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THE MAJESTIC . Camden - - South Carolina WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 "DIAMOND HANDCUFFS" {Starring Eleanor Bordman, Conrad Nagel and Lawrence Gray, in a grip ping drama of love, diamonds and the underworld. A drama of white flame and sinister shadows. A dia mond in which gleamed the flames of hell, scorching human souls. Its the screen's sweetest love story in the shadows of the grim underworld. Al so Comedy. THURSDAY, MAY 24 "THE BIG KILLING" Featuring Wallace Beei^ r*-* Ray mond Hatton, the screen's greatest comedy team in their latest comedy hit. Whatever you do <fon't miss this picture. It's packed with laughs. Al so Pathe News. FRIDAY, MAY 25 "A GIRL IN EVERY PORT" Starring Victor McLaglen, the 8tar ir. "What Price Glory", in his latest comedy hit. See Victor in the Navy. He has a girl in every port. A pic* ture with a thousand and one laughs. Special notice ? thi& picture ran for a full week in the Imperial Theatre at Charlotte and from reports it pleased everyone. Also Our Gang Comedy ? "Barnurn and Ringling" Snturday, May 26 4<THE CANYON OF ADVENTURE" Starring America's leading cowboy in his latest thrilling picture of the west. Ken Maynard was never bet ter before. See him do the best back ridmg of his career. Fight like he has never before. You see Maynard at his best when you see him in the mighty picture. Also comedy. Also chapter number two ? "The Masked Menace" ? Starring Larry Kent and Jean Arthur. FRANK MACKEY MEETS TRAGIC DEATH Was Serving Life Sentence for Mur der of His Brother Frank Mackey, colored, aged about 50 years, was so badly injured Wed nesday morning as a result of falling off of one of the county trucks, that he did a few hours later at the f . Camdan hospital, where he had been ^ taken for treatment. He, along with % aevdraN other convicts had been sent gang to ixo aome work a ? the bridge, but as the foreman could ? not use them they were returning to ft the camp. Frank and two other ne i gro convicts were standing on the truck, holding to a drum of gasoline ASvthe driver cut around the corner of Mill and DeKalb streets, and the drum rolled off the truck and Frank followed, receiving fatal injuries. He perhaps contributed to his accident iby standing up instead of sitting down. Mackey was convicted in 1920 for the murder of his brother and be gan serving a life sentence July 16, H 1920. There was something said >about recommending him for pardon after the service of five years, and it is understood that the pardon board recommended him for pardon lome time ago, and the chances are ^? that had he not lost his life he soon would have been released. He was C made a trusty from the time he first y went on the gang, and never betrayed this confidence, dying a trusty. For six years past he had been afflicted |Hn such a way that incapacitated him If for very hard work. He was well liked by the superintendents on the p gang under whom he worked and by || All of the guards, and his tragic ?j death was very much regretted by them. For Master I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of Master irv Equity for Kershaw County and will Appreciate the support of the voters In the coming primary. W. L. DePASS, JR. For Magistrate K. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Magistrate in DeKalb >T0Wtt8hip, subject to the rules of the Docratic primary. B. M. SMITH.' For Coroner || hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of "oroner for Kershaw county, and 111 appreciate the continued support the democratic voters of the coun mi: W. F. RUSSELL. M:' ? 16 more mother has to wr.rk with >me convenience* and comforts, ig time and energy she has to the family happy. Vtspeare applied to forest fires: ttle fire ia quickly trodden out, if suffered, rivers cannot In, . litter of pigs into a t in six months is an inter _ profitable pastime for any Ewt'' COMMISSION RULES AGAINST P.&N. LINE NO PUBLIC NECE8SITY FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSIONS. \ WOULD PARALLEL 80UTHERN Existing Lines Have Capacity to Handle Greatly Increased' Volume of Business. Washington, D. C.? In a decision, I announced April 14th, the Interstate J Commerce Commission denied the ap- J plication of the Piedmont and North ern Railway Company for a certificate j of public convenience and necessity, authorizing it to extend Its lines from Spartanburg, s. C., to Gastonia, N. C., and from Charlotte, N. c., to Winston Salem, N. C. In announcing its de cision, the Commission said, in part: The existing lines of the applicant closely parallel lines of the Southern. i1 rom Greenwood to Spartanburg the average distance between the two Is about 0.5 mile; from Greenville to Greenwood about 0.13 mile, with four crossings; from Belton to Anderson about 0.4 mile. In all these cases the routes are almost Identical. From Charlotte to GaBtonia the average dis tance apart is about 2.6 miles, the maximum about 4.7 miles. This seg ment of the applicant's lino also par allels the Seaboard closely from Char lotte to Mt. Holly. , The proposed line from Gastonia to Spartanburg would parallel the South ern at an average distance of about 1.1 miles, the maximum distance from any station being 3.5 miles. "The proposed line from Char- i lotte to Winston -Salem parallels gen erally the Southern's main line from Charlotte