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[GRADUATION CARDS AND GIFTS 7.. ' ) Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Graduates Zemp's Drug Store "TlfT* City Drug Company u'K^,J, EtT BEAUTIFUL SWAN LAKE (My Mrs. Curtis K. Ogburn) Meautlful Swan Luke! AbouC bile mile wcHt of Sumter on tin? Wedge* 3 lleld-Mlne wood road. It is a verltaldn wonderland of loveliness, yvith more than a dozen varieties of /Japanese irlh in bloom now?to Htay through Juno 10. \ The entrance walkway 1h of soft IuhIi KniHH, lined with tul) cypress and droopy willow, intermingled with other trees, on either side. Thousands of iris blooms as far us the eye can see with Illy pads covering the ] surface of the lake, their blooms of creamy white, rof\, pink and yellow? j a delight to the eye! Small islands r/xfend out Into the water with miniature bridges to cross on. These islands, are covered with green grass. The" winding paths thru masses of Iris of snowy white, orchid, lavender, deep red and velvety purple Is a treat to the eyes. The swans seem to know they are beautiful as they preen around their domain, mirrored in the waters. As cameras click and grind one steps Into the water intent on a midduy swim, but soon growing tired, retires con lent to watch the crowds go l>y, A constant Htream of visitors pass along the narrow pat ha exeluiming: "Jlow beautiful." An occasional nook provided with seats affords a place to rest It ia altuated aa to ahow wide vistas of lake and llowora. Wild life flourishes, attoated to hy tiie different aounda and notea. Birds a woo p over the water?their wild cry a a challeKc to the breeze. Dlacord prevailed, when a baby blackbird fell from lta neat. Mother bird Imtiie-' diately came to the reacue. On the upper terrace ury varietlea of native shrubbery, roaea, l<egustrum, palm and woodbine to form u natural frame for the scene below. Almoat hidden 'mid the treea and fern ia a dove-cote, houaiiiK aix beautiful palra of theae birda. There la an utter luck of vending. Nothing ia for aalo?no fees?-nor j plants? only a request to register on entering or leaving. Swan l>uke ia the property of H. C. Bland, of Sumter, a quiet, unaaaumlng flower lover through whoae generosity all are accorded the pleasure oft viewing his handiwork. News Of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethune, May 26.?Superintendent J. f\ FoHter and the teachers of the high Hchool chaperoned the graduatiiiK class on a picnic at Forty-Acre Itock Saturday. A moat enjoyable day was apent and all returned happy and tired. A delightful affair of the past week was a fish supper given by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hilton at their home Tuesday evening In compliment to the Young Women's Sunday school class I of the Baptist church, Mrs. David llullev. teacher This class attained the h-ighest average of one hundred per J relit pupils during the month. Additional guests at the supper were the Itev I"' M Limller and tea? hers of the Sunday school. The afternoon bridge club was en h i tallied last Tuesday by Mrs It Iv MeCaskill. TJie living room was i brightened with an attractive arrangement of dowers. Miss Margaret Truesdale made top score and Miss i Stella Bethune won the bingo prize, j A delicious fruit salad course with i Iced tea was served. Mrs. Malissa Womack and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Womack. of Che- . raw, were week end guests of the j (\ K. Braswells. Mrs. Mack Davis has spent the past] ten days with her parents. Mr. and i Mrs. Glllum King. McBee, being call-; ed home on account of the illness of ; her mother. Mrs. H. H. McOullough. of Bnlti-j more, is spending the week with her parents, the J. M. Clyburns. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Mitchell, who have been the guests of Mrs. Mitch- j ell's parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Mc-i Laurln, left Tuesday tor Pittsburgh. ' Mrs. M L. Kelly, Mrs. J M. Clyburn ' and Mrs A. K. Mcl^aurin spent Kri- , day in Columbia, where they were j dinner guests of Mrs. C M. Wilson. j Miss Josephine Smith, who has been i working in Camden is at home for a vacat ion. The W. W Mungos had as their guests Sunday. Mr and Mrs. John ; Mlingo, of Camden. I?awrenee McLaurin. of Columbia,' spent Sunday with his parents, the .1. N. McLaurins. t An amateur contest in singing and , dancing was held at the recreational hall Friday evening. Misses Marguerite Jones and Mildred Watkins won tlrst prize in singing and little Caro- > lyn Campbell was given ? prize for tap dancing. Music on stringed in- ' struments was furnished throughout the evening. A hundred and twentyfive guests were present . The contest was supervised by Mrs. W. W. Mungo. assisted by Mrs. Nettie Horton, recreational and play school