The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 01, 1935, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
I ANNOUNCEMENT!
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The executor* of the Estate of George T. Little
i announce to the public that they shall continue as in
the past the business of
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I LITTLE'S STABLES I
| j Livestock?Farm Machinery?Sporting Goods | J
I UK SI.OT MACHINE
T'i.i'It at- a nil in ber of i?a><>n- ? ' >
the slut inut hit.i' should be |>| ohib. <?l
(>y lav.. t)iit tint- u! tin* most glaring
is rl'.i- fa> ' that it m-nlmu-ly !< a'Ljt
vi.'nil- on ami or. making them
IkImm tr.i-y w it gam "ion- than they,
lost*. Hilly Arthur, in The State,;
tells it ihis way: j
The .slot machine is the outstanding
modern .siren. 1 he unwury, innocent
citizen is <lrawn into its dangerous
grasp before he realizes it. Invariably
the course of procedure is
the ,-ame.
lie stands in some hotel lobby or
store, watching one or more fools inserting
nickels into the hungry jaw
of one of these contraptions. And he
says to himself: "What an absurd
folly!" or words to that olfect. ,
From where he is standing, how?
h. cannot help hut watch the
h: :gk: ly painted .ie-igns Hash around,
a 'he operators pull the lever. He
j'.iv .> ha1;) hreath as two oral.g
h w up a:d the third just
; . r,. dfU WS a lit' le
i "a" i.e n ay he able to s?*e
finally quit :n*d:sa
. . :.g i: ell i-d their n.ck
i'. 'iteii.i umains for a moment
o ."lig, > . lie gianee.s at the
again, and then quickly
-tuiT.s las eyes in another direction.'
Hut ere long, his orbs once more
focus upon the machine. Its subtle 1
\oice is whispering to him: "Try me
just once. It'll only cost a nickel, j
and then you can quit. You can quit
for the rest of your life, if you want I
to. Come on?be a sport; only a
nickel!"
Our hero glances about him and
observes that no one is watching
him. His hand reaches into his
pocket, extracts therefrom a nickel,
and inserts it into the slot. He pulls
down the lever. The thing-um-abobs
whirl around. One lohejrry?
two cherries?a plum! There's a
click?then a pause?then a cheerful
rattle of coins as they course down
into the little pan underneath. He
reaches into it and finds that he has
won four nickels.
Does he continue playing the machine?
Does he put each one of
those four nickels back into the contraption
again? That he doesn't, lie
pockets his winnings and stalks
away. He's one man who is going
to show some real sense and judgment
.
' And he does, too; until the next
day, when he sees someone else playing
another machine. They are unsuccessful.
lie shove- them a- do
and remarks jokingly : "Here, lot me
show you how it's done!"
Into tim slot goes the nnr.il.
Wham, goes the lever. The doo-dads
go around and?.presto! Two n.iktldrop
out!"
"What <1 ill 1 till you!" he crows.
"Now watch me repeat."
Hut lie doesn't. So he -hoots ;n
another niekcl?and he doesn't some
tr.orc. I'.ut there's no use in continuing
'he story further. Our lie:" ipi<w
beyond salvation.. He's a u>nti>
nic i -lot-niachiner. and there's no
hope for iiim.
He. lupins to accumulate sturies of
e\t inordinary happenings that have
taken place. He. delights in telling
you how Hill Jones wo# the jack-pot
with one nickel; how he himself, after
having put in thirteen dollars in
nickels, won twenty nickels, twice in
succession. And he raves over the
fact that after having invested nine
dollars and sixty cents in the machine
at Zilch's Drug Store, Tom Edwards
came along and got the whole jackpot
with one measly nickel.
Lincoln, Washington, Moses and
Lydia Pinkham's husiband are no
longer heroes to him. His idea of a
truly great citizen is Hezekiah Bimjay,
a plumber's helper, who hit the
jack-pot twice in one week.
His friends, seeing to what depths
he has fallen, pause to argue and
plead with him. They prove conclusively
that he is bound to lose; that
' the odds are overwhelmingly great
[against him; that he is depriving his
' wife of a now fur coat and his chilj
dren of a new car?but their arguments
are without avail. He babbles
incoherently of Sam Weeks, who won
three dollars at a cost of only seven
dollar.*; of Oscar (limfit/ who had
figured out a system for boating one
of the nfachines, and of Julius Tea'
pot. \\h>> had kept track of his operation
for ,-;x months and was only
$>7 .".4 behind?but he had won, seven
jnckp?>? *!
