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I DAVIDSON INSURANCE AGENCY I Annie S. Davidson : General Insurance \ See Ue For Accident'Tickets I i 522 E. DeKalb Street Phone 190 i | 8AY8 ETHIOPE8 FEAR I^OTHINQ Stockholm, Sweden.?Description of Ethiopian warriors as men who will charge full speed at a moving war tauk. climb on the modern Implement of death without hesitation, and endeavor to shoot the crews inside, is prpvlded by General Eric Virgin, j former political-military adviser to the Ethiopian emperor. j "Nothing but death can stop these , people when possessed of the fever of battle," states the Swedish general in an interview given in Addis Ababa i and published in the Stockholms-* Tidningen here. To General Virgin, now en route to j Sweden from Adtjis Ababa for reasons of health, it is the Indomitable courage and "flghiing instinct" of the Ethiopian soldier which makes him a threat against he cold science of modern warfare. ] "The emperor," declares the Swed- '' ish military expCi "can collect 2,000,000 men who mu in their own way 1 be considered ex< llent soldiers. Lack 1 of arms and amn nition will make It 1 impossible to empy reserves beyond this number. 1 "It must be r< embered, however, 1 that these people iave a warrior tra- < dition entirely t ilmilar from mod- 1 ern warfare, a dition which may 1 show unusual rc Its. They possess < an instinct, basepn deep-rooted tra- ' ditions, which inles them good sol- > diers." I i The fighting iilnct of the Ethiop ian is best reveA. General Virgin ' points out, in aJtibility to circum- ' * stances I < "ft was a curlcJability in maneuv- 1 ering that won I battle of Adowa ' in 1896. I, mysJam unable to understand how thllld it. Any Euro- j pean general wol have been proud of the manner inlich the Ethiopian | Itroops were groiA j ( "Uncivilized pie, it must be re- j ( membered, have Lual ability to cir- i cumvent the eiw. They employ I signals and signhich compare in! i efficiency with | modern aids ofjj telephone and 4eBiS. At Adowa j \ the_ Ethiopians w uncanny in the j < manner in which# prevented three i advancing Italiamlumpa from co- i operating." The more recomcounter at Wal- i wal provided fujr- evidence, General Virgin state* the courage of 1 the Ethiopian scl ] "The Italians m use of both air- i planes and tankBgt the Ethiopians 1 did not run In tl at the sight of airplanes, althouleeing such ma- ' chines for the ilflme. Instead of being frightened 1 charged full i speed %t the Itdj tanks, climbed onto thfe tanks aled to shoot the 1 crews Inside." 1 j NOTICEI SALE , Notice is herebwen that in ac- * cordance with thins and jfrtfvis- i ions- of the Decrw the Court of Common Pleas flrshaw County, t in the case of T&oxe and R. A. Carpenter, tradiittnder the firm name of WatereAber Company, ' plaintiffs, vs. JuilR. Arant, de- * fendant, I will sellie highest bid- . der for cash, bef<A Court House door at Camden,p., during the legal hours of salthe first Mon- ' day in January, lleing the sixth ] day thereof, the ling described < property: I f "All that piece,fel or tract of land, situated abAht (8) miles k North of the City|mden, county of Kershaw, StateLuth Carolina, containing six anfr-tenths )(6.4) * acres, more or lesihown by/ plat of J. T. Gettys, Jrleyor, on date September 1, 1931 recorded in \ the office of the Af Court for y Kershaw County, ft Boqk 10, at r. page 10 and Is bl by property i of W. A. Edwardftte North; on East by U. S. Higlfto. 521; West J w and Southwest byft>f W. A. Edwards and lands <flurn." Terms of Sale: Ish, the Master to require of fccessful bidder, a deposit of ?3) per cent of his bid, same 1 forfeited in 1 case of non-compll the bidding 1 will remain open fteriod of 30 1 days following thA auction. J W I Jjfi; jn . J - Master for ^coUDty WITTKOWSKY ftlcoWSKY Plaintiff's Attorn 4 ??? ? HAD VARIED CAREER Blind 8enator From Minnesota Dice From Auto Miehap. f. . -V i ** Washington. D. C., Dec. 23.?Senator D. Schall, 62, blind Republican, of Minnesota, and one of the New Deal's bitterest foes, died in a hospital here Sunday of injuries sustained last Thursday when he was struck by an uutomobile near his' home at Barwyn I Heights, Md. He had been iWonscious I since the accident. At his bedside I were his three children and the widow, I Margaret, who sought vainly to rally J the stricken senator with pleas of I "Fight 'em, Tom, fight 'em." The I blind senator had a colorful life. Be-1 fore he lbst his sight at the age of I 30, Schall had been a farm handy a I bootblack, a news boys, an onion J grower, troubadour, bouncer in a sa-1 loon, a Jockey, a bronco buster, an ice I cream salesman, a professional base-1 ball player, an insurance salesman, J a hotel clerk and a promoter. The tragedy that threw him into a world I of darkness occurred In 1908 in the I little town of Fargo, Minn., where