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. Nobody'? Business i Written /or The Chronicle by Coo McCee, Copyright, 11L'7. Ho! Another Solomon Hath Ibsen t o A few week - ago the Depart me/it I of Agriculture published a >tatethat the < acreage hi the Mouth would !>? i./k rettHe?i, arid cotton hioke $.{.b0 jo r hale, 'i'hc name of that department ought to lie changed to the Depart merit of Bu.J Shooting, owned, controlled, and dictated to by Wall street. If that is a department of agriculture ?serving the agriculturist, then a bed hug h a dove with cloven feet. Mr. Jardine knows just about a- much about the IJ2H cotton acreage now as a tomtit knows about kidney colic. I II If) that Blond, J'lease 1 here seemh to la- a great many of these trial marriages taking place over this country. Most any marriage is a trial, and m..c ma.iicd mon out of tctn look like they have ffcen convicted. liut I don't think .1 man and a woman know how to live with one another until they have li\ ?'d with one another 1 or f> year-. By that time both parties become entirely heljWess, and Ix-gin a life of happiness (it they have any chil dren), or go to partus or clubs or craj? games or night-riding if they prefer poodles and punch. I he I'olitieal Horizon. flat rock, s. ('., janny it, I1I2H. deer my editor: i have about made up my mind to run for kurrincr of our grand old < ounty this yr. i am tired trying to make an onnest living peddling beef ansoforth, and 1 think it is time for me to throw my hat into the ring, mo hero she goes. my flatform is as followers: i believe in holding inquests immediately after all wrecks, in case of poison, i think the corpse should have her stummiek took out and go on and be buried and bury her stummick later, all evidence should ho rote down at the inquest, and no lawyer should be allowed around where he ean hear it took. i live in the center of a county and <an get to a corpse anywheres in it befoar it gets cold, i have had a good deal exponents in inquests, as i held same over (J cows last yr., only it was just a mockery inquest to sort of learn how ansoforth. rite or foam if i can depend on yon- paper for suffridgo. 1 yores Iridic, mike Clark, rfd. Better Times Ahead. hiriancial conditions continue to improve according to a statement made by the government expert*. During N'ovemUr ?J1? and II one-hundrrdthv |M.r cent of all automobiles sold Weic mi..| credit, but only !>!< and 22 mie-hundredths were riot sold for cash 111 December. The net of living decreased ..ne-half of pi.rcent. In ,,thcr words, if it ha- Ve:i costing \' 11 .<::o.0(i a Wt*ok t.. 1 i . you can new In. ,,n Hog and oalf brains declined a little, not Ionago. I 111- was due <> the pros poets of congress and several legislatures convening at an early <late to broad cast tax collections for the next 12 months. January Farm Hints. ' St'1' th;i: all of your farm;ng implements are out in the w. athcr where you h ft them la-t ununimTand put a little >a 1! on them so's they will rust faster. By reason of such carelessness you can always rest asxured that you wdl have to use onlv new too - each year. ~ <,,v,'r 1 hr little leak in your garage-shed. A few drops of water wdl soon ...t out a Ford top. Turn over the hale of cotton that has >n lvi,,h' '"hind the chicken house since last October. |n fact, the hale ?i? "i' . .nil .MJ.JH ?i should be turned over after each wet [spell. It i? likely to become'"blued" j after exposure to the elements for 3 or '5 months. 3. It will lx- a ">?i idea to look around for a muU ( You will recall that >ou traded \> . 1U27 mule for the automobile '...t you have spent the last i month- n.) The 'Mown'' payment on a iruih at this time is only $1M).U0 \ </op mortgage will possibly turn the inek, however?and maybe u little additional cash can be had in this transaction to be used for gasoline unsoforth. I. (let youi fishing tackle in good trim, and you might begin baiting the hornyrhead hole in the creek. Avoid your preach* i and doctor. These gu>s are always waiting, so let 'em wait light on, but if they get too hot for you, join the Baptist church and try an osteopath the next time you get mi k. (For all you know, you ma> Im- one of the "Millions now living who ; 11 never die" until your time t nines ). 