The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 03, 1919, Image 2
INSIST MAN IS DEAD
Government Scuc's Four Official
Death Notions.
McGwire, Much Alive. Wonder* About
Hit Invalidation Home by
? . ' ' . ? - 1 .??* y \ ? j
WUuduKton, [VI. Alfred .Vlefltilre
r>f m>1 'West ^ijiih \l ni l, \<* beginning',
to w<:iii}cr whether the k??\ ?* i inii?*n t I*
"nj'm ofUtu" bun or whet her l lit?y hav?> tt
gruvlw.O {'to u?t>( huu Stuco he w?'* In
\ J4 J i home on I he ti t M?*ti ;? I'j4 *?< 1 I W t
Jili?t. .JiUHHi .V, l?H\ IllJJ Sl'rvw) wKll Hie
Thr*** Nnodred Twelfth Infantry,
^vV? r?i} eighth division. his fundi) has
he. n notified foiir times that hi* was
dead ? either killed in battle, ? 1 i'< ? < 1 from
or deceased a* the result of
dHe^se* tir accident,
"\N iHI, I ht'A) 1 Hill dead again," I*
McGwire's way of passing oft" I !??? mat
tor tt'liwi tu1 beholds a letter Htl?
ar?s>o<| t?> his. mother hearing 'ho
frank of the war depart nient. The
fourth notification of his death came
tin- Other day. hut as Me<iulrc, and
Mark Twain before him, said: "The
report of my death Ik greatly exagger
ated."
Kach letter thai caiuohas been an
swi-ri'd either by MctJiiire himself or
hi* mother, Notification has been sent
tn tlif atllhorl! ies that McGwire is 1 1 v
I n lt . hnt they Mill Insist on killing him
<>IV with clock like regularity. The no
tiers of tils domino are also liable to
contain Ilie information that he was a
cook, a wagon ilriver, a Serjeant of
artillery or nny other such rank, while
'-.Met (til re plaintively states that a man
has to he killed before ills rank is
raised apparently, as tie was "nothing
trnrnlviicfr pn vii t e." "T"
McGuIre fought during the St, Mi
Idol drive and was hit by a pleee of
shrapnel and was Invalided home.
After reeuperaUng from his wound,
WhK'h was not severe, lie was. dis
charged and began working L>r the
Harlan shipbuilding plant.
In. addition to lelegrams, a letter
was received from I lie ehaplaln of the
regiment telling Mrs. MKJtiire of the
heart rendliiK circumstances of Ids
death. full details and a complete de
scription of Ids surroundings. grave,
etc., acvompauyhiK the letter. The
ehaplaln was from ( ierniantow ? n, I 'a.,
a lid .Mrs. Mitiuire wrote a letter to
him, thanking him for ills sympathy,
hut saying she v as glad it was mis
placed, as tier son was m>t dead, but
very much alive. .
Captures Shark With
His Handkerchief
Sin 1 1*; ?M ass.- -John J lohhs,
nineteen, a imirknrM
shark fiM-l !? Inrhfs Imm hy
tylnt; a hamlkerrlih'f about its
tail.
1 lohhs' sisier was on ! 1 ? ? r way
holm1 from a t;roci'i\v store when
site h?*anl a ^ | ?:i >- 1 1 i u u in th?* wa
ter on tin- of Uivttr.sMi'
(???iMcti-ry. I n vest iya t Inn. sin*
found Hie shark trying t<> k'?'t
Into the rivtr. It hail htvoino
stranded when tin* tide turned.
She railed I n ? r brother, who
wound his handkerchief unwind
iht- ? II in tail of i lu? shark, dray
Uini; it ashore
MAY BE' A BIRD PARADISE
New Use for Island of Heligoland Sug
gested to Secretary
Lansing
I,nndnn On (In- inn^tlon nf milking 1
nil ji lord piinnli>i\ I. <i;ii<lin- j
cr. M'j'rrl.'in <?( (In- Uoynl Snrjriy lor |
tin' | ?rot im'I inn of In nls siijs;
"I'ltr hi r?t lo\ its' sfl 1 1 ? ! in ? l'?r lldi-j
^ithiiid wjis that tin- island shitiild ho j
:in in! cni:i l nlisi rviiiinii v t s i f i ? ? n and aj
I'lnl's sriiirt miry. Thort* was no mi;;- ]
jri ? v t i ? ?ti uliiiif'Vri' iii HiN rnrini'rt inn !