I he had gone to try a lawsuit. During I the luncheon recess, Schall stepped I Into a store to buy a cigar. A mo-1 ment later an electric lighter which J he had lifted from the counter to his I cigar exploded and sent the senator I 3prawling on the other side of the I room. He did not believe himself I jeriously Injured and returned to the I court room. "1'hree months later he I was totally blind. Schall was up for I re-election in 1936. Governor Floyd I Glsen, of Minnesota, already hajd serv-1 Bd notice that he would oppose him I it the polls. DO YOU KNOW THAT I The mail order business has grown 1 .o such an extent in the United States J :hat just a single concern now pays I )ut over $8,000,000 a year in taxes I ilone. In China the use to which a build-1 ng is put is' not indicated by its de-1 lign but by the color of the tiles I lsed for the roof, etc. Green indicates an official place, yellow a com-1 nercial place and brown a place where people live. Our federal prison population is low over 15,250. "Each piece of paper money made >y the Bureau of Engraving and Printing costs Uncle Sam around six I nills, and that for the same amount! le can turn out 100 postage, stamps, _i * The King of Erifcfand has more than J TOO clocks in his numerous palaces. There are only 75 regular Texas! angers .today. The Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma I lave their own newspapers printed j n their own alphabet. There is enough coal in a single J jrovince of China to supply the enire world for 3,000 years at the pres-1 mt rate of consumption. i Christmas is the name of a town in J he toe of Orange county, Florida. Brides in the newly created PhilipBine republic do not always attend heir own weddings.?The Pathfinder, j TRESPASS NOTICE All persons are strictly forbidden j Trespassing in any manner on all ands of Walter O. Green in Kershaw ;oupty, Buffalo Township, under pen-1 ilty prescribed by law. WALTER G. GREEN, Owner DAISIE H. GREEN, 39-41 sb. NOTICE The annual meeting of the share-1 lolders of the Finit National will be held In the directors room, on Tuesday afternoon, January 14, 1936,1 it four o'clock. ?S. W. VanLANDINGHAM, 18-40sb Secretfffy NOTICE j The annual meeting of the Share-1 lolders of the Catpden Loan and I Realty Company will be held in the I Directors room of the First National j Bank, Camden, S. C., Tuesday after-1 ioon, January 14, 1935. at 5 o'clock. I s. W. VANLANDINGHAM. 1 Treasurer. 11-42 sb. I JLUNCH I |i Milk-Id Prink* Beer?Ion CrMun I I cu?s#%eilVlJ^* ^ J A OPEN UNTIL v| ! I ' A U S T I L I A j 5 BEAR Prepared by the National O.'ofcraplilc Society, Washington, D. C. #PW NU Sorvlce. 11?' AN imaginative child could be transported from a visit to an American toy shop to the midst of an Australian eucalyptus. forest, and there shown for the first tiipe the Australian native bear, or Koala, climbing among the branches and nibbling the leaves, he would be hard to convince that the teddy bears he had been inspecting had not beenv brought magically to life; for the Koala, with his round roly-poly body, short arms and pointed nose, is the living prototype of the Jolly toy bear that helps make Christmas morning merry ,in many an American nursery. Koalas are found in eaBterh and southeastern Australia, but do not occur on any of the neighboring islands or in the western half of the continent They were probably once the most common animals In the Australian bush, but about 40 years ago a widespread epidemic overtook them and they died by thousands. They also were hunted extensively for the sake of their warm, thick fur, and as a result are now extinct in New South Wales. A few hundred are still to be found In Victoria, in carefully protected localities, and a fair number remain In Queensland. Little Is known j of the nature of the disease that so j nearly exterminated them, but study Is being given the subject now, with a view to preserving the remnants of this formerly numerous species. TJie Koala is one of the most Interesting of Australian animals. He has a thick, grayish-colored fur, a prominent bla<5k nose, and stands about two feet high. A good specimen weighs about 30 pounds. He Is one of the most InofTensIve animals imaginable, doing no harm or damage to anyone or anytfitiig. H? Lives In Trees. Essentially an arborettl and mainly boctbrnaT animal, he spends his time in the. branches of certain species of eucalyptus trees, where he feeds at night upon the tender young leaves. If approached, He will sit and stare at the intruder with a surprised expression, and only if danger threatens he*' will climb to the topmost branches. He is rather Inactive, especially In summer, and often sits in the fork of ' a tree, sleeping the daylight hours aWny. The adult males are fond of perching themselves on a dead limb at the top of a tall tree, from which they