Nobody’s
Business
SEEM«GE&~
Politic* Venn* Business.
The public is indeed a funny
erumal A few weeks ago. Johnson
Ac Johnson. Manufacturers, dis
charged their bookkeeper, a Mt
Brown, if you please. They simply
decided that Mr. Brown was not
entirely satisfactory to the firm, and
that's why they let him go The
public .said; I am sorry for Mr
Rrowrv"
The Town of Boxville saw fit
'« turn off Mr Smith. Chief of Po
bee Mr: Smith was not rendering
•atisfaetory service*, so said the city
council, and they simply decided
to let him go Immediately the pub
lic rose up in all its fury and mad
ness and said: Thou shatt not turn
chief Smith off."
A committee of citizens march
ed on the city hall and demanded
a. hearing. Speeches were made
lauding Chief Smith to, t.he skies.
The main speaker of the evening
said in part: "We are tax-payers.
We are here to tell you that you
must re-instate Chief Smith. He is
• he wonderful lest officer that ever
cocked a pistol, and we put you
nn notice that he. must be given
back his job immediately"
_
Petitions—praying that Mr.|
Smith be returned to serve BoxvWe:
= s its Chief of Police—were being i
circulated freely In every nook and)
corner of the town and folks were!
fighting one another to sign them j
Telephones were clicking from every
household and kithehen furniture—
insisting that Mr. Smith be taken
back ar* his salary doubled fler
morv r ere being preached—boosting
Mr Smith to the skies, and much
turmoil was being created because
Chief Smith had been returned to
private life, |
Affidavits were flying into the
nty council—setting forth the fact
that Chief Smith had never been'
drunk while on duty and that he
bad never knowingly shielded a
bootlegger—and that he was a loyal,
obedient, faithful servant and that
no man upon the face of the earth,
or in the clouds above, or living
beneath the earth, was fit to take
Chief Smith’s job and render ser
vices worthy of the Town of Bev
vltle. Hurrah for Chief Smith, the
finest chief that ever chiefed.
Boxville continued to roar and
rave—because the city council de
cided that, Chief Smith was no
longer a suitable man to look after
the town's delinquents Money
was raised by public subscription to
hire a lawyer and fight for Mr.
Smith s job—for Smith. The mem
bers of the council were cussed from
dam-to-beer-cheaper. Women even
joined in the helly-baloo At last
reports, the public was still clamor
ing for Chief Smith’s reinstatement
but nobody in Boxville was. worried
about Mr. Brown a much better
man, losing his job.—except, his poor!
wife end 5 children.
flat rock events
there is some talk of organiz
ing a ku klux klan here onner
count of someboddy stealing so
martny chickens, and if they do, a
certain crowd who lives south of
town won’t have such a big appe
tite for chicken pie.
a warm muni-cipple race took
place last week when a new town
counsil was eleckted to take the
rains of offis for the ensuing year,
there was 2 flatforms, rizzly; the
pool-room flatform, which was in
favor of pool-rooms, and the anti
cool-room flatform, which was
against . ame, but they carried
« .a petlshion was circulated a
round last week and all of thd free
holders was asked to sign same and
ask our citty fathers to buy a pump
for the publick well instead of a
bucket, which is all the time fall
ing in same, and the citizens, at
well as other live-stock, haster go
"ithout, watter for hours at a time
when the bucket is off. the two
mft drink stands would not sign up.
a tooth dentist Is figgering on
eperung up a shop here and has
been looting at the room over the
post offis for a place to locate, the
post master says he will not com
plain if there ain't too much hol
lering upstairs, but he says he is
a painless tooth dentist and the
only way a patient can tell that
her tooth is out is to put her tung
in the hole, we hope he will move
in soon, as yore corry spondent
needs him bad for a plate.
a big milk fight Is now on be
twixt the 2 daries here and they
have cut the price to clO a quart
to the drug store and clt to folks
rhe milk do not seem to have as
much cream on it as it did befoar
it was cut and it would appear to
* man on a log that the cows is
drinking entirely too mutch watter.
ted smith, the town joker, says the
milk would be butter with less, if it
*oe* anny lcwr, we will h after get
it inspected. 1 will nte or foam a
eollum for next week
yore* trulie,
mike Clark rfd.
rorry apondent.
