Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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l.aw)cK*nt'*ft Seems To Appeal (South Carolina Gazette) People are peculiar gink*, anyway, observes the Keowee Courier. . North Carolina ami Georgia have ?hut . recently added some amendments to their marriage laws, whereby it if* required^ we believe, it i Georgia at any rate, that a Khort notice be given | of intention to* apply ft>r marriage licenses. Since this requirement has been in %0tgtAp man\ Georgia couples an- com ing to South Carolina to get their, licensee to marry here in South Car olina where licenses are granted "for the asking" and a small fee tp recom pense the officer Jotf* his .trouble in hsu ing the license. How much trouble we Americans do take to evade, a law! Georgia tight ens up a bit on her loose marriage .permit system, and Georgians come to South Carolina to get their licenses "while they wait." South Carolina does not grant divorces, and South Carolinians go over to Georgia, where divorce is quick and easy, "bide a wee" and come back, to the Palmetto State "as was" before the marriage license was granted and used. The Greenville .Piedmont tells us that out of :?'{ licenses in that county since July 1. eleven were secured by North Carolina couples. So. it goes. "We're all dodgin'. And incidentally we are gradually but surely. losing I our respect for law in general. Maybe we have too many laws. It j has seehied to us that this is the. case,! and has been for years, and that year ly it grows worse. We have advo cated at least one session <?f our law ?naking body for the sole purpose of passing financial measures and kill ing useless laws. We are going to try another plan some time and ad vocate certain Restrictions against hilis in the House and Senate. It would be . well to have a rule that no merfrWi i-f either house could in troduce a new hill until he had found two useless laws and succeeded in having theio repealed. This would serve a good purpose in two ways. It wou'd keep dow i) the number of use less laws and at the same 'time would relieve- the statute books of a whole taft <tf "legal junk." Freaks of Lightning Great Falls. ? .July 2'J. - - ?Vhcn W.dliam Black, .'IS, a truck driver was s'-iuk hy lightning yes terday in the -ii fields neai here, t he bolt pet foi med >-.ome freak thing-'. ? It broke watch chain, welded together tw>< silver dollars in his pocket . tore off both t roll ser legs and shoes ar.d burned his hair. He was unconscious for two bout ? but w.ii t iyii \ i i , physicians >ay. Th- .-a me. !?< It set' firt to a neat by . . tank .'?1,(1 destroyed i:. 1 he -.. ', il thi ! Ii i t > I .?!'!<? v\hich ha\?? been r g ] ?)- !? - ;?} Iliicc. ( ?k:ah -n.:.. . - . i .tnoi ~ May i leaving 'Heli; 1 1 * if a 5?.\\n i. . | C.jooo j . ? ?. w.t.. , , jin-ini .. Then, too, it might keep the ntem hoi* employed in such an interesting s.nd u-eful occupation that they would really forget that they were legis lators. "David lla'mm" -aid that " ? reasonable amount of flea - 1-. good (or a <!ojjr; it keeps him froln Immdi*' over the fart that he is a dog." Sound philosophy and frequently applicable, however reckless we may In- a. 11 - 1 d t- f bt 1 1 1 ;; n its applica tion. I n lor ma I ion Wanted X . ha iiie-.v man, including the far mer, wishes to rtfyeut the losses fol lowing the World war period of in flation. An accurate record of his past experience is his best guide in anticipating coming conditions. For this purpose business men have found price indices very valuable. In order to ^establish such a list and determine the actual purchasing power of the farmer the Bureau of Agricultural Economics United States Department of Agriculture, i.s mak ing an historical price study and wishes to secure data on prices re ceived prior to 1 1 # 1 0 for farm prod ucts and prices paid by farmers for feed supplies. The Bureau has on file prices ami price indices for farm products from 1010 to date but it de sires this information for as many years as possible prior to 1010*. Historical information of this kind is available from various sources, such as the records of mills,' general .stores, cotton buyers, livestock buy ers, files of newspapers, or private record V of farm transactions. No one record will be. expected to cover the j entire period, but any record showing the year and month in which sale*) or purchases were made will be useful. It will be considered quite a favor if anyone having such information or Miowing where it may be procured would communicate with the Agricul tural Statistician, Columbia, S, C. Hopeless, That's All A well dressed peddler cautiously made his way into the manager's offire, and coughed to call attention 1 !?