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Nobody'# Business , Written fur The Chronicle by Cee McGce, Copyright. 1927. The Night Before Chrij?tpnft?. Hhe'n 6 yearn old. She hung "P her 2 little stockings junt before dark. She bun looked up the ehimney 2,367 times. She heard Santa Clau? pass the house once or twice about 0:20 p. m. Her eye? are stretched. Her features twitch ever now and then depicting the tensity of her nervous system. She crawled up into her mother ? lap at 8:20 and sweet music began to waft itself here and yon to the tune of "Rocky-Bye Baby" and "Turkey in the Struw" and "Who's Been Here Since I Been Gone," but the sleep that she promised to indulge in was only of the possuming kind. The leust little noise would cuise her to jump up-right. 1 was finally sung to sleep but khe wasn't. At IU:10 she wus passed over to me for attention. I told every bedtime story i ever heard from "Ole Bre'r ltabbit" to "Three Blind Mice" and made up a string of them as long as from here to the front door, but she never even intimated that th"e sand man was in our school district. But thanks to old mother nature, she lapsed into unconsciousness about 11:35, and then old Santa Claus came und was very kind to her. She had been so good for the past 4 days she deserved everything she got. We had sent off the 3 presents we were expected to give the day before, and had written 22 Christmas cards to the folks with whom we were still on speaking terms, und were getting ready to join the throngs of other dreamers of our fair land. BUT? To he on the safe side, I decided to run to the postoffice to see if anybody had sent U* u card or a present that we had not sent one to, Imagine our embarrassment when we found that Uncle Joe had sent us 3 pounds of sausage. I got busy and fixed up the tie my friend Brown had sent me and addressed it to Uncle Joe. 4 1 sent my friend Mac the tie nay friend Bill sent me and vice versa, and the tie Cousin .Sue gave me went to Cousin Jim. (Saramie Greene got the pair of socks Aunt Sallie got for me at the ten cent store, and the old lady "scared up" enough old and new presents to supply those "open spaces" in her originul lust. Then 1 got the pair stockings I bought for her and she got the tie she bought tor me. and we kissed one another and thanked one another and went to bed. How To Change Tires 1. When your car becomes wobbly and hard to steer and you imagine that you have either tun over a pedestrain or had a quiet little blowout, stop her immediately and after walking around your last year's and this year'-, wages, you will observe that \ oui left f'>>nt balloon is flat. J. Remove your coat and collar and hat hut undn no circumstances j nuts? you cuss till you look in your | tool box and find that youi jack <*l either at home or in somebody el-ws tool box. .l ust as Minn as you dis (over that sou .?iv minus both voui pliers and nm-wicvh ><?u should Ik in to ahust yuir .site and children. d. Go to a nearby fence and jeik a heavy Mantling therefrom, and leturn to your hesitating li7.7.ie. (It*; 3 or 1 large stone.* to scotch your wheels with and by all means, drive away when you get thru and leave them in the tniddit of the roati Jack up !) i busted ' ir>- with the scantling, and haw! . m wile out again for letting the i oil off your props and so>tt lies 1 By all means, see that you w a *. en yo'ir blowout as m ar in the midd e of the road a- po-sihlr. If. fol any reason, ym have to get under the car don't forget to let your legs poke out across tin -oad no's if you gel run over by a passing car it will be your legs that get broke instead of your neck. (It is hard to get a busted neck re-set. but legs can be adjusted for about J hundred d dlats ). >. After pulling and pushing and kicking and jerking and lifting and hoisting and swearing and sweating for lf> minutes you should have had casing off; then walk Around to the rear and find that your spare is entirely air-less, and look your wife straight in the eye and ask her why " the thunder she permitted her > I'iguns to let the wind out of the a- eg. If she denies it, don't ox:ut.