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"IHck Davis and the Uevil" This will be the theme of Dr. Wimberly'a address next Sunday morning before the Men's Hible Class of the Methodist church., These Sunday morning addresses are being widely spoken of among the men who hear them. We want to boost u big class next Sunday to hear this true story, from a life sketch of a charactor who lived, ubd was known. "Hick Davis and the Devil" will be a gripping story and we urge our men 10 hear it. Ito'member the time: Class assembled at 10:20. Jack Mooro, Secretary. a Judge Akerman, of the Federal district court at Tampa, Fla., has ruled that the federal agricultural adjustment act is constitutional, lie made his ruling orally in injunction proceedings brought by Florida citrus growers ami shippers against Secretary Wallace and tho state citrus control committee which functions under tho farm recovery act. Hurned bits of wreckage of a sponge boat identified as thv Xios out of Tarpon Springs, Fla., and missing since November 17 with a crew of five, have been picked up on Cedar Key the past few days. Penney's 98c Event Starts Friday, February 9th ' ' ? a ' J ' ' . * ' Here are a few of the many outstanding values: Spend the day in Cheerful Wash Print Dresses 25 for ?8? v A pair of these bright print j y frocks will see you through ! many a day-1?and keep you looking your best, too! New necklines ? sleeves, ? lingerie touches?very becoming and easy to launder, too!, I Thousands of women prefer Gaymode?and when you've worn them you'll understand why! They give you just that ext)-a bit more in beauty and service! Try Gaymodes! You'll prefer them! Ask for Number 460 Chiffon Qfis* J sheer, but long-wearing 0 Also Number 444?semi-service QQ^ j weight 701* I ' Ladies' Hose 2 pairs for 98c Here's a value you can't afford* to miss. For the first time in months Penney has a full fashioned pure silk hose at 2 PAIRS for 38c Men' Shirt and Shorts i f A Q wiss ribbed shirts ZL Tf|l^ MXP Broadcloth shorts AUI Men's Broadcloth Shirts, white, AO solid colors, fancy patterns %/0C Flexible Soles? best for Active Young Feet! Children^ Oxfords f\ ? 98* Patents! Ca! fs! Elks! A ^ smart selection of styleright shoes! They feel wonderful ? and wear well, too! J.C. PENNEY GO DEPARTMENT ST O R E $ 4 1014 Broad St. Camden, S. C. ^ /A m p -* \ ' Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee MciJee, Copyright, 1928. HOW I STARTED . .1 was 18 years of ago when I landed my first job. My duties were soft but numerous. I was assistant postmaster, assistant depot agent, assistant cotton weigher, assistant b&ggage master and,assistant truck hand, but I did all of the work. . . My salary for tho first 4 months was $5.00 per month, but for the next months, 1 received $5,00 per month, and when I finally quit (by request), 1 was being paid $5.00 per month, but I got my board free. (Since 1 have been a grown man, 1 have always felt that I was not entitled to all that money and my board too.) ..Up to the time 1 began railroad career, I had never seeTi a full suit of underwear, but before I had hold that job 8 months, I had 2 suits of my own, flebce-lined and paid for. Man, they were warm, too. Our total stamp cancellations per month ran around $5.25, freight receipts were usually close to $80.00 per month, while passenger tickets amounted to nearly $8.00 every 80 days. . . This was a nice job, in fact?the nicest job I ever had. I enjoyed my work and my fine board, and saved half of what I oarnod every month and kept that plan up until I began to work for myself, and that is how I got started to working for myself. Our^railroad had 2 trains every day, and occasionally an extra freight train camo through which excited tho natives no little bit. L) ..I developed into a dude within a year and had commenced to wear a | blue hat (30c); green specks (10c); a red necktie (15c); patent leather I shoes ($1.20); a brown fuzzy suit of} clothes ($5.40); a starched collar, (2c);-a pair of celluloid cuffs (5c); J and myl how my cuiF buttons did , rattle when I shook hands with the j girls. I also wore the stripedest, loudest sox money could buy, up to 10c. ..In about 15 months, I began to learn to telegraph. (My station was j not a telegraph station). I resigned] (?), and batched with a boy-friend, whoe,lived only 4 miles from a small ] telegraph office, did my own cooking, j my own washing, my own walking, i patched my own clothes, and before anybody knew it, I was the best ham on the road. After 7 years in that line, I married, opened up a store, and have been running one off and on, mostly off, nearly ever since. AN EXPERIENCE WITH A HANT ..When I was a boy, I was taught to be afraid of "hanta." We had a "hanted house" in our. community. 