The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 18, 1929, Image 2
Nobody's Business |
Written for The Chronicle by Gee
McGee, Copyright, iyii8.
More Farm Belief
1 have been giving the question
of farm relief a great deal of serioo*
consideration here of iale. 1 know
the farmer and his needs from A 'o
Z plus 2 by 4 divided by the single j
rule of minus his exierni of short- j
comings together with ins 100 per
cent good intentions
The average farmer ran run his j
farm ail light without any help, and j
if congress wants to do something
worthwhile for us poor down trodden
tiller- <d the soil, it should pass a
law requiring the government to give
each ai"I .every farmer a new auto '
mobile once u yeui and one thousand;
dollars in cash to r un it with. Then,'
and only then, will our deep-seate i ;
wo-ries be over.
A man simply (an't run a car anda
family by toe sweat of his brow
Only one blow <l.?es any sweating
rio w-a-daysince it's become disgiacefui
to make the younguns work.
Some women are willing to be useful
around tin- borne, but they say
it don't look right to slop hogs with
silk stockings on or milk cows with
rayon teddie# in use, that i??on the
women, not the cows and hogs.
By thV time a farmer sells all of
his corn ami a few pounds of extra
sausage meat ami what eggs he can
lake up, and pay the proceeds there1
from for a license tag for his liz|
zie, he simply is broke, and instead
I of having enough money to run his
i farm with, why, he has just about
enough to keep the car agoing
I thr ough August
Maybe .1 "nder" can be put on the
McNar >-Haugeri bill when It comes
up again .n the house that will carry
the t'Mia "help" referred to herein,
vizzly An automobile and one
thousand dollars, and 1 am sure some
.southern congressman or senator will
look out for this "rider." This should
not affect the fee system which is
operative in the original bill as
drafted, and as so many "lame ducks"
will have to return to the farm at an
early date, I feel sure that they will
give a parting vote to the new features
suggested.
I tl^ink congress should tuke cognizance
of the fact that if the government
should pass the hill to furnish
the automobiles ansoforth in question
that the said automobiles should all
be of the 7-passenger type with 1
wheel brakes and automatic windshield
wipers ai?i everything, so's
when the old man goes to loaf all day,
he can take his family along and let
them loaf too.
The five most hazardous occupations
in the world today are:
1. -l,i\ ing in Chicago.
-.-?Driving an automobile.
3.? Walking.
1. ?Flying.
">.?Drinking.
Before Christmas
1-?"Yes, Darling Mother."
2.?"Mother, Tell me something t )
do."
3.?"See how clean my face is."
-1.?"Mother. let me help you
sweep."
J).?"Hurry, or we'll be late *t
Sabbath school."
After Christmas
A
1-?"Aw, Ma. You hurt my ears."
?"Ma, why don't you make Sue
do something."
?"I don't care if my old face is
dirty."
I ?"Pshaw. I haftcr do everyth.ng."
> -"Gosh. I don't wanter go to
n- d Sunday school."
Page a Snake
: a-ked 1 ncle Joe how he eujoy< ;
holiday* and he said not much
' ?' had r;:y one fruit jar full and
:l,d to an some of that to a man
'A ' claim.' : he got snake bit when
nl.y k i kt d the skin off his hand
ai.k :.is li //;. rude .Joe
a.'- - that 'he next fell >w who gets
atythivg on him in trie way of
sperm- : a -nake-h.tes will have to
show him tne snake.
Fords First
1 r.e doctors have established a new
rate schedule for operating on people
'A ho ha\ i had w recks. If a man gets
hurt whia driving a 1-horse wagon,
he is ojHoated on for nothing and is
given a bed in the free ward, but tf
>.e gets steveup in a Ford, it cost*
him 2a dollars to be stitched up. and
it" his injuries take place during a
trip in a Packard, his hill will be
?275.DO and hospital charges, how'ver.
it his wreck and trouble find
um in a Rolls-Royce, the examina.
ion is $100.00. and operation is
*12.0.00 and the X-ray picture.- run
up to $200.(Hi and his blood analysis
plays a tune $70.25 an: the laboratory
tee is $- > " and siu- ial nurses
a-r\ tor On (-,j the hospital pulls
teg t IV : o< , f??v 0 1 day S,
.i.i.i (). II:- :r.j:. os wei o noir . v as
-< rn u- ;ho-e nfered ay tin guy
w r" g ' Murt :n the Ford an. went
* * the follow ;i.g Tuesday
\ w man flying from Curt:.-- Field,
i 1., last Friday had tho experience
!' losing the propeller of he- plane it'
midair. .100 fret above the en-th after
flying for an hour. She shut off the
engine and glided to earth and a safe
landing.
