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DAM AC*B DONE BY RATS Biological Survey Estimate* It At $125,000,000 Annually. Every man, woman and child in the United State* spend* $2 a year *upporting a rat. So aaya the biological auryey of the United State* department of agriculture, in recent *uggentign* of how the c<A?ntry'? unln-, , ' vited rat poulatlon may be kept within reuaonahlu numbers, if not exterminated. Each rat dec*, the survey estimates, an unnuai damuge of at 8F-" least $2. The number of rats now alive in the United States is ?*timated a* at least equal to the number of human beings; that is, something over 125,000,000. 'This makes an annual rat bill of more thaji a quarter of a billion dollars, about a third of what the country pays in personal income gj , taxes, Katfi^re so clever and suspicious, the survey states, that it is extremely difficult to kill them. No natural -r-...... enemy can attack them successfully. as blrdk destroy billions "of injurious insects, About the only animal which kills rats is the rat itself, f^r these creatures are given to cannibalism when other food supplies run short. Poisoned rut food is usually suspected by the intelligent animals and is left severely alone. Similarly, most kinds of traps seem to be regarded by experienced rats merely with gentle amusement that humans can be naive. 0 Many kinds of rat poison are dangerous .because they are poisonous also to human beings or to domestic animals. The best way to kill rats, the survey concludes, is to poison them with red-squill povVder, a dried plant material which kills them but not most other animals and which the ru!s sometimes can Is* persuaded to eat in their food. A serious situation faces the South Carolina penitentiary, with the possible closing within the next few years of the chair factory how operating, profitably, in the prison. The closing.of the manufacturing plant, it appears, will be the result of the enactment by congress in 1927 of the Hawes-Coopor act, making it legal for states to outluw the importation of prison-made goods. The act does not become effective until 1932, but already the business of the chair factory is feeling its effect, said Col. James N. Pearman, superintendent of the state prison. "The business of the plant has been reduced approximately twenty per cent in ?the last two years, as a result of this act of congress," he declared. The act makes it possible for ktatbs' to pass laws that will prevent the bringing into their borders of goods manufactured in prisons in other states. Already a score of states have such laws, but they become effective only with the enactment of the Hawos-Coof)er act, Col. Pearman] said. "\\ e are at a loss to know what we will turn to," said Superintendent Pearman. "Anything that we produce will have to be for consumption only within the borders of South Carolina, and there would hardly be sufficient market at home for any product that would require the work of so many men to manufacture. When this condition comes about, a state prison that has been in past years money-making will operate at a loss. The state will have to appropriate money for its maintenance." Superintendent Pearman stated that all prisons are feeling the effect of the law in the same way. If its application becomes nationwide, there will bo a serious problem facing these institutions, he said. And if wr can't provide work for the prisoner... they will become restless and unmanageable and riotous, ^ l' haw to give them work, even if i it unpr..tiiable." Superintendent} TVanuir: - , un-ideting the advisa-! hi' ty ' e '.ib' - a canning plant a' ?*ne < ! i be -tale ptason farm*. If pr,>\ ;.i* d So' th:-, t he I '-a r ' ! b. -1 art ed on a .-mall A a \ .? w ..T ,1,-ti i ill:nin^ n ' ' hi r .. <!, a u m 1 *., of \ a'.tio - ' ''' }V *ba !U ' . : s-oner 'V The - ;';? !-,. a"b'a" - Mary I'm:;, 11. , .r.s?n ,. * the Sate " King'' lb Pa- ?? 11. mad of th*- H a-.- if David i-u't at Benton II a: bor, M .. n.. has li at! a t>e t i t ioti in. which sr.e n-k- far the di??oluttxm of the cult and a divi-iott of it- property, clatmsr.-j- that there is one million dollar- ;n gold ami currency in the "diamond ' house, one of the chief buildings ?.f the colony, Canadian authorities have put their stamp of approval on a proposed increase in the price of newsprint paper from $55 to $60 per ton. United States publishers are protesting this ? * increase. ZZ : "jafep,* M :S "v~* "' BLr? * \ * <A' j | ' ' Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Uee McGee, Copyright, 1928. Jt Herved He Might A few days ago, 1 dropj>?U into en eating place for lunch. Pretty eoon a good looking girl dropped in for soup also, and a? luck would have it, she was escorted by the head ha?h-d<?her to my table, and there we were: a strange lady at a table with a strange man, and u strange man at a table with a strange lady, but neither of us wanted to be strange. ^ Well, to make a short story shorter, I said; "Why, how you both?" and she . replied: "Very good, thanks; how are you all?" and from that we got started. I found out where she was from and she gathered the same information from.me . . . a sit later deVeloped. I ordered creamed chicken and she ordered cream turkey. So far as 1 know, it came out of the same pot. But I am no cook except eggs, I fried and boiled, but I assumed that possibly her mother was or had been, so I up and says: "H<jw in the world do you know the difference between creamed turkey and creamed chicken?" and she said "that is easy," and explained that creamed chicken smelt like creamed turkey and vice versa. 