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IMPORTS SENSE . 7, I AND NONSENSE J FRANK HEATH || B Well. well, well. Walter WtchhellB ,gm; Mr. imd *Mrs. Thus and Such B'tTa going hi tor heirjotmditioijliig. What la your golf handicap r in* r ou,r?(1 Donald, the Town Crier. And Br uuoth 1, "My handicap, lu golf la my he aiy." Oh hum.^ ^ * ' Say? the frau after our last cook departed. "She was a good sook aa I cooka go, but aa cooka go, she went." B f I The typewriter chap from the Royal r office in Columbia knows his stuff. Ho stopped In to tell us that the new k,i\a i portable is ho quiet that when B- h writes, It whlspera. K1' * ^B sine was tough to have Watts suf WL for that Injury at Florence. The lad has been 4 big asset to the.Caiuden tea in all season and his absence from Be the line will ba keenly felt. We are ^ grateful the Jnjury^was not more serr F ' ;N'ne ,(# a row for the Bulldogs with u. total of 239 poiuts as against g for oppouept teams. And whisper B jt-ssevon shutouts. Wow. WL,.s . e / Do you folks know hpw Ducky I if Ponds got his nickname? Just be cause he could romp across the [ stripes when the field was muddy and fl the rain falleth heartily. And If that : is the case we have eleven or more Duckies, on the Bulldog squad. I '* Now g word about rhilroad paabehB get- stations, . There are stations the choo cboo stops at and there are B those the rattler roars past. And1 thereby hangs a tale.- "*1 B Joe Jenkins you know Joe?he belongs to the United States Marines B and is a brother of my softball pal, B "Guzzle." Anyhow Joe came down to f Camden last Friday and as the train B roared over the Broad street crossing, [ Joe got up from his seat and started for the car exit. But the train did not slacken^hpeed. And neither did I Joe. Joe'dashod through the train B until he found the conductor and theft yelled, "Hey, there you. You went past Camden. I wailt to get off there." * B And believe it or not the conductor B was still laughing when the train B readied Columbia. * * Kuss Rogers, the sport purveyor for. The News and Courier over at CharB lestou agreeswith yours truly In ieI gard to the appeal of a game between H the Champion South Carolina high teain aud a team holding the title in B North Carolina. But If ttrey are going to have an all-star team from each I state, by all means John VHleplgue I should be coach of the South Carolina . team. That is my contention and , B I am glad Rogers Is In accord with B me,. * x . W&rd Cuff, versatile grid Btar from 'B'Marquette, wno is now wltn the New ] ? . . : L_L York Giants of tho National 1'rufea slojial league la puo of the outstanding rookie backs lu the circuit accord lag to "the New York sport scribes. Cuff has been going great guns for the Giants this soasou, hla blocking, pass catching and place kicking making htm a big favorite with the football fans. He is paired with Tuffy Geenians In the tailback positions with DAle Burnett as blocking wing back and Los Corzine In the fullback post. * * * * Dick Breen, who handles.* publicity for the Kasley high school football team wrote me a letter this week and *?m telling you that they breed real sports up Kasley way. Dick sent me the words of the Kasley high alma mater and asked me to send him the Camden alma mater song and sug-geeted that the schools pay tribute to each other between halves by singing their o'wn as well as tho rival schools alma mater.-* ** ? ? I quote from Dick's letter,* "We extend our heartiest congratulations, to Camden on their very successful season, to their coach who I understand is a Camden business man, who is devoting much of his .time to the team, and to you personally, for the publicity this game Is receiving. With all good wishes and may the best team win." Breen says that Easley Is going to be over at the game many hundreds strong. And we might add that Camden will be on the job in good numbers and with plenty of pep and noise. * Russ Rogers, Charleston sport writer casts his ballot for John Villeplgue as coach of the. South Carolina allstar high school team.' Banjo Smith, of Columbia, is certain to do the sunife, which leaves tho two Greenville lads to follow suit and make it unanimous, There should not be any question In this matter if I may so state. Good old Donald Duck strolled In to exclaim "A bathing suit is a garment with no hooks but plenty of eyes 011 it." Billy, another good friend, who asplfeu to Join the ranks of the holein-oue group, sometimes tells me that the dimmest lights have the most scandal power. . ? All American Beck called up to ask me when Is the hardest time to got the baby to sleep, and I said, "When she Is eighteen, Beck, old'-timer. - ? 