Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronicle by Ge?
McGee, Copyright, 19ii#.
BMS&PUL JHNORANCK
..Occasionally I we u country boy
about 10 years of a#*' that reminda
mo of myself when I was 10 years
old. I ran into a facsimile of. my
own young self of that age ono day
last week.
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..This young fellow hud a rag tied
on his left big toe and bis right second
toe; he explained that he
"stumped" the nails* oil' of theijn a
few days before trying to overtake
a rabbit, lie also had a nice stonebruise
on one foot whioh made him
walk on his already sore toes. He
thought shoes were foolish emcuinbrances.
..He used hj^ sleeve for a hatplkcrchief
and had only one gallus, and
while he had 1 button on the front
of his cotton-ade britches, the rear
gallus was held on with a "skewer,"
Everybody of course knows that a
skewer is a little stick, sharp at both
ends, and serves u> u-pin when poked
thru the band of a garment, or elsewhere.
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. .This kid's felt hat had gone to seed;
it looked like a funnel. He was chewing
pine rosin which he picked from
a (line stijinp. He had a squirrel's
tail in his hi]) pocket and 2 rabbit
tails pinned onto his shirt. I couldn't
tell whether or not his rieck had ever
been washed.
..He didn't have, much time to talk
to me, he was so busy throwing
rocks at birds and stumps and things,
He explained that "pa and us got
done (licking cotton yisttiddy and he
give me and Hub 10 cents to spend
in town. I done bought me a mouth
organ and some cand> and still have
3 brow ivies." He blew a few chords
for inc. He told me that bis sister
Sue could play a tune on an organ.
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7.1 don't believe that this youngster
had ever had his hair combed, but he
saj,|_" Ma com bed it once with a fin*
tooth comb whert 1 went to school
at l'atin's mill." lie had taken in
our town pretty well. He had 3
empty sardine cans. I empty salmon
cans and 2 empty cigar boxes in his
arms.
..lie found o cigarette stubs and 1
cigar butt while loafing around my
-..placo; ^fhey went into his pockets
very tenderly. I asked him how the
depression was treating Hie folks out
his wji.v. He replied "Ain't nobody
out then* got a depression that I ever
heard tell of: I know we ain't got
nnir-riKwe alwa\s travel in a waggin
when we go anywheres." It is won(leil'ii!
to be a- happy and contented
as that boy was Nothing to bother
about. bad every! f i r; *_r he wanted, and
be o'\ < d al - r< .\ in h . p.? and ma
and thought the w o hi wa- a line
pi.-. . to
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Purebred Sires Best
To Build lip Herds
Clemson College, Nov. 95.?-Jligh
grades and purebred# are 40 per cent
more efficient from a utility standpoint
than scrubs, and this 10 pel
cent increase in earning capacity is
what is needed to put the livestock
industry on a profitable Irani* in
South Carolina, - says Prof. U V.
Star key, head of the Animal Husbandry
Department. This percentage
of increased efficiency, he state*,
is based on data gathered by the
United States Department of Agriculture
on 25,000 head of livestock
owned by 525 farmers in Jb states.
"This certainly does not mean that
every farmer should produce pure-*
I bred livestock," \,he specialist continues,
"but it does mean t-hat every
farmer should use purebred sires.
But it is not enough to say that a
sire is purebred?-he must have the
right, sort of conformation and/hi*
immediate ancestors should b,0^ of
correct conformation, ?
"An outstanding sircVjs npvn-ast
half the herd and in many cases
more for if ho is prepotent he will
sire calves more like himself - than
like "the dams. The selection of the
right kind of sires will rapidly grade
up the herds until they are practically
as good us purebred* for utility purposes,
It. is without doubt the most
economical way of improviyg the
herds,
"Through use of purebred sires the
hog stock in this state has undergone
a marked change for the better
during the past few years^ ( attle
have not improved so rapidly. Sheep
have made marked improvement in
a few of the counties. But there is
still plenty of room for improvement
with all classes of livestock," he concludes,
The highway department opened
bids for $-1worth of road building
under tin* federal recovery net. for,
seven projects of ' W 42 miloS of
hard surfacing in thMbw/r part of the
state. This makes a.total of $2,500,-1
000 of such lettings, about half of
the total allotted to this state. Three
this time were readvertiscd some time
ago. when the bids were considered
too high.
W. 1\ Johnson, 15, farmer of
Zachary. l.a.. ran wild, killed bis
wife, tried to kill his son. burned his
house and barn and then killed him1
self.
j caused all of our crime, nicketcerirg.
I sin, murik-t ??'! /Now 1 J""
'bition is gone from anmhgst us. . <>
I more shall we have to endure lynching.
kidnaping* and hijackings.
