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[Nobody's Business | Lm?n lor The Chronicle by Gee Copyright. 1926. Topics of the l)?y. Pfltlitally speaking, the nationI m drought was worth inore to Mr. administration than those dollars Uncle Sam loant F ^ rclieve the farmers with. Now Kth<. boll weevils would just eat up half of the cotton crop, Mr. Bgge would be hailed a moet reCrkable gentleman. I gut something always happens an emergency arrives. Now V ^now wheat advanced 20 cents a' K^tl recently in sympathy with EJJ gnd oats advanced in sympathy with wheat, and potatoes went up 50 Iftnts a barrel in sympathy with dried beans, but gasoline hasn't gone down in sympathy with the busted working men, but the bricklayers can't quite Lcide whether to accept $1.10 per wour in sympathy with idleness, or yd 0ut for $1.26 and better times. 1 J have made up my mind to /r?me the next dollar I make. I re just as plain as the busted note on a pugilist's face when 1 had nearly 3 dollars of my own money and then Mr. Hoover was elected. Times are really tight around our house: our cook is still using her 19-anddiO model Ford und our washer woman has to come after our clothes in a taxi instead of a wheelbarrow. There is a law in some cities against talking hard times, and if you happen to be getting thin ?n actount of the scarcity of vitimin "B" in your corn mush and buttermilk, you must explain that you have just ^turned from the' beach or the mountains where you caught typhoid brer. If the Beat of your britches fcrc skin, explain that you snagged fcm getting out of your Iiroosine, md if your wife is seen wearing an id-dress+ you must tell the public that she's just funny to that. It is always best to keep your frumbling to yourself. The other morning I met Mr. Jones on the street and I said?"How do you do, Mr. Jones," and he said?"I hope to be able to pay you half of it next week." He and I walked down the street together and every time anybody spoke to him he invariably said ?"I hope to be able to pay you half ol it next week." He didn'ty happen to owe me anything, but as He owed everybody else, he thought possibly he owed me too. But I look for better times when we begin to market our 16-cent cotton at 10 cents. We won't have any money to pay debts with, but we can ride and ride and ride. The U. S. Treasurer says that there is $36.72 per capita in circulation at this time, meaning cash, but my name doesn't happen to be Per Capita. I might rake up the 72 cents, but somebody else has got my 36 dollars. (Excuse me a moment while I eat this hunk of light bread.) Cues and Views. I decided to feel the pulse of the public, th^ other morning on my way to the office so I stopped the first 5 Persons i met and interviewed them, wd this is what they said: (My only interrogation was?"How's everything?" mike Clark, rfd: "everything's fine 'rith me. i have alreddy hell 5 mduestes this week and i just learnt from the undertaker that i might belter hold another 1 tonight, bill run over sam brown in a mule and buggy and both was dangerously hurt, but the mule might get well, M hot and dry, but that's the *?d of weather we need for fall turI ^oe: "Hoover's tariff bill has I ^ the country from dam to Beer pX?' have all ?hut down. I nothix*6T to ?ait and less to do. nfrl1' Countrte? refuse to trade with Iriir h?t-, dry, parching weather is oiling everything. Lots of sickness *kout. Money is tight and creddick * ?or*. Yes sir, old boy. We are ?for ]east, io years of misery. the way, let me have 50 cents ^ ^ tuesdjiy," I Mrs. Kemper: "Lawsy, mus ^ What in the tarnation is the ^truing to? Dresses above the an<' n?bhing much on. Lip6 ing0^' r >s? "whitewashed. Gals rid ^ and carooning around all night I do^ ^th rank strangers. Chillun 'j' PRy no attention to their pas I i*r mas" s dangerous for a fel1 o 10 Set outside of his bedroom. "icboy g0-^s jelled every minute. I Weren't this-ser-wny when I was 4 tfrl." I *2^ F'phriam: "Well, dis old I Pknt **** A * gets I % fi t0 ftat ***** wear? ltd we has I wj*8t prea?her we is ever had. I Wt rvi ^ tefcahed on moml sin I it* #t><1 burnt dem jjjgWWI I W J"*7 1 m <* to 4? I * **** ?? ?