The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 23, 1923, Image 2
    
 
    
    A GOOD HILL K 1LLKD.
Marriage License Hill Meets Death
in tht< Senate.
(News antl Courier). /
Columbia, Feb. 15. ? The senate to
day killed the Mabry marriage li
cense bill, This is the Siroonhoff bill
of last year and was introduced by
Mr. Mabry of Spartanburg. It pro
vkled for medital certification of
males applying for marriage licenses.
The vote was' 22 to 1G. The bill
was debated at length Wednesday |
evening and the discussion this morn
ing was rather limited. The vote
for the bill was as follows: Senators
Hntler, Crosson, Gross, Jeffords, Har- f
vey, Johnstone, Kennedy, Lightsey, }
McGhrr, Penrrc, ttotktnHun, ScrirLor- '
ough, H. L. Smith, Stabler an i Todd ? '
Total 1G.
G. A. CREED
General Contractor
Estimntes Furnished
311 DeKalh St Phone 192J
CAMDEN, S. C.
T. B. RRUCF.
Veterinarian
t.> 1 1 1 <Un\ M.. PIltMlf II*
CAMDEN. S. C.
DR. G. ?: TRANTHAM
di:m lsi
First Flt-or, Crocker BiSildirg
PHONF. 450
Or. C. F. Sowell
DENTIST
(Office Over Brace s Store)
CAM I) FN. S. C.
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBRP
PL A I.N S: in l.R M t'Son? 7 1
COLUMBIA, > C.
DR. R t:. STEVENSON
HKM h I
( rorl - r S.j r!.!i : ..
Those oppojwd to the bill were
Senators Black, Cooper. Craig, Kant,
i?rveman. Funderburk, Goodwin, (?ra
ham, Hubbard, Hutaon, Searson, Ma
?on. Moist-. Kagsdale, K. S.
K-gers, Jeremiah Smith, Stewart,
Sp.uili; WoJta Wightman, A. H. VVil
iiam*. Total 22. ?
Senators Hamilton and Stabler
spoke tn favour of the Mil arvi Sena
' ?? ? Huuon #n I Funderburk again*'
iSi Th? y claimed to favor the pr in*
. ,v;p.il, bu . vaid that t h?- tiiix L j i ; ? ry in
ihi; bill was no'i at tiv1;,' v?.-iied h.
There. should be ft pme. proVisjon for
free me lical cort.fi-.-at: .n. I y county
physicians to i hope unable to pay a
? ? J tor a .certificate, they said. j
,s.m in; a llow.;ni MiK?r.e replied that
a i hap who would l.u urtwdling to
pay for .such a .m iviw-ge imght ' be
i found spending $5 a night for "pop
; -skull", liqurfr. ? ? ?
Senator Wlghtman spoke with
great ea rnestm\>s against what he
described as "? greater menace to the
civilisation of America than marriage
without medical certification." He
referred to "birth control" practice
of the day as one that is breaking the
substant lability of the citizenship of
the country.
DEATH OF. W. II.' SOW ELL.
Former Kershaw Citizen Dies at His
Home in McBee.
The many friends in Kershaw of
W. if. Sowell, were grieved to learn
of his death, which occurred at his
home in McBee on last Wednesday
night. Mr. Sowell, who was in his
82nd ye-ar, had bren in ? dr-cll.TrtTTg
health for several years, hut held Up
remarkably well for one of his years.
The funeral services were held in the
McBee Presbyterian church and wen
conducted by Rev, H. H. Lawson,
formerly pastor of the Baptist church
at McBee. Interment \tas in the
McBee cemetery.
Mr. Sowell was formerly a citizen
of Kershaw and left here about seven
years ago to make his home at McBee.
He was a member and steward in the
Kershaw Methodist church and by
h;s consistent Christian living en
?ie:'.re 1 himself in the hearts, of the
K?-i>haw people', all of whom were
ii : friends.
