Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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When jii need of ELECTRIC APPLIANCES or minor electric parts for repair or replacement let us serve,you. Everything from Fufe Plugs to Table Stoves; such as Vaporisers, Heating Pads, Air Heaters, Foot Winners, Percolators, I Waffle Irons, Sflex Coffee Makers, Lamp Bulb's, Bed and Table Lamps, Toasters Sockets, Plugs, Appliance Cords, ,Fans. I ALL GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION ?? ^ . , TT? ?-~ -'r " ". -t^t -> > ?/,Ay^iOrtgO":, - ? "*' \ H Zemp's Drug Store -? both prescription stores & - City Drug Company I BROAD STREET?PHONE 30 >* PROMPT DELIVERY ? ' < DeKALB STREET ?PHONE 130, "7-V I 1 ' .,. . ^ 'X;*'V *? ' * ,' ' ." - . : ' . '. ? .. ' .;.. '. :" *"V*>$ i i.i ? i ,,i i i , i i ii | ii y hi i..? hogs taRlNQ MONEY TO WILLIAMSBURG FARMER8 Klngstreo. Jan. 21.?Willl?m?bur? county farmers received a net return of $123,747.82 through cooperative Hhlpinenta, of hogs during a twelve months period ending November 30. 1928, aooordtiiKvto reports ftom r. _a^ Jackson, county [ farm ajffent. These shipments were mlw|e b/ 1,686 farmers who shipped 9.160 hogs the average selling price of which was 7.96 cents per pound During December further shipments of 667 hogs were made for $9,038.28. It Is clear, therefore, that Williamsburg farmers are averaging more than $10,000 per month from these cooperative hog sales alone?certainly an Important aid to the county's farm Income. Promotional work by the Williamsburg Livestock association and the county agent has helped not only to Increase the proper feeding and advantageous selling or hogs, but also to improve the quality of the hogs in the county. During the year, thirteen purebred boars and twelve purebred gilts were brought into the county. In three years thirty-eight purebred boars huve been placed among farmers. Furthermore. eight purebred gilts were placed with 4-H club boys for breeding purposes. "The placing of this good breeding Htock, coupled with Improved methods of feeding now practiced by most farmers should do much to further the hog industry in the county." says Mr. Jackson. To feed hogs more and cheaper is important, the county agent points, out. and with the cooperation of the county planning committee a cam-( palgp has been on since 1937 to In-j crease the per acre yield of corn. luHtrating the good results and the future possibilities, six corn demonstrations in 1938 produced an average of 34 6 bushels per acre at a cost o 'K4 cents per bushel This contrasts strongly with the county average yield of only 13.6 bushels per acre. "bill" hooker, pioneer news man and author of west dies Bartow. Fla-Col W. F. (BHD Hooker, former newspaper man. Western pioneer and author of books about the west, died here December 24, after a long illness He was 82 years old He was born at Fond du Lac. Wis., May 17. 18-76. and went to Milwaukee with his parents at the close of the. Civil war. He worked on newspapers ill Milwaukee. Chicago. Ashland. Wis..' and New York. In 1873 he went to Wyoming to im-, prove his health and became an ox-, driver Letter ho wrote about Western pioneer days in his books. "The Prairie Schooner." "Branded Menj and Women" and "The Bull-Whacker " ' Bill Hooker returned to Florida three years ago. a few years after ( marrying Mary L Myers of Milwau-; k?*e His activity even after retirement was typical of his busy life, of hi> dynamic interest in everything.. He was the dean of Milwaukee newspaper men. probably the last of the old timers -A ho entered the editorial held by way of the printer s case He was city editor at times for all of Milwaukee's existing papers and sev j . ra! that n<> longer exist He liked beat to picture his days' the West as a mule driver In W'yo-, iiing. miner. Indian fighter. stor>,,:,r an 1 poser payr H" in, he West ;:i the adventurous decade ( if the 4^ 70s lie knew Wild Bin j iliikox Buffalo Bill' Cody aud Gen-^ < ral Custer | The granite monument to com mem-1 orate Hooker's part of Wyoming his-i tory stands at the fork of the Fetter-j man and Yellowstone trails j In Atlanta. Georgia, whenever there in a fata', traffic accident, a black flag is hoisted in the center of the city and hangs there J wenty four hours j j", \wm i * ? TILLER'S LONG SERVICE WINS NATIONAL AWARD Clemson, Jan. 21.?A certificate of recognition for distinguished service In extension work watt