9 m r Austin, the up to the minute grocer, says he has a swell sign to hang on his peach display next year. It reads, "Don't squeeze me ^111 I'm yours." " Seen on a national forest highway, "Chaperon your cl^aretts, they shouldn't go out alOne." \ - " (Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by V Gee McGee, Copyright, 1928. ' > * *' _____ * FLAT ROCK 18 A8KINQ THB GOVERNMENT FOR A PARK ..hon. holaum moore,- who knows nil, sees all, and doeB nothing, la plan* nlng to ask the Federal government to create a big park near flat rock for wildlife, he will lire In it hlsself 1f they grant him enough wpa monney to build a comfortable den. .r_ . 1 i - ^ *'* ,. mr. moore lnhairated a " desire for wild-life, when he was a little boy, he owned a pet toady frog, 3 trained yaller Jackets, 6 polecats, sans aroma, and a nice full-blooded caff, he stayed with them almost half of hla time enduring the crop-growing season. .. the w!l<)-life park > desired by mr. : II I I I I m I T. ,. , I, moore will take In his wife's largo farm of nearly 40 akers, and will klvver tho big swamp betwixt him hnd Judd smithera house who lets his livesto^k^jj^ws, mules and hogB run at large in and out of season much to the disgust of his nabors. ..If this park Is sot up. the govvormeat will Uo doubt build a fence betwixt mra. moores nark land and all outsiders, hon. moore will bo the keeper of records and seals, allso other annlmals either furrln or homeraisod. p. s. he prefers domestic annlmals that won't hook or butt of cratch, and wants no lions or taggers or elly-fants ansoforth). ..if this govvorment park can be put thru, mr. moore believes that he will receive enough cash from uncle aam to pay off the fedderal land bauk s first mortgage, and the secont mortgage to the clean-used-car company and the toombstone agent from who he bought a toombrock for his uncle who made him his soil hair, but it turned out that he dldden't own annythlng when he demised but detts. p. s. it was drawed up befoar the pannic of 1920). ..postmaster jlm farley has benn asked to speak at the dedder-cation of this wild life park, we hope he won't go into the automobeel bizneBs befoar it is opened, in that easer hon. harry hopkins will be asked to take his place on the platform, it is to be hoped that the libberty league and wall Btreet won't throw annythlng in the govverment's way in gotting this wild-life park ansoforth. mr. eddltor, you must pome down allso to this op* ening when it opens. yoreB trulie, , mike# Lark, rfd, corry spondent. LISTEN' PLEASE, MR. GOVERNMENT MAN mr. henry morgan thaw, Becker-terry of the treasaure, Washington, d. C. " deer sir:? a big meeting of our dirt farmers Was hell laat friday p. m) in ihe high Bcholl audy-torium to paBB a reaserlntion bn govverment crop controll, parrity* checks and other farm relief. this meeting was called to order by the undersigned, hon. mike Lark, rfd, who set in the chair, discussions were heard from everboddy pressent who had annythlng to say except holsum moore; he had to give his wjfe's farm back to mr. fed. land bank last fall, so he was ruled out of order. the reason we are.riting you is because we rote secketterry wallis to come down to this meeting and he newer even ancered our letter, as you have charge of the monney of the govverment, we decided to go to headquarters with our complaint and that Is you. * .. some of our poltlclana think that crop contrOll ought to be vollunterry, but we voted against t that plan, there won't be anny volunteers when the turkie doves and the/whipper-wills begin to coo, meaning crop planting time, we want uncle sam to lay off our akers and put us in jali if we plant more than~he Bays. the trubble with as tarmeni now] j* . , you all left the 1987 crop to our honnor," and only a Terry few of us had anny when seeding time arrived. art square plowed up his patch to his garding, allso his cow pastor and potato patch and planted them In cotton and nearly ererboddy else dittoed binT we want fedderal controll and plenty of it/ If yQU can't plow up ever third farmer, piese arrange to draft two-thirds of same to the c. c. c. camp or the w. p. a. another big cotton crop wilt bust erertbing from defunck motor* to the .toff bridge acrdet siraitns creek. don't depend on us to help ourselvqs. if 9ny helping is done,; uncle sam ,wlH base |p do it. there ain't enough monney left in * bail of cotton on a single farm In our county to kirrer toe eyes of a corps ansoforth. rite or foam. r yore trulie, i mike Lark, Ttd, Midway 4*H Club The Midway 4-H club held it* secmi meeting last Wednesday, November 10v. We were very fortunate in having Miss Mary hauey a* our local leader aiAi with her help we elected the following officers:'- ?' l*resldeut, Pauliue Catoe; vice president, Myrtle Norton; secretary, Bunnell i iiinii. publicity, jfreddle West. - Hofore Miss Powell's talk on meal planning, every member wa? awurded a certificate for their last year's club work. We were very, proud of our club, it being the only one whoso eVery-membur received certificates. After the interesting talk by Miss Powell, we saug some of the songs we loarned during our week at Camp Long. .0 \ ' .. ' General Hugh Johnson, in a New York address, declared that the cost of government in Washington's day was $1.09 per capita, and that by 1932 it had risen to $35, and in 1935 it hud doubled. f l r= v/rrifiv Kinrrrm =3==?? .