. “I want my $T00 and that’s all I want,” said she. "Let him keep his trunk. I’ve looked through it The money in it is in Russian rubles, pre war, and the bonds are pre-war Ger man.” Weevils can’t hurt a crop much, once the bolls are set. Because of the heavy infestation this year, set your crop as early as you can. Nothing takes the place of a Chilean Nitrate side-dressing for making an early crop. There is no way a little money could be better invested now than for 100 pounds (200 pounds would be better) of Chilean Nitrate to side-dress each acre of your cotton. Don’t fail to specify Chilean Nitrate when you see your dealer. That is just as important as side-dressing itself. Get busy! The weevils will be plenty busy soon. TWO KINDS Both are natural • i 100 IB. SAOS AND M0 LB. SAOS CHILEAN NITRATE EDUCATIONAL Columbia. BUREAU, INC. South Carolina Fertilizers— MIXED FERTILIZER and MATERIAL —ACID, MANURE SALT, SULPHATE, ETC. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. Farmers Uniofi Merc. Co. Banwell, S. C. POPULAR EXCURSION —TO— WASHINGTON, D. C. Thursday, April 28, 1932 . GOOD 5 DAYS $14.50 —from Barnwell —$14.50 Round Trip Good on Pullman Cars upon pay ment of Pullman Charges. Spend the Week-end in THE NATION’S CAPITAL Many features of Educational value too numerous to mention. See the Famous Japanese Trees now in bloom. 1 A good chance for organized school parties at very low cost. Consult Ticket Agents: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM BROWN & BUSH Attorney s-at-Law BROWN-BUSH BUILDING BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS »»»CM»»»»6»»»»»»0»»»00»00»»»»OOOOOOOOa»^ Notice to Taxpayers »i MRS. C. N. BURCKHALTER ENTERTAINS CHAPTER. Mrs. C. N. Burekhalter wa* hostess • fhe members of th e Barnwell Chap- , Daughters o£ the American Rev- cluticn, Friday afternoon at 4:30 o' clock. Mis. L. M. Cave, regent, was in the chair and after opening exer cises, a short business session was Many farmers are just getting stands cf cotton since some rains hav e come. Chopping should be close, leaving a thick stand, then immediate ly apply .some sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda. Early applications have given the greatest returns in cotton. Although cotton is cheap, those acre s planted should be well cared for in order to produce a good yield, jnaking the c:st per pound for produc tion as little a* possible. Control the early weevil and cultivate often. There never was a more important tim e to get a generous supply of home grown feed and food. W’e are making a very poor grain crop, so plan to make plenty of hay. Soybeans in row’ 3 cannot he beaten for a sunu mer hey crop; cowpeas are also very good. Many farmer* are planting sony, yellorw corn this year for the first- time. There are advantages in yellow corn as a feed. No doubt some cu cumber grewers will want gome good Fvm Save* Maa’a Lila Middlesburg, Pa.—A fuse 20 mile* away is credited with saving the life of Thomas Mftchefl, Middleburg labor er, when an iron bar he was carrying came in contact with a high-tension electric line. The contact blew out the fuse and broke the electric cir cuit. Mitchell suffered leg and arm burns.—&— held, at which time officers for the coming year ym* eleefed. All effi- J seed within the next few days. Tlhe cers were unanimously re-elected and county a*ent*will be glad to help get a' rising vote cf thanks wa? given them ; a supply.—Prepared by Barry G. fer faithful service during the past j Boyl-ton, county a gent. Educated Mule Can Walk on Snowshoes Sherridon, Man.—An educated mule which walks on snowshoes is the latest addition to the transportation facilities of north ern Manitoba. Natives of this northern tripping find mining center were becoming somewhat bored by the frequent arrivals of roaring airplanes, screaming locomotives and harking dog teams when Bill Klnowick walked in from his trap line* with his snowshoeing mule pulling s toboggan. The snowshoes are approximately 18 inches in diameter. Klnowick taught ihe aniinaLhow to use them while working on hia trap lines 000 miles north of here, and now. the mule refuses to walk in the snow without them. The animal makes good speed over the high drifts. FOR THAT SUNDAY TRIP ONE CENT PER MILE In Each Direction For Distances 150 Miles or Less Good for transportation in Coaches only, and to return prior to midnight of date of sale. Round Trip'Vares From BARNWELL To— Columbia, S. C. $1.25 * Savannah, Ga. $1.80 Blackville S. C. , .25 Take a Train Ride and Visit Your Friends. “Safer Than Staying at Home.” • • Ask the Ticket Agent SOUTHER RAILWAY SYSTEM Only a Few Days Left to Pay State and County Taxes— Books Close June 1st All Unpaid Taxes will be Put Into EXECUTION with ALL PENALTIES and COSTS ATTACHED as now Provided by Law. < The Statute Provides the Followii!* Penalties for Non-Payment of Taxes: « • •. -i A PENALTY ADDED TO TAXES’ 7 per ct COST FOR EACH EXECUTION $1.00 * FOR SHERIFF’S OFFICE $1.00 FOR COLLECTING BY SHERIFF OR ASSISTANTS 5 per cL ♦ | --J. w* ’ V • (Plus 5 Cents per Mile Traveled.)^ , v COST OF ADVERTISING AND SALE TO BE ADDED* TO ABOVE. ‘ l J. J. B v»- COUNTY TREASURER