Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a P. DAVIES. at the post offlcs at BatbwoU 8. C. # as socond-oUss nuittor. PsIiUrsllj tW Dip. to Mr. SUBSCRIPTION RATBS: Jtm Tsat —— $1 M Bis Months JO fhrss Months - ....... JO (Strictly in Adrmneo.) THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1930 We ConfrAtulste South Csrolins. While it is the usual custom to congratulate a candidate on the suc cessful termination of his campaign, we take this occasion to congratulate the people of South Carolina upon the election of the Hon. James F. Byrnes to the United States Senate as the successor of Cole L. Blease. We are confident that they will not have cause to regret having cast a majori ty of their ballots for “Jim” Byrnes in Tuesday’s election. During hil incumben:/ they w It not have to explain, excuse or apologize for his Democracy, for he knows whether or not he is a Democrat. They will h$ve a militant champion of their rights— one who, by reason of his previous experience in the Congress and his acquaintance with the members there of, will be able to accomplish great things for South Carolina. He is intimately acquainted with the needs of his constituents and in represent ing them he will know neither friend nor foe. Success to you, Jftn! And should the official tabulation of the votes cast in the battle of the •ballots for gubernatorial honors show the election of Ibra C. Blackwood t the ship of state will be safe for the next four year g with the rudder in his capable hands. He has the exper ience, character and integrity of a dependable Chief Executive and under his guidance, South Carolina will con tinue her march of progress until she has attained a place in the forefront of the Union. South Carolina is safe with Byrnes and Blackwood. million dollars Unci# Sam loant him to reliera the farmers with. Now, If the boll weevils would Just eat up about half of the cotton crop, Mr. Legge would be hailed a> a most re markable gentleman. But something always happens when an emergency arrives. Now, you know wheat advanced 20 cents a bushel recently in sympathy with corn and oats advanced in sympathy with wheat, and potatoes went up 50 cents a barrel in sympathy with dried beans but gasoline hasn’t gone down in sym pathy with the busted working men, but the bricklayers can’t quite decide whether to accept $1.10 per hour in sympathy with idleness, or hold out for $1.25 and better times. By Gee McGee. Our Town. Our town is getting along very well at present, thank you. Some of the oil people discovered another pretty corner lot the other day and now there’s a fine filling station on it. But that is the last one. All of our main streets are lined with filling stations, and no matter where you run out of gas, all you’ve got to do is whistle and the filling station man’s hose long enough to reach you. 1 have made up my mind to frame the next dollar I make. I remember just as plain as the busted nose on a pugilist’s face when I had nearly 3 dollars of my own money and then Mr. Hoover was elected. Times are really tight around our house: our cook is still using her 19 and 30 model Ford and our washer woman has to come after our clothes in a taxi in stead of a wheel harrow. There is a law in some cities against talking hard-times, and if you happen to be getting thin on account of the scarcity of vitamin “B” in your corn mush and buttermilk, you must explain that you have just returned from the beach or the mountains where you caught typhoid fever. If the seat of your britches shows skin, explain that you snagged them get ting out of your limosine, and if your wife is seen wearing an old dress, you must tell the public that she’s just funny to that. It is always best to keep your grumbling to yourself. The other morning I met Mr. Jones on the street and I said—“How do you do, Mr. Jones,” and he said—“I hope to be able to pay you half of it next week. He and I walked down the street to gether and every time anybody spoke to him, he invariably said—“I hope to be able to pay you half of it next week.” He didn’t happen to owe me anything, but as he owed everybody else, he thought possibly he owed me too. The average fartiily in our town is only about 7 installments behind. No one has stopped