to Lexington, about 51 miles. I Prom Charlotte to Kannapolis, 23 miles, its general course is nearly straight and its maximum dlstnnco from the Southern's main line is about 8 miles, average distance 3.8 mllPB. tor the next 22 miles northward its route lies generally within less than 0.5 mile of the Southern's main line passing through Salisbury and Spen cer; then It diverges to a point about 4 miles westerly from Lexington, tho Junction point of tho Southern and the Southbound. From this point to Wins ton-Salem it nearly parallels the Southbound, at an average distance of 2.6 miles therefrom. Its average dis tance from the route formed by com bining the Southern and the South bound is about 2.4 miles. The Southern has a single-track line from Charlotte to Winston -Sulem, which passes through Mooresvllle and Mock8ville. The proposed route is from 0 to 13 miles easterly from this line, the average distance being about 5 miloa. Only about 6.5 miles of the proposed Charlotte - Winston - Salem line is more than 4 miles from some railroad. Has Promoted Industry. That the Southern has pursued a liberal policy which has done much to promote the Industrial growth of the Piedmont section, and that its ser vice is good, except in certain claimed deficiencies in the local movement of less-than-carload freight, is sufficient ly shown by the applicant's witnesses, considering their testimony as a wholo. The testimony for the Southern Is that its through freight movement does not Interfere with the handling of its lo cal freight, and tho record indicates that no serious interference should be necessary. The total number of freight trains In both directions averaged from ?.? to 12.8 a day in March, 1927, upon different segments of tho line between Greenville and Salisbury. 'Witnesses for the applicant admit tho great Importance of the Southern to the Piedmont section, and say that if its revenues'' should be so affected as to impair its service It would be a calamity, but they are sure that the proposed construction could not have that result. There is much testimony for the applicant to the effect that all the railways in tho territory would benefit by tho increased traffic tho now lines would produce. Testimony for the Southern Is that tho effect of building tho P. & N. w(lH to d|yert about 50 per cent of the traffic at mill points reached by both railroads and that on tho line from Greenville to Greenwood this made it necessary to reduce the service from one through froight and one local freight each way dally to one froight train each way handling both claeuos of freight and that there had been no subsequent growth of traffic that would Justify restoring tho former service." A Sinister Feature. "The Southorn asserts that the sin ister feature of tho applicant's compe tition is Its control of traffic to and from plants In allied ownership, and It attributes to the powerful Duko In terests the fact that the applicant has been able to make contracts In ad vance to take away one -half of the Southern's business on a line whose service tho applicant would merely du plicate. There Is some testimony fo. the Southern concerning the part of Its loss that would bo sustolned through the diversion to the P. & n <?f coal traffic now handled by the Southern to tiio steam plants of th? Southern Power Company, and also the " - SPENCER TRANSFER IMPORTANT UNIT PLAYS BIG PART IN FREIGHT MOVEMENT. AIDS PIEDMONT SECTION Fast Handling to Distant Points Has j Helped, Development of Industry. Spencer, N. C. ? One of the greatest centers of activity in the entire Pied mont region la the transfer station for the concentration and assortment of less than a car load freight, operated by the Southern Railway System in connection with Its Spencer terminals. The name "Spencer Transfer," is more widely known among traffic men, shipping clerks and railway yard clerks and Is written more often daily all over the United States than that of any other freight station in the South. From Spencer Transfer an average of 275 curs of freight, made up in largo part of the manufactured products of the Piedmont section, are shipped daily to a wide variety of points, rang ing from Boston, Mass., and Mechan icville, N\ Y., on the East to Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City on the West, to New Orleans and Houston, Texas, on the Southwest and to Hav ana. Cuba, on the South. Conversely, cars are loaded into Spencer from all important manufac turing and concentrating points In tin* East and North, containing shipments for distribution throughout the South. Great Clearing House. Spencer Transfer is the Southern's great clearing house for freight moving to the East. The move i jnent has now reached a volume which makes it possible to load daily cars to all important Eastern and New England cities, including ten distri buting points in the Greater New York district. As a result, shipments from the Piedmont region which are loaded to Sp ncer are there placed in solid cars which move direct to final destinations, eliminating the numer ous transfers en route which were formerly necessary. This has proved a very important benefit to manufac turing plants in the South, enabling them to compete on a freight service basis with plants located ut any point in the United States. In addition to the Greater New York depotB to which cars are loaded from