*<* Imps tt keeps up. A little shower would help, but de Good Lawd knows what we need. Boss, gimmy & chaw tobacker, please sir." Hon. Fuller Bosh: "Wall street is slowly recovering1 from her recent riot. Commodity prices are on the downward trend. Things will pick up soon. We are learning to elect cleaner, better men for office. If I were president, I would dismiss the farm board, pitch the Volstead Act to the 4 winds, recognize Russin, free the Philippines, scrap the navy before somebody else scraps it and us, abolish immigration, muzzle congress turn the country back over to the Democrats, and adjust the tariff so that industry can put our folks to work. Gotta match ? " What Mrs. Brenninger of N.Y. Says About Rat Poison. "Tried preparations that kill rats, but RAT-SNAP is the only one that prevents disagreeable odors after killing. Also Hke RAT-9NAP because it comes in handy cakes, no mixing with other food. Ton don't have to dirty your hands, it's the best for household use." Try RAT-dNAP. Three si set, 36c, 66c, $146. Sold and 8KITBMBBK FARM CALENDAR Tfclngs To Be IDone ihi? Month A? Outlined by CI* bison College ' Agronomy Vetch end Austrian pe? ?re cheep, f f^h?rm W "<?" ? year', . ,?<iUa'!ty *inn<!d cotton will pay ?<\ d n' <*>?> dry, .fin carefully I and top your market. There ie phosphorus and potash lift over in your cotton fields; plant oats and make use of it. Horticulture Select and prepare land for strawdot riee ? , Sow turnips up to September 20. v?eep the fall garden well cultivated. Plan to set trees in the orchard >n the late flail. J>ig, separate , and transplant tulip*, narcissi, gladioli and other' bulbs, setting them five inches deep. i repare the land for orchard cover crops. Sow kale, carrots, lettuce, radishes spinach and onions now. Entomology Clean out the grain bins and fumiigate to kili insects." Remove dead and dying limbs on trees from the orchard and bum to destroy shot-hole borers. Plow under tobacco stubble to destroy food for tobacco insects; if left standing spray with kerosene to kill the insects. Look for queenless colonies. See that all hives have young queens in them. , ,<>> Agricultural Engineering Clean and put cultivating machinery under shelter. Get the mower and other hay tools ready for the hay harvest. New sections, guards, and proper aligned cutter bar saves time, worry and insures a more satisfactory job. Heavy growth of forage may cause Pegging; use the extension or lifter guards which fit on the regular ones as a prevention. Building materials are now kw in price. It is good to repair and build new buildings for adequate storage of farm products. Use large size turning plows to prepare deep seedbeds for grain and winter cover crops. Animal Husbandry Provide suitable quarters for the' brood sows to farrow and care for the young pigs. After the pigs are 10 dyns old, feed the sow all she will eat of a well-balanced ration. Supply fish meal where fields ofcorn are being hogged down. Wean beef catves when six months old. Keep salt before the herd. Change pastures every three or four weeks for sheep. Treat the ewes for stomach worms if infested. Dairying Sow rye for winter grazing; It increases the milk flow. Feed some" gram daily. Dry fedl i pastures lack nutrients. Dry up cows due to freshen m October to allow six weeks' rest. Cull boarders that won't make money for you this winter. Plan to plant from a half to one acre of oats and vetch for each cow. This is to be cut for hay next May. i Popltry Do not force pullets for heavy production until well matured. Select and band the desirable breeders for next year. Make arrangements to secure cockerels for next year's matings. Sow crops for |all and winter greens. Put the laying house in good condition. ? > . - ? . I I?f? both hands gone, he's postmaster . 1 World War Veteran Waited ' Long for Job. j Rell, CnHf.-?if the same determination displayed by Charles C. M. Mc- 1 Gopegai, thlrty-four, veteran of the World war, In refusing to allow the ' loss of both of his hands to be an 1 Iiihuiimmutable handicap, Is shown In his administration Of the post office, that Ofllr? In due for ur> enviable career. Mcfjonegnl has officially assumed his duties as postmaster here follow Ing iiino months of waiting for gov.ernmenial red tape to untangle the questions which arose regarding the eligibility of a man without hands to serve In that capacity. The appointment was confirmed recently by the senate. A member of the First division. McGonegnl was among the first to reach 1 ranee and served there eight months before be received the Injuries which deprived him .,f his hands. He was In a raiding party, he said, out to destroy n nest or machine guns. As he went forward, a grenade In ench hand, he was stunned hy the high explosives of a heavy barrage and both of the grenades went off in his hands. After Ids discharge from a war hosTrttn! In tlds country. McGonegal said he realized he eould not allow the loss of his