Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ffGREETINGS . . . I For nineteen hundred ye?r? men have tried to And I a substitute, and have failed. Certainly we do not know how to improve on that simple but beautiful thought, "A HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO YOU" We mean it sincerely. We add the wish that each day of the New Year will And you Happy, Healthy and I I- Prosperous. We appreciate your patronage of the past and | hope to continue it in the years to come. I DeKALB PHARMACY I J. D. ZEMP ^ I The Rexalt Store We Deliver I Hi ^ Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Uee McQee, Copyright, 1928. OLD 8ANTA CLAU8 VI8IT8 THE HOME OF OUR CORRESPONDENT ..old sandy claws visslted our home last night and left his tracks in a fairly pleassant way. unbeknowauced to the undersigned] he glued the handle hack on my old mustasc cup, and there It set on a chair as nice looking as ever, the use of the gift will make it unnecessary for me to trim my whiskers except once a month ( instid of once a week as In the past. ..the old lady was surprised to see^ what old sandy fetched her. it was1 a nice all-metal wash-tub with a wash; board to match, her old one ca.ved In last week, and you can Imagine her joy. it has 2 handles on it so's when! one breaks off she can use the other i one. old sandy allso fetched her a 24-lb. sack of self-rising flour, he evmake biskets fit to eat with plain flour. ..the children all were remembered with a stick of candy each, allso oneI half of a apple apeace. they were so enthralled with excitement when they, got up they could not restrain their-; selves, they danced and cavorted around till every bite of sandy's rememberances were gone and then they set down to a fine breakfast of fried fat-back and some nice noaf of bread that_ he allso fetclied__ ^long thru the direct relief, viz: uncle sam. ..uncle sam has not forgot us enduring the rule of the pressent administration, so we.call him sandy claus allso. another gift came into our home about sun-down xmus-e v e night: it was my wifes ma and pa. they said they ran up to spend the holler-days with us, and it is to be hoped that they meant the pressent ones, and not the July forth and labor day, like they done last year, confidentially, i don't think old sandy claws fetched this sift to us. anyway, it will not be hell against him by the uudersigned. .. the day passed off o. k. thanks to a fine basket of food and stuff from the 'salvation army which made a square meal for all of us. our harts and stummicks were both full for once after dinner, we did not have no firecrackers to shoot, but mudd and dud took the old shot-gun out behind the barn and exploded once or twice, -their ma almost had a fit when the noise struck her eardrums ansoforth.' i this has benn a verry merry xmus for us, but it will be a sad day next ~ tuOsday when the undersigned wil have to go back to the w. p. a. and embrace his pick and shovvel. yores trulle, mike lark, rfd. corry spondent j AN OFF DAY IN FLAT ROCK ..aiken head, the third son of mr. and mesdame torn head of flat rock, | had the miss-fortune to get bit by a' idog last week betwixt the barn audi tho shed, both are resting as well as could bo expeckted at this riling. ..the tooth dentist who located hero from the county-seat took a weekend I vissit not long ago and ho has not 'yet returned back to his bed and board and offis. he said befoar he left that his practice was so dull noboddy but his washer-woman would inisB him for a few woeks. . mrs. art square had the scare of her life the other day when ahs missed her scissors, the baby was setting In her lap when they suddenly disappeared and vshe thought he mought of swallowed them, she felt and looked everywhere in her lap and on the floor and about her person and then gave the burglar aia*n she found them in her other hand shortly after his arrival, her baby newer will know how near deaths door he was. j ..the drug stoar has added some new stock of medison. It will carry axes and plow-handles and goobers in the future, they say that it will possibly discontinue bicycles and furniture, and chinny-ware. as whiskey is so high, that is?tho goverment stamped kind, he is hawing tine sales on his bitters and hair tonnlc and shoe polish. two bottles of the latter and one of the former will keep a big ^sky man drunk from satturday night till tuesday morning for only c79. this is a special?prico, however dmHr scrowdge, plese. ..since the wedges and hours bill went into effect, verry lUtle_bulldlng has been going on. the saw m s have had a shut-down strike and uncle sam has therefoar increased his w. p. a in our midst, the republicans are encouraging the unemployed to seek Jobs in publick bizness, but up to hare lately, they have not benn able to locate the gentlemen, mr. holsum mooro has rote seeker-terry hopkins to have a cannal dug from the Atlantic ocean lo the pacific ocean; that will keep nearly everboddy blzzy for seweral years except the polliticlans ansoforth. we hope he will get It. yore trulie, mike larke, rfd, I ' corry spondent. FLAT ROCK BRIEF8 our citty hall was a blzzy plao > ast ?.l morning, mike lark. rfd. speeding, mike lark, rfd. drlnk,"K^-ht mike lark. rfd. no tale mike lark, rfd, blocking traffic. mr lark. rfd. had only 3 witnesses wa^peeding"home % swore tndi o1- crocerv be there In time to pay hi* Krocery bill; and thai he aeemg some girls1 parading in shorts; and ..oatcheny m, urh. rid. -elved^ ' Slot 25$ dammageatohlacharH9BBS5HHEB racter, repper-tation, honesty, and verractty. he -had no lawyer, hot pleaded his own case, his brother was the Judge and he m^nnaged to get 4 of his uncles on the jury, truth will out, as the