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I CURB SERVICE OPEN UNTIL I
" 3 A. M.
Families Must
Quit Arid Farms
\Vft8hi?Ston, Aug. 16?Migration of
',9,000 families from the drought'
Recked farms of the great plains was
recomuitudftd today ill a population
jurvey of that area by l)r. C. W,
Thornthwalte, former University of
Oklahoma eliinatologist.
Hits study, published by the University
of Pennsylvania, contended erosion
bad damaged 65 per cent of the plains
region, extending from the Canadian
border into the Texas panhandle.
A long range government program
lor the return of millions of acres of
wheat land to its native sod, he said
might be the only means of checking
the devastating dust storms.
Observing that long dry spells have
been frequent in the history of the
plains. Thornthwalte predicted "the
present drought might be prolonged
lor twenty or more years."
Evidence from tree rings, lake levels
and other sources was cited in
the survey to show a forty-year
drought began in 1826 and was interrupted
by only occasional wet
years. '
The weather expert estimated a
minimum of 12,610 families should
move out of Montana, the state In
which he reported the greatest "surplus
population." He urged a migration
of 12,000 families from Texas
and 7,360 from North Dakota.
Heavy removals also were suggested
for South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Wyoming and Colorado.
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School census returns indicated, he
said, 36,000 families have' left the
Great Plains since 1930.
Reynolds Heiress
Gets $30,000,000
Winston-Salem, N. C., Aug. 19.?
Mrs. Reynolds Babcock, eldest daughter
of the late R. J." Reynolds, has
come into her inheritance of $30,000,?
000, it was revealed here today.
The inheritance which came to Mrs.
Babcock is a part from the estate of
her mother, Mrs. Katherine-ReynoldsJohnson,
from which Mrs. Babcock
receives a life income.
Mrs. Babcock was married about
six years ago to Charles H. Babcock,
Jr., New York brokerage employe, J
and with their two children they re-.|
side at Greenwich, Conn., about 28,
miles from New York City. ?i
She is the second of the fabulously
wealthy Reynoldses to receive a portion
of the esUkte. R. J. Reynolds,
Jr., oldest child, came into his inheritance
about two years ago. Nancy
Reynolds Bagley, second girl of the
family, will be 28 In 1988.
Smith Reynolds, fourth child of
Reynolds, was mysteriously killed
here in 1932, before he was old enough
to receive his^ principal. A long coiirt
battle was fought over his estate,
with two former wives and two children,
and his brothers and sisters
contesting. A settlement recently
reached split Smith's principal among
the contenders, with participating
lawyers also Retting large shares.
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mules ARB KILLED DY .
electrically charged pool
Ehrhardt, Aug. 14.?Electricity loosed
in a pool of water killed tiro mules
that attempted to draw* a wagon
through the pool and shocked four
Persons who tried to aid the mules.
Horace Grant, the driver, said tht
mules began- to prance on entering
the water, then fell and died near a
power transformer beside the pool.
He reported he was severely shocked
when he leaped the wagon.
Jesse Sease, a ginnery employe, also
*&H shocked, and two other men, one
a power company empleye, felt eleotricity
when they sought to tree the
mules.
The accident was attributed to n
short-circuit in transmission lines.
B. Hart Marshall .
Died In Bishopville
B. Hart Marshall, well kuowu and
highly esteemed citizen of Bishopville,
died at his home here Wednesday
morning, August 12, at 8:30 o'clock,
after a prolonged Illness,
Mr. Marshall was born In Darllugton
county August 8, 1858, and was
7JLXSST8 and four days old at the time
of his death. He moved to Bishopville
about thirty-five years ago.
Mr. Marshall married three times
and Is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Hattie Lou Jones; a daughter
by a former marriage, Mrs. I'aul
Wilson; two grandchildren, Marshall
and Laura Wilson; and a number of
nieces and nephews.'
He was a member of Bishopville
Baptist church and had been a member
of the Masonic Order for fifty-two
years. He wag^the oldest Mason here
both in age and years of membership.
Funeral services were held at> the
Baptist church at 4 o'clock, conducted
by his pastor, the Rev. J. T. UttleJohn,
assisted by Rev. R. Bryce Herbert
of the Methodist church. Brother
Masons served as pallbearers.
Burial with Masonic honors followed
at the Presbyterian cemetery.
A profusion of floral tributes attested
to the high esteem in which he
was held.?Lee County Messenger.
