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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA My entire income being derived from the farm, I haven’t the money to run expensive advertisements telling of my public record. < . •. ^ Nor do I believe it necessary. The people of the Second District are intelligent and informed. The voters know what I have done, in Congress and out, for the fanner and every other class of citizens. And, experiencing the burdens and hardships of the farm, I have the viewpoint of the average man and can make articulate in Congress his hopes and aspirations, ■ and translate his needs into remedies therefor. • j A, F. LEVER Candidate for Congress Cotton Rust Playing Havoc in Many Fields nousands of Acres of Cotton Denud ed Foliage Because of Plant Food Deficiency. In traveling over* South Carolina fer the past few weeks ! have become impressed with the great pi'evalance of cotton rust which is so apparent to everyone this season. I have known for some time that many cot ton farmers have not been able to fertilize their crops heavily, as they have done in the past seasons, on account of low prices of cotton and general conditions, and l have won dered just how well they would “get away” with it. Many farmers have used nitrogen in the form of sulphate of ammonia on their crops, as the only source of plant Ibod this season, hoving left out phosphorous and pot ash entirely from their fertilizing pro gram. Some growers have “gotten away” with it so far, but the majority of them are beginning to notice signs of cotton rust* magnesia defi ciency and other troubles. As a result of this fertilizer econo my i (forced ih a great many cases, it i? true, from lack of the necessary funds) the average stalk of cotton in ot.r State is shorter than those whr?h come from normal a pp beat ions of phosphorous to the cotton plan The root system not findinfr enough potash tc- supply the demands of the cotton plant has been unable tc keep up a healthy condition in ’he growing rpiant and cotton rust has developed very rapidly, Cotton rust (frenching ar. potash tiefidency) as most cotton faime'-s realize, can be controlled by the use of ample quantities of potash either in mixed fertilizers or as top firess- -If is .characterized,” statej^ acre of cotton in fields within a few miles of the Inabinett farm do show this deficinency and the addition of 100 pounds of muriate of potsah to the fertilizer on every acre of cotton in 1933 will make a big difference in the appeaance and yield of practical ly every acre which is affected by cot ton rust this season. Cotton rust i s a serious propos ; tion with farmers of many counti°s of South Carolina. Yields are being cut by it. The bolls are smaller, they are harder to pick We cannot make max imum yield.' of the fleecy stanlo if we dpn’t pay strict attention to the nutritional needs of our biggest erep.. Clemson College is doing a great work in showing us these plant food deficiencies, and these deficiencies are showing up very much this sea son. A trip to the Sand Hill Station at Pontiac, about 12 miles from Col umbia, will convince any skeptic that unbalanced fertilizers arc not “the thing” for a cotton crop, cj’)°cir.lly when in unbalancing them you leave cut the potash. G. Chalmers McDermid. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. I have had the pleasure and privi lege of attending several County Farm tours, conducted by the demon stration agents of Allendale, Bam berg, Colleton, Aiken and Orange burg Counties in the past ten days. These tours are always interesting to the man who i' looking for the “out of the ordinary.” Things which impressed me are entirely too many to mention in this short column, but I mention below, a few of the really out-standing features of the trips: In Allendale County, a flock of neatly 300 turkeys, hatched in incu bators, brooded in a home-made brick •brooder, - and ranged on a large in article in the MoCbfrmck * n ^ nn tha fan* of,|lriP. 1fe~ quoting -Dr. H. P. Cooper, Agro- Zeigler. nomist of the S. C. Experiment Sta-J In Orangeburg County, a tfird of tian, “by the lower leaves turning , 20 fine looking brood sows, “ca^tain- yellow, then brown, finally dropping off. All leaves of co’tnn shed prema- tcrtly, the bolls are undersized, and the cotton is hard to pick.” ^ In a field of appr "cimately h acres of cotton, on the farm of Harry In abinett, fertilizer deaUi ^f Woolford, the use of ample potash is veryl •dearly indicated. Some lays agr iri' company with severJl*fertilizer deal er? and mixers and fanny's, I /isitel the field. Our party w viced into the eaij of the field which was fe. r ld e.