The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 31, 1929, Image 2
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.
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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. _
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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.
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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
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G^frrOUW^ |
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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
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