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Kershaw County Board of Director Submit Statement of Year's Finances c KJ For the information of the taxpayers we submit below a statement of expenditures for roads, bridges, chaingang, gas and oil. and for the operation and upkeep of the Wateree Bridge for the past year. We also give a statement of appro priations for these purposes for the past seven years, so that the tremendously reduced amounts we have had to work with may be seen and so that taxpayers may more readily under stand how impossible it was for us to do many of the things that both they and we would like to have seen accomplished. You will note that the total amount appropriated for all county purposes for 1933 was $52, ?94. 25. The amount ex pended was $52,955.94, leaving an unexpended balance of $38.31. You will further notice that these departments whose expenditures have exceeded the appropriations are those in which the amount necessary cannot be estimated in advance with any degree of accuracy and are expenditures over which the Board has no control. It will be noted that we have seg regated last year's expenditures for the miscellaneous contin gent and the bridge fund. A detailed account is made show ing for what purposes all these expenses were made. We know that the public generally is rightfully interest ed in the conduct of the county's affairs and that the county be operated in an economical and business-like manner. The records of the County Board of Directors belong to the tax payers of this county and are "open to their inspection at all times. ' Too, we shall be most happy to furnish any one inter ested with full information relative to any cletail in the man agement of the county. We cordially invite the interested taxpayers to visit this office and to inspect any and all records they may desire. We assure you that we shall be glad to cooperate with you in any possible way. Purpose of Appropriation Appropriated Expended Roads, Bridges, Convicts and Gas.... $18,000.00 $17,982.82 County Officers 13,850.00 13,924.92 Sheriff's Office 500.00 348.81 County Boards ..450.00 483.70 Jurors and Witnesses 3,000.00 2,095.00 Jail Expenses 1,750.00 1,752.54 Court Stenographer 100.00 100.00 Poor Fund 1,500.00 1,500.00 Post Mortems and Lunacy 100.00 112.50 Public Buildings 800.00 1,103.79 Printing, Postage and Stationery 800.00 1,324.15 Miscellaneous-Contingent 1,000.00 1,219.71 Bridge Fund 4,000.00 4,190.70 Vital Statistics 261.25 248.75 County Health 1,800.00 1,800.00 County Audit 300.00 225.00 Home Demonstration Agent 150.00 150.00 Farm Agent 300.00 300.00 County Delegation 500.00 260.55 Repair of Machinery 3,000.00 3,000.00 Kershaw Guards 200.00 200.00 American Legion Post 17 100.00 100.00 American Legion Service Officer 200.00 200.00 Chamber of Commerce 333.00 333.00 ^Tot+al - $52,994.25 $52,955.94 Net Balance on Hand $38.31 Segregation of Bridge Funds Bonds $ 35.00 Bridge Tickets 35.75 Upkeep 353.81 Printing Signs 14.94 Salaries 2,760.00 Light Plant 210.75 Carbide 92.20 Insurance 546.00 Fuel * 49.75 Telephone Charges and Upkeep of Line 92.50 Miscellaneous Contingent Bonds $320.00 Telephones 185.07 Committment to Reformatory 30.00 Auction Fee 26.00 Deeds and Recording 123.80 Advertising 66.10 Commission on Land Sale 4.54 Rent on Cotton Platform 450.00 Repairing Adding Machine 14.20 Appropriations For Past Seven Years 1927 $119,154.53 1 108,933.53 1929 115,591.10 1930 89,481.60 1931 63,263,94 1932 29,833.56 1933 25,172.92 Respectfully Submitted, KERSHAW COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, W. T. Redfearn, Chairman J. A. Rosborough, Clerk. Notice! All past due paving assessments due the City of Camden must lie paid at once other' wise property will be advertised for sale. \ BY ORDER CITY COUNCIL. Jan. 30. 1934 T OM Fok POSTMAST AT HETHUNE. S. C. '.o ..... \ , cj in tho position' oi postmaster i.i S. C., the United States Civil L/w-.ioo Commis sion has announced, at the icq..;..,: of the Postmaster General and in j accordance with an order of the i President, an open competitive ex amination. To be eligible for the examination, an applicant must be a citizen of the United States, must reside within the delivery of the post office for which the examination is held, must have so resided for at least one year next preceding the date set for close d? j receipt of applications, must be ifl good physical condition, and within the prescribed age limits. The com petition is open to both men and women. Und?r the terms of the Executive order, the Civil Service Commission will certify to the Postmaster the names of the highest three qualified eligibles, if as many as three are qualified, from which the Postmaster General may select one for nomina tion by the President. Confirmation by the Senate is the final action. Applicants will be required to as semble in an examination room for scholastic tests, and will also be rated on their education and business ex perience and fitness. The Civil Ser vice Commission will make inquiry among representative business an? professional men and women of the community concerning the experience ability, and chaiacter of each appli cant, and the evidence thus secured will be considered in determining the ratings to be assigned to the appfi : cants. ! The Commission states that presi , dential postmasters are not irP the classified civil service and that its duties in connection with appoint ' ments to such positions are to hold examinations and to certify the re sults to the Postmaster General. The j Commission is not interested in the political, religious, or fraternal af filiations of any applicant. Full information and application . blanks may be obtained at tho post ! office for which the examination is j held, or from the United States Civil I Service Commission, Washington, D. I C. Cotton Seed Shows Low Germination "Cotton seed this season are show j ing a very low germination according j to tests made by the department 01 | agriculture", J. Ro,r Jones, commiss , ioner, stated today. "Several hundred samples have been sent in for girm ination and results are alarming. Of the large number of samples already tested, only about 17 per cent showed a germination of 80 per cent or better and only 7 per cent showed a germ ination of 90 per cent ot bettez. Mr. Jones said that ordinarily seed j that show less than 86 per cent germ j ination would not bo recommended 1 for planting. Tests made this year show 30 per cent of samples germi nated less than 60 per cent; 48 pe.? i cent of samples less than 60 per cent; , 66 per cent of samples less than 70 per cent; and 83 per cent of samples less than 80 per cent. Every farmer is advised to have cetton seed they expect to plant test ed before time to plant. The depart ment of agriculture makes this test without any charge for the farmers of this state. At the present time tho seed laboratory is Tunning full capacity with a germinator holding several hundred samples. Therefore, if farmers wait until time to plant before submitting samples, reports to them may be delayed and they will not know soon enough that seed are not suitablo for planting. Mr. Jones says that in many instances farmers havo used seed showing a germination of 60 per cent or less by using more seed than would ordinarily bo used, but such low germination nidicates a weak vitality. The quality of seed is of first im portance and Mr. Jones says thnt every farmer should give careful consideration to this. In submitting samples for germi nation, care Rhould be taken tq get a representative sample. -When seed is in bulk, samples should be taken from the top, middle, and bottom and around the edge and thoroughly mixed and a sample drawn from this com posit sample sent in for test. When seed have been sacked, a rep resentative sample should bo drawn from each sack and theso samples thoroughly mixed and a sample taken from this composlt sample. Not less than half a pint of seed should be sent in for germination. StrM|tK ?ff Habit In tha treat majority of thtnft habit Is a greater plague than aver afflicted Rgypt; In religions character It la a grand felicity.