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WHAT 18 TI1K RUHR VAI.LKY? An Insight into Just What Thin Re Kion of (Jermany is Like. In all accounts (we road in the newspapers) ' about the reparation trouble between France and (Jermany at the present time, that portion of Germany called the Ruhr valley is always mentioned. Mow many of us know what this valley is? For the information of our readers we give the following summary ot its size, wealth, population an ft resources so that in future you may the better understand this situation, as accounts of the struggle there arc reported. "The Ruhr" is the valley of the Ruhr River extending about thirty miles wide and fifty miles long. Roughly, it is an oblong nasui of coal beds. In this respec.t it is no],. Ofilike similar basins in tiormany ex cept that the coal is more eoncentrat ??<1 and the steel industry almost as much concentrated right 'on top of it. The area of the Ruhr is about 1.2IM vcfuare miles, or about the size of the State of Rhode Island. It contains ten cities or groups which each have more than 200, 000 inhabitants. "In coal, steel and iron it is .one of the richest regions of the world; in the produvtiinn of steel and iron ma chinery and implements it stands first in tiermany; in the production of ^alt and textiles it lias few rivals in the Reich. llefore the war its T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian l.yttletoii St., IMione 11* CAMDEN, S. C. DR. G. C. TRANTHAM DENTIST First Floor, Crocker Building PHONE 450 Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Bruce's Store) CAMDEN, S. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO, MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBKK n.A!N < 1 ;< :v.- u" ? i CCM.IJMiJI V dk. r stf.ven.son I I I.N i I '? J < r ( ii. '?> (\ coal f i?*1<1h, working only 10 per < .? it of their capacity, produced 90,000,000 1 1 xiiH a year, only *?cond in the world to .the Pennsylvania fields, and in corresponding fatio 6,000,000 tons of pig iron were produced, whtch was ?10 | it* i* cent of Germany's entire out, put and 10 per cent of the world's. The development of the regioii has bean almost like magic. In 1850 the Krupps at Kssen (then a town of 10, 000) he# an the -manufacture of can, noli. Just before the war, tht K rupps alone employed more thai 40,000 men there and a.s many mon olsowht ' ?'? During t hi* intense I> i o duction induced by the war its pay* roll frequently reached a million men. The population of Kssen U now more tlian half a million. "The same rapid development char acterizes the city of Dortmund with it's population (>f 300,000 and its 800 foundries; Of lln^l'.n." with its iron and textile mills; ?>f Hamm, with its out put of iron and steel implements; of Hielefeld with its machinery . . facto ries and linen mills; of Unna with its salt works; and of half a dozen other towns of less productive impor tance." "There are 887' stock companies with an invested capital equal to nearly $900,000,000 in the Ruhr. ThcjJC companies have all been /ab sorbed by 13 great groups of consor tiums, wh\le one new consortium di rects their financial interests. At the head of the thirteen are the following: industrial magnates or companies: Hugo, Stinnes, Krupp, Haniel, Kloeckne r, the Lotherigen, Hoesch, Mannesmann, Mansfield, the Phoenix, Roechling, Stumm, Thyssen and the Hheinische StahlWerbe. I These factories and mines have employed 1,000,000 men, If), 000 lore men and 5,000 engineers. The great coalfields, which, for obvious reasons, have recently only been operated scarcely up to 30 per cent of their pre-war normal, of 90,000,000 tons per annum, are said to bo capable of producing 100,000,000 tons per an num for a period of 7G4 years, above a depth of 5,000 feet. In 1018 ? when the last trust-* worthy German figures were pub lished' ? 10,000,000 tons of steel were then turned out, which is rather more than (!S per cent of the entire Geiv man production. In addition, the j foundries of the region produced 40, 000,000 tons of crude or half-worked I iron. A summary of the above facta con cerning the Ruhr? the industrial heart of Germany is as follows: : Approximate area, 1,231 square miles. Approximate population, 4,000,000. Laboring population, 1,500,000. Coal miners, 500, OOU. Coal production in 1913, 113,000, 000 tons. Visible black coal reserve, 54,000, 000,000 tons. Visible brown coal reserve, lig nite), 4,000,000,000 tons. Kstimated unmined coal, 220,000, 000.000 tons. Pig iron production in 1913, 5,000, 000 tons. Steel production in 10 IK, 10,000,000 tons. Stock companies operating, 887. Invested capital, $900,000,000. Other industries ?textile mills, iron and steel implements, machinery factories, linen nulls, salt works, and coke ovens. lienor Roll for Malvern School. Grade 1 *- Kva Shirley. Nannie Munn. Kdmund Thompson. Ruby Thompson, Purvis Shirley, Grace Has (.i s.ie 2- \ nt ionette Williams. \ \ ; ; ; , D.idgrn, Klihue Dabne> . Rod ??