I ! i :i t it t ? ? ?ii 1 1 1 In- r. '-tin imI to <IiMiu:iny. j
\ I#-.. In! inn m tin- i-ff?M:t wn* < attii'l
lit t! ?? ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : ? I Hn-i*l iliix nf tin" 1 1 ? >> 1 Sn- !
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USE MEXICAN ARMY SHEL.lS
Bandits Reported to H ive U^erl Am. '
mum 1 1 in M 'He <i t F<vJ?ral
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innrK'1' ** Ihtc ?l?-*ri-rs I<h ! juirchjt^pd
fh' ni frmr soWIIim'-. \*ltli flu- [?nrj><i?-f
,i f *._ iIkmii ji ' ctpm ' (imrtt to
a^'iiifv nf IVIm l?i?:z and oilier revo
lutionary )<-:i ? liix
'find many uses tor pftat
' wSrtorn lndu?fry Civet Promise of
Great Development in the
' Yeiri to Come,.
i ?
The output of pent In the 1* 11 1 1 ?>*!
, Ht ?* f ???? In m year fur exceeded that of
: nuy preceding year Jiinl the general
| Increase, u lilch was stimulated hy tin*
War, was slum*'! I>,v pract Ically all
j hramhrs nf th?; Industry. Though ex
: fonsht'Jy Used lis fllt'l ill Kljl'OfK* u tic]
widely kpown in tin* I'nited States a*
: m potential source of hi'iit Mini power,
peat luis heen unable t?l compete with
eon I and man* | -a t operator* have ? 1 1 ?
reefed their attention to yln? utilization
of peat in ayrieuiiure yrlih gratify lug
roviilH. n. /
Pent fertilizer vvwHlrnt inarkettMl In
CoimUerelal <puiiltltle?< In UK>X. am)
Nfoek food peat In 1012, ami though
there N siill some prejudice against Its
use the agricultural branch of the In
dunfry has been juicee.saful and tip}
quantity of fertilizer ami stock-food
neat annually produced I* Increasing,
I, urge ? i u n n t i 1 1 ? ? s of these products
were made Inst year, hut the most
At riklng development was the produc
tlon of more peat In Ihe \ew Kngland
States than has heen manufactured In
the entire I 'filled States in all peered
1 1 > ir years. Almost eipially striking
was the widespread interest manifest
ed in peat resources which had heen
genera 1 1 y regarded us nf doubtful
value.
I<arge quantities of peat or sphag
num moss were produced and utilized
for stable Utter, packing material, and
Mtirgicn) ilreMiUKi and several hun
[. JumI thousand acre* of peat soils were
usotl for the growth of crops. The
{?eat Utter was produced by the own
ers of small hoys for their own use.
(nip the packing material was sold
_2u.Jluri.sts ft a: .$?."? a U?u. According
!o .1. \\\ Ilotsou of the lied t'ross
iiore than half a million peat pads
.vere prepared In this country for that
">ri*nnlzniIon. Must of the nmss was
fathered hy volunteers from hogs In
IN ashinut on. Oregon and Maine, and
'lie pads were used In military hos
pitals at home, and abroad,
TOWNS NOT FATED TO LIVE
Communities East and West. Founded
in High Hopes, Are Now Practi
cally Things Forgotten.
Western | ??? | ??tm 1 f ?1 1 their renders
:luit tin; town of Kinerson, Okla., Is
jhortly to l>*? n thing forgotten, re
marks tfte Hartford Courant. It was
) i ii | ? | >< m l out as a town site shortly
ifter the territory was opened for set
?lenient, and the promoter* luol
lrenms of a metropolis. In li'i'7 tin*
;>hm was abandoned, ami now the dis
'lift court lias I teen asked to vacate
:he land for town .site purposes, when
.vliat might have heen ft town Will 1 >??
?otne f.arin land.
The story of Kmcrson suggests w hat
?nine near happening to a ? 'onnect i<*ii t
own In the beginnings of the eolony.
Those interested in it showed rare
;en.se in their choice of a bite, and In
heir dreams planned not for n town
?>ut for a city. Hampden and Crorn
rell were to lie among its citizens; the
?ream of Hngland, so Its promoters
loped, were to heconie Its citizens.
