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Rum Runners Nhoo* Up Town. IUaokshear, Qa., January 20. ? A gang of men bollevOd to bo members of ii whfvfcey distilling ring at an early Lour this morning visited tlila city ami proceeded to shoot up t?i? business <11*1 rlct. Many gmsts at a local hotel had n'lnow.exeapoa froin bullets when the building wa? subjected to a heavy fire. Tell otlwr building^ in the city *ere rlddiod with bullets There "were no casualties. The hotel was owned till operated by Mrs. J. W, Uoboraon, widow of thp . farmer atotff fl&d moth - w of Sheriff Olln Rofoerson of Uhls iotinty. The postoiflflce windows wore broken by a bullot as wont i he win dows of the IJlaclcaliear Drug company, Strickland Brotberi odanljvany, ft. O. Cohen. and Dr. Q. Hondrlx. No one waa injured and the men who did the firing- escaped. Former Sheriff Rob ?raoh wan killed last August in raid* lug an illicit still near here and th<^ attack on the town came wthfn a few fcours after tho son, who succeeded to the off lee, *tad seined a Hrge copper still durimg a raid, The firing started about 1 :8Q o'clock and lasted for 20 minutes, ?n(l rifles being used by tl'io outlaws. It la no$ known how many men were In the party and It might have hocu that they were traveling In an automotdlo No arrests fhave heon made by Pierce sounty authorities. The gamg evidotot Iv waited outside of the city limits un til tho local powerhouse cut off Its lighting; system for the night. With the town In total dapk-ness, the swooped down, firing at random. There was little shouting above the roar of their barking weapons. Resi dents on the outskirts of the city say they saw an automobile go through town after the shooting hud ceased They say 1m was heavily loaded with men. . ^..-v ?? ; The Fii?nd|pM Man. Ope of the very last editorials writ t<fn by the late B. O. Anho raft, editor of the Monroe Journal, wan found iu a drawer iu his desk, and doubtless he Intended using It iu his pHjwr the vrteqk he was stricken. It la a? follows: MA mau iy without mouey, he may hut know where hit* next meal in to coino from, his clothing may he worn and patched, yet if ho has friend* he will fgo dowu the street wtlh a smHe on 111* fa we and a on his Hi- s. "A mau may lose his wealth, waM I UK disease may lay him low and the skeleton hand of death n?ay shake hi# hour kIusm in his face, yet If friends gather about his couch he will rejoice and be glad to die unafraid./ "But lot a man believe ho has uo friends Ix?t him Iboeom? convinced that In all the world there Is for him no friendly heart, no hand of sympa thy and lovo, life tons no pleasure for him no matter what hla financial con dition <>r the state of l^ls health. The thought more fraught with gloom and despair tliau waarevgrany other erif R nation of the human brain, 'I have no friend In all the wide world,' lias caused the suicide's pistol to crack many a time, has often caused the cup of i>ol8on to be pressed with Uemldlng hand to the lip, has caused many a child of deHix>ndency to leap from bridge or khore into the cold waters of forgetfulueas. "Al-vke a man believe that he has no friends, that for him there Is no friendly hand am} you/ enshroud his soul In despair Obsess his mind with th<> thought that he is friendless, that for him no sympathetic,; helpful hand, Is extended and you bat no his soul In hell fire." > ? ? Unemployment nmang women in Great Britian has decreased more than 33 per cent during the ipa.st six months. _ . . - Condensed and Improved-Schedule? , VIA THE NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD, of South Carolina AND THE : ' ' 4 i" ' -i*. ' ? . ? ?' - ' . Atlantic coast line Railroad v ?? . ? ^ * . .. VIA SUMTER Southbound (Daily, except Sunday) Northbound FARES 3:25 P.M. Lv Camden .... Ar. 11 :40 A. M. 9 :35 P. M. Ar. .. Charleston .. LV. 6:35 A.M. $4.42 3:25 P. M. ^v. .... Camden .... Ar."ll :40 A."M. 1:55 A. M. Ar. .... . Augusta ... Lv. 2:40 A. M. $5.56 6:40 A. M. Ar. . .. Atlanta Lv. ,7:40 P.M. $10.65 11:45 A. M. Ar: Macon r5^20 P.^l7$10.06 Through Sleeper* between Sumter and Atlanta, leav ing Sumter southhouno 9:30 P. M. and arriving Sumter northbound 7* IS A. M? * ^ For further information regarding fares, schedules, etc., via the Northwestern Railroad and its connections, communicate with the local Ticket Agent* Camden, S. C. TELEPHONE 128 Do You Talk Til Absent Ones? Perhaps your brothers, sisters, mother or dear friends live in other cities. Why not talk to~ them .