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Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Oee McGee, Copyright, 1928. Nebedye Buaineaa N Somehow or other, I have always wanted a job with the highway commission. It looks like it is so easy and soft there, but as none of my kinfolks have ever been elected to the legislature; or landed any other political jobs, I have had to work for a living. *' Uncle Joe's boy, Sammie, got a job with the highway commission once, but he got tired of a job that made him go to work at 8 a. m., so he quit. Sammie was on the line painting crew's payroll. That is, he was paint brush holder for the 0 fellows that painted the lines on the curves in the middle j)t paved roads. There were only 9 men in this crew. . .* Painting those lines is no easy job, if you but don't know. Sammie said it was hard work. This crew consisted of a painter and 2 assistant painters, and a paint brush toter, and a paint stirrer, and n line druwer, and 2 coffte traps, (one ut each end of the line to be marked to keep traffic from running over anybody in its hurry to get to the picture show), und one water boy, and 3 bosses. Of course, there are other hard jobs in tho highway department. The repair crew is not what it irt-^cmcked uj> tq. be. A repair crew is composed of a Ion truck and 5 men that stay about 2 miles frorp a pile of dirt that is being loaded onto tho Raid truck by 5 more men urul brought to them to he unloaded in the little washed places on the side of the road. The truck is run by a truck driver and his 3 assistants, and a crank turner is always curried along' too. i Who knows hut what tho electric starter might give out any moment? Then there are other difficult places that must he filled,?the license plate detectives, the sign 1 rectors, and the folks in the office I that work all through IJecuinbor and J January getting the tags out to tho j owners of cars so's they won't he ar- I rested too soon. Then there's bridge j inspectors and mud-holt* fillers and j thousands of other risky jobs that j must be run by men who believe in high taxes. Running a highway -thwartment J ain't no baby business. It doesn't j cost much over a dollar a square yard to keep a dirt road in good repuir for (5 months, but a paved road will stay O. K. for 3 or 1 years if the big busses and trucks (freight haulers) don't wear it out speeding, therefore, it is possible that all roads ought to be paved, and they can be paved by raising the gasoline tax to 23 cents, making the tax and the gasoline cost the same thing. Yes, sir ree. I'm for good roads, and if I had my way, I'd never be embarrassed by being pulled out of the miry-clay by some farmer who happens to have a pair of mules handy. The June Bug The June bug is an insect according to geography, and his principle business is juning. He has no particular profession or avocation, nor bus he ever been accused of destroying crops. The only crime that has ever been laid to his door is the crime of butting somebody in the face during his passage from one juning place to another. My favorite toy when I was a small boy was a June bug and a string. Nothing gave me more joy than a June bug with a long string tied to one of his hind leg.-, and while engaged in the pastime of humming around at the end of that string, his music excelled tho song of the mocking bird and the harmonious chirp of the cricket. Except for t'hirstmas and Santa Claus, I looked forward to the coming,.of the June bug more than any other event during the year. I taught my June, bugs to play such tunes as Turkey in the Straw and Fishers' Horn-Pipe. 1 was the only person in the crowd that understood June bug music, and the others were so dumb, they couldn't even tell when the aforesaid bug switched from one melody to another. I feel sorry for folks that ain't got an ear trained to insect music. 1 always kept 3 or 4 first-class June bugs about me during the summer. If one of my June bugs ever became rampant and pulled so hard at his leach that he amputated the leg to which it was tied and Hew away, all in the world I had to do was to feel in my britches pocket and fetch forth another one. I saved all of the June bug legs that pulled out ami I remember once that I had 5U June bug legs to my credit by the middle of Jul>, and the boy nearest to me had only 14 at the same time. No June bug ever got away from me if I got sight or wind of him. I have chased an old June bug for miles, but when he got ready to light, he landed right in my hands. They all got to the place where they'll know me and as soon Us I made a dive at one, he'd lie down on his back and poke his left hind leg up for me to tie him. I have mistook other bugs for June bugs, but a fellow with a keen nose like I had generally let the wrong bug go mighty quick, as a June bug does not smell that-a-way. In place of June-bug amusement now among the small boys, they resort to Fords and Chevrolets and cigarettes and galloping around with the girls that ain't got no clothes on to speak of. TTTTnTnTTnTTHTTTTTTTTTITTIflH WTTTT1TT1MIIVMMBBMB PAINS 1 In Side and Back I **I HAD BKBN mlMrtbl* I for a long time. My health waa poor, and I suffered a lot from weakness. At times, j my strength waa so little that I oould not stand on my feet. I would have to give up and go to bed. My sides and back hurt dmnrifullv. "I grew discouraged, for I oould i do so little. I worried about myI self, and almost gave up hope of i ever being strong and well. I I could scarcely lift a bucket of | water. My house work went undone, for I was not strong enough to do It. "After I had taken Oardui flbr a little while, I began to fleet better. I grew stronger, eocm found that I oould do my work with lees effort, and the peine in my beck and aidee left em. I think Carded Is a wonderful medicine. My health has been excellent since then."