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THE BABXWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOOTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER M, £ f pa. ; N FRANCISCO BAY BURIES MANY SHIPS Buiy Commerce Plies Over Numerous Wrecks. San t Franclaco.—Some with their masts awry, some with their scuppers eternally brimming, and some with their bows stove in, but all with green seas in their holds, a motely company of wrecked vessels sway In the tides I of the bay here, fathoms under the (busy commerce. Between 00,000 and 70,000 persons cross the bay dally, but few know of the ghostly wrecks beneath them. Somewhere In the vicinity of the Vallejo piers Is the hulk of the ferry Julia, which exploded February 27, 1888, and sank with a loss of 30 lives. Two Famous Wrecks. Somewhere off Fort 1’olnt at the bay’s entrance He two famous wrecks, the City of Rio de Janeiro and the City of Chester. The Rio de Janeiro, a $500,000 vessel carrying a $400,000 cargo, struck a rock In deep water and sank within ten minutes, carrying 128 persona to their death. The City of Chester went down Au gust 22, 1888, five minutes after col liding with the steel steamer Oceanic from Liverpool Sixteen lost their lives. Somewhere In San Pablo bay lies the wreck of the schooner Secretary, whose boilers exploded April 15, 1854. Fifty were lost. The bark Atlantic lies somewhere along the edge of the Golden Gate, where she sank In 1880 carrying down 27. In the bay off Al catraz island Is the Aberdeen, which went down in 1916, drowning eight. ! Stranded on the rocks off Land's End Is a portion of the freighter Lyman Stewart, wrecked when it collided with the Walter A. Luckenback, October 7, A922. Water shoots through the rusty plates and up the pipes of the vessel as Its hulk rolls In the pounding surf. Less than a mile away lies the steam er Coos Bays, which drove far up on the beach at Land's End in a heavy fog five years later. There are many others resting about the fringes of the bay. The Port Saunders, the Golden City, the Trifo- Hum, the Red Wing, the Aberdeen— barges, schooners, fishing boats, trim motorboats, sallttonts—all are there, mute objects in u kind of murine mu- . seum. Greater London Shows Big Gain in Population » London.—The population of Greater London^now totals 8,208,942, ns re vealed by the first official report com piled from the census reports of last year. The Increase in population, ns com pared with 1921, has been 9.7 per cent or nearly three times as great as in the preceding decade, and nearly twice as great as the current increase for the nation at large. Greater London’s inhabitants are di vided Into 4,371,026 females and only 3.832,916 males. How that happened, the report doesn’t deign to disclose. Figures for the city of London and the 28 metropolitan boroughs which comprise the administrative county of London (as distinct from Greater Lon don) show a decline of 87,250 for the ten-year period. This population Is now 4,897,003. , _ California City Seeks Gold Beneath Alleys Orovllle, Calif.—Relief since the boom time mining days that beneath this prosperous agricultural and min ing city existed rich gold veins has led many to suggest moving the city to find out. Now the curiosity born three quar ters of a century ago will be satisfied. But OrovlUe's streets and buildings will stay where they are. Two giant drills are operating in back lots and alleys to test whether the long rumored gold veins exist. Jail Inmates Consume 42,000 Aspirin Tablets Fort Worth, Texas.—Evidently there were plenty of headaches in the Tar rant county Jail last year—the 1931 drug bill reveals that 42,000 aspirin tablets were purchased for the 150 in mates. But the prisoners also received Amply of other kinds of medicine along with the “sleepers.” The bill shows 11,400 purgative tablets, 174 pounds of salts, and 211 pints of castor oil were consumed. Flask Toters Lived Back in 143 B. C. Ann Arbor, Mich.—Liquor flasks, rat traps and market baskets, all made of stone and dating back to 148 B. Cm have been unearthed by Dr. Leroy Waterman of the Uni versity of Michigan at Seleucia, In Mesopotamia. Doctor Waterman, heading a Uni versity of Michigan expedition In connection with the Cleveland and Toledo Art museums, said that un doubtedly the design of the pres ent-day liquor flasks was copied from the antique containers. The rat traps, made entirely of •tone, differed materially from cur rent models. Doctor Waterman re ports. They were made of a hop- low stone tube with a large piece •f flat stone at one end. Opposite the flat rock the bait was placed aad when rodents touched R the atone fell making them captives. Manufactured Goods Exposition Feature Visitors Will See Attractively Ar ranged Array of South Carolina Prcducts. COMPLETE LIST OF YANKS WITH FRENCH Charleston, Sept. 27.