University of South Carolina Libraries
[[Attention, Cotton Farmers! I I a i 1 he price of cotton hna declined more than 150 | I points, $7.50 per bale from the August'high. Every j bale you sell now helps to further depress the price! < it is time to stop selling! ; | Store your cotton and borrow 12 cents per pound, II $60.00 per bale, under the Government's Lending Pro| | gram. You are guaranteed a minimum of 12 cents j regardless af future market conditions. Take this jj loan and wait for higher prices before selling. | Obtain your loan through the Cotton Co-op. No charges for preparing Loan Documents. No service j charge when you sell. You can handle your loan ! | through the Association on as good or better terms as II anywhere else. Support Cooperative Marketing! I Visit aur offices and discuss this proposition with K| our Field Representative, J. B. Shannon, Kershaw j County Field Representative. I | QFFICE, CAMDEN BONDED WAREHOUSE l\ f TELEPHONE 53. SOUTH CAROLINA II Cotton Growers Cooperative Association j] COLUMBIA, S. C. r jo I one of the free acts to be seen at the Kershaw county fair, october 15-20, 1934 Know Any Bigger? Mine shafts anywhere are awesome sights, but C. Allen Kelly thinks there's something especially wonderful about those in Hibbling, Minn. Being interested in mining," he writes us, I took a stroll to one of the underground mines and was engaged in conversation with the engineer in the hoist house when 'three bells rang which was the signal from below t" bring the skip to the surface. The engineer released the brake, opened up the controller of the huge electric hoist and the skip started on its way up. Curious to see the type of skip used, I walked over to the shaft house to await its arrival. I hung around for at least an hour and still there was no si?n of the skip despite the fact that; the cable to which it was attached was coming up at a terfiflc speed. At that point my patience was exhausted, hut still curious I hurried back ;o the hoist house to find the controller wide open, the cable winding around the drum at a dizzy speed and the engineer fast asleep in his chair. With one lerfp I was on him, shaking him violently. Rubbing his eyes, he inquired sleepily, "Wha's amatter with you?" "Matter!" I yelled excitedly. "Pull yourself together, man; do you want to pull that skip over the top of the Shaft house ?" "Huh?" he grunted. "Sure, over the top," I shouted at him. "That's what it'll do if you don't stop it." "Lemme see, what day is this?" "Why Monday, of course," I replied wondering, "Why?" "Tha's all right then," was the | answer. "The skip won't arrive 'til Friday," and he promptly went back to sleep.?Pathfinder. France, England and Italy have given the world to understand that they will defend the independence of Austria. Unique Vicfes Formula Is Now Aiding Millions In Preventing Many Colds Vtek* Va-fcro-noL the unique aid In Preventing colds, is now helping millions of adults and children to enjoy creator freedom from colds. #Ja"tr?-nol especially designed . nose and throat, where most colds start. Va-tro-noi should be used i?that first mamm or nasal lrrita"oo---just a few drops up each nosr"-Its timely use helps to prevent colds?and to throw on colds ? loo early stages. irritation has led to a J*?ged-up nose' (a stuffy head cold J^nasal catarrh)?Va-tro-nol pene*wes deep into the nasal passages? wuces swollen membranes?clears muo?-bmi?? comV *. .-H* * -?'* " d 3" -' -? *v Ifc' : Va-tfo-nol is powerful yet absolutely safe?for both children and adults. It has been clinically tested by physicians?and proved In everyday home use by millions. (Note: The remarkable success cf Vlcks Drops?for nose and throat? has brought scores of Imitations. The trademark Va-tro-nol is your protection in getting this exclusive vlcks formula. Always ask for Vict* Va-tro-nol Now in two generous sizes?30c ana 50c.) Va-tro-nol and its companion product, Vlcks VapoRub (the modern external treatment tor colds) form the basis of Vlcks Plan for Better Control of Colds?fully explained In each Vlcks package. O : * , ? eta. Former Charleston Man Recalls Events (Frank F. Whilden in Columbia State) August 80 and 81 are two oustanding "red letter days" fothe city of Charleston of half century ago und those living today will never forget them. The writer was one who passed through these trying days and nights. August 80, 1885, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the wind began to blow from the southeast, freshening every hour; storm signals had been displayed for a severe blow but these were bommon occurrences on the coast and not much attention was paid to them. As dark came on the wind increased, accompanied by a heavy rainfall. By 0 p. m. we were in the embrace of a cyclone. Very little sleep in the city that night. Daylight revealed wreck and disaster. few houses had the roof left on them, the tide rose above ordinary find the southern part of the city was inundated. At 9 a. m. August 81 the writer waded in sea water waist depp on the White Foint garden (the battery). Saw the great sea brake over" the eastern sea wall, the spray going over the roofs of the houses on the opposite side of East Bay street. Fishing smacks of considerable sire were floated up into the street, large and small boats sunk in the docks and wreckage was everywhere. The tall steeple of the Citadel Square Baptist church was blown over and fell on the house across the street occupied by the Dotterer family, cutting it in half. All were at home. Some of the family were pinned under the wreckage but no one was seriously hurt or killed. This was almost a miracle. The wind reached a velocity of over 