Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Five Year* for McSweeney. M? 1 ,?? is : in McSwi'viU'Vj son of a for mer ^overuof of South Carolina; has beep ? t na'inni id ftve yearn in the 'I'.-nii. . p niten > I- i'M bail c hei-ks. It will be remembered that Mc* Swi i-ih'v married a yaunf lady ?>f thin city, who separated from him Home time ago; also, that immediately after hi* marriage he started out on the had check business by tleecintf several Hock Kill firms. Later, he wan editor jf tin- York News, and In* fleece.i many citizens al the count y scat. Hock Hill Record. DQP TAX. i wish to call special attention to the dog license tax, which can be paid from October 15th, 1923, to February out, litii 1, (February 1st, ll>24, in tho la.it day for the payment of this tax.) Tho license tax on each cloy is $1.25, uid I now have the license tAgS to supply owners <?f (toga when, paying their license tax. A dog is liable t*> this tax jf six months old or older on .? a n in i y 1st. (A dog born June 80th? M?2y, i.s liable to tho tax January 1st, 1024.) This |%v in lieu of all other taxes or licenses on dogs, either county, mu nicipal or otherwise Dog license tax issued by the Treasurer should bear the Inscription "I >og I.ict-nsr HUM," also show the serial number and county. This is not charged on tlx- Auditor's Duplicate, nor carried on the odinary tax ' 4*0 eelpt. Separate receipt nocessarvK. D. M. McCASKILL, County Treasurer. HUDSON ESSEX CADI L L A C C A MS F V. ALLEN SALES Phone 298 SERVICE DeKalb Street Camden, S. C. JUST LSTEN! Your suit called for and pressed once a week for n whole month for $1.50 in advance. We call for and deliver anywhere in town. Work is guaranteed and under my personal supervision. SUITS TAILORED $15.00 UP. CITY PRESSING CLUB 533 DoKalh Street R. C\ BKUTON, Prop. Phono 14f? CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS Ml Colors of Beat Large Varieties $1.20 per dozen Hanging Basket, filled with Plants $2.50, up COME AND SEE US. THE CAMDEN FLORAL COMPANY Telephone 193 If it's Medicines or sick-room comforts you need, just call us and in most cases we can supply you promptly. If you need them delivered immediately, don't fail to say so and we will do our best to satisfy. If at any time our service fails to please we want you to let us know so that we may remedy the fault. Phone us your wants. W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE PHONE 30 DELIVERY ELECTRIC LAMPS STATIONERY See us before you buy Lime, Cement and Wall Plaster. Anything in the Building Line RUSH LUMBER COMPANY CAMDEN, S. C. Have your Fall and Winter Suits. Dresses, (oats and other apparel (leaned or Dyed to new shades NOW. THtY, THEN ARE READY WHEN NEEDED. FOOTERS Cleaner3-Dyer?. Cumberland, Maryland. WE HAVE JUST ISSUED A VERY FINE Machinery Supply Catalogue Containing about 950 illustrations. Would be glad to send th?3 to anyone owning or operating machinery, upon request. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. ON SILENT GUARD Exp!a naticri of Mysterious Rgura in Grecian Cave, If 8Urmi?e Is Correct, Qrlm Custodian, of Treasure Wat Moat Cun ningly Devised. Always the Thraclan peasant Is stirred to t ?*1 1 you stories of caves. I once employe^ a queer man of all* trades aw a foreman of excavation. u? wuh a Thraelan Greek from Varna, on the Mack Hen, whence he had been driven hy Bulgarian* Into Greece. Ha hud mostly been a sailor on the Pontic coasts, hut he had heen to many lunda and knew Asia Minor well. "I could tell you a queer story," he said to me one evening In true Bailor fashion, "that- a fanner once told rae In a village near Smyrna." lie lit hla pipe (only sallormen among Greeks take to pipes), and started hla story sfter we had finished our digging and were taking our evening coffee by our tents. "This farmer went once far inland Into the hills. He found the entrance to a deep cave and. with a certain hesitation, went In. He found himself In a well-cut tunnel that led straight Into the rock. After a time he tnmed