The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 01, 1937, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
iffokts sense
IjLN'D nonsense
I By
i FRANK H. HEATH !
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^CLwhoro in Kentucky abroad tbe
HE; ?umi?!r ,fy apw'nl mail ?erHan
the Camden Chronicle.
m u> * *
ML* Camden?we are speaking
bai'k seat, e# our KaUopiug,
MtbuH8> somewhere lit tin- blue
ML piate, en route to Chicago and
'? ',,01 III and went.
mv * *
yd a" r,iMt when we
Ej (he bus out of the good old
Kggundit> morning and headed for
Etthburg, Ashevllle and KnoxHf
*
Hd it uot been tQr thttt r?Qujred
KTitart in order to make the jaunt
IE }n short order time, would have
Mover in Charleston with the rest
ML loyal rooters for that game beRy,
(he Bantams and the Bulldogs.
e f BjwaklDK
of Charleston?^lld you
T^at explosion that the News
Courier sport scribe staged beKp
we took eiotptjOd to his print
Mutenient that Camden had a team
leteran players, most Of them be
ksr and three jyrjppn.
Sfaskly I was wrnrlaad at the ti
tirade thia sport scribe cut loose with.
1 have worked with some of the biggest
sport writers of the midwest,
have rubbed elbows and cooperated
with some of the big sport shots of
thp eastern uewspaper ranks and I
never encountered anything <ji?ito as
out of the ordinary us this episode.
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And after this riot of rhetoric tho
same chap hud the nerve to wire me
for the names, playing numbers and
weights of the Camden players. Sure,
we sent them?that is- -the names
and numbers, but not the weights..
*
I'd like to putts the plum pudding
to the Sumter police department' for
the excellent manner in which they
handled the big crowd at the SuiuterCamden
game. Intended to meution
this last week hut clean forgot it.
*
The way those bluecoats kept the
gang along the sidelines down so as
not to obstruct the view from the
bleachers was swelligant.
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It was a real pleasure to go over
to Sumter that night and see how fine
everything was handled. Congratulation*
neighbor.
Bib News Notes
jestvllle, S. C., Sept. 29?Return*
from town Saturday afternoon we
E opposite Cool Spring Plantation
Et appeared to be a "beggar sunE"
but recognized as Uncle Dan*
Jackson, colored octogenarian, of
Ehaw, and probably the best
Ern citizen of that race In the
Ety. We stopped to give him a
pas far as we were going, which
appreciated mightily.
m colorful old character, Daniel
pws just where the best 'slrnmons
p sweetest bull&ces grow?when
fishes are 'bltln' best?each phase
the moon changes, and as he says
E Herb that grows, ah knows
tare 'tis and what's It good fo." He
ftpclaimB that he can cure certain
||ient8 by going into the woods and
Slag a beetle-bug and pulling his
Ll off, which sounds pretty farIfched
but the old negro has much
pin his doctrine. We all too soon
pe to our place and parted comm
but with his promise of some
pod 'simmon beer in the near future.'
Ih'rs. Ira Hamilton and two little!
Ighters, Iris and Jerry, of Greer, j
pre tisitors in the home of Mr. and j
It. J. C> Anthony recently.
pe county bus drivers were en-,1
DeKalb last' week. *
rDeKalb last week.
hfr. and Mre. L. C. Clyburn were
Its at the seventy-fifth birthday
fiversary dinner of A. S. "Vest"
ptn on September 19.
Rffi extend our sympathy to Mrs.
ies Owens on the loss of her fathl-R.
L. Sowell, of Kershaw.
r. and Mrs. Dixon Williams, of
Ifelgh, N. C.# were visitors - Sun*
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Truesdale.
Br. and Mrs. C.'Q. Busbee and Har*
Littleton spent Saturday In CoRrs.
CurtlB Ogburn entertained Sat??J
evening with three tables of
We at her home. Late summer
En were used in the party rooms.
Clarence Ktters, Mrs. Sam Truesdale
and Mrs. L. D. Broome were prise
| winners. After cards Were laid aside
a salad course was served. Quests
playing were: Mr. and Mrs. Cyril
B. Buabee, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby
j Truesdale, Mrs. L .D. Broome, Mrs,
Sam Truesdale, Mrs. A. B. Williams, I
j Clarence Etters, C. G. DuBose, Harold
Littleton and K. C. Ettors.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pace and Eva
Owens spent the week end in Clover.
