Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOOKING BACKWARD ; Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen ami Thirty Years Atfo FIPTBKN YKARS AGO September 3, 1920 Results of first primary show (J. (J Alexander nominated on flrnt ballot for house while second primary neccswary between Norman S Richards and M. M. Johnson lor other member of honae. C. W. Blrchmoro and Allen Murvhl?0n to make jjeepipl flit'U for superintendent or education. J. H. t.'lyhurn named clerk of court without opposition. Washout on Southern between Hock Mill and York delays trains. .lames Salley, of the Humbert section, has lirst hale of the season ginnod at Camden Oil Mill ginnery. Governor Cooper sends hitter to registration hoards telling of women's right to register and vote. Old "Doc" Sheorn, of castor oil fame, bringing patients (fro in many states to see him, with the money rolling in. John Mel.nre. Mali and Miss Mamie KlJen I'ate, of l.ucknow, married in ('amdeii. Miss Virginia Hlchards gets sc holar-1 sliip to Wlnthrop while Norman Muck-' ah?'?. gets hold-over spjiolurship to j Cnlversity of South CaKolina. Milliter If. l.ang goes to Bessemer City mill while N. (!. Arnett takes his! place; at Ilermilago mill. City schools to open Monday, September t;. Mrs. J. B Wallace returns fioinj slay in the mountains. { Mrs If B. Bills summoned to bud- ] side of her father at Summitt, New Jersey, on account of his serious ill-' lless. .Miss Anlce Alexander resigns as 'manager of the Western Cnion at this place and returns to her home at Statesville, N Shu is succeeded by J. W. Dixon, of Mendefson. Mamies Baruch on a business trip to New York City. National Safety Colnuil executive* estimates one person killed every thirty-iive minutes by an automobile. Governor Ifohert A. Cooper nomi nated in lirst primary without oppositioii Wilson (i Harvey and D.-iar Is. -Mauldin make Hccond rare lor licuteu ant governor Charlie Monty-ornery shoots ami kills his wife, Kinma Montgomery, and hides lor body mar Lancaster, where it was louioi a w e k later Montgotner> sa>s lie shoi the woiii.tii because ?* she was not true in him THIRTY YEA KB AGO September 8, 1905 Frank K. Bull, proprietor of Cumden water and light plant, seriously hurt In automobile accident, W. K Thompson, of Liberty Hill, ami J. Shannon, Jr., of Camden,) named by Governor lleyward us delegates to National Farm era Alliance j at Richmond, Va. Hardy T. West, 24, member of tlie t Coast Artillery, dies at Fort Moultrie, following an appendix operation, lie wan a won of Mr. and Mrs J. F. Went and the burial was In Mt. Olivet cemetery, Thomus Lang, Jr., and T. B. Wilson elected uh members of the Cumdon' police force. Commercial Saving Bank & Trust I Co.. of this city publishes Htatement showing reHourccH of $138,871).04. I County buys traction engine for use j on the roatla which will do (he work of ten mules. I I Annexation of Kirk wood being advocuted by citizens, L. K. McCuskill, of Bothune, and. MiBH Kittle VVatkiiiH, of Sandy Grove,! married bv Notary Public 11. T. Johni SOI). I President Theodore Roosevelt re-, celveH numerous tneHHages from Kings j and Kmporors throughout the world j for his part played In bringing about peace between Kusshi and Japan. I War of days between Japan and , Russia brought to a close with total | Russian casualties placed at 210,000 ! while Japan casualties were placed at j PJP.OOn. Cost of war to Japan placed ' I at $l,12r?.u00,b0d. Cost to Russia $ 1 ,. :.ou.00u,oou. Russia lost 04 war ves j sels, while Japan lost j Jurors drawn for October term: M.| ; B. McLon.t, J. Blake Steadmau, L. A. | I layncs. J. II. (shell, S. W. Rose, Jack | Branliam. A J. Lollls, S. W. Mobley, C. S .Nicholson, William Ross, C. C. Gardner. W. (5. (Irigshy, B Amnions. I L. So we 11, W II Owens, Leo Sehenk. .1 F. West. C. F. Pate, Samuel Hunter, S R Adams, P. M. Melton, j I i. Wit h? rsponn, .1 P. Lewis, W. K. A r ledge. A M. Met 'ask ill, .1. A. Sheorn. T. J. Stn\rl. Jr.. W. R. Pineknev, A. .1 Hunter, It M. Hudson* M .1 Ausley, W C. King. Kdward M , Boykiti. Austin Arledge. Weevil Proof Red Cotton This I lind going the rounds and Id passed along iih an interesting cohtrl j bution to tlx; possihilitIoh of cotton and not um an advertisement; Over 111 Georgia, In 19,'14, John | Chrisulaky. a Greek by birth, now u Wiikow county fanner, planted lt>, seeds of "bilk cotton," procured from an old Indian reservation near Indian olu, MImh. The Imallb of the plants and the absence of the boll weevil on them reaultcd in liia ordering a biltdi-! el of the Maine variety of seed lor pluming thib spring. The plants have dark red foliage and are heavily boiled, many of them reaching a height of ubout hIx feet Ghisuluky reports that not one I .oil weevil huH been found on hit) three