The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 04, 1936, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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J , MoGee, Copyright, 1928.
mv FIRST CIRCUS
.1 wan 14 years old when I saw my
grst circus, 1 didn't exactly go inI
gide the big tent, but 1 peeped in a
little. Hut I Haw'' the street parade.
I That WilH more than 1 could take
I |n in one day. Each of us 9 children
I bad 10 cents apiece for circus day.
I We made all of that money picking
I and nelling cracked cotton to pa at
I l cent a pound.
I ..We lived only 24 miles from the
| I county Beat where the circus was to
be shown. We piled into a 2-nxule
I wagon about midnight the night be<
I fore and got in sight of town by sunup,
half frozen, nearly starved, terri|
bly excited, and dressed in jeans
; britches, hickory shirt, no underwear,
; and a 15-cent hat that had gone to
; geed. Our brogan shoes had brass
I I caps on the toe.
| ..Folks looked at us like they thought
j we were part of the show. All 11 of i
| us were strung out, pa in front with
| a 6-months-old in his arms, ma came
I next with a 2-year-old in her arms,
then came the children, each holding <
l the other's hand with big sister at i
I the far end. Nobody was ever able <
; during that day to break thru that 1
I chain of human beings.
j <
I ..When these elephants and tigers |
and lions and clowns marched down ]
the street, we went cold with fear ,
and trembling. If one of those wild ,
I beasts had broken out of a cage and }
I made a dive toward us, the whole
strings of McGees would have been j
10 miles from town In less than 3 }
j minutes. The elephant switched his 1
front tail toward me once and I (
shrank up to the size of a cantaloupe. ,
I ..We followed the street parade from *
I afar off to the show grounds, about (
a mile away. We oozed around out:
side of the tents, spent 6 cents for .j
I red lemonade |pach drinking 2 big gob- f
I biers full of same, and we bought a
piece of fried mullet with the other c
nickel. That was "the best ^sh I ever g
I ate. I got as greasy as a dish-rag t
from one end tcr. the other, but was t
I not at all embarrassed.
I ..After seeing everything that was
free, we started for home About dusk. 6
! We thrifty childrens had gathered or- *
ange peelings paper and wooden box- 1
es, cheese containers, and other val- '
uable assets and filled the wagon 1
body. There was hardly *room for a v
person to sit . comfortably without e
ruining some of our .proud posses- _
sions. We got home byday light, sn?T 1
went straight to the cotton field to
work. That was the greatest day of '
our lives both since and before.
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MV FIR8T ATTEMPT AT MAKING ?
LOVE t
I was rather slow in getting my 1'
start iu courtship. I lived so far in I
the backwoods our family frequently
thought Friday was Sunday and the
chickens and the Kbot-owls roosted "
in the same tree.
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Our nearest neighbor with a girl i
In the family big enough to hold t
hands was exactly ,7 miles distant, as to
the snake crawled, and ihe was not
a Madam Venus by any manner of
means. - J-JJL. x
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I made a date with Sallie for the 4
third Saturday night \n June. I saw e
her at preaching the Sunday before. c
1 got dressed up as dreBsy as possl- p
hie on that memorable afternoon.
I got some tallow fit'the saw mill C
*nd shined my brogans. I "larded" J
m>* hair to a shiny slick. My bo-made
leans suit was dusted off with a curry a
c?mb and a horse brush. ~
let meiride our little_rbd tnulS-1
named Pete.f t made-like I was going it
to see Uncld Luke. We had no sad- n
dle- 1 used An old guano sack for a]o
^<Hng blankJt. Most of it stuok jtQ
they have bad weather
Iowa Editor MoaaureiTRalnfaM by Tea
poonful, in Torrid Heat,
A better realization of the weather
condition*, anywhere, generally may
be obtained from people who live
there. Up in f6wa in a weekly payer
editor who does his bifct to picture
the weather his town has been having
for several months, through July und
August.
-I ho thermometer during that time
ranged from 102 to 106, often was
above 105, and once spurted to 113.
It was the hottest place in the United
States with a weather bureau station,
one morning. And as tp the rainfall,
read what the local editor says about
it, thus:
What's all this talk about no rain?
There were three showers last Saturday
night. The first one at 7
o clock, made enough moisture on the
sidewalk to be seen with the naked
eye. Then at 9 o'clock there was a
downpour of a half minute, amountting
to at least a pint. And at 2
o'clock Sunday morning there were
little drops which awakened those
Bleeping out of doors. The grand total
of the three showers was one
pint, two teaspoons and seven drops.
Sunday evening another tablespoon
of water fell amid thunder and lightnlng,
but by 11 o'clock the sky was
clear as a bell and there was no further
sprinkle.
Again Monday evening a few small
drops of water fell, after there had
been a display of lightning for two
hours, but it was like all of the previous
showers?just enough to drive
the grasshoppers in onto the front
porch from the parched grass.
Again Tuesday night there were at
?ast three of these teaspoon storms,
vhich consisted of a few drops of
vater. Not enough to do a particle
>f good to dried up vegetation, and
lot enough to make any change in
he temperature.
If you have a medicine dropper you
-an measure- these rain storms, or you
:an weigh them with a pair of those
lensitive scales used to weigh old
'old, but the grand total does not
imount to much more than the beads
>f water on the butter in the ice box.
Jome of these showers are too insigilflcant
to be noticed by the weather
>ureau, and perhaps they really are
lothing but heavy dew falling.
Had this drouth oome fifty years
igo when the people depended - on
heir cisterns for the water supply,
hey would have had to haul water
rom the river, for all summer long
here has not been enough rain to
vash the sand out of a diqxe's worth
?f'Spinach.
he- eeat of my britches.
.1 arrived at Sallie's house while
he and her ma were milking. I helpd
3allle hold the calf uft while the
nilk was being gathered for use at
he table. The calf ruint my celluoid
cuffs and stepped all over my
>retty shoes. . V
.My courting effort was an absolute;
lop. Sal no's ma made .her little bro-'
her, Jim, sit In the front pt-lssa with
is all of the time, and t stayed there
til nenrly 8:30 p. m? hoping he'd go
o sleep, or fall dead,'or something,
ut no such luck $etoU. as.
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>. Sallie's pa hollered from ills bed
oom that my mule had broke loose
nd was on his way home- I always
Id believe that.old man Fisher turnd
Pete a-loose on purpose, Just be?
ause I was sitting up too late with
lallie, and tiring out Httle brother.
.1 finally told Bailie goodbye, at
bout 6 feet away, and left ljer and
er freckles and ugly caJtccf dress
nd ho-made white stockings, and lit
ut for home. I beat old Pete back,
le -took his time, I reckon, eating
oiks' crops on the way. I never spoke
o another girl, not even Sallle, tor
early 2 years. Boys couldn't park
ff in the by-w^ys and on the highrays
during those days of aloffneas.
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^NICARAGUA
Railroad Bulldlna In Nicaragua.
Prepared by the National Qeoaraplilo fcuclety,
.Washington, U. C.-WNU Servloe.
NICARAGUA hug an area ol
some 50,000 aquare miles
about equal to that of New
York state, and a population
of approximately OGfyOOO, close to that
of the city or Buffalo. It Is the largest
of the Central Amerlcaq republics;
many consider It the most beautiful.
Much of the Interior is mountainous;
the coasts are generally flat. It faces
the Pacific, with Its back door to the
Atlantic. Most of Its people live In the
cities in the western part of the republic!
for the rainfall here la moderate
as compared with that of the
eastern coast; the climate, although
tropical, Is agreeable, and the land Is
fertile.
The cities of Cliinandega, Leon, Managua,
Masaya and Granada are located
near the west coast and along the one
line of railroad, extending from the
port of Corlnto, on the Pacific, to Granada,
the main port on Lgkp Nicaragua.
Managua, the capital, Is the largest,
and, although badly set back by the
earthquake and fire that aTmost destroyed
the city In the spring of 1031,
will In time again become the most Important
business center of the cqpntry.
Leon and Chlnandega, cities of artisans
and small proprietors, are located
among very fertile farming lands
and are the centers of the sugar trade.
Masnyn is an Indian town and owes
Its Importance to the coffee-growing
district on the Sierras, located between
the lakes and the Puclflc.
Granada owes her early growth to
the fact that she was the chief port
for the trade between Central America
and Spain, by way of Lake Nicaragua
and the San Juan river, lier lending
citizens are not only landed proprle
tors, but merchants who sell goods In
person over the counters of their
stores.
Matngalpn, the largest town off the
railroad, Is the center of an Important
coffee-growing district. Because
of Its nltltude, It has a more
agreeable climate than the cities located
In-the plains; but the absence
of a railroad, or even a good highway
connection with the outside world, has
thwarted Its growth..
East and West Are Divided.
Eastern and western Nicaragua are
divided by mountains and jungle covered
country, which have effectively
prevented Intercommunication except
to a very minor degree. The physical
separation has operated to prevent
close political union and a common national
outlook; to hamper trade and
commerce; and tb obstruct a desirable
Interchange of people and Ideas.
In addition, the lack of a practicable
route to lis ease coast has forced virtually
all of Nicaragua's foreign commerce
to seek a' longer and more
roundabout route via the west coast
and the Panaipa canal. For these reasons
It has been the desire of the
government of Nicaragua for many
years tp open a means of communication
between the west and east, either
by the canalization of the San Juan
river or by the construction of a highway
or a railroad. A highway has
been junder construction from Managua
through Tipltapa to Rama, on the
Blueflelds river, where boat conn'ections
can be made with Blueflelds, the
largest port town on the Caribbean.
