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Nobody's Business written for Ths Chronicle by Gee McOee, Copyright, 1928. A TRIP TQPLORIDA AND CUBA IN' 12 PART8 (Pjrt N|,nt) After sightseeing Key West with j,a ltoosevelt Avenue (almost brand wo boarded the 8. 8. Cuba for Havana. Tbe weather was fine and windy. You ??uld 8tay on <leck ok by wrapping yourself around the rail. There were about 400 other persona on this boat apparently wasting their t u ditors' money Just as wo wore. Wo bought a state-room... .which was extra, much to our suprlse. We found it a mighty nice place to stay seasick in. The old lady and the grandson couldn't stand the rolling of tho ship and thereby missed one of the bedt meals 1 have had the pleasure of meeting since I loft home (?). - The owners of the 8. 8. Cuba saved at least 250 meals that the passengers couldn't "take in." About 50 per cent of tho 150 that were disposed to eat and live felt so sorry for the fishes shortly thereafter, they, too, had to ttct oft tho boat emptor..., in -Havana l guess I'm too Btlngy to get sea-sick, j If i have to pay $1.60 for a dinner I'm going to eat it and see that it stays et. Two different couples sat down for lunch at my table, but after sipping 3 sips each of the mock-turtle soup, they took quiok leave of the Immediate neighborhood. That gave mo 5 dinners to eat all - by myself. (The waiter said "Yes, go ahead; one person's loss Is another person's gain"). ?Judging from the way some JoUm who are sea-sick look at you, It must be a terrible affliction. One lady said sho'd just as soon be dead and get through with it. They say you first get weak at the stummick, then your head begins to twirl around, and then your liver feels like It has turned over,, and your gall-bladder chokes down and your heart commences to back-fire. Your breath gets short and your pulse speeds ups. You are in real danger, but everybody - who gets sea-sick he or she or it is going to die. Most folks want to make a will before they give up the ghost. 1 had never seen so many folks mad at me before at one time: they didn't like It because I refused to get seasick too. ?If you've never had any experience with customs officials, you have got something to live for. Thej| have investigated my stuff many different times, but they don't seem to improve any in their habits. They root everything you've got out of your trunks and bags, then stir the stuff up, grabble around in it, tousel it here and mash it there, and after they have got it scattered all over the counters, they stick a little stamp on your bags and walk off without even saying thank you, or good-bye. They ought to be able to look at me and decide that I ain't got sense enough to smuggle anything in...much lees out. A TRIP TO FLORIDA (AND COG A) < IN 12 PARTS (Part Ton) ?The necessary habit or practices of tipping is mighty hard on the purse of a fellow who hqs to work for a living. When we left our hotel in Miami, we tipped the boy (50c mebbe) for fetching our 5 bags down stairs from room 555. He put them down near the Cashier's Desk and left town, apparently. Anyway, when we look (Hi around to toll him to put the said ! hags In our outsdte, he had vamoosed, went, loft, and disappeared. Another tip (50c) went to his substitute who placed our things where they belonged in the back of the car. When we handed him what we call a large piece of money he frowned like he thought we were tight-wads, and he possibly had something there. ?We stopped down Tthe street and tipped a parking meter 6c bo's we could eat breakfast; and our waiter was dad-blamed pretty, we simply had to tip her 30c. And her sister who kept our hats and coats while we were eating orange juice and drinking scrambled eggs and coffee, soaked us for 30c on the way out. We finally landed at the docks In Key West where the S. S. Cuba was waiting us: (wasn't that nice of them?). We tipped the garage man 25c for transferring our baggage to a taxi en route to the ship. (We stored our car in Key West). We paid $1.60 for a 25cent, taxi trip to the steamer.... in a 1931 Dodge. ?We were dumped a few yards frpm the gang-plank or walk-way. A guy toted our stuff along while agent after agent and Inspector after inspector examined our tickets, immigration cards, eyes, ears, nose, throats, berth scrips, and F. B. I.d pa for 25 minutes. We tipped this