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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1M2 • HERB AND HEREABOUTS. Bert Davies, Jr., and Glenn Walkup, of Garnett, were visitors here Sunday. Coi. Edgar A. Brown went down to Charleston Thursday afternoon on professional business. The friends of Miss Annie Mabry are glad to see her out again after a recent attack Mrs. R. S. Dicks an^ Son, Bobby, left Tuesday morning for a visit to friends in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. John Phillips, of Denmark, re turned to her home on Sunday after a week’s visit to her aunt, Mrs. M. C. Diamond. I Mrs. Christie Bence, of Garnett, was a visitor here Saturday, and was accompanied home by Miss Dorothy Sanders for the week-end. Mr. and Mi's. C. G. Fuller and Lloyd A. Plexico flew up to Columbia Thursday afternoon in the former’s plane to attend the air show. Among those from Barnwell who attended the funeral of John M. Far rell in Blackville Thursday morning W’ere Col. Edgar A. Brown, B. P. Davies, C. F. Molair, Mrs. J. A. Porter, L. M. Calhoun and L. Cohen. Mrs. Spann, of Sumter, and her son, Major Wilson Spann, of Atlanta, left Saturday for the former’s home af ter a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Price, of this city. Major Spann is convalescing after a recent opera tion for appendicitis.. Mrs. F. S. Brown, Mrs. B. L. Easterling, Mrs. G. M. Gieene and Miss Anna Walker attended the South Carolina Division Convention, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at Aiken on Thursday. They were ac companied by Charlie Bessinger, of Olar. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Fuller arrived here last week from Conneaut, Ohio, to spend some time wtiith their son, C. G. Fuller and Mrs. Fuller. Later they will go to Florida for a stay of several weeks. They have many friend* here who are glad to welcome them back to Barnwell. M. Cave, Regent, presided and a splendid meeting was held. During the business session a number of im portant matters were brought up and passed upon. T. A. Holland, seem to be so hard to understand. There’s a whole lot of it L can’t figure out at all, but Dr. Cooper showed me a table in which he. men tions different degr^ of acidity in historian, made- a.Jrepirrt rm RevifliK soil which best suif different crops, located tionary graves located since last meeting, these'grave 8 to be marked at a later date byUhis chapter. The paper' for the afternon, “Washing ton’s First and Last Visit to South Carolina, in 1791,” was given by Mrs. G. M. Greene. During the social half-hour an in teresting character 'sketch oF~The Chapter’s members^atas given. Guests, other than members pres ent, included Mrs. Ruth Coggin and Miss Mabel Mims, of Healing Springs. V w Many Enjoy Play. \ A capacity audience enjoyed the three-act comedy, “Hold Everything,” which was presented by local talent under the direction of Miss Susan Minshall, of Spartanburg, in the local high school auditorium Friday night. The proceeds, after paying ex penses, were donated to the Christ mas charity fund. ANCIENTS GAVE PRESENTS AS MOST PEOPLE DO NOW Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Eidson and children, of Willistcn, have moved to Barnwell and will occupy the resi dence of Mrs. Olaree Cail on Main Street. Mr. Eidson is secretary of the S. C. Asparagus Growers Asso ciation and has many friends here who are glad to welcome him and his family to Barnwell. The many friends of Representative Winchester C. Smith, Jr., of Willis- ton, will learn with regret that he was strcken with an acute attack of ap- pendiciti® Monday afternoon and was hurried to an Augusta hospital for an operation. They will be glad to know that the operation was success ful and hope that he will soon be able to rtturn home. 