lead- , ers. LINE BU8Y Americans use 18,500,000 telephones, which 1h one-hulf of the tutul j number in use throughout the world. Recently, it appeared that 80 per cent of them might have to pay more for the privilege. (That 80 per cent uses Hell ayHtem telephones, controlled by j tiie American Telephone and Tele- ' graph Corporation). Hefore a handful of A T. and T.'s 041,000 stock-! holders, Walter S. Clifford, the com- 1 pany's 62-year-old president, predicted higher rates, argued that higher taxes and increased payroll costs would lead to the possible rate-boost In 1020. A T. and T. paid $5.60 in taxes for each of its telephones then in use. Today, the company's tax bill conies to more than $0.00 a phone The company's payroll lias spurted $'. 0,000,000 from Its depression low point, today totals *436.000,000 year ly Hell system telephone installations are gaining at the rate of 00.ooo to lOn.nno monthly, soon will surpass the l'.rj:' all-time high of 16,200!ooo Six high school boys, till of them members of a Future Farmers club, were killed when the school bus they were in, collided with a motor truck near Chattahoochee. Fla. Two others were perhaps fatally injured. Four persons were killed in a train wreck at Springhlll Junction, Nova Scotia, Wednesday, when a passenger train piled into a runaway string of coal cars. How Good Are You? Can you pick the three (3) most popular songs or dance tunes at the TOWN TAVERN if so, you can win $1.00 EACH WEEK - To the person selecting the three most popular records played in our place during the week, in their correct order, we will give one dollar in cash . . . The rules are simple . . . Visit the Town Tavern . . . Make a purchase . . . small or large . . . and you will be given a blank for your entry . . . only one blank to customer . . . more than one entry for same customer voids all. All Entries Must Be In Before Closing Time Each Monday Evening The Town Tavern "Whtrt Good Ic? Cream la Made" DeKalb Street Drop in for Detail* ^ jo WJ'lWi" , D lahge crowd 8ee8 fir8t | game between girl8 ( By Fru"W u, Heath) | Big crowds jammed the sidelines and established a record for attendance at athletic field sports events i here laHt Wednesday- when the openI Ing game of the Kirl'a diamond ball ; league whh played between teams capj tallied by Minn Beth McDowell and MIhh Gertrude Zemp, the Mc0owell j group winning a wildly hysterical live Inning fracas, 22 to 10. j The game was replete with exciting; situations and side-splitting plays on |thjj, part of the players, who in many I Instance!) suffered the .pangs of self [consciousness as well as hysteria. Let J jit be said that they were game. The majority had never played in a public; game and some of them had never j thrown a soft ball or handled a wll ' low, but they pluckily put on the! i show and it is our prediction that in ! | a few weeks the performance will be! so vastly different and improved that! j there will be no gauge of comparison. The game was featured by some! beautiful plays, particularly some major league ball-spearing by petite Nell Moseley and Mary Kllen McDowell, who caused the crowd of five to six hundred people to cheer wildly and enthusiastically. And a lusty home run clout by Anna Mae Mayer was' another outstanding contribution to i the worth-while records of the evening's entertainment. It looked as if there would be a tight little scrap when the ball game opened. The McDowell team was the top favorite because of having been able to get in some real training work. The Zemp girls, however, started the scoring in their half of the first, when with one down, Faith delvoach rolled to the pitcher and was tossed out at first, Miss Hell cracked the leather for two sacks. Laura Moseley was out short to first, but Mrs. Hicks was safe when her single j swept over the infield, scoring Bell. Olive Nettles was safe on an error but Mary Goodale retired the side by rolling to the pitcher who tossed the ball to first for the putout. I he McDowell wrecking crew went i into action in the first frame. Lusty' clouts by Ruth llraddock. Thelma Pearce. Beth McDowell. Nell Moseley1 and Mary Kllen McDowell, with an ei ror by Laura Moseley gave them three runs. The Zemp team added a run in the second when Miss (Hills poked out a triple and scored when Willie Clarkson nipped a sizzling single through the infield. The McDowell forces' wenf on another scoring spree In their half of the second when singles and a walk netted them five runs The best the Zemp maids could do in the first of the third was to collect a hit. that by Laura Moseley. She was forced at second and the next two batters struck out. Beth McDowell turned on the Juice in the last of the third and really went places. Doubles and singles fell ke rain over the terrain of the