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Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee McQet, Copyright, 1928. THB EVENING AFTER ..Well, it's all over at last. My wife', kin folks have gone home, and they won't want any more turkey for another year. Two of them had to have a doctor before night, 8 of them took aoda water every 80 minutes for , 2 hours, and the balance of them just dept and groaned. | make a mistake. 1 bought only 8 turkeys. (N,. B. j|n order not to have any misunderstanding about this matter, some of my kinfolks were also among those preset*.) * Thla is the first Christmas we ever had that did not leave us enough turkey for*turkey hash for 3 whole day* and nights. Why, dear, even the pone* art missing. The cranberry jelly is gone; and the dressing disappeared as if by magic. But we had a mighty good time. After dinner a thank offering was taken for the unemployed, but only 2 or 8 gave anything: the others claimed that they were unemployed, .and they would keep what little they had for themselves. They told the truthsome of them have never worked much. v , ..I have carefully checked up my list of presents. The ne&fctie that Jim .sent me is just like the one I got from Sam, andWHfle' L would* n't arwear it, as I don't SwSh^buth of< them look exactly like the neck-^ ties I sent to Jin? and Sam last Christmas a year ago. Only one of them appeals to have been worn but verj^ little. I like the electric toast-; er all right..that my wife gave me. It cost $4.50: I saw the cancelled: check in my returned vouchers yes- j terdiay. . with my name signed to it "Per Her." . .If you want to stop folks sending you Christmas presdbts, why,- all you've got to do is. .stop sending them any. You certainly won't be bothered if you don't bother them. The 10-cent stores have made giving presents, a real pleasure. My wife bought 9 nice presents for my kinfolks for only 80 cents. She paid a little more for those she sent to her kinfolks. Beads is the thing to send your best friends. The way I handle my beads business is*. .L buy 'em at the 10-cent store and then let, all my friends catch me looking at beads in the nicest jewelry stores. The only difference between beads i is the price, .and sometimes the size. ..Out4 kids have already ruintt all their toys. The mechanical toys won't do a single stunt, the paint is off the others, the dolls are sawdustless, the candy has been walked on, the bicycle is punctured, the wrist watch won't run and all the others have been swapped to the neighbors' children for something just as sorry. I am glad it is a year until another Christmas. I'll be happy when the New Year comes. I want a new Ck start. I'm full of hope, and if the democrats will do their duty, 19 and 32 is going to see good times come back. ' ' - ^ (P. S. I am a little bit nauseated myself from too much turkey. Good night). - ???. . . THE FOOL AGE . . A boy passes thru the "fool age" between 16 and 18 years of age, and some of them do not fully recover from it until they reach 22. I think I was 24 before I got entirely over it andi then matrimony gave it a severe smack. : ? - ... * -> I recall thal_I_ thought I'd just lay down and die if I didn't get a pair of green 'specs when I was opsing into 16 and long bri tehee. The Lord knew that I was ugly enough without any . specs on at all, but I saw a man with a pair on and that set me on fire. He had the sore eyes; I didn't have 'em, but that made no difference. I scared, several mules and wagging into run-away scrapes with them green specs. - ^ , .. I managed to procure a pair of underwear when I was 18, and as that was "something" for a young^ feller to have in my neighborhood, I always let 'em poke up above my britches at the waist-band so's the public could keep fully informed1 of my progress. I also allowed the strings (that were due to be tied around my ankles) to hang down and flop along on .the ground. I gained much prestige amongst the girls on account of that equipment. .. The neoct great evevfi that came my way was..a pretty blue hat.