riding. Bridge par ties are as numerous as ever and there are still a few folks who don’t know any better than to try to run back yard poultry farms. We have no mos» quitoes or book agents in the commun ity at present and all of the jak e pa raiysis boys are improving some. But I look for better timeg when we begin to market our 16-cent cotton at 10 cents. We won’t have any money to pay debts with, but we can ride and ride and ride. The U. S. Treasurer says that there is $36.72 per capita in circulation at this time, meaning cash —but my name doesn’t happen to be Per Capita. I might rake up the 72 cents, but somebody else has got my 36 dollars. (Excuse me a moment while I eat this hunk of light bread.) Church collections have fallen con siderably on account of vacations and the advance in lip-sticks and nose powders. Bananas are selling 3 for a dime, and so’s cantaloupes. The bar ber shop war is not quite over. Hair cuts can be had from 10 cents each up to 3 for a dollar. Shoeshines are firm At a dime and shampoos have declined only 5 points aince the Marne drive. There is some complaint about the price and quality of bottled-behind- the-barn booze. Cotton Letter. New Y’ork, Sept. 9.—Due to south ern selling and Bombay liquidation, October eased off in sympathy with Pink Teddies common and Silk Pa jamas preferred. Spinners takings were 65,444 bales less last week than the corresponding week a year ago— due to the fact that curtailing has cur tailed the need of cloth. The boll wee vil is post facto in Georgia and non compog mentis in Texas and parley voo Francais in Oklahoma, but Ala bama will possibly remain democratic, Tom Hell-fin notwithstanding. We advise knickers and hedging at pres ent, but think the long hold will lose also. Dresses are longer and thinner late ly than ever before, but some of the girls are wearing little pink p*tti< coats that have proven a slight ob struction to vision. Bart legs are cn the want, dee to warts and fusx. The have not cut their feta ia sym- with 10-ctAt cotton, but they any collected only two-thirds of what tad that fee Standard OB MR** W a ' for s ail or rent notis: i have a nice 3 room cottage with 1 outhouse and a good well of watter and a western exposure that will rent for 7$ per month in advance or will sell for 254$ in cash, the buyer to assume the first, second and third mortgage.on same, and give me mw oquity in cash which is according to my figgers 4$. this is a nice chance for a young feller with a few young- un§ which he don’t won’t to raise in town to play minnte ture golf and smoke ctgaretUs nil the time, it has 2 green blinds and a pr. of steps at the rare, rite er foam whoa you want to be showed thru. yafsa truhe, mi** Qath rid M o AB *• • and Viewn. < of hit feel the INflee of thefdVUry minute. It 1 I was a girl.** I decided to public the othe to the office, so I stopped the first 5 persons I met and interviewed them, and this i B what they said: (My only interrogation waa — “How’s every thing?”)' mike Clark, rfd: “everything’s fine with me. i hsve alreddy hell 5 in- questes this week and i just learnt from the undertaker that i might haf- ter hold another 1 tonight, bill jones run over sam brown in a mule and buggy and both was dangerously hurt but the mule might get well, sorter hot and dry, but that’s the kind of weather we need for fall turnips.” far a fallow to got Uncle Ephraim: “Well, dis old nig ger is doing putty well. I get a plenty to eat and wear, and we has the finest preacher w e is ever had. Lemme see —he tetched on moral sin last night and he burnt dem sinners all de way from de crap game to de hen roost. We is having some nice hot weather now and I hope it keeps up. A little shower would help, but de Good Lawd knows what we need. Boss, gimmy a chaw tobacker, please sub.” Uncle Joe: “Hoover’s tariff bill has mint the country from dam to Beer Sheby. Mills have all shut down. Folkg got nothing to eat and less to do. Furrin countries refuse to trpde with us. This hot, dry, parching weather is killing everything. Lots of sickness about. Money i s tight and creddick is gone. Yes sir, old boy, we are in for at least 10 years of misery. By the way, let me have 50 cents till tuesday.” Hon. Fuller Bosh: “Wall Street is slowly recovering