> slap her, but let her know you mean what she understands you to say. >. Stand in the road and wave the next car that passes, but be pit-pared to jump aside if the boy uf" - driving has tin no hat. (N. i H Duly I car out of .'545 can now be flagged down to help with a purtCTiii e. but nearly alt of them stop for the purpose of seeing how many folks in killed iu a wreck). I 7 1>\ now, everything is O. Kit... ;ri\e the balance of the way . tome without uttering a single word, and -lay mad till after bed-time These < hings happen in the best regulars! families, and it can't be hope. Christie Br net, Jr., Died, Columbia, Jan. 1. ?Chriitie I tenet, Jr., lH-year-old son of Mr, and Mr#. Christie lionet, died at 2 o'clock thi# afternoon at the home of hi# parents in this city. He was a graduate of I Columbia high school, where he was prominent in athletic and scholastic circles and from Columbia high went to Episcopal High ut Alexandra, Va., where he also made a brilliant record. He was all-Virginia prep football player, a member of the basketball team and the track team, won the medal for the best dectaimer and took high stund in his studies. Last fall he was to have entered the University of Virginia, his futher's alma mater, but bis illness prevented. Two Bucks With One Hhot. An unusuul feat of marksmanship was performed by Dr. John Olaussen with a party of several club members was on a drive in the Pearce swamp on Pee Dee river and there was amazement among the huntsmen when they learned of his rare shot. The bucks, with a doe just iri advance of them, were running almost neck and neck when they passed Dr. Clausscn's stand. He fired and both of the big bucks fell mortally wounded. Only one shot pierced one of the bucks but that passed squarely through his heart. This is the first time, in the recoL lection of experienced hunters, that! such a shot has been made in this part of the country.?Florence NewsReview. Instructing The Wife. First see your car is out of gear. How? By this gear-shift lever here. How can you tell? Why, feel it, see, The thing is simple as can be; Now step on that to make it start; Great Scott! You'll tear it all apart If you don't take your foot off quick The second that it gives a kick. Now throw your clutch. For goodness sake! Vour clutch! Your clutch! No, not your brake! Why? *Cause I tell you to, that's why. There now, you needn't start to cry; Now pull this lever into low. Step on the gas, and start off slow; Look out! You almost hit the fenqp! Here, let me drive! You've got no sense.?'Exchange. Highway Man Suicides. York, Dec. 27.?Firing a load of shot into his heart as he stood alone in his back yard, Oscar M. Burgess, 53 years of age, maintenance superintendent for western York of the State Highway Department, took his own life here early this morning. He had been suffering from mental depression for a day or two artd is said to have several times told members of his family that he intended committing suicide. Open a Savings Account TO-DAY A saving account will make you save. Open one now and prepare for your comfort in that future time when failing- of your strength and lessening income will make money saved and working for you a great blessing indeed. Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 1/ay that masked DOWNFALL OF GERM August Is Notable in Anne^s of Surgery, On AuguM 12, 18d.\ youngster, whose inline. survives only as James (J? wan mi/j. fryer by a cart In tilasgow and gnlfiid uuilylitK fame, for his le?, If n??l for bltnsclf. Koine one car- I rled lhe Injured lad to the Ulasgow lloyal Infirmary, where presided an eager y nyiiff surgeon, newly come from London, aud possessed of an Idea. Hit name wua Joseph Lister and his Idea waa that those mysterious living germs which Pasteur had Just been Investigating had something to d?> with the suppuration then considered Inevitable after any surgical operation, as well as after bone fractures In which the skin also Is broken, fractures which surgeons class as "compound" ones. Young Jatnes had suffered that kind of fracture of his leg. Most surgeons of the day would have : said, an probably some of them did asy, that James was likely to go onelegged through the rest of hla life. Young Doctor Lister thought differently. He tried on the wound In the the new germ-discouraging meth ' odf which he had been thinking out fd>d testing. The result was magical. No suppuration followed; the leg healed. On March 16, 1867, Lister used the caae to Illustrate the first publication of his methods In the London Lancet Antiseptic surgery, perhaps the greatest of all the gifts of medical science to mankind, had be i gun. A world In which the inlracle of painless and germless surgery has become a commonplace finds it difficult to realise how short a time has passed since Its threntlon. The centenary1 of Lister's birth has Just been Celebrated by the world's physicians. It is less i than half as long since his methods of conquering the germs became common knowledge and common practice. Of all the surgical operations now claased as major ones more than three-fourths could newer have been attempted