Fate ordered otherwise, and the early
?.lays of this dream town are remein
?te.ed now largely through I. Ion (Sanli
ner's account of his struggle to hold
Ihe site against the attacks of the In
dians,
other states, notahly the mining
commonwealths of the West can du
plicate the story from Oklahoma, hut
few can equal the romance of the Con
necticut settlement.
Village Proud of War Record.'
The little Norfolk village of Old
I'.iick iiighani is proud of Its whi1 rec
ord. Its total male pi^juilatlon be
tween the ages of eighteen am' fifty
In I'M I was (if that number no
fewer than 17?< served with the forces
and ha\e given their Jives for th-dr
count rv.
In their honor a memorial cross has
heen ?* reeled on the village green, an
ex no; peprodn. vion of the. "cross of
sacrifice" designed hv Sir Reginald
1 flooi 1 1 field, K. A . for all Hriti-h mil
i f si r > < cine! cries abroad The total
height from the ground line !o the j
top of the . r?'ss IS "J J feet d inches
It is liiiiir of stone Mid the name* or*
those iiicn of the village who ?'e|] > i; '
the war are incised in g:!t oil the d : ? I ! i'
hclow t.ie I'M se of the cross.
I'hc ? i t* ; t i f < ? I . J Hack inghri m i<
typical of cv.-r> Kritish \illage
Long Lived Superstition.
We Ht'l.'lrr whether 'he I . ? ? i - 1
pf" - ? ? .1 ho tof.Mo.d the ? lid the
V. Il ..w < 1 ? TVe ?ho1|'d>t' hl.ide i > !* j
a s ' ; i ; ,i . ; i \ . r l e . 1 1 ? ! i ! . : ; : s ? a tn i
t?r. |.s s- I ? ? e: .,!? .. I I," ; u ah s"
I Ml ? ! e | f". ? !l V . ? I r t 1 SS
If s , i I , e w. .i, d |i"* t* rend :'i ? K'lp
ter \ I ' !? ' i !. ? (?!? ( '? e Fle.n
?!..> <??' | ?. ? i ? -k . re ) . frma the In
spe. -,o[i . . f ?' . ? : s*io?t'.!f-? ..f ram
.. h i, ..V. vr., pe t of .their
tVsh i. I t. ? ? r.i>'. I l.ii r ho ed. car
?!>, ?-r ;e i \ I - : . 's or l|ei-e VV hicp
h>- \ e I ; . ? ' . ?Ml |, e l !<?:. J un
k " I ' V ! |
\ r e ? , t h t ? "Mi is cii r ' ?
oii? s ;p. ? ,%f, .. -Ml! p-eser\ ed It
a 't.'iN, ? ? ? descend
Mil's nt ? ? | I, ? r j, ,p, ? , ... till*
d.s: r.ct. "even prnc
M< ?? .t ? ? f ! ? ,-..e, ... M the '.'ado
o' ' ' ' . r. (1 is
co\ er v ! i ! ? M . : s-.\ . !?? I .. a r t .
"I * - - ' 1 ' W 1!!!h in
del." ? ' ? <; ? ' 1 1 cen
fur . 'o .( ? ? , ? in M
i?fiiu . n v In
the f ? . . * "id It
am. ? 1 1 it > ' . ? ' . lr!?
N'OTICK
We, tin- undersigned agree t-> raise
Iiiu'M' -sltoring to <H ? h 1*011 ml ; ltogg>
Tire* to tpl <H? each : oiie*hor*e Wagon
Tires <1 <H? Wagon
Tires il.nu Mich.
I) II M. I.ain
\V, S. (tank ill
W. M, Simon*
T. -J. Winiauu^
)lnggi|i? ^ lluggiu*
TTna i7m s virxiuiiT?
W.tice i> hereby given that one
month from this date, <>n Monday, Oe
tof.i r lUlh. 1 i ? H ? . I will make to the
Probate Court ot" Kershaw County my
liuul return as Administrator of the
estate of W. M Kst ridge, deceased, and
? ?it the siirnr <lyite I will apply to the
said Court ?<?r 4 final discharge as said
\ iliiil ii t >t imi tor. *
\v. r. KSTUiixa:,
Administrator.
