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[ "Nobody's Business -uufctfi for The Chronicle by Gee LjELtt%oC?>. CtMTlth'i 1M8I beware of signs j.<rom now on, I ?m believing in Vna. I am not euperatitious,?hut I am going to be careful. I have had too much trouble during the pa'8t four months not to wake up. On February 4, I saw the new moon I thru some telegraph and telephone wires ami did not -throw a handful of dirt over my left shoulder to ward off bad luc)c. The following afternooh, "sbrn^' guy or ot^ei ?to,e W I (un insured) automobile, and I have I not heard hair nor hide of it since. I Loss. $600.00. On February 13, I walked under a painter's ladder on my way homo to lunch. When I arrived, I found that a covey of thy wife's kinfolks had come up to spentfra few week-ends, and furthermore?a water-pipe had busted in the basement, and that reI quired the help of' a plumber and a, I helper and a pumper. Loss, not I counting meals and beds, $7.25. ,.On March 2, two black cats sped aorost the street only 16 feet ahead I of me. The very next day, I wa?j ! being afisisted to a platform at one I of our warehouses, and my foot I slipped, and I almost broke one of I nit legs. It was bruised and skirtl I and perforated and bunged up from I my knee on down. After paying the I doctor and 4 drug stores fo$ plasters, I anti septics, ansoforth, I was out ex-1 I actly $25.25, and I ain't near well I ..I knocked over the salt-shaker at I dinner on the evening of March 15 I- u.id failed to pitch a pinch of the I said salt over my right shoulder, but I never thought anything of that. I Three days later I sold a man a bill I of goods on credit; he sold them foT I cash: closed up his store; lit out for I balmii r shores, and I haven't even I the slightest^dea of what state in the I U. S. he is ribw living in. Total loss, I not counting 'punitive and sleep, I ..On March 30, I s^t dowi^ to supI per with 13 men, women and chil-1 I dren (not all mine, thank the Lord),! I and the next morning, I leaned up I against a wall of ^our new building j I that had been freshly painted, and j I ruint a beautiful $3.98 suit. Thusly, ^ I have been jinxed both pro and con ' for several months. I ke?p my Angara crossed all of the time these days, and dodge ever ill omen (not ill woman) that I see approaching ror this morning, I did every stunt known to heathens to off-set the badluck that always follows such an event. BAD NEWS FROM FLAT ROCK itat rock, s. C., martch 24, 1934. deer mr. edditor:?- * i do not like to air it in the papers, but i regret to have to infarm you that pease and hominy have not yet settled down over the congregation of rehober cMirch, and it is as full of strife to day as it was the week it all started when bro, hubbert green, the pasture, got a louder call and left, < V ... - ? 1 . prayer nueting which was to have benn hell tnursday night was postponed and put offx indefinite till the next ensuing thursday night when faction no. 3 will try it again, faction no. 2 hell prayer-meeting tuesday night at the ressidence of late jhon jones who dide and loft a widder. no on? knows how it come out, as they won't talk none. 0 - * so far, no rail dammage to persons and individuals has took place excepp arch botts has lost 3 front teeth and judd wilkins is toting his right arm in a sling* and mrs. sudie lumpkins has 1084a nice bunch of hair and yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, has not benn out on the streets since he met up with joe x. brown of faction no. 2, but his head is better. somoboddy has turnod over 2 toonirocks in the graveyard behind the church and broke all of them where they say?"sacred to the memory," j and it happens that ever one of samej belongs t6 kinfolks of faction no. 4. we all hope that something will happen to help straighten out things, j bro. coon jones is'verry low; ho belongs to faction no. 1. if he dies, that ought to help some; he has talked verry vigorous about the other , 3 factions. bro. holsom moore and his grown sun, hanson moor?, have asked for ! their church letters, but they were not granted to them onner count of j they are not in good and regular standing with the church, they have ! not paid anything since they first -joined 6 months ago. they hope to fix the pullpit once, but that is all. , it is a-feared that if they were to get their letters that they mought not "jine another church of the same faith and otder. his wife do not belong to rrfebober. ? i I \ ????? _ ., ! this is our first churob trubble in s ' rehober and everboddy hopes it will ! soon blow over. rev. hubbert green, i the former pasture, was in town last fweek, but as he spoke to pete Simmons of faction no. 3 befoar he spoke to annyboddy else, no one else spoke to him and he did not get out of his i car. he bought some livver medison i at tho drug stoar and drove