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A Kansas City judge has threat kned to faake wife-beaters stand on jrominent downtown street corners, jnder police guard, bearing placards advertising their,offense, This is an idea borrowed from China where the practice is centuries old, TAX NOTICE Office of Treasurer, Kershaw County; Camden, 8. C? Sept. 12, 1024. Notice is hereby given that the lfcsoks will be opened for the collection it State. County an<* Sehool taxes ftrom October 15th, 1924, to March iith, 1925. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to all taxes unpaid Jan uary 1st, 1925, 2 per cent February let, 1926, and 7 per cent March 16th, m&. The rate per centum fx* Kershaw County is as follows; Mills State Taxes ? ?5-1 School < 4 ?ounty Taxes 9V4 Hospital .,. % School Taxes ................ 8 ToWl 28 Vi HeKalb Township Road Bonds, for DeKalb Township onjy.,. 8% I>og Tax |1.26. All dog owners are raqutred to make a retujn of their dbflft to the County Treasurer, who is mult** to furnish a Uoense tag. AU 4og? eeught without the license tag the owners will he suhiect to a fine #f Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. The following School Districts have special levies; School District No. 1 28 School District No. 2 id School Distrct No. 3.... 28 * School Distrct fclo. 4.. 15 School Disir ct No. 5 8 School Distr ct No. 7 *. 8 School District No. 8.......... 8 School ? Distr et No. 9-., 4 .School Distrct No. 10 5 School Distrct No. 11 15 Sehool District No. 12 .... 18 School District No. 18.. 8 School District No. 16... 8 School District No. 10 8 School District He. 19.... 8 Sfehool District No. 20... ... 4 School District No. 22 28 Stehool District No. 2$ 11 School District No. 25 8 School District- No. 27 8 School District No. 28.. 8 ^ooj District No. 29 8 School District No. 80.......... 8 ? School District No. 81 8 School District No. 88... 8 Sfchool District No. 35.......... 15 School District No. 37. 8 School District No. 38 8 School District No. 39... 14 School District No. 40 25 School District No. 41 8 Sfchool District No, 42. 8 School District No. 46 8 School District No. 47.. 8 The poll tax is $1.00. All able-bodied male persons from the age of twenty-one (21) to fifty 00) years, both inclusive, except res idents in incorporated towns of the county loss than 2,500 inhabitants, nhall pay $3.00 as a road tax except ministers of the gospel actually in oharge of a congregation, teachers wnployed in public schools, school trustees, and persons permanently disabled in the military service of this State and persons who served in the War Between the States, and all per sons actually employed in the quaran tine service of this state and all resi dents who may be attending school ?r college at the time when said road tax shall become due. Persons claim ing disabilities must present certifi cate from two reputable physicians of this county. All information with reference to tAXCR will be furnished upon applica tion. - I). M. M<$ASK1LL, CountyTrensurcr. NeglkjHfugh DaugSUp- How to Stop It Quickly When the delicate tissues of your throat are raw and sore from coughing, and your strength is exhausted with the constant hacking, you may fall an easy prey to mora aei ious trouble. So atop the cough the quickest you can, before it creep* too deep. By m very Ample treatment you can atop the l\y a very simple treatment you can stop Ute POM* mov- ?b. phU^^tn^nwCfS the direct eau#? oSthe coughing. With tho treated inthla way,the whole cough con* 'Snr??rlgji B&SUSEsTS or aaleat Charlotte Thompson Taken Game. Boykin, S. C., Jan. 12.?The Char lotte Thompson High School girla de feated the Camden High School girls by t^e score of 22 to 9 last Friday afternoon at Charlotte Thompson. The winners got away to an early lend and at no time were they ever in danger. The first half ended in favor of Charlotte Thompson by the score of 17 to 3. The entire team played stellar ball with Ellen Boykin and Mary Pittman contributing possibly the beat work for the victors. Eliza beth Lewis played a good game at side -center for the losers. This is Charlotte Thompson's fourth victory with no defeats registered against her this season. The team has scored so