5. By all means, get a pig. There are several ways to get a pig. Some buy pigs, some put them up for trespassing, and still others get them at night, so take your choice of these three plans. If you can borrow enough feed trom a nearby tenant uho hus not la-en too lazy or too proud to work, it would be a good idea to try to buy a cow; provided, of course, that you can buy her on a-< K'dit till Fall. (By that time you will be .done moved off). ). Don't try to put in more land than your wife and children can cultivate while you are in town. Guano is so hard to buy these days, you'd 1>etter not use any at all, ^nd then you won't have any to pay for. Don't float any checks until next month. January checks are dangerous, and you may have to pay them if you don't watch out. Also raise 3 or 4 chickens if any happen to roost near your home. That's all. Man Dies of Wounds. ( hosier, S. <!., Jan. 14.?James Burnett Hieklin, 35, World War veteran, who was accidentally shot by his friend, John Watts, likewise a World War veteran, on Christmas day, in the yard of the former in the Fishing Creek section of Chester county, died today at the Pryor Memorial hospital, after * I twenty-one day fight for his life.) Mr. Watts. who is almost prostrate I I over the death, seeing the magazine, j empty, of the powerful range, revolver. which he is said to have obtained trom the boot of a captured (o-rman in France, forgot that a bullet had jumped up into the gun proper, which fired the fatal sho, entiling the light. side of the de teased penetrating his bladder and falling out of his left hip. Body To Be Sent Home. . Newberry. Jan. 1 ?The body of Buster Harris, 22. sou of Mrs. Hattie Harris, of Xewlx-rry, has been relovered and identified by the navy department and the body will be sent here for intetment at the earliest possible date according to a telegram received today from the bureau of medicine and surgery in Washington. Buster Harris was a member of the S-l which was rammed to the bottom of the sea by the Paulding off Provincetown, Mass., December 17. Greenville is to have a new and big paint factory and the president of the owning company, Hugh K. Aiken, formerly of Laurens, says he located his factory where he always wanted to live and work, in his old home section of the country. He has had an important executive position m the development of the DuPonts' last at Chicago, and is t graduate of Cornell university in science. Always Think Twice Loose change spends itself. Money in the bank is safe and at work. You will think twice he fore spending money unwisely if you must first iro to the bank with y?ur passbook and draw it out. (Loan & Savings?Bank CAPITAL $10(1,1100.00 % grreqBMBuciKgr- =a?m,n i in?waa CONTROU.ING THE LEATHER | (Vhilex 1* a N'eW .Material Now Being Used l|t Construction Ever mi. man learned to make a fin* he ha been more or 1<*h? successful in mating hi* home, even though iii? t of the heat he buccecdyd in creating escaped through the walls and roof, hut it is only recently that the idea has come to him of trying to keep his home coo) in summer, Today it is entirely practicable to maintain almost the same temperature within a house the year round. It is riot an expensive undertaking either. The idea originated in mnnufactur- J ing. In ><i tain industrial plants' where dele ate materials were handled, it became necessary to maintain a uniform temperature during the process. Rooms were contrived with heat stopping materials in the walls and roof through which it was possible to have absolute control of the temperature, regardless of the outsail weather. In many of the houses recently erected in America the same idea is being applied. The heat-stopping material introduced into the walls and roof of homes that is in general use is celotex, made of curie fibre. The popularity of this material for this purpose is partly due to the fact that it-corm? ijj big, broad bourds that can be used in place of sheathing, making heat-control possible without added expense. 1 he breadth of these boards, too, add to the structural strength of the hou-e. By keeping the heat in in whiter and the heat out in summer, this material makes the home much more comfortable and durable. It has also, the quality of stopping moisture and i noise so that the house is free from dampness, and much quieter. This material pays its own way, for houses equipped with it require a much smaller henting plant that can be installed at less expense. In addition there is an annual saving on fuel of from twenty-five to thirty-five per cent. If it is desired to maintain a constant temperature in the house, all that is needed is the installation of an air-cooling device similar to that used in motion picture theatres. These are now being manufactured in small units adaptable to use