> himMlf. "Will," .-aid the manager, "what ill. you want?" | "1 am introducing," the peddler be gan. "an automobile electric hair brush "Can't you set* I'm bald?" growled th> manager. ; "Your wife, perhaps-*-* " "She's bald, too, except when -he's d^-sM-d up." "Perhaps your son, sir?" "He" (?:!?_? m-'H.; h old, and (pi if . baM." . "(.Ju.:< - ;? ? < J ;hc peddler, 'ihi\e \<u .i d'g?" "Y.-. a Ch,r<'"Se hair'cr^ p >od;? The peddh r di\ ed into another p.x k?". "Allow me," he ><iid, "h> >how \nu : he 'atesl thing ::i flypaper." -- T/ 1 ? '] < ? < 7 lie budget has re 4_L'i Lv.d lij- 1 - - L. uuliiiii'u LiiUl WL. lui. <_ tlaJJL'iJ . u u ? li:iiiiiu.L employes Before and Aft The "(iood Fellow" lives a la Prince and dies a la Pauper. Then what he comes of the family? Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL SIOO.MNMKI I Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits Seasonable Suggestions ? PURE SPICES ? Parowax? FLAVORING EXTRACTS BATH SPRAYS ? HEAT POWDERS INDELIBLE INK OUTFITS KODAKS ? Developing And Enlar??in$ ? FILMS W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Phone 30 Delivery Stationery ? Office Supplies hut mcghkk talks ? ! Spou t h Hot Air About Kabuloua j Wealth in Florida - .1 ? . v ' | (Monday's Charlotte Observer) J. Kutledge McGhee, president and1 treasurer of the McGhee Interests, 1 Inc., of St. Petersburg, Fla., has been at the Hotel Chttrlotte the last few j days for conferences with New York1 business associates and persons of j this immediate vicinity who are in- j vosting in Florida real estate. The McGhee Interests include i he ; Fdgemoor estates, a 400-acre tract,; within the corporate limits of St, j 1'etersburgJ 14 1,000-acve tract on Anna Maria Key, at the entrance of Tampa Hay, on one gulf; and .2,000 acres <?n Tampa Hay between Braden ton and Tampa. Kdgemoor and Anna Maria are now being developed. Mr. McGhee values these properties at four or five million dollars in their undeveloped state. Mr McGhee is a native of South Carolina and until he went to Florida knew about as many people by their first name as any man in the state. The stoVy of Mr. McGhee's acquis sit ion of Florida property is fairy tale-like in its incidents. Before he got interested in real estate, he ob tained in a trade a lot with a 50-fooi front and valued at $300. ? For this, he gave several shares of stock he had bought in an industrial concern. ( He nevei- saw the lot until he had j sold it. The sale >?f that lot opened new ' vistas for him. With Christmas of J 1 ?J2;} drawing near, Mr. McGhee real ized he had to buy some toys for bis throe children as well as something for his wife. He threw the title to the "farm" with the 50-foot front on j a real estate agent's desk and asked j what the agent would pay for it. j After examining some maps, the j agents put a ? valuation of $1,500 on, it. That was December 13, 11)23.1 Instead of accepting the $1,500, Mr. McGhee told the agent he could have the lot for $1,313.13 on the 13th day" of Dei-ember, 1023." The sale was made. Other talk followed the sale and j Mr. McGhee made the rounds of real] estate offices. Finally one offered ' 400 acres for $200,000. The terms I were $10,000 cash and the remainder in easy payments. With $1,000 of the j $1,31.", .13 Mr. McGhee put up an op tion otT land which is now the FJdge miior Kstate.- in St. Petersburg. By strenuous effort he managed to raise! the other ' $0,000 among his friends, and he's beet) talking in big figures t' Vc! -in ce. _ | M v. MvGhee has been a resident of j V >ri :t almost' three years and has j seen ever, in that short time proper t - >e! !;ng at a few thousand doi!ar*? ] jump i n Vt> millions. He has -een i ^???1= and cities now thriving that , we it* but villages .when he went there. J Wru-! asked a.- to whether or nor j there might some day come a crash j ?