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makf the best of o?koa, coaJciea. p Hi1' i ? ml us.. Whitr Plum > We h?vo it; also Wllsbury's flour, Standard Grocery Co., 538 40? i I flour ,ib St. FINAL W8CHARCK. lie t' i? hereby given that one 4 from this dato, on Monday, wry -ith, 1V24, J will make to the it* Court of Kershaw County ray rrtuni as (iwanlian of the estate's y daughters, Sara Lewis and both Lewis, and on the same date I apply to tho sa id Court for a discharge from my trust as said liiin MRS. SALLIE LEWIS, Cuardian. mim, S. C.. Juiiunry 2nd, 1924. ? ? - 1 ? ' * ' L R. COLLINS ,dertaker and Embalmer AMBUl ANCE SERVICE j Camden, S. C. Jcphone ? Day 41; Night 380 )r. C. F. Sowell DENTIST Office Over Bruce's Store) CAMDEN, S. C. JR. G. C. TRANTHAM DENTIST Irit Floor, Crocker Building PHONE 450 'IANO TUNING Lewis L. Moore 2W PHONE or 156 CAMDEN, S. C. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian ttleton St., Phone 1141 CAMDEN, S. C. OLUMBIA LUMBER & [ANUFACTUR1NG CO. MILL WORK ASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER LAIN 4 HULER STS. Pfcw 71 | COLUMBIA. S.C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building Camden, 8. C. ''?? ' lOOFING We have just received car load of LOCK-TOP * and SUPER-GIANT ASPHALT. SHINGLES Makes a Better Roof for Leu Cost. Mackey Mercantile Company . ? The Woiiisn'? Jonls and I then remembered my mother used to take it. . . After the first bottle I was better. I began to fleshen up and 1 re gained my strength and good, healthy color. I am feeling fine. 1 took twelve bottles ( of Cardui) and haven't had a bit of trouble since." Thousands of other women have had simitar experiences in the use of Cardui, which has brought relief where other medicines had failed. ? if you suffer from female ail ments, take Cardui. It it a woman's medicine. It may be J jst what you need. At your druggist's or dealer's. HW "Feeling Fine!" "I wit pale and thin, hardly able to go," aaya Mr*. Be**ic Bearden, of Central, 8. (T. vi would suffer, when I stood on my feet, with bearing-down pain# in roy sides and the lower pa* t of my body. 1 did not rest well and didn't want anything to eat. My color was bad and I felt miserable. A friend of mine told me of Warred on the Bathtub. Goodrich Druggist. The bathtub was compelled to put up a hard struggle for a permanent place in the home. The first one in the United States was built in Cincin 1842. It was made of mahogany, lined with sheet lead, and was proudly ex u jiv. j u.. ii.. iiiuium Mjr no .u.yvnoi ai a v iii party. Next day it was denounced in the newspapers as a luxurious, undemo cratic vanity. ^ Then medical men declared it a .menace to health. In 1843 Philadel phia tried to prohibit bathing be tween November 1 and March 15 by ordinance. In 1845 Boston made bath ing unlawful except when prescribed by a physician. Virginia taxed bath tubs $30 a year/' The board of moving picture censors of Memphis, Tenn., has announced that pictures in which Mabel Normand appears will be barred from the movie theatres of that city, as a result of the Dines shooting in Los Angeles, Cal., last week. ? - ? ? It will be to your interest as well as ours if 'you call or phone 137 for any high grade groceries^ fancy fruits or fresh vegetables that you ned. Stan dard Grocery Co., 538 DeKalb St. 40-41 TAX RETURNS. Office ot Auditor Kershaw County Camden, S. C., December 10th, 1923. Notice is hereby given that the Auditor's office will be open for re- , ceiving Tax Returns from January 1st, 1924, to February 20th, 1924. All persons owning real estate or personal property must make returns of the same within said period, as required by law, or be subject to a penalty of 50 per cent. j The Auditor will attend in person or by deputy