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I & - '' $ iWnttwUmlii ... s . i ** ■ • f “ "* y : * ( < V ' . V 1HB BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH C THURSDAY* JULY 2IST, 1932. RARE BONE MALADY PUZZLE TO DOCTOR Eleven-Year-Old Miss Hat Had Many Fractures. Chicago.—Suffering from a strange aitmern which has kept her a seml-ln- valkl since she was three years old, Wary Mestdagh, eleven years old. of IfcMner, Allch., has returned to her ftaaae after treatment In a Chicago ftaapltnl designed to make her bones brittle. Mary has suffered so many bone fractures in the last eight years that |uirents have lost track of them. Vtt least :i'» or *10 fractures are re- weolwl by X-ray pictures, however? her physician, Ur. Frederick Harvey, said. Doctor Harvey is engaged In research work on Mary’s case at Northwestern ’jniversity. Mary returned to her home from the North Chicago hospital, where she was treated for a broken right arm after her physician In Ilom- «cr. Dr. F. It. Van Nuys, sent her to Doctor Harvey. But she will have to return to Chicago at intervals for ob servation. “It is an unusual malady,” said Doc tor Harvey. “Virtually every long bo' m her body has been broken one or snore times. They have healed fairly well. We think that the lust fracture iis going to heal perfectly, but of course we can’t be sure yet. “We’ve given the child special diets containing calcium and are studying the formation of her bones. “Kvnminntion revealed that the bone structure is .so extraordinarily thin and brittle that any slight stress re- xalts in a fracture. This obviously (Imperfect calcification appears to be occasioned through malnutrition of the membrane that nourishes the txine." Doctor Harvey, a specialist In hone •diseases, also has been treating the <blld with injections of glandular ex tracts. Tlufse are made from the duct- leas glands, which, it lias been proved hy iscience in recent years, control to * targe extent such functional proc esses as that of growth. The ailment has left Mary’s bones “as brittle ns egg shells,” it was said. The outer covering is so unsubstantial .as to permit of fracture from the least .^ar or pressure. Her latest fracture was sustained from a slight strain in volving not even a fall. GINSENG IMPORTANT ITEM IN COMMERCE Crop United States Grows but Does Not Use. . Russia Plans Dam to Irrigate Waste Lands Moscow.—The irrigation of the mid dle Volga drought region by the erec- of a gigantic hydroelectric station, announced recently by Josef Stalin, and Premier Viacheslnv Molotov, is <»e of the greatest engineering proj ects in modern history, according to Soviet scientists. The station, supplying 2,000,000 kilo watts of power for machinery to irri gate some 10,000,000 acres of grain | tends, will cost the Soviet at least j 7.500,000,000 rabies, it will involve construction of a dam across the Volga at Knmislilnsk about .'JO meters high and some three kilometers in length. ttesenrch work preparatory to for 1 maiation of final plans already lias •Wn started. Actual construction is scheduled to begin in lid and to lie completed by IfK’T. End of G. A. R. Forecast Within Next Five Years. Philadelphia.—Within another five years the Brand Army of the Ite- puhlic will have ceased to exist as >in organization. This was the opinion expressed by Samuel P. Town, national commander !