* the only one ever seen by the natives. It had a red bnnd and believe, Sallie Ann, that head-gear knocked 'em all pretty cold. I wore it 'till it went to seed, .meaning that it became funnel-shaped after so long a time. I had to scuffle around pretty hard to * raise them 29 cents that that hat stood me, but I got 7 or 8 dollars worth of pleasure out of its use! ' i ..I began to yearn for striped socks when I reached 19, and striped socks back then were the berries. I think I paid 15 cents for thy first pair, and talking about fnncy footgear, them socks had everything known to civilization skint a race course. When 1 sat down on the train or in anybody's house, I managed to carelessly pull my britches legs up to my knees sdV~aTT~6nT6<5ker3 "Could get a couple of eyesfull. But they finally wore out. ..Then I drifted into yellow-tan shoes, as shiny as a cat's eye. I should have worn 8s, but the man in the store had only 1 pair and I think they were 5s, but' I bought 'em just the same. I did some very tall spludging arpund while I had them, but I stayed" crippled from Sunday till the following Saturday, .after doing my stuff jn them till late (about 9 o'clock) every Sunday night..and 2 of my feet have not yet fully re- covered from the damage wrought by that pair of j?inmaker*. _ A?4 ? folks, I had several Other experience* like unto these during my "fool age" . .which lasted 6 or 7 ymn. -Tnffi j|T- :i\yr :,V i: -, j.i iVu[\ ji, , Orfree* pinre When ~ v BABIES are Upset BABY ills and aHments seem twice as serious at night. A sudden cry may mean colic. Or a sudden attack of diarrhea. How would you meet this emergency?tonight? Have you a bottle of Castona ready? For the protection of your wee one? for your own peace of mind4?keep this old. reliable preparation always on hand. But donH keep it just for emergencies; tet it l>e an everyday aid. It's gentle influence will ease and soothe the infant who cannot sleep. It's mild regulation will help an older child whose tongue is coated because of sluggish bowels. All dmggBU have Castona. - "M? H) I J "* I , I Negro Porters Tell of Being Flogged Greenville, Jen. 8.?-Two negro hotel porter* today related a story of how "88 or 40" hooded and robed men kidnaped and flogged them for reasons unknown to the negroes. The porters were Thomas* Mayes and C. D. Dillard. Mayes said three men, hooded and robed in white, drove up in front of the hotel where he worked and commanded him to enter their machine. "It was done .so quickly I didn't know, what was happening," he said. "One of them pushed a big pistol in my middle and jerked me toward the car. * "They went to ?<o?ther hotel and in the same manner got Dillard. I don't know what roads we took or where we went but after a long ride we stopped and there were 36 or 40 more robed men. "They took us out of the car and made Dillard get down on the ground and }%ade me bend across him. They lashed me three times with a heavy strap. "They then made me get on the ground and made Dillard bend over me. They gave him 10 or 12 lashes. Then they brought us back." mm, ?? ?? Henry Dodenhoff, born at Branchwile 28 yeai*flgo, educated at South Carolina university and Furman university, committed spicide in Brooklyn, whore K4 'was i^ofessor of chemistry in a college. He^made s^me of one of the most deadly poisons known anid took it. His death followed a quarrel with his wife and her mother in which Dodenhoff struck his mother-in-law with a chair, giving her a scalp wound. The women went after.; a policeman, and when they returned with one, the chemist was found on the floor of his laboratory. He was the only son of a Branchville merchant and with his wife spent last.summer there. Manchuria (Pr !>*? <! x>7 tt?? NutionM mo?rw"" Hoctety. WMlitnston. D, C.) IT IS an unusual year In wnlch Manchuria does not produce ae upset In Far Eastern affairs. In 1020 there was friction between Chinese nnd Russians over the man* agement of the Chinese Eastern railway of northern Manchuria?friction that brought a threat ,pf war. Now Manchuria Is the scene of grave difficulties between Japanese and Chinese, and again a railway Is at the bottom of the trouble. This time It Is the South Manchuria railway, owned and operated by a Japaneso corporation. In a struggle centering around the railroad property near Mukden, capJtaV.pf Manchuria, .both. Chinese and. Japanese lives have been lost. The world has grown to expect excitement from Manchuria; for In that country, as In Egypt and Mexico, It seems that drama never dies. From hereabouts, before Columbus was born, rode a Mongol horde to conquer Asia and harass Europe. From here, scaling the