from her recent rlbt. Commodity prices are on the down ward trend. Things will pick up soon. We are learning to elect cleaner, bet ter men for office. If I were president I would dismiss the farm board, pitch the Volstead Act to the 4 winds, re cognize Russia, free the Phillipines, scrap the navy before somebody else scraps it and us, abolish immigration, muzzle cqngress, turn the country back over to the Democrats, and ad just the tariff so that industry can put folks to wcu»k. Gotta match?” Old Mrs. Kemper: “Lawsy, mussy! What in the tarnation is the world coming to? Dresses above the knees and nothing much on. Lips painted, nose whitewashed. Gals riding and carooning around all night with rank Notice of' Reward, v I hereby offer a reward of 10 dol lars (check) to any man or woman, who can successfuly take a nap on Sunday afternoon in a house where there is a 7 year old girl, plus a 6 months old News of BUckrille Blackville, Sept. 7.—A novel morn ing was enjoyed through the hospi tality of Miss Margaret O’Gorman on Monday, when she entertained with a golf party. There were fiv^B cou ples: Misses Hettie and Etta Mathis, Miss Catherine Weissinger,Miss Cecile Fickling, Miss Bettye Hair, Miss Martha Still, Miss Elizabeth Baxley, Miss Margaret Richer, Miss Marjorie Meyers and the hostess. Miss Bettye Hair made low score. A course of iced tea and sandwiches was served. Mrs. Somers Pringle was hostess to four tables of bridge Friday mornm& at 11 o’clock, complimenting her house guest, Miss Vivian Browning. Mrs. D. J. Connelly received high score prize, which she presented to the honor guest, who was also remem bered with a lovely gift by her hos tess. Ice cream and cake were served. James Buist represented Blackville in Aiken Monady evening at the final, round of golf in the tournament which has been enjoyed by Aiken, Black- vile and Batesburg. The latter place was successful in winning the prize, a hanlsome loving cup. Mr. and Mrs. Farrell O’Gorman, Mr.' and Mrs. S. Pringle, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carroll and Mrs. H. L. Buist motored to Aiken for the game. The local course here has been a scene of popularity and it is understood that a fourna- Misa Marjorie Meyers, «f Ashe ville, is the guest of her lister, Mrs. L. Groves. Miss Doll Holstein, of Monetta, was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. H. A. Rich and chil- dreh, SimolT and Stuart, were guests for the week-end at Sullivan’s Island through the hospitality of Mrs. O. D. Hammond. Mrs. J. W. Hamel, of Kershaw, is visiting her daughters, Mrs. A. B. Hair and Mrs. Sim Rush. >*' Colege boys and girls are making preparations for leaving soon. Among those who will return may be men tioned: Miss Sara Matthews For her second year at Coker; Miss Elizabeth Baxley and Miss Kittye Duncan to Winthrop; Misses Catherine Weissin- ger and Bettye Hair of the class of 1930 will also attend Winthrop this year. Misses Hettie artd Etta Mathis will return to Agnes Scott; Mis* Mar jorie Fickling and Miss Isabelle Mur phy to Greenville Woman’s College; Harry Haigler to Clemson; Velpo Still and Alymer Gray to Carolina; Craig Baxley to Columbia high school; Ed ward Ninestein, Wilmot Martin and Claude Kammer to Carolina; William Altman, A. V. Collum, Sam Mathis and Jimmie Buist to The Citadel. Miss Eva Still will go to Lakeland, Fla., for a course in business. J* Yrmnapmrtmtin A New 6-cylinder Chevrolet Truck with Dual Wheels -v ■■■ NEW HEAVIER REAR AXLE FOUR-SPEED TRANSMISSION NEW LARGER TRUCK CLUTCH 6-CYLINDER SO-HORSEPOWER ENGINE DUAL WHEELS FULLY ENCLOSED BRAKES LigM Delivery Chauis *365 Light Delivery Chassis . _ *iH» Cob (Pkk-up box extra) Roadster Delivery *440 (Pick-up bam extra) ^edon Delivery veeeeeeeeeoe *593$ tVfe-Ton Chauis with Cab *625 UTIUTT IVt-TON CHASSIS Prism mi I Vi-tee A new six-cylinder iVz-ton Chevrolet truck—with dual wheels—Is now available at Chevrolet dealers every where. It is big and powerful, rugged and dependable. It offers many new features of outstanding value to the modern truck user. And no other truck of equal capacity costs less to operate and maintain. Your nearest Chevrolet dealer wHI gladly give you a trial load demonstration—any time. 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