The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 29, 1932, Image 6
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LOOKING BACKWARD
Taken From the Fllee of The Chronicle Fifteen end Thirty Yeere Ago
THIRTY YKABS AGO
" January 2$, 1MI
Rev. Jabez Ferria preaches hii ft rat
sermon aa pastor of Camden Baptist
^ohuroh.
Family of C. P. Rossignol removes
ta (Savannah, Gai a
Collins transfer driver carrying
United States until araested and
charged with reckless driving of
horse drawn team. He was lined one
cent by the mayor. <,
Benjamin JKadtj and George Wilson
captured at ?loan, N. C., charged
with burglarising R. L. Belt's store!
at Westville in which the postofTicel
was located. They are to be tried in
United States court.
FJre destroy# residences of Richard
F. Outlaw together with its contents
eight miles east of Camden.
'Captain John Barxtcll rents house j
of J. J. Workman on DeKalb street I
to reside here.
Luther Stokes, of Eastern Ker- J
shaw, married to Miss Llna Ham-1
mond, of Camden. f
Local military company reorganiz-l
ed with Dr. iS. C. Zemp as captain. I
Camden company and Liberty Hill
Rifles, with Captain John G. Rich-1
ards in command expect to attend
exposition at Charleston on military
day.
James Kelly, assistant superintendent
qI chain gang, shoots Joe Thornyson
to death in Stockton section. |
Marconi's wireless telegraphy tes?-l
od out on Gorman vessel at sea and j
pronounced a success.
New York swopt by fiercest blizzard
'since 1888. J:
Richmond P. Hobson, south's naval
hero, to retire from navy on account L
of impaired eyesight. }i
FIFTKKN YBAKS AGO
February 9, 1917. v*
British passenger liner California
with American passenger aboard, torpedoed
and aunk by German submarine,
which further complicates matters
with America and Germany.
President Wilson issues passport to
Von Bornstoff and recalls Gerard.
T. P. Sanders, Jr., of Hagood, dies
suddenly.
| Rebecca Bolton, Camden negress,
badly burned when her clothing ignites.
Offices of the Northwestern railway
at Sumter destroyed with all
old records.
Large tank at Seaboard station und
one at Holly Hedge frozen when they
overflowed making pretty sights with
'their4 mantle of ice.
Refugee German steamer, Kronprinzessin
Cecile, costing $<1,500,000,
deliberately crippled by her crew
while in Boston hul'bor.
Enrolled in the main city schools
of Camden are 470 pupils?244 boys
and 225 girls.
C. O. Floyd's drug store broken into
and robbed at Kershaw.
Minnie Bell Clyburn, seven j^ar old
dauKhter, of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Clyburn,
dies at Kershaw.
Louis Gui.on's stock farm at LugQflT
gets big write-up in Country Gentleman.
T. B. Butler, of Gaffney; A. L. Gaston,
J. L. Glenn, of Chester; Claud
N. Sapp, of Lancaster; W. F. Stevenson,
of Cheraw and J. W. Hamel, of
Kershaw, announce as candidates for
congress to fill place made vacant by
death of Congressman 1). E. Flnley. 1
THE DINNER HORN ?_
(By I'. C?. Browne in Anderson
Record)
All you folks who were raised in
the country and can remember a
half century or so ago draw up your
chairs ami let's talk about the greatest
musical instrument ever devised,
in the opinion of all boys of those
days, the dinner horn.
The horn itsolf usually came from
a steer, and was 18 inches or more
.1
in length nicely denned t\nd poltsheriV
and curved somewhat like -a half
moon, hut not so much so. It took
an artist to make one of those horns
and make a dinner horn of it, but
it was done.
In those days the farms were usually
largo and well wooded, with
Hearings here and there surrounded
by woodlands. The fields were from
a few acres on up, but no matter
how small the farm you could not
stand on the front iporch and see
| all over 11 like you can now. Farm
ball* ware not heard of, and there
wan no horn blowing or ball ringing to
get up by but the people got to workj
curly and worked late. The fields
wore scattered, and no one, even ifj
he had a watch ever thought of carrying
it to the field with Mm* It wa#
saved to wear on Sunday and whei^
ho wont to town, so the dinner horn
was the only signal when dinner was
ready.
In those days farm work was harder
than it is today. It was hoe, hoe,
hoe from May until the latter part
of July, I^ess cultivation by plowing
was done in these days. Those old
hoes had a large eye in them and the
handle was furnished apd attached
by the, purchaser. What boy does
not remember how those old hoes
used to spin around on the handle
and very often come off and go sailing
away. That part was not so bad
for the boy got a rest while some
older person got a sliver from a fence
rail, trimmed it wedge shape with
his pocket knife and fastened the
hoe back on the handle. The grase
grew ra.nk, and the land very often
was. fresh, with plenty of sprouts to
cut, fend all this was with a heavy
dull hoe. If you do not 'believe that
was hard work ask any man who experienced
it in his boyhood days.
Later when the gooseneck hoe?, as
they were eiflled came into use, hoeing
was a pleasure compared to those
old eye h<j>es.
