Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*?tfas in New York f/om wood al 0J op to Tuesday night, totaled 12 Chri?tinu? eve, and of these rtve *onu<n. "7iNAl' DI8CHAKVB. jrtti<e U hereby given th lo**? 1 ,ki. on I that one Jot"1* hercoy ???.. fith from this date, on Monday, ftmry 4th, 1924, 1 will make to the Court of Kershaw ^County my a1 return ?? Guardian of the estates my daughters, Sara Lewis and ksbeth Lewis, and on the same date iril) apply to the said Court for a ii d.M hm >;?? from ">y trust as said Mniian. mhs. sallie lewis, Guardian. Cunuien, S. G. January 2nd, 1924. La. R. COLLINS Jndertakcr and Embalmer AMBULANCE SERVICE Camden, S. C. (Telephone? Day 41? Night 380 Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Brace'* Store) CAMDEN, S C. DR. G. C. TRANTHAM DENTIST First Floor, Crocker puiioing PHONE 460 PIANO TUNING. Lewis L Moore 242W PHONE or 186 CAMDEN, S. C. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Lyttieton St., Phone 114. CAMDEN, 3. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST r Crocker Building Camden, 8. C. * COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. ? ? MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HULER ST3. Ph*n? Tl ? COLUMBIA, S. C. ROOFING v J We have just received carload of ; ? 1 * -? / ... * * * LOCK-TOP ' and SUPER-GIANT ASPHALT SHINGLES Make* a Better Roof for Leu Cost. Mackey Mercantile S? ' Company "Well! Strong!" Mia. Aaaa Clover, of R. F. D. W UWd, Km., mh: "1 fegan to a?ff?r tome tnonths wltfa womanly troubles, and CfSSKS aching, oervoiu fee lt?| ?, to try medicines as 1 remedy mrtUeomconetoldmeot CARDUI The Woman's Tonic I daod two bottles before 1 could tee any great change, but after that it waf remarkable bow much better I got. 1 am bow well jitKi iifoiir. I emit rccom mend CerdiH, for ft certainly benefited me." .u ^j$S&3ffSSS3& different remedies, better get back to good, okL retttbie Cttrdul, the medicine for ?BHl-iiiliMB VHP about which you have tlfaift nMLfd whldi he toed lawajf HfW?| TVIUM iW ai%?lpwM may thousands of others, and f*of sale a.vsiy w.bfM. PARTIAL PAYMENT MAD. 8ays National Magazine About The American People. Chicago, *- ? AmpHrnnw have gone payment mad, declares the' Jan uary issue of- the National Retail Clothier, official publication of the National Association of Retail Cloth iers and Furnishers in commenting on the tendency in the country today to buy products on the installment plan. Staticians have cqxnpiled a list of 68 important commodities being sold on time payments, with the automo bile and musical instruments heading the list. The list runs from radio sets through washing machines, stocks and bonds to 'buildings. A vast majority if the wage earn ers, it is declared, have mortgaged their incomes for years to come be cause of - the trend of the country to buy luxuries and necessities of life on the ihstallment plan. x The Colorado, now at Portsmouth, England, is the largest warship that has ever visited an English port, and is proving of much interest to * the British admiralty and' the English people generally^ MASTCRS' SALE! ^ State of South Carolina,] - /County of Kershaw, j G. C. Wefsh, Plaintiff, against McKinley Kirk land and Sam Rollins, nai Defendants. Under $fl* order of His Honor, W. H. Townsentf, Judge Fifth Circuit, dated January 9, 1924, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction, for cash, before the. Kershaw County Court House door, in Camden* in said State, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the fourth day of February 1924, 'the following described real estate: "All those pieces, parcels or tracts of land, situate, lying and 1>eing in the County . of Kershaw in the State of \ South Carolina and formerly belong ing to Everett Kirkland, deceased. One tract No. 7 consisting of Twenty five (26) acres; One tract No. 7 con sisting of three and one-half (3V6) acres, as represented by plat of same recorded in the office of the' Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Plat Book No. B, Page 82." ' B. B. CLARKE, Master. January 12, 1924. MASTERS' SALE. State of South Carolina, ] County of Kershaw, [? Court of Common Pleas. ) G. C. Welsh, Plaintiff, against , S. J. Stover, Defendant. Under an order of His Honor, W. H. Townsend, Judge Fifth Circuit, dated January 9, 1924, I will sell to the highest . bidder at public auction, for cash, before the Kershaw County Court House door, in Camden, in said State, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the fourth day of February 1924, the following described real estate: "All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying, being and situate in