1 would hate to meet a "hant" even now if the night was dark and the soft, zepher-like wind was blowing gently in my face. He'd have to be | a mighty swift "hant" if he overtook me and did me a hurt. . .The "hanted house" in question was the old Bender place down close to the river. It was a 2 story house. Old Man Bender choked his wife and 3 children to death in the kitchen. You could stand off about 250 yards and see the old fellow through the window choking his folks and ever now and then, a plank would fall out of the loft You could hear it just as plain. . .A crowd of us boys got "'big and bold" one Sunday and went right close up to one of the windows in the front room and we saw blood spattered all over the walls and the floor. It looked something terrible. I was I trembling so, I couldn't tell how much blood was still there, but it seemed a-plenty to me. My brother, Bud, saw a piece of his wife's thumb lying I on the mantel board, so he said. (Meaning Mr. Bender's wife's thumb, not his'n: he wasn't married). |j . .While, we were on pins spying into 1 that horrible old building, we heard a noise in the room just over our heads. It was a scrambling, scuffling, stomping noise and I saw smoke and dust oozing through the cracks right in front of my eyes. Before I realized what I was doing, 1 was 2 miles up the road?making a bee-line for home. . . I had overtook and passed our 2 dogs. I went by my 5 brothers and 3 playmates bo fast that they evidently thought I was a loose turklo dove. I jumped a 10-mil fence 5 different times and cleared it by at least 2 feet. A rabbit became frightened at my hurrying, and thought I was after him: I passed by him so quick, he fainted. I was in a hurry and was homeward bound. ..I didn't find out till the following Friday that my oldest brother had carried n billy goat into ^n upstairs room in the "hanted house" and had arranged for a nigger man to turn ii loos? and push it through the ceiling ' about the time I saw all of that blood. I wish there had been some way to have measured my speed during the mamthon. Nur-mi could have learned something about running from me. For the first three miles, only the tip ends of my big toes touched the ground. I can still see "hants" when I am out at night alone, and them's one thing that I ain't got any more use for than a politician has for a truth. Hants used to be something terrible. !' 1 1 Increase In Gasoline Tax Hits The Autoist For tho greater part of twenty years gasoline has l>een relatively the lowest priced of all the articles generally classed as necessities, according to Mr. 11. 10. Heard, local repre- . .tentative of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, who pointed out. < that the average price of gasoline would he more than 20 eejits per gallon today if the industry had maintained service station prices at the 1020 level. Actually, however, the' average price taken from fit) representative eitios on October 1st was 21 cents, including tax, , "The motorist may not stop to realize it, but he is getting his gasoline at a much lower price than he pays' relatively fpr any other necessary commodity, Mr, Heard explained. "The figures of the United States Department of Labor prove this. Using 11)20 prices as a standard and? giving them an arbitrary index number of 100, we find that gasoline prices, exclusive of taxes, were below 40 in August this year. That means that for 40 cents the motorist could obtain us much gasoline as ho could for $lvin 1020, exclusive taxes. On the other hand, farm products were just below GO and the average priue of all commodities was at 70. "In the slow climb of prices out of the rut toward 1020 levels, gasoline starts from a lower base than any other necessity. YVt its recovery thus far has not been at a faster rate than that of other commodities. "In the. face of these facts it may still seem to the motorist that the price he pays for gasoline is not much lower than it was several years ago. However, that is due to the increase of gasoline taxes which have gone up as the price of gasoline has gone down. This is a factor beyond the control of the petroleum industry, but one which gives many motorists an erroneous impression of the price of gasoline. Mr. Heard pointed out that increasing taxation had escaped the notice of the motoring public because the increase was over-balanced by the lowering of the refiner's prlbe. The latter was brought about both by savings in gasoline manufacture and the general decline, according to Mr. Beard. The extent of this lowering is shown by comparison "of the average price of 20.9 cents in 1020, exclusive of tax, with the present aver; age of 14.4 cents, exclusive of tax. "But despite this decline," Mr.'| Beard continued, "the increase in taxes has been such that a rise of a few cents, in keeping with increased costs and general trend, appears to bring gasoline back to the 1026 level, whereas the amount which the refiner receives still is far below the 1026 level. "It is our hope that the public will bear in mind that taxes alone may be held responsible for gasoline prices hitting the 1926 level." Antioch Club Met The Antioch home demonstration club met with Mrs. F. A. Atkinson on Tuesday of last week for an allday meat canning. The demonstration was in charge of Miss Craig and Miss Hayes. During the day there wer e seventeen large cans of hog meat canned. At noon the hostess served a delightful dinner in the dining room. In the afternoon Miss Ornig gave a talk on "How to Live at Home," and "The Part Women Must Have in the Cotton Reduction Campaign." During the social hour delightful refreshments were served to twelve ladies by the hostess. ~ The entire Illinois Civil Works commission has resigned. They didn't like it because Administrator Hopkins appointed an army officer to take charge of the OWA work in Cook county. The