acres of iUlk cotton. He goon on to state that next year he will plant hl? entire cotton acreage In this variety. Chrisulaky is keenly lntereated In the improvement of Georgiu crops. He ban Hubjected thin new cotton to tin; moat rlgorouH tepts by planting It in the name acres In which his former pluntingH have been devoured by the boll weevil. During his two yearn of e#$erimentation with this cotton he has yet to find any blgn of the weevil or blight of any kind, and hia planta are remarkably vigoroua and healthy. Ho stutes that the cotton Htaple la one and a quarter iuchea in length,?Monroe Enquirer. GOOD WAYS TO TREAT BORES The Arizona Chairman Knew How to Play Safe With Windy Editors. At a recent convention of mining camp editora in Arizonia each editor was asked to makp a short, Inspirational speech. The chairman was a large, hard-boiled, boom-town scribe, who stood lor no nonsense. The first editor to speak was from oration until Era was thoroughly oxuouneed that "E stands for enterprize," and spoke thirty minutes on that. Then "ft stands for reason" Thirty minutes more. Finally: "A stands for ambition . . ." Anotln r oration until Era was thoroughly c\ hausted. along with the guests. At this point the chairman ar<>-.ami shot the next speaker. Glowing the smoke out of liis gun, he annou:i< ed calmly: i "Safety tirsl gents. This here n> \t speaker is --was?editor of the t'? auiercial 1 ndiqieiident." It is announced from Home that (lie Italian cabinet has given its complete | endorsement to Premier Mussolini's ' policies as to East Africa. I FARM SUPPLIES I WAGONS j We have just received a carload of the well-known Thornhill one and two i horse wagons. If in need of a wagon it will pay you to get our prices before buy-* ing. FARM MACHINERY I We have secured the agency for the Avery line of Farm Implements and have I on display the new Avery Pull-Cut Mower. This mower is equipped with Roller | Bearings and is constructed so there is no neckweight?the World's Greatest Mow- J er Value. Let us show it to you. HARNESS Our stock of Bridles, Collars and other Harness is complete and our prices are right. See us before buying. OUR GIN IS READY ! Our Cotton Gin, located on Arthur Street, is ready and is being operated by | a competent gin crew. This outfit is in first-class shape and produces a fine sample. i Let us gin your cotton. j WE ARE AGENTS FCJ* OLIVER AND AVERY PLOWS Rhame Brothers Hay Grain Feeds Rutledge Street Telephone 92 Camden, S. C. -r-r:-;-TvT > * - ? - ,"-v -v- - v-" Shall Pelicans Go Way of Wild Pigeons < By Bruce Jennings in Our Dumb A it i nut 1m ) Don# before our motor boat grounded on (tie shallow beach at Antelope Inland, In the midst of Great Bull Lake, we realized tliut something was wrong. For the first time in my several springtime visits to the Isluud, a flock of great white birds, their linincuse spreading wings lipped with black, their S-shaped curve of neck outstretched in flight, did not rise at oui approach. For the first time In the memory of the oldest inhabitant, the huge flock of pelicans which had, perhaps for centuries, nested and raised their young on Antelope island had not returned. A month went by, and still Antelope Island was deserted. The beautiful white birds, so graceful in flight, had disappeared, and we begun to realize that what was probably tho largest rookery In the United .States, sheltering some ten thousand inhabitants, had been abandoned. Some time later the flock wus reported nesting on Gunnison Island, more remote, more Inaccessible to man, far out toward the western shore of the Great Salt Lake, 1, who have studied the habits of birds all my life, If only as an amateur, knew the explanation for this change of nesting-ground. The pelicans had been too frequently disturbed by casual visitors to Antelope Island. Frightened from their nests at frequent Intervals, the sun and the sea gulls, the other inhabitants of the island, had together combined to destroy too many of their eggs, and they had sought another haven where they might raise their young in peace and security. The story of the wild life of America is all too often a sad story, and this is especially true of the white pelican. In years gone by a very common bird in the United States and Canada, breeding in some seventy-live scattered rookeries, the pelican now numbers perhaps thirty thousand and appears to be on the way to extinction. Mativ of the rookeries were wiped out by tiie encroachments of mankind upon their native habitats. Many of the swamps m ar whi< h they formerly nested have been .drained. Their nesting sites have been in most insI a noes destroyed. I he western progress of what we are phased to.call "civilization" played ha\or with the pelicans. i'art of this was necessary in the process of making the country habitable for human beings, but this has never served to excuse the wanton destruction of the birds themselves. They are still relentlessly persecuted by sportsmen because of their fish-eating habits. Only some half dozen rookeries remain. Some of these are adequately protected; others, like the one on Great Salt Lake, are not. To be adequately protected, rookeries should be prohibited to the idly curious, for the birds must not be disturbed during the nesting season. 