the County of Kershaw, State aforesaid, containing one (1) acre, more or less, bounded as follows: North by Mrs. M. E. Jones; East by Public; Road, leading from Kershaw to Camden; South by Mrs. G. F. La ti nker; and West by right of way of the Southern Railway Company, and be ing the same tract of land this day conveyed to me by the said F. E. Welsh, this mortgage ia given to se cure ttie balance of^ the i purchase money^due upon the land hereinabove Jaauarjfc E BUILDING STORK IN CHBSTBR. Mr. Schloaburf, of Camden, To Have Modern Department Store. Mr. 11. L. Schlosburg, of Camden who comluctH a store in ('hunter, and who several weeks ?ro bought the property on the corner of Wylie and Gadsden streets, wus in Chester Thursday and while here let the con tract for a modern and up-to-date de partment store to be erected on the property mentioned above. Th? con tract was awarded to the Kipg Lumber Company, contractors, who are now engaged in building Chester's $160,000 high school building, on Co lumbia street. The erection of the building will bo commenced as soon as the material can be placed on the ground and will l>e completed by the first of July or sooner. ? The Schlosburg department ' atord1 will fropt fifty-five feet on Gadsden street, the front show windows being of the lateBt design. In the rear of the store room will be a mezzanine floor of large proportions and which will be something new for Chester. When completed the store will be separated into different departments as is done by the larger department stores in the cities. This floor will be divided into the following depart ments: Piece goods, underwear, no tions, hosiery, gloves, novelties, toilet goods, ladies' shoed, men's clothing and shoes and furnishings, boys' cloth ing and juvenile department. On the mezzanine floor will be found milline ry, ladies' ready-to-wear and baby clothes. s The mezzanine floor will also con tain rest room, office, etc. A stock room has also been provided , where all surplus merchandise will be stored. - The building wiil 1h> attain heated throughout. The store room formerly occupied by the express office will also be modemly built and will be rented. The second story will contain about 14 office rooms, all of Which will be steam heated. ' Beer Found and Destroyed. Magistrate T. C. Fletcher, of Flat Rock township, and his constable, L. W. Fletcher, found and destroyed about sixty gallons of beer two miles south of Kershaw Tuesday of last week, January 1. They made a close investigation of the locality but were unable to find a still or any of the. distilled product. ? Kershaw Era. Aged Negress Dead. Greenville, Jan. 13. ? Edith Paden, negro woman whose family Bible and relatives give her age as 114 years 4 was buried 'near Fountain Inn, this af ternoon following her death from burns at her Greenville home Satur day. Those attending the funeral in cluded a son, ag<jd 76. \ \ ' Gang of* Robbers Wiped Out. West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 9.~ Tho' notorious Ashly Mobley gang of robbers and desperados which has made their rendezvous in the ever glades for years, wad wiped out to day by Palm county . sheriff and a posse. Deputy Sheriff Fred Baker and Ave members of the gang were killed. ^ ? enhance for Improvement. A young country minister, noted for his jollity was dining at' a farm house one Sunday and when hie plate of roast chicken was passed to him, he remarked facetiously: "Well, here's where that chicken enters the ministry." "Hope it does better there* 'than it did in lay work," rejoined the bright boy of the family. The women on the island of Tahiti, in the Pacific ocean, are very religious. Nearly every one says grace before meals. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday* January 28th, 1924, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw county my final return as Administratrix of the estate of Charles H. Stephenson, de ceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final dis charge as said Administratrix. MRS. MARY H. CLYBURN, Administratrix.^ Camden, S. C., Dec. 22, 1923. "FINAL DISCHARGE. Nc/iice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday, February 2nd 1924, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw county my final return as Executor of the eqtate of Addie English, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said court for a final discharge from my trust as said Executor. NEY BILLINGS, Executor. Camden, S. C., Dec. 31st, 1923. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on "Thursday, February 14th, 1924, I will make to the Probate Court for Kershaw County my final return as Guardian of the estate of my daughter. Mrs. Ida E, Ives, she having attained her ma jority, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final dis charge from my fust as old Guard ian. LAURA S. BARNES, ? S. C., January llSSfsSc ~ Kabott-Johnaon. Mr. Lewia Johnson, of Chattanooga, Tonn., and Mr*. Alice Kabon, of Cam den, wore married on Saturday, Janu ary 12th, at the residence of Mr. Frank C. Jones, in Camden. The cere mony was performed by Judge of Pro bate W. L. McDowell. NOTICE OF THtUSTEE'S LAND SALE. state of South Carolina* County of Kerahaw. Upon the written direction of B. E. (Jeer, President of the American Bank & Trust Company, successors to Am erican Bank of <?reenville, S. C.., and pursuant to power granted tho under signed by deed of trust of W. W, Smith, dated December 8, 1921, to me as Trustee, said deed recorded in tho Office of Register of Mesne Convey ance, County and State afbvepaid, in Book B F, page 67, and by reason of my ownership of an undivided three fourths interest in the last tract of land herein described, 1 will sell to tho highest bidder at public outcry be fore the court house door at Camden, S, C., on salesday in February, 1924, to wit: February 4th, next, at l| o'clock A. M.. or as soon' thereafter convenient, all the real estate de scribed In said deed of trust by the said W. W. Smith as follows: "All that tract containing six hun dred and thirty (630) acres, more or less, being tracts numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6 of tract E of the estate of J. N. Nicholson more fully described in plat of T. M. Belk, dated May 4, 1911, ad joining lands now or lately belonging to Quggins, Batts, Hilton, Newfaan, Clyburn and others, reference being here made for full description of said six hundred and thirty (630) acres to my mortgage to American Bank, Feb ruary 4, 1921, recorded in office of R. M. 0. for Kershaw County, S. C., in Vol.AY, page 460, and to the deeds therein deferred to: and 1 All those two other lots or tracts of land in Kershaw County, ?outh Carolina, containing two hundred 'thirty-four and one-third 4 1-3) seres, more or mcmh^ ?|iu tvc thirty- Aye and t t*o fifths t?85 2-6) acres, more or less, more fully de scribed in my mortgage to said Bank fcebruafy 4, 1921, a* follows: (1) All ?that tract or lot of land in Kershaw County, State of South Carolina, con taining two hundred thirty-four' and one-third (234 1-8) acres, more or less, conveyed to me by W. R. Hough, by deed dated January 8, 1919, re corded in the office of R. M. C. or Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for said County in Book AV page 603, and more fully described in plat by R. W. Mitcham, Surveyor, said land known as the estate lands of Moses Hough, deceased, and now or lately bounded by W. B. Magnum on the North; R. F. Hough tract No. 3 on the East; Red Oak Camp Creek on the South; lands of Oscar Stogner on the West. 2. "Also all that certain tract in said County containing two hundred thir ty-five and two fifths (235 2-6) acres morte or less, as shown by plat of R. W. ,Mitcham, Surveyor; same being conveyed to me by deed of R. F. Hough, dated December 23, 1918, re corded in said office in Book AV at page .304; and also by deed of W. R. Hough and others December 29, 1910, recorded in said office in Book AC at page 636, known as estate lands of Moses Hough, deceased, and now or lately bounded by lands owned as fol lows! North by Traet No, fcof same [ survey, owned by M. A. Hortoti; East by Moses Hough lands, now owned by W. F. Eastridge and others; South by Red Oak Camp Creek; an< West by tradt No. *4 now or lately owned by W. R. Hough; ajnd "All that tfact of land ih Kershaw County, South Carolina, containing eight hundred and forty-seven (847) acres, more or less, formerly belong ing to Gardner and Truesdale, said tract being more fully described in a deed of Greenville Trust Company to L. T. Simpson and W. W. Smith, dated August 18, 1911, recorded in office of R. M. C. for Kershaw eounty in Vol. AC, page 830, and also in a deed by G, V. Stoeber to E. W. Carpenter, re-' corded in said office in Book RRR, page 490, said land being bounded on the North by land of Queen Hough (formerly Moses HoUgh); on the East by lands of W. D. Hilton (for merly lands of D. R. Hilton); on the South by lands of W. U. Clyburn (for merly Angue Johnson and Charles Nickelson), on the West by lands of Ezekiel Batts, and having the follow ing metes and bounds according to plat of N. At Bethune, Surveyor, bearing date October 36th and 26th, 1909, to wit: Beginning at a stake 3x0 at corner of land of W. U. Cly burn and the Nickelson land and run ning thence N. 87 W. 128 chains to a stake on Jones' land; thence in 3 E 47 chains to a stake in the run of Red Oak Camp Creek; thence along the run of said Creek in an easterly direction, the run of the Creek the line, to a stake on W. D. Hilton's land; thence S. 62 E. 18 stake in the run of Red Oak Camp Creek; thence along the run of said Creek in an easterly direction^ the run of the Creek the line, to a stake on W. D. ilton's land; thence S. 62 E. 18 chains to a stake 3x0; thence S. 26% W. 69.60 chains to the beginning cor ner. TERMS: One-fourth cash; one fourth in one year from date of sale, one-fourth in two years from date of sale, one-fourth in three years from date of ?ale, with interest on deferred payments at eight per cent, per an num, payable annually until paid in full, interest on unpaid interest at the said rate with ten per cent attor ney's fees on all deferred payments, same to be secured by first mortgage on the land referred to. Upon failure of bidder to pay cash at the sale>as re quired in said trust deed, the land to be again offered at auction until a sale is effected: Purchaser to pay for stamp* and paper. , -..T; ? w- OAS8AWA?r? Individually and as Trustef under the Tips For TaipnyerH. Every tingle portion whoso net in come for the year 1923 was $1,000 or mora or whose gross income was $5,0^0 or more, and every married could* (living together) whoso net income was $2,000 or more or whoso gross income was $5,000 or more musv tile an incomo-tAx return. llroadly speaking, groan income is ail income received by the taxpayer during the year from salary or wages, business, trade, profession or voca tion, dealing in property, interest, rent* or dividends, or from tho transaction of any business oarried on for profit. Net income is gross income, less cer tain specified deductions for business expense, bad debts, taxes, etc. The exemptions are $1,000 for sin gle persons, $2,500 for married cou plet* (living together) whose net in come for 1928 was $5,000 or less and 2,000 for married couples whose net income was in excels of $5,000. An additional credit of $400 is allowed for each person (other than husband or wife) dependent upon the taxpayer for chief support if such person is under 1 years of ago or inca ble of self-support, because physically o* mentally defective. The normal tax is 4 per cent on the ftfot $-1,000 of net income in excess of the exemptions and credits and 8 per cent on the remaining net income. Women in Russia who are skilled in fur and felt hatmakfng receive on an average of $16. a month. After being up several nights last week with smudge pots keeping the freete off the citrus orchards, Califor nians on Tuesday had to ride in their automobiles to keep themselves cool, the temperature having gone up to 80. TAX RETURNS. . Office ox Auditor Kershaw County Camden, S. C., December 10th, 1023. Notice is hereby given that the Auditor's office will be oi>en for re ceiving Tax Returns from January 1st, 1924, to February 20th, li>24. 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 60 per cent. ? The Auditor will attend in person or by deputy at the following places in the county on % the dates indicated for receiving returns. Kirkley's Store, January 18th. Kershaw, January 21st and 22nd. Westville, January 23rd. > Liberty Hill, January 24th. Lugotf, January 26th. Rabon's Cross Koads, January 28th. Blaney, January 20th. All persons between the ages of 21 and GO years, inclusive, are required to pay roll tax; and all persons be tween tho ages of 21 and 60 years in clusive are required to pay a road tax, unless excused by law. All Trusteed, Guardians, Executors, Administrators s or Agents holding property in charge, must return same. 'Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath to samo before some officer and fill out same in proper manner or they will be rejected. B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County. The smartness and dasu of the Hupmobile pick it out from the crowd. GEO. T. LITTLE, Distributor Camden, S. C. MONEY r ,.3?! v~:, ???? ' ...... -J., *. 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. LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK BUILDING SHOES REPAIRED WE HAVE A COMPLETE SHOE REPAIRING OUT FIT IN REAR OF OUR STORE, WHERE WORK IS DONE PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY. LOMANSKY BROS. We will ac 11 you new shoes or fix your old ones. Our regular members are getting their cleaning, re pairing and altering all for $1.50 per month ? a ?uit a week. We want only ten more. Who will bo the first? All Clothes Sterilized and Pressed By Steam. CITY PRESSING CLUB Phone MB E. C. BRUTON, Prop. S? DoKolb