The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 07, 1916, Image 2
A Born Undertaker
Hy < A HhvM
Sn) a husky <llf <*li < w ?'!??
Kiveu lite i? .1 ? <?f lili i v i UK | ,,ls
an elephant, Urt.liiK no tools other than
his hands, tic uilk'ht k|?i?Ud th?< he*|
pari of Ills life tr.viiix, i*n*t iiii*l'l?*i?l?ll.v
inluht wear otY his lingers and even
Ids aims In the vain Hlteinpt to'fllve
the ti iiAf** earen-ss Inirlal. Now siip|H>se
we if lye ? tit r ditch dlKU? r ail tin* fdiov
els, spade>, ph.kaves, and Ahec|harrows
lie eouhl a?k for, and even (hell It
\|/ou)d llkelji l??; wcfkn he f ore I In* pea
lillt lov lim o|< I friend of our e I'm is
days would eease to elllidier (ho land
ftcapc. Now. (here Is a certain small
hiseei. known as ;(|u* xexion heellt*.
who In a few hours ran accomplish a
task In pr?i|Mtriloh to Ijfs sjfc pially
as ureal or c\ en vuicaler than thai -of.
I he man and the elephant lie Is eall
ed the sexton from a (pieei hahlP he
|ia* of htiiylntf the hodlet of siaall
hlrds nr small animals He is only
ail llieh lotlK and is an evtreiiieh elieel*
fill looking little fellow . iplh'k in Ills
movements add alwu,* s In the hUtuest
kind of a hurry, lie wears ;i sweater
of hlai'k and onintfe, rather an Inap
propriate mil'h for one of his uloomx
calling Where he keeps hansel! when
? >i 1 1 of a joh m> one knows. He never
loafs, Is never seen Just hanging around
in Ihnt aimless way so sominon with
many of Ids beetle eouslns. When not
lit work he disappears, Just .simply
fades out of sluht. and Is seen no more
until a hurry call hrln^N him to an
other Joh.
If you wniit tu see a sexton beetle,
llll .Vdll have to do I* to llll'iHV M dead
mouse or 11 mole nut In ( 1?*' garden.
You don't have 1 1 ? wait long, for in
an Ineredlbly short time he arrives,
Hustling. businesslike. and alert', In*
walks around the mouse a few times,
touching it here and there with his
feelers as If taking measure of his Joh.
Having satlstled himself as to the lay
of the land and the size of the propo
sition lie. is to tackle, he disappears
under the hody and at onee begins
work, ('ailed hy some system of wire
less. his t wo or three assistants short
ly arrive and without any delay work
themselves out of sight under the car
ejisM of the mouse. They do not die
a lr?le, as one might suppose, t'umhle
the i.odv in. anil then cover with earth.
Their* I* a ditVerent met hod, more
original -ami effective. .They work
themselves liliiler the object to t>e in
terred and throw up on it>> elites 1 1 1? >
soli that was beneath it. This i< done
e(|UilllvN under :t 1 1 parts of the hody.
*<? ihmp i?.v lit ti*? it *jj6w.l> - 1 1 ? u - jhki
winks aiul II it ally,: a atatfo kIiunI,
?l l^ji | ?) >4*ji r 'Si helo\y I !?*? If\ t'l, Willi till'-,
mm li ai ?cnjiiplMird. i| i Mil i';i ,i juiif '
t ?? r in draw (lie plli'tl'U^ *'dl nvvr file I
lanly, | <11 1 li (lnwii a 1 1 1 1 U ? . -.nil. i a
litis of wax* and trash around, and
mil' \\,iiiiii hfirttly i> i n 1 w tin ? ui fa<?? j
had lu'rii 1 1 Ixt II 1*1 M??l ,
Tile ^4 ' \ I ? I U IH? *C|| V ? *1 1 ^T< ? lie does)
iU'1 | ifiii i Ice Ills chosen pt'ofoHMlon
merely t<? iyi'l Iinsl?litly i ?l iJtM'l s out of
wlj/lit or f<?r any sanitary reasonn wlni t - 1
ineCi ll Is Hie call <?f the mother 1 ti
slliict | lir 1 1 1 .-s 1 1 1 1 ? - 1 that toll* li I if i llif
y oiiuu , heel Ion ean't live and prosper
without tin' shelter. of just Mieh a
homo as. he prepare* for them. Ills
o 1 1 1 s object In put t Ink* sinttrly under
u ro|i in I 1 1 M ? body |4'. ?Iho iiloUHO Is to
keep it hi J lis I the iIkIiI condition until
the Inuuiry ll(ili> urubs hatch out and
hi'j-'tJi 4o 'all for their natural food.
