The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 29, 1927, Image 6
Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronicle by Ce?
MtCee, Copyright, 11*27.
Picnics
The word "picnic" conjure* the
mind? child/vn #.tid cuius** crossfires
of ecstasy irt the thought* of
adults. It is the most deceptive thing
in the worid, unless, perhaps, you consider
this ?ugar-snow-candy that is
sold on a stick at carnivals and eircusses*--which
looks like a bunch of
lusciousness, but when you happen to
snceTte ori It--it's gone.
Well, 1 was made the guest of honor
at a ftunset picnic a few weeks ago,
ami the joy of going flew all over me
like feather* m a pillow fight. 1 longed
for the hour to roll around that
W HJ d convert my worries into pleasure
and my nonchalance into delightful
expectancy
Everything started off all right, i
was wedged in between 2 robust flapper*
of tlie demure type and that was
the only time I ever recall being glad
that a Ford seat was so narrow. We
hit the road in high places only, and
inhaled enough dust to build a dozen
dirtdobber nests.
We reached the place selected Just
about time for the sun to set, but it
was so cloudy we couldn't tell whether
it was setting or standing up. We
unloaded the food, and loafed around
a few minutes waiting on the sun to
make up its mind what it was going
to do, hut we finally decided that the
long looked for hour had arrived.
We unpacked the pickles, and mustard
sapdwitches, (I'm on a diet), aid
fried chicken from which we blew 2
or H hundred red ants, (and I can't
cat fried chicken), and a pound cake
arid .'1 custards, (they both sour on my
stummick), arid poured out the icedtea,
(which keeps me awake for 30
hours after I taste it), and some
light bread and rolls, (buf I cannot
cat anything in that line except toast)
and a few other things of more or less
importance, which my doctor forbade
me to eat. I smelt around over a few
plates, nibbling here and there, and
the menu was finally fully absorbed,
but just aH we were coining to the
main eats and the desert, one of the
hardest rains fell I ever saw, and
washed nearly everything and everybody
away. (It always rains duriag
picnics. In fact, picnics will break up
any drowth ever heard of.)
I discovered that we had invaded
a rbigger dm. ami they were all hung;
y. and bit with precision, alacrity,
and consistency. I wiggled around and
Scratched as much as I could and remain
decent but the girls were all too
modest to scratch, so they squirmed]
arid twisted as much or little us pj.ssi-.'
bio without exciting attention. or
make somebody think they were tuning
up for the back-bottom. The mosrh'oc
n iiinced on u>. and bit us from
han ' o Bees sheba. \\ i* got bome
alite but we!, woin-out, ami mudiv.
I be next tune 1 go to a picnic it w i'. 1
b- in a hou<e in the winter time and
when there are no funerals I run attend
instead.
' '1 "Mr half or the fools are in the
uio. lb" other half must be the
guv- who drive up behind you and
tout and toot thejr horn* whe/? they
ought to know that traffic i* Jammed
just ahead of you and you can't move
on, or that you are trailing an ice
wagon with a snail hitched to it.
Jiinijiie June* u home from college,
and claims that he got a diploma.
Krom what 1 know of him along the
line of natural am! inherited intellectuality,
the only way 1 can imagine
that he got through college was for a
mad dog to chase him in the hack door
and out the front. Right now it will
push him to spell "c a t" in car-box
letter*.
My folks must have had an awful
time catching the chicken they used
yesterday for a chicken pie. According
to a careful analysis of the fowl,
he had two feet, two wingfe, one neck,
I and one gizzard On level ground, 1
believe that chicken could have easily
made 75 mile* per hour running in
low ((If he possessed any other
part* not enumerated herein they
certainly didn't put any of them in
that pie.)
We had pretty good luck through]
the month of June. My wife's kinfolks
carne up and spent only three
days with us all told. I begged them
to stay longer, hgt explained to them
that our town was hit by several cyclones
last year during June, and that
there was a good deal of whooping
cough around, (their babie* had never
i had the whooping-cough), and if anybody
in town ever caught the measeles
or mumps or any other catching or
contagious disease, the board of
health quarantined them in doors for
two months. So they explained that
they'd better hurry on back home as
their protracted meeting began the
fourth Sabbath, and they went. (Boohoo-hoo
?)
Cotton letter
New York, July 25.?Spots broke
sharply on a report from Alabama
that two bales of the 1923-cotton crop
had been overlooked in the last government's
estimate, but it rallied considerably
near the close when a despatch
from Egypt reported the devastating
work of the jungle bug which
was cutting off the bolls and rolling
them into the river. Boll weevil infestation
in Texas and South Georgia
has created some interest in Leverpool,
but New Orleans says that the
recent flood damaged three turnip
patches and-one chicken house in her
vicinity, and that a bumper crop of
lung staple will be grown this year in
Louisiana. The shorts were covering
last week. (N. B. This does not apply
to the short dresses the women
are wearing, and up to now, not much
is being covered.) We predict a
large enough crop to warrant the
mills getting our cotton for about
half what it actually costs.
