The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 13, 1936, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
I Nobody's Business
I Written for The Chronicle by Gee
I MoGee, Copyright, 1928.
I 8END IT RTQHT AWAY; AND
I ' CHARGE IT
I >t Years and years ago, I ran a roI
tail grocery atore for 6 montha In
I the y< &r tt,ld tbat aame retail grocery
I store run me for the otber 6 montha
| |0 the year. The life of a retailer
I jbo extends credit to everybody who
I $dyH wil1 him "next week"
( jg indeed a bed of-thorna.
I / ?
I- My cuatomera consisted of Dick,
I foui and Harry. Dick paid up every
month; Tom carried over about half
of what he owed each month, and
[ jncreaaed hie balance steadily until
ho got ao mad at me and iny wife
and my 4 clerka auid my delivery boy
that he quit trading at my atore alto<
gether.
/
I; ..Harry paid a few dollara on hla
I . bill every now and then, moatly then.
r Hla wife and mother-in-law were sick
nearly all of the time, and hla monthly
rent fell due every week and he
[4 had to take a lot of medicine himself.
He managed to bprrow 65c from me
every Saturday night to finish paying
for a prescription at the drug
store. He still owes mo $154.65, but
' he's deadyand don't know It.
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..Dirk and his wife usually came
to the atore and bought what they
wanted, being careful aa to the price
and the quality. They carried neurly
all of their purchases home with them
and I rarely ever had to send the
chores boy to their house with a package.
Dick was a funny fellow; he
hated "duns" and we never sent him
one. He always paid around the first
of the month.
..Tom and Mrs. Tom phoned for their
stuff, or sent word by Busle, the 4year-old
daughter who wa^ too little
to tote anything home heavier than
a spool of thread. Mrs. Tom always
called for goods we didn't carry, and
we'd have to go out and buy them
for her. She sent back about onethird
of the articles she ordered;
nothing wrong with them much?
"just ain't what I told you tq send
me."
..Mrs. Harry always phoned for 5c
worth of cheese at 11:45 for lunch.
She never failed to order a bunch
of celery and a dime's worth of but- j
ter about 8 minutes before closing1
time. The first trip our delivery boy
made every morning was to Mrs. Harry's
house with "something for breakfast."
She evidently considered it a
sin and shame to phone an order for
an item until 3 minutes before she
needed It and then she'd phone every
other minute thereafter till she put
it in the skillet. She lived 2 miles
from my store. Harry moved to a distant
state owing me $324.66. But I
hope folks of today have more consid,
eration for their friends, the retail
merchants, than they had when I was
trying to believe that "the customer
is always right."
? MI-LADY'8 FALL. HEAD-GEAR .....
..The women are wearing their new
Fall hats, and, believe me, they are
a scream. There seems to be 6 different
and distinct styles this seasson,
as follows: (the few tea-cup
styles are not included In this set-up).
1?The pan-cake type Is the most
impressive. This shape looks exactly
like a pan-cake with a crispy piece
of breakfast bacon lying on top of it.
Some of them appear to have a bite
or two nibbled off the front and back
edges. Priced: Cash, $4.93. Installment
price, $6.00, balance at $1 per
month for six months.
-?The waffle design hat looks
slightly like a hat. Its trimming consists
ot something that resembles a
dough-nut plastered on the flat crown
with a tooth-pick and a tail-feather
poking east and west to hold It down.
/ The brim and the crown are the same
height. This hat looks better if hung
upright on the back of the head.
Down payment, $7.98, balance on easy
terms. Cash price, $6.49.
3?The saucer model is the same
sdze as a saucer, but It is worn upvide
down. It fits the head exactly
like a postage stamp fits an orange.
'Ik; trimming is unique, and appears
to be a cross betwixt a butterfly wing
nnd a doodle hole which is attached
immediately above the left oar. It
seems that this pattern has a few
Pitches chipped off as if the man had
been drinking coffee out of it and bit
tt occasionally Priced, cash?$8.79,
?o terms.
