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1^^^^ MEET MEAT^^^Tj IIkKOAI) STREET LUNCH I I ON TOP OF THE HILL I I | The Beet Nickel Hamburger Anywhere. I Milk?Settled Drinks?Beer?Ice Cream t j COURTEOUS v' OPEN UNTIL H | I CURB 8KRVICK S A. M. I m\n Author Captures 1,036-Pound Shark X world record tiger shark caught vith rod and reel waa landed some tlmu ego iu Australian waters by 2aue Grey, uoted author and sportsman. Last week Mr. Grey sent an autographed picture of his monstrous catch to K. Mllby Burton, director of the Charleston museum, who has made a special study of sharks In these waters. - Writeu at the bottom of the photograph was, "World record shark with rod-?1.036 pounds. Sydney, Aust. Zane Grey." in a letter accompanying the picture, the author thanked Mr. Burton for some articles the museum director had sent him on sharks. He said further: "Your mention of Dr. Beck amused me. 1 have 300 records and data of shark fatalities and catastrophes. My shark book will surpsie the thickheaded scientist." The "thick-headed scientist" apparently was intended tor Dr. Beck, an eminent scientist who maintains that sharks are nothing but cowards. The first record of tiger sharks in Charleston waters was made several years ago when a forty-inch specimen was taken Off the Blackflsh banks by the crew of the Nautilus. The tiger shark la characterized by a spotted hide, spiracles, five gill slits, typical fine and nictitating eye membranes. The five gill slits are very clear In the picture. The spots disappear from^ the shark's hide when it becomes full grown. Zane Grey mailed the photograph from his camp on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, June 22. He is spending considerable time there gathering informatiou for his new book, "Tales of Man-eating Sharks." In his time, the author has caught innumerable sharks of all species. v A featured article written by him in a recent issue of "Field & Stream," stated that fourteen and fifteen-foot sharks weighing around and over a thousand pounds have been fairly common in the South Pacific. The tiger shark shoWn In the picture la the largest of tiger sharks ever caught with a rod, however. Zane Grey's account of "thrilling adventures with a game fish second to none" was entitled the "Mako Shark." The mako shark is smaller than the tiger shark but, according to the. author's account, It Is one of the most vicious he ever fought. The largest make ever -landed by Grey weighed 580 pounds. All fishermen probably have hooked "big ones" which got away and Zane Grey is no exception. Included 'n his story was the account of a1 light with a leaping shark which, Grey admits, "throws all pthers in the shade" and one which he described j aa a "never-to-be-forgotten experience." The account, in part follows: 1 was trolling a trevalli, a broad Hat-sided fish I faVored for bait, and S?lng around ov*r tit#- rippling sea ? the flocks of bird*, at splashes oh the surface, and evfiy Ilttfe While at the great gray Qllffed, green-frlhged rocks- But i alwStpiooked at my b*h every few ee<M>ad^;^, ^ * blue shape behind my halt cave a shock of exotteftefet. Wide *a* *avering?t^o big for a flak. But It a fish! ' * .. "There he la, Pete! Mako!" I yell(Peter waa the rfuthor's New 2eaUnd boatman.) ' ,f(7 q| Peter stared and gave Ytht to a ?orroboratlve yell. a The tip of tip UU Came out, and then, aa It draw; Dearer t(> my bah, It*began to alnk. , it was an enormous mako, the mere * gh of which robbed me of speech tnd sent a gush of hot blood all oYor; j?e and a palsy of weakness to my '*88 But Peter did not get buck feysr that bad. ''Whaie of a mako!" ho bawled. He a going to bit your bait! Look out!" Suddenly there came a vicious white splash and a smack. . I was ready and let go the line Just in the nick of Unify On a tight lino that bait would.Aave been knocked off. But it floated back. Peter threw out the clutch. *the blue masa appeared again, its huge bulk turning, aud I Haw a dark aharo-pointed nose envelop that trevalii. The mako looked twenty feet long and as large around as a hogshead. Silhoutted against the sky when he leaped from the water, he appeared the most marvelous and fearful sea monster I had ever looked at. Then he fell back with a thundering crash that sent white water aloft. - "Throw her out, Pete," I shouted, releasing the drag. "Grab my camera!" "I