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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE M. D. NIL6S, Kdltpr ?nd Proprietor I'ublinhed svory Friday at Number 11013 North lit ou<l .Street, and entered at tin; Cumiivii, South Carolina J'oatofttoe an ??.? ond rlaNH mall matter, l'rice per Year $2 00 No Kuharrlptlona taken for Iinh than Six MoiiiIih In all IniHancoa the euhMcrlpi Ion price l? due and paya* utile In udvanee All auhai.rlptlotia are cuncelh'd when auhaerlher fall* to renew Friday, February 6, 1937 FAMILY IN DI8TRE88 La,st wcok announcement wan made by lho local Rod < 'iohs chupter of a family 111 distress. by reason of llujlr liointj bring destroyud by lire. '1 ho county Hod Cross chapter l.s endouv orlng to assist this family to secure needed articles, wlinh the family in unable to buy Situ ? tin* annouin 0? ment wuK inadi', persons In ('aindnn have contributed a bod and a cot Needed yet are: one niuttroaH, one act of springs, a kitchen Htove, two or tlireo chairs 1'cihnps you have stun (I away somewhere around your home some of the above artl< lea, wlih h you .would like lo contribute. It ho call telephone I Hi or .TJ.'i. A GOOD..CAU8E The hoard ol d live lorn of tile Kef hliaw <uum> Tuberculosis AHHoclutlon wIhIi to say to the public that one' hundred more dollars would enable | the county to have two additional, tnouihs antituberculosis nursing pro- j grain under a coliipelent nurse. The above amount if received within the: next few days would make it possible : for us to hate .Su per cent instead of 75 per cent of our gross huIo of Christmas IHalth Seals and Hoods. Organizations and individuals inlerested in making possible a nursing program over the ejitire year should send in their remittances tit ouce -to Miss Lai Mlakeney or to Mrs. K. C. Stout, Camden, S. ('. A Douglas McArn, chair man, Kershaw county Tuberculosis Association EXCHANGE CLUB NOTES The Clul) welcomed hack its president. Team (iettys. this week. 11(3 was absent from last week's meeting on account of illness Jiie hoard of control, had recotnn.end'd that the bylaws of the Club I be. amended so that any member absent without excuse for two consecutive meetings .should lie dropped from j the rolls The club amended the | proposed amendment i>\ providing for! the dropping of a member from the I rolls who has 1111* \? used absences for I I hie.' curisei Ut ive meet ings lilts week's speaker was Murdoch Johnson, who talked about colored people and the cordial relations ex-J isting between the races in (lit; south! and the oomph te understanding between the two races He criticized some oi the Southern authors who he said were writing tor Northern consumptii n, and who do not picture Southern negroes as they are The meeting was one of the best attended meetings held in a long w llile ['resident (Iettys is calling a meeting of the chairmen of the different committees ot the club (n order that ' the i lull may be morn active during! the next six months' period KERSHAW COUNTY FARM NEWS On the farms of J. M. Smith and ! ( uignard Plantation trench silos that I wire built last year are giving satisfaction These silos can he built with very little cost and they will keep silage good. Anyone planning to build 1 one should Visit one of these. 1 Union and Moultrie H. Burns are having good results with Italian Hy. crass as a temporary pasture.! Mr Union r.-ports that the $200.00 XVr!!ii st "d he purchased has been! u 1 Us more than $ 1 .hum oo to him. J H W Uhaiiie and I! T. I'earce who kepi rec,<rds of t'er?-.,an treatinetit ui": 1 "tton made 22 per cent met- ("t ton per acre where they iv 1 t! ir so- ,1 in.. t,,j? farm.-is who entered the eot'rn Itnpi ov enieiit (oiitest 'lV " -gi I '-11 " pouml> of lint cotton I" "? I he highest y i,-lei in this ( sU :i* > u I- Iliad" by p I) Hoy kin u ;:i' !l u'?- " pounds of lint on his ' N \ 1' t lei t y s made It.sng I" u! i !.- i 1 '?"> -i'i"! a!-ie lilt . rest is 1) e i 11 g shown ill ho-s at this time. Accord '"' -Mi' ' larke, extension Kcono. I'-Ht. we in expert a fair price for hogs 1 er two mote years. A number ''' "ur LuiU'is ate -"lling through t tie '''!' 1 "uuty I'.(liners K\i liange w hi. ! . load . ... I V 1 ip Mtay I Ip-y pay <":e .-ut umi-r the IH-hniond market ami pay oil lotit* ot delivery 1 he tarn;. r.> nt Ker.sliaw county have rit'ivcd $bo.s 1.. v, under the Soil i VtiM 1V alien program with ap proximately Oj per ..in of them de 1 i v ei t-(i \\ ( Mct.irley, County Agent NOTICE TO FARMERS If those farmers vv lio need help will come to tin- National He-Kmploymeut office and list their needs we will do our ho.