Great Wall which timid Chinese had raised against them, came giant Manchus to oust the Mings and found a new dynasty at Peiplng (Peking).CI ' " ^ Crossing the sea In clumsy junks 1,200 years ago, the same bold Manchus took tiger and leopard skins, ermine, nnd wild ginseng to trade with Japan for silks,and brocades. Later, when the near-world empire of Kublal Khan rolled from the Yalu to the Danube, a Mongol fleet of a thousand _ ships sailed against the shoguns, only to be smashed by "God's Wind" on the coast of Kyushu. Here, through turbulent years, three ancient empires met?the Bear, the Dragon, and the Rising Sun. Their struggles shook the earth. Korea *nc?combed, absorbed .by the Rising Sun; j the Dragon mothered Manchuria. War mangled the Bear, and to the north { rose an evanescent Far Eastern republic. Two Great Events. Yet In all its repertoire of high ad- , venture?political, martial, and economic?two events loom largest In the stirring story of Manchuria. They sway hot only the destiny of ancient Manchuria Itself, but they affect the fortunes and the future of Japan, China, and Russia. These events are the coming of the Russian-built railways, and the Immigration of millions of Chinese farmers. In the last three decades these forces, railways, and immigrants, have Jumped Manchurja ahead by 1,900 years?moved her from a region of feudal lords, bandltfc, and nomad herdsmen to a land of huge trade and agriculture, in many aspects strangely like part of the American West. So swiftly these changes have come that very often old and new still clash In oddly visual violence. Thus now, across South Manchuria, you may ride a crack train, smooth, shiny, and fast as anv Broadway limited or ;Frisco flyer?a solid train It is, of American pulimans, drawn by a big Baldwin locomotive made In Philadelphia?yet from Its observation car you may see peasants pushing wheelbarrows with sails on them?a type of vehicle old In China when Confucius was a baby. Steam shovels made Ini Milwaukee are moving mountains; Yankee tractors, Jerking a fleet of plows, scurry across the virgin plains, past walled hamlets where yellow men scratch garden patches with wooden hoes, as oin Bible times. _ Developed by the Railway. As early ns 1030 Russia, of course, had found her way to the Amur. By 1860 she had acquired the vast Marltime province, a veritable empire, stretching from the Ussurl river to the S#a of Japan nnd comprising an area as big Mexico. Across thljt. domain, in the 1890's, she was pushing her great Trans-Siberian railway to strike the sea at Vladivostok,- But. as the map shows, the original Siberian road, to reach Vladivostok over Russian territory, had to run a roundabout course along the Amur valley and via KhnbarovBk. Ste hundred miles would be saved if the Russians could build directly from Chita, on the Siberian road, straight southeast across Manchuria to rejoin the Trans-Siberian system near Pogranlchnaya. On the heels, then, of her friendly gesture In 1805, whei^ussla aided China to regain the aiea lost to Japan at Shlmonoseki, the Bear asked the Dragon for the right to build a railwaj serosa Manchuria; and, bj agreemeht signed September 8, 1800, that concession waa granted. From It dates the rise of modern Manchuria. That line and that orlginil branch of it, now celled the Sooth Manchuria railway, witlr the a^aomie rtghta^ttey , n um iu? vuivu jraviuv uiu ivi ? " i American West, Like magic, these new railway? were to turn a wild, thinly peopled nomad land Into a modern Canaan, a nppary of the Beat, ( ! drawing new settlers at the rate of unywhere from 800,000 to 1,000,000 In a single year. Because of Its consplcloua Importance and Its vast Influence on migration, Industry, and agriculture, It la worth while to- review the development of this railway and of its extension, the South Manchuria railway. All over the civilized world, newspaper readers know this famous line now as the Chinese Eastern railway. By the terms of tho original agree-, , " tofcht; signedbetween " China and the Russo-Chlnese bank (later the ltussoAslatic bank), It was to be a Joint enterprise. The Czar's engineers built It and the ltUBslans had charge of Its "shops, maintenance, and technical Operations'; but Chinese were supposed to share equally with Russian directors In It 8 general management. Wlien completed, In June, 