'dciety The custom of making presents at Christmas is derived from very an cient usage. It was a Teutonic inven tion. In Latin countrie* gifts were exchanged at New Year’s, writes James Waldo Fawcett"***, the Wash ington (D. C.) Evening Star. The decoration of churches with mistletoe and holly is likewise a pagan survival. , Nativity plays and pageants trace back to a pre-Christian era. The sports of the Lords of Misrule in England are supposed to be an inheri tance from the Saturnalia of heathen Rome. Father Christmas or Santa Clau s is identified with St. Nicholas or Nico las, and also with Knechi Ruperchi and Robin Goodfellow. Grimm says that in some parts of Germany Knecht Nicolas i s merely an attendant on the real gift-giver, who is sometimes the infant Christ and sometimes Dame Bertha, but who is also frequently conceived as an ugly dwarf, called Kiampus. Carol singing by waifs, strolling street musicians, is an old British custom. The first Christmas cards date from about 1846. The setting up in Latin churches of a Christmas creche is said to have been originated by St. Francis. Local and Personal News of Blackville Blackville, Dec. 10.—The Baptist Missionaty society observed last week a s a week of prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. Monday the group met with Mrs. H. L. Buist; Tuesday at the home of Mrs. J. L. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BRIDGE CLUB. Mrs. B. P. Davies was hostess last week to the member s of the Wednes- i day Afternoon Bridge Club. The! high score pr ize, two decks of cards,' was won by Miss BeBee Patterson and the consolation, a novelty box of dusting powder, was cut by Mrs. Wil-! son Walker. Miss Susan Minshall, of i Spartanburg, was remembered with a dainty embroidered handkerchief. After cards were laid aside, the host ess served a salad course with coffee. MRS. CAVE ENTERTAINS D. A. R. CHAPTER. Mrs. Langdon A.-Cave was hostess to the members of the Barnwell Chap ter, Daughters of the American Revo- luticn, on Friday afjernoon. Mrs. L. B USINESC uilderO -jr W ' * V WE EXPECT arrival of a car of Thos. Laxton English Peas from Ferry Morse Seed Co. next Tuesday or Wed nesday. Attractive cash prices. See us quick.—The R. and H. Drug Store, Olar, S. C. Itc Buist. The monthly meeting was held at the church Wednesday after noon and the following officers elect ed to serve the coming year: Presi dent, Miss Olive Baxley; vice-presi dent, Mrs. W. H. DeWitt, Mrs. C. R. Boylston and Miss Ruth Hoffman, Miss Daisy Walker was named correspond ing secretary, and’ Mrs. Emnfett Mat< thews, Teiording secretary; 'treasurer, Mrs. W. _A. Altman; pianist, Mrs. Sigsbie Grimes and Sunbeam leader, Mrs. B. E. Cooper; Mis. H; L. Buist and named as social chairman, Mrs. Nellie Adams, mission study and Mrs. Clyde Boylston, personal service. Thursday afternoon the so ciety met with Mrs. L. J. Baughman and Friday with Mrs. Henry De!k. Leaders for the week were Mrs. A. V. Collum, Mrs. W. A. Altman, Miss Olive Baxley, Mrs. C. R. Boylston and Mrs. Emmett Matthews. The annual business meeting of the Baptist Church was held Wednesday evening when officials for „the year were elected. The Davis Lee chapter, U. D. C., met at the home of Mrs. Isadore Brown Tuesday aftemoon, Mrs. A. V. Collum gave a talk on “Christmas Traditions.” Plans were made for the usual Christmas baskets to be sent. ' • • and once you get this table in your mind, you can see a whole lot farther into the mysteries of soil conditions. For instance, according to the table, potatoes do best in a soil which has a pH of 5.0 (meaning a soil of strong acidity) and cabbage does best in a soil which has a pH of 6.0 (mean- ing on!y~moderate acidity:)- WITH mimes ; V . f Of the 100 samples taken on the farm, which had soil types including Norfolk and Bladen and Craven and' Portsmouth Sandy loams, 36 samples were very strongly acid, 18 were strongly acid, 29 were moderately acid, 13 were slightly acid and 4 were actually alkaline. The owner of this farm has been making splendid cabbage crops by picking his lands from experience, not from an acidity standpoint; but his potato crops have been rather poor for the past several years. Cab bage as a crop has taken a smaller percentage of hi s acreage than have potatoes, and fortunately for him, he has been able to pick the best lands for cabbage, by his years of exper- ience^ with cabbage soils. The tests listed above are in line with his judg ment. With the spud crop, however, his troubles have piled up, and the tests listed above would be in line with the troubles. Only 18 percent of the sam ples taken showed the ideal pH for potatoes. On these fields his yields have gene up to 70 barrels per acre, while on soils in which the acidity was not ideal his yields have sunk to a s low as 25 barrels per acre. Quite a large number of his fields had deposits of oyster shells in them, (can