recently presented Major W. J. Tiller, who la now entering hli. Udrty-Qrst year as Chesterfield county agent. The award, whlcli waB given to Only sixteen extension and former extension workers in #the United States, was made at a recent conference of county agents in Chicago. Tiller was unable to attend, but the certificate was brought back to South Carolina by 8. C. Strlbllng, Cherokee county agent who represented Bouth Carolina Ex tension Service at the conference, and was presented to Major Tiller, the dean of South Carolina county agents, at a recent meeting of exten-. slon workers. Among the sixteen extension workers who were awarded the distinguished service certificate were Harry Brown, assistant secretary of agriculture, and M. L. Wilson, under secretary of agriculture. Antloch Club Mests The Antloch Home Demonstration club held Its January meeting at the home of Mrs. Purman Atkinson, Monday afternoon. January 23. The meeting opened by singing the song, "Follow the Gleam." The scripture was read by Mrs. Marian Shiver and the I.ord's prayer was repeated in unison. The roll was called by the secretary and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The club voted to buy a Christmas Seal Bond and also give $.10.00 to help repair the Antloch Baptist church. The meeting was then turned over to Miss Fewell who opened her part of the ' program by reading a very pretty ' poem, "The High Koad and the lx>w. The subject of her talk was "l^aunder' ing Made Easy." She divided mater1 ials into five kinds and told how to launder each class. She gave us dl' rections and recipes for making soap 1 and starch Several bulletins were given the members, among which were "The Home Butchering and Curing of Pork" and "Feeding Laying Hens." Mrs. J. K. Weathers was the winner 1 in a word contest. At the conclusion of Miss Fewells talk, a short Bocial hour was held during which the hostess served delicious refreshments. There were fourteen members and | one visitor present. The February meeting will be At the home of Mrs. Italeigh Marsh.?Contributed. Albertus Latta Buried Here JSuneral services for Albertus Leslie Latta. :,2. of Cheraw. who died in a Florence hospital Saturday after a! long illness were held in Cheraw Sun-I day afternoon at the home and the burial was in the Camden cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4 30 o'clock Mr I^atta was born in Camden and moved to Cheraw twenty-seven years ago where he was at one time superintendent of the laincaeter and Chesterfield railroad He had been a merchant In Cheraw for the past twenty years He Is survived by his mother, Mrs. J Lewis Ivestcr. of Atlanta, and by his widow, who was Miss Yillet Hook, of' Columbia; a son. Robert Latta. of Miami, three daughters. Mrs. W B.I Brock, of .Miami. Mrs Brainard Bau-j com of Monroe. N C. and Miss l>ouise Latta of Cheraw. and three grand<. hlldn-n. President Roosevelt will be present at the official opening of the world's 'air in New t oi k on April 30. Tuesday, January IT. was the 233 birthday anniversary of Benjamin Franklin. president Roosevelt is again urging the revivai of the Florida ship canal project, and also \he power development at Passamaquoddy bay. in Maine, both of which schemes have been dormant for many months because Congress refused to supply the I money for them A. Sheheen Hears From Club Leader President Austin Sheheen of Ike Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from Jack Corbett, president of the Syracuse club of the International league, who says: "Your wire extending greetings to the Syracuse club received and are very much appreciated. We feel that our training in Camden will result in a great deal of publicity for the city and we hope the circumstances will be such that we can return year after year. "Ws - wlU surely * bring mam people to Camden that have rushed thru the city In the past. Each season we have a number of people visit the camp from Syracuse and vicinity. We had them as far away as Mineral Wells, Texas, where we trained, in 1936. "We need the schedule of racing in making up our exhibition games, as we do not care to conflict with the sport that has been established for years. "The club will arrive about March 15 and we will remain about four weeks. This Is not so far off now and wo are looking forward to a pleasant stay in Camden." International League Interested Frank Heath, publicity director for Camden, has received a letter from