battle field nnd when the carnage was over seven dainty dames had crossed the Rubicon. Riled beyond endurance at this 6nslaught upon their pride the Zemp iassies opened a barrage in the first of the fourth that gave then six big fat scores. Mary Flowers opened the carnage with a snappy single but did not figure in the scoring as she was forced at third when Gillis rolled to he infield after Mayer had gained a Iirt on a short infield single Willie (larkson rapped out her second hit ? .K.a,m> and waH followed by m l d<:Loach? Gertrude Zemp. B Hicks, Nettles. Mary Goodale | The McDowell gang went to town' HKa n In the fourth wh-n ?x hi,a 7n eluding a homer hy Mrs. Myers gave bom live runs. The Zemp Amazons re- r, vrt a rally in tho fifth "ben ;,? TP openod w'lh a single " (i/T r'T B "icks followed at third S 1 nr v? WaH fagged a thiid Olive Nettles doubled but db'd at second.. I he score; McDowell 22. Zemp 10 Batteries: for McDowell team. Pearce and Rraddock. For Zemp team deLoach and Bell. ' ne farm prosperity needed to assure national stability A long-time farm pollcv that will best serve agriculture and at the same time safeguard national stability must provide for preparedness against dlsor "T inne,fher fPO,n Cr?P fnilure or pi ice collapse, and place farmers in a position to go forward on a sound and healthy basis according to H R rolley. AAA Administrator "The best ; guarantee of national stability " ho says, "is the erection of safeguards against another boom and bust." j Mr To Hey believes that the present .soil-conserving program should go on and should be supplemented bv other provisions that will further stabilise t agricultural Industry. These other provisions that will further stabilize the agricultural Industry These mmtTfvPirOVi8i?nS ,WOuld im |ude commodity loans, modification of the conservation program when necessary to tillPin,T0<?UCt,0n ??f 8poclal commodities In balance with demand, and posin.7s*:rm0dlty COn,ro1 ,n casp surp 8 bN>ome unmanageable hv other I Z,V\ T"r* maturcomb with crop insurance such as now is being considered for wheat, would make possible the establishment of an ever-normal granary. nriTll?, Harm pn?8T?^ would protect both producers and consumJ** raenns of th In policy mr t?i. ley holds that business stability wnaM w th ******* would be F tvtmght Into a bet?M*lanced relation . , I . snip "Probably all of these measures," he says, "insofar as direct appropriations are needed, could be financed with the amount of money now earmarked by conferees under existing legislation for carrying on programs ' now administered by the AAA." And That Is How ' Broadcasting Began . i Condensed from The Literary Digest. The Btory of KI)KA of Pittsburgh, credited with being the first commer* | clal radio broadcasting station, goes j back to 1012 whfen Frank Conrad, now . Assistant Chief Engineer of Westinghouse, made a <5 bet with another engineer about the relative accuracy of their watches. Dr. Conrad won his bet, but his Interest In the exact time led to ltis building a small radio receiviiiK HHt to pick up time ulKHftlw sent out by the Naval Radio Station at Arlington. Instead of the Arlington signals, however, Doctor Conrad received a curious buzz-buzz-buzz which made no sense In any known code. Rut the sounds had u regularity which lndlcated they were sent by some human intelligence. He finally traced these strange signals to a house less than a block from his home. There lay John Coleman, young wireless experimenter, whlling away a long convalescence by toying with a Ford spark coil, not knowing his signals were going on the air. Young Coleman and Doctor Conrad became friends and built sets to communicate with each other. Doctor Conrad made one Improvement after another, and when the United States entered the World War, the Government drafted his tal- ( ents to devise radio sending apparat- j us for airplane pilots. After the war, it was generally believed that the future of radio lay as a new means of communication, competing with the telephone and telegraph. Rut radio had one fatal handicap, anyone with a set could eavesdrop. on .a conversation. Meanwhile, Doctor Conrad found It tiresome to talk to his fellow experimenters?in frequent communication with him arid resorted to phonograph records for sound signals. Hy 1919 he was surprised and somewhat annoyed by telephone messages and lettcrs, all of the same tenor: "Wy aun Nenobia is coming to visit us next week and she does not believe that music can be sent through the air. , so will you please play a phonograph record for her at 10 o'clock next Thursday?" Finally, in self-defense. Doctor Conrad announced he would broadcast records at 7:30 o'clock on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, for two hours. The station was on the