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Nobody's Business _ Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, LETS ALI, TURN V)VKK A NEW K LEAF * ....The public i? e very pciujiar funriiHl. Its habits, desires. demand*, dislikes, expectation* and anticupa tion# are the same in Huston as they are in Miami, Con Angeles and Norfolk. > , ' ' ? ....Mrs. Public will go down town, buy 10 cents worth of ribbon at lirowns, 5 cenU worth of cheese at, Smiths and 16 cents worth of pork chops at the Palace market and sayj to all: "Plonao gend it up right away" .. . .instead of carrying it herself.... j in the car or in her arms or hand-bag. ....Mr. I'toblie will permit his wife to suffer with shooting pains all day long and deep into the night before calling the doctor to come over and see if she has appendicitis or gall * stones and then bios* the pooF doctor out because he's not there in 10 min* * Utea. ? . n v ? j( ....Mr. and Mrs. Public will trade on credit at the Peoples store and then let the store-man send a collector around to^t^hoir house 16 times before paying the bill;. .. .never thinking that it's their duty to go to thCi store and pay the poor old merchant f what they owe him. ? | ....Old Man Public will have the.' paper carrier fetch him* his paper* every morning and every evening for 0 months and then get mad because the little kid asks kindly for his ( money. . . .and stop his paper in some1 instances, and force the boy to lose the Account.... and then he borrows his neighbor's paper till a new boyis put on that route. j. ....Mr. Public will buy milk for the babies, cats, dogs, et al, and change milk men after' getting so far behind that neither he IUT; she por it will answer the door bell about milk-* delivery time. ... never sympathizing with the poor old dairy folks that , get up ut 3 to 4' a. m., and play maid to old Mossy .'J05 days every year. The milkman gets the least sympathy of any person extant, and yet?he renders the most needful service of any other interest striving to make a living. '. ...If we, Messrs. Public & Co., would - have a little more regard for our merchants, our dairymen, our doctors, our delivery boys, our telephone girls where the policy of the office is to give service, and our V 0 neighbors, this old world would be a better place to live in. We could save the folks who serve us millions of dollars and hours of work and worry every year if we would only think and then try to do our part. THE JOY OF JOYS . . . ."Going to town" was a yearly event jn my teen-age life. We lived 20 miles from the county seat, the only place near us that had things to sell. iHiring late October or early November every fall we would load ^ 3 bales of cotton on our 2-mule wagon and go to market. ?... Mother! and father would never tell us 10 children 2 days in advance of the coming trip; tlg>y knew we wouldn't sleep another wink or have a grain of sense till the wonderful . experience wu? over, so they kept it a secret till the night before.... for cur sal.i as will as theirs. .....A- soon a- vvc v&inguns heai.l 1 he.. g.-ad news <>f "going to t' wn." we became a dynamic I.uik h of j >y, excitement, e\h.lira t ion and noise. \N o began to wus.u feet, comb uncombed haii. gel our Sunday duds of "Ui* respective cracker-box trunks, and prepare for the day of da> s-. ....None of u- could close our eyes in sleep that night. We had to have home at midnight and oftentimes oarlnfr. A faithful old negro always went with the wagon and drove the mules. T'ne ? ? h.ldren that might freeze t.. death on op of bale- of ? niton Were pack. ! r to the. ol<! buggy with moth* r and father; that left only <> !,o\? and girls an*l old I wde Mose to ride loaded wagon, hut fie.juer.tl. 7 ,.< of our . i! t. n g: o j ,a v ma- w ? r.t along too. . . . . U < had on our jeans - u, t > . ;ui ?R??c?gj??? ??iwo?? lindsoy dresses, but no underwear, ft had not been discovered at that time. We drove thru mud and slush, cold wind whipped out cheeks and froze our bones, about every 10 ! mlies the top bale of cotton would i fall off, and such a job as we did have re-loading it. We usually , got in sight of town before daylight and ! built a fire and warmed up. i?:? ....We drove in and sold cotton (for about 5 to t> cents) as soon as possible. What a town! Big white court house with glass windows, folks everywhere, stores full of goods, mother and father picking out the cheapest brognn shoes and calico ,i Loth; hat.- that ran to seed in a week; ga.iu-se-. pear! buttons, knitting j needle.- and ?v<_r> thing. Along about .1 o'clock, we* ase in bled all of our Cfflks and goods together, in the wagon yard and got ready to go home. We younguns had tlu- whole wagon body full of orange peelings, old pa.-te board and wood j boxes, thumb-papers and other junk. We piled in, drove out of town with j w i 111 eyes staring at everything, but i we -uou 'went to sleep,' and Uncle Mom* woke us up and took tu irt ttne ! In ii-e at home about 11 We had -omething to !;ve for hack then, viz: that trip to town, and were we happy? I'm telling \i ti That's all the buying u0 did for 1'J months, and no one! c\cr complained of what was bought! " >r 'hem. fit or r.o fit, ravel or fa-lc. ' ' i! rip, r?,l black; everything. vi- Ok. because nta and pa bought , ' for us. picked it out themselves nnd j they made no mistakes. "! .!' SV li-.