->t to assist tliem. Those who arc unemployed and who desire to return to tiie farms please come to the National Re employment office and give in their names so that we can place you. A nudist colony in California la 'beating the cold weather there by big log fires at night and wearing "shorts" in the day time. .. , .. .i ???? i ?AND SUDDEN DEATH i , A Monroe mother brought in an ar' tide taken from an out-of-town paper the other day. It whh a description of 1 a wreck by a milliliter who had happened on the Hcene Immediately after lu occurrence. The unto crush which occurred a short distance from Prlatol, Tenn ., Involved aeverul high school children returning from a basketball game In la nearby town. '1 he mother who handed us the article bad made her I offspring read the gruesome news story several times to Impress them with the dangers of the highway. Ho vivid is the minister's description It is reproduced In part here, with I will never forget the sight of ihose live West Virginia men In the blood soaked wreckage <>f their Plymouth car. Carl Kennedy, the driver, i hung unconsc iously out the* left front < ' door, w hic h had sprung buck under ! the impac t, his leg c aught, and bleed lug lrom a cut on Ills head. 1 he; engine had been driven completely back j into the car and >oung J'orter, who I was in the front seat with Kennedy, was also caught fast by the heavy j motor. Doth tegs were shattered and broken above the knoes. The steering wheel of the c at was hunt double 'and a gaping hole lorn in the v\ In shield Dorter was raving and shouting in agony. 'Help me! Help me!' he shouti'd. For Hod's sake somebody comu and get me out of here. I can't stand this much longer It's killing me!' "We tried to get both Kennedy and Porter out, but wq couldn't budge them The engine was driven hack in such a way that it was impossible to release them. Finally, a truck camo along with an axe on it and the driver literally cut the seat out from under the men. It was fully twenty minutes before Kennedy was freed ami twice us long before Porter could be gotten clear. Porter was conscious all the time and was in intense agony. When be was lifted out his legs were grotesquely twisted and the broken bones protruded from the trouser legs a box e the knees. "Kennedy was laid on the side of tin- road and It appeared that he was in a d) ing condition. " The bac k seat of the West Virginia car resembled a slaughter pen. One of the- men lay partially on the back seat. The other two were twisted, about on the Moor. The back seat of ^ the- car was soggy with blood and it i ran down in little streams onto the i Moor and funned in big pools. The two men on the Mooor were almost swimming In blood. One had bis teeth knocked out and bis mouth horribly cut. "Several boys and men who saw this gruesome sight became deathly I sic k and turned away to their own cars." This type of news reporting has been advocated by many publications tend safety organizations as part of a (drive to reduce highway accidents. If everyone saw in person such scenes us described above there is not much doubt as to its effect.?Monroe Knquirer. INTERESTING KIND OF BABOON IN YORK The most interesting animal about the Harnett Brothers show winter quarters here, this winter Is the baboon. Few baboons are in captivity in ibis country, since tliey die quickly in this climate, and the one now here in Ynrkville is one of the most interesting species and rare in captivity. Most <of the baboons in zoos are a reddish brown species, but the olio with tlie show in winte r quarters here Is the ashy gray hahoon its keeper alts it silver gray with much reason.' The aged keeper of the dog faced dangerous beast has had charge of several baboons with shows, he says. > hut never before did he see a gray ?>ne. The thick coat of hair is a beau- j tiful silver gray on this species which is the Arabian sacred baboon which lives in Arabia. Ahhxsinnia and tho Sudan where it sometimes congre-. gates in leads of 2"'d baboons. This spet ie> of huhooti is show n on1 am lent Kgyptian monuments, and had di\:n> hcrot s paid it by tho Pgjptians who liv?