The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 17, 1932, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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Nobody's Business
Written few The Chronicle by Gee
McGee, Copyright, 1928.
MY FIR8T OTORE-BOUGHT SUIT
t< * A OF ( LOTHKM
..I think I was 1(5 year* of age when
my father and I, as well as my 6
brothers and 4 sisters, went U> town
on three bales of cotton and dressed
ourselves up. I had had a cotton
patch and my "crop" was in one of
those bales of cOtton, but the balance
of the bale belonged to 6 or 8
others. ... who also had patches.
.. I recall distinctly that our co-bale
of cotton fetched a grand total of
28 dollars and 27 cents. That meant
that my 286 pounds of seed cotton
was worth (in the lint) 6 dollars and
82 cents. Father had the cotton buyer
figure each child's share and it
took him nearly 3 hours to get it
deciphered. Of course mother was
along too. iShe told us what to buy,
and that's what we bought.
. .A Mr. I'oore waited on us. Jle was
jolly guy. He actually made us
think that he was glad to see us und
sell us. Us children were so green
that we were mistaken several times
that day for collards. The suit that
my money fitted was Anally found.
My father liked it because it was
striped, and my mother liked it because
the buttons seemed like they
were sewed on fairly well. I liked
it because it was a suit of clothes.
..I paid Mr. I'oore $3.50 of my cotton-patch
money.He threw in a pair
of pink gallusses. I then paid 25
cents for a blue felt hat. (That hat
went to seed the second time 1 wore
it). As nobody in our crowd had
ever heard of underwear, we bought
none. I got a nice pair of black sox
for 7 c<>nts. My father bought a big
box full of odds-and-ends shoes and
the pair I finally got hold to was h
7 for my left foot and a 9 for my
right foot.
..I was so proud of that suit of
clothes I whistled and blowed my
fist all the way home. I also sang
a few son^s: m^ favorite tune then
was, "SaTIie's gone to CJeorgy" and
"Run nigger run, or the I'atterole
(I'a/trol) will ketch you." Wo got
homo about mid-night,' Wo livod
only <51 mi lea from town, but th?t
wasn't so far,., .especially'if 1 got
a new suit.
..I wore that suit the following Sunday.
It dyed me a pale purple,
Kvery button but 2 fell off of it. ,The
pants ripped ho bad that 1 hud to
walk backwards when I met anybody.
One gleeve actually dropped out. The
lining came loose and 1 lost part of
it. The suspenders hud Htretched
about & yards ami I hud to hold my
britches on with both hands. Not a
pocket had a bottom in it. I was
ruint. I cried 3 solid weejes. Money
gone, suit no good, shoes hurt my
feet and everything. I stayed at
home from then on....tUl the next
crop and then 1 paid $6.00 and got
me a blue serge and it was a peachreno.
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flat rock news
..a sad inquest was hell by the kurriner
of this county, yore corry apoiv
dent, last sadday night just after
dark, willie skinner was trying to
pass jerry smith and they contacted
one another and a tellygram post at
the same time, the verdict was, "he
met death at the hands of willie skinner,
who is in the hosspittle, and may
die allso." he will be missed, as ho
was our fastest driver.
. .our dimmercratic club will send her
dclligutes to the convention unin?t
rue ted but it was suggested that
they vote for rooseyvelt till they
were offered more monney. since the
baptists of this community learnt
that both ul. smith and rass co(bb
belong to the catherlic church, they
are nulla bona with them, and that
means that we will vote solid against
them, beer or no beer.
..the unemployment t continues to
some extent, but mr. hoover will be
rote or foamed today by the red cross
for more flour, pp the last shipment
has give out. some of the folks are
complaining because he don't send
them less Hour and add some tobacker
and cigarettes and snuff to the
seems _ that they cai\tjjo I
verry well without nothing to eat if
they can get tobacker ansoforth.
Plan and Plant
Pall Gardens Now
Ulunison College, June lJ.~r.To have
u MMtisf&otory '"11 irai'den it., is necessary
to form planaOnow, to prepare
any land not occupied, and to
begin to, plant seeds of certain vegetables
for transplanting later, according
to A. K. SchiUetter, extension
horticulturist, who reminds garden*
ers that practically all vegetables
grown in the spring garden, and such
vegetable seeds as were left over
from spring plantings, may be used
in the fall. \ ? .
