The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 01, 1937, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronlclo by Gee
McOee. Copyright, 1928.
GOOD-BYE GOOD ROAD8
..The public will please pardon me
for trying to bo serious Juet this once.
But I am thinking of my state and
your state. We have epeat millions
upon millions of dollars for good
roads, and we have good roads today.
..These good roads wore built for
the use of the traveling public, and
not for railroad trains, box cars,
houses, and the like. You wouldn't
try to put an elephant in a baby carriage.
Common sense teaches us that our
roads, even tho they are well built,
wore not built to withstand loads of
around 30 to 80 thousand pounds.
Trucks of ponderous size have practically
taken over our highways.
..Some of those days, in tho not far
distant future, we, the people, and
we, the taxpayers, are going to wake
np and hud our roads a mass of broken
concrete, and a moss of rubbish.
Both our money and our roads will
be gone.
..It will be too late to complain uftor
our roads are ruined. We should
do our complaining now. The general
public is not In favor of the heavy
trucks hogging our roads, but the
general public doesn't seem to have
anything to do with it.
..The highway department is not in
favor of these monstrous, bunglesome,
fuss-making, dangerous, overloaded,
extra wide trucks using our
roads as they are using them. The
engineers who designed and built our
roads did not Intend to have them
used and abused as they are today.
..The law . . . the courts . . . the
Judges . . . and the injunctions havo
given these large freight and passenger
transports the logal and moral
rights to use our highways for their
traffic. They therefore havo as much
right to the road as you or anybody
elBe has. But should this right continue?
..Considering tho damage (now possibly
concealed) that is being done today
to our highways, these large
trucks are paying only a small part
of the cost and maintenance of our
highways. Reasonable size trucks
with reasonable weight loads, plus
reasonable widths and lengths, would
not be so bad, but make a trip anywhere.
anytime, and see what you
see.
rgr>ntri<>r the noise, fuaa, and?nrnaa
caused by these cumbersome highway
uSerH arid blockers. Get behind
a convey of them. Try to pass a few
of thdtnL Note how your town is cluttered'
With loaded and empty trucks
all nlgtit. Shall we all Bit Idly and
indlfftfentiy by and let our fine roads
be utterly destroyed? It looks that
way. Our only suggestion Is: Permit
our roads to carry only such
loads as they are able to withstand.
Loot's not destroy them: tho people
who might ruin them wont re-build
them for us.
FLAT ROCK EXPERIENCES ANOTHER
VERY QUIET 8ABBATH
DAY
. flat rock enjoyed a verry quiet sunday
considering evcrthlng. except for
the shooting of but lumkin at the all-1
nite filling station, and the 4 wrecks
on dead-man's curve. nothing of ft
serious nature took place in the north
end of town bud died befoar tho
amberlanee got him to the hos-spittle.
..the cutting scrape on the south end
of flat rock was not so serious after
all. as only 2 of the fighters died;
all of the others will get well, only
buskin* otterinobeel after >b?
ktlllnKw; It w?? not 8 quart# a* wa?
reported yesterday by the aherriff. be
In near-sighted,
..the truck and the bus which collided
with each other on the weal end
of flat rock burnt up, but only 8 perhuiih
were hurt, none seriously. the
2 girls from cedar lane had to have
one lea each ninperaled. pete burked
got hla skull busied but la atill u*
conscious. und the other occupant# of
the vehlcklee escaped with nothing
more than a few broken anua, collar
bone a, loan, and 2 stove in chlata.
..the eaat end of town seemed quieter
than anny other parta of the community.
the houae which ketched on
tiro, after a ford ran Into it and crippled
arch bottle and hla wife and ?
children, burnt to the ground, but
they aaved the kitchen atove and the
3 rocking chairs which uaeter set In
the front pl-U?a. he wi'l recover, but
hla car wont, he is in Jail at preaaent
with the other 4 boya and 6 glrla
which were riding with him in hla
coopuy.
..lightning struck bolsum m core's
barn but aa those waaaent annything
In It, the loaa wua fully covered by 2 |
Insurance policies, the 4 men which
got In the calla-booze at the suggestion
of the poleeaman were turned
out monday morning after paying a
fine of c75 each, they had not done
anny dammage to amount to annything
befonr being Incarcerated anaoforth.
they newer hurt, but 2
folks when they shot into 8 reasldenccb.
their aim was bad onner count
of too much llcker.