resignations were accepted promptly. When the thermometer dropped to zero in New York, the welfare commissioner at once ordered fifteen army field kitchens into service to be scattered over the city to provide coffee, doughnuts and soup Monday night for the unemployed and homeless. "The* devil with the cost," declared the commissioner. "We'll do the work now and worry with the cost later." The estate of James J. Corbett, once heavyweight pugilistic champion, has been appraised at $4J>34.43. Ho was once a wealthy man. "" " Radiators Boiled Out and Repaired General Auto Repairs. Get our price on your next job.? AH work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. NIGHT SERVICE TELEPHONE 138 Service Man Rooms Over Garage > L. A. Campbell & Co. (larage South Main Street Camden, S. C. ii ? i ' i " 1 1 ' j LOOKING HACKWAll 1) | Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago I FIFTEEN YEARS AGO February 17, 1919 S. J. T. Young, a largo planter of I tho Dalzell section, dies in his 74th year. J Joe Strak suffers painful accident when he has three ribs broken in fall from freight car. Mrs. Daisy Ann Wilson, of the Antioch section, dies. Charles E. Davis dies at home in , Antloch section. i Belated announcement reaches Camden of the death of Lieutenant LeRoy Belk, 26, who was killed in action in France. R. Kennedy, and W. L. Wooten form the "Bonded Warehouse Company," using the old Southern freight depot. Mr. and Mrs. James A. McDowell, of Flat Rock, to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. War department reports the wounding of Corporal DoBruhl, of Camden;! Corporal Curtis Kirkland, of Cante.V, and Clifton ItaTey, of Bethnne. Lewis C. Christmas married to Miss Ada Lillian Lloyd. Editor Cunningham, of Bishopville, loses faithful horse, "Pony," which had been in the family fur Rfteen years. Charlie Elmore returns to Bishopville after having been gassed in France. Mrs. Bessie McCoy, wife of J. E. McCoy, dies in Bethany section of Lee county. Mrs. J. Ii. Waters dead in the Lucknow section. Marion Williams returns to Camden I after serving in the Naval service in Virginia. Charlotte Thompson News Boykin, Feb. 3.?Mr. II. K. Wylie, after visiting his sister, Mrs. C. B. Thompson, has returned to his home in Chester. * Miss Pollye West, a student at Winthrop College, spent the week-end recently with her mother, Mrs. Allie West. Mrs. It. E. Williamson and children of Florence, are visiting her mother, Mrs. J, E. Rush. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Shiver and family spent Sunday with B. B. McManus and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Barnes and son, Ladson, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Workman. Residents of Botecourt county, Va., have been annoyed for several weeks by some mischief maker exploding nayseous gas bombs in and near residences in the night time. A reward of $500 has been offered for his apprehension. I THIRTY YKAKH AGO , February 12, 1901 Captain James 1*. lluilo announces himself as a candidate for sheriff of Kershaw county. K. S. Nettles opens new meat market. O. M. Fort leaves to attend funeral of his brother, G, W. Fort, at Wadesbow, N. C. Eliza Helton, 8G, dies in Washington, I>. C., and her remains brought here for burial. Dr. W. C. McDowell, of Kershaw, goes to Atlanta to purchase dental office equipment. Robert J. Turner, of Westvilie, kills white partridge when covey flies up. Baltimore suffers most disastrous fire in history of city. About 75 squares or 1-10 acres burned over with loss estimated at two hundred million dollars, throwing fifty thousand people out of employment. Canada had the worst snow storm of 25 years this week. Canadian National railway trains were marooned ? for 21 hours with -1^)0 passengers. . i ihmwiiwmw??1?^4 SUNDAY DINNER i SUGGESTIONS . Ilr ANN rAGK . . Marketing continues to be * pleasuro ho Ion# ?as there is a wide choice of foods at reasonable or low cost. This is particularly true of fresh fruits and vegetables at this time but also of meat, fish, eggs, cheese and butter as well. Most staples are still moderately priced although they have felt ?ho upward trend of prices. Among the vegetables the cabbage family is outstanding in quality and price. Lettuce and celery are plentiful and cheap. Green beans are not as fine as thoy have been. Spinach la plentiful. California oranges are very attractive In quality and price. Grapefruit continues to deserve superlatives. Bananas are Improving In quality with no change in price. Strawberries are plentiful and low priced. The Quaker Maid suggests the following Sunday Dinner menus. Low Cost Dinner Snuteed,Liver and Bacon Boiled Potatoes Buttered Carrots Bread and Butter Banana Shortcalce Tea or Coffeo Milk ? ^ Medium Cost Dinner Roaat Bcq/ Browned Potatoes ;$Suttered Cauliflower Tomato SoIajJ withfJVeen Pepper Ring ^- *i'Bread and Butter Apple Pie Cheese Coffee Milk ' Very Special Dinner Orange and Grapefruit Cup Chicken Fricassee with Dumplings j i Boiled Rice New Beets ; Lettuce Peanut Butter Dressing Rolls and Butter Vanilla Ice Cream Strawberry Sauce Coffee Milk The Fashion Shop, Inc. February Promotion Junior Dresses Size 11 to 17 $5.95 New Shipment of 4 SUEDE JACKETS $195 S We Gladly Refund on Any Purchase Not Satisfactory Corner Broad and DeKalb Streets Telephone 90