The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1923, Image 2
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
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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.
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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.