The population of the country ts
overwhelmingly of mixed Spanish and
Indian blood, with Spanish the universal
language, although one finds In
GrAtiada and the other large towns
many families of pure Spanish blood.
Perhaps 10 per cent of the population
te. pure Indian; found mostly in the
ares afcound Masaya and Matagalpa
and In the thinly settled cattle-ralslng
sections of the province of Chontales.
east of Lake Nicaragua.
Still farther to the east/ along the
rlvera that drain Into the Caribbean
north- of Greytown. fhe-Swno Indians
have their homes. They are a wild
and timid race and have resisted all
Spanish Influence. ?
[ _ The Mosquito Coaet.
? Pert of Nicaragua'* Carrlbean coast
has the world's worst real estate title
The Mosquito Coast." It gets its
name not from the prevalence of mosquitoes,
but from the Mlssklto Indiana.
Mere there la decided evidence of negro
blood, partly A heritage from the cargo
of a slave ship that was wrecked ou
the coast year* ago. These blacks, or
mixed Indians and Slacks, called
"Sambos- or "Zamboe," were augmented
by escaped slaves from the
plantations that sparsely , dotted the
fttt 1|tif MAM and ih
i \ fife?? - --
was visited by many trading ships
seeing turtle shells. A's a result, the
blood of the inhabitants became badly
| mixed, and oharaeterlstlcs of many
races can be detected In tho present*
1 day population. ,
Sun Juan del Norte (Greytowu), at
the mouth of the San Juan river, has
an , English-speaking negro population.
Long ago the port had an excellent
harbor and was a thriving community,
but drifting sands hove closed the entrance
from the sea, and now only an
occasional schooner calls.
In the boom days, when the Marltime
Canal company undertook the
construction of a canal, Greytown had
visions of being a metropolis; now It
is only a dreary community of rusted
tin and frame shacks, with a population
of 250 people.
In spite of the financial difficulties
that have been general throughout the
world and have been particularly trying
In Nicaragua, the president of the
republic has Improved the public
schools and built new roads and railroads.
Along the country's roads you will
occasionally meet a high-powered car
snorting Its way over ruts and bumps,
carrying some government official or
landed proprietor on business best
known to himself. The car has a number
of occupants, usually half a dozen
-In excess of Its normal capacity, for
the government ofllclal travels ,wlth his
guards, his friends, and perhaps a
large part of his family, while the
usual car-owner always has his entire
family In fhe car and baggage and
other Impedimenta' strapped on the
.running board and ap^where else that
it can be suspended or attached.
Cars Nearly All AmerJAn.
Practically all cars are of AtfierlChn
make, and it Is a tribute to their sttirdlness
that they can stand the usage to
which they are subjected. New "cars
are frequently equipped with extra
spring leaves, as spare parts are hard
to get, and for service on Nlcnrnguan
, roads springs have to be strong,
| The cars on the roads are few aqd
far between, but they add the touch
which shows that you are traveling
In-S-elvlllzed country. The creaky oxcart
Is the usual means of locomotion.,
Small but sturdy animals, with yokes
or pulling bars Joshed Just behind the
; horns, draw 'IKpee'cartb creaking and
1 groaning over the trails, hut they get
through mud that will stop a strong
? pony.
| It Is not necessary to ask for road
* directions; there Is never more than
I one toad or trail In the direction you
j want to go. A question as to distance
' Is futile, for no peon has any concept
j tlon of time or distance. A league may
I actually be any length from one to six
miles. The usual answer to the quee?.
tlon, "How far Is It to any place?" Is
"No hay mas'," the Nlcaraguan equivalent
of the answer, "Not fur," which
one so frequently gets from the small
I darky On our southern roads.
Coffee Is the Main Crop. I
The prosperity of the country depends
upon the coffee crop and Its
price. Crops have been good In recent
years, hut the price has been very low.
For Its future Nicaragua looks to the
building of the canal Unking the Pacific
and the Caribbean. A prosperous
Nicaragua will no doubt mean a quiet
Nicaragua, for prosperity will mean
roads, railroads, and other public Improvements.
A hungry man In Nicaragua
Is a prospective recruit for one of
thd bandit gangs. ..Banditry probably
will cease when any man seeking work
can get It and when every man can
boast of the few dollars rattling around
In his pocket.
Gold In dtaall quantities has been
produced In Nicaragua for hundreds i
of years. The richest mines are in the
province of Chontales. This area is
also bandit-infested, and the mines area
Tavorlte field for bandit activities, j
The situation has prevented the Installation
of modern machinery or the
development of the properties on a
largdj scale.
