Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAGB SIX. 1HE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL.*SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 193 Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. ' 4 ’. . . * ■ * * * /'T * ^ _ y '■ ( , ,.■ ^ • '-' Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. NOVEMBER 22. 1883. Mr. John Chitty of George’s Creek died last week after a long illness. Married by Rev. J. F. Buist, No vember 18th, Mr. John Clayton, Jr., aiyi Miss Rosa Woolley, all of Barn well County. The Savannah River is now lower than it has ever been known before by the oldest inhabitant. The*^Barnwell v Railroad celebrate^ itS’^flVst anniversary on - Tuesday. There were no headaches among the celebrators on Wednesday morning. Col. J. B. Bates received premiums at the State Fair for the best thor oughbred stallion, three years old, and best thoroughbred mare over four years. Mr. D. W\ Dyches, of Blaekviile Township, killed last week three pigs, of common stock, 15 months old, weighing 668 pounds net, and yielded 21 gallons of lard. At the State Fair in Columbia last week Mrs. I. S. Bamberg received first premium for best canned fruit cake, 1 best sausage pickled in lard, best parsley haw jelly and best, Hampton pickles. We hope she will not forget cur County Fair. Messrs. F. H. Brown and J. R. Easterling request us to invite a’l the ladies in this and adjacent counties to attend the first Fair Week Ball next Wednesday evening. Wanted:—We would like to borrow, for a few weeks, a good shotgun or a reliable dog. We are not particular as to the calibre of the gun or the color of the dog, as we only want some effective protection agains book agents, who have vexed us grievously of la^e. We are satisfied that Job was never worried by such peripaet- k8 - J* NOVEMBER 19. 1908. The Barnwell town council is en forcing the vagrancy laws. Mr. A. A. Richardson shipped last week a large quantity of his improved prolific cotton seed to. Mississippi. Mrs. John B. Routree died at her home in Red Oak Township on Tues day after a long illness. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. John Holly, in his time one of the wealth iest planters in the county. The election returns showed that in this county more republicans voted for Judge Patterscn for Congress than for Rev. Prof. Myers. That fact is creditable to them and ought to be an effectual extinguisher of the political ambition of the Beaufort volunteer. Mr. Geo. W. Manville, cashier of The Bank of Barnwell, gives notice that the bank will be closed Thursday, November i26thj in observance lof Thanksgiving Day. Judge Robert Aldrich is presiding this week at St. Matthews in the new Calhoun County. Rest’ in Peace.—Mr. John Labert died in his home in South Barnwell cn Saturday morning, aged 45 years. He never married,- living for his kin dred and friends. For years he was a member of the Baptist Church and died in the trusting faith of a sure resurrection. He was a fisherman by occupation. The common ambitions of life did not appeal to him, and he found in a simple life a happiness that filled his heart with love of nature and with faith in nature’s God. Mr. M. J. Delk, Jr.—Mr. M. J. Delk, formerly night marshal, died on Mon day night of pneumonia, aged 41 years. He was a consistent member of Friendship Church. His body was buried at Double Ponds Church yester day. EXPEDITION WILL SEEK INCA WEALTH Modern Methods to Be Used on Oak Island. Pine Trees of South* Show Way to Profit Newsprint Experiment Indicates Na- tkm Can Reduce Imports from Abroad. Nine Georgia newspapers on Mon day issued their regular editions on newsprint secretly made from South ern pine trees as a demonstration of •cloaing the last big link in American chemical independence, and thereby showing the way to a profitable in dustry in this section. This link, as scientists see it, is the manufacture from home resources of newprint and all the high-grade white paper. Newsprint now is an annual bujiness of about $140,000,000, and two-thirds of it is imported. The secret manufacture was under- , taken to answer the final thing which newsprint experts h^d asserted could not be done. They said American chemists could not make from South ern pine forests sulfite and pulp which could run at commercial speed through a real paper-making machine—not at •the 750 or more feet a minute of paper produced from Northern s.pruce trees. Georgia scientists had been making good white newsprint at about 100 feet a minute at a Savannah labora tory plant, under direction of Dr. C. H. Merty. But in the whole South there was not available a great mill for newsprint to answer the speed objection, the last of a dozen raised fiuring the three years of this South ern development. - Dailies “Chip in” Money. Some Georgia dailies “chipped in” money—hired three cars of a fast re frigerator train. Into these the little Savannah plant poured Southern pirie pu!p—25 per cent, sulfite, 75 per cent, ground pulp. This was all made from pine trees about fifteen years old, against the fifty years required for equal sipruce growth. The pulp was shipped to the Beaver Fiber Paper Corporation, Inc., at Thcrold, Canada. There the pulp was put into a commercial machine, the same as spruce pulp. For eight and a half hours