at the following (places in tne county on the dates indicated for receiving returns. Bethune, January 14th and 15th. Raiey's Mill, January 16th. Ned's Creek School House, January 17th. Kirkley's Store, January 18th. Kershaw, January 21st and 22nd. Wefttville, January 23rd. Liberty Hill, January 24th. Lugoffc January 25th. Rabon's Cross Roads, January 28th. Blaney, January 29th. All parsons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are required to pay Poll tax; and all persons be tween the ages of 21 and 50 years in clusive are required to pay a road tax, unless excused by law. All Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Administrators or Agents heading property in charge, must return same. Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath ?to same before some officer and fill out same in proper manner or they will be rejected. ? B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County. EVENTS OF 1923 IN REVIEW (Continued from Another Page) slderable excitement was caused in May by the' capture of a number of foreigners by Chinese bandits, who de> mantled large ransom and immunity. The prisoners included several Americans and English, and for a tfm? armed intervention br their goren* ments seemed likely. ITowever, the Pekin government bought off the out laws after long negotiations. - (tuaftla, as Um 9#rlet rulers graA, tiaily modified their Communistic poli cies, thee* aeemed to be steady prog I ress toward stability. Most other na tions still withheld recognition of tin ~ ? government, bat a number of -> . . .u ; \ h1:' t .-r.d, f(ui .1 - . ?{ tlw lUMiWin <"???!>?? i !? ? e!iu:-ch l?. ' 'iti ;.!)? revolutionary art ivltie#. ti\i I'UtiM' \yu.s executed, but fcepllitk's son tomv \y?H commuted to. ton years' tin prlsotiment, 1 l.u'ly in 1 >i'i-?'iuli4?r Iniiollier revoiu turn was attempted In MpkIoo, tin* lender l???l nj; Adolfo <|t? In llnertu who SVftft tilfcndi'd iMMiins.. provident Obre gnu would not support hU cnndlducy for the piv*l??eney. The lOveli. spread rapidly, but before tin* tuoiuH closed. Obregon s(s?iHcd 1 0 bav? the situs tlon well In hand. INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR Only out'- really big strike inunN the record of the >e;tr lit the Pulled Staten, nndtlmt did not last luttg, Tin* miners* hr the iiuihi|;irlte ilelds and thqir- employers tried In vain to tlx a new wage settle and work inji condi tions, and on August 21 they broke off negotiation#. wnit tin* approval or I 'resident Ooolidgo, Governor i'lnchot of Pennsylvania undertook to handle the' problem, and proposed a compro mise on August The strike began officially t \vt? days latter, but' the nego tiations were continued. IMnchot's plan was accepted September K and the miners resumed work on Septem ber 20. At vhrlous times during the year the fftllwuy labor board adjusted the wages of certain classes of rail work ers. usually raising theirv. Some of the roads made separate agreements with their employees, Riving them In creased pay. April 9 the steel indus try raised the wages of common labor 11 per cent and adjusted the pay of other classes, and on April 18 the Chi cago packing house employee^ and building trade workers were given an increase. The steel makers had. baen attacked bitterly for maintaining the twelve-hour day, and on August 2 El bert H. Gary of the U. S. Steel corpo ration announced its elimination. The American Federation or Labor met In annual convention in Portland, Ore., and, among ? other acts, voted agttlnst .the formation of a political labor party and also against the* rec ognition of the Russian Soviet govern ment. The niiVOuitcS Of tliCSC JUCSS tires and indeed all the more- radical factions In the federation were routed, by President Gompers, who was