in houses. They are self-regulating. Many persons who buy or build homes are influenced mostly by three thing-?appearance, location, and I price. They find a house they like ! | the looks of, in a neighborhood that j I they like, conveniently located as tj | the man's business, and to the schools and shops, and if it is within -the family's means, they buy it. As a , matter of fact, construction is a much more important matter. A home not properly built is much more expensive to keep up, and needs constant repairs. Unless this cane fibre material. celotex. has been used in its walls and root, it is likely to be much harder and more expensive to heat in winter, and to be much hotter in summer. Borne Economics 1 rge Book Accounts I he woman in the home partnership often handles the greater part of the family money and keeps the accounts. The Bureau of Homo Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture believes iji keeping records <>f family expenditures for the same reasons that business accounting is considered important. The various groups of home expenses?food, housing, clothing, and so on? may be compared to the different sections of a business enterprise. W ithout a satisfactory system of reeotds there would be no way lor the business man to know which departments were well managed and which needed to be reduced. In a similar way any group of household expenses must stay within the budget for that group. It is not enough, therefore nn-iely to list home expenditures in miscellaneous order and add them up. They must be classified under definite heads, so that they can be analyzed, 'and 'uscd^as a guide to future spending. To simplify the hometpaker's task in keeping track of household expenditures. the Bureau of Home Eco nomii s has planned a loose-leaf account book with marginal indexes and concise directions for entering expenditures under the correct heads. There are pages for estimating the yearly income and probable expenditures, for recoiling insurance and investments, for making a summary of property owned and a household ; Inventory. Special pages are furnishj ed for farm families who depend in on home-grown products. I 1 he account hook ma\ he pur .?sed for ">0 cents in ca-h f . ni the .oerintoj dent of Documents. Govmen! Printing Offue. W.-hingD. C The Department ?. Vgri ' ire has no supply t' r !> dis' t: h.r ion. I ' j v or General .John A I., u. United States marine < r;w, 13 ate to Nicaragua, to % vthe jnu.- no forces the benefit of h < v and experience ir. the f ght ft: x'< -t General Saudino. who is classed as a rebel outlaw. ? ? v v a k - i ?"s -~-T- * T3KT -U lis HKJMN (iOHS THROUGH ICK i i * Sunday Afternoon Drive Ih Fatal To Two Girl*. Cheshire, Mass., Jan. 15. Two I little girls were drowned and two others barely escaped the same faUi j when a new Chevrolet sedan in which [ they were riding with Clyde Belcher, I thirty-five, of Cheshire, fell through the ice of the Cheshire reservoir this ; afternoon. The drowned children I were Mabel Kelly, six years old, and G a brie lie Rosen, five years old, I Belcher had taken bis two nieces, i Margaret and Mabel Kelly, twin sixyear-old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. I Henry Kelly, out for a Sunday afterj noon drive. Cussing along the shora | of the Cheshire reservoir, they picked up Elaine Rosen, seven, and Gabrielle Rosen, five, friends of the little Kelly girls. Observing that the ice seemed firm and was covered with skaters Belcher derided it would Ik* amusing to dri\c across it. For .tome time he drove back and forth i.n the ice, bringing the sedan to a series of thrilling, skidding halts, but suddenly, near the .east end, where the tracks of the Boston and Albany railroad skirt the reservoir, the sedan crashed through the ice. Belcher managed to save Margaret Kelly and Elaine Rosen, who were jn the front seat with him, but was unable, even though he dove under the ice twice, to extricate the other two. When darkness fell late this afternoon, firemen from North Adams, near here, were still endeavoring \ainly to get the sedan to the surface. ROLL OF HONOR For Charlotte Thompson High School During Fourth Month Grade 2.?Albert Irby, Eloise Branham, Rowena Schiver, Carrie Baker, Lila Dixon, Clement Schiver. Grade 3.?-Doris Workman, Shell West, Lee West, Iva Lou Arrants, Dorothy Creed. V Grade 4.?Patrick Dennis. Grade . 5.?-William Rush, Stuart Clarkson, Marietta Thompson. Grade 6.?David Cassady, Pollye West. Grade 7.?Howze Evans, Elizabeth Gillis, Mary Lindsay Pearce, Eva Baker. Grade 8.