upper floor of the garage of his home at Wilkms- | burg. Pa., and in that small room radio broadcasting began. Fresh records were borrowed for each broadcast from a local music dealer, who, stipulating that his store should be mentioned as the source of the disks, became the first radio advertiser. The dealer soon found that records mentioned on the air sold better than the others. Doctor Conrad's two sons constituted themselves a program department and suppliment?d the records by drafting local talent. When the actors grew tired of singing they signed off for a midnight snack, explaining their purpose with admirable informality. The programs continued through the spring of 1919. Then, one day, the Joseph Horne department store in Pittsburg advertised radio sets to enable the owners to hear Doctor Conrad's broadcasts. This gave Doctor Conrad an idea. Since radio was insistently democratic, dropping in for a visit with anyone who cared to tune in, why not reach as many people as possible with news, music and entertainment?and possibly a little advertising? The idea was turned over to the publicity department of Westinghouse rather casually. In complete unawareness of the young vgiant in their hands, they transformed for general broadcasting one of the stations used for communicating between company plants. The station selected was the roof of a factory building in East Pittsburgh. The call letters were KDKA. Managers of the new station cast about for a news event important enough for the initial broadcast. Warren G. Harding and James _A1 Coxwere IfTTfie- midst of a hot President-, ial campaign and election night, November 2, 1920, was selected as the auspicious occasion. The Pittsburgh Post agreed to furnish election figures by telephone to KDKA. Doctor Conrad was not present at 1 the first broadcast. So fearful were; the engineers that the makeshift KDKA apparatus would fail that they planted Doctor Conrad In his garage to carry on the broadcast should the station equipment fail. The precaution was unnecessary; the first broadcast ran off without a hitch. Dark English The story goes that a negro had been a servant in a rich house, where an effort was made to teach him proper English. One day he went to his home in Alabama As he sat at the table his brother said: "Sam, give me some! lasses." "You mustn't say lasses,'" said Sam, "you must say 'Molasses.' " - His brother said angrily: "How's I gwine to say 'Mo-lasses' when I ain't 'had none yet?" Superstition has it that if one's hair is cut during the waxing of the moon, the hair will rogrow abundantly. ? c^WEEKLY BULLETIN r?T _ S.c.Game fjfish Association IfmiSiatewiJeGoperation Game, Jisn ? Jo re si can be Materially (increased for the benefit of Jm, Fish Situation Looking Better i' Columbia, May 17.?Things look hotter for the fish of South Carolina than they have any time since Ix>rd Cornwallis nearly two hundred years ago told the Ilritish crown the value of the "breain of the Santee" alone were worth the cost of maintaining the colony of Carolina. The legislature did their part?or part of their part anyway?in enacting a resident fishing license. The cost of the license is nominal to the sport fisherman?to whom it applies? and if there are twenty-five or fifty thousand anglers, there will be twenty-five or fifty thousand dollars to spend for fishery purposes, and all of the revenue must go to fish propagation, restocking, patroling and enforcement, etc. The federal hatchery at Orangeburg is having a most successful season black bass thiB spring and daily thousands of these little black creatures are leaving the hatchery finding new homes in ponds, streams and waters of the state. There are in the state nine pther latcheries, state and county owned, producing bass, bream, redbreast, cattish and other of the "warm water species." Most of the e should see good production this year, as all are aeing completed and brood stock introduced. The federal government Will complete in October a very fine trout iiatchery in Oconee county. This splendidly equipped hatchery?forty circular cement pools and other incidental equipment, will produce three million rainbow and brook trout 4 nually. Soon the mountain wiUq will be teeming with legal lejjra trout and South Carolinians will 14 denly become trout conscious, and sale of fly rods will mount. The Ufc iug of the rainbow and brook trout is a new sport to a large majority4 Palmetto fishermen, but they come to it, and enjoy the thrill, many people will be confused all over again in trying to understand, wh* is a trout a trout, when he is a baa^ and when a bass is a bass. The state-owned Cleveland hatchery is in its sixth year of trout production and is having a good season right now. To aid her contribution, year In ant year