a comer nnd saw a red glimmer of (lame. "Greatly alarmed, he moved on very quietly and cautiously. Again he rounded a bend and saw, at the end of a straight stretch a hlft/.e of fire coin ing out from a natural vent In the rock. He stopped motionless, for there In front of the tlame, was seated the figure of a man perfectly still. He crept on cautiously. Suddenly, as he advanced, the, figure rose, rigidly, to Its feet, swung round ar 1 faced hlirt. He^eould not see Its face, for It was against the light. He took one more nervous step forward and, as he did so, the rigid figure lifted In both its hands u huge haihmer, still toeing him. He stepped back, and as he did so the figure lowered the hammer. He stepped back one more step, and the figure sat down again. Less nervous, he udvanced again. "As he did so the figure rose once more, silent and rigid. He um'fe on* more step, and It lifted sits hammer menacingly once more. Again he withdrew, and the figure lowered Its hammer and sat down. Now he was thoroughly alarmed and made his way quickly out of the tunnel." "Did he find out who the inan was?" *1 asked. "No," replied my sullorman, "he did not, neither did he try. But my opin ion is," he continued, "that there was a vast treasure burled In that cave, and the owner had made a mechanical figure which worked automatically by some mechanism that operated from the fioor. As you went In you trod upon the levers and the figure rose to Its feet. You went further, and it lifted its hammer. If that farmer had taken one step more he would have been a dead man. The fire was a natural vent of gas that was never quenched. There are many such away back In Asia Minor and Persia." He paused, as ancient mariners always pause after they have reached their finest effect : "You would have liked to excavate that cave," he said, sim ply. I often wonder what element of truth was at the bottom of that story. All one can be certain of Is that the Smyrnlot farmer left the cavern in a very ^reat fright. Rut who is not really afraid of caverns In his Inmost heart? We call It "caution"; we are afraid lest the roof fall In and bury us, lest we disappear down some un expected hole, fteally, it Is the Inborn terror of the dark that frightens us, perhaps Itself born of the danger that beset primitive man in caves? cave Hons, cave bears, or some last remnant of an earlier, more savage atrain of man, the prototype of the ogre of the fairy story. ? Kxchange. There Was a Reason. In the examination of , talesmen in 'the Criminal court by Charles S. Wlltsle, attorney f <?r a defendant on trial, a dialogue occurred between Mr. Wlltsle and William J. Freaney, 1130 | North New Jersey street, a plumber, ! who was a talesman, thnt created a ripple of merriment throughout the courtroom. "Have you ever had any previous Jury j service?'' Mr Wlltsle asked. "Yes, In this court about fifty years upo," was the reply. "Do you have any recollection as! to the kind <?f ease that was?" the; ! attorney asked. j "Yes. It was a petty criminal rase," I Mr. Freaney replied. "The Jury hung ; nil nivht t<> yet an extra day." "You deliberated ail night because | you had *oiiie sincere opinion In the ; ciisi'''" Mr Wlltsle asked. "No. I *in.ved because I couldn't cef ' out." replied.? indlanap< li? News, j Dig Up Statue of Minerva. | A ?'o|m?sm! seated statue of Minerva, I I carved from colored alabaster has I been discovered on the site of the Kniporiut*. which wni n landing place on the Tiber for marble Khi|rments In thi' days ' f r?*puMlcan and imperial llome Surrounding Kmporlum were xrhoolv nf marble cutters and sculptors mm thwre mNo u ere uVany Hellenistic | srt angulations. Workmen digging the foitndnwon for a bulldhie fame upon the statu*-, which la carved in ?l?e n?>??t exquisite Hel lenistic *tyle. Its color Is said to make It t jrrt*i'r~ Accordine t<> la", half of th;' trwas tire belong* to the government, H?e ot&rt half to the n',f*?r of the land of* whlcL |t ?rn s found. ?