far 143 points to their opponents 47. The line up of the game follows: C. T. H, $. Camden L. Workman (11) L. Campbell (9) Forward N. Dixon (11) J. L. Campbell Forward L. Lixon C. DeLoacho Jump Center M. Pittman E. Lewis Side Center E. Boykin ? B. Hall Guard E. Brown M. Shaw Guard Substitutions?Camden: M. Thomp son for Hall, L. Lang for DeLoache. More than one and a half million patents are registered every year in the United States. GETTING UP NIGHTS Can be stopped often in 24 hours. To prove that you can be rid of this strength sapping ailment, have more pep, be free from burning sensation, pain in groins, backachre and weak ness I'll send you Walker's Prostate Specific free and postpaid under plain wrapper. No obligation. No ' cost. If it cures your prostate gland trou ble, you can repay the favor by tell ing your friends?if not, tho loss is mine. Simply send me your name and prove that you can feel 10 years younger and be rid of prostate trou ble. I. B. Walker, 2488 Gateway Sta tion, Kansas City, Mo. HERMITAGE WAREHOUSE CO. CAMDEN, S. C. I The above Company is now prepared to receive Cotton for Storage. They will be licensed by the United States Govern ment and under Bond, thus assuring' the Highest Care and Protection. The offi cers wfll gladly give all information as to charges, etc. C. H. YATES, F. M. ZEMP, Presdent Vice-Presiderat A. RHAME, Secretary R. W. KIRKLAND, Warehouseman MADAME CAM1LLE PALMIST Tells Past, Present and Future Tells just what you want to know, without asking a single ques tion. The veil of mystery romovod. If in trouble, call and consult this gifted woman. Tolls business affairs, love affairs and in fact, everything pertaining to your welfare. The Bible speaks in many places of the powrr of the palmist to predict the future things and give warnings. She removes all evil influences, tells you how to gain succeas in Business, Ix>ve, Marriage, Health, Uw Suits, Spec ulation, and in fact everything. She ha* helped thousands. She sip you. Satisfaction guaranteed. Open day and night. AH confidential. I IN PARLOR TENT er?h?w Motor Co. CAMDRN, S. C. GENERAL NEWS NOTES Benjamin Cummings, 27 years old, of Walterboro, fell oft a truck when it went Into a hole. A log fell off the truck following him and he was so*, badly crushed that death followed shortly. William T. Gentry, aged 71, former president of the Southern Dell, died in Atlanta Sunday following a long illness. He was born in Gordonsville, Vs., in 1856 and became a telegraph operator at the age of ltt. In 1884 be went to Atlanta as manager of the plant there with about a hundred phones. The telephone was then re garded as a luxury and a plaything. William Cavallier, aged 14, was found guilty at Pottaville, Pa., of Arst degree murder. He shot his aged grandmother seven times and then stole $68 from her stocking as. she lay dying upon her bed. "Fred Hall, 84, charged with the murder of T. <D. Curtis, 52-year-old merchant of Landrum, was convicted of manslaughter in Spartanburg Sat urday and sentenced by Judge Bon ham to two years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. This is the same verdict as at the first trial and tfie same sentence. John H. Bolt; county chain gang forohian, charged with killing Clar ence L; Cooler, well known farmer who died at a Greenwood hospital Thursday of wounds inflicted on Sun day, December 28, was arrested and |< returned tq jail. Bolt was released last Sunday under a $1,000 bond by Magistrate Demos S? Jones following the.report of physicians that Cooper's condition was regarded as satisfac tory. This bond was vacated upon tho death of Cooper. Application for a new bond will v be made in a few days, W. H. Nicholson, attorney for Bolt, stated. The shooting is said to have been the result of an alleged insult by Bolt which Cooper resented. Dr. J. B. Black, state senator from Bamberg county, died at his home in Bamberg,* Friday morning at 9 o'clock heart failure being the direct cause of death. Dr. Black had been In ill health for somo months but had been confined to his bed only a few hours when death came. He was at his place of business yesterday but death fol lowed aft attack last night. Judge John B. Adger Mulnlly was ordained as a minister of