the Southern pulp ran until it was all gone, a full carload of paper produced, in etandard rolls. Not once was there a break in the speeding rolls. Most of the imported newsprint now comes from Canada, increasing amounts are arriving from Norway, Sweeden, Finland and Russia. Dr. Herty says the South’s 150,000,000 acres of timber lands can make the United States independent in news print; that all grades of the finest book and bond papers can be made from these Southern pines. South Has Advantages. The States growing these trees are Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississip pi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. Spruce pulpwood costs about $10 a ton. Dr. Heity says, against about 23.50 for Southern pine; also that the burst cf strength of the Southern paper is better, its weight lighter and consequently freight will be lower; that trees ten to thirteen years old can be used for commercial production. He has made paper from specially fast growing Southern pines only sevep years old. A discovery thiee years ago that there is no pitch which spoils news print in Southern pines under twenty- five years old started the paper mak ing reseaich. The processes are not patented. They are open to use of the papermaking industry anywhere. Tornado Is Most Frequent j Disaster; Causes Heavy Loss of Lives What type of disaster occurs most frequently in the United States? This question ts answered from the relief annals of the American Red Cross which show over a period of years that the tornado, or cyclone as It is called in some sections, is the most frequent and claims a heavy toll of life. It swoops almost with out warning, and in the terrific whirlpool of its fierce winds it de stroys all in its path. The Red Cross gave relief in 44 tornadoes in eighteen states list year. The tornadoes killed 326 per sons. injured 2,755 and the Red Cros« gave aid to 21.738 who were homeless, injured or otherwise vic tims of the storms. to CENTS PER POUND OANED ON COTfON! SANDERS GINNERY (Oil Mill) ith Carolina Bonded Warehouse No. 1913 JENNINGS A* OWENS, Mgr. BARNWELL, S. Montreal—Lured by visions of fabu lous wealth, a small band of treasure hunters, beaded by Thomas N. Nixon, British Columbia engineer, will gather on Oak island, Mahone bay. Nova Scotia, early next spring to stage one Jf the greatest treasure quests in Ca nadian history. Equipped with the latest engineer ing apparatus the expedition will ex cavate the island in an attempt to set tle once and for all the old question of whether there is a fortune in gems and precious metals burled there. According to a nearly forgotten leg end, a tribe of Indians, known at the Incas, fled from Mexico hundreds of years ago, carrying with them Jewels and precious metals. The legend says that.the Indians landed on Oak island and burled their riches in a deep tun nel running from the Atlantic ocean to the center of the Island, and then vanished. The first traces of the treasure were uncovered in 1795 by three men who came upon a depression near a huge oak tree on the Island and started to dig. They unearthed what appeared to be a huge pit constructed of logs, inadequate equipment forced them to quit. Since then six different treasure hunting companies have sunk shafts and dug in the vicinity of the oak tree, but misfortune dogged their steps and all were forced to abandon the quest because of lack oi financial backing and sea water which flooded their shafts. Nixon bases his belief that there is treasure in the discoveries made by these expeditions and his own obser vations. From time to„.tlme since 1795 signs tending to prove that a strange race of people once inhabited the is land have been unearthed. The dis coveries Included a whistle of pure Ivory, a flat stone. Mexican oak trees and a piece of parchment, all Inscribed with so far undeciphered charactera. War on Muskrats Begun - by California Experts Berkeley.—War on muskrats to save' the entire levee system of the Sacra mento -river and Its tributaries from destruction has been declared by Uni versity of California experts. Muskrats, colonized on a farm in Mud lake, Shasta county, threaten in vasion past barriers which bar their access to lower Pit river, Sacramento feeder. In April of 1931, 600 muskrats were planted In a fenced enclosure in the swampy Mad lake district Before long they appeared outside the fence, and now have spread in great numbers np and down the stream. Dikes and levees, as well as Irri gating canal banks, have been honey combed, greatly weakening the struc tures. State and federal hunters have killed thousands of the rodents, but have been unable to check tbeir ad vance. Called Into the campaign, TTT. StftF- er, zoology professor at the Univer sity of California, has recommended construction of a series of barriers In rocky narrow stream gorges. Barnwell Theatre BARNWELL, S. C. FOUR SHOWS A WEEK x Mon. & Tues. Wed. Thurs. & Fri. Saturday A Four Matinees a Week—Mon,, Wed., Fri. and Sat, < . ■ NIGHT—Two Shows, 7:30 and 9:00 O’clock. MATINEE—One Show, 3:30, except Saturday, be ginning at 3:30 and continuing until 10:00. • • ° ' • ‘ * V A Admission: Night, 10 and 25c; Except Wednesday Night, 11c to all. Matinee, Mon. and Fri. 10 and 15c. Wed. 11c to all. Sat 10 and 25c. Colored Bal cony 10 and 15c at all times except Wednesday night 11c to all. Thurs.