.. mr. edditor, the sunday Juat passed
as referred to above, was ao quiet and
ao unusual, sevveral citizens got to
do some sleeping after mid-night,
someboddy ptzencd 3 of the dogs belonging
to torn head last Week, and
they don't know what blondle head
will do next, she has Juat about quit
! coming down town, we enjoy these
peaceful respites, and If they keep
up. we should soon make flat rock
a toor 1st town, our llcker stoars stay
closed on Sundays, so that accounts
for our lovely montony ansoforth.
yore trulie,
mike Lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
Children Invited !
To State Fair
Kvery child in this county is invited
to attend the great State Fair
In Columbia.-Friday, October. 22, a#
the guest of the fair. There will be
no admission charge, and no red tape
for youngsters on school day.
From every county In the state buses
are heading toward Columbia on
ischool day so that the children might
see the many fine exhibits, get a
glimpse of their capital city, and enjoy
the many amusements at the fair.
I I^ast year thousands upon thousands
of children visited the fair and
had a great day. About 125 buses
made the trip, and this number will
be greatly increased. For children
who go in their own cars the same
courtesy is extended.
In other words, all children of
school age are free at the State Palri
Friday, Oclaber 22.
Japan's threat to rain death and destruction
on Nanking. China's capital,
despite threats of the United States,
Great Britain, France and other nations
carried out its threats on Wednesday
with an unrestricted bombing
using 50 planes, in two raids. More
than 200 persons were killed or
wounded, practically all of them noncombatants
and too old and feeble
to make their way out of the city.
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GUADALAJAUA, venerable city
of Mexico's west. Is one of
Mexico's tourist meet-as.
Sleepers run from Bos Angeles
through Guudulajara. Italia also
link the city with the sea at Manzaulllo;
still another system ties It with
Mexico City, with the Gulf of Mexico,
and the Texas border. These rallwuys.
with the nation's steadily growing net
of motor highways, muke Guadalajara
an active distribution center. Here
cheap electric power, ample labor, and
abundant raw materials stimulate various
industries. These Include spinning
and knitting mills, candy and
cracker works, ana shops famous for
their beautiful tiles and mosaic*
The arcades that shade the sidewalks
before stores facing a plaza shelter
many street venders. A hat peddler
walks majestically along, with 15 or
20 hats for sale, stackod on his own
head, one atop the other, like a pagoda.
Another carries a long string of sandals.
Some are of straw, others of
rawhide, and a few made from old
automobile tiros cut Into soles.
Country peons usually wear baggy
white drawers; but custom now decrees
that this badge of rural servitude
ahnll not be worn in Guadalajara
streets. So, at the edge of the city,
"pants shops" are open where trousers
may be rented. Just check your drawers
there and rent a pair of pants, as
Impecunious American students may
rent evening clothes for a party!
Changing sartorial standards, however,
are destroying this simple Industry.
Indians arrive In the city with baskets
of assorted fruits, guavas, gourds,
tiny lemons, cactus pears and mangoes.
On the pavement they arrange little
i piles?one kind of fruit here, another
the ; then they squat dow?r silently
awaiting buyers. Lf you want fruit,
buy it, but don't ask questions.
1 Toys, candles, soft drinks, postcards,
newspapers, pottery, medallions of the
saints, small melons white on one side
like a fish's belly?everything from
mule gear and old tools to carved-wood
atlcks ending in ornate filigree bulls for
stirring chocolate?are spread out for
ale on the sidewalk.
Qood Merchandise in the Storee.
Ineide the large atores, of course, is
modern merchandise. Some American
women, wise in local ways, say that if
the stores don't carry the particular
hat or gown they wish, clever native
women soon make them?copying, If
need be, from no more than a picture
from an American fashion Journal.
Most lingerie, dress goods, millinery,
soaps, perfume, and Jewelry are sold
by French merchants. Machinery, hardware.
and such heavy goods are usually
handled by Germans.
Few Americans are found In retail
trade; they, with the British, are more
Interested In mine?, ranches, power
plants, railways, or banks.
If you buy any sizable article In a
store, the merchant whistles up a street
porter to carry It home for you. Persons
of position would lose caste carry-,
tng a big parcel through the streets.
Porters even carry big bags of sliver
coin to and from the banks?and for
some reason are seldom molested.
As you walk the streets of Guadalajara
at Easter time, you may see a
dummy man, in top hat and morning
coat, in a general's uniform or merely
in rags, hanging from a telephone wire.