> < ot.:i. M. (, .ui?- 'I \\ : 1 ? i ! * ? Hall. ' a rl Hast'., \ ?. ? n H i'! i, I Wil'.ie Shirh > i A' ma Hal!, 1 re.->a .May 1, .t i . ? < i :: .i :i w . ? t . V '. v .? M . 1 a r . ? I ? < MENTHOLATUM Sunbeam Xational Mazda Lamps properly metalled tfivo tin1 most perfect 1 i ^ h t for read ing. except Min litfht. You should keep all sockets filled with proper sizes. Be sure that your reading lamps art lar^e enough to prevent eye strain. Let us help you -fleet them, if you don't know just the size you need. Kastman'R .Kodak Films Sold <u*d l)*Tfl?ff<J W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Phone 30 Delivery. Austin II. Montgomery, Jr., head of a get-rich-quick organisation that did tuninrsH in several eastern cities, and \-.liirh fi|)ed in August, ll'2'J, was ar rested in I*os Angeles, Gft{>( Monday after a chase around the world. Montgomery snd his pals cleaned up about $'J, 000,00b, it si said, mostly from wage earners. LEGAL ADVERTISING MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina (Wnty of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleat) The Federal Land Hank of Columbia, .Plaintiff; vs J. L. Guy, Geo. tt. DeSaussure, and R, ('. DeSaussure, Exerutors and Trustees under the Will of Gather S. DaVis, Loan and Savings Bank and Watereq National Farm Loan Association, Defendants. J . Under an order of His Honer, W. H. Townsend, Presiding Judge in the Fifth Circuit, dated January 23, 1928, ?I will sell to the highest bidder at publie auction for cash before, the Korshaw ('ounty Court House door, in Camden, in said State during the legal hours of sale on the first Mon day, being' the fifth day of March, 1923, the following described real es tate: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw and in DeKalb Township, five miles south of Camden, and lying East of the Charleston Road on the North side of Town Creek, contain ing three hundred forty- two (342) acres, more or less, as shown by plat of W. L. Kirkland, Surveyor, bearing date January 1 6th, 1920, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Coui* for Kershaw County in Plat Hook No. G, at page 21. The said tract of land is bounded on the North by lands of David R. Williams; East by high water mark of the South sido of Town Creek and on the West by lands of Scott. The said tract of land was formerly known as Tract No. 10 of the Town Creek Planta tion of James Chestnut and is the same conveyed to J. L. Guy by deed of G. R. and R. C. DeSaussure, et al, bearing date December 27th, 1919, and in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book A. W., page 110. Anyone desiring to bid at said sale shall first deposit with the under signed Master as an evidence of good faith a certified check or cash for the sum of one hundred $100) dollars which deposit shall be returned . to the unsuccessful bidder at the conclu l s ion of said sale. H. B. CLARKE, Master for Kershaw County. February 12, 1923. Notice of Election of School Bonds. State of Solith Carolina, County of Kershaw. WHEREAS, a petition or request (tinned by at least one-third of the qualified electors and u like propor tion of the resident free-holders of the age of twenty-one (21) years of uge of Charlotte Thompson School District Number 2, in the aforemen ioned County and State, known as the Charlotte Thompson District, has been presented to uh and filed in the office of the County Superintendent of Education of Kershaw County, at Camden, Si C., asking that an elec tion bo held upon the question of is suing bond? of said School District to the amount of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of erecting buildings and for equip? ment for maintaining public schools in ?aid District, and whereas, the un dersigned Trustees have caused a .sur vey of the said School District No. 2, in the aforementioned County and State known as Charlotte Thompson School District to be made by Alfred Boykin, Surveyor, and a plat thereof made and filed in the office of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County. Now notice is hereby given that an election will be held on the 19th day <>f February, 1923, upon rne question of issuing bonds of the said District to thi amount of fifteen thousand I $ 1 r>,000.0n) dollars, bearing not over six (?">) per cent interest, said bonrls to run not more than twenty (20) y?;irs. The voting plat e at this election j ?Vail I i 1. 