The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 06, 1936, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
Nobody's Business
I Written (or The Chronicle by Gee
McGee, Copyright, lt>28.
ye8,that's me
Some cureless person wax messing
I ami meddling In my "NuuhlH Ark"
I ,|, fcK ilie other duy, und discovered a
I in. i>pe picture of me which was takI
, , when I was about 12 years of age.
I|i is u moat pitiful expose' of my
j wrm. i self as to pnygl4rie, mteTIucIf
tit. attiro. ?? .......?
H.l recalled the time when thul pic*
I lure was made, but I can't think of
ii.i> reason for it. I had on the Jouns
I i woolen) suit mother had made for
I in. 2 or 3 years before. I didn't got
I ii.'w clothes except when It became
I absolutely impossible for mo to
H Miuceeze into the remains of my old
I ones.
I on account of cotton selling at less
I Hi.in 5 cents per pound, none of us
I got any new things for several yeurtw
The suit that 1 wore 'when 1 was
struck" was about 6 sizes too small
H joi me. 1 had evidently grown ri
I m< lies taller and 4 inches wider since
H |) was made.
I . I was barefooted. That was entire
ly normal. The britches legs ended
H immediately south of my knees, but
H they originally reached to my ankles.
I The sleeves barely passed my elbows.
The coat lacked 5 inches buttoning,
H and the collar had me by the throat
Hlik*- a strunglor.
I.I could see that my old bedtlcklng
galliisses were fustened to my britchIcs
hy skewers, the buttons having dis
appeared months and months before.
I It looked like I had been melted and
poured into that outfit. My shirt was
made of hickory stripes and it had 3
pearl buttons on it when I wore it the
first and second times, but they too
had given away, and thorns were serv
ing in their stead.
. My hair was white and pointed due
north. My eyes were squinted like
Hi was gazing directly at the sun. My
mouth was warped westward, and 2
H ilies were plainly visible walking toHwajda
ihe opening in my nose or
Hnrnuth. An old leather 'fcMng, was
hanging out of my right pocket, and
l had my hand-4m the other pocket.
l could tell easily that I had only 4
nails on my 10 toes, arid, judging
from the way I was leaning against
Hn wallrpi- most *of "Bad "a couple of
stone-bruises on my heels. Jhat pic
tur.- (made me look almost ugly as
l am1) today. My wife won't let me
destroy it. She enjoys It.
Your Friend,
Gee McGee.
flat rock is planning for a
safety drive
..fiat rock has ogger-nized a safety
club and all otter-mobeel drivers, both
mail and femail, are hereby asked to
Hjine the same at once, all chlldrens
under 6 years of age who drive cars
Hart' allso desired to be fetched in by
their mothers and daddies for sannity
tests. nursing bottles and teething
rings must be left at home.
the "don't thinkers" will be put in
a ( lass to theirselves. It will cower
"" in. p. h. corner-turners, and top of-t
he-hill passers^ and slderoad igHrioters,
as well as the careless drivers
H^lio hug and kiss at frill speed ahead
H^nli neither one of their hands on
the steerrage wheel, they will be clasB
rti?Hl_ as unsafe 100 percentB.
the fools who don't think that there
ar- other fools on the highways be s
.i< > theirselves will be ear-marked,
a: -i put on notis that their licenses to
c a ford will be absconded from
' ' i after they have killed their
I'd victim by their carelessness an '
ith. this will allso cower red l
; passers, both mail and femail
v ' make-like they dlddeu't see the
'1 lights, they will be olasserlied
He '-iii percents unsafe".
' backers-out-without-looking will
V put in sepperate classerflcations
n as the driving morons; this
'racket will likewise take In the fendH
: ' iPi rs and tho bumper boys who
H . Lu stop without brakes, the curve )>->IfKiyng
in this class, and their
win'be 80 percents unsafe.
t'lc smart-aleck who pays more atB'
at ion to the speed-dometer than he
the roads, and calls the attenHi"t?
to the other folks in the tar
he will possibly kill by con tm
ting a tree or a tellegram post)
" th'' fact that lie is making 85 m. p.