Camden, S. C, Sept. Sth, 10 ID.
'? ?. ? V- '? ?
\I?\II\ISTK YTOK S NOTICE
* ^
All parties indvb.UMl to the estate of
.1 t Ilouich. (Iwaned, arc hereby uo
titii'd to make payment to the unde
signed or tp !?'. 1>, Itlukeney, Attorney,
ami all parlies having cUtOII against
the. said estate will .present thein duly ?t
t is ted within the time prescribed by
law.
M. T. noucm,
Administrator Kstate of J. T. Hough.
Camden, S. September ~;"?th, 1910.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
(Complaint Not Served I
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw,
. Court of Common PleQv
.1. l\ I, owls. W. T. Smith and J, K.
Christinas
Plainjjflfs
;L . '. ' vs.
I'M win II. Peck, .Inlia 10. Pts'k and Edna
IV .lenkiiiN.
I >efendai|ts
To i )??* I >efeitda ill :
Vou are bow-by suijiuioned a ud requir
ed to answer the eom|>laint?in this action
which will be tiled in the oiflce of the
Clerk of the Count uf Common Pleas ?
for the Maid County, and 'to serve a copy
.?f your answer to the said complaint on
the subscriber at '.ii - otiiee in Camden,
S. C. within twenty days after the se r -t
vice hereof, exclusive of the day of sueh
service; and if you fail to answer the
complaint within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in iliis action will apply to the
Court for relief demanded in the com
plaint.
M. It. CIiAUKK
? I Maintiff's Attorney.
I >a fed Sept. JPtli A. I >. UUP.
To the Defendant* Edwin II. Perk, .luiia
K. Pi?ck and Kdua IV .leiikins, non
residents :
Villi will please- take .'notice that the
Complaint in the a hove action was .tiled
in tin* office of the said Clerk ??f Court
ar C'tm )en, S. on. the tirst dav of
< i-i-.l,. . HUP.
P. 'It. < 'I. A Ui\K.
-Ml 7 s ! '! tin t ill - A t tot in y.
FORECLOSURE SALE
I !je Si.iu- ..f SoiM li Carolina, ?
i "iiatv of Kershaw.
In the Court of Common Pic is
The Enterprise PuiMing and Loan As
sociation of Camden. S. ('.
Plaintiff
.against
.Matilda Miller Defendant
I I "nder and by virtue of a Decree of
lli< Honor Judge W. H. Towjisend. i'1
tin' above cusp, of clnto July 14th, 11)19,
I will offer for sale in front of the
Court llous?> door, in the City of Cam
den. in said County and State, during
the legal hours of sale, on .Monday,
( lotoher fit h. HUM, the same being the
lirst Monday ot said month, the follow
ing described real estate :
All that parcel ??r lot of land in the
City of Camden, in the County of Ker
sliaw. in the State of South Carolina,
near Hobkirk Hill, lying at the south
west corner of the intersection of the
eontiniiatioii of Campbell street and a
lane separating the premises from Wes
ley Hrooks. fronting seventy ( 70 ) feet
north on said lane, and one hundred
ami live ( Kirn feet east on Campbell
Street, and is hounded on the North
b\ i lie :i i < I lane, on the east by said
continuation of Campbell Street, oil the
south by land formerly of Ahram Raiuey,
n o w of Ihiima. 'I'atc. and on the west
by lot i.f Anodia Mcl .aughliu."
- ALSO ?
Three (.'!? shares ()f the ('apital Stock
"f the said l'ntcrprise liuildiiig and
I.oiin Association.
Any j e'i 1 1 1 de-irinir to bid at said
x.i'.c -hali lirst dejmsit with the un
der^igned the s 1 1 1 1 1 >>f fifty dollars
i s .",i i (Mil in iji..ro>v or certified check, as
:? pledge to ui a k ?* good his hid.
Terms of ,-a>. i'ji?-1i. 1'undiaser to
p:.v f"i' pa per-.
i. a \vrrrK< iwskv.
.Master for l\er-li;nv Coimtv.
S pt.-:i,i? r 1!'1!?
FORECLOSURE SALE
State ,.f S?'iit!i Carolina.