re elected. -'4r - ? DISASTERS Unequaied In modern times waft the disaster that befell Japan on Septem ber 1 when violent earthquake 'shocks and resultant tires destroyed Yoko hama entirely* and about two-thirds of Tokyo and ruined many smaller towns. The number of killed was estimated at 22f?,<H)0) and ? the Injured at more than half that number. Though many of the houses were flimsy, tl/k prop erty loss was enormous. The hun dreds of thousands of refugees suf fered severely, but the American gov ernment and 'the American Red Cross -were swift with relief measures, and other nations Joined in the work. Shiploads of food and millions of dol lars were rushed to the stricken land, and the Japanese government was ma terially aided in Its task of rebuilding the ruined cities. Among other serious disasters oj the year were: January 8, twenty pels sons killed by collapse of a bridge at Kelso, Wash. ; February. 8, mine ex plosion at Dawson killed 120, and <fn? at Cumberland, B. killed 80; Feb* rnary 18, twenty-two patients nnd three attendants were killed in insane asylum fire on Ward's Island, New York ; March 10, Greek transport sank with 150 soldiers; April 6, tidftl wavef In Corea and Japan kliled 600; Maj 14, Hot Springs, Ark., partly dfc stroyed by flood and flre; May 17 seventy-three killed in burning of a schoolhouse at Cleveland, S. C. : Juni 10, disastrous floods in Kansas, Okla homa and Colorado; June 15, thou sands of Persians killed by earth quakes; June 18, several towns de stroyed by eruption of Mt. Etna ; Au gust 14, coal mine explosion at Kem merer, Wyo., killed 08; August 18 : Hongkong badly damaged by typhoon ' August 22, million-dollar flood In Ar J kansas valley, Colorado ; September 8 nine U. S. destroyers wrecked on Call fornla coast, 23 lives being lost; Sep . tember 15, typhoon and floods killed >5,000 In Japan; September 17, larg? ipart of Berkeley, Cal., destroyed bj flames ; September 27, forty killed li Burlington train wreck at Lockett Wyo.; November 13, earthquake it iShansl province, China, killed 1,500; ; December 1, nearly ^00 killed by burst Ing of dam near Bergamo, Italy; De cember 9, nine killed and many.. In .lured In wreck of the Twentieth Geo ' ? tory train at Forsythe, N. Y. ; Decern her 15, destructive . earthquake li ; Colombia nnd Ecuador. \ ' NECROLOGY |j Death reaped bin usual harvest m prominent men and women In 1029 l*he more notable of bis victims wen ? in January : W. T. Whiting. Wls<-onsli ? paper mill magnate ; Kdwln St event 'actor; Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond, spit : ituallst leader ; Dr. Emil (3. Wreck f eminent rabbi of Chicago; Ctaorg j Hamlin, singer; Conatantlne. forme king of Greece; W. M. Moo re, Anas cifr; Alexandre Ribot, French states man; Frederic Harrteon, rK?gH*h hU tortan; Wallace Rcld, motion pictur star; Max Nordan, German (tbilosa pber; Dr. Pabl Reinach, former mil ? inter to Cbina ; Dr. W. 8. Haines. toxf I rologlst of Chicago ; Henry Cletvfa, jYatk'HWnke*. ; - ^ ; '? * J In February; Bishop C. J. O'lteift [of Uacots, Kab.; Cardlo*! ..Prion* 'archbishop ef Nap'ea. K R Barnard .i&rnut&fe^r ; i-x iiulur a* ?v. Ut\u\u,i VVh.V of I lit I lit ii<t ; I'taf, W, t\ l( U(|^^ I illsrowK-r of I he \ niy ; Martin | Kintpp of the federal eo.irt oi .>pt?oals; | liinhOl) O. D. Williams of .NPulilgnu; I Mi no? Miguel ?!