Mr. Lowell \v;h a soldier in the
' "fiivderate service and fought
thro.ign the four years of the war in
he A- my of the Potomac, as a mem
ber it < <>. I>., h Regiment. S (
\ lup'.oers, Kershaw's Brigade, Mc
!'? "iv'ion. Lone-t reel's Corp?.
..mi made on honorable record as a
ii.- u;i(; also fa.thful in ev
? / ' Mi- ;n him-..
M: . > aw.! If- surviving his wife
.r. : ?'< ii*.- i ? <\\ .j'.iz children: Mrs. I?.
V i*i na. n ? Ki*;-haw; Mrs. W. R
Ji vi-.: . </. ( am.i. n; Mr?. G. T Ii -r
M-hrr; Mr-. S. K. 7T:Itcn. of
? > t - T ? . . - <5J .
a ? . \ \ . i , . ? w ? , a , t > t r.e:tr . *1 ? % -
P ? ! ' . . v.' '*11
' "V^ d, ??t Alabama; aft *,
' ? I "i d daughter. Mrs. T. M.
?x" . - ' f S* ' h ir.i - -Kershaw
! ? r.
Ne-^rotN Held for Murder.
! "' ' ??? i -Two ru gr ?
t Hi. < 'a
F () R R K A T
Six l'oori bungalow,
t urnishe-.l. wit!: :-ra
7 * ? l < >? , ^
i 1 1 L .
Camden Loan X
Realty Company
Kii>t Nat inn a: I )ai.k
! 'ni < i i r..iT
1 ' h< >no * >2
Sunl)( nm \cttionci ! Mnzdct hdiupx
::!!?>,} \v ; roju-r ... 1 . r- I
i.c.p \ >u >?*!? 'I li.cn a
you li'jfd. (
FaMn,!n'< h'*lak I r!rr.? Sold and Dt-M-lup d
W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store
Phone 30 Delivery.
The negro named Adams talked
very freely abput the killing, stating
that he shot Mr. Brown with a ain
I gle-barrel shotgun, in his store last
Friday about midday, the reason be
ing to rob the store. He say* he
only secured $2. Adams has impli
cated Murph in the matter, stating
that Murph was buying cigarettes
when he shot Mr. Brown. Murph de
nies being present or having anything
to do with the alleged murdbr.
Brown lived in Calhoun County,
but it .scorns ran a s mall store near
Leysaihs old mill, which i>; in Or
angeburj.? County. The negrooa were
apprehended neat where iho murder
occur ted.
They will bt? tried, it is thought, at
the coming term of court, which con
vent's in May.
Atlanta Negro Chuich Burns.
Atlanta, Fob. 16! ? The Bi? Hethel
AfricaA Methodist Kpiscopxil Church,
one of the largest negro churches
ill the South, was totally destroyed
by fire here late today. The churcl*
was completed about three months
ago and was valued at approximately
$300,000. The blare, fire officials
said, originated from a defective flue.
All available fire apparatus in Atlan
ta were used in an effort to save the
church.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
MASTER'S SALE.
State" oT "South Carolina I -
County of Kershaw
(Court of Common Picas)
The Federal I>and Bank of Columbia,
Plaintiff,
vs
J. L. Guy, Geo. R. DeSaussure, apd
R. C. DeSaussure, Executors and
Trustees under the Will of Esther
S. Davis, Loan and Savings Bank
and WateVee National Farm Loan
Association, Defendants.
I'nder an order of His Honer, W.
H. Townsend, Presiding Judge in the
Fifth Circuit, dated January 23* 1923,
I will sell to the highest bidder at
public auction for ch?H bcYcfte the
Kershaw County Court. House ^lopr,
n Camden, in said State during the
egal hours of sale on the first Mon
day, txing the fifth day of March.
923, the following described real es
ate:.
All that piece, j?arcei or tract of
and, situate, lying and being in the
^tate of South Carolina, County of
vershaw and in DeKa'b Towpsh"?y>
'ive miles f=outh of Camden, and lying
last r f the Charleston Road on the
North ?i<Je of Town Creek* contain
ing thm hundred forty-* wo (342\
meres, more or less,*as shown by plat
of W. L, Kirkland, Surveyor, bearing
date January 15th, 1920, and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the
Court for Kershaw County in Plat
Pook No. 6, at page 21. The said
tract of land it bounded on the North
by lands of David R. Williams; East
by high waier mark of the Souih
suie of Town Creek and on the West
by lands of Scott, The said tract of
la* i was formerly known a^ Tr*c?
