The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 06, 1929, Image 6
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.
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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}
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hi' ty ' e '.ib' - a canning plant
a' ?*ne < ! i be -tale ptason farm*. If
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 '
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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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ciation, for four (4) shares of stock,
issued to B. W. Sasportas, January
24, 1924, has been lost .or destroyed HI
and after diligent search same can- I
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December 9, 1929.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF "
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The State of Squth Carolina': fl
County or Kershaw;"-;
(Court of Common Pleas )
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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
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