But we are rambling. We started
out to talk abj^ut the old time dinner
hern, but that"is all right. We old
timers can inject any other subject
we choose into our talk. Some people
may think animals cannot think,
or know the time of day but who
does not remember that just about
15 minutes before the time for the
horn to blow how the horses would
neigh and the mules honk in anticipation
of food and rest. And when
the blast of that dinner horn echoed
C A.
and re-echoed against the hills and
woods, a shout went up from man
and a joyful noise from the beasts.
You have heard grand opera and all
kinds of the best of music, but no
tired, hungry and thirsty farm boy
ever heard a sweeter noto than tho
old dinner horn. The stock knew
which end of the row was "taking
out" place and when that was reached
they stopped and refused to pull the
fdow any further. The hoe hands
would stop where they were, stand
the hoe on end in the ground, where
It could be easily found when they
returned to work. * 4^
Then off to the houee for food and
reat. The stock was first fiven
water and than turned loose In the
lot, and no matter how hungry the
sweaty animal was it would first lie
down and wallow. The men would
wash their hands and faces on the
hack porch or at the well. And then
to the dinner table. A blessing was
asked, and maybe the Lord heard it,
but the hungry boys heard only some
mumbled y/ords, and then without
further ado they lit into the cornbread,
buttermilk, beans and other
vegetables and in a short time huge
quantities of this food was disposed
of without fear of indigestion or such
like. Then for a rest for en hour.
The men would stretc^oyt on the
floor or any other convenient' place,
while the boys would 'bhyt- a game
of marbles. {
Those old dinner horo\ could sometimes
be. heard for miles and it was
not unusual foiuiome farmer to quit
work by his neighbor's dinner horn
instead of having one of his own.
; ,There was no such thing in those
days as eastern or any other standard
time. While iHostetter's green back
almanac gave the rising^ and setting
of the sun and moon, it eovered so
much territory that it was not so accurate,
and usuafly the clock was set
by the noonday sun.
These horns were sometimes blown
on other occasions than the dinner
hour, and when they were it meant
something. The men were generally
at work some distance from the
house, and could not always be easily
located as to which field they
were at work. In case of emergency,
such as sudden illness, accident^
fire, either at home or in the forest,
the horn was sounded and men double-quicked
to the house to see what
the trouble was. Very often neighbors
would come in to see if they
could be of assistance.
There are doubtless some of these
old dinner ToTna in Greenwood county
today, but how many women are
there who- could blow one ? -It took
a pair of strong lungs to blow that
old horn to make i^heard far and
near. But, then, what's the use ? If
you had one and could blow it, it
would sound tame and flat with no
great forests4'for the sound to echo
against. Farm bells are all right
now that the land is all cleared up
and it is about as wqjl -that the old
dinner horn has gone the way of
many old time things and1 customs.
Well, good night folks. Come
around again some night and we will
talk over some more things of the
long ago.'
PERCEIVE THE POLITICIAN
Here Is a Good Portrait of Him By
a Marion Newspaper Editor
There's no keeping the politician
down. He is always present, with
his nostrils distended, testing the
wind.
He even attends cotton meetings,
in order to see exactly what the "boys
want him to do and say.
He stands for those things which
represent ballots; he smells the next
election, even when far off.
He ri^es with the sun and peeps at
the horizon, searching for something
which will tell him what to do and
what to say which will eventually
prove to be popular.
He takes sides which he thinks will
win; he runs with the hounds, brays
with the asses and sings with the
larks, morning, noon and night.
So long as he stands in with the
majority he cares not for rhyme or
reason; he thinks in terms of votes,
he prays in terms of votes and yells
with the mob believing that the mob
will pay him back with a yell?and a
ballot.?Marlon Star.
A package containing 2^4 counterfeit
$5 bills was seized by secret service
officers in a New Orleans hotoL
Tursday night. It is alleged that the
bogus money was left there by Martin
J. Graham. Spanish war veteran,
of Savannah, (in.
CITATION
The State of South Carolina
County of Kershaw
In the Probate Court
By L. R. Jones, Esquire, Probate
Judge.
Whereas, Susie C. Woods made
suit to me to grant her Letters of
Administration of the Estate of and
Effects of Lizzie B. Woods
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Lizzie B.
Woods, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be hcM at Camden, S. C.,
on the 30th day of January, 1932,
next after publicaiton thereof, at 11
oVlock in the f Qrcnoon,?La?ahow
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this
day of January, Anno Domini 1932.
L. R. JONES,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
Publijftied on the 22nd and 29tn
days of January, 1932, in the Camden
Chronicle, and posted at the
Court House door for the time prescribed
by law.
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Unemployment Bad
In Some Sections
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Columbia, Jan. 26.?The unemployment
situation in Soufch (Carolina,
serious in some sections of the state,
in others is not acute.
A report was presented to Goyernor
Blackwood today by federal investigators,
who made a survey of
the state at his request.
In a letter accompanying the report,
Frank Bane, federal -director
of unemployment work, siad:
"There are many localities where
conditions Are not acute and localities
where excellent work is being
done in providing necessary relief,
xxx Certain X is that many of
your state are confronted with very
serious problems which will doubtless
be with them for some time."
