Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NOW 15* MICES ? CmvJM* mft AffMm Hmdiimiff ? Ail Urn I-. ? rv >op Made ver Quality 19.?South Carolina largo hay crop last inding it difficult to partly (because of its mpared with importto George E. Prince, ison College Extensdarkets here, forable weather cone fall for curing hay, s that a considerable ;-e crops would be e state to be fed to obably one of the ps ever produced in was cured in 1934," "With the removal uber of the Western without the state and ?ing put into cans by was left a large suphay in the farmers' ire now seeking maroduct. As yet there jnt of hay imported ina each season, partmen and other users uniform high quality of Markets has inamount of the hay farmers during the s and although there (1 for hay at the presiroducers are finding 11 South Carolina hay >w quality. The growded in the past that ns make it almost imluce a No. 1 hay in but with favorable ons during the past ; now seems that they other excuses." ling and waiting un>o old before harveste two of the main ( low quality of hay South Carolina, Mr. He therefore suggests rers who are interesthay for our own marsuit their county agts as to methods of curing out a quality ired by our own buyen Inventor Dead. Pa., Jan. 21.?Paul E. and inventor of the ied early today at his ications, after a fiveHe was 86. i experimenting to i pen as the result of anoyance of spilt ink apers. He obtained a invention and in 1885 on the market, something of a sensa>rizes in several intertions. In 1922 he repen manufacturing ? lention Names b (watching huddle on re, they're at it aginl won't repeat that story night. i Mule Goes Into An I Old Abandoned Well t' Thursday afternoon a mule on a farm in the Fairview section of Lee ( county, fell into an uncovered well. Its body was not -found although a search was made for it. The story is vouched for by W. P. Baskin, Sr., 1 an extensive farmer of that section who told it to a reporter for The Mes. senger. | A Negro boy, the "-son of Manson , Sumter, was in the field cutting cotton stalks with a stalk cutter to , which two mules were hitched. While driving between a bush and an old abandoned well, which was uncovered, one of the mules edged the other one ; off into the well. It fell about eight feet before its fall was stopped by the harness and the tongue of the r * stalk cutter. The other mule fell across the well and, after being removed, the tongue and harness broke and let the mule in tbe well continue its fail to the bottom. A son of Mr. Baskin came up about that time and he and the boy looked down into the well, which was about 40 feet deep, for the mule, but it had entirely disappeared although they did not see how it. was possible. The well was only about three or four feet wide. It sec-ms almost impossible for a full grown mule to have fallen down into it. Although a search was made, no mule was found. The witnesses have no explanation for its complete disappearance. The well has since been covered to prevent such another mysterious disappearance.?Bishopville Messenger. Died In Bare Feet And House Dress Ocklawaha, Jan. 16.?Machine Gun Kate "Ma" Barker, 55, died today in her bare feet. She wore a red checkered house dress this morning when an officer's knock at the door called her to battle and to her death. She was a stout woman and appeared to be older than her age. Her face was sagging and her hair was graying. There was nothing at all to distinguish her. She was what some here called "ordinary," with a ( hard look on her face and a sallow complexion. She seemed ' much in need of beauty parlor treatment. Her son. was better looking. He was clean cut and neat. When he shot it out with federal men?and lost?he wore a pair of gray trousers and a white shirt open at the neck. He had no time to dress for the unexpected callers. Three bandits slugged a New York jewelry salesman at the entrance of a hotel at Sioux City, Iowa, and escaped with $125,000 in diamonds after a battle with police. 5?to pert**. Immii mIU. Quick thanr Sg!y,,?tSS^ffl?t'.,STo.?T?T^ ItmMrk for C?M?Wy. B?mmmty, frwaMHty. "MY BSC" fMTAM.L Bl? moMrmka for (m> to-form (rinding. Mount on tn; ltt to* truck Writs for foodHtc foots, low prices, terms. Mt L ?. tCDBf MY. Ma. MMMTV tt-. Iftteo. H V. BlAKE 193S B SAFE YEAR eKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO I "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS" IRE? AUTOMOBILE?BONDS ? PLATE GLASS ? BOILERS BURGLARY?ALL OTHER FORMS OF INSURANCE - I CROCKER BUILDING?THLBPHONB 7 BO. MULLER ELIZABETH CLARKE, Mr^^^^^I^SSSSS[ISSS5SSSSSSS53SB9BSSSSS5S5SS5SSS5S5SESiS3BS&89BBBIIflBSBfeSSi5S5i5 ADVICE TO RURAL CORRESPONDENTS The following "Instructions to Rural Correspondents" are from an unidentifl^ source, hut whoever framed thom did a. good job: If arfyone in your neighborhood has l>ought a horse or an automobile, that's good news for the paper. It shows they have money to spend. If somebody has bought a cow, that also is good news. Hut if a cow has a culf, don't bother about it?such occurrences are too common. If anyone has entertained a friend or guest, everybody wants to know about it. Hut don't attempt any funny cracks. Always state plain facts. If there s to be a wedding, watch outfor it and get all the details. If the wedding has already occurred and you've missed it, it's your fault. Chances are you've missed a good feed also. Whenever anyone in the neighborhood has a new baby, that's splendid news, surpassed only by twins or triplets. Hustle right along. It's evidence of u healthy increase in population. It's not necessary to state that the father is doing well as can be expected. That old joke is played out, and fathers don't appreciate it any longer, especially