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I MEETMEAT I I BROAD STREET LUNCH | j ON TOP OF THE HILL j I The Best Nickel Hamburger Anywhere. I j Milk"?Bottled Drinks?Beer?Ice Cream j j C0URTE0U8 OPEN UNTIL ! [ CURB SERVICE 3 A. M. ^ j THE TENANT PROBLEM For seventy years the Houth bus utruggled with the tenant problem. That In, the owiuth of land have struggled with the problem. The tenant, an a rule, had no worry over It. J!e knew land had to he worked and If he could not "iqadi^j wdth Mr. Hrnith, there wuh Mr. Jones a few miles away, or Mr. Brown a few 'vt> miles up or down the road. Bolug In debt never guvo the tenant, thV> i colored tenant especially, any serious concern. To him thy whole matter of money and debt wan a needless confusion. At the end of the year he expected a new deal not like the one we now capitalize, lie went on the simple hut all embracing theory I that "every year must Htand for itnelf." If he happened to "come out j behind" that wan a part of the Ken- < oral ''scheme of thingH and wuh to i be put behind one like a hint year's cloud which could not be recalled. I In 18C.r>, here and elsewhere, the 1 newly frood men and women tilled 1 thi- roads with aimless going to and ' fro. Tho right to do as they pleased 1 was exercised to the full. A few 1 tired of It In a very short time utid wanted to be regularly at work even If it was on their own responsibility. 1 The others in time hud to go to work, but they did not do so with 1 any enthusiasm or zest. In time the ' new system or the new adjustment came* I rack to one phase of the situation "before the War," the lauderlord stood in the shoes of the former master in that he became the one responsible for food no matter what happened. Also lie wuh the one who supplied shelter. Clothing and other things were managed somehow or somehow other. But in unusually tight tinn-s even' these had to he supplied hy the landlord. From IMF, on, the problem has been not un the shoulders of the tenant. but on tho shoulders of the landlord lie h;in had to "tote the misers' as the (dd colored woman said. Some landlords have been harsh pel haps iii their treatment, but If we take the whole population of landlord ami tenant into consideration it is rather safe to say that the tenant has been supported and fed and carried along generally hy the landlord On the basis of capital invested and the value of his time the landlord has received a very, very small return through tho years. Toifny a hue and cry has been raised against all landlords and In behalf, it is shouted, of the poor op-1 pressed tenant. It is either mistaken zeal or downright malicious Interference in many cases. In fact, for most sections of I tiie South it is the landlord who needs i sv input hy and help, lie is the man' who kept on trying to farm, kept on I trying to buy food Jand fertilizers t for his IeiianIs. kepi 11u I t v ing In i pay their taxes and the taxes on his land lint il linallv lie had io borrow I com i in land hank or some other i red it or ami has either given up or ts tit liuilv teat that lie will hav?- to! do just thai i II i- U-. l.-s 1, > VVOIT.V over tile I1UI I'm 11.111.. s.t i.! in I! i. No ft 11 ,i:e! I a--l again---? .-I! i>! n Souk- of tenia v he .ill I hat is >.,1,1 .m l 1.1ii11 .1. but no? all Ami l )u- I> mini pl'ohieni j- rln tiling that is a good exainph of r? former- wanting to reform something' I I h? > know nothing about. 11 any class, as a class, deserves a movement in their behalf and de-. j-erves sympathetic efforts to help them out of their flnam ial troubles . it is the landlord class in the South' thai has tried to carry on ami tried I to ke, p their tenants fed and housed in tin past. I oda.v th. interference from Washington and the new drive to make a mart> r out of the tenant as a class is just about t In last straw with them ? (5 ree it woo. | Index Journal I 'mi Bradstret, in their last weekly business review. >av that there was a uniform upward movement of! trade the previous week. Business i is reported as being decidedly better! in the retail Ibid than it was a year! ago. ^fl^k ^fl^k ^fl^k il MALARIA n n n c?lds am Liquid - Tablets TONIC Salve and Nose Drops LAXATIVE -?. , , I I THE GREAT F0RRE8T The late Capt. H. K. White, of Fqrt Mill, maternal grandfather of Cupt. 10. W. Spring*, never neglected un opportunity to hIiow his devotion to the "Cause of the South" and to the heroes of the Confederate army., A good many years ago, Capt. White was Invited hy the town council of l-'ort Mill to suggest names for the town's streets. Ho did so and his suggestions were adopted. The name lie suggested for the street runulng west from the grounds of Unity Presbyterian church was Forrest?not "Forest," us was erroneously painted op a street sign some two or three \ears ago. The street was named in honor of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, of Tennessee, the