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Nobody’s Business j; By tree McGee. Mike Writes a Bonus Letter. ^ . seeker-terry of the treasure, •Washington, d. C. deer sir:— my son, scudd Clark, a world war vettron, has asked me to rite or foam you that he did not go to miamma to vote on the bonnus bill which was passed down there two weeks ago, but he wants you all to know that he is in favor of same and you all mought as well get retcjdy to pay it in cash this fall. scudd newer went acrost but he was reddy at all times ^o face the ger- mans and italay-ans and russions in defense of his country for which he was,drafted to make it safe for the dimmercrats, and as they have now got' it, they ought to pay fir same with the bonnus. we can't barely* live on scudd’s present govermen monthly and then they signed the armis-tjss. forth. —.The game started off before 1 got thru the gate; in fact, they had already taken time out twice before I found out which gang was the blue sox and which gang was the red sox. And the worst is yet to come. The tallest man south of Philadelphia sat right in front of me and he wore a very high hat. When I wanted to see what was going on, I had to peep un der his right arm or betwixt his legs. Furthermore, the boy and girl who had come a-courting and chose to sit right behind me, dropped goo ber hulls down my collar and blowed goober chaff and goober skins all over me, a/td worse than that—she apit half a, bottle of grape punch on the back of my new (1929) overcoat. And he burnt the hair off the back of my neck witlAhis cigarette ashes, but it mought % of have been her ashes. (I wss afraid to look back as I didn’t want my eyes put out.) the reason the germans and other euro-peans called off the war when they did, they heard that scudd Cark would be on the next boat going over, and then they signed the armis-tss. it would of b*nn terrible had he of got over there, he newer knows when to stop fightin’ and he would of been in berlin in 2 days after he got off the the ship at livverpool if they had of given him a chance. ’ scudd drawed cnly 473$ when you paid him half of the last bonnus, but i and him have figgered that the other The stranger who sat on my left side punched my ribs into my gizzard every time his favorite back, tackle would make a good, or a bad play, or short stop, or right tackle would make a wild pass; he almost gave me the side plurisy in my plurisy side. And 1 dictaN: enjoy him spitting hi$- to bacco amber all over my shoes either. 1 got even with him tho; I am sure I busted something in his pocket next to me. I never did find out how the score wes, or who won. In fact, I am not sure I saw or attended the game I intended to attend. I feel sure that it was played in another town, that is—I think so. I saw 2 ADVERTISING PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED BY VICKS Greensboro, N. C.—Continuing the aggressive policies that have estab lished Vicks products as the recogniz ed leaders in the colds held, an ad vertising appropriation representing a 25 per cent, increase over last year was announced! here this week for Vicks VapoRub, Vicks Va-tro-ncl, Vicks Cough Drops ahd Vicks Vora- tone Antiseptic. Three times more weekly news papers than ever before Are included in this season’s advertising program, the largest in Vicks history. Year after year Vicks enlarges its news paper advertising—and sales of Vick products steadily increase. For many years Vicks VapoRub has been the world’s most extensively usej c °ld remedy—the family standby ^for^ treating colds in 68 nations. Over 26,000,000 jars pf this modern exter nal treatment for colds are now used yearly in the United States alone. . Similar international success is be ing rapidly achieved by Vicks Drops for nose and throat—which three years ago introduced a new idea for prevention of colds. “The immense success of this unique aid in preventing colds has quite naturally brought scores of imi tations,” President L. Richardson of the Vick Chemical Company stated. “The trade-mark—Va-tro-nol— new featured on the package and in adver tising, is to avoid public confusion of the original and exclusive Vicks fop- mula with other products.’’ “This success has also resulted in thousands of requests from enthusi astic users of Va-tro-nol for a half- they had' to pass by where I was when I was in the jam, meaning the jam- croW(j that almost smothered me to half wiU amount to 945$ onner count j death for a^ -phts 2-tickets tor mx ^oIt3he interest whidh has piled up | friends who saw , ess than , did> ag while you have had the use of his out; ^srze for Instant trrier On« Time * Featured “Pit Fighter" There’ is one dog Id the large canine family of breeds, which poseeeeee a coat of purest white, Is called the "roving white pirate” of dogdom—tho Bull terrier. It is sad to relate, how ever, notes a writer In the Philadel phia Inquirer, that the Bull terrier has a “dark past” Here Is a calm, amiable type of dog, a wonderful pet and household guardian, but one spoiled by the desires of man many, many years ago. Despite the blemish cast upon the Carly Bull terrier, this bfeed has over come every obstacle In its path, has gained thousands of admirers and has progressed far in the dog show realm in recent years In England and this country. / In reference to the Bull terrier’s "dark past," tfhlch by the way, was no‘fault of' the dog, It is Interesting to learn the “white ’un" many dec ades ^gq, was the “pit fighter." In short, this terrier was used as A tool of the gambling cult, who placed these dogs together In a battle, with large betting odds placed over their well-molded heads. They fought quite often to the death, while the gamblers afid on-lookers watched with excited glee. In this business of “pit fighting” with Bull terriers, the environment was none of the best, because the so- called sport was staged In the close proximity of* taverns. But, the dogs fought as commanded and ably satis fied the whims of those gathered around the pit of canine battling. There have been many changes wrought in the general appearance of the Bull terrier of those “pit fight," days. After that type of Bull terrier gained notice in England, the pres ent day type was formed most likely, when a breeder Is said to have crossed the strain with a Bulldog and a lithe- typed terrier known around 1875 as Tfie IVIiiTe terrier” Against Hunting, Fishing and Tra] T’Ji Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to sit uate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunting, fishing ortrapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law: J. M. Weatherdbee 572 Est. of H. A. Patterson 2,000 use at any time or place,”*he explain ed. “In response to this wide-spread public damand, Va-trc-nol is now available at all drug monney for 7 years, 345 days, 74 hrs.,j 25 minutes and 10 seconds, this is figgered up to december the 1, when the congress will meet to ok the bill alreddy passed at miamma by the leg ion nairs. they didn’t get reserve d seats. Yours for the season. Gee McGee. if you can see yore way clear to do so, plese send me a check on scudd’s bonus account fer 150$ and i will turn all of it over to him but 148$ which he owes me for bord and food and 1 cloth ing. he is not able to do no fissical work except eat, fish, hunt, shoot dice, pitch boss shoes and set in the pitcher shows onner count of the gass he in- hailed at camp oglethcrp when some- body let the gass spill out of his ford in his tent. uncle sam has had our monney long enough,and in order to save a bonnus martch on Washington of about 400,- 000,000,000 ex-soldiers, the only thing to db is pay up and shut up, ami we won’t^ask fer nothing else for 2 or 3 yea/s. we won the war, but you all loant all of yore monney to europe, so get bizzy and collect it and pay us, and the sooner the better. yores trulie, mike Clark rfd. scudd’s daddy. Labor Truuhle A-Brewinjr. mr. frances j. gorman, strike causer, new york Cit^ deer sir:— . ■* please come down at once and or der a 100 per cent, strike in the flat rock mills, if you can’t come yore- self, send a big flying squadron, all- so a few pickets ansoforth. some thing must be done onner count of my son, bud Clark has benn fired and injected out of his house. ■poor budd, but he would not.stretch... they want ed to make him sweep the floor with one hand and take un bobbins with the ether hand and it run him thru the mill so fas. that it got dangerous; he made over a mile a minute from sun-up to sun-down. Play-by-Play. '— ■ "ir^blowed" myself to one of these here so-called football classics a few days ago, meaning that I went to see two of the leading southern col leges cross pig skins. In the first ! place, I had to drive 126 