■ chief, ns he snt frt the Pennsyl vania‘state headquarters In the city (tell preparing notices for the annual encampment at Springfield, III., next .September. “The oldest member of the (j. A. It. whom I know Is William H. It. Neel •«»f ■Philadelphia," he said. “He is nine ty-six and was in business until last January." hi the prime of the 0. A. It.. Town '•tecisred, the membership numbered r^MKX), hut now the total membership I less than I.",000. Washington. — “Ginseng’s popular ity with the Chinese seems to defy ftHling markets and political disorders, for last year more than a quarter mil lion pounds were exported from the United States to Hong Kong,” says a bulletin from the National Geograph ic society. “Ginseng has been an item in United States commerce since Colonial times. The first American cargo boat that cleared New York for Hong Kong, In 1784, carried ginseng. The Chinese drink ginseng tea for its tonic quality. Though we raise It and sell it. the tea has never been highly regarded in the United States, and very little Is con sumed here. “Ginseng is a plant that grows from 8 to 20 inches high, has oval-shaped leaves, bears greenish-yellow blossoms l/i ‘tnjd-snmmer and red berries in the Tati, /It thrives In mountain areas of iterate North America and Asia, he above-ground portion of the plant Is not utilized; it is the thick root that enters commerce. ‘.‘Long before Marco Polo passed down the Cathay coast, ginseng tea was a favorite tonic among the nobil ity and wealthy people of China. The poor could not afford to drink the brew. It was once wortli its weight in^gold: Last year’s shipments aver aged about $S per pound. Made Oriental Nobles Rich. “Most of the early oriental ginseng grew in the mountains of Korea and Manchuria. Every plant was ownjed by the ruling houses. Korean kings derived most of their revenue from ginseng roots. Manchurian rulers waxed .rich. “Shape lias much to do witli ginseng price fixing. The more a root is shaped like a man, the more valuable it is on the Chinese market. “Ginse/ig played an important part ' in orlentjjl politics in the Seventeenth century. Munchu nobles, seeing their supply of wild ginseng depleted, made laws to protect their plants against the raids of southern Chinese. Protec tion of ginseng resources was‘ 1 one of the reasons for the laws which exclud ed all Chinese from the domain of the ManchttN. Operations of ginseng smugglers, however, persisted. “Chinese prefer the wild ginseng, al though the Atneriean layman cannot detect tin* difference between the wild and cultivated roots. With the de pletion of the oriental wild ginseng supply, the American Colonist readily found a market for the roots which grew at the hack doors of their vil lages. , “Perhaps the first American ginseng collections were trappers who discov ered the plants while making their rounds. Later search for the plant led professional hunters Into the trackless American forests. Thus gin seng helped open up new regions to the Colonists. Ginseng Farms Established. “Wild ginseng thrives in mountain regions from Minnesota to Maine and southward to the (Jnif coast. As in the Orient, domestic wild roots became scarce and higfr prices paid for the roots led enterprising Americans to establish farms. Some growers have profited from ginseng cultivation, but small fortunes also have been lost. It takes from six to seven years of ex pert care to develop a mature root. So mo domestic ginseng farms have been established in the woods where ihe wild roots thrive. Others have hem established in clearings, hut in these cases (be farms are roofed jut TREASURER’S REPORT Quarterly report of County Treas urer of school claims paid for the quarter ending June 30, 1932 : a J. J. BELL, County Tres. County Board of Education. s J. J. Bell, Co. Treas. $425.55 J. J. Bell, Co. Treas. 4,765.90 J. J. Bell, Co. Treas 21,200.00 B. S. Moore, Jr. 8.10 TOTAL 26,399.55 District No. 2—Seven Pines. Mr.--. Eulallia T. Paiker 55.00 Ms. Eulallia T. Parker 110.00 Ms. Eulallia T. Parker 110.00 Ruth L. Felder __\50.00 Gladys Holman 25.00 Celi a D. Augustus 27.50 Celia D. Augustus 55.00 Miss Pennie Williams 45.00 L. E. Whittle 93.49 Miss Pennie Williams 20.81 Mi&s Pennie Williams 45.00 Miss Pennie Williams 90.00 Miss Pennie Williams 90.00 Miss Pennie Williams 90.00 Miss Pennie Williams i.T-. 90.00 Aletha Johnson 25.00 Ruth L. Felder 50.00 Aletha Johnson 25.09 TOTAL 275.00 District No. 4.—Big Fork. R. H. Moody 15.00 R. H. Moody ! 