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Nobody'* Business Written for The Chronicle by (! * MeUee, Copyright, 11)27. A fellow asked tne the other day how 1 w*? going to spend the Holidays I told him it all depended on how much my wife and family spent before the Holidays Hut what 1 hope old Santa Claua will fetch me in a hon-over-drawable bank account and a million blank checks. All the merchant* will be mighty busy right after Christmas awapping cash for presents bought for people who didn't aend any presents and exchanging ties for aocka and socks for ties anaoforth. Heal estate business is picking up a little. The man who hold* a mortgage on my "Delite" farm now agrees to let me have it cultivated another year at my own expense provided I pay him his lt>2?t interest and 1022 taxes. Cemetery lots have doubled in value this year. 1 heard a terrible racket in my wife's steamer, trunk the othor night. (I don't know why ahe got a steamer trunk: the only steamer she ever saw was a rice steamer we use on our gas stove.) Well, I opened up that trunk and the moths had done et up her fur coat ami were playing football with the moth balls we put in there last Spring. Cotton Letter. New York, Dec. 22.?The statistical report issued by Jardine & Co, of Washington and Wall Street last week showed the following: Cotton in transit, 4 million bales; in compress, 2 million bales; tender shade trees, .'1 million bales; under mortgage, f> million bales; en board, 1 million bales; off board, 25 bales; in cotton mills, 17 million bales; hid out 20 million bales. Thin report being somewhat bearish caused New York spots to advance nearly 0 points. We still advise bi-focal specks so long as dresses continue short and shorter, but under no circumstances must a 'bull be caught short after the next ginners report. llenry Ford's new car has arrived. We are glad that it was a little bit I slow getting on the market so's sonv? J of our folks could spend some of I their crop money for clothes and flour. Everything about it suits me all right except the "down" payment. I understood till last week that it would be only 10 dollars. A man or woman who commits suicide or gets lynched or dies drunk or gets sent to glory in a Ford wreck always leaves ghosts and hants and booggers behind; so, after all, it's best to die a natural death, doctor or no doctor. Sammy Doc had a mighty hard time making buckle and tongue meet till he got in politics. Now he lends money and has (> houses rented out all the time and donates a dollar or two on all church building pragrams and has changed from Brown's Mule to Dickey'* Natural Deaf and itaya dressed up all the time. "? A policeman told me the other day that he worked 12 hours a day every day, rain or shine. Toting a Wily i* a man's job even if it doesn't weigh but 14 ounces. There simply ain't no teiiing when a fellow mlgnt have to run a mile or two to avoid getting j hurt arresting a guy. But what I started out to say- is?I wish they would stop hanging them little paper notices oh my steering wheel because the city happens to own a fire hydrant at the only vacant parking space in town. My gr ocer told me that he fed his old roaster on laying mash a few weeks ago, and it turped put i^>methin' terrible, but no harm resulted in the end?as he was of the Bhode Island Bed strain and he stood it all right. He should have started with starting mash and worked up, and .avoided the strain. , The "Ford Demonstration" pulled off a few days ago by the Ford dealers was ijnique in that they had everything there except the Ford itself, all of which reminded me of cousin Bajiie's wedding when the bride-groom failed to show up. How To Cure A Cold In A Day , Monday.?When you begin to sneeze and cough and feel chilly and get mad at everything your wife says to you, then you are taking a cold. As soon as you find yourself in this fix, go to bed, and have the . cook (your wife will probably be at a party) bring you a half gallon of soda water, drink it, and keep on sneezing. o' ^ Tuesday.?Send down town and get yourself 2 or 3 dozen large handkerchiefs, and stack them near your bed. Take a dose of salts every 30 minutes, and follow with aspirin tablets and more soda water. When your wife comes back from the bridge party with the "booby" prize, and gets thru talking on the phone, and finishes her nap, have her make you a hot lemonade to be taken with a liver pill. Wednesday.?Soak your feet in boiling water In which mustard has been sifted, beginning at 8:30 a.