The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 02, 1928, Image 2
Nobody's Business
Written for Thf Chronicle by Q?
McGee, Copyright, li>28.
The cost of committing a crime h?*?
been advanced recently in Chicago.
The gunmen now charge 45 dollars
for shooting a policeman, and 82 dollars
for murdering a bootleg competitor,
and '.>0 dollars for bombing
the residence of a judge, but most
any of the boys will take the job of
shooting an ordinary citizen for 10
dollars and taxi fare. This is purely
a bull market.
The following "nd" appeared in one
of our local newspapers a few days
a&o; "Kvcry puir teddies and stepins
in our store will l>e onehalf off
tomorrow morning at 'J o'clock." 0
men and 2 policemen were smothered
to death at the front door at around
H:45, yet-- only 21 women worked in
the department store in question.
Wanted: Some news of Sammie J.
Dean,
He filled his tank with pure benzine,
He took out his pipe to pulf some
"Prince.,"
And poor Sammie J. aint benzine
M/ice.
flat rock, s. C. nek the 26 1928.
deer mr, editor: ?
wont you please inform yore readers
that i put on a blindfolded beef
test at my beef market last nij^it
and mrs. lizzie vanderbutt, one of my
regular customers, told my beef in
.'1 seconds from the beef of 5 of my
competitors, and she had 2 towels
tied tight around her eyes anspforth.
it takes mighty good beef to be picked
out blindfolded like cigarettes is,
( and this ought to help mo out a right
smart, rite or foam if you hear of
annybody wanting to trade with me.
(p. s. i sell for cash only and stake
is fetching c*12 on my skales).
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd.
Safety First
I read in the paper the other day
1 ?? I nil 11
where a young mart got ?hot in the
apple orchard. Goah, X bet that lxurt.
A mad dog bit Uncle Joo'a aunt right
behind the smoke house which was
real do** to the apple orchard, but
he took the pasture rabbit treat mom
and got all right. Aiut science wonderful?
v ? jljJE*
Hut accident* happen to all of us
in time. The day of the election
one of my very beat friend* got his
income cut -off. In fact, he tailed the
ticket. I had my leg pulled jU8t jftMl
week, and am still unable to go out
at night if it cpst* anything.
During safe.ty week, the follow
who drove his car around and distributed
those "drive sanely" aig.is
ran into 3 Fords and 2 automobiles
and 1 truck and 6 women. He claim
?d he had so many "safety stickers"
plastered on his windshield he simply
couldn't see where he was going.
And there's V\ illie Skinner: Ho
cut the buck last Saturday night and
it died. Folks ought to be more
careful, I think. Within an hour
after this thing took place, Hirein
Quick balled the jack, and neither
one of them has been heard of since.
It s simply getting dangerous for a
person to get outside of her own
home.
^ Now, take Jimmie and Buddie
Ford: They burnt the wind Friday
when the cop tried to see what that
stuff was that was leaking out of
their rumble seat. And back younder
during the freshet, I just did get
home in time one night to see the
kitchen sink and the wash rag and the
flash light and the stove lift her an I
the side walk and the door jam and
the carpet tack and the nwuing down
and the bed spring and the clock run
and the coal chute and the cat nip.
( 1 hen I woke up).
And just last Sabbath, old Mm.
Dominecker laid an egg on the red
hot stove and it exploded before she
could beat it, and her face was lifted.
And her husband stumbled over something
in the hall and got badly bunged
up between the. corridor ami the
air vent on the radiator.
So, my dear people?you are never
entirely free from misfortune. While
reading this very article, it is possible
that your wife will s'hoot you
fmm l?'l"nd in an effort to collect
yur insurance policy which lapsed
when you had to pay two back instalment^
..II her outside aerial an i
"i"i-~i'enr\?-t, ;,u; ,MV fu
be careful, even though you b ?
married, ami new, pay any ntt. : tion
" ' rt iircfs it;' ' you or i: x.
bus parked.
I hanks To Hcaut\ Shops
>'hc was Pre11 y, . tort-skirted, an I
pir kwhroked. As 'ripped lighfv
'own stairs leading ; . the station. I
many admiring glances recast :
her direction.
"Some girl!" exclaimed one you!n
to his companion, as the;, trailed in
her wake. "Wonder who the lucky
chap is she's going to meet.