| with 900 pounds oZ 12 1 4 fertilizer »nd side-dressed with ni •• .of soda. I walked ahead of them into a part 'of ’be field which hal tv -ame fer tilizer under the cr.m, but v»'uh had been side-dressed w’th 300 pounds cf 0-8-13 per acre. Wdnvrt ineiit ; ri ng the fact that there had beep a change In the fertil : zation, I listened tc the comments of the par 4 y as they reach ■ «d that part of the fie.d. A‘l of them noted a tremendous increase in the n rmber of bol s set, the larger >.xe cf A».r bolls, and tf»e general th^ftines> * the plan'— Mr t.a'.ter* then explained die diflfeience a?d Hey WMrrt away convinn*'! that even tfco the field had 900 pounds of 12-4-4 per sere and a nitrogen aide dresser, that the additiM of a combination cf nitrr- and p > c . i had ad le i in the neighbor n:n-1 of 250 to 300 .pounds of need cot’r.i per acre at a very little increase i i ftw«. I mention Mr. Inabinett’a farm, not tmeanse cotton rust is prevalent, there is hardly « stalk in the whole which ahows evidence of .any- bat very careful farming, but Thousands ef ^ . retain ed” by a jTurebred Berk'hire ^boar from the Clemson College flfrd. Equipment wa s all home-made and inexpensive. About 165 g owing shoats hogging down a big field of corn and soy beans-and making cheap pork for fall markets. All these cn Thomas Traywick’s farm. In Aiken County, the finest perma nent pasture in the South. Seventy- five or moire Hereford cattle grazing it and making plenty of high class beef. Another permanent pasture where a hundred or fnore good look ing sheep were making spring lambs and mutton for the winto- tourist trade at Aiken. These on the well run farm of H. C. Hahn. In Orangeburg County again. Har ry Inabinett’s 5 acre ccU'M field near Woodford, fertilized w in plenty of fertilizer and top dressed with 0-8-18, standing out ilk* a “iight-house” omi.i field s for mdes nro n i wh h literally c.V.en up vrih cotton rust, many of them through lack of the proper fertilization had no leaves on them at all, so badly were they Tusted. Henry F. Bamberg’* cotton in Bamberg County showed this le-son also, where the cotton was getting plenty .of potash in the fertilization cotton rust was well under control. The forestry demonstration down in the Holly Hill section where Voca- tional Agriculture students had taken over a piece of woods and were really caring for it. In Colleton County, the young lady (and I’ve forgotten her name, but the County Agent can tell you who I mean) aim had such a fine flock of purebred Rhode Island Red fowls. And the healthiest signs of all— everywhere I went, folks were work ing summer gardens, getting ready for fall vegetables, raising plenty of chickens and hogs for fall and winter meat, growing plenty of sweet pota toes and sugar cane. Just getting ready to live at home and “sit on top of the world” while we city folks look on with envious eyes. Mrs. W. E. Gor/alvs. Mrs. William Elliott Gonzales, wife of the editor of The State, of Colum- bia, died suddenly Saturday night at Flat Rock, N. C. Funeral services were conducted in Columbia Monday afternoon by the Rev. H’snry D. Phillip*, D. D., rector of Trinity Epis copal Church. CLAIMS FIRST TO SENDl mail by air Distincticn Belongs to Lafay ette, Ind. Lafayette, Ind.—To Lafayette be longs the distinction of having dis patched'the first mall by air, first in all the world. ^he epochal events occurred 73 years ago—the exact date being Au gust 17, 1859. This interesting fact was disclosed here recently by Erick Hildesheim of 8217 Blackstone avenue, Chicago, who came to this country from Denmark recently to write a history of air mail, and who obtained the story of the first air mail from the archives In the con gressional library in Washington. John Wise, best-known American balloonist of his day, was the original air mall carrier. Thomas Wood was postmaster in Lafayette in 1859 when Wise came here for a balloon exhibi tion. ; Wise conceived the idea of carrying mail by balloon and endeavored to in terest capital in an improved mail service founded on the idea of bal looning tire mail from the west coast to the Atlantic seaboard and from there across the Atlantic ocean by tbe same means. The Lafayette air mail plan was de vised as an experience in connection with an ascension which Wise had contracted to make here on August 10, 1859. The ascent was a failure on that day and was attempted on the following day with greater success. An immense crowd gathered as Wise sailed into tire air with a bag of mail. Due to la<k of wind he was forced to descend near Orawfordsville, 30 miles south of here, but first devised a parachute out of a piece of muslin nine feet square. To this he attached the mail hag and dropped it over- hoard. He landed in his balloon not far from where tire mail hag landed. The mail was then placed aboard a train for tire East. Tire following dispatch tells the re- muinder of what is known of tire event: “Lancaster, Pa., Friday, Aug. 20. 