The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, December 15, 1932, Image 5
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.
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Many Enjoy Play.
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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
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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:)-
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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.
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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
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