Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Nobody's Business Mtten fo* The Chronicle by G#e rri IcGec, Copyright, 1928/ The Farmer A# farmer is the beckbone of the ,untry hut he is treated like a giz^ He gets *11 the kuocka, half ? kicks, and two-thirds of the ,mpa. His rights extend only from yt barnyard to the line fence. His is heard by the hogs and none ^ He lives hard from year to <r?hoping, and finally dies hard, >pel?ss. He is the victim of every parasite om the goober bug to the politi>jJi While he's fighting the boll *vil, the corn borer eats up his rn. Before he can kill the potato g the bean weevil has cleaned up i bean crop and moved on. The ,|W destroyed his garden truck i the crows peck big holes in his ,|ons and his wife is so busy try, to raise a dozen younguns, she ftr Has time to patch the seat of over-alls. [|e is taxed to support colleges tt his sons can't attend. If he Ids a crib or out-house, the tax essor sees it and writes it down. f can't hide his investments as the i man does.) He helps to build d roads for the tourist, but he jes through the mud and hops jss ditches to get from his house town. H he happens to sit on a bench He day when the ground is too wet Hlow, he is a loafer. If he ramH up the highway in an old Ford, H cussed becttuse he is not at home Hug fodder. He is called shiftless Hn he has to ask for a little cred r borrow a little money to meet Hmergency. He is always picturHearing a straw in his mouth? H straws are worn any more. j Hhen he needs rain the sun shines Hvice versa. A drought ruins his H and burns up his pastures. He Hs for rain in July and gets it in Hber. What little he produces in of cotton, corn, potatoes, I H ansoforth, is sold at the other S^Bws prices and weights. If he plains, he's a growler, if comtwicev he's arrested, and if he His for justice, he's sent to the H tariff protects him against ^Ho;i decent living?because it ! HMvv steel and leather goods combs, and keeps the price , stuff down below the cost of | H&on. The only friend the fari Hki is his wife, and 'she's geni flH so over-worked, she makes a ^^ tompanion. Nobody knows but ^Hfarmcr what the difference beH existing and living is: he the t<inner from experience jHhe latter from observation. j I Recited lor Bravery -Teat-uncle was a brave man. ^ftarne was Bill, but they called 'ilium fur short, that is?WilHverk. Ik* got killed at the bat| I bull Run. He took sleeping H" and the bull ran over him. Her. he shot the bull several H before the demise, that is? Hmise. not the bull's. He, the flsiCK. AT HIS 1 J STOMACH m j 1*1 was suffering from N tomach trouble, in 1917," Bfl Nelson, a Jwuau ^ enjp^ a tightness chest, Wedd*vom^" gave up cam? H it in small doses N ^^*^^d^went*ba<SPto H ~ I ^*13 ' -i * Sj^L Uiicle Bill did tomo aerial fighting: h? climbed a tree once and brought down a mule and wounded 2 other yankee*. He liked night-fighting the Wt of nil: he hated to see men fall. He was under Lee once. I** was upstairs and he was down. He remembered Stonewall Jackson. He heard of him before Appomattox. That uncle of mine was fine with a rifle. At the battle (during whicn he became a martyr) he hit the bull's eye 13 times out of six opportunities. The bullets rebounded in some | eases and returned to the target. He I didn't wait to be drafted: after they located his cave, he volunteered like a man, and left his wife and 7 children with her father's people, where they had been ever since they, meaning him and his wife, were married. Uncle Bill first saw service at Harper's Ferry. He was on a hill a few miles back with a spy-glass, but they finally caught him. He was handy at cards, and enjoyed molasses, very much indeed when he couldn't get meat w.ith his hard tack. He became famous for his feet shortly aftei his arrival at the training canrip. He was the only soldier there that had to go barefooted. The government didn't furnish any shoes back then larger that a No. 14. Uncle Bill never wrote home. He lost his pencil at Anti-eatum. H^. was dipping it in his mouth when a minnie-ball passed over and he swallowed it. He was a fatalist from beginning to end. He knew if a bullet was intended for him, it would get him sooner or later, and that's why he joined the Baptist church. His favorite hymn was "Hide Me.and Keep Me Safe." He used the "ditto" form of prayer. After some good, pious soldier had prayed a nice long prayer Uncle Bill would say, "Ditto Lord," and turn over and go to sleep. Uncle Bill's remains were never brought home. After the bull ran over him, it was hard to identify him as his feet were badly mashed. He i had swapped his identification tag for a twist of tobacco at the Battle of the Wilderness; he couldn't chew a tag. All of his fine