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PRES(,^in,l(>NS
From Your
Physician
Order# for Medicines and sick-room
requisites If sent to us will be accurately
filled and promptly delivered.
We can usually supply your
needs. Our prices are not excessive
and we will appreciate your
business.
W, It. ZEMP'S
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Phone 30 Delivery
Married Persons
Enjoy Longer Life
New Orleans, La., Oct. 2\\.?If you
would live longer, got married.
That 1h the advice of Dean K.
Jirundagc, statistician for the United
States health service, who reported
today to American Public Health association
delegates.
The death rate among single, widowed
and divorced persons, he said,
was 20 to 100 per cent, higher than
among married persons, age for age,
for either sex. The situation was not
confined to America, but was true In
Prussia, France and Sweden, Ilrundage
said.
Ho had no explanation for it. It
might be due. he said, to tendency
of persons with serious physical impairment
to refrain from marriage,
but that explanation was not sufficient.
The death rate among agricultural
workers, Hrundage found, was 100
per cent, below that of industrial
workers.
In a discussion of air conditioning
Dr C. E. A. Winslow, professor of
public health at Yale university, said I
that temperatures inside buildings!
and trains were often to low. When j
the temperature outside is 95, tho inside
temperature should be not be- 1
low 80; when 90 outside, not below
78; when 80 outside, not below 75.
In favor of air conditioning, Doctor
Winslow said it might help the api etite
because normal heated dust odors
inside a house had a tendency to reduce
hunger.
M. W. Wntts. of Murrella Inlet,
was convicted at Georgetown of the
killing of H. M. Floyd, on August 30,
in front of the home of W'utts, after
a drinking bout and quarrel. The
jury brought In a verdict of manHlaugbter
i?? an hour, and .fudge Dennis
sentenced Watts to seven years
In the penitentiary. The defendi nt
pleaded self defense.
Lily Pons was a stage actress in
Paris before she 1>? jejune a grand
opera star.
Haiglar Theatre
Corner Broad and Hntledge St?.
~FTUD A VTNOVE'MB'E'R 6'
K Young. Flormu'd Kii i'. Jos?
j.i. C.iKi-ia. l.rwls Hii in and .Nut
IVinik toll in
"SWORN ENEMY"
MORNING SHOW 10:30
SATURD AYNOV EMBER 7
. JOHN M \<'K llltiHVN in
"BETWEEN MEN"
Wli. n j 11 s 11 < Mas written in the
slinike ?.f u six-shooter
\ .mi t "oine(|j s and Link Jones
Serial
Late Show Starting 10:30
"LAUGHING IRISH EYES"
With l'hil Began and Evalyn
Knapp.
mo'nda'y'and Tuesday,
NOVEMBER 9 and 10
Tlie Surprise l'utun of th. Y?.w!
"LIBELED LADY"
W hat Laughs' W hat 1 ,ov? !
With J KAN HARLOW. WILLIAM
roWKI.h, MY UNA LOV and
SPKNt'KIt TUAl'V
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11
Owen Davis, Jr.. Louise Latinter,
and Robert MrWado in
"BUNKER BEAN"
MORNING SHOW 10:30
THURSDAY, NOV. 12
CONRAD NAOKh, DONALD COOK
and ESTHER RALSTON in
"The Girl From Mandalay"
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Strange Store Sells
Everything At Cost
Waller, Tex , .Sept 2f.. To a man
kneeling In the dust <>r u Texas cotton
held there camo a revelation.
Translated Into a galvanized Iron
building filled with the motley slock
of a country store, this revelation
heeame and remaiiiu after 22 years,
one of the strangest huslnebs ventures
In the world.
It Is the God's Mercy Store, whoso
proprietor, A It Purvis, rtrpends for'
his profits and his living not on a
| direct profit on the goods he sells,
i but on such contributions as ills cus|
tumors tare t<> give him us a lowui/l
for his services.
