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THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH, 1#32. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARfrWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PACE n Rev. Mr. Miller Tells of General Assembly Blackville Minister RetVrra from Church Meeting Held Recently t in Denver, Colo. The Rev. J. M. Miller, D. D., cf Blackville, has ju?t returned home from the Presbyterian General As sembly at Denver, Colorado, enthus iastic over the commission with which he was charged by the General As sembly to reawaken his fellow mem bers in his heme church to the oppor tunities for the application cf the Christian religion to the problems of today. Evangelism was the keynote cf the Assembly, according to this re turned commissioner. A great spirit ual power possessed the Assembly throughout the entire week of its de liberations, and the whole body of 930 cemmiss'icners is carrying to the Presbyterian Churches throughout the United States a renewal of the evan gelistic spirt and the spiritual re awakening of the 2,000,000 communi cant membership. The executive or ganization cf th e Presbyterian Church has already begun to set up a nation wide program for the fulfilment cf the evangelistic opportunity and for the transmission of the urgency of the message. One of the significant actions cf the Assembly, this commissicner reports, was the adopticn if a Report on Social and Industrial Relations, as a result cf which eve:y pastor faces the obli gation to lead the members of his congregation in recognizing their Christian responsibility for c rrecting evils in tlvs present social and indus trial order. Chuches everywhere are encouraged to make the largest pos sible use of their plants fo communi ty and neighborhood service in this time of need and distress. Th? assembly reaffirmed its convic tion that religious liberty is an in alienable right of all men everywhere, and called upon the wh le church in these diffcult day 3 to an inerta-ed de votion to Christ 'an i a larger obedi ence to the terms of the Great Com mission s that no retreat may be sounded jn any mission field ar.unti the world. The commi'sicner reports that the General Assembly declared against a referendum on the Eighteenth Amend ment and pie iged itself anew to the hist ric position of th e Presbyterian Church in opposition, to the liquor traffic. The assembly al-o went on record as pledging its undivided sup port for peace and international goodwill a nd for the abr’iticn cf war. The assembly urged the Federal Council cf Churches in supplying re ligious service^ over radio broadcast ing chains to provide services thor oughly evangelistic and positively Christian, and protested against the broadcasting cf -ecular advertising on the Sabbath Day. ' The General Assembly plac-od itself on record a s being opposed to all.vio lence, lynching and lawlessness, and pledged its support to movements for cooperative relations between the races. It elected a representative cf its negro group as a member cf its Board cf National Missions. iPrcgre-S' was made in plans for organic union cf the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. A. and the Unit ed Presbyterian Church of North America. 'v. Women were for the first time ejected to membership in the Gen eral Council. The Presbyterian Form cf Gov ernment was amenced by the adoption of an Overture providing for stricter educational requirements for candi dates for th e ministry. The Presby terian theological seminaries were urged to give fuller emphasis in their courses to the work of personal evan gelism. The Presbyterian Board of Christian Education launched a great forward movement with the slogan “Educate' to Evangelize.” Boll Weevils Active in Barnwell County y ~ • J Ccurity Agent H. G. Boylston Ex aminees Five Fields, Finding In- \ Testation ir. Four. Thursday and Friday of last week County Agent Hany G. Boylstcn made close examination of five fields cf cotton situated in five v wridely scattered communitie s of the county. Of the five fields examined from 500 to 1000 stalks of cotton were examin ed very carefully to determine* the number cf weevil* per acre present. In all fields examined some boll w’eevils were found with th e exception cf one. The owners cf the fields end number of weevijis found ane given below: A. E. Corley, Dunbarton, 100 wee vils per acre. O. H. Morris, Olar, 500 weevils per acre. T. J. Grubbs, Williston, 125 weevils per. acre. J. E. Harly, Jr., Barnwell, 75 wee vils per acre. Victor Lewis, Kiine, none. Where there is present even a small number of weevils at this time, with good seasons for weevil develop ment damage may be expected. Prob ably a s few as twenty-five per acre now will become a seriou i pest be fore the cottcn crop is saved. All of the eldest cotton is now’ large enough to begin making applications cf Sweetened poison. Even though cotton i« pretty low, no doubt it will pay, to kill off these* early weevils. Farmers aie strongly urged to use two to three applications ine week apart of early sweetened poison. The mixture a.ivi-ed is 1 pound of calcium arsenate, 1 gallon cf syrup, and 1 gail.n of water. Care should be ex ercised to thoroughly mop the tops of all plants. The mixture should be made up fresh, a- it does not stand and may sour and burn the plants.' Each week a number cf fields will be examined and information given u; showing th? amount cf weevils that a;e found in the ditferent fields. —Prepared by H. G. Boylston, County Farm Agent. MERCURY DEPOSITS FOUND IN ARKANSAS Social and Personal f « News from Williston "V 11 "" Bamberg Is Opposed to 6-0-1 School Law Taxpayers Ask for Organization of independent School