appear to enjoy their survey of the surrounding landscape. They have five toes on each foot, and each toe Is armed with a curved, needle-sharp claw. The toes are In groups of twos and threes, the two claws being in the form of a double thumb. They are thus enahled to climb easily and also to grasp the branches of a trecy and pull them down for the> purpose of feeding on the leaves. Even an Iron telegraph post offers no obstacle to their climbing powers, and they have been seen sittlngi among the wires on top of one, although it is difficult to say what motive took them into such a position. A tall flagstaff seems to present an Irresistible temptation, and even on the windieat of days they climb such posts to perch on the top. The leaves of certain kinds of the Australian eucalyptus (gum trees) form their staple diet, Although occasionally they feed on the barks of certain Irees and on sphagnum moss, perhaps as a tonic or medicine. They never drink water In a state of nature, but are apparently able to obtain enough moisture from feeding on the Juicy gum shoots from which the commercial eucnlyptns oil ts extracted. Make Delightful Pets. . Koalas are such quaint and attractive Mttle creature* Ihnt they ftre uitictT" In demand as household pets. They are very easily tamed, hat as they grow older they are careless of the fact that their claws have a needle like sharpness, which will easily penetrate the thickest $nd strongest cloih. Although when living in the hush ' they take no .liquid. In captivity they .Quickly acquire a taste for weak- sweet* ~ ened tea and starchy foods. This de pravlty ts the cause of their undoing, for tf given aucb things In mistaken kindness they soon begin to lose coo Htlon and In a.few months me from ndlgestlon. Even whuffed ofiK on -' " *. * 7 7? eucalyptus leaves, they are dllllcult to keep aljve la cuptlvlty. Because of their unique Interest and the dlthculty of keeping them ullve in confinement, and because of their now decreased numbers, the Victorian government strictly forbids their capture. But, in order that they may be seen under normal conditions, they are gradually being established In suitable places, where there is an abundance and variety their natural foods. It Is now possible, within a two-hour run of Melbourne, with Its more than a million Inhabitants, to see the Koala In his native gum trees, and It Is hoped, through the exercise of strict protective meusures, to preserve this interesting little animal for posterity. "Joey" Reared In Pouch The Koala Is a marsupial, having a pouch In which the single cub?"Joey," In the language of the bush?after birth In a very Immature state, Is sheltered and fed for some months. When about six Inches In length,'It gradually leaves the pouch and spends Its time In Us mother's arms, not clasped by the mother, because she needs all her toes for hanging onto the trees, but clinging to her thick fur by means of its own sharp little clows. This Is the usual position of the young until It Is big enough to look after Itself; but If danger threatens, necessitating active climbing on the part of the mother, the youngster quickly clambers around upon her back, so as not to hamper her movements. There It hnngs on securely while she climbs to safety. Koalas are, as a rule, silent, but when frightened or annoyed wlU cry very much like a child. ' In some of j their habits they closely resemble human beings. A mother bear has been seen to cuff her little one, probably for some transgression of hush law, until it cried as If. broken-liearted. ' Contrary to what one might think, the bears are very unsociable among themselves. It Is extremely rare to find more than one In a tree, unless It be a very large tree. Even where they are fairly abundant they seem to pre- I fer a solltnry life. ^ A few years ago a number were placed on an island for their better protection, and wliyn visited later had I scattered over the whole extent of the I place, none being closer thun j 800 yards to another. ' 1 S Yale College Gets Copy | of Dan Eipmett'a "Dixie" Probably no more stirring tune bus been produced in this country than the inimitable "Dixie," says the New Or- I leans Times Picayune. It has J. u thrilling, soul-searching qunllty that puts it on a parity with the other great music of the world. When we were small we learned to sing It In school. As we grew older the words and J rhythm came to have a deeper mean- I Ing. "Dixie" Is as Southern as corn I pone and molasses; as American as Old Glory. ! Shortly after It had been written In 1859 by Daniel Decatur Emraett, "Qlxle" became the song of the Cop- I federacy. It was Inseparably woven I by events into the warp and woof of Southern history. *?o its martial | cntfences the men'oflfie South marched I through four years of bitter warfare on behalf of a cause they deemed Just.. During the trying days of reeon- I structlon "Dixie" helped the people of I Dixie to forget their burdens. Since I then It has won national recognition, and while it must remain forever es- I sentlally Southern. It is now a port of 1 the pattern of the Republic. I Thus the elation of Yale University 1 over acquiring one of the three original manuscripts of the famous song Is J easily understandable. The manu- I script, copied from the original score I by the hand of Its conipqaer In 1002. Just two.years' before his death. I.us been purchased for the library of Cal- I liouu college by the associate fallows I vpf.tbat branch of the university. Well may Yale he proud of such n treasure. I White Stationery for Mourning White stationery of good quality Is I cwrrcct for the correspondence of porYona In mourning. Stationery with el narrow Inn dei1 of WB1H aiso frequent-^! ' ly used, but It Is not as good taste as white stationery. Cards of neknowledftmentr may be sent tonsil friends and acquaintances who have sent condolences. but a personal note is much more appreciated. j 1 . ... ?g? , . , - ? " Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee McCJee, Copyright, 1U28. MIKE 16 BADLY PEEVED mr. John k. gibborsou, poultry Judger of the county fair. deer air;-- ' > 1 am riling to Inform you that my wife, turn, iniko Clark, rfd, will upeal from yore judgement about her pen 5FV hens and t-rooster, tf you only ^glve her a blue ribbon when abe Should of had 3 blue ribbons and 3| In monney. 1 know good and well why sallie smlthers got them 3f and 3 blue ribbona; it baa leaked out on you. she Is yore wife's secont cuztln and you are in love with her, and that's the trubbble. 1 will give you till next frlday to send my wife wbut she winued ut yore fair. > _ everboddy but you . thought our fouls were the Itiiest apeoermens 'on the bole fair grijumls Including cows, pigs, slieeps, hogs, turkeys, poultries, ansoforth, with them bens ma wipned ever blue ribbon and 3$ ever offered at the state fulr for 10 yt\ band-running, and her eggs sold at clO apeace. what you have done you nepotlsed yore wife's kiufolks, and you should know that we will not stand for no neppur-tiuin In our county fairs, und you will be reported to the bilding and grounds committee mulls aforethought. you don't know enough about chickens to tell the difference betwixt a pole-and-chinna pullet and a bufT orphan rooster. bow did you ever get to be a Jedge? you mought know a few things about a fried chicken, but plese resign from passing Jedgment ou a pen of poultry aajong ?h they can scratch for wirms. you have lost what little repper-tation you had for honesty and square dealings In flat rock, and' you will newer see another foul of ours on exhibbit up there. what did you do with her doop? did you cut it up for stove wood or not? our hens have bona so embarrassed about not wluuing everthlng, they have not laid a single egg since they got back home and their husband has not had the hart to try to crow onner cdunt of yore partiality, goodbye forrevver more. yores with disguss, mike Clark, rfd, foul specialist. MIKE PRESCRIBES FOR IN80MNIA sevveral letters have beim rote in here of late asking yore corry spondent, rar. mike Clark, rfd, to rite a remedy In his collum for the dissease of insomnia, which means?you can't sleep, as It keeps you awake. Insomnia is caused by two different things, vlzsly: the brain and the stummick; if the former is empty, sleep is easy; but if the latter is full of livver putting, souse meat, and other accessories, counting sheep won't do no good. to get off to sleep in a hurry, you should have a soft bed with no cobs, cuckle burrs, shucks, or pin feathers in the bed tick, don't newer think of yore detts, or worry about them e or them that owes you; neither of you will ever pay same nohow. the first thing you should is I count 99 backards, then think of the pearly gates, golden streets, and sweet musick. if this do not wrop you in the arms of morpheus, get up and take a dost of sody, and put a hot brick to yore feet, if it is in winter time, but vicey-versy, if It is summer. sleep on yore right side where yore hart will have free Excess to yore red corpussles, breathe deep thru yore nose if It Is not stopped up, keep yore eyes shot verry tight, and think of the poor folks who have no bed a-tall that is sleeping out in the woods and in parks ansoforth. 1 If you still can't dose off, get up and rite out a check payable to yore preecher to cower what you should have paid him for the past 4 years, and take It to the post offis and male it, then return back to bed and go to sleep. <p. s.?be sure to male check befoar returning to bed?aa yore conscience motight let you tare it up the next morning, after you have slept). yores trulle, mike Clark, rfd, corry spopdent. MIKE DE8IRE8 TO HAVE HI8 FRIEND8 PO88UM-HUNT * WITH Hiir: ? deer mr. edditor: ? you should come down and go poosum hunting with yore subscribers in flat rock, all 3 of thein know where the possums roost, what time they returned back from their - Simmon trees where they go to eat their suppers miao^orth, and allso how to shine their eyes up a tree. :? yore corry apondent, mr. mike <BuE? rfd, la considered the finest wild game hunter and ketcher south sk, "?