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Nobody'* Business Written for The Chronicle by McCih*, Copyright, lU'Jh. M O-V-K O-N. Aunt M m-ivy'ii brother, Bill, s * mover. 11* bus already moved 7 times this yeai. When he makes up hi* nimd to move, plus and con.i and if* aiids don't < ut no ice. Half of hi* stuff slu>a pa bed up and ready to ride over two-thirds of the time. Now, Bill's family is .ill light, ho* Bill is bo?n Bill, ,Ji , is a dolfi-r, and he tan out doff any other kn! in the whole mill, but Bill found out last week that he could put Bill, Jr., at work at the Tempoi aiMill* at 10 cents a day more than he was then getting at the Stationary Manufacturing Co., and by 10 o'clock the next day, Bill had < trucks of household Htuff enrouU; to the Temporary plant. It cost hint IS dollars to move, hut he wasn't going to have his kid "working for nothing." .Sallie Sue is a good weaver, and it uin't nothing for her to turn out 2 or I cuts a day more than the next flbut weaver, hut t^ne day last month the boss came thru and told her that there, was ? bobbin on the floor right] at her feet, and Sal lie Sue told her duddy, and by U o'clock the next duy, d trucks- were loaded with household goods and were proceeding towards Santuc. No, sir roe: nobody ain't a-going to talk biggity to Bill's girl and get away with it. Joe and Finest work in the spinning room and they know about ull there is to know about spinning, but one day Finest had to stay at home ] on account of sickness, and whery he came in the next morning, the super j s.iid- "Hey, there. Why'd you lay out yesterday?" Frnest told Bid what the suj>er said and by 8 o'clock the next morning, there were 2 truck# heuded for Bull Snort loaded with furniture and other installment merchandise. (N. B. He had worn out one truck load moving up to this time). Bill don't work any himself, hut <5 of his kuls work with much regularity, while 4 others go to school. Bill has started them in 4 different schools since February, and 2 of them don't know right now whether they are in the drd grade or fith grade. Bill says they'll soon bo 14, thank the Lord. Ttien they can work. Bill knows Mere ,ib' 'lit the different cotton mills a the i iiuutr;, than any other living human being. He's been to nearly, all of them. His folks don't like his "moving spirit" hut they know better than to balk. Bill s kids are all nice kids, and the only thing in the world wrong w.th them, so says Aunt Minorvy, is, ttuy picked out the wrong kind of a man for a daddy. Bill has s|>ent more for truck hire than the .'I girls ha\e made in half the time of their employment. One time Bill tried to "love :o "ii I m le Ji>e down . i the I arm, but he didn't even get the bahj carnage unloaded before l'r le Joe told him to drive en. There ami main B.lls, ami that's tine, ami niebbe th;s Bill will settle down some time and give h;s folks a chance. My First Love The hardest fall I ever had m my' life was the first time I fell iti lov.n1 It almost ruint me. That girl' Those rosy cheeks!' Those eyes of blue!!! And them feet and them anklet, t That's all 1 could see of her at the southern end). That walk! And h m > nr'y lips! And them hands: she had 2 ?*f Vm! How I yearned to 'old them betwix mine. And that > cd hu.r 1 never wanted to pat any ih.ng sn bad in my life as I wanted to pat that beautiful hair. 1 met her one night at a singing. She wa> playing the first organ 1 ever saw ami from the way she played :t. 1 think it was the first organ she ever saw. She didn't pny much attention to me at first, but after I said one or two smart things, I got her attention. But 1 was so bashful I wouldn't look right at her. I asked her if she wanted to chew nn sweet gum awhile ami she said "No. I'm a-chawing Jim's right this minl ut?, (Everybody couldn't h#v< ch?w* i"g gum of thoir ijwii in thom it took tun*- and patusnco to pick it and get it Started"). I never had no more um- for.Jim after that, She I i>i )'?. i'<i around one corner of the orgai. j^st after we hud itung? 'Throw ()U* t)?e Life Line" and gavo me a *'>" of smile that made my Whole d.apnragm tingle. 