The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 19, 1937, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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.^ ^
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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.
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^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.
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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."
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B And believe it or not the conductor
B was still laughing when the train
B readied Columbia.
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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
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W&rd Cuff, versatile grid Btar from
'B'Marquette, wno is now wltn the New ]
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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.
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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.-*
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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.
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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,. 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.
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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.
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I SC. ^ami: ejiSH Association ,
J/tmSfafcwuJr Cooperation Gam*, rj?
" 7ish $ lores t can be Ma (triallu* iIncreased
for (keocntfii of An. j
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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TheSumter Cotton Warehouse Co.
SUMTER, S. C.
Near A. C. L. Freight Depot
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Used Radios ? Thoroughly
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$10.00to$25.00 ?
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What is the fight price for a funeral service? You
Ip the judge.
Complete funeral prices are marked on each casketi
in the Kornegay display and patrons are urged to
make there own selection in keeping with what they
: can afford to pay.
KORNEGAY FUNERAL HOME
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