The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 12, 1929, Image 9
BY EM HOWE ,
^The Safic afP^KU*
THE LONG SILENCE ^ CONTRADICTIONS)— PLAYING THE GAME
My greatest ambition, at the age of except that which is imagined.” A di-
New Use for Old License Plates
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seventy-six, is to be fair, polite, and
as litle of a nuisance as possible to
others, to meet n>y just obligations to
the world, and get out of it with as
little annoyance to others as possible.
I long to oblige my children by being
as little trouble to them as they have
been to me, and I have good children.
I have a vague ambition to imitate
Lycurgus in one respect. When he was
old ar..’ useless, he left a kind and in
telligent word to his acquaintances,
and went on a journey. He was never
seen again. I have a vagfue ambition
to spend my last and worst day in a
distant place. An occasional friendly
letter to my children, and then the
long silence. . . If my final attendants
are honestly able to write to my chil
dren I was reasonably patient, and in
rect contradiction by a wise man.
Which statement does he believe?
Probably the first, since it is- sensible,
while the other is foolish . . Why does
this author contijadict himself? Be
cause he is a writer. Having exhaust
ed his own side, he writes pot boilers
on the other . . . Writers do this. Sher
wood Anderson, another author, owns
t\yo newspapers in the South. In the
election one of them supported Mr.
Hoover for president, and the other
Mr. Smith.
Big business is like big baseball;
players are mainly country town men
who .have climbed into fast company
solely on merit ... I was once talk
ing of baseball to an old player, who
had been given a chance in fast com
pany, and failed. He did not exhibit the
possession of my faculties, I would I slightest bitterness because he was
consider that an achievement: old men
not themselves have always been dis
tressing to me.
I have long observed that every
thing is contradicted. As wise a man
as I know will make a statement to
me and another equally wise declares
there is nothing in it, and my inform
ant a fool. Anatole France once wrote:
“Every false idea is dangerous.
Dreamers are thought to be harmless.
It is a mistake; they do a great deal
of harm. Apparently the most inof
fensive are really injurious: they tend
to make one disgusted with reality.”
This I though excellent. . . On the
same page, six lines below the state
ment quoted, Anatole France wrote:
“To know is nothing at all; to im
agine is everything. Nothing exists
compelled to quit the game and en
gage in law. “In order to be accepted
in the big leagues,” h^ said, “ a man
must have everything; I hadn't it.”
In business, as in baseball, the game
■ is played in the country, as well as in
the big towns, and the same rules hold
good; most applause and profit for
those able to best hit the ball, field
and display the most intellige'nce. The
stars in the big towns are constantly
dropping out because of age; recruits
must be had from the country, and
always the recruits are selected strict
ly on accomplisment. . . Any young
man who understands the game of
baseball and its rules understands the
conditions governing success in life.
If he fails to play the game as well
as he might, let him take his medi
cine with as good grace as possible.
POULTRY NEEDS
CLEAN HOUSING
Insanitary Methods Are the Cause of
Many of Poultryman’s Troubles,
Says Poultry Expert.
Clemson College, Sept. 8.—Many of
the poultrjnnan’s troubles can be trac
ed to the lack of sanitary practices,
especially in regard to the pullet
flock, says C, L. Morgan, chief of the
poultry division. Healthy pullets
should be protected from parasites
and diseases that so often reduce win
ter egg prbduction.
“Before the pullets are place! in
combating colds, sore head, and roup,
and the cost will be repaid in greater
egg production, if the other factors
for egg production are provided.
“Yards adjoining the nouie snouJJ
be plowed and seeded to a suitable
rreen -crop for the birds, and it is
well to use lime around the house be
fore plowing. Rye, oats, barley, rape,
wheat and kale are satisfactory crops
for winter grazing.”
ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEET
ING. CLINTON BUILDING & LOAN
ASSOCIATION.
