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Nobody's Business *" i i .1 -nun for The Chronicle by Gee Wrlt McGee, Oepyt^t. 1988, PRACTICING" TAX WIDGING You can't get ahead of Uncle Sam : \ hi? tax achemea. J decided last ^ th?t I was going to aave 42 ti by getting in my car and driv2 ground to the folks I owed and Jying >oy biU* in CMh* * W<UI try" ! to dodge 8-cent postage and 2"ft tank check,..<Act No. 15,432,65 Congress, Vol. 8,999, Page 45,668) Well, during this economy drive, j ujed 55 cents worth of gas and had 1 punctures. I ran across one felbw that I didn't intend to pay at all, .nd he got his money. I was out of my office 45 minutes, and as 1 im earning SO cents an hour...-, there's where 15 cents more went. On top of all that, one guy shortchanged me 8 cqnts. ham getting by fairly well with postal cards, they are not taxed. I c4n write my own wife on a postal ord all right, and when I want t$ ?dun" a customer, I simply write him . a postal card and say: "J>ear Bill: Please come to see me. You know vfry well what for. I cant tell you how much it is, but you ain't forgot that ham and them eggs I let you have last January, I don't reckon?" then I say, "Yours truly, Gee McGee" i but Bill never shows up nor did he when I wrote Jjlpi 2-cent letters. ' o I have slowed down with my correspondence and have quit air mail. 1 rarely ever telephone over 30 cents away from home. I enjoy 10-cent talkies. I don't smoke, chew, drink or cuss, so I don't get hurt there. Ofcourse, friends; I realize that I owe my part of-that $2,550,660,33.3.22 deficit....! had no part in creating.... but if they will let me off, I'll ;pay them the 22 cents and the rest of you ' may pay the balance. .JK ..Somehow or other, I believe that future congressmen are going to think of the "deer peepul" instead of themselves. When the voters get thru expressing their venom at the polls, during the next few months, Washington will have to get up an entirely new city directory. I have one consolation: no tax was placed on frog legs and our county is full of frogs, judging from the noise those two frogs are making every night in rthe pond back of the gas plant. ..Balancing our budget was a most remarkable feat. The government's action in this matter reminds me of the fellow who got one arm cut off in a saw mill and he cut the other one off so's he wouldn't have any arm at all to unbalance him. It ain't very pleasant working AO hours a day when your Uncle iSammy gets about 4 of 'em to devote to his whims and whams. If your house ever catches fire, by all means put it out with gasoline or 1 benzine... .'cause you might need your house again. meeting of the town counsel of flat rock, s. C. the town counsel of flat rode hell a publick meeting last night in the mayor's ofifis at the citty hall, and ?the members of the said counsel were present. % ..a petition had beim circulated calling upon the citty fathers to put down a cement pavement around the well in the publick square, and as this was a verry important matter, a large crowd was out to discuss same. -tor. brown, the garrage man, told tbe counsel that they should pave around the well for the sake of the sanniterry condition of the ground which stayed wet all the time from the pump leaking and the horse troff overflowing. he thought it might cause VPrrn. +c ra;S , * mr. jones, the drug stoar clerk who cdlsa fil!s subscriptions, thought it would be best to put off this improvement ti,l after the presidential elect*?n, monney might loosen up by hec. he snowed where it would cost and that meant a rise in taxes. ttiii C.A4-S nis'n for" 1929.) 1 " e Mayor and counsel said they *?ul<! b, tr ad to do the peoples will ..-Jhey '<* ?? id furnish them the cash to do it with, the poleesman told i ,ne counsel and vissitors that the 1 prists '.mplained about getting ' r feet wet and he thought it ought < 0 be paved, (his son is a brick 1 nia?on and paver.) - 1 > ] Sas!*cral ?f the leading bizness men . *'? no time to spend monney t intimated that it looked like 1 th"16 waa bein? planned, and I 1 <B "Mfyor got mad and the po- 1 th# ^ ma<le bim set down again. ^ t ^errrbers of the counsel allso re<^ *n t^le *ace< (?ne ?