{ I SC. ^ami: ejiSH Association , J/tmSfafcwuJr Cooperation Gam*, rj? " 7ish $ lores t can be Ma (triallu* iIncreased for (keocntfii of An. j 7' ~ ~ 1 ^ ITh - United States bureau of fisheries ear No. 9 has Just completed another trip across South Carolina, thanks to the interest of CharleB E. Jackson, deputy commissioner of fisheries, planting among our bass?? "trout" to some and bream, the Alabama strain of. the same species. __ Th" detail involved"In transferring live fish from one section to another ~1? appreciated when one views the *ork of the federal fisheries bureau. An 80-foot steel pullm&n-type cat1 .moves on passenger service. The fish ?<olturi3ts In charge of the fish have tipper berths for sleeping, while the. flah occupy the lower compartments. Tbe culturlsts have a chef aboard who .feed* them three square meals a day, *hile the fish'eat nothing in transit* but want their constant stream of oxySen and their water iced. The fish Just won't go to sleep, so neither ftoes ?*p> of the oultuiiste, for someone ?uBt act as nurse-maid day and night. if any place their trailer is parked h home sweet home to some, then Mroiy one railroad yard looks, like *p>' other to Captain John Harrlngton. Coorge Taylor and othqrs on Car f?r since they were here laat yeaf toey have been to Pennsylvania, Wls^Psin. the Dakota#, the Mississippi y. and how they are back In Al* ?apia loading fish . ,f the?e fish lire a copple of yestiis are able to spawn and hatch *6me far we have not read* puts of conservation in Soott ^*0Hna to allow our game hah to unmolested?many of our should be somewhat lmpror* by adding this new strain to the For three years now, I , EL & ' ' the "foreign" fish and the Ashing Is picking up mightily therein. As the car started in with distribution fn Oconee county until it wound up in Marion, people were interested in the work "nf* the car and the recipients were much interested in receiving fish. Most everyone was satisfled, but all could use a few more If they could be spared?everyone but one. - i-?ii_ On the car was two or three thousand nice bluegill bream allotted to the Dillon county game and fish chapter. Walker Floyd, their fine president, was notified, but said they bad about all the bream they could use. What a. condition; what a situation! Had all the fish they wanted 1 No where have we ever found such an answer. / / Do you suppose that just because they have a fine game and fish chapter with a large enrollment of fishermen who are taught to think in the . terms of conservation had anything to .do with it? That because they have an active chapter this year, and last, and the year before that, each year right on and on. Do you suppose that, ^ust because Dillon is the only county In the .state tbat has a closed season on fishing during the spawnfng period has -anything to do r^ith itf Nature muat be aided and abetted n her restoration, program. Fish can be caught; lota ot then*, hut they should; be taken during ah open eeaBOBC No way has yet bow found whereby the base* the bream, and other members of the sunflsh family, can be taken off their neat and that nest of eggs hatch and reproduce E' ' f" Sound Program Means Better Living Clemson, Nov. l.-^-Whatevor furiu legislation may Uu unacted it ahuuld encourage and sttmulato good farm1 i UK. any a Director D. \V. Walking of the Bx ten a Ion Service, .discussing the fundamentals of a aound farm pro gram. "This tneana the _ production of crops aa economically aa possible, the production of quality crops, the conservation of the soil, and the productIon of the food and feed required for a better standard of living on the farm," Mr. Watkius explains. r ' "Our competitive poaltiou In the production of cotton aud tobacco depends upon our making further strides in good rarmlng, The federal urogram and policy should encourage such good fahnlng on the part of landlords, tenants and Bhare-croppers not only to their mutual benetlt but ih tile general welfare. "It la well understood lu much of the South that the food standards of muny small cotton growers are low because their incomes from cotton production are low; aud that they do not grow the foodstuffs that might servo to Improve health and efficiency because their time is so fully taken up with competitive cotton productIon, Thus they do not buy but go without much of the desirable food* stufTa that could be produced. "if we have a control program It would stimulate living at home and living better than la possible on the income of cotton alone. The Barae principle applies to taking care of the soil and other natural resources. Any sound program must put the responsibility on the beneficiaries of such a program, whether owners or tenants, to improve their own living standards and to conserve the Boil." . NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that in accordance with