?Mrs. D. Lb Becknar, W. Main St, Salem, Va. CARDUI Helps Woman To HoaHti I Tako Tti Oxford's Black-Draqabt for ConfttpAtioiL Icd^'oflisiL flllloii#* dm*. Coot* otilj 1 centikdoee. _ -* ? i i ; Man Insults Woman; , Beats Him to Death Georgetown, Tenn., May 24.?A 25 year old farm girl unconcernedly picked strawberries in her father's held today aft?r avenging the advances of Lee Atchley by clubbing him to death in his grocery store. The girl entered the store late yesterday and is said to have tied when Atchley, whom witnesses said, apparently had been drinking, mode improper advaifces to her. She returned a few moments later with the spoke of a wagon wheel, beat him into insensibility, and left him lying in a pool of blood. Atchley died at his home this morning without regaining consciousness. A coroner's inquest intj> the attack probably will be held tomorrow. Meanwhile the officers in the sheriff's office in Decatur, county seat of Meigs county, said no~Warrant had been issued for the girl's arrest, and that no action would be j taken until the coroner's jury hud returned its verdict. Atchley is survived by his widow, and two children. The girl's father operates a small farm where the girl worked most of the day in a strawberry patch. Georgetown is located in the mountainous section of southeastern Tennessee, only a few miles from Dayton, which was made famous by the Scopes evolution trial several years ago. The little village has neither railroad, telephone nor telegraph lines. The nearest communication in at j Decatur, the county seat of Meigs county. Big Bank MergerCharleston, May IK.? The merger of the ten low-country and Pee Dee banks under the name of the People's j State Bank of South Carolina was completed here today at a meeting of officials of the member organizations. The new hank has resources of $.">,000,000, is capitalized at $500,000 and has a surplus of $100,000. R.-Godwyn Khett is chairman of the board of directors and It. Goodwyn lthett, Jr.r js president. The banks, and the five branch offices which they operate, are located in the following towns and cities: Columbia, Dillon, Georgetown, Kingstree, Johnsonville and Greeleyville branches; Monck's Corner, Saint Stephens, Manning, Saint George, Hampton, Estill and Ehrhardt, Lamar ami Darlington. SUMMUMS r OK KCl.IKr State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (In Court of Common Pleas) R. B. Klliott, PlaintitT. vs Fannie Mack, John Mack and L. B. Helton, Defendants. To The Defendants Above Named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith Moved upon you. and to >erve a copy of your answer to the >aid complaint on the subscribers at their office in Camden, S. C. within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court | for the relief demanded in the complaint. KIRKLAND and KIRKLAND, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Camden, S. C.. April 17, 1029. To The Defendant John Mack: You will please take notice that the Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County on the 19th day of April, A. D. 1929. KIRKLAND and KIRKLAND. Plaintiffs Attorneys. 6 6 6 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It is the most speedy remedy known. . * I III ' ? ? " - ?? LANCASTER NEWS NOTES Happening* of Interest a* Told By The Netri of That Town A large white mulberry tree was blown down in a storm several days ago at Mrs. J. M. Yoder's on Oak Pale Farm, Van Wyck. 8mall damage was done but spectator* were interested when workmen who cut the tree up found a chain several fret long that had grown inside it. On investigation it was remembered that it was to this tree that the watch dog, "Old Brqoks" was kept tied, 1t>y this owner, John Lee Tillman, father of Mrs. J. M, Yoder. This ha* been over. 50 years ago and the chuin had made the tree an easy victim of the storm. The old watch dog which spent the night baying at the moon has passed with the good old days of long ago. A young negro man, apparently about 26 years of age, who*e name was given as Will Crawford, from Virginia, was instantly killed by hav*, ing his neck broken, late Tuesday afternoon, when the car in which he was riding, turned over on the Charlotte highway at Twelve Mile Creek. A blowout caused the car to turn over and the accident, Crawford's neck was broken and he died .instantly. Two other occupants of the cur escaped with minor hurts and one was uninjured. The dead man was employed by Aroh Barron on the highway grading work now being done on No. 26. John Dunlap, a negro about lit) years of age, shot and seriously i wounded his wife, Pearl, late Tues- j day evening on the Charlotte high- i way near Lee's chapel. It appears to ; have been the outcome of a family j row. Pearl is a daughter of Jessie Jones who lives on the O. H. Bell place and seems to have left her ' husband. Tuesday afternoon abou- ; sundown. Dunlap crawled up thjroug i , a hedge on the roadside und shot his wife with a shotgun from ft distance of about twelve o f fifteen feet, the ' load taking effect in the woman's right hip. She