ELECTRO L OIL
BURNER
SALES AND SERVICE
PHONE 546
E. G. BURKE
Phimbing and Heating
REPAIR WORK AT
REASONABLE PRICES
( orncr Dekalb and Fhur Streets
i SHE HAS NO FEAR
OF NITROGLYCERIN
Woman Hauls It to Fire-Fighting
Husband.
Anuirtllo, Texas.?tier buhbund'a
duiigetou- vocation Is slimed by Mrs.
Tex TboriHo?, wife of the iuhu who
puts oik Urea In the oil tields by tossing
nitroglycerin into the Humes, lint
she finds no thrill in It.
It Is Mrs. Thornton's Job to tiuul
nitroglycerin to her husband, lieceulI\
she droVe an automobile 800 miles
over rough rouds, carrying 1,501) quarts
' of the explosive. Scores of motorists
! who niiw Mrs. Thornton approuchiug
' abandoned their nutoniobiles and
scurried across the prairie. Hut she
Insisted there was "nothing to make
u fuss about."
Mrs. 1 i.oruton bad to cliunge tlrea
live limes before she delivered the
nitroglycerin to her husband, who vvus
tight log a costly gas fire at Corpus
Christ I
"Mv work Is Just colorless routine,''
she remarked after the perilous trip.
"Me\ has ulI the fun, and 1 envy him.
His work really Is dangerous, and he
accomplishes something. My bit Is
In- leiitul and anybody could do It.-'
I bornton's "fun" consists of <lon
ning an usbestos suit, crawling to the
eiJ-e of a lire cruter and' hurling 50
t'- lot) quarts of nitroglycerin into the
tb iiaes. If several blasts fail to ex I ingi.isli
the lire, lie digs deeper Into Ids
b..g of tricks and gets water and steam
1 io help him.
Mrs. '1 hornton also takes care of
the storage of the family stock of
i i' ogiycerin. While she does not
dr-ad the explosive, she does fear the
e and snakes which she finds in
i storehouse.
> "<e their marriage live years ago
Mf> Thornton has been helping Tex
i-bt the tires. Her hobby is airplanes,
and she longs for the day when her
i.unhand can buy her one.
" ?" -rer*
Man-Made Earthquakes
Aid Railroad Builders
Leningrad, U. S. S. K.?Man-made
earth.juakes, recorded some distance
away upon a simple form of seismograph
weighing only u few pounds,
uie helping ijudsiuu engiueers to survey
the site of the proposed Turkestan
Siberia ruilroad.
lhe method Is to'detonute charges
of explosives underground and to record
the travel of vibrations through
the ground In different directions.
By a minute study of the records so
obtained It is possible to secure data
on the geological formation of the locality.
i lie new seismograph Invented by
Prof. Puul M. Nikiforov, director of
the Physlco-Mnthematlca! Institute of
lhe Russian Academy of Science at
Leningrad, is similar to one recently
invented in the Luited States by Dr.
Joint A. Anderson of the Mount Wilson
observatory u, California Its
main part, the pendulum, Is a small
vertical cylinder ,,f pure gold suspended
a little .dt" center on a ; dr of
line wires.
Win-never there is any vibra* n the
cylinder turns 1,11In prop..; on to
strength of the Mioek. A titty drror
attaeheil r? t - pendulum re:', .-ts a
beam t>: ! ,r i.n a constantly ;> .vatic bg
s|;. t r photographic taper.
Lverv ii.:n of the cylinder, no latter
bow Mn.iil, shifts the liglit spi,: con-itlerah
v and it traces a wavy black
line. >-t'\erjil of the new instruments
are ii<>.v installed at eartii(|iiake staIions
in Turkestan and t'ritnea and
giv e complete stiiisfac tion.
