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bscrVptloTTl iO A Yeir in AdraoM ? ; 1 Entered as Second Class Matte* mt the Postoffice ?t Camden, S. C. ? ? ^ ? ? Tuesday, December 16, 1930 ' ? 1 V" ? - ?*?? ' ' ??'????? ' ? ??? CONVICTION OF RECTOR "AND MOORE ' The conviction in Greenville^ last! week of 'former sheriff Carlos A. Rec tor and J. Harmon Moore' his . former ] deputy, reveals a horrible state of af .'i fairs in South Carslina'. They were ?.hai'ged with plotting ;o kill Sheriff Sam D. WUlis. After '.he ommiss Ton of the crime Mrs. Willis and ihe dead sheriff's deputy were tried and acquitted. Later Blair Rooks, a negro ' laborer, confessed to the killing and charged that he was hired by Rector and Moore to do the deed. He is yet to.be tried* the solicitor holding back his trial until the case against Rector and Moore is out of the way." Large ly upop the testimony of the self ' confessed slayer,. a ocnviction of manslaughter was rendered. It is un derstood that there were three charges in the indictment against Rector and Itfoore, one for murder, a second1 charge of being accessories before the fact and accessories after the fact. In some way the jury ren dered a verdict of guilty after the fact. Just how they arrived at this verdict is rather hard to understand. Such a verdict carried with it im- J pri. ->nmont from three months to ien , yeai b. Judpre Dennis, presiding gave them the maximum sentence ten years. Notice of intention of an appeal was made, and bond \^as fixed ( at $10,000, just double their :*;rmel> bond. This case has an ugly aspect. Rector was defeated by Willis lor re election. After the brutal murder of Sheriff Willis, Rector was apponted sheriff to succeed him. And now he and his deputy stand convicted of plotting bo have him murdered. THE AMAZING AGE If "law" did' what it is uupposed to do, the United States would be the most moral and "crimeless" country in the world. No other nation has ever had such a volume of legisla- . /iitlon. ?, M V Yet the newspapers say with ac counts of the doings of celebrated ^gangsters and "racketeers". Law en forcement officers search frantical ly for ways to press charges against them, but to no avail. An arrest is the : ' ? can ' a ' signal tot iwtft &4lvliy on the turn! of lawyers to show that supposed law-breaking Is "withip" the law. | . The Irony of such a situation is in escapable. - We have thousands upou , thousands of criminal laws and there is talk of asking the federal govern- ( ment to take a hand in subduing tne criminal element in one of our gang ridden cities! As a "crime remedy" it is- often proposed to make it a crime for a perfectly honest citizen to own a revolver or pistol ? while it is J a. tar? week in which gangsters fall 'to "bump" someone off with machine guns. ' - ; I And still we talk; of passing more 'laws. Why not reverse the process and enforce some existing laws? We do live in an amazing age!"*^ TELEPHONE PARADOXES The telephone has upset the ca'en iar. Now, over a tHrcuit 14,000 miles long, we may speak on one. day to a friend in Australia the next day; be cause if it is,' night-time for us, It will be the following morning for him. Time in the United States and Australia differs by about 15 hours. This is but one of the many tele phone paradoxes. It has, so far as transmission of messages is concern ed, entirely eliminated both time and space. It has brought ail ihe major countries of the world within speak ing distance. It has conquered the ob stacles of mountains, oceans, and de sert that, not so many years ago, was a matter of months for the rend ing of a letter a few thousand miles. Compared to the achievements cf the telephone, Aladdin's magic lamp was but a trivial parlor trick. Physi cal laws bow down before it. What a monument to private initiative, en terprise and ambition! * RAMBLING THOUGHT * * By H. t. H. * * * # * * * * * * * * * Hypocrites are tho "tares" spoken of in the Bible; don't worry about them; they will be taken care of i when the harvest is gathered. You have to "hand it" to these her? Baptists in Camden^ they really be lieve that a feller has a chance of be ing saved, no matter on which side of Broad Street he lives. Now, J. Ham Lewis ? new Demo cratic Senator from Illinois ? has don? been gone and done it. He don demns obstruction tactics in CongreSs J. Ham says all1 parties should furth er the President's policies. "To op- i pose the Executive and then charge , _ Fl-m-m, I'm bc| tittle respect for "wot" politician. country should From a political owu\>i>v4ui,, j. na is guilty of rank treason. He wor. , last long in the Senate; aot if he keeps on like he started. He'ir. talking' too much sense; -might put a lot of voters tq> thinking, that's something they are not~ supposed to do. Yeah, J. H&m is on the way of- making him* 'self mighty unpopular in the Senate; i Eespeciaily among his Democratic colleagues. I /. ? . ? v> \ - -v. | vBut wait a minute; when politicians ^suddenly begin to act in a uensibk* manner,, there 1st a reason. And when they are of J. Ham's type, you'll ?ind "a nigger in the woodpile" come where. Lets 3ee if we can jocats him. Some time ago the following Instruct ions were sent out by- Democratic headquarters, to all the party leaders an office holders: "Watch your step; if you wish to win "the 1932 ce c^i .n, you must convince Wall Street that its interests will not be ondangered if a Democratic President is elected". Get that? How can they do It? By supporting the present Republican