thOnUerma and provisions of the Decree of the Court of Common I'leus for Kershaw County, in the case of The First Carollnas Joint Stock Land Hank of Columbia, Plaintiff, versus II. J. Scribner, lngleside Plantation, Incorporated, L. A. Kirkland, Stanley D. Fobes, and Yemassee Naval Stores, Incorporated, and Stanley D. Robes,- as Trustee of Ingleside Plantation, Incorporated, Defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, before the Court House door at Camden, S. C., during the logal hours of sale on the first Monday in December next, being the sixth day. thereof, the following described property: ?AH?that?certain?plooo,?parool?extract of land, situate, lying and being in peKalb Township, County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing four hundred and sixty-seven (467) acres, more or less, bounded on north by landB of Belvin, by lands of Bradley, and by lands of others, and by Hairs Public Road leading from Camden to Blshopvtlle, and -west by lands of William Brannon. Said tract of land Is more fully shown by plat of F. J. Hay, Surveyor, dated June 1617, and recorded In the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County In Plat Book "5", page 36. The above described tract of land Is the same conveyed to L. A. Kirkland by deed of U 8. Spears gnd Mattie J. Spears, dated November 4, 1927. Terms of sale: For cash, the Master to require of the successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff herein, a deposit of five (5) per cent of his bid, same to be forfeited In case of non-Compliance, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty days following Ihe public auction. J _ W. L. DePASS, JR.,~ Master for Kershaw County NOTICE OF SALE ? Notice Is hereby given that tlx accordance with the terms and provisions of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw pounty, dated July 3b, 1937, in the case of D. A. Boykin, Conservator of The Bank of Camden, Capiden, S. C., plaintiff, against W| M. Elliot, The First Na ^ t tonal Dank or Camden and Marvin Elliott, defendants I will sell to the highest bidder (or cash, before tho Court House door at Camden, S. C., during the legal hours of sale on tho first Monday in December, 1937, being the sixth day thereof, the following described property: All that parcel or lot of land in tho County of Kershaw and State of South Carolina, about thirteen (13) miles Northeast of Camden, on (ho northwest side of the Porter Bridge Itqad, containing three hundred thirteen (313) acres, moro or less, and bounded on the north by lands formerly a part of this tract, having been conveyed to mo by J. H. Elliott: East by lands of Jim Ilobinson and by the said Porter Bridge Itoad, which separates it from lands formerly of Tom Brannon, now of Gene H611and; South by1 lands of Dan Melton niid P. M. Melton, ami West- by lands of 1*. M. Melton and by lands formerly of J. T. B. Elliott, now Lethu Hough, und by lands formerly of W. M. Bran- J non, now of Fred Waters. The above described tract of land is a part of that conveyed to me by ; D. M. Bethune, by deed dated Novem- i ber 17, 1897, which deed is recorded In the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw county in book W. W. at page 664. Terms of Sale: For cash, the Master to require of the successful bidder, other than the plaintiff herein, a deposit of five (6) per cent of his bid. same to be forfeited In case of noncompliance; no personal or deficiency Judgment Is demanded an<J the bidding will not remain open after the sale, but compliance with the hid may be made Immediately. W. L| DePA8S, JR. Master for Kershaw County KIRKLAND ft DeIX)ACH Attorneys for Plaintiff .., ''Renewing Old Acquaintances Hardwiek Haruch, of Now York and Virginia, an older brother of Bernard Barueh, stopped here several hours a few days ago for the purpose of renewing acquaintance with his boy? ' hood friend and schoolmate, W. B. Burns. Dr. Simon Baruch, the father of Hardwiek and Bernard Baruch, and Mr. Burns' paronts were next door neighbors in Camden when Mr. Burns and the Baruch boys wore children. Mr. Baruch was on his way from his i Virginia estate to Florida where he 'fla has a winter homo.?Sumtor Daily Item. ' IN O T I C E /.* ' o ! TO THE FARMERS OF KERSHAW COUNTY WHO WISH TO MAKE GOVERNMENT LOANS ON THEIR COTTON: The Government Will Loan: 8Vsc on Strict Low Middling % staple and better 9c on Middling and better % staple and better 7%c on Low Middling % staple and better BRING US YOUR COTTON FOR THIS LOAN. WE WILL WEIGH, GRADE, AND PREPARE YOUR LOAN PAPERS FOR YOU WHILE YOU WAIT. We are Federal Licensed and Bonded. Have been serving the cotton farmers of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Kershaw counties for more than Thirty Ye^rs. ^ a \ TheSumter Cotton Warehouse Co. SUMTER, S. C. Near A. C. L. Freight Depot -Jtifj I BARGAINS -1 . m J&s , ^ i.?> Used Radios ? Thoroughly Reconditioned BRUNSWICK ? PH1LCO R. C. A. ? 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