As she emerged from the station a
handsome, broad-shouldered man, fully
six feet tall, clasped her in h 13
arms, and kissed her. "Mother!" he
exclaimed fondly, "I thought I'd missed
you!"
The Odd and Unusual
A Detroit attorney. John C. Jeniolionis.
bet with a friend that under
the name of "Jefferson" ln> could poll
at least 10,000 votes running against
a third term Congressman in the Republican
primary. He won his bet
with la,7JO votes.
W hen Robert Ransford, of Philadelphia.
returned with his family
from their summer vacation he found
wreckage in every room in the hous*
Police who were called in found the
offender?in a bedroom?it was a
pigeon, half starved and suffering
from thirst. The bird had apparently
entered the house through the
ehim ney.
"Enclosed find bill for $29.1$ for
damage to our locomotive," was all
the satisfaction a Chicago autoist got
out of his race with a train. The
auto was a total wreck.
Frank Roscoe, of Wilmington, N.
C.. was fined $10 for speeding but the
city recorder promised to remit the
fine on condition that Roscoe make a
home run in a certain baseball game
.Roscoe knocked the homer.
When flood waters cover.>d an island
near Clarksvi.le, Va., a cow
which had been marooned there
started swimming. It was later
found at North Bend. 20 miles away.
Four men lost their lives "in the
^?nta Catalir.a mountains of Arizona
Tuesday when their airplane crashed
and burned the party to death. The
four men had started out in search
of William Hyatt, a younjr Tucson
hunter who had been lost while hunting.
TAX NOTICE
Office of Treasurer Kershaw County,
Camden, S. Sept. 12, 1928.
Notice is hereby given thut the
hook ; will be opened fur the collection
of State. County and School
Taxes from October lath, 1928, to
March loth, 1929. A penalty of I
pes cent will be added to all taxes
unpaid r.unry 1st, 1929, 2 per cent
l'Vh-uat \ 1-o. I'.rjp and 7 per cent
Ma. r. 1 1929.
I tw rate nor centum for Kershaw
county i-- as follows:
Mills
State ,Taxos, \ . . . u...... 5 1?
t. tt 1 School I
Scli.nd faxes 7
i '"Utr v Taxes s > ,.
lb. spiral. -->4
< "(U-.-t ituii*?nal f < im.?| Tax ;!
I >i'li< mi y Si'houl Tax . . . %
T'dal 29'4
1 \ Ka.b Township !l ail
Bonds. for DeKalb Township
only 2'i
Dog tax 1? 1.2a. All dog owners are
required to make a return of their
dog-, to live County Trea*u:er. who is
required to furnish a licence tag. All
dogs caught without the license tag
the owners will be subject to a fine
/ of $:,.(>(> or imprisonment not more
than five days.
The following School Districts
have special levies:
School District No. 1 18ly
School District No. 2 13^8
School District No. :: ......19
School District No. 1 18*j
School District No. f> 1
School District No. 6 18
School District No. 7 10
School District No. 8 1
School District No. 9 1
School District No. lo 5
School District No. 11 8
School District No. 12 20%
School District No. Id 1
School District No. 15 1
School District No. 16 3
School District No; 19 1
School District No. 20 1
School District No. 22 19%
School District No. 23 1
School District No. 25 I
School District No. 27 1
School District No. 28 1
School District No. 29 7
School District No. 30 1
School District No. 31 9
School District No. 33 11
School District No. 37 1
School District No. 38 1
School District No. 39 5
School District No. 40 21
School District No. 41 1
School District No. 42 1
School District No. 43 1
School District No. 46 ....... 1
School District No. 47 1
The Poll Tax is $1.00.
All able bodied male persons from
the ago of twenty-one (21) to fifty
(50) years, both inclusive, except resident*
in, incorporated town ^ shall
pay $3.00 as a road tax except ministers
of the gospel actually in charge
of a congregation, teachers employed
in public schools, school trustees,
and persons permanently disabled in
the military service of the State and
persons who served in the War Between
the States, and all quarantine
service of this state and all residents
who may be attending school
or college at the time When said road
tax shall become due. Persons claiming
disabilities must present certificate
from two reputable physicians
. of this_ county.
All information with reference to
taxes will be furnished upon application.