District Without State Aid. Proficiency Needed in Cleaning Spark Plugs More than a quarter of a century of cleaning spark plugs does not seem to have encouraged much proficiency Jn this branch of car care. Most own ers still use gasoline or kerosene to help remove the carbon. Experience demonstrates that either of these fluids will leave a sticky film which adheres to the porcelain. Alcohol is preferable for this work for the reason that it evaporates. If there isn’t gny alcolwd handy, Just use a little metal polish, which contains*- 8 large amount of wood alcohol. Turn the plug upside down, pour in the fluid and let it stand a teiv minutes. Many motorists also make the mistake nf scraping the porcelain usually with a knife. This results in making the glazed part rough. \ Raiulta Froa Prayer More things are wrought by pigyer than this world dreams of.—Tennyson Bamberg, June 2.—Bamberg scho:l district No. 14, accciding to a vete f it- taxpayers, met to elect a trus tee, would like to quit the 6-0-1 school law. A moticn w'as adopted request ing the trustees to look into the pos sibility of recrgan.zing Bamberg as an independent school district. It wa> suggested that a special act cf the legislature would be necessary to do this, and the delegation was roque-f- ed to pass such law, if possible. It wa s pointed out, during a leng thy discus-ion of school affairs in genera!, that the local district this year paid something like $5,000 into the State treasury in the seven mills State school taxes, in ca-h money, and that the district has got nc thing in return except notes. If the district had the money it has paid in taxes, or will have to pay in tax execution*, there would be almost enough to cancaL,lhe» di^tricvUe indebtedness. The trustees reported that they could make no further substantial re- ducticns in school expenses, inas much as >alarie§ have been already reduced as low a s the 6-0-1 school law salary scale will permit. Several citizens were cf the opinion that the district cculd take the cash money it pay* the State for school taxes and run its own affair s to better advan tage than in receiving any State aid at all. The trustees cf this district in the past two years have reduced school eperating expenses 30.4 per cent., it wa s reported. Special Services Sunday. Metal It Now Employed in a Thousand Ways. Washington.—Discovery of deposits of mercury in Arkansas adds another important metal to that state's list of mineral resources. “New domestic mercury deposits are important because more mercury is used in the United States than in any .other country, and more than one- third of the domestic consumption now must be Imported from Europe,” says a bulletin from the National geo graphic society. “Mercury has been known for at least 2.500 years, but its wide use is a development of recent centuries. To day it is employed in about a thousand ways. “A thin stream of the silvery liquid metal sealed- in a glass thermometer tube has long been man’s aid In de termining temperatures; in barome ters, weather forecasters depend upon It to foretell changes in weather; in altimeters, it aids aviators to deter mine how high they are flying; and marine engineers use it in meters to estimate the flow of water. “Mercury often does its best work where man least expects it. The life of many a sleeping voyager is guarded by huge lighthouse beacons that re volve on floating mercury hearings, and many toothaches have been avoid ed by gold or silver amalgam teeth fillings made possible by mercury. The life of dry batteries is prolonged be cause mercury protects their zinc plates. Aids Beauty, Cleans Boilers. The golfer plays on velvety greens and the farmer harvests healthy crops because a small quantity of mercury, mixed with fertilizers, kills insects that attack plant roots. The ship own er cleans the scale from the boilers of his ships with mercury and covers the. hulls with paint containing mer cury because it thwarts the rapid growth of barnacles. When fashion decrees that felt hats should be ‘nap py.’ the hat manufacturer produces the desired effect with mercury. "In many ways the metal loses its identity in various kinds of mixtures. It is in milady’s rouge box and lip stick case where it is available to produce synthetic pink checks and red lips. The ‘silvered’ mirror into which she peers to apply her cosmetics is in reality, a ‘merouried’ mirror. “About one-third of the world’s sup ply of mercury Is used in the drug and chemical Industries. It helps to produce soda used in the manufacture of artificial silk and Is an Ingredient of some dyes. “It is mercury that produces the green lights and helps to produce the blue lights in colored light advertis ing signs. r.ecan*& it is dependable in maintaining even temperature dur ing oil distilling operations, it is an important ‘tool’ of the oil industry. “As a safe, dependable detonator for explosives, it was one of the so-called war minerals during the World war. In peace times its detonating uses are legion. It helps to blast tunnels through mountains and gouge opts for railroads and highways, razes tree stumps and stones to clear land for many purposes.. loosens limestone, granite and barbie from quarries for new buildings, and dislodges minerals from mines. Spain Chief Source. "Radio programs are amplified In American living rooms by radio tubes in the manufacture of which mercury hfld a part, and many electrical de vices used Jn modern buildings were produced with the aid of mercury. One of the* most outstanding recently de veloped uses of mercury is in power plants. The new plant uses mercury vapor instead of steam. “Now and then mercury Is found In its liquid metal state but more often it appears in a red mercury-sulphur ore called cinnabar, from which the metal is extracted by a roasting process. “Mercury is known to exist on every cotitinent hut most of the world’s sup ply comes from Spain and Italy, with Spain leading in production. The mines whieh give Italy second rank among mercury-producing countries are situated near Trieste and In Tus cany. The United States Is third on the mercury production lii»t. with Cali fornia leading the ‘mercury states’ which include Oregon. Nevada. Wash ington, Texas, and Arizona. The ,meta) also Is mined In Alaska. Mexico, Canada, China. Russia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Algeria. Japan, Rumania, New Zealand and Australia. Peru once whs an important South American source of mercury, hut production ceased sev eral years ago.” Next Sunday mcming at 11:30 o’- clcck, at the Barnwell- Methodist Church, the pastor will discuss the subject, “The Witness cf the Spirit.” At 8:30 p. m., he will preach from the Third Ccmmandment, “Thou shalt not tak e the name of the Lord thy Gcd in vain.” The con-ide:aticn of these subjects is a matter cf supreme importance, and we hope to see y<m present. Each succeeding Sunda^ evening at 8:30, on e of the other confmandments will be considered until we have studied the entire decalogue. A cor dial invitation is extended to every body to attend thes? services. Come and bring your family a nd friends. f Sincerely, . W. E. WIGGINS. Williston, June 4.—Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Still, of Charleston, have been visiting W. H. Baxley and fami ly here. Miss Dorothy Whittle, a student at the University hospital in Augusta, i s here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whittle. Mrs. S. B. Ray and soi s, Sam and Albert, left Thursday for a visit to her mother, Mrs. Dubose, in Bishop- ville. v Mr. and Mrs. Claude Coggins, cf Greenville, spent last week-end with the latter’* parents, Mr. and Mis. John Weathersbee. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kitehings and baby, of Sumter, arrived Friday for a week’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kitehings. R. B. Boylston accompanied by Mc Coy Boylston,^Jeft Friday for his home in Jacksonville, Fla., after a visit of two weeks to his mother, Mrs. L. M. Boylston. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bolen, of Col umbia, were week-end guests here of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Bolen. Mr. and Mr*. J. H. Bearden, of Au gusta, gp^nt the week-end w.th Mr. and Mrs. B. H. U a > r - Douglas Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parker, has returned from the Aiken hospital, where he under went an operation for appendicitis. Arnold P. Lee, of Fort Wayne, ImT, is here for a vi*it to hi s mother. Mrs. A. S. Blanchard. M rs. L. M. Sprawls and sen, Mal- don, left Saturday, for Spartanburg, where they will attend the graduat ing exercises at Wofford college. Mrs. Dewey Munn and children, of Pamplico, spent several day* with M rs. Munn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Merritt. Mrs. K. D. R :uss, of New York City, is spending some time hen the guest cf Mrs. Jame* A. Kennedy. M iss Miriam Hodges stopped over for a few days visit with her .-dster, Mis. J. C. Folk, en route from a trip in North Carolina. Mrs. Norman Snelling and son, G Norman; cf Atlanta, arrived during the week-end for a few days’ v -it with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bennett; They left this week with Mr. and Mr*. Bennett and Miss Mat tie Lee Bennett for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bennett m Miami, Fla. Mrs. Victoria Bonner is here cn a visit at the home of Mrs. W. E. Prc- thro and Miss Louise Prothio. Mrs. L. R. Hair attended the grad [ uation exercises at Winthrop c jllege Monday where her sister, Miss Gladys Lee, was one of the graduates. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kennedy, ac companied by Miss Elizabeth Kennedy left Wednesday moaning for Wert Point, where their son, David Ken nedy, will be graduated this year. They motored through and will s f op ever in Washington with relatives befor e going on to the graduating ex ercises. They will return some time next week and will be followed within a s hort time by Cadet Kennedy, who will be at home on a furlough for a short vacation. Mr*. M. J. Boylstort and son, V. C. Boylston, of Birmingham, Ala., aie spending some time with th e former’s sister, Mrs. E. M. Boylston. Mrs. Je*se Anderson, of Wilson, N C., is visiting her s ister, Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr. A. M. Kennedy is spending several days in Washington, where he is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Austin Lati mer and other relatives. 107,744 Italians Go Back to Old Country Rome.—A total of 107,744 Italian la borers returned to Italy from abroad in 1931. Of the number, 22.895 re turned from the United States; 32,199 from France; 17,120 from Switzerland; 14,581 from Argentine and the balance from other South American and Euro pean countries. Italian census figures, revised from April. 1931, give the popu lation as 42,521,667 as of January 31, 1932. Belt Rings 147 Years Lossiemouth, Scotland.—“Lady Gor don." a bell weighing over a quarter of a hundredweight, first started ringing in 1785 and can still be heard at Ram say MacDonald's Scottish home, the Hillocks, as it rings in its turret at Lossiemouth railroad station. What a Man Your Boy Will Be If he regularly has milk from cur SANITARY Dairy Farm. _ Our JERSEY COWS are fre« from disease, our employees are heilthy men, and experienced. All bottles and utemils are thoroughy sterilized. 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