* bhem I * an oath under his breath). 1 it looked like a fight, the aefctrry ?* the counsel moved that _ ;he matter be postponed till later on. | :e thought the new counsel would j )ave it next year if they could colect anny taxes ansoforth. from vhat was said and done, it looks like t will continue to be muddy around he pump, it was adjourned by the noyar and they all went home. / yores trulie, ? *** Clark, rfd. corry spondent fr ~TV" Pulp Discoveries I Oner Opportunities The announcement made by l)r. Charles H. Herty at the Home meeting of the Georgia Forestry association, that loblolly and longleaf pines are as well suited to making white paper as slash pine, from which white papfjr has already been made, was an epochal announcement to \he South. Since Dr. Herty has made his findings known, the information has spread throughout the country and has been commented on editorially in , a vast number of journals. The discovery is regarded as the solution of this country's problem of white newsprjnt and book paper supply from native woods. The red spruce, from which most paper of this kind is made, has been practically exhausted in the United States and the supply is now coming from foreign countries at increasingly highef prices. The conclusion is now being drawn that the south will be the source of the greater part of future paper materials and that paper mills will move into this section. The work at the Savannah Research PlAnt is concerned now with the problems of pulp. No paper has been made, nor will be made, until the present studies of pulping southern pines have been completed. The beautiful white pulp displayed by Dr. Herty at the Rome meeting, was made by the sulphide process, the same proce&B used in treating red spruce. Microscopical tests indicate that the fiber is of high quality and apparently everything that is desired in producing white newsprint and book paper of excellent quality. Since the production of white palp is basic to the success of making white paper from southern pines, the problems of making quality pulp as cheaply as possible must of course receive first consideration. While it has been determined that white pulp of good quality can be made, the next question is how cheaply can it be made, which, when scientifically determined, will probably provide the strongest inducement that can be offered to the paper mills to induce them to locate in the south. Dr. Herty stated that some problem of concern to paper manufacturers had already been worked out successfully. While shortleaf and Virginia pines have not yet been treated, Dr. Herty could see no reason why second growth of these species would not do as well as slash, longleaf and loblolly. These five species of pine constitute nearly one hiihdred per cent of pines of the state, so that once pines are used for white paper, every county in the state will have a source of supply.?Forestry-Geological Review. DOVE BAG REDUCED. Shooters Must Keep Their Kills Within 18 Bird Limit. Kershaw county sportsmen will be notified by Game Warden A. A. Richardson that the daily bag limit on mourning doves throughout the United States has been reduced from 25 to 18. A recent ruling by the secretary of agriculture, approved by President Hoover July 20, provides . for the new bag limit. Dove shooting is one of the most popular field sports in South Carolina, affording a gratifying expenditure of bolder and shot without the necessity of the hunters tramping around through the woods and fields or getting his feet wet. A regulation adopted last year forbids the baiting of fields for dove shooting, and the reduction in the bag limit is doubtless intended further to protect the birds from immediate extinction. The Department of Agriculture bulletin sets forth that investigators of the biological survey "report that the short season (que month) of 1931 was successful in averting what otherwise might have been an irremediable disaster. The reduction of shooting during the fall and winter of 1<)31 enabled a good supply of mature birds to return to their breeding grounds this spring. In addition investigators of the survey, now in those regions, report