A Five-to-Ten Anaoforth
Fortunately for me (and them too),
my folks at home never discuss any
of their plant for parties and dances
and missionary meetings and other
gatherings of a female nature. They
simply go on and do as they please
an l tell nie about it later.
Well, they nulled off a big event *
few'tiays ago. I suspected that something
was in the wind at least 48
hnur> before the thing actually took
place. I began, smelling floor wax, and
seeing furniture disappear, and the
window curtains were washed and
'st: etched and re-hung, and several
other stunts of a more or less noticeable
nature were indulged in about
the house.
The nrospect of trouble vamoosed
from my mind though in a short while
But I went home from the office on
'hat eventful evening, and I saw 15
automobiles and 17 Fords parked
about my premises. I first thought
that maybe a funeral was being held
there, but seeing no hearse, I changed
my mind. I crop up t ? the back door
and was informed by the servant (we
have one nearly every Thursday dur:ng
the summer) that a party was
in progress in the eight rooms beyond
the kite:.en.
I smelled compacts and perfumes
from a distance, but never mustered
up sufficient courage lo venture within.
1 discovered many different vessels
and silver-ware that didn't belong
' our >u*o. but said very little
ibuit it. (It is now stylish to bor>w
everything everybody's got with,
v. a mile of your house when you're
| to have a party). About that time,
1 a ittlo lady walked ir. on me and
I a-ked me if I didn't want to go down
| the "receiving line." I happened just
phin to -py an ice-cream churn over
! waist high sitting In the breakfast
i room, and I told the lady. "No. Ill
iju.-t wa.t till next week, and go down'
the disbursing line."
The party finally got over The
| cost wasn't much over 35 cents per i
head, and as a neighbor joined us in '
the matter of "spreading it on" I got
out pretty light, but nearly every
merchant in town had a bill against ]
us. I found exactly 84 quids of chewing
gum sticking on the piazza columns
the next morning. I couldn't
aeount for the other 16 quids. (There
were 100 girls at this party. You see,
>t is now fashionable not to chew gum
at tea parties, and on that account,
the visitors parked their "Spearmint"
, outside, and forgot it). I got a peep
or two at the girls, arwi they looked
| like angels (and me married.)
of them had on long dresses, but
| they were so thin from the knee
'down, you'd have to look twice to see
if they were really long dresses
after all. Everybody had a good
time but me, and that was my fan)'.
I didn't go in and try.
Drowns la Effort To Sava Another
Rock Hill, July 24.?While attempting
to save the life of a youth who
called for help, Earnest Floyd, a
young married man of Red River
community, several miles eaat of
Rock Hill, was drowned last night
in Catawba river.
The tragedy occurred near the
Southern Railway trestle over the
river while a party were swimming.
A youth named Jackson is said to
j have cried out for aid and Floyd
started to his rescue. The boy was
brought in safely but Floyd went
down before help could arrive.
The body was recovered.
Funeral services were held today.
He is survived by his widow
and several brothers. He is said
to have come from Gaffney.
Blinded By Bottle
L. G. Bridgman, grocer of Broad
street, suffered the loss of his
right eye Tuesday morning, when a
bottle, filled with a popular soft
drink, burst, the neck and crown
striking him in the eye.
Mr. Bridgman had just opened the
ice box when the bottle burst. He
closed his eyes to keep the glass out
but was struck by a heavy piece with
a sharp edge. The glass cut through
the eyelid and punctured the eyeball.
He was carried to a doctor wbo,sewed
the eyelid but sent- him to a specialist
in Florence. Upon examination
the specialist found the eye to
be badly mangled and to be out.
Mr. Bridgman returned home Tuesday
night and is now in the local
hospital. It is hoped that they will
be able to save the eye, although he
j will never be able to see out of it
again.?Bennetts ville Advocate.
After a two months' trial at Stephens
Junior College for Girls, Columbus,
Missouri, the midday siesta has
been adjudged a success and put into
effect permanently. The coeds are
not competed to sleep, but most of
I them do, while all find relaxation.
DAMA6B BY JACK BABBITS
In Western Bute* <3on??tH up to Million*
Annually
Jack rabbit* cause damage to forage
and crop* that amounts to several
million dollars annually in some
states. Control by mean* of th#
bounty system has not been very successful,
although the expense lias
been great. In some counties in Kan!
sas, for example, bounties on jack
rabbit* totaled from $4,000 to $8,000
in 1026. Hunting the rabbit* for meat
and skins has its limitation*. In
many situation* poisoning i* the only
practicable method of control, and
now that the skins have a fair commercial
value the poison method need
no longer be considered wasteful.
