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Nobody's Business Written for The "ChToulcl# bj Ut* Copyright, 1028. Mike Lark l? Seeing Thing* Agqin. hon. hynry ?. morgan thaw, Becker terry of the treasure, Washington, d. C. deer air: whul la the new deal trying to do to tuo now? holaum uioore, who has only 7 children in his fumlley to support, is receiving a monthly old-age pension check for 14$ me and fumlley consists of 9 mouths to feed, and my old-uge is only y*, not Including me and my wife and her grummuw and gram paw and her 4 brothers, ull of wnom have not benn got to as yet with aid. are you picking on me and mine, or is this the way that you are trying to kill the diintner-cratlc party, by boring from within? unless my check comes to me next month for 14$, the same as holsiun moore's count me out of the deal fold from tfbw on. 1 refuse to bo regger-me n t ed a nsofort h. when 1 got thru a-p&yiug for the 24 little pokes of tobacco 1 bought on creddick against the arrival of my old-age at the cash and carry stoar, and paid tor 1 pint of corn ltcker for my rooinytlsm, and laid in 6 plugs of browns mule for a rainy day, and loant my son.mudd, 2$ for inner tub.es, 1 had only c50 left out of my ,dst check. a republican auntl -new -dealer passed thrtr our mist last week, selling snake oil for frost bites, chlgger bites, lumbago, airy-sipperless, gangrene, hydro-phoby newralgla, insommony, spots In front of yore eyes, and coated tongue, said that the yankees up north were receiving old age assistance at the rate of 75$ per mouth, why so much partiality? we have suffered down south ever since sherman marched to the sea. we grow clo cotton and sell It for c8. when corn ,1s high, we have no corn, our watter-mllllons rot In the field onner count of glutted markets, our cotton mills always shut-down about the time our ford payments fall due, our cow goes dry In the summer when grass Is plentiful, our politicians promise aplenty and call It a da>\ and there you Is. but what 1 started to say is make my check a duplicate of holsum moore's except as to name of payee ansoforth. my vote is worth more than hls'n, as he has only 2 sons and 2 darters old enough to vote, and 1 and my wife have 5 of the fee-male sex and 3 of the mall sex thaat are able to cast a mean ballot, rite or foam. yores truly, ' mike lark, rfd. No. 7654890324. Missing: Ona 26-Year Old Treasurer . ...the town of flat rook was tore nearly all to pieces last monday morning when the news wum at*atiered abodt that the treasurer had absconded tor parts unknown to the Jury and had carried all of the cash j he could get holt of with him. ... a reward is being offered by the mayor which Is one-haff of all the mouney recovered from him when ketched. this should amount to a-1 bout 14$. he carried 2 checks off with him; ullso us followers; check| no. 45. signed by art square, for 31 and check no. 2. signed by holsum' moo re, for 6 f. ! ... the feller who ketches the town treassure can ullso have the checks mentioned ubovo: they are not likely to be honuored by the bank as none of same have ewer cleared without being sent backwards and forwards till they were about wcye out. tliqy were were being hell by our treassure as Anna for drlvving will drunk and cussing out loud in violation of the pease and dignity of I flat roke.N I ... . the treassure's name when he! left lor the wide-open *places was owing rnoore, but he moughtof changed It when he arrived elseI where, he is five foot 7 tall, and limps on his left-leg where he got shot Inst fart; has 2 eyes, 1 nose, 2 ears, black hair, a little rod tnushtash. and wore no. 11 shoes and j blue britches and a hat when he left town, he mought be found In a pool room, as thut'B where he usually| hangs out. ....The treassure has always lived within his means except when his wife's klnfolks vlssit them, then he gets behind with his bills, as she , buys things for them on his creddlek. he has been, a consistent member of rehober church, that Is ? up to the time the whisky stoar was installed in our midst he sung : in the quire befoar marriage and took up collections a short while thereafterwards ansoforth. ...%The poleesnian has alreddy swore out a warrant for the missing treasure for grand larceny after trust, jumping his bond, breaking open a cash box In the night time, defacing his petty cash hook, mal-feasance in offis, and salt and battery upon the person of mr, slim chance, who tried to stop him when he saw him crawl out of the window, rite or foam the undersigned. mike lark I . treasure pro-tem. ' Mike Lark Goes A-8ummering In The i Cool Places l....yore corry spondent, hon. mike lark rfd, and his fantiley were the weak-end guests of mr. and mrs. slim chance at their summer retreat in the blue ridge mountaings of n. c., on a recent date. I....mr. and mrs. chance have nam-j ed their little hut the, "gully gulch". t j Ten Workmen Die In Tunnel Blast Baltimore, Mil., July 20.?A premature explosion of 450 pounds of dynamite killed ten members of a crew of eighteen workmen blasting a water tunnel through solid rock 200 feet bo low the surface near the city pump litK station today. Seveu men were killed outright as the burst of rock rolled through the tunnel. Three