* m.,. take a kidney pill every hour, and a stummlck pill every 2 hours, and 4 quinine capsules every 3 hours, and 5 headache tablets every 4 hpurs. Don't eat but 3 meals a day if possible. Sleep some, if you can, after the! radio has been turned off. Thursday.?Begin with an alcohol rub before breakfast, take 4 drops of pink medicine after breakfast, 10 drops of red medicine at dinner time, and 20 drops of green medicine at bedtime. Mix a, quart of good corn whiskey with a pinch of ginger, and take a big dose of that every 30 minutes, if your \*'ife is not at home. (This will help you to. forget your cold, and mebbe help your cold too). Friday.?Repeat all doses taken on Monda>, Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursdas?except the lemonade. Send for more handkerchiefs. ' Rub your< DANGER IN RABBITS ' Public Again Warned of Risk In Catching Deadly Disease. . .. 1 "f Some months ago a -physician of r < -oiumbiji, J. flay ward Gibbet, who I iy itluo a sportsman gave public waui* ing ot the dagger that all who skimxi t or dressed rabbits incurred of fan- < trading the obscure and but recently recognized disease, tularemia, says the Columbia State. Within the month the death in Washington 'of Cgpt. dames Craven Field,* retired medical officer of the navy, has again shown that the risk is considerable. Cases have been reported in'&outh i Carolina: A Doctor Wallace of Chester has described in the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Associa Hon three cases met with his practice. Tularemia thought first identified fonly six years ago, is so characteristic In its symptoms and was so well described by its discoverer, l^dyvarJ Francis, that in the relatively *Ahort ? interval many additional cases have been studied and the United States Public Health Service {? Wken ' special interest in gathering lnf< rmation. Tularemia is an acute febrtc I disease due to infection with n jjBrin. nearly invariably contracted foflewing contact with rabbity, ill or oetyj with the disease. One who skins or dresses such rabbit is liable to develop in one to several days a large pustple on a finger, followed by an eqlgrge- ' ment of the regional lymph glands. The disease runs a rather prolonged course of at least Jtwo weeks, often longer, with general prostrktlon, often severe abdominal pains, high fever and an increased white fount in the blood. It has been found in the United States from California to Virginia and from Ohio to Alabama. ? Japanese investigator has learned that the same disease has beert prevalent among the villagers of the AbUkuma mountains for at least twenty years. Ginger is the oldest spice known. Gingerbread cakes in the shape .of dolls, horses, and other objects have been made for the amusement of children since the Middle Ages. chest with lard and vinegar and othr er greases. Poke any kind of smelling salve you can get your hand on up your nose. Drink plenty of water and licker. Saturday.?Tie your sock around your neck, drink a few cups of sassafras tea, send for more handkerchiefs, swallow pills rapidly with broken doses of salts, that is^?if you i can find your wife to break them. Sleep some between phone calls. Sunday.?This is the day to cure that cold. Drink water. Eat soda crackers, Stay away from church. (This will make you feel good, a-v you are always glad of an excuse to stay away). Take a bath. Throw all rags off your chest. And go to your office Monday and tell everj*-" body how sick you've been, and then come on back, and the first thing you know you're a well man again. Ben Purrell Dead. Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec. 19.? jPenjamin Purnell, King of the HoUse of David is dead. He died at 11:30 last Friday morning and today, the third day after his death, his body still lay in the bed where he had died. Colony officials .believing in the teachings of Purnell that the faithful could not die, have refrained from summoning an undertaker and have made no announcemet of their leader's death. Rumors of Purnell's demise began to spread through the city early this morning and I)r. C. N. Sowers, colony physician, was sought for verification. At first he said any announcement must come from the colony. Told that Purnell's death already was known outside the colony, Dr. Sowers issued this statement: "Benjamin died at 11:30 last Friday morning, Dec. 16. I did not make any public announcement of his ddath, out of deference to the religious convictions of the colony. They believe. Benjamin will undergo a resurrection as Christ did and they are holding the body for three days." NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of executions directed to me, I will sell in front of the Court House, Camden, S. C., during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in January, 1928, being the second day thereof, the - following described ' property for non-payment of paving assessments, levied up<?n said property by the City of Camden: All that lot with building thereon, in City of Camden, bounded on the north by Zemp, on the east by D. M. Davis, on the south by LaFayette avenue, on the west by Pettus. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of D. M. McCaskill for non-payment of paving assessments. Also All that lot with building thereon, in City of Camden, bounded on the' north by Tenah Davis, oh the east by Phelps, on the south by Laurens street, on the west by Mary D. Nettles. Levied upon and to be sold as property of M. B. McCaskill for nbnpayment of paving, assessments. Also ' . ' ! All that lot with building' thereon, in City of- Camden, lying, being, and | situated on lower Broad street of Cily o< Camden. , Levied upon and to ae a|Id as property of the estate of Mnrgurite Wiley for' non-payment of pnfc-i ing assessments. Also All that lot with building thereof L.i.n City of Camden, bounded on till north by Tom Duren, on the east by . formerly Mrs. Ann Watts, on the south by estate T. J. Boykin, on the west by Broad street of the City of Camden. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Royal Knighfk of Ku& David for non-paymertt of paving ak sessmenta, f. - - ?- F. . ; T, of ^a^H. ToN. X Chief of Police * , Camden^S. C., Dec. 14, 1927 iM^i ' *?^* * . . . _ AKANT Wlfcs FIRST PRIZE ' " g In CIviiimhi Cotton Growing Content; HrndrU Second. ' Spartanburg-, Dee. 17.?Clemson College'* five-acre cotton content was won by F. M. Arant, of Pagcland, Chesterfield county, for his production of 5,857 pounds of lint of an Inch and three thirty-seconds, it was decided by the committee of award here Thursday. By virtue of his greatest accomplishment, yield of slightly more than two and a third bales and staple length both considered, Mr. Arant will be awarded the firat prize of 0 1000 offered by the South ?n,ro|lina Cotton Manufacturers Association. The second prize of $500 went to J. H. Heodrlx, of Fickens, whose coal of production, 4.9 cents a pound, was the lowest of the winners. Although Mr. Hendrix grew 03 pounds more cotton than the winner, he suffered a ten percent yield jienalty ffipf the shortness of staple, 'aeven-eig^s inch. C. C. Ed wards, of Chester won the third prize of 0200 for a yield of. 4513 pounds of lint, stapling en inch? and three thirty-seconds. Next came G. A. Sherrill, of Chesterfield county/ O. J. Fletcher, of Marlboro county, and A. V/. Hall, of Anderson county, each winning 0100. Varieties grown by these six leading contestants wore, in the order of the winnings, Coker Cleveland B, ltucker, Coker Cleveland 5, Humco 20 (strain 2), Coker Extra Cleveland and Super Seven. The purpose of the contest, improvement of staple length, use of better seed and production of more cotton on few^r acres were accomplished to an encouraging degree, says R. W. Hamilton, agronomist of Clemson College and" member of the award committee. There were 437 starters, and about 40 percent failed to report, these largely because of unfavorable conditions in eastern South Carolina during the season. All of the winners except the fifth, O. J. F 1 etcher, of Marlboro, are Piedmont farmers. The contestants finishing averaged 575 pounds of lint peV acre, as compared with the estimated general average of 145 pounds per acre for all cotton grown in the state. The award committee consisted of three representatives of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association, V. M. Montgomery, of Spartanburg, A. W. Smith, of Greenville, and Alfred Moore, of Wellford, and two Clemson representatives, D. W. Watkins, assistant director of extenon and R. W. Hamilton, extension agronomist. Believe Negro Took Poison Sumter, Dec. 18.?Charley McLeod, negro, is dead, supposedly from taking poison when he found officers coming to arrest him for shooting Delia Crawford, negro woman, who is in a local hospital not expected to live. McLeod shot the woman in her room in the old "Curtis House" on South Main street last night. Officers located him at F red Lewis,' where he was employed, about 10 0 clock Sunday morning and while they were on the way to the house to arrest him, it is said, he took poison. He died shortly after being taken to a hospital. The jury at Lenoir, X. C.. found for ,, : McConnell, of the Davidson college tacuity ,in the slander suit against him by Lone Archie, of Concord, who claimed the college man had accused him of stealing a dog and claimed $12,500 damages. Plans for the North Carolina state fair are held up to give time for the decision on the validity of its $75 000 city of Raleigh to get a supreme court bond issue in aid of the fair. The New York buyers of the bonds want a decision before they pay for them, and the case is being rushed. partition sal;: State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw, Court of Common Pit-as. *laiy R. Connors, personally, and as administratrix of the estate 6i Hen Connors, deceased, and James Edward Connors, by his guardian ad litem. Mary L. Connors, Plaintiff.