Death Of Robert W. Muldrow
Robert W. Muldrow died Thursday
afternoon, August 13, after an illness!
of one month, at the home of his
sister, Mrs. J. E. Cousar. Mr. Muldrow
had been in declining health for
about six months and about the first
of July he, together with his sister,
Miss Ethel Muldrow had moved here
from their home in the Mayesville
community to make their home with |
their sister, Mrs. Cousar.
Mr. Muldrow was seventy-seven
years old and had spent his entire
life in the Mayesville section of Sumter
county. He was the son of the
late William J. Muldrow and Mary
E. Montgomery Muldrow, his wife.
Mr. Muldrow was a member of the
Salem Black River Presbyterian
church. He is survived by two sisters.
Miss Estell Muldrow and Mrs. J. E.
Cousar, of Bishopville.
- Funeral services werp held in the
cemetery of the Salem Black River
church Friday morning. In the absence
of the pastor, Rev. R. L. Orier,
the services were in charge of Rev.
IW. S. Porter, pastor of the Presbyterian
_ church at Ninety-Six.?Lee
County' Messenger.
ASKED FOR IT; GOT IT
From the always dependable Associated
Press this Item of news is
taken: Cleveland?Mrs.
Mary Bauman, 42!
years old, sought equality the other
day and got it
Appearing before Police Judge
Louis L. Petrash on an intoxication
charge, she said: Women hare as
much right to get drunk as men."
"Men can do miore things that women
can't," said the ftMlgt,
"And women can do some things
that men can't," retorted Mrs. Bauman.
"If you want to argue yourself into
equality with me," quoth the Judge,
"I'll give you the same workhouse
sentence that I would give a man in
your oase. Twenty days!"
"Yon win. Judge," smiled Mrs. Banman
as she departed for Jail.
It is but another Instance of how
often it is true that silenoe is fcblden.
It never pays to try to be smart,
in the old sense of that word.?-Greenwood
Index-Journal.
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The airmail Service of the country
handled nearly 11,000,000 pounds of
mall last year, and it now appears
that the total airmail handling of this
year will reach up close to 20,000,000
pounds. J_ ? ? --?
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The crayfish has its eyes mounted
on stalks, and can draw them in at
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Written for The Chronicle by Gee
MoGee, Copyright, 1928.
8CHOOL DAYS OF TWO LITTLE
WILLIES
..Forty your? ego, Willie Green wus
an 8-year-old boy who lived at home
with liia ma aud pa. Willie went to
(tchool 5 or t> month* every year, lie
did the following "turns" every morning
before he went to school; but
he had plenty of time to do hie chores
before Blurting echoed war da. aa ho got
up at 5:30 o'clock at the request, of
hit! parents.
..First, Willie made & fire In the fireplace,
then he made a fire In the
kitchen stove; he went from the
kltcheu to the barn and helped his
brothers shuck the oxen feed the
mules, slop the hogs,t and they all
went direct to the woodpile and were
busy till breakfust time. Willie helped
his ma wash aud dry the dlshgs,
he swept the house, and put the churn
to the fire, and did many other things
that had to be done by somebody
around the house.
A j,
..The school-house was only 5 miles
from Willie's house by the big road,
but by going thru the pasture, dodging
the big rod bull, climbing u few fences,
and stubbing toes on stones, he
saved a mile. .That gave him more
chances to throw rocks at birds, chase
grass hoppers, and eat blackberries or
any other edible stuff that grew near
hig path. He studied hard all day,
and walked back home and did all of
the evening turns by nightfall and
then he studied his lessons.
..Willie is an old man now, as age
counts. His little 8-year-old grandson,
Willie, Jr., Is a fine kid. He
sleeps in his little bed every morning
till 7:30. Then grandma's daughter
(Willie's mother) slips in the room,
kisses Willie Junior on the fprehead,
gently awakes him, and takes him out
of bed and totes him to the bathroom
and washes his little anatomy
all over. Then she fixes Willie's little
breakfast and letches it unto him and
lets him eat it on his little table.
..Mamma dresses little Willie Junior
up In a pretty blue sailor suit, and
powders his little cheeks and combs
his little hafr, all the time holding
him in her lap. . Then she asks blm
about his little syrup of figs, and looks
at his little tongue, and gives him 15
cents to buy Icecream and crackers
with while away those 4 long hours
ut school.
. .A big yollow school bus rolls up to
Willie Junior's front steps. Mamma
kisses little Willie Junior goodbye,
and packs him away on seat No. 34,
and wraps his little raincoat around
him and waves at him till the big
(free) bus passes out of sight. Willie
Junior Is toted Into the house by his
lovlhg mamma, and he sits down to
a fine lunch of everything the little
stummlck craves for. After that, little
Willie Junior plays with his little
baseball and his little bat and his little
football and his bicycle and his
everything else that a child's heart
desires. Poor little Willie Junior! He
has to go to bed'at 8:^,15 p. m. .