15.00 R. H. Moody 15.00 Barnwell High School 90.38 TOTAL 135.38 District No. 7.—Red Oak. Mabel Parler Gantt 91.51 Mabel Parler Gantt 90.00 Mabel Pailer Gantt 92.00 TOTAL ' 273.50 District No. J. 8.—Long Branch. J. Bell, Treas 6.14 Mrs. J. L. Folk L-f— 45.00 Mrs. J. L. Folk 45.00 Mrs. J. L. Folk 90.00 J. S. M. Carter 25.00 J. S. M- Carter ... 25.00 Mrs. J. L. Folk 45.00 Mrs. J. L. Folk 45.00 Mrs. J. N. Anderson 95.10 Mrs. J. N. Anderson 47.50 Mrs. J. N. Anderson 48.40 Mrs. J. N. Anderson 47.50 TOTAL :3,061 21 District No. 11.—Four Mile. S. W. Cromer 35.00 Willi^-Eva Moody .30.00 Mrs. Joseph Ashley 20.00 Wise Motor Co. 26.99 Mr.*. D. C. Bush 20.00 Mrs. Joseph A.?hley 20.00 Mr.?. D. C. Bush 20.00 Wise Motor Co. ___• 28.48 Lillie Mae Chisolm 35 00 Sarah E. Walker 35.00 Wise Motor Co. ^ 33.35 Mrs. D. C. Bush 13 00 A. A. Foreman 70.00 Mrs. Joseph Ashlej^ — 18.00 A. R. Dunbar 10.00 fllrs. Jb?eph Ashley j 224.40 TOTAL 644.22 District No. 12—Dunbarton High. Minnie Byrd McElveen 75.00 Mozelle M. Bush Snelling __ 50.00 Mozelle M. Bush Snelling 50.00 Mozelle M. Bush Snelling -- 50.00 Dollie R. Howard - __ 37.50 Maggie E. Bowen 37.50 J. R. Bowen v 50.qJ Pinkie L. Kilgo 37.50 Pinkie L. Kilgo 37.50 Dollie R. Howard- 37.50 Maggie Eulia Bowen 37.50 J. R. Bowen 50.00 H. S. Floyd 100.00 Margaret Hoover 75.00 Minnie Byrd McElveen 75.00 Bessie Easterling 75.00 Callie M. Bates 75.00 Jennie Lou Hutto 75.00 Hilma Ric e Dicks 75.00 H. H. King, Supt. 408.60 Jennie Leu Hutto 75.00 Minnie Byrd McElveen 75.00 J. R. BoWen 50.00 J. R. Bowen —1— 50.00 J. J. Bell, Treasv 137.85 Victoria Dorch 15.00 Victoria Dorch 30.00 W. W. Carter, Supt. 212.50 W. W. Cal ter, Supt. .. 225.00 Victoria Dorch _-l 15.00 Bes-ie Easterling 75.00 Bes-ie Easterling 75.00 Callie M. Bates 75.00 Callie M. Bates 75.00 Hilma Ric e Dicks 75.00 Hilma Ric e Dicks 75.00 Minnie Byrd McElveen ' 75.00 Minnie Byrd McElveen 75^00 Jennie Lou Hutto 75.00 Jennie Lou Hutto ^ 75.00 Pinkie L. Kilgo — 37.50 Maggie E. Bowen 37.50 Dillie R. Howard 37.50 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.) t!' ;t only one-fourth of me tiny s sun- Oda Baker shine will strike the plants. “Most of the ginseng exi*orted from the l idled States today is of the cul tivated variety.” Row With Mate Over Cards Fatal to Wife * Cleveland.—A quarrel during a game of rhummy with her husband brought rtetih to Mrs. John O. Steer, thirty* six. The husband, a middle-aged den <1*. will be formally charged with murder, authorities announce. Mrs. Steer died of gunshot wounds and Wows. The quarrel arose over an argument vwncern'mg systems of playing rhum- my. Steel Is reported to have con fessed, and it was the first serious dls- rmte in many years of married life. Pagan Indian Altar Latest Gift to Pope Vatican City.—Pope Pius XI rhM received a pagan altar dec- seated with six mummified heads •f enemies of the New Guinea In- dia* tribe that worshipped before it. The altar was included In a eoBeetloa of sixty objects of ptgan secular and religious sculp- tare, presented to his holiness by Father Kirschbaum, missionary In New Guinea for over twenty-six yosra. The collection, which will be placed In the Ethnological mu- was given to Father Klrach- shortly after the tribe em- braeod the Catholic religion. Gold Tadpoles Found in State Fish Hatchery Columbus. Ohio.—T. H. Langlois, chief of the bureau of fish propagation of the division of conservation, report ed to State Conservation Commissioner William Reinhart that golden tadpoles had been found in the slate fish hatch ery at Xenia. Ohio. Declaring that he had never heard of a golden, tadpole before, lainglois expressed the opinion they were the yoang of the leopard frogs, lie ob served that such tadpoles were ordi narily black, hut that the golden color may have resulted from pigmentary changes. Still another theory was advanced by estate museum authorities, who po uted out it “might lie albinism, although albino phases have never been discovered in adult frogs and al bino tadpoles would naturally be white.” p The golden tad[H>les are being seg regated by Ernest Hamer, superin tendent of the Xenia hatchery, for study and experimental purposes., TOTAL 564.64 District No. 9.