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Ci-RIOfclTIKH Or DAILY ?f (MMfal Wa?bta*ioo. AUrv1> ? ^vlnc hi* wlte tef diiww, ft Aetl ml? of OW? rftfo coatyUli?? (bat LU 19QIW aaed too iftoeb rptub ki?|?t*#r l? her flo wer Uli lo Loodoa ? ?uii for >rtiUtioo at **rTi*?xr" hfta bet? fiw bj ft nun j ?gala* ? wocftfto wtep |BM|V kl9 by c*fttmio? to V: hU wife KJbttLftfe* U not and til been, fix first legal ?rtkm of the Hort for more than ft hun dred yrwr?. , from Texft* Ktf**#' the taV of * VhyrMao *h/<>4? dl% wered what It eftUHJ ft "truth nrixrax," wbloto. whec to ft suspected criminal. ] paralyz'K hJ- imaginative f?cultU^ so thftt hi? c*n tfH o?V>' t*c\* ami not ?bought* wbieh ur<? not triw. Sew York bft? an Inventor who fcas ?frrf^<"4 a ra^an* by which ray* of light, allowed to play upon the letters ?n ft printed pftg#. are converted Into wmmicMt Koonda. plea <?t of to beftr, m that th?* hHt>d c?D read through <h? ir eftm. Detttee. Col. J N to furnish blind person ? \iiih polled Hblntle*. whLrh, wh?|n blown at street cros#diw5*. will im tfftffR' eops to halt all traffic while (!}<? KlehtlM* ***?>*? th?? Ntreet in I A Maryland b-gb?lator ha? Intro dtv**-} a bill which *U1 xuake It illegal for more t hit 11 two peraon# to r,ld?' on ?^be f root or tbr<??* on (h*? rc-ar ^nt of aajtomobt'CH. with th?* 1< !?*a tl*at it t.n avowding a machine which produce* a<ti<b?nN fcotne ??f bis confreres hove nafeed the author of the hill If he didn't jtk a n it for t? 1 eet (nm Third \\>ett Juror*. I>, M Joneti .... (Camden W. J. ifopklxy* (Jatnden Joe H. (Juxkkns C-amden 11. A J;?<'k-Kon ,. lAl^Off (J. A. It ha me . Camden C. II Medll u . foamy K>riK*st You ?ic . .. ._.. Weatrllla Met elver Ktflley . L/Ugoff J H Wnllt ...,. Kershaw N. C. .Aruelt ..... . .. Oimden J rx- N?< tie* Lugotff w. I, Huunieutc .. <S?" .. Camden <h*arge Wray Logoff ? o, A Kleteher K^rKhaw K I. TKlwHl ... Oaasatt H S. Jones KonAaw W. 11. Davit) ? ..... Camden J. If. Strak ? , Oatadon K. K. I tons Bliiney J. A Dea<*? ' * Rembert I^-vr in Will la nw KcrsliaAv W. It. Taylor Kervhft'W (\ n. McCttKkUl tJamdon J. I' Hftflt* .. ..... . ... Oamdcn Hani son it Hnll C-nmden M. II II?)rn.H>*y lUftnev M. M- S'woll ... Kernhaw AdoJpljim Itose ... Blnnety (i It. lVnr<lj .. ....... Wofttvllle J. It. Iturf?e??< . Camden A. <i Mra'll?*3' .... Camden it !?'. Sow *01 . K<Tfrf>aw 1 S It Klrklfl?k?l ? ._. KenikAW | W. <V Moor?? : NV. M. Itrannon Otmden j H B. KlrkJ?ml ....'.. . Ciimden ! It is arjnotinced from lturt?i?nk. <"a).. that Jim Jofferies, tho former hesivy weight chnmt>ion i?u?Hist of t vorM, naay mi pvangfdlst. FOR FIRST CLASS PAINTING see S. D. HAMMOND Town and Country Work Solicited 1008 Fair St. Camden, S. C. Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Bruce's Store) CAMDEN, S. C. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian ? !.}tlir4oo St., Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. DR. R E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crofkrr Hiillritng Ctindra, 8. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. ? MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN * HUCER 3T3. Pt??n. 71 ? COLUMBIA, S C. MEXIA TYPICAL MUSHROOM CITY j j, Texas Town Grows From Sleepy ! Place of 3,000 to 30,000 In ! habitants Over NtgHt. en BOOM IS RESPONSIBLE NmaItmU Are Forced U ftleep Out Do>n ami Thtfi II but On* ?athh#tia* in the Piace Prit? Are High. Ate xla. Tex a*. ? Mexl*. ' wbh h ku (oh? Into *o much notoriety through I Ui? tending of Male lro<?p* here to i |pu Mi lu outlawry, the *.le ut Ulictt booate and reaiore order, t* a typical ruuatirootu city. Overnight a tenu-l city anif, Krym an apparent)/ sleepy little town of 3.000 population in October, 11*21, wbe/r old tattler* farmed for a II v tag and eked out a bare existence froib IMr land* to a boat I in* cttjr of 80. 