* '? ? un f \ i K. i siui w ,
hi ' lie < *? ? : i i*t of ? 'oinnion I'!ea s
I :??:! 1 i : ''iti' Hardware Company.
Plaintiff
.i it . i i : i ~ t
W II r-r.r.-.
1 >ef? iidan '
i :o|er :i : . d !>y v.rtue of a I>ecree of
II.- Hmior .Indue \V II Townsend. in
' . i J ?? ? \ ?? case ,,f dat? July 'J2nd. 1!'10.
I u:.i ? ffer f< r -aie in front of the
? "? ? ? i :?? 1 I<.!i?c door. in the City of Cam
?'?1. S C, during the legal liours of
?>:) Mojolny, * h-fober fit h. be
: . ir the ! ? r- r Mondav >.f -aid month, the
w;ng d?*scritie<| real estate:
A ; that psircd or r ra < *t ?<( land lying
? n the county of K>r-haw. in the State
' South Carolina, and known a-' Tract
V Twelve *11'' :n the plat of (lenerai
\ r:::i?!e Vv J" .1 Hay, in N>>vem
1VM. Sa :?! plat represents a part
! estate ..f D-moan MrKa.> which
i: - ..e un the water- of the Mig I'ine
I ? ' re. k. Sn -i tract contains one
!i red twi-nty n.io- ? 1 Ui? ? acres, and
i- ii defi as f.il'.ows; on the North
1 ands ? ? f Mrs i'.rnd'ev. on the I!ast
i". tract Number thirteen ( lf?) of the]
-n:i?e | ? I h ? , on the S-Mith by tract Num
r I". 1 " ve n (111 of the same plat, and i
? i: riie West by trn<-t Number Nine (D)
f the *aid plat.
Anvone desiring to bid at said sale
?lt till Hr*t with the undersigned
the Hijin of One lluudred dollars ($100, \
in money or- certified chock.
fVrini of Wal?. ranh. Purchaser to
pay for puper*.
t, A. \VI'|TK(?WSK\ .
Muster for Kershuw County*
JO |ilfinlnT II, 1!H0. . '
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
Stuitv 4 South i Vm rolintt.
< Viuoty. "f Kershaw.
In tho (Vfturt of Common I'lta?
I.im'v Uoyd,
? I'luintiff.
against
1. aviniu l.!o> <1, Sail ??. A.Kolljnson, Amelia
Idanding, Kwittiie Lloyd, Katie Lloyd,
.MaxK>*' WQQdii l'annie Lloyd, Jr.,
Julie Lloyd, Oeorfii Fktyber, WiUi?
U>)U||ik Miry Lockwood, Olia ltob
i like) ii, James K. liockwmid, Reynold*
Ka*lUb, l'uuliue Kitglish and 1). J.
Carlos,
Defendants.
Summons For Kellff
(Complaint not nerved)
To tliV Defendants:
Yon :( i c liin'by luiuiuuutd and ? . ijui ? -
t.l to anwer 'I"' Complaint In '.this
a<n,.ii. wliieh will l?e lili-il in tin- oQM
of the Clerk of th$ Court of Common
JMeas for the said (Vmuty, and to serve
a ropy tit' your answer to the haid Cum
plaint otv the xubwriber nt his oltice
in Camden, H. 'C., within tweuty days
after the service hereof, exclusive of the
day of siwU M>rvirv; au<l it y?u (aj\ t
answer the (Vimpluint within the tm,
afpiesal?L the plftlutiff in i Uin
will apply to the t'uurt for th?> r?-U4
tit m?ii?lc(l pi the Complaint
I.M'llKNS T. MILLS.
lMaintift* Attorney
('auulen. S. S.-pt 1, K >H>.
tin? IMemiant*^, t'utiiiif l,loy<
Katie Lhyd, .lulia Llo\<l. Willi, 1>0UJ
\H? , tifontia RcU-her, f.-liu U?bini*>i
i???ilinr HnjfttFh, uj>ti reshl?>i)t> :
Vt?u will please tak*- u?inv that th
complaint U> the above action was tile
in the ollice of the Mti?l C < vk of (\,ur
at Camden, S. op tli? LUh <l$y q
Si-pifmhci-. 1U10.
LALUIONH T. MILLS,
. . lMaintiff'.; Attorney
4>4-25'2<l
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