if it's a case of twins or triplets. If somebody has died, that's bad news for the family but good news for the paper?good for a writeup, we mean. If you're sure the man's dead, spread it on as thick as you think the subject will bear, j If anyone U planning a change of residence, occupation or business, we want to be apprised of the fact as j soon as possible. So does the bookkeeper, especially if the man is about to leave town. If anyone has skipped out under suspicious circumstances, don't insin| uate that there's anything wrong until you know a warrant has been issued. Then use the word "alleged" | quite freely until the man has been tried and convicted. That word "alleged" prevents a multitude of libel suits. If a murder has been committed, or something equally horrible has occurred in your neighborhood, we'll send our special reporter at once. He knows how to handle such matters better than you do, especially if you'ie a woman. He's hardoned to gruesome details, qnd rather enjoys doing a murder. If you see the word "kill" written in blue pencil or anjf of your copy, don t think it refers to you personally and get nervous about it. The editor wouldn't harm a fly, but he likes to scare green reporters by writing that word frequently on their copy, especially if it's written with pen or pencil. The best way to avoid the editor's enmity is to get a typewriter and exercise it diligently until you arc able to write your copy on it. As to what constitutes news: If there's been a fire, that's news. If anybody has been injured, it's better news. The worse they're injured the better the news. If there are fatalities as a result of the fire, it's the best kind of news?for the paper. The old rule in regard to dogs and eats is still in effect. If a dog or eat bit somebody, the fact may be worthy of brief mention. Hut if somebody bit a dog or cat. it's better news and generally deserving of some space. In regard to such incidents as being kicked by a horse or butted by the family buH: The distance kicked or butted and the results to the victims should be considered coincidentally. As a general thing such an occurrence is good news to everybody except the principal in the case. If the man is able to express himself intelligently, his remarks are likely to be non-admissible. So it is not advisable to attempt to interview him. It is better to risk a set-to with the bull or the kicking horse. Drunken Juror Is Carried Out Charleston, Jan. 23.?A petit juror was expelled from the United States district court room today for intoxication by order of Judge Frnnk K. Myers, who drected that his name be removed from the jury list and that he be reprimanded by the marshal. The reprimand could not be delivered nor the man's name learned this afternoon because of his condition. When court recessed he was slumped over a chair in the hall of the federal building, where he had been placed by a deputy marshal when he was removed bodily from the court room. He was not serving on a trial jury at the time, but the court was in session. The reprimand is scheduled for delivery tomorrow when the marshal pays him off. Congress is considering a proposal for the taxation, of state bonds. General News Notes It was estimated Thursday that that there were 18,000 persons ?n the Mississippi Hood districts who were then homeless, with the number steadily increasing. The known dead at that time was 16. Admiral Robert E. Coonta, United States navy, retired, died at Uremerton, Wash., after an illness of several months, aged 70 years. He was a nutive of Hannibal, Mo., and was buried there yesterday. Mrs. Ethel Johnson, 40, has been indicted at Gatesville, Texas, on a charge of slaying her son, Joe Blankenship, 20, and his bride Bernice, 10. More than 100 witnesses were summoned before the grand jury. An autopsy has been ordered on the body of Phyllis Westfall, 0, at Ontario, Ore., after it was charged that she died January 20, following having bee beaten and kicked by a group of school boys. Police Chief Norvell at Shreveport, La., announces that Thomas Slayton, 17, has confessed to a plot to extort I $2,000 from Andrew Querbes, bank president, under threat of kidnaping his 6-year-old grandson. Hugh Basil (The Owl) Banghart, sentenced to prison with other members of the Touhy gi^ng in connection with the kidnaping of John Factor, has petitioned the Illinois supreme court to withdraw his appeal for a new trial. Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, conferring with George Peek, head of the Export-Import bank urged that he induce Brazil to restrict its cotton production in line with reduction of the crop in the United States. Representative Whittington of Mississippi, is urging upon congress the immediate construction of seven immense reservoirs to take care of flood waters in the Mississippi flood area such as are bringing "tragic deaths" and "extreme suffering" in northwestern Mississippi. Mrs. Roberta Nicholson, only woman member of the Indiana legisla ture, has introduced a bill to make it a criminal offense to file a civil suit for heart balm and testifying in such cases a penal offense. She wants to break up the common racket of suing for alimony following divorces. The ways and means committee of congress is this week engaged in further hearings on the details of the proposed social security act relating especially to old age pensions.