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1 / s— hr Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. IntwestinR Items Gleaned From the File* of The Barnwell People. 4, 18S3. -Latham, Alexan- JANUARY Our Cotton Croip,- der and Co., of New York, estimate last year's cotton crop in this county at 32,301 bales, an increase of 5,377 i bales over the crop of 1881. . - / Burned to Death.—Mrs. Mattie Reed, wife of Mr. Jerome I. Reed, a , JANUARY 2, 1908. The Banner County.—Not a homi cide or serious accident occurred in this county Christmas week. May that record continue until the year ends. young planter of Blackyiile Township,f Married.—On December 25th by Rev. W. CL Biitton, Mr. Harry Delk, caught on fire on New Year’s morning a»nd literally burned up. The young husband and her little baby have the sympathy of the entire communi- Sale Day Notes.—The crowd in of Blackville, and Mis s Pearl, daugh ter of Mr. Broadus Creech, of Great Cypress. A Costly Fire.—Between 12 and 1 o’clock Christmas Eve night fire was discovered by the night watchman in the store of Mr. J. U. Buist in Black- town on Tuesday was the largest wtj^ille. A quick response to the alarm have ever seen on a similar occasion. Considerable real and personal proper ty was sold at fair prices. Reports from all sections of .the eopnty show that planters have commenced the new year bravely. Good order pre vailed throughout the day. A Strange Story.—A few days ago a reliable gentleman said to us: “In my neighborhood nine young men, in timate friends, of good families and in comfortable circumstances, have died in the past three months. They all died of the same disease, typhoid and no two of them were sick at the same time. As the first drew near his death he sent a message to his best friend, and the one who next sickened and died 1 , asking, and advis ing him to lead a better life. The same message was sent by each be- forv he died and each recipient was the next vicitim of the fatal fever.” Barnwell's Future. — Within ten years Barnwell will l»ecome the pret tiest and most prosperous town in lower Carolina. Her history, situation am) surroundings guarantee the ful fillment of this prophecy. The early extension of our Railroad to Sumter and Savanm^h will place Us on the line of the most direct railway route from the North to Florida, and our town will become a favorite resting place for health hunter s and pleasure seekers. Already we hear that a number of Charlestonians will spend the next summer with us, and several of our hotels will be remodeled and enlarged during the summer for the accomodation of Northern' visitors. Barnwell is going to l>e built up, and If our present citizens are not equal to the occasion others will et me in, capture the town and make money by their energy and enterprise. and the gallant work, of the fire de- partment confined the flames to the building. Mr. Buist’s entire stock of grocerie s of the value of $3,500 was destroyed and ruined. He carried only $1,300 insurance and J 1 * 10 l° ss I s a heavy one. The fire was no doubt ac cidental. It is suppi sed to have been caused by a cigarette or cracker thrown aside by some careless person while the store wag filled with Christ mas shoppers. Five prisoners spent New Year Day in jail. There was no lynching in this State last year. This Christmas, 1907, was the quiet est Bartrwell has.known in many years. Governor Ansel ha a decided not to extend the time for the payment of taxes without penalty. Congressman Patterson and family £0 to Washington this week for the remainder of the long session. The Annual Ball given by the young gentlemen of Barnwell on Monday evening was a very brilliant closing to the happy holiday enjoyments. Oscar Gadsden, colored, shot near Snelling Saturday night a week ago by Aleck Owens, colored, i s getting along well, though not yet out danger. Blackville Township lost by death in a week two old and highly esteemed citizens, Mr. B. F. Gardner, Sr., and Mr. Charles Still. Politics will be plentiful this year. Every official from President to Con stable is to be chosen, with the lone happy exception of Probate Judge. While others are hustling for votes Judge Snelling will possess his soul in patience. o" OFFERS WAY TO PRODUCE SOUTH CAROLINA ORANGES Harlan H. Jones Promises State New Fruits Through His Experiments With Grafted Orange and Pear Trees. Andrews, Dec. 29.—Harlan H. •Junes, experimenting, grafted two orange tree s together and two pear trves, watched them flourish in this climate, and then turned his horticul ture hubby into a regular business. Many years ago, Jones, as a ytung man, cameout of the West as a ffiem- fier' of a colization paj ty in this sec tion where he purchased a small acre age. Later, however, he went to FlorirVa, then to Alabama, and finally returned here with ‘a definite knowl- 'etfge of citrus fruit. ’ He discovered that the citrus trifoliata, haidiest of the citrus stock, grows wild in this section so he ex perimented nvith the satsuma orange, a pr.oduct of Japan, budded on the trifoliata root. The satsuma has been grown in many parts cf the extreme South, largely for gaiden use. It pepls •easily and has excllent taste. Tones iteasoned the two might he grafted «nd a desirable product raised in this, chmate and six years ago he began liis first operations. Four years later he picked 70 per fect oranges; in 1931 he gathered a few more and this year he ha s har vested 193 fully developed oranges from his combination tree. Jones has fUind no peculiarity of the soil to imkarc growth; he has discovered no ieJfe*YujTi of the tree and Ino insects have appeared to check its growth. Be believes the climate and his ex periments will lead to an excellent fruit produced in this section with hazards. This experiment brought to his mind 4 %he possibility of creating a nursery *af other trees so he widened his scope. the newcomers were the Bald- mnd pineapple pears and of these, ch he grafted together, he is stic cf their ultimate adoption m garden fruit as he is of oranges. The original blight-proof Baldwin in Alabama has produced fruit for 45 years without an indication of blight, so Jones procured a few buds froin this parent tiee and budded a limb of a pineapple tree in 1929. This fall he plucked three pea. r s from .the limb and the fruit wa? more pleasant to taste, the texture more perfect, than the ordinary pineapple pear and had all the characteristics of the Baldwin. Then he budded a number of pineapple roots with the Baldwin and added the result to his nursery. Jones believes this climate i s suit able to adequate production of these grafted fruits and says the matured product, in his opinion, is infinitely hotter than any of the original. He i s continuing his woik looking toward the planting of complete groves that will produce in marketable quantities. maturing for this section. Many grower^ prefer to pujt one row of peas every three. f«t,„b^t^he way to get the meat out of your ground is to put 'two rows on a four furrow or 6 furrow bed, leaving about 12 Inches between the rows for planting cukes, cantaloupes, or melons, or even tomatoes in as the season grows warmer. ^ith the Thomas Laxton variety, this may work some hardship,' be cause the vines are Unger and will get quite tangled, but with the other varieties, it is ideal. Some growers gkimp on seed... but experience ha s proven that the man who use.s«-from 1% to 2 bushels cf seed is the man who generally makes the biggest crop. As to plahting time, I would prefer getting the seed into the ground just as soon after January 1st as is pos sible. Of course we have to gamble with the weather in this section, and a heavy packing rain will be hard on stands, but the peas which reach the market earliest are generally the peas that pay the dividends. Garden pea s are gross feeders on all fertilizer elements, and should have libel al applications of well bal anced fertilizers. Some growers in the coastal section of the State use 2000 pound s per acre of 7-5-7, some 1600 lbs. of 7-5-7, and others use 8-4-4 and 7-«5-5. Knowing the capacity of the pea crop for large applications of fertilizer, and resulting higher yields, my prefer ence would he the use of from 1800 to 2200 pound s of 7-5-7 per acre. Pea seed are very susceptible to excessive moisture, fertilizer damage, the various rot s and' wilts, and one cannot he too careful in th^ prepara tion of soil, application of fertilizers, etc. The use of good cotton land, deeply plowed and The fertilizer applied some time ahead, and well worked into the soil with cultivators or harrows, is about the best insurance for a pea crop that we can have. During the growing season, if you get an infestation of plant lice, the best remedy for them is to get your crop to growing off fast with quick nitrogen. (By Robert W7 Sanders.) - She wa 8 a litt'e child when, in 1863, her beloved mother (Nee Miss Eliza- beth Sanders, daughter of our dear “Uncie Jimmy), was taken away after a brief illness. The cruel war was raging, 1 and sombre clouds concealed the brightness of the ovei-head skies. The writer was 16 years old, and net long afterwards became a Confeder ate-soldier. His many friends, Cousins and brotheis were already in the armies of the South.—The funeral -ob- sequies took place at the Mount Olivet Church, conducted impressively by Rev. B. F. D. Perry, pastor of the Barnwell Baptist Church. The burial wa s near the old Pressey home, not far from the present town of Kine. “C-usih Mamie” was, I think th& youngest jjt several children, who were left, with their beloved father (“Cousin William Ptessey), to mourn Spreads Terror Through the —West Side of Manhattan. — New York.