90 miles an hour, blowing away the United States weather bureau instruments. It was estimated that the | wind cached the velocity of 140 miles art nwh\ We passed through the certter of the cyclone at 10 a. m. August 31 when it began to blow from just the Opposite direction. Damage to propel ty amounted into the thousands, especially on the eastern water front. However, the people set bravely to work repairing the damage and by fall things had assumed their natural trend again. Months rolled by, nerves became quieted and on the first anniversary, 181H), we were reminded of the great event. The day opened beautifully, a mild breeze came but it was hot. August usually is in Charleston. The morning of August 31 everybody breathed easy, the day had passed and no storm. But they did not know what was in store before the day was over. August 31 t>pened clear and beautiful but sultry and hot, no breeze, many remarked experiencing a peculiar odor and stillness in the air. Crowds of people were away on the annual mountain excursion. At night the moon was bright but it had a most peculiar appearance. Most people were out of doors. I was , sitting with my wife on the second story piazza facing west in the central part of the city. **01d Betty," the family Grandfather clock, had I just struck 10; wife remarked "I smell sulphur," at 10:10 a loud roar'ing noise broke the silence of the night, then a violent earthquake. No one knew how long this "quake" lasted but it was long enough to do thousands of dollars of damage to property and wreck the nerves of humanity and kill quite a number of people. In less than ten minutes the houses were deserted and the population in the streets, parks and gardens. Many people "prayed that night who never prayed before and those who prayed before now prayed the more." It's a long and interesting story and this sketch is written only as a reminder that those who were there may think about that memorable occasion. The writer shall never forget those two outstanding days in his life, showing us how feeble man is and frail are all his works and what great lesson Jehovah teaches through the storm and earthquake and other convulsions of nature. A Soviet publicist of Moscow declares that Upton Sinclair, California candidate for governor, is "stepping I along the path of barren Fascism." He said Sinclair's campaign to end poverty "will end only in bankruptcy, but may give the masses a lesson." When Martha Gabler, aged 7, walked into a Brooklyn, N. Y., police station and announced that "Josephine, who was born last Christmas day had been kidnaped,"'the police sent out a general alarm. Josephine was a rag doll, and was found in the home of one of Martha's playmates.. The Marine Workers Industrial Union, with headquarters in New York, on Sunday ordered a "militant strike" designed to call out the crews of American ships sailing out of the North Atlantic and Gulf ports to start at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, with 85,000 men involved. It is a demand for a basic wage scale of $76 per month, an eight hour day and so forth. 1 ? - - - ? - - - ? ? 'A ? . . Program Prevents Lower Prices Clemson College, Oct. 6. "South Carolina and other Southern farmers have seen the benefit* which come from cooperation among themselves and with their Government and they surely will not wish to return to the low prices and low standard of living which prevailed prior to the beginning of the present cotton production, adjustment program," says I>r. W. W. Long, director of the Extension Service, who believes that without an adjustment program for cotton in 1935, growers might easily bring about a condition similar to that which they faced in the early part of 1933 or in 1932 when the price was around five cents a pound, v In this connection Dr. Long quotes Cully A. Cobb, head of the cotton section AAlA, who fears that the return to 11)32 and 1933 condition* might occur if the safeguards of the present | contracts were withdrawn by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. V ? _ .. "For instance," says Mr. Cobb, "one grower would thipk that he could safely increase his acreage by 10 acres and would use a little more and a little better fertilizer. The present iprice, ho would think, would justify .such action.' Then, if the other two million cotton growers thought the same way, as they probacy would, we would have an increase of 20,000,000 acres right there. The greater use of fertilizers accompanying the increase might, with a good producing season, again add to the price-breaking surplus production now on hand. "For that reason, each individual grower might well ask himself tha timely question, 'How - much cotton should I plant in 1935?' The question needs to bo debated at meetings of growers and by the county control associations. It should be kept in mind also that ever^ grower in the South should have the same privilege that might be desired by any one group or individual." Kidnap Ladder Is Traced The Augusta Chronicle. McConnick, Oct. 6?Citizens of this littb South Carolina copnty. law-abiding and csMru-tenored "in their manner oi living little dreamed, tlvey read the harrowing story of the Lindbergh kidnaping more tluui three years ago, that tho ladder down which the ill-fated baby v.nw brought from the apparent safety of. its crib came from one o? the myriads of pinos that grace the foiresta of McCormick county. A year and a half ago a group of Strangers was poking about in a local lumber yard, for what reason no one knew. Now, however, it develops that one of these mem is the same man who recmtly was the subject of J much discussion in the newspapers because