-X. 1I..JIWI I .. l I? 11^^ I State Farm Display At the State Fair J The work of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce <u*i Industries of South Carolina vilnCfc prom'inently displayed at the State Fair this year, according to J. Hoy Jones, head of the department, i Material to be used in the exhibit to be arranged by the department is .being gathered from the farms, garjdens, and manufacturing plants of the state. A large quantity of goods and products have been assembled and are being put in shape for the display. [ The building in which the department will make its exhibit this year will be attractively painted and decprated and will afford the thousands [of fair visitors an opportunity to learn more about the wide variety of work being carried on under the direction of Commissioner Jones. Samples of farm products, gardens, orchards, cotton and other textile mills, cunning factories, and other industries, and agricultural undertak<ings will be shown in the department exhibit, With the greatly enlarged work of the department over former years ^Ir. Jones feels that the display this fidl will be more educational and interesting than ever before. Information regarding the services rendered farmers and manufacturers and labor will be available to visitors ,dining the fair. Included "in this will be the work of the state warehouse system which was placed in the Department of Agriculture during the lest session of the legislature, i One of the interesting features of the display this year will be that of the Natural Resources Division of the department. Commissioner Jones recently announced a statewide (amfpaign to bring before the people of the state and other states the advantages of using South Carolina food products with their high iodine content, , 1 /"The State Fair offers our citizens an opportunity to learn piore about South Carolina than they can get in almost any other way, certainly in such a short time," declares Mr. Jones and adds that "this department |is cooperating in every, way possible to make the fair of greater value to our state." Will Visit Their Parents Newell Wimberly, so well known in i Camden as a musician, expects to .spend the week end with his parents, .Dr. and Mrs. Wimberly. He will : render a violin solo for the pleasure jand inspiration of the congregation at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church next Sunday morning. Both Paul and Newell are expected for the week end. They are connected with jthe Pioneer Gold Mine at McCormick, | S- C R EAL ESTATE ] RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY 7? HUNTING PRESERVES Repairing and Care-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE ? DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. I Crocker Building ? Telephone 7 ; m < illinr Dealer Wanted Here to Sell Pontiac-Buick m.m$. ----- In a campaign to extend the dealer organization, the BuieW^Olda-Pon-' tiac Sales company has picked out a number of cities and towns where it is offering a combined franchise for Buick and Pontiac cars, two of the most popular in the General Motors line. ..One such franchise will be located in this town. This action follows the increasing market for automobiles with a' view to having dealer representation in every territory in the country Mjjiere a careful survey has indicated a potential outlet to enable a dealer to show a profit on the busine^fet v* Requirements for the dealership of Pontiac and Buick cars are that the prospective applicant shall have a reputation for fair and honest dealing, selling and organizing ability, business experience, though not necessarily in the automobile retail field, reasonable capital and ambition to succeed. ' Over the last two years, dealerships of the Buick-Olds-Pontiac Sales company .have increased by more than W<00, and the Pr^ position of the dealer organization is n >w 209 per cent of what it avas a year ago. In the first seven months of 1933. Buick has sold Considerably more than halt of all the .eight-cylinder cars priced between $1,000 and $2,000 and outsold its nearest competitor by nmre than 6 to 1. And in every state in the country, people buy more Buicks than any other car priced above $1,000. I'ontiac is the fastest selling straight eight in the world today. Throughout the United States, it is outselling every other car in its price range by a comfortable margin. More Pontiacs Were built and shipped during the first five months of 1933 than during all of 1932?which indicates the popularity of this cat*. _ Su Counterfeit Bills Passed in Sumter Three counterfeit ten dollar bills were passed on three Sumter filling stations Saturday night by a young white man, who apparently took his departure immediately afterwards for parts unknown. The stranger purchased two 32eandlepower automobile bulbs from ench station, tendering a $10 bill in payment in each case. The fraud was detected this morning by one of the filling station operators. The bills were good reproductions of the genuine article.?Monday's Sumter Item. Charlotte Thonmpson News Boykin, S. C., Sept. -25.?E. T. Pearce attended the Wofford-Carolina football