Rock Deflects Drills,
Oil Engineer Finds
iulsa. Dkla. ? Recausc of dellection
of oil-boring tools in underground
strata, it Is a wise oil man who actually
knows where and at what level
his well hits production, II. I', i.owen,
I'ulsa ?> i I engineer believes.
How en says llatl.v that no drill hole
is vertical; and points to the recent
Instance of two offset vvells coming
together at a depth of 2.1 OO feet as
proof.
He has worked out n delleeti?>n fable
which shows that a (J.oo )-foot
hole that strays 2.i degrees from perpendicular
ends up almost |):i|f ;i niile
from its surface location and actually
i- .?ii!y h.-L'L'l feet deep
"As a rule a rotary hole shows the
great. i amount >>f deflection." l'o\vcn
>a\s. "It lias tieen reported that a
' goo foot rotarv hole of the R>>xunu
i'etrideum coij..,ration on being surveyed.
showed a deflecti>>u of degrees
from perpendicular. Actually,
ihen, it whs only about h.O'xi feet
deep."
Britons Must Import
3,700,000,000 Eggs a Year
London? C.real lirltaln consumes
r>.700.0U0,tK?i eggs a year, and native
fowls produce only 2.000.000.00U eggs.
Forty-seven per cent of Britain's
Imported eggff conte from countries
outside lhe British empire. The sum
of money spent for these eggs exceeds
the value of all the motor cars,
motorcycles, cycles and rubber tires
which Britain exports, ^gnd the Imperial
economic council wants some
thing done about It.
Lnglish hens are now laying 100
eggs each annually as against 72 eggs
in the pre-war period, hut their eggs
nr. smaller. Denmark and Chu n are
ID- chief sources of Britain's imported
eggs. It is suggested by the economic
council thai homo-lfli.i eggs
. st .>uld be Identified In such r. r inner
I Huh the public may give them profI
ferinice.
Benjamin N. Duke
Dead in New York
New York, Jan. 8.?'Benjamin N.
Duke, tobacco magnate, philanthropist
and art collector, died early today
at his home here following a
long illness. He wan 74 and fcH
wealth has been estimated in excess
of $60,000,000.
Washington Duke, Southern land
owner, found himself almost impoverished
at the end of the civil war.
He devoted himself to? tobacco raising
and his crop was sold td country
merchants by Benjamin and James
U. Duke, his sons. James H. died a
few years ago. - ..?
From this modest in-ginning, Mr.
Washington Duke was able to move
to Durham, where he started a small
factory. This prospered and when
Washington Duke died he was a
wealthy man.
His sons enlarged upon their inheritance,
inaugurating the manufacture
of cigars by machinery whea
that method of using tobacco first
was introduced. By 1900 the Duke
Brothers had become so important
in the industry that when it was
merged with the American Tobacco
Company, the brothers were reported
to have received $7,500,000 in
securities, and controlled .'JO per cent.
American tobacco stock. James became
president and Benjamin was
treasurer, and a director until the
dissolution of the company in 1911
by order of the United States supreme
court.
Benjamin Duke, born in Orange
(now Durham) county, N. C., April
27. 1^-55, was educated at Guilford
College, N. C., and on February 21,
1877. he was married to Sarah
Peain.n .Angler, of Durham. Two
sons ur.d one daughter were born to
them. George Washington and Angler
Buchanan Duke are both dead.
As the Duke brothers continued to
a mas.-, wealth, they expanded the interest
and founded the Duke Power
Company. iBenjamin also branched
out in railroad, cotton and banking
and was?r- large operator In New
York real estate. In addition to his
homes here and in Durham, he maintained
residence at various times in
T nn/lnn -in Pnrio or?/J ?I7M ~ : J...
? .U % VA AAA A iUl IU44.
Iii 1915 Benjamin Duke was seriously
ill, and again in 1917, both
times with nervous disorders. Several
months ago he again was stricken
and had been ill since.
Benjamin, like his late brother,
gave large sums for educational and
charitable purposes, and his benefactions
to Duke University, formerly
Trinity < liege, and to ^iuilford
( ollege, are said to have exceeded
$1,000,000. He never permitted a
detailed list -f his gifts to become
public.
