The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 08, 1932, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Iody's Business
for The Chronicle by Gee
Gee, Copyright. 1928.
IU8LETTER
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been wondering for some J
can't figure out just what
democrat is. Will ? you^j
ite a few linos and give
idea as to what you think
yores J
MY ANSWER
re two distinct^ types of
mocrats, female and male.1
5 different kinds of Hoover
vizzly: Baptist, Methodist,
an, A. R. Presbyterian and
lers.
a reason why most of those
us church members voted
was. .. . A1 .Smith was not
tholic,. . .that in /itself bet
15 reasons... .but he was
lolic at that.
meant any harm voting for
r. There wasn't anybody
te for after A1 told them
ch he belonged to. They
e time that A1 would make
resident than Mr. Hoover,
>f the Pope of Rome sender
d every day what to do.
at they heard down south.)
I, it's this way: A Hoover
s a lady or a gentleman
her or his religious prosriously.
Politics didn't
old, true and tried demoe
wrong. They knew that
r would keep church and
ute. Nobody ever thought
Hoover which church, if
>nged to. . . .until after the
?o
ood men and good women
by birth, nature, instinct,
and habit) voted for Mr.
Some of them still think
does very well to be an
d with no one to help him
lblicans. Why, have you
much better he has been
ng since hF got a bunch
xrrnts in onngr<>?s ? That's
Hi he needed to hurry on his pros^Bcnty
program. loot's all encourage
^ im till next March, .when Mr. RooseHlt
will take over the "reigns"....
^Br mebbe Ritchie or Baker. "Poor
^ ttle Hoover-ite,"don't you cry: you'll
a democrat buy-and-buy." (That's
^ oetry).
H wY?ur friend, .
Gee McGee.
A WEEK-END VACATION
(Friday)
BOur second day away from home
Ba* not so eventful as we anticipatBj.
The hol'tfi that we stopped at
Btd advertised its rooms far and neurit
thi- manner: "Room with bath,
B.Ou." We got one of those 2-dollar
Boni> hut he charged us G-dollars
Br it ....you see, he nad 2 single
it, and having been married
nearly 20 years, we didn't object
m single beds.
Bl\\. went to the picture show.-They
Bui just reduced their prices from
^B cent* to 50 cents, thus getting
BwnBo within 25 cents of what
^BuW he right. If me and my folks
^Bd not of been victims, the place
^B>uU have looked much emptier,
it was, the house was about oneHoover
prosperity admis^Bon
fees would have filled that place.
a ,11 learn this the day before
I You have no doubt observed that
i. vacation is southward. It was
pd a*.en we left home, but jUJTt as
|or. a- we landed in the "Sunshine
I had to invest in pair of
kv-?- Thio natives told us that
the coldest weather Florida
it. experienced since Cleveland's adb
- -ation. I have been down
fci.- a dozen times when it was even
!<.? :* than that. One old man told
p that it was down to 28 in Cally>rn<y.
You see, Fla., and Calif.,
e *':!! rivals.
1 am a close observer. I noticed
it all of the men who collected tolls
toll bridges, .. .and we passed 3 in
e day....were well-dressed, and
loked. They are going to disconue
these toll bridges when Raskob
tomes president. I found out (on
s trip) what busted the United
ties. I got my evidence from
Ke automobile junk-yards. The
ual value of the 76 acres of junked
'ft was about $250.00: the actual
t of the junk when new wes
^.hfto oo. That's the trouble, fellers
instead of the tariff and the rofiicans.
tri?d mighty hard to find a town
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or community where everything was
fine, tip-top, dandy, and lovely. Most
of the towns and cities are about like
all other towns and cities. We spent
an hour at one fair-sized burg. Its
bonded debt was only $18,000,000 and
its current debt was slightly less than
$2,360,000. It won't take them long
to get adjusted as all the
other towns of the same size and
color and radius owe 3 times that
much. misery loves sick oeu-ieiiows.
..Before delving too deep into affairs
generally,' I considered my
"home" situation. And while I feel
that we are slightly bent, if not
plumb broke, we are better off than
many sections. I decided before getting
back home....that one place is
as good as another, and if there's
any difference, it'* -a darned sight
better. Note: We found 2 towns
that had the same price for gas and
oil: that was unusual. (The third
spnnm of this 4-day vacation will follow
next week).
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THE WAY OP A JACKASS!