* In the opinion of some of the congressmen the $30 per month proposed old age pension is not enough. Small sawmill operators to the number of 100 in South Carolina and Georgia, met in Augusta and resolved to abandon the NRA code. Spokesmen for the mills said the action was taken because observance of the code was forcing them into bankruptcy. Harry Hill and Cornell Luster, two negroes, were convicted at Greenville of the murder of E. D. Milan, state highway patrolman, at a church where the officer tried to stop a fight on his way from spending Christmas with his mother. The jury was out an hour before reaching the verdict carrying death for the negroes. One of the Hauptmann trial stories carried by the Associated Press this week, told how a South Carolina lumberman on the stand could hardly be heard, with his soft, Southern voice, and finally the judge asked him to speak louder. A states attorney told the judge the witness is a state senator, and to call him by his title might get louder replies, and to this the judge agreed, "Now, Senator?" said the lawyer. "Yes, sir?" bellowed the witness in a tone that was heard all over the court room. It was Senator J. J. Dorn, of McCormick county. THE FIRST HELLO GIRL. The world's first telephone girl, who began work in the old Nassau exchange in New York on September 21, 1878, lived until a few months ago. when she passed away at the age of 74. She was Miss Mary Beatrice Kennedy, who was given a job when a boy in the exchange was discharged "for swearing at an angry subscriber." So courteous and efficient did Miss Kennedy prove that girl operators became the rule, as they have remained until this day. Working hours were long in 1878, and Miss Kennedy was on duty daily from 8 until 6, climbing six flights of stairs to reach her switchboard. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, often visited the exchange, and Thomas A. Edison sometimes accompanied him. (But as Miss Kennedy told a reporter shortly before her death, "We didn't pay so much attention to Mr. Edison, for he wasn't so famous then." Many thousands of "hello' 'girls have come and gone in the years since Miss Kennedy became the first. Taken as a cfass, no more faithful employees ever served an exacting and sometimes unreasonable public. Many telephone girls have performed deeds of extra-ordinary heroism, remaining at their poste in time of Are, flood and other disaster, giving warnings that saved the lives of others at the riak of their own. ~ - The telephone industry ^Xould f*et a fitting memorial toJher who noble ^company. "Death On Wheels" Take a look dt any of the UAedcar lots in your town. The chances arc that you'll see dozens of "bargain automobiles,", offered for sale for 10, 20 or. 50 dollars. They'll run, after a fashion, and the salesman will assure you that they offer the ultimate in cheap transportation. If they break down, after a few thousand milqs, you can leave them by the roadside and suffer little loss. Unhappily, these "bargain" cars may be the moat.expensive you can buy, both for yourself and others. For the most part, they have inferior, worn-out brakes and inadequate lights. Windshield wipers and horns may work part of the time. The steering mechanism is shalcy. Tires are smooth, made to order for skidding on wet or city pavement. Every year cars of this type cause thousands of accidents. They are responsible for a high percentage of the injuries and deaths resulting from motor mishaps. They literally earn the title of "Death on wheels," and other motorists, as well as the drivers of the faulty vehicles, are the helpless victims. The rise in the automobile accident rate which occurred in 1934 caused several states and cities to adopt 'mechanical safety campaigns, during which cars were given voluntary, free tests for lights, brakes, steering, etc. About half of the cars examined were found to 'be dangerous in one or more vital points, and these were the average run of automobile, not the "bargain'; type. Outlawing the dangerous automobile, like the reckless driver, is essential if we are to reduce the accident toll.?I^ancaster News. E Was Horn in Kuirficld William J. Allen, a negro w 1m formerly lived in Kaiiiudd county, was the man who discovered the buried body of Char'.cs Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., in u strip of woods near the Hopewell home of the famous flyer. The body was found in April, 1932, some six weeks after the kidnaping occurred. Allen was born at Mousy Dale and lived on the pluntation of Mr. T. C. Camak until he was fourteen years old. He moved to tile Worth about eighteen years ago and has not returned to this section since that time. He occasionally writes to his brother, James Allen, who atili lives at Mossy Dale. James states that the last letter he received from his brother in New Jersey is some two years ago.?Winnsboro News and Herald. The slenderest and skinniest men and women have the best chance of getting seats in the court room at Flemington, N. J., for the Hauptmann trial, because more of them can be packed into the seats. Wh^ Worry? "Why keep Worrying about the children ?" "I can't keep it." "But, my dear, you are hurting your bridge game." Almost Universal "Should I main n man who lies to me?" , "Iya/.y, do you want to be an old maid?" HusKYimaws \ notice Missing Insurance Policies o TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCKKN :_ The Supeiior 1* iri? Insurance (Company of Pittsburgh, Penna., hereby gives notices that its'blank Fire I Polici* Nos. 7 to 2.) inclusive, formerly in the hands ! ot Davf & McUurin Agency one time but not now | agent for said (ompany at Kethwne, South Carolina have been lost or mislaid, and said Company will not be responsible as Insurers for any loss claims under said policies, and said policies are hereby declared null and void by said Company. Anyone having any knowledge of the whereabouts of said policies wiil i please notify the Superior Fire Insurance Commute to Park Place, Newark, New Jersey. 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