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Baby's F retting. Soon Stopped When my baby was teething who as so fretful I could hardly do any thing with her," writes Mr*. A. C. Ifrown. Columbus, Ga, "1 ifuvo her ?very medicine known but they didn't stoV her frettlhK and crying, A friend advised Teethlna and after the Second (lose my little ?lrl went to Hteep and woke up lauffh tuif and full of play. Teethlna Is wonderful." , Teethlna contains no opiate# or other dangerous drugs. It reduoee Inflammation of the gums. relieves eolle, Imllffeatlon, stomach pains unit bowel troubles. It soot lies the fret ful child, Inducing rest, quiet snd re fresh In C sleep. Thousands of grate ful mothers praise It. Teethlna Ik sold by h)1 druggists; or ?end 30c fo MofTett laboratories, Columbus, cla., for package and FREE BOOKLET ABOUT BABIES TEETH INA Builds Better Babies Approaching Marriage Friends in Kershaw of E. L. Skip per*' superintendent of the Kershaw Cotton Mill, have received the fol lowing invitation: Mr, and Mrs. Sally request the honor of your presence at tho marriage of their daughter, Thelfa Hart, tp Mr. Edward T<ee Skipper, on Saturday evening the sixth of December* at seven-thirty o'clock, Presbyterian church, Orange burg, South Carolina.?Kershaw Era. After Samuel Shanker, a "hot dog" peddler, was fined $3 for selling his wares before a Boston lunch room, ho went out and bought the build ing in which the lunch room was located. Ho said he could not afford to lose his street stand. KB&ri.T OF KI.WTION Ten Million Dollar lk>nd Issue Ovcr? whtlmiuitly Defeated ( 'olumbia, N(.v; 2Qu Official r?; Kt^lih of t he tdeetion hold Novombor 1, were announced by tlx* State Hoard of canvassers just before clonjnj,' time for state offices today, the last day under tin* law "" which tjjg returns could be consolidated. There were few surprises in the official results as previous unofficial 'consolidations were borile out. Sup plementary returns received from Georgetown county reversed the standing of the proposed constitu tional amendment to change the terms of certain state officers, pass ing it by 29 votes, Although the re turns from Kershaw county as yet had not come in, the members of the board of canvassers decided to avail themselves of the authority given them under the law^o make the an nouncement of the results without the returns from this county. An opinion, reassuring the commissioners as to the legality of this course, was rendered recently by Assistant Attor ney John M. Daniel. The report of the board confirmed the defeat mf tho $10,000,000 bond issue for state educational, penal and charitable institutions by a vote of nearly 3. to 1 against. The vote was For, 8,705; against 25,192. Local or country-wide proposetl amendments to the state legislation wero defeated without exception by from 2,000 to 8,000 votes. The of ficial totals on the state-wide amend ments follow: To change term of office of gov ernor; for 12,667; against, 12,558. To change term of office of at torney general: for, 1.2,358; against 12,163. To change terms of certain state officers: for, 12,431; against 12,402. To change the fiscal year to be gin July 1, instead of January 1, for 11,520; against 12,158. Providing for biennial sessions: for, 13,1020; against 11,757. Providing a method for calling ex tra sessions: for, 11,241; against 11,680. Abolishing the three mill school tax: for, 10,201; against, 12,834. Increasing limit of bonded indebt Off like a Rocket STANDARD HERMITAGE WAREHOUSE CO. CAMDEN, S. C. The above Company is ix)\v prepared to receive Cotton for Storage. They will be licensed by the United States Govern ment and under Bond, thus assuring* the Highest Care and Protection. The offi cers will gladly give all information as to charges, etc. C. H. YATES, F. M. ZEMP, Presdent Vice-President G. A. RHAME. Secretary R. W. KIRKLAND, Warehouseman MADAME CAMILLK PALMIST' Tells Past, Present and Future Telia just what you war; ;o krK>\\. without asking a single qui :ion. The veil of mystery removed. If in trouble, rail and consul? '.his gifU*d woman. Telln business affair*-, love affairs and in fac*. everything pertaining to your welfare. The Bible speaks in many places of the power of the palnvt to predict the future things and give warnings. She removes all ? vil influences, tell* you how to gain success in Business, I^ove, Marriage, Health, Law Suits, Spe? ? jlation, and in fact everything. Sho has helped thousands. She ran hftlp you. Satisfaction guaranteed. Open day and night. All reading* confidential. IN PARLOR TENT Opposite Kershaw MotoT Co. CAMDEN, S. C. cdness of cities: for, 8,610; sfgainst 10,718. Providing for the levy of the an> mial state tax biennially: for, 9,60~; against, 11,138, Changing the term of state super intendent of educationi for, 112,201; .)