000 people. antl nil in a few month*, tbla U the recent record of If exit*, aa old tln??- Yen#' town, which la feel ing i l?e effect* ut one of. the nunier oua oil development* In the South went. The pt'piihith'n fin w consist* of an ? Mortiucnr of oil. ?:?-l?l follower* and thousand* of men aud women seeking employment. jConse<|uently l*ecatu!? <if tli** exhorbltant prices charged for a . room. If one were lucky enough to ?ecure one, hundreds of men. favored by the long continued mild winter, ure sleeping on the grass along rallre&d track a, public parking places and. In fa<t. anywhere they can. Beds tn Tanta Coatly. Overnight u oe?l In ft tent umrked "A place to flop" soared from '?0 ? cuts a olghi lb $8. A night in a crude plank Mrttctnre where one didn't know his bed-fellvw or the hundred* of other* in the single room coat $3. Rail traffic jumped hundreds of per cent. 'I here are two trunk lines, tl?e Houston A Text*#* Central and the* Trinity A Hraros Valley, leading through here, and passenger traffic 1# rery heavy, while freight trains ore frequently seen running throe abreast, ?o heary 1* the demand for oil ma chinery. One road 1* aald to have epent $000,000 In enlarging It* facilities. The water altuntion is not alto gether what could be desired. ^Jetting * bath here H ?|u!te an experience, If Indeed nut a tank. The old saving. "If you want to do something big? I wash ;tn elephant/' ?prtainly has found j parallel ih M**xla. But One Bathhouse i Thi* luxury may t?e found, outside ; the woofjland cre??k-*, only In a down-' town h trlwr shop. ThlPhath house U a stall In a wo?wlen floored. plauked-ln , indosure. The -pluin, pine planks are I slippery, but tbo proprietors of the house have found that It I* U"t ne?es ' n*r\ i~> maintain Mrat-ald kit* hevauae tin- b'??ri| floor* are warped enough to allow the bather a fool hold. Hut n> fur oil. There are a solid nix mile- of heu_def rick*. driller*, out fits, torn*, wooden buildings sinfl people where once there was the open ; prairie. A survey of all local lumber ' men shows that buildings completed i or < oijtracted for aln? e October 1 tot ul h"t ween S3, .V *> OftO and JTiOljO. ! 00n. i Gambling aud drinking halls filled ( wiih dancing Kirls ?re open every ! night and one may buy openlv "red" , and vum'' twhl sky at M) cenls a i drink Fortunes are b?*t overnight at ? h ?? dice and roulette tables I FLOOD BENEFIT TO FARMERS I : Water Left Fine St 1 1 of Good Earth on Impoverished Land* In Washington. fc'cflr" Wool ley. H'abh. A lint* hilt : of vtry fertile earth layer from (wo i to five Inches deep wan left on the ! Inundated farm lands when tht* flooded Skagit river subsided I'- -"^utrtr 1 channel. 1 The layer of >?ll had udded great value to the valley lands, according .'to owners. The flood, which was the DH?nr extensive known here ?ince the ear!\ homestead days, lusted from I?e cen h?*r 1^ until tlx' middle of Janu ary Th^ rK?* of the rl\?-r wjis attributed to torrentlHl downpours In the foot Mil* and mountains through which the Rkhgli The heavy rain washed lnim?*n>e amount* of rich top soil from the hills Into the flood and all this material was carried ! n t ? ? fl v?!Vt and d"p"?lted. I BLINDNESS DECREASES IN U.S. Cate* Drop From 57,27 2 in 1910 ^to 52 617 In 1920, Say Ctnu* F i flures. Washington. I ? ('. I h?* numticr of ' blind persons In the Inited Stares de J creased from f>7.'2T2 In 1010 to :,2.f,17 In according figures f . . r the last censiis announced bj the census : bureau The decrense ?js attributed I In part to advanced method* for treat ment In blindness and aUo to <*luca tlon of M.e pntdti In pi-.nr-r.'ini; blind : net-* Blue Eyss Mean 8oft Boo??. < <>penhog#n. ? The holies of persons who have blue oyew ape tnor* fragile ? nd more lisM# t?? fracture than tho??? whf*e ey?? are of other rolorr ac cord!