1 told her I had never tasted any vice versa, but hud practiced a little bit of vice in my youth, all of which she paid no attention to. And that led up to the discussion of foods generally . . .* I still felt that both of us were eating from the same old rooster, but she went on and Said that there were other ways tl> tell creamed chicken from creamed turkey, for instance: turkey feathers are longer fit an chicken feathers, but I saw none of either in my plate, but believed she knew what she watalking about ... as she looked like a school teacher. The conversation drifted from fowls 'io cak* "bnd coffee, both of which I am fond of as well as girls; and she seemed to !>e just, a novice concerning the latter, she being only ubout 35 years old at her last 19th birthday, and naturally knew very little about coffee. She appeared to think it and young men callers would keep her awake at night, but bank notes are worse than caffeine, if she didn't but know, it We apparently liked one another pretty well until she brought up the subject of matrimony, and before I thought, I said something about my baby, and you should have seen her face become full of regrets. It was a pity that she could not continue to /feel free and liberal toward mo, and then both of us ordered some ice cream.. . .which they did not have, so we asked the waiter just to substitute apple pie A la Mode.... which was also out, or never was there at all. I told this girl that I would write up something nice about her and have it put in the paper, so thi3 is it. But we both enjoyed our beef and bologny, as that is what the stuff we ate was, according to the bones we did not find in same. Advice to Railroad Engineers 1. ... When approaching a grade crossing, slow down to 2 miles per hour and send the conductor ahead to inform the motorists that a train is at hand and would like to have permission to proceed. 2....In the event that the grade crossing is "blind," the engineer should stop his locomotive 50 yards from the intersection, and take the conductor and the tlagman and the hnggnge-mnster and the porter and 4 he fireman and the 2 passengers, nnd let them join hands and make a lane on each side of the railroad so that the train might pass over without possible damage. . . .from automobile-. In i a - e it is r.ccr-sary to ston ,i ' n on a eroding win re automo1 a o in the habit of -kcettng ov. : -anie at 75 miles per hour. flag should be -t :.t up and d ?wn the i !' 'highway for a d -tamo of 500 : < t to Mag down motorists and inu m them politely that just at that par? miliar moment a railroad train l.a- the crossing blocked, and beg them not to run into the said train. I y. In instances where the highway parallels the railroad, it will be the duty of all engineers to stop their : ( ngines immediately when they find that a motorist is racing with them , end permit the racer to speed on and thus avoid the {Kissibility of a wreck somewhere or somewhere else near the right-of-way of the said transportation company. This is most essential if a grade crossing is only a ' few miles distant down the race track where the motorist will no doubt try to run under the tr^in. . V -' 'oatA * A ' 5.,..When nn engineer fails to hear the horn of a motorist at a grade crossing, and accidentally rvns into a limousine loaded with flappers, cake eaters, or other vermin, it shall be the duty of the engineer to take a flap-jack turner and scmpe the remains of the former occupants of the said automobile from the cow-catcher, wheels, trucks, head-light, andsoforth, and place thfe same in a slop jar and immediately dispatch the contents thereof to the parents of the unfortunate human beings . thusly killed, accompanied in all cases by a letter of condolence signed by the president of the road and a bunch of tube roses paid for by the section foreman. 6-.,.It shall be the duty of the courts at all times to award the heirs and assigns, and all other persons Whomsoever lawfully claiming kinship to fhe deceased, large monetary judgments against railroads for the unlawful killing of persons who try to beat trains across the crossings, as all such murders could be prevented hy the proper flaggings of Mgfig* way crossings. And jurors shall stand ready at all times to bring in verdicts against railroads for their depr intir s, ;;s a raihioad after all uin : ot..."g but a c^mmm carrier ^ ^ike at the County Fair. flat *ock, s. C., dec the 2, 1928 dear mr. editor:? there seems to be so much talk both pro and con about the county fairs which is being hell all over the country these days, i thought i would rite you my views on same and you can print it if you think it wiA help .the publiek to make up her mind where it helps the farmer. i paid my e2T> to get in the gate and the man seemed satisfied o. k, but befonr i got my boundry, a little man tried to make me throw same balls at i bottles of milk he set on a box for to for d balls and i missed them onner count of the balls being too j light and the bottles sotting like they I was, so i moved on. ' A | i shot a air rifle at some red tags on a