a considerable improvement m water condition*." Barter There was a news item in some of the papers the other day to the ef- j feet that an automobile dealer had j refused to swap one of his cheap! machines for a whole big barn full of ; iorn, hay, feed, peas and beans. He , (new of course that there is no niarcet for the farmer's produce.?Horry FIcrald. SAFEST OF VAULTS BEING CONSTRUCTED Concrete, Steel, Weter Protect | Bank of England. , ' j * ' London,?"I want the new Rank of England made ao Impregnable that no one coultl even steal ao much u* half a sovereign from It a vault a. Even the theft of that small sum. would ruin our prestige." That statement, made by Montagu Norman, governor of the Rank of England, Is responsible for the mighty barricade of steel and cement being : built 00 feet below the Btreets of London. ' Norman's Instructions are being carried out to the letter and the new vaults will withstand assault, fire, bombardment, dynamite and flood for the next 500 years. If any Intruder even gets Inside, he must face the danger of being drowned, shot or captured. The new safes are costing ?500,000 and wHl l)e. main feature of the 1 new Rank of England building, now half finished. All Work has been carried out behind high barricades. t t The outer doors of the safes nre described as artillery proof. The outer shells are brpnxe while the cores are solid blocks of 3-lnch steel. All the "strong room" system rests on a three-foot bed of concrete reinforced with hardened steel rods, and covered with a layer of steel. The 8l<V?s of the vaults and snfes nre protected In the same way. Architects are certain that no amount of tunneling would ever permit access from below or from the sides. TJie only feasible access to the snfes and vnults will be from nbote. through massive grille gates and steel doors, guarded,0 If necessary, by machine gunners. Inside these gntes and doors is a deep shaft, with elevators, lending down to the level of the vaults. In emergencies this shaft can be 'flooded, drowning Intruders, with no danger of the water penetrating the strong rotims. There are more strong grills at the 'bdttom of the shaft and the huge safe door weighs 25 tons. Not even the governor of the babk can open the safe door. The combination code of the lock Is divided up. no one person knowing all of It. Even Inside the safe door there are Innumerable steel doors to be opened before a single bar of gold could he rerjjpved from the rack on which It lies. Evidence Proves That Indians Were Gamblers Pittsburgh, I'a.?There was a great deal of gambling done imre long before the advent of the numbers racket, | slot machines and similar forms of upto-date ways to lose money, according to Carl l? Long of Carrlck, a suburb. Long has been collecting arrowheads. stones, and other things left behind by tfie Indian tribes which once made the meeting place of the Monongahala, Allegheny and Ohio rivers their headquarters. \ The sites of Indian encampments In the district yield mute evidence of the popularity of gambling before the .white men came along, Long says. Stone rolling was the most popular, he , says. In that one the '"house mna*^' selected a nice round stone about tw6 and a half Inches in diameter. Fitr~1 rolled the stone along the ground. At a marked spot, a big shot Indian with bow and arrows tried to drive the 'Stone from Its course with his weapons. Other brakes bet on of against him. Sometimes, Long says, ^he bet wag as Important as several strings of wampum or a blanket, and sometimes only a squaw. These'lndlans?Long says they were Cornplanters and the biggest gamblers of the eastern tribes?also played the aid* shell game which still Is tried In parts of New York city and In some raral districts. Old Fashioned Auto Horn Causes Lot of Trouble Snoqualmie Falls, Wash.?The oldfashioned auto horns with rubber bulb attached are still a menace! J. C. Et- ' . her reported his horse stepped on one In his back yard. Etler's wife dropped a pan of dishes on hearing the honk , and a neighbor driving b ywas so star-^ f lieu his nivver smashea a noie tnrougqri Etler's woodshed. Zoo Gets $300 Parrot San Antonio, Texas.?A Comora