4?Tho dlBh-ittg^-ensomhls la the
most stunning. It Is made by mashtug
a dirty dish-rag straight down to
Dn* thickness of a custard plate; all
?f the -franled edges are left on.
This Is the largest hat of the season
and is intended for women over 50
who claim that they are under 36.
It comes only in brown, and sells for
around $16.67, caah. (I know).,
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5~~Typ? of hat number 6 fa exact
]r Ilka one-half of the pan-cake and
ming is 2 beads on one siTIe anil 1
bend 011 the other side, with a canary
lying-feather stuck In top of It.
6?This 'hat is worn by rich folks
only. It loo^p like a coffee cake that
had been sat upon. . Its gaudy trimming
is a black bow of ribbon about
the size of a dirt-dauber's wings affixed
to the right slde/Tiear the large
ear-bobs that must he worn with this
pattern, according to Paris. All the
women wearing these hals so far, according
to my eyesight, are about 95
j>er cent bare-headed. What will they
not wear If If atyllahf (Ana: Nothing).
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empire is preparing
for klng'8 coronation
London I he* British Empire's taptul
is now hard at work preparing
vm,\ \<'0,'?1,ati0n of k,n* kuwftrd
* HI in May, 1937,
Copunittees of Important court ofa
' of Km pi re representatives, of
Ira import companies, of architects, of
dress designers and fabric makers, of
telephone users and of police have all
been put t? work. Two government
officers urtj being kept busy dealing
with coronation urtulrs.
Moat Important of all these committees
is that of Empire represent*tlves.
'J he ceremony next year will
hoi before the public in blazing colors
and pageantry the visual symbols of
What lias boon previously but written
words upon the Statute Hook?the
Statute of Westminister, 1931, layltig
it down th^t each Dominion of the
British Commonwealth has equal
tights in relation to the Crown, which
is the token of their free association.
An Empire commission is now sitting,
preparing vitally important
changes in the thousand-your-old ceremony
of coronation, finding significant
parts for the Empire's representatives
to play in tho actual ceremony,
alongside the colorful Lord High
Stewart, Lord Great Chamberlain, tho
Marshal, tho Constable and the Champion,
and the other potentates of more
ancient days.
The service descends from the ninth
century "hallowing" of Anglo-Saxon
monarchs. From the terms and ceremony
used at these "hallowing" was
taken the Liber Itegalis, Coronation
Book, inscribed by monks 600 years
ago. Previously there has been 110
need to alter the ceremony considerably,
since the lands of the Empire
were ruled through the Mother of
Parliaments. But now the Dominions
owe direct allegiance to the King.
Parliament being no longer the Intermediary
between them and the
throne.
So, for the first time, the Empire
and the Dominions will each be
crowning their King, at Westminister
in May. The coronation route has
been specially lengthened to enable
vast crowds to see the procession,
since many hundreds of thousands are
expected from outside the British
iBles.
It is estimated that ?5,000,000 will
be spent by the public on seats to
view the procession, ltie Office of
Works is erecting stands, the charge
for seats in which will be between
10s. to 21s. Some, it is announced,
may be free, as the Office of Works
"hopes to provide good accommodation"
for all types of King Edward's
subjects.
A special committee of three famous
architects has been set to work to supervise
London's decorations, which
will last the Whole season.
The British Color council has been
busy preparing a list of ten special
colors for the season for the benefit
of manufacturers. About fifty laboratory
tests have been made to get
the most beautiful shades. A new
crimson and a new blue will be the
chief colors, one a blend of heraldic
reds, the other of royal blue, Union
Jack blue and gentian blue.
Police and London Transport and
telephone service are all making special
preparations for handling the
great crowds that are expected.
There will be twelve underground
railway stations In the Immediate
neighborhood of the procession and
these will have to bear the brunt of
traffic.
New telephone exchanges are being
prepared to take the temporary rush
of calls expected and hundreds of rer1
quests for extra telephones from hotels
and restaurants are being met
by engineers.