II:- friends might just as well save
the;- breath.? Manhvilie Home.
1 ~e -tatc of New Jersey will pay
t no costs nocesary for printing the
re> end in the Hauptmann appeal to a
higher eourt. This cost usually falls
on the appellant, and in this case
w :1? r-fnl several thousand dollars.
Death Of J. it. Oh toe
Kershaw, Feb. 23. James It. Caa
well known citizen of Kershaw
i .nnty died Saturday morning' at the
I.<>me of his nephew, Ernest Trues.
i.-li. Mr. Oatoe had a stroke of paralysis
two weeks ago of which he
never recovered. He was born and
reared in Kershaw county and died
at the age of 72.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Second Baptist Church of Kershaw
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
fie was laid to rest at I^aurel Hill.
Mr. Oatoe is survived by his wife,
who was formerly Miss Margaret
Vincent and the following children:
Mrs. R. O. Terry, Mrs. L. J. Truesdell,
Mrs. Lem Bradley and Edward
Catoe of Kershaw; Mr. G. T. Oatoe,
Orien Catoe, Rock Hill and Hollis
Catoe, Camden. He is also survived
by 37 grand children and 3 great
grand children. He leaves a brother,
1 >. K. Oatoe; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Byrd and Mrs. Kitty Byrd, of
Kor.-ha w.
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SPECIAL TAX NOTICE
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After February 28th, 1935,
five per cent, penalty will be |
added to all taxes assessed for j
the year'1934, not paid. j
Yours respectfully,
S. W. HOGUE,
Treasurer of Kershaw County, Camden, S. C.
Sources ^Chocolate
Cacao Bean* Are Cleaned by Shuffling Feet In Brazil.
by Nn.tu.nnl OwoKrauhlc Society
W aihlnKlon. D. C.??- WNU teeivice.
Do YOU like hot chocoluie
candy? Chocolate cake? or
chocolate I co cream sodas?
Then you'll be Interested In
the news that science Is waging a dcterniined
fight to save the famous
cacao plantations of Trinidad, an island
in the West Indies, from u de
stmotive plant disease.
Trinidad is one of the principal
sources of the bean which furnishes
"the makings" for a hot beverage surpassed
in world importance only by
coffee and tea, as well as for candles,
sweetmeats, etc.
Chocolate was a gift to man's palate
from the western hemisphere. Like
tobacco, the potato, and a number of
other plant products, it was taken
back to Europe by explorers soon after
Columbus opened the road to the New
world, and launched on the way that
has led to world markets.
In trade circles today three torms
are used: chocolate, cocoa and cacao.
The tropical tree which is the source
of chocolate Is called the cacao. In
its leathery, cucumberlike fruit are
cacao pods which contain cacao beans.
But when the beans are roasted and
ground, and inueli of the fat is pressed
' ut, the remaining hrown substance
(ground to a dry powder). Is cocoa.
It the fat i< not prevvdi nut, tin? darker
substance is < diocwlato.
: <"rn,?ir for the 1 v.-"'net ;re of i hoi?!
oh.fe li-otii the L. id I. -e. 1 of :iii 111..
j I I e J10 > V, - g M\;u I v !.. (he (.rig
inal \|,.x p,
when IP. nando i / in? aded t hat
'"III.! l"\ , I, I I t : ! I he e.'leao
tree was v. ' ! > ru':,\n:- d. The nn
f ives had eon. o< P d a drink called
"chocolatl" > r vaeahu.u 1." from which
have come the names "chocolate" and
"cocoa." Frothing pitchers of chocolate
were served hv Montezuma when
he entertained Cortex.
Long in Uso In Mexico.
Students of American native cus- j
touis have estimated that the drink j
was in use 1,000 years before the ar- ;
rival of Europeans. According to Mex- j
lean mythology, the seed of the cacao
tree was carried from a New worhl
version of the Garden of Eden Into
Mexico by Quetzalcoatl, God of Air.
The fruit, It Is related, was a favorite
food of the gods. The great Swedish
botanist Linnaeus, christened the fruit
theobroma cacao, meaning In Greek
"Food of the Gods."