Island parrot, valued at more than $300, and believed to be the only one of Its , kind In the United States, has been added to the zoo here. ' 1 ( Finds His Quarry . Former Army Pal! J Denver.?C?jy Detective James k O'Donnell recently returned to j Denver from a trip to Portland, Ore., without his man. ' O'Donnell was sent to return r George Hay to face charges of \ embezzlement. t "Rut that was one time I was t perfectly satisfied to come home 1 without my man," O'Donnell de- 1 I clare* I. "Hay, I discovered, is the same George Hay who served with me ? In the same war-time outfit In s Ftance. x "Believe me, when the gover- x |. nor of Oregon showed me a lit- i ter clearing Hay I was tizkled c to death-" ~ ~; ~ \ " 4 * . * ^ . - # . * ^ X~ ^ V- r r-' - * "-* - ' m,' "J "" T ^ i"?*- .Tg_' - * - -- Notice of Democratic Primary Election Notice is hereby given that a primary ?lection for tne nomination of the following State ami County officers; One United States Senator. One United (States , Congressman, Fifth District. One Clepk of Court. One Superintendent of Education. One Master in Equity. Two members 'House of Representative?. One Director DeKalb Township. One Director Wateree Township. One Director Flat Rock Township. One Director Buffalo Township. One Magistrate Lower Wateree Township. One Magistrate Upper Wateree Township. Two Magistrates in Flat Rock Township. One Magistrate at Kershaw. One Magistrate at Bethune. One Magistrate DeKalb Township. One Coroner. . / Will be held at the respective voting places in Kershaw county on Tuesday, August 80, 1082. The polls will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon. , No person will be nllowed to vote save those who are duly qualified, under the rules and regulations governing the (Democratic primaries and whose names appear upon the club roll of the precinct at which they present themselves for voting. The polling places have been designated and the managers appointed by the County Executive Committee and they appear below: Abney?L. K. MoGas-kill, Lewis Deas, G. R. Crow. Vote at Kirkley's Mill. 1 Antioch ? J. D. Davis, D! to Stokes,'C. W. .Shiver,, secretary. Vote at Antioch school house. Bethnne-r?J. N. McLaurin, James Copeland, Leonard Brannon. Vote at Town Hall. Blaney?J. G. Kelly, J. M. Porter, Mrs. A. T. Simpson. Vote at 'A. K. Rose's store. Buffalo?C. W. Holly, W. P. Sowell, E. J. Catoe. Vote at Buffalo school house. _ Camden?John T. Nettles, G. T. Little, Jr., E. L. Moseley, Wiley Sheorn, iD. V. Dixon, C. R. Villepiguo. Vote at County .Court House. Cassatt?T. A. 'Sears, C. L. McCas-l kill, L. J. Walters. Vote at H. E. Gardner's store. Charlotte Thompson ? Eugene Pearce, E. M. Workman, Allen B. Murchison. Vote at Charlotte Thomp-J son school house. DeKalb?J. J. Owens, G. C. Rush,! W. T. Young. Vote at DeKalb school house! * ? Doby's Mills?J. V. 'Miles, Alfred McvPherson, Douglas Arledge. Vote at Campbell's store. 1 Enterprise?-W. L. Stokes, William Brannon, Jesse Brannon. Vote at W. M. Brannon's filling station. Gates' Ford?A. B. "Whitaker, H. R. Horton, Nick Ray. Vote at Schqol house. Harmony?John Paschal, J. M. Butler, Talmadge Branham. Vote at school house. Hermitage?J. L. DeBruhl, Hoyt Knight, Joe Boyd. Vote at Harrison's store. Kershaw?J. A.-. Whitley, T. C. Jones, John iS. Tmesdal?.._ Vote at W. R. Taylor's store. Liberty, Hill?F. iB. Floyd, W. C. Wardlaw, N. iS. Richards. Vote at Mgfikey-Jones store. ' -Lugoff?-Victor Ward, Luther Jones, A. V. Smith. Vote at Ra'bon's store. ?Xockhart ? Will Owens,4 C. W. Jordan, Lee Horton. Vote at school house. Hed's Creek?V. A./ Humphries, Paul Gregory, Amsey Gardner. Vote at school house. <? Oakland?J. H. Watkins, L. L. McLauchlin," Willie K. Price. Vote at Oakland school house. ~ Pine Tree?W. W. Horton, W. N. West, W. A. Hyatt. Vote at Midway school house. Rabon's Cross Road?J. E. Jackson, secretary; J. L. Ford, Arthur Dowey. Vote at Rabon's store. Raley's Mill?D. A. Munn, P. C. Rodgers, W. C. Newman. Vote at Mill house. Roland--?Lewis Spears, Lem Bowers, Otis West. Vote at West mill. Salt Pond?A. D. Boykin, H. E. Moore, B. B. Moore. Voto-**t community house. Sandy Grove?W. H. RadcliffeA Jr., H. R. Hall, iClemson Cobb. Vote at school house. Shamrock?J. F. Baker, C. P. Black m on, I. B. Horton. Vote at Stamrock school house, r Shepard?L. H. Catoe, F. J. Tid?