** investigations toad* bj Dr. Olftf Bl?g*ad and Dr Rolgvr Ha? tfcjWMW DRESS OF PREHI?iv<t.w i Fr*cM Www U a R?wt j Pi?|M?r IU9MI In U?e Cay ?# L*> #wv Wfirtaf ? drew cot?l?d from a wk drawing found , in Altttnin, Spain ' Udy . ytrriidtn appetrtd at I vf dreoa Id UuMtM, the UK**t rrinarkable thin* about thU co?luio? waa (hut it might have coma Crout a fMhiotwble im*U?te v( tvtUjr, mo near to DNwetif <laj f*#Utoti dKI lid according ' 10 the Ltmdoo Dill) Onipltky Lady frock *?> wtl tuatcd (t rrpreseiit faabiM irxMtiii any time between at.u? Mini JOOjOOO jeara ago. One jou>| lady wore a Spaniah dancing fro<k believed to be ? replica of one worn at lf??t WJO.uuO H C. fnatead of pMlDtluf ber arom and cheat, Ac wore brown tights wa ?ler a little afclrt of bulT-coWed cloth ?wr^ixt with real plumage. and featb *f anklet* to tuHfL' The Daily Oraph^ describes the at tire prafeeslng to (wpjr thai worn V? QU^ea* Bnadicea (wnu?e statue stand* on Westminster bridge, close to th? housee of parliament). This etnbmied a straigbr, foil- tmrtc. in royal bine wovrti doth, over ? ? plaited tartan skirt. similar In character lo th?*e color*. still ^ worn t?j rb? )il(;htaudan Kound tbe tunic were hands of parti colored embroider*; while * graceful wrap of dark gray cloth wax fiuug. over the shoulder? and fastened with a h??jre <ircular brooch. AMERICAN TREES IN GREECE - , , New Verdure for Barren Hllla Around Athena Expected to Influence the Annual Rainfall. Mr*. P. Mnrtineau. the expert qn floriculture and tree planting, haa Just returned to Englnnd from a visit to Athens, Where *he has been advising the kin*: and queen of the Hellenes In the culture and laying out of gardvua. Slit* has spent a g??>d deal of time in California and has fount] that the drought-resisting 'treea and flowers of that conntry are partiiniladj stilted t?> (?reek soil. The queen has fanned a small soci ety among her friends with the object 0/ furthering tree planting In the coun try. All the stroma of Athens have l?een planted with' pepper tree*. th? light green foliage,' of which, with ? lus ters of berries, is very effcct lve. The l?epper tr?*e, an evergreen, Ik a unlive ? ?f' California. Another tree seen tl*?re in tbe maritime pine, with which the queen h<q>*M to clothe the hills . of t^rrecc an Tht as possible. 8oine <>f 'lie small Mils surrounding Athens nre alread> covered with t tils dwught-ra xist ing tree.whlch is particularly suited to i * ~??il which H piucllcaMj- llnic'aiid (Pjhj. The maritime pine grows very quickly. and Mrs. Marfincau thinks ?hat tilt covering ofvtjie hills around Athens cj.-iv have the effect of bringing: tiore c: in Incident Boys Will Long Remember. Trapped in the center of a railway nH<i:.'e spanning Tc#sopct:k creek. Fa., two boys, wch u r'?'d twelve years, niiru?*?ilott?ly escaped death when they laid down between the rails and took chances with u limited train on the third Vail system of the WHkes-Harre and Har.leton railway pacing QYW t ) 1 e 1 : i They won, for the train want over them In safety and the boys were unhurt. The train came upon them so suddenly und either end of the bridge was so fnr away that to attempt escape by running would hare meant death. To have jumped thirty feet into tbe creek would have been equally perilous The engineer saw the bojs^and ?ir" nuled to them to lie down between the ralla. The boys cuddled as close aa they could to the ties, turning their bends sldewsye shut their eyea and prayed. Id<?al Hooiltr Tov?n. Jluiuiie Rlue. former Hoover, now nf Denver, Hay* Mount Comfort, Ind., Is th#4 Ideal to* n. A hungry frump dropped off in Mount Comfort one bitter rold day A diligent housa to hou*e cnnvnss availed him nothing. Cold and hungry, lie w hiked to the intersection of the Big Four and Cum berland pike. He looked east, west, north and .south, then <w>jt his eyes on the ground n forlorti expression on Ida face. The constable noticed h.:n m.d. walk ing over, ventured to h*k what the trouble inifcht l>e. The tf%inp an- I swcred. "Well. l'\e been In about I every town In the country bi,t deroed 1? th!? ain't the flt>? pi: I ever saw 1 that ? a* ?lrd"l ^d"- napol's j New >? What the Reds Are Kick ng At. "You know what h 'hfv^renee a shave and a haircut make .n yetir thoughts." observes the ph.hi?<>pher of the Type Metal Magazine discoursing of social problem*. "Vou vi: in a bat her'* chair, tireil ?nd deprexyr*}. A half hour later you go t vp. cheerful aiid optimistic. refreshed miuJ und bod\ . Suppose you shaved ab?-ut once : n week, bathed every o:!.*; u<*k, slept j between dirty blanket* In u fmni with five other men. ate jrrea-y badly cooked food. and worked !ii h shop that ne\ rr had a thorough Penning. { Vou might Join tlie Tied*' ?r,.? protest fliffcliiMt the government hut vmi wotild ' reully he protecting h cs ? : i v t dirt ?nd t h?rt Breaking It Gent!/ Inquisitive Old Gentleman at Air- I plane Field- What kind of brakes do j they H* " on airpl.nr' ? '? Aviator ? Air fmke* uf lenrsel ! ? ftcle?? e and Inrrntion MAgxzlae. I . ,7 ".""wr .?...*?? . Death ?# ? CkM Z U Brooghtoa. tte ttiik ?**? of Mr. ami Mrs. 8 K Brougtitos. of Kock lllll. died Saturday morniofl Marvh lib ?( thtf i?l?oe with broiKial fwH n**nla and was burled at Hanging U*x-k t-eo^iery. near Kershaw, 8nod*y afternoon, after funeral servkw* coo by (he pa*tor of the eburrh, He wia twenty-one rnoniha old aud the only child Much *?inf*athy la given to the InTvavrd parent* and loved o?e*. . ? A' Krtmd. Iteadly Hot BMtio)iriilf, Mar. 1 -rl^uciu* I'eter aoa died Tuesday night from the piatoi nomad r**?-lved during the closing hiHWH of ? negro hoi xupixsr oo Charlie Jogey'a Dtoce near Biahopvllle last Fri day night. Pinkney Mote-* and (Yank (toman, both negro**, are in the county j Jail. Moses U ^offering from a bullet wound in bU heel and Iknnan has a knife wound la hi* leg. - , ? Man Killed at Chicke* F1 gbt.'. ] Meadors Williamson, white, is dead and C. li. Scog?in*. also white, has ;a tnorp or less jerioa* wound In his I heel an a result of being j?ltot by it j [ negro at a haiheCU* and chicken fight on the bank* of the -Saluda river near Greenwood Monday afternoon. An o {fleers posse Is searching for Coon Abrams. the n?yrv alleged to have done the shooting. It seems there was a good deal of drinking at the river and two negroes got to fighting. The bystanders took sides and the ^hooting revolted. Harsh Sentence. V Abe Cory brought the follow lug sto ry over from New York the other day : A negro charged with stealing a watch had been arraigned before the court. The judge -was not convinced that he was guilty and f?aid : "You are acquitted, Sam.** "Acquitted." repeated Sam doubtful ' ly. What do you mean, judge?'' ( "That's th*? sentence; you are ?<v Quitted."' ' ? Still looking somewhat confused. Sam said: "Judge, does dat mean I haVe to give the watch back?"' ? Chris tian Evangelist, Second Week Jurors. i S. W. Faile Kershaw j i Z. \j. Ilroughton ? ? Kershaw j N. B. Workman .. Westville ! C. F. Munn Bethune I Hay F. Gregory Kershaw H. K. Haliett ....... ? . Gamden J. N. MoLeod .7T. Camden W. J. Stokes - Lucknow II. L. Catoe 1 Jefferson J. B. Marshall Camden Iv. J. FnuUtenberry Kershaw K. C. Jones Liberty Hill B. C. Goff .. C'imden J. K. Jeffers Blaney' M. II. Heytnan^ - Camden L. S. I>avldson Camden Andrew Braiiham I-ugoff J. H. Clements ,. liberty Hill J. J. Young Cdissatt I*. (3. Catoe Kershaw N. I>. Ba.vley, Camden Arthur Bradley Camden G. C. Truesdell Westville M. I>. Kolly Lugoff B. J. Truesdell Westville W. II. Prakeiford Camden Ben Threatt Camden ~Tr. VT. Roweil Kershaw John T. Nettles Camden T. E. Goodtle . Camden W. R. West Kershaw W. C. Ouretoa Camden j W. C. Nicholson Camden J. W. Z. Ilea ron Cassatt G. L. Blackwell .. Camden E. D. Barfield I>ugoff FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, April 10th. 192 2, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final returu Guardian of the estates of Ellen Stone and Florence Stone and on the same date 1 will apply to the said Court for a final discharge from my trust a* ?aid Guardian. MRS. DEDE STONE, Guardian. Camden, S. C., March 0, 1922. Notice To Debtors and Creditors. All persons having claims against the Estate of J. Ix Jrt)y, deceased, wM file the same, duly attested, with the undersigned, and all persons Indebted unto said Estate will make settlemonl therefor with the undersigned T, I) JENNINGS C G ROWLAND A S IIARRY Executor* March 10. 1922. 49 52 TAX NOTICE. Of fire of T^asurer Kershaw County Camden. S. C., Sept. 20, 1921. Not i<-?* is hereby given that the books will he opened for the collection of State, county and School Taxes from < K-tohpr 15th. 1921, to March 15tb. 1922. A penalty of 1 per cent will l>e added to nil taxes unpaid Jan uary 1st, 1922 ; 2 per cent February 1st. 1022 and 7 p^-r eent March 15th ; 1922 | Thv rat?? j?cr centum for Kershaw j County is as follow*: Mills | State Taxes. ... 12 i Good Roads. 2; County Taxes. - lit Hospital. - I School Ta xes. ? 3 DeKntb township road bonds 3 Total, ? 82 l>og tax $125. All dog owners are required to make a return of their dofja to the County Treasurer, who 1* required to furnish a license tag.' All dogs caught without the license tag the owner* wfll be subject to a fine of twenty ($2t00) totter*. The fallow leg aofceet districts hare I* ? ^ \ Bcfcoot District Ko. SSm" w^rici no. ticho* Dftffffc* go. s. h.^i IHotrtct No 8ch.,ot IMoUicC No School UUtrlrt ]?. S< Li ????! District Mo frtK-il l>U?rlct NO. SchoM DUUlcl School District School District No. School District No. It School District No. II Hchoal UMtrM No. 14 tik&o*} District No. j& Bt'fcqat pfartct NW IP School District No. 17 School lHstrlct No. 18 School District J<o. W School District No. JO School District No. 21 School District No. 22 School District No. School District School DUptrlct School Dtttrldt School District No. 31.. School iHptrkt go. ? ? ? School District No. ?? J ft | J School District No. ft- - J School District No. ? - - - J School District No M J School IHstrlct No. 33. J School District No. 36 ... ? M.igM H*. Dlatr Mdioo! OU'rlct Hchool Otttrki Mwl J>Uidct N* *o. 3: No s. H 8 tfc? i-cit tM u 11.00 A)1 ubl.-4Kdi??i MM p^nwas the ?R? of twenty ^ej|i) g <tA>> year*, both lndn*i*f. 14? lit* In itKorporatU *?*.? couuty. Hh*U pay 1400 ?? a ^xvept mlulirtert of the |M ttially I? cb?H(e of ? e*?ofcr T?acher# employed In publk tchool t rt?*te*a tod pertotj n. i.tlv d^Wfd In the mltttfl of thla But* and person* iu the War Hetwren the nil person* actually eajL ijuar&utip* ef thl* it?! rv>id*>?t? mt ho may m*mm ?5M Arut.x % tons wlalnUsi disabilities tou*t ? ^nt c* -UAemi- from two |j pby*kn*i:* trf fhla county. AH Information with tHXe* vrtll W fwoi?hed u^ojb (tion r>. SH ^cGJUflpgJ Count, Twmto. Try the Newest and Most Delightful Frozen Confection ESKIMO PIE, 10c ? j A Chocolate Dipped Cafce of Delicious Ice Cream W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store pho?e 30. ' V Wd ^ JUST RECEIVED Carload of 8-3*3 and 8-4-4 FERTILIZER ~ ' ?' -n.:''- ' '"Si *MH F. M. Wooten FULL OF LIFE < ->*i Guaranteed 6000 Miles . ..... ? 1 .* -JSa iM nM TIRES 30x3 Smooth $8.00 30x3 1-2 Safety 9.75 TUBES 30x3 Heavy Tube $1.50 - 30x3 1-2 Heavy Tube 1.75 4 All other sizes in proportion to above prices \ ou've tried the Rest, N ow try the Best. You cant afford to use other kinds, because DIAMONDS Save yon money. The prices are right. And then too you are taking no chances with chespr unguaranteed Tires and Tubes. WE CARRY EVERY SIZE IN STOCK The largest stock of Tires and Tubes in Camden / s 0 a Little's garage KELLY - SPRINGFIELD TIRES AND TUBES