plunk and missed them, and when i turned around to go on about my bizness, one of them gipsum wimmen ketched me by my coat tail and led me into a room made out of rugs ahanging all around and she shut up in there and commenced to examine my hand ansoforth and got c50 out my pocket some way and told me about a dark haired woman and me owning so much land and i was happy and would soon get married and have 5 chillun, which was all a lit as i have "been married 24 yr. alreddy, and ain't got no land and chillur;. the balance of the fair seemed tj be composed of hot dog jints an i eating calfs and a bingo stand now and then and a few places where a feller could try to win a blanket, they allso had a monkey which rodo a motor sickle by his self and he looked so smart, i just felt like he ought to be in the legislature, he sawe me eating goobers and ho took i up eating goobers allso, and i got ashamed and quit and left^him. they had some free acts which i saw after waiting 2 hours with a big fat woman standing on my left foot and i was nearly squez* to death by others equally as anxious to see what was going on and couldent do so, and then me and a girl happened to get on the flying jenny and i diddent know her, but she made like she was . i ;r.i iid of mine ami tried to hug hie i found out right then that she *) ;u! ht-en put up to it, and i jumpi : If my horse and lit out as i saw m> wife coming in the place, but it turned out not to be her. wi ll, i enjoyed the fair right good, but i done just like .most of the other foiks there; i did not x go into the hoofs where the corn and farm stuff was, and i allso stayed away from the hogs and Cattle ansoforth as noboddy seemed to be interested in them, fairs is mighty fine to fetch the people together where they can watch the hoochy-kootchy and other fine plays which is put on in the tents for eld. now, mr, editor, if this peace is too long, plese rite or foam, me and i will let you cut it off, but don't leave out nothing if possible, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. RESOLUTIONS On the death of Brother G. G. West, of Bethune, S. C., rte 2, as framed by J. E. Davis, J. E. Mangum and (). E. Mangum, of Timrod Council, No. 85, Jr. Order United American Mechanics: Inasmuch as it has pleased Almighty and all wise God to remove fro m our Fraternal Order our beloved Brother, G. G. West, a member 6f Timrod Council No. 85, Junior Order United American Mechanics, therefore he it Resolved, That Timrod Council has not only lost a member and friend but has sustained an irreparable loss of a true American citizen, and that the sympathy of this Council be extended to the bereaved family and that we commend them to the mercjes of Him who notes all things, and may His richest blessings abide with them in the sad hour of bereavement. | * " * Be it further Resolved, That a page in the minute books of this Council be inscribed to the memory of G. G. ! West by inserting therein, and that a ! copy of these resolutions be sent to I the family of our departed brother. l)oan C. Gibney, 34, airbrake in- I spec tor for the Atlantic Coast Line, committed suicide at his home in I i Florence Satuixiay morning. j NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE ' i Notice is hereby given that sto'ck certificate No. 138, of the 16th Series Enterprise Building and Loan Asso' ciation, for one (1) Share of stock, i issued to Jennie Timbers, March 3, | 1924, and transferred to B. W Sasportas, has been lost or destroyed and after diligent search same cannot be found, andu that the undersigned will, on the 28th day of December, ,1929, apply to the said Enterprise Building and Loan Association for a duplicate of said stock. I B. W. SASFORTAS ..... December 3, 1929. 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Sasportas, January 24, 1924, has been lost .or destroyed HI and after diligent search same can- I not be fbund and that the under- I signed will, oh the 28th day of De- fl cember, 1929, apply to the said En- fl j terprise Building and Loan Associa- H t'.on for a duplicate of said stock. | SB. W. SASPORTAS fl December 9, 1929. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF " H The State of Squth Carolina': fl County or Kershaw;"-; (Court of Common Pleas ) V . '' f . The Bunk of Camden, Plaintiff, | against'-" Rosanna Fowler, James Fowler, Janiefl Fowler, Andrew Fowler, Josephi/ie^^M Fowler, Clara Belle Sams, Charles H ' Fowler, Igaac Fowler, - Rebecca H Burroughs and Leola Fowler, De-fl ; ; fendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS: j You are hereby summoned and re-1 quired to answer the complaint in ^fl this action, which is this day filed in I the office of the Clerk of tne Court I of Common Pleas for the said county, I and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the sub- I j scriber's at their office in Camden, S. C. within twenty days after the I } service hereof, exclusive of the day I of such<<service; and if you fail to answer the complaint witnin the timeB | aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action J will apply to the Court for the relief H demanded In the complaint. LAURSENSf T. MILLS v J. LAURENS MILLS Plaintiff's Attorneys Camden, S. C., November 29, 1929 I - I SCENE FROM COMIC OPERA TO BF ST\CFD AT CAMHW mrw q^baa. 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