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i JStiHfiiait' si0i,'. --vA; «i.iJi’ \ 4PAGE EIGHT ==i= 1HB BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938 BARNWELL 50 YEARS Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. SEPTEMBER 28, 1852. BAMBERG MAN I^VICTOR IN Change Opening Day. BATTLE WITH BIG ALLIGATOR Williston Hight School.—A com mittee of citizens met in the Town Ball on Saturday, the 8th September. Eg resolution the Rev. Joseph A Monday was appointed Corresponding Secretary and Agent to solicit pecun- fnry aid from the friends of education. Copt W. H. Kennedy was appointed Treasurer. Deaths.—Near Blackville, on the 17th Inst., Mr. Daniel Hartzog. At Blackville, on the 22nd inst., D. P. Baldwin. Near Grahams, on the 21. a t., Mrs. only daughter of Mr. and W. H. Wroten. George J. Priester, Esq.—This u>e- fel and honored citizen died at his residence near Allendale on last Fri- from injuries received from his on the preceding Monday. He a good man and will be greatly esd&aed. were several men in town. l It is mighty strange to us that a man will stoop lower to get a negro’s vote than to get a white man’s. a Dr. J. B. Black declines to be candidate for the Legislature. A strong tea of China berries ap- by a watering pot will kill cab- worms. JHaakadines and ’possums are ripe wnd the average darkey and small heg aire happy. The cow pea crop will be poor. Orange blossoms will bloom at WHliston tomorrow morning. The oyster season will soon open. >Ihe game law says that you may birds on and after next Monday. The moon was full last night—so The following js a list of the Demo cratic candidates: For School Commissioner—A. Buist and W. B. Carson. For House of Representatives—G. Duncan Bellinger, R. M. Mixson, W. W. Smith, Thomas R. Ayer, G. W . M. Williams, J. T. Martin, I. L Tobin, M F. Molony and B. B. Kirkland. For County Commissioner— W. R. Christie, W. W. Matthews, J. C. Mc Millan, A. P. Miller, John G. Owens, H. J. Croft, Henry Hyme, J. C. Tar- ranee, Seaborn Weathersbee, J. 0. Patterson and J. U. Ray. For County Auditor—C. E. Larti gue, H. H. Easterling, S. W. Trotti, M. A. Moye and A A. Faust. For Probate Judge—B T. Rice and J. B. Hunter. For County Treasurer — Bryant Weathersbee and N. F. Kirkland. Bamberg, §ept. 24.—Ralph Hughes, young Bamberg County man, will not bother any more sleeping alligators. At least, that is the way he feels about it right now, following a ter rific battle with a five-foot saurian the other day. While young Hughes was traveling in his car near Clear Pond, he saw the alligator peacefully sleeping near the roadside. He got out of his car and threw something at the ’gator to wake him up. The alligator got mad and gave chase af ter the young man, who returned hastily to his automobile, but the ’gator looked as if it woulfi .climb in to the car after him. Hughes resort ed to the top, with the alligator .still trying his best to get to him. Hughes managed to earh dov n ntj h ! s sr end get something to strike the a li- gator with, succeeding in blinding him in one eye, and giving the young man a chance to get down and fight, him in the open. With the alligator under the car, young Hughes finally conquered him, and as a consequence some of his friends have been enjoy ing alligator steaks. During the bat tle, the alligator scratched the car up rather badly and in his mad de sire to wreak vengeace on the man who dared disturb his sleep, he bit into the tires and otherwise damaged the automobile. Gov. Hagood intends going into the hay business on a very large scale. The Citadel Academy Charleston, will be reopened next Monday. J. H. Roberts, C. L. Wroten, T. J. Brooker, C. R. Wilson, J. T. Hogg, E. C. Hayes, Judge Brown, R. A. Weathersbee, B. R. Bostick, D. L. Peeples and E. L. Price have been entered as pay cadet? from this county. UNABLE TO DEFINE “WILL-0 , -THE-WISP ,, Local and Personal News of Blackville of the Blackville high school faculty, is in St. Matthews this week follow ing an operation which she underwent j at the Baptist hospital in Columbia Mr. and Mr's. Tuesday. Blackville, Sept. 24 Junes Nevils were host and hostess a week-end party