- M v . Jo>?ph Walker, AU"B- S7ith' 'A . M. IWennmg, vice Pre.ident Secretary. iVts. and Troa?. , ? LONG COTTON SHORT moderate charges \ ' poimonable advances on consignments. Careful class ' * M r* """""" Con?lffnmetlU open to customers' inspection ?t all tm.e.s. SOUTHERN FACTORAGE & ^STORAGE COMPANY DIRECTORS: Richard I. Manning Joseph M. Bell AUn B Sm.th W. Ml Manning I Jofi?j>h Walker 21 Years For Stealing a Watch. j Columbia, Sept. 28. ? After sowing 21 years for the a tea ling of a watch, James May banks, 40, a negro, today was released from the state peniten tiary here by Governor Thomas G. McLeod, when he suspended the re mainder of Maybank's life terYn. Twenty-one years ago Maybank, then a youth, was tried on two in dictments. On the first, stealing a watch from J. S. Holman, of George town, S. C., he was convicted and sentenced to serve five years. After the expiration of this sentence, he vas convicted on the second indict ment? -burglary and larceny, and he was charged with entering tho house of Mr. Holman in the night and steal ing the watch from its owner's ?trou sers pocket ? -and was givefi life im-y priaonment. v Maybank was forgotten until 1920 \vhen the r.tatc board of public wel fare investigated his ease and pre pared a petition for clemency when recently it was recommended by the state board of pardons. Maybank denied his guilt. "A strange negro sold it to me," "Marked for (Life. " Mr. J. B. Yarbrough, who lives in the Altan community of Buford town ship, caught a highland terrapin a few days ago. Upon its back were the initials and date, "J. B. Y. ? 1903." .Mr. Yarbrough then remembered hav ing marked the terrapin 20 years ago within ,75 yards of where he was found a few days ago. The little ani mal had apparently not grown any in the 20 years.? Monroe Enquirer. _ ? 6 Per Ct. on Your Savings We credit U per cent, on your average balance every Jaikiary 1st and July 1st, and if you mature your stock, it will receive its pro portion of earnings in addition. THE FIDELITY WAY TO WEALTH IS AS PLAIN AS THE WAY TO MARKET. Persistent Savings at Compound interest is the broad open road, and for every share of stock you will have $100.00 in about 6Ya years, if you pay regularly. No penalty for failure to pay on tipie, only it, may delay maturity of your stock slightly. Ol/R PLAN IS MODERN, EQUITABLE an^ ABSOLUTELY SAFE, since investments are made in first mortgages on approved real estate. The government can offer you nothing safer. START NOW,-r-no back installments or dues to pay. PAY 25 cents weekly or $1.00 monthly per share. PAYMENTS MADE BEFORE THE 7th draw interest from 1st. Fidelity Building & Loan Association W. F. NETTLES President ^ G. A. RHAME, Vice President J. B. WALLACE, Secretary-Treasurer. Office jn Peoples Bank, 926 Broad Street. Hupmobile Motor Smoother, More Powerful More than ever, the Hupmobile motor sat isfies those perform ance demands upon which nearly all motor car owners are most insistent. To say that it is the smoothest, steadiest motor Hupmobile ever built will signify much to you whan you real ize that Hupmobile motors have always been especially noted for smooth and steady going. The Hupmobile motor of the past was greatly admired for its instant settling down to quiet, easy action. In the motor of the new Hup mobile, this feature has been heightened You wfll now notice a new quality in its perform ance, which actually conveys a coasting. skimming sensation. This is accomplished through still smoother motor operation, still better engine operating balance, an increase of power. The crankshaft is heavier, and counter balanced, with bearing areas 20 per cent larger. The pistons and con- . necting rods are lighter. The new Hupmobile is like a flash in get away. It drives with delightful ease. A new two-plate clutch af fords silent gear changes at all speeds. Come in and see this . more beautiful, larger, longer car. A fifteen minute ride will prove what a brilliant per former it is, ? and we will be delighted to demonstrate. GEORGE T. LITTLE, Dealer Camden, S. C.