Money For Use In
S. C. Road Building
letfwt Rate on State Net* la
Three and One-Ha'f
Ter Cent.
Columbia, July 25,—Bid* of »
syndicate, which Included the Peo
ples National bank of Roek Hill, on
♦6,000.000 one-year note* were ac
cepted by the state today,
AJ1 bids on the alternative pro
posal for selling $6,000,000 In bond;
were rejected because of high prices
The money Is for use In con
struction of state highways.
The interest rate on the notes
is three and one-half per cent, with
a. premium of $1,750, a rate Stair
Treasurer Julian H. Scarborough
described as •exceptionally good.
The rate, he said is approximately
3.*7 per cent,
Mr. Scarborough said the unset
tled condition of the bond market
caused chiefly by the German crisis,
was responsible for the unfavorable
bond bids, the best of which was
four and one-half per cent with a
$55 premium This was higher than
the best bond bid July 1, on $5,000 -
000. which was rejected.
With the Peoples National bank
of Rock Hill in making the success
ful bid were Halsey, Stuart and
Company, Inc.; Bancamerica-Blair
Corporation:: A. B Leach and
Company, Inc.; and George B Gib
bons and Company. Inc.
There were, three bids on the
bonds sale and three on the notes
The two other bids on notes were
.70 per cent at par. and 4 1-2 per
cent with a $55 premium. The
other bids on bonds were 4 3-4 with
a $©3,000 premium, and 4 3-4 per
cent with a $82,500 premium
The best bid in the July offering
on bonds was 4 1-2 per cent with
a $10,000 premium
Decrease In Exports
From North Carolina
Merchandise Valued At *81,000.000
Shipped—T obaren
Leads.
Charlotte.—Exports of merchan
dise from North Carolina were valu
ed at $81,356,143 In 1030 compared
with $©0,524,789 the previous year
it was announced recently by the
Charlotte office of the United States
Department of Commerce.
Leaf tobacco ranked fust In
volume, amounting to $56,625,867 for
the 12-month period compared with
$60,338,801 during 1929 and was fol
lowed in order by unmanufactured
cotton, $10,230,890; cigarettes $3,624,
90©, and cotton cloth, duck and tire
fabric $3,233,205.
Other leading exports were cottor,
yam. thread and cordage $2,188,967
cotton hosiery, $941,761; board
planks and scantlings $618,872.
grains and preparations $485,219,
and inedible vegetable products
$411,075.
Undressed furs, lard, rubber, and
manufacturers, dyeing and tanning
materials, smoking tobacco, cotton
mill waste, bath towels, mats and
wash cloths, rayon, hosiery, wood
and manufactures; n on-metallic
mineral products, metals and man
ufactures, machinery, vehicles and
parts, and chemicals, and related
products were included among the
diversified products sent from the
state to foreign countries during
the year.
^ockne s Widow To
Hollywood, Calif.
Witnea* Filming of Picture in Which
Her Husband Took
Part.
Kansas City, July 27.-Mrs. Knute
Rockne was en route to Hollywood
Calif., by train today with a group
of former Notre Dame football stars
to witness the filming of a motion
picture in which her famous hus
band was to have taken a part
It was while traveling to Cali
fornia in connection with the mo
tion picture work that the famous
coach was killed in an airplane
crash near Cottonwood Falls, Kans
four months ago.
The widow said she would not
appear in the film. Three of the
famous "Four Horsemen'’ were in
the party of football stars who will
•avort again on the gridiron-before
novie cameras.
"I wa-s Chicago to see the boys
sff,' Mrs. Rockne said, "and thev
arged me to come with them. On
the impulse, I decided I would.”
She was accompanied by her son
3illy.
Upper Cleveland
News Of Interest
Mm. Mull Hu Sore Finger—Mm.
Mary Devenny Has
Broken—Persona Is.
Casar, Route t, July 25.—Large
crowds have been attending th<
revival which has been running all
week at Zion. Revs. Otis and Ivy
Cook of Lawndale are doing the
preaching.
Mrs. Zero Mull has been suffering
with a sore finger for sometime.
Mr and Mrs. John Whtsnant and
Mrs. A. A. Whlsnant spent Sunday
with the latter’s daughter. Mrs. Ijox
Blankenshtp of First Broad com
munity.