When I he uiousei has been tucked away
and (ho mother beetles have deposited
their eu'tfs In the carcass, the hurhil
sipiad disappears, \\ <?! I satisfied with
t lie w ork it has dune.'
M (?Jledllsi'h, \vlu? made an exhaust
Ive stud.\ id' tills ililerestliiK little
"worker In clay." say* that "In a space
of llft.s days four beetles Interred four
fl'otfs, three small hlrds, two fishes,
one mole, and two grasshopper*. he
sides several plefes of heel liver!"
Fit For A Lnwyer.
An old lady walked Into a lawyer's
otllee lately, When the following con
versa t ion took place;
Lady Squire. I ? *11 1 )??? I to see If you
would like t<< take 'l.ls hoy and make
a lawyer of hhn. i
l-awyer? The hoy apiH'dPH rather
young, madam; how old Is he? j
Lady? Seven years, sir.
Lawyer-- lie Is too young ? decided
ly too young. Have you no ho.vs old
er?
Lady- < >h yes sir I have several;
hut we have concluded to make farm
ers of the others. ! told my old man
I thought this little feller would make
a first rate lawyer, so 1 calhsl to see
if you would take him.
Lawyer ? No madam, he Is too. young
yet, to commence the study of the pri.
f ?-sloii. Mut why (jo you think lids
hov an.v hetrer calculated for a law
yer than your other son^?
* Lady ? Why, you see. he is Just sev
en ? years old today. When lie was
only live, he'd lie like all natur' ; when
he got to he six. lie was sassy and Im
pudent as any critter could he; and
now he'll steal everything he ran lay
his hands on.? Kxchange.
*
I ra < >. Hurton, who shot and killed
l>avhl Langford. in Newherr.v several
weeks ago. has heeh released from jail
on hoinl.
The South ('aroilna Medical asso
ciation is t<> hold its annual meeting
ill < 'harlesion April 1 v. 1?> and JO.
HKMHKKTH NKW8 NOTKS.
Itcinhcrt, S. A|?r, Tint drought
Is affecting veuet a I lull Very *erluusly.
cwr*f i-arrr ifrRw for wani of moisture
while ^unli'iis it i *? iI.nIiik <>ii(, and wells
Uoluy dry. Coi n t tin t h planted' < ai4*Y
come up, hut tin1 ni In will come after
11 wllilc II I M I nature will pllt HI I . lii'W
life,
The wiip ami mills still arc here and
likely to uliiy until they wear ? ?*? t .
l^ull.e II spirited coldest is tfolntf on
j aiiionu I lit* youpu ladle* in this county,
j ninl e|newhere, f< ?r. several prison of
money Mini nut < iiim >1 ? I less offered I?y ji
paper. The girls know how to hustle
for vofesaud they have friends wilt)
are n I < 1 1 1 ik them, Kershaw coiluty
litis m full' contestant In tin* contest
llini Is hoh|)ui( tier own with the rest.
I The political pot is heuluiiinu to sim
mer. not ms much though ms in your
county. In this magisterial district,
Mr. J, l?. ( i II (.Is Is a cMinlhlatc for "re
election Mini is OppUHC4.1 hy l? S, \ l II
son a im I T. I'. Sunders, Jr. No other
candidates in I lie county so fur.
In lite state for governor. Manning
will have in the |M?rsons of Idolise liiul
CiMiper, foeinen worthy of his steel,
Wilson will he nominated in (lie Na
tional ( 'oiiventlon hy McclliiiMthin and
he elected. The repnhllcaus are at
sea as to whom they will nominate,
hut it matters not who he may lie, ho
will meet his Waterloo for when the
sun sets on tin' 7th of next November
the party in power will have another
four years lease.
Zack Kaxton, a \v?ntl?.v colored man,
died hero a few day* ago. Ho waH In
? dustriou*, res|>ectful and honest, and
I was highly respected by the white i>eo
ple and a credit to Ids race. One by
one, tlds old class of colored iwople
arc passing away to the regret of all.