the executive office of the International league asking for Information about Camden and also embracing, a roster of all teams In the league. The 1 cooperation of Mr. Heath Is requested by the league executive In the providing of plenty of news for papers In the cities in the International circuit. "Million Dallar Horse" It has been more than eighteen years since Man o* War flashed across the finish line In his last race?sevehteen lengths ahead of his rival, Sir Barton. The story goes that as the race ended the Kenilworth club's gold-! en cup, filled with champagne, was brought to the golden horse's owner, Samuel D. Riddle, and that Mr. Riddle poured the champagne on the ground, had the cup filled with water and gave Man o' War the first drink. Since that time Man o' War has sirejl War Admiral and many a noble racer, but never again were those mighty twenty-four-foot strides of his to carry him down the field, like one live horse against a painted background of imaginary competitors. He lost but one out of twenty-one scheduled races. Yet this fine, sensitive, intelligent anir^^l is more than a racer?he is, as anyone who ever saw him close by will testify. a personality. And?as was disclosed to a Times reporter by Mr Riddle a day or so ago?he is still worth a million dollars That is to say, this sum was offered for him by a Hollywood producer and turned down by Mr. Riddle. Man o" War's owner has gone so far, in fact, as to set up a trust fund which will keep "Big Red" in comfort, whatever happens, to the end of his days. When he dies he will lie in a horse cemetery beside his parents. Mahuba and Fair Play. At first thought it may seem incongruous that a horse should be valued at a million dollars when so many human beings aren't valued at ail. But a perfect creation, whether it be a' pn-fure. h pieee- of music or a horse, is worth about as many million dollars as can be got together No one will begrudge Man o' War his pride, his comfort or his honorable Interment He was beauty and nobility on four legs and. perhaps, as his owner believed, "the swiftest horse that ever lis ed."?New York Times. Annually, the United States uses skins from 20.000.000 cattle. 14.000,000 calves, 50.000.000 goats, 35,000,000 sheep. ^000.000 horses, and various numbers of such animals as alligators, deer. elk. kangaroos, lizards, seals, sharks, and snakes, for its leather making industries Much Progress In Soil Conservation Clemson, Jan. 16.?As the soil conservation program advances In the (our districts of the state, both the soil conservation service and the extension service expect that erosion control practices, auch as strip-cropping, terracing, contour tillage, summer and winter cover crops, and perennial cover crops, will spread much further and reach many more farmers than the demonstration areas hard* been able to reach, says E. C. Turner, Jr., extension conservation specialist. Meanwhile, the six demonstration projects and the ten rerfalhlng CCC Camp areas engaged In erosion control work In the state will continue to serve as demonstration areas and proving grounds for further development of erosion control practices adapted to farming conditions in various sections of the state in cooperation with the county associations and districts. Agreements In effect at the end of 1938 on 3,640 farms in the demonstration and camp areas of the state, according to records of the soil conservation service, provided for stripcropping more than 110,000 acres; reducing clean-tilled crops by nearly 64,000 acres; increasing Improved pasture by 3,400 acres; increasing eroslon-reslBtant crops by more than 50,000 acres; and setting np approved rotations on 220,000 acres. During the past five years 14,000 | mile^'of broad channel terraces have i been built and 38,000,000 forest tree ! seedlings have been planted on cooperating farms within these areas. Gangs Prey on Farms Driven from cities, criminals in Illinois are preying on farmers for millions of dollars of loot annually, and Organized bands of thieves, pickpockets, gypsies, commercial truckers and hi-Jackers are reaping a rich harvest. The extent of the loss of farms wasj cited by Representative F. W. Lewis, j of Robinson, 111., a member of the J uniform motor vehicles laws commis-i slon of the state, who says he and his J associates are preparing bills for the next legislature to curb, so far as pos-| sible, the depredations of the lawless element which is