Notice is hereby given of the 6th
annual stockholders meeting of the
A farmer near Schuylcrville, N. Y., has found a new and good use for
old automobile license plates. In the case of ugly or unruly cattle that
often go on rampages, the plate is fastened through the animal’s lips
and horns, across his eyes. Loss of sight seems to take much of their
ambition away and they become peaceable.
house, that have been used by the old P'?*™ Assoeiatioa,
Ho be held at 4 P. M., Thursday, Sep
tember 12th, in the display room of
Jacobs & Company, Clinton, ,S. C. All
stockholders are urged to attend. The
WOMAN AND CHILD
KILLED BY TRAIN
EIGHT DEAD IN
PLANE CRASH
Tragic Story of Ship luost In Sturm
Unfolded As Party Finds De
molished Liner On .Mountain.
Grant, New Mexico, Sept. 8.—The
last search for the Transcontinental
Air Transport plane. City of .‘^an
Francisco, ended today as a party of
foresW rangers, an ambulance crew and
newspapermen lifted a burned and
crumpled fuselage from the charred
bodies of the five passengers and a
crew of three on the side of Mount
Taylor, seven miles from, its summit,
and 27 miles northwest of Grant.
The bodies were unrecognizable and
with the, exception of that of the wo
man passenger, which had been burn
ed less severely than others, only can
be identified by dental work.
The impact of the plane, which dis
appeared last Tuesday and was locat
ed first yesterday from the air by Pi
lot George K. Rice, of a Western Air
Express passenger plane, plowed a
swath three hundred feet long through
the heavily woo'ded mountainside. It
had thrown the bodies forward until
all were crowded toward the front of
the cabin, one lay virtually under the
crushed and almost destroyed center
motor of the tri-motored ship, the lat
est model passenger liner.
An area more than 300 feet square
about the wreckage literally was cov
ered with debris.
The plane following its regular
route from Albuquerque, N. M., to Los
Angeles on its last flight, had crashed
into a pine tree 67 feet above the
ground. The left motor struck the tree
and its propeller slashed deeply its
trunk and felled the upper part. At
the right a few paces farther on a
second stub stood, a little larger in
■ diameter, against which another motor
struck. Less than a dozen feet away
this motor lay, not a whole piece of
metal left.
For approximately 100 feet farther
th6 air liner had plunged, carrying
with it destruction to trees, some of
which were broken off, while others
literally were uprooted. Boulders which
had lain close to the roots of the trees
had been tossed for a score of feet.
As the big ship tore its way through
the heavy growth of spruce and pine,
it lost its tail and then its wingrs.
' There was not a piece of the all-
metal plane, with the exception of
doors and windows, left intact after
the crash through the trees. The larg
est piece of nifetal left was half of the
left wing, which itself had holes
punched through it and the underside
was sheared away.
As the ship dropped to the ground
it buried its nose and part of the land
ing gear Hwo feet in the rocky soil.
Gasoline from its tanl^, ,broken by
the snapping off of vpngs, became
ignited. An explosion followed, throw
ing burning gasoline over the passen
gers and crew, experts with the party
believed.
On the arm of one of the pilots
there was strapped a wrist watch that
had stopped at 11:01, The pilots use
Pacific coast time on flights between
.Albuquerque and Los Angeles.
Aviators who were in the party of
searchers said it appeared Pilot J. B.
j .Stowe wa.s blinded by the severe rain
I and windstorm which beat Mount Tay-
ilor from the southwest and while
'keeping his bearings, did not realize
he was flying so near the mountain.'
j The win i apparently carried him on
to the peak.
i There was no indication the plane-
was struck by lightning,
j Officials of the T. A. T., who ac-
icompanied the party, wanted to re-
! move the bodies immediately, but
, United States Forester J. M. Mims,
I who had been commissioned by Va
lencia county authorities, refused to
grant permission. A quarrel followed
land blows narrowly were ^verted.
! Mims insisted the bodies must not be
touched until the coroner and district
I attorney arrived.
Officials of the T. A. T., in the par
ty refused to comment when the
wreckage was reached.
Husband of Dead Woman Seriously
Injured. Two Children Also Hurt
In Kail Crossing .Accident.
