The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 21, 1919, Image 4
HAH LIVELY FIGHT
in i i i , 11 i t
Man Found Coachwhip St ake No
Mean Antagonist
Mr. Q. M. Bobbins of Atlanta Is Ready
to Announce That He le Not
at AH Deelroue of Another
8uch Bout.
Some folk asy ? coachxnalie won't
chase you and tie you to a plue tr?a
and whip the everlasting daylight out
?f you. They scandalize tl^la ancient
tradition as unscientific urul contra
dictory to the facia and the evl
deuce.
The defence now calls to the stand
one G. W. Hobblns, whose Initial* may
or may not stand for George Wash
ington, and who watches at the Dow
man Do/ier piHiit in Atlanta, On., by
night.
Mr. Hobblns avera that the blamed
coachwhip went an far a* pos
sible? h.tt chaupd Bobbins three
times around his own garden to be
gin with, and when Hobblns dually
turned and gave battle he (the coach
whip) lassoed him and the eiiHulug
wrestling match simply ruined a large
part of an acre of excellent radishes
and Momo tine young onions.
IlobblitM nay? lie was out In the gar
den pulling Home radlshe* when he
discovered a six-foot coachwhip
snake watching hltn hatefully. Mind
ful of the tradition, and despite the
absenco of plue trees, Itobblna turned
and tied, and the coachwhip after
him. Hound and round the garden'
patch fled Itobhlns, the coachwhip still
pursuing him.
The chase ended near the barn,
where Hobblns was forced to pause
for breath, Whether the coachwhip
nlso was sli.v of wind does not aj>
p< n i . but he blurted crawling under
the barn to think It over.
Itobhlns, encouraged by this?maneu
ver and angered at the -damage al
ready wrought among his garden- '
sns, grasped the snake ? by Ids deli
cately tapering tall and dragged him,
resisting furiously-, from beneath the
barn. Instantly t tie coachwhip
chnngcd his ta'c tics and looped him- I
self^about Hobblns' neck.
Iluslness plcl^d up at onee, and the
warm spring atmosphere was shat- j
tered.^by rude exclamations of the:
rough-and-ready variety. The coach- J
whip had a combination grapevine i
and head hold on Hobblns, who wns ,
striving to achieve the deadly toe j
hold made famous by the late Mr. j
Got eh.
The radish bed wns used us a mat, i
and the grapple was fast and" fu
rious. It is' always a difficult matter
to put a toiT hold on a large and sci
entlfle snake, hut Hobblns was bat
tllrU: for his [jfe and a few remaluliur
radH'"" and he gof the hold.
The flrat thing Bobbins did was to
unwrap the intake from about hi*
neck, The next thing he did wit* not
?trictly In accord with the wrestling
regulation*!. Instead of pinning the
coach whlp't* shoulder# to the nullah
bed, Hobblus deliberately and with
malice aforethought popped hid ene
my's akull vindictively agalimt the aide
of the barn.
The battle' ended there. The anake
measured two Inches over two yard*.
Mexican Child Stealer*.
| Mexico's "child atealera" engaged In
a regular business of ateallng children
and making them beg coins for them,
according .to a writer In the National
Humane ltrvlew. The headquarter*
or central place of business for the
blggeat thieves are located In Gomes
Farias street. Guadalajara. Here a
regular market In held for the dlaposid
of stolen Children, either by outright
sale or rent.
"XT fer passing through tffe hands
of thlM gang the Innocent victim of
this barbaric system Is generally un
recognizable. and maimed or blinded Is
carried or hauled around with Its poor
little hand outstretched for coins to
support Its fiendish master," according
to the writer. "Such children are seen
any hour of the day or night In Mex
ico City, hovering around the theater
doors, sitting around the streets and
often among the beggars that line the
church doors. The pleasure seeker,
the passer-by or the communicant who
puts pennies In the outstr<\|ched hands
does not realize how well he is co
operating with the fiendish Industry.**
>*noxner Degree. .
Grandfather is a learned Indiana
professor ? one who Is greatly respect
er' by all his neighbors and acquaint*
ances. But his little three-year-old
granddaughter knows him quite another
way from any other person, as the be
stowcr of anything she may wish. The
other' fvenlttg bin mother left her- with
grandfather while she went to a party.
For a while everything went all right
and then haby began to get sleepy. At
the same time she longed for mother
to tuck her in bed. Then she pitched
her voice high and walled loud and
long.
