The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 06, 1928, Image 6
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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