Cacao was used as a means of barter
and the payment of tribute by the
Aztecs and Mayans. A man's wealth
wns often Judged by the number of i
cacao beans he possessed. In Mexico
a good slave could be purchased for
100 beans.
Its highly concentrated food value, '
low cost of production, and numerous
uses, have stimulated cacao cultivation
to such an extent -that now it is grown
in practically all tropical countries.
The wet tropical areas of the West
African colonies of Great Britain and
Portugal, and the South and Central
Americas are especially well suited to
the cultivation of the trees.
The Introduction of the cacao tree
In Africa has resulted in a remarkable
growth of the industry and economic
development of (he continent. The
Gold coast has taken first place away
ti'.un Brazil in (he world's production
of cacao. What were once trackless
and useless African Jungles, Inhabited
only by savage bushmen and wild animals,
today are cacao plantations, operated
for the most part by natives.
America Largest Consumer.
As an International commodity, the
cacao bean has grown In importance
to such an extent that the United
States alone, in 1033. imported 474."JTO.OOl
pounds, valued at $ 18.739.000.
The United States is by far the largest
consumer, cacao ranking sixteenth
In value on our list of imports. Germany,
Great Britain, and the Netherlands
follow In the order named.
For many years the Spaniards of
South America and of some of the
W est Indies nietvpo'.zed the cacao in
dustry. Chocolate was Introduced into
Spain by Uortoz and his comjuls'a.lores
about the beginning of the Sixte?
n: ii veutury, Pat the process of j
< !; '.,,te :a.?n.:f.o ::ire was kept a se- '
ct'et f. r .. :n >?t put years. In ltkx> an .!
!' i. an !.- \ r 1 the n,,,f j.-,;.- j
.v.o-F.y afterwards, monks!
.ile! e : > spread the new s througlv 1
"! 1; e. the at!i a id
I.e.-.. |
e dr.i.k No-.oPP inermtsit-.g. ;
' i - - v.. re . st.iPl *?,. ,| jrt ! , i
land, as ? !', .ij? the continent.
<'P i:. . h,,\\i \? r. was }l luxury 1
wlie.ii only the ri< o e<"i*d afford. sin -e !
it si-'.d '"or as mu 1> n> *.*> a pound. To- j
day good choco'ate can he pur< -based
for a few cents a pound, and Is consumed
In one form or another by mil
lions of people the world over. ^3
Modern methods of cocoa and choco
late manufacture differ little from
those used by primitive people centuries
ago. In Mexico the natives
roasted the beans and then ground
I them between two warm tlut stones
I until a tine pa>le was obtained. This
i was sometimes mixed with maize
(corn) and llavored with vanilla and j
apices, 'I tie paste was molded Into .
forms desired and allowed to cool, j
Modern preparation of the commodity :
is more scienlitic and thorougli. but j
the princi[?al steps taken are much I
the same.
Cocoa butter Is an Important byproduct
of the cacao bean, which contains
50 per cent fats. The butter, removed
by crushing the beans under
hydraulic pressure, is extensively used
In confectionery, and In pharmaceutical
preparations. Almost every household
has some commodity that contains
this vegetable fat. Cocoa butter
is an Ingredient of many soaps, pomades,
perfumes, ointments, plasters,
and cosmetics.
The Gold coast colony In Africa Is
normally the world's largest producer
of cnea#. In one recent year the Colj
omt^shfppcft tons <>f cacao, valued
at to tlio United
States.
While the Gold coast no longer puts
Its tru-1 in gold, cacao has displaced
the metal only within the la-t few
wmi's, I or I'*! yours gold was the
ho;..- ihtt it-r?*d for white men on
Ho- G -hi eo.i*;. Cob] initios built the
rui;:. .i-[ to s n '-e, i'. r which Talc
r..-:: port, in 102; g.dd ship
i :i ! it.or * t' i ri s **).
bip 1 ... , v., p- to- m ariiig r-xliau-t
.' !!. A g -o! .gi. v.irvi-y of the
Cold .. ;?>! co'.oiiy in ltd" revealed other
minerals which may themselves relegate
gold to the background. Manganese
and bauxite are important exports.
The first Is used in steel making
and the second for aluminum.
Big Industry in Brazil.