1003, It had cost In excess of $200,000^000. Of this cost, China supplied about $5,000,000 and shared, proportionately, in its prQ^p5 * Towns Became Busy Cities.;? When finished, the main line of the Chinese Eastern ran from Its terminus at Manchull, one the northwest border of Manchuria, to Pogran- , ichnaya, on the eastern boundary. From Harbin, now a busy, Important city and} then a mere fishing pillage on the Sungarl river, a branch 'line was dropped south to -^Dalny, now Dalren, on the Bay of Korea. Most of this section, or that part from Changchun south to Dalren, Is now known as the South Manchurlan railway. - Dalny was literally a magic city. Built quickly, by imperial command, \ It "was the talk of the Far East, On this barren, then empty, point of rocks, engineers, architects, and workera of the Czar spent millions of rubles to build wharves, streets, business blocks, and houses for a population yet to come. A magnificent vision, that?the vision of a great seaport, terminus of a 5,495-mlle railway tying Europe to the Orient. How observers laughed, at this amazing spectacle?vast tralnloads of tools, food, tents, work animals, scrapers, and building material being dumped on a rocky shore of faraway Asia to build a city where there were no jpeo-, plel Yet today Dalny, Dalren, Is the second or third most Important seaport on all the China coast! In Man- < churla something is always, happening 1 - ? ,? It happened again In 1004, when Japan fought Russia. One saw the holes in the armored sides of escaping Russian bdttleshlps?holes big enough to lead cows through, holed made by Togo's guns in Tsushima strait Port Arthur, the impregnable, fell; ancient Mukden echoed and shook under the heaviest gunfire Asia had ever known. % Kuropatkln lost?and President Roosevelt mediated. In the pence conference at Portsmouth, N. H? Russia ceded to Japan "tier lease on the Llaotung peninsula and possession on the South Manchuria railway as far north as Changchun. China confirmed ! this and later extended Japan's lease I for a period of 99 years. But In Manchuria drama never dies. Tragedy, stark and terrible, stalked across the East when Imperial Russia 1 hv the thousand*!- fleeing the horrors of postwar political ehaos In Siberia, came east to beg; borrow, or starve In neutral Manchu[ rlan towns. ..." After Russia's. Collapse. In this chaos the Allies took over the operation of the Chinese Eastern railway^ .From-their base At vixuii- .. vostok they needed It to move men and supplies. An American engineer, famous for his work on the Panama canal, was in charge. Later, the newly formed Soviet government took Imperial Russia's old place as partner f with the Chinese. In 1924, by a new ^treaty, China enjoyed an equal share with the Soviets In the profits of the railway. It was agreed, too. that China should govern the railway zone. Inhabited now by many thousands of -.Whites, and that each patlon In the compact should refrain from propaganda against the other's social and ?polltlcf systems. .. ? r -Thau stripped of details, is the brldf story of the now famous Chinese Eastern railway op to June 11, 1929, _ ifgfB R was selted by jfaaJSMBflseTHi ' Russian personnel arrested, causing clouds of war once more to loota over this stage of so .many historic struggle*. This threat of way was later removed when Chinese and Russians again agreed to a Joint management < ggthe railway. Station on tha 8outh Menchurlan Railway. j. _ _ .'1 V_vi? I _t.. tk. >>.. ?l?. tk. CITATION The State of Sooth Carolina County of Kershaw By L. K. Jones, Esquire, Probate Whereas, Mri^lne Wooten F M. Wooten, Jr., made suit to mo 3 ffiijr "tkSTw! therefore, to cite and Wooten, deceased, that th<?y f appear before me, in tHi Uoun w Probate, to be held at Camden, S. C., nW the 3Tth dhy of January, 1982. next, after purification thereof, at d'clock in the forenoon, cause, If any they ^a^e, w y * t_ Administration should not t>e gi? **Given under my A5^ toy ?