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B Nobody's Business for N The Chronicle by Gee I *"" Copyright. 1928. IVS FREEWAY NO MONK* ! 'fly creditors know already that 1 i I n a wholesale merchant by trade, | P faimci' by accident, a school trustee * ,-t newspaper feature riter by <ir?vy, a Sabbath school : RLperiutendent by election and a , Berried man by choice and mutriImony* I spend the majority of my time Htrying t0 manage a mercantile bustM * . . but as I have a good partIner that job ain't so hard. But what 1 started out to tell about is 1 the freak schemes manufacturers frequently resort to in an effort to get belter distribution of their products. The "free goods" deal is their main ' .. .as if there' ever was such lathing as "something far nothing." l hate these so-called "free deals" I worse than old Satan hates piety. Our firm never passes them on: we I figure what the stuff costs and add la little profit and sell it. The country's soap makers are the I worst of all at trying to fool the pubI public with free goods. They simply I can't sell you an article unless they give you 2 just like it for nothing. B That "is. they call it that. The only I time anybody ever gave me anything I absolutely gratis was when a girl B gave me the measles and then she swore I took cm. I But to make a long story longer: I a'few months ago a prominent soap B concern (evidently) borrowed 3 or 4 crazy persons from an insane asylum I and they formulated the following I sales plan: They instructed the reI tailors to sell 5-cent soap at 2 cakes B for 5 cents. That Rooked easy.... I ..The merchants immednately beI gan to offer soap at half price. They I sent a man around to check up how B much soap each merchant had when he started. This man counted his I soap and then gave him a due bill I for 1 cake of soap for every 2 cakes B he sold. A copy of this due bill was sent to New York to be signed by the janitor of the soap grease peddler, B and validated by the president. I ..After everybody in New Jersey and Chicago had approved the said I due bill, a -copy was sent back to the I merchant. A few days later the I merchant's jobber got a copy. He I billed out a case (or more) of soap to the merchant, deducted the cost of the "free" soap, and charged him the difference. It took 24 transaction > to handle a single order. Nobody knows anything about it, not even the company that put it over. We have several bales of papers in our >dfiee about this free soap, but they are only papers. We hope the crazy folks will be sent for at once and help us unravel the "sales" mystery. It would take 10 columns to exp a n its intricacies. So far, no one has found out what these folks were driving at. And they can't tell u> hcmselves. DIARY OF A MAN WITH A JOB MONDAY.?Went to work late, wi:Y Cck, plumbing out of order, pa..: :'.fth instalment on car. TC KSDAY ? Bought new spare . radiator leaking, wife still sick, had puncture on way to mill, paid instalment on Kelvinator. V. KI>NKSDAY?Cook, quit, cooked brc.d-.fast, ate breakfast down town, br< i lutch while en route to work, oh; -t-n. got the measles, paid third - ' Client on radio. "I ill"RSDAY ? Wife better, did "A ^ H i*P51 l?* f O S ^ AX? VAi*11?~ on a.; plant, tore Bill Smith's fender "ays I must pay him $25.00, *'< n worse, pajd second instal? .. ,.n ]avt dining room suite of fur'CAY?Wife entirely well, tried k my breakfast, but meter was and so was my pocketbook, " gg and a cup of coffee at the -anee Cafe, paid instalment on :Y's evening dress. I 1 ItDAY?Wife's kinfolks arist before dinner time, ran. phono post and broke bumper : ront lights, received duns from ' grocers, 5 doctors, 2 undertak1 telephone company with noprobable discontinuation, 1 gas any, ditto, 1 electric company, (i;t;o. i water company, ditto, 12 filling stations, 3 drug ^ores: wrote fear. of them this nice Brter: "Dear Your insulting statement received. I can't pay my honest debts touch less bills J <?ne you c.a.m-! owe you." Made "down" Payment on a nice living room suit bought from the "Pay-WhilerYotiKnjoy" Furniture Co. * Took bath, went to picture show, shot pool and went hone sad retired 6c ' . T. ' 1 -*-1 ?*/.,u T*y- "v^'japc and wont to bod. SABBATH?Too tired and worn out to get up till nearly dinner time. But finally did so. Washed ear, greased car,, polished car, filled ear with gas, then ate^ dinner. 