ANOTHER LOCAL 80N OF FLAT
ROCK HAS MADE GOOD IN THE
BIQ BURG
.. fiat rook was honnored last week
with a vlasit from hon. skeeter Clark
of chicargo who is a prominent lawyer
of the central west, some of his
competitors and all copper-rations
call him a shyster lawyer, but he nevver
told we what branch of law that
was. he Is a nephew of yore corry
spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd. I
..mr. Clark says the hole town of
chicargo is jealous of blip, he is too
fast for them, he do not chase amberlances;
he's alreddy there with 2 witnesses
by the time the amberlance
gets to the wreck or his Client, which
has benn run ever.
..he firmly bellevee that all of bis
customers is Innocent till they are
proved guilty ansoforth. for that reason,
he makes kidnapers pay him a
big part of the raheom monney in
advance; he rarely ever loses a case,
he hsjif plenty of good witnesses on
his files at all hours of the night.
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I. .big factories and railroads and Insurance
companies are nearly always
his defendants, he reperaente the
men and wimmen who they have hurt
or killed thru gross neglects, carelessness,
and woman Indifference to
the weltfare and pease and dignity of
the law.
. .he spoke of lils wadeHrorld followertng
and eatd that they spent more
money for legal practice than everboddy
else pnt together, he did not
say where the underworld was that
he worked la, but we imposed it wan
a town by that name near lake mltchlfan,
as he spoke eC a lake and nanrunweis
by that name.
to the beet clients IUvbSSbSS
he has trumt +rnm* glHl|t >illj
end iter foam htm when aagBbNT
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rr^parea by the National Olographic 0ocl?ty,
Washington. D. OL?WNU Bffirvlce.
T ANTED, female servant;
\ A / wages by the month to be
V V clothes, potatoes, carrots,
beans?and sixty cents."
This Is not a line from a musical
comedy, or a funny movie subtitle, but
the translation of a bona fide "wantad,"
In an American newspaper It might
reasonably have aroused curiosity, If
not Investigation by a local union, but
It caused no unusual stir among the
crowd of peasants In the small town of
Mezokovesd In Hungary, as the town
^rler shouted it out^ There was all the
weekly news, as well as thie rest of the
"advertising" to be heard. The oral
Journalists of Mezokovesd were Informing
the townspeople of the week's
events, at the usual Sun'day morning
gathering.
Kven with Lenten restrictions, there
Is little curbing of gaiety among the
peasants on their treasured weekly
holiday In Mezokovesd. True, you may
have no opportunity of seeing a marriage
dance. Nevertheless, the air Is
full of merry excitement and happy
chattering. And no one can smile more
wholeheartedly and infectiously than
the young Hungarian girl t
Mezokovesd Is a most typical of Hungarian
villages; there the traveler may
see the real peasunt life of the country.
The town's population is some 20,000;
It is about three hours' ride to the
east of Budapest, and only two trulns
a day make the trip.
Sunday afternoons the healthy lot
of villagers parade In their festival
finery, the heavily embroidered costumes
ablaze with bright colors. And
of a Sunday morning the life of the
town centers In the church, always
crowded to the doors, and In the
weekly "newspaper.".
At ten o'clock on Sunday morning
you find the streets almost deserted.
It la a brisk day And you are glad to
have the protection of a heavy coatvThe
sun teases you faintly at Intervals,
which Is especially vexing, since you
have a camera and copious material
for pictures.
Tou walk to the center of the town,
some distance from the railroad station,
and enter the church. If It were
not for the saving landmark of 4he
church steeple, it would be easy to get
lost In any Hungarian town*
There is little standing room In the
church, and you find the air too Incenseladen
to linger long. Besides, your
preatfiCS causes much curiosity, so that
the chanting women, with shawl-covered
heads, and the men, telling their
beads, are being distracted from their
devotion. So you leave and walk about
the square, mqpveling occasionally at*
the sight of an American-made product
In one of the shop windows. And
praUfitly the church bells announce the
clone ef the service. < >
Then the church doors open and
crewda of black-clad figures pour out.
As If watting for thla signal, two gendarmes
take their place* en oppoelte
stdea of tha large square in front of
the church and begin to beat a vigorous
tattoo on their drums. Prom the church
the people gather in two fcrowds about
these officials, who draw forth Important-looking
documents of paper and
begin their reading.