finding farmers '"easy pickings." Losses in poultry alone amount to 61,486,841.21 a year, according to fig-! uree prepared by the Illinois Bureau of Crime Prevention; loss of livestock, some 11,546 head, is worth $500,000.' Hundreds of thousands more in tools, tractors, plows, binders and other farm machinery are stolen. Virtually ; none of it. is Insured, the bureau re| ports. Many of the thefts, particularly of poultry and livestock may be charged ( to hi-Jackers?organized gangs who lie in wait and rob farmers on their way to market. Much of the crop losses? and they are among the heaviest?go to night prowlers. Classed with the night prowlers are the interstate commercial truckers who bring to the stale a load of merchandise, then steal a crib of corn, a dozen pigs, or a half dozen sheep for the return trip. Farm machinery goes the same way. Unprotected by numbers and other restrictions placed on automobiles and parts, much of it is sold as Junk.?Mnoroe Enquirer Judge Arthur H. James. Republican, was inaugurated governor of Pennsylvania. at Harrlsburg, Pa., at noon on Tuesday, with very colorful ceremonies. George H. Earle, retiring Democratic governor, was the first democratic governor of the state in 50 years. . The senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Frank Murphy, former Michigan governor, to be attorney general of the United States, and also confirmed the appointment of Felix Frankfurter, as associate Justice of the Bupreme court. Seven senators voted against the confirmation of Murphy as attorney general. Camden Team Wine The Camden high boy* camera defeated Hrooklaud-Cayce boys at the high school gymuasiuin Wedueaday night 34 to 15, while the Camden lassies showed title (Oallber by rolling up a 62 to 17 score against the Brooklaud-Cayce maidens. Master Ha* Operation ? Friends of W. L. DftPass, _Jr., wdl known attorney and Master for Kershaw county will be pleased to know that he is getting along flue at the Camden hospital .where he was carried last Thursday to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. W. R. Watklna Dead * Mrs. Willie R- Watklns, 18 years of age, and infant daughter, residents of the McBee section, died early Sunday morning in a Hartsville hospital. Mrs. Watkins Is survived by her husband and three brothers. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Union Methodist church, near MoBee, Rev. Mr. Arant in charge. Pine Grove Club Met The Pine Grove School Improve ment Association held its January meeting In the school auditorium. Mrs. DeWitt Branham, the president, presided. After the devotional by Mrs. Nick Watts, reports were given by the various committeemen and several business matters were discussed. Miss Eichelberger entertained the club with several interesting games. Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Neata Branham. Mrs. Irene Branham and Mrs. Belva Branham Hostesses for the February meeting are Mrs. Lee Jackson, Mrs. Boykin Jackson and Miss Nannie Rabon. Killer Attempts Suicide j Columbia, 8. C.?William Woods, 26, one of the six prisoners under sentence of death for the slaying of Cap-; tain Olin Sanders in an abortive attempt to escape from the state penitentiary more than a year ago, at-, tempted to commit suicide in his cell Monday night, it was revealed Wednesday by James S. Wilson, prison superintendent. Wilson said Woods, who acknowledged at his trial that he was leader of the group who stabbed the guard . captain to death, slashed both arms with a piece of metal torn from his cot. He was back in his cell under special"-guard to forestall asecond attempt to kill himself, Wilson said. Seaboard'* New Equipment Norfolk, Virginia, Jan. 17.?Pur-j chase of approximately 13,000 tons of 100 pound rail by the Seaboard Railway was announced here, today, by L. R. Powell, Jr., and Henry W. Anderson, Receivers. Orders were placed for approximately 8,000 tons from the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company of Birmingham, Alabama, a subsidiary of U. S. Steel, and approximately 5,200 tons from the Bethlehem Steel Company. Substantial purchases of track accessories such as tie plates, etc., to be used In the laying of the rail, was also announced. These purchases are a part of the Seaboard Railway's 1939 rail program. How many tenth and eleventh grade high school boys and girls, do you suppose, could name, offhand the counties and county seats of South Carolina? A parent asked