-Fri., Nov.23-24 JEAN HARLOW in “Hell’s Angels” A $4,000,000 Air Spectacle with 4,000,000 Thrills. Micky Mouse Comedy. Saturday, Nov. 25 GEO. O'BRIEN in “Robbers Roost” Action! Action! Comedy: “Two Black Crows in Africa. Mon.-Tues., Nov. 27-28 Janet Gaynor and Hei Garat in > ‘ADORABLE’ Adorable is the word for this joyous, ex- hilerating roguish romante with music. Comedy: “War Babies yy -r- Wednesday, 11c to all Loretta Young and Richard Cortez in “**idnight Mary” A Picture Every One Will Enjoy. 7^ Increase Seen in Fertilizer Prices South Carolina Farmers Are Advised to Save and Use Manure for 1934 Season. Civic Body Buys Quarry to Save Sleeping Giant Hamden, Conn.—The face of “The Sleeping Giant,” a huge rock forma tion on Mount Carmel resembling a re clining figure, has been saved for pos terity. For years quarrying operations have been carried on at the base of the head of the historic landmark. When It became apparent that the profile would be mined if they continued, the Sleeping Giant Park association ac quired title to the property and ob tained a court injunction restricting the operations. * The quarry company, however, moved its operations to the brow of the head and negotiations immediately were started by the association to pur chase the lease. A price of $30,000 was agreed upon and the quarrying confined to the base of the figure. Sandburr May Make Iowa, ^Youth's Voice Hi Keystone, Iowa.—Walter Hflbert, nine, probably will go througn life with a rather throaty, hasky^voice as a .result of an experience wijsn a sand- burr that pricked his thin The burr clung to the J>oy’s thumb and he tried to remove 7 it with his teeth. The burr slipped down his throat and lodged inyhis trachea. Surgeons who worked through an entire night in an /ffort to remove it finally were obliged to administer an esthetics and operate. The burr probably would have reached the hoy’s lungs with fatal re sults had tlj)6 operation been delayed, they said. Frenchman Finds Petunia lants Kill Potato Bug Palls.—Abbe Cales, pastor of the village of SL Maxens, was acclaimed the St Patrick of the potato bug. He was credited with the discovery that petunia plants kill the bugs either because they are bug poison or because the bugs die of overeating them. Potato bugs were imported into France during the World war in sacked .potatoes for the American expedition ary force. . Abbe Gales discovered that if pe- lunlas were planted among potatoes the bugs flocked to the petunias. * Glemson College, Nov. 18.—Soui| Carolina farmers may expect a s^derable iqcrease in the price TTfizeTs for the 1984 season, a< W. Hamilton, extension agronomist, who advises that in view oy this in creased cost of commercial plant fcol, farmers should make every effoit to increase, save, and use/ihat very im portant and valuable/ farm-produced plant food, manure./ “The use of raknure in growing crops returns a two-fold profit,” Mr. Hamilton reminds us. “First, the amount of ca4h outlay for commer cial fertilizer is reduced; and, second, a greater/return in yield is obtained from the/fertilizer that is used.” Ing out that the horse, mule, cattle and hog population of South Carolina produces annually solid and manure containing the nitrogen, ihosphoric acid, and potash equivalent of 211,400 tons of nitrate of sodar,^??^* 344 tons of acid phosphate, and 52,236 tons of muriate of potash, Mr. Hamil ton adds: “The manuie from one 1,000 pound horse or mule during one year con tains the fertilizer equivalent tq 800 , pounds cf nitarate of soda, 300 pound^ pf acid phosphate, and 200 peun^df muriate of potash. Thiough lack of care in saving this manure, fully 75 per cent, of its value is lost.’ Farmers interested in information on the value, producing, handling, and use cf manure will find of great value Extension Bulletin 92, “Farm Man ures,” which may be had free from the Publications Division at Clemson Col lege. NOTICE! Against Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to sit. niate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunt, ing, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law: Mrs. Flossie Smith Mrs, Kate M. Patterson 1,000 3,000 J. M. Weathers bee Est. of H. A. Patterson 572 2,000 Duncannon Place '.t. 1,650 Joseph E. Dicks - . 800 Sweet Water Place . 500 R. C. Holman .... 400 B. L. Easterling Cave Place 200 A. A. RicKardstm 1,000 Barnwell Turpentine Co: Lemon Bros. 150 Simmons Place . . 450 John K. Snelling .. 100 Middleton Place . 300 J. P. Harley • 150 Mose Holly . 200 L. W. Tilly 160 B. C. Norris .2 . 400 John Newton . . 200 ’ J. W. Patterson -- - . 100 Tom Davis . 400 L. Cohen—(Hay Place ___ . 200 B. L. Easterling 75 Dr. Patterson . 1,000 Terie Richardson . _ _ . . 100 Brice’Place -- . 500 N. A. Patterson (Tanglewood Harriett Houston . 150 Place) ___ 130 Mrs. B. H. Cave . 250 W. M. Cook . 250 / GEO. H. WALKER, Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. Don’t Be Fooled! -1 INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE 'THEFT Calhoun and Co. iK A. PRICE. Manager. Have your clothes CLEANED the most Sanitary way, the Glov er’s Continuous Flow System is EXACTLY that. Have k done RIGHT at--- Plexico's Dry Cleaners and “LET TED DO IT” SEND US YOUR, ORDERS FOR JOB PRINTING. * • \