so long as germ Invaders were admitted with the knife. Nowadays, thanks to lister and to anesthesia, surgery is perhaps the most advanced of ail arts. Indeed, It Is far in advance, as Sir Berkeley Moynlhan said at one of the Lister celebration, "of all the sciences upon which Us future .progress depends." Another lister is needed to open some new field to its conquer-^ ors, perhaps another James to lead his leg to some renewed advance. I ?. . Studying Street Noises In an effort to bring about the elimination of many street noises, a survey is being made In the streets of Chicago with an Instrument recently devised for recording and comparing i the volume of different Rounds. AcI cording to this Instrument the average human voice records 40 and the streets noises eat the level of one of Chicago's busiest corners is G57. The/ volume of nolRe encountered at tfie^ top of a tall building Is about onethird that at the street level below. A steam engine pulling up a grade makes th <*e times more noise than an electric motor doing the same amount of work on the same grade. Sure Earthworms Sing It you don't believe that earthworms have voices an<^ use them, tiptoe Into the garden some warm summer evening, says Dr. Rudolph ltuedemann of the New York State museum. Albany, In n statement In Popular Science Monthly, confirming observations of the (Jertnan scientist, Prof. O. Mangold. Listening one evening in the garden. Doctor ltuedemann observed "a chorus of almost unbelievably' small voices," Aided by a flashlight, he caught several worms In the act of "singing." The 1 worms, he. think*, make these noise* by dragging their minute bristles over the edges of their holes In the ground. Mule Long Imprisoned When his mule disappeared. Dan Durllng. pioneer farmer of Nixon. Texas, started a farflung search for hint, without avail, even putting out postcar<fs with a reward for his return. Two weeks later, he happened to cross a dry creek In the mldd|e of his pasture, and found the mule wedged in between two hanks In such a way that he could not get out. Darl lug procured help, and released the i mule, which had not suffered much la | spite of his long stay without food or \\ ater.?Indianapolis News. Money in Old Silver Foil The so-called "silver" foil is reall) tin or aluminum foil and a great dea1 of It is used and much of It waste* | h\ hei 11 it discarded after once ha vim served *s a wrapping. A Welsh char it> dri\?? took the form of n colleotlor of t)ii? material for the period of on? year and the amount collected repre sett ted a value of which win expended In endowing hospital bed* During the "drive" other money an< valuable material was collected whirl brought the total up to 5:'.o OOO. Automatic One of tin- Los Angeles furniture stores lias a new davenport t mt they <-all "C.upld'a Retreat." It looks verv much like most other davenport* bit: unwary bachelors are warned "Why do you call It Tut id's Re eat*?" a visitor ventured t<> inquire 'The upholstery Is quite t; iu." ex ,'iained the *Hle*uian "and h> the en< -,f a year it Is sure to i>?? ^orn Itn.ogh thereby dtspieyli g >6 sign : "Tt'i ' me to set married " JANUARY FAR* CALENDAR <* I. Illl ' Thing* To Bo Done TU? Month A* Outlined By Ctomnon. Agronomy. It is suggested that every farmer include the following in hia New Year's Resolutions: To plant more legumes for toil improvement. To plant a systematic rotation of crop** 'fy> study the fertiliser needs of soils and crops, realising that the judicious use of fertilizer will result 'in increased crop yields. To plant seed of only those varieties best adapted to the auction. To construct terraces and do everything else possible to prevent needless loss of plant food through erosion. To store all implements and machinery against damage by weather. To do everything possible to mak? the farm self-auppoHifig. Horticulture. Figure the 'fertilizer needed for fruit and vegetable crops and place orders. Prepare hot-beds and cold-frames for cabbage, tomato, pepper eggplant, cauliflower and onions. Plant cabbage seed in hot-beds January I to 10 if possible. Plant English peas if the soil is in proper condition. Prepare lamd for spring Irish potatoes and purchase certified seed. If soil is in condition plant fruit trees thia month rather than later. Make plans for spring garden and order seed early. Entomology. -Continue active destruction of weevil winter-quarters by cleaning up fields, ditch " banks terraces, fence rows, old orchards, etc. Prune the orchard before spraying to atimulate trees, save spraying material and get a more thorough job. For good high pressure spraying