1 II. Tru'-'dah ' > St tire j on the l'.Mh day of February, 19J3. in a;d I ? i ^ * r i ? t . and ;n th.s election on . 'y qualified voters Moulin-,' in "ail; S. h??ol 1 ' t sha ! be allowed 'oi \n!r, t) o ,? favor-nt; the sa' i h ? 1 i ?. \o?e a >?:?.'?<>? u|">n which : v<?r ' ? "For 1' n t ? . ?:> ? t ht said b -n ! issu "? ? n(i' a bai'ot ii'Mji wh ? h is ? ? ? ?? i 'In \\ :?i ' Again B>nds." , TS.. : h - election ?h-il! h" ?i y f \ on < 7 ? o'clock :n the f i r. ' m ii. and shall < iose at f( -jr ( I) ,?i he afternoon. The following persons have been appointed managers of the sa'd < Ire ? ion an 1 shall make their return-* t the Board of Trustees of said School District as required by law. J. F. UK ST. B. 1>. BOY KIN. H. D. BOYK IN. Manager^ of Kiection U. A. BOYKIN. F M. WORKMAN, .1 N. Mr I. cod. Trustees NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, bounty o' Kershaw. School District No. 2, Kershaw County. A petition signed by one third or more of the qualified resident elec tors and a like proportion of the res ident free-holders of said School District of the age of twenty-on* (21) havinf Keen filed with the County Board of Education asking for an election in School District No. 2, in the aforementioned County and Statu, to determine whether a tax of wvln (7) mill# additional shall bo levied for fjchool purposes, i The said petition having been granted, and the election ordered, an election will bo held at B. C. Trues dale's Store on Monday, February lJMh, 1D28, to determine whether the said additional tax of 7 mills shall be levied. The polls will open at seven" (7) o'clock in the forenoon, and close at four (4) in the afternoon. Those qualified electors, who re turn real or personal property for taxation, who reside in the said Pis | trict, and present their tax receipts and registration certificates, tvill be allowed to vote at said election. The election will be conducted un [ der the rules of the General Election, ' With the Trusteed as ManageVs. E. M. WORKMAN, Chairman W. A. BOYKIN, Clerk J. N. McLEOD, Board of Trustees, Charlotte Thompson School District No. 2 of Kershaw County. * - January 31st, 1923.' .. s SUPREME COURT, KINGS COUNTY ? In the matter of the ap plication of ISABELLE HARMON for leave to dissolve the marriage with FRANK HARMON on the ground of absence. Section 6, Sub division 7-A Domestic Relations Law. To FRANK HARMON: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the petition of lsabelle Harmon for an or der dissolving her marriage ~ witif Frank Harmon on the ground of ab sence under the conditions provided for in Section 6, Subdivision 7-A of the Domestic Relations Law, will be presentee to a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, lit Special Term, Part II thereof, appointed to be held in the County Court House, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, on the 11th day of April, 1923, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard and proof of the allegations contained in the petition will then be taken. Dated, New York, Jan. 31st, 1923. SAMUEL ALEXANDER LANGFUR, Attorney for Petitioner, Office and P. O. Address, 276 Fifth Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. To the above named FRANK HAR MON: The foregoing notice is served up on you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. John McCrate, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed in the office of the County of Kings, on the 29th day of January, 1923. SAMUEL ALEXANDER LANGFUR, Attorney for .Petitioner, Office and P^>0. Address, 276 Fifth Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, of New York. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that ono month from this date, on Monday, March 12th, 1923, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Executor of the es lair of Delia Kirkland, deceased, and on thcr same, date I will npi>ly to the .said Court for a final discharge as mi id Kxit utoV. GUOVER KIKKLANI). Camden, ,S. ('., Fob. 5, 1923. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that ono month from this date, on Friday, March 2, 1923, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of Wm. H, Young, de ceased, and on the same date 1 will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator. BOYD E. YOUNG. Camden, S, C., Jan. 2(5, 1923. ? ? ? ? ?? ? 1 ? ? ? 1 ? 1 1 FINAL DISCHARGE. i.i ? , Notice is heVeby given that one month from this date, on Tuesday, ?February 27, 1023, we will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw Coun ty our final return as Executors of the estate of J. L. Irby, deceased, and on the same date we will apply to the said court for a final discharge as said Executors. L. I). JENNINGS, C. G. ROWLAND, A. S. HARBY, Vv ? ? ? - ' - Executors. ? _ Camden, f\ C., Jan. 22, 1923. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, . on Monday, February 26th, 1923, I will make to the Probate Judge of Kershaw Conn to my final return as Administrator of the estate Of J. Z. Young, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final dis charge as said Administrator. tf. H. YOUNG. Can. den, S. C., Jan. 24th, 1923. TAX NOTICE. Office of Treasurer Kershaw County, Camden, S. C., Sept, 22, 1922. . Notice is hereby given that the t>ook? will be opened for the collection of State. County and School taxes from October 15th, 1922, to Maim IBth, 1923. A peualty of 1 per cent will be added to all taxes unpaid January 1st, 1023, 2 per cent February 1st, 1923. and 7 per cent March 15th, 1928. The rate per centum for Kershaw county is as follows: Mills. State Taxes - 7 1-2 Good Koftdn 2 County 'lynxes 9 3-4 Hospital 1-4 School Taxes 3 DeKnlh Township Koafl Bontfa.. for 1)?>Ka'4> Township only % y* Total 28 t-2 Dog Thx $1.25. All do? owners a*> required to mnke a return of thftr dogs to the County Treasurer, who u required to furnish ft liceruse tag. All dog* caught without the lieense tat the owners will be wuhject to a ft#c of Twenty (120.00) Dollars, Tho following School District* hare si>eolnl levies: ^ School District No, 1 . 28 School Plat riot No. 2 , 8 School District No, 8 8 School IHst riot No, 4 ..... Q School District No. ft 8 School District No, 6 8 School District No. 7 8 School District No. 8 4 School District No. 0 ........ ..... ? ..... 4 School District No, 11 6 School Dlfctrlct No. 12 .. ; 11 School District No. 13 8 School District No. 14 8 School District No. 1ft ; ? 8 School District No. 16 .............. 4 School District Np. 17 8 School District No. 18 ? , 4 School District No. 10 ... ? 4 School District No, 20 _. 4 School District No. 21 - 4 School District No. 22 .1.;.^...:.... 18 School District No. 28 ,.... 8 School District No. 24 8 School District No. 25 .... K School District No. 26 8 School District No; 27 8 School District No. 28 8 School District No. 20 8 School District No. 80 8 School District No, 81 ? **? ? 8 Schaol District No. 82 . 8 School District No. 83 ? 8 School District No. 84 8 School District No. 88 ??... ... 8 School District No. 86 - 8 School District No. 37 i.' School District No. 38 8 School District No. 30 .. 8 School District No, 4Q ? 17 School IHstrict No. 41 ? 8 School District No. 42 ? ; 8 School District No. 43 4 School District No. 44 ? 8 School District No. 46 8 School District No. 47 8 The poll tax is $1.00. All ahlebodied male persons from the age of twenty-one <21) to slxtr ((50) years, both inclusive, except res idents in Incorporated towns of tho ootirity less than 2,000 Inhabitants, shatt pay $4.00 as a road ta? except ministers of the gospel aetxtally In charge of a congregation, teachers eta ployed in public schools, school trus tees, and persona permanently dis abled in the military service of this State and persons who served in the war Hetween the States, and, all per sons actually employed in the Quaran tine service of this state and all res idents who may be attending school or collwe nt the time when said road tax shall become due. Persons claim ing disabilities must present certifi cate from two reputable physicians of tliis county. All" Information with reference to taxes will he furnished trpon applica tion. D. M. McGASKILL, County Treasurer. FRANKLIN New Body Styles L Here is the climax of a year of remarkable Franklin advances. Seven new 1023 designs. These new cars are lower, longer, wider, roomier, and are alive with a dash and snap in accord with the greater power and speed of the new motor. The Fonr-Door Sedan is the latest addition to the line. New pressure air-cooling system. New demountable rims. Lowest price in 21 years. GEORGE T. LITTLE, Distributor Kershaw , Lee and Sumter Counties 631 DeKalb Street, Camden, S. C.