Beatrice Truesdale, of Lake City,
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Q. It. Truesdale.
Mildred Owens is spending this
week with her aunt, Mrs. Sam Truesdale
and Mr. Truesdale.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Anthony and
Wilhelmina Aiken, of Rcdc Hill, were
guests Sunday of Mr. an.. Mrs. W. H.
Stokes.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn attended
the funeral of D. Reese Williams,
prominent attorney of Lancaster on
last Wednesday.
Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Jr., accompanied
by her sister, Miss Lillian Hegler,
of the Camden hospital, visited their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hegler,
of Lancaster. _ >*
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hilton and Ruby
Brannon visited Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Brannon of the Midway section Sunday.
'?Br. W. B. Turner and sister, Miss
Mattie Turner, of. Kershaw; visited
Mrs. S. S. Clyburn, who is seriously
111^ at her home, Sunday. At last reports
her condition was slightly improved.
Mary Rutledge. of Lancaster, visited
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Hilton Tuesday.
1 Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Mrs.
F. L. Thomas, Mrs. John Henry Clyburn,
Mrs. A. B. Williams and Mrs.
L. C. Clyburn, Jr., attended the funeral
of R. L. Sowell in Kershaw Friday
morning and with the exception
(of Mrs? Williams, they attended the
funeral of Mrs. Sarah B. West in the
Providence section of . the county on
.Friday afternoon.
* Misses Minnie Hodges and Annie
Lee Smith spent the week end with
Miss Smith's father, in Blshopville.;
Mary Lorlck spent Monday with
Helen Broome. . * -J
Francis Revere spent the week end
at her home near Columbia.
Blanche Keels, member of the Hillcrest
school faculty, spent the week
end as a guest of Mildred Jones and
Clara Lee McComb.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Harold
Littleton, Minnie Hodges' and C. Q.
DuBose motored to Blshopville Sunday.
Dorothy Moffatt was a guest In the
home of her uncle, R. B. Qrler, of
Columbia, over the woek end.
Mrs. Curtis Qgburn and children,
Barbara Anne, Sonny and Alice Stacia,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ogburn's
mother, Mrs. J. B. Williams in Kershaw^
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Misses Carol Nickels, Dorothy Moffatt,
Annie Lee Smith, Minnie Hodges
and Clara Lee McComb were recynt
visitors to Winthrop College, 1*. flock
Hill.
Superintendent Cyril B. Bus bee,
Harold Littleton and W- H. Carter
spent Tuesday ** left w?* to Columbia
on business.
Mrs. L. C .JClyburp delightfully entertained
the , weekly bridge club Monday
afternoon at her home. Prises
were won by Mrs. Curtis Otfmrn and
Mrs. Cyrlf Bushee. Sandwiches,
cake and cocoa were served the members
playing. -.. ;
The DeKalh ' Home Demonstration
club meets today at the home of Mrs.
Shelby Truesdale to complete plans
for the fair booth they are tponaorlag
this year. ~ Over
a quarter mittlondoUsra worth
fUhat^ltation farms to South CaroiT
^r.urr^
Prehistoric Shavers of
Metal; Copies of Flint
The early Egyptian razors were
of metal, and it is plain that they
were close copies of the older (lint
ones. In the Ea^Jy Dynastic period
(about 3000 B. C.), there was usecf
a rectangular razor with four bevelled
edges. An older form, found in
Late Predynastie times, gives the
appearance of a brOad, doubleedged
knife with a short tung. Most,
such razors seem to have been
sharpened only on one side; for
example, the specimen found in the
tomb of Queen Hetep-heres.
In Europe, at a date compare-,
lively not much later, states a
writer in Pathfinder Magazine, razors
had a long blade with slightly
concave sides, rind a strange indentation
at the lower end.The most
i reasonable explanation of this indent
is that it was used to allow the
j forefinger to feel the skin while one
shaved. In Western Bohemia,
about this time, the blade waa
hroad and double-edged, with an
openwork handle cast in one piece
with it. During the Late Bronze and
Early Iron Age (about 1000 B. C.),
the razor, in Upper Italy at least,
again assumed the rectangular outline.
The early British razors . were
shaped like a maple leal. There
was a tang projecting from the
base of the blade to take the handle,
and often it was continued downwards
by a midrib along its face.
Tea, Coffee as Beverage,
Traced Back to 350 A. D.