And meanwhile the ancient customary
Court of Claims sits to choose
claimants to render services at the cere
mony, final decisions to be made in
November.
When the gjant liner Queen Mary
arrived at Southampton, England,
this week, it was disclosed that eight
passengers and four of the crew, had
been injured slightly during the last
crossing, as the big ship was wallowed
around by a terrific storm at sea.
Grady Odell Bowden, 11, Memphis,
Tenn., school boy, Is held by the police
after ho told them that he shot
his step father, Reuben A. Barker, 27,
eleven times in the back with a .22
calibre rifle. He claims he did tho
act because Barker abused his mother."'
The body of Edith Cavell. war
nurse, is interred in Norwich Cathedral,
England.
Gen, N. G. Osteen
Died Early Sunday
Gen. N. G. Osteon diet! at the Tuoraey
hospital at 2:45 Sunday morning
as the result of injuries sustained
Thursday afternoon when he collided
with ail automobile at the corner of
West Liberty street and Salem avenue
while riding his bicycle out to
his bee yard, located at the end of
Oakland avenue.
The bicycle struck the aide of the
automobile, head-on, Just back ot the
hood, and he was thrown backward,
striking the pavement. He sustained
bruises on the head and back, which
superficially appeared not to be serious.
Concussion of the brain developed,
however, which, complicated with
pneumonia, that supervened, the next
day, caused death. He was unconscious
almost from the time he wus
admitted to the hospital, suffered little
and passed away peacefully in the
early hours of Sunday morning. _
The funeral was held at Sumter
cemetery at 4 o'clock Monday aftornoon,
Dr. John A. iirunson, pastor of
Grace Baptist church, assisted by Hov.
R. L, Grier of the Mayesville l'resbyterian
church, conducting the service.
The funeral party left the residence
of his son, H. G. Osteon, 31G West
Hampton avenue, where he had made
his home at 3:45 o'clock. The pall
bearers were: C. W. McGrew, I'. F.
Patton, II. M. Dollard, It. W. Beaty,
J. A. Andrews, Gonzales Way, J. E.
Stokes and Henry Jackson, the eight
employes the Osteen Publishing
Company longest associated with the
organization.
The subjoined sketch embodies the
salient facts of his long, industrious
and useful life, which was spent, save
for a few years, in this community
for which he had/ an abiding love,
and for which he gave his best efforts
and a long life time of unselfish
devotion.
Noah Graham Osteen, only son of
Charles LeRoy and Elizabeth (Weston)
Osteen, was born January 25,
1843, at the home of his maternal
grandfather, Jonathon Weston, ntar
Concord Presgyterian church, Sumter
county. His great grandfather, Thomas
Osteen, a koldier of the American
Revolution, came to Sumter county
from eastern North Carolina and settied
near Bethel church In what is
now Privateer township, but later
moved west and finally settled near
Natchez, Miss. The father of Thomas
Osteen was named Henry. He
lived on Pamlico River, North Carolina,
where Thomas Osteen lived until
he moved to South Carolina In
1773 or 1774, at which time his son,
Jacob, was a small child. Thomas
Osteen's wife was Rachael Pritchard,
of Pamlico, N. C. Jacob Osteen, son
of Thomas, and grandfather of Noah
G. Osteen, remained in Sumter county
and" married Elizabeth Hilton. Jonathon
Weston, his maternal grandfather,
came to Sumter county from
Eastern North Carolina, Bertie county,
settled In Concord township and
married Mary Pringle, daughter of
William Pringle of that community.