was removed to the i home "! Joe Foster, who lives near- j by, and a physician was summoned from town, Her wounds were at first thought to be serious, but , at present her condition has improved and she will no doubt recover. Dun- j lap escaped after the shooting and up , to the present time has not been apprehended. Mary Alice Harper, the twelveyear-old daughter of Jas B. Harper of the Oak Ridge section, sustained a bad cut on the right foot Tuesday afternoon. In jumping down from a loft a cradle blade hearby' was jarred from its position in such a way that the little girl's foot struck the blade with such force that the right heel was almost severed. The child suffered from loss of much blood end wes on Wednesday taken to the Ward hospital. A carv belonging to B, B. Horton, parked on Kim street in front of the residence of Mrs. J. 8. Wilson while Mrs. Horton was visiting at the home of Mrs. Wilson, on Tuesday afterupon, began to move down the steep incline of the street est this point, while no one was in the car, ran into the porch of a brick bungalow across the street, belonging to W. 8. Langley, and damaged one of the pillars. No one was hurt. MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (Court of Common Pleas) * The Federal Lund Bank of Columbia, Plaintiff, against Karl Koseboro, M. C, Team, James H. Clyburn, Trustee for James Cl^burn Team, Cynthia Team, B. <i. Team, John W. Team, Melita Team, Stephen C. Team and Susan Team and Elbinger Shoe Manufacturing Company, Southern Bargain House, Batteral Shoe Company, Beasley Shoe Company, American Agricultural Chemical Company, International Agricultural Corporation, George E. Cope, ProctorGamble Distributing Company and the Wateree National Farm Loan Association, defendants. Under and by virtue of an order of court made in the above entitled case and dated the 27th day of April, 1929, the Master for Kershaw County I will offer for sale at public auction | before the Kershaw County Court House door, Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the 1st Monday being the 3rd day of June, 1921), the following described i real estate. "All the piece, parcel or lot of land situate lying and being in the state I of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, fronting South on the National Highway between Camden and . Columbia and lying at Twenty-Five Mile (reek and Horse Pen Creek, being composed of several tracts containing ?in the aggregate Seven Hundred and Thirty-Four (734) . terror and- bounded" OTT tTuTNorth?by Twenty-Five Mile Creek; East' by lands of Clark, Bauni and Porter; South by Highway above mentioned, by lands of Gerald and of Wood; On the West by lands of Gerald and of Wood. The above described tract of land is composed of tracts Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the subdivision of the lands of the estate of J. C. Rollings as shown by plat of W. B. Twitty, surveyor, of date September 1911 and of record In the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Plat Book 4 page 9. The said tract of land is the same conveyed to the mortgagors by deed of L. R. Rollings et al dated October 10th, 1918 and of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book @m5c 1 G^frrOUW^ | '"9 You may serve Cascade to the ycmnftwa without any fear of deranging delicate stomach*, for ginger ale, you know, u considered the moat I wholesome carbonated beverage one can drink. The fact that it is so generally used in ho*? pitak and sick rooms is ample assurance that it jl contains nothing harmful or indigestible. Served between meals, or when chiMrtn \ come home from school, it is the most deiigha> I fui and refreshing appetizer they can drinlu j Btty It In the 64>ottU "hospitality" cartM from j your nearest grocer, druggist and delicatessen foe j JO cent*. Kiep at least one cartonful In the r? H frigerator all the time, another In the pantry for \ unexpected needs. ^ j ; CASCADE GINGER ALE 5c, PLUS S. C. STATE TAXW CAROLINA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. 1 "A W" page 20. One-fifth (1-5) of the accepted bid to be paid in Cash and the balance on credit, payable in six (6) equal annual installments, with interest thereon at seven (7) per centum per annum and secured by a mortgage or mortgages of the premises on the part of the purchaser; provided that the purchaser shall have the right when complying with the terms hereof, to pay in cash the whole or any part of the credit ' portion of the purchase price. That the Master will require the successful bidder to deposit at oafl with him the sum . of two hundrfl I ($200.00) dollars, either in cash 9 I by certified check, the same to be im plied on the bid should there be compliance with the same; but show there be a failure to do so, then? shall be forfeited to the plaintiff ufl the premises resold on the same the next convenient salesday the9 after upon the same terms and 'such bidders risk. 1 w. jl. DePASS JR., 1 Master Kershaw County. 1 May 14, 1929. I At h" Sign nf TIIK Dlt \NCK DISC If a Husky had the Speed of a Greyhound / T< HE modern, high - compression, high-speed motor demands an oil that will stand up under the excessive heat generated nnd v>' will function as near perfectly as is humanly possible under the conditions prevalent in today's motors, d. The problem has been to secure in one oil the best qualities of the finest paraffine and naphthene crude oils. 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