dare not sir. He might come at us. If he'd hit us?"r The mako came out again, slick and clean, mounting to an unbelievable height?fierce, terrible. When he smashed back, it was as if a whale had sounded close at hand. The splash covered a circle fifty feet in diameter and sent water all over us. The launch rocked. My line slackened. I felt Peter start the engine. We shot ahead. My line came tight. Then the beast leaped head on right astern, looking like seme prehistoric monster, which he was. I had an idea that the mako was charging us ... I was never so scared as by this beast ... That mako was coming at us and we were on the 8 pot. Peter swung the boat to starboard. But for that the mako on his next leap would have been right over me, to fall upon the cockpit. The crack of the water, the shuddering of a huge body were in my ears. I slid out of the chair, quick as a flash, and rolled away. Then followed a tremendous flop. I knew he had hit us. ' "Get away, Pete!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "Look out for that wire!" I crouched against the gunwale. I felt the boat shaking. Then sharp sounds above the crashing of the water. Whack! Whack! Whack! I looked and saw Peter beating the mako oyer the head. Blood squirted all over the cockpit. The mako leaped clear of the deck and hit the water with a resounding crash. Peter went overboard with him. I leaped to my feet. Terrorized as I was, I still bad eepse enough to loOk out for'the leader. It had caught on a ring-bolt. On the instant H snapped with a twang. I jumped across the cockpit and saw Peter come up. "For God's sake!" I shouted wildly. "Peter, are you tangledT" "No, sir. Never had the rope. Wire missed me." tf I lent him a hand, and with a heave and a grunt Peter came aboard, spilllog water In buqkettuU. WbWe to tha bllgMerr is#* 0?' * I fall back lata a saat. Patar abut off the engine. U, "Peter, I always said it would come to ufe?some day." "Right-p, sir! Narrow squeese. My word, what' a flsh." y*?* 1 sometimes think we're mad." i 'That was the nSgreft I evw came to losing thy life, or at least an arm or leg, in a fight with a great fish.? Charleston News aad Courier.. Last week, ?6,000 'men fought forest fires against adverse winds and dry air in Minnesota, near the Canadian line. In one place t*a square miles were burned,- and in another Section, 22 farm homesteads were burned. Howard Hughes, millionaire moving Sieture magnet, ! making preparalons for an around-the-wofld airplane flight. iJI Sirtdtary Plumbing and Heating TELEPHONE 43Sil F?t;. ? r t.i i - ; flS^3^3atS:'fe ,"*a L" " 1 l--' 1 JV * - ' Nobody's Business I ^?HUn for The Chronicle by Geo IdoGtxj, Copyright, 1928. MIKE SIZES UP THE LOCAL SITUATION hon. jlm farley, p. ni. g?u. oo vacation, Washington, d. C, deer sir:?1 have benn asked to dognose the! various cases of pollutes now afflictlug flat rock so that the pressent add-l ministration wought use the same as) a basis to annerllse the situation at! large ansoforth. j holsum moore, an ex-dlmmercrat, says he Is In favvor of roseyvelt but I he hollers for sev. coughling and hon. limpke all of the time, that makes i him a socialist In bill goat clothing j art square allso claims to be a |1 dlmmercrat, but brags on talmadge and dr. townsend. but as he wants to be postmaster at flat rock, he speaks well of landon and at smith, he is anner-lissed as being a cross be^ twlxt a communist and a republican. torn head Is for plowing up, parity checks, direct relief, rental checks, collecting the furrin detts, soil erosion, low Intrust rate, curbing the gambler, taxing the rltch, feeding the ( Poor, oggeraUed labor, and drouth relief. he seems to be a 100 percents dlmmercrat. as flat rock has always benn diminereratic, It is hard to understand Jack simkins. he claims to stand fori roseyvelt, but Is violently against you and ickes and hopklns and wallls and congress and the sennate. there Is a colored man who lives here that Is very black; he claims to be a white] man, so Jim and the negro genterman | is put in the same class. I as for the undersigned, hon. mike Clark, rfd, he is for the pressent crowd staying in offic onner count of j all our mills Is running full time, | wedges are sattisfactory. taxes ain't J verry high, our Boholl teechers Is getting paid, food Is cheap, cotton is P high, everboddy either has a 2-door I or a 4-door, the