1 hose who are familiar with the. habits of the pelican know that its diet is such slow-moving fish as the chub, the carp, and the sucker, fish usually classified as worthless by the a nab r. Seldom if ever do they prey on those fish which are valued by I sportsmen. Despite this fact of comj mon observation, however, the pelican J lliis made the victim of endless persecution by those who imagine ' hat their sport is interfered with. -H?htte htftt :l f-rtmt attrl rtrwrHocc- rto.st met ion of an unusual and picturesque species by individuals who seem to look upon tuher living things as 'loir natural prey. Soiim* ;>riirs ago the passenger pigeon u.is a relatively common bird. 1pa-senger pigeon was unprotected !>\ mime laws for so long that tile Mieuej, b. eamo e\! inct. Now that " ls ?0? 'ate to remedy the situation, the passing Of this bird has become a source deep regret to t ho lovers of wild iite. Much the same fate is quit*, likely , l" t" vu.ue tile hit of tile pe lican. Nhi, h is eat h year becoming more and '' fe One is reminded of the statement made by one of America's , f??r.most ornithologists. "Tho time to j protei : .i spe? Jes," he said, "is while the species is still common. The way to prevent the extinction of a species is m ver to let it become rare." The pelican has already become rare and is no longer seen in many of its former haunts. Not many years j ago thousands of them summered in the swamps below our ranch. Today those swamps are drained and under cultivation The pelicans have been forced to seek another nesting ground. , This is but a minor incident In tho I story of the tribulations which the ! pelican has suffered, yet it illustrates j the fate which may be In store for j this species unless some remedial action is taken. Kvery year their struggle for existence is intensified, and their numbers are more and more concentrated in a few isolated and partially protected rookeries. Should this process be permitted to continue unchecked, it would eventually result in the extinction of the species. Halfway measures have alread\ more than proved inadequate in the attempt to protect and conserve! America's wild life. Perhaps there are many who can regard the possible extinction of a species without regret, but to those who would share the fortunes and misfortunes of life's adventure with the other inhabitants of the earth, different though they may be. it is unthinkable that the pelican should become another victim of indifference and belated regret. Hogs Recommended For South Carolina Clemaon, Aug. 31,WDlveraiflcation provides the most sensible type of agriculture, and there Is no class of livestock better adapted to diversified agriculture than the hog," says Prof. V- darkey, chief of the animal husbandry department, In the introduction to Bulletin 91, 'Hogs for South Carolina," This publication, recently revised by Mr. Starkey and reprinted by the Extension. Service, is now available for free distribution through county agents or upon request to the Publications Department at Clemson College. "Pork production in South CaroUna," continues Mr. Starkey, "\p becoming more profitable because of the increase in annual production of corn, the practicability of producing forage crops the year round, and the fact that protein supplements, such as fish meal and cottonseed meal are produced locally. The prices received for South Carolina hogs are as good as, or better than, Chicago prices. "it has been thoroughly proven by our experiments as well as demonstrated to our farmers that bogs will I market the corn and forage crops for more than market price. Moreover, fertility of the soil Will be conserved." j V'*ry sniall supplies of hogs for slaughter in the 1935-36 marketing >eaP were reported in the recent hog outlook by economists of the United' Stat.-s Department of Agriculture,! With consequent prospects of high I prices tor hogs. Hence Prof. Starkeysj ^commendations are particularly | v Iur Soi>th Carolina farmers \ i""1 Hull'ti? will be a valuable'j >"i"ce ot information on important ! problems in hog raising. The bulkJ tin discusses in detail such important I lo|'?cs as feeding and management protein supplements to corn, forage , r(?Ps. equipment, sanitation and di-! sense, breeding and selection, and! marketing of hogs. Cockroach Poison j Kills Two Negroes Charleston. Aug. 31,-Two persons were dead today and six others were seriously ill as result of drinking cockroach poison which they had mistaken for an alcoholic bevearge when it was put on the city dump yesterday. The dead are Ella Boltzager, 52, and Evelyn Jerridore. 