Wodruff, Sept. 8.—Mrs. Ola Rook
Rhodes, 29, and Floyd Rhodes, Jr., 4,
are dead and Thomas Floyd Rhodes,
32, is seriouslj/ hurt as a result of a
collision of an automobile Mr. Rhodes
was driving and a Charleston antf
Western Carolina passenger train at
I the railroad crossing on Peachtree
i street this afternoon at 2:45 o’clock,
i Mary Rhodes, 9, and Raymond Rhodes,
i 18-months-old, received minor cuts
jand bruises but their condition is con-
j sidered goo'd.
[ The accident happened as the pas
senger train was Coming into Wood
ruff and the car in which the family
was riding was returning to Mr.
Rhodes’ home on Peachtree street
{from town. It is supposed that Mr.
I Rhodes, who has been living on this
i street for only a short time, iid not
see the approaching train on account
of a corn field.
The car was demolished. It was car
ried for a distance of 50 yards, while
Mary was carried on the cowcatcher
of the engine for nearly a quarter of
a'mile. Mrs. Rhodes was pinned un
der the car with her body pushed un
der the ehgine, her head being where
the steps of the car ought to be. Her
body was crushed and bruised so bad
ly that she only lived until 4:30 o’clock
without regaining consciousness.
The little boy was found on the
brake rods and driving shaft of the
car, while Floyd, Jr., was thrown 20
yards beyond the car, being found ly
ing along the railroad track. Floyd’s
head and chest were crushed and he
was hurt internally. He died at the
Workman hospital, where all the
members of the family were carried,
at 7:15 p. m. '
Mr. Rhodes was thrown from the
car about 25 yards from the place
where it was struck. His condition is
considered serious, his right chest be
ing crushed, and he has cuts and bruis-1
es all over his body with possible in
ternal injuries.
The top of the car was carried as
far as the First Baptist church be
fore it was thrown from the track.
The engineer did not know the lit
tle girl was on the cowcatcher until
the train was stopped, her life prob
ably being saved by holding on to the
engine.
Mr. Rhodes is a chaingang .guard
for Ihe county.
j birds, the houses should be thoroughly
I cleaned and disinfected,” continues Mr.
j Morgan. “To thoroughly clean a house
I all litter must be removed, the floors
scraped, the walls swept, and the en
tire house scrubbed with water. When
it is clean a 4 per cent solution of a
recommended disinfectant should be
applied to all parts of the house by
means of a good spray pump. Nests,
feeders, waterers, and other equipment
should be cleaned and disinfectetl in
the same way. If there are mites the
roosts should be treated 'with a mix
ture of used crank-case oil two parts
and kerosene one part. A coat of
whitewash applied to the interior of
the house will improve its appearance.
Sanitary practices will greatly aid in
public is cordially invited.
Wm. P. Jacobs, Sec.-Treas.
Wm, J. Bailey, President.
9-12-2tc.
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CALENDAR CHANGE
r ADVOCATED AGAIN
Business Men’s Organizations of Coun
try Are To Be Voted 'Through
"National Referendum.
Agitation is again afoot to change
the old calendar so that days, weeks
and months will be the same, and so
that years will differ only in whether
they have the “blank day” or two, ac
cording to communications being sent
out' from the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States.
Business men’s organizations all over
the country are to be voted through
a national referendum, according to
the plan of the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce. The national chamber will be
assisted by more than 1,600 member
organizations, it is planned.
The ideas selected from among 200
submitted as proposals for calendar
reform are almost agreed upon, it
I was reported, although members of
I the chamber’^ committee have differ-
' ences of opinion as to how divisions
should be made. The majority favors
reform, while a minority makes itsdf
plain as being opposed to such a step.
One type of plan proposes that the
year’s quarters shall be of equal
length, and that each month shall have
the same number of days. The best
known plan of the other type provides
for months of equal length, with
weeks fixed in each month, with the
consequence that the number of days
would be the same in every month and
a date within the months would al-
! ways fall upon the same day of the
week. Both types of plans provide cal
endars of 364 days and would utilize
a “blank” day to fill out the ordinary
year, with two “blanks” in leap year.
The thirteen-month plan is receiving
favor, it is believed, over the 12-month
plan.
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