anyone enlighten us a s to how the deposits of oyster shells came in so many of our coastal truck fields?) and ; n these fields potatoes have not done so well. Dr. Cooper, in making tests in one cf the fields where oyster shells were present in fairly large numbers, makes comment as follows: “Some cf this area has received too much shell and is probably deficit in manganese. Apply 50-100 pounds of manganese sulphate per acre or 400-600 pounds cf basic slag. Potash deficiency may develop on areas containing a large amount of oyster shell.” The pH on thi s particular field luns from 5-51 to .7.36. Are we paying enough attention to the scientific end cf farming? Should we^ not put science to work for us? It’s coming to that, Mr. Truck Farm er, and you’d better get on the band wagon in time. CHRISTMAS ESSENTIALLY THE DAY OF THE CHILD December the 25th is the day cf the Child. It is upen this day of days that countless wen and vvujmcn and little ones barely able to speak thier lan guage utter the great rejoicing: For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given! Even these who- held creed s in which there is no Chiistmas fee! the splendor f that ciY, and those who have no frmal creed at aJl, still know there is one of the 365 portions cf the year which is essentially the Day of the Child. It is the day when even the most unsentimental adult, long since con gealed and hardened by years, can hear in his heart the footsteps of the ilttle cnes. Today they are running about so eagerly all over the world pattering to see what good gifts may have been received, ardent with a hope that only young hearts can feel. On thi s day the austere scientist who has almost quit believing in the very laws of astronomy which recent ly seemed so sure and stable,' but which now seem dissolving in a, mist cf relaxivity—this careful professional skeptic' becomes as a child himself, and considers it hard indeed if he cannot believe in Santa Qaus, bearded godfather' of the children. On this day even those who .have been the most careless feel like say ing over reverently that beautiful prayer for whom in the gearing of children: “Almighty God, heavenly Father, who has blessed us with the joy and care of children; Give us light and I spent a day with Dr. H. P. Cooper, strength s0 ta , rain th em, that they head ot the Agronomy Division of m!!y |ove whalSMVer thing, are true Ciemson College last week, on a' an( j p Ure am j ; 0 vely and of good re- HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. < Give something that is really useful and always acceptable to ' everybody. , We COTY’S, EVENING IN PARIS, YARDLEY’S AND i SEVENTEEN. • is. Sexton’s Drug Stare, Inc. We Serve You With a Smile WE ARE OFFERING 4 Special Reduced Prices ON ALL PERMANENT WAVES, ETC. Have your work done in a mod- ernly equipped shop by an ex perienced operator. The Barnwell Beauty Shop Mrs. Jessie Bronson, Prop. Main Street Barnwell, S. C. You Are Fortunate WHEN YOU MAY OBTAIN RICH CREAMY AND PURE MILK OF A DELICIOUS FLA VOR (no odor of the animal) at a “LIVE AND LET LIVE PRICE. We deliver every morning in Barnwell and way point?, rain or shine. See our truck or drop us a card to— LAURIE FOWKE, Appledale Dairy LYNDHURST, S. C. * —-' (BARNWELL COUNTY) INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRICE, Manager. Charleston County truck farm. Dr Cooper was on the farm at the re quest of the owner to try to work out some soil problems. He took 100 soil samples for acidity determina tions. d. To the average farmer, soil aridity port.” For on this Day of the Child we all remember that the most precious gift we can bestow upon our children is a capacity for feeling just such tender and generous and helpful emotions as today stir in the breasts of all good is a cb-ed book and a subject which j men an< j wcmen> —Seattle Post Intel- required years of study, but when you H^neer Apply at People-Sentinel of- 1 rtadj the information which Dr. ‘ FOR RENT:—Two four-room cot- Cooper has on the subject it doesn’t 1 ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. GIFT S ■* THAT BRING PLEASURE ... and Enjoyment With these high-grade, practical electrical appliances delicious toast, coffee and waffles can be made right at the table. Just plug them in and let them do the wrk. 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