It la an education and a revelation
to hear the news of Mesokoveed. "A
cow was lost on Tuesday. If anyone
baa ..found her let him report to the
town headquarters." "
There la a long list of farms to rent
and sell; plows to rent, servants to
hire. The usual monthly wage of the
servants is seldom more than three or
four pengoe (a pengo Is worth about
thirty cents) added to certain supplies
and their needed clothing. It !s sufficient,
no doubt; their wants are few.
Any national news of Importance Is
told; new laws are read, ft is an amusingly
terse, clear effort, when one contemplate*
the columns of unread copy
In out own metropolitan papers, u- <
' thniay Afternoon Parade.
This rite otsr. the peasants depart
hohwffi sag the tows is and^
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Dinner, and then you are among the
gaily dressed crowds, on their weekly
parade about the town. They wuit always
until the afternoon before donning
their gorgeous costumes and then
they pour Into the streets like the
yudden blossoming of a garden. Indeed,
the pretty aprons are surprisingly
like gardens, or bright flowers in
a basket, or clusters of posies in the
sunlight.
Their embroidery is peculiar to Hungary.
Small pieces of it, on sale at
one of the homes may be too guudy to
attract some travelers; but on a black
apron and a tightly fitting Jacket, It
seems most appropriate and quaint.
The men of the town are quite as
ornately garbed as the women. They
are smartly dressed In black velvet
trousers made much like riding
breeches, short Jackets, and leather
boots shlned to a glow. Some of them
also wear the long black aprons embroidered
by a doting mother or an
adoring and dutiful sweetheart. And
all of them wear green hats, round and
high?shaped somewhat like a derby?
with feathers of varying size and color
perched on the side. A fetching lot of
fellows, and not slow at flirting with
the girls.
But the Sunday parades are not
courting parlies. Far from it. The men
keep to themselves, and the women
walk apart from them, for etiquette In
Mezokovesd does not permit any prom
enadlng In couples. Not even the married
ones walk together.
And so the boys contrive their own
little fun as they pass the maidens?
calling to them, teasing them by pulling
at one corner of their aprons, or tweukIng
a long braid of hair. Shiny faces
blush and the girls giggle?and probably
think It the very best part of the
entire day! Unmarried, girls always go
bareheaded, even in the winter months.
It Is only after the marriage service
that a young girl may put up her hair
and wear the distinctive headdress of
the married woman.
Then the hair ribbons are dispensed
with and the long braids are wO^pd
about the head, so that a cone-shai^d
cap can be pinned on. Over this la
placed the satin shawl that marks the
girl as a young matron.
The new brides are easily found.
They wUl be walking legetfcer, few i
ikw mbre than eighteen years old,
and some several years younger, still
giggling when they pass their young
husbands, and proudly conscious of
their new coiffures
Courting? Oh, yes, when they meet
at the Sunday balls. And at home, too.
I But the mother is always present there,
and it Is more an ordeal than a pleasure.
But every Sunday afternoon, except
daring Lent, they hold a dance,
and the young people And It very satlafactory
r for getting acquainted and
1 falling in love.
|: -^Vhen JWlUIS found bis chosdn
'Wife, and shq looks favorably on him,
tub young man asks her father. If the
father - U willing, the youni fellow
tends two' of bis friends to ask formally
for her hand, and this Is consldersd
the ofdclel announcement of the
couple'e engagement n ...
Then follows the wedding at a Sunday
dance. The bride. incidentgUf,must
hsvs complete furnishings for
her new house. Including linens and
clothes for herself. Usually some money
?t a cow goes with her, too. A father
of many daufhtSlV^Uaiarimnds full
to get her dowry together.
But her trousseau Isn't so formidable
- as It would seem to us. Her new home
consists of one or two fOotnA Furnishings
are few sod simple. And the
linens and embroideries that she brings
ft those she has worked at from early
childhood days with this very occasion
In mind.
j There ere no regular streets except,
ing the main thorough fares In Mezokovesd.
You go this way and that, off
at aa angle Here, and cbdrtly And yourTtar
fati yoe that, 9** ?
.married within tb? last few week's, sad
| gets hurt or shot or ran over and
| fetched with contraband on their person
In violation of code 55, rol. 44.
pace tt, joftN re. smith In IMS. he
seems to know his blocks tone, he
totes a pistol hlsself. do he say*; servers!
folks here took ? pop at htm.'
he left lest tuesday night by huso. '
gOod-bye, skeeter; come beck and
fetch some mora food licker with yon
rail soon.