of the eleven brought to the surface alive died in hospitals. Construction company officials said the blast which occurred about 7 o'clock must have been set off by accident while the men were tumping down the huge charge of explosive. I * The white members of the crow I escuped with their lives. The dead were all Baltimore negroes. It was the task of the mining crew working from mldnigtu to 8 a. m. to blast away the rock f<m the day crew to remove. The disaster carno when the tlnal charge of the night exploded. None of the injured men were uble to explain what had happened. > . - it is not verry large, but provides plenty of room for a crowd of 8 or 10 if they steep outside in the otter-mobeels. I... . we carried our food with us by request* but our hostess furnished the fire to cook it on. we forgot to take along the coffee pot. so we' drunk water instead of coffee. |....the breezes were verry fine, but sleeping on the ground forced us to' ketch a. cold. mr. chance plans to' enlarge his quarters as soon as hiaj second darter marries John flint, a verry rich young gentermen: this is' liable to happen any time now, soj mrs. slim chance says. ....our menu was as followers: breakfast: bread. water, summons, dinner: summons, bread, waiter, sup- j .per; waiter sardines, bread, we allso' | had a canty-lope oil thirsday betwixt meals, wo planned to have fish on. jfrlday, but they woulddent bite. 1 ... mr. chance says that he haB at Ins **,ot cut rely away from mono | tony, not a bill collector, or a peddler j or a pollltican, has discovered thein' .as yet, and he Is snoozing every day i | In a hammock to his hart's content.' w e returned home'2 days later and J rested up for a week, so we are now able to get back to normal livvlng. ....the wife and i picked out a nice lot in mr. chance's naborhood which was sold for taxes, if we can buy it on long govvernment terms, or lease it through the rehousing add-mlnlstration, we mought take it over next year, the mounting ozone is mighty fine for weak lungs of which the undersigned has one. it keeps him from doing mannual labor except fishing and picking blackberries in season. yores trulie, mike Lark, rfd, corry spondent. WATEREE MILL NOTE8 Mrs. L. Taylor entertained the followlnK guests Saturday: ? Mrs. Nannie Hunter, J. C. Hlnson and Mr. and Mrs. Doc Hunter, of Kershaw. Miss Gladys Robinson, of Great Falls, and Miss Mabel Blaokwell, of Lancaster, are week end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Blackwell. Mrs. B; F. Robinson, Bennie Mae and Winder are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Morris. Mrs. Woodrow Thomas, of Columbia, is a week end visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Elklns. Mr. and Mrs. Darden, Gladys Harden and Hazel Elwell, of Gilmer, Te*., came by to call on Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kwlng Thursday. Mrs. Helton Harris and daughters, Bobby and Nancy, of Lancaster, were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Browder. We are glad to see Elmer Hicks back on the job again. He has been suffering from an'eye ailment. Thursday night Mrs. Walter Gaskin and Miss Alma Wilson entertained fifty boys and girls at a watermelon slicing at the Wateree club house. Otis Fulton Hewill, of Darlington, returned home from a two weok's visit with his aunt, Mrs. C. T. Swann. Mr. and Mrs. Coy McKlnzle had Henry McKlnzle, of Brunson, as a guest for Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Lewis and her daughter, and Mrs. Annie Moore, of Newberry, were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Moore. Rev and Mrs. J. M. Bruce and daughter, Martha, are spending the week at Ridge Crest, N. C. Mr. and Mrs, C. L. Walters and son, Jerry, of Charleston^ and Mrs. C. L. Metze, and daughter Janice Caolyn, of Columbia, wore week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hutchaon. W. J. Warr, of Chester, and son Robert, of Columbia, and G. E. Sullivan, ok Columbia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Moonoyham had Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Howdard, Mrs... Ida Simpson and two daughters, Wllholminu and Katharine, and Mrs. Amelia Rawlinson.and June and Doris Wlngate, of West Columbia, as dinner guests Sunday. Mrs. Ruby Spradley and Mrs. John Sherfleld returned home Sunday aftor spending two weeks in Rockingham. N. C. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Rlgglns and young daughter, Betsy Ann, spent the week end in Rockingham, N. C. J. L. Yates and Charles Carter, who have been Conducting a singing school at the Church of God, return-; ed Saturday to their homes in Georgetown. Friends of J. Jt^McDowell regret to learn of his sickness, J. E. Robinson is spending his va-I cation In New York and other north* . ern cities. Bill Jennings made an address at the Wateree Baptist church Sunday morning in the absence of Rev. J. M. -Bruce, the pastor. Mrs. George Oreed was the speaker in the evening. . * | ^*7 Example* of one-way fares from Camden New York *13.40 Philadelphia 11.60 Washington 8.90 Richmond 6.60 Tarn pa 11.16 8t. Petersburg 12.00 Miami 14.26 J. L. Carter, D.P.A. Seaboard Offlco Room 1 Arcade Columbia, 8. C... 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