only soldier In the Civil War to rise from the runk uf private to lieutenant general. Al though he hud been to school little, Forrest was about as far removed from lacking intelligence und inltialive tis it is possible to imagine one. lieneral Joseph K. Johnston, able and llseriminating Confederate commandit, said that if Forrest had had the advantages of military training lie would iiave been "the great central figure of the war." Forrest was a lighter and knew how to win buttles. At the outbreak of the war he was a cotton planter in northern Mississippi, near Memphis, lie advunced rapidly in rank after raising a cavalry battalion for the Confederate army. At Fort Uonelson, Tennessee, Forrest refused to surrender with other Confederate commands, although in a seemingly hopeless situation. Instead, he cut his way out of the encircling Union forces with all the mounted troops lie commanded in action there. He raided the Union lines almost tit will, always wiili boldness and skill that brought praise from his comrades and chagrin to tin* enemy. His command took part in many important engagements, not the l?*asl or which perhaps was the assault and capture of Fort Billow. Teiim-ssee, where the garrison was composed principally of negroes, lew of whom lived to tell tile tale. After the war General Forrest became a railroad president. In bis brain was conceived the idea of the old Kit Klttx Klan, that did much to save tin- Smith's civilization. General Forrest died in Memphis, October 2K, 1ST7. ? Fort Mill Times. INVENTION At a national congress in Chicago last week one phrase kept bobbing up in some 70u heads: "Now why didn't 1 think of that myself!" The day tin* convention broke up, a book eaiue out devoted to the business of practical forethought. "The art of Inventing" cnntn-ttied little if anything that tin- delegates didn't know a boat Its troptpiece illustrates bow to fry egg- mi a i ,iKe of ire - it's done by b y *t i Tims. Further on appears a skeii ii uf an 'apparatus lor insuring tin i?iiTet L position of tin lingers and hand in writing." other ideas for run w?iiIIK iuw litor; \ < a pt I > e gi >11 ball tli.it will 1*11 bow tar the ball Would ha\? gem 11.oi l! t * * * I. I fee. A iioatis of in.Ming up socks with oil! int elterillg with tlie riivul.itiou of blood III the legs I..tr ring- that will not pinch or drop oil A simple article that will loop the shoulder st raps of ladies undergarments in place. A practical muffler tor airplane engines. A self-wiping razor blade holder that will not have to be taken apart. A lion leaking bathing cap. A drill or auger that will produce sipiat'e holes. A little lb-cent article with which tin housewito may Quickly skim the glease oft cooking soup. A simple device to cut a new nap on the shiny seats of trousers. Albert Burns. lirst man to think of the sawtooth bread knife, presided at tin longress. Omar Highley supplied the usual perpetual motion offering; but tin- machine he brought from Converse. Ind.. .toes not gem rate powa r I- red A Bird hit ilie convention a high spot with plans ot a pneumatic holder lies perfected in Kansas Buy. It consists of a workman's platform >et on a telescope-action pole, which sits on a trolly. The pole, activated by compressed air, can shoot housepainters and such up as high as t>5 j feet. Light has a weakening effect on all grades of paper. I Nobody's Business ? I Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, 1928. THE FIGHT"HA8T NIGHT ..a prize fight wus hell ut the scholl house park frlduy night under the auspices of the w. o. w. lodge and it Was lilghly enjoyed hy everboddy except the feller who got knocked out, vizz* ly: kid inoore. ..wevveral preltmlnerry fights took place, but no one g6t hit enduring same, as they danced around after one another betwixt endings til! the gongs rung, a man in the audience suffered u stroke of appleplexy and had to bo took homo, his son was in the ring, he is up and about this morning, the rail match took place betwixt kldr moore, wlltered-weight, and bozo head, the light weight. first ending ..kid struck ut bozo with his left but missed, bozo swung back with Ills right and tipped him on the nose, kid bulked, bozo sulked, and then' they clinched, the beU-rung. score: no lilts, 2 runs, plenty errofthv secont ending ..a swift upper cut to the chin oft kid by bozo made him bite his tunge wh^'h was poked out and that fetched blood. kid retalltatod with a strong punch to bozo's stummlck with his knee and he fell betwixt the ropes, score: 3 hits, 4 runs. 5 fowls. third ending ..bozo struck kid in the back of the head; that lick was ruled a fowl by the empire, as kid was fixing his over-halls which had come unbuttoned. they shuck hands and Jumped back. kid butted bozo in the side for a stunning lick, and he faltered and was ketched by the empire, score: 2 hits, 1 butt, 4 hugs, 3 squeezes, 1 bite. fourth ending ..bozo fetched a swift left to the jaw of kid and he tumbled over the gong which was left in the ring, and the empire refused to count the lick struck by bozo, as it was out of or der. while bozo was lacing up his shoe, kid tackled with a strong kick to the rear, and bozo busted a corner post down with his head, score: 1 kick, 1 stop, 1 bump, 2 errors. fifth ending ..kid was bleeding perfusely at tin nose which got struck axcidently b> bozo when he was trying to land a hot one from the left: he turned around too quick. after jumping about for 2 more minuets, the gon.