Grandfather presented money, tulnk
ets and everything the Ionise offered,
but still the huhy walled. More pres
ents,, and finally the baby took enough
notice to utter this rebuke: "I want
o<? to know I'm tryln' for my mudder."
Mastery of the Air.
The progress in the mastery of the
air is moving ?>o fast as almost to
make it h-ird to follow every develop*
JiMt about the time that both
the Americans and the British were
inaV.Ing at'empts to lly across the At
lantic fir airplane carrying passenger*
landed <?n the roof of a hotel, left its
passengers, aud went on its wyy.
Contribution of Jimmy.
Jimmy !? sgyen and he'a "smart" for
bis age, Hven bin mother admits It
She ftnr? he'll bo whltled up some day
In a pll'ur of fire or something. Olhera
who know Jimmy well doubt the pilfar
of lire business. His father the other
day caught him smoking a cigarette
nml whipped him soundly. Jimmy
cried loudly and attracted the atten*
t U>u of a uelghbor, a man chum of the
lad, who, seeking to comfort the boy,
said ; "Jimmy, of course It was very
wrong of you to smoke a cigarette,
and yoifr papa whipped you not to hurt
you bnt to show you how wrong it was.
Stop crying now snd your hurt will
soon be over."
"I ain't cryln' 'cauae I was licked/*
said the child as he gazed through the
tears, "but when papa grabbed me I
swallowed my cigarette, and it waa the
last one I had." ? Kxchange.
A Wonderful World.
"Don't talk to me about the ?*?nder*
of past ages," said Uncle Joe Cannon,
"The world today is far more wonder
ful tl|?u ever before. Just think: It
took Columbus as many months as It
now takes days to cross the ocean/
and we talk about flying and traveling
a mile a minute as though they were
nothing.
"Why, the other day 1 dropped Into
a country school Just In time to hear
l he teacher ask: j .
" 'Johnny, Into what two great
classes* Is the human race divided?"
And Johnny answered promptly : 1
"Motorists and iiedestrlatia."
"Thntv what I call progress. After
awhile there won't be. any pedestrl
aus,"< ? Los Angeles Times.
8 miles from Camden 011 Adams
Mill, good five room house and out
buildings, pasture lands, school house
within 200 yards of dwelling, church
half mile on R. F. D.
$30 Per Acre
J. L. MOSELEY
CAMDEN, S. C.
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Hardware,
Paints, Oils
I .oeks.
Hinges,
Nails.
Saws,
Hammers.
Door Hangers,
Carpenter's Tools,
Paint Brushes,
Paints and Oils,
Inside Decorations,
C.ilsomines and Cold Water Paint*.
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SUMTER,
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Wonders of America
, By T. T. MAXEY
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
JAMKS SMITHSON, an Kngilshiiutn.
who died ,ln Italy In 1820, left l?l>?
property to the United States ''i<>
found at Washington. un?ler the miutc
of the Smithsonian Institution, an es.
tabllshment for the increase and dif
fusion of knowledge among men."
"A consultlve library of objects"
rather tlian an institution of learning
in the nature of a college with a i
faculty and students, its educational J
activities an* of# the very broadest
ui'baracteri The several buildings are |
located In JW-acre Smithsonian park. ,
i lie institution also maintaining sta- '
tflfn*r.?t other widely separated points.)
h >' expeditions, surveys and explora- j
lions cover practically every country [
under the sun. ...
The SmilliMHibin pa it; building* j
? ontaln collection* of the belongings!
of Presidents Washington. Lincoln and ;
(?rant. . and the heroes of our army!
sirfd navy; the costumes worn by t h? ? j
ladies of the white house from l7^P:j
the most complete collection of fire- ;
arms in the country; extehslve ..ex- !
hlmts of medals, coins wd stumps j
of historic value; time keeping and)
musical? 4n*t rumen graphic arts, i
textiles, . embroideries and whttt nots ; ]
several millions of natural history }
specimens; more than a million speci
mens of the world's flora and upwards !
of 5,000 exhibits of art ? while the J*oo- j
logical park, occupying 107 acres in j
Itock Creek valley (Washington), con
tains more than 1,400 individual mam- j
tnals, birds and reptiles.
It is needless to say that this great I
Institution Is well and
over, and that those who
study its. -wondrous collecvn/u?
-numbered In the millions.
known to men of science
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You arc protected two ways when you buy Van
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4 ' . ;
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longest about a . Hot
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You will note an absence
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That is because Hot Spot
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too, will say Chalmers is
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GEO. T. LITTLE, Camden, S. C.