1 Leap year has not brought forth any
forward movement hy the young ladles
and i ) ?, > t likely to. Within rifle shot
of the writers home are young ladles
that wonld adorn any inisltlon In life.
Reared and trained hy Christian moth
ers. In ludnstry and deportment, and
with becoming modesty that commands
the respect of ."II Intelligent jK'op'c.
The Only Drawback.
"Well, - Dinah. I hear yon are mar
ried."
" Yossuin." said the former cook. "I.'se
done ?ot me a man now."
"Is he a good- provider?"
"Vassnin. He's a mighty fine pro
vider. lint I 'so powerful skeered he's
gwine to uit kotched at It." ? Hirming
ham Autvllerald. .
dame* HnfT, a lineman in Oroen
\ Hie. met instant death Tuesday morn
ing when lie came in contact with a
wire carrying volts.
?? STI{\N<^ T\I'K # HO VI S
frijind Into Ser\ ire on Old RlVCfl
Sime Tl??* War Began.
\ ? ' '
All kinds of hIiI|?h of win and of
t? ?i ? 1 1 1 it - 1 . ?? ||UVt? hecii pressed info mt
vlec In tin* tfi'eat Kurojieuu conflict.
There are sea hunts, ou t lie water
bout* ii ii< I undersea hoata! there arc
super dreadnoughts, Inn 1 1<* crulscra and
disguised commerce raiders, there arc
Kreut (Mean Krcytiomids that yester
were Ileal Im.' pu lares of the ocean,
carY.vliitf I lie wealth and heauty of
civilization on their udmalluus across
the sea, hut that today are kiIih havens
of surrerlnu, where the wail of pain
ami the shriek of aturulsh have suh
stituhMl the carnival of music and the
sound of mirth.
Hut strangest of nil the kinds of
floating enulpntent that the war has
drafted Into service I* tiie Kelek. lie
scrlhltiK' this strange l??'iit, the Natlou
al < JeoKrajihlc Society says:
"The kelek is pmhahly one of the
curliest fornix of w'ater transportation
URcd hy our ancestors In Asia, it con
sists of floatsklus Inllaied with air,
tied heueath a framework of lltfht
|k?Ics, Often as many as N00 such
sklus are used to ?ive the hoat the do*
sired buoyancy.
( "Tlii' cargo Is loaded on to the kelck
Just as Munich it were a tlatbot tomed
Ikargc, after which the craft begins Its
Joruncy down the Tigris or the Eu
phrates, projM'lliMl or Ridded by oars.
When It reaches Its Journey's -end It Is
broken up and sold as skins and tim
ber.
"The two great rivers of Mesoi>ota
mla are very crooked and very Irregu
lar In their depths. The air line's
distance between* Dlarbeklr and Bag
dad is 400 miles, while the water
route via the Tigris Is about 1,000
miles. At many places the river Is
deep enough to accomodate boats of
considerable draft, but at others It is
so shallow that a man has difficulty
In swimming. Hut. even over shallows,
where a man can not go as a swim
mer, a well-laden kelek will tloat with
out accident.
"For thousands of years this buoy*
ant boat has helped the people of Meso
potamia to move their commerce over
the shoals and shallows of two of the
earths moodiest rivers. a,nd has now
come to play its small part in the
greatest war of human history."
According to a story appearing in
the Now York Times. It. Sherwood
Dunn, former Hull Moose leader in
South Carolina, was killed in a Zeppe
lin raid on Paris on January .'50 last.
\V.\K TO KNU JI NK 17.
For what it 1h worth Uio following
stor,\ from the Financial World. of
Loudon. lx rcprlutodhvre:
In I h?* luttor half of last your mu
ru i ik a I. ojhIoii legend .an mlfcer called ?
oil his hank manager with regard to
(Vital II dlsposit hills (if his balance pre
para lory t?> his departure for the front.
"You won't ho away loiijt." said the
utaiitttfor.
"How do you know?" was t lio reply,
"You will ho hark in unite a short
time. wounded in the hand."
NVIieu the oilieer actually returned,
with a wounded hand, and in a short
time, lie was puifcled. However, his
wound healed, and he was off a^ain.
He went to hjd "<}ood-hy" at the hank.