' i" one of the dangers now infost
' - our highways. his rate is beand
1^5 percent as to uri-""
" "'> on the public roads.
:'" above meeting was presided
>w r by mr. hort moore, mRfrit son of
m-uiu moore, and brother to hansom
Hu'?ro who lias alreddy had so manny
re, ks ho has been nicknamed wreck
H'oore. it i* a good plan to begin at
mm*. wtth this movement; charrity
H'^aya begins there, but we all hope
hat thore won't be anny moore
recks like his laat one. she dide of
broke nake. *
yorea trolla.
( apt. Ancrum To Go
To Hampton Roads
t uptuin ami Mr*. William Ancrum,
who have been stationed at Long j
Heach, C'ullforniu, ure on a vluit to |
relatives in Camden. Captain Ancrum
Iiuh been dot ached from the battleHhl|?
"Colorado" and will be stationed
, al, llan|Ptop Roads, Vt^ He haa liud
a Tong and varied career in the Navy
and hia travels have carried htm to
nil point a of the world. In the February
15, issue of the "Lookout," pub
llbhed aboard the Colorado whore
Captain Ancrum commanded a crew
of 1,600 men the following interesting
article appeara, and Captain Ancrum
being a native of Cumdeti we know
It win be read with interest:
"Captain W. Ancrum, IJSN, who has
successfully commanded the Colorado
during the past fifteen months will
be relieved today by Captain Wllhelm
Ceo Frtedell, USN. Captain Friodell
comes to the Colorado from the Naval
Gun Factory, Washington, D. C.
"Captain Ancrum leaves the Colorado
to become Chief of StaTFoT the
5th Naval District, at the Naval Operating
iiase, Hampton Roads, Va.
"Captain Ancrum has had a very
distinguished career in the service.
He was appointed to the Naval Acad
emy from South Carolina and graduated
February 2, 1903. His first cruise
was made in the battleships Wisconsin
and Oregon, and he has described,
that cruise in a very Interesting mam
ner for the readers of the lookout.
Hater he served in the destroyers
Chauncey and Harry, and the crusler
Cincinnati followed by a second tour
of duty In the Wisconsin.
He served in the Minnesota after
she was commissioned and in that
ship made the cruise around the
world. At the conclusion of that fine
experience he placed the destroyer
F^uaer in commission as executive officer
and chief engineer. This was
followed by a three year tour of x)uty
at the Norfolk, Navy'Yard.
"In November, 1912, Captain Ancrum
received his first command, the Warrington,
A little later he was transferred
to the command of the destroyer
Jarvis. After sometime In the Jarvis,
Admiral Sims, who then commanded
the destroyer forces, designated
him to command the coal burning
division of reserve destroyers?
the Smith, Lamson, Preston, Flusser
and jReid. To these five ships the
Worden and Macdonough were afterwards
added. While In command of
these destroyers, escorted General
Funston's army from Galveston to
Vera Cruz and returned with refugees
from Tampico.
"At.the request of the Editor of the
Lookout, the Captain has given us the
following memorandum concerning his
service in recent years:
"July 2, 1915?Naval Training Station,
Newport, Engineer OfTicer, then
Executive Officer.
"January 1, 1917?Naval War College
"April 6, 1917?War declared. Assigned
as Aide on Staff of Comdr.
Squadron Two, Patrol Force (Captain
N. C, Twining, later Chief of Staff to
Admiral Sims,) flagship Birmingham.
Engaged In patrolling betweep Cape
Cod and Barnegat.
"August 1, 1917?Reported for duty
on Admiral Sims' staff London. During
this duty made an interesting visit
with Captain Twining to all vof our
Naval activities in France including
a trip to the front to observe one of
our 14-inch naval batteries in action.
"January 22, 1919?Assigned staff
Comdr. Crusier and Transport Force,
Headquarters at Hoboken, In connection
with assisting ex-merchant captains
who wore commissioned in the
Navy to command the numerous enr?o
carriers which hud been converted
to troop ships in order to expedite
getting troops* back from France.