poor is getting rltch ( and the rltch is holding his own, and the goose is hanging high, and he's j our own goose, this mought prove of 1 service to you in fighting back at 1 those dimmercrats that ain't what 1 they say they are. 1 yores trulle, 1 mike Clark, rfd, 1 cam pane speaker. ' A MEMORUM TO A GEE-HAW 1 COMPANION ( ..I don't know whether or not there I Is a mule heaven. If there is, I don't think* old Pete, the hard-tall that I i usetf to plow and ride to mill on with a half bushel of com, will be there, i ' 1 ..Old Pete was the hard-headest animal that wag ever created up to that time, but since then, a few politicians have sprung up here and there that have it on old Pete's reputation for being downright obstinate and intentionally off-sides. ..Old Pete was as hard to bridle every morning ad Cwmhlln's tongue. When I finally got the bridle over those big ears and the bits in that rough month, it took me and my 4 brothers and 8 hired hands to drag him out of the stable. He wasn't afraid of anything in the world except, possibly, I might say "whoa," and he wouldn't hear it. ..He would bite off more corn and cottonstalko in plowing a single row than any other 10 mules in our township. He was rougher to ride than a scaly-bark tree. His backbone was as sharp as a 2-edged sword. When he galloped, 1 always bounced up about 2 foot and would meet that scythe blade on my way down. - When 1 yelled "Gee, you big-eyed mgg," he most ,ln generally "hawed." He stepped on every pretty goober vine I ever had. "Old-dap" meant Just another sound to him. herd slap on his hips only made him wigSi* his tall and look back at me and wink. He wouldn't stand olose enough to the stump for me to jump on hW, sad I frequently let the others eat up my dinner while I was trying to g$t him to the house. i ..Old Pete enjoyed kicking at me his tracochalns struck hit ankles. if he wanted to walk out or the field st the end of a row.gjffl could do wig to follow him until I could ^hhfceUrn do* * hig ^ thing for anybody. He would b#e ?e, had^ I not been qnick on the dodge, as quickly as he would gnaw #n ea* of com. was even mean, ef to the wagon. J Nope, old Pete wouldn't foe! at hdme in mule heaven; sad folks who set like old Pets acted wild likewise he out of place on peeriy streets. ? ?_ di2?re ***** ia India **** *r sums - B?ggyr i T? America's First Railroad Train An Associated Press dispatch from Albany, N. Y., la wrong in Haying that the locomotive DoWitt Clinton pulled "America's first railroad train." That distinction went to the Bogt Friend of Charleston which began its regular service at Charleston Christ* mas day, 1830, where ae the I>e Witt Clinton pulled its drat train August 9, 1|91 The De Witt Clifton. the thlMt American-built locomotive (the Beet Friend of Charleston was the flrst), was used on the first steam railroad In New York state, the genesis of the great Vanderbllt system. There is no question whatever that America's flrst steam railroad for pas* sengers and freight had Charleston M Its principal termiuus. If the Baltimore and Ohio had used steam locomotives at first Instead of-horses, it would have been America's first steam railroad, but from the outset steam was the motive power of the South Carolina railroad, which in the fall of 1833 was running trains between Charleston and Hamburg, opposite Augusta on the Savannah river, the first long-distance steam railroad iu the world. Among the many Charleston "firsts' are this railroad and features related to it, including the first movement of troops by train, the first railway mall, the flrst banked curve, the first locomotive built In the United States, the flrst junction (Branchville). The New York Central gives back to the DeWItt Clinton, but then that locomotive did not operate until nearly eight months after the Best Friend of Charleston was In regular service, thus giving the Southern Railway System the title of America's flrst and oldest steam railroad The Southern celebrated its hundredth anniversary six ypgrs ago. by sending a reproduction of the Best Friend and its toylike coaches over its system from Charleston. There is p good story of the De Witt Clinton. On a run from^Schenectedy late in August, 1831, It drew the governor and the lieutenant governor of New York, state senators, the mayor ?of Albany, members of the New York city council and other