"Anv more prophecies ?"? said he,
Jocularly.
"You will ho away longer this time,"
replied the manager, "and then you
will he rather badly wounded in the
loK-"
When the ollleer was wounded in
the lejjf and came home, he sought the
first chance to interview his fur-seeing
friend at the hank.
"As you can foretell my wounds,
can't you give nie the date of the end
of the war?" lie asked.
"The war will end," said the mana
ger, "on June 17 next. Hut I shan't
live to witness It. I shall just about
see New Year's Day, and that's all."
He died on January 2. The ottteor
is now looking forward with extra
ordinary interest to June 17.
Former Governor Smith Dead.
Baltimore, March 81. ? Former Gov*
ernor Charles A. Smith, of South Car
olina, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital
today "tlfter a long Illness, ery&ipehiM
developing after many months. .Suf
fering from heart trouble was the di
rect cause of death. Mr. Smith had
been at the hospital two months. -He
was about r>h years old.
The former Governor's home was In
Tlmmonsvllle, S, C. He was presi
dent of a Tlminonsvllle bank and was
prominently known In Baptist educa
tional circles. As Lieutenant Governor
under Cole HI ease, he succeeded to
the governorship <>n Mr. Mease's res
ignation a few days before the end
of his term. Mr. Smith's tenure as
Governor covered the five-day period
from .Tan miry 14 to January 1!). 11)15.
. A widow, four sons and three daimh
? ?
tors survive.
\V. 1. Witherspoon and James Can
sler. both of York county, will be in
tfee W?V WKttlu year fur rHtlinnd
CfUllluiHsliUH'r to HUmHHl McOulHo
llumptou. ?**$$!?
9V Mammoth Yellow
Soja Bean
promises to be one of the most
profitable crops for southern farm
ers everywhere. Makes a forge
yield of beans, which are reudliy
salable for oil-producing and food
purposes, In addition to its use for
forage, soil-improving and stock
feeding. Splendidly adapted to our
southern soils and climate.
The New 100-Day
Velvet Bean
the quickest growing of Velvet
Iknms, promise to supercede Cow
Peas very largely as a soil-Improv
ing, forage and grazing, crop
throughout the South. Cheaper
to Seed per acre than cow peas.
Write for prices and "Wood's
Crop Special" giving full in
formation in regard to Sola and
Velvet Beana, Cow Paaa, Millet,
Seed Corns, Sorghums, Sudan
Qraaav ate- Mailed free.
T. W.WOOD & SONS,
SEEDSMEN. - Richmond. Va.
W. O. HAY'S
Automobile and Machine
Shop
Camden, South Carolina
- ? ? ? r , ? ?"????
Equipped the Equal to any in the
South,
We wake any kind and size of
spring, beat vauadlum steel used,
and guaranteed.
Storage Batteries charged with
the very latest motor generating set
at a saving of time and money.
Axle and propeller shafts made
and guaranteed to equal the factory
product in every particular.
Casings and Tubes vulcanized?
all work guaranteed.
I'resto-Lite Exchange ? Styles B
and E cylinders always 011 hand.
Fisk Tires and tubes always in
stock. We will personally see that
you are satisfied with our service
or we do not want your money.
Oxy-Aoetylene Welding ? Castings
<?f all kinds of metals a specialty.
Thanking you all for the hand
some support given me since going
in business for myself, I am,,
Yours respectfully,
W. O. HAY
In view of my intention to retire from business, I am offering
my entire stock of FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES
? V
at such prices which are bound to interest you.
This Sale Begins on April 13th and Lasts For 30 Days
Every piece of my ftock will be sold in that time, including: BED ROSJI^SUITS, BUFFETS, BEDS,
BUREAUS, CHAIRS, PARLOR SUITS, SEWING MACHINES, GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE.
It is an opportunity to furnish your home cheap. If you don't get this stock it will be sold to a busi
ness firm and you'll have to pay regular prices. Why not avail yourself of the opportunity now.
DON'T WAIT. COME EARLY AND GET YOUR PICK BEEORE IPS TOO LATE
TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT OFFERED ON ALL ACCOUNTS SETTLED IN THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS
W. GEISENHEIMER
A MERCHANT
IN CAMDEN
FOR 36 YEARS
CAMDEN
S. C