W'. 10 of the Town Creek Plan a
tion of James Chestnut and is the
came conveyed to J, L. Guy by deed
of C: K. and 1?. C. DeSausame, el a?,
Km ring date December 27th, 1919,
. ? n I m the uff.ee of th?- Clerk of
Court for Kershaw County in Hook
A. \Y.. jp&ge .-110.
Ahyvne desiring to bid at said sale
shall first deposit with the under
y.gned Master *s un evidence of good
faith a certified cht^k or caish for
the sum of one hundred $100) dollars
which deposit shall be returned to
the unsuccessful bidder at the conclu
:H<?n of said sale.
B. B. CLARKE,
.* Master for Kershaw County.
February 12? 1923.
SUPREME COURT. KINGS
COUNTY' ? Jn 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 Isabelle Harmon'for an or
der dissolving her marriage with
Frank Harmon on the ground of ab
sence under the conditions provided
for in Section 6, Subdivision 7-A of
the Domestic Relations Lawk, will be
presented to a Justice of the Supreme ,
Court, Kings County. Tit Special j
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, J
1D23, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of j
that day or as soon thereafter as i
counsel can be heard ami proof of the !
allegations contained in the petition i
will then be taken. I
Dated, New York, Jan. 31st, 1923.
SAMUEL ALEXANDER LANGFUR, J
Attorney for Petitioner,
Office and P. O. Address,
276 Fifth Avenue,
Borough of Manhattan,
City ot New York.
To above named FRANK HAR
m(K
Ttye fuvegoing notice is served up
JVyou by publication pursuant to an
order^JI Hon. John McCrate, Justice j
of the Supreme Court of the State of (
New York, filed in the office of the '
County of Kings, on the 2Dth day of !
Januarv, 19J3. ;
SAMUEL ALEXANDER LANGFUR. i
Attorney for Petitioner,
Office and P. O. Address,
>7(> J if t h Avenue,
Borough of Manhattan,
City of New York.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
? " ?
Notice is hereby .given that one
momh from thin date, on Monday,
March J 2th, 1923. I will make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County
j my final return as Executor of the es
tate <?f iu-lla Kirkland, deceased, and
on the ::;rnc date I will apply to 'the
sard. Court for a final discharge as
said Executor.
GItoVER K IKK LAND.
( Camden, S. I'Vb. 6, 1 Wl.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
| Notice is hereby given that one
monlh from this da.e, on Friday,
Maryh 2, 1028, I will make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County i
my final return as -A din nbtrator
'?of ihc estate- of Win. 11. V i-ung. di
! ceased, and on tbo same date i will
appiy lo the said Court for a f;nal
jdi'ihaifce as. said Administia or.
' . BOYD E. YOUNG.
Camden, S. C., Jan. 26, 1923.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
? ? ? ?
i Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Tuesday,
February 27, l'J23, we will make to
the Probate Court of Kershaw Coun
tv our final rfcium as Executors of
the estate of J. L. Irby, deceased,
ami on the same date we will apply
to the said court for a final discharge
as said Executors. .
I- D. JENNINGS,
C. G. ROWLAND,
A. S. HARBY,
Executors.
! Camden, S. C., Jan. 22, 1923.
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that one
I month from this date, on Monday,
February 26th, 1923, I will make to
the" Probate Judge of Kershaw Coun
j to my final return as Administrator
of the estate of J. Z. Young, deceased,
and on the same date J will apply
to the said Court for a final dis
charge as said Administrator.
H. H. YOUNG.
Camden, S. C., Jan. 24th, 1923.
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TAX NOTICE.
Office of Treasurer Kershaw Couatj,
Camden. S. C., Sept. 22. 1922.