The use of tea among the Chinese,
from whom it has extended to all
parts of the world, cannot be
traced with certainty any further
back than to 350 A. D. or approximately
that time. This use did not
become general in China until about
the ninth century. Tea was introduced
into Europe by the Dutch in
1610, says a writer in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. - .
How long coffee has been used in
Arabia, its native country, is not
certainly known. It was introduced
into Egypt in the sixteenth century.
The first coffee house in Europe
was established in Constantinople
in 1551. The first person to make it
known to western Europe seems to
have been Leonhard Rauwolf, a
German physician, a great traveler.
Once introduced, the use of this
beverage spread rapidly. Coffee
houses sprang up in all the chief
cities. The first one in London was
opened by a Greek in Newman's
Court, Cornhill, in 1652; the first
one in France was opened in Marseilles
in 1671 { the first in Paris in
the following year.
Big pleasures and great happiness
are but "many little ones bound together
as a loaf is many crumbs in
an aggregate. True happiness is
the art of finding joy and satisfaction
in the little privileges of life;
a quiet hour in the sun, instead of
a far-away journey; a little outing
in the nearby woods, instead of long
trips away; an hour with a friend
instead of an extended visit to relatives;
a few pages of a book instead
of hours of reading at a time;
a flash of sunset, a single beautiful
flower, a passing smile, a kindly
jpord, a little thoughtfulness here
and there as the day slips by?these
are the crumbs of happiness. Do
not despise them, lest when the evening
finds you, you be hungry and
disconsolate and unhappy. Sir
Launfal, after traveling the world
over in search of the precious cup,
found it, you will recall, in the
hands of a needy beggar at bis own
gate.?Writer Unknown.
Royal Wrestlers
France's king, Francis I, twentysix,
and England's monarch, Henry I
VIII, twenty-nine, met in 1620 upon
the "Field of the Cloth of Gold."!
between Quines and Ardes, for the!
most expressive wrestling match i
ever held. A gorgeous palace was
especially erected for the occa- j
sion and furnished with gold dishes. ]
gilt furniture and rarest ornaments. ]
The most beautiful women and dis-1
tinguished men gathered in magnificent
dress. More than 2,200
sheep and other viands in similar j
proportions were prepared for the
feasting that followed. Altogether
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000* was spent
upon a bout at which nothing was
?t stake and entrance was free,,
Nelthef of the kings was a good
wrestler.
President Andrew Johnson
. Andrew Johnson was elected vice
i president Jh 1864 and became president
txpdn. the death of Lincoln,
April 15, 1865. He was Impeached in
1888. and his trial before the Senate
began Marbh 13 and ended in his
,a*,.orl K*y 28 of that yearHe
had been spared by one vote,
and continued therefore to sit as
j president until the inauguration of
j his successor, Grant,'on March 4,
1889.
' .
Three Legs Coat of Arms
The Isle of Man in the Irish sea
- is known everywhere for its Uknx<
I caJ*.thmt j*?ve no tails, its romance
celebrated by Scott in his "Peveril
^ ,or
I J*!?' ,whloh constat at three
LJ HjJL?J? -.-U -I* L? ... I ,111 I
The Home-Town
- Editor Speaks
(By W. Karle Dye In Hotarlaii)
When you married "the fluoat ghl
in the country," where did you look,,
for that notice thut meuut no much
to you?and so little to nearly everybody
el#c? In your hometowu paper.
When your home wan invaded by
u blue-eyed girl, or a bouncing boy.
to whom did you immediately give
details about the time of arrival, aex,
weight? The editor of the home paper.
In after years, when aome young
fellow took that blue-eye^ girl to a
home of his own, or the boy, now a
uiau, was given a partnership in your
business, to whom did you tell the
new#-?which once more meant much
to you and so little to everyone else?
To this same editor of the same hometown
payer.
And when trouble invades your
home, and you add to your earthly
possessions that desolate bit of real
estate in the cemetery, and somehow
the sun doesn't seem to shine as
brightly as it did, and there's a flutter
uf crepe on the front Gobi, and i
the chair that has been beside you
for years Is vacant?when this happens,
who Is It that makes It his business
to "write up" the obituary?
Again-it's thp editor of the home
paper.
Did you ever stop to count tho
times you begin conversation with
the words, "I see by tho paper . . . ?
