The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 18, 1934, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
"Nobody's Business
ufrftten for The Chfoniola by Go# '
Wrlt M<&e. Copyright, 1028.
information wanted
a verry strange thing happened
near our little citty a few nights ago.
r poleesman found a bundle of
something or nuther lying on the
side of the road on main street and
u turned out to be a human being.
he was verry badly shocked when
he discovered what it was. he
bio wed his whisel till it got choked
up. and then he blowed h?? hat ami
thens he blowed his gangers, to call j
some help to his aid. as soon as the
crowd accumulated, they turnod the
bundle over and found out that the
corps was alreddy dea^ ]
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..'when the po>pper-lation Tound out
that they had the remains of an unknown
man in their midst, they took
scvveral stops to find out who in the 1
world the dead man was but without
avail, it seems that he was struck
by. some movjng object by tho name '
ofa hit-and-run driver who drove on,
according to the tracks that led away i
from the axcident.
?:?!
..there was no name on tho remains
to identify him by, and no marks on
his collar ansoforth. you could tell
that he was a married man and that
his wife was a bridge-player as he
had only 2 buttons on his briches and '
none at all on his liirt. he was allso 1
a poor man which was proved by his '
nake not being shaved, you could |
allso tell that he chawed tobacker; he '
had a chaw in his mouth. |
.'.he was not working for the govverment;
his clothes was too shabby
for that, you could tell at first sight
of his body that he wa,s a stranger, -j
and possibly a yankee, as he had his
hands in his pocket, he was walking ?
towards the north, judging from
whore he got struck, and no doubt
he was a late toorist returning from ,
tloridy or cally-forny.
..over b.QOO men, women, childrens,
ofT;s-ers of the law, preechers and
gofT players viewed his remains, but
none of same could swear that they
ever heard of him before. miss
jennie veeve smith thought that he
looked sorter like a great uncle of
her cuzzin joe, as he had a small
mushtash that looked like his'n, but
she was not' verry possitive about it.
..our poleesman finally decided that
he was a man without monnoy, as
he hKd ivo ottar-mobeel, and allso that
ho could not read or rite, as he had
no pencil on his corps, whoever run
over him will be took to law as soon
as kotched. our mayer has the name
of his tires and wheel-base, rite or
foam anny information you hear
about who it is.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd.
corry spondent.
IT'S MY NERVES, I RECKON
. .I went to a movie the other night
to see a picture that I had been wanting
to see and hear for several
months. I had no other business
there except to enjoy the picture.
I dont know how picture shows operate
in your town, but our theaters
give a guy much more than ho pays
for.
. .1 arrived about 8 o'clock, just after
goober hulls had been fairly woll
scattered between many of the seats.
The house was not crowded, just
comfortably full. Tho 12-year-old
boy who sat behind mo seemed to
rest better with his right foot on
my right shoulder and his left foot
on my left shoulder. Some boys
must sit like that; he had several
imitators.
. .The first 5 minutes the screen explained
who in town had the best dry
cleaning, and who sold the coldest ice,
find where tho sweetest drugs were
compounded; the neoct 10 minutes informed
the audience all about the
coming pictures for Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday;
the next 12 minutes notified us that
some nice pictures would como next
week and week after next.
. .And the next 15 minutes were,
taken up with some film-clippings of
tho pictures that would be shown
"exclusively in this theater" next
summer and next fall. I was still
awake when the operator found out
that he had failed to tell us where
to buy the nicest furniture and who
sold the fastest automobiles and how
to keep out of debt by buying an
ice-box with -,<>nly a 2-dollar down
payment. That took a while too.
. . It was getting late, but I was
right there with one end of my
ticket in my mouth, for which I had
paid all the ticket seLler charged me
.. . .just to see the main feature picture.
Our baby had gone to sleep
and my old lady was loaning heavily
upon my side. The boy just behind
me had removed one foot from off
my left ear; it evidently had gone
to sleep too.