- occasionally on the telephone ? Distance makes no difference ^nd the cost is small. At night from St30 o'clock to midnight station to station calls are one-half the day rate. . From midnight to 4!30 A. M. the rate is one-fourth the day ?' r rate. - - ? ? * V i ^ v- - ? ' ' trSr- . jjj -jtfii " 2 w -r- ? - ? Ask Long Distance about this quick, cheap station to station service. '-t ?r SOUTHERN BELLTELEPHONfe - , . it. & fc ^ Af^n4 jO 0^f -V and telegraph company \ ^ - .'X i._\. ??. : ? Or i icry Animal| Is Offered for Sale Orenado, ' MI?*.~Tlie tax ?u <per\lnors . of Grenada county have reduced the assessment on W. W. Whltnker'a mule from $50 to $20, the value originally placed on the animal by ita owner, after having raised the assessment to the larger figure. In a letter to the supervisors Mr. Whltofcer atates: ^7*"" "In vulutng thla mute to the HK0ex8or at $20 I was extremely liberal with the ? county. It would have srenmd too rldlou tout* to have placed him at hla real value, which, at the time of facing rvalues, could net have exceeded $10. "I hereby make thla proposi tion to any irterober of the board, to any other cltUen of the, county or state: Give roe and take the mule, and may the good Lord be wltfi you un nl we meet beyond the river. ' "For Inherent wickedness af heart and meanness of dlsposl* tkuv ittlR >nul?. Iik <N>m|?arl*on, makes the devil a smiling cherub; for a disinclination to dissipate useful energy this boast makes the grasshopper a model of Industry." NEW NATIONAL PARK WONDER j Red Snow With Tasto of Wttsrmelons Arouses .Curiosity of Travelers in Rocky Mountain Park. - Washington.? Add blood- red sno*, with ihe'-^aste of watermelons, to. the , wonders oiNffinerJva's national .parks. Out in the Rocky Mountain park In Colorado, on the ./continental divide that nearly I2;0(K> feet above sea level. "?tourists have seen the col ored fciidJ*' fthd have shkod why they see rod. . The rays of the setting suu reflect ing on the snow at about twilight has been blamed by those who traveled toward the close of the day, but la full daylight the redness of the snoW. does not disappear. Countless billions of tiny organisms, that move and grow and reproduce In the cold environments are responsible, government expert* have found. JProtococms nivalis is the name of this microscopic bolshevik, who has the eharoeierlHtlcs of both the plant find nntnml kingdoms. The coloration of the ?now Is more Intensive a quarter of an Inch below the surface, and the streaks that are - often red as blood have a sweetish taste when placed on the tongue. This strange snow col ore r Is be lieved to have come from the arctic regions, where It has been found to inepast. Scientists believe, that w spores may have been brought down from the North by the Chinook winds. HE STICKS TO HIS ^BUDDIE'-' Former Service Man Takes Up Col* lection and 8avee Ex-Comrade From Jait T?rm. Ray on no, N, J.? That "huddles'* of the battlefield atlck^togellier after tbeyN have become comrades of dvll Ufa was Illustrated to a courtroom filled with Interested spectators here recently. Michael Zwanlck of thit? city, over* seas service man, charged wltb a minor offense, was about to go to Jail for 80 days In default of paymeut of a f2S fine. Joseph Rush, In the court room crowd, recognized the young prisoner as a man with whom he had served In the campaign in France. Taking his hat, Rush started a collec tion in couif. Then he .went out and made a house* todiouso canvass, which netted him enough for the fine and costs. Re corder Cain accepted the payment -and released the soldier, irho declared it was his first and last time before the bar. .1 Both men are members of the Amer ican Legion here and they served to gether In Company II, ? Two Hundred and Tenth Infantry. BLAST toAS BEER, NOT TNT Chicago Home Brew Explosion Brings Bomb Bquatf Out and Alarms Neighborhood. Chicago. ? "The Oak Park Trust and Savings bank has been bombed." This message to the police sent shotgun squads and all available po licemen scurrying to the bank. The budding was surrounded and all persons