on off. 1 we all hope for the best and will try to avoid crime. ? " yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. corry spondent. i ? Methodist Men's Bible Class "Watchman, What ofi the Night?" will be the subject of Dr. Wimberly's address next Sunday morning before the Methodist Men's Bible Class, j There should be 100 men every Sunday to hear these timely addresses. ' This chance does not come often. Let us rally all our men for next Sunday ! morning at 10 a. m.?Jack Moore, j secretary. The war department within the next day or two will advertise for bids for 110 airplanes?80 bombers and 30 attack planes. ^Before July 1st it is expected that bids will be asked for from 300 to 400 planes. This, is part of a three-year $50,000,000 edrcraft expansion program for the army. 1# ' 1 Camden Theatre Week Beginning May 11th. . FRIDAY "BOTTOM^ UP" With Spencer Tracy'/ Pat Patterson. John.Boles- and Tholma Todd. SATURDAY "WHEELS OF DESTINY" With Ken Maynard. Also Chap tor 12 "Gordon of Ghost Oity." Saturday Night at 10:30 "NO MORE WOMEN" [ With Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen, SaUy Blane and Minna Gombell MONDAY I "THE SHOWOFF" With Spencer Tracy and Madge Evans. TUESDAY "ESKIMO" With a Native Casit. Twelve months of danger Aiming in the Arctic. Thrills. never before J attempted. WEDNESDAY "THE WITCHfrJG HOUR" W ith John Halliday, Judith Alien i and Tom Brown. ! THURSDAY "MURDER IN TRINIDAD" ^ ith Heather Angel, Victor Jory and Preston Foster. ^ J For Mother's Day I I WHITMAN'S CANDY, attractively wrapped with a I I Mother's Pay Card attached. J | I Large a?ortment of GIBSON'S Mother*. Day Card.. I I and Cards for ALL occasions. 1 W. R. ZEMfS DRUG STORE I Phone 30 Broad Street I CITY DRUG COMPANY - >44 Phone 130 DeKalb Street I ELECTRIC FANS AND OTHER APPLIANCES i John M. Perry Died At Tampa, Florida John Morgan Perry, a former resident of this county, died recently at Tampa, Fla. The following account of his funeral was given in the Tampa Tribune: Funeral services for Johtfc Morgan Perry, 152, who died yesterday at his residence 812 iS. Fremont Ave., will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the J. L. Reed and Son funeral chapel. Rev. Henry Wiggins, formor pastor of the Seflfner Methodist church, and Rev. M, H. Norton will officiate. Burial will he in Woodlawn Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be W, S. Patrick, I>. M, Patrick, Ernest I>avis of iBrandon, I*eo Selden, J. W, Tomb^rlin and Carl Wheeler, Seffner. Honorary pallbearers: L. L. Lightsey, A. R. Williams, Pat Ledford, Dr. S. Guerra, C. I. Jettori and Lynn Patrick. v V , > He was a resident of Tampa and Seflfner for the past 21 years, having come here from Lancaster, S. C. He Was born at Liberty Hill, S. C., February 9, 1872. He is survived by his wife, Daisy, 9ister of Mrs. Will Robles and Mrs. Kate Horn; two children* Mrs. Jane Perry Chamberlain and Mrs. Howard Kennedy and three grandchildren, Bobby and Charlotte Perry and J. Howard Kennedy, Jr. Mr. Perry was associated with the Mf. Perry was associated with the Tampa Electric Co. for about 10 years and later with G. iP. Henderson Real Estate Co. and the W. SPatrick Real Estate Co. He was conducting a real estate business of his own at the time of his death. In addition to his real estate activities he owned the Lake Side Dairy of Seflfner, where he made his home until this year. . He was interested in civic affairs, having run for county commissioner of the Seflfner district. " * ' Mighty Forest Fire In North Carolina Kapp's Mill, N. C., May 5.?The mqst extensive and disastrous fire northwest North Qarolina has ever known was smouldering sullenly this morning, apparently . burning itself out after spreading over 300,000 acres of wood and farm lands. Fire lighters are continuing their watchfulness, but in the absence of another stiff breeze, further spread of the fire is not anticipated, as- it is believed to have used all its fuel in the affected area. v. AMjkprvey today showed that the Stone Mountain-Roaring Gap elevaHoir fire covered a distance of about 15 miles and cut a path roughly a mile in width. The Mitchell river valley fire was also about 16 miles long and more than a mile wide. Both these major fires are believed to have finished their destructive work, though still burning in spots today. The fire which broke out on top of Roaring Gap yesterday morning about one and a half miles from Greystone inn is also burning out this morning. A group of forty "men were sent to this area from the Chatham manufacturing plant in Elkin and fought the flames all day. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church " There will be services at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church next Lord's day as follows: Bible school at 10 a. m.; Church worship at 11 a. m. sermon theme will be "Mother." Let a do our best to get all the mothers to attend this special service. The oldest and youngest mother and the mother of the most chuldren will be presented with a beautiful bunch of flowers. A special offering will be taken at this service for the Baptist hospital. The B. Y. P. U.'s will meet at the usual time Sunday evening. The adult department of the Bible school will have a fish fry and stew Friday afternoon at Buffalo creek, Ail the members of this department are urged to be present. A very happy time is anticipated. The public is cordially invited tc worship with us. Luther Knight, Pastor. William H. Woodin, the first secre tary of the treasury in Presidenl Roosevelt's cabinet, died in a Nev York hospital Tuesday night after ? long illness from a throat infection He was 66 years old. He was a< mos1 ' successful industrialist, a musician o: ability and a composer of note. H< was a very intimate friend of th< president He retired fryn office I few months ago In an effort to regair bis health. Three members of the family od Chester Barrett, of Sapulpa, Okla. are dead, and six others, includin* himself, aro desperately ill from talc ing poison from a receptacle the I once contained family medicine. Th< original container of the poison wa: broken some time ago and then wa put irt a box that had contained gui nine. Barrett thought he was givinj his family medicine. .t.i ^ . #' . '-"S b ^r m. t-i i i|ex^k News of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethune, May Oth. The eleventh grade of the Bethune school presented a three-act comedy .drama entitled "Cabbage or Dollars" at the hijfli school auditorium last Friday evening. The following boys and girls who acquitted themselves splendidly composed tho cast: Dalton McLeod as Granddad Parker, an inventor; Mary Ellen Molauritv as Ada Martin, his Si anddaughter; Km nee s Gardner ns inny, the colored cook; Milton Hlmore as Kara Jones; Myrtle King as Sadie Jones, Ezra's sister; Law son Uiannon as Jim Powell, the dollar boy; Keith Josey as Jack Mason, more interested in cabbage; Mary Alice Baker ?s Daisy Burke, the town belle; , Myrtle Morton as Dolly Collins, her ?hum; Herri* Oliver as Chuek Emery, her fiance and county sheriff; extra girls, Marguerite Poster, Sara Ruth McKinnoft, Aline West,^Maaalee Morton, Lillie Mae Morton. The local chapter Order ,of Eastern Star had an inspection mooting last Wednesday evening. The grand Worthy matron, Mrs. George Creed, and other visitors from Camden and Kershaw were present. Mrs. Hugh Oliver, worthy matron of the local chapter O. E. S., was appointed grand page. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the business session. Mrs. A. B. MoLaurin and Paschal Mcl-aurin spent last Thursday night at Boone, N. C. They were accompanied. home Friday by Misses Lorena McDonald and Thelma Davis, who have been attending Appalachian State Teachers' College aV-Boone. Mrs, Watson and daughter, Miss Ola Watson, and Miss Elsie Coker, of Easlcy, have been rocent guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1). D. Clyburn. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Foster very pleasantly entertained the teachers of the Bethune schools \tfith a fish fry at Morton's pond Tuesday- evening. , Mrs. j Frea Osteen, of Greenville, and Miss Ruby Norris, of Simpson- ' ville, spent the week end with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker, of ' Pensacola, Fla., are visiting Mis. i ?. L. Parker. I .Miss Birdie Belle Smith, of Columbia,' has been at home for the past week on account of the illness of her 1 mother 1 Mrs. P. C. Turner, of Hartsville, ] was a guest of?relatives here recently. ( Several persons from Bethune at- , tended home-coming day at Union 1 church last Saturday. < Mrs. A. K. McLaurin spent the i week end with Miss Mary Louise i McLaurin, who teaches in Greenville, j The old school house which had been converted into a dwelling and was owned by W. A. M<*I>pwoU was < burned Tuesday evening. There was < no one living in the house at the time but a small quantity of furniture had been left in the building, which was i loat. It is* not known whether there 1 was any insurance or not. Mrs. C. E. Braswell is visiting rela- ; tives in Wadesboro, N. C. I Exercises at Bethune Schools At eight-fifteen o'clock Friday evening, May 11, in the auditorium of the Bethune high school the grammar school program will be given. The seventh grade will present a play, "A Trip To Fairyland." "The Pageant ofpthe States" will be the feature of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades' program. The primary department is staging a Tom Thumb Wedding. The sermon for the graduating class will be preached in the local Baptist church Sunday morning, May 13, at eleven o'clock by the Rev. J. E. Williams.'' The commencement exercises will culminate Thursday evening at eijghtftfteen o'clock in the high school au- j ditorium with a program given by | members of the eleventh grade. "The public is cordially invited to attend these exercises. Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison, author and publicist of England, created a sensation in England by giving out a statement to the effect that the late JCing Albert of Belgium wasn't killed by an. accidental fell in the mountains, but that he had "been tapped on the head." He mentions . several details that do, if true, make the alleged accident look queer. A Tacoma, Wash., neighbor sent his neighbor a note: "Your destructive rooster got all my nasturtium seed except three or four. Send him over , for these." Back came a note with ! the rooster from ' the bird's owner. The chanticleer was dead. The note expressed the hope that the potential . chicken dinner might recompense for the seed. The neighbor accepted the sacrifice and invited the neighbor over to Sunday dinner. The invitation was accepted. Disclosing that the government is . seeking $1,319,080.90 additional taxes on his 1931 income, and penalties of r $059,j>40.45, Andrew W. Mellon at l Pittsburgh, Pa., charged that he is being "railroaded" to a federal grand t jury without first being given a hearf ing by the treasury. He charaoter, ized the threatened action as an "ut, ter disregard of statutory regulai Qona." ~ ! The Amoskeag Manufacturing company at Manchester, N. H., has anf nounced wage Increases of 5 to 10 t per cent retroactive to February 26, f for its 10,000 employes. The wage| ? matter was settled by arbitration and t is the first major wage controversy 6 to be settled by arbitration since the B creation of the Textile Industrial ReB lations board. Ffank E. Adams, 23, convicted at Los Angeles on a charge of kidnaping ana robbery, was given a life sentence. _ I % <?rz<v v ^ r*K - v ? vV ~ -t,4 MIMM1E" SAYS HE'S CANDIDATE <j James ]). Grist, newspaper man, 0 uiys he's in the race this year for: ?ne of York CountyV'four seats in ; ? :he hou.se of representatives. In his ^ Announcement, Mr. Grist says, among1. t other things, that" no one hns asked \ < him to run, and that so far as he ^ knows, '-'not a darned soul cares a |' iU8s whether I run or not, or whether * 1 am elected or not." "I know," ho ' idds, "that I can make you no worse ( representative than those gentlemen 1 ^ou have been sending to Columbia tor years. On the other hand, I do ( not know that I can do any better j than they have tried to do for you? ir to you." 'He says he thinks York County i ihould have a county hospital, that i the rural police force should be un- ] ler tiie direction of a captain or other dTicer, that "the State should take are qf the widows and orphans of tx-soldiers whop and where the Federal government' fails to proVido" for hem. lie is of the opinion tha^tho ounty ehaingang should be abousned. finally ho says he thinks ho would 'make a pretty fair representative," t uid tells the people he is not "going o kiss any babies, do any churning >r hoe any cotton or corn patches to jet votes."?Fort Mill Times. iSecretary of State Hull in an adiress at Washington, told a group of lis college alumni that militarism is keeping many sections of the world md that unless this is curbed it night lead to war. He urged interrational cooperation to promote ;>eace, understanding and friendship. Mothers Look Forward to this Hour... It's (he hour when tons or daughters or old fi Sends call them, front some distant place by telephone, llow happily tluey look forward to this time, v Thousands of iahiilicn are d<>in? this, not only on 1 special occasions like Mothers' Day, but regularly each 4 week . . . enjoying a short, inexpensive voice visit by ft telephone with members of the family in other cities. */ " because your voice is you over the telephone, such Ay. visits are as satisfactory as though yqu were together \ in the same room. Visiting loved ones at regular intervals by long distance telephone is a delightful way to keep family ?- ties alive at small oosl. ?- ?.v*- ? Ask "long distance" for rates. ?>. Southern B^lL Telephone and Telegraph g M j.Co. t N C O K A T C D ?55M GRANDMOTHER'S SQUARE Q| ROLLS-6c SUPER SUDS, 2 pkgs 15c 1 CAMAY SOAP, 4 cks. 19c TEA NECTAR a 2 *? 25c J OUR OWN i K 15c I PALMOLIVB SOAP 4 19c ? c. . ISUNNYFIELD j | BACON ss,k 23 I 2 i4"?z- B?tt,e8 js| ALL FLAVORS SPARKLE GELATIN DESSERT ?6 p^8- 25c White IIoum Evap. | Milk 3 SS. 17c Maryland Pack Illne Ubfl Peas 3 ZJ 25? .... .1. SWIFT'S JEWtt SHORTENING IS 60 - ?~ ? ? > - * - PRODUCE Bananas, 4 lbs 19c 1 String Beans, lb 10c Green Peas, 4 lbs 25c Lettuce, head 10c Carrots 2 bunches .. 15c Red Potatoes, 3> lbs... 10c MARKET ' "fL ' ^ Pot Roait Beef, lb 15c Veal Chops, lb 15c Lamb Stew, lb 12 Vic Beef Stew, lb 10c...1. * Pork Sausage, lb 15c Pork Roast, lb 17c