hands and forearms. Just below the elbow, to wreck his life, and lie lost no time learning to manipulate the IiooUr which must serve him In their stead. Sometimes he would stay up until two or three o'clock in the morning practicing and he still learns new tricks with the hooks every day. He drives n mnehine without any extra appliances or devices, about 17,-c 000 miles a year. He pilots a plane and, although the Department of Commerce thus far has refused him a pilot's license, he says he will put up a fight before he gives up the determination to have a pilot's license Just for his own personal pleasure In flying. He Ashes, hunts, swjms and rides horseback. As he talks he nonchalantly reaches Into a vest pocket for a cigarette, dexterously lights the match, picks a piece of lint from his coat sleeve, stops for a moment to,reach for,.the telephone, mops his brow with a handkerchief (the first day as postmaster was n hit hectic), handles paper and letters as easily as a person with two hands, writes and In every way proves that he has not allowed his affliction to cramp his style. Beer 150 Years Old Is Found Behind Old Wall Worcester. England.?Four dozen bottles of good old English beer, about 150 years old,4jnve4)een discovered, at I Sudeley castle, near here. These bottles of old time luxury were found during restoration operations, bricked up behind one of the solid stone walls of the castle where Queen Katherine Parr, the only one of Henry VIIl's six wives to survive him. Is hurled. The beer wns tasted and found to be in perfect condition. Farmer Ha* One-Legged Chick , Lindsay. Calif.?L. A. Gannon announces that a one-legged white leghorn chick was hatched on his ranch in an Incubator with a lot of normal baby chicks. It seems comparatively easy to hatch chicks with extra legs, while double chicks and other freaks sometimes hatch from double yolk eggs. but so far as Is known a onelegged chick Is something of a rarity. ' " i " "; A Famous War Horse Probably the oldest horse in the < terv?ce of his country is "Old Tom" sho, as a twenty-year-old colt, eu??Ud for life in the United States Marine Corps as far back as 1894. He went to Cuba with the American Hoops in 1898 and there served as a (H-rsonal mount of General Elliott, U. S. M. C. Retired. He participated n skirmishes and battles at Caina- | iiuam and San Juan Hill. He/was, with Roosevelt and his Rough friders ' when they stormed the Hill. Severely wounded in the battle of San Juun' he is, therefore, not without battlcl scars and experience in the art of j warfare. He was retired to the Ma- [ rine Barracks Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., on full rations several years ago. The Department finally having ceased to provide for him any longer, his fate was either to be put to sleep or sent to our Farm. He is still, at the advanced uge of 37, so lively that it took three men to catch him recently when turned out In the pasture at the Navy Yard Headquarters. They say of him that he positively refuses to be ridden or worked and would just as willingly tilt off the colonel as he would the top sergeant. He will spend his last days; in peace and comfort at our Farm. Since writing the ubove we have been informed that the men at the Navy Yard have themselves raised the money necessary to provide for Old Tom rather than part with him. ?Our Dumb Animals. Killed Two; Then Herself New York, Aug. 2.?Mrs. Francis Kirkwood Van Cliff, who was acquitted in 1928 on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the stabbing of her second husband, was found dead tonight in her Brooklyn home beside the body of her third husband. Police believed she had slain him in a jealous rage and then killed herself. There was a bullet, wound in the breast of the husband, Eugene Van Cliff, and the woman had been shot in the temple. Near her hand was a revolver. Neighbors told police Van Cliff came home last night after a week's vacation and that they heard quarreling. Detectives said the wife frequently taxed her husband with paying attentions to other women. ?? WT. i i j 3 w j , v .1. .. The North Car oh an Cotton Crow- 1 era Co-operative association has announced its readiness to advance 1 loans of 9 cents per pound on cotton, t Alfred Hill, 12, was attacked and killed by a ferocious tiger at Luna Park zoo, Ia>s Angeles, Thursday, 1 when he wandered into an enclosure where the animal was kept. 1 - ' __ I NOTICE OP SECOND PRIMARY. Notice is hereby given thut a sec- lj ond primary election is ordered for the second Tuesduy in September, ; September Uth, to nominate a candi-1 ' date for the United States Senate, ; i for Governor, County Auditor, Judge J of Probate and Magistrate at : * thune. ! The samo polling places and same t managers will qerve as in the first]] primary. The polls will open at eight , o'clock in the morning and close at' four in the afternoon. .