. .Just about the time I was nearly
"gone" from weariness and borasomencss,
the real picture started
If I had not been so tired, I am sure
L? would have pronounced it the best
AT the season. Restiess men like me
who are always in a hurry, hope some
day to find a show that shows nothing
but the show it is showing. I pick
out the pictures I want to see from
newspaper ads, and I trade at store.'
and shops because I see their ad?
also, and because of their fine repui
lations.
NATIONAL
COTTON WEEK
AT
BELKS
Cotton Print Dresses,
Fast Colors,
All Sizes
48c 69c 98c
Cotton Dress
Goods
Large assortment of n
Fast Color Prints
yard 15c
Varied Assortment of
Batiste, all colors,
Vat Dyed
yard 19c
Dainty Voiles, guaranteed
Fast Colors
yard 22c I
K I
Men's and Bovs
WASH TROUSERS
Men's Plain White and Stripes
$1.25 and $1.45
Hoy's Summer Trousers
All Sizes, 69c and 98c tl
Uar^e assortment of Boy's
Tom Sawyer Shorts,
Sizes 3 to 16 98c
I I These .re only a few of the many Special, aH iBELT'S I
II BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE I
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
AS OF MAY I, 1934
The general crop situation on May
1 was not quite up to average, although
planting progress and
growth weroOmore advanced in iha
feouth and east than up-State, where
fool, wet weather caused delay. Reported
conditions for wheat. Irish
potatoes and peaches is slightly above
average, but oats, rye, hay and
pasturejs are below usual.
Acreage of Winter Wheat for harvest
is estimated at 85,000 acres coinspared
with 74,000 tyst year and an
average of 59,000 acres for the previous
five years. The condition of 77
percent indicates an outturn of 850, 000
bushels, which compares with
692,000 bushels harvested last year
and the average production of 580,000
bushels for the. years 1929-1983.
The acreage of Rye to b^ harvested
for grain at 7,000 acres is about.
the usual. The condition of 74 per
cent indicates a crop of 60,000 bushels
compared with 49,000 bushels
harvested in 1933.
No estimate of Oats production
has been prepared, but tho May 1
condition of 69 percent compares '
with 66 percent a year and the averago
of 74 percent for tho years 1924a93i/^-^:.
Hjxy Stocks on Farms ar* estimated
at 51,000 tons compared with 48,000
a year ago and 34,000 tons as
tho average for the years 1921-1931.
Condition of Peaches at 70 percent
indicates a total production of 1,541,000
bushels which compared with l,?
633,000 bushels produced last year
and 1,142,000 bushels for the years
1927-1931."
The Irish Potato condition of 80 (
percent is the same as a year ago
and compares with 78 as tho fiveyear
average*
Tame Hay and Pasture conditions
the same as a year ago but about 15
of 65 and 66, respectively,- are about
percent below usual.
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
R. O. T. C. RATED "EXCELLENT"
*
' Clinton, S. C., May 11?The Pres
byterian College Roserve Officers
Training Corps has just been adjudged
"Excellent" as the result of tho
annual inspection held April 24-25th.
This is the highest rating awarded
R. 0. T. C. schools. P. C. has maintained
this rating for several years.
The inspector this year was Col.
James A. Brockman, of Columbia,
the Chief of Staff of the 82nd Divis,
ion. He commented especially on the
fine appearnce of the corps and said,
"The attitude of the President, the
faculty, student body the excellence
of instruction is reflected in the errn
estness of the student body and
makes this institution a real asset."
The Junior class members of the
cadet corps a^e now being prepared
by Capt. Wysor, and Capft. Blanton
to attend the six weeks encampment
at Fort McClellan, Alabama begin
ning the early part of June.
j Captain Arthur Leroy Bristol, naI
tive of Charleston, will be in command
of the U. S. N. airplane carrier
Ranger, when tftat ship is placed in
commission at Norfolk, Va., after 'finishing
a three-weeks trial cruise.
Three unmasked bandits held up a
national bank at Wetumka, Okla.,
kidnaped the president and two women
employees and escaped with $1,000
or more. They released the bank
employees at the edge of town.
Six men and a women were killed
at Athens, Greece, by machine gun
fire of police during a riot of longshoremen,
who were protesting against
construction of modern machinery
at Kalamanta harbor.