? ain?t, i ss iiat la A Coach? What is a coach? Now that the coach craae has hit motordotu in earnest, it is interest ing to know just exactly what is meant by coach. The Society of Automotive Enginoers more than a year ago, defined the coach as: Coach?An enclosed single-com partment btfUy, similar in general appearance to the sedan, with two close-coupled crossseats for four pas sengers. There is a luggage com partment or space for a trunk at the back of the body. There ia no glass in the rear quarters. The con ventional typo Has two doora .only, the forward seats being divided and the right-hand seat tipping forward to give access to the rear cross seat. Somo models have two doors on the right-hand side, there being two fixed cross-vseats." The first coach was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Car company on an Kssex chassis, Nov. 7, 1921* The price was ,$1,495 as against $1,195 for the then Kasex open car. After the i-introtfuction. of the Essex coach at the New York show, the coach was introduced by Hudson at the Chicago show.?Detroit Times. Maine Mills Cutting Wages. Portland, Maine, Nov. 24.?A read justment of wages in the cotton mills of Maine went into effect today with a reduction of 10 per cent. Approx imately 13,000 employees in mills in Biddeford, Sace, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville, Westbrook and Brv\na~ wick were affected. The last previous change in wages was in April, 19^3, when a 12 per cent, increase was given. The reduction was generally as cribed by textile men to southern competition and a poor market. The Amoskeag mills in New Hampshire recently announced a'reduction also. DECREE State of South Carolina, Kershaw County. (Court of Common Pleas) R. E. Stevenson and A. J. Beattie, individually, etc., against H. CJ. Carrison, Jr., as Mayor, et alM etc. DECREE This action was called up for hear ing before me, by consent, at the fall term in Camden on November 3, 1924. Mr. Blakeney appeared for the plaintiffs; Messrs. Kirkland & Kirk land for the defendant, Wateree Mills; and Mr. Wittkowsky for other defendants. , The plaintiffs are alleged to be tax payers and freeholders of Camden, representing themselves and all oth er taxpayers of the city; against the City Council of Camden and the Wateree Mills, seeking to restrain the holding of an election upon the question of releasing frpm the cor porate limits the territory of the Wateree Mills, on the gropnd that the Council acted illegally in enter ing into an agreement with Wateree Mills in contemplation that the elec tion would favor exclusion, whqreby the mill bound itself and successors to pay annually to the City an amount equal to its city taxes for 1921 ($404K.00), until the mill should in crease its plant to not less than 4900 spindles, after which the amount of annual payment is to be reduced and continued at reduced figures until 1963; that such agreement was void and ultra vires; and that such elec tion, coupled with such agreement, would be void. The complaint sets out the spe cific grounds of objection and incor porates the agreement. The answers are tantamount to a demurrer, and presents only legal grounds for determination. The complaint was filed October 21, 1924. After thi^ complaint had been rea l at the hearing November 3, Mr. Mills, an attorney of distinction -it Camden, being in Court and stating that he had no knowledge of this proceeding or that the hearing would be held at this time, sought the leave of the Court to present and did so present, a petition on behalf of tax payers, H. G. Carrison, Sr., R. S. Williams I. C. Hough, J no. W. Cor bett, and (i. A. Rhame, to be allowed to intervene and be heard in argu ment against the election, upon the grounds set out in the complaint, and such other grounds as they might be advised. The Court thought this was but fair, and orally allowed the interven tion and postponed the hearing to give counsel time to set out such matters and to appear and be heard. Thereupon Mr. Mills filed an answer setting up such matters and moved to have his clients made defendants. After s.om* debate, the Court, having made no formal written order at the postponement, considered it had used its discretion to allow the interven tion mn< 1 th:t? it was ;ts idea to a!'ow the*e parties to mme as prTtintiffi, in pursuit of the common purpose, disclosed by the c.mplaint, to ? r.jo.n '/tTe election, and that the matter was ?