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Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, JUt-'H. Who h Who ami How Jf ho has u straw stuck in his mouth iynl cunning the speculator, he's a fin mcr. If he is bareheaded and. his shirt- i tail is hanging out' in three places and his- socks are supportcrless, he's a lounge lizard. If In* walks down the street with a smile on his face and his pocket chocked full of papers, he's an instalment agent. If he walks up the street with a ' frown on his Face and his hair untrimmed and his eyes blood-shot and TiIs~t>fltrhrR on-pressed and his shoos , untied, he's an instalment buyer. If he talks louder than the crowd' and tells how In- heat Wall streel last fall and how he protected himself against any losses in 1and 20 ami what caused the deflation, he's it liar. ' : . I If ho recommends himself Highly to the people and talltt about the down-trodden laboring class and he shakes hands vehemently with every person he meets and raves about neb folks getting richer, and poor folks getting poorer, he's a politician. If he is seen a bo til town only at flight and complains about the high cost of fruit jars and whispers a , great deal to Dick, Tom and Harry, ( and pays cash cat her than give checks and demands the same from others, he's a bootlegger. Hut jf she lounges around the . house all morning in a kimono with her head wrapjx'd up in a towel and lets the kids get olf to school with-' out being projrerfy prepared both , mentally and physically, she's a mighty sorry wife and mother and housekeeper and the old man is henpecked. However, if she rides around ull day in her daddy's "one-third down and balance on easy terms" and frequents drug stores frequently and has no interest in her home or her church or her neighbors, she's a llapper, and it will take a long stretch of poverty plus a short stretch of matrimony to fetch her to 1 her senses. I Jf she uses the terms "1 heard" and "They say" and "Don't tell anybody I told you" and "John said" and "Last night and this morning," she's a gossiper and should have her phone and tongue taken out at once. Hut it he and she both speak of our line children and our good preacher and our * xcellent choir and our wonderful school system and our lit-( tie home and our delightful neighbors and our good friends and our patient-and-etficient doctor and how pretty the whole world is with her flowers and sunshine and showers, they are the salt of the earth and deserve to be loved and respected. Today's News Chicago-?Jarzen Zilli/./.inski and Dixit* Krneriti/.isky were married at the little green church around the corner today. They are both doing as well as could be expected. Amherst The treasurer of the Kmpire Trust Fund skipped thT country last Thursday after a short- | age of $ l.'l.2.r>f?. 10 was dicsovered in his accounts. He was arrested last night in Huston and the 10 cents was recovered. H ickburg ? While shooting at a stray cat last night. Hotmail Skimperson shot bis wife behind the. smokehouse, and she is today suing him for a divorce for ill-treatment; and $lf>0.oo? a week alimony. The cat got away. , New Yoi k W hile attempting to park his 1* urd near the zoo last night,. Bill Sikcs wa- mistaken for a bah-' boon by t lie keeper Allen and was locked up in cage No. II with other bablux'tis, Hut tile trio of real animals raised so nun h -and Hill had to be taken out before daylight. A ks*.o\yti- Ari almost serious fight took place today in the editorial office of The Kveiling Trumpet between the editoi and Aaron Foxx. It seems that Aaron went a-fishing Friday and caught a fish that weighed S pounds 1 1 ounces. The Kvening Trumpet reported the fish to have weighed only K jxiunds 10 ounces and .Aaron considered it a slam on him hence the near fight.' Anlcnberg ? A coroner's jury brought in the following verdict today at an inquest held over an unidentified boils near taper's Creek Bridge: l'he <b ceased looked like ho come to his death by In-ing struck betwixt the span and the abutment from behind by a party unknown to the jurs c>r by suicide from h.s own hand- provided the window weight he u-ed W.I- the one he fetiheil from hi- ow n home." j Fr.ck-t r i laimir.g that his w.fe had locked h.m out for the fifteenth time becau-e he insisted on s'aying in the hen-house till m<>-t of hi- fowls svas asleep, dairies Spoof applied to the probate court for a mandamus requiring his Wife to leave the door Unlocked and sleep in another room if his entry into his own room disturbed her to such an extent that he must risk his life from epiii And exposure because of her ]>ersist< nt practice. The court ordered her to give him a night latch key. ~ WT - - | Church Mortgage Rurned Winnsboro.?The members of the congregation of the Baptist church of Winnsboro have paid off the balance of a mortgage amounting to several thousand dollars due a local bank on the church building. They burned the mortgage papers Sunday. > STORE CLOSED Thursday AT 1 O'CLOCK TO MARK DOWN MERCHANDISE FOR SALE rnlSmSSSSSmmmmSSSmmSSSSSmmmmmmmmSmX ' i ' ; * ; STORE CLOSED ^E] Thursday E AT 1 O'CIjOCK , V' TO MARK DOWN ' Vj MERCHANDISE K FOR SALE ANNUAL JUNE SALE! Commences Friday Morning, JUNE 6, 8:30 o'clock I " COLUMBIA, S. C. I 19|30 JUNE SALE PRICES! Lowest in 14 Years! I / ' ' ; v 1 Manufacturers Contribute to Efird's Annual June Sale ^ I We have been unable to wait on half the manufacturers wishing to contribute to H this sale. The depression among the mills, however, caused tHem to sell hundreds II of thousands dollars worth of the season's best merchandise at forced prices, and II as usual, Efird's is always ready to buy a bargain and is first to pass it on to our II customers and friends. We do not attempt to do scarecrow and fake advertising, II but state the facts as they are. Come, expecting to buy bargains. You will not be ? 11 disappointed. H ??????I Sale Continues Entire Month of June ] - ?II Merchandise Included in Efird's Annual June Sale || H It would be impossible for us to mention all items included in this sale. Whether 11 you see it advertised or not, come expecting to find just what you want, whether 11 it be silks, piece goods, hosiery, shoes, ready to wear, white goods, colored wash I goods, bed linens, towels, luggage, house furnishings or what not, you will find it I II 111 I EFIRDs ANNUAL JUNE SALE] SEE OUR FOUR-PAGE CIRCULAR :| -<v - Hi ~ ^ I L?????? ?? ???????.???I