out, regardless of what maj does, old Mother Nature is swelling and pushing out of their banks her "low country streams" which beau all the hatcheries. Fish are seeking new areas, new food and better span ing grounds; they are wandering fir off the beaten banks and finding conditions most conducive for a good spawning season. Many of the ntreats are inaccessible to man andh the poor fish can actually spawn and hatch Its young without the interference of man! It isn't fair to have4 this high water just at a time when you could be catching the fish of their '" nests! Many new areas are being restoct ed by the high water flooding placci heretofore cut off and fished out. Well the fish calendar is black again this week, the weather good, the moon right, but the waterii high. Francis J. Gorman, president of the United Textile Workers, told a house labor sub-committee that the textile industry is'heading toward "complete collapse" within a few months unless congress acts to regulate the industry. Gorman says it is imperative that protection be given to the 1,150,000 textile workers of the country, and further asserted that the DuPonts can change their rayon mills to munitions factories in 24 houra. He advocates elimination of the night shift, if it is found to have unfavorable effect on the industry. Canada exported $8,418,000 worth of zinc during 1935. Wants-For Sale LOST?Gentleman's watch chain lost in Camden Thursday, May 20. Liberal reward if returned to E. A. Gilfillin, Box 1006, Greenville, S. C. ll-14pd FOR. SALE ? Twenty-four church pews. In good condition. Will sell cheap. Write or call on Pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian church, Camden. S. C. llsb FOR SALE?Sefbamina, $14 per 100 pounds. Quail and doves thrive on it. Address Sumter County Farmer's Exchange, Sumter, S. C. 1 l-12sb FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station fifty-mile Free Road Ser?vice.?Call ^Tclephone-486, Camdenr SC. 9 tf. LOST?A light tan spaniel bitch, about eight years old. Answers to name of "Peachy." Reward if returned to Dixie Boykin, Camden, S. C. 11 sb. WANTED?Vacant lot in residential section, for a client. Address Mrs. B. G. Sanders, 1507 Fair street, Telephone 469, Camden, S. C-. ll-13sb WANTED?Pine boards for cash. Within fifty miles ?ruck haul from Sumter. S. C. All grades. Green or dry. Sumter Hardwood Company, Sumter, S. C. ll-14sb WE HAVE?Received a car load of LIMESTONE and a car load of BASIC SI^AG. We will appreciate your order. Southern Cotton Oil Mill. Camden, S. C. 2tf FOR SALE?One "Deering New Ideal" Bix foot Binder for $25, with tractrtr-?a4 mule hitch and 2 blades. Call on\or address W. A Edwards, Rte 1, WeStviile, S. C. ll>b FERTILIZERS?The Southern ?otton Oil Company has about five carloads of Old Style Champion and Arcadian Nitrate of Soda in stock and can fill your orders promptly. 4tf-sb SEND US YOUR FERTILIZER OR. DERS?-whether for a sack, ton or a carload. We have been supply* int the farmers of this section with fertilisers for many years. We carry a large stock and make Quick delivery. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, 8. C. 4tfah prompt delivery and yon will like our goods and aerviee. 4tf*t 11 FERTILIZERS?You will find at to Southern Cotton Oil company a lug supply of 20 per cent Kainit, 30 p?r cent Potash 'Salts, 60 per cent Me riate of PotaBh, 16 per cent Adi Sulphate of Ammonia, Nitrate ef Soda, Basic Slag, Limestone, 0* ton seed Meal, and all gradee < mixed Fertilizers. We can biM BLUE PRINT8?Made promptly.. Mf chanical and Structui'al Dr?wle|f for any class of work. Stock pl?n for low cost houses, 3 to 7 room $10 to $20. Address R. W. Mitch** Phone 222-J, 1602 Fair street, Cit den, S. C. mm CARPENTER AND BUILDER?I* fore you decide jrho should do JM any class of carpentry, work-id work, telephone John 8. Myera, B side or inside. All work gut* , teed, specialise in cabinets Ml screening. Any kind of furnltW repaired. I solicit your patronip Telephone 268, John 8. Myers, D Church street, Camden, S. C. Dtl FOR 8ALE? Crotalaria Spectavilh $18 per 100 pounds. Intermedial $22 per hundred pounds. EStOT seed grown in Florida. Fnlly N* tured and scarified. Address Sun ter County Farmer's Bxchanp Sumter, S. C. U-lM FOR SALE?One Ivers and Toll Piano. In good condition. W further information If interest" call at The Chronicle office. 9-lla TAKEN UP?On April 15, two shoe* Owrjer can get same by describtt property and paying all costs. A| ply at Carter Hill Plantation, Boi kin, S. C. FOR 8ALE?Large refrigerator., i reel tall, five feet wide. Suit*? for store or market. As good new. Can be bought reason*? Address P. O. Box 101, Cawd* S. C. 11* List Your -:1 PROPERTY I For Sale J8 ' Rent m with ! Mrs. B. G. Sanders! 1507 Fair Street I Phone 469 I i j! Camden, S.C.