publick will soon learn, morral: don't ever arrest men of Importance; they cannot be convicted. . .dr. hubert green lost another patient yesterday, the feller had typhoid fever instid of perry-tonitis, for which he opperated. the doctor diddent find it out till he had alreddy opperated; the patient's wife told htm of her husband's symptoms too late, dr green saye wlmmen are verry undependable. he gave her a good lecture onner count of her carelessness, but he carried insurance. ..no building is gt>Jng on in flat rock at this time, but \ome is expected enduring the month, in fact a big boom mought start at anny moment, a rail estate man has opened up an offis here and is selling stock in his company at no par value, that seems to be ao cheap that nearly everboddy is going to take a few shears, he says as soon as all of his stock Is sold, our little citty will blossom out like a big factory htsself, and will see that 3 or 1 big mills move from the c. 1. o. north to the o. to. south. * yores truUe, - mike lark, rfd, ? _? sorry spondent. c Yes Sir-e-e, Bill | Sure Is "Regusted"| \V. C. Moore, belter known among his llotarian cronies and Cuindenitea uh Just plain "Hill," witnessed the singing of the ''Messiah" In Columbia Saturday night, but It coat 11111 and his party $0, whereas the tariff should only have been $5. And all of this because of that part of the United Slates government known as the Postal department. No, the fault was not with the Camden postal crew, but rather on the part of the Columbia post office. What makes BUI so "regusted" Is that n year ago a Columbia paper extolled the Columbia postal group and mentioned that many Camden people were taking advantage of the Columbia office being open on Saturdays to drive over and mall their Christmas packages there. Anahpo, here is Dill's tale o( woe; It seems that early last week he.ordered five tlckojs for the "Messiah." Days passed and when the tickets had not arrived by Saturday evening. Bill ami three others drove to Columbia and purchased tickets ut the box offlco. The usual Sabbath calm at the Moore house was punotuated by a verbal disturbance Sunday morning when a special delivery envelope, bearing the five tickets, was delivered to Bill. Was Bill Mad? Well. Just a wee bit! And he got madder and madder as he noted the, fact that the special delivery letter was stamped 3 p. m., December 16, which would be last Friday. On the reverse side it was stamped 8 n. Hi., Dctmiuer in, as liie time of delivery in Camden. "Guess they must have been too busy over there waiting on Camden people to pay strict attention to the special delivery," quoth Bill, "No. 2 on the Seaboard leaves Columbia at 7:15 p. m. and they had three hours and forty-five minutes to get the special to the train. And the next train, No. 108. left Columbia at 1 a. m., Saturday, which allowed ten houis after mailing to get the letter on the train. Then, too, there is a morning train on the "Southern that arrives here at 1:30 p. m.. but still no tickets. They missed all of these trains completely, I'm out $5 and I'm good and mad." Dill is asking the Columbia postmaster to reimburse him for the tickets that came by special delivery ?32 miles In 42 hours. CAMDEN OFFICER TRAINS AT QUAKER CITY SCHOOL Philadelphia, Dec. J2."?to preparation for a career with the U. 8. Ma rines. Lieutenant Alvin SSanders.of Camden, is a student at the Basic school here, where all young ?fflce of the Corps receive their flnjl J 1" ing before being assigned to active dutv on land or sea. A native of Camden, Lieutenant Sanders made his home with his father J J- Sanders, .in Camden, P^or lo becoming an ofTlcer in -the Marine Corps. He is a graduate of Clemson college with a Bachelor of Science degree. While at college he was a captain in the R. O. T. C. unit and accepted his commission as a Ueutfn^ in the Marine Corps shortly after his graduation last June. othintitExceptionally active in all athleticactivities, he was captain of the foot1 Sail baseball. and basketball teaimr in high school, later winning three varsity letters while going to college. At the Basic school, located at the Navy Yard here, .he will be instructed" in the special duties required of Marine Corps officers, as well as technical training in field engineering, combat principles,"patrolling and aim'"a policy of .he Marine Corp. to award commissions to men who have high scholastic 3tandlngs al ^a.-ious universities, or to those have high shown special proficiency while engaged In R. O. T. C. or other military activities. The young lieutenant will be given a regular Marine Corps assignment upon' "J? c? ' pletion of his studies here next May. In Australia, the damage done by rabbits annually amounts to more than that country's national debt more than $200,000,000. I THERE 18 A SANTA CLAU8I I* there * 8?nu Claus?" is a questlou Virginia, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Philip K. O'Hanlon, put to the editor of the Now York Sun In September. 1*97. nor let tor was received by Edward P. Mitchell, who turned It over to hie associate, Francis P. Church, to auewor. With eorne reluctauce Mr. Church undertook the assignment./ TJre product of hie hue nature, mellow wiedoiu, and wound craftsmanship was the editorial article "la There a Santa Claus?"