-un re* was experienced over the country in 1 020, Mr. McGhee said, "In lP2n Florida was- the only spot in the world that did not feel the pinch of depression. hile I do not expect any 'bitted bubble' or financial crises to ionic out of the present abnormal conditions existing in Florida, 1 do expect to witness an economic read justment I* prices. Some properties are tuu i;.gh .n p:;coi; uther* en tirely ; ' '.>v. Hence, there- will be J a read j i-tment in price 1 < ? %*<? I . ''Dire \ .i a'n.ty wa.- predicted tor Miam: ! "> >??...?> ago and the wise-; aires that Miami would go) broke; miiaoi.- ha\r been made ir , M;ami -inie these predictions, and j thai n>nimii!:.t\ i- going -tronger to- 1 than e\ i r hi fore. I he -anil" , ? '? j : ? . y > >:< being -aid of St. IV ters 1'ing. Tampa arid Hradi nton now- 1 ;ida\- l.y ;i good many ]?*???! Y. but J : ;n i.t?; j.nia.n- that tlieie ;?.!<* at i j ;'f ' i unibei of pi 1 p : e p>uriug* ! : .da a-l>.->>rb a 1 of the land ' be ' ? g ? ? f 1 1 lit. f >? ! - a < . I ?' ? - e i a S t ? ??re.- ?.?wr- ale among t h . leaders ! ? :.t.!i .-tat. ir. t hi g.ov til of 1 i >, * t -i : ?: r. hu:l(!:r g fa. 1 - and j ??.. ? k d? ">? -it . "Tw? v-foiir ur-- a . ?ng 'ime !. 1 . ? aa .i I ha\ ? ??? and par- i ... .i . .- ? ,i ' e t : a J -a. .ons i } . ,! ap v. - 11 :>er . ? at. in j ' i T . ? r;i; gr. i admit, are i .e. but t la y a re true nevrr The-e > ar,-a? t ion-i. nvire w . . . ? a ly sound." Hannah Knew V farm' : a . ed fit thr % po5t "il< (i, ><?::. ha- "(it.t ally - , v . r M fur !:.<? ? " | i> n't -???? r.??'hin\ .Take-." ?? plied t .... ? ! . '\Va? \c ? vp< otin' ?? me* . r. ' 1 " Vcy. aii'wnii the farmer, "I wa? a po*t card from my Aunt .Jinny, tellin' mo what day she . - {-/mir/ down." ^ "Ifannort" called the postmaater to his wife. 'Have you seen anything , of a post card from Jake I^eed'* Aunt Jinny?" "Yes!" was tha prompt reply. "She'* comin' down on Thursday." i * ' *"? J" > .v ?-X;; * VUUl'HFUL RECLUzc, WANTED A "GOOSiL" "litem's Mind ? E'er Inclined So a Damsel That's Kind." In a small pretty village in Not ting* ji&iil*birc there formerly 1 1 veil a re apectHble squire, who excelled all fits irlends In amusements athlet !??, an?t whose manner of living was far from A wlfu he had taken for bet tt*r or worse, whose temper bad proved an intolerant curse; but at length, to Id* great ami unspeakable Joy, she died when presenting a tine little boy. Btfange fancies men have! ? the father designed to watch o'er the dawn of his son's youthful mini) ? that, only ap proached by the masculine gender. no room should lui. left him for fit more tender. "Had I ne'er seen a worn an," he often would sigh, "what squire in the; country so happy as I!" The hoy Was intelligent, active and bright, and took in his studies uncom mon delight; no Juvenile follies dis tricted hi* mind? no visions of bright eyes or damsels unkind; and those fair demlsisterly beings so gay, yclept "pretty cousins," ne'er popped In his way: till at length this remarkably singular son Could- number of years that had passed twenty-one. Now, the father had settled, his promising son should his studies conclude when he reached twenty-one; and he went with a heart beating -high with emotion, t*o 'launch the young man ?>n life's turbii Jent ocean. As they entered the town, a young maiden tripped- by, with a cheek like a roM\ and a liglitv laughing eye. "Oh! fatht r, what's that?" cried the youth with delight, as this vision of lovell- p iws-* hurst on* .his sight. "Oh, that," cried the cautloUs ant I politic squire, who did not the youth's .ardent glances admire, "is only a tiling called a goose. I my dear son ? we shall see many more J ere our visit is done." iUoomiug dam sels now passed with their hotter and chee.-'o, whose beauty .might even an anchorite please: "Merely geese!" said the squire: "don't mind them, my dear; there are many things better worth looking it t here." As onward they passed, every step brought to view some spectacle equally curious and new; and the Joy of the youth hardly knew any bounds at the rope-da r.eers, tumblers, and merry-go rounds. And soon, when the tohr of the tew n whs completed, the father re solved that the hoy should he treated, so, pausing an instant, lie said, "My dear sou, a new era today In your life has begun; now of all this bright scene and the gayetles in it, choose whatever you like ? it is yours from this minute. '' "Choose whatever 1 i i J* e V" cried the youthful recluse: "Oil, Thank you, dear father, th??n give n;e a go>.