"February 25, 1919?Assumed Command
of Sigourney and destroyer division
six. Cruising on East Coast.
"October 30. 1919?Reported Cramp
Shipbuilding Company for trials and
command of Alden which was commissioned
24 November. Also in command
of Destroyer Division 26: After
shakedown cruise loft Philadelphia in
February, 1920 with Alden, Ixmg and
Smith Thompson for the Mediterranean
via Gibfpltar. Made two round
trips of the liiaclt Sea, visiting Samsoun
and,'Trebizond, in Turkey; Batuni,
andy from there by railway to
Tlflls, NoYurossisk, Feodosia, Yalta,
and Sevastopol in Russia; Constanza
and thence by train to Bucharest,
Roumania; and Varna. Bulgaria. On
another trip visited Athens, Greece,
and various ports in Turkey; Tarsus,
tho home of St. Paul and to Adaua
by_ railway; Alexaridretta. lAtaqnTa." [
and Beyrout, In Syria. Also, Jaffa, In
Palestine, and overland to Jerusalem.
After this duty in the Black Sea and
Eastern Mediterranean the Alden was
ordered to-report-to. Admiral Andrews,
i in the Adriatic^ Dae to the tense feeling
between the Jugoslavs, duty at
Spalafo (Split) the capital of Dalmatla
was not only Interesting but
very .Important- from a diplomatic
standpoint. Ws also spent considerable
time in-Venice and at the Southern
Adriatic ports Racnsa and Gravo***?
Went to Ooastairifrpf$?_ j
m?wwwwP" ?k i
THE LARGEST WHEAT GROWER
Of America Mov?i Large Part of Farm
Machinery On Chevrolet Truck#
Tom Campbell, who us "the world'#
largest wheat raiser," bus served us
counsellor to presidents and dictators
on national furm problems, has added
another colorful chapter to his dynamic
career by transporting tons of
farm machinery from Hurdln, Mon(aha,
lo Fresno, California, through
the medium of his CUcvrolot truck
and semitrailer fleet.
Seeking twelve-month productivity
in his colussul operations, the president
of Campbell Farming Corporation
decided to follow the huh. Upon
his selection of a vast ranch near
Fresno, Campbell sent word to his
headquarters in Hardin, Montana,
where the plains were brittle with
winter's /sold, and the caravan of
Chevrolet trucks were semi-trailers,;
euch loaded to the rails with tractors j
and farming machinery, started on |
the overland trail.
At SaltyLake City, the curuvun intercepted
the Lincoln Highway and
headed out ovor the samo route taken
by the pioneers of covered wugon (
days in their trek to Reno and thoj
Sierra Nevado hump. Eating up miles |
per hour where the predecessor convey
aneos of 1850 had been content
with ten to fifteen miles u day, the
progress of his modern argosy created
a picture typifying the new age.
Now, there was no need to camp in
desolate spots as the emigrants had
done, for good hotety were ready ail
along the trail, through Wendover,
Wells, Battle Mountain, Winnemueca,
Ixjvelock and Fernley.
In California, the Chevrolet caravan
drew up to Its new winter headquarters
and Immediately the equipment
was at work, writing a new record of
achievement for Tom Campbell.
Tom Campbell Is a self-made leadep,
a mjWl.-who never fdfcTiTtf T>oyhood
days on the plains of Dakota.
His original and practical ideas about
t%vgult}Ytttioh of whe^.,brought him
national honors first during the world
war, when he taught large-scale methods
in the country's cause. Another
incident in his life was the invitation
from Russia to teach that country
how to raise wheat on a large scale.
Premier Okada and two of his bfother
cabinet members of the government
of Japan, were assassinated
Wednesday by young Japanese
officers apparently angered by civil
opposition to the military's aggressive
policy In China. The emperor ordered
the Installation of a nationalist government
more to their liking.