Mrs. Sallie Whisnant has been on
the sick list for sometime, but n
improving now.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Self who have
been visiting relatives left for then
home in Hartsboro, Ala . Tuesday.
Miss Kathleen Whlsnant of Lawn .
dale spent Wednesday night wll.'t
Pauline Whisnant.
Mr and Mrs. Clarence Morris ol
Casar spent Wednesday with the
latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs W
K Hunt.
Mrs. Lonnie Price and daughl*:
Mary Dee spent Sunday with Mr;
Zora Blankenship near First Broad
Mr and Mrs. John S Hunt spent
Sunday with the latter's sister, Mr
and Mrs. Shuff lane of Lawndale
Miss Blanche Lane of Lawnda
is spending this week with Daphm
Hunt.
Mrs, Mary Devenny had a mis
fortune getting her leg broken Sun
day.
Miss Nina Self was the diner guest
of Winnie Whisnant, Sunday and
they motored to Zion to preaching
with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sigamon
Mr. John Blankenship of Golden
VRllev section was a caller In th>
community Sunday,
Mr. Fred Whisnant was the din
ner guest of his uncle, Mr P. M
Whisnant, Sunday.
Miss Addie Bell Watts spent
| Wednesday with Mrs Rosie Lee
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Rosy Picture Painted Of Come
Back Of Drought Stricken A rk.
Governor Parnell Sam SUIe Will
Be able to Feed Itself Thl*
Winter.
Governor Harvey Parnell, of Ark
ansas in New York Saturday de
clared his state has so far recovered
! from the drought of last summer
! It will be able to feed itself tilts
| winter, even If a stone wall were to
I be. built around it.
And from what 1 have seen dur
| Walt
Miss Blanche Lane of Lawndale
; was the supper guest of Bulah Hunt
i Wednesday.
Mrs. West ly Richard of Hollis R?
spent Sunday with hm mother, Mrs
Billy White
Misses LUUe and L D Hunt spent
the week-end wtth Ruffin Self o'
Shelby
mg the six days I have been tn New
Vork. ' he continued "I am afraid
maybe we will have to help feed
the hungry of New York when the
winter winds Mart to blow."
Before he left New York, Gover
nor Parnell painted a rosy picture
r>f conditions In Arkansas, declaring
the state would be In excellent con
dition during the winter, A good
rood crop, an excellent apple and
?rape crop, a larger crop of oats
than ever before and prospects for
» good cotton crop was the basts
nf his optimism, he said
"It looks as If New York would
Have some long breadlines when
!he snow comes." he said, "but Ar
kansas will have none. We have
1 believe, a smaller percentage of
unemployed than any state In the
muntrv Fven If cotton sells for
10 cents, we have nothing to worry
about.
"The state la not spending as
much aa It la taking In and wr are
paying off the Interest and $3,2M).
000 of the principal of our borrowing
a year Thia 1* twice the. principal
being paid off by any other Sou
thern state."
He said conditions In Louisiana
and Mississippi also were good.
The Governor and two other state
officials had been to New York in
connection with a new bond Issue,
but the Governor said the Arkansas
road program was so near com
pletion that next year there will be
only a small Issue of road bonds.
If any, and the state will not be in
the market with any kind of bonds
to any great extent In the future.
"While we have had 120 bank
failures," he said, "52 of those banks
have reopened and banking con
ditions are now good. The forma
tion of 83 Intermediate credit banks
has greatly helped the financial
situation by saving local banks the
task of financing crops.
"With a capital of $1,500,000. these
banks are authorised to loan up to
♦ 18,000,000. This yew they loaned
about $8,000,000. In addition the
federal government loaned our farm
ers $10,000,000 for food and fertiliser
That money la being repaid rapidly.
"The formation of the credit
banks has furnished the machinery
by which Arkansas has been able
to make a splendid comeback. Now
we we making plans to loan our
farmers an even larger amount
next year If they need It
"This credit bank scheme Is bound
to spread to other states, for It Is
an Ideal way of ftnanolng crops eco
nomically.”
ReaoamefnL
Wife * arriving at husband’s office
unexpectedly!: Rupert. T oouid
swear I heard Miss Smith shout out,
"let me go!” as I came up the
stairs.”
Husband (hurriedly): Yes. dew.
I was er—Just saying that someone
would have to go to the bank.
It Pay* To Advertise
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