The most noticeable damage by jack
rabbits is that done to wheat, since
the rabbit* often graze the winter
wheat down to the roots, even pawing
the earth away and biting at the
crowns of the plants, as well as cutting
the stalks after stem formation
begins. They are also constant feeder*
on growing alfalfa, ,although
their grazing is aeldom localized
enough to be apparent, Such special
crops as sugar beets, soy beans, melon
patches and others also attacked and
the losses are easily seen. Five to
eight jack rabbits are said to eat a*
much as one sheep, or an equivalent
in the cattle and horses that might
have been supported by the t forage
destroyed.
Since the jack rabbit is regarded as
a game animal, it is not desirable to
exterminate it completely, as is the
case with the prairie dog, but adequate
control is important. The rabbits
themselves can be made to pay
part of the cost of controi, if used as
a meat supplement in feeding poultry
and hogs, says the Biological
Survey of the United States Department
of Agriculture.
A woman placed her savings in a
tin container which she concealed in
a stove. It was forgotten during
cooking operations and all that remained
of the currency was charged
bits <^f paper. Experts of the redemption
division of the Treasury
identified most of the embers and refunded
her notes amounting to $1,200.
Because of the unusual cold summer,
the warmest temperature so far
being 35 degrees below zero, the
natives of northern Siberia, thinking
the gods are angry, have sacrificed
scores of precious reindeer.
Sharkey ? Dempsey
DEMTSEY COMES BACK
Ex-Champion Wins From Sharkey in1
New York Fight ? j
Yankee Stadium, New York, July,
21.?The rip-tearing Jack Dempsey^
of old came back tonight to smash
his way to a spectacular knbe^out
victory over the young Boston heavy-:
weight, Jack Sharkey, and gairjjfthe
light to a return title match with i
<
Clene Tunney.
While a vast, deliriously excited ^
throng of 82.000 spectators cheered
.him on, the former heavyweight
I champion rallied after a wobbly
1 start, bored through Sharkey's defense
with a slashing attack and
brought the '24-year-old sailor down
I for the count of 10 in the seventh
j round of what was to have been a
15 round match.
A terrific right hook to the pit o?|
the stomach doubled Sharkey up and
a crash ng overhand right to the jaw
| brought the Boston giant down., for
the fatal count after only 45 seconds
of fighting in the seventh round.^
So close to the border-line was
Dempsey's crushing left?the really
decisive blow?that Sharkey started j
to claim a foul, only to go tumbling
down in a moment from the impaet of !
Dempsey's right hand. The referee,
Jack O'Sullivan, at first seemed putzied
as to what to do, but finally decided
to ignore the excited yells of
Sharkey's seconds. He finished the (
count in unison with the knock-down
timer and waved Sharkey out.
Sharkey's handlers persisted in
their protests after the fight, but
their attempted action was drowned in
the wild outburst that came from the
huge throng, most of which had come
to cheer the 32-year-old ex-champion
in his colorful comeback.
It was a sudden climax to one of
I the most dramatic heavyweight bat|
ties ever staged. A slashing, maulI
ing struggle in which Dempsey ,defy!
ing the craft and stamina of SharI
key's youth, demonstrated that he had
| come a long way back from the
| foundering form that cost him his
title last fall.
I Staggering and badly shaken up
by vicious left hooka to the jaw toward
the close of the first round and
jarred frequently by Sharkey's stiff
counter wallops, Dempsey fought on
and Won because he refused to be
! beaten hack or balked. , Stunned or
shaken as he was at first-Dempsey
had the resources to come back, kept
plunging in, breaking through Sharkey's
guard with short left and right
hooks. His right eye out and stream*
ing blood, his lips split by vicious
jabs, Dempsey nevertheless had the
power to keep plunging in until he
won.
The vast crowd, which paid close
to $1,100,000 to see the spectacle, was
thrilled by Dempsey's sensational .
doggedly peis's.cn; ; ght to victory I
against odds that seemed all ag\ln\t
him at the atari.
1'
NEGROES HOLD UP COUPLE
Mmn Killed and Robbed and Wife
Badly Wounded
Macon, Ga., July 24.?Threatened
by a mob, three Telfair county Negroes
were brought to the Bibb county
jail hero today, charged with the murder
of W. T. Andrews prominent citizen
of Alamo, G?., and with probably
fatally wounding his wife early this
morning in l>odge county.
The tragedy occurred within short
distance of Milan, just across the
Telfair county line early today. Mr.
and Mrs. Andrews were in their way
to Perry, Fla., where Mrs. Andrew's
father is reported to be in a dying
condition. Mrs. Andrews is in an
Eastman hospital in a critical condition.
