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fljUi--- LU"- ? =? " . ! PI8HOH PLUMBS KX0DIJ3 Head of African Methodist Given Opinion I? Opposed t? Move. Columbia, L>ec. ft. ? Citizens of South Carolina who keep even indif ferently in touch with what is hap pening within the confines of the commonwealth, l>ersons who are at-j ^1 aware of what is taking place, ! know full well that many negroes are ) leaving the State. Scenes around ^nHU railroad stations, glimpses into the coaches on trains reserved for tfgrow and deserted cabins through the country districts, all carry their message ? a message so clear and so direct that even the wayfaring man may read* , . To know that negroes are leaving and to attempt to arrive at some defi nite figure a? to the number that have already departed are, however, arc not estimated but people who travel much ovor the state will in form the inquirer that they see many signs of this migration? the flight of a race before the ravages of a tiny insect but definite figures are diffi cult to procure; In an effort to ascertain with some degree of precision the number that has left South Carolina, within the past year, W. I). Ohappello, bishop of the African. Methodist Episcopal "church in Soutb Carolina, was asked" for some information in regard to the migration. He is bishop over six conferences which comprise a mem bership of approximately 70,000 ne groes. "During the past y<*ar, I estimate that from 5,000 to 8,000 negroes jjavc left our church in South Caro lina," he said. "Some churches are practically depopulated ? only two or three members ? remaining. It might be remarked thajt our collec tion'; have not fallen off very much, this being due probably to the re doubled efforts which have been put forth by those wfro have remained. ."Most of the negroes who have left the State have gone to New York and Chicago, and the counties, from which the migration has been heaviest are Abbeville, Greenwood and < McCormiek. In some sections, where the boll weevil has been par ticularly destructive, the treatment given the tenants has been harsh. Even the chickens and the cabbages in the garden have been taken from tennants so that there has, been ac tual distress; in the lower part of Abbeville and the upper part of JCdgefield counties tho distress has been acute. Where harsh treatment has been gtVen tenants they are leav ing; where there has been a dispo it ion to be lenient, the tenants are staying. "Another factor that has had much int luence in this migration are the letters that have come back from the men and women who have gone North. They are glowing and tell what tho writers make not what ihey save. v "1 went to New York to ^ see just how things were with these people. 1 believe I had rather stay here in the South under tho present condi tions than under the conditions which 1 found as regards housing. The people were packed iiT tho houses, sometimes two or three families liv ing in one room. The crowded con ditions were bad. It is true that they can make more money there, but they can save more here and have more, too ? have more room and space I mean. ~ "If tenants who have had a bad year of it because of the weevil are shown some consideration, if the white people will let them know that they (the whites) are kindly disposed towards them, 1 believe the exodus will be checked. Right now it is in full- swing, they are leaving by the carload. There is no cotton to picTc7 or not much, winter is coming on, and they arc leaving. "The Ku Klux Kla'n, too,' is a fac tor in this migration. The negroes are afraid of it and it is a menace to a 'settling down' among them. "1 have instruc45nd ministers to make speeches to their congregations against this migration. 1 am op posed to it. ? "If meetings were held in every county, at which both whites and ne groes would make addresses, 1 be lieve the tide, would be stemmed. If the white people would let the ne gro tenants know that they will be lenient with them in this time of trial and that they will give them consideration, the effect would be Quickly felt. "In Dillon and in Kingstree speech es were made, in which there was evidenced the most kindly feeling for those tenants who were hard hit by the weevil, and such action will tend to check this exodus. Where the ne gro tenant believes that the white landlord is a real friend the tenant will not leave." Bishop Chappelle said few if any WHY YOU SHOULD PATRONIZE THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY Because: Its service is prompt and reliable . s ' ^ ' It has first class lines and modern equipment i It reaches every irhportant point in the United States and Canada and via Commercial Cables all parts of the world It Maintains Genuine and Aggressive Com petition. The present low rates and good service have been ob tained only through its competition. We are twenty per cent Cheaper to points within the State and no higher than any other Telegraph Company to points outside the State We will run a monthly charge account with all patrons who are telephone subscribers . The Postal Telegraph Long Distance Telephone Service reaches most of the cotton and principal business places in most of the important cities at very low rates Its employees are intelligent, diligent, energetic