In the state of Bahla In Brazil are
about 80,000,000 cacao trees; this fruit
has been grown here for about 150 j
years, and a tiny railway serves the j
heart of the great cacao region. It
hauls more tons of freight per mile
than any other railway line In South
America.
Leaving th? coastal plain and entering
the foothills, one sees the cacao
plantations in long shaded groves.
Among bigger, protecting trees the
small cacao trees are planted, thus
sheltered from sun and wind. Twist
off a green fruit, breAk It open and
taste the whitish seeds; the flavor [?
like watermelon. Barefoot men and
women split the pods, empty the seeds
on a wide platform, and tread them
free of pulp and pith. They call this
"Dancing the Cacao."
The seeds are dried by stirring them
In a big fiat bin. A wide roof, set
on wheels, is at hand, to be hastily
hauled over the bin if it rains. Turning
a dark brown when dried, and
tasting of unsweetened chocolate when
ripe, the beans are packed In bags and
sent to Europe and the United States.
In .TO years Bahia's export has risen !
from 150.000 to 1,2)10,000 hags a year. !
Brazil drinks very little chocolate, but
much coffee.
Niar a station named "Lava Pes," or I
"Wash Your Feet," the visitor may
stop to watch a long file of umbrella j
ants. Each carries a leaf, as if It i
were an umbrella. Many ants are up
In a tree, biting off bits of leaf and
dropping them to other ants waiting
on the ground. This line of marching
ants Is often a mile or more long.
The ants carry the leaves to their underground
home, and store thorn. On
the leaves a fungus forms, and this
the Insects eat.
Farther up the line one crosses a
small stream running among cacaocovered
hills. Long chutes made of
boards run down the hillsides to the
water's edge. Down these chutes natives
slide fresh cacao beans, which
empty Into waiting dugout canoes. Although
cacao has been grown here for
so long, the methods of harvesting it
are still primitive, for human labor Is
cheap.
White men find life here hard, because
of so many Insects and malaria,
lhigs are a plague: horned tumble-bugs
more than seven Inches long?larger
than many kinds of birds, snails weighing
half a pound, and the for de lance
and other bad snakes.
Work Unknown To Many
Columbia, Feb. 26.?Twelve nil* i
lion, six hundred thirty-four thottfr!
and, nine hundred seventy-four pa*
pie were given work by the gow?ment
in relief work in the Unitoi
States in 1934, according to Mill
Leila Johnson, adjunct professor of
sociology in the University of Souti
Carolina. Of those that register^,
for work, 34.2 per cent were unaU^:
ed workers, and only 4.4 per cert
were members of professions, whik
7.7. per cent had had no preview
work experience.
The Difference
Harry Morley forwards it. Inquii*:
itive little Abie, after hearing ?
much about prosperity and depreJv
sion asked his father:
"Papa, vot is de deefrance betweea.
prosperity and depression?"
"Veil, my boy," papa replied,
proseperity ve had vine, vimmen and
song, but in depression all ve got i?beer,
mpmma and de radio."?Chicay
go Tribune.
HOME STORES
WEEK END SPECIALS
MOTHER S J COCOA 2Z iTc
1 -lb pkg. 10c
Chocolate Cream Drops lb. 10c
ARGO PEACHES 2If lfc !
FAT BACK FIthiickVNI> lb. 14c
Pickles, sweet mixed, qt. 21c
Columbia Salt, _3 5cpkgs. 10c
Mountain Laurel
SHORTENING, 8-lb carton $1.05
PHILLIP'S
PORK and Beans *?'?? 4 for 17c
JELLO 3 pkgs 19c PILLSBURY'S
" "
FLOUR ^ 67c
Prepared Mustard ?aurrl 2 for 25c
Grape Fruit Juice H?n,2 3 for 27c
8-oz. cans 5c
MARKET SPECIALS
POT ROAST of BEEF, lb 18c
LEG of LAMB, lb 33c
LAMB SHOULDER, lb 18c
PORK CHOPS, lb 23c
NECK BONES, lb 10c
SPARE RIBS, 2 lbs. for 35c "
SMOKED SAUSAGE or WEINERS, lb 17c
SLICED BACON, lb 30c
PICNIC HAMS, lb 19c
MAGNOLIA OLEOMARGARINE, lb 15c
BROOKFIELD or CLOVERBLOOM BUTTER, lb. 43c
FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS
HOME STORES
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