-? believed by mauy to be the most famous editorial article that has ever been written. It has been reproduced in every conceivable form, iu every quarter of the globe, yet a generation after the or^glual publication the demand for priuts is unsatisfied. The call for them is greatest immediately! preceding Christmas, but it continues throughout the year. The editorial follows: No take pleasure In answering at once and thus prominently the com-1 munication below, expressing at the same time our groat satisfaction that' Its faithful author is numbered among1 the friends of the Sun: i " 'Dear Editor: I am eight years old. i Some of my little friends say there. Is no Santa Claus. | Papa says: "If you see It tu the Sun It's so." I Please tell me the truth. Is there' a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon, 116 W. 96th St ' "Virginia, your little friends aro wrong They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. | They do uoi believe except they see.] They think that nothing can be which Is not comprehensible by tbolr llttlo minds. All minds. Virginia, whether they bo men's or children's aro little. In this great universe of ours man Is a mere insect, an ant, In his intellect, as compared with the* boundless world about him, as measured by! the Intelligence capable of grasping' the whole truth and knowledge. Yes. Virginia, there Is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly us love! and generosity and devotion exist. J and you know that they abound and I give to your life its highest beauty j and joy. Alas! how dreary would be,' the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary arf^fj there were no Virginias. There would he no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this ex-i istence. We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight The' eternal light with which childhood! lllls the world would be extinguished.! "Not believe In Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch In all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even If they did not see Santa coming down what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there (s no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world' are those that neither childron nor men can see. Did you ever see faries dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unsoable in the world. "You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noises Inside, [ but there is a veil covering the un-| seen world which not the strongest r man or even the united strength cf, all the strongest men that ever livod,, could tear apart. Only faith, fang.v, ( poetry, love, romance, can push aside; that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. I Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this: world there Is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Clans! Thank Clod he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood." Claim To Ancestry Wrong Columbia, Dec tun bo r 21.?South Carolina's state historian said today President Roosevelt got his Caroliuas mixed when he recently claimed descent from a royal lieutenant goveruor of South Carolina. After checking records Alex S. Salley. secretary of the atate Historical Commission said "old Jim Murray" as the president referred to his ancestor in an informal speech hero Dec. 5 served on the Royal Council of North Carolina for some years before the Revolution. "So far as 1 can find." he said. "Ho never resided in South Carolina " Mr.. Roosevelt said Murray was his great, great grandfather and described him as a tory who had to floe the colony at the outbreak of the Revolution. i 11 Hogs Mean Meat And Cash On Farms Columbia. Dot-. 19.?Since approximately 40 per cent of tho farms In South ' Carolina have no hogs from which to provide meat for the farm ?-i family, it appears logicul that a considerable number of thoao forma could maintain one or more brood sowa to the end that enough plga be raised and fattened top roYldo such pork as and fattened >to provide such pork as those who farm the land. So states J. K. Hawkins, extension liveatock specialist, giving another good reason for growing meat at home when he adds that lieavy supplies of cotton and limited demand for It can lead only to the conclusion that future prices for this crop will not be sufficiently high to enable producers to buy what meat Is needed In their diet. To show tho cash valuo of hogs on the farm Mr. Hawkins reminds that the pigs which aro not nooded for meat may be sold at weaning time, or If feed Is available they may be fattened for market. And, whenever hog prices deellno to fairly low levels, slaughtering hogs on tho farm and curing tho meat affords an attractive means of disposing of ? limited num? her, since country homo-cured meat of good quality can always be sold at profitable prices. Sufficient garden and kitchen waste, --'jl togethor with a small quantity of grain and protein supplomont, will -? provide adequately for a brood sow which might be expected, according to a number of farm records, to Increase the farm income $75 to $100. Grain planted to prevont soli oroslon during winter months might bo per- , mtttfed to mature and the surplus barley, wheat and oats thus produced bo used to fatten hogs. |- y?AR I Your patronage and friendship during the past year have made ui very happy indeed, and it I Wf'with a full heart and the greatest sincerity that we extend our greetings and say to you: r "HAPPY NEW YEAR" I Home Furnishing Company I Hj I M - - z -:- v '- " ? , We I Wi?h You I A Happy New Year May You Be Blessed With AU Things Good in , 1939 - ? "-? ;< >' S O We Thank You for Your Patronage and OeE . Co-operation * During 1938 May You Prosper Well! 5^ DRAKEFORD'S GARAGE 1 V rvjMV Mff 'VBMV 'sOtCc' vWk-: "iSta*' SW- /wy vWy jdebc1 yflKk* "XSKK* >M9( 14R<")IRK-j4i ??? | New Year Greetings ... 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We offer you the same or better Quality at as tow or LOWER IT prices, and guarantee better and quicker service than you can get from out-of-town printing houses. , ^ mtSUM The Camden Chronicle || Phone 29 Camden, S. C.