University of South Carolina Libraries
Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, 1027. P-U-Z-Z-L-E-8 Puz/.U- No. 1.? Silk sold ut l/X centh a yard in 11*10 and it took 10 yard? to make u dress for an average female, and the cost of the said dress was Id dollars and 70 cents. Billt is selling now ut 08 cents a yard and it takes a yard and a half to make a dress for the same average female, and the price of the 1027model is 40 dollars arid OH cents. Find what has become of the difference? Puzzle No. 2. ? Name a present m .................. Long Troubled i?y Constipation "Black-Draught has been a family medicine with us for fifteen years," saya Mr. P. M. Huntley, of Neosho, Mo. "1 read bout it first in the Ladies Birthday Almanac and what I raad there sounded so convincing I made up my mind to try BlackDraught, as I had been troubled with constipation for a long time. , "I found Black-Draught to be the ideal medicine for this trouble. It gave me quick relief. Frequently I had bad headaches and pains, due to toxic poison. By taking a course of BlackDraught I gave my system a thorough cleansing, and I have i had little or no trouble since then. "Now, if I am becoming constipated, 1 take several small doses of Black-Draught, and am vary soon feeling fine." Costs only 1 cent a dose. |M|| {UCKPRAUCjH KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 A. F. M. Regular communication of kthis lodge is held on the first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. T. V. WALSH, J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master. Secretary. 1-14-27-tf T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Day I'hone 30?Night Phone 114 CAMDEN, 3. C. MONEY TO LOAN At 6V2 Per cent Interest On improved city real estate. Apply to Henry Savage, Jr. Camden, S. C. N. C. ARNETT REAL ESTATE Isoan and SavingH Bank Building / ; \ OUR SERVICE INCLUDBS A \ CANDID PRESENTATION OF OUR LISTINGS AND UNTIRING EFFORT TO SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS "WSKSEB7 Pleased patrons make us pleased ?you know For that's what maVcs our business grow. \ ? Mr. Before and After Our work coupled with the pleased comment about it is the beat advertisement of this family service. 1 CAMDEN DRY CLEANERY Phone 17 goyernor of South Carolina who id 1 governor in name only, and tell how h certain United States nenator dla^, late* the policy of South Carolina's politico, and voted with the republic cans without being turned out of the church? (Send scaled answers on! y).| i Puzzle No. 3^?-When you hu> a railroad ticket from Atlanta to New York and pay 40 dollars therefor, and j ' then buy an upper berth in a Pull* 1 man car from Atlanta to New York for (J dollars, and the railroad company comes along and charges you 3 dollars additional for the said upper berth, making the same cost you 9 dollars, explain why this should be done, and locate the*"nigger in the wool pile?" (N. P. Contestants are not allowed to get any information from the Inter-State Commerce Commission in preparing a solution of this puzzle). Puzzle No. 4.?Henry Kurd already has the tail-light to his new car manufactured, and all he's got to do now is to manufacture the parts thAt ar<- u^ed between the tall-light and the radiator: give the day of the week in the month of July, 1928 that the proposed new car will appear on the market. (Send all answers to this puzzle to the "Puzale Editor, General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Department, Chicago"). Puzzle No. 5.?If President Coolidge chooses to change his mind about running for re-election in 1928, give the names of the democratic candidate that he will defeat. Notice: Fill in the following words and you will have the names pf the candidates in question: Al." Smith and Bill-Sund-y. (Answers to this enigna should be in the hands of ex-Congressman W. D. Upshaw and Congressman Heflin not later than the I Fourth Sabbath in December). Puzzle No. 6.?If it cost 10 cents to get a 5-cent shoe-shine, and a guarter to get into a 15-cent picture show, and a dime for a nickels worth of motor oil, how many teeth are there in a mud-cats mouth caught out of season while the game warden is picking cotton? (Do not submit any answers in writing unless accompanied by a certified check for 2 dollars). Our gas man never did find out that we spent August away from home, so he sent a boy up to read the meter, and our* bill was 12 dollars and 70 cents as usual. We understand that a charity organization in Spartanburg owns a cow, and when some person in need of lacteal fluid, but minus of cash, i the said cow is sent around to render a service. We are wondering how the poor fellow will come out that will have charge of the cow when she goes dfy. The women are wearing some cotton this hall. The little string that is used to sew the top of the stocking together at the hip is made entirely of cotton. This ought to raise the market considerably, but if it were to do so?Jardine would circulate another false report about a "surplus." not is: 1 am now back in the beef buziness and better prepared than ever. I don't kill nothing but stall fed cattle and cows, and have kept some up fattening for over 2 days. I sell round stake at 12c a pound and square stake from the 4 quarters at 9o a pound. I allso peddle beef on saddays for cash, so rite or foam yore orders in at once, first come, first sold to, and as 1 expect to get into polliticks next summer, please don't ask for creddiek; I can't afford to lose no friends. yours trulie. mike Clark, rfd. We are pleased to note that McAdoo will not run for president next year. He's nil right, hut we have had enough "running." What we need is a man that can do the Lindbergh stunt. Let'.'