in it held prisoners. The bank employees were 'Id a panic. There hftd been a tremendous explo sion but it had not been traced. The police investigated. In a flat over the bank oocupWd by August Schmidt a dark, they discovered destruction. The kitchen sustained the full force of the explosion, which came from a virulent batch of "home brew." The explosion aroused people in the next flat They sent tnp message to the Aged Veterso Aeke Pension. Bloomfleld, Md.? William A. Bishop, one bond red and fifteen years eld, has applied for a pension undef a n** lav -paesod by the Missouri l^glclature. Bishop has resided IB Stoddard coon ty for TO ye*ra. H4 was bom tn Tm htsase an J fongfct IB the Confederate trmr f-jrtng the' -Civil war. For 15 itMTft h?? liiut tMn m at ? Mgf ( . t . ...? 9 ?WW Bpvvy W ?P' Something to Think About B, K A. WALKER m ? v1 ??if?inn iiii.i iiiuj M'".' . WHAT CHILDREN READ PKOI'LK would not worry 90 muck about what they call ike Mmoderu . * in hi," if they only stopped to think thnt fathers and mothers, un cles nml aunts, of every generation had their doubts us to the now genera tlon. In fact, Adam and Kv? u ? u?, lu all probability, the only proud parents In all history who never Maid, "Oiildreu did uot do such thing* vrheu we were youngj" The very latest discovery thai has been made shout the little boys and girls of America Is that their taste In reading In quite different from that I of -their elders at the Name age. It appears that they are finding rather dull some of the things that I appealed to the .youngsters of format | days,, and are demanding more exeite inent than Is good for tbetri. ?"* * * ? -v .. ? r It l? well, In thinking about such a subject, always to remember thnt older people have a weakness for consider ing any such change In taste as for the worse. That is the compliment that matin ! tty pays to Itself. The great trouble la that we don't lomember what wo really cared for When we were small. Many of the tliiugs that we were supposed to enjoy we didn't really Ilk* until we grew up. Others that were .forced on us for our good were spoiled rurTisf-rorcver. Children iiuvii no sense of subtlety, or Irony. This Is natural. They read "Alice in Wonderland," or "(tulllver's Travels." or "The Ara blan Nights" for the straight story, not for any secondary meaning that Is beyond theui. ? A clever American woman suggests thai tho children, especially In a big family, should be encouraged to write stories of wild adventure for each Other, This Is not so Impossible or far ? fetched as It seems, A good example came to light raf ctmtly in the case of the children or Theodore Roosevelt. That fuany-sided man was a child among his soup and daughters until the very last. His letters to them, full of action as . they are, and illustrated by him self, will last longer than anything else in the way of history or. 1 ravels ?hnt. he ever wrote, From htm and his youngsters, the woods ami waters around Oyster Bay were delightfully mysterious, where anything might happen. ? ? ' For children the world is still, and ?always will be, full of a number of things. The main thing la not to try to turn them Into little men ' and women. (Copyright.) ' -o ? ? ? ? "What's In a Name?" - By MILDRED MARSHALL Pact* about your nam?|kahl?toryi mean loft whence it ?ii diHvtd; ?Ignificancet your lucky day and lucky Jewel. ERNESTINE. ?? * ? ? * Ernestine. ili* an origin of lofty dignity. ?hjrls one of the "Eagle" ? ? Tjnmess. Like many of the fem inine names connected with mythol ogy* the eagle occupied a position of great respect and even adoration among the ancients, , and his name, with various suffixes and prcflxos, fur nished many of the rognnmnna thrri in voguo. In 8cot)und the word 4ur eaglo was "erne" and the name was found In all countries where there were mountains, the homeland of the icing of blrda. Arhrldur, or Arneidur, was the first of the eagle ladles. She was said to be the daughter ef Asblorn, of the Hebrides, who waa sofO to an Ice lander named Katell Tbymr. This lady had the good fortune to find a quantity of silver sufficient for her ransom beneath the roots of a tree, but she decided to remain the wife of Thymr and goes down in history at one of the famous women of Iceland. The next step in the evolution of Ernestine