-^ John FVmtar. HONOR ROLL OF BETHUNE PUB LIC SCHOOLS FOR THIRD PER IOD OF SESSION . Eleventh Grade. Distinguished: .Mar> Ellen McLaurin, Mary Alice Buker, Sara Ruth McKinnon; Pro ficient, Ma.guerite Foster, Keith Ciodron. Tenth Gradt Dis.'^fruished: Eliza Jae'.^o . Arlen age.. Proficient: Clare:.;..: H castes.". I.annio liuth Hil ton, Ma.. Holms. Ninth Grads;. lii Irguished Grace Horton, Rachel \. i..i. r.u. Eighth Grade. Di-.i..j..Ijhed: Rob bie Newton Marion, 11a C. Jlm^um; Proficient: Frankie Beard, Ruby Griffin, Lavern Jones, Edwin Kw. ridge. | Seventh Grade. Distinguished: Margaret McLaurin; Proficient: Lo- , rene Blackmon, Jerry Davis, Kath erine Foster, John Dan McLaurin, Eunice McCaskill, Iris McCaskill, James Bowers. Sixth Grade. Distinguished: Margie Jones, Alene Hilton, Clarence Hilton; Proficient: Loutee Hinson, Myrtis Mungo, Ruby Jackson, Alvin Kelley. Fifth Grade. Distinguished: Fran ces Helms, Josie Horton; Proficient: Alvo McCaskill, Grace Jackson, Dru cilla Ratcliffe. Fourth Grade. Distinguished: Betty Best, Doris Lane, Geneva Jackson, Vera Horton; Proficient: JohnsiB Bethune, Louise Griffin, Mary Nancy McLaurin, E. W. Tolbert, Clifton Croft, Myrtis Horton, Doris Black mon, Janette Hinson, Annie Mae Sullivan, Nell Horton, Ethel Lee Wat kins. Third Grade. Distinguished: Tom Bethune, Sara Margaret King, Sarah Gordon, Carnell Baker, Evelyn Man ^um; Proficient: Helen Jackson, Ros ?oe Baker, Betty Hammond, Tressie Mae Davis. Second Grade. Distinguished: Wayne Blackmon, Nancy Horton; Proficient: Eva Josie Ratclifi, Vera Stewart, Martha Winburn, Dorothy Winburn, John Watts Smith, Rali.Tr McCaskill, Brantiey King, Frank Alangum, Violet Williams, Maggie Lee Catoe. First Grade. Distinguished: Caro lyn Bethune, Neil Kelley, Wilson Holley, Rose McLeod, Viola Horton, Ross Horton; Proficient: Tola Gard ner, Evelyn Hammond, Harvey Croft, June Williams, John Henry Jackson, Edith Joyce Munn, Evelyn Vincent, Irene Vincent, Paul Watkins. EASY PLEASANT WAY TO LOSE FAT How would you like to lose 15 pounds of fat in a month and at the same time increase your energy and improve your health? How would you like to loso your double chin and your too prominent abdomen and at the same time make your skin so clean and clear that it will compel admiration? Get on the scales today and see how much you weigh ? then get an 85 cent bottle of Kruschen Salts which will last you four weeks. Take one half teaspoonful in a glass of hot water every morning and when you have2Jfl$^jshed the contents of this first bottle weigh yourself again. After that you'll want to walk around and say to your friends, ? "One 85 cent bottle of Kruschen Salts is worth ane hundred dollars ot' any fat person's money." Leading druggists America over sell Kruschen Salts ? You can always get it at DeKalb Pharmacy. EXAMINATION FOR ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER (Qualified in Dry Land Farming) The United States Civil Service Commission will accept applications until March 1 for the position or Assistant Farm Manager (Qualified in Dry Land Farming) to fill a va cancy in the United States Peniten tiary Service, Department of Justice, for duty at El Reno, Okla. The entrance salary in $2,300 a year, less a deduction of not to ex ceed 15 per cent as a measure of economy and a retirement deduction of 8 1-2 per cent. Applicants must have had certain specified education and experience. Full information may bo obtained from M. H. Moore, Secretary of tfifi United States Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the post office in this city. Outside of the United States, In dia and Egypt are the only countries whoRe cotton crop is of any import ance commercially. The present typo of harp has been in us(! sincfl 181ft. i Out of 1,785 forest fir^s in New' York St Ate last year, 918 were caui ed by smokers. * i FERTILIZERS ALL KINDS OF MIXED FERTILIZERS? ALSO MATERIALS, NITRATE OF SODA, ETC. WE HANDLE READ PHOSPHATE COMPANY LINE. SEE US BEFORE PRICES GO UP. Whitaker & Co. PHONE \ . 