miles. In the second place, I had a puncture. In the thir d place, I had to do without lunch, and in the fourth place, I could n’t find any parking space within 2 . miles of the grid-iron. the super-intenefent ketched him with a bo.t of cloth on the way home and they had seme words and he struck him and ihen he struck him back and that drifted into a fight, budd was only taking the bolt of cloth home to compari* it that night, and he allso wanted to cut his wedges from 20$ a week to 19$ and' 98c per week and budd wouldnt stand for his sallery to be tampered with. half-size package as welt as the yegu lar large size.” Two other Vicks aids for better con trol of colds have been introduced since 1929 with outstanding success. Vicks Medicated Cough Drops were first presented in 1931. Their sa’es volume has established a> record. Vicks Voratone Antiseptice, the new mouthwash and gargle, was intro duced! only 18 months ago—and al ready over five million bottles have been sold. In accordance with Vicks policy for 30 years, newspapers head the list of media to be used this season. Vicks has tripld its advertising since 1920. And during these five turbulent years, sales of Vicks productsJiAXg-mcreased. from zd.bOO.OOirpackages to more than 53,000,000 package's annually. Vicks would) appear to be a shining example of business recovery through individual effort. Its expansion of business throughout the depression period has been accompanied by in creased employment, shortened work ing hours, and maintenance of pay scales. “Vicks has doubled its staff of em ployees since 1929,” stated Mr. Rich ardson, “and throughout the depres- J si^n has maintained salaries at the 1 high 1929 levels." French Colony Founded by Sieve Ship Negroe* _ Gabon Is a French colony on the west coast of Africa at the Equator. Its capital is Libreville. In 1849, states a writer in the Washington Post, a French tuan-o’-war, cruising in African waters overhauled % ship loaded with negroes bound for .South America. At that period the slave trade was forbidden and the French ^captain qrdered the slflver ashore. Under the protection of the French guns, the negroes were freed and as they were far from their own homes they decided to settle down where they had landed. With the help of the French they built Libreville, which means "freetown,” and this be came the capital of- all the surround ing region of Gabon. Gabon lies directly on the Equator and is one of the four colonies of -Frepch Equatorial Africa. It le -a- Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 Mrs. Kate M. Patterson — 3,000 Duneannpn Place t 1,650 Sweetwater Place — 500 B. L. Easterling Cave Place 200 Barnwell Turpentine Co: Simmons Place 450 Middleton Place 300 Mose Holly 200 B. C. Norris 400 J. W. Patterson — 100 h. Cohen—(Hay Place) — 200 Dr. Allen Patterson 1,000 Bruce Place 500 Harriett Houston 150 Mrs. B. H. Cave 250 Sue Ford 120 L. Cohen—^Chitty Place) 200 Andrew Jessie Joseph E. Dicks 800 R. C. Holman 400 A. A. Richardson ... 1,000 Lemon Bros. 150 John K. Snelling 100 J. P. Hailey 150 L. W. Tilly - 100 John Newton 200 Tom Davis 400 B. L. Easterling 75 Terie Richardson 100 N. A. Patterson (Tanglewood Place) —— • 180 Billy Jenkins 60 Jerry Scott 75 Kemp Place 175 60 GEO. H. WALKER, Owner. ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. Treasurer’s Tax Notice! The County Treasurer’s office will be open from September 15th, 1984, to March 15th, 1935, for collecting 1934 taxes, which include real and per sonal property, poll and road tax. All taxes due and payable between September 15 and December 31, 1934, will be collected without penalty. All taxes not paid a* stated will be subject to penalties as provided by law. January 1st, 1935, one per cent, will be added. _ February 1st, 193 K , p** 1 * will be added. March 1st to 15th, 1935, seven per cent, will be added. Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection after March 15th, 1935. When writing for amount of taxes, be sure and give school diatrict if property is in more than one school district. All personal checks given for taxes will be subject to collection. typical jungle country and contains all kinds of bird, animal and reptile life. The gorilla was first captured there. South of Libreville the Ogowe riv er runs through a rich country with mahogany trees. It took exactly 53 minutes to get a ticket. The price of the ticket was $2.00, plus 20 cents federal tax and 20 cents state tax, and then I had to sit on a plank that must have been designated • for a chicken roost . . almost at the 10 yard line going south. And it was a-raining. And it was about 32 in the sun. And I had on my short ones. And I had the headache. IN MEMOR1AM . JOE F. READY Whc entered in eternal rest Novem ber 27th, 1933. He was a dutiful son, a faithful husband, a loving father, a loyal friend, and a devoted citizen. Love is stroner than death. Mrs. Cora Ready and Children. budd says for you to come down yoreself to call the strike and he will meet you at the train, he can’t get the other fellers to strike wkh him. it will take a big dog from up north who collects all of the dues to teach these fellers a lesson, budd' will lose his radio unless he gets back on, and the only chance for him is a general strike, by all mills, including the cot ton, the twines, the silks, the socks, the stockings, and everything else excepp the teamsters. if you could fetch on the strike right away while it is turning verry cold we would win same a right smart quicker enner count of the mills has benn getting orders fast and they will re-instate budd and give back his house and force* the super-intendent to apoligize to him for hitting him about the cloth which he returned back to the cloth-room that night; his loss was 00$. COUNTRY SAUSAGE MAKERS • .*— 1 . . "t We ship by parcel post, prepaid: Sausage casing, 60c per lb.; sage, 35c per lb.; red pepper, 35c per lb. EASTERLING BROS., 476 Broad St. PETER’S GUN SHELLS A drama, shoj;,—75e~ HEATERS: Trash Burners; 'ttdW BIT; rr ' LAUNDRY $3.95 up. Syracuse Plows and Repairs. HERNLEN HARDWARE CO. 570 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. —budd would enjoy yore strike right smart more. if you would feed the strikers while they are out and not depend on the goverment to do so as heretofore; they try to make a man work for food and other stuff common to the needs of the human boddy. if we have to work for what we eatlwe mought as well work in the Augusta, as se e m s it takes all of the dues we pay to run the head-quarters, yores trulie, —mike Clark, rfd;" his daddy. “Touch” Pieces Reminder of “King's Evil” Cures Two Charles II gold “touch” pieces offered for sale in London serve as re minders of the time when monarchs were supposed to cure the disease known as “the king's evil,” which was a kind of plague. The “cure” was effected by the sovereign laying hands on the afflicted person, who was then presented with “touch” pieces. Ed ward the Confessor introduced the cer emony into England, and the power to heal in this manner was supposed to become hereditary in the royal line. Usually the “touch’’ pieces were of gold, but during the troubled days of the reign of Charles I, gold being scarce, sliver coins were often be stowed, though sometimes the Royal physician had to discharge the pa tients empty-handed. This strange custom was at its height in the reign of Charles II, who proclaimed definite seasons when “publick healings” should take place. Those afflicted with “the king’s evil” had to be reepra- mended for “touching” by the parish minister or church wardens. During one period of four years the king “touched” nearly 24,000 personal On Easter Sunday,.1686, Louis XIV attend ed-1,600 stricken people, uttering the words: “The king touches thee; may God cure thee.” Fifteen sous were given to each fUench patient and thir ty to -each foiM£ n er.—Montreal Her ald. Educated EUphanta Fail Persuasive powers of circus ele phants are not rated so highly In the suburbs of Umtali, Rhodesia, as they were prior to the visit of a herd of wild members of th£ trunked family. Fierce bush fires recently drove the nomadic herd to the outskirts of the city, and the suburbanites became frightened.* Police placed a cordon around the elephant area, but wheu the huge visitors overstayed their wel come, .atx trained elephants were bor rowed from a traveling circus to per suade their wild brethren to leave peacefully. Instead of retiring, the -unwelcome guests charged the edu cated eleptunts and then made a drive against the sightseers, causing a stam pede of suburbanites. Finally the po lice lighted the suburb’s bush and the ’ flames drove the Invaders away. " ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. Mermaids _ .. Mermaids were mythical beings, half woman, half fish, about which were woven fanciful stories by fertile imag- irmtlons to entertain children of me dieval days. It Is generally-supposed that these stories were Inspired by the fact that certain marine animals such as the seal, walrus and sea cow (which StanCs up 1 n weedy shallows ahd nurses its ybung at the breast) re semble human beings to a certain ex tent when viewed at a distance All mermaids in shows or carnivals are fnkts, but they draw a good crowd Just fl'.e fame.