The Babllonta mine at La Llberttd.
kas the distinction of having had a
young mining engineer named Herbert
Hoover connected at one time with Its
management, flere only the richest
strikes are-now worked, the ore being
brought to the mill by pack mule. The
Javall mine at -Sartto Domingo Is
worked on a larger scale and at considerable
profit to Its owners.
Putting a canal across Nicaragua la
a matter of utilizing some geographic
features and overcoming others. Of
outstanding Importance physically are
the country's mountains and Its two
great freeb-wiigriliir Ur-Hi ifthUiT
basin, ?*tM Great hakSS of Central
II wrirrr bulletin rra. .
S.c.Game c^Fish Association
Jfru Siatetvklf Gopemtion Garni
7l$h ? 7orfstcan 6e Materially</Hcreastafor
ike Benefit of Jin.
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l^unl week wo hud the first half
of E. Milby Hurton'a article, 'The
Duck Situation," which ho prepared
for our annual convention, which was
hold in Charloaton August 21 and 22.
The urtlcle continues:
Heretofore It has alwuys been problematical
as to the number of ducks
killed every year, and even much
more of a guess us to the total number
of ducks In existence. These figures
have varied tremendously between
so-called authorities, und a
great deal depended upon whethor or
not you were for or against shooting.
The Biological Survey is attempting
and 1 may say succeeding in getting
more accurate figures. This is done
with the cooperation of the various
state departments and by census.
There has been a great deal of scepticism
as to how u duck census is
conducted and its accuracy. The Survey
designates a certain week in the
year when the ducks are on their,
wintering grounds. Parties who are
familiar with the work go out simultaneously,
this being done so that
there will be no repltitlon. For instance,
if this were not done, ducks
that were counted in Chesapeake Bay 1
could very easily be counted in South
Carolina ten days later. When these
figures are compiled and they will become
more accurate every year, it will I
then boll down to a mere matter of I
bookkeeping. If we shoot more ducks I
than are hatched it will only be a I
short time before the species become 1
extinct.
A great deal of criticism has been I
leveled at the Biological Survey who I
are the ones who promulgate the I
shooting laws. But I think in fairness I
to all parties concerned, that their I
side of the story should be told. About I
two yeurs ago, the Survey was reorganized
by . J. N. "Ding" Darling, who I
not only sacrificed his own time but I
his own money to do this work. Due I
to intrepid spirit and forcefulness he I
succeeded in getting over eight and a
half million dollars from various gov-l
ernment agencies which has been I
used for the purchase of sanctuaries 1
both ip the wintering and breeding I
grounds. Through his tireless efforts,!
new impetus has come into the Bur-1
vey, and the scope and value of Its ]
At least eleven Townsend candidates
for congress in the California
primary of Tuesday, won the nominations
over Democrats and Republians.
.Townsend forces claim they
will elect 17 representatives out of
the 20 districts next November. _
work has been enlarged tremendously.
Mr. Darling resigned last fall uud
the Survey la now headed by Im Gabrliilaou
who to a great extent U ably
carrying on the bolides laid down by
his predecessor.
For the past few years, In fact ever
since the duck situation has become
so critical, the Survey has been somewhat
on the "spot." One crowd of
ultra-conservationists has been howling
for a closed season; on the other
hand some of (he gunners have been
asking for a more liberal season, und
both sides have brought tremendous
political pressure to bear, some oven
getting as far as the ear of the President,
in order to try to get him to intervene.
80 naturally It hasn't been
pleusant for the members of .the Survey
when it came time for the promulgation
of those now laws. Thoy have
Just issued the new restrictions for
the coming season, and we find the
famous canvas-back aud redhead have
been put on the closed list. This is
bound to bring an awful protest from
the Chesapeake Day region, as the
shooting of canvasbaoks is their major
sport. They rightfully say that last
winter they had lost canvasback, but
there is one thing they have overlooked;
that, is that they had practlI
cally all of the canvasback in the
world wintering with them, as this
particular area seems to be their chief
concentration ground. So if this species
were further decim&ted, there is
every reason to believe that it would
be soon exterminated from the fuce
of the globe.
Doubtless many of us do not agree
with some of the rulingfe handed down
by the Survey, but it must be borne
in mind that usually we are looking
at it from a local viewpoint, while
they look at it from a national and
International viewpoint. They are the
custodians of our migratory game and
to them falls the responsibility of
keeping it from extermination. If cer
tain of these species can be brought
back somewhat to their former abundance,
there is every reason to bellove
that some of these drastio regulations
will be lifted. This responslbUty must
be shared by all true sportsmen, and
It is up to them to cooperate with
all State> and Federal agencies in order
to keep certain species from being
wiped off the face of the earth
On September 30, the navy department
will open bids for the construction
of the largest floating dry dock
in the world, to be located at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaiian Inlands. The approximate
cost of the dock will be
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