Spencer, other destinations in the East are oa follows: Boston, Springfield, Mass.; New Haven, Conn.; Cedar Hill Transfer, Providence, H. I.; Boston & Maine Transfer at Mechanlcville, N. Y.; Philadelphia for B. & O. Pier 24, and Wayne Junction Transfer, Phila delphia, for Dock street station and PKR Transfer; Pith. Transfer for Del aware and Hudson at Wilkesbarre, Pa.; j PUR Transfer at Northumberland, Pa.; PRR Transfer for New York Central at Newberry, Pa.; PRR Transfer at Harrlsburg, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Elmlra, N. Y? Chester. Pa.; B. & O. Camden Station -and PRR Calvert Sta tion at Baltimore; B. & O. Transfer at Brunswick, Md.; Washington, D. C.; Pinners Point, Va., for Norfolk and stoamer lines to Baltimore, Philadel phia, New York, Providence and Bos ton; West Point, Va., for Chesapeako J,lno to Baltimore, and Havana, Cuba, via Key West Kerry. Cars are also loaded at Spencer for all Important points In the South and for peddler Bervlce on local freight trains of the Souther/). Movement to the West. To take care of the growing move ment of manufactured products from the South, moving to the West, and to avoid backhauling, tho Southern open od a new transfer station at John Re-! vier Terminal, near Knoxvllle, Tenn., In October, 1925. This has re'leved Spencer of handling tho greater part of the business for tho West as solid cars are loaded to John Sevier Trans fer from all Important stations on tho Southern and by a largo number of manufacturing plants. However, pufficient olumo of busi ness Is still concentrated at Spencer to Justify the loading of dally cur.j to Kansas C ity. Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Detroit, Mich.; Springfield, Ohio; New Orleans and Houston, Texas. Growth of Industry In tho South since 11)00 Is well Illustrated by tho dovelopme.it or the long distance pack ago car service of tho Southern which has grown along with and contributed greatly to the upbuilding of tho South as a manufacturing section. The Southern's first package car directory, dated Juno 1st, 1900, Kave tho transfer then operated at Ral'sbury authority to load c.us to twenty-four destinations. Most of these we?-e |n tho Sot-lh. the distribution of mant factured products being almost entire ly In the southbound direction at that timo whllo freight from tho Routh con sisted Irrgely of rav materials moving to manufacture g pl.-nts outsldo tho South. Rpencer Transfer was opened No vember 1st, 1907. Rlnce that time the system ban been expanded l>y the open ing of In man Tran.,f< - at Atlanta, of Hayno Transfer neai Spartanburg. R C., ami of transfer stations at Co lumbia, R. C., Birmingham, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn. Tho system ns :( stands today was completed with tho opening of John Sevier Transfer. VpUR SNEEZE MAY NOT BE FROM COLD Draft May Have Nothing to Do With the Matter ? Million Particles. WHEN you sneeze Is not al ways a sign you are taking cold. Tliat Is the opinion of physicians working on pucllc lieal !'n problems In the la?u few years. Mu. i men and women when th.-y teel that tickling In the nose or throat lm mediately look for the neatest door or window, convinced that they ore sit ting In a draft. However, the draft. If there Is one. may have nothing to do with the mat ter at all, physicians say. The un happy ouo merely has inhaled a few millh n or so dust particles. Th:t may tie true particularly of our el tie.-; where enough dust floats In 'he atoio phere In one year to build a cone- haped mountain l.oUO feet high, with a (ive-mllo diameter. So ie statleticl.ui has figured It out that if all the dust that hovers above- American cities were gathered In o::e place, say Manhattan Island, that dust would be piled up on the streets of Manhattan to the depth of 21 feet. But one is likely to sneeze while walking along a country road, though not (juite as likely as In the city. Here the liust that Is raised usually comes from dirt or gravel roads. There is. however, less likelihood of this today than ever before as highway officials now have at their command m;*ny A"metiiods for "binding" the top cover, "" particularly the use of such chemicals as calcium chloride, considered by en glnecrs the best of dust layers. KANSAS FAVORS GRAVEL HIGHWAY THIS Kansas Highway Commls slon has adopted a definite pol icy of UBitig sand and gravel on all the roads it can Improve thai way for the present. "Gravel and sand cost only $1,500 to 52,000 a mile," said John Gardrfer, Highway Director. "By using these materials, which are plentiful in many sections, wo can build roads passable at all seasons without difficulty or long delay. They are easy and lnex pensive to maintain. By using the calcium chloride, the gravel and sand are held together and the dust Is ob viated. Of course, these roads will have to bo robullt In five or six years, but wo feel that it is better to build that way and get as many people out of tho mud as possible rather than build Bhort stretches of more permn uent and more expensive roads, Just at this time." SPECIAL NOTICE? This is to notify everyone that I am etill handling ice at my old stand on Market St. where I solicit a part of your bus iness and will render good service. Look for the sign near corner of Market & DeKalb streets? Paynes, the Ice Man. * 3t. The Redpath Chautauqua to Retrun The Redpath Chautauqua, which has b en filling engagements in Cam den fir a number of years now, closed another successful engagement here' .Wedn.