-d in vrry ancient! ' me > The one in winter quarters' of the Harnett Brothers show here is onl\ live or six >? ars old. and still ' a child, hut is of considerable size, , >hoi t of stature, hut big, around the < best and abdomen. It has the face and muzzle of a dog. as do all baboons and travels on all fours. The kind now here in Yorkville is i l ather mean, but not very dangerous when young, but when full grown and old is one of tho most formidable beasts to man found in African hunti ing grounds. There are seven species of baboons, and the one here is the one Mrst known to man. evidently, and certain it is the most beautiful one. far surpassing in looks the black, the yellow, the brown, and the olive gTeen baboons now known to animal | hunters.?Yorkville Enquirer. imrrwmwMBMWffrf'T1 11111 zbsbtr COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS (lly Spectator) An organization wuh formed In Columbia Monday for the purpose of promoting safely ***? highway* Many alulewlde organization* wore represented and the liveliest Interest wan shown In the dangers of unregulated truffle. I use the highway* und streets ut our Htute ?iiilie frequently und offer my experience und observation* for whatever they may he worth. Ah to HtroetH, I find Columbia one of the munt difficult of all our cltlee. The other man must ulwuyn huve the right-of-way, fc?r he nearly ulwaya taken It. It is possible that moat Co lumbiunH don't kilow the traffic regululions of the city; certainly we who I come to Columbiu donl' know them? j and we ure many thousands. 1 don't know what to udvise the city uuthori* ( ties of Columbia to do. Ho much of the traffic in transient that the city can't afford to be too exacting. On the other hand, something is imperative for general safety. Let's start down Main street: on the left every 1 space is taken and here and there aj car or truck has double parked. On I the right the same thing Is true. If you drive In and out of the doubleparkcrs, weaving along as it wore, you are likely to cut in just ua some single parker bucks from the curb squarely in front of you or into you. You could not se^ him (frequently her) because of the double-parker; nor could he (she) see you. If it be a lady she is likely to back into you, regardless, on the general principle that she wants to get out und you shouldn't be in the street at all. And so you may weave a shroud. That compels one to drive down the middle of the street. Sometimes one stops behind a bus or a truck because of a red light. Me can see nothing after he stops. When the bus or truck starts he starts too?and finds himself crossing on a red light. Sometimes one gets caught in the middle of the crossing and causes confusion. The only thing to do is go on. If you back you might play havoc behind you. One of the things I notice about night driving is this: two cars with blazing lights approach each other on a dimly-lighted street. The drivers cannot see cars parked at the curb. Of course they cannot see bicycles or children between the two lights, liven with dimmers one can scarcely see the person between the two cars or the car at the curb. On some streets the cars park standing almost I directly into the traffic lane. In a street such as that of New lirookI land such parking does not leave sufficient room for traffic. A driver lias to weave In and out passing from New Brookland to Cayce. Most people in Columbia drive too fast in crossing streets. Regardless of tiie matter, of right-of-way, one should approach an intersection street cautiously, prepared to stop, if necessary. Who lias the right-of-way, I wonder oftentimes. To illustrate: suppose I wish to cross Main and Green streets. As I approach Main street I see a car a half block away. As a cautious driver I wait. Hut should 1 wait? Has he the right-of-way when we. are about together; or must I wait for him? As 1 wait for him along j conies another car, then a truck, then [another car?and, say, how long am j 1 to wait? I'eople who think they have a right-of-way come down the I street at a lively clip. Whether they are within their rights I don't know. 1 do know that so far as I'm concerned they always have the rightof-way. As to driving on the public roads. 1 find that just "taking a chance," or failing to calculate the speed of approaching cars causes a lot of trouble Kvery week 1 have to apply my breaks because some one bus determined to pass a ear which is approaching inc. He si-ems to overlook the fact that if the car approaching me is running at forty miles and I'm running at forty he can not pass tlio otlu-r car and escape me unless he has a good start at about fifty-five or sixty miles an hour. Otherwise he is inviting a smash-up. I have to slow up tieipienth for that sort of driver? and lie looks so smug and cocksure w lieu he pas>?