be sure that the pump packing is in good condition and that all connections are secured by washers. Spray for San Jose scale on peach if not already done, with lime sulphur spray or one of thfc proven oils. Spray for scale' on ornamental evergreens with a proven oil spray. Burn liranched of pecan, hickory or pefMrirtbon severed by the twig girdler. . ^ Destroy ajl valueless1 persimmon or hickory tries near pecan plantings. Do not disturb bees in cold weather. T Plant Diseases. Don't fail to treat tobacco seed before sowing. Order corrosive sublimate now for treating potato seed. Get that dormant spray on the orchards. Look over the spray machinery and order all needed parts so . that there will be no delay at spraying season. Mm all dead limbs from the orchard, Don't leave them as a storage house for diseases. Animal Husbandry. Repair sheds and other livestock buildings and provide sufficient bedding. Remove rocks, brush and other rubbish from the permanent pastures to make use of mower easier. Remember that lambing time is the shepherd's harvest and give ewes and young lambs special attention. ' Utilize winter forages such as rape, oats and barley, to save concentrates. Make an inventory of feeds and put livestock through the winter cheaply without loss in weight. Feed brood sows to gain slowly, bearing in mind that they should gain 75 pounds during the gestation period. Keep salt before cattle, horses, mules and/sheep. Keep before the hogs a mineral mixture of two parts grophd limestone, two parts acid phosphate one part salt. ^ Dairying. ^ Plan the feed crops and perraa$. [nent pastures for 1928. See that the milking herd gets water twice each day. Keep cows out-*?. 4old winds and rains.. It extra feed to keep the cows warm when exposed and reduces the milk flow. Start the new year right by keeping' daily milk records and feeding i each cow in > proportion to Her production and site. ? Breed as many cows this month as possible, in order to have them freshen next fall. . ; . Poultry. Mate the breeding pens. Give the breeders free range and feed liberally to insure good production and strong embryos. Get the incubator ready for operation. Be sure to clean thoroughly and disinfect. Buy chicks for broilers from reliable hatcheries, avoid long distance shipments in cold weather. <t After he shot Chester Miles, soldier of the World war at Anderson, Sligh Hilliard said that was the man he had been waiting to kill for two years. The two had a quarrel of long standing. Hilliard shot Miles in the right temple and again through the chest. W. J. Huggim, Kill] Florence, Jan. 8.?W. j71 45 years old, Florence contqB instantly killed near fjjS this afternoon when the mobile he was driving, tojB swerved off the road striufl W.D. Hatfield and A. M Florence, riding with h^H bruised. Dr. Charles M. 'McMil^B tired physician of Los AngdiH formerly of Palestine, TejjJJB charged with the murdfftrffl Amelia Appleby, 57, vridov I Chicago, 1U., millionaire, fT TAX RETURNS | Office of Auditor Kershaw I Camden, S. C., Docomber (, Notice is ha^vltoni tfcttjfl ditor-s office will be open f?B ing Tax Returns from JanuB 1928, to February SiOtJh, 19H.B persons owning real estate otB al property ihust make retnttfl same within said period, an iB by law, or be subject to a peB 50 per cent. - The Auditor will attend in I or by deputy "at the followinB in the county on the dates iB for receiving returns: Bethune: January 17th sadfl Haley's Mill: January 19th. fl Westville: January 20th. 1 Kershaw: January 25th anfl Liberty Hill: January 27th, 1 Blaney: February 1st. I All persons between the agwl and 00 year?, inclusive are reqnl pay Poll Tax; and all perwrn tween the ages o^ 2l,an<i 56 ? elusive are' W "mB tax, unless excused by Ira Trustees, Guardians, ElxecutorJ ministrators or Agents hold&jl erty in charge must return I Parties sending tax rettflfesb must make oath to same belwj officer and fill out the same in) manner or they will be reieC B. E. SPARB Auditor Kershaw C ' / iSSa - I' rtfY Become better acqtytfated with 11 | Calcium?NitbatbI JP (Nitrate of Lim?) W. 15% Nitrogen ? 18.2% Ammonia H |m 28% Lime (56% limestone equivalent) ^ K b You will find it well adapted to yol P* conditions. It contains both calciufl F and nitrogen?food elements necessaJ R to the growth of plants and aniniaM - K A?k the man who'* u?td it He'll tell yon it'* J "perfect Top Dre?*?r." Made tar t1m wtrld'il K ' UrfMl nitrogen producer*. K For tale by dealer* everjwhcrcl M JK? ^ t Synthetic Nitrogen Prpcjucts m. \ Kg) \a,i Corporation N.wVurt,N,Y, /J j ' f f . 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