kinfolks got into the U. D. C.'s because of him. Hurrah for Uncle William Kerk! Austrian Pea Seed Hard To Get. Clemson College, Sept. 7.?That Austrian winter field pea seed are extremely scarce is apparent from the fact that it has not been possible to secure for either immediate or future delivery sufficient seed for planting on the college farm and experimental plots. It appears that this shortage is due to crop failure in Europe and the difficulty of commerce with the countries of Central Europe where most of the seed planted in this country are produced, explains Dr. T. S. Buie, chief agronomist here, who says that the great demand for seed is testimony to the regard in which the crop is held rightly by the farmers of South Carolina. Failure to secure the Austrian peas should not prevent farmers from planting winter legumes, however, Dr. Buie urges. The present price of hairy vetch seed is very favorable, although the indications are that it will increase. This crop seeded in cotton middles or with oats or rye makes an excellent crop. If planted alone, 25 to 80 pounds of seed should be used per acre, while if rye or oats is added the quantity may be reduced somewhat. Britisher Breaks Speed Record^ Rye, Isle of Wight, Sept. 7.?A flying bridegroom on a silver comet of a seaplane hurtled to victory for Great Britain in the race for the Schneider trophy today, establishing a 'new average speed for the 218-mile course of 328.63 miles an hour, which is just a bare fraction under five and onehalf miles a minute. This is an improvement of 60 miles an hour over the speed record by which Great Britain won the last Schneider trophy race at the Lido, Venice, two years ago. The victorious British pilot was Flying Officer H. R. D. Waghorn; royal air force pilot and a bridegroom of only two months. He* is the only married man among the six? daring British and Italian high speed pilots who today risked their necks for the sake of science and speed supremacy in the seven circuits of the course marked out over the solent, between England and the Isle of Wight. Marries at Foarteen. Rutherfordton, N. C., Sept. 7.? Miss Dora Mao Poole, aged 14, of near Harris, was married Wednesday to ?ptim Waddell, aged 21, of Virginia, by S quire R. R. Henson, at his home near Harris. The bride's father gave bis written consent to the marriage. This is the youngest bride knoftm here in some time. > ' a?^ggag?gg RECORD IIOI.OKU KII.I.KI) j IMiev* That Solo Kndurmic? Flyer Went to Sleep In Air, Cleveland, Aug. 31.?Pilot Thomas Keid of Downey, Calif., broke the world'* airplane solo endurance record here today and then lost his life while continuing hia flight to earn bonuses to pay for ? honeymoon. Hia plane crashed into a tree, and he was killed probably instantly. Juse before Keid came to the national air races here, he and his sweetheart in California were married. The day after the wedding the flier set out for Cleveland, where he saw an opportunity to earn enough money to pay for a happy wedding trip, by exceeding the solo record. Keid was to get $100 for every -hour ho remained in the air after he had passed the old record. "Watch me go," he had told fellow fliers here. "Each $100 means that much longer for the honeymoon." And so, Pilot Keid, n husband of only a few days took off in an Emsco plane with a Wright whirlwind motor and a large supply of gasoline at 1:04 Thursday morning. Hack and forth over t^e Cleveland airport, Keid circled his plane hour after hour. Every trip seemed to bring him that much closer to his bride and their honeymoon. But Keid was in error. Every circuit of hi$ course only brought him that mubh closer to death. At 36 minutes last midnight last night, he equalled the solo record of 36:56:36 set^by Lieut. Herbert J. Fuhy, May 29 at Ix)s Angeles. Then Reid piloted his plane away from the airport. A few hours later a search was started, and at daybreak the plane was found. The need of sleep had overcome him, and he had crashed. The pilot's happy hopes for a honeymoon had ended in death. Wild Women. Residents of the little town of Taylorsville, Miss., became excited overthe reported appearance of a wild woman in the vicinity. A searching party was organized and a hundred men spent a full day beating the woods and swamps adjacent to the town. The wild woman hunt ended in failure. From the outset the hunters were doomed to disappointment. The eagle's nest is not to be located in the peaceful valley, nor the daisies of the field plucked from barren rocky peaks. There is a place for everything. The Taylorsville hunters searched in the wrong place. Neither swamp nor forest is the habitat of wild women. They prefer the hurly-burly qf the congested centers. The cities are filled with