**! .lust as though lie' had done a fine piece of driving! Another thing: don't pass other <iirs without sounding your horn Hon't wait until you are tight up on the car; hut at some distance. You may he approaching an absent-mind, ed driver who means to turn in at his ; left, but has not signalled. Of course one should signal before turning or 1 stopping. That is elementary, but is j being disregarded i I have had to make a quick pull | to the left many times to avoid children. dogs and sticks of wood In tho road. Usually there was no possible opportunity to givo a signal. What J would have happened if one of these , risky drivers had been about to pass I me, without my knowledge? We have a lot of foolish driving by reckless young follows who want to "show off." I am not thinking of S A MODERN JONAH. (By Alfred Widen lu Our I>utnb Animals) At Builuy Isluud, iu hiwor Casco Buy, on the Maine Count, 1 heard one of the moat interesting animal stories Imaginable, one utteated to by W. J?? Slnnett, the postmaster; Captuln Albeit Smith, muster of fishing achoonera; Joseph Dubee, storekeeper, and many olhera, any one of whom will verify It. At Mackerel Cove, Duster Doughty owned "Davy" u black domeatlc duck. It wuu the bird'a habit to awlm around near the head of the cove where nobody supposed any harm could cpme to him. One day, three yeara ago, two of the laland youngsters were pluylng on a wharf, Suddenly one exclaimed, "Oh, Waahle, see Davy. He's trying to dive backwards." Sure enough that wua what the duck appeared to be ! doing. Down he would go tall first until only his head waa above water, then buck he would bob. It wuu a .strange proceeding. And he wuu making a terrible aquawklng. Juat then two older lads, George W. Doughty and George W. Johnson, lame along. "Something la trying to drag him down," one exclaimed. Jumping into a dory they pushed off and soon reached the spot where Davy was performing his uueer unties. Do and behold! A great monkllsh, which is also called ullmouth, gooaellsh, inolliglut and other names, and which has a mouth as big as a water bucket, had poor Davy half down. The boys beat and poked him with their ours trying to make the four-foot fish release the duck. Instead it only hastened the operation and with one great gulp Davy, like Jonah in the whale story, had been swallowed! Did that end the duck? Not yet. The boys being wise to the ways of I fish knew this monkllsh was a sluggish chap and would probably soon settle to the bottom and wait for his J dinner to digest. So they hurriedly , pushed ashore. leaning against a building was a harpoon Captain AlI bori Smith had placed there upon his I return from a swordflshing trip to I Georges Bank. Seizing this the youngsters jumped back in to the dory and ' pushed off. Doughty held the harpoon and peered down through the water. It was ; half tide and not mc^re than six feet covered the flats. Johnson did the ' puddling. Soon Doughty spotted tho ; fish, its tail moving gently back and | forth. Getting right over it he drove the harpoon with all his might right through the mouth or great lips of the fish, twisted the barb and lifted , the prize to the surface. Both boys | hoisted him in. As he lay on his back they saw the movement of poor Davy's feet inside the dirty grayish I belly! But they found they had no knife! They frantically rowed to no less than five fishing boats at anchor in the harbor before they found one. Quickly they cut the monkflsh open and there ; sure enough was Davy. Covered with slime, eyes closed, he was a pitiful picture?but he was alive! The boys ' washed him off and placed him in the i sun on the wharf to dry off. In an ! hour he was himself again! That was three years ago, and Davy is alive and well today. I His rescuers figured he had been I inside the monkflsh all of fifteen minJ utes! In this connection, however, 1 Dr. Flore Parisi, a prominent doctor ! of Yarmouth, says, "There was air . enough in that 40-pound fish's stom' ach, in all probability, so the duck could have lived nearly an hour. There are cases 011 record where dissection has shown that animals swali lowed alive by larger creatures have ' lived for a long time. But I never heard of one coming back! The prompt action of the young men saved the duck's life." Damage to forests In Arkansas, due to floods and freezing weather conditions, is estimated at $10,000,000 by the state forestry bureau. them at all. I'm thinking about tho average driver who wants to do right but who is a little preoccupied. r 7 Wants-For Sale WANTED?At once trucks to do steady hauling. Also wanted Pulpwood timber. D. J. Creed, Camden, S. C., Phone 486 46tf. LOST?Nine weeks old brown Spaniel hitch. Reward if returned to Mrs. Uetta McDowell, Camden, S. C., or Telephone 252. 