Suddenly the effigy explode* from, d
small bomb hidden within, and bursts
into flam*. Then the street crowd
laughs and yell* maybe erf*
shoots at the effigy, which is supposed
to represent Judas. Burning him in effigy
at this time Is a Mexican prsctlfc*
Sometimes "Judas'* la staffed with bis*
I nsnas or candy which fall out when
he blows ep, and street urchins scramble
for the street.
"Buy your dead man's bread here,**
a baker's sign may read around All
Souls' day. At that time, some Mexicans
believe, the spirits of departed
relatives return to dine with their famine*
The dining tabla becomes an
altar, and some foods are served in
strange shapes, such as candy skull*
big and little, with cherries for eyes,
ribs and leg bones made of chocolate,
or cakes baked In the form of cofllns.
Many churches In Mexico were built
on sites of snclent Aztec temples, the
heads of whose Idols were cut off by
zealous Spaniards. In some churches
fragments of heathen Idols are built Into
the walla. After the conquest, Spali
built literally thousands of Mexican
churches. They dominate Guadalajara.
Devotion of tho Poena.
Horses and rebels were bouseu Insome
of these churches, with priests
and nbna deported during the rerolu'
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in Guadalajara.
tloua. But the faithful carried on.
IMous peons came for^itillea on their
kneea to the churches. Old women,
shouting the chants and lltanlea or
counting tneir beads. crawled to the
altars on stiff old knees. Girls knelt
with crowns of thorns on their brows,
and small boys clutched at the ciucltlxes.
From Guadalajara out to the subur
bun church ot Zapopan Is but a short
trip l^jtramcar: but during an August
feast peons hobble out to It ou^ their
knees, taking all day. When prayers
are over they stage a. costume play
depicting the Spanish conquest of Jalisco.
Then Indian players dress and
act the parts of Spanish knights and
the local Indian characters of that conflict.
In recent years education has
been taken away from the church, and
the new generation tends to abandou
these mimetic dunces and dramatic
rituals.
The chief edltiee In Guadalajara Is
the cathedral; Its twin towors rise
over the city, visible for miles. On
feast days long strings of lights lllu
minute the towers, and at Faster the
bishop washes the feet of twelve old
inen, chosen at random Rom s'.reet
crowds.
Hushing to aid the king or Spain In
the Peninsular war went many men of
Guadalajara. Legend says money was
sent, too, raised by melting gold and
silver plate and candlesticks from the
cathedral. In gratitude the king gave
this church Murlllo's great painting.
"The Assumption of the Virgin," still
hanging In the cathedral though many
attempts have been made to buy or
purloin It.
Bull-Fighting Loses Popularity.
The bull ring Is here, of course; '
but such sports as boxing, football, and
baseball have robbed It of old-ttm8 popr
ularity. Despite Its continuous appeal
to the peon, who glories In Its cruel,
gory combats, and survival of a few
other habitues, bull-fighting as a business
is on the decline.
Bulls from Spain are still eent to
Mexico City, where tourists help support
the arena, and some lighting animals
are still raised on the West coaet
ranches for Guadalajara. One of these
Is the old Rancho San Joes de Conde,
In Navarit, which dates from 1560. It
Is one of America's oldest ranches.
Its output of small, black, savage bulla
went on for generations. To perpetuate
the fighting instinct, the rule on
this ranch was "Kill every bull calf
that does not seem to hate men." Such
a plan Insures a bull ferocious as any
wild animaL One young bull on this
ranch chased a vaquero up a tree and
kept him treed till he nearly died of
thirst.
When Cortez conquered Montezuma
and founded "New Spain," he had with
him one Don Nuno de Guzman, who
soon rose to power and grew Jealous
of his chief. Eager to gain more honors
and riches for himself, De Guzman.
In 1529, quit the Aztec capital, with
picked Spanish troops and many
Tlaxcaltecan Indian allies, to explore
the unknown regions farther west and
north. In their travels, De Guzman
and his lieutenant, Cristobal de Onste,
came upon s huge Indian stronghold,
Nochlstlan. Fighting ensued, and nearby
the Spaniards built their camp, a
cluster of huts. Though moved about
later to various neighboring sites, a
town waa laid out about 1680. It waa
named for De Gusmaa'a home town In
Spain, Guadalajara, from the Moorish
W ad -al-hajar ah, meaning River of
Rocks. From the king of Spain the
new town got Its coat of arms In 1680;
so It was really a white settlement
nearly a century before the Bngtlab
landed at Jamestown.
By 1900 Guadalajara had become Important.
Its chief activity waa Indian
slave hunting, and tha driving of these
to work la the gold and silver mines.
