Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SEED OATS We will have another ||^<P^ck? Fulg-hum Seed Oats to, arrive this week to be sold at 88 cents per bushel VV-.,;.,V . I r \ f lewis & Christmas v Camden, S.C. let The Chronidr <j0 your Print in#. V CIRCUS TODAY * SHOT 0? S'jrRKMr.LYSTUWOOV$ SURPRISES wSTfirt ON MDN* t mm pu of m-vmm pufmmhs ? . ^.rz^r *rt*c.y>rtz -tir.1 ? >0 ?u-osiT?i*t jf jitAsjfwiop^* r^KAM.- j WmiTEXHIBIT AT CAMDEN ONE DAY ONLY FRIDAY POSITIVELY PRESENTING Miss Hazel Hickey Seven Riding Lloyds The Hockum Family Maurice Colleona Australian Somersault Rider A combination of Expert International Equestrians An All N e w Special Feature 20th CENTURY 3 RING CIRCUS A faad Colossal aggregation of wonderfnl per* forming Elephants, horses, Ponies, Plfs, Qo?i*. &?g? and Monkeys, Beautiful Tropical Birds: Pfoo^ntd and Daring Ada. Aerial Exploit*. -I Distance Leaps, Wonderful Bicyclists.Mi wirc Dives. ? JHOW 0' SUMMIT smiHOIt JU??U? Act 4 fmatur* mnd fvtry 4 Thrill J ? ? -2s famous pypfwr AVwUKlr ??4 Alwtrt 0? ??*?? A PEERLESS PROGRAM OF pre eminent performers] f?*** *+*. Nnl, Cwfty ?*4 C# ill- 1 tW KmJ %Ur?rf f?*H AM,) GRAVEYARD HAD ITS INCEPTION //V JOKE Man s Jesting Proposal Car ried Out by Companions. On tin- great Warner rnn< h la San l>lego county, Calif,, u few miles from the hot springs resort, Is a little clus ter of seven graves. They are Just off the frequently traveled road leading to Moute/.uina and San Felipe valleys, hut are not visible frotu.lhe road. and very few of t ln? residents of that sec tiou are aware of their existence- No fence surrounds them, and hut for a few fragiuents._of a. single marble slab they would not he noticed by a pedes trian who might walk over them. Hut in the origin of this little bury ing ground Is a story of throbbing In terest. The graves are on a knoll ? few hundred feet back of the old Hut terfleld stage station In Buena Vista valley, one of the stopping places, of what was the longest stage line In the world, extending from St. Louis to San [ Francisco. In operation before the Civil war. Through the middle part of the little Buena Vista valley runs a clenaga with a line of largo cottonwood trees, af fording water and shade to some of the many thousand sleek cattle which range the big ranch, says the Los An geles Times. The stage station, built of adobe, with wooden "lean-to" and porches, was not only patronized by cross-country travelers, but was also a resort for the prospectors who thronged that region in the early days, and the cattlemen who looked after the herds In the surrounding territory. Saturday night always found a crowd Of these rough-and-ready frontiersmen gathered at the station, where they spent the evening swapping stories, gambling, drinking and carousing gen erally. On the Sunday morning following a particularly wild carousal, when all were partly stupefied from the night's orgy, some one remarked : "Well, we done about everything there was to do last night, but if anybody can start anything new we will do It now." Said another, stretching himself and yawning: "Well, ..the only thing T can think of that we did not do was to start a graveyard. " "That's right," said the first speaker. "We did not do that, but we'll do It right now, and you'll be the one we'll start It with." The new Idea was welcomed by all except the one who suggested It. A range, rider produced a rope, and the victim was escorted to a large syca more tree a few hundred feet from the house. The rope was thrown over a limb, and, as they thought, adjusted about tl'ie man's neck so as not to strangle him ? for no one really intend ed to take his life. Then he was hauled up into the air, and with much hilarity the rest of the company went Into the house to breakfast, leaving the unfortunqte victim of their practical Joke helplessly dangling. Returning to the sycamore tree after breakfast to release their companion from his uncomfortable position, they found him dead. In their befuddled condition they had bungled In adjusting the rope, and he had been choked to death. After they had cut the body down and It was evident life could not he re stored, a consultation was held, and It was decided, without Inquest or other official action, to bury the body. It was taken to th6 top of the kno)) back of the stage station, and then and there the graveyard was started, as Its first occupant had suggested. Vegetable Sponge Edible In Algeria an extensive Industry lias been developed in the cultivation of what are known as vegetable sponges. The chief market for the product is Paris, although specimens are not un common in the United States. They have come into extensive use for rhe toilet, the bathroom and various other | domestic purposes. Prior to maturity the fruit is edible, but when the stage of ripeness has been passed the fibrous matter be comes separated from the pulp and forms a tough, spongy mass. The ma terial Is prepared for the market by be ing bleached In h weak lime bath. ? Grit. Canada* ? Gold Production Louis P. Huntoon, former profes sor of mining and metallurgy at Yale university, predicts that within a few years Canada will surpass the United States in gold production. He points out that since 101." Cstnada's output hns fnrr?'MHH<i rapidly, while ! r: the United States If has undergone a steady decline. Panada's gold produc tion in 1023 was valued at $2'. 20 1,000, and he expresses the opinion (hat this year It will rise to $.'