1 and family got in car, drove up into the mountains, got home at 7 o'clock, too tired to go to church, listened at radio till 10. Crawled into the hay and slept like a log....and dreamed that I had my instalment* nearly paid up, woke up before 1 got my receipts. Too bad. diary of a man without a job MONDAY?Slept late, wife well, children well, all of us cooked some toast and fat-back for breakfast, hunted work for 5 hours, instalment collector re-possessed my car. TUESDAY?Sold spare tire that "Pay-Whlle-YouJRide" agent failed to take along with car yesterday, cooked a nice breakfast of fat-back and toast, family well, hunted for work 4 hours, promised few hours work next week trimming hedges, instalment collector re-possessed our Kelvinator. WEDNESDAY ? Moved into 2 rooms this morning, using front room for bed-room, sitting-room, living-' room, dining-room and sun-parlor;' other, room is being used for kitchen, bath-room, laundry-room, and breakfast-room. Hunted a job for 3 hours. Instalment collector re-posessed our radio. THURSDAY?.Had nice breakfast of toast and water; water was especially fine, got it from our neighbor's spigot. (They cut ours off yesterday). Hunted work for 2 hours. Man promised to write his brother in Punkville and see. if he could use me as a truck driver for the city. Grocery stores still open but not to us....except for cash. Instalment collector re-j>osessed our dining-room suite and incidentally, ho took along our graphophone... .on which we owed one more payment. FRIDAY ? Moved into cheaper place todsay,,. landlord kept our piano for unpaid rent, found an hour's work this mofrung toting out ashes, looked for some kind of employment for 2 hours, nobody don't seem to want nobody to do nothing, mended the shoes of the family, stopped the kids from school, sold sewing machine for 8 dollars, as had to have some cash for food and flu medicine, instalment collector re-possessed my wife's evening dress and my tuxedo. ? SATURDAY?Moved to my wife's mother's house today, hunted work 4 hours, my creditors have quit bothering me. . . .they know it won't be long now. Instalment agent repossessed all our household effects, so had nothing to move to mother's except the wife and children and 1 dog. SUNDAY?Would like to go to church, but have no clothes fit to wear. Took walk in the pasture, paid no attention to the "beautiful meadow and butterflies." Thought of jumping into the creek to end it all. Oh, well: things will be better wTien thfe boys get their bonus and we got off the gold basis and judgment day rolls around. So long until tomorrow. Yesterday seven hangarfe and ten airplanes were burned at Roosevelt Field, on*Long Island, near New York, in less*than an hour, although supposed to be fireproof. Carl Schneider, former airman in the German government, was badly burned. Jacob Lieberman, 77, sightless for 20 years, on Tuesday peered into a mirror as he combed his own hair. A successful operation for a bilateral! cataract sent the old man to marveling at the new world he was seeing after removal of the bandages from: i *" hifl hVAC Remove The Cause of Rheumatism Not Till Then Will You Be Free From It's Blighting Curse I'ric Acid Poison?the cause of rheumatic agony starts to tca^o your body in 24 hours Think of it?how this old world does make progress?now comes a prescription which is known to pharmacists as Allenru and within 48 hours after you start to take this swift acting formula all pain, agony and inflammation has departed. Truly a day for the whole family to celebrate for instead of being a helpless, expensive and annoying cripple the happy person is at work again. Allenru does just what this notice says it will do?it is guaranteed by DeKalb Pharmacy and leading druggists to do it?you can get one generous bottle for 85 cents and we know it will bring the joyous results you expect?yoiu: money whoLehfrteily returned. Take heart? lively activity will come again after the wonderful benefit Allenru brings has made you cheerful and happy. And remember this. Allenru is just aa effective fee certtla, sriitin and lumbago. 4 f V, i rT- I "/ .lii'irf?! t: ?r? Tomatoes For Home In Continuous Supply Clemson College, April 30.?With u little attention in the way of planning for different plantings and with reasonable care in the control of pests, a continuous supply of tomatoes can be hnd in most sections of the state from the latter part of May until frost, and even much later than the frost killing date, says E. H, Rawl, extension horticulturist. To have continuous supply of this fine vegetable for the home garden three distinct settings of the plant aro advised?or better still?four , plantings, The first planting should be made in the various sections of the state as soon as danger of frost is past. The seed for the first planting should be planted in hotbeds eight to ten weeks before tijne for setting in the garden. The second planting should be made May 15 to June 1; the third planting July 10 to July 25; and the fourth planting the latter part of August. The seed for the second, third and fourth plantings should be planted 5 or 6 weeks before the plants are needed for the garden. If these plants can be transplanted at least once before the final setting, better results will be obtained. The ideal soil for the first planting is sandy loam that is well drained and that permits of early warming, Mr. Kawl advises. For the later plantings, a heavy soil .that will retain mcgo moisture is better suited. Fertile soil that will grow snap beans and Irish potatoes is suitable. In any case, deep and thorough preparation and good drainage are essential, with thorough and shallow cultivation at all times. AN ESKIMO HERO Twelve Year Old Boy (lives Remarkable Exhibition of Devotion Ottawa, April 20.