administration. j Now, J. Ham's very able statement, published in the New York Sunday Times, is better understopd: It has a double meaning: First, it is "sucker bait" to catch Republican votcs>7 see on, it is a code message to Wall street Dccoded, it reads something like ibis:' Don't worry about th<? Democrats. They owe me money, and will do ;is I say. They are so hungry for politi cal "pop" that they have agreed to everything. ? Signed Jno. J. R. No they ar0 not considering the Southern democrats at all. They nev- j er do. A few of them will rip and snort around, then fall in line. They might lose out like Simmons and Hef lin did. Yea Bo, they love their jobs. I Yeah, President Hoover has ap .pointed another North Carolina man I to a high position with -the Federal ! ov -inment; and the N. C. Demo- ) r "re try in? to defcut him. Why? Mclsii t! fought A1 Si'iicn in i"i.? preside. wial camp?ii?"i, i.nd y"". av sc Mac wor't tell where he got V < campaign ftinds from; and they si. y lie is not qualified for the jab; _ b: ? no.io-ef them are willing to de b: v'.? that question with him. Before m fought Al, he was regarded ai iu v? ry able man, bot now he ain't ao able. ?L| JURfH $ V! ,??>."?*? ?" .'.'? ?? "? ?' The Jackson bait, we've always used, >v - fh^j northern fiah juat would not bite, So now we're trying rum. hav'n't caught a single fish, Woodrow Wilson died; tried our luck with Jimmie Cox, ! And were "taken for a ride". " Then little Johnnie Davis said, He'd lend a helping hand; ^ But shux, he could not run 'at all; . Just bogged down in the sand. ' ' *> f ^ ?' '??*? ' * % * t seema we had no real bait; That everything was phoney; We thought we had a chance with Al, 3ut he was just Bay-lo-ny. ' 0*-* -?'?*' " ? ^ - ' We've left our ancient anchorage I For better fishing ground; We've joined the high protection fleet And hope we're president bound. Don't forget folks: The issue is 3 ersonal liquor; not personal liberty. How in* the world can a guy Ret a" kick out of personal liberty? Person al liberty don't run any free lunch stand. TAX NOTICE Treasurer's Office Camden, S. C. September 25, 1030. Notice is.heieby given that all State, . County and School taxes for i -the year 1030 shall be due and pay- i able between October 1st and Decern. I ber 31st, 1030. Any information I with reference to taxes will be cheer fully furnished upon application. When making inquiry please state School District or Township. , i Very respectfully, i j S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer, ; Kershaw County, S. C. Dearh of Mrs. John West v M">v. M- Pie West, vit'e oc Join A. West, died at h< r hoire i.i Kei-anw uite sudccily I-Iondaj ail m oon n bout 2 o'*lock in her tuirty-ninth year, and was buried in th?s Kershaw ccmetery Tuesday afternoon, follow ing funeral services at the Kershaw Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock, con ducted by her pastor, Rev. T. M. Stevenson. The funeral was largely WILSE W. MARTIN HARNESS AN^aBdLE MAKER Leather and 8ho? Fin4*nj* Auto Top Maker and Pep?ir?r HIbU DEALS* ' ' 14-lb-ifc Hampton St. Pk*a* 682* COLUMBIA, b. C attended and the floral offerings were beautiful. Mrs. Wjest's death came as a great, shock and surprise,^* she was up 'and about her duties during the day j stricken a short time before noon with appoplexy* antf passed away in about three hours after being stricTc\ en. -J 1 Mrs. West was a consistent mem ber of the Kershaw Presbyterian church, and was a .devoted wife and mother, being greatly interested in the welfare of her young children. She was also a member of the East ern Star shapter, and was laid to rest with the ceremonies of that order. She is survived by her husband and the following children: Miss Pauline, Ruby, Lee, Buford, Esther Margaret, Helen, and son, Willie. The family have the sympathy of community in them very sad bereuvement. ? The Kershaw Era. Death of Rev. R. C. Morrison The many friends in Kershaw of Rev. R. C. Morrison, a former pastor of the Kershaw Presbyterian Church for several years, will learn with sor of his death, which occurred at the Columbia hospital Monday night be tween seven and eight o'clock, fol lowing an operation Wednesday for , gall Btone. j r Rev. Mr. Morrison, who was 68 -ears of age, was preceded in death ^ >y his wife during his pastorate in iershaw and is survived by tho fol owing children: Mrs. Mary Simpson, Blaney; Mrs. Joe Herriott, Bishop- , ville; Mrs. Ida Kate Babb, Fountain : nn; Mrs. S. J, Blackmon, Kershaw*; j ?ro t. Roy Morrison, Asheville, with he extension department of the Un versity of North Carolina; Richard Morrison, Jr., Phoenix, Arizonsr, vlorrison, United' States Navy. The remains of Mr. Morrison were aken to Fountain Inn, where he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and where the funeral services were Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock; fol lowing the services they were taker to Matthews, N. C., for intermei.: beside the grave of Mrs. Morrison. The friends in Kershaw sympathize deeply with the tamily in their gh : bereavement. ? 'i he Kershaw Era. TAX RETURNS Office of Auditor Kershaw Count/ Camden, S. C., December i>, ltuU Notice is hereby given ihat ihe Au ditor's Office will be cpen i'urwieceiv - ing Tax Returns from Jar.uary is . ' 1931, to March 1st. 1931. All persoi owning real estate or personal pro[ - erty must make returns of the sar. within said period, as required i law, or be subject to a penalty of ] ? per cent. 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