In evacuating refugees from the
Crimea. Escorted some of these
ships to Cattaro Bay, Montenegro,
where the Jugoslavs had offered - to
care for 20,000 of the refugees. Remained
with them for several weeks
assisting in feeding them. With the
Long and Hovey preceeded to Manila
via Alexandria, Aden, Bombay, Colombo
and Singapore.
"March 11, 1921?Shortly after arrival
at Manila I was detached and
took passage on the Army transport
Thomas for San Francisco, via Nagasaki,
Honolulu, thence to New
York. Thus completing two trips
around the world In opposite defections.
"July 10, 1921?Reported for duty
as Inspector of Ordinance at Pitts-1
burgh. * I
"December 15, 1923?Reported as
Executive Officer Utah. While attached
to the Utah was twice In command
of the Scouting Fleet Regiment j
at N. T. S. Hampton Roads, formed
to make room for the midshipmen on
their Summer .Cruise. Also made a
cruise around South America irom
New York and return via Panama Canal.
Callao, Magellan. Montevideo,
Rio Trinidad, La Guira. Guantanamo
and Havana. We had on board a diplomatic
mission headed by General
Pershing, with the rank of Ambassador,
ex-Congressmen Hicks of New
York and Rear Admiral Dayton, both
with the rank of Minister, qtaffs. etc.]
The chief object of the trip\was to j
attend the celebration given.-by. the
Peruvian Government at in honor
of the anniversary of Htie battle
of Ayocucho where the Spaniards
were defeated in their last battle on
the mainland of the Americas.
"September 2, 1925?Assumed command
of the hospital ship Mercy and
operated with- the Scouting Fleet during
winter maneuvers in tho Caribbean.
,.. _ \.
"June 4, 1926?Commissioned Captain.
~ "July I, 1926?Reported to War Coliege
and graduated a year later.
"June 22, 1927?Reported as Captain
of the Y-ard, Navy Yard, Charleston.
_ .<
' V'June 10, 1929?Assumed command
Whitney. Ver^ interesting and demanding
duty, decommissioning a
squadron of destroyers and recommissioning
Squadron 81x at the Navy
Yard, Phila.
. ^"July 29,. 1931?A turned duties as
Marias Superintendent, of the Panama
Canal.
"December 4, 1934?Assumed oommaad,
Colorado." "5^
Much Bonus Money
Will Buy Clothes
New York, F?'b. 22 ?The butcher
and the baker did pretty well by the
soldiers' bonus Mill tile tailor Villi
do better
So Maya K. T. Auburn, smart shop
tailor who acknowledge* (but In*
upends bis spare tiine on tough problems
like how mun> SuTTi is America1
going t<? buy UlJa ypur uuil how many
of 'elll u111 I going to sell?
He called up today all out of breath
to say the pensioned veterans will ^
spend in libit) close to $55,000,000 on 1
clothes. I
lie said the ligures he'd arrived at |
coincided pretty much with American
Ix-Kion Commander Kay Murphy's
ideas about the well-dressed ox-soldier,
li>30 model..
"They will buy $34,025,235 worth of
suits and overcoats," Auburn said.
. "That's a sUtrter. Now put this
down $3,048,374 for shirts.
"These fellows uro not pikers. They i
will hand out $8,709,870 on furnishlugs
and accessories. j
"They will put on shoes worth $3,482,*74.
<
"They'll buy $1,087,205 worth of
iiuis. That's u lot of hats, huh? Goodbye,
I gottu get bock to work." J
Fashion notes found on a cuff?-one
hundred years uro, Abraham Lincoln,
then a judge, claimed in a judgment
case that he didn't think there was
a suit in the world worth $28. . . three
weeks ago, two Manhattan tailors sold
one suit for ??24.
Opportunities
Columbia, Mch. 2.?"What we need
Is not distribution of wealth, but dls
! tribution of opportunities," asserts
Dr. Emmett Kilpatrick, associate professor
of Romance languages in the
Fulversity of South Carolina. "It is
birthright of every boy and girl
to be given equal chance for success."
if all the money were equally divided
today, there would be much gambling
and drinking tonight, and by tomorrow
some would be back in destitute
circumstances again. Distribution
of opportunities would not cause
this evil but would, on the contrary,
be wholesome, he pointed out.