was Amthora, and later An nora, who was the wife of Bernard de St. Valeyr. Her name was carried In to the family of Braose by King John's victim,- Maude de St. Valeiy, who called one of her daughters Anntrn. The masculine Ernesto, trhlch pre ceded Ernestine -directly, appeared flrst in Lombardy in the year 762, through lfarkgralf of Austria Ernst spread all over Germany after the Ref ormation, - and It was Germany which finally, formed the feminine Ernestine. Though atttt In great vogtie there, it has of late years been contracted to Btlne, or Tine, or sometimes Erna. Boheml% calls her by .elaborate Ar noatlnka. bat England and America took her over as Ernestine, and pre serves her a a such. The moonstone Is Ernestine'* tails uanfc gem: Yt ia 'said to ' bring h^r good fort an ? and good health and ts ptrucuiAnj I tic A j XDr iuwv ww^fofi legend Inatetx. mar ttm fotars to ite dci?th? Sunday ia. her Incfcy day goo > >*v iocky number. Telle* la ?aid ?? ?k tr color. ia ? i< AN ANCIRNT (l.\MK "l'r?q? Hhootiug" Originate! Amou-; "Olc Mississippi'* Nfurw1*. (Itipley lit Tho Now York <{hli'? "Hulling tho bones" M tho oldcs> game >foi (He worUl. It la probibly the first gaino ever flayed by mankind. Our mm t <m!II u v Itt ii ancestors in *t llkoly tho orlglual ThLukcr- Jlwl u.nu ly realised tlio Joyous possibilities of ^rolllu* the bones. a ml began fcosdng tho astragalus" -or knuckle bones of anlniale. Those natural James .from the ankle of a sIUh>p, or some other hih-Ii sl?o iii'rani, are undoubtedly tbo direct an cestors ol' tbo cubical dotted dice. And 1 dice are tho oldewt gamin* <?i>J.et?. ever uneovetvd t'roiu the prehistoric past. They were used in India Jhoiwt <ls of yearn lieforo Christ. They wwo piloili ably one of the couples .saved by No ih from the deluge. It l? Interesting to note the arrifitge meibts of the dots on the snvfn<o of the dice? tho ku.iii of the oftpoxlto side* totalltng seven ? la tbo same anions praetValiy all proplc\> since antiquity. Only tbe Coroan and Ktrttscui dice vary slightly. All of <>Ur ancient game* arc beau neeted with dice? even eheaw. l>?m Inoes-, or Ikhio tn'Merfs, were ittVentod by Chinese from dice, and from domi noes came our modem card game*. It may be well for the prospective erap shooter to reinemtK\r that the word dice Is the pflnrol of dio and In derived from the Latin word ihnv meaning to give; and that a pair of loaded dice were dug up in the ruin* of Pompeii -proving eoiKflu^ vely that the "hazard of die" Im not a now In Mtit Ut loil. There are .thlnly-slx throws ' po->;l?le with tbe frietky pills. The odds are always 1-7 of 1 per cent against Ibe east or, and the odds against any cer tain number alluring are as 'follows: Odds against- - 2 or 12 ., . 8ft to 1 3 or 11 . 17 to I 4 or 10 .... 11 tO;l 5 or 9 ....; ft to 1 ft or 0 ... ....- 6 to 1 ft or 8 6 to 1 -0 OF 8 .......u......... ? to 1 7 ft -to 1 Although the ChlnewH-who by the way, are the greatest gamester* In the world ? play more dice gnmes than any other people, tho most popular form of dice throwing In this coutvtvy is "crap##." Crap shooting originate among tlie colored roustabouts on the boats and along the levees of the Miss issippi just after the Civil War. The rapidity and action/of the game proved so popular that it was soon necessary to pass laws forbidding tho piny. Why He Watted. Manuel, . ft negro> with a record fidttKH^o clean, wa? arraigned before a country justice of the peace for a? sanlt and battery. "Why dhl you 4H*it this man up* Manuel?'' questioned- the squire. "ITecaTTed roe aunnpW, .Tod^o." "What <1W he cell yoat^~ "He called me <1 rhinoceros, wlH a rhinoceros \" I "A rhinoceros ! When did this oc.