the gospel of the Baptist church at Fan's Grove church near Pendleton, December 28. Judge Mulally's father, the Rev. Francis P. Mulally, D. D., and his grandfather, the Rev. John B. Adger, were preachers of power and men of high scholarship. Judge* Mulally an nounces that he will be glad to preach for any church that has a vacant Sunday and desires to he^r the old faith expounded in the old way. Judge Mulally's ancestors were people of much learning and high scholarship. He himself was formerly chief justice of the stae of New York and lived for many years in New York city. It was thero that he met and married his wife. Due to ill health he retired several years ago to a small farm near Pendleton, which he has named bngles Nest. His many friends and former acquaintances will be glad to learn of his latest undertaking, that of preaching the gospel. Mrs. Ella Sherwood McLucas died Friday morning at three o'clock at her home on North Main street, Mar ion, having reached the ripe age of 1)1 before her death claimed her. For many weeks Mrs. McLucas was at death's door and tho end was not un expected. Several years ago, due to a fall, she became an invalid and had not been able to walk even in her home since that time. Several months ago a serious malady devel oped and it was thought that the end was just a few days off, but week a ft** i week Mrs. McLucas with her remarkable vitality continued to hold her own. She was the widow of the late Major J. I). McLucas of Marion and was born in Wilmington, N. C. She was a woman of ifnusual literary ability and wrote a number of short stories, several books and a few songs. Many of her stories and some of her poems and songs were pub lished but her longer works still re main in manuscript form. She pos sessed keen wit and was delightful in conversation. She had scores of friends in Marion among- the young and old. John T. Meehan, a former resident of Chesterfield, and one time pub lisher of the Chesterfield Advertiser, and later connected with the Associ ated Press, died at his home in Wash ington Sunday. Mr. Meehan at the time of his death was in the govern ment employe as assistant chief of intelligence of the United States shipping board. Dr. C. C. Campbell, for twenty two | years a practicing physician o^^ b boville and a mem'wWtten?v Board of HeaUhjdMfr" ? of a r" bevillc Mrn***' land ,('n ? KWTTf* *crv?? *T" l^^^anown, %ho building propo ,pd* iyd?*a?rves the distinction 1 he largeat building in the he eight-story warehouse ited States army beee in It contains flftr-tVo acres >sc?l nearly 'twice that of in New rf ortr I Jantf BETHUNE NEWS NOTES BethuneiJan. 14.-?Mr. J. E? Douglas, an old Confederate veteran, living two miles e??t of here, died Monday morning after two weeks ill ness at the home of his brother Mr. Kober^ Douglas, also a Confederate veteran. Funeral services were held at the Brannon cemetery Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. M. B. Gunter of the Baptist church. Mr. Douglas was 81 years of age and is survived by two brothers, five daughters and two sons. At the meeting of thes order of Eastern Star held Wednesday even in, the following new officers were installed: Worthy Matron, Mrs. M. G. King; Worthy Patron, Mr, G.' E. Parrott; Associate Matron, Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell; Secretary, Miss Stella Bethune; Associate Conductress, Mrs. J. M. Clyburnj Chaplain, Mr. J. A. Mr Cask ill; Adah, Mrs. R. F. Thomp son; Esther, Mrs. J. A. McCaskill] Warden, Mrs. C. C. Pate. Mesdames Louise Robertson and M. 0. Ward are the guests of Mrs. Ward's sister, Mrs. Clark in Colum bia this week. Mesdames J. D. Laffitte E. 35. TruesdeU and Miss Stella Bethune spe.nt Thursday in Lancaster as the guests of Mrs. W. M. Stevens. A number of little boys and girls wero entertained by Mrs. D. M. Mays Thursday afternoon in honor of her little daughter Harriett Nelson's'fifth birthday. Numerous games were pllayed after which a sweet course was served. Born?to Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Mc Laurin; January 12th, a daughter. Mr. W. A. McDowell spent Monday in Columbia. Mr. and Mr?. C. L. Mays of Car tersville spent the week &tid with relatives hore. Mr. P. H. Hester made a