#),<*)0.00" Hit Chance "Don't you think that If I had lived In the olden days I would have made b good knight?" asked the young man who had bored her f??r hour* describ ing n cinema picture he hnd scon. "I don't rare so much what you would have made then," observed the girl, wearily, "but you might try to see what kind of a good night you can make now." Ingenious Squirrel At Kpplne. \. U.. h squirrel was seen playing tn r? *ujr?r maple trea near the school hoiis#?. and a closer In spection revealed the fact that he had gnawM the under aide of a limb and, hanging on his fonr feet, was KJcklirf tin* that oosed out. He He? (hit performance actera/ The control arm of the carburetor on one of the airplanes traveling with passengers between London and l*nria broke Sunday while in flight. A me chanic climbed out on the machine to repair the break, but being unable to do so, held the control arm for forty minutes until the plane was able to make a safe landing. Representatives from sixteen Latin American countries, Spain and the United States dedicated a monument at ? Panama Tuesday commemorative of the 400th anniversary of the dis covery of the Pacific mean by Balboa. All bu.t two of the buildings of Goldfield, Nev., once a great gold mining camp, were wiped out by fire Tuesday, when the fire loss totaled $250,000. Oscar Miller, 24, was electrocuted in a Philadelphia factory Monday night when he attempted to remove a light bulb from an electric socket while his hands were wet. "I" 11 . , SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina (,'ounty of Kershaw Court of Common Pleas R. M. Kennedy* Plaintiff vs. Phillip Thompson, Alice Kirkland, Gantt Kirkland, Alfred Kirkland, Jr., McKinley Kirkland, Janie K. Jones, Ola Brown, James Kirkland, Leroy Kirkland, Alice Kirkland, Jr., Wm> Godfrey and J. W. Maynard, co partners in business under the name of Godfrey-Maynard Compa ny, Gertrude Estridge and Jessie Anthony, Defendants. (Summons For Relief) To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned 'and re quired to answer the Complaint in this action of which a copy is here with served upon yoU, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Com plaint on the subscribers at their of fice in Camden, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plain tiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. ' Camden, S. C., July 7, 1924 KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the absent Defendants, Gantt Kirkland, Jessie Anthony and Ola Brown and Alfred Kirkland, you will please take jaotice that the amended Summons and amended Complaint were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Ker shaw County, South Carolina, on the 7th day of October, A. D., 1924. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, ?Plaintiff's Attorneys.* To the Defendants Jessie Anthony, Alfred Kirkland and Ola Brown: Please take notice that the undersign ed will apply on the twenty-first day after service hereof upon you, to Jas. < II. Clyburn, Clerk of Court for Ker- 1 shaw County, for the appointment of | a guardian ad litem for you the said J Jessie Anthony, Alfred Kirkland and i Ola Brown in the above entitled ac- j tion. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Camden, S. C., Oct. 7, 1924 28-30 TRESPASS NOTICE All parties are hereby warned not to trespass upon our lands known as the Fox Pond section, located eight miles east of Camden, for any pur pose whatsoever, Thia notice i? especially directed to fox hunters. T. B. BLYTHER I). M. McCASKILL L. A. SHIVER S. B. STOKES NELLIE PORTER Sept. 2, 1924. 20-28-8* SI MMONS FOR RELIEF. State of South Carolina, Ceunty of Kershaw. Court of ? Common Pleas. C. C. Willis, W. F, Rodgers and Scott Dillingham. Trustoos, doing busi ness as Dixie Bonding Company, Plaintiffs, vs. Spofford Hunter, Defendant. To the Defendant above named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is~Kere? with served upon you and to serve n copy of your answer to the said com plaint upon the subscribers at their office In Camden, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the day of such service, and if yeu fail to answer tho complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the com plaint. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Absent Defendant, Spofford wunter: You will please take notice that the Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County, South Carolina, on the 1st day of October, A. D. 1924. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Camden, S. C., October 1st, A.D. 1924. 27-29 AN ORDINANCE To Raise Supplies For The City of Camden, S. C., for the Year 1924. State of' South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camden, S. C., and by authority of the same, that the following taxes, be and the same are hereby levied' for the current year from the 1st day of January, 1924, to the 31st day of December, 1924. Section 1. A tax of 25 mills on ; eath and every dollar of real and per sonal property within the corporate limits of the City of Camden, S. C., from the first day of January, 1924. Section 2. That all able bodied male persons between the ages of twenty one and sixty years, residing within the corporate limits of the City of Camden, S. C., not exempt from road duty under the laws of the State shall work street ways and bridges under the direction of such overseers as may be appointed for such space of time, not exceeding six (6) days in one year: Providing, that at the time of receiving such notice any person may pay to the person giving such notice Three (3) Dollars Commuta tion, which shall be received in lieu of the work and that person refusing to work on said streets' or to pay said commutation shall bo fined not less than Ten (10) Dollars nor more than Fifty (f>0) Dollars, or be imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than 20 days, in the discretion of the City Recorder. Section 3. The tax books for the collection of City taxes will be open in Council Chamber, Camden. S. C., on the 10th day of October, 11)24, and remain open each day, except Sunday, from 0 a. m. to I p. m., and from 3 j p. m. to 4:30 p. m., until the 10th day of November, 1924, inclusive, Section 4. That when the taxes and assessments or any portion there of charged against any property or party on the duplicate for the cur ret fiscal year shall not be paid on or before the 10th day of November, the City Clerk and Treasurer shall proceed to add u penalty of one per centum on said duplicate and the said Clerk and Treasurer shall collect same and if the said taxes and assess ments and penalties are not paid on or before the 1st day of December I thereafter, an additional penalty of i one per centum shall be added by the' .City Clerk and Treasurer on the said duplicate and collected by the City Clerk and Treasurer; That if said taxes, penalties and assessments are not paid on or before the 25th day of December next thereafter, an addi tional ponalty of five per eentum thereon shall be added by the City Clerk and Treasurer on said dupli cate and collected by the City Clerk and Treasurer. And if said taxes, penalties and assessments are not paid on or before the 31st day of December next, thereafter, the City Clerk and Treasurer shall issue tax executions for all taxes, assessments and penalties against the property of the defaulting taxpayer according to law. " Ratified by the Mayor and Aldermen of tho City of Camden, S. C., in coun cil assembled this 23rd day of Sep tember 1924. H. G. CARRISON, JR., Mayor. Attest: H. C. Singleton, City Clerk and Treasurer. AN ORDINANCE State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden. Be it- ordained By the Mayor" and Aldermen of the City of Camden, in due council assembled this 23rd day of September, 1924. 1. That an election be ordered in Ward Pour of the City of Camden, to be held at the usual voting place in said Ward on the 21st day of October 1924, for the purpose of the election of, an Alderman of said Ward. Ratified in Council assembled this 23rd (lay of September, 1924. H. G. CARRISON, JR., , Mayor. Attest: H. C. Singleton, City Clerk and Treasurer. CITATION. The State of South Carolina County of Kershaw By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Probate J udge Whereas, Mary R. Connors, made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Benjamin Connors. These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Benjamin Connors, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, Soi^th Charleston Hotel Incorporated (. H ARl<ESTON, S. CV Centf ally Located KATKS Rooms without batha, . . v . . . . $1.50 Room* with baths $2.00 Writ? for Special Weekend Rates W. J. HANLON M a nu K or Carolina, on Tuesday, October 14th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted, Given under my hand this 30th day of September, Anno Domini 1924. w. l. Mcdowell, .Judge of Probate for Kershaw Co. Published on the 3rd and 10th day* of October, 1024, in the Camden Chronicle, and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. AN ORDINANCE State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden. lie it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camden,' in due Council assembled this 23rd day of September, 1024. 1. That, Whereas a petition' has been presented to the City Council signed by a majority of the resident freeholders of said city, asking for a reduction of the corporate limits of said City, by cutting off from the City Limits the following described property, now owned by the Wateree Mills, a corporation duly created un der the laws of the State of South Carolina, thirty-two acres, more or less, bounded as follows: North by premises of Sarsfield Golf Club; East by Iligh Water mark of Little Pin* Tree Creek; South by Old Camden Cheraw Public road; and West by right of way of the Southern Rail way, as will more fully appear by plat of A. B. Boykin, Surveyor, of date 15th of September, 1024, to which reference is had for the courses and distances and a more accurate description of said parcel or tract of 1/ind. And, whereas, an agreement in writing, between the City of Camden and the Wateree Mills in' regard to the liabilities of the Wateree Mill to the City of Camden and in regard to taxes and bonded indebtedness has been perfected as referred to in sa?d petition. Be it ordained: That an election is hereby ordered submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Cam den the question of the release of said territory, said election to be held at the various ward precincts in the City of Camden on the 21st dav of October 1024. Ratified in Council assembled this 23rd dav of September, 1024. H. G. CARRISON, JR., Mayor. Attest: H. C. Singleton, City Clerk and Treasurer, Balloon Tires Standard Equipment At Exactly Open Car Cost HUDSON Super-Six COACH $1500 Freight and tax extra This Hudson Coach is the first closed car ever to sell at EXACTLY open car cost. And Hudson alone can build it. As the largest producer of 6-cylinder closed cars in the world, Hudson exclusively holds the advantages to create this car and this price. And now genuine balloon tires are standard equipment. " ' * 1 ? 1 *** It is the easiest steering, most comfortable and steadiest riding Hudson ever built. No car is smoother in action. None, regardless of price, excels it in reliability or brilliancy oi performance. LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY T. Lea Little, Manager fSft