( Sojn? manager or member of J*he! club should call at The Chronicleof- . flee on Saturday, September <>. for the boxes and ballots. , The polling places have been desig- ' nated and the managers appointed by the County Executive Committee und | they appear below: I Abney?(J. R. Crow, L. K. McCaski 11, Lewis Ddiis. u Vote at KirktejPs ! Mill. j Antioch?V. K. Stokes, Boykin Mc-j Caskill, C, ft- Shiver. Vote at An-1 tioch School House, Blaney?J. I). Kelly. J. I. Rose, ' Mary M. Simpson. Vote at A. K. I Rose's Store. j Bethune?J. E. Sevarance, D. T. Y arbor ough, Frank Lee. Vote at Town Hall..Buffalo?VV. T. Stroud, J. E. Holly, Louis Hilton. Vote at Buffalo School House. Camden?John T. NettleB, G. T. ] Little, Jr., E. L. Moseley, Wylie i Sheorn, F. I). Campbell, Charles Vi 1 -1 lepigue. Vote at County Court i House. I Cassatt?F. M. Waters, H. E. Gardner, J. 11. Davis. Vote at 11. E. Gardner's Store. Charlotte Thompson?Virgil Harvey, Jr., Eugene Pearce, E. M. Workman. Vote at Charlotte Thompson School House. v DeKalb?J. J. Owens, Nye Workman, J. E. Horton. Vote at DelQtlb School House. t? Dobv's Mill?A. K. Bowen, H. A. Hawkins, J. V, Miles. Vote at Campbell's Store. Enterprise?J. S. Dunn, W. L. ley's Store. Swift Creek?B. C. Truesdale, W. A. Boykin, II. D. Boykin. Vote at Truesdale's Store. Twenty Creek?J. G. Gardner, Stokes, W. M? Brannon. Vote at W. M. Brannon's Filling Station. Gates Ford?<S. W. Long, Nick Ray, T. F. Horton. Vote at School House. Harmony?-C. H. Wilson, J. M. Butler, Tom Mattox. Vote at School douse. Hermitage?J. L. DcBruhl, J. L?k? Mayer, S. Jc West. Vote at Harrison's Store. Kershaw?J. A. Whitley, Everett? I'ruesdalo, Clyde Jones. Vote at W. It. Taylor's Store. l/ockhart.- Will Owens, J. J. Brown, lx?e Horton, Vote at School House. LugofT ~G. K, Watts, Luther Jones, U. A. ltuhon. Vote at Roseborough's itore. Liberty Hill?F. B. Floyd, W. C. iVurdlaw, J. P. Richards, Jr. Vote lit Muekey-Jones Store. Ned's Creek?V. A. Humphries, Carl Craig, J. Q. Roberts. Vote at School House. Oakland G. 11. McCoy, J. H. Watkins,. Wesley Outlaw. Vote at Oakland School House, Pine Tree?W. W." Horton, W, N. West,'W. A. Hyatt. Vote at Midway School House. Roland?l^ewis Spears, l^em Rowers, Otis West, Vote at West's Mill. Rabun's Cross Roads?J. K. Jackson, Arthujr lk>wcy, Bias Ford. Vote at Rabon'rf Store. Haley's Mill?N. 11. Welch, J. E. Davis, Carson Rogers. Vote at Mill House. Salt Pond?-Blake Kelley, Blaku Moore, T. W. Watts. Vote at Dinkin's Clin House. Sandy Grove?H. R. Hall, W. 11. Radclitfe, C. C. Cobb. Vote at School House. Shamrock?Iru Horton, Lewis E. Elliott, Hasell Baker. Vote at Shamrock School House. Shaylor'^ Hill?U. L. Sinyrl, R. M. Drakeford, S. W. Hornsby, Vote at School House. 19 Shepard?W. C. West, H. M. Rogers, R. II. Elliott, Jr. Vote at LangFrank J. Rabon, George Ray. Vote at .Hinson's Store. Three C's-T. H. Young, John M. Croxton, J. II. Burfield. Vote at Three C's School House. . Wateree?Jesse L. Williams, Elnredge Moore, Dock Kelly. Vote at Club House. Westvillc?K. F. McDowell, R. H. Yolng, L. C. Clyhurn. Vote at school house. At Clubs having more than Fifty name? the Australian Ballot system will be observed. - The ?special attention of the Managers is called to the rules and regulations governing trie conduct of the primary Which rules are sent to the managers along witn the ballots and boxes. At Precincts where voters from more than one Township cast their ballot the voters will give the managers the name of the Township in which they reside and the managers will write the name of such Township on the poll list next to the voter s name. S. F. BRASFNGTON, County Chairman , M. L. SMITH, JR., Secretary. < > <?> II Increase in Pension | o for Spanish War Vets i <> Washington.?The new Span 4 * lsh war veterans' pension hill, re < > < cently passed by congress?*pro ! > vldes for pensions as follows: 44 < Veterans serving >0 Cays or <1 o more: <? < * Per Month < 4 4 No Increase for veterans re- 4 4 11 celving $20 11 ' < N? Increase for veterans re- 4 > 4 celving 26 < > < Veterans receiving ISO In- O 4 | creased to It 44 0 Veterans recelvlnf |4S In- 41 < creased to 60 < > o Veterans receiving 160 In- < 4 4 oreased to 10 < * 4 | No Increase for veterans re0 celvlng . - - ? . 