1 * v yores traits.
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PISGAH NEWS N0TE8
IMhkhIi, auk. 21,?MrT and Mrs. Leon
Stuckey mid daughter, Aureliu, and
their guest, MIhH 1 .sear I llradloy, of
Csiuden, apuut u few daya ?r laat
week at Chimney Hock, N. c.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Baker, Thelma,
1 *'la aQd Furinan Haker, with Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence McLeod, of Rembert
speut several daya of laat week at
arrla laland, where Mr. Haker waa
statlouod f?r (wo yeuj.? wl)1|o |n (h(j
Itoli ^ n"","" Mur'","' Tb?> ?!?? visIted
holly Heaeh.
JfT". find Mrs. T. L. Shiver and chllAha!?6"1
* fww <lay8 week at
T^ieAc'1'
T' u,,tl <l?UKliter,
Aib^t^T' """" hur ??.
Aioei t,vHqnCaineron.
Ml?? May Hammond, of Columbia,
ba. boon visiting Ml.. Amelia stuckey.
o/r.r "*k8r' " waduuto nuruoOf
the Idobauon hospital of Now Ycrk
y' lM 8Pe"<l'ng sometime with her.:.
parents. Mr. and Mra. W. F. Haker
On Wednesday quite a number of
relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs.
VV. F. Haker enjoyed a barbecue and
Picnic dinner nt their home. Helatlvea
present were S. H. Hatlleld, of
Langley; j,t Raker and aon, Mr.
and Mra. H. L. Robertson, Mra. A J
Hatlleld and family, j. j. ?tttfU)ld Hud
Miaa Elma Capell, all of Sumter; Mr
aiid Mra. T. H. Hatfield and children.'
M. c. and Mr? 8 H and
children, Mr, and Mrs. L. H. Baker and
family, Mrs. Wesley Kennedy and son
all of Blshopville; Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Hatfield and children, Mrs. M. H.
Catoe and Algie and Kate Morries, of
Borden; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Baker and
children. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mcod'
ot Rembert; Mrs. Clyde Eddinga
and children; 8. B. Hatfield, Jr., and
Fay? Horton, of Camden; Miss Lucile
Hatfield, of Augusta, Oa.
Visitors present wore: Rev. Journenkln,
of Aiken; Rev. and Mrs. Llttle[John
and family, of Blshopville; Miss
Keel, of Aiken; MIbs Dorothy Catoe,
of Hartsvllle; Mrs. J.. K. MoLeod and
daughter, Irene, Mrs. T. M. Rogers.
8. W. Young, Hasel Young. Morgan
Shuler, Bubber Moore and Mr. Bennett,
of Rembert; Mrs. Sandy, of Blshopville;
G&illard Lenoir, of Horatio; Harold
Chase, Julian and Irwin Love, '
of New York City, who are spending
their vacation at Pocallo; and Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Watson.
Mrs. S. H. Hawkins, of Blshopville,
vltJHlng Mrs. Bmm? Hawkins.' *
nya educational aid :
The National Youth Administration
will again furnish part-time scholarships
for over 3,000 grammar and high
school students who have reached
bUt not their twentysixth
birthday. Materials are being
mailed eligible schools to which a
quota of scholarships averaging $4.00
fi month will be assigned.
As soon as the necessary data are
available, the assignment of quotas
will be made to the Individual schools,
n the meantime, students of eligible
families may fli? thelr application
forms to be supplied him by the
Youth Administration at an early
date. *
Students who receive the NYA aid
his year must be approved by the
official of the school to be attend**
and they must perform useful work! '
?uirrtji::op*r'i"on *
_9ver wo part-time scholarships.
Paying an average of $16.00 a month,
will be allocated to the colleges of
the state. Students will apply to the
college of their choice, asking to be
considered for this aid, which Is Intended
for needy and worthy students.
Naturally, due to limited funds, all
worthy applicants cannot be helped.
A college committee oomposed of faoulty
members considers all applications
and selects those to be granted
this aid.
VIOITAILM ARC CROWN
ON FRINGE OF ARCTICsettlers,
living in mining villages on
th. frtng. of tho MM JwZZZ
their own vegetables, Austin Cummlmin*
tospector,
revealed durftg a visit hire.
Cummin ga said t|ie setters manAged
to grow enough fresh vegetables
* thf f6W fert*le ar6M around the
lake to meet their own requirement*
eV6n * to seta*,
ments further north. The "fermin* "
ssean* begins In June and extends
Into August. ? .