<.- !"- -l'ieiit!e\ PalliDls. Farmers Learned Lesson Twe::',1 live vomK experience in bed-, dill. .-wet t potatoes [or eai'ly slips had iv : a* r|e a certain negro fanner of {. ? . ;n- count \. Ala., successful in hi- ;:!'i'|Mp!s, When the local agrictll turil : :? ii; ealletl the negro farmers .>(* ; I : ! s nam's community together, e:iri% ill to discuss plans fo;-. the year's extension work, this farmer spoke of his ? 1 i ft i ? * 1 1 1 1 v . Others present hud .-.-So had poor results from their method*. The local "agent explained t h 4* auUiuitl recommended by the ugrk_ cultural coll pgr. Although somewhat doubtful of silo ess, after watching the ag'-nt ami a neighbor bed six bushels of vwe.'t potatoes. eight farmers wen' home and tried the new method. Five Of the o i *_ I ? t . according to reports to the Fnitcd States Popart ment of Agricul ture, were able to sef out their plants hv April 1<> > - n d sold more than L'tHi htt*-h?-ls ?>f svvh'I potrtto*?K on the early market before their neighbors' crop was reatlv. I Tooh Name Literally A n l woman, w ho Is visiting In r] j ;i n | I s friends, reoenfly was asked wljiM had inipresesd her most in A Mi t'F'i > ";i . "It's the white skins of the Indian women." ^ h?? answered eagerly. "I tui < 1 m<i Idea T I ; o \ were so fair They look ? 1 1 1 1 r -? like ether women in their dre<<. 1'l.ey :ire seen on the streets, ; In :!??? i r.uiH-ur.s. in lifts and every where hut I ran always tell them M I their i alnr." ! A ? lea < 1 silence followed This :m- j n-iM' H-i 1 1 n n '1 finally her !ie?if>s j aske.i: "Have \on seer. ar.\ Indian i "?e. j ; i Tin* :lie i! s;ijij.i inte<l an?w er i "Il< \ ?!? i ?> ei,e know ,-:n Indian rnan ! whl'M v ! 1 e ?? > ???s him'* I luol thought I I v> e i v.f , ] ?r ,,f them :n Indiana she t :i\? it, t.M. --In?lihnH|?'ii< V, e c Hawk Gave Up Prey >?. . '.i nf Wat rows I'rt., while | vtj.r ? . ?. t he hank of I'ine Creek , ',*??? e ? ; ?; i nvvk r-J r? I i n _T over the" v'reeM iti>) ;<v the hawk 'livei| fi> t!n' it ?" he u;i\e n \ ?* , | and :'t the sam? ? .? ?! ? e-\ voire whl^h h ! f the W'.i'i ~ 1 s'rak its ;>rey. In its, 'V.- i t ! " '? . a w k il e- \ in th" dire; ? if ,[>.] ,|r.i|.|...,l h |.r.-.v; ?r<> he- ?'?? h mi. An : i t . :i r i > of ?J" ' !'??'! f -he'.* Oil ' li deeji 'p. 't< ? . i ? k ? ??>? tin* talon4 of ;?.e , h? w k . Bers " Held the Fort" ' Mr. in -* :?> the V. M. <\ A. h.nid ?) 'nr at S' i< ram^nto. ('nh. un* Mo<.ked vi heft a "Warm of hees congregated I on ft?*- awning over tl<e r!n?.ruay. The !>,'??? fold the f(.rt until n man arm**! w!th t t<-r< hv .and yHeeosr-ary eqnlri mpn?, sndnced ihe queen bee to take 'jv fforrtf-rw In a hive. The rput of the stl* fi.tlowMl fche <j n. FEDERAL OFFICER HELD Man Driving Car ShootH Out Light of Office? Chasing' Him >: ??.. . Spartanburg, July ;H). V. K. Grant, a federal prohibition officer, is held under $10,000 bond at Hender$onville, N. C., pending the inve&tigation of thy death of Adam .Ballenger, well known Spartanburg county man, who lived at Inman. Ballenger's body, with a large gun, shot wound in the back, was found near Lake. Summit, four miles north of Saluda, N. C., late Monday after noon. Ballenger had been missings since last Friday. An inquest was held, but the coro ner's jury fail?d to reach a verdict The inquest will be resumed Friday, According to a story told the coro ner's jury by Grant, he, Federal Agent Will Owen and a man named Bert Colt went to a spot on the Hen dersonville-ClreenvilJe highway about a mile below the Green river bridge late last Friday to watch for rum run ners. At 8 o'clock they saw a light automobile of the roadster type ap proaching and Owen walked into the] road and waved to the driver. to stop, Grant said. The man in the car in creased his speed, but Owen recog nized Ballenger, Grant stated. The officers gave chase and Ballen ger turned into a* drive down the side of Lake Summit with the officers close behind. Ballenger is alleged to have opened fire upon the fficers, Grant told the jury, one shot striking one of the headlights on the officers' automobile. After firing one* shot into the air to frighten the fugitive, Grant started