Her husband was killed by a
bullet fired by one of the Negroes
from the back seat of the automibile
in which they were riding.
The Negroes are Wilmer Galioway,
William Kountree and Mose Banks.
They were brought here this afternoon
by Sheriff C. N. Mullis of
Dodge county and Deputy Sheriff H. |
C. Williams after a mob of more than
1,000 person had threatened to storm
the Telfair county jail at McRae and
seize the prisoners.
Mrs. Andrews' story, as related
here by officers, stated Mr. Andrews
stopped the car at a filling station a
short distance from the scene of the
shooting to put some water in the
radiator.
"While we were there three, Negroes
approached and asked to ride
to their shanty up the road, a short
distance," Mrs. Andrews is quoted
as saying.
"They boarded the car, one in the
back seat, the others on the running
board. But they did not get off at
the shanty.
It was about this time Mrs. An-,
drews said, that the Negro in the |
rear seat fired and killed Mr. Andrews.
The Negro whom Mrs. Andrews
identified as Galloway, officers said
then ordered Mrs. Andrews out of
the car. He flung her onto the ground
a few minutes later he ordered her
to stand up. "When I arose he shot
me down," Mrs. Andrews told officers.
The Negroes, thinking Mr. and Mrs.
Andrews dead, left the couple lying
on the ground by the side of the
road. Mrs. Andrews regained consciousness
about an hour later and
made an effort to obtain help. Aboutj
a mile from the scene, she said, she
knocked on the door of a farm resi-i
dence but was refused admittance i
and later arrived at the home of R. i
L. Kitchens, a farmer, who notified
Z. W. Dowdy, chief of police at Milan.
Soon after the incident was reported.
an armed posse, led by of- 1
ficers of Telfair county, began to !
searc h for the Negroes. One of them !
hftd been fully described by Mrs. j
Andrews. The three were apprehend-1
ed in a little shack a mile from the
scene. When officers approached,
Banks ran but was stopped with a
bullet from the pistol of a member
of the posse. His hands and feet
were found covered with tar when
apprehended. Officers said that was ;
to put bloodhounds off his track.
Galloway is said to have been j
?I
identified by MrtTAndrc^l
N eg roe who killed her ^9
robbed htm of $125, whicb^B
he had in his possession, ^B
shot her. '
Mr. and Mr?, Andrew# ?9
off main highway loading <r,9
to Milan and inquired of tJTB
the direction. V
Drowned in <oa|^H
Columbia, July 22. The J
river claimed its second
the conetruction forte on ^JB
Gervaia street bridge her?th*B
ing, when Thoa. E. MullinsjMB
pi uter, became ovcibak^^B
at work on the bridge (ell qJI
the water, reappeared about JB
down the stream, where )*^B
the water from his face
along a ledge of rocit and tJI
appeared under the surface,^!
ing parties began dragginm^
for his body. Another worlmB
drowned several months s|$^B
Mullinax seemed to be pj
with fear, according to U^B
workmen, and made no effattB
I Mullinax was a native 0f <9
it i? understood, and is j,uivi*9
I wife aiul several children *9
in Anderson 8. C.
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J Tarheel Hoboes KioaergB
Columbia, July 23. ChsrluB
was last night by a coroner's)!
solved of blame in the death cB
Rimer of near Blythewood
killed just over the city liB
on North Main street wh?|H
by a car driven by Beach 9
morning.
Beach with his companio^M
Gray, who was riding in tht9
the time of the accident,
being held on a charge
ceny in connection with the
theft of the machine which
men were driving when M
was struck. 9
Both Beach and Gray prl
be in their 'teens. They hj9
be 16 years old and say ttyH
from High Point, N. C. B
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A9la Western 1
Not high-hatting the WM'
wearing the head-piece it Mm
derstands. President CooVtJRj
his new Ten-Gallon hat M
photographer*.
Wyoming is attempting toAM
the thousands of wild honsJH
state.
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Announces Greatly Reduced Round Trip Excuni* |
F ares to
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Camden $22.95 $32.80
Chester 22,20 _ if?05
Columbia 24.15 , 34.00
Lancaster 22.95 -#2.80
Winnsboro 24.15 34.00
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Tickets good for 18 days including ditto of ?ak
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I August 2, 16, 30; via B.&O., June 29; July 13, tT;
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Excursion fares as above also apply via Norfolk,;^*?.'
Reduced round trip fares to other New Jersey W*shore
resorts.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
Selling dates: via P.R.R., June'22; July 6,;$^
August 3, 17, 31; September 14, 28; via B.&O., Jun*J
80; July 14, 28; August 11, 25; September v8, 221
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