—New York’s “meanest murderer’’ is spreading terror through the West side of Manhattan, while some 10,000 policemen and detectives glorifying in the title of “the finest” wrack their brains aind exhaust their energies In a vain search for him. Thp “meanest murderer’’ specializes in tile kitting of help)^8» old .women BETTER FARMING HINTS FOR JANUARY NOTICE Clemson College Deec. 31.—A calen dar of important suggestions for Jan uary attention toward greater suc cess in 1933 farming is given below by R. W. Hamilton, extension agrono mist; E. H. Rawl, extension horticul turist; J. T. McAlister, extension agri cultural engineer, and Alfred Lutken, extension entomologist. Agronomy. 1. Be sure ycur planting seed for 1933 will produce staple at least one inch in length. A one-cent pr'emium for better staple with cotton at six cent the loss of dear “Cousin Elizabeth,” the mother and wife. She, in after years, was mest hap pily maried to Hon. Richard A. Ellis, prominent attorney anc^ fine character, at the Bernwell Bar. Their home was ever one of of sincere, warm hospi tality. Amid journeys of Christian service—Sometimes in cold and damp ness and severe exposure (but little thought of by many) the home of “Cousin Mamie,” in Barnwell, was always open to me; a warm welcome was extended, and comfort abounded. The “faiewell,” as at any time I left, was always: “We were glad to have you; come again!” Mrs. Eilis was a woman of rare in dustry, fidelity in the home, church and other relations of life—a true and devoted wife—always manifesting the spirit cf deep piety coupled with and beautified by becoming modesty and humility. I am sure that she was “faithful unto death,” and now wears “the crown of life.” To her good husband and other kindred who mourn her going away, .the piesent writer begs to offer earn est sympathy in their unfeigned scr- iow. “Not now, but in the coming years— It may be in the better land— We’ll read the meaning of our tears, And there, sometime, we’ll under stand.” Greenville, S. C., Dec. 26, 1932. 11 vIni; alone. He pounces upon them, generally when ■ they are asleep, and smothers or strangles them to death without giving them a chance to make an outcry. Four of them have gone to their rewards at his cowardly hands in this fashion in the last few weeks, nil within a radius of a dozen blocks or so, and so stealthily has the slayer gone about his work and so skillfully has he covered up his tracks that the police are yet without the slightest clew to his Identity, or whereabouts. Indeed some of the best detectives of the force have suggested in view of the character of the crimes and in lieu of any definite evidence that the killer might be a woman. To break up a cold overnight and re lieve the congestion that makes you cough, thousands of physicians are now recommending Calotabs, the nausealess calomel compound tablets that give you the effects of calomel and salts without the unpleasant effects of either. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with i glass of sweet milk or water. Next morn ing your cold has vanished, your system is thoroughly purified and you are feeling fine with a hearty appetite for breakfast JJat what you wish,—no danger. I CafotSFs are sold in 10<S and 33c pack- ages at drug stores. (Adv) (NSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT 1 Calhoun and Co. At the Old Home for Christmas. (Contributed) On December 25th, 1932, the chil dren, grandchildren and great-grand children of the late H. B. and MaJ.’y Ann Martin Hartzog enjoyed a home coming day. Miss Sallie Hartzog, Mis. W. P. Morris and Miss Hattie Martin, who live at the old home, en-' tertained with an old fashioned Christ mas winner. At one o’clock we were s means an increased value of invited in^the dining room, where HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. IfiVfe per cent. If sufficient grain was not planted during fall to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather per mitting. Clean up hedge rows and wood patches between fields. Horticulture. Prepare hotbeds and coldframes for cabbage, tomato, pepper, etc. Plant English peas, if soil is in condition. Prepare land for Irish potatoes, and order certified seed. Prune fruit trees preparatory to spraying with lime-sulphur. Plant fruit trees at once, if soil is in condition. , • ^ Agricultural Engineering. Plan to lower producton costs in 1933 by more efficient use of labor, power-and machinery. Arrange sheds and farm shop for better care of equipment. Make more efficient use of land and machinery by rearranging fields, Removing stumps, constructing teiYaces, etc. If possible include more fencing in the 1933 program. Insects and Diseases. Continue cleaning orchards to de stroy fallen fruit and limbs. Prune grapes to remove aijd burn disease- harboring vines. Plan to treat tobac- co seed befote sowing. Continue clean-up