The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 05, 1929, Image 6
Nobody's Business
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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