^ rung, and the light was over, and it was counted a draw, all 3 of the fans wanted their mopney back they had paid to see a light, not a hopping match, hut they did not get same, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd., corry spoudeut. GOOD MORNING JUDGE . .our mayor, who allso serves as judge and jury of the muny-cippa) court, had 7 cases before him monday morning, as followers: ..dudd Clark, salt and battery of a high and agg? rvated nature upon the person of the poleesinan in the night time with a blunt instrument which lelt like a pair of brass knacks, but looked like a heel bolt, he came clear; the poleesinan will be out of the bosspit tic next week, yore- corry spondcut. mr. mike Clark, rfd. was dttdd's only witness. art square: driving a sterrage w n> I u bile under t he intlueiu-. of (,-trong drink at high speed thru l no | .-1 r. . l> Mat f < ? K with his horn v. ide i "p. a and lii> nil-iMil a-blowing .oid t boil, ring, at the top of his voice, a.isn I eu-ssing. resisting an olfiser. and ran| nine over a t< Digram post. It* was lined I.< but served notis of an appeal | to tin mippremc court which killed j ilie n. r. a. i ..mike Clark, rfd: uttering and pass] ing a worthless check with mallisaforethought on the drug stoar in the night time with the intention of get tun? montiey under false pretenses aiisotorth against the pease and dignit> of civil code 43. page 24. vol. S4 I sec. 23, paragraff 33, entry 07, sub j ject: bad checks, he allso come i clear, as he proved that the drug i stuar was trying to get him to cash | a i heck on j hem. . p< nti> moore: bootlegging unstamped bottled in barn whiskey which was ketched on him in a path which l>d from a still on his wife's farm h'twixt sun-up and da>light on the morning of june 2'.' in the sum of 2 pints, mr. moore proved hissi If an , alibi. scudd Clark swore that lain i <iml penny were in the vouuiy-seat | jail tat the time he was reported j ketched) for speeding without a 11> cense plate, and running over 2 men. i he come clear. | ..the mayor got so disgusted with : the everdence in the cases he had i tried to try. he non-prossed the othor a cases after he saw whowas going i to swear for them, vizzly: the Clarks. | he knows the Clarks have always got Hopes Huey Will Come To Hlsself In his controversy wltli Senator Huey P. Long, following la an extract from the remark* of Hon. Henry F. Ashurst, of Arizouu, as It uppeared in the Congressional Record: "It 1h not for me to pass Judgment upon the Senator from Louisiana. He bus a* much right to put** judgment upon me as I h^ve to uppralae him. An attitude of censorlousnes* is the one attitude the Senate never tolerates, and never forgives any of its members, but venture the suggestion Ihut if the Senator from Louisiana should look through this telescope objectively, as he doubtless will some day, Tor he is of an Inquiring mind, lie will distinctly perceive a man frequently disrespectful of the rights and feelings of others, exalting himself witli an unwarranted sense of superiority over Others less gifted and less fortunate than himself; a man too often taking undue advantage of hie privileged position here; a man of reckless abandon in speech and relentless in his forays upon those who disagree witli him. "Aeschylus, the earliest of the three great Greek tragic poets, was born about 500 11. C. When the poet left Athens he took up residence In Sicily. It will bo recalled that the eagles in Sicily hud a habit at that time of pouncing down upon large turtles; then, after ascending to a considerable height, dropping the turtles upon, stones, cracking the shells, and obtaining the turtles' flesh for a meal. "A legend of doubtful authenticity states that Aeschylus was killed by a turtle which am eagle let fall upon the head of the poet, mistaking the poet's head for a large stone. "1 express the hope that the American eagle will not be required to drop something upon the head of the Senator from Ixjuisinana before he takes a hint and recognizes his true relation to the Senate and the country." Sheeps Ousted For Birds Gouts have long been gone fiom Goat Island, off tlie coast of Oregon, but In recent years stockmen pastured sheep there. However, close cropping of the grass by the sheep was exposing the soil to erosion by wind and water which would have made it useless