of trash about edges of for many years we spent Christmas in our childhod, and enjoyed another good dinner and recalled fond memo ries °f childhood. Old familiar ob jects still sit in the dear old rooms— the dish that held the “sugar biscuit” baked by Grandmother for our lunch; the old chair? where each of us had been rocked to sleep by our dear mothers are still on the porch; the old pictures of great-grandparents still hang on the wall. How sweet to have such a privilege after 40 years —t© Ro hack and find things the same as they Ivere in childhood. Motive Uncertain. Moreover the “best minds” of the department have so far been unable to determine for a certainty just what motive may actuate the strange kill ings. In some cases, evidence has been found to Warrant a theory of rob bery. hut since none of the victims en joyed a station in life which might he dignified even by the title of “well to do" and since in at** least two in stances. the victims’ hoards of a few coins were left untouched, the sugges tion seems somehow lacking. Some investigators express the opin ion that the fugitive is a maniac, but Just why he should limit his opera tions to elderly women no one can' guess. Whether one or many, however, the “meanest murderer" still stalks his way unmolested—unless his fate has overtaken him unknown to the police —while old women quake in terror and refuse to be left alone. The latest victim of the series was Mrs. Mary Day. seventy years old. who was found smothered in bed in her little flat on the second floor of a building In West Fifty-third street. A small bottle of milk and a copy of the Irish World still untouched in front of her door brought about the discovery of the murder. Sometime between 7 and 9 a. m., according to the police and Dr. Charles Norris, chief medical examiner, some one came Into the three room flat, threw a shawl and a blanket over the head of the victim, held it tight until she ceased to struggle, and then tied her frail arms behind her with ban dages Mrs. Day had received recently from a hospital. Whether it was a man or woman or more than one person the twenty de tectives reporting at the scene were unable to say. Mrs.-Day was so frail It was believed that even a woman might have killed her without arous ing the neighbors. For five years Mrs. Day had lived alone in the tenement house, supported apparently by a savings account In tho New York Savings bank, of which there is still S3.2.“4 left. She had no known relatives, and during the years she lived in the building Mrs. Day al ways left her door open during Ihe day, a sign that neighbors were wel come. Neighbor Finds Body. The copy of the Irish World and the bottle of milk drew the attention of Mrs. Julia Benedetti shortly after 1 p. m. She had not seen the aged wom an since the morning before. Mrs. Benedetti told Bernard Murray, son of the janitress and he found-the body and notified the police. Several inquiries have come in during the year-end about varieties, fertilizers, and cultivation of garden peas, and now i s as good a time to answer them as any, because planting time is on us. Varieties which are recommended for early spring planting are (1) LaX- tonian, (2) Thoma s Laxtcn, (3) Lax- ten’s Progress, (4) Telephone, Early Bird, and (6) Alaska. I would rather have the first three varieties for shipment, and the little Alaska for the home garden. The first three varieties are large podded dwarf growing peas, the Thomas Lax- ton having the largest vine growth of the three. Laxton’s Progress is the larger pea of the lot and can be sold a s Telephone, which ordinarily brings a premium on the Eastern markets. Telephone, itself, is rather late in fields and gardens to kill hibernating insects. Do not burn wood s to control insects. Burn fallen severed pecan twigs to help to control beetles. Put spraying outfit in order for dormant spray for San Jose scale and diseases. Fumigate with carbon disulphide to save grain, peas, and beans. The giandmothers now could of when they looked for Santa to come down the chimney, and on this last Christmas sat with their grand children around the same hearth that gave such a warmth and welcome. Modern days have not changed the dear old place, and after cne more sweet and happy day spent at the old home we came to the end of a pei feet day, when good-byes were said and each left fer his own home, realizing perhaps that it would be the last time that all would be there to gether. Those who enjoyed the day were: Mrs. W. P. Morris, Miss Sallie Hart- Blackville Man Performs Ceremony. V The Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, for merly of B'ackville, but for several years rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, N. C., of ficiated Sunday at the wedding of Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., heir to a $20,000,000 “tobacco” fortune, and Miss Elizabeth McCaw Dillard. The Rev. Mr. Gribbin is the son of Mrs. R. M. Gribbin, of Blackville. zog and Miss Hattie Hutto, of Black ville; Mrs. Eugene Brooker and Miss Margaret Brcoker, of Denmark; Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Langley, of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. H. Still, Miss Hat tie Mae Still, Dodson r Laurie, Charles B. and Roscoe Still, of Barnwell; Ramsay Still and family, of Colum bia; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cave. Hmry and Martin Cave, of Olar; W. A. Hart- zcg and Miss Abbie Hartzog, cf Cor- onaca; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hartzog and Miss Billie Doris Hartzog, of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mts. Laurie T. Hartzog, of Gaffney; Gilmore S. Hartzog, of Lexington, N. C. J. H. L. Nothing had been disturbed when the police arrived. The body lay on a bed in the room which acted as her living room and kitchen. Only an open bureau drawer showed that rob bery might have been the motive. A pockethonk containing a little more than $3 was on the floor beside her bed. While the police were mystified ns to the cause of the murder they ad mitted that Mrs. Day had withdrawn a sum of monej’ from her savings ac count some time ago and that possibly the slayer or members of the same gang responsible for the death of the three other aged women, might have followed her from the bank and learned where she kept the money at hqjne. Each of the other murders has tak en place In much the same manner and in the same neighborhood, and each victim was an elderly woman liv ing alone. P. A. PRICE, Manager. Legal Advertisements SCHOOL CLAIMS FOR TAXES For a limited time ogly, school claims will be accepted at the county treasurer’s office in payment of 1932 » State and county taxes. J. J. BELL, County Treasurer. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that we will file our report as Administrator and Administratrix of the estate cf W. T. Walker, deceased, with Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of the Court of Pro bate, on oy before the 23rd day of January, 1933' and will petition the said court for an Order of Discharge and letters Dismissory on that date. J. Mims Walker, Edith A. Walker, Admr. and Admx. Thi s 28th day of Dec\ 1932. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. „ By John K. Snelling, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Capt. Lewis James Connelly hath made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Adminis tration cf the estate of and effects of J. M. Farrell; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said J. M: Fairell. deceased, that they he and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barnwell, S. C., oft Monday, January 9th, 1933, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o’clck in the forenooo, to show cause, if any they have, why the saij Ad ministration should not be granted. ' : Gtveft under my hand fhisd?8fFTay of December, A. D. 1932. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate, B. C. Published on the 29th day of Dec., 1932, in The Barnwell People-Sentinel. CITATION NOTICE. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. Harvard Has Monopoly on the Word “Detur” Boston.—Award of 55 deturs to Har vard students, the largest number since this practice was Inaugurated here 220 years ago. was announced by the university. The word “detur" is defined In th« New Standard Dictionary as "a book, or set of books, given ns a prize to each meritorious undergraduate stu dent In Harvard university; from the Latin word ’detur’ (Let It bo given) on the presentation bookplate.” • As far as Is known, the word never has been adopted at any other university. Deturs date back to the death of Edward Hopkins, a Seventeenth cen tury London merchant, who left a fund “to give 801116 encouragement In those foreign plantations for the breeding up of hopeful youths.” The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. By John K. Snelling, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, R. A. Ellis hath made suit to me to grant unto E. M. Pee ples Letters of Administration with Will Annexed of the Estate of and effects of Mamie M. Ellis; THESE ARE,. THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mamie M. Ellis, deceased, that they K- and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barn well, S. C., on Monday, Jan. 9, 1933, next after publication thereof, at 11 ocolck in the forenoon* to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be giapted. CftreiLupder my hand this 27th day of Dec., A. D. 1932. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate, B. C. Published on the 29th day of Dec., 1932, in the Barnwell People-Sentinel! ADVERTISE i.i The People-Sentinel FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. t l 1 X