distinguished guests. The master of transportation (conductor) blew a long blast on a horn and the engine Iriver opened his throttle. The Clinton nearly Jumped off the' rails. Bach coapft in turn warn violently jerked and fhany beavers were lost. As the locomotive gathered momentum, a steady stream of pltohplne clniers poured upon the passengers. Umbrellas, raised for protection, burned. Passengers worked frantically In putting out burning clothes. They were without means of signalling- the engine driver of their predicament and be caused the DeWItt Clinton to bowl merrily along with no thought of the bavoc being wrought in the coaches. . This official trip had been well .advertised. ' Townspeople and farmers along the line drove their horses close to the rails. When the Clinton ap* proached, with its noise and smoke, horses snorted, shied, plunged and ran asray. The best part of the story is that the Clinton performed, a task which had been set for the Robert Fulton, built In England by Oeorge Stephenson. The Fulton failed to pull the load and the Clinton was impressed for the. service. It waa because the driver had misgivings about his ability to start that be pulled wide the throttle and violently jostled his distinguished passengers. Not tf he could help it would the Clinton fall as the Fulton had tailed. The Fulton weighed twice as much as the Clinton and Stephenson said that it would "take twenty tons without difficulty/' but the locomotive was impotent to "take" lesa than halt the weight behind the drawbar. However good the stories about other railroads, they do not detract from the South Carolina line's distinction pf being America's first steam railroad tor passehgera snd freight. News and Courier , y ? - > Uncle Sam Santa Claue Rome, Aug. 10.?Santa Claus, wearing Uncle Sam's beard and carrying a mallbag instead of glftbag, has dropped United States bonus bonds at the door of 20,000 I talo-American World war veterans. ' Oreat is the rejoicing among scores of little villages tucked away in/then Appenlnes. The bonus payment has brought wealth almost unheard of to malty residents of these little villages Who left America after the wig. In contrast to the bonus of |30 ~ffSereed by Premier Mussolini for veterans of the Italo-Abysstnian war, the American government's payment to i& former soldiers ranges up to f !* 500 for some. American government officials in Italy are busy receiving and -countersigning the bonds and handing them over to happy consignees that struggle dally into the consulates. - ? .V n., ?i . Ob. nil. of wfrMt WBM 1, to ? ?or O..IA mum mm to?* 7,V ^ l trjgt v' " V ? * v " A Notice of Democratic Primary Election Notice In hereby given that a primary election (or the nomination o( the following State and County Officers: Ope United States Senator [ One United States Congressman, Firth District i One Clerk of Court One Master in Equity One Superintendent of Education Two Members House of Representatives One Coroner One Cotton Welghec, DeKalb Township One Magistrate, DeKalb Township One Magistrate at Bethune One Magistrate at Kershaw Two Magistrates Flat Rock Township * ( One Magistrate at Blaney One Magistrate Upper Wateree Township One Director DeKalb Township One Director Wateree Township One Director Buffalo Township One Director Flat Rock Township One Game Warden will be held at the respective voting places on Tuesday, August 26, 1936. The polls will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon, except at Camden, where they shall open at eight in the morning and close at six in the afternoon. No person will be allowed to vo*e save those who are duly qualified, under the rules and regulations governing the Democratic primaries and whose names appear upon the club roll of the precinct at which they present themselyes for voting. The polling places have been designated and the managers appointed by the County Executive Committee and they appear below;' Abney?G. R. Crow, J. C. Gaynor, L. K. McCaskill. Vote at Klrkley's Mill. Antioch?C. W. Shiver, D. K. Stokes, C. K. McCaskill. Vote at the School House. ' >> Bethune-MJ. V. Parker, J. E. Sevarence, John Catoe. Vote at Town Hall. / Blaney?Mrs. A. T. Simpson, J. T. | Ross, D. B. Nelson. Vote at Sohoolj HouseBuffalo?Ira B. Catoe, B. 8. Catoe,] C. W. Holley. Tote at School House. Camden?E. C. Zemp, C. R. Vllle-| pigue, Wiley Sheorn, John