46pd. FOR SALE?1934 Model Chevrolet pick-up truck, in excellent condition. H. L. Bradford, Southern Rail- j | way Freight Office, Camden, S. C. FOR SALE?Oak and pine wood cut sixteen and twenty-four inch length. Address, J. L. Guy, Camden, S. C. 44-49 pd. COTTON SEED?We have some cotton seed from Humphrey-Coker Co., Hartsville. Dixie 14 Strain 7, wilt resistant. Makes cotton of a full 1 I-8 inches.?Camden Fertlizer Co., J. H. Guthrie, Manager. LOST?A white fox hound dog, with nick in right ear, two black spots on left side. Reward if returned to Mrs. Dwight Partridge, Telephone 562, Camden, S. C. 44-46 sb. THREE CARLOADS?Of Arcadian, Champion and Old Style Soda have been received by The Southern Cotton Oil Company and other shipments are expected to follow. Your dealer can furnish you from our warehouse. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 45 tf. FOR SALE?100 acres, near town, on two good roads. Plenty of wood and water. Priced to sell quickly. Many other farms for sale. See us. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. FOR RENT?Two very desirable houses. One 7 room house and one eight room house with furnace heat, air conditioned. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. WANTED?The public to know that our truck is in Camden once a week for the purpose of collecting old mattresses to renovate. Leave . your name at The Chronicle office in Camden and we will call. Dantzler Mattress Works, 308 Wright street, Sumter, S. C., Phone 504-L. 37 tf. FOUND?Two hound dogs. Owner can get same by identifying and paying costs. Address O. Ij. Cook, Blaney, 8. C. 46 sb. WANTED?You to know you can paint or reroof your home, for only $4.49 per month. From eighteen to twenty-four months to pay. DuPont Quality Paints, Sta-Rite Shingles. Address Camden Furniture Company, Camden, S. C. 43-46 sb. SHOE REPAIRING?Prolong the life of your shoes and save money. Men's shoes half soled 75 cents, whole sole $1.50; ladies' shoes half soled 60 cents, whole sole $1.00. Baker's Shoe Shop, Bethune, S. C. 45-47 pd. . BARGAINS?For quick sale. . Five room cottage with bath, water, electricity, outbuildings, about six acres good land, fenced, five miles out, near paved road, school, good neighbors and store. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden S. C. NOTICE?On account of bad weather preventing the gathering of cotton, we will extend our gin season to January 30. After that wo will gin on Thursdays and Friday only. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 45-46 sb. WE HAVE?Received six carloads of 20% Kanit, 30% Manure Salts and 50% Muriate of Potash. We are the fertilizer headquarters of this section. Your dealer can furnish you from our stock and you will be assured of prompt delivery and courteous service. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, 8. C. 45 tf. FREE ROAD 9E RVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile Free Road Service. Call Telephone 486, Camden, S. C. NOTICE?Of Sale of Farm. I am offering for sale one good farm known as the Charlie Joyner Place, located in the eastern part of Kershaw county, containing 325 acres, and being about three miles from Rnley's Mill. One hundred acres of open land and one five room hotfte. Will sell for one third cash balance in two years. If interested see W. B. Threatt of Jones & Jones, Attorneys, Kershaw, S. C. 46-1 pd. \ Here's Where ; You Get j Service... ' j i ; DINE AT ! Holland's Grill i; All Home-cooked foods, . each dish as tasty as the next, and . . * j i: No Waiting to be served. Next to Postoffice | ' - I 1 An Appointment |i; " ' by' ;i - I i Yardley of London '! > We announce our appointment as Authorized Agent* of thia world famous firm and invite you to see here our complete display of Perfumes, Bath Luxuries, Toiletries, fine Cosmetics and English Skin PrepI * 1 | v arations. Also the famous Max Factor of Hollywood !' I: Make-up Preparations ! W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE jj Broad Street Phone 30 CITY DRUG COMPANY DeKalb Street Phone 130 Prescription work by PHARMACISTS only : * I si & * | j I Wanted at Once! I I Trucks to do steady hauling. Also I I want pulp wood timber. D. J. Creed, | i Phone 486, Camden, S. C. I 'TesJVla'am^.. All FreshT' | . J. || the Choicest Vegetables | We go marketing daily . . . buying only THE x BEST for your table. Today*! tempting array includes all the market affords. Henley's Fruit & Vegetable Store I 914 Broad Street I fi 1' 9 B B B ?43