-j-A 12-year-old Eskimo boy took a hitfh place today in the long roster of heroes of the far north. Harnessed to a sled with two ailing dogs, he Saved his sick mother's life by pulling her over 160 miles of ice and snow to safety at Wagner Inlet post. **The feat,, performed in the midst of winter, the wildest time of the year, is described by Constable J. W. McCormack, of the Cherfield Inlet post in the -annual report of the Royal Canadian mounted police. Eladenac, father of the unnamed boy, died in 1930. His wife Kud1 luk stuck to her oath not to remarry, and her son took up the task of hunting food. But his luck was bad, meat was scarce, and his mother became seriously ill. Then the dogs began to die of distemper, until only two were left. So, when he saw his mother was getting no better he put her and his 3-yearold brother on the sled and started the terrible journey, from Igloo to the post. "For a kid of his age to be able to find his way to the post through a maze of mountains and lakes is a great compliment to the young native's ability as a traveler when it comes to a hard pinch," said the constable's report. Kudluk got well, but she is still unmarried? She bad rejoined her tribe and accepted the only alternative, j She has beeome the camp drudge. TRADE ILL REMEDY V Is To Be Found in Advertising Persistently Done. Greater and better advertising was advanced as a proof positive remedy for the present business ills, by Gilbert T. Hodges, president of the Advertising Federation of America.! speaking at the Poor Richard Club in Philadelphia recently. Iwr. Hodges ciieu instances where during last year, many concerns by consistent and intelligent advertising; increased sales and profits, one of these to the extent of a 50 per cent. gain. "The Federation has just comple-, ted a study of actual business experiences of the ups and downs of many [important business concerns," said, Mr. Hodges, "in order to bring facts to the support of its theories. It hastudied the happy experience of companies that have maintained advertising continuity, and it has pursued ' the unhappy experience of firms that have abandoned continuity. "Broadly speaking, the Federation found that those concerns which had j the vision to maintain advertising , continuity had added greatly to the momentum of their business year after year, and had constantly grown in importance and earning power. "It found, on the other hand, that those firms which lacked this vision, and which turned their backs on advertising continuity bad lost more or less rapidly all the prestige they had once possessed." Tax receipts from tobacco in Alabama have decreased $610,973.23 during the last year and a half. r T . . \ \ ' Farming Hints For Attention In May Clomaon College, May* 2.?Remind-1 era of essential May activities for field, orchard and garden are given below by K. W. Hamilton, extension agronomist; K. H, Kawl, extension horticulturist; J. T. MeAlister, exten-1 sion agricultural engineer; and Alfred Lutken, extension entomologist-pathologist. ' J Agronomy.?Soybean and cowpea seed are cheap. Plant a large acreage for feed and soil improvement. Better increase the corn acreage to I sure to have plenty of feed. I Side-dressing corn and cotton with nitrogen gives good returns on fertilizer money. Early sweetened poison on cotton will kill the early weevils and let the early squares develop. I Horticulture. ? Sow cabbage and collnrd about May 15 for August transplanting. Sow tomatoes for 1 July transplanting. Mulch tomatoes heavily with straw or leaves to hold moisture and prolong fruiting. l>o not cultivate beans while the foliage is wet. Apply nitrate of soda to garden crops if not growing well. Do not cut young asparagus too closely, fertilize and manure the bed after eutting season. 1 Agricultural Engineering.?Sharpen harrow disks for cutting in cover crops. Use weeder, spike-tooth harhow, or rotary hoe to break crusts formed over young seedlings. Equip the two-horse cultivator with disk hitlers or small sweeps for early cultivations. Keep working parts of machines greased or oiled as this is cheaper than repairs. Order repairs and recondition all machinery for the grain harvest. Recondition poultrylaying houses. Provide screens for dwellings, milk houses, etc. Insects and Diseases.?'Spray fruit trees for curculio, codling moth and diseases. Spray pecans with Bordeaux to control scab. Band apple trees for codling moth by May 15. Control melon anthracnose with 4-4-50 Bordeaux-lead arsenate spray. To avoid serious budworm injury plant I corn in lower South Carolina about May 5; middle South Carolina May 10;* upper South Carolina May 20. Control Irish potato and tomato diseases and insects with Bordeaux-lead arsenate spray. Dairying.?Plan for two tons of soybean or peavine hay