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Cultivated Corn On Hands And Knees Taft Urges Speed In Federal Courts Chic Jtiitice Taft of the U. ST. 'Supreme Court is making an effort to ?' - edite work in the Federal Courts all over the country. This phr' shows Circuit Judges from all parts of the United States after t co- .erence at Washington In the group are Circuit Judges Bingham, ktogers. BufTington. Knapp. Walker, Knapper, Baker and Kenyoh., Taft is in the center. Must Pay income . Tax On Beauty May bell- Griftin of Baltimore, won 4500.1)0 in cash and a dress worth $4,000.00 in a beauty content. Now she has been asked to nay 1 ncome Tax on her prizes, botn cash and dress. New Vice-President Of Farm Bureau Dr. W. H. Walker of California, always^ active in National Farm Bo* reau Federation affairs, was the ;tn* animous choice 1 for vice-presidnt rfor^i923. He will be an active ks sistant to the new president, Osca Bradfute of Ohio. Clerk of Court G. L. Salley, of Orangeburg, retired January 1st, after 3.0 years in office. He was sue ceedud by J. W. Gillam, lected last fall.' Spartanburg county raised more than ten percent of all the cotton raised in South Carolina in 1922 ? 54, 090 bales out of 502, G10. * The efficient man would as much think of send - ing poor unattractive printed matter as he would an unkempt , careless , or ill-bred salesman. Your printing often introduces you to your bus iness prospects . If it fails to make, an acquaintance ship , it's an unsatisfactory job . Particularly does it apply to the stationery you use ? as well as other printed matter. We are equipped to handle any printing job you may want and we take pride in turning out only the best work. Try us. We have four competent printers to serve you. The Camden Chronicle Blanks, Booklets, Stationery, Office Forms, Etc. BEEtf AND ONIONS FOR GHuSV Egyptians Alt? Rt>p?atod Magic Phrases to Change Physical Nature ol Food for Spirit*. "Tin* Kgypthuut believe even to tWs day that every umn 1ms a ghost," says l'rof, (loorgc* Uelsuer, when he eam<? buck from Kgypt with the Harvard expedition. "Statues of several thousand y?urs ago | ?5 <-i m*?.? the l'Jgyption limn with hts ghost, llut the woman wasn't ecYnsiU- ; eivd Important enough to have one. Him was the muu's wife, and tliat was t ousldcred sul.Hctdot honor lor j her. ?'Tin- men took, very good care of j | their ghosts. At regular Intervals they vvi in t?> the room w?u;ro the gllOSt was ! supposed to live & ud placed offering* | there for him to vat. These consist ' ed of bread and onions and heer. It | whs necessary to repeat some magic phrase which had the effect of chai?g i ing the physical nature of the food ; no that It would fee ttt for consumption by n spiritual beliig. "When a man died he became lden tilled with his ghost. On the Inside of (lie Kgyptlan's eoflin a black *lg ' run line >va? traced to represent the ? course which the deceased must take | through the underworld. At each 1 turn of the path was a warning of the 1 dangi r to be looked for at that par ticular point and directions for avoid ! Ing it." ? Detroit News. DIAGNOSIS A SIMPLE MATTER Veteran Captain Had Seen Sample? of Thlo Passenger's Kind on Many Previous Voyages. I - Tho captain of a l^AClfic mall liner was annoyed by the persistent nnd garrulous chatter of a paaaOJOtggr. whenever the captain appear?*! q? deck lils persecutor was there, waiting aith some Idiotic question or loug drawn "yarn." One day the wind kicked up ? nasty ?en. and the vessel tossed about pretty rigorously. The captain, In dripping oilskins, came down from the bridge, and ut the saloon companion way wa> waylaid by the talkative passenger. The gentleman's complexion waa a muddy green, and It required no ex perienced eye to see that his system was badly shaken up. "Morning, captain," he said. '"Morning," grotVled the captain. ??Oh, captain, Just a minute," per sist ed the man. "I've crossed the At lantic a dozen times In weather worse than this, but I was never seasick be fore. Can you account for It?" "Yes," said the captain. "What do you think It is, captain?" "Had memory, sir lM? Harper's Mag azine. Accident Suggested Truck Farm. Accident Is said to have suggested the truck farm. In 1817 a clerk on a Charleston (S. C.) boat chanced to speak to some friends In New York of the fresh vegetables to be had In the Southern city. As It was winter, his statement was promptly challenged by one of his listeners. On his next trip North, therefore, he brought a basket of vegetables, Including two boxes of strawberries. They were placed on exhibition In a shop window and at tracted much attention. In this way began. the business of truck farming in the' United States. Until the middle #f the Nineteenth century the fruits and vegetables raised on nearly all farms were intend ed for home consumption or for sale In -markT*tS"cloH<rar TTaridT Today Callfor nla fruits and vegetables go all over the world, and the Northern cities have, all winter long, garden produce raised In Florida or the Gulf states. An Index of Value. Berry, cub reporter on the Index, was sent to get a story about old man Crawford, president of the Curtis Crawford company, on the occasion of the