< ' Probate Judg'o Korahow Oounty **w' " ~~ citation The State of South Carolina County of Kershaw By U R. Jones, Esquire, Probate Whereas N. P. Getty a mad? suit to me to ?r?ht htm nU*t*w A. ministration of the Estate 01 ,eThe? J??; ?ore, t?v cite and admonish ellfacEtand creditors of tbe said J. 1* u?l tya, deceased, that they be and appear before me. in tb? ^rtq c on the said Administration should not b6G?ventundAr my hand, this Sth day of January, Anno Tiidire of Probate Kershaw County ! o^&/^^3,fth?s? Chronicle and posted at the Upurr House door for the time proscribed by law. ? , TAX RETURNS. * Office of Auditor Kerahaw Gounty. Camden, S. C., December 17,,1981. Notice is hereby given that the ditor's Office will be open for receiving Tax Returns from Jwiuary 1**, Ifllz, to March laC 1W2- All persona owning kreal estate or personal Pr?P erty must make_ returns within said-peri oaf as law? or be subject to ^penalty of 10 P<The'Auditor will attgadin g ? the Wy ( for receiving returns. Haley's iffln-January Wth. Blairey?Janu ar y *!tl at ?n<i 22"d' jwgtttxswag to pay a poll tax, and * tween the agee of 21 and 50 year, inclusive, are required to pay ? Road tax. unless excused by law. an Trustees, Guardians, ministrators or Agents holding prop erty in charge must return sameParties sending tax returns by ma must make oath to same before ?ome officer and fill out the ?a*?e injm> per manner or Auditor Kershaw County. trespass notice O , All nersons are hereby warned not to hunt, out wood, haul straw or tres nnRs upon my lands eight milea north SJrt o^Oamden for any purpose whatever. Parties disregarding this notice will be P^^WABDS Westell S^C. Jan. U 1MB- V notice Any persons shfwting or otherwise trespassing on this land or making fires or permitting fires set by them, to run or bum thereon, or remising therefrom any trees, wood, straw or oTiruhherv will be prosecuted to tne fuUextenl of the %. A reward of twenty-five dollars ($25) will bcK en to any person furnishing evld?J5? sufficient to convict any one of the V'^NGLESI DE PLAKTATIO N, Inc. A. D. Kennedy, Mana|J^4l8b Notice to Pebtora anTCreditora All parties Indebted to th? ! of J. S. Ross are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, arul all parties, if any, having cfaims against the said estate will them likewise, dulv attested, withfh * - ? Executrix, Blancy, S. C. Camden, S. C., January 8, 193J. GOOD LAXATIVE FOR ALL AGES All peopier-young and old? seed Thedford'a Black-Draught when troubled with constipation, indigea-i? tion, biliousness. Con-1 tains no chemicals.B; Composed of pure m*-| d 1 c i n a 1 roots and j| herbs, finely powder-1 ed, carefully com bin-1 edi Easy to take?#, no disagreeable after-? effect*. In um since 1835. 7? 0otd tgr "trregiBM in otal * packagee containing twenty-fire or " more doeee. Cftt a package, today, and try It In your oaee. w * I f*1 v - 7''^ ? ' t /Sl*" -.~V" r '.' 1^-" - ^/vi .' -^Z-Z. Solicitor Finley, of Yorkville, wrote the governor that he will cohsent to commuting the death penalty for Dave Du.nnham, Cheater negro, only if the man is not turned loose. He told Governor Bluckwood that the negro it a very dangeroua man who should be confined for the safety of the people. Xhinnham after sentence of death was found by the superintendent of the state hoqpital to be an imbecile. The negro has confejw* ed to several murders In different parts of the country. * Ask your grocer for Sander'sCreek water ground ksoal, fresh, pure and dean.?adv. V . ? - . - ,.y we ; -vc" .rx-yj TRESPASS NOTICE All partite are hereby warned not t<> trespass on my lands north of Caiuden, known as the former Th"TK~T^ Olyburn property, tor hunting, cutting wood, hauling straw or for any purpose whatsoever. Parties found violating this noUoe will be dealt with according to law. MRS. BLANCHE OLYBUKN, January 6, 1992. 46pd TAX NOTICE iSiate, County and tSchool taxes year 1081, payable between September 15th and December 31st, 1931, in- 1 elusive. According to law one per cent penalty will be added to all . taxes not paid by January Ht, 1932. Dog tax $1.26 each, due January 1st, 1932. Any information concerning this office will be given by mall. When inquiring "about taxes please state school district in which you live or own property. Youra respectfully, S. W. IDOGUE, Treasurer, Kershaw County, Camden, S. C. . r 1 1 , V' J. E. 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M Recording Sectj. ' . -ukv* r =5 - J: _ M- M. REASONOVER ^ legion Service Officer Kershaw County " Assistance rendered all Veteran* in Securing Benefits, Hospital and Disability Claims Lecated at Rhame Brothers Stare Camden, S. C. FYF5tmMtMFn g mad Gknct FituJ - ' I THE HOFFER COMPANY I I w ' ? - - - - W .1 . 4IVINTI Ufl UpMMmM I