The federal circuit court of appeals,
on a habeas corpus hearing, yesterday
refused to lower the $200,000 bond of
Samuel Tnsull, and the prisoner was
returned to jail. His attorney said
the tx.nd is the largest ever required
in any federal court.
Postmaster General Farley on
Wednesday signed contracts with private
companies for airmail service lxtween
Newark and Ix>s Angeles, Newark
and Miami, Newark and New Orj
leans, Chicago and Jacksonville.
Commencement At
?Newberry College
Newberry, May 10.-?This year instead
of the Kendall Oratory Contest
during1 the graduating exercises Newberry
College will have a commencement
speaker. l>r. George B. Cromer,
of Newberry, has accented the invitation
to deliver this address. The
exercises will be held in the college
gymnasium on Tuesday morning,
June 6.
The commencement program will
begin on Saturday evening with the
Sophomore Declamation *C o n t e s t.
John Koch and Joo White, of ivuvunnah*?Ga.,
Gardner Ilendrix and Carl
Ringe.r, of Newberry, Shelton Moose,
of Greenville, Ray Register, of Hartsville,
Yates Webb, of Saluda, and
W. C, Zeigler, Jr., qf lame Star, will
apeak. 1
On Sunday morning in the Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer the baccalaureato
sermon will bo delivered
by tho Rev, Oscar F. Blackwodler,
I). 0., pastor of tho Lutheran Church
of tho Reformation in Washington,
D. C. I>r. Black welder is one of the
most eloquent young ministers in the
jsulpit today.
Sunday evening in the Newberry
high school auditorium the music department
will render a program.
On Monday morning the Junior Oratorical
Contest will be held with the
following participants: Claude and
Hubert Long, of Newberry; H. J.
Williams, of Fairfax; William Buford,
of Newberry; and Gordon Clarkson,
of Prosperity.
Monday evening the following men
of tho graduating class will speak in
tho Kendall Contest: Roston Hare, of
Leesville; Bennett Clary, of Newberry;
Raymond Ellsworth, of Charleston;
C. M. Smith, Jr., of Kinards;
John Noah Slice, of Chapin; and Herman
Shealy, .of Little Mountain. Miss
Alethia Halfacre, of Newberry, will
read an essay as the representative
of tho young women in tho graduating
class. %
Following the commencement exercises
on Tuesday morning the Alumni
Association will hold its annual meeting
and at 1:30 will be given the
college luncheon.
There are sixty-seven candidates
for degrees, thirty-eight men and
twenty-mine women.
The state pawnshop at Paris
pawns airplanes along with other
items.
Tho foroign trad? war between I
Great Britain and Japan is now get-!
ting under way and both nations will .
make strenuous efforts to hold the j
trade they have and incrcaso their
business to larger proportions at the
expense of the other.
The cotton textile code authority is
canvassing all manufacturers working
under the dbde for their opinions on a
26 per cervt curtailment of operations
for 60 to 90 days. Sales of cotton
goods have suffered more than a seasonal
slump.
Increasing evidence in Washington
points to a decided increase of the
part silver will play in the monetary
system of thus country within the
next few months. Members of the
silver blocs in congress are very well
pleased with progress made towards
their ultimate ends?inflation.
The International Rubber Regulation
committee, in session in London,
has fixed a gradually shrinking
schedule for rubber shipments. Kubber
producing countries have recently
signed a pact to restrict pttxluctioa
the next five years.
Drought conditions in Bladen, and
Brunswick and Columbus counties,
N. C.. have just about finished the
strawberry crop in that section.
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Pketfit'tfh, CtrttJUn Nttitml Rtllivtft
THAT one of the great difficulties and dangers of a togging drive la *
Jam? These Jams are caused when logs become wedged agalns^
rocks or other obstructions. Other logs pile up behind until finally ^
barrier' Is caused by the piling up of thousands of logs In this fashion
and the whole drive Is held up. Sometimes the Jam can be broken by.
the removal of the key logs by manual labor, but more often high
^plosives have to be used. The photograph shows a log Jam being*
dynamited In northern Queboc.,ii
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