1 knew right then that I had fallen in love. (1 think slu* smiled at me?aome of th< b.ys .,uid afterward that she was laughing at my neck tie). We sung on ,md on. but finally wound up with "Shall We Meet Again," and the time came for* me to ask her if I novctit see her home, hut Jim went on home with her without asking I knew 1 was in love from the following ?ymptoma; I thought of "her" a 11 the time, my mouth stayei dry from sun-up till sun-down, my heart burnt constantly, my stummick ached further up than it had ever I ached, I dreamed about her, I tried to draw her picture in the sand, every time I'd go within 500 yards of her house my breath would get short, my skin would turn red, and my knees would tremble. Gosh, 1 was in a fix. I met Jim one morning, and lie said: "Hello, Gee: how you coming?" and J said: "Aw, yougotohell, nnd stay there" and he hit me, and said what was I mad at him about, and I said: "Aw, you know," and he [said he didn't, and then 1 took ho|>e that mebbe he wasn't in love with my girl, and we made up and I gave him a piece of my orange peeling. (Hustlers always carried orange peelings around with them). About the time I thought I would die if I didn't get to stay with my sweetheart all the time, she up and ran off with a fruit tree peddler, and it took me .5 years to get over that terrible misfortune. Falling in love is a dangerous undertaking unless you laud in a soft place. Negro Survives Holt Chester, Juno 3.?-How near a man can be hit a terrific blow by lightning and still be alive, though yet in a grave condition is told by Dr. Charles A. McLurkin, who was called to attend John Sawyer, 60 a negr >. of Salem Crossroads. Seeing a big storm approaching, Sawyer made for his barn, but la*fore it was reached, i stroke of lightning knocked him off his horse, severely burning and stunning him and killing the horse. Sawyer's hat and shoos were badly torn and burned by lightning. His garments were ignited but were extinguished by the torrential rain. The! ste?d shoes on the horses's feet were literally melted off, and how the ne- , gro escaped death is, regarded as miraculous. W. R. Hambright, of the AntioclJ community of Cheroke county has I been chosen for the honorary degree' of .Master Farmer by the committee | appointed for that purpose in that county. University of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. j Dr. D M. Douglas. President Scholarship and Entrance Examination* F.xaminations for award of vacant1 s> holarships in the University and for entrance will be held at the ( ounty Court House Friday, July 13, lt'jM, at 1) a. ni. Applicants must be 16 years of age. Scholarships are vacant in the fol- , lowing counties: Abbeville. Aiken,' Beaufort, Berkley, Charleston, Colleton, Darlington. Georgetown, Greenwood, Jasper, Marion, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Spartanburg. Applicants for scholarship* shouid write to Committee on Normal Scholarships for application blanks, to'bo returned by July 10th. Scholarships worth $10(1 plus tuition and term fees. Next session will open September ID, 1028. Summer School June 10 to July 26. 102Sv Faculty of 50, offering more than 100 courses for teachers, superintendents nnd principals. Many graduate courses Degrees conferred at end of summot term. Full information upon application to Director of Summer School. j Two Ladies.Die in Auto Wreck : An automobile accident resulting ( | in the death of two Charlotte ladies and the serious injury of other occupants of one of the cars in the ollisiott, occurred near Pineville about 1) o'clock Monday night. Mr. Minnie Roddey and Mrs. Julia Linebergcr were riding toward Charlotte, accompanied by W. D. Roddey, a son of the former, and Harmon L.neberger, son of the latter, and Mrs. W. D. Roddey. wife of W. I). Rod-' dey. Carlton M. Pope, 28 years of ago, formerly of Rook Hill, driving a large car belonging to W. W. Davis of Charlotte, claims that the lights of the Roddey car blinded him as the cars approached from the opposite direction, causing him to (lose control and strike the Roddey car, turning it over down an em bankjment. The two ladies mentioned above were so seriously injured in the crash that they died before reaching a