on the Edisto! FARMERS ARE ,,LANTIN(; riaar at their summer camp last week. Gaests were several of the local teachers, Miss Ruth Barton, Miss COVER CROPS AND GRAIN Farmers are beginning now to erine Legare, Mias Patay Peay plant Austrian peas as a cover crop. 4 also Eugene Fickling and Harold It is expected that there wdll be sev eral hundred acres of peas planted Grimes. Mr*. S. G. Lowe, district chairman this fall as a cover crop. Planting the Woman’s auixlary of the should be made by October fifteenth ’Charleston presbytery, which district 'f possible. Last year we did not' <arhsdes Blackville, Williston, Barn-(have rains until it was too late for •eJ, Denmark, Branchville, Bamberg fall planting in practically every sec- a»4 Orangeburg, is hard at work on! tion of the county. This year it * program to be given at the district ^ S eems that we will be able to get raafti ince at Barnwell on Tuesday.' planting done on time. Thirty pounds October 4th. Paj^er Connor, of per acre is enough seed. ’ Where Aus- ■kfisto Island, synodical president of trian peas have not been grown be-J Ihc presbytery, and Mrs. D. A. Brock- fore on the land, be sure to inoculate iagton, of Charleston, president of the seed. Charleston presbytery, will be Assistance in purchase of seed, in oculation, etc., will be furnished by fhe county agent upon request. Total cost per acre for seed and inoculation is about one dollar and twenty-five cents. A nudium crop of these pea.^ turned into the soil is equal in plant food to two hundred to four hundred pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. Farmers are urged to plant a good acreage in grain for grazing and feed. Be sure to treat oats and wheat against smut. Seed treatment is simple and cheap. The formaldehyde treatment is cheap and effective and very easily used. The material may be bought from nio-t drug stores as well as other places. One pint Ji sufficient to treat fifty bushel? of oats.—H. G. Bnylston, Co. Agent. h present. J. M. Farrell, son of Pat Farrell, one of Blackville’s piomer merchants, **ffen»d a -troke cT paralysis recent ly. His condition is gradually im proving, but i? still serious. Mr. FfcrrelJ has done much for' the civic welfare of his home town. He is at present a member of the firm of Mbatnal Trading Co. The Davis Lee chapter, U. D. C., met at the home of Mrs. A. B. Hair Tprfcday afternoon. The Joseph Koger chapter, D. A. R., met at the home of Mrs. Harold Crmn at Bamberg Tuesday afterncon. Mrs JL jF. Storne and Mrs. A. H. Mxnestein were on the afternoon’s program. Among the college students, who ftare recently left for their respec- Gve place? are the following: For Miatbrop, Mis-es Myrtle Martin, Isa- heBe Murphy, Mary Cornelia Coggin, • Syrtis Boland, Emily Hair and SBSeanor Still; for Columbia College: Miss Catherine Matthews; for Lan- 'fkr: Miss Doris Baughman; for Ag- Scott: Miss Janice Brown; for JwWth Carolina University: Miss Katherine Weissinger, Theodore Nine- jrikero, L»eroy Lancaster and Craig Sksky, for The Citadel: James BuL^t, -fcrk. Matthews, Sam Mathis and Tfelney Still. The Misses Hettie and Etta Mathis, miw received their A. B. degree in Jok at Agnes Scott College, expect t* leave -next week for New Orlearv 5 , Ljl, where they will enter Tulane University as candidates for mas- degrees. Mra. J. H. Sanders, of Lakeland, the guest last week of her MhavlSrs. H. D. Still. Mrs. S. B. Pringle and son, Wyatt s, spent this week as guests f. and Mrs. J. W. Browning, of bim. fr. and Mrs. Bowman Still, Red- S6H, Leonard Still and Miss Mel- Stffl, of Spartanburg, spent last here as the guests of the ’a mother, Mrs. Martha 3till, of other relatives, las Tommie Amaker, a member That the famous will-o'-the-wisp is a real scientific mystery, richly de serving investigation but which pres ent-day science ignores, is emphasized by Charles F. Talman, of the weather bureau, in a recent publication of the American Nature association. The traditional idea that these dancing flumes move over swamps and marshes to lure unwary travelers into the mire is obvious superstition. But it is un questionable. says Dr. E. E. Free, that mysterious flames