-, Kur.ico Wade and Willie. KLkland. Defendants. Under and by virtue of a Decree of His Honor Judge H. F. Rice in the ??97ei ?anSe ~0t ?atc Member 14, ? wii tor sale t0 the highest bidder tor cash before the Court House door in the City of Camden r , 8-81 hours of sale- on the 11 Monday of January, 1928 (being January 2. 1923) the following de scribed real estate: A~, t!la5; P^cel or lot of land, in the City of Camden. Coun.y of Kershaw. and State of South' Carolina, /iar\ln* one bundled a twenty-five rw n,?'? 01 *?uth on J ; Street, and extending back ! kn-n\a ?epth ?f om> lu?ndred seven. ( ' feet, more or less, bounded on the north by property of Andrew Williams; on the east by property e'ein after described and by propery-of Marshall; on the sguth by naid 1 p ^,nut Street and w^st by property I of r raster. ^ , Alap-AJI that, parcel or lot of land lying east of and adjoining the above described property, fronting cast on the Street or Road On th? western side of the right of way oi : the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company for a distance of about twenty (20) Ceet and running back weit therefrom of a uniform width to I ?f about toTty-five (45) feet bounded on the north hy pro pests ' Tw w ?* f?*merly of Williams; east bj I ? d.Ro&d on the weetern side 61 .the Right of Way of the Seaboan I Air Line Railway Company; south bj ^property of Marshall; and west by Dm Hhroperty heroinabo-^ <f **pr?h?d w I R " HtUTOX - Maatei 'oy K?r.h*w County December 14, 1F2 ?_ .* . * -V-J} '' N H. C. Walker, a traveling salesman of Greenville, was hit over the head with a baseball bat by a negro near Batesburg who stopped him in the road. He was unconscious when taken i to a hospital. SHERIFF'S SALE. State o^ South Carolina, County of Kershaw, Court of Common Pleas ? H. R. Tiller, Plaintiff, against t Joseph W. Hendrickson, and one Junior Eight Sedan Automobile, Motor No. 8P-800, License No. 80"462-C, Florida 1927, Defendants. Under and by virtue of an order of the Court of Common Pleas.made in the above entitled case and dated November 10, 1927, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction, for cash, before the Court House door, Camden, S. C., during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday, being the second day of January, 1928, the following described property: One^ Junior Eight Sedan Automobile, Motor Number 8-P-800,' License Number 80-462-C, Florida 1927. J. H. McLEOD, Sheriff, Kershaw'County. December 14, 1927. 1 ,= - , ..xaa Quince Finley, guest of a Spartanburg hotel, was displeased with the! reply he received from soihebody om a telephone and .smashed the booth with a chair, scattering broken diss over the lobby. In court he said he did not remember anything about it and pleaded guilty to being drunk. Additional charges of disorderiy conduct and destroying private property on which he was convicted raised bit fines to a total of $36. I NOTICE OF SALE c Sheriff's Sale of Automobile Ferfeiti ed Under Section 885 of Voluip* 2. Code of 1922. Please take notice that I will sell I at public auction, for cash to the.highest bidder, in front of the Court House door at Camden, S. C., on the first Monday in January, geing the 2nd day thereof, during the legal hours of sale one Ford Touring automobile bearing South Carolina License Number 48,896, Motor Number 12681657, said automobile having been /confiscated by me under Section 885 of Volume 2, Code of 1922, providing for the forfeiture of vehicle used in illegal transportation of alcoholic liquors. JL H. McLEQQiU. ' * / SheriffCamden, S. C., December 16, 1927.1 The c? Creaml of the ' Tobacco ? Crop I A You, too, will find that LUCKY STRIKES give the greatest pleasure?Mild and Mel* low, the finest cigarettes you ever smoked* Made of the choicest tobaccos, properly aged and blended with great skill, and there is an extra process?"IT'S TOAST* ED"?no harshness, not a bit of bitfe* J Florence Reed, Favorite Stage Star, writes: "Night in and night out, for months, one's t>o?ce must he in perfect condition on the stage. 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