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Nobody's Business - *?_ , Written for The Chronicle by Ooe McGee, Copyright. 1028. PICNICS There ere two kind* of picnic*, vizzly: one is held' out in the woods, i where there are 99.000,000 chiggers j and the other is held out in the woods { where there ere 99,000,000 million j chiggers. I have elweys enjoyed ( picnics, both before and after. I use-1 ter have a girl that was such'' a good girl she'd let me pii'h most ell of her ' chiggers off, but some sulphur was used on those that were herd to get. 1 There Is generally a lot of love made at a picnic. I made a little1 bit too much of it once, and 1 thoujfht for a while that I was going to get married, but we finally fell out about the dress she wore one Sunday which I said didn't fit her, and she never spoke to me thereafter, so I got out matrimony on account of that dress. She turned out all right though, but how she manages to take care of 11 younguns is more than I can fathom, and I am a great fathomer when it comes to matters appertaining to domesticity ansoforth. There are all kinds of people who go to picnics, but after all, they can be divided into two classes, as follows: One kind takes a basket full of good food, and the other kind forgets to take even a basket, but just goes along with Uncle Joe and Aunt Minervy. The crowd that' never fetches anything along always seems to do the most eating and I have seen^ them eat from one end of the table to tfhe other end and half way back in less than 5 minutes. Old Mrs. Huckston made it a point On all picn^Wrasions to take u great big basket along, but the only thing that 1 ever saw her extract therefrom was a loaf of bread, and mebbe a potato custard, but just as soon as j the victuals were spread out, she'd get her u plate and heap it knee high with the choicest things in sight and then fill a gobbler full of tea, and take herself off to one side and sit down in the shade and eat and eat till she got red in the face and bloat ed in the stummick. How she lived through so many picnics has always been a mystery to me. But excusing chiggers, picnics are wonderful. LET ME PAY FOR THESE Uncle Joe heard that I was planning to take a trip to Washington, and he sent me word that he would like to go along with me and agreed to furnish Jtol of the water my radiator might need and all the wind my tires required during the entire journey, and further informed me that he wanted to borro\v enough money from me to pay his hotel bills and his : coca cola and goober expenses while , away from home, and assured me that I1 he would pay me back when he sold | hit flrat bale of cotton this fall. I am giving the matter Mriout consideration. Uncle Jo# made a trip about 2 years ago with me. He owed me. 147.50 when we got back home, and 1 was promised his first bale of cotton that Mongt}t to be ready for the market in October/' He owed 3 bales for rent., and he had gtVeu the livery stable man a mortgage for 5 more bales, and he had 3 other mortgages on record calling for eight additional bales. He lacked 3 hickory nuts and two walnuts making the rent, and if he's ever thought of that debt since, 1 have not heard of it< I am sure he thinks I have forgotten it. After Uncle Joe is sure that.pome-! body else has done paid for the picture show tickets, he makes a strong move for the ticket window and begs to be allowed to "set up" the crowd. He's the same way at the soda fountain. Jie stands around as quietly as a mouse sipping his drink, looking out the door with a serious wrinkle in his forehead and a bent expression in his eyes, but when ho realizes that some one has planked down the cash for the refreshments, he seems terribly hurt because he was denied the pleasure of parting with a few cents of his very plentiful pocket change. Uncle Joe says that he expects to borrow some money from a bank in a nearby town pretty soon. He stated that the banker had promised to let him know about 5 Tuesdays ago but when he went back then, the man said to call the following Tuesday, and Uncle Joe has called on him every Tuesday for u long time. He says he perhaps misunderstood what Tuesday the banjker was talking about. He intimated that if a few more Tuesdays come and go that the money he needs won't be needed, as he's liable to starve to death before the man's Tuesdays have been exhausted. My opinion is?Uncle Joe's collateral ain't what it ought to be, so Tuesdays are pretty good excuses. The site of the old home of A- A. McLean at Franklin and York streets in Gastonia has been bought by the Standard Oil company for a filling station for $25,000 and the house be