Noah G. Osteen spent his early life
on the farm of his father, attending
the country schools until between the
age of twelve and thirteen. It was
his good fortune to have as his teacher
the last two years, Major John
James, a graduate of West Point and
a most competent instructor. He gives
the following account of his entering
the printing business: "About this
time the Wilmington & Manchester
railroad was built and Sumterville
changed its charter and dropped the
"ville." Occasionally when I came to
town I visited the printing office,
sight-seeing, and got it into my head
to be a printer. In the latter part
of 1855 when I was less than thirteen
years old I read in the Sumter
Watchman that two boys were wanted
to learn the printer's trade and
that boys from the county would be
preferred. I talked the matter over
with my father and finally obtained
his consent. He brought me to town
and we called on Mr. A. A. Gilbert
of the firm of Gilbert and Richardson,
publishers of,\he Sumter Watchman.
Being small for my age there
was some objection to ine on that
account, but Mr. Gilbert took me on
trial and I afterwards entered a five
years apprenticeship, serving altogether
nearly five and a half years.
My compensation was board and
clothds and twenty-flve cents a week
the first year, but at no time during
the five and a half years did I receive
more than my board, fifty cents a
week spending money and an allowance
of $50 the last year for clothing.
Soon afterjentering my apprenticeship
H. L. Darr, a practical printer
from Charleston purchased the interest
of Mr. Richardson, so that I
served my apprenticeship with Gilbert
and Darr. My apprenticeship
ended early In 1861 and for the next
eighteen months I was employed by
Gilbert and Darr to publish the Horry
Dispatch at Conway which they established
and which was the first
newspaper published JnTlorry county.
"The Horry Dispatch was forced to
son or o,e disturbed conditions engendered*^)
y the war and thy difficulty
In obtaining newsprint paper.
I went to Columbia and was enrolled I
In Colonel J. |>. Thomas' Huttallon
of Reserves and detailed to work la
the printing office of Wanton Duncan,
who had u contract to print paper
money for the Confederate States goveminent.
Wanton Duneau losing the
contract for printing money i resumed
lettejLpreas printing and was with
The (arolinian, then published by
Felix O. DeFontaine and edited by
H?ury TJinrod?William O 11 in o r e
SliuniB being on Jth# editorial staff
u part of the time. When Sherman'*
army approached Columbia I Wus
calletl into aetiv^ service witli Colonel
JTiotiiflH . JlaUflllon of Heatu vea and
was with that organization during the
retreat from Columbia. The presses,
Jype and ' printing material of The
Carolinian were removed from Columbia
before the surrender of the city
to Cieneral Sherman and after remainInk
in storage in Chester and Charlotto
ror a time, the office was re"
established in Charleston in the full
of 1866 and I went with Mr. DeFoiituine
as foremuu of the composing
room. The Carolinian failed to rnuke
expenses in Charleston and after a
few months' struggle it suspended
publication and Mr. DeFontuino mpv- i
ed hack to Columbia."
About this timo Mr. Osteen had
married and lie determined to return
to his old home in Sumter. In September
186G, he bought a half Interest
In the Sumter News, which had
been started a few months previously
by H. L. Darr, one of his former
employers, and this partnership continued
for sixteen years. The name
of the paper was changed to The True
Southron and it was conducted as a
straightout Democratic newspaper and
carried on a vigorous fight against
the carpetbag and scalawag regime
that controlled South Carolina during !
the reconstruction era. It carried at
the head of the editorial column:
"This is a white man's country and
must be ruled by white men." It insisted
on a straightout fight and dur-!
ing the Carpenter and Butler campaign
was the only paper in South
Carolina that opposed to the last a
coalition of the Democrats and Hepublicans
in the effort of the white
element to get Into control. The nora-'
ination of Generul Wade Hampton for
governor in 1876 was first made* in I
the True Southron and throughout
that memorable campaign The True
Southron was in the thick of the contest.
In 1881 Mr. Osteen purchased
Mr. Darr's interest In the True Southron
and at the same time bought the
Sumter Watchman and consolidated
the two papers under the name of
Watchman and Southron, the latter
paper being subsequently made a
semi-weekly.
Throughout all the years Mr. Osteen
has continued an active member
of the organization, seldom taking a
holiday and missing very few days
from his place in the printing office.