Vast fortunes were thus amassed, lux
urloua homes were built; and New
Qallcia, of which Guadalajara was the
capital, then Included not only the
present state of Jalisco, but much of
what is now five or six other Mexican
states, reaching up to Slnaloa.
Visit certain old Guadalajara family
homes now and yon are astonished at
the wealth and beauty of heirlooms
from colonial days. Band-made silverware,
even table services of gold, heavy
Spanish chests bound In leather and
copper, miniatures. Jewelry, cruel Axes
and old paintings, guitar*, Inlaid with
pearl, historic weapons, hand-carved
tables, and other furniture so heavy
that It can be moved only with difficulty.
Tha old hand-made locks on
frost doors are often sa massive that'
the key Itself may be as big and heavy
as a common hatchet, say a foot long.
Governor Allred, of Tmm, opines
that the people of the United State*
would not tolerate any resurrection of
the Ku Klux Klan, and declare* there 1
1* no danger of any substantial growth
of the order In Texas.
NOTICE OF SAUE
Notice 1* hereby given that In ao>
cordaqce with the term* and provisions
of the Decree of the Court of
Common Pleas for Kershaw county,
dated September 14, 1937, in the oase
of Paul V. Bomar, a* substituted Trustee,
under a certain mortgage or deed
of trust, executed by the Camden
Brick Company to The National Loan
and Exchange Bank of Columbia, dated
May 1, 1986. plaintiff, versus Camden
Brick Company, C. H. Yates and J.
M. Vllleplgue, as surviving directors
and/or trustees of Camden Brlok Comany;
J. M. Vllleplgue, as Receiver ot
Camden Brick Company; John Wilson,
as Receiver of Northwestern Railroad
Company of South Carolina; Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company; Carolina
Power and Light Company; C.
H. Dixon, as Receiver, of The National
Loan and Exchange Bank of Columbia,
and Mrs. Evelyn P. Robertson,
defendants. I will Bell to the highest
bidder, before the Court House door
at Camden, S. C., during the legal
hours of sale on the \flrst Monday In
October, 1937, being^the fourth day
thereof, the following described property
:
"All that tract or parcel of land,
with all Improvements thereon, containing
fifty-seven and one-tenth
(67.1) acres, situate and being on the
east side of the Qamdeu and Charleston
public roadj about three (3)
miles south of Camden, in the County
of Kershaw, and State of South Carolina,
being a portion of what Is locally
known as the Mulberry property,
and bounded on the north by lands
of E. M. Williams; east by right of
way of the Southern Railway Company;
south by what Is locally known
as the Scott lands; west by the Camden
and Charleston public road,
which separates the within described
tract from lands of E. M. Williams
and being the same tract as wa* conveyed
to the Wateree Brick Company
by E. M. Williams by deed recorded
in the office of the Clerk of Court
of said County' and State In Deed
Book "AW," at page 474, and Including
all buildings, kilns, furnaces,
chimneys, clay pits, rights of way,
rails and tracks upon the said tract
of land and also one Bucyrus shovel,
one Ford Tractor, one Steels Brlok
Machine, one Tozer Engine, tone Schofleld
Engine boiler, earth conveyers,
and rails from the clay pit to the
brick plant and all parts, connections,
tools and all other personal property
used in the connection wfth the operation
of the brick plant of the mortgagor
herein or that may be hereafter
purchased in connection with
the operation of the said plant or in
t-he business of the said corporation."!
Terms of sale: For cash, tile Mas-J
ter to require of the successful bidder i
a deposit of five (6%) per cent. of|
a mortgage indebtedness which will
be credited on the purchase price in
case of compliance, and, in qase of
noncompliance within lit teen (15)
daya from the date of said aau, M
be forfaited mad applied to the coad
and debt and the eald property shad
be advertlaed for sale at some tubed
quent or convenient sales day at thfl
risk of tha aald previous highest bid
der, and upon the same terms. fl
Deficiency judgment being waived
the purohaaer will be allowed Unmed
late possession of the same.
The said tract will be sold subjeol
to the terms and conditions of thfl
easement of the defendaat. Carolled
Po wer~nnd Light Company, described
In Ita Answer in this action, to wbud
reference Is hereby fnade. 1
W. U DePA8S, Jr., I
Master for Kerahaw Couutyfl
H. Beverley Sloan,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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TRY US!
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to put your RADIO in shape!
for fall and winter recep-!
tion. And why not let us do I
it now, instead, of waiting I
until are in the usual!
fall rush.
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