Charlotte hospital, where they were rushed following the accident. All three of the other occupants of the car received more or less serious i_ injuries, ami the condition of Mrs.! W. D. Roddey is considered dangerous. Pope \v:is arrested after the accident and charged with murder. Mrs. Linberger was a sister of W. P. and A. J. Roddey, well known citizens of Lancaster and Mrs. W. D. Roddey, a sister-in-law. Members of the family here attended the funeral of Mrs. Roddey in Rock Hill on Tuesday at 2 o'clock and of Mrs. Lineberger at Charlotte at 2 o'clock, among them Mr. nnd Mrs. A. B. Glasscock and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Roddey.?Lancaster News. Auto Plates for 1929 The contract for furnishing 1923 license piates for automobiles in South Carolina was Friday awarded to the National Colortype Co., of Bellevue, Ky., their bid being 6.49 cents a plate for automobile, truck and trailer plates and five cents a plate1 for motorcycle plates. The bid was submitted May 24, says the Colum-' bia State of Saturday. According to the contract 450 motorcycle plates aud 228,875 plates for other vehicles j are to be furnished and must be delivered by September 15. A penalty of $50 is charged for each day's delay after that date. The plates will be similar in size and appearance to those used last year, except they will bear black numerals on a white background and the characters will be in a somewhat different style of type.! The price is half a cent lower than' for the 1028 plates, it was announced by Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner. Last year 220,000 plates were furnished. Negro Dead From Gun Shot Florence, June 2.?In a scuffle over the possession of a shot gun, ac* cording to the statement of an eye1 witness, William Bines, negro, was' shot to death at a farm house between Florence and Timmonsville this afternoon and Milliard B. Purvis, well known citizen of Florence county, is' being held in $1,550 bond in connection with the shooting. Mr. Purvis came to Florence and surrendered himself to the sheriff! jsoon after the shooting. His bond; was arranged before Judflwj Shipp, D. G. Baker, &ctin|^H torney for Mr. Purvis. vjfl According to the statement!? negro eye witness, Mr. reprimanding Bines for hisjH hard riding of a farm horH ? the negro attempted to snstttlH gun out of the car in which Ik? vis was sitting. The negro fd.? of the barrel of the gun M^? Purvis caught the stock. Intl*? fle the firearm was dischargftJ load tore through the top of gro's head and he lived hot ? minutes.J. D. Thompkins, aged 18) >4 at the Citadel, was inatanWj Saturday afternoon when M ^ bile driven by him swerved off bankment and turned over I? times. W. Hoyt ffite, of Bnta? and Misses Margaret Webh*?J line Baggott, of Chariealuiii M in the car with him, were alighUM jured. Thompkins home *"5 delphia and he was a fre?h>? The Citadel. | A MAP 1 that has been 98 years in the making I 4 O < U 1 1 92 8 S O IT T HLF R "NI RAILWAY SYSTEM THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN GATEWAYS AT WASHINGTON, CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE . . . FROM THE WESTERN GATEWAYS AT ST. LOUIS AND MEMPHIS . . TO THE OCEAN PORTS OF NORFOLK, CHARLESTON, SAVANNAH, BRUNSWICK AND JACKSONVILLE . . . AND THE GULF PORTS OF MOBILfc AND NEW ORLEANS . . . THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH. Thf. first American-built locomotive to enter actual service hauled its first passenger train on what is now a part of tne Southern Railway System. Ib the years that have followed, one of the world's great railroad systems has been developed in the South, serving that territory cast of ?he Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac a9 perhaps no other section of equal extent is served by any one railroad system. DAD AND 1 / Sup/scse i/c v k"ou* D ,ctl //V /#<?sp csr > - vj>.& <9rv rf-'opypoform tT, > - " ? " v zy 4/,-v tjrsp Av crouj fo 1 Ay r ?>/ ^ y<" >*'Vy i '+>(?/ ') s? >C sAV'f four 1, A> A'* ^^CW c"rp >/ A/r/cd A Afo/far /Anpopo/rfmus u/A/ for /?pr feby By Stafford ncs/rt/s and e&rs 0/ ffie d/ppopo/amus Cd?7 be c/ospc/and made ^6 us<afrr-b/Qht. /\ ?~7fiey surm un/fi * ^ /