72 0 , ? Pension based on age. 90 days' |> < > or more service: * 62 years, now receiving |20, i Increased to |30 y 68 years, now receiving |30, X Increased to 40 2? 72 years, now receiving |40, W Increased to 6ti ?> 75 years, now receiving |50, Increased to ... 60 X Veterans serving 70 days or <?> more: i Veterans having one-tenth $ disability .... 112 V Veterans having one-fourth X disability is 2> A Veterans having one-hnlf dls- <|> * aMHi y . ?? 18 |> 44 Veterans having three-fourths < > dlsah'lt'y ...... . h f <> Veterans "having total dlsabll- 2> <> ity . yr. 3(1 & 44 Total disability where regu- e4 4* lar aid of an attendant Is < t required ...... 60 < > _ 0> Pensions based on age, 70 to o 90 days' service: v" ' o J 12 years $12 44 T 68 years ]g < , 72 years 24 < > i 76 years 30 < > I i o 4 > Increases will commence on 4 4 o the date nf receipt of'the uppll <> 4 4 cation by the pension bureau. 4 4 . i I No Increase will be allowed ex- <? ; J ; cept on new application. J ; -,-isa* - -- - ?? - BLACKWOOD I Reaffirms His Campaign Pledges I I wish to thank the people off South Carolina for their support in the i recent Democratic Primary, as the result of which I am in the second race for Governor. | I promise and pledge,^yself, if elected, to give South Carolina an j honest, intelligent and progressive administration. > I The next four yours will be the most important period in the State's | history for the past half century. I This is true principally because of the authorized expenditure of an enormous amount of public money under the terms of the Highway I Bond Act/ As I have repeatedly stated on the stump, tj?e Highway Bond Act of I itself is not an issue in this campaign. It has already passed beyond I the stage of political controversy. But the safeguarding ctf the $65,000,I 000 to be spent on highways and the protection of the public is an issue. !: It is a primary issue. I; I reaffirm my platform pledge to provide every safeguard and pro- j jS tection in the expenditure of this fund. j I Notwithstanding the fact that I thought when the Highway Bond j Act was before the General Assembly it should have been referred to the people, now that it has become an accomplished factl favor admin- j! I istering its provisions fairly and equitably. If the income (from the gaso- || j line and license taxes is clearly sufficient to provide for the ' sinking j [ fund and interest, I would not molest the road-building program. Btit , I reaffirm my pledge that the issuance of Highway Bonds will be j halted by me before these shall * ever become a tax charge against |j I property. || As Governor, I would be unfettered and under no obligations to any I man or group, nor to any department of the State Government; ahd j! I since under the terms of the Highway Bond Act the Governor is cfharg- lj j ed with the responsibility and duty of approving or disapiproving of the |j |j sale of bonds from time to time, no department nor person would be ii | permitted to dominate or 'control my actions in the discharge of this ( I primary duty. - | I have not accepted, nor will I accept, any financial assistance from j, the Highway Department nor any other Department of the State Gov- I ernment, nor from any individual connected therewith, either directly j i or indirectly, and no person is authorized to solicit funds for my cam- I 1 paign. j I shall insist upon all Departments, including the Highway Department, confining their activities to their proper functions, and divorcing * themselves from politics. I I propose to become Governor of all the peofl#j?)of South Carolina.. I My every effort will be for a progressive State. f I I shall strive to bring happiness and prosperity to all of the people. ! My record as Solicitor of the Seventh Circuit for the past fourteen j; years is an assurance of my position on the enforcement of the law, an ! assurance upon which the people of the State as a whole may place their confidence that bootleggers, gamblers, slot machine operators and . I other law violators will not be tolerated. j I reaffirm my platform pledges to earnestly strive to effect tax equalization and reform, to develop new markets looking to farm relief, for court reform, for just labor legislation, the encouragement of I new industries, stricter banking laws and, as the foundation sV)ne of w my administration, vigorous enforcement of the law. | It is on this basis that I solicit the support of the (people off my State ti | in the election of their next Governor. -?> -'?. 1 , I. C. BLACKWOOD, I