Hombrcroed, weather-beaten ranchers
uii<) farmers drive Into this county
seat town 42 miles Inland lrom
Houston. A rambling, gulvunized
Iron building, with u porch half a
city block long, unfailingly catches
their eye. The sign on the front
could scarcely fail to draw them even
If the commanding building did not.
It reads "Clod's Mercy Store."
Purvis, In gray trousers and u tie'
less shirt with sleeves rolled up,
I stands inside a rail at the cash register.
His hair is thinning on top
hh he approaches Go. Humorous
j wrinkles, are thick at the corners of
| his blue eyes. He Jokes and laughs
(with his customers. His Strang.- mcth;
od (if doing business is soon revealed.
Purvis sells everything ui Its cohI
to him. including freight charges and
clerk hire, if the customer wants
to include something extra for the
store's service, he does so. But the
customer who pays exactly the cost
price and the one who leaves a little
extra for the store are treated exactly
tiie same.
Some pay us much extra us 20 per
cent.; others carry away their purchases
at tiie exact basic price. And
no eyebrows are raised, nothing is
done to embarrass them. Those who
give something extra are thanked,
but In a cool, Impersonal way that
gives no feeling of special apprecl|
at Ion.
The strange system has worked.
I The best, proof is that the Purvis
store has sailed right through the depression.
and is now far larger and
more complete than tiie humble little
store which was its beginning.
When Purvis started out many
neighbors and customers nodded
significantly ,and didn't hesitate to
make the most of the opportunity he
offered for at-cost buying. One steady
< UHtomer boasted that he hud never
paid a cent nbove cost, not he. If
Purvis wanted to be a fool, all right,
but not he.
This customer was always treated
exactly like the others. One day his
groceries were loaded into his wagon
J as usual and lie drove away. A few
minutes later he pulled up his teum,
turned around and drove back.
Ho laid a $20 bill on the counter.
"I can't trade here any longer without
giving a profit to God's Mercy
Store," he said.
Operating the store is Purvis' religion.
He believes fervently that he
is serving God by serving men. women
and children. Not highly educated.
and affiliated with no church. Purvis
found his religion in service. He
shuns publicity, and while he will
talk, out of sheer politeness, about
his store, he absolutely refuses to
pose for liis picture.
A revelation came to him' 22 years
j ago as he picked his cotton, he exI
plained, a terrific. over-whelmiug
(tiling that changed his future. He
I was told exactly what to do, e\en
the name of the store.
"I had never been in the store
, business, had no more |<h-a than anything
of going into if." he says, "but
I sold i \i ry thing I had and put it into
the store."
1 had no idea w (o ther he could
make a 1|\ ing that wax. but figured
that was tie <oneern of his. He had.
lw> r< velarton. and lie proposed to
: obey
The store prospered.
I took the money and put it back |
into the store," he sa\s it isn't my
' Jiionev or my business The bigger
the place, tile more service l can be "
Now it is an uiiusuall> complete
stote tor a country town, covering
an acre ,?f ground and including groceries.
dry goods. hardware, meats,
feed, and a filling station.
t P i ks do not work for wages, but
.on a sliding commission scale which
Purvis indicated would average about
four p.r cent. When Purvis tirst
! went into business, his price* ware
j tar low toiler merchants Now, with
i kuL^Li Lu^puUtieii, ?v 4 hwin store
j a< rovs the tracks, there is less
, difie't-nce. Put his customers are
, pre: ty faithtul. Purvis says lie would l
Jut know the chain store was there
! if he hadn't seen it.
^ mi find out some funny tilings
about people in a store like this," the
unique proprietor reflects. "Some
people who could buy out the whole
place wouldn't give a penny above
cost.
"Other folks, who have little, are
so generous that you feel like refusing
to take their money."
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A Happy Home
Life Recipe
Take ihi* following ingredient#
One wife.