THK VAI.l ES OF .COWS
Tennes-.ee Bank Estimates Revenue
From Herd of Five
A bank in Dyer county, Tenn., has
figured out what could be bought with
the cash farmers receive if every
farm in that county had just five
cows that produced an average of two
and a half gallons of milk a day for
300 days each year. Here is the list:
Pay every farmer's taxes, both
state and county.
Pay all auto licenses.
Buy two tires for every car.
Get a $-10 kitchen cabinet for every
farm.
Buy a $50 sewipg machine for each
farm.
Buy $;> worth of school, books for
every child.
Buy a $10 suite of furniture for
every farm.
t lothe each farmer and his family
of five.
Get $50 worth of paint for each
farm.
This tabulation does not take into
account the amount to be gained by
the increased soil fertility due to the
u-e^d the manure, nor does it consider
the money that is made through
the sale of raltes.?Gastonia Gazette.
Rickard Leaves Million
New York, Jan. 10.?Tex Rickard
left an estate valued at "over a million,"
Jack Dempsey revealed today
after a conference with lawyers handling
the promoter's affairs. Dempsey
said that the will provides $50,000
in cash And all Rickard's personal
property for the widow, an adequate
bequest for his aged mother with the
remainder of the estate when several
minor bequests are taken care of
going into n trust fund for the young
daughter, Maxine.
It is claimed by the defense attorney
in the case of the state of
Pennsylvania against John Blymer,
who is charged with a "hex" or voodoo
murder at York, Pa., that Blymer
has the body of a man and the
ghost-haunted mind of a child. Blymer
is charged with the murder of
Nelson D. Rehmeyer, 60, farmer recluse
and an admitted powwow doctor.
Aviator Discovers
Fires On His Trips
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 11 -Although an
aviator of parts, Gem Brown hqs the
fireman's instinct.
The pilot of cne of the night air
mail planes out of Atlanta is authority
for the statement that he's
had a number of experiences in
''scaring u;> fires" between here and
Richmond since the Atlanta-New York
route was opened.
His late t oirii was Tuesday morning
at 2 o'clock when he spotted ft
burning farmhouse ten miles west of
Richmond. As on several previous
occasions he dovji his mail wing
plane straight for the building and
skimmed just over it, his motor wide
open and roaring an alarm.
He discovered two other fires in
isolated sections1 of North Carolina
this week and another last week as
he winged his way through the night.
He ran into his first such experience
last summer shortly after the air mail
was established.
"I've scared up quite a few farm
house fires this way since then,"
he suid today shortly after he had
landed the south bound mail from J
Richmond. "You see, flying ul night
and at a high altitude you can see;
the blaze for miles and miles. 1'
can't do anything to put out the fires'
but 1 always fly to the spot and make
a dive down to about 300 feet just
to be sure to wake up anyone who
might be asleep inside."
Death of W. B. Gay
William Blakeney Gay, a brother
in-law of the late J. M. Lowry of
Kershaw, who died last Saturday1
night died at his home in Hartsville,1
Monday. Mr. Guy was a native of
Jefferson, where the remains were!
taken for interment by Ellis Funeral
Home. The deceased is surviv-'
ed by his widow and one daughter,!
Miss Mary Elizabeth Gay, by one
brother, R. Brice Gay, and one sister,
Miss Elizabeth Gay, both of j
JefTerson. Mr. Gay had made his'
home in Hartsville for the past 25j
years. His age was 52.? Lancaster1
News.
A farmer of Jeannette, Pa., re|
cently slaughtered a hog weighing 1,225
pounds. The porker netted 1,109 '
pounds.
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TAX RETURNS j
?? ,
Office of Auditor Kershaw County, I
Camden, S. C., December 11, 1928
Notice is hereby given that the Au-!
ditor s Office will be open for receiving
Tax Returns from January 1st,
1929, to March 1st, 1929. All persons
owning real estate or personal property
must make returns of the same
within said period, as required by
law, or be subject to a penalty of 10
per cent.
The Auditor will attend in person
or by deputy at the following places
in the county on the dates indicated
for receiving returns:
Haley's Mill?January 18th.
Kershaw?January 23rd and 24thWestville?January
25th.
Blaney?January 31st.