-U ttr -9-w? ' ""'I ?* west, vote at L#angley'8 store. j_^Shaylor's?R. A. McDowell, R. M. Dra'keford, C. E. Hornsby. Vote at school house. Swift Creek?B. C. Truesdale, J. Vy- C- Boykin, W. A. Boykin. Vote at Truesdale's store. Three C's?T. H. Young, J. H. Barfield, J. M. Croxton. Vote at Three C's school house. Twenty Creek-Frank J. Rabon, J. G. Gardner, R. T. Jackson. Vote at Hinson's store. Wateree?J. C. Conyers, J, W. [Joyce, B:v F. Robinson, E. L. Moore 1ecV#iffl'y. . ~Vote at club hopse! VVestville^R. H. Young, T. F. McDowell, L. C. Clyburn. Vote at R. L. Bell s store. At Clubs having, more than Fifty C1 the Au an 'Ballot System vill be observed. The especial atention of the Managers is called to he rules and regulations governing .he conduct of the primary which ules are sent to the managers along a ballots and boxes. At Precincts where voters from ^?an ?"e Township cast their mllot the voters will give the manth? name of the Township in vhich they reside and the managers vill write the name of such Townihip on the poll list next to the vote's name. thev ,ftnA^ers or some clut> win f?r the wxea, ttcltets, etc., which will be Or* ? ready on Monday, August 29. at the . ofTTee of The ( am den Chronicle. S. F. BRA.SINGTON, County Chairman. H. D. NJLES, Secretary. General News Notes Relief gardens for the unemployed ih New York state are feeding more thart 25,000 people from 5,0d0 families, according to the estimate of the chairman of the state emergency relief organization. Mrs. Emmie Dittler of New Orleans, La., has been informed by way of Znojomo, Germany, that she is heir to a fortune of $140,000 left her by an uncle who died sometime agOM in Brazil. ? Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee, sajfs that he will seek a congressional investigation into the recent eviction of the bonus army from Washington, and the disorders resulting therefrom. Alabama is preparing to spend $12,000,000 in road building, a large portion of the money for the work coming from the Federal government under the emergency relief act and from Federal highway funds. The legislature -x>f Pennsylvania is the fourteenth to give tys approval to the 20th amendment to the Federal constitution, which has for its purpose the wiping out of the "lame duck" sessions of congress. The monastery of?Yillonovjv college, Philadelphia, a Catholic institution, was damaged by fire to the extent of a million dollars on Tuesday; A collection of paintings valued at $300,000 or more, was the principal part of the loss. Returns from 2,546 of 4,105 precincts in Missouri Wednesday night gave Bennett C. Clark, outspoken wet, 156,581 votes to the 117,108 votes counted for Charles M. Howell, prohibitionist, as the two men offered for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. The government of Peru has announced the execution one day last week of 44 persons as a result of the U _ 4. TV... if 1 1.. ^^4-V A iWUlV at 1 I UjllV cai IJ A UOV IliUU total of 101 were condemned to death but up to the present time 57 of these have managed to stay out of the hands of the executioners. Billy McGilliray, 9, of Vancouver, B. !C., fell and and open jack knife blade in his hand penetrated his heart. He pulled the blade from the >yound and fainted. He was taken to a hospital where surgeons sewed up the casing of the heart, revived tho tboy, and he has a good chance for recovery. Nikola Kuzmich, 43, was killed in an automobile accident hear Harrisburg, Pa., Sunday. When .the undertaker started preparing the body for burial a roll of money .containing $4,000 dropped from one of the pockets of the corpse. He had been saving his money wftfc the intention of returning to Croatia, his native land, in a few weeks. Mrs. Dessie Fay Golds Green, aged 13 years, living at North Wllkesboro, N. C., gave birth to triplets on July 25th. Two of the babies are living. | Mrs. Green's mother is 32, Reduced 30 Pounds Never Felt Better Safe Way To Lose Fat 'Take the case of Miss Madeloi.o Crowley, for instance, who ?lives