-1 our?" " "Tkni r thr^^ycatw, 'go, JodgeV ?'Three yea rs ago! Then how dlcl It hnpjicu tliat you waited so long to resent it?'' "Lord, Jedge, I ain't never ?mm?u jm> rhinoceros till dis mawnln* I" - An Explanation. Two men sort in the theatre. J ust before tfie perform auce l>cgau, a noisy 'nuiviuuul in a checkered suit spread himself out hi one of the nearby boxes. "Who," asked the first theatregoer, ""Is the loud person with the florid faco and necktie to match?" i "That person," replied his neighbor. "Jh my brother." Tho Inquirer paused for a moment, and then said : "WeM, you'll havo to give me credit for one tiling: I went (straight to head quarters for my information." The First Chamber of Commerce The first Chamber of Commerce was organized by Oliver Cromwell. In 1669 ho appointed his ?ou, Richard, with several others, "to meet and consider by what means the trade and naviga tion of the rHpuMlic mitfht best be pro moted." Most of the members were merchants of the various eltie* in hfv realm. FINAL DISCHARGE Not too Is hereby given that one mooch from this <Sate, on 'Jfeaday, March 6th, 1022. I wUl fUn- with -the PrctoAtp Court of Kerahatr County, my final return as Committee of the estate of Thomas F. Davis, deceased. * F. B HARDINC Oamden, 3. O., Jan. 80, 1022 TAX NOTICE. ? - Office of Treasurer Kershaw County Camden, 8. C? 8cft. M, Iftl. Notice Is hereby given that the' books will he >#iwe< Cor the collaeUW of KtaU, Oonty asd Hdioai Taxes from October 13th, 1001, to March PBVSE RHHVippi^H DO it tlili'il to nil tu\cn uiipuhl Jan uary 1st, 1022: 2 ix>r cent February 1st. 102'J and 7 per codit^Maroh 15th 1021 > Tho rate per centum for Kershaw. ? ? it \ to as f ? > N t ? w m : Mill., suite Taken, a-.. . ?. W liokflli ???? J (Vimiy Tatct*. lit UoHpllttl. - "? School Tuxes, S. DtKalb towutblp road bomla, ft School School School School Total, - 88 Dog use $1.25. All dog owutri ars Wtqulml to make n return of their clogs to tho Couuty Treasurer. who it* required to furnish a ilceiuo tug. AM dogti cuught without the 1 house tan the owners will bo subject to a fi^ of twenty (1X000) dollars. Tho following school districts have special IctIoh: School District No. 1... -....21 School District No. 2~........ - 8 School District No, 3 8 School District No, 4.?..v.,v, 0 School District No. 5 8 School District No. 0 $ School District No. 7 8 School District No. 8 .8 School District No. 0. tfehoul District No, 10. ? ... School l>lsll*lct No. lh^^mrTrrrT^..... 6 ?School District No, 12.. .v.... -11 School District No. 13...... ................... 8 . School District No. 14... 8 Kchodl District No. 15... , 8 Hchool District No. 1(1 4 School District No. 17................. .. 8 Sch??;?l District No. IS 4 School District No. 10 ...... 4 School District No. 20 ........v.... 4 District No. 21.. - 4 District No. 22..- 11 District No. 28... * .......... H District No. 24.. 8 School District No. 2ft ? 8 School District No. 20 8 S >ho?l District No. 27:... 8 School District Nor 28... 8 - Kcho<?l District No. 20 .............. 8 District No 80 ...: 8 School District No. 81 8 School District No. 32 8 School District No. 83.. .....8 School District No. 34.. .. 8 School District No. 35 ... .... ?... ? 8 School District No. 36 8 District No. 37-. i 2 School District No. 38 8 School District No. 30 & School District No. 40 ...17 School District No, 41 8 School District No. 42...:....., 8 School District No. 40 4 ? School District No. 44 8 School District No. 40 ^ 8 School District No. 47..?? 8 The i m>!1 tax Is $1.00 All uble-*>odiea mate persons .from the agu of twenty -ono <21) to sixty (00) years, both inclusive, exoopt res idents In Incorporated towns of the county, shall pay $4,00 as a road tax except ministers of tho gospel ac tually In charge of a congregation, Teachers employed in public schools, school trustees and peruana ? perma nently disabled in the military serrico of this State and persons who served in the War Between the States and ull persons actually employed in the quarantine service of this stnto and all residents who may be attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall become duo. Per sons claiming disabilities must pre out <?( tlficates from two reputable physicians of this county. All information with reference to taxes will 4>e furnished upou applica tion. , D. M. McCASKIDL, ? ?. County Treasurer, - FOR FIRST CLASS ? PAINTING see g, P. HAMMOND < Town and Country Work Solicited 1008 Fair St. Camden, S. C. Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Brace'* Store) CAMDEN, S. C. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Lytileton St., Ptione 114 CAMDEN, S. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSOK Crtker PulMlm Camden, B. C. cnpRpMi'f MANUFACTURING CO. II I l I mmmmmmmm m MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER rtAlN* MUc ER i??, ti COUUHfOUA. S, C. ? ' r n hi' ir '