and courteous and their constant effort is to render the best and fastest telegraph service ' These are a few of the reasons why you should send your telegram, night telegrams, day letters, nif^ht letters and cablegrams by the Postal Telegraph. Local Office: 607 DeKalb Street Telephone 11 L. Blaine , Mgr. Notice We expect to close our gin for the season on Friday, December 22nd. Camden Oil Mill Camden .... South Carolina of tin' m-grooK who bftd gone North, had yet returned, though he intimat- ! ed that he was of the opinion that some might return after Christmas. | Woodruff* December (J.: ? Discover ed at the foot of Chimney Rock prec ipice, where it had lain undiscovered for two or three days, the body of Lloyd Phillips, 10 years old, was found by his uncle, H. D. Crow, to day, after the latter had gone to Chimney flock to learn the fate of the boy who had disappeared follow ing a trip to the resort with a com panion named Caldwell, who left here in a one horse wagon Thanksgiving day. Caldwell and the wagor re turned Monday but Caldwell was un able to tell anything of the where abouts of Phillips^ An inquest was tos ht^ye been held at Chimney Rock late t?day so that the body could be brought to Woodruff for burial. It is believed that the lad attempted to climb Chimney Kfeek alone and fell to his death. The United States supreme court on Monday refused to review the case of E. N. Mittle, who sought to con test his conviction in the state courts on the ground that women as a class were excluded from jury service. The Court's action was based on lack of jurisdiction. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, (Court of Common Pleas.) Florence CoH n.s, Pl aint if f < 7~" against; Dessie Corbott, Earline Collins, (mi nor), Mao Moseloy, Carlene Barnes (minor), Waddell Collins (minor), Nelia Collins (minor), Robert Col lins (minor), Annamell Collins (minor), T. J.. Arrants, Rosa 11. Kremer, Defendants. Under an order of His Honor, T. J. Mauldin, Presiding J.udge in Fifth Judicial Circuit, dated December 8, 1922, T will soli to the highest bidder at public auction for cash before the Kershaw County Court House door on the first Monday, being the first day of January, 1923, the following described real estate: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situated in the County of Ker shaw, State of South Carolina, con taining eighty acres, more or less; bounded North by land of Ben Bran ham; East by land of Robert Pee bles; South by la'nd of Kirk Price and land of T. J. Davis; and West by land formerly of C. MI Alexander, now of Ed Davis; being tract of land conveyed to T. A. Collins by Walter Collins and Walter Hinson by deed of date December 1st, 1909, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, in Book "Y. Y. Y." page 116. Also, all that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate in the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred two and one half (102 1-2) acres, more or less; bounded on the North by lands of R. H. Hinson and lands of T. A. Col lins, East by lands of R. J. Peebles, South by lands formerly of R. H. Hinson, now of T. A. Collins, and West by Branch separating same from lands of T. B. Blyther; the same tract of land was conveyed to T. A. Collins by Benjamin Branham. Anyone desiring to bid at said sale shall first deposit with the Master, a certified check or cash for the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars, as an evidence of good faith, which deposit will be returned to the unsuccessful bidder at the close of said sale. B. B. CLARKE, Master for Kershaw County. ' December 8, 1922. r MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, (Court of Common Pleas.) The Peoples Hank, Plaintiff, against Handy Claybom, C. J. Shannon, Le roy Springs, R. N. Shannon and W. S. Burnett, copartners under the firm name of Springs and Shannon, Defendants. Under an order of His Honor, T. J. Mauldin, Presiding Judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, dated Decem ber 11, 1922, I will sell t;o the high est bidder at public auction for cash before the Kershaw County Court House door in Camden, in said State, during legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the first day of January, 1923, the following de scribed real estate: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situated in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw and in Wateree Township, on the waters of Beaver Dam Creek, a tributary of Spear's Creek and containing fifty Seven (57) acres, more or less, and bounded on the Northwest by lands known as Barefoot lands; on the Northeast by lands of Ben Claybom; on the Southeast by 'lands formerly of Chestnut now of Tiller, and on the Southwest by lands now or formerly of Cuddy Povell. The said tract of land is the same conveyed by Hen ry Savage to Ben Claybom, now de ceased, in 1907 by deed of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book A. D. at 442, the interest of the other heirs ?t law having been conveyed to Han dy Clayborn by deed of Alice Clay born, et al, of date December 13th, 1919, of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book A. Z. at page 681. Anyone desiring to bid at said sale shall first depofflt with the Mas ter, * certified check or cash for the ntt of one hundred (9100) dollars, as an evidence of good faith, which deposit will be returned .to the un successful bidder at the cfose of said sale. n. B. CLARKE, Master for Kershaw County. December 11, 1U22. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, . County of KershaW, (Court of Common Picas.) M. M. Kirk land, Plaintiff, against S. C. West, Lottie E. McCaskill, for merly Lottie E. West, Internation al Agricultural Corporation, George T. Little, J. L, Moseley, Seaboard Air Line Railway Com pany, pocompke Guapo Company, and Rank of Bothune, Defendants. Under an order of His Honor,. T\ J. Mauldin, Presiding Judge in Fifth Judicial Circuit dated the 8th of De cember, 1922, I will sell to the high est bidder for cash, before the Ker shaw County Court House door in Camden, in said state, during the le gal hours of sale on the 1st Monday in January, 1028 (being the 1st day) the following described real .estate: . All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and sit uated in the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing eighty-three acres and being bounded as follows: On the North by lands of J. R. West; on the East by lands of S. C. West; on the South by lands of H. a West j on the West by lands of J. F. R Elliott, the land being that conveyed to S. C. West' by Alma Rosier, by deed of record in the of fice of the Clerk of Court for Ker shaw County in Hook AV page GGl>, having been conveyed to her by the other foeirs at law of R. K. West, de ceased. Before any bid is received by t he Master on said land, the Master will i require a deposit of one hundred ($100) dollars or certified chock for that amount as an evidence of good faith, name to be returned to the un successful bidders. ? . H. 11. CLAUKK, Master for Kershaw County. Camden, S. 0., Dec. 9, 1022. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, (Court of Common Pleas.) Kershaw County,, Plaintiff, against! S. C. West, Lottie K. McCaskill. In ternational Agricultural Corpora tion, Pocomoke Guano Company, Bank of Bethune, George T. Little ami J, L. Moseley, Defendants. Under an order of Ilia Honor, T. J. Mauldin, Presiding Judge ' in Fifth Judicial Circuit, dated November 20, 1022, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction for cash before the Kershaw County Court House door in Camden, in said State, during the le gal hours of sale on the first Mon day, being the first day of January, 1928, the following described real es tate: Tract A ? All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and be ing in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, containing three hundred eighty-six (386) acres, more or less, and being composed of tracts numbers,, six (6), Seven (7), eight (8) and nine (0) of the sub division of lands of the estate of "Roderick K. W Cs d oc eased ,n s sh o\v n on a plat of N. A. Bethune, surveyor, of date September, 1016, and of rec ord in Clerk's office for Kershaw County in Plat Book No. 5, page 22. The said tract of land is bounded on the North by tract No. 5 of said subdivision, allotted to Mario West, and by undivided lands of estate of RodtM-ifk Cameron, deceased; on the East by lands of linker; on the South by portions of the estate lands of Rodcrjck K, West? aflotUd to J. L. Cooper, and by lands of Hough and Carson; ami West by tracts Nos. J, 2 and <i of said subdivision heroin above referred to. The intorest of the other heirs of the . estate of Roderick K. West, to tho tract of land hereinabove de scribed was convoyed to S. C, West by deed of ,i. r. West, Nannie Ho Coy, Maggie West, Kate Hough. Lewis West, Mario West, \J. L. Coop er, Lottie West and Alma . West of date November 1016, and of record in t^o Clerk's office for Ker shaw County in Hook A. R. page 101. Tract B All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying1, being and sit uate in tho above named Couuty aiul State containing seventy-six (70) acres, more or less, (but described in the mortgage of S. C. West to Lottie 10. West as eighty (HO) aeres, more or less) and hounded as folloWs: On the North by lands of W. O. West, being tract No. 3 of said subdivision; on the East by S. C. West, being the land above described, on the South by lands of L. L. West, being tract No. 1 of said subdivision, and on the West by lands formerly of estate of .1. T. B. Elliot. This tract be ing No. 2 of tho subdivision of lands of estate of Roderick K. West as shown on the plat above referred to of record in the Clerk's office for Kershaw County in Plat Book 5 page 22, and was conveyed to 3. O. West by Lottie E. West, now McCas kill, by deed of date January 11, 1017, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book A. R. at page 200. That anyone desiring to bid at said sale shall first deposit with the Mas ter, a certified cheek or cash' for the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars, as an evidence of good faith, which de posit will be returned to the unsuc cessful bidder at the conclusion of said sale. Wi r?. (LARKE, Master for Kershaw County. December 8, 1022. Sh-h-h-h ! Sh-h-h-h ! ! ? . ? ? ? . .. 4 '? ' Vv; *.. . ;? . ?' t. : ' * '? v!" Christmas Gift YOU MUST DECIDE SOON! WHY NOT TOD A Y? Today you are looking for a Christmas gift. 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