1 RUTLEDGE STREET Mrs. K::V. ! . ? N'mva >i.l a pair of old *? wi in- ? band had hidden VI'<U. Opening an oven unused the summer Henri Malline, a baia. of Angouleme, Prance, found alive 200 young snakes. ! |-.o:e Denpic.d Citie? ? l! :it mor* ? ir u*" live in citifs. yet we n Ti 1 1 dis' i" s i them. "Nin. v . ? - ? ' \ r l< e r ? ?'?r lock ? - : I : ! ' ? * Wilt % * I . ? (01i:o\ I A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it with $1 for a six weeks' (rial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by The Christian Science Publishing Societt * Boston, Massachusetts, V. 8. A. In It you will And tbe dally good news of lie world from Its 800 special WTlters, as well as departments deroted to women'* wad children's Interests, sports, music. flnar.ee. education, radio, etc. Tou will b? rlad to welcome Into your home so (earless an advocate of peace and prehlbitlon. And don't miss Snubs, Our Dog, and the _8undlal and the other lectures. The Christian Science Monitor, Pack Bay Station, Bo?ton, Mass. Please send me a six weeks' trial subscription. I enclose one dollar ($1). </> iName, please print) (Address) '<? __ (?own) P, o (8tate) Variety of Breads Served Epicures 4,000 Years Agv . . j Molding small loaves of bread and sprinkling them with seeds in the royal bakery of Rameses III a'/ou* 1200 B.C. Insert, American yoi/t>i enjoying a slice of one of t*? SO varieties now made by bAK?rs. npnn latent Egyptian totnb~ JL discovered by archaftolo^stn has revealed highly io'vi-u't g facta about tho kinds of br<UMl eaten four thousand yp?r? *r> Tho tomb is that of Pf'n-'W 'ankh, chief of the priests of i"*h of Memphis, who lived t?o sand yearn ht-.fore Christ Tue 1933 expedition of '.he Mctropoll^r, Museum of Art dl?cov?rc.l and er. cavatod the tomb. out In i.h?> dese.t According to the 29*5 fol'iirjns r.T hieroglyphics d'-'roratlog ttin w*a? of his vault, this prl<Mt of the Artisans t?f tho Two Dean of Hi College of Srvtb**, and Royal Sculptor and !?.;iiuer Th? Inscription* told of the burtnl pre rnra' !?<:,?. (he crewl of the priest. rcf|uir?- l f?T t h?? repose of his soul, and dr-rr!!iLd also many phases of hi:s ?t n : i y lit". E:.p>*oi;>My Interesting nrn tho 'va'l liisc.i iptioji? w hich givo a pic ture of t'o every day fare of the w?,j-to(lo Egyptian of tho period. "Hi* ancient Kgyptlana evidently *?11 understood the ?vl :o of the of Mf?." for H Vfl very c'oar that brv&d ?r?s their staple food. Not., only la It mentioned in the rVuilM of 'vritfrrf thirty -nine b?t twenty flv? dtetinct *!n'?s of lo?r?s and c**e? wer? d? ? r. - ' i>'d '! i?iary n.erit? of c?t)np a v. . ? ? of bread* apparently 4?. w?'l k r: wo to la? ancient ?.?p i u*. to h' u ?# wives of to s!a? N. -.v, a! rr i'n>;r thousand y rp, modern ! rs hnve doubled ?.h*i number. Ahf.'it (<0 different kinds of bread.-: may be purchased, !o make meals more Interesting for the modern family. Surprisingly enough, tho ancient knowledge of nutrition did not ex tend to milk, for this appears leant In esteem. It is mentioned, but K'veti no importance. Now It in, known tliat bread nnd milk form almost a perfect dish in supplying what the body needs. Dread, wo are told by scientists, is our best enerpy food, and at the same time fortunately costs the least. TAX NOTICE Beginning the First of March a 2 per cent, pen alty will be added to all unpaid 1933 City taxes. J. C. BOYKIN, Clerk