-?James Seagle, Marion Schiver, Ruth Dixon, Ethel Hammond, Eady Mae Watson, E. C. Pearce, Jr. Grade 9.?Elizabeth Workman, i Blanding Clarkson, F ranees Dennis, | Elizabeth Baker. Needham Pittman. j Grade 10.? Maureen Sowell, Henrietta Irby, Sara Moseley. Swannic Kenney. Sara Davis, Bob Clarkson. Grade 11.?Eva Irby, Thelma j Pearce, J. T. Brown. Sidney Dennis. | Lottie Dennis. i ?i A1 ( a pone, notorious gunman, bootlegger and gangster of Chicago^ is spending sometime in Miami, F'la. He has nine lieutenants with him as a personal bodyguard. One child was killed and ten others more or less injured when the driver ot a school bus lost control of the machine and it struck a tree in Lee county, X. ( Tuesday afternoon. The term 'whip' applied to certain j members of pariamentary bodies is derived from the 'whipper-in' of a hunt -iheVi whose job it is to whip up lagging hounds and so to keep ^he pack together and obedient to orders. 5 I Nicaraguan Rebel Chief A recent snap shot, just received at Marine Corps Headquarters, of General Augistino Sandino, leader of the revolutionists in Nicaragua. ,.|A nurnher of marines have lost !th eir livc.< in battles with the native troops under General Sandino. > JAMES CRUZEl Director of Feature Photoplays, utjl Hi "During the filming of The Covered \v] .Sjjm canrtant use of my voice dt-mandJ? I find a cigarette which I could out any chance of A irritation or coudfl 7 trying them all, 1 aecu|S f Luckier. They are tTm f mild and uQami uv| f mellow*" 7\ ? The Cream of the Tobacco A 'The growth of LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes iul wonderful thing but there is a reason. I know,M because 1 buy theTobacco for LUCKY STRIKE. I I buy The Cream of the Crop/that mellow, swetf I smoking Tobacco that the Farmer iustly d* I scribes as 1 have described it above. The quality M of LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes Is telling. Itii natural that the brand should show the tremens I dous growth that it is showing today." 1 I * fiuyer of Tobace# I ^ ^ Louisville. Kr. M Its toasted! ^ No Throat Irritation-No Cough. J ?1. .9 ""i Marine Leader It >K l??? Photo , shows Brigadier General j Logan Feland, an experienced campaigner, in command of the | marines in Nicaragua a year ago, who has been ordered to take charge again. Rogers Hornsby, captain of the New York .Giants last year, has been traded to the Boston Braves for two playerts who are comparatively un- ; known in the baseball world.? i .. I General John J. Pershing has been elected a director of the Rigfgs j National bank of Washington, D. 0. : TAX RETURNS J Office of Auditor Kerskur dfl Camden, S. C., Dec?mbet|^H Notice is hereby giveivttat tkfl ditor's office will be open for ing Tax Returns from JanuarjH 1928, to February 20th, 1928,1 persons owning real estate or pfl al property must make returns<fl same within said period, as Tqfl by law, or be subject to a pena)H 50 per cent. I The Auditor will attend in J? or by deputy at the followingjfl in the county on the .dates indiH for receiving returns: . Westville: January 20th. Kershaw: January 25th Liberty Hill: January 27th. Blaney: February 1st. All persons between the agei^H and 60 years, inclusive are rcquinB| pay Poll Tax; and all persotn| tween the ages of 21 and 50 ye?? elusive are required to pay afl tax, unless excused by law. Trustees, Guardians, Executors,* ministrators or Agents holding]^* erty in charge must * return <fl Parties sending tax returns byfl must make oath to same be fort J officer and fill out the same inffl manner or they will be rcjetti^B B. E. SPAR* Auditor. LOST CERTIFICATE* gag . ?<i i Notice is hereby given tftdfl tificate No 105 of One Share qI^H in Series No. 15, of the EflU* Building & Loan Association, February 6, 1922, has been to* that on Saturday the 18thJj*February, 1928, I will apply said Association foi^ a settlcnu* said lost Certificate. Camden, S. January ft Nitrates are Cheaper 7 1 :j Do you know WHY?I The ever-increasing production of the Synthetic Nitrogen Fef tilizers has reduced the cost of nitrates to the farmer. As1 H top and side-dre9sing fertilize^ use? I Calcium ?Nitrate i 15% Nitrogen *> ' 18.2% Ammonia 28% Lime (56%,lime?tone equivalent)" end improve your soil as well as increase your yields. ComW?'* quick-acting nitrate with lime, which reduces soil acnutjA*&"| . makes the land loos^ and friable. For sale by dealers every ] where. Write for booklets Nos* 5,1$ and 25 or get them frd?? Synthetic Nitrogen Products /dm x \ au^.o. Corporation HWTAnt.