-sday evening. They always furni: 11 high class entertainment, and as v. rjsult have made a fine impress ion u;ion the people of Oamden and vicinity as was evidenced during their recent engagement by the large num ber w':o attended. It will be pleasant news 10 learn that before leaving they signed up for another engagement next ear. FOR SALE ? Pure bred Ancona pul lets, from Kentucky Hatchery. Now laying. Price $1.00. Apply to J. H . Anderson, Route 4, Box 5. Closing Exercises of fhe Jackson High School We wish to annouiKe that thf closing exercises of the Jarkaon High School will take place during the fol lowing dates: Sunday, June 3, annual sermon a Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 1 P. M. by Rev. .J. W. Boykln, B. I).; I). 1)., Pastor. Monday, June '1, Class Day at Jack son High School Auditorium, 3:30 P. M Address to the graduating class by Rev. S. M. McCollom. Tuenlny, June 5, (Jraduating Exer cises at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church 8:00 P. M. Annual Address, Rev. A. I). Me A rn, Pastor Bethesada Presby terian Church. Special Address by Mr. J. T. Gettys Supt. of ftduaction for Kershaw County. Presentation of Diplomas Mr. C. H. Yates, Chairman Board of T rustees. It takfs a well bred cow ao he a really efficient machine for the manufacture of milk. Country homo of attractivenos and convenience make country lif more appealing to restless youth. DUST CLOUDS ENDANGER FLYING toil UNTIL CITY OFFICIALS SOL'/E P3C 3LEM Spectators Can See Takeoffs Without Peril and Authorities Breathe Easier ? In Every Sense ? Since Expsrts Come to Aid of Aviators at Boston. The Spirit of St. Louis Landing at Boston Airport, South Boston, Mass. Insert ? Shows "Llndy" and Hi? Famous Smile. HILE Col. Charles A. LInd anil the West Indies, Js now looking for new worlds to conquer aeronau tically, city and aviation officials are planning new ways to make airports safer. Flyers are Interested In the dust problem not because they meet dust aloft, but because they must reckon with the problem when they are land ing. Officials are interested because they are watchful over the safety of thousands of spectators filled with a new zeal for aviation because of Col. Lindbergh's prowess. So seriously have the ofllcials of the Boston Airport at South Boston real lzed that question that they have con ducted special experiments with dust laying apparatus and chemicals to de termine which are most effective. The problem has arisen only In re cent years ? one might say months? with the Increase in "galleries" ut the bit; aviation fields. Public interest has become so aroused to flying that It Is no uncommon sight to see hun dreds and even thousands of persona bergh, fresh from his tri umphs in Central America gathered on the more popular Holds to see the takeoff in any one of the big races. Men, women and children trample over the fields before the start of the filers, tearing up the turf and earth so that It may become quite t'.usty. When the pilots are ready to take off and the crowds pushed back be hind the ropes, the aviators may find the Held covered with fine dust. As the piano starts down the run way, the propeller whirring, great clouds of dust arise, getting into the eyes of airmen and spectators alike, and creating a dangerous situation. To reduce that danger so far as may be humanly possible, officials of the South lioston Airport are using calcium chloride, a .chemical that be cause of its affinity for moisture acts as a perfect dust layer, much in the same manner of a moist blanket over the field. Since that action was taken some months ago the officials have breathed easier ? in overy senee of that e\pres slon ? and have made It possible for spectators to observe takeoffs without peril to themselves or to the diets. MOTORISTS ARGUE FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES ON HIGHWAYS Convince Officials of Perils on Many Crowded Roac-; ? - Prevention of Dust an Important Matter to Be Considered. Jhe Whlta Painted Guard Rail* Help to Make Curves Safe for the Motorist. ESPITIC Hip lncren?>? In the use of white painted k ti >1 rd rnl I whitewashed tniillo Indicators of one nort or another and more elnb orate danger signals, automobile acci dents are steadily growing more nu merous, automobile associations point out In reviewing (he summer's casual The next great Important atop to re duce the number of accidents will be tbe elimination of ?l ust , In the opinion of those associations. Dust, in spite of the greater mileage of conereto roads, Is causing many ac cldents, a condition due In part to the constantly growing highway conges lion. ties. High winds mid passing cars rals.j (1 uh ( clouds that liuvft boon compared with tlio smoke screens of naval do st royorn. Through that serf on the average motorist must guess IiIk wj - and trust to lUck that no ono Is u | roctly In his path, the automohlllstH assort. In some sections of the country, whore motorists havn been ahlo to con vince officials of the perils In dimt covered highways, the authorities aro applying chemicals to the road sur face, particularly calcium chloride, a moist nro absorbing material that lay* the dust. The prevention of dust In unquestionably a In rue factor In any safety first campaign.