In recent years he had devoted most
of his time to proof reading and up
to the very day that he was Injured
and was taken to the hospital, he
spent the morning at his desk reading
the proofs for the dally issue.
He was a member of Camp Dick
Anderson, United Confederate Veterans
of Sumter, and served several
years as a Brigadier General of the
Second Brigade, and two years as
Major General, commanding the
South Carolina Divisional!. C. V.. He
was a familiar figure at Confederate
I reunions and had a great many
friends among the veterans in all sections
of the south.
Mr. Osteen married March 6, 1866,
at Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Esther Anne
Anderson, daughter of Thomas and
Loulsia Anno (DuBois) Doar, of
Christ Church, Charleston county,
Mrs. Osteen died January 17, 1911.
Throe children survive: Dr. Charles
P. Osteen, Hubert G. Osteen, editor of
The Daily Item, of Sumter, and Mrs.
i K. H. Schirmer, of Columbia, S C
One son, Dr. N. G. Osteen, Jr., died
five years ago; also surviving are
eleven grandchildren, nine great
grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.?
Sumtfy Daily Item.
riife nation-wide strike of longshoremen,
aided by seamen, which began
on the Pacific coast ten days ago,
is becoming quite serious, and at present
there is little indication of an
early settlement of the trouble. Scores
and hundreds of ships are tied up
[at docks on the Pacific and Atlantic
porta, as well as those of the Gulf
jof Mexico. From Anchorage, Alaska,
| comes word that port and other Alasl
kan points, have food enough to last
only tMrty days, duo to the ttcing
up of ships ordinarily supplying towns
in thp^-'territory. Other trade unions
are taking sides with the longshoremen
and seam^p and the extent or
length of th^liirike cannot be forecast
at present.
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Business conditions have so Improved
in Pennsylvania, that the state
board of liquor control has not on
file enough applications for jobs or
examinations to fill the vacancies In
its clerical ranks. '
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News Of Interest In
And Near Bethune
Bethune, Nov. 11.?The Bethune
Chapter IJ. I). C. gave un Armistice
day program Wednesday morning at
the high school auditorium during
chapel hours.
Miss Stella Bethune, the newly
elected president, presided. The school
Hang "The Stur Spangled Banner."
There was a special number !>>' the
Girls' (Bee Club, "My Buddy." The
address of the occasion was made by
A. Stanley Llewellyn of the American
Legion, Camden. "Keep the Homo
Fires Burning" was sung by the
school in conclusion.
On last Thursday ovening the Epworth
League guve a delightful and
well rendered play at the school auditorium
entitled, "The Little Clodhopper."
One of the most thoroughly enjoyed
entertainments of the season was
the community singing last Friday evening
undor the supervision of Miss
Sara Grey Proctor, who teaches
school music. Much credit is due
Miss Proctor and those assisting her
for the pleasant evening spent by the
appreciative audience.
G. B. King with Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Gardner have been recent visitors to
Relatives in Durham, N. C.
Miss Ruby Nobis, of Newberry,
who is now teaching in Clinton, was
ihe week end gueBt of Mlss-Eloise
Miller at the King-Davis hptel.
I/oring Davis has returned from a
few (lays' trip to Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. R. L. Waters had as her guests
last week: Mrs. N. C. Hall and two
children and Mrs. W. H. Garrett of
Akron, Ohio.
Leander Helms and Josh Smith,
Clemson students, were at home during
the weejt end.
Paschal McLaurln, accompanied by
Dan Hoyle of Appalachian State College,
N. C., were here for the week
end. Mr. Hoyle was a guest In the
home of Mrs. A. B. McLaurln.
Miss Louise Ortman has been at
her home in Anderson during the
week on account of serious Illness in
the family.
The Rev. S. C. Floyd has gone to
Charleston to attend the Methodist
conference. Mrs. A. B. McLaurln has"
also gone as a delegate from the M
E. church here.
Lee Morgan, of Columbia, and Forbis
Morgan, of T. I. I., Spartanburg,
were guests of their mother, Mrs. Eva
Morgan, last week end. '
Mrs. M. L. Kelley, Mrs. J. M. Clyurn
and Mrs. A. K. McLaurln have
been recent visitors of Mrs. C. M
Wilson, Columbia.