them.?Birmingham News. Windmill Is Cheap Power. Clemson College, August 31.?How can I have "these in my home? This was a frequent question- asked by visitors to the home equipment exhibits on display during Farmers' Week, says J. T. McAlister, extension agricultural engineer. As usual most of the appliances were driven with electricity, which means that few farm homes can use them at present. "But it is possible for farhis not supplied with electric current to use either the small gas engine, hydraulic ram, or windmill for pumping water," continued Mr. McAlister. "The gas engine requires frequent attention and is not always satisfactory, while the ram is limited to special water and stream conditions, but nearly any farm can make good use of a windmill for pumping water. "It is now possible to get windmills equipped with ball and roller bearings, which means that they will function with less wind velocity. The average wind velocity for South Carolina is from five to eight miles per hour. A mill with a 10- or 12-foot wheel should run and have enough power to pump water under such conditions. The fir-q cost, which is not large, is the only expense, and if a large tank !> provide*! to carry j over calm periods a dependable source of water supply is provided. Towers should be high enough to get the wheel above anything that will retard the wind. The tank can b> mounted on the same tower under the wheel. "The pump cylinder should be smaller than usual so that the mill will pump at a low wind velocity. A wheel eight feet in diameter, driven by a seven-mile wind, operating f. pump with a 1 7-8 inch cylinder, will lift" water 1 f>0 feet and deliver it at the rate of 75 gallons per hour." Woman Died of Injuries. Charleston, Sept. 5.?As a result of injuries received Monday morning in a wreck near Ridgeville, Mrs. E. p. Roland of Springfield died at a hospital here last night. . Mr. Boland suffering from a broken collar bone, was reported as recovering satisfac torily * . - ir? rt'KK BRED HI LL. ] Will Determine Future Value of Herd On the Farm*. CU'inson College, Sept. if.?The herd which replaces any group of cows of mixc.l blood, grade, or purebred, w ill be the result of the wisdom used in the choice of a herd bull, says .1. 1*. LftMaster, head of the dairy division, in commenting on the fact that as fall comes on many farmer# begin to think of getting dairy bulls to head their herds, "The vttIf crop of next year will carry f.u per cent, of the inheritance j from the hull selected this year; and in t wo or three years another bull i w\? he needed, and the following calf j crop will carry 50 per cent, of the inheritance of the second bull, 25 per cent of the inheritance of the first bull and only 25 per cent, of the inheritance of the foundation cows," continues Mr. La Master. "In another two <?r three yours a third bull will be selected and the resulting calf crop will earry K7.5 per cent, of the inheritance they received from the three bulls and only 12.5 per cent, of tho original cows. As this process continues, the influence of the foundation cows gradually lessens to no appreciable influence. This shows that the quality of milk cows on any farm is determined by the quality of the herd bull. A well selected bull is one that comes from parents and grandparents that have demonstrated their ability at the pail by records. "Many breeders of purebred dairy cattle in South Carolina yearly produce young registered bulls capable of improving nearly any herd in the state, that are bought largely by farmers in North Carolina, Georgia, and other states. We should not overlook this opportunity of increasing the value of our dairy cows by selecting these well bred bulls for our own use." Bunco Men Beat Banks Denver, Sept. 5.?A pair of bunco men, one working in Denver and the other in New York, swindled six New York City banks out of $450,000 last Saturday, police were advised today. The six New York banks were correspondents of a like number of Denver banks. Each of the New York I institutions contributed $75,000 to the scheme of the swindlers. Through the use of unauthorized telegrams, the Denver member of the swindle team notified New York correspondents of Denver banks to deposit $75,000 each to the credit of the Bank of Telleride in the Ohaso National Bank of New York City. Each of the telegrams bore the unauthorized signature, of an official of the six Denver banks. All of the wires were in code of the American Hankers' association. They were sent from various branch offices of the Western Union Telegraph company by the Denver member of the bunco team. The first six months of the presidential term of Mr,. Hoover ended on Wednesday last. 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