shrimp (the baggage toter) 35c. He handed our stuff to a ship he-male; chamber-maid. He anchored our 'belongings near the .office of the Purser. ,We got in line and were finally "purs-ed". Another man grabbed our key and wordly goods and made a bee-line for Suite "C'. He got 50c. We then sat down and rested a little while. , ?After most of the folks feot sea-sick, we arrived In Havanna. The room steward looked mighty mean when we handed him $1. for doing nothing for us all night except switching on a light when ,we entered. Another white-coat took our bags to the customs inspector and got 60c for his trouble. After we were proved innocent of smuggling, a Cuban that chattered fiercely, took our property to the edge of the building for only 20c per item, and handed it to another chump who carried It to a cheap ($) <taxl for only 35c. We were disembarked from the 1929 Buick, and the fellow who carried our badly scarred bags Into GssteL ?ot 25c. Tfts fellow who escorted us and our personal holdings to thb room got 25c. We rang for ice-water and gave,that delivery kid 10c, and then we fainted. Both our pocketbood and ourselves were "tipsy." after this tipping experience. ^ ' Every year malaria-bearing mosquitoes are responsible for the deaths of between two and three million people. ' . ' 1 ??! ? 11 HIN80N COWS MAKE I MEW OFFICIAL RECORDS Peterborough. N. H., May 1?Two Guernsey cows owned by J. 8. Illation of Kershaw, South Carolina have just ' finished new official records for* pro- > iluctlou which outltlos thorn to entry ; in the Advanced Register of The j American Guernsey Cattle Club. | These animals include 2 year old Hin* | Bon May Bell 629618 producing 10530.3 pounds of milk and 628.2 pounds of butterfat In class GG, and 2 year old , II in son's Elaine 694763 producing 10431.1 pouuds of^ndlk ajwt" 526.3 j pounds of butterfatjJjTasa G. a I? " IT'S YO? NATfiHElS S/D DKWSSEK. ... YAS sunt & < yf> ? . *,; ; - ag Qide Iressing your row S O and hill crops with f Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda is the ideal ~m method of supplying quick-acting nitrate at the exact time they M need it. It contains 16% nitrogen :J and small amounts of ik other "vitamin" plant :Ayam food elemfents, such as boron, iodine, calcium, n\ahganc?e, magnesium and many more. For over a century farmers have preferred Natural Chilean Nitrate ||| of $oda. It is the time- -9 tested nitrate for every 9 II" Sturm You GH ... NATURAL CHILEAN I NITKATS Of SODA j - d'wfcegg .uhiiuiwi iwiinui .1. u.n imidijw iu-,..,. .... . Fertilizer Economies Save Farmers 1 More Than $200,000,000 A Year | Survey Shorn $8,60 For Each Dollar Spent For Fertilizer. Washington, D. C.?Lower prices ' for fertilisers due to industry economies have saved farmers $200,000,000 a year, acording to government analysis made by A. L. Mehring of the U. S. Department of Agriculture who shows that the sharp downward trend of fertiliser prices since 1880 was interrupted only during the period of the last war; when, due to our country's dependence at that time on foreign supplies, prices rose sharply. After that they again resumed their downward trend. At the same time the industry made the nation self-sufficient and no longer largely dependent ?0bn foreign sources of supply. "Prices dropped sharply during the depression and have never recovered to the extent that other commodities have. As a result of this fact, fer tilizer prices today give the farmer real parity for his dollar," says Charles J. Brand, Executive Secretary and Treasurer of The National Fertilizer Association. "Prices received by farmers for their products today would have to go up 21 per cent to reach parity with what farmers pay for all commodities which they buy. But, so far as fertilizer is concerned, the^ picture is different. The present price of fertilizer is so low that it gives the farmer, instead of a 21 per cent handicap, a 6 per cent advantage on every dollar he spends for fertilizer." Returns from a recent survey of 82,000 farmers show that an investment in low-priced fertilizers yields high returns. An average of $8.60 ; returned for each $1.00 which they ! spent for fertilizer. t C3B - '" James W. Floyd Found Dead in Auto . * ' .. Rock Hill, April 24?James Winfleld Floyd, 27, was found dead In his automobile In a parking lot at the Rock Hill Printing and FJnlshlng company about 6:30 o'clock today.'