1859.—The special letter hag expressed by the postmaster of Lafayette, with proof of Wise’s dep irture, was dropped from the clouds over Cruwfordsville, Ind., and passed through here today en route to New York in good con dition.” said election. \ At the meefing on August 24th, 1982, it jva» ordered that the races for the offices of Sheriff and Coroner of Barnwell County be reopened im mediately because of the vacancies caused by the death of Sheriff B. H. Dyches and Coroner 1 D. P. Lancas ter,- and it was requested that the county legislative delegation fix the Coroner’s salary for the ensuing term at not exceeding Ono Hundred arid Fifty (8150.00) Dollar's per/year. It was further ordered that the time for filing pledges and paying as sessments for said offices shal> close at 12:00 o’clock noon, Wednesday, August 31st, 1932, and that^candidate 8 announce in the two succeeding issues of one of the county newspapers. The assessments as fixed by the said Ex ecutive Committee at a previous meet ing are as follows: For Sheriff, $200; for 1 Coroner, $10. • EDGAR A. BROWN, County Cha’imaRr— Barnwell, S. C., August 24, 1932. NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS Used Cars For Sale! n •• 4 . „ * We have 25 used Ford Cars, one Plymouth and four Chevro- lets, five used Ford Trucks and two Chevroltes, which we are offering at very low prices, with terms to responsible people. Call and look them over. Rizer Auto Co. r OLAR, S. C. NOTICE OF ELECTION. it Pursuant to a resolution unani mously adopted at a meeting of the Barnwell County Democratic Execu tive Committee on Wednesday, Au gust 24th, 1932, a primaty election for the offices of Sheriff and Coroner of Barnwell County is hereby ordered to be held at the various precincts in said county on Tuesday, September 13th,jl932, along with the regular second 'primary election to be held on that date, and it is further ordered that the names of all duly qualified candidates for the said offices of Sheriff and Coroner be printed on the ballots provided for said election. Also, that a second primary for said two offices, if one be necessary, will be held two weeks thereafter. The same managers of election ap pointed for the first primary and the same polling places are named for In compliance with Section 3 cf Act No. 806 passed by the 1930 session of the South Carolina General Assembly, notice is hereby given that bids will be received 1?n August 26, 1932, by the Barnwell County Board of Educa tion for the transportation of high school pupils in the following dis tricts: Healing Springs School District No. 10 to Blackville High School. Double Ponds School District, No. 20, to Blackville High School. Ashleigh School District, No. 24, to Blackville High School. All bids for transportation of pupils shall be in a sealed, envelope and addressed to the County Superintend ent of Education, and marked on the outside, “Bid for transportation of pupil* on Route No. ” (Use district number,—school district from which pupils are transported.) These bids will be opened at 3 o’clock p. rn. on August 26th. “and awards made by the County Board of Educa tion, who shall have the right to re ject any and all bid*, and to readver- tise for new or additional bids.” Special attention is called to this part of the new Act,—“All contracts for transportation shall be awarded to the lowest RESPONSIBLE? bidder.” Bids may be made for all or part of the pupils in a district and should be made on a per pupil basis, and also a bid for the total to be transported. The number of pupils to be transport ed can be ascertained by applying to the school district trustees in the dis trict whetfe pupils are to be trans ported live. Bids for the .transportation of cer tain pupils in Old Columbia School District.^ No. 43, to Seven Pines School Di-trict, No. 2 will be receiv ed at the same time, and shall com ply with tha regulations stated above. B. S. MOORE, JR., Secy., County Board of Education. Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 5, 1932. .CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. By John K. JSnelling, Esq., Probate Judge. —— WHEREAS, Bessie Hayes, hath made £Uit to me to grant unto her Letters of Administration of the Estate cf and effects of M. L. McEl- haney. •THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors cf the said M. L. McElhaney, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barnwell, S. C., C., on Saturday, Aug. 20, next after publication thereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand this 6th day of July, A. D. 1932. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate. Published on the 7th day of July, 1932, in The Barnwell'People-Sentinel. NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. Executive CcimmHtee, Deemocratic Party, Barnwell County. Barnwell, S. C., Aug. 2, 1932. NOTICE is hereby given that a primary election of the Democratic Party will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 30th, 1932, and a second primaty, if one be necessary, will be held two weeks thereafter. The following managers are here by appointed and the following polling places named for both elections: BARNWELL.—Herman I. Mazurs- ky, Anus Patterson and G. W. Hal ford; clerk, Ira Fales; polling place, Court House. BENNETT SPRINGS. — W. F. Bates, W. D. Meyer and D. W. Glover; clerk, G. R. Peeples; polling place, San Hill sckol house. BLACKVILLE —C. R. Boylston, C. C. Storne and P. E. Allen; clerk, Lon nie C. CreeVh; polling place, vacant store. DOUBLE PONDS.—A. H. Croft, S. P. Hartzog and J. L. Diamond; clerk, L. W. Hutto; polling place, Double Pends school house. DUNBARTON.—F. L. Eaves, C. H. Dicks and Bob Owens; clerk, J. M. Killingsworth; polling place, vacant store. ELKO.—C. J. Bates, R. R. John ston and L. L. Birt; clerk, L. P. Wil liams; polling place, school hoase. FOUR MILE.—C. M. Turner, B. L. Peeples and A. R. Dunbar; clerk, C. D. Youngblood; polling place, Muns Filling Station. FRIENDSHIP.—G. W. Fail, Aaron Fail and Frank Sanders; clerk, H. E .Creech; polling place, Friendship Church. GREAT CYPRESS.—W. H. Moody, Jr., J. L. Bradley and B. M. Jenkins, Jr.; clerk, W. B. Bradley; polling place, Kline school house. HEALING SPRINGS.—B. F. Gard ner, Edward Wade and H. Jeff Hair; clerk, D. W. Heckle; polling place Healing Springs school htfse. HERCULES.—L. S. Still, W. Hayne Dyches and Farrell A. Creech; clerk, J. A. Morris; polling place, Demo cratic drib house. ^ HILDA.—S. F. Hutto, J. M. Rowell and M. L. Collins; clerk, A. N. Black; plolPng place, )fV!tlantic Coast Line depot. REp OAK.—H. M. Cook, O. D. Moore amP-W. B. Parker; clerk, S. E. Moore; polling place, Moore’s store. REEDY BRANCH. —J. C. R. Grubbs, John G. Grubbs and Reynold* Still; clerk, J. B. Still; polling place, Reedy Branch school house. ROSEMARY.—M. S. Hair, Hoyt Rutland and R. S. Weather.-bee; click, W. R. Bell; polling place, Pleasant Hill school house. SILOAM.—W. P. Morris, S. Towne and Belton Holly; clerk, J. W. Bate.*; polling place. Siloan Church.' WILLISTON.—J. W. Johnson, F. T. Merritt and R. L. Hair; clerk, W. G. Thompson; polling place, Ford show room. Special attention is called to the following rules: 30. The managers shall open the polls at eight o’clock a^>m., and close them at four o’clock p. m.; Provided, That in the cities of Charleston and Columbia the polls shall be open at eight o’clock a. m., and close at six o’ clock p. m. The managers shall then proceed publicly to count the votes. After tabulating the result the mana ger* shall certify same and forward the ballot box, containing the ballots, poll list and all other papers, except the club roll, relating to such election, bv one cf their number to the chair- % man of the county committee within 36 hours after the close of the poll-. 35. The county committees shall assemble at their respective court houses on the morning cf the second day after the election on or before 12 o’clock noon to tabulate the returns and declare the result cf the primary, so far as the same relates to member* of the general assembly and county officers, and shall forward immediate ly to the chairman cf the State com mittee at Columbia, S. C., the result of the^ election in their re-pective counties for'United States senator, State officers, congressmen and solic itors. The State committee shall pro ceed to canva-s the vote and declare the result. 36. The protests and contests for ^county officers and members of the general assembly shall he filed within two days after the day of the declara tion by the county committee of the result of the election with chairman of the county committee and said county committee shall hear and de termine the same at its fir.-t meeting thereafter. Rule 45... . . . Section 1. In every primary elec tion in this State there shall be pro vided at each polling precinct one booth for every 100 enrolled voters, or majority fraction thereof. The booth shall be made of wood, cheap metal, or any other suitable substance, shall not be less than 32 inches wide and 32 inches deep, and six feet, six iches high, shall be provided with a curtain hanging from the top in front to within three feet of the floor, and shall have a suitable shelf on which the voter can prepare his ticket. Provided, The providens of this Act shall not apply to any precinct where there are less than fifty (50) voters enrolled on the club roll at such pre cinct. Section 2. The polling places shall be provided with a table for the man agers. The polk* shall be provided with a guard rail, so that no one ex cept as hereinafter provided shall ap proach nearer than five feet of the