for the anklets, petrels and tufted puffins which nest in burrows. Since this island is the only one for miles along the coast suitable for these burrowing nesters President Roosevelt issued a recent executive order creating the Goat Island Bird Refuge which comprises some 21 acres of public domain.?The Pathfinder. Two boys and a girl were rescued by a coast guard seaplane off the Florida coast on Sunday, after they had clung to an overturned and partly submerged sail boat for more than 13 hours. the proof of the innocense of their mutiny friends, he said he felt more like it was his duty to pay the prisoners at the bar 1$ each than it was to waist, anny time trying them, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, star witness. SOCIAL NEWS FROM FLAT ROCK . .our little town of flat rock can boast of hawing some, unusual and wonderful ciiizons in our midst as well as seweral who have moved off and become famous, for Instants: . . hiram cheap can digest a cucumber. lit- has been knowed to eat a hole cucumber (with nothing on it but salt i and live. it do not seem to bother him. a man who can do that will no doubt live to an overripe old ago. . tiat roth has l'utnished 2~leggisla1 tors and 1 foreman of a jury and 2 1 | i ut \ s. brills and J lurrin tnissionn. t ries enduring the past 15 yehrs. she a 11 so litis 1 boy in the movies in I a mob" sc.-en and 3 in the army and I in the navy and ti in the p.-nnyten t ry. ..flat rock has always voted dimercratie 10<> per cent except the time holsum moon- and art square east their ballots tor mr. hoover onner count ot al. smith belonging to the catholics, bert botts voted for a socialist in lb.12. but he didn't know it at the time. i ..torn head.* alderman from ward no. 1, can smoke the same cigar longer than anny other man who ever inhabbitted flat rock, he has benn knowed i to use two-for cigar for 4 weeks, it 1 rarely ever stays lit. lie gets a few 1 puffs now and then from it, but it is ! mostly used for chawing purposes. l . .mrs. sallir pattica can puck up more gossip in 1 day than she can dispose of in 3 weeks. she has the world l skint on locating, hatching up, and distributing scandal. sh?; is sought after by all of our witmnen, as they enjoy her sweet morsels to some extent their-selves. she was the cause of our last pasture of hehober church lea\ ing us. allso sho lias busted up ' over 17 homes. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. " ? ? ? ^ 1 11 '' 1 ' 1 J. c COX "I Sanitary Plumbing and Heating TELEPHONE 433-J Estimates Furnished on Short Notice Girl Lets Rattler Bite Her In Test New York, July 12.?Beebe do la Fontulno either wan nursing a double rattlesnake bite Friday or else Broadway had witnessed one of the most exciting hoaxes In years. Most observers agreed that the slim brunet dancer actually was bitten when she thrust her hand before the gaping Juws of a six-foot Florida rattler Thursday night In an effort Ho prove that a vegeturlan diet had made her Immune of its poison. But the skeptics, who wore turned back when they sought to examine the girl's liund afterward, were not entirely convinced. The performance, which kept a couple of hundred spectators 011 edge for several minutes, came as the climax to a health lecture by Dr. Lloyd C. Shankln in a West Forty-eighth street auditorium. The duncer threw open a green wicker busket, grasped the rattler behind its head, and lifted it out. Several times she extended her bared right arm toward the snake, hesitated, and drew it back. Then she slowly moved her arm near the wide open jaws. Suddenly she screamed, snapped back her arm and stood swaying with tho rattler held at arm's length. She burled it into the basket and slammed the cover down. She was sobbing when Dr. Irene Austin, assistant to Dr. Shankln, led her backstage. Persons who clustered around a closed door, heard two shrieks at long intervals, and then saw her taken out of the building, weeping and speechless. The third linger and thumb of her right hand were bandaged. Dr. Shaukiu, who said the snake was shipped up from his farm near Miami, said she would be 0,11 the platform with him Friday night, alive and well, to demonstrate the efficacy of a vegetable diet. 500 Workers Stage Walkout At Sumter Sumter, July 8.?More than H00 workmen at the plants of the Williams Furniture company and the O. L. Williams Veneer company went out 011 strike this afternoon. It is understood a series of conferences were held this morning between representatives of the workmen and the management and that the operators refused to meet the demands of the workers. The workers are said to be demanding NRA hours and wages. Noither representatives of the. workmen nor management would give out statements this afternoon. Only a few workers returned to tin- plants after luncheon and both plants were forced to close down. GROUP SEEKS HOME; NOBODY WANTS THEM Shunted from one place