to Tire in the direction of the car, it was stated, and Ballenger soon stopped the car and ran into the woods. The officers then took possession of the automobile and destroyed seven gallons of liquor, Grant stated. After wards the car was taken to Hender sonville and bullet- holes were ob served in the back of the car. Be lieving Ballenger had been wounded the officers returned and made a search for him, but could find no trace of him. The other twd officers corroborated Grant's- story. Great System Purifier If you suffer from Scrofula, Scor butic, Eruptions, or cutaneous dis eases get a treatment of 0 bottles of Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy from your druggist, and if you are not entirely satisfied with the results ob tained we will gladly refund your ? money. ? Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy; sells for $1.20 a bottle or G bottles for i $0.00. Hobo Medicine. Co., Beaumont, Texas , j Bryan's Life In HarajrrapKg^ Dayton, Term.? Milestones in life of William J arming a Bryan >r March 11', 1809 Horn ai Sale^ Illinois. 1870-,-Entered the public schools lK7f> Entered the Whipple Ac?d elny. 188}? Was graduated from UKdoij College, Jacksonville, Illinois, bein* valedictorian of his class. I 1883 ? Graduated from the Union College of Law, Chicago, and practice in Jacksonville, Hi. 1884 ? Married to Miss Mary M Band, at Perry, 111. Removed fc Lincoln, N^b. 1888 ? Elected delegate to state con. veution. 1890 ? Elected to congress in now. inally Republican district and started fight for tariff reform. 1862-r- Attracted attention by his tariff speech. 1893? Opposed the repeal of Sher* man silver purchase act. 1894 ? Choice of Nebraska Demo, crats for United States senator. ,1896? Editor of the Omaha World Herald. 1896 ? Nominated for president at Chicago after his famous "cross of gold" speech. 1898 ? Colonel of Nebraska Volun teers in4 Spanish-American war. 1900? Nominated for president at Kansas City convention. 1901 ? Established "The Commoner" 1905 ? Made tour of world with family. 1908 ? Nominated for president third time. 1913 ? Named secretary of state by President Wilson. 1915 ? Retired from Wilson cabi net. ]<)20 ? Pleaded for prohibition en forcement before Democratic conven tion at San Francisco. 1<)25 ? Became chief figure in pros ecution of Scopes evolution case and made passionate defense of rehgiou> faith at Dayton, Tenn. Must Fumigate Busies Due to the presence of considerable infantile paralysis in South Carolina, fumigation of all motor busses at oik1 of the terminals of the bus line ev? eri#ten days has been ordered through the office of W. S. McCrady, super intendent of motor transportation, ac cording to an announcement by Sam uel McGowan, chief highway commis sioner, Fumigation of the busses Is being done on the suggestion of an interested citizen, Mr. McGowan said, and will be worked with cooperation of the state board of health. Fumi gation will continue on the ten day .schedule until further orders are is sued. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE CAR OF Galvanized Corrugated Roofing We have a very large stock of black and gal vanized pipe. Large stock of rubber belting. American steel split pulleys 3 in. to. 50 in. diameter. Oil cups, lubricators, injectors, pumps. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY S23 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. Feed Now for Fall Profits Just try feeding yo\ir cows a regular ratffcn of Larro with pasture every day this sum mer (1 lb. to each 5 lbs. of milk when grass is plentiful, with a gradual increase as pastures dry up). Two very .satisfactory results will follow: In the first place, the in creased milk yield from the start will pay back the small coat of the Larro, plua a profk you otherwise would not get. Bat, more important, your cows will go into the fell In better flesh and condition, and will continue to give more milk straight through the winter than they will if they rely on grass alone this summer. Remember, pasture without grain is not enough; and a cow that falls off in produc tion because of a .scanty summer ration won't get back to her former level until she freshens, and often, not then. If you are not now feeding Larro, start today. SPRINGS -4fc SHANNON, Inc., CAMDEN, S. C. . I JiuMMi I'tf 1 rf'i