';v'Tlib*T6Wer house of congress, Is (lifs
week working on the agricultural department
appropriation bill, carrying
a total of approximately $161,000,000.
The house may pass the bill today.
Old Fort Dearborn
Columbia, Mch. 2.?Do you know
that South Carolina came within one
vote of haviiiK the United States Military
academy, which is at West Point,
New York?
' Old Fort Dearborn on the Catawba,
which is no longer standing, was the
place that barely missed being the
| site chosen for the academy, according
to information in the library at
I the University of South Carolina.
John McCoy, 47, crane operator,
who last week had his arm amputated
by a surgeon using asjnechanlc's hacksaw,
50 feet in the air, at lxjwell,
Mass., died'- Tuesday night from the
shock.
The North Carolindi supreme court
has approved the conviction and sentence
of J. B. Carden, for the murder
of his wife in Durham county.
David Silverman, who died at KingHtree,
of pneumonia, aged 57 years,
was a famous violinist in his time,
who played with noted orchestras. He
was presented with a violin by the
city of Atlanta, when he left there
2H years ago, to go to Kingstreo to
operate a department store. Ho lived
in Anderson at one time. At Kingstree,
he became one of the largest
property owners there, one of'its most
publiti spirited citizens, and an officer
in numerous clubs and organizations.
He was bQrn in Poland and came to
America when a boy. The funeral at
Kingstroe was u large one, with burial
in the Jewish cemetery at Florence.
More than 4,000 Italian soldiers and
workers sailed from Italy this week
for service in Ethiopia.
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Snakes and Soda in the News
Something the school books don't]
tell about Arcadia, Florida, is that
i
it 1h the home of one of the South b
unique industries? the raising of
rattle annkeB. Their meat is canned
and sold for food and their skins
used to mako attractive garments
such as MIhh Myrabeth Ueeco,
above, was wearing when her picture
was takon. MIhs Reece's
father, by the way publishes the
weekly Arcadian. ^
What turned our attention to Arcadia
this week waB the fact that
international News l'hoto
although there aro 17 towna called
Arcadia the first farmer living In
one to receive a Certificate of
Award from the Arcadian Nitrate
people 1h Mr. Clarke Hrown of
Arcadia, Florida. Thin certificate
is given to farmers who conduct
outstanding demonstrations with
this Southern soda and thereby
demonstrate their interest In tho
welfare of tho South. The Idea was
originated by Dr. Charles H. Herty'B
plea of "Southern fertilisers
for the Southern farmer." ">
I. Time uas tvhen I Poman Imagined She had to Live a lAJe of Toil in order !
to he Appreciated and to fulfill her Place in the Home. Hut all that's j
been Changed; ? Today She Relies Ufton the Electric Washer because: j
"IT SAVES ME FROM GROWING OLD"
Homes must be managed and washing
must be done the same as ever ? but the
woman of today no longer grows haggard
with toil. She knows full well that
the WAY to be appre?iated is NOT by
f killing herself with work. ? but by keeping
young and fresh, saving her charm
and zest through the greater use of her
f.~" most helpful servant ? electricity 1
- If your laundry is not up to date you will
1
bo amazed by the wonderful improvements
that await you in the new electric- !
powered Washers and Ironerp. There's no
work to washing and ironing any more
? electricity does it for you better, easier,
and cheaper' than ever before. And today
you can get BOTH Washer and Ironer for
even less than a good washer cosh ten
years ago. Make your laundry completely , ......
electric. ^ - i?
1, BRING YOUR LAUNDRY UP Tp DATE [ . -'".Vji-".
ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATES OF CAMDEN
D. M. MAYS . 7 W. F. NETTLES A SON~ | 1
HOME FURNISHING CO. PAUL D. LEWIS A CO.
CAMDEN FURNITURE-CO. ? ??-? M tiDiiyMrr r
IN COOPERATION WITH MUNICIPAL WATER AND UGHT DEPARTMENT j