Notice is hereby given that the
l*>oks will be opened for the collection
of State. County and School taxes from ,
Ocfolter 15th. 1922, to Marcn 15th.
11)23. A penalty of 1 per cent will be
added to nil taxes nnpaiU January
l<t. 1923. 2 per rent Febrnary lf?t.
19253. and 7 per cent March 15th. 1923.
The mie per centum for Kershaw
count v is as follows:
Mills.
State Taxes . 7 1-2
(iood Roa?ls 2
Count v Taxes -.0 3-t
'Hospital 1-4
School Taxes ..._ 3
DeKalb Township Ktid Bonds.,
for Township only a t-2
Total 38 1*
Dog Tux $1.25. All clog owncrH an?
requjrtti to inike a return mt their
dogs to the County Treasurer, who U
required to furnish ? license tag. An
dogs caught without the license tag
the owner* wM Ik? wubject to u fti*.
of Twenty ($30.00) Dollars,
The following School Dis t rifts have
- 1 m ???!'? I levies: ?
School ' I>l*trlct No. 1 28
, School District No, 2 K
! School District No 8 *
| Sc hool District No. 4 8
? School District No. ft $
tchool P'flt'ljL'i No. 6 A
School district No. 7 H
i school l Hstrlct No. 8 ........ 4
School 1 >f?Hrl<t No. 0 4
i School District No, 11 5
i School District No. 12 II
| School Dlntrlct No. 18 8
School District No. 14 .. ? 8
SchOO' Dlstrct No. 1ft 8
School DUtrlct No. 16 . _ 4
School District No, 17 .... 5
School District No. 18 ........ 4
School District No. 11) , 4
School" IT. strict No, 20 4
School District No. 21 - - 4
School District No. 22 18
School District No. 23 .... ? , i
School' .District No. 24 8
School District No, 2ft ., ^ 8
Schoo' District No. 26 ^ &
School District No. 27 8
School District No. 28 ..... 8
School District No. 20 8
School District No, 30 ? , ? ~ 8
School District No. 31 . 8
Scheol District No. 82 ? ? 8
School District No. 88 ? 8
School District No. 34 8
School District No. 8ft ?. ? ? 8
School District No. 36 ? 8
School District No. 37 2
School D'.strict No. 38 8
School District" No. 30 8
Schoo' District No. 40 . 17
School IHKtrict No. 41 8
School District No. 42 . ? 8
School District No. 43 4
School District No. 44 ? 8
School District No. 46 8
Schoo] District No. 47 ......... 8
The poll tax Is $1.00.
All ablebodied mate persons from
the age of twenty-one (21) to sixty
(00) years, both inclusive, except res
Idents in incorporated towns of the
county less than 2.500 inhabitants,
shall jay $4.00 ac a road tax except
ministers of the g?sprl actually In
charge of a congregation, teachers em
ployed In public schools, school trus
tees. and persons permanently dis
abled In the military service of thlt
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 l>e attending schoo,
or college st the time when said road
lax shall become due. Persons rialm
inc disabilities must present certifi
cate from two reputable physicians of
this county.
All information with reference to
taxes will t>e furnished upon abdica
tion. D. M, McCA SKILL,
County Treasurer.
The New
FRANKLIN
$1950
New'7 Body
New Motor
This new Franklin has remarkable ability and
good looks. The greater power and speed of the
New Six Cylinder Motor are fully expressed in the
New Body. It is longer, lower, roomier ? more snip.
And the new pressure air coo'ing system guaran
tees perfect motor performance under conditions
that would step any other engine made.
This is the safest car on the road and the fastest
in a day's run. No o'.h^r rides iike it, handl OS so
easily, stands un so well! or is sc economical. Five
passengers. Aluminum body. Finest leather and
curled hair upho'.sterv. New instrument board and
fittings. . New demountable rims. The greatest mo
tor car value and the lowest price in 21 years ? .$ 1 950
f. o. b. factory.
GEORGE T. LITTLE, Distributor
Kershaw , Lee and Sumter Counties
631 DeKalb Street , Camden , S . C .
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