. Mr. Floyd, an employe of the Printing and Finishing company, was to have gone to work about 7 O'clock. It was reported by employes arriving at about the same time, that he drove Into the lot, got out and wiped his windshield and then got back into the ( car apparently to wait until time to go into the plant. Shortly afterward it was noticed that he was sitting with ( his head back on the seat of the car ( and Investigation revealed that~ he ^ was dead. Death was believed to , have been caused by a heart attack. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary { Allan Floyd; his parents, Johnson ] Floyd and Mrs. Sims Floyd of Ker- j shaw, and two sisters, Mrs. Lewis ] Rheames of Indlanttown, Fla., and i Miss Elsie Floyd of Kershaw. . j ' < CLYBURN COW COMPLETES * ' NEW OFFICIAL RECORD ' _________ 1 Peterborough, N. H. May 1?A new record, exceeding the average of the Guernsey breed for her age and class ' has just been completed by a two year old cow Clyhurn's Don's Honey- ^ moon 615711 of Kershaw, South Carolina, tested and owned by C. F. Clyburn. Her official record supervised by the Clemson Agricultural College ~ and announced by* the American 1 Guernsey Cattle., Club is 10002.4 J pounds of milk and 470.6 pounds of butter fat, class GO. c HEBE'S HOW TRAINEES SPEND $21 A MONTH Just what does a North or South Carolina, Georgia or Tennessee Selective Service man do with his $21 a month pay? An extensive survey was recently conducted revealing that a majority of the 6,000 selectees in training with the 30th Division at Fort Jackson carefully budget their monthly pay. The first thing a new soldier does when his company commander has handed him his $21 is -to hand $2 of It right back.y This pays for his laundry for the month which is picked up weekly and done on a contract basis. The soldier now has $19 left, a spending allowance of sixty-three cents a day. The usual soldier's budget of this sum goes something like this: Four nights in Columbia where he will have a fifty cent dinner followed t>y a movie at forty-five cents and an after movie snack at twenty-five cents. Pare to the city and return runs about Lwenty-five cents unless the soldier goes in a taxi with three other buddies then his fare will go up to fifty cents. Total cost of the evening runs ibout $1.50. If he does this four nights a month, he spends $6. " With his remaining $13, a soldier averages twenty cents a night at the post exchange where he buys soft drinks, cake and candy and whatever 5lse will fill stomachs that refuse to be filled. This runs him about six dollars for the month and leaves him jeven. Out of his' last $?r -ft soldier must^ purchase toilet articles, stamps, magesines and newspapers. The job of stretching his pay over a month is a leemlngly Impossible one, hut most >f the men do it and a good many of hem go so far as to send part of their >ay home. This fact is evidenced by the reeipta for money orders issued at the ''ort Jackson postofflco?which leads ill other post offices in the state in he issuance of postal money orders, lany of these orders, of course, come rom soldiers who receive more than he basic $21 paid to soldiers their irst three months in service. 'As a man advances in the army his alary increases. After three months private receives $30 monthly and ft Irst class private $36. Uncle Sam's oldlers are the highest paid in the rorld and according to the survey at \>rt Jackson, they have learned how o get the most out of their hard earnd wages. ' " The sword of' Are seen hanging ver Jerusalem before its destruction may have been Halley's comet. -TD CHECK A | A s in7days ^ ^ . vr ? ?,r ? ! a t NOTICE i | All parties Indebted to the estate of c (Etta T. Perry are hereby notified to j make payment to the undersigned, j and all parties, If any, having claims a against the said estate will present t Ihem likewise, duly attested, within j the time prescribed by law. f R. M. PERRY, 1 - - . Administrator. \ Camden, S. C., April 21, 1941. fl - A Gentle Laxative - ? Good For Children I Host any child w^o takes this tasty laxative once will welcome It ( the next time he's constipated and it has him headachy, cross, listless, 6 with bad breath, coated tongnft or little appetite. o Syrup of Black-Draught is a tasty t; liquid companion to the famous ? BLACK-DRAUGHT. The principal . ingredient is the same, in both products; helps impart tone to lazy" bowel muscle*. -. ja The Syrup's flavor appeals to moot children, and, given by the simple directions, its action is . 