Staying at home, you may not appreciate
your hometown paper, but
Just take a trip, and be away from
you intimate friends for several
months and then pick up a copy. You
will welcome it as you would your
closest friend.
I hnve always disliked publishing
information about misdeeds or misfortunes
of others. When I could
do so, 1 have left such matter out,
or have given the main facts, without
going into details. To my way of
thinking, there is something wrong
with a Journalism that brings tears
to the eyes of an old man, or causeB
a mother to feel stabbed to the heart
by publicity given to an erring sou
or wayward daughter.
I do not, however, mean that a
newspaper should entirely suppress
crime news. A hard and fast lino
between what news to print and what
to omit cannot be drawn. The mitigating
circumstances, and the farreaching
effect must be studied and
decided upon. ^ ^ province of
newBpaper to print the so-called crime
news as it occurs. In so doing, It
provides a safeguard to the communr
ity at large, which is invaluable. Men
are deterred from criminal actions
by fear of publicity. Judicious use
of printers' ink can do more toward
law enforcement than a dozen peace
officers.
Newspapers, like all human agencies,
make mistakes, but such errors
are generally traceable to misinformation
given the newsmen.
I remember one such Instance
which happened to me In my early
days. During? the absence of the editor
a communication came telling of
a marriage of a young, couple in a
near-by community. The letter wa?
80UTH AMERICAN PLANT
REALLY REPEL8 IN8ECT8
? '
Here's something to mark on your
calendar! Starting next month?October
1?the seeds of a plant which
actually repels common insects will
be distributed throughout the United
States, free of charge, by the PanAmerican
8oclety of Tropical Research,
Gulfport, Miss.
Captain J. Mortimer Sheppard, head
of the society, first happened on this
unusual plant-;?"Yerba de la Pulgd.
is its name?while traveling through
tho interipr of the Republic of Colombia.
Captain stfeppard, wha has more
than a balT dozen Journeys through
the Jungles of Central and South
American countries to his credit,
thought he had discovered something
new.. But he soon learned that'It
was a common slghtvto the natives,
who placed these plants at advantageous
ft pots about their huts for protection
against flies and mosquitoes.
Th# captain's original plan was to
grow the plant, pot them and put
them on the market In the United
States. The financial possibilities were j
tremendous. But after considering
the humanitarian aspect, he decided
to distribute the seeds of the Yerba
de la Pulge gratis.
According to Captain Sheppard, one
plant placed In each room of a house
is sufficient to ward off insects. Each
person requesting these seeds will -be
sent, on receipt Of a stamped, selfaddressed
envelope, four of them,
rwlth Instructions about planting and
noil treatment. - *--ObvtottWtfTthls
plant will be a godsend
to the many hospitals, cafes, hotels,
not to mention private dwellings.
t mills# in
*D?? ZtTz
apparently iu the handwriting of one
of our correspondents, and In good
faith I published tho atory. A few
daya later, a sandy-haired citizen, accompanied
by hia older aon, hie wife,
and daughter, stormed Into the office.
"I've come here to see the rapscallion
who put a notice in the paper
about my daughter's marriage," he
shouted, In his hhnd Vrks I'lotig oldfashioned
"blacksnake" whip, held at
a dangorous angle. Before I replied
I stepped to the door leading to the
shop and aHked the two men at work
there to come up front. Then I told
my visitor that I had edited tho item
and, summoning all my nonchalance,
casually inquired whether anything
about it was wrong.
As he cooled down a little? helped
perhaps by the .sight of a stove poker
In the hands of our Irish foreman
printer?he explained that the report
was false, and that his daughter was
not married. I had BaYed the letter
which told of tho marriago, and showed
it to him. It then developed that
it had been written in spite by a
young lady who was going with tho
same fellow as tho man's daughter!
Another apparently grosB error,
charged to me, happened when my
make-up man transposed two handfuls
of type. When the paper came out,
an irate hostess called me and wanted
to know why I had put the nameB
of her bridge party guests In the
"Farm News" column?Just under an
account of a sale of registered bulls!
I am confident that all newspaper
editors will go to heaven. No matter
how eloquently the editor may boost
for the development and progress of
his community, no matter how diligently
he may labor to build up his
home county, no matter how loyally
he supports a friend in politics, extolls
the virtues of a famous native
son, stretches the truth to praise a
local prima-donna to-be, or gently lays
a metaphrolcal wreath on the grave
of the departed, he Beldom hears a
"Thank you." Rarely does anyone
say, "Well done." Almost never does
he hear, "We appreciated that,"
? But Ipt him make a mistake. L*t
him say that Sam Jones did something
he didn't do, or Mrs. Smith
Brown said something,she didn't.say!