—South Caroli- ians will turn their eyes toward the vast resources of their State when more than fifty manufacturers of a varied assortment of goods display their wares at the South Carolina Products Exposition here October 3 to 8. Gathered from the Piedmont to the sea, articles of an amazing variety, expected to be a revelation to resi dents of the State and others from afar who have been accustomed to view South Carolina as an agricul tural community exclusively, will be shown at the Fort Sumter hotel. As an added attraction there will be en tertainment features during South Carolina Products Week, such as band concerts on the Battery, over looking the sea; nightly fashion re views in which lovely society^ girls will serve as models, and aquatic sports in Charleston’s historic bay. The exposition is sponsored by The News anj Courier to prove to South Carolinians the extent to which they can be self supporting and to foster a “Buy South Carolina Products” movement. Three railroads serving Charleston —the Southern Railway, Atlantic Coast Line, and Seaboard Air Line— will offer special rates to and from Charleston from October 2 to 10. This rate will give a round trip ticket for a one-way fare plus twenty-five cents, and applies throughout South Carolina and in Augusta and Savan nah, Ga. Hotels in Charleston also will offer special rates to visitors during the exposition. The city of Charleston is hacking the exposition, as are Charleston or ganizations and civic bodies through out the State. Chambers of com merce of cities and towns all over South Caiolina are cooperating to make it a success. Visitors will see an array of manu factured goods including such an as sortment as fine printed cloth, hosi ery, shirts, handkerchiefs, towels, women’s dres>es, wall cleaning ma terials, stationery, canned fruit and vegetables, cheese, butter, toys, win dow shades draperies, bed spreads, matresses, paints and varnishes, as bestos products, cigars, bagging for wrapping cotton, novelty and bed room furniture, chairs and numerous other articles. Manufacturers are arranging at tractive booths and exhibits of their products. The Fort Sumter hotel, where the exposition will take place, directly faces Charleston harbor, overlooking the Battery and Fort Sumter, where the War Between the States began. Volunteer Combatants Named After Much Work. i * . . ■ Paris—After much difficulty and a special trip to Sldi-bel-Abbes, the Trench and Air Association of Ameri can Volunteer Combatants in the French Army, 1914-’18, has completed preparation of a list of the American volunteer combatants who were killed fighting for France during the World war. This list has been prepared especial ly for the American graves registration service In Europe and shows that of 90 Americans who served at the front In the Foreign Legion 40 were killed. Seven others died of wounds or as a result of having been gassed. Donald Coleman of Yonkers, N. Y„ who transferred from the Legion to the French artillery, was killed la ' of 1918 while attached to a 75 battery. Sixty-eight of the 180 American pi lots in the Lafayette Escadrllle acd the Lafayette Flying corps were killed, most of whom are buried at the Lafay ette Escadrllle memorial at GarchfS, near the port of Saint Cloud. In securing this information all of the dossiers of the foreigners who fought In the French ranks during the World war were consulted. This was a difficult task, as all of these dossiers are filed away at the Foreign Legion headquarters at Sidi-bel-Abbes In Al geria. All of the volunteers from North and South American countries are list ed under the general heading of Amer icans. which made it doubly difficult to sort out the men from the United States. There is some confusion In mentioning this organization with an other composed of former American civilian welfare workers during the World war, called the Association of American Volunteers with the French Army, the members of which did not enlist in the French army or wear a French uniform. The Trench and Air Association of American Volunteer Combatants In the French Army, 1914- ’18, Is. therefore, always mentioned by Its full name and complete title. Expect to Finish World War Story in 15 Years I-ondon.—By the year 1950, If all goes well, British military students will he able to read about that historic event known as the World war. The British official history of the war, on which work was started at the close of the conflict, now has been half completed. The generals of the war office have spent fourteen years get ting to the battle of the Somme, and If the funds hold out, they expect to be out of the trenches by fifteen years from this Christmas. " By then, according to the law of averages, the country will have start ed a new war. So far, the official history of the last war has cost $1,000,000. With the gov ernment straining to economize In every department, the war office gen erals have begun to arouse the im patience of critics. The more sarcas tic foresee a race between, the war office and the Academie Francalse. which has been working on its dic tionary near a hundred years. Social and Personal News from Willis ton Williston, Sept. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. Holt, of Savannah, Ga., were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mitchell. Dr. C. O. Pender spent the week end with his family in Pelzer. Mrs. M. B. Robinson, of Yoqges Island, has been spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Folk. Miss Eloise Corley, of Dunbarton, left Tuesday for W. S. C. W., Mil- ledgeville, Ga., to resume her studies. Mrs. T. J. Folk has returned from an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kent, in Glenn- wood, Ga. She was accompanied home by her mother, who will spend some time with her. , Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kennedy and Mrs. E. P. Riley and son, Pat, have returned home from Bluffton, where they have been spending several days. Mrs. Phil Harris and children have returned to spend some time- with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Ackerman and children, Betty and Thomas, and their house guest, Miss Martha Wil lis, of Cottageville, J. W. Folk and Miss Medrue Free spent the week end at Bluffton. E. P. Riley, of Greenville, joined Mrs. Riley and son for a week-end visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ken nedy. T. J., J. C and J W. Folk, L V. Porter, H. H. Thompson and Dr. W. Cone left Thursday morning for a fishing trip to Bluffton. Card of Thanks. — To the Editor of The People-Sentinel: Dear Mr. Editor.—Please allow me space to thank my friends for the kandaome vote given me in my race for Corner. - *■ y.adison Templeton British Prime Minister Employ 10 Secretaries London.—Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, head of the national gov ernment. has had to Increase the size of his secretariat until It is now the largest on record. Ten private secretaries now assist the prime minister. Because of the Impairment of his eyesight, which some fear will lead to total blindness, the slxty-flve-year-old Scotchman more than ever requires secretarial assistance. The prime ministers friends often have reproached him with his extreme reluctance to assign detailed work to his secretaries. Two additional ap pointments, however, have been made and his secretariat far exceeds any other British premier’s. It Is prob ably larger than any other premier in the world. Increase in Marriages Is Sign of Prosperity Detroit.—The depression Is waning, if the Detroit marital mart Is a fair barometer of such things, says County Clerk Thomas F. Farrell Farrell, who has been attuned to the heart “cycles” of Detroit for the last 25 years, explains that he has observed a falling off In marriage li censes In lean business years and a noticeable increase in so-called pros perous years. Comparing this year with 1931, Far rell reports a steady increase in the number of licenses issued In 1932. Chemist Has Method of Getting Oil From Stumps Marshfield, Ore.—Glenn Parr, chem ist. claims to have discovered and per fected a method of extracting oil from white cedar stumps. His plant turns out 24 gallons of oil daily, he said. The stumps are blasted and removed, leaving the land clear for cultivatloa He operates In logged-off areas. Graalte Marker far Cat - Pittsfield, Mass.-—A granite marker haa been placed over the grave of “Snookie," oldest cat in Maasachu- setta, that died recently at twenty- four. The cat belonged to James Oarrity of this city. \ v A. Considered Advertising > v as a Clerk? A CLERK—BETTER, A SOLICITOR — who calls weekly at hundreds of homes in Barnwell County, not annoyingly ringing the doorbell asking to “see the lady of the house,” but one who calls pleasantly, tells all the news of the community, gossips with the family, and sells them goods that are in your store. If no one is home when this clerk calls, it does not pass on to the next home, but waits patiently until some one comes. It then tells its story to the first ar rival and repeats and repeats to every member of the family. It never tires—even weeks later this clerk is still talking, repeating its sales talk and old news of Barnwell County. Incomes have been reduced but among the hun dreds of people this clerk calls on’ some one is always in need of something—something that is in your store. The clerk sits at night with the family while they dis cuss what they need and whether they can afford the things that this clerk has to offer. John needs some new shoes. Shoes? Sure, says this clerk. We have them priced from $3.50 to $8.50. The very size and what you want and something that you have been looking for, for only $4.75, etc., through the needs of the family. This clerk is on duty all day and night, day in -and day out, week, month and year. Rain, snow or sleet does not prevent him from making his calls with hundreds of families. How much would a clerk, or solicitor, of this kind cost you per week? Could you afford to pay him what he wojild be worth? Could you find such a person who would^work night and day. regardless and fill the bill as well as this clerk? Friend of thousands. Always ad mitted to every home he calls on. Considered a part of every family. Such a valuable clerk could demand and get any salary he wanted, but not this cherk. * * Advertising is not an expense! Consider it as one of Arour clerks. Put this clerk jpn your weekly or monthly payroll. It is a sound investment. One clerk who is on the streets and in the homes of Barnwell and this itrade area ever soliciting business for your store. One that sends in business to keep your other clerks who stay in your store busy. Can you afford to be without the services of this cleerk? Call and let us tell you how cheaply he will work for you. • • ; The People-Sentinel PHONE 89 BARNWELL, S. C. •V.V