company's fiftieth anniversary Kerry found Crawford a man In his early 80s, albeit active, and an employ er of the old school, with little sym pathy for what he termed the new fangled ideas. They talked together for half an hour, Berry putting ques tion after question and the old maa answering out of the wealth of his ex perience. The young reporter, Just out of the state university could not over look one important point. "Of course, Mr. Crawford, yon are a college man V he remarked. There was a twinkle In the old man's eye, but he answered with all solem nity: "No, I lun not a college man, but my head Janitor Is ? Kansas City Star. All Due to Little Gland. Why la it that military music makes one want to march; that Jazz music makes one want to dance, and plain tive music makes one sad? Science has discovered that it Wi all due to a little gland situated at the base of one's brain, and It controls the rhyth mic beating of the heart. It prevents it ? and otlier organs of the body ? from racing, or working Irregularly. Mart'al music excites the pituitary fiand very much, and in response the gland manufactures nnd sends Into Mie's blood more than Us normal amount of fluid. It Is this fluid that controls the speed of one's heart, and beats much faM?er. rlring one tliaf ex MJarwted military frrtlng. Anftlier type of music sets on the pituitary gland in Just the ?>p[x?*lte way? it slo s it do-'. i., with nil xecoto pnnylr.g depression or sadness. WE ARE MAKING A DRIVE FOR CASH TRADE Wo have been doing a lien business f <?r so long that tho good people of Camden forget that wo bun dle all staple and fancy groceries. Most of you do not know that wo soil goods. eheapor than most mer chant*. If you have no\ investigated our prices wo ? invito you to do so. Look over your bills and sec what you have been payng t<> others and t hen soe us We can sell you cheaper because wo are selling for cash, buying in large quantities and with ample credit. We make one delivery every evening Among= other bargains wo will sell you Breakfast Belle S. R. Flour, per sk . f)5c Armour's Star Hams, per lb ....... 31c Rib Bacon,' per lb 16c 13 Pounds Sugar $1.00 L ARROW Cow Feed, per sk . . . . . $3,25 Oct Is ? Horse Feed ? Peavine Hay Tiihsthy Mm Brand? C. S. Meal Springs & Shannon . . - * - - ' ' - * - ; * * * " Attended a Chester Dance. Well known around Yorkvillo is "Shindooley," a gangly, awkward brown-skinned young- negro, amiable and accommodating. He was telling Views and Interviews his experiences at a colored dance in Chester Christ mas day, as he was shining shoes in the American Legion club the other day. "Folks," said he, "Ah is come to the conclusion dat Ah is not gwine to atten* any ob dese out-ob town dances among do niggers no moah. Ah picks mahself up Christ inas Day an' went down to Chester fo' er niggeh dance on Columbia street. Well, eberyting went erlong all right fo' er while until one ob de niggahs got mad at ernother niggah what he say was tryin' fo' ter take his gal. Ah looks eround an* see dat niggah snap er pistol at de udder one. Den Ah spreads muhself out an' dives behind de piano since Ah believes in safety fust. Well, suh, Ah hadn't got good spread out be hind dat piano afo' ernother niggah, 1 he tries fo' to git back dere wid mo. Ah didn't hab no pistol er razor er knife er nuthin. Ah didn't know whether dat niggah wuz after me or whether he were jest tryin' to git out ob do danger zone lak me. He didn't say nothin' an' Ah didn't neith er. Ah made er dive out fum behin' dere an' out de door. Den Ah made a pass fo' er niggah hotel an' paid -t-r quai ter fo' er mess ob"~sIec p . An Ah come home on 'Bob' Tuesday mawnin'; and heah Ah is still all to gether. Cose I could er got in dat rucus, Ah reckon. Dat is, Ah could hab joined in de shore 'nough fracas; but mah spirit was full ob peace on earth an' good will to menses. I3ut i Ah notice dat ebery time Ah goes out ob town to er dance, dere is a rueils. An' hereafter Ah is resolved to stay at home where Ah kin hold my own \tffd dese niggohs." ? York* vil|e Enquirer, December 29th. Intereated in Home Improvement. Demonstrations in various phases ' of household Management have been given^ by Home Demonstration Workers irf*"2'f-t^m muni ties this year. As a result of these demonstrations 203 kitchens and 131 living rooms have been improved; G septic tanks, 2 heating, 32 lighting, and 37 water systems have been installed; 81 houses and 115 kitchens have been screened; 9 sleeping porches have been boilt, 74 houses repaired, and 32 remodeled. One woman who had attended a demonstration given by the county home demonstration agent on "Cleaning and Dyeing Rugs," re ported that in doing her fall clean ing she found she had fl good crox rugs which were too faded to use again. She dyed 3 green and 3 blue and says "They look like new." At 6 fairs booths representing, convenient kitchens were featurod. In Newberry County, a parade open ened the fair activities. Tho home demonstration club float and girls led the parade. The float represented a model kitchen with club girls at work preparing a. meal ii> Ah# fct-ea m pressure cooker. Head Cut off by Wire. 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