Everyone in town then takes a whack
at him. And that Is why I believe
that all newspapermen go to heaven
?they get their share of hell on
earth. ?
I ,NIt is surprising how much people
expect a country newspaper editor to
know. A week never passes but
what there are many calls for varied
information, facts, and figures, and if
they -are not instantly supplied the
editor is put down as an ignoramus.
Typical are the following, noted in
the course'of-a few ordinary days:
One woman called by long distance
to know if her husband had divorced
her. A boy wanted to know how to
get an agency for a magazine. A farmer
wanted to know if a man summoned
for service on the petit jury
had to serve on Juries in criminal
v 17r
trials. A womuii called (or the adUreas
of tho District Public Works
Administration diroctor. A touribi
wanted to know the boat route to a
distant city. Six school children in
succession came in (or the names of
the members of the President's Cabiuet.
One man wanted to know the
address of the divisibn manager of
the State Highway commission; the
next asked about the tJovernoFs sal- ?
try.
So it goes. Coming in contact intimately
with every business aud profession
in his territory, the successful
editor has to be well informed intelligently
to handle the news of the
day. Too, he must-?or should?know
the peculiarities and family relations
of everybody.
Fifty years ago, the newspaperman
was largely regarded as a necessary
evil, sometimes was the object of
charity. Tho fault was all his. Instead
of conducting his business on
u business basis, he was content
merely to exist on the gratuities of
the community. Nor was he Judged
by any highor standards than thoBe
by which he Judged himself. Advertising
carried In his sheet was generally
conceded by his fellow busiI
nessmen aB a sort of a donation, necessary
in order to koep the paper
alive.
Today that is no longer true. Your
successful home-town publisher is a
keen businessman, recognising the
value of the commodity which he
sells. If he is asked to bid on printing,
his figures are submitted on the
businesslike basis in most instances.
Ho knows his costs, and his work Is
figured accordingly. If hlB competl- .
tor undorfiguros his bid?well and
good. A Job taken below cost is
worse than no Job at all.
Efforts to build up a circulation,
the newspaper's main stock in trade,
have caused more hard feeling between
rival newspapermen than any
other thing, politics Included. The
home-town newspaperman is Jealous
of his subscribers, and will fight to
hold them. A story is told of an oldtime
editor who lay dying. The pastor
had been called to administer
spiritual comfort. The physician bent
over the prone form of the editor,
placed his ear on his chest, and said, .
"Poor man! Circulation almost gone."
The dying editor's eyes opened. He
rose fn his bed. "You're ? Hart" he"
shouted. "We have the largest circulation
In the county."
But rivalries are today less acrimonious,
in yea/s not so long past,
newspapers were Judged by the
amount of hitter and cutting invectives
that they hurled at competitors.
The editor who said the most mean
things was the one who, generally,
had the largest following. But a better
day has dawned In small-town
Journalism. , Editors recognise the
value of competition, and they have
their own codes of ethics. They recognise
that their competitors are pretty
good, men, as worthy of a place In
the community as are they themselves.
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Camden Theatre..
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
Final Showing Of
It miracle musical of the year?
"THIN ICE"
Jth 8onja Henie?Tyrone Power.
RgB that make it as delightful to
Ma to as It's lovely to look at.
saturday, OCTOBER 2
v Harold Bell Wright's ?
"IT HAPPENED
OUT WEST"
4*lth Paul Kelly?Judith Allen.
Wo "Jungle Jim' and Comedies
I Late Sho#?40(30
|?t>ert Wllco*-Judith Barrett
"ARMORED CAR'Vj, 000060
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P&NDAY and TUESDAY,
l october 4 and 5
p * s-Ritz Clrcns ; . with a dojen
r split-yonr-side shows!
LTjfe begins
n^tS&tEGE"
W (t) ' Rltz Brothers and Joan
l^viR, Tony Martin and 43gaRptR
Stewart.
P^tbali and its grand and glO*
various entertainment
^Wednesday, oct. ?
n no,her Jones Family Comedy
the beet of the aeries
I "HOT WATER"
W|ih Jed ProntrSklrtajr OM1
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P"?SDAY and FRIDAY.
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