One husband,
Several children,
Three overflowing cup# of Health.
One cup of Temperance,
'1 wo level tabloapoon# of Control
One cup of CouHiderutlon,
One heaping howl of Patience,
One ctip of Interest.
? flinch of 'Sacrifice. ?
Sprinkle Health generouuly over
the entire family, for no matter how
good the #lck patient 1h, he uhould
not expect more from life thuu he la
able to give.
Mix Temperance thoroughly with
j diet, work, health, and recreatlorj of
every member of the family, in the
happiest homes every member hus
regular hours for uctivitle#. ^
Gently fold in Control until a uatlafactory
emotional aet-up dovel^s.
The family member who continuously
hunts for flaw# in bis surroundings
la offering an interference to
happy home relationship.
Add Consideration whenever the
tastes of one member of the family
do not coincide with those of some
other. Resentment is evidence of immaturity
and does not lead to any
permanent satisfaction.
Stir Patience in rapidly if difficulties
occur which might cause grumbling,
self-pity, or nagging. Members
of families can cultivate patience bybeing
careful not to allow habits of
selfishness and helplessness to develop.
Sift Interest profusely over the parents.
A good parent must take tho
time and thought necessary to get
down to the level of Interest of a
young daughter and son.
Drop in Sacrifice occasionally. This
ingredient is sometimes considered
by parents to take the place of Interest
but It Is not sufficient for the
well-rounded development of children.
It may require definite sacrifices
to make parents assume an interest
that does not exist in the
past-times of their son or daughter.
Sift out all traces of resentment,
Jealously, criticism, and selfishness,
and place in a comfortable house.
A happy home will quite surely develop.
(Iliis recipe was formulated by a
student at the Oklahomu A. & M.
College, Mildred Schanb. Have you
a better one?)
THE OPEN SEASON ON BIRDS
After a month's activity in the Piedmont
section of the state, shot guns
aimed at the feathered flock are again
silent.
Because of the new federal regulations
governing the taking of the
mourning dove, splitting the season
and dividing the state into two zones,
sportsmen in upper South Carolina
had thirty days shooting in September.
They will have another inning
from December 20 to January 31.
The low country, or those countiea
lying south of a line drawn along the
northern boundaries of Aiken, Lexington,
Richland. Kershaw, Darlington,
and Marlboro, will get the late shooting
they have been demanding; that
is . opening on November 20 and closing
the last day of January, both
dates inclusive.
The quail season throughout the
state opens November 26. This brings
about strict observance for the honest
hunter and invites open violation by
the unscrupulous woodsman, for with
the dove season opening six days
ahead of the quail season (Thanksgiving
day, November 26), many bob
whites will be bagged unless every
soprtsman remains a sportsman, game
enforcement officers notwithstanding.
Twenty doves constitute a daily bag
limit, which is five more than the
leual limit on bobwhite quail.
The dove, however, gets a break
sim e federal regulations restrict repeaters
to three shells, and hunting
must he confined between 7 a. m. and
the official sunset.
Bureau of Biological Survey r> dilations
i e.'ii h out to protect the migratory
waterfowl on their flights south,
and limit the South Carolina hunter
ten dm ks in aggregate of all
Kinds" and four geese. It further
>tate* that those may be taken only
between the hours of 7 a. in. and 4
p m . standard time, and from Novem!
her thanksgiving day and D?*e<?nib*
r Christinas day.
It is not legal to use live decoys,
sink boxes oj- batteries, or to bait.
. Ag*i?> your repeater must be plugged
I skt-IW
| ' No open season on Ross's Geese.
Wood dm k. ruddy duck, canvass back
dm k. red head duck, buffle head duck'
and swan "
And don't forget your stamps. "Federal
stamp required of every migratory
waterfowl hunter over sixteen
year* of age. Stamps on sale at post
offices."
Copies of federal regulations may
be obtained from Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Biological Survey.