'U L -li 'IJMWUO-'!?L^l.u?l..-TncFarm Guide For May Outlined By Agent - j To remind farmers of gMonthil farm | icilvlttoa in May. oounty agent W. C. , IfcCarley, makes theae suggestions: Agronomy.?'Do not ruin a good ] hand of cotton by chopping It all out. Ueave two or three atalka every'8 to , 12 Inches. For a profitable Invent- , uent make u aide application of nltroton to cotton soon after chopping, i Plan to put all grain stubblo land Into i loybeana, cowpeas, or velvet beans for , mil-conserving and soU-bvilldlng crops. , Horticulture. Sow tomatoes for July transplanting, col lard and cabbage for August transplanting. Mulch tomatoes hoavtly with strati or leaves to hold moisture and prolong fruiting. Do not cultivate beans while the foltago Is wet. Apply nitrate of soda to garden crops If not growing well. Do not cut young asparagus too elosely; fertilise and inanuro the bod after cutting season. Insects and Diseases.?Arrange to poison the 'boll woevll early. Spray fruit trees for ourculio, codling moth, and diseases. Spray pecans with Dordoahx to control scab. Hand applo trees for codling moth by May 15. Control potato bugs with arsenical poisons. Soo tho county agent about latest Information on tomato fruit worm. Get ready to fight the screw worn}. Agricultural Bngineering. Keep working parts of farm machinery greased or oiled, as this Is cheaper than repairs. Check the mover, binder, or othorharvesting machinery for needed repairs. Be sure that grain is dead ripe before harvesting with a combine, which usually is 10 days to two week after it is customary to begin harvesting with the binder. Soil Conservation?Watch the terrace channels during the planting and cultivating period. A big rain may sill them up in places and cause breaks later. Sow some close-growing crop on newly constructed terraces. Sorghum or sudan Is fine for this. Visit your nearest Soil Conservation Service demonstration area and study the conditions and results. Up to the lato 1860's, steel plates for ships, bridges, and boilers, were virtually unknown. ?i?? KERSHAW COUNTY BULL WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION Peterborough, N. H., May'l?A Kerihaw county Guernsey breeder, W. 'P. Itedfearn of <Oamden, South Carolina, Just won national recognition on k pure hrcil Guernsey bull, Hilltop Itutterfat llrlar 212285. This bull, having seven daughters which have made creditable official records, has boon entered in .the Advanced Register of The America a [Juomsey Cattle Club. < Hilltop Hut torfat Briar 212285 will bo known hcroufter as an Advance^ Register sire. Only Guernseys whieb moot high production requirements are eligible for entry. The seven daughters which have com plot od official records are Coker Briar Beauty 4611864, Hlnson Oolden Sunset 476950, OlybuYn Butterfat Fancy 503446, Hinson May Holl 529618, Cly-burn Hut terfat Km ma 533722, Buttprfnt Briar's Lassie 467446, and Briar's Delia Wanda 605154. , VfiroMenr?ackaqef\ r Time ana Moneys ~ Each day more thrift and quality-minded people are buying Southern Twin Pack Bread and Southern RediGut Cake, because the bakers of Southern Bread and Cakes are continually giving them more for their money. southern ~ - OX, <*.9. SOT. OTP -?? ^Jwm^PacJe BREAD THREE KINDS FOR VARIETY (1)?Twin Pack White (2)-Twin Pack Wheat (3)-Twin Pack 2-ln-l . Half Whlta, Half Whapt Two half loaves individually wrapped inside Twin Pack wrapper. Save one half, serve the other. Protects freshness?saves money. Twin Pack is an exclusive Southern Bread feature. Extra healthful too, it's mow enriched with Vitamin B-l. Southern U.I. MT.OFF. CAKE 8 big ilioes of delieioua 2-layer gold oalc?, richly fillod and load, In separate compartments. Ready slioed, ready to serve. Ghoioe of mt< and flavor*. New thrift package?with wrapper that anapa off and on again, protecting freshness to final slice. If you serve only a few alines, replace wrapper and cake will be kept freah for another meal. Redi-Cot package is an exclusive Southern Cake feature. No other oaks baa it. - ^ Copyright 1941, Columbia Baking Company ESSSuSii ' ^mM?Vv//irM//r Vfl :E3B31 |i$fl ": - -' ; _ . KMariV7J||FH ^ h;:;blSa||2y[^K; xs^ ^f' I tl -J