*? ItraKaa/a ; THeophlk i Dolcnsse, Fretuh statesman; M rs John j A. OwOfRP R 1'eek, t ; i \v \ t ? r ' nnd ofa tor ; Charlemagne Tower, ^ American ?statesman ; ex-Senator <}. O. i ivi-wns of CAllfur^ln : Fred* i>o j Bel lev lllo, jm'Ioi ; *>\ St nator .1. U ..Bur- I ton of Kansas. In March: < 'omri essuum W. Rotirteo : Cock run of Ni'w Voi u : \Y 111] a in O. Beale, Chicago lawyer; OrSO'fi Smith, ChlOflflO I > . > i ? ' - ? ?' . i I ;i-'!t"- l>. Nmlon, \?'w hanker ; Clutueeltof J., R. l>a.v, i iliH nltM- ; I ?i , (J. FranU LydMon, noted surgeon; l>r. ?.lo|m VI. McBr.vde, lu^rii educator; M.. I?. Oampholl. member of fedoi'M reserve bourd; Sen ator S. D. Nletfldsot) wf < 'olorado ; Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, ;aetresi,j Coi\jtrt?sa auin .Idltti it. Tyson of Alabama; Gen eral Manoury, French war hei'o; K. I), llulhert, Chicago hanker. In April: EUrl of Carnarvon; 1 l?>r ice Boles, fori nor novernor of Iowa ; Hear Admiral II. S, Vtnapp; Mother {iuneiior General Carmelu of the l-'raie (islnn puns; Stnvvisnnt Fish, tlnan tier and railway man; George A. Yule, Wisconsin financier; \V. T. lla/.en. for mer chief of United States secret aorv Ijce; Taylor Granville, actor and play wright; Jess Dundy, comedian ; Blah op Daniel Tattle; ex-Governor Fred M. Warner of Michigan; Hev. Dr. Qj C. Houghton. pustoi of the "Little Church Around the Corner" In New York ; MaJ. Gen, Frank D, Baldwin ; A. B. Seelenfreud, .international secretary of B'nal B'rlth; Senator Knnte Nel son of Minnesota; Mrs. Matthew T, Scott, * D. A. R. leader ; Emerson Hough, author; ItVihop Alfred Harding ?f Washington. In May: Hear Admiral W. S. Cowles; Howard Saxhy, lecturer; Congressman John W. Ralney of Chicago; Sadie Martlnot. one-time musical comedy star; Brig. Gen. II. M, Robert; N. C. Wright, publisher of Toledo. Blade; Dr. J. A. Macdonold, former editor of the Toronto Globe ; |A. Q. Webster, physi cist ; Dr. i. N. Ivey, editor of South ern Christian Advocate; George Jay Gould; Dr. Florenz Zlegfeld. veteran K*.?.s!rr.! r.i.w... < . f\ it Unlt'oi-san IllUOICUt V.UUVUtV/? I V/? ??'.??. .?? Norwegian statesman; Capt. H. W. Baker, ship owner of Detroit ; ex-Gov ernor J. W. Folk of Missouri ; Congress man Claude Kltchln of North Carolina. In June: Judge Thomas G. Wlndes, Chicago Jurist; Pierre .Lot 1. French writer; Maurice Hewlett, English nov elist ; John McParland, president of International Typographical union; Paul Cornoyer, American artist; Mil ward Adams, theatrical producer of Chicago; Edward R. I'otter, sculptor. In July: A. W. Marchmont, English novelist; Dr. J. G. Klernan, alienist of Chicago; "Bishop Tames "Itynn of Al> ton, ill. ; Mrs. Cyrus McCormlck. phil anthropist and vjldow of harvester manufacturer; Vice Admiral de Bon of France; former Supreme court Jus tice William R. Day ; Helen Ring Rob inson, Colorado's first. woman senator; Congressman Luther W. Mott of Os wego, N. Y.; Albert Chevalier, Eng lish actor; Dr. L. Wilbur Messer, Y. M. C. A. leader; Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist; John M. Slddall, edi tor of American Magasine; Judge W. H. Gabbert, Colorado jurist; Rear Ad miral C. D. Slgsbee ; William Holablrd, Chicago architect; Gen. Francisco Vil la, ex-leader of Mexican rebels ; Sir Charles Hawtrey, English actor. In August: Warren G. Harding, i President of the United States; Col. John I. Martin, veteran sergeant at ahns of Democratic national conven tions ; Mrs. Candace T. Wheeler, au thor; Prince Fabrlalo Colonna, Italian statesman; Randall * Parish, author; Juaquin Sorolla, Spanish painter; Frank D. Weir, noted horseman ; Charles Archer, English actor; Marie Walnwrlght, actress; Ralph L. Polk, pnblt8hcr of dty directories; Baron Ka.to, premier of Japan ; Kate Douglas Wlggln, author; Alonzo Kimball, ar tist; Princess Anastasla of Greece, formerly Mrs. W. B. Leeds; Thomas Mosher, publisher. In Septen^ber: Edward Pay son- Dut ton, publisher; W. R. Thay.er, author, and journalist;. Dr. Cr F. Mlllspaugh. botanist of Chicago university; Paul J. Ralney, explorer; Max Bohra, ar tist ; Dr. Edward Ryan, noted Red Gross worker In Persia; Viscount Mor ley, English statesman and author; Channcey