Washington, or State Game Department,
Columbia, South Carolina.
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Pigeon Industry
Is On Boom
The best White King pigeon show
in the Houth 1h now in progress Ht
the South Carolina State Fair, ac?
cording to K B. Spoon, of Charlotte,
who Is Judging all the pigeon* at the
Fair this year, "Both In number of
bird* exhibited and in the quality of
individuals this showing Is unsurpassed
in Dixie," says Mr. Spoon. "There
are pigeon* here that would be cheap
at ftfiO." I've handled very few better
birds anywhere."
Much interest ia being shown iu
this department, 'which occupies a
prominent position in the front of the
poultry building.
"The pigeon Industry is booming?
along with everything else under
Roosevelt," remarked Mr. Wendell
Levi. Mr. Ix'vi is attending the shew
tills year merely ns a spectator,
though, with his partner, Mr; Moise,
he owns and operates the largest
Carneau loftB in the world. Their
plant is located near Suinter. "We
are not exhibiting because there is no
competition hero In the Carneau classes,"
he explained. As
an Indication of what can be
done with pigeons, if one goes about
it in a business-like manner, it might
he mentioned that Mr. Levi and Mr. i
Moise keep 12,000 adult birds and,
feed 18,000 young and old every day,
The feed, which consists of hard corn,
peas, wheat, etc , is purchased almost
entirely in Sumter county.
"According to an Arab legend," Mr.
Levi said, "pigeons have red feet hecause
when Noah sent the white dove
(from which all types of modern pigeons
were bred) to find land, the
bird landed on a bank of red clay.
On seeing the clay adhering to, Its
feet Noah prayed: "I.ord make this
bird's feet red forever, to commemorate
the service It has done this day,"
And it was done.
"Pigeons are closest to mankind of
any bird. Noah tried a raven first,
and the raven failed. But the pigeon
still serves.
"Prolactin, a recently discovered
hormone, is derived from pigeons. A
small dose of It Injected hypodermically
Into the bloodstream of a young
mother will immediately induce an
abundant milk flow, even In women,
whose milk Is not sufficient normally,
to properly nourish their baby?or
babies. Incidentally, this hormone
was discovered by Dr. Oscar Riddle
of the Carnegie institute, while working
with pigeons from our Sumter
plant.
"We sell many birds to physiologists
all over the country for use In
the same sort of experiments conducted
by others with guinea pigs.
"But it must not be supposed that
all of our pigeons, or even most of
them, are sold for scientific purposes.
We ship thousands of squabs every
month to clubs and hotels from Maine
to Florida."
"This Roosevelt prosperity is helping
the squab industry wonderfully."
?Columbia State
Indian Graves
Are Discovered
Florence. Alabama, Oct. 23.?Prohistoric
Indian graves have yielded
approximately eighty-five skeletons to
a party of the Alabama Museum of
Natural History and the Tennessee
Valley authority, who are probing the
Indian mounds in the Pickwick Landing
dam reservoir area.
The mounds are located on the
north hank of the Tennessee river,
a few miles east of Waterloo in I^auderdale
county, and the investigation
is being completed before the mounds
are buried under the back-waters of
the giant dam.
Archoologists found five strata of
shell and river silt In a trench excavated
from the top of the mound to
the surface of the plain on which it
is placed. The skeletons were found
in the upper strata.
They were buried in round, shallow
pifs and in some instances the
bodies had been bound into tluir
graves with thongs. The strata contained
evidences of a typically prehistoric
Tennessee river Indian settlement
of the pro-Cherokee type.
The CCC camps in South Carolina
are paying $330,000 every month to
the men in them, and their families,
being $30 each to the 11.000 men enrolled
in the camps, of which $23 a
month goes direct to the family of
the CCC camper and $3 a month to
himself, in addition to quarters and
rations. During October 1.943 men
have been admitted to South Carolina
camps, part of the gain being
due to. North Carolina falling below
its quota, and this state being given
that many more in its allotment.