* An Old Fable
Long ago the donkey was esteemed
by all as tho wisest of animals, ElKandee
vowned a great herd of these
sagacious beasts, and other' shieks
fioni miles around came to marvel
at the wisdom of his herd. Came
even t^B Phophet^himself and with
flowing pride Kl-Kandee led him out
to the herd and said:
"Behold, 0 Prophet, the wise and
talented asses. Talk with them, and
see if they are not wiser than forty
owls." '
So the Prophet addressed the asses:
"Answer this question," saith he.
"What would an ass require for a
three days' journey?"
"For a three days' journey, 0
Prophet, an ass should require six
bundles of hay and three bags of
dates," they replied.
"Very good," "quoth the Prophet.
Whereupon Kl-Kandee broke into
chuckles and said: "Did I not tell
you they are passing wise?" <
The Prophet again spoke to the
asses: "I have for one of you," he
said, "a three days' journey, but I
will not give six bundles of hay and
three bags of dates for making it.
Let him who will go for less stand
forth." '
And behold they all stood forth
and began to talk at once. One
would go for six bundles of hiry and
two bags of ^ dates. Then another
for three bundles and one bag of
dates, until finally one especially
long-eared ass agreed to go for one
bundle of hay.
Then,-spoke the Prophet: "Fools,"
qu6th h'hr-J'you cannot live for three
da^s on one bundle of hay, much
less profit from the journey!"
"True," said the long-eared one,
"BUT I WANTED TO GET THE
ORDER."
And from that far-off day to this,
a^sos have been known as fools, and
the price-cutters known as asses.?
Calhoun Times.
Robert F. Smith Dead
St. Charles, S. C., March 28, 1932?
Funeral services were held at Bethany
Baptist church of this place Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock for
Robert Furman Smith, 70, who died
at his home near here, Friday evening,
March 25th, at 8:20 o'clock, after
a brief illness.
The services were conducted by tho
Rev. B. L. Hill, oaoialvu by Dr. Brunson,
pastor of Grace Baptist church
of Sumter.
Mr. Smith was born and reared in
the community in which he died. He
was a man of sterling character and
greatly respected by those who knew
him best. He was since early manhood,
a member of Bethany Baptist
church.
An epidemic of influenza is reported
to be in the city schools of Abbeville.
More than 100 children last
week Were out of the primary school;
68 out of the high school, and many
out of the grammar school. Fortunately
the epidemic is said to be of
mild form.
H. E. Thompson, of Batgsburg, a
member of the state board of conciliation,
has been designated by Governor
Blackwood, to go to Langley and
study the textile strike there. " He
will confer with the management and
the workers and report his findings to
the chief executive.
Why m Up Nights?
Make This 25c Test
This easy bladder physic is needed
to drive out impurities and excess
acids which cause irritation that results
in leg pains, backache, burning
and getting up nights. BU-KETS,
the bladder physic, containing buchu,
juniper oil, etc., works, on the bladder
plamsantlv and effectively as castor
oil on the bowels. Get a 25c box
fir grain sfre) from your druggist.
After four days, if not relieved of
getting up nights go back and get
your money. You are bound to feel
better after this cleansing and you
get your regular sleep. Locally at
Dofass*' Drug Store and DeKaib
Pharmacy. ,
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Perfects Invention
For The Linotype
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Charlotte, N. C., March '&).?A man
who dreamed for 16 years of a machine
to do the work of a Linotype
operator today read in his home
newspaper the statement of experts
that he had made the greatest contribution
to the printing* business since
the Linotype itself was introduced.
It is called the Semagmph?literally,
a machine that reads and writes.
The reading is a mystery to the layman,
and the writing is in the formof
ordinary lines of type, thousands
of which make up the daily newspaper.
" Butyrd L. Green, who put on his
Sunday clothes yesterday to demonstrate
it to newspaper and press association
men from many places, is
the man who had the dream which
Curtis B. Johnson, publisher of the
Charlotte Observer, made come true
with financial backing.
Green's invention is really two
inventions. One of them, an electric
typewriter, solving the problem of
spacing, which up until now has hindered
every effort at electrical Linotype
operation. On this machine the
re ported'or, copy preparer writes the
story. Directly under each letter is
a symbol. A scale tells exactly when
a line of a given size of type has
j been "written." If the line has too
few letters, a special key carries the
carriage back, and a symbol "informs"
the mystic Linotype keyboard
that each ordinary space band, or
each letter, must have a thin spaco
inserted in addition.