moved. , When William S. Fortner, clerk of a New York hotel was murdered by gunmen, his father took a hearse from Clinton, N. C., to New York and brought the body back home in order that it might be buried in his native soil. The hearse was driven 700 miles and when it arrived mud spattered attracted much attention in the metropolis. I.ad Goes Free. Frankfort, Kv., June 27.?The case of 6-year-old Carl Newton Mahan, slayer of his playmate appeared yesterday to have been written off the books, with the boy back where he was before a jury convicted him and i judge sentenced him to remain in he state reform school until he is 2! /ears old. J. W. Cammack, state ittorney general, to whom local prosecuting authorities at Paintsville, where the boy was convicted, left inal decision on an appeal, announced lis department has completed a study >f the case. While Mr. Cammack made no further statement, it was jnderstopjl on good authority that he will take no action. This leaves the ooy in the custody of his parents, Mr. ind Mrs. John Mahan, in their Paints/ille home, protected from imprisonment by a writ of prohibition issue by Zircuit Judge J. S. Bailey. The belief was generally expressed both here \nd at Painstville, however, that there would be no further procedure. JULY FARM CALBNDAR. Thing* To Be Bone Thin Month, A* Outlined By Clemeon. Agronomy. Side-dress corn with readily available form of nitrogen when kneehigh. Plant feed crops to prevent the necessity of pulling fodder. Plant soybeans or cowpea* wherever possible. Cultivate crops frequently and not too deep. Cut all weeds before they produce seed. Horticulture. * Sow bush Lima beans, bush snap beans, and turnips about July 16th, for fall crops. For fruit available for foadside sale have a neat house and attractive 'grounds to encourage customers to top and buy. Plant second crop of Irish potatoes ?Lookout Mountain variety. Transplant tomatoes in late July. Plant Ruta Bags turnips in late July and early August. Transplant collards in late July, setting them as deep as the stems will allow. Dig turnips, narcissus, dry them out, and plant again in late Septem1 ber. Plant Diseases. Spray apple trees with Bordeaux to save fruit from bitter rot. Put two Bordeaux applications or. cantaloupes to check downy mildew. Spray tomatoes weekly with a 4-4-50 Bordeaux for leaf spot. Dpn't allow any fallen fruit to remain under fruit trees this year. . Keep the garden free of weeds and grass. This is the best and easiest way to fight diseases. Get rust-resistant beans for the fall crop. Watch tobacco field for any unusual diseases and report them to Clemson College. Entomology. Spray . with nicotine sulphate (Black Leaf 40) or dust with nicotine lust to destroy plant lice. Destroy polk weed about cotton fields to avoid red spider infestations. Clean up and burn dead and dying limbs in orchard to prevent shot-hole borer. Control Mexican bean beetle by dusting with undiluted magnesium arsenate or calcium arsenate one part and hydrated lime eight parts. Protect canteloupes from pickle worm by duKing at ten-day interval* with calcium arsenate one part and superfine sulphur fire parts. Animal Husbandry. Turn the ram with the swes early i this month. Turn sheep on fresh pastures and have them gaining flesh for the breeding season. Sell late lambs through local markets. Use soybean forage for hogs. Keep pregnant sows gaining slightly in flesh. Treat spring pigs for cholera if not already done. ? i?Treat unthrifty pigs for worms. Provide shade, fresh water, and suit for all livestock. Dairying. (jive cows a small amount of grain daily and they will pay for it by an increased flow of milk after calving. Watch the pustifyes. If they begin to dry up, use hay as a supplement, Keep the young stock grdwing. There may be some prospective show heifers for fall fairs. Ship cream at least three times per week during the hot weather. See that cows have shade during the middle of the day. Make plans for seeding some alfalfa this fall. Your cows will appreciate your interest in their feed supply. , | Destroy the brewing places of flies. Poultry. Keep mash before laying hens. Watch the flock* for worms, lice, mites, etc. Cull the hens which have quit lay- . ing. Provide shade for growing birds. Peed the pullets plenty of grain. Avoid too early laying. Make arrangements to secure cockerels for next season. __ ' Governor Richards ordered home the infantry stationed at Ware Shoab mill, leaving there a machine gun c.impany which the sheriff said was all that is necessary to keep the [ peace. The soldiers still on duty nuber 43, and the mill is running full time. A wife sued for divorce in Augusta, Ga., by her husband, Dr. William S. Lynch, filed a demurrer that he is not a resident of that state and as evidence produced tfle roll book of the Democratic club of Lake City where he voted in the primary last year and the rule of the party that such voter must be a resident of this state. % Poisoner of Girl Wife Indicted For Murder Texarkana, Ark.