? see: we still have the following democratic prospects to look to for succor: Al. Smith, a wet ? _ J Catholic* C^)l? u Bleaae, politic# unknown; Willie D. Upahaw, anti-booxe, except for medicine, and wo hear that lie'# eick a godd deal, and ex.Senator Fall, who hue not yet fell. Coylidgc may not choose to run in 1928, but we hear that he will not resign if he'* elected, hut what this country needa is a good democratic administration, and a few good hroorna for a house-cleaning. - / Babson auys that 98 per cent of all the wealth in the United States is controlled by 84 men. Let rno see who these men are: There's Ford and Rockefeller and me and Secretary Mellon and my wife's Cousin Bill (he looks like he thinks he's one of them) and the editor of the Bugle Blast and Charley Chaplin's ex-wife and Ben Turpin and John Wannamaker, and I just can't think of the other fellows that are helping us look ufter all of this money. But, you poor guys on the side-lines there, must not think for a minute that we millionaires don't* have our worries ami troubles just as you do. Now just last week, it took eve.> rent ? could rake and scrape to meet the ninth installment on it, and it is practically worn out too. Richards Frees Hanker Columbia, Sept. ?Governor Richards today suspended the sentence during good behavior of H. L. Prosser, .who was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary at t^e March term of ct>urt in Williamsburg county for alleged violation of the banking laws. Mr. Posser was an employe of Wee Nee Bank at Kingstree from 1918 to December 4, 1926, when the bank suspended business. He was assistant cashier at this time and admitted the theft of $8,000. He pleaded guilty and surrendered to the officers. He gave up his home, valued at about - $4,000 or $5,000. His prison record was good. The suspension of sentence was recommended by the board of pardons, Solicitor Frank A. McLeod of the third judicial circuit, Judge M. M. Mann, before whom the case was heard, and several of the jurors and prominent citizens of of Williamsburg county. Hoy Killed in Hazing Bout Lydia, Sept. 30.?As the result of a hazing episode at the high school at this place Carmel Poison, 16, son of Wesley Poison, a highly respected and well to do farmer near here, lies dead at his. home, to which he was brought from a hospital in Florence, where he died this morning at ,4 o'clock, and M. D. Stokes, Jrv a Iftd of 13, is in the Darlington* jail charged with the killing. The most reliable information \5btainable as to the particulars is that on Ihe day before yesterday?Wednesday?hazing of some smaller boys had been going on by the larger ones and that early yesterday morning Stokes brought to school with him a long-bladed knife, whereupon the episode was renewed, whith the result that Stokes stabbed Poison from the back into the lower lobe of the left lung, from which wound he died. The affair took place before the teachers arrived for the day's work. Mr. Ackerman, superintendent of the school, states that he had taken precautions that the small and larger boys were not allowed the same playground. The school has been suspended for a few days. Both families are prominent in the community. Lydia is a centralized high school employing ten teachers. High Honors For Negro Moultrie, Ga? Sept. 30.?Calvin Battle, Negro, died here this week and a special car was furflfs'hed by the Georgia Northern railroad to convey his body to* Boston, Ga., for burial Thursday afternoon. ( alvin was a member of the crew of the first train that came into Moultiie on that road, 34 years ago. ( . K. Pidcock, now millionaire president of the road, was the conductor. The Negro was retired four years ago, on account of ill health, and the road has spent much money having him treated by noted'specfrflifets At times, when he appeared better, he insistrd on "making his run" as porter. His requests were never refused, but another porter was sent along to do the actual work, and "Uncle CalV n had only to go through the motion of serving his "white folks." I.aurens Gets Braid Mill I-aureus, Sept. 29.?Having met .he conditions of the proposal with subscription of $76,000, it was announced today that the vPioneer Braid mill of New York will move its machinery to Laurens just as soon as a suitable building can be pi'ox ided. .The new company is to be capitalized at $225,000, and in operation here it is stated that about ?R)0 workers will be employed at the start. t * f There are seventy Negro women j doctors in the United States. Two hospitals in London have no male surgeons. There are 3,000,000 lepqfl world. j Next time'you buy calomel ask for^^-? ' (alotabs TftAO C MARK RIO. The i'noroughiy puritied and refined calomel combined with auiitant and corrective agents. Nauseatess - Ssfe ? Sure * I ^ . ?, % ? *'2 * .-? ? . . ,,? , ? ' ?j Ford Transmission Bands are quieted and Ford Engines are protected by the doi|ble-action of "Standard" Motor Oil You will never know how good your Ford car is until you lubricate it with "Standard" Motor Oil for Fords. It means less upkeep, longer life, ami quiet bands. You can actually feel the difference. "STANDARD" MOTOR OIL The Measure Oil Value STANDARD w Put Some Away As you prosper you ought to make provision fo||| a time when you may not be as prosperous as you are^ today. Neither your good luck nor your earning capacity can last indefinitely. So by all means Pu*' money into the bank. Use this Bank. The First National Bank Uf Camden, South Carolina ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN KERSHAW COUNT*-; f ' ' ?