—Hilda. Oda Baker - 50.00 Oda Baker 50.00 Miss Kate Cantey 45.00 Di rothy Hightower 50.00 Kate Cantey 45.00 Dorothy Hightower 50.00 J. J. Bell, Co. Treas. 16.36 Kate Cantey - 45.00 Oda Baker 50.OP Dorothy Hightower 50.00 Dorothy Hightower 50.00 Hoi ace K. Crouch, §upt. __ 37.53 Kate Cantey 45.00 Kate Cantey 45.00 Kate Cantey — 45.00 Dorothy Hightower 45.00 Dorothy Hightower 45.00 Oda Baker 50.00 Kate Cantey - - 45.00 Dorothy Hightower 45.00 Oda Baker — - 50.00 Ora G. Williams ’2 25.00 Dorothy Hightower 45.00 Ora G. Williams ..I---- 50.00 Dorothy Hightower _ 50.00 Mis. Lucy M. C. Hartzog 50.00 Horace J. Crouch 65.00 Horace J. Crouch 65.00 Horace J. Crouch 65.00 Horace J. Crouch 65.00 Horace J. Crouch 65.00 Horace J. Crouch, Supt. 65.00 Horace J. # Crouch, Supt. — 65.00 Horace J. Crouch, Supt. — 65.00 .. ho no ______ *W ■ % The Western Carolina Corp. FOR A LIMITED TIME AND IN LIMITED AMOUNTS WILL AC- i ' . , • . • , - ■ • ^ ' CERT BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA DEPOSITS ON THE USUAL 50 PERCENT BASIS FOR ONE HALF PAYMENT AND ITS OWN BONDS ON A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BASIS FOR Desirable Residential Lots in —T~:—— . ^ —i— ——— Highland Park and Sunset Hill Property The Price of These Lets Has Been Reduced 20 Percent From Their GW Values and by Purchasing Now on These Terms the Purchaser Will Effect a Saving of From 25 to 45 Percent. PRICES:—$10 Per Front Foot on Hayne Avenue and Highway; $7.50 Per Front Foot on Connecting Streets, Less Reductions Mentioned. Western Carolina Corp. (Successors to Real Estate and Fidelity Co.) Owners Highland Park Hotel, Highland Park Golf Course. AIKEN, S. C. , T. G. TARVER, Pres. o A' t f T T I $ ? f T f Announcing a New Typewriter ‘The Remie Scout Model” (Manufactured by the Remington Typewriter Co.) Only $29.75 •A * Delivered ^ t T T T T T f T T T T ± o Two Are Hitch-Hiking Across Sahara Desert Paris.—Two young Londoners have mad* their way half the distance across the Sahara as the^eserfs first hitch-bikers, walking and catching rides on camel caravans. William Donkin ami Norman Peran were re ported recently to be near Fort Flat' ters on the edge of the Hoggar. u re gion inhabited by the wildest of desert tribes. H'rom Fort Flatters they will go to Fort PoUgnac, then across the Hoggr.r to Tamanraasct and on to Kano in the Niger colony. Oda Baker 50.00 Mrs. Lucy M. Cook Hartzog 100.00 Mis. Lucy M. Cook Hartzog 50.00 Mrs. Lucy M. Cook Hartzog 50.00 Mrs. Lucy M. Cook Haitzog 50.00 Mrs. Lucy M. Cook Haitzog 50.00 Kate Cantey 45.00 ~ l KffPh^antey 45.00 B. P. rfcavies, Editor 6.00 Oda Baker - 50.00 Oda Baker ...l. - 50.00 Mrs. Lucy M. Cook Hartzog 50.00 TOTAL 2,339.89 District No. 10.—Healing Springs Mrs. Ruth Coggin 45.00 Mrs. Ruth Crggin 90.00 Evelyn Lecote 61.00 Gladys V. Holman 50.00 Aletha Johnson 50.00 A Real Typewriter Standard Four Row Keyboard.—Standard in Size and Arrangement. Specially Designed Type for Extreme Legibility and Long , Wear. Light Touch Easy Running. Miss Eva Blume 200.00 Miss Ev a Blum e 90.00 Mis? Eva Blume 70.00 Miss Eva Blume 20.00 Miss Eva Blume 55.00 Miss Eva Blume 60.00 L. E. Whittle 46.51 Miss Pennie William* 50.00 Johnnie Templeton 58.00 H. Jeff Hair ... 26.16 Ruth L. Felder —1 25.00 Ruth L. Felder 25.00 Ideal for College Student, for Home and Office Use or Traveling Salesmen. Mrs. Ruth Coggin Mrs. Ruth Coggin Mrs. Ruth Coggin Miss Pennie Williams L. E. Whittle ... L. E. Whittle Z 37.24 L. E. Whittle 184.19 L. E. Whittle —£ 124.41 L. E. Whittle t 83.75 L. E. Whittle 207.41 Celia D. Augustus ... 55.00 Gladys Holman ... 25.00 .. 90.00 .. x 90.00 90.00 19.19 . 211.58