this question today, but none present would venture a guess. It is a regretahle fact that the same question would "bust" a majority of the A. B. and B. S. college graduate? and A. M. post graduates.?Sumter Daily Item. African natives make blankets from the stomach lining of elephants. There is a French church in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, England. York cathedral, England, is to be cleaned, and the Job will require 20 years. Many portions of the building haven't been cleaned,for 800 years. Poultry 8hipm?nt There will be a poultry truck at the following places on Monday, January 80: <. - -7-^ - v;/y Bethune, 8:30 a. in. to 11:30 a. m,; j Camden, 13:00 Noon to 1:00 p. m.; Kershaw, 3:00 p. m. toilt^O p. m. The prices will be paid as follows: Pat colored hens, 16 cents pound: fat Leghorn hens, 11 cents pound; 1 roosters, 8 cents pound; ducks and 1 geese, 13 cents pound! guineas, 30 -cents each; young turkey hens, ten pounds up, 25 cents pound; young turkey tom(i, fifteen pounds up, 21 eents pound; old turkey heps, 21 cents M pounds; old turkey toms, 18 cents ' pound; fat capons, seven pounds up, 22 cents pound; fat slips, 16 cents pound. Please tell your neighbors about this shipment. - ' ",ij Grace Church 8ervlces The services for Sunday will be as follows: Holy communion at 8:00 a. m.; church school at 9:46 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon by the ] rector at 11:15. Duet by Miss Avis Wallace and Mrs. Edith Carter. "The King of Love My Shepher Is." Young j People's Service League at 7:00 p. m. : General News Notes j George llftchild, once a Wall street broker, with an income of $100,000 a year, for 20 years, is now looking for a place to sleep, and with bis son. Frank, 55, spent a night this week iu a police station after being dlspos- " j Bessed from a building on which the H. O. L. C., has a mortgage, in Brook- 1 lyn, N. Y. Fifty thousand persons witnessed the Inauguration of W. Lee O'Daniel, flour salesman, poet, radio singer and song writer, as he stood on the goal . 1 line of the football bowl at Austin, Texas, Tuesday. O'Daniel offered this * brief prayer: "I pray that glamor and color will be eliminated from onr le# J Islative session and that seriousness 4 and dignity will reign supreme. Senator Adams, democrat of Colo- j radio takes issue with Mr. Roode- \ velt's contention that more than .a million WPA workers must be dropped by June 1 if congress votes only -A $725,000,000 for relief. Adams, chair- I man of the senate appropriations subcommittee, studying the problem, ar- .... gued that by spreading the reduction \ over four months, it would be limited to 600,000 workers. Lieutenant Franklin M. Kreml of j the Evaston, 111., police department, will be awarded the 1938 distinguished I service award of the United States I Junior Chamber of Commerce, the organization has announced. Kreml's nationally known work in traffic safety won him the diamond key awarded annually to the man 35 years old or younger regarded as contributing the I most to society in the previous year. Edward J. Watson, 77, the young ster who was the inspiration to the author in writing "Peck's Bad Boy," died in Milwaukee, Wis., Friday. -Young Edward Watson, horn, in Adams county, Wisconsin, In 1861, came to Milwaukee as a boy and got a job as a telegraph messenger. He thought I up pranks?simple little things, some of them, like putting salt in the sugar | ?which kept his parents on edge, and jfl George W. Peck put them down on J paper. John W. Hanes, undersecretary of J the treasury, says the treasury might 9 realize $300,000,000 annually by adop- J tion of the President's suggestion to?JM remove tax exemption from future j state and local salaries and bond in- ] terest. In a prepared^statement read | before a senate committee, and himself a former Wall street broker, said; "Industry finds it difficult to com- I pete with tax-exempt securities in attrading the capital of indlTlduais <1 the higher income brackets. We are fl confronted today with a" great surplus of capital which does not deelre to j take a chance and a distinct shortage of that which does. Venturesome cap- 1 Ital is needed to induce the invest- - ment of cautions jpapltal." . ** '9 ii.??6 PALMETTO DRY CLEANERS pho?e6||I CLEANING DYEING RUG CLEANING HAT BLOCKING || I KNITTED CLOTHES GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION PROMPT DELIVERY " ONE DAY SERVICE 4^3 bjiii I'lilM