business trip to Groenville the past week end. Mr. H. E. Hyatt, proprietor of the Bethune hotel, has rqpted the vacant store next to Mr. C. C. Gardner and will open up a general merchandise store soon. Policeman Geta One Year # Floyd A. Deese, a Charlotte police man until his arrest last week in possession of 50 gallons of whiskey, was sentenced to serve 12 months on the county roads and fined $500 when the case was hoard 'before Judge A. M. Stack in superior court yester day afternoon.'A provision was made that the county commissioners might hire the prisoner the latter six months of the term in order for him .to raise the money for the fine. "This is a human tragedy," Judge Stack said in sentencing Deese. "It is a tragedy for the man, a tragedy for his wife and baby and it is a tragedy that an officer of the law should disregard his duty, violate his oath and1 turn to breaking the law he has sworn to uphold."?Charlotte Observer. Lie* We Hnve Heard. Below cost. Good as new. She's an angel. Absolutely free. - Painless dentistry. On easy payments. / Just like its father. I'll love you always. I never lose my temper. No, I never take a drink. Best picture ever produced. No other man ever kissed me. You're the first girl I ever loved. We'd love to hear you sing. I'd like to accommodate you, but ( haven't got it right ?Monroe Enquirer. Twenty-Five Million Yearly. Parte, Jan. 12.?The British and American delegations at the confer ence of the allied finance ministers have reached a final and definite ac cord relative to the payment of the United .States of the costs of the army of occupation and war damage claims. This was officially announced tonight. _ The agreement is subject to rati fication by a plenary session of the conference, but, inasmuch as Italy, France and Belgium entered the ne gotiations already pledged to support the American viewpoint, and diver gencies existed only between the British and Americans, ratification U regarded as a foregone conclusion. The United States, under the agree ment, will receive about $25,000,000 yearly on the total of her claims, amounting to approximately $600, 000,000. Thus reimbursement of the United States will occupy a period of 25 years. A magazine written and edited by f*onatics has been started in I>ngLand. L '^mates of thte City Mental hospital Hnmberstone, Leicester, put out, foot magazine which eontftlns both iden ie and poetry which is never edit ^1' censored by seoer outsiders. ~?V. ?- v ? r? ? ? ? i ?'? Antonio Suarez, a newspaper re porter at Havana, placed $100 On A horse at Central park and when tin* animal nosed under the wire a winner, Suarez became so excited he dropped dead. Nearly three-fourtha of nil the mint oil produced in the United Stated and practically half of , the entire world's output is produced in about a ?core of counties in Northern Indiana na?l Southern Michigan. DRU DeKALB PHARMACY J. D. ZEMP, Manager Phone 95 Cornel*' Broad And DeKalb ?V v' PHONE 44 For Fancy and Heavy Groceries McLEOD-RUSH CO. frrorinpt Delivery at All Timet MARKET PHONE 26 J. K. LEE, Manager Western and Native Meats ? . ? . ... ' e ? ? ... * ? . . " - ? ? * * /*?*'" Dressed Chickens .... . ' ?? Milk arid Cream from Logoff Dairy Fish, Oysters, Etc. Builders, Contractors and Architects We Carry a Large Stock of the Majestic Line coal CELLAR WALL GRATES FIRE PLACE DAMPER x FIRE PLACE ASH PUMP3 ASH PIT DOORS . FLUE CLEAN OUT POORS ? wri'te us for PRICES COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 West GeryaU St. Coltjmbia, S. C. FOR SALE Schley and Stuart Budded Peean Trees > Trees 1 y% to feet in height, 100 at 4E>C. each; 10 at 60c; single tree 70c. Trees 3 to 4 feet, 100 at 60c; 10 at 75c, one at 65c. Trees 4 to 5 feet, 100 at 70c; lots of ten at 85c; single trees, 95c. Trees 5 to 6 feet, 100 at 80c; lots of ten at 95c; single trees, $1.05. Trees 6 to 7 feet, 100 at 90c; lots of ten at $1.05; single trees, $1.15. Trees 7 to 8 feet, 100 at $1.00; lots of ten at $1.15; single trees at $1.25. CASH WITH, ORD'ER see L. I. GUION lugoffJs. c. Buying the Best Value It takes less money to buy a bank account than it does anything else in the world of ? equal value. Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 4Per