Urging that gardens be now allowed
to grow up in weeds and grass
after spring-planted vegetables have
matured, Mr. SchiUetter makes these
timely suggestions for fall gardens.
Planting of snap beans and corn
should continue until abqut the middle
of August. It requires only about
seven weeks for snaj> beans to
mature and killing frosits do not occur
even in the Piedmont until the last of
October. .. '
Watermelons planted the last week
in June will mature in September
and early October.
Salsify planted now will under favorable
seasons produce good roots
by the middle of Novemlber. Mammoth
Sandwich Island is the best
variety.
Preparation should l>e made now
for the fall crop of Irish potatoes to
be planted in July, the most satisfactory
variety being Lookout Mountain.
Potatoes that have been kept
in cold storage will sprout more
readily than 'those from the spring
crop.
Preparation for planting rutabagas
should be made in July for late fall
harvest. These turnips placed in
banks covered with six or eight inches
of soil will keep perfectly until
late February.
Any parts of the garden not to be
otherwise used should be plowed and
planted in black-eyed peas or some
other variety that can be used dry
during the winter.
Oh! For a Baseball Bat.
V ..
1 "saw lin"amusing thing at a railroad
depot not long ago. The gateI
man lisped pitifully, and seemed
pained when any one asked him a
question. On this special day a woman
with a small boy approached
him and Asked, ""What time does the
next train leave for B ?"
"Theven thithty-theven," he replied;
and the woman and her young
hopeful retreated to the waitingroom.
She soon emerged again,
however, and approached the gateman.
"Excuse, me." she said, "but what
time did you say the next train left
for p ?" The gnteman breathed
a deep sigh and answered laboriously:
"At theven thithty-seven." Once
more the child and his ma withdrew
and left the poor man in peace. But
he was not long to enjoy this state of
quiet felicity, for in a few moments
out she came again and put the very
same* question. A look of exasperation
came over the man's face as he
said. "You hath lotht that train now,
madam. I am tho thorry. It letht
at theven thithty-theven, and it ithj
the latht thopth at B ."
"Oh, don't let that troifble you,"
she replied with a sweetly patronizing
smile. "We really didn't want that
train, but my little boy does like to
hear you say seven fifty-seven."
"Thanks, ever so much!" the small
boy added. "Good-by, mister."
they have quit hunting work entirely
here of late as they don't need it
now.
v.another big fight ensued in front
of the drug stoar last night about
i girl, a slight remark was made
about jim welkin's sister who run
off with a fruit tree agent and got
back last week by herself, and he
was knocked cold by jim, but when
he got up and started towards jim,
jim lit out for home and a pair of
brass Knocks, and was newer ketcheil.
sallie will change her name back
tn welkins . . as she newer did like
I her supposed husband's name nohow.
a nissian tea was givven by the
e- in.--ion nerry society at 'he J
, "'V?tcrt. ttttT b
: tucaduy evening and a ?ve
! ai.se was -erved w ! '1 -iciiiv
r- -trig of -o ia ir.nke-s a".d n ;--j
, a,j a a. < from a n?-w -pa; ":
vd: "u k while t'r.e - . i
. .:.g. ?u- >..?i .and work after :*
s'c.e i ooec.rd dues f- ,>ni tin :?..k- v
1 -a'r.e prepared to meet th - ? n r
_'<m y and got cJ.*> includ.r.g her d,
; it wa< enj >yed by a'!, so -he .-a: !
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! .. w ell, inc. editor, new- is no: Vfrry1
j plentiful today, so i will do-,.. O j
i health of fiat rock continues fa-v
good except for some flu and re a yI
tism. dr. early rizer report- a qu.et
; week both as to calls and collect a r,-.
he baa met the fourth payment on
hi? ford, so he ^ayr?.
yores trulie,
mike Oark. rfd.
corry spondent.
Highway Policeman
Fatally Injured
Columbia, June 0. ?W, P. Luncasiter,
state highway patrolman of
Hiahopville, died in the Florence Infirmary
this morning of brain injuries
and a fractured skull, received last
night when he was hurled from his
motorcycle in a collision with a buggy
near Bishopville.
I^ancaster had been married but a
few weeks, the state highway department,
which announced his death,
said.