- iJU_i._US How Jones Family . 1 Was Rehabilitated Ihe Porter Johns family, living to a rented farm house under condition* of extreme poverty, wanted a home ' to call its own. to gratify that wish, Jones located vl an abandoned old aback in H nearby community, which he found he could Mfty with ft tittle help..;::""~rr, The ahack wua a picture of comnlete dilapidation. The windowa and doora were gone, the porch haul rotted ***& the roof sagged leaked and honeysuckle had taken the yard. There waa no algn of a fence on th^ premises. To auch a place Jouea pro. J>oaed to move with a wife In poor health and a brood of amall children. The*e circumstances were reported by the wife of a country doctor to Selma H. llludle, home management atiperviaor for the rural roaettloiuent administration In Amelia county, Va. When 1 visited the family," wrote Miss Hlndle, "1 found Porter looking at the desolate old house. Ah 1 stood** there ami heard him express his deslro for a home that he could call his own and point out the possibilities in the shack If ho could got a "ttle help, I caught the feeling that here wus a man worthy of rehabilitation. . "After necessary arrangements had been made, the owner allowed Porter 125 to repair the house. With this he bought windows and doors and put building paper on the walls. He arranged to heat the living room with a stove made from an oil barrel. 'He worked for lumber with which to rebuild the porch and fix the roof. The entire family went to work clearing away the honeysuckle and beneath it they found some lily bulbs which were to add much to the appearance of the place later. The family has raised about 160 pullets for winter layers and ha# gone to the woods and made pickets for a chicken yard fence. Mrs. Joneshealth Is better than It has been for several years. The children are hap- ' py. Charles, who didn't do so well in school, asked to be allowed to go to a CCC camp so he could apply his earningH to buying the home. He was ' S under weight so he had his father get him a tonic. Before long l had a card from him saying he weighed enough to get in the camp. He Is now In camp and happy to be help- ' ing in this wqy. "One day this fall I met Porter on ? the road and he said, 'I have a chance to sell my old car for $50. I don't : vShfflj need the car and that $50 will build WM my hen house.' "This family will not be hungry this winter. There is plenty of canned food, stored Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, turnips, carrots, an& cabbage, com and wheat In the bin and three fat hogs for the winter meat. Molasses will take the place * of sugar to a great extent and two K cowb. will supply them with plenty of milk afid butter. ? ? A sipall acreage of tobacco well attended this year provided funds with which Porter was able to pay back his rehabilitation loan and enlarge his poultry dock. The family . will be able to finance themselves through the winter and possibly next summer. "In this case, we feel rehabilitation ^ has helped a worthy family to again 331 become self-sustaining." nose, he has a reppertatlon of fetching in more wild life than anny other man in our community. this fine genterman owns 6 dogs, fur-rinstance: old rover locates the possum tracks, old towser^ trees him, . and old sally shakes the life out of * him when the tree he is up falls under the ax in the hands of yore corry spondent. y the other 3 dogs, vlsraly: talmadge, townsend, and caughljng, do not hunt possums a-tall, they Just smell around from pillar to post, looking for bugs, wlrms, frogs and msbbe a bird or something, but they out-bark the dOgs that actually do the chasing, locating and over-taking. they are our noise- , S makers and flea scratebca*. ?t"*** ofttsons wont oot last frtday night betwixt t a. m. and ? daylight (this is the best time to hunt possums) and we had to send back * *49* ? ? ?! kill l4r.hM.ll ?' WB ,ot M txMauras, -2 cows, 1 mule* 4 polecats, a minks, and " ? red low., beside. . beer or - j! TEit rife or fbaun what night you ^3 will be down to Jfne us. and we will >1 arrange to have yore subscribers and ' other dogs hungry enough to be will- "%SM to* to huht. well-fed animals will Iy ^0rt vt0 ** or Outrun wild life, therefoar?they must be Xtlfu7r tny; ?verthing is IB Ffall of flora, and fauna, (p. s. you mought slip a bottle of skinner's 4-yr. x % old In yore pocket that evading: we h>T? only ho-made stuff down here)