Miss Mary Ellen McLaurln and
Miss Mary Alice Helms of Flora McDonald
College, visited their respective
homes here durfng'lfie *pasT~ weelt "
end.
A*rCl?le!, ono ancl two of th? Baptist
W. M. S. met Monday afternoon at
1 ^ T0f Ml88 Ma8Kle Brannon
Tho wr8w a6 H,,ton- respectively.
The W. M. S. met at the church Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Hattle"
Houstlss, Mrs. C. C. Bethune, Mrs.
R. L. Waters and Miss Elctfse Miller *
taking part on the program.
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General News Notes
A New York rumor is to the effect
that James A. Farley Will soon retire
permanently from the chairmanship
of the National Democratic executive
committee. He is also said to
have the governorship of New York
boe buzzing in his bonnet.
l-ondcn papers gave more space to
the re-eJectlon of President Roosevelt
than they did to King Edward VIII,
on his first appearance as the king
of 'England at the opening of parliament
on Wednesday. The king and
parliament was relegated to second
place in the day's news.
Alfred E. Smith Issued the following
statement on Wednesday: "The
American people have spoken, and
the cardinal principle of democracy
Is tho will of the majority. Every
-Citlzea, every, real American, must
put his shoulder to the wheel and
stand behind the president."
Voliceman W. V. Hood of Whitesburg,
Ky., seriously shot M. M. Coleman,
election official, at Whiteeburg,
Ky., Tuesday. . Hood attempted to arrest
Coleman on a charge o| carry*
ins a concealed Weapon. The latter
denied that his gun was concealed
and the officer shot him, claiming
that Coleman was reaching ~for
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NOTICE ~
Of Termination of Shareholder's
Liability.
I*urBuant t6 the provisions of Sec*
tlon 304 of the Banking Act of 1935,
notice" is hereby given by the First '
National Bank of Camden in the city ?tfe
of Camden, State of South Carolina, . '-*M
that the liability imposed upon the
holders of shares of its common stock -o.'M
by the provisions of Section 6161,
United States Revised Statutes, as ~M
amended, and Section 23 of the Fed
eral Reserve Act, as amended, Bhall
cease on July 1, 1937.
By order of the Board of Directors.
C. J.; SHANNON, Jr., President
?r
Henry J. Allen, former governor of
Kansas and also a former United
States senator, is in a hospital at
Wichita, Kan., for treatment for injuries
received in an automobile accident
last Saturday in Indiana. Three
ribs wore fractured when he was'"
thrown against the steering wheel
when the car hit a bridge railing.
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SIGNS OF ALL KINDS
Camden Sign Shop
in< Wilson's Lunch
Opposite Court House /J
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FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice 1b hereby given that one
month from this (late, on November
27, 1936, I will make to the Probate
Court of Kershaw County my final
return as Administratrix of tho es- . y.5
tate of Sam P. McLaughlin deceased,
and on the same date I will apply to
the said Court for a final discharge
as said Administratrix.
josik h. Mclaughlin,
Administratrix.
Camden, S. C., Ovtober 27, 1936.
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A Three Days' Cough' '
Is Your DangerSignai
No matter how many medicines you
have tried for your cough, chest cold * i&a
or bronchial irritation, you can get relief
now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble
may bo brewing and you cannot
afford to take a chance with any- - M
thing less than Creomulsion, which :jj
goes right to the seat of the trouble
to Aid nature to soothe and heal the
inflamed wM?nbraivw as the germ-laden
phlegm Is loosened and expelled.
Even if other remedies have failed,
dont be discouraged, your druggist is
authorized to guarantee Creomulsion
and to refund your money If you are not ~
satisfied with results from the venr first
bottle. OH Orconmlslonrlfhli*rr. (Adv.)??, v
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