In Little Rock, Ark. Just read her letter: * '*1 have used Kruschen Salts< for one year?when I started I weighed 140 pounds?now I weigh 110 pounds and never felt better in my life." That's the big reason a host of rt\en and woman take Kruschen to lose weight?as the fat goes you gain in health?skin clears?eyes grow bright ?activity replaces indolence. c Take one-half tea spoonful of Kruschen in a glass oi hot water every morning before .breakfast cut down on fatty meats, potatoes and sweets ?a jar of Kruschen that costs but a trifle lasts 4 weeks?get it at DeKalb Pharmacy or any drugstore in the world?but for your health's sake ~ demand and get Kruschen 'Salts. * Capudine I best for 1 HEADacHei because-\ I it gives relief by soothing H I nerves ? not H I k them. Contains no oputes. I " Won't upset stomscfc. ?J - 0^ Being linuid.it Kt* quicker^ _ I than pills or powders. -- ; _ I ?tSold at drug stores in slntfe J '^o^^Oc.SOc LOOKING BACKWARD Take* From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen end Thirty Yeere Ago . i. ? r ' PIPTMN YIARS AGO August 31, 1?17 President Wilson rejects Pope's peace proposal to stop world wur. Mrs. William Geisenheimer, aged, <12, long-time resident of Camden, dies at her home on north Broad street. She was a native of Schehein Baden, Germany, G. F. Latimer goes to Kershaw as secretary at Kershaw Oil Mill. W. D. Trantham, John F. Jones, Robert E. Bell. Floyd M. Gifford, Dempster H. Belk, Ohas. Roland Little, Grover H. Jones, John Knox DeKay and Karl T. Rosborough first Viine men from Kershaw county to report at Camp Jackson. William lit. ffasty, member of Company M., reported seriously ill in Greenville. Mrs. B. H. Baum extremely ill at her home on north Broad street. Jim Gripper on the J. L. Gettys place brings first bale of cotton to town and gets 21 cents per pound for the staple. A. J. Beattie succeeds H. H. Cai^hen as manager of Camden Loan and Realty Company. J. G. Richards, Jr., the new superintendent of the Camden schools arrives in Camden. G.j O. Rogers, at Bishopville, markets/first bale of cotton which fetchedj/im 23 3-8 cents per pound. W. Z. Galloway, near Bishopville, kills rattler measuring 7 feet and 9 inches. , Negro soldiers riot at Houstbrf, Texas, and cause the death of seventeen people. County Board of Commissioners let contract for new Wateree river bridge to Austin Bros.,' of Dallas, Texas, at a cost of $93,000. THIRTY YKAKH AGO August 12, 1902 Gus IIirtich moves into the William Clyburn house on North Broad street. ^ Julien Weinberg, of Sumt<M$e;to open new jewelry Btore in Camden. Reports say that Winthrop college will be crowded at fall opening as never before. W. I. Villepigue here on visit from Washington. II. C. Brickman, Southern engineer, moves with his family to Blacksburg, j E. D. Blakeney goes to Atlanta to , deliver bonds recently voted for water works system for Kershaw. Lee County Vindicator and Leo , County Leader consolidated under ownership of H. S. Cunningham. Belton kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Jr.,'Henry Boykin, Allison DuBose, Willio Trantham and Eddie McCreight entor Clemson college. John J. McMahan. suggested as a suitable man to head University of South Carolina. . President Theodore Roosevelt on visit to Asheville, N. C., and makes appropriate speech. Editor Sanders, of Elizaheth City, N. C., goes to jail rather than pay a fine for smoking a cigarette in that city. He is to make a test case. Henry W. Grady, Jr., prominent Atlanta man, missing from home. Norfolk & Western passenger train wrecked when boy placed spike on rails. Engineer and fireman expected to die from injuries near Roanoke. An army of 700 unemployed met in Ottawa, Canada, Tuesday, and passed resolutions criticizing President Hoover while framing demnnds for Dominion emergency relief "at the expensp of the rich." ;* * * ........... ; A DOLLAR'S WORTH ! ^ Clip this coupon and mail it with $1 for a six week*' trial subscription to , THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ] < Published by Th? Christian Scitnci Publishing Socistt < Boston, Massachusetts, U. 8. A, , n ' . 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