for each mature cow and one ton for eac yearling. If. a silo is planned for this fall, have ample corn or cane to fill Plant enough extra corn to supply eight bushels of corn-and-cob meal per cow this winter. Sow onehalf acre of Sudan grass, or Teosinti or Pearl Millet for soiling purposes in July and August. Do not graze permanent pastures too closely. Clean out the barns and premises to save manure and destroy breeding places for flies. Animal Husbandry.?Place weaning pigs on succulent forage, and give them all they will eat of a well-balanced concentrate. See that young pigs are not on territory infested with internal parasites. Observe the pigs for lice and if infested grease them with motor oil. Feed 30 days and market sows which have not raised good litters. Feed the lambs in a creep with a palatable wellbalanced concentrate. Use oats as a ; concentrate for horses and mules starting suddenly to the spring wor Observe beef cows with young calves closely and see if the udders need milking. If sheep arc infested with stomach worms give them treatment. Poultry.?Clean and disincect the brooder houses each week. Cull all weak, slow growing pullets and sell as broilers. Cull the non-laying hens and sell. Do not keep boarding hens. Remove males from laying flock when incubation season is over. Produce infertile eggs. Provide shade for growing chicks. Escaped Convict Captured An escaped convict named James Davis, alias James Baker, a negro who killed three people during his career was sFPested by the local police on Thursday night at a negro home in this city. This negro escaped from the chain gang at Dobson. N C? on April 1 and word was sent to Chief Monegomery to be on the watch for him as he had been arrested in Lancaster previously. Chief Montgomery had received wore that he had been in Lancaster on different occasions during the past month and after making several searches he was located on Thursday night in bed at the home of Mundy Johnson near the business section of this city.?Lancaster News. Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen has announced herself a* favorable for a referendum on the 18th amendment as a basis of right ^under the American form of government. "Leaval Hubbard, negro, 26, has confessed to the police of New Orleans, that he shot Edward Melancon, 49, and the father of five boys, and than attended his funeral because of morbid curiosity. > ? e v ' : ~r w J** c.' id in vr..;; r.-.??? <^iileDred?? ... * " ' <L> Weevils pn't ruin An early crop IT is not surprising that we have one of the heaviest of all weevil infestations this year. A remarkably mild winter, a late, damp spring* the possibility of a wet summer?this combination of conditions is ideal for the weevil. What he does to the crop however, depends pretty much on what he finds when he begins to get around in large numbers. If.he finds squares, it will be just too bad. But if he finds the crop already set, he'll have plenty to worry about. The job is to get your crop set just as early as you can. And there is nothing like a Chilean Nitrate side-dressing to do it. Immediate availability, quick action, lasting vigor and vitality? these are reasons why Chilean Nitrate is so valuable, so effective for side-dressing cotton. Put down ICO pounds per acre (200 pounds would be better) right after chopping. That ought to pull you through this year. But be sure you get Chilean Nitrate. See your dealer now. TWO KINDS Both are natural ^ 100 LB. BAOS AND 200 LB. BAOS CII1 L M A NNITRATE EDUCATIONAL BUREAU. INC. | Columbia, South Carolina Cunning of Coyote Wins Over Bull Elk Ogden, Utah, April 16.?The cunning of coyotes on tho hunt was watched from th? ait in tho Jackson Hoi? country recently by a pilot and ranger. Nino coyotes attacked n large bull elk and maneuvered the animal close to an overhanging cliff. Thereupon tho beasts charged and literally drove the animal off th? ledge. The elk fell into deep snow and was helpless. Th? coyotes, ignoring the roaring plane, devoured the animal at their leisure.r ' " Up to Wednesday night th? campaign headquarters seeking to addon? million men to the list of employed, reported that so far a total of 635,lO.'l jobs had been secured in the country. falotaDs TRADE MARK REQ. For lazy liver, stomach and kidneys, biliousness, indigestion, constipation, headache, colds and fever. *. 1(V and 35 at dealers. The South Carolina railroad commission, acting: at the request of the Southern railroad, this week ordered the road to discontinue trains No. 13 and No. 14 running between Charlotte and Columbia through Rock Hill. The order provides that passengers from Yorkville be handled to and from Columbia via Kingville at the same faro now charged via Rock Hill. Trains No. 31 and , 32 are to provide facilities in place of those discontinued, stopping at Fort Mill, regularly or on flag, and similarly at other principal stations at which they do not now stop. 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