The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 15, 1932, Image 7
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. : ? - ...
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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,? 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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. .
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J. E. McKAIN
LIFE INSURANCE AND
REAL ESTATE
District Agent
Minnesota Mutual Lift
Insurance Company
One of the Best Low Net
Cost Companies ~
LOCAL REAL ESTATE
Offices Crocker Building
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MIBBMMttHBiBBRBBBBBBBM/ i
R. E. Chewning & Son
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_ General Contractors??
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and Builders
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Phone SSI Camden, S. C
Estimates Furnished on All
Clsssss of Work
Floors Sanded on Bequest
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NO-MO-KQRN
FOR 00RN8 AND CA&OUS^I
Mods in Cdtnden And For Bstijgfc xM
DeKalb Pharmacy?Phona 91
ROBT. W. MITCH AM
Architect
Crocker Building,
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Camden, 8. C. : j
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KBRS&AW LODGE No. M
A. P. M.
Regular communication of
this lodge it held on .tlMo
first Tuesday in each month
at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are
corned. W. R. CLYBUHN,
J. E. ROS8,. Worshipful Master.
8,c"ury- H<aM
DeKALB COUNCIL N* S8 W
Junior Order 0. A. M.
"55iu-1 w""?.11 ~
fourth M riTldlTl of MUfih
month at 8 p.m. VUiting Bremen |
nre welcomed. J. W. THOMtffiON,
L. H. JONES, Councillor. M
Recording Sectj. '
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_ 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 - '
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