—Pathfinder Magazine. Restore Wild Life Back in 1912 a volcano eruption on Kodiak Island in Alaska wiped out all wild animals with the exception of bears, and since that time the bears have been the lone wild Inhabitants of the Island. To restore the wild, life and thus provide both employment and future game for the Inhabitants, the government, through a civil works al lotment, has repopulated the island, at least prepared the groundwork for a real population. A number of Indians, working under unemployed guides, captured 566 animals, principally deer, marten and snowshoe rabbits. These were released principally on Kodiak, although other Islands were also given small numbers of the animals. t K • . ' ■ J r* . State Ordinary County. Road and Bridge Bonds Past lad. Bonds Constitutional School Special Local TOTAL No. 24—Ashleigh 5 5 1 ^ I 1 1 3 1 12 30 No. 33—Barbary Branch 5 5 I 4 | 1 1 8 1 sa 51 No. 45—Barnwell 5 5 ~~4 I 1 3 25 43 No. 4—Big Fork 5 5 4 1 3 21 39 No. 19—Blackville 5 5 4 1 3 20 38 No. 35—Cedar Grove 5 5 4 1 3 28 46 No. 50—Diamond 5 5 4 1 3 17 35 No. 20—Double Ponds 5 5 4 1 * 3 19 37 No. 12—Dunbarton 5 5 4 1 3 27 45 mm 'No. 21—Ed islu No. 28—Elko 2 0 5 D 5 % 4 X 1 O 3 v 27 if 45 No. 53—El It n ton 5 5 4 1 3 ii 29 No. 11—Four Mile - 6 5 4 1 3 8 26 No. 39—Friendship 5 5 4 1 3 17 35 No. 16—Green’s Academy 5 5 4 1 3 20 38 No. 10—Healing Springs 5 5 4 1 3 20 38 No. 23—Hercules 5 5 4 1 3 30 48 No. 9—Hilda — 5 5 4 1 3 35 53 No. 52—Joyce Branch 5 5 4 1 3 26 44 No. 34—Kline 5 * 5 4 1 3 21 39 No. 32—Lee’s 5 5 4 1 3 10 28 No. 8—Long Branch 5 5 4 1 3 20 38 No. 54—Meyer’s Mill 5 5 4 1 3 21 39 No. 42—Morris 5 5 4 1 3 15 33 No. 14—Mt. Calvary 5 5 4 1 3 28 46 No. 25—New Forest 5 5 4 1 .3 28 46 No. 38—Oak Grove 5 5 4 1 3 19 87 No. 43—Old Columbia 5 5 4 1 3 26 44 No. 13—Pleasant Hill - —5— 4 1 3 15 83 No. 7—Red Oak 6 5 4 T~ A TT IT No. 15—Reedy Branch - 6 5 4 - i 3 17 35 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 4 i 3 14 32 No. 40—Tinker’s CYeek 5 r 4 i 3 17 35 No. 26—Upper Richland 5 5 4 i 3 26 44 No. 29—Williston 5 5 1 4 i 3 32 50 Chief Cause of Blindness The principal cause of blindness among the 3,000,000 sightless persons throughout the world today is trach oma, the result of unbalanced diet, In sufficient food, and unsanitary living conditions. About 65 per cent of these unfortunates are natives of China and India, the inhabitants of which coun tries comprise 40 per cent of the world’s populatioUt—Tit-Bits Maga zine. Girl, 13, Owns Railroad The Augusta Tramway and Trans fer est railroad in the United States reg istered'by the federal bureau qf econ omics; is operated by Joyce Short, thir teen yean old. She acts as engineer of a small locomotive, pulling one coach over s system s mile long. Thanksgiving Holiday Fares . — * • ; ' * Travel anywhere on the SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM for— Wic per mile one way or round trip for each mile traveled. Good in coaches. 2c per mile round trip for each mile traveled. Good in Pullman cars (Pullman charges extra). Return limit 15 daytf. ALSO (1 1-3) ONE and ONE-THIRD of the current one way fares. Good in Pullman cars round) trip to New York, ' Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and other points. Tickets sold Nov. 28, 29, 30, Dec. 1, 2. Return limit Dec. 3,1934. Coxwemient Triaita Service—Modern Equipment Be Comfortable in the Safety of Train Service. ~ : "- _ M The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All mple citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00. Checks will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances except at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid.) Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, post office mousy order or certified checks. J. J. BELL, County Tress. 'AM ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL.