Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BARNWELL 50 YEARS AGO S' Interegtinf Itemu Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. JUNE 15TH, 1882. ' Eller/on.—Ninety colored persons have recerttly joined one Baptist church near Ellenton and another riot is expected. ^ < The First Bloom.— Mr. E. B. Hughes of Midway, shipped the first cotton bloom to Charleston this year. It opened on the 5th. Our Squares and Streets.—A dozen or go good cradlers could find employ ment for ajt'eek in cutting weeds in town. We iluggeat that the Quoit Club turn it-elf into a volunteer corps of street cleaners. Elko Democracy.—Although chased by U. S. Marshals, arrested and drag ged around, the Democrat* of Elko,- - *™ P ota *h helps to control th's ccn- under instructions from the County Executive Committee, reorganized bn the 2nd Saturday in May with a merti- the a electing bership cf thirty-two" following officers:' x S. S. Owena, Chairman: — t D. M. Johnston, 1st Vice-President. R. W. Gerald, 2nd Vice-President. J. M. Hair, Secretary. L. A. Thompson, Trea-urer. Since then, forty names have been added, making a tot^J membership of dition, but will give best results oruy when nitrogen i s fully controlled. Extra pota.'h net only increjfces yields but also improves the quality cf the crop. Under ; average conditions, proper ^pacing calls for fcot rows with plants 10 to 12 inches apart in the drill,’! Sweet potatoes have a definite place ip our cash crop system, and we are not pushing them as we should. Let’s get in a small acreage this summer seventy-five, with a fair prospect of^’and either -ahip them or store then Place for a Missionary.—Last Sun day during morning devices at the Baptist Church two half-grown boys engaged in a game of marbles on the aquarp not over a hundred feet from the church .door. Crapo in the County.—From differ ent sections wp hear many complaints of the injury done to corn and cotton by bud worms, cut worms and lice. Stand* have been seriously injured in many places. It is said that fields ravaged by the army worm last year are entirely free from grass. The Vraeshopper crop i a unusually large and an early viaitation of the cotton caterpillar ia predicted. Williston.—The first shipment of peaches was ten day« ahead of last year’s. Mr.S, N. Green was the happy grower and realised twelve dollars per bushel for them. having a larger club than ever before. . .' . Our precinct ' cast thirty Democratic 'to one Republican vote at the last election, and we intend to do so again. We have harvested th e finest oat crop that ha< ever been made in this section. Corn and cotton crops were never iietter, ahd farmers generally up with their work. Elko is shipping between three and four hundred thousand feet of lumber per month. Double I*ond Democratic Club.—The Double Pond Democratic Club reor ganized on June 5th by reelecting ita old officers as follows: , President, J. W. Dyches. 1st Vice-President, C. H. Still. 2nd Vice-President, S. B. Still. Recording Secretary, W. S. Brooker, Corresponding Secretary, W. Delk. Treasurer, Jacob Delk. H. R. TARZAN OF THE Al’KS I again, hs does not know, but he SEARCHES FOR MOTHER “ ys he th* 1 "be is alive somewhere and his one wish is to find , her. He would like to take her back j to Afric a with him if she will go.J If not. h e would be willing to remain * with her. South have shown, where 100 to 200 pounds of muriate cXjfcciash has been added to the farmers regular ferti lizer.” -f. ‘The pe»centag e of potatoes grad ing number one can often be consider- abty increased by applying proper amounts of nitrogen with appropriate ^pacing of plants Too much nitrogen per plant produces large potatoes of the Jumbo grade which crack. Ex- Capudine best for HEADAC because- I It gWss rslwf by w> ® thin * n.rve* - not them- Coatams no oputsv • Won’t upset stomacn. 2 Being liquid, it acts quicker than pills or powders. Sold at drug stores in siapo Xs. or 10c 30c. 60c sues. Candidates' Democratic Primary Election. properly for shipment next spring. Explorer's Skip Sold Fort Pierce, Fla.—The Eleanor Boll Ing. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's famous supply ship during hi* Ant arctic expedition, has been bought by the Fort Pierce Steamship company for coastwise service between here and New, York. »- V ' . . ADVERTISE IN - , The People- Sentinel. fCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) -- - One day, three yesrs after his father", death, he was diving from the back of one of hia elephants into a po« i cf water when he was ap proached by two hunters. They beg ged him to return to civilisation with them and he finaty consented upon the condition that he be allowed to take his three elephanta. So, riding upon the baby elephant while the HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmen McDemid. Going back to sweet potgtres again, here are some facts oji early work with sweets, which 1 gathered from hunters rode the other two, young Jan article written by Henry T. Mad- Thompson entered Cape Town, where dux, of Atlanta, Ga. he saw hi, first white woman. He took with him 200 carat- of diamonds and ab; ut 50 rubies, worth about fX.OOO. He remained there for three years, where members of the Ameri can c: lony taught him One of these n wi man from Texas and an other a man from California, he -ays. “Some of the first work done on the fertilization of sweet potatoes in I the south was that by Speth at the Georgia Experiment Station in the I year 1HMS to 1891 cn a chocolate clay subsoil. He reci mmended 4 foot rows, plants 24 inches in the drill,- 800 pounds of 3-8-10 fertilizer per He tested .supt. rph< sphate ond 1 After that, he went back to his 1 acre, tribe and remained among them—asjscft marl phosphate wdth no diffiT-; a trader for a year. He then retuned ence in results and stated: Thi- is ; accounted for by the assumption that to Cape Town, carrying jewels which netted him ab ut $12,000. At the ago «f twenty, he went to London and entered Westminster cotteg?, whirn he attended fc r two years, f o’loved by a trip through Germany, Egypt and ether points and back to Cape T<wn, here he remained until last September. Hi- father’, mining partner, Wil liam Wilson, dying, sent for him and he ram bed his bedsit to learn about his mother, of whom hi, father had never told him. The father had told Wils n a fter extracting an oath that hr Would never reveal the information to young Thompson. However, he tedd Tht mps rr that he thought h< shr uld know about hi- people and now thyt he was dying, had decided to tel! him. Thoijip.-on left immediately f >r Liv- erptol, where he saw' with his own eyes the record of his parents’ mar riage. He arrived in -New sweet potatoes are indifferent to either.” Yet he recommended 8 per I rent acid/ He found kainlt "slightly ' -uperior to muriate as a source of p'tash." “In the early days of the twentieth century sweet potatoes were grown as a find crop for local ernsumption !>y huntans and fobd fer livestock. There was a great interest in the pro duction of a'cohol from the crop and the possibilities of it competing with grains, fruits and other crops. The starch, content of the different varie- | ties of sweet pi tatoes was studied carefully.’’ | three ijnonths ago and since that time hi- search has led him to Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis, Dallas. Fort Woith, Houston, New Orleans, Bili xi, Mi bile, Pensacola, Tampa, Mj- umi, Jacksonville, Savannah Beauf/rt. His father was an only child and both his paternal' grandparents he found to have died. His maternal grandparents are also dead, but in Biloxi he found people who knew his fcaofcher’s pe pie. He even found the woman who had assbted bim into the world. He talked with someone there who had hoard from his mother year, ago fiom Florida* so h 9 went there, He^ leaves no trail unfollowed, ‘no • matter bow unpromising. .— “In 1909 the Clemsorr-Agncultural* College of South Carolina, with J. N.. Haiper as director e? agriculture, published a sweet potato tmtiefin and ; recommended ‘moderate applications of nitrogen, small applications of t i>h(-phoric. acid, and heavy -appliya- Ycrk tions of potash (100 pounds k2o per acre.’ Thiee to four foot rows were suggested, with plants spaced 18 in- TAKE A TRAIN RIDE! ANNIVERSARY DAY IS TRAIN TRAVEL DAY • % ON THE Southern Railway System June 18. 1932. U At Dtte ONE CENT FOR EACH MILE TRAVELED Father! Brother! You cannot af ford to mie* this groat bar gain rod action Blake it a family matter. Get ac quainted with a train ride. Visit relatives, friends, go to the city, go to the coun try. go for the simple pleuo- ure of a train ride! Follow the crowd! Safer than staying at home! RETURN AT YOUR LEISURE ANY TIME PRIOR TO MID NIGHT. JUNE 26. 1932 These tickets will be honored on all trains (except Crescent Limited) end will be accepted lor passage in sleeping and par lor cars upon payment of Pull man charges. This exceptional reduction In fares is offered in commemora tion of the thirty-eighth anniver- •ary of the formation of tho Southern Railway Company, al so to sfford the young folks sn opportunity to enjoy the thrill of their first train ride. Buy your Train travel ticket* well In advance: it will enable us to provide extra cars and :tra trains for your accommo dation. * * # Remember these tickets will be sold from all Agency Sta tions to all stations on the Southern Railway System. Abo to many points on other lines. Make your sleeping car reser vations NOW. Consult Passen ger Traffic representatives and Ticket Agents for full informa tion. FRANK L. JENKINS. Passenger Traffic Manager Southern Railway System He' dees Tibi Ywh Khuw huw-Kis TOf'ther looks, except that those who knew her told him that his hair and eyes are like hers. However, his fa cial features are’so much like those of his father that he believes she will surely know him; if she should ever him. Whether, she‘Has married che- apart. This publication also gave considerable information on thfijstaK’k- content of sWeet petatoe* and report- and «>d yields of starch per acre ranging (from 1277 pounds for the Arkansas BtAuty to 4443 pounds for the South ern Queen.” “Since the sweet potato has become a cash crop and i- new grown pn a commeicial basis in many sections, special attention has betn paid ip recent years to the fertilization, growing, storing and packing of the crop. The monetary return from the crop depends not only en the yield- per acre, but also cn the production of putat- e^ which grade number one.” - “The Virginia Truck - Experiment Station, of Norfolk, Vir., recommends 1,000 peunds cf 3*3-15 fertilizer per acre. The potash recommendation of 150 pounds of k2o per acre for. large yields of high quality sweet potatoes is iust in line with % demonstrations which have been carried /an in the DELC0-LI6HT APPLIANCES LIGHT PLANTS, WATER PUMPS, RADIOS, REPAIR PARTS AND SERVICE. '. . —SEE US— Kline Trading (Co. KLINE, S. C. . For Congress. Orangeburg, S. C., May 21,1932 , I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to th e Congress of the United States fer the Second South Carolina District in the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the party. H. P. FULMER. election and to support the nominee.! of the party.’ ’ W. P. SANDERS. Magistrate, Great Cypress Township. , • KJine, S. C., May 10, 1932. I hereby announce myself m candi- date^for.election to the office of Mag istrate for Great Cypress Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide by the re sults cf the election and to support the nominees of the patty. C. D. OtVENS. Blackville, S. C., June 9, 1932. I hereby announce myself * candi- datg^or. election to the office df Mag istrate at Blackville, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election, pledging self to ?bide by the results of election and to support the nominees of the party. 1 DR. 0. D. HAMMOND. Kline, S. C., June fi, 1932. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to the office of Mag istrate at Kline, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide By the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party W. H. HARDEN. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to Congress from the Second District of South Carolina, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide by the results I hereby announce myseelf a candi date for election to the office of Mag- , - i*trate for Great Cypress township, of the eiecHon and to support the^ 8ubject ^ the ^ and reguUtioni cf the Democratic party, pledging myself to a^>ide by the results of the election and to support the nominees vf the pir?/. WALTER B. FOWKE. nominees of the party. A. FRANK LEVER. Clerk of Court. Barnwell, S. C., June 1, 1932. I berehy announce myself a candi date for reelectiqn to the office of Clerk of Court for Barnwell County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide by the re sults of the election and to support thi* nominees of the party. R. L. BRONSON. i: 1 1 —- - : . — Sheriff. Barnwell, S. C., May 9, 1932. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the effice of Sheriff of Barnwell County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledg ing myself to obide by the results of the election and to support the nomi nees of the party. BONCIL H. DYCHES. For Master in Equity. . Barnwell, S. C., May 31, 1932. I hereby announce myaolf a candi date for reelection to the effice of Master in Equity for Barnwell Coun- t>vsubject ty the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide* by the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party. G. M. GREENE. State Senate. Barnwell, S. C., May 9, 1932. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelecticn to the State Sen ate subject' to the tules and regula tions cf the DeAtocratltf primary’ elec tion, pledging myself to abide by the results cf the election and to sup port the nominee* of the party. EDGAR A. BROWN. A ■ 1 1 " 1 —— ■ ' "■ House of Representatives. Barnwell, S. C., June 8, 1932. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to, the House of Representatves, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary elecyuin,_pledging myself to abide by the results o'f the election and to support the nominees of the party. SOLOMON BLATT. I hereby announce myself a candi date for election to the office of Mag istrate for Great Cypress township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide by the re sults of the election and to support J. W. SANDERS. Magistrate at Blackville. , Blackville, May 16, 19*32. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Magistrate at Blackville, subject to the rules and regulations cf the Demo cratic primary election, pledging my self to abide by the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party. W. S. GRUBBS. Blackville, May 30, 1932 I hereby anounc e myself q candi date for election, to the office t>f Magistrate at Blackville, subject to_ the rules and regulation? cf the Dema- ciatic primary election, pledging fny*^ -eif to abide by the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party. H. L. DeWITT, * Magistrate Bennett Springs and Four Mile Townships. Meyer’s Mill, S. C., May 16, 1952. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of Magistrate- for Bennett Springs and Four Mile Towuships, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election, pledging my self to abide by the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party. PEEPLES. Magistrate at Hilda. Olar, S. C., R. F. D., May 24, 1932 I hereby announce myself a candi date for eelction to the office of Mag istrate at Hilda, subjects to the nil and regulations of the Democrafj primary election, pledging myself abide by the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party. • PAUL H. SANDERS. Hilda, S. C., June 1, 1932. I hereby announce myself a candi date fer reelection to the office of Magistrate at Hilda, «ubject to the tules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary election, pledging my- sclNto abide by the results of the election and to support the nominees of the party. W. K. BLAjCK. Williston, S. €., May 3, 1932. I hereby announce myself a cflndi- ''uate for reelection to the House of ^Representatives, subject' to the rules and regulations of the* Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide by the results cf the election and to support the nominees of the party. * WINCHESTER C. SMITH, JR. For Coroner. Barnwell, S. C., May 11, 1932. I heteby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office cf Coroner for Barnwell County, subject ! to the ryles and regulations of the Democratic primary election, pledg- • • w. . . ing myself to abide by the result of the election and to support the nomi nees cf the party. D. P. LA^CASTEIL Magisrate at Barnwell. —y Barnwell, $. C., June 6, 1932. I hereby angpungg, myrfelf a candi date for reelection to the office of ■ Magistrate at' Barnwell, subject* to I the rules and regulations of tjie Demo cratic primary election, pledging my self to abide by the results of the' Bank With Us by Mail TO DEPOSIT:— SEND YOUR istertd letter. MONEY by Post Office money erder or reg- TO WITHDRAW:— USE YOUR OWN Check if your money is Account. in Checking IF IN A 3 PER CENT Savings Account just mail your Pass Bock and stat e the amount of money you wish to withdraw. The amount requested will be sent to you by return mail. 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