W now safe for a baby to walk tin
darkest, dingiest-alley in the world
with a million dollar* tied up in his
diaper \ause whiskey is hack again.
. ..lust think how grand and glorious
it will be from now on not to have
to lock our front doors or our safes.
I \(> more bootleggers .no more 'on
ih, spot" work will be done, and
plenty work for everybody. < an vou
imagine-it? Volstead brought notn\inK
but worry and trouble upon us
[with bis old' bill.
j h won't be long now before there
won't b- ii" tuxes. Old boo/.e wn.
:,ay t: em ail. Tin-re won't I" ar.v
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Vbhe'i e-Zarui'mel.be r.o tarn.
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,,jr h.ughou-es are tilo-d t * * ov e
g. . . all sent there by the Yo
.- eat Act. and we have had to bu.
b;_-ger pcr.s to hold the crow,Ls t'n.
j.ror.ibition .*er.t us, but that's a.i ov<
, now. .Su p right in. take your sea
an.l fetch us back to our senses at
make us honorable (?) hke we we
j before you went away.
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| Jennings Takes
Refuge In Prison
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Columbia, Nov. 28.->? His wife's
warrant, charging threats to kill, toj
tiny brought Frank Jennings volun1
tarily back to the state penitentiary
' 22 days before his leave of absence
would have expired.
The . life term convict whose freedom
under the leave from Governor
Blackwood aroused a Sumter grand
jury presentment walked into the
prison early today and gave himself
up.
He said he knew nothing of u threeday
search by Sumter officers to'!
serve the warrant upon him and
averred he "wouldn't hurt a hair" on i
his wife's head.
Jennings explained he "went into
the swamp" on a fishing trip'Tuesday
morning and did not learn of the
warrant until his sister send word to
him late yesterday.
He said he decided then it would
[ he best for him to return to the state
penitentiary immediately, and left for
Columbia by ear at a. nr. 1
Jennings claimed he had been work
mg continually since Governor Black
wood first granted him a lcuve of
ub*>ence about August 15.
A carpenter by trade, he emphasized
his work in building churches
at Biahopville and St, Charles, in Lee
county, before his imprisonment.
Upon his return here, he denied
participating in the killing, of Kzra
Hodge, for which he was sentenced
in lb.'fO, as well as denying he threatened
his wife and daughter, Oladys
Mac Jennings.
lie had been described at the governor's
office as an "outside trusty"
and good prisoner. His leave of absence
was extended to December \15,
the governor said, to enable him to
help support his family.
Mrs. Jennings in her warrant Monday
said he had spent most of his
earnings upon a "witch doctor" who
was expected to aid him win permanent
freedom.
The governor received a letter from
Mrs. Jennings today, however, in
which she said she was "sorry" she
had sworn out the warrant.
"Please igno're everything you have
heard about him and give him freedom
if there be any chance," she said.
She explained, "a family confusion"!
Monday made her momentarily afraid (
of Jennings and led to the issuance ,
of the warrant but by Tuesday "I j
found there wasn't anything to it and ,
I am sorry I did it." t
Charles II. Gerald, secretary to the
governor, said the remaining <52 days
of Jennings' leave would be cancelled.
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Dogs Kill Otters
W. F. Nisbet who lives near Lancaster
reports that recently two of his
dogs killed two large otters at his
place north of Lancaster, One dog
caught one of the otters and in doing
so ^Attracted the other dog which i
pursued the second otter into a creek
and killed it. The otters weighed 21
and 22 pounds. Not many otters are
.seen in this vicinity apd the ones
killed by Mr. Nisbet's dogs are the
only ones we have heard of this year.
? Lancaster News.
Two small negro children were
burned to death on a farm near
Ninety-Six. The children were alone
in the house. The fire had made such
progress vMion discovered that it was
impossible to rescue them. . *
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Believe It Or Not
Here's a "believe it or not" story
which actually occurred. One day
last week Lawyer Coble Fundeeburk
started out early in the morning for
his old home in Buford township near
the Chesterfield county line.
While . passing *ne residence
George Rape, near McCray's store, a
big Rhode Island hen flew against the
radiator of Mr, Funderburk's ear.
The radiator was pushed back against
the fan and so badly damaged it that
the automobile had to be towed baek
to town.
Here's the believe it or not part.
Mr. Rape declared that the old hen
is none thtt worse for her experience
after partially wrecking an automobile,
and is going about her business
picking ,up everything eatable prepartory
to laying eggs when said eggs
reach ten cents a dozen or less ne\t
spring.?Monroe Enquirer.
Ambassador William C. Bullitt,
newly appointed to represent the
United States at Moscow, is expected
to sail tomorrow for his post to establish
the new relations with the
Soviet government.
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