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ft Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee MeGee, Copyright, lt>28. The Smith (Inn Reunion. deer mr. editor: j the smith otr.springs of this section had n big re union at the late residence of mr. John smith last friday, and as my great grampaw. was a smith, and beings us i am the flat rock t-orry spondent, i was invited to same and was voted to rite it up for the papers. nearly all of tho smiths known to science was at this great re-union, I as the food was furnished free by widder smith, the wife of the late; I jhon smith who is. dead, he passed' lout in lU2i> when cotton hit a new, [ low. she got his insurance on a recent ' I date which was hell up onner count I of it looked more like suicide than the | trigger caught on the fence, and then i she give the re-union. noddy smith and his U younguns were there from over the rivver in gcorgy, and lie has benn trying to preeeh, but has newer got any fur-j ther along than & churches on one, circuit which pays him all told about 7f>$ per year in veggertables ansoforth. good preacher* serves only 1 church, he newer brung his wife as she had to stay at home and take care of the little children. several peddigrees of the smiths at large were read and upproved. the fa mi ley tree had bonn misplaced and was not discussed. Miss jennie veeve smith, our afftcient local scholl teecher, was present and played sevveral nice tunes on the organ, but she is not related to the jhon smith clan by birth,' death, marriage, or other wise, as Rho in from the perkins smith element from further south. ' everything - was enjoyed by all. yore corry spondent made a fine talk on "herediterry instincts." he proved that nearly all of the smiths were just alike except elleck smith, and he is redheaded, but noboddy knows why the rest being either black-headed, or ball-headed, after singing, "shall we gather at the river," we all went home fairly well sattisfted with the re-union. yores trulie^ Mike Clark, rfd. corry apondent. A MKAN THICK. My feelings have been hurt bad. I usually park my our in front of my office... .except when it is raining, and then I park it in front of my 'office as usual. Last Thursday, I walked out to get in the said car, and 2 of my very best friends. .. .friends from whom I borrow money....had fastened a large placard on my sedan which read as follows* FOR SALE Price,, with license tag.... $15.00 ???i mil i inaWMiaM February Vegetable I Garden Suggestions I Clemson College, Feb. 4.?An early I start is the right start in the vegetable garden, according to the advice of A. E. Schilletter, Clemson extension horticulturist, and Mrs. Dora I Dee Walker, Winthrop extension production specialist, who say in thoir I February garden suggestions: "As soon as ground will do to work, plant the following vegetables; fl Spinach, mustard, kale, lettuce, car* rots, beets, turnips, onion sets, cabbage, cauliflower, English peas, Irish I potatoes." t V'Jfl Their further gardening hints in- ' fl elude these: Transplant to open field cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce plants and onion seedlings. Make plantings in the hotbed February 1 to March 15 tomatoes, using Earliana, Ronny Best, Greater Baltimore; and for wilt-resistant, Break ()' Day and Marglobe, Transplant 'I seedlings four inches apart each way in hotbed as soon as largo enough, fl or to three-inch pots. Transplant to open field as soon as danger of frost is over. Plant peppers in the hotbed March 1 to April 1. Qood varieties are "fl Chinese Giant, Ruby King (sweet), fl Long Red Cayenne (hot). Transplant to open field about May 1. Plant eggplant seed in hotbed March 1 to April 1. Transplant and handle like tomato and pepper, fl Black Beauty is a good variety. Make plantings of No. 1 asparagus fl (crowns), Mary Washington, in rows six feet apart and 18 inches in the row. Plant six inches to eight inches deep, cover two to three inches until they begin to grow, then gradually fill the trench. Write for asparagus bulletin 85. Senior 4-H Girls fl ?o Hold Meeting fl The next meeting of the senior 4-H j club will be held in the office of the H home demonstration agent on Satur- : day morning, February 18, at 10 o'clock. This club is composed of farm girls between the ages of 18 and 24. ! Every girl in the county is invited to | attend this meeting. The subject of j the demonstration is to be spring clothing, stressing especially correct finishes and accessories. fl This club has been recently organ- ~\ ized. Miss Effie Truesdale is president, Miss Anna Kate Watts, vicepresident and Miss Lillian Smith ia 1 secretary. Miss Louise Hunnicutt fl will have charge of the music and the i games. George B. Holbert, 60, committed i suicide at his home at Summit, N. J., fl whiie police outside waited to take him to headquarters in connection ; with litigation over his administra- ], lion of the million dollar estate of fl Mrs. Emma M. Vynne. M rs. Will Rogers,wife of the hu- \i morist, philosopher and screen actor, fl underwent an operation for appendicitis in a Los Angeles hospital Tuea- fl day. Price, minus license tag. ... 3.00 ..And that's what hurt my feelings, fl I bought that car brand, spankfired j new in November 1926. I had it-^j washed in 1929, painted in 1930, andfl washed again in 1931. So you see, u I have taken good care of it. I had the roof patched in 3 places not over a year ngo. ..I even went to the trouble of hav- i ing the valves ground 3 years ago, and have changed 3 spark-plugs -.fl since I bought the car. I do not seriously object to running on 3 or 4 cylinders; I guess I save gas by not fl using ail of them, but I ain't stingy, <9 mind you; I'd use them if they |H would fire, but they won't. ..I wouldn't think of taking $15.00 fl for this car. The license - plate cost I me $12.60, and if L were to sell oUV fl for $15.00, I would have only $2.40'3 clear. I would not have be^J?""! suited if they had let their sign read ij as follows: "This nice car can be j bought for $30.00 with tag included; fl she runs good, stops quick, and ha* fl a wonderful pick-up." Meaning nail?.,^B and tacks. . ;fl ..I have tried to trade my car for j 4 years, but nobody has ever agreed to accept it as the "down payment?.fl and, naturally, that always broke up fl 'he trade. I don't have any trouble I ith it except when I ,?o around a nrve, it cuts off, and I can't back i .:, and it shimmies in cool or cojf j vr warm or hot weather, and it back- j fires, and always chokes down for red j lights. . .1 think I'll buy me a new car whefl 1 congress adjourns, and the models are reduced to $35.00, includ- j ing the tags, windshield wipers, taiP^fl light, etc. I don't think I shall speak to those 2 smart guy* whofl pulled that punk, reflecting joke on J me and my car. It ain't for sale 7^9 i ^hh |^^r bhrmiv bpb for ^ pairs Semi-Service HOSE e? 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