Seventeen counties were visited by
the two investigators. Their recommendations
were: That statewide
plans' should be made immediately
to aid financially and otherwise those
^cities and counties whose relief problem
is beyond their capacity.
That "the splendid work of .the
field staff of the county farm and
home demonstration department
should continue with increased support
of state and local communities."
That relief be provided in agricultural'
sections for croppers and
tenant^'farmers^ who during normal
times have bfcfen able to secure work
during "dull agricultural seasons.
That consideration should be given
to a permanent relief program for
the large increasing number of tenant
farmers who are forced to leave
because the land owners cannot assume
responsibility for them. In
this connection it was suggested that
Greenville's experimental farm project
"appears to be practicable."*
That there is a "need for a thorough
organization and added support
to prevent acute suffering now."
The following "cities and counties"
were visited, the report says: (Charleston,
Sumter, Florence, Lancaster,
Darlington, York, Bock Hill, Clem"
son College, Anderson, Clinton, Newberry,
Greenwood and Richland.
Comments on some of the cities
and counties follow:
Charleston?"Due to a lack of
commercial and shipping activities
and numerous bank failures, the city
is in bad financial Condition."
"It is estimated that between 5,000
and 7,000 families are involved
in the unemployment situation. Many
of these are already in distress."
"The chamber of commerce feels
optimistic about the next few
months.
Greenville?.Unemployment in the
county "exceeds 8,500.'L The report
says 7,000 of the 15,000 normally me;
ployed in the city are now without
work.
"Industrial conditions appear to
be somewhat better than last year
when mills n were running no night
shifts."
The practice of arresting unemployed
on a vagrancy charge, said
to be practiced by Greenville officials,
is described as "vicious and
inhuman."
Columbia?"Relief activities here .
are well organized."
Spartanburg?"A sincere effort is
nWde to give adequate relief but with
/their limited budget it is not possible
to care for all out of employmentAnd
in need according to recognized'
standards."
"A conservative estimate places the
number of unemployed at 1,200 in
this community." '
Florence?"Dr. F. II. MoLeod, su
perintendent of the community hospital
xxx paints a black picture of
the condition of the city but states
the community will try its best to
meet the situation."
1 Darlipgtoi*?'"Only one check for
$25 has beeh given the county school
teachers (200) since Juiie, 1031."
Anderson?"General conditions are
favorably. IGrop's the past year Vere x
exceptionally good but because of low
market prices there is little cash
available." - .
"The mill worker will not starve
or freeze but it is the tenant farmer
who, has been *161* out' by the
farm owner and the, cropper who
need assistance as they are in a
desperate coridition."
"Eighty per cent are working on
staggered time" in^the mills.
"This community appears to recognize
its problem and wants no outside
help. They can pnd will meet
their responsibility."
Cherokee ? "Unemployment and
distress among farmers is a (problem."
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Union?"It is ^ doubtful Whether
there will be sufficient foqd in the
county to $are for the "needy."
Sumter?-Employment is 20 per
cent, below normal.*
Greenwood?One half the farms
have "no cowf hogs, chfckens, or
garden. (Conditions among \ these
people are-deplorable.-" ** 1
Lancaster?The county and city
are in "bad condition." The report
describes a condition on the outskirts
of Lancaster where "abandoned . i
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shacks have been seized by people
who cannot afford rent and they live
in poverty." "There may be in all t ^
800 families of this kind."
The Argentine government baa in- |
augurated the moat drastic shift of
the burden of taxation in its history
from tariffs to direct taxes on incomes
and property, in effort to balance
its budget and avoid a mora- /oj
torium.
With a -deficit of $150,000,000 in
sight, for post office revenue?, Postmaster
General Brown recommends
and urges an increase of first-class
postage from two to three cents and
estimates that the increase would
bring in about $100,000,000 per year.
Floyd Britt, 26, of Towns, Ga., is,
in jail in Savannah, facing a probable
murder charge, the outgrowth ?"H
of his killing a woman while driving
a car when under the influence of
liquor. Britt was found asleep ip the J
car immediately after the accident.
John. M. Hemphill, Democratic can- - -jrj
didate for governor of Pennsylvania y~
in 1030, is urging the party in that
state to vigorpu9 advocacy of state's
rights, particularly in its application
to prohibition, lest the Republicans
adopt the slogan and "ride to glory."
A 4,000-pound whale-shark, a rare
deep sea fish, was harpooned in the
Gulf Stream off Miami, Fla., thia
week and was towed there by a fishing
party. The big fish is to -be
mounted by its captors at a cost bf
about $2,000. -?? /
Additional Penalty on Taxes
State, County and School taxes for
the year 1931, payable between September
15th and'December 31st, 1931,
according to law one per cent penalty
will be added to all taxes not
paid by January 1st, 1932, also an
additional one per cent will be added
to all taxes not paid by February
.1st, 1932 Any information concern- rtz
ing this office will be given at office
or by mail. When inquiring about
taxes please state school district in
which you live or own property.
Yours respectfully,
S. W. HOCTJE,
Treasurer, Kershaw County.
Camden, S. C., January 23rd, 1932. ^
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