Lancaster's father is a magistrate
in Spartanburg county, the highway
department announced. h?: body
was to be sent to Hickory Grove,
York county, for burial.
Assigned to duty in Lee -county,
Lancaster was patrolling the highway
when the accident occurred.
Ideut. George Young, of the highway
patrol has been detailed to escort
the victim's coffin to York comity.
Lancaster's application for group
insurance through the highway patrol
reached th<\> highway department
Wednesday, thus becoming effective
a few hours before his death,
Lugoflf News
Lugoff, June 13.?On last Friday
West Wateree was visited by a cloud
burst and slight hail storm. This
was in the Smyrna^neighborhood.
William Buss lost his barn, containing
corn, farm tools and his
horse by Are on last Friday, with no
insurance.
Those leaving for the Citizens Military
Training Camp at Fort Bragg,
N. this week were: John Clayton,
Maxwell Clayton and E. T. Truesdale.
M rs. C. B. Smith is spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. G. Joye. ,
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Washington police found and se^z-j
ed two and a half sticks of dynamite
and 60 feet of fuse in the bonus
marchef^** camp at Anacostia, near
Washington, Saturday, where more
than 12,000 men are camped.
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EJIectric Chair
For Horry Man
| Conwwy, June Jl.?<Death by electrocution
August <12 was the sentence
imposed today upon Henry B. Elliott,
Jr? young Horry county farmer following
his conviction yesterday of
murdering hie young wife April 6.
Before passing sentence Judge 8.
W. G. Shipp denied a defense motion
V?r a new trial after W. D.
Gennfrrette, attorney for the defendant,
h'ftd consumed more than an hour
in argument on the motion.
The 19-year-old prisoner was reI
manded to jail here, where he will
| remain until 20 days before his elec?1
itrocution at the state penitentiary
at Columbia. 'He Was a last appeal
yet to the state supreme court.
The defense permitted the case to
go before the jury Friday without
offering testimony. '
The state's chief witnesses were
officers from the state penitentiary
who introduced- an alleged confession
Elliott was said to have made.
The defendant, they charged, admitted
stabbing his young wife to death
in a jealous rage when he returned
from a five weeks' trip to Washington,
during which his wife had left
their home,
I^ver For Congress
Columbia, June 8.?A. F. Lever,
for 18 years representative from the,
old Seventh South Carolina congressional
district, Tuesday announced
his candidacy for congress from the
new \Second District. ' He will oppose
Hampton P. Fulmer, who has represented
the old Seventh district for
12 years, almost ever since Mr. Lever
resigned, including in his platform,
"rigid reduction" in public, expenditures,
and "favorable consideration of
the proposal for the resubmission of
the 18lth amendment" to a direct vote
of the people. .
George Smith, 6, was instantly, killed
near Whiteville, N. C., iSaturday,1
with an unloaded gun.
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Mt. Zl<m Club Met I-ubt
Mrs. John Dunn entertained tufl'
Mt. Zion home demonstration chkj
at hei home lust Thursday morni ?
The living room was attractively fl
korSted In fprjia and flowers. Mi?i 1
Sadie Craig, the Home demyjiBtratto. |
1 Agent for this cpffnty called the m*tu I
ing to order and introduced MiuS
I Minnie Floyd, of Winthrop, who gsV| I
| a very instructive talk on nutrition. ]
j She emphasised the need of the body 1
j having the essential foods and drink I
She also stressed the need of the
members canning, drying and ttorinf 1
enough vegetables for their families
use ne^ winter. After the m?etin| I
the hostess, assisted by Misse^ Mir; I
Hi own and Geneva Truesdale, served I
a sweat course. Guests of the cl* I
were Mrs. W. Dunn, Miss Dvdft I
Horton, Mrs. B. Brannori, Mrs. I
Shaw and Miss Lucile Muklc, I
South Carolina Girl Wins Mtst I
Essay prize. fl
Bertha iMeQueen, Ensley, & C.,
high school girl, whose essay entitled,
"Meat iSelection and iCookery," haa .
won for her the championship of the
state in the 1932 National Meat Story
Contest sponsored* by the National
Live <Stock and Meat (Board, which
has just come to a close. More than
j 14,000 high school, girls competed. -
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