booths in which the voters are prepar ing their ballots. Section 3. The tickets shall be printed cn dear white paper in the THURSDAY, AtJGUST 25TH, 1932 usual manner, but shall have a cou- ft V pon at the top perforated so as to be easily detached. On the coupon shall be printed “Official Ballott.” “Club Ward' No. The numbers shall run seriatim each club. ° There shall be 50 per cen mere ballots than there are voters en rolled at each voting place. Section 4. The managers shall be responsible for. all ballots furnished. When a voter presents himself he shall be given a ballot. The manager in charge of the poll list shall enter the number of the ballot next the name of the voter. The voter shall forthwith retire alone to one of the booths, and without undue delay pre pare his ballot by scratching out the name of the candidate for whom he doe^ NOT care to vote. No voter shall remain in the booth longer than five minutes. After preparing his bal lot, the voter shall present himself to the manager. His ballot must be folded in such a way that the number can be seen and the coupon can be readily detached by the maager with out in any way revealing the printed portion of the ballot. If jthe voter is not challenged, and takes the prej scribed '.bath, the manager shall tear off the coupon, put it on file, stamp the ballot, and the voter shal deposit his ticket in the box, and shall im mediately leave the polling place. I? a voter i«hall mar or deface his bal lot, he may obtain one additional bal lot upon returning to the manager in charge of the ballots the ballot so marred or defaced, with the coupon attached. The manager in charge of the poll list shall change the numbeJ| of the ballot on the poll list, an^l place the defaced ballot on file. No voter shall be given a second ballot until he has returned the first one with coupon attached, v Section 5. No per.*on shall be al lowed within the guard rail except as hereinafter provided. If a voter can not read or write, or is physically dis abled, and by reason, thereof did not sign the enrolment book, he may ap peal to the managers for assistant, and the chairman of the managers shall appoint one of the managers and a by-stander to be designated by the voter, to assist him in preparing his ballot: Provided, After the voter’s ballot has been prepared, the by stander so appointed shall immediate ly go behind the guard rail. Pro vided further, That in cities contain ing 55,000 inhabitants or more, the chairman of the manager* shall ap point two of the watchers represent ing the different factions to assist him in preparing the ballot; after the vo ter’s ballot has been prepared, the watchers so appointed shall immed iately go behind the guard railing. Provided further, That if there he no such watchers available, the chairman may appoint two bystanders who are qualified to vote in such primary to assi.'t the voter in the preparation of his ballot. Section 6. From the time of the opening of the polls until the an nouncement of the result and the sign ing of the official returns no person shall be admitted to the polling place except the managers, duly authorized watchers and challengers, the chair man of the executive committee or, member of the executive committe appointed in hi^,stead to supervise the polling place, persons duly admitted for ihe purpose of voting, police of ficers admitted by the managers to preserve order cr enforce law; Pro--, vided, however, That candidates for public office voted for at such polling place may be present at the canvass of the votes. Provided, canvass of the votes shall be open to the public. Section 7. .If the watchers or of ficers of the law who are admitted to the polling place by the managers shall interfere with the managers or obstruct the voting, it shall be the duty of the managers to suspend the election until order is restored, or as may bp provided by the rules of the party. No person shall be allowed to appr< ach polling places within 25 feet while polls are open, ether than the persons herein provided for. Section 8. Upon the close of the election, managers shall account to the executive committee for all ballots de livered to them, and make the follow ing return: (a) The number of of ficial ballots furnished to each polling precinct. (b) The number of offi cial ballots spoiled and returned by voters. (c) The number of official ballots actually voted. Copy of rqles will be mailed to man agers of each club wif^i tickets. Each executive committeeman is hereby notified that he wi’.l he re quired to furnish the managers o election with two suitable boxes, one for tickets for candidates for State of fices and one for candidates for Con gressional and County offices. (Or?, dinary cigar boxes will do.) EDGAR A. BROWN, i County Chairman. B. P: DAVIES, Secretary. J