T. Nettles, F. M. Mayer, D. V. Dixon, Q. E. Taylor, W. H. Ashcraft, Jf, H. McLeod, JJV W. B. Porter. Vote at Court House. Cassatt?Eugene Holland, F. M. Walters, 8. B. Walters. Vote at Waters Store. Charlotte Thompson?E. T. Pearce, M. S. Marsh, E. M. Workman. Vote at School House. DeKalb?T. A. Rabon, J. T. Owens, Clarenoe Btters. Vote at Sam Trueedell's Store. Doby's Mill?W. H. Coon, M. D. Peake, Douglas Arledge. Vote at Qin House. Enterprise?R. C. McCoy, W. M. Brannon, J. E. L. Brannon. Vote at -Mt. Zton Church. Gates Ford?L. 8. Brown, B. G. Taylor, H. R. Horton. Vote at School House. in Harmony?W. C. Butler, Talmadge Brannon, R. A. Maddux. Voto at Abbott's Store. Hermitage?J. L. DeUruhl, ' Boyd Watkins, Nell G. Player. Vote at C. 10. Davis' Filling Station. Kershaw?T. C, Jones, J. A. Whitley, E. 8. Truesdale. Vote at Town Hall. Liberty Hill?L. P. Thompson, E. L. Jones, W. C. Wardlaw. Vote at R. C. Jones' Store. Ijockhart?C. W. Jordan, W. C. Horton, J. J. Brown. , Vote at Jordan's Store. Lugoff?H. L. Dlnkins, O. P. Jones, J. A. Ward. Vote at John Rabon'a Store. Ned's Creek?V. A. Humphries, J. H. Bowers, H. G. Clyburn. Vote at School House. Oakland?J. H. Watklns, L. L. McLauchlln, W. H. MoCasklll, Vote at Oakland School House. Pine Tree?T. R. Horton, Clarence I McGulrt, J. J. Young. Vote at Midway School House. I Rabon's CrosB ltoads?R. M. Ford, J. L. Ford, C. J. Branham. Vote at Blyther's Store. Raley's Mill?D. A. Munn, J. B. Da- _ . vis, J. E. Mangum. Vote at Mill HouBe. Roland?Otis West, Racine West, Llm Bowers. Vote at Barfleld's Mill. Salt Pond?J. R. Barfield, H. B. Smith, J. R. Dlnkins. Vote at Community House. Sandy drove?B. E. McGougan, OL C. Cobb, Charles Grager. Vote at the School House. Shamrock?L. J. Baker, Ira B. Horton, Connie Hinson. Vote at Sohool House. Shaylor's Hill?R. M; Drakeford, J. M. Hornsby, C. E. Hornsby. Vote at Cross Roads Store. Swift Creek?W. A. Boykin, B. C. Truesdell, Willis Boykin. Vote at Luke Truesdale's Store. Three C's.?T. H. Young, Sr., J. M. Croxton, C. T. Faulkenberry. Vote at School House. Twenty Creek?Nick Rabou, J. G. * ' . Gardner, R. T. Jackson. Vote at Hinson's Store. Wateree?Jimmle Boyce, T. E. Ro gers, W. A. Marshall. Vote at Club House. Westvllle?T. F. McDowell, Fred M. Gay, R H Young. Vote at Workman's Store. At Clubs having more than Fifty : Names the Australian Ballet System will be observed. The especial attention of the Managers is called to the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the primary whigh rules are sent to the Managers along with the ballots and boxes. At Precincts where voters from more than one township oast their ballot the voters will give the managers the name of the Township in . which they reside and the Managers will Write the name of such Township on the poll list next to the voter's name. One of the Managers or some member of each club will call for the boxes, tickets, etc., which will be ready on Saturday, August IS, 19S6, cf at the Court House. ' - I. H. McLBOD, County Chairman A. W. HUMPHR1E8, v: Secretary r rVOTE FOR Newton Kelly I j FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! | FROM KERSHAW COUNTY | | j 4* I A MAN WHO HAS BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN I He will appreciate your vote NOW and welcomes your I j Advice and cooperation when in the Legislature This advertisement contented to by, Mr. Kelly, ' I and paid for ey his friends. ? j A. : ...L tit ?:TTT . i._i ^ ^ ^l^i^otw^^Miilenan^liellflwe^ I Sections of Kershaw County: I | This year there seems to be an especial interest I in the candidates for the Houee of Representatives, as I I I there should always be. Kt has not been my privilege I to be thoroughly acquainted in Camden and the lower I sections of the cotinty. For this reas<m l earimifo atk M that you inquire-of those who '-fiai know me. I refer H I you to anybody in the tipper part of Kershaw County. I s My political views as well as my maimer of life are | | I 4 well known in all the upper seflisu of the county and I have been known for the past twenty-five years. I I have always been with the people and for the people and shall be with and for them. I shall take Hast I favor if you will ask about me and try to learn whether I it pill be safe to risk me with your internets in th#Leg- 11 Ul.ture if your State. ! jpfiewf * " ;" < ' f"-i ~ ' ' ~ w; < ^. , "> - " . " '-ffr