-Texas, June 29.^Ocie Nix, self-confessed poisoner of his girl wife, was indicted for murder by a special session of the Bowie (jounty grand jury. Nix was returned to the county jail at New Boston tonight, fromosome point outside the county to which he had been taken secretly in fear of | mob violence, officers said. They believed danger of mob violence had ' subsided with prospects of a speedy 4.rial.? In the same jaii was Chester Peavy, 25, another Bowie county farmer arrested Sunday night and being held pending report of a chemist on the viscera of his wife, whose body was exhumed Sunday, following her death under unusual circumstances. The viscera of Mrs. Peavy, sent Sunday night, had not been received at the laboratory late Monday afternoon. Sudden death of Mrs. Peavy Thursday morning following convulsions and her burial the same day aroused suspicions of her father, Kd HutchiiS son, at Spring Hill, a little comnms.B ity 15 miles from Malta, near whqfl Mrs. Nix was stricken jind jr^hltedfl his request for an investigation. TIM | youthful husband and his father ifl mitted she died suddenly and undcfl strange circumstances and could ufl account for the cause. She was ufl ' attended by a physician. Peavy had taken out insurant his wife a few months ago, office?. I learned, payment of which was hdfl up pending the investigation. [ '[) Physicians who worked in autopsieH. of both Mrs. Nix and Mrs. Peavy ifl clnred that conditions found in b?~ bodies were similar. The South Carolina Federation? Labor at its convention at Sparat? burg asked the legislature to est? lish a state department of labor, t? alleged that had there been such I department, most of the recent stritfl trouble could have been avoidt? Speakers charged that the depart! inent of agriculture, commerce and industry now existing fails utterly til enforce the labor laws now on the! statute books. i ija I [H|^^^VHM|H| Wjmm*?Z~~*,??iw^toh. w? wttl m^m^% 1M*u-toc, TUMld #1.25.<w*fl ^^17 4I-M? w7 PMtl M %^5W ,UI I p??-asc -_j . : .::! WE Kir KM) RATES."""- 1 To Mountain and Seashore Resorts. 1 Sold every Friday and Saturday. Good returning following Tuesdays. AT VERY LOW KA'l KS. j Consult Ticket Agents. ! SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. I ? ?A | Badly j ; j Ron-Down l!-! flj Wgm m?a y?1 R 1 | ? j hM not mUmo wall, and if < t/l WM wii\ and mat- W i lift kw. I dragged jtt ,2T? I around the doom R j// { uH with not enough N lot, and thle fy/1 u dUturbed atate of 4 X mind reacted on xuy health. {f 'f "I had often road of CarduL l St ao I thought I would try it I A C JX had taken Cardui for a while. /, 1 jtLr "Tt waa aetoniahing how 4 ) | CK much I picked up. 1 slept bet- W iff tar, my appetite improved, and II JS that awful dragging-down feel- m| i Js **I wae ao much better that H X I continued taking Cardui un- pjl A Cardui hae been ueed by M CARDUI ?B Helps Women HI |1 To Health ffj ]\{ Take The4ford*a Blaefc-Draught|R| flMlU f?r Oonetlpetlen. Indlgeetloo uaiJ USBTQ and BUlouaneea t , ^ nTOBM NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSB8 Made in Camden And For Sale By DnfeaHr Pharmacy?Phone 95 4 ?. * Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for t- nwar i of vacant Scholarships in \N throp t'ollege and f<>r admlssl of new studei ts will he held at cry County Courthouse m the Stat- >n Friday, .July and Saturday. . y 6 at 0 a. m. This examination a.11 be held whether there are vacant Scholar- | ships or not, as vacancies may occur after the examination. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 5, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, providing they meet the conditions governling the award. All who wish [Scholarships should attend the examination, whether there are vacancies reported or not. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Kinard before the examination for Scholarship blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. For further information and catalogue, address President J. P. Kinard, Rock Hill, South Carolina. SEASHORE EXCURSIONS *J_ Every Sunday to September 1st 1929. $2.25 Round Trip Camden t< Charleston. Good going Sunda> morning trains. Good returning earl> morning trains Mondays. Consul' Tteket Agents. 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