This copy is then ready for the
typesetting machine?Linotype or
Intertype?inserted under a tiny
point of light, it is penetrated exactly
at each dot of the symbol assembly
below each letter. A photo
oleotric cell?the electric eye of modern
science?registers the light impulse
and transmits it to the magnetic
light relay which trips the releases
of niat^ just as now l?y the
human hand.
It is estimated that one man will
be able to handle ftyUr Linotype machinos
after installation of the newattachment.
His sole duties will be
to insert copy, unload type, and keep
the machine in repair as docs the
ordinary composing room machinist.
Green says every safety device Possible.
has 'been installed on the machine
where ever breakdowns in the
intricate machinery have been known
to occur. All of those devices register
immediately with the "mechanical
operator," stopping it and turning
on a red light over the machine
to attract the attention of the attendant.
Green began studying the possibilities
for such a machine many years
ago?even before the Linotype had
reached its modern development.
First he built an entirely electric machine,
operating on a system similar
to the common telegraph office teletypewriter.
Too much wiring with
consequent short circuits, and spacing
difficulties caused him to discard
this idea.
Another machine was built. It
also failed to please, nnd then with
the money of Mr. Johnson and the
mechanical advice of John P. White,
and the research efforts of engineers
throughout this country and Germany
in an effort to find a speedy enough
relay for the "electric eye," the present
machine, entirely mechanical except
for the^>hoto-eIectric device, was
developed.
Green's face shone yesterday as he
demonstrated his invention for the
first time. For 30 minutes he let it
turn out type without a hitch at
the rate of 6 lines per minute. He
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says a few perfections he is now
working on will enable it to set 12
lines per minute?almost twice the
present Linotype speed. <
Especially did he beim when advised
by his patent lawyer thut all
patents had been wanted in Washington?that
no other person had
ever approximated the same use to
which he had put his materials, and
that there was no danger of infringement?in
other words, that he was
llrst.
Green is 40 years old. For lf>
years ho has invested every spare
cent in an electrical and mechanical
library said to be one of the most
complete ever gathered outside of
great laboratories. Two years ago,
White, superintendent of The Observer
plantj became enthused over
Green's idea and enlisted Mr. Johnson's
aid, Sinye then the work has
progressed slowly hut surely until
they announced yesterday the machine
was no longer a dream, but a
! fact.
Text ilea
There, is not a bit of doubt but
that the long expected upturn in the
textile business is now under way.
It is what we have been looking for
in this country for a long time. This
is but a part of the general rejuvenation
of business that is coming.?
Gastonia Gazette.
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; "* , longevity
At 85, the average person has 17
million more minutes to live. That
. is, he has if he isn't on a highway
'with a large number of boy drivers
in a terrible hurry for nothing, dart:
ing . around or cutting-in ahead, to
, gain a minute at odds/ of 17 million
to 1 for themselves and others.?^
Capper's Weekly.
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La Paz, Bolivia, 'has asked for a
, six-months' moratorium for the pay
! ment of Its 1P22 indebtedness.
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Fifth District
To Be Unchanged
After much discussion the general
assembly has agreed upon u redistricting
bill which divides 'the atato
into six instead of seven congressional
districts. Under the terms of this
bill the lifth congressional district
remains unchanged as tho counties
that will constitute this district aro
the same as formerly, namely Cherokee,
Chester, York, Fairfield, Lancaster,
Kershaw and Chesterfield.
Senate amendments to the bill as
introduced in the housv took Lee and
Sumter counties from a proposed
fifth district. Tho local district will
be the smallest one in the state in
population as in cbtting down tho
number of districts from seven to six
it was necessary to add counties on ?
to most of the districts.
The bill which was concurred in
by the house after the senate amended
it will be passed the fore part of
the week and signed by the governor,
according to reports.
"I think this bill should be called
the Hutchison memorial redisricting
bill*' Calhoun Thomas, Heaufort, said
after it had passed.
Hutchison is the reading clerk of
tho house and secretary to Congressman
W. F. Stovenson. The bill, whilo
it was in the house, was sometimes
referred, to as the "Hutchison bill,"
and last night, after the house had
concurred in senate amendments,
"Hutch" thanked the house for its
action.
The Champion Fibre Company,
Canton, N. C., has perfected a procoss
for manufacturing "cotton content"
bond paper. A report emanating at
Greenville, stutes that twonty-flve per
cent of the paper, by weight, will bo
i cotton.
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