to another a hand of people, believed to be Crooks, are seeking a home in the British West Indies where they may settle down In peace. Last year a vessel to?.k then, front Honduras to the island of Little Cayman and deserted them. They wore without food or water, and mothers with infants suffered greatly until found and taken to a little village. The Caymnnlnns then shipped them , to Jamaica, hut Jamaica claimed their passports wore not correctly filled out. Halt! repulsed an ntrompt to land them there. Jamaica stopped a second effort to leave them on that island, so the wanderers were returned to the Cayman Islands. Caymanlans declare that damage by .hurricanes have left them In a serious plight and they can- ] not care for visitors. . Sheltered Sea in Canada From Vancouver to Prince Itupert, British Columbia, there is a natural sheltered salt water seaway which is used by ships plying up and down the coast. The route lies between the mainland and off-shore islands and js comparable to the fjords of Norway bocause both mainland and tslands are very mountainous. This route Is known as the Inside Passage. Monte Criito Treasure The old legend of the treasure cave on Monte Crlsto. made famous by the novel of Alexander Dumas, has been recalled by the recent visit of some Coirsican fishermen to that little Island. While seeking shelter from a gale on the shore of Monte Crlsto they came upon se\eral Eighteenth century gold coins near the ruins of the watch tower. Perfectly normal weather is rare In any locality. Russia To Buy American Cotton Moscow, July 15.?An Increasing ft*. muiui by the Soviet for raw cotton from the United States was predicted by some observers as a result of the new trade agreement between the two countries. I This commodity, it was believed I might ilgure largely iu fulfillment of I Russia's promise to take 100 per cent more imports from America than U I had in the last three years. Americans In Moscow were happy I over the agreement, not merely be- fl cause it meant an increasing trade I turnover but because they believed it would have a general suluiory efv I feet on Russo-American relations. Since the breakdown of previous negotiations, many American business H representatives had been uneasy H about future orders and some flrtng I were arranging to close their Moscow offices. While the sum Involved in the agreement was relatively small, it 1 was pointed out it did not necessarily I fix a limit. * i The newspaper, Za Industrillzatziu. organ of heavy industry, today called H the agreement a stepping stone to H efforts to reach a more comprehens- I ive solution of trade relations. H "The significance of the agreement I lies in the fact it is the first attempt I at a real practical solution of at least I part of the problem of Soviet-Ameri- H can trade relations," the publication H said. "The agreement will finally put an 1 j end to the possibility of discrimina- 1 tlon against Soviet exports to Ameri- HI ca and will thus guarantee an income I ! to the U. S. S. R. which is a neces- H sary factor for an increase in Soviet I imports from the United States." There were official expressions o( H satisfaction, but no information was I offered about purchases the Russians I planned to make from America. CHASING THE BOOTLEGGER* If every county In South Carolina is on par with Calhoun, the bottleg- I ( gers are up against lean pickings and H J tough operative sailing. There are I reasons for this. In the first place the new law brings in revenue. Sec- I ondly the upper crusters that drink I liquor (and many do) can now get ^B the grade they wish, without snoop- I { lng, and forsaking the "fire-water' H of the "leggers." * Thirdly the legal I liquor fraternity is naturally against I the outlaws who dodge the license H fee and taxes, and who sell their hog- I j wash at cutrate prices. j The palmy days of bootleggers are over, for the present at least... The next problem to be watched with in- ^B terest, is the effect of good liquor H upon crime.?Calhoun Times. i WEEVIL DAMAGE RISING HI Cleinson, July 15.?Increases in I weevil infestations were reported bj county agents for the week ending I duly Id. An average of counts indicates that slightly more than 10 p?r I cent of squares are punctuiVd in the I state on unpoisoued cotton. The crop H is fruiting well, tile reports show. f Differences between early poisoned and unpoisoned fields are noticeable-1 j An average Infestation of less than B : five per cent of squares was found in fields receiving early application's of poison. H "With a continued abundance oi^H rainy weather, and emergence of vils from squares, rapid increases "fl j Infestations may be expected," W. C. Nettles, Extension EntomoltfM j ist, advising Individual growers *H watch infestations closely and apP^^H poison dust where conditions JustiCJ^B the practice. 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