do appear above marshy land and have been-seen by thousands of persons, including many trained scientists. The typical flames, Talman reports, are small, not very bright, usually bluish in color, nearly or quite heatiess, always appear over marshy or flooded land and usually dance about over a space of a few square yards each but without pro gressive motion. The often quoted chemical theory that these flames are due to combustible gases set free from the marshy soil chemists themselves call impossible. Electrical theories have also been rejected on the ground that the typical will-o’-the-wisp ap pears when the air is not electrified. Fireflies or the luminous fungus called “fox fire" may explain some reports but cannot explain Its typical occur rences. F'erhaps the most plausible suggestion. Talman thinks. Is that of Prof. Fernando Sanford, of Stanford university, that luminous bacteria are lifted into the air by bubbles of gas frotn marsh mud. The real explana tion, however, is still a mystery. Barnwell County Man Convicted. Aiken, Sept. 26.—United States Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina convened here this morning for it« fall term. Judge Ernest F. Ccchran is presiding. A number of pleas of guilty to charges of violation of the prohibi tion laws were heard, and sentences paosed. Bob Tant, of Barnwell Coun ty, was tried and found guilty of violation of the prohibition laws and received a sentence of two months in the Aiken County jail and a fine of if 100. Here’s Really New Idea . for Christmas Present Here is an advertisement whi^fTap- peared recently In one of the largest of Berlin’s dailies.-.as transcribed in the magazine Lu, Paris: "A German writer of world-wide reputation will write the story of the life of anyone who may desire it, in a manner guaranteed to be artistic, based on personal notes of those who wish to order. /■ - . • * . “It is the nicest sort of present for Christmas. Such a story would bring Joy to the entire family. Before this, one could not have offered the story of one’s life to one’s friends or ac quaintances. The price depends on the number of pages." “The ‘world-wide’ reputation of this writer is questionable.” remarks the Paris magazine, "but he did not spec ulate unwisely. Many persons might like to have a true history of their own lives, and pay handsomely, for it if It were interesting (from their point of view). To see oneself the hero of' a novel! The idea is attractive." Annual Settlement. D. R. L\de, representing the comp troller general’s office, witnessed the annual settlement last week between W. H. Manning, county auditor, atid J. J. Bell, county treasurer, and com plimented these two efficient officers very highly on their' accurate work. As usual, Mr. Lide didn’t find it nec essary to dot an “i” nor cross a “t." Robot Court Stenographer A court stenographer is the newest addition to the growing robot family. The machine consists of a steel tape on which every inflection of the voices of the judge, attorneys, clerk, wit nesses and a defendant is recorded electro-magnetically, to be reproduced later as often ns required. The robot stenographer is undergoing tests in an English courtroom specially wired for the purpose, with microphones at the bench, the witness chair, the counsellors’ tables and the jury box. Services at Blackville. The Rev. W. E. Wiggins, of Barn well, is conducting a series of ser vices at the Blackville Methodist Church this week, #Uch are being - at tended by large congregations. The meeting will close next Sunday morn ing. Sod House Construction A sod house is to be built in To peka for tourists by the State His torical society. The sod house, which was the only habitation of settlers of western Kansas, should not be con fused with the dugout. The sod house was built of great layers of sod and some that were built by the pioneers are still doing duty. Old-timers say the virtue of the sod house was Its coolness In summer. If well con structed it was Impervious to rain. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. Announcement is made that the day fer opening the local Red Cross room for the distribution of free flour has been changed from Satur day afternoon to Thursday morning. The room will not be open agajn for this purpose until Thursday morning October 13th. It is understood that the erroneous impression has been gained that flour i s being distributed to those who are not entitled to receive such aid. This, it is said, is accounted for by the fact that in some instances the persons to whom the flour is being given are sick or crippled and unable to call in person. In such cases it ’la delivered to them by some friend. The Packing House Blues. Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep And the poor little darling is miffed; She doesn’t know whether the sheep have gone To^ Armour, Morris, or Swift. To the of Barnwell" and Community I cannot go to each and every one of you personally, so I am taking this means or te ing you that I want a portion of your gaso line and oil business. I am not asking for a of it but believe that it is nothing but jus that we should “live and let live. There is no one in the gas who will appreciate a call more or who will try any harder to serve you satisfactorily. Drive around today and at least visit out new station. Yours sincerely, CEDARS SERVICE STATION John B. Harley, Mgr. Comer Main and Barnwell, Marlboro St*. South Carolina Make YOUR Shopping Place EFIRD’ When in Columbia — Four .Big Floors, t’ i Crowded with New Fall Merchandise at Lowest Prices. . . ... PRINTS ■» Yard Wide Fast Color Prints, New Patterns for Fall, Special, yard COATS •L' New Fall Coats for W’cmen and Misses in New Style and Material for Fall and Winter, Plain and Fur Trimmed, Prices Ranging from 14c $4.95 to $39.50 I 48c to $1.39 House Dresses Women’s Fast Color House Dresse* made of good quality Prints,— Special! 49c OUTING 36-Inch Solid Color Outing, Special, yard 10c TICKING Good Quality Mattress Tick, yard 10c CHAMBRAY Heavy Quality Yard Wide Blue Chambray, Special, yard — 10c _ SHIRTINGS One big table of shirt* ings and Plaids in As sorted Patterns, yard The SHEETING. Yard-Wide Unbleached Sea Island Sheeting, . yard 5c PRINTS Prints for Fall in As sorted Patterns, yard The: SWEATERS Boy’s All Wool Slip over Sweaters in As sorted Oolors, $1.00 Values for 65c DRESSES __ On Sale in Basement— Two Big Racks of New Dresses for Fall in Plain and Prints, sizes 14 to 50, Special $1.95 Knit Dresses One Big Special Group of Knit Dresses Styles for Women and Misses, Assorted Colors 95c SILK HOSE Ladies’ Full Fashioned Silk Hose With Nairow French Heels in all the New Fall Shades, Pair 39c GOWNS Women’s Outing Gowns, Special 35c OUTING One Bigr Table of Light and Dark Outings, yard of weaves and colors to select from Special 6 l hc SHOES Visit Qdf. Shoe Depart ment. — A complete Stock of Shoes for * w~ ^len, Women and Chil dren at Low Prices. ^ Boy’s Overalls Roy’s Heavy Quality Blue Denim Overalls, Well Made and G'ut Full —Special, Pair 49c MEN’S SUITS Men’s and Young Men’s Suits for Fall and Win ter in a large as-'ortment of Material, . Specially Priced from $7.95 to $11.95 SWEATERS Special Values in Sweaters for Men, Women and Children, Here Always. Wool Goods New Shipment of New Woolens for Fall and Winter, a large range fo eaves and colors to seelct from, Special, yard 85c Union Suits \ Men’s Medium Weight Unionsuits, Special 59c Men’s Overalls Men’s Heavy Quality Blue Denim Overalls, Special 59c • \ SILKS New Silks for Fall in New Weaves and New Fall Shades, Priced from yard Mens’ Dress Shirts Men’s Broadcloth Dress Shirts in Solid Colors and Fancy Stripes, Special! 55c School Pants Boy’s Khaki Knickers for School! Wear, 75c Values, Efird’s Price, Pair 48c Men’s Pants Just received a large shipment of Men’s All Wool .Dress Partis in Assorted Materials and Colors, $3.50 values for $1.95 Third Floor Visit our third floor— Blanket, Rugs and Floor Covering at Low Prices. Work Shirts Men’s Heavy Blue Chambray Work Shirts 75c Values for 48c Girl’s Coats Girl’s Coats in Assort ed Styles and Mater ials from $1.95 to $9.95 DRESSES Girl’s Fast Color Print Dresses /or School Wear, Special, each 59c Rain Coats Women’s and Misses’ Raincoats from $1.95 up FIRD’S and Taylor Sts. <u Columbia, S. C.