of his having declared that 'Richard Bruno rtauptmamm, now being held in the Lindbergh case pure has sd lumber for the ladder which was traced via a Bnceix lumber dealer, a Mason lumber manufacturing company hack to a McCormick lumber concern. The plan's name is Arthur Koehler, wood technologist of Madisom, Wis. On his visit to McCormick, Mr. Koehler had a section of a ladder in a case, now believed to have been a part of the Lindbergh kidnapsr's ladder. The lumber of which tho~ lad .er was made is said to have beqn traced by matching pieces of >t with other boards, figured by Mr. Koehlefc* to have boeti sawed from the name log. Hia intricate knowledge of wood and its peculiarities. amounting to a ecieeice in itself, was the only foundation on which Mr. Koehler had to work in his exhaustive investigations. Mrs. A. C. Carson, wife of the mayor of Wilmar, Minn., and Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, the wife of a supej rior court judge of the state of Washington, are outstanding candidates for the presidency of the American Legion Auxiliary, in the election which takes place at Miami, Fla., this month. |Vo men, Harry Thornton and Thurman Bowen of Bridgeport, Ohio, were arrested at Wheeling, W. Va., on a charge of threatened kidnaping of the daughter of a wealthy man there. They "pleaded guilty and are held under bonds of $100,000 each for the federal court. They planned to hold their intended victim for $25,000 ransom. Sales of the 1935 automobile license plates began on Friday, and applications were sent out to all car owners of record by the motor vehicle division of the gtate highway department. One set of plates is designated especially /or separate trailers which require them after the first of the Jttf- by legislative flat. f ^ V > ^ 5rvii i Says Ben To Ken Ben looked up from the newspaper. "A heap of changes going on in this country," he remarked. "There sure are," agreed Ken. "But therms one thing that hasn't been thought of that ought to be done." "What's that?" "We ought to change the insignia of tho United States," said Ken, shifting his quid. "We ought to have the bullfrog instead of the eagle. The eagle is a distant bird, has a tenor voice when exMted, and he occupies circles far above the common people. But the bullfrog has come up from the bottom, gets around nights, has a bass voice at all times, and is at home in the country or at the dinner tables of what Is known as 'Sassiety' in tho big cities. Besides, the bullfrog is a natural grcenbacker and he inflates easy." Ben scratched his head in an attempt to get into the spirit of the conversation. "Well, I don't know," he said Anally. "A heap of folks will object to the bullfrog as our representative because he's a banker." "But he's not a regular banker," said Ken. "When the bullfrog plunges, he does it with his own resources; not with those of other peopde." "Still, I don't seem to care for the bullfrog much in the job," said Ben. "I can't see him perohed on the mainmast of the ship of state." "Yes, but if the ship of state was wrecked," said Ken, "the eagle would Ay away to the tall timber. The bullfrog, on the other hand, would swim around and climb onto what was left of the deck. We would at least have our insignia left. I'm for him!"? Fred B. Mann in Country Gentleman. * , Foreign Tabu While swimming in the Adriatic Sea at Susak, Yugoslavia, an 18-yearold girl was eaten by a huge shark weighing 3,800 pounds. The sh:.rk Wk* later c&ptured by fishermen. A plan to build a waterway costing $2,000,000 from Bristol Channel to The Wash, which will cut England in half, was approved by the government. * ' .t?3l A former Czarist was discovered to he a long-time member of the Communist party in Kusia and was promptly expelled when he admitted forgoing documents to gain his entry. The site of Nessa, capital of Tarthin, a rich pre- Christian empire, was discovered in the Turkmanian Republic, Russia. With the Red Army reputed" "to be the largest in the world, Russia has only 05 warships in her navy, most | of them pre-war. "Js Under the regime of pro-Catholic Chancellor Schusehnigg of Austria J Catholic and non-Catholic children in the schools are taught in separate buildings.?Pathfinder. Children of Eldorado, 111., will be Jl " jjW taken to jail if found on the streets bhere after 8:30 in the evening, to be called for 'by their parents, according to the terms of a new curfew law. Hamburger steak is the most popular dish at the world's fair in Chi- .1 cago, about 1,500 pounds of hathburgI er being sold each day to fair visitors. Coffee is the most popular beverage. * ^ A movement has begun on the islands along the Carolina coast to revive the production of long staple cotton. The government has maintained , a station for a number of years on one of the islands to perpetuate the seed. 'fifB ANNOUNCEMENT % .' ' ; i in A ^ : | I have leased the DeKalb Service Station, corner V * * of Market and DeKalb Streets effective Monday morning, October 15th, when 1 will handle Purol Products and Good Year Tires and Tubes and maintain twenty-four hour service. I have been in the Service Station business in Camden for eight years and believe I can give the public the service they have a right to expect. 1 ' ? ' ........ a shall be glad to have my friends call on me at my new location. . ALLEN NORMS V ' I FARMERS! I Warehouse your cotton in a Federal Bonded Warehouse?under the supervision of U. S. Department of Agriculture. We are equipped to handle 12-cent loan on your cotton. Rate of storage 25 cents per bale per month, fully insured. , - V , I Camden Bonded Warehouse % ] 09 East DeKalb St. -! R. E. Stevenson J. S. Thomas