35. All are negroes Several bottles of the cockroach poison were taken to the dump, a, crowd of dump pickers gathering around the truck when it was unloaded. I he driver .fid not know the stuff contained poison, nor did the others. m result was drinking party that had fatal consequences for two. It Breaths, BTTTM^^TNot \Villiei._Wiiikusi__oi_ Nubbin^ iiidse, ""! lom Simmons, of Scrabble Pot.oni.N. were talking about rural electrisation at Hill Brothers store late ,1 " Y afternoon, when they went 7 J:;r.a liul<' more ????a?-c-o twme. ' UlllI, saitl ?f electrification ever to h,s Place he had an old mule VMUIU-.I to elect rify. The old jar, 'S S<; R,ow' declared, and su Ion* '? Place that mornglor\ vines grow around his legs Co,ne to full bloom before he viHe'Tt ?n 1 pt(,n Wilson- Peids> 11le Revo w. A furmer In Orangeburg countyJ walking from his bouse to the barnl passed under a pecan tree Just as i? > was struck by lightning, and he uaB killed. J The chief of police of GreenviiJ baa asked the city council to deelarl an ice pick a deadly weapon, aft? the second negro murder with on? there. He wantH the council to act* ho he can arreBt a person < arrvin? ! one for carrying concealed weapons? The Htate HtatuteH Hay the ice pic? 1h deadly, but the Greenville ord? nances do not. ? ? ? ? The Abbeville Cotton mills ar? quitting the manufacture of cotto? goods and turnihg to makifig rayo? hereafter. Employes will be truine? in rayon making, under an exper? Cotton growers thereabouts are muc? interested. The mills were establish? i I'd in 1X98, and at first made utibleach? j ed sheetings for export to the la? | east. Depression in cotton texiili? : making caused the change to rayon? TAX NOTICE j Tax hooks for the collection I State, County and School Taxes lo^H the year 1935 will open September!? 1935, and will remain open until IV? I comber" 31. 1935, Inclusive withog^? I penalty. Please state school tlistrk^? in which you live or own properq^B i when inquiring about taxes. The following Is a list ot total iev^B ies for each School District for School? County and State Taxes: DeKsib Township j District No. 1 424? District No.-2 .. .. 33 4? District No. 4 3S4? District No. <5 District No. 25 244?1 District No. 43 244?( Buffalo Township District No. 3 >4? District No. 5 22? District No. 7 314?* District No. 15 fjl^Bt District No. 20 . . -'Aj^Bii District No. 22 *4^? District No. 23 ^^? District No. 27 33<^? District No. 28 22^? District No. 31 30^? District No. 40 <2?, District No. 42 22^? 1 Flat Rock Township ! District No. 8 . . 33^? I District No. 9 33^?> I District No. 10 District No. 13 25^? District No. 19 32^? District No. 30 22? District No. 33 23? j District No. 37 33^? District No. 41 ?3? District No. 46 26^? District No. 47 "? Wateree Township District No. 11 35^?^ District No. 12 ^?^?G District No. 16 ~^?k District No. 29 **^?io District No. 38 District No. "^Bhi Yours respectfully, C. J. OUTLAW, Treasury?!; Kershaw County, S. SUMMONS St;.?te of South Carolina, 1 ^'iUintTi?ic^?V flwotkam ( ?| In the Court of Common Pleas. I Enterprise Building & Loan AssoH at ion of Camden, South CarolhH Plaintiff, vs. Jennie E. McMullen. H fendant. To the Defendant above named: I Vou are hereby summoned and quired to answer the complaint in tlH action, of which a copy is berewiH served upon you, and to serve a eoH of your answer to the said complaHj on the subscriber at bis office in tH Crocker Building in Camden, Sou? Carolina, within twenty days after tHJ service hereto, exclusive of the oHj of such service; and if you fad H< answer the complaiat within the tlHj aforesaid, the plaintiff in this actHj will apply to the court for the rel? demanded In the complaint. H Dated: August 2, 1935. HENRY SAVAGE. -W Plaintiff's Attorney. To theNon- Resident, Jennie E. 'Hi Mullen: . You will take notice, that the sH mons in this action of which the HHj going is a copy, together with v complaint, were filed in the oni?>H the Clerk of Court for KerehaW,o?W ty on the fifth day of August, 19?* HENRY SAVAGE. JH Plaintiff's Attorney - . - I I, II II III I " ?? . NOTICE I A two per cent discount will be allowed on 1935 taxes paid during the month of September only. I J. C. BOYKIN, I City Clerk and Treasurer of the 1 City of Camden, S. C. FIRE?AUTOMOBILE?BURGUMBy?BONDS 9 3 DeKALfr INSURANCE AND WQl ESTATE CO 9 O "INSURANCE HEAJM|lK^RTEKSM fl P CROCKER BUILDm0f9^y^p|{0NB 1 jjfl 3 M. G. MULLRR * ' izaBETH CLARKE *r' 9