There will he no more CCC camp enlistments
in this state until after the
advent of 1937.
The agricultural department reports
[cash income to farmers from sale of
products in September amounted to
$..S4.000.(ioo. This compared with an
August total of $623,000,000 and an
' estimated $648,000,000 cash income
last September. Those totals did not
include Federal farm benefit payments.
Collapse of the Knickerbocker theatre,
New York, in 1922, killed ninetyeight
persons.
M0NARCH9 TAKE MUCH
EXERCI8E TO KEEP FIT |
Just like American business men
who take up golf or teunis for recreation
and exercise, Europe's remaining
handful of kings keeps in trim with
definite athletic programs.
Swimming, riding, golf, hunting,
tennis?all these sports have their
royai devotees.
The kings are hy no means duffers,
for most of them have heen trained
since childhood in sports that1 provide
success from the cares of state.
King Edward of Great Britain, who
as Prince of Wales kept his aides
groggy with a dawn-to-dawn pace, relies
for physical fitness on a rigid
exercise schedule.
He finds much of his relaxation on
the golf course, and with nervous impetuousness
likes to "step up and miss
'em quick."
"If he would only stand still,"
mourned a famous professional, "he'd
be another Bobby Jones."
As it is, the 42-year-old monarch is
"champion king golfer of the world,"
with a handicap of twelve and moments
of dizzy triumph when he hits
in the golden seventies.
On his recent Adriatic cruise, Edward
took along 3,000 golf balls, using
the deck of his yacht for a practice
tee to improve his driving. Sporting
goods dealers estimated their probable
cost at $1,500.
Edward's royal Scandinavian neighbors
are among Europe's mos\ enthusiastic
sportsmen.
Like the late King George of Brittain.
Christian of Denmark is a yacht
racing enthusiast and frequently takes
the rudder himself. He also rides
regularly through the streets of Copenhagen
and entertains huntsn:e<n
at his forest lodges.
King Gustav of Sweden at 78 still
enjoys a fast game of tennis, at which
he has been adept for years. He used
to enter French matches under the
name of "Mr. X."
King Leopold of Belgium, like his
late father, is fond of mountain climbing
despite the fact that Albert lost
his life in a fall while engaging in '
the sport. Leopold is also an expert
I ?m I
on skis as is King Haftkon of Norway. I
Down in the BaAJtans royalty loveu I
athletics, too. HHuB Carol of Human- I
In, for example,/hot only is a devotee I
of several sports but Is a first class I
coach. I
lie organized the Rumanian spurts I
federation seventen years ago, and I
sees to it that his son, Crown Prince I
Mlhai, has rigorous sports training. I
To keep down his growing waist- I
line, Carol prefers golf. There is no I
course in his capital, so be makes I
frequent trips to Sinaia, the beautiful I
family estate in the mountains. Hunt- I
ing, biking and rugby also keep the I
monarch out-doprs for long hours. I
Oiniral Nicholas de Horthy, Hun- I
gary's 68-year-old regent, believes I
people should exercise more?and he I
practices what he preaches. Tennis I
is his. favorite diversion. I
Another Balkan ruler?King Zog of I
Albania?rides, hunts and swims with I
zest and ability.
Bulgaria's King Boris, Is a renown- I
ed hunter, but his favorite pasttime? I
It is scarcely a sport?is driving loco- I
motives.
Benjamin R. Bradley, president ot-B
the defunct American Bond and Share I
company, Atlanta, Ga., has been sen
tenced to seven years in the Atlanta
federal prison on a charge of fraudu
lent use of the mails.
Mrs. Caroline Miller, winner of the I
Poulitzer prize, winning novel in 1933, I
a resident of Waycross, Ga., has filed I
suit for divorce from her husband, I
Will D. Miller. The title of the prize I
novel was, "Lamb In His Bosom." j i
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