AH persons between the ages of 21
and 00 years, inclusive are required
to pay a poll tax and all persons between
the ages of 21 and 50 years,
inclusive are required to pay a Road
tax, unless excused by law. All
Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Administrators
or Agents holding property
in charge must return same.
Parties sending tax returns by mail
must make oath to same before some
officer and fill out the same in proper
manner or they will be rejected,
B. E. SPARROW,
Auditor Kershaw County.
TAX NOTICE
Office of Treasurer Kerafca* rJ
Camden, 8. C.t Sept. l2 iSfl
Notice la hereby given th*?B
books will be opened for tha^fl
tion of State, County and SI
Taxes Xrom October 15th, ^1*9
March 16th, 1029. A penalt?M
per cent will be added to .if M
unpaid January 1st, 1029, j? ' 19
February lat, 1029 and 7 ?J9
March 1st, 1920. **9
The rate per centum for
county ia as followa;
State Taxes, ^9
6-0-1 School,
School Taxes, '['$9
County Taxes, '["|H
Hospital 'V
Constitutional School Tax ?
Deficiency School Tax fl
DeKalb Township jfofj9
Bonds, for DeKalb To*? I
ship only
Dog tax 61.26. All dog owBe??
required to make a return of tfl
dogs to the County Treasurer
required to furnish a license Urjfl
dogs caught without the lice^fl
the owners will be subject toi?
of $6.00 or imprisonment ,lot J
than five days.
The following School fyu9
have special levies:
School District No. 1 ,, .9
School District No. 2 .. '*9
School District No. 3 ,.',;l9
School District No. 4
School District No. 5 ,. , " \9
School District No. 6
School District No. 7 ..'///JH
School District No. 8
School District No. 9 .
School District No. 10 .77^9
School District No. 11
School District No. 12
School District No. 13 ..,'*
School District No. 15 .,.,,9
School District No. 16 .,,*9
School District No. 19
School District No. 20
School District No. 22 ..."9
School District No. 23 ..3.9
School District No. 25 .,.,'9
School District No. 27 . I
School District No. 28 ;
School pjgtrjct No. 2V .....9
School District No. 80 ... , ,,9
School District No. 31 . ,,,J9
School District No. 33 9
School District No. 37 . ,,,,]9
Sehool District No. 38
School District No. 39 ...79
School District No. 40 . ...79
School District No. 41 ....,9
School District No. 42 .....9
School District No. 43 ,|
School District No. 46 ,|
School District No. -47 . rrrr9
The Poll Tax is $1.00.
All abl? bodied male persons f9
the age of twenty-one (21) to 9
(50) years; both inclusive, e*ceDt9
idonts in incorporated towns, ill
pay $3.00 as a road tax except rm9
ters of the gospel actually is chufl
of a congregation, teachers emj)9
ed in public schools, school frusta?
and persons permanently disabled a9
the military service of
persons who served in the lu
tween the States, and all qun&\hfl
sobvice of this state and iH th?
dents who may be attending sd9
or college'fit'the tlrhe'When said to?
tax shall become due. Persons clufl
ing disabilities must present certfl
cate from two reputable physic9
of this county. 1
All information with reference |
taxes will be furnished upon appl?
tion. When inquiring please st?
school distict or township.
S. W. IIOGUM
County Treasure?
CARTER'S SHOE SHOP!
927 South Broad Street I
Let us rebuild your worn d9
Shoes. Complete shoe repair eqfl?
ment. .39
The Standard Hydraulic?
Presser Cementing I
Machine
No Nails. No Stitches. No nwl
tight, stiff Shoes.
Finished with appearance of 9
All Work Guaranteed. t|
H. C. CARTER, PropriM
ROUT. W.MITCH AM
Architect
Crocker Building,
Camden, S. C. (
T. B. BRUCE /
Veterinarian
Day ['hone 30?Night Phone 1L4
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Made in Camden And For Sale By
DeKalb I harmacy?Phone 95
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Camden, S. C.
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h COLUMBIA, S. C.
Automobile
Repairing
We are now prepared
to do all kinds of automobile
repairing. Good
workmanship and moderate
prices.
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Formerly Little'a Garage
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tertainment every evening. Hunting,
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60,000-Acre private hunting preserve, with lodgV
hordes, dogs, guides.
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