L.FlHejv former Republican leader In MIfesourl ;* Chief Justice C. L. Brown of Minnesota supreme court ; Edwin G. Gooley, Chicago educator;. Sir Halllday Croom, British surgeon. In October: J. W. Bengough. Ca nadian poet and artist ; Oscar Brown Jng, English historian; Prof. Malcolm McNeil of Lake Forest university; ex . Governor H. H. Markham of Cali fornia; Ralph Peters, president Long Island railway ; Dr. Boris 81dls, psy .Chopathologlst ; Dr. C. P. Stelnmet*. famous electrician ; Andrew Bonar Law, former British prime minister. In November: O. R. Huntington, president Soo railway; S. R. McCall, Massachusetts statesman ; Frederick L. Rawson. English metaphysician; Gllf ford Thome, noted lawyer of Iowa; Anthony Caminetti. former commls ?ioner of Immlgrir.oti; O. C. Taylor, president American Railway Express company ; Frederick Dixon, former edi tor Christian Science Mor.tnr. In December :? Earl of Loreburn, for met British lord chancejlor ; A. O; BurtngH. vyitfimr iwwayipgr wtnur of Dansvflte. N. T. j Sir William Mac kenzie and tfaron Shaufhnassy. Cana dian railway magnates; John R. Rathom, editor of Providence Journal ; William A. Plnlcerton. famous detec tive; Law renew Sperry. American avlMtor, drowned In Kniltali itUPMO ante; I>r. Harold If. aUcnKt Sjf f3des?? (ihwokw M?n HoUIn Kmtrd. j GufTney, Jan. 4.? 'lien Davis, negro, who liven a few miles from liatfney in the White IMuina section of Cherokee County, is believed to be the holder of the world's record. Bon is only forty yours of age and is the father of sev enteen children the eldest being six teen years of age. When it is taken into consideration that there are four i i of twins in Urn's family the mat ter may be easily understood. The first set of twins was born eleven years aj-co, a hoy ami a girl, and* Hen say a that the boy tips the scales at UU> pounds; the second set, both girls, was !h>wi ii.Ti.- yours ago, tin- t h i ?it srt, a boy and $ girl, was born seven years ago?. while the la pair saw the light of tiny ibrtf yettrs ?i|fo both being boyw, If parents any whore. in United State* wish to challenge this record and doubt its truthfulness, thin ctir respotulent will be glud to furnish ?t tulnvits attesting to the truth of the foregoing qtntement. Tfye crcw of the United States ship Conejos, reported as lost in the Black Sv?a about ten day? ago, wore rescued by i wo Nubian vessels, ftCCQflUog to news went to a Liverpool paper by a correspondent at Constantinople. The t-onejos ivS xaid to have been sunk by a (loatiiH'. miiu\ A. A. Adams, rehabilitation student ai the University of (leorgia, is held by the authorities at . Athens on a ilmij v Ot bigamy. We have plenty of it to Loan, either on first class Real Estate or on Stock Certificates of this Association. COME IN AND SEE US. Camden Building and Loan Association LOAN AND SAVINGS &ANK BUILDING SHOES REPAIRED ... i WE HAVE A COMPLETE SHOE REPAIRING OUT FIT IN REAR OF OUR STORE, WHERE WORK IS DONE PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY. LOMANSKY BROS. We will sell you new shoes or fix your old ones. "? ?- ' -;-V ? ? r--.;- -v . ~y;r . . I - -, - -r ... r Our regular members are getting their cleaning, re pairing and altering all for $1.50 per month ? a suit a week. We want only ten more. Who will be the first? All Clothes Sterilized and Pressed By Steam. CITY PRESSING CLUB Phone 145 E. C. BRUTON, Prop. 533 DeKalb HUDSON ESSEX F. V. ALLEN SALES Phone 298 SERVICE DeKalb Street Camden, S. C. B. C. SANDERS T. K. TROTTER NOTWITHSTANDING THE BIG ADVANCE IN CAMDEN REAL ESTATE, WE ARE OFFERING SOME FANCY LOTS ON NORTH MAIN STREET, NEAR GOLF LINKS, FOR LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S PRICES, AND ON EASY TERMS. BUY ONE EITHER FOR A SURE PROFIT OR FOR A HOME.