The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 03, 1936, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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
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HAD VARIED CAREER
Blind 8enator From Minnesota Dice
From Auto Miehap.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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)