{lot to stand upon a technical mai ler of pleading; and that the -o called answer would stand in trie r..? ture of a rupplemcr.Lal complaint, and defendants being given the oppor tunity of answering, and orally fur ther answering forthwith controvert ing the allegation of the socalled supplemental complaint to be reduced to writing formally, if necessary, and proceeding with the hearing, all of which wa? and is ?o ordered. The Court proceeded with tho hear ing November 6th. The Mid paper which, as stated was received and considered by the Court in the nature of a supplemental complaint, raises three objections be yond the , original complaint: (a) That the petition presented to Council was void, on Its face, because of the clause therein declaring' petitioners understanding that Council would pen feet an agreement as to the liabili lii's to the City of tho Mill, (b) That there is, no right or cause of action as a basis for adjudication of the validity or interpretation Of the agreement between the City and the Mill, (c) That the petition was not signed by a majority of the free holders, and that, therefore, no valid election cOuld be ordered .'hereon. Inasmuch as the sole issue of fact arising out of all of the claims, was only as to the sufficiency of signa tures to the petition full argument was heard upon all of tho legal is sues arising upon the undisputed facts, and tne issue as to sufficiency of the petition was reserved for later disposition if the action of Council was held otherwise valid. The position that no. right of ac tion exists on behalf of any one to bring into court tbe question of the validity of the agreement between Council and the Mill, is in my judg ment, untenable; as the agreemont was made by Council in - pursuance of governmental functions, the proper exercise which may depend upon the terms and. interpretation of same; and it would obtain for citizens to restrain Or bring under review, by the court, the legality of the action of public officers, without waiting for a breach of the alleged void agreement. The interest of the citi zens may be dependent upon the de termination of the legality of their official agent's transaction; and in this case it appears they are so de pendent. ? There is no statutory provision for cities, under bonded debts, to adjust proportionate liability upon the ter ritory released. I think tho general law takes care of this situation;? but when there is a method provided in a contract which facilitates such ap portionment, and collection, and by which contract the territory to be exempt would be bound, and be estop ped ever from contesting the taxpayer has no grievance. I think too that there is a strongly implied power in a council to adjust, as between it self and the territory proposed to be released, its coobligator for city debts, their proportionate amount of such debt; and especially so, as the idea that such adjustment would be made effectual is declared by those petitioning for the reduction of area, and especially so, under this view of the question, as otherwise, it would be practically impossible for areas of bonded cities ever to become re leased from corporate limits, as, after such release, the excluded territory would be beyond the reach of coun cil for taxation to meet the bonded liability, and until default upon the debt by the remaining corporate area, the bond holder would have no right of action against the excluded area. Under such conditions it would seem leston conveying certain property to sccuro a valuable tourist hotel. In arty fvent the citizens, know ing what the agreement is, and thai it is held valid by a Coujrt of coat potent jurisdiction still have full op portunity to pass upon the questiom of the exclusion of the Mill at tke election to be held December I6tk; and tho Council cannot release* the Mill from corporate limits, where h. now is, unless the citizens themselves so decide. Those who oppose release can vote against it, for, upon the whole, th* release is an act of the citizens ami not of the Council. Finally, upon tho question that the petition for election is not legal as being conditioned upon an under standing that the City would make an agreement to secure the liabilities of the Mill to the City; I fail to accept the soundness of the reasoning that this invalidates the petition for an election by going beyond the terms of the Statute, It appears to me that the City hav ing made such an agreement it be came mandatory upon the City to order the ? election. The clause in the petition was met. Thereupon, I think, said statute (Sec. 4387, Code Vol. 3) was met. It is argued also, and this too ap pears to me sound; that the clause in the petition declaring that peti tioners understand that the City wilt adjust liabilities of the Mill to the City, is no wise expressed nor im posed as a condition precedent, but as an expression that petitioners ex pect such adjustment to be made. This clause could have been treated as surplussage, but was treated re spectfully by Council, and the request met; the petition did ask for the ex clusion of the mill area. In the foregoing all questions, de pendent on undisputed facts, arising virtually by way of demurrer has been passed upon. It remains only to determine whe ther the petition was