When inquiring please state
school dtttict or township.
: S. W. HOGUE,
County Treasurer.
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HEINOUS CRIME OF ARSON
Nut Only low?f to Inournnco Co"1*
panics, but Danger to Life.
Arson is the most heinous rerime,
tbe most despicable act conceivable.
When someone decides to "sell out
to the insurance company'1 by setting
fire to his property, it is with the de
liberate intent of defrauding the un*
; (let writers. As a matter of fact the
j public is robbed as well as the in?u a
nee company, for when arson is com
, mitted, the expense of the fire must
be spread over the entire commun > ,
in the cost of fire insurance. 1?^ i way,
the innocent pay for the m.*
dewis of the guilty. Thus it is evident
that, financially, the repressem
,of arson is a vital matte* to evcybody,
and that as a matter of publicsafety
the fire fiend should be combatted
at every turn.
There is a still more important rea
son why the public should be intently
interested in curbing this vicious
crime?the loss of life from flrerls appalling,
thousands being killed every
year, particularly in arson fires;
The fire-criminal generally does a
thorough job, often working in the
dead of night. As a result, the fire
spreads with terrible rapidity, and
his victims awakened, horror stricken,
to find themselves surrounded by
flames and escape impossible. Then
too, this type of bla^e has generally
gained such headway before the firemen
arrive, that a larger percentage
of property is destroyed than in other
fires.
The arsonist is a very dangerous
factor in the fire situation and every
citizen should bear down on him and
jail of his kind.
Leonce Chauvin, 17, of St. .Paul's
college, Covington, La., is dead from
a blow from an opponent's elbow in
a football game last Sunda'y.
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Cotton Seed To Be
Scarce Warm Bute
I
Clemson College, Oct. 27.-?'"Present
indication# point to a scarcity of
good cotton aeed for planting In tb?
spring," say# T. S, Rule, chief of
agronomy. "The unusually heavy
rains this season have made many
seed unfit for planting. This meatj#
that every farmer with dependable
seed should be very careful to save
them from gin mixing and free from
other injury and that everyone else
should take particular pains to secure
reliable seed at once."
Cotton is easily crossed in the held,
and has a marked tendency to "run
out," unless systematic attempts are
made to keep it pure, says ^?rof. Buie.
Lack of uniformity is very evident in
uny cotton field unless selection has
been practised. Length of lint, ?the,
one character which practically determines
the value of cotton, is likely
to be just as Variable as any other.
He says that the majority pf farmers
are rot in u position to conduct
careful breeding work, and therefore
the best thing for them to do is to
purchase u small quantity of pure
seed at frequent intervals from reliable
breeders and to make every ef
fort to prevent undue field mixing or
gin mixing with inferior seed.
SAUNDERS COMES BACK
Originator of Piggly-Wiggly Stores
Again to the Front
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 25.?Clarence
Saunders, founder of Piggly Wiggly
Corp., who four years ago bucked
Wall Street, with a reputed loss of
$ -1,000,000 yesterday had beaten back
from bankruptcy to head a $50,000,000
chain store corporation.
Backing him jn the new enterprise
are the men who four years ago were
reported to have "ruined" him. The j
new firm, to be known as Clarence'
-i tt?T-irwrtinmrnrw?nim?1?? i ?ip hi?
Saunders -Corp., is said to have backing
of more than $250,000,000.
The firm, whi<^i will establish a
national chain of grocery stores, is
backed by Nicholas llrady, New York
copper king; Wendell Anderson, Detroit;
Joseph Day, Manhattan real
estate operator, and other who are
said to have figured in Saunders' Wall
Street failure. >
His "comeback" is Regarded as one
of the most remarkable in recent? financial
history.
"Four years ago I had not a cent
and owed $300,000," Saunders said,
"Today I could sell out for more than 1
id any previous time."
Saunders went iuto biuioetfl
after he lost millions incdrofl
Piggfy Wiggly market in ffM
A suspension of rules bj tfl
Exchange resulted in br?^|
corner arid breaking
since then lit* has i<stab!afc^|
?A() cities. Now this ch^^H
expanded into one of, if
gigantic retail store cotjfl
the world. I
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Time was when a girl ?
nothing to wear was out ofS
Toledo Blade. I
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