game in Columbia Saturday. William Houek, of Cameron, was the guest Sunday of Miss Maureen Sowell. Mrs. S. J. Cook and children and Thomas Koon, of Newberry, spent Friday with their sister, Miss Hattie Koon at the home of B. C. Truesdale. The B. Y. P. U. members and friends had a delightful party at the home of Mr. and Mrs! W. A. Ives last Friday evening. Various games were, played, after which, refresh-^ merits were enjoyed. Itev. Paul Blackvvell was the Sun-day guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker-. Mis. Clara Sowell of Columbia, spent the week end nt the home ofher si?t< *, Miss Ethel Sowell . Mis* Evelyn Smith of St. Charles w!m has been visiting Mrs. Daisy (/i 11i-. lias returned homo. M;s> Willie Mac Jordan of We. tviPe, was the guest of Miss Mary A1 .re Young over- the week end. Mrs. Eugene Clamp of Salley, who hav been at thy bedside of her motherMrs. Garvin at the home of Mrs. Alex Bruce, has returned home. The many friends of Mrs. Garvin are delighted to know that she is much improved .n healthMiss Mabel- Mathews is visit.r.g friends at Staleburg. Mis- Maureen Sowell who has been elected English teacher in the Baron DcKalh h-.gh school left Sunday a:'tc rr.aon to take up her duties thi r . Miss So well wa. an honor gradu.it. at both Charlotte Thompson high -ehool and Newberry college. Sr.e having graduated ffom the latter ; stitution the past session. Mr- Carl Ogbtirn and daughter, of Camden, sper.t the week end at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mr-. J. I. Durfee. Rev. J E. Ford, executive secretary of Sunday schools of the Methodist Conference made a splendid addre-* at the raily day exercises of Beulah v hurch last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mellette and &ans. visited, their mother. Mrs. E.. M. Mellette at the home of the latter's grand daughter. Mrs. W. D. McCoy near Oswego Thursday afterThe sleeping sickness epidemic in Missouri appears to be on the decline, with only eleven new cases being reported Monday. / . ' -f t U+ LMM*.. IIWIIB??? I , , , CHILCOTTS in 'The Act L[nusual to be on exhibition at the Kershaw County Fair week of October 9 to 14.. Two People, Six Dogs, Slack Wire, Hoop Rolling, Hoop Juggling and Camedy. ??w?? ?? General News Notes ; ,,Moscow, Russia, is continuing to ! have much trouble with its govern- | ment built electric light and power plants and the electric current in the , city is on the on and off system very frequently, * New ,York city held a primary Tuesday to nominate a Democratic candidate for the mayoralty. The Tammany nominee was Mayor OV Btien and of course is the Democratic winner over two opponents. The body of Howard N. Bigelow, multi-millionaire of St. Paul, Minn., who disappeared ten days ago with two members of a canoeing party, was recovered Wednesday from a Minnesota lake. ? The^Gefman government has placed a virtual dictatorship over the grain supplies of the nation, by placing the processing of grain from the shock to the Hour bin under the strict supervision of Walter Darre, minister of food. Mrs. Annie Besant, in her 87th year, who for years has worked in the interest of the depressed classes of India, died at Adyar^ India, Tuesday. She was the president of "the Theosophical society. A New York scientist announces that the best of all exercises for a woman who wants to keep tit or reduce or just have a good time, is housework. He says it is as good as golf, swimming or tennis. World war veterans in the next congress, says a Washington dispatch' will make a drive for restoration of cuts made under the economy act, i and for the time being will not push their cash bonus donuJVd^An Iowa farmer reports that last i year on his 170-acre farm he grew j potatoes and sold his first carload at $5 per ton "and had a bumper crop. This year with half a crop he sold his first carload at $55 per ton. Ildgnr M. Halyburton, first American soldier to be captured by the Germans in the World war, this week applied for a job with the Ford Motor rompany at Detroit, alorg with 5,000 other veterans applying for work there. > New Orleans police are looking for nn unnamed man of about 25, who .is under suspicion of having murdered Sheffield Clark, 61, a business executive of Nashville, Tenn., in a hotel room in New Orleans last Sunday night. When the ear that plunged into Lake Lure, North Carolina, Sunday, was pulled from the lake on Monday, the ear did not contain the body of a man supposed to be Morris Dominets liPBBB ? ~ ^ ? t i i m *?i< ? of Baltimore, who was said to be in <V the car when it went into the water. Next year's convention of the rural mail carriers of the United States will be held at Denver, Col. The convention this year was held at Detroit. Wiley Post, around the world flyer, is recovering: from injuries in a hos- '~ pjtal at Quincy; 111., received when his airplane, the Winnie Mae, was wrecked in a take off. - - " ' : ::n ? r - , : ' (<> v ,f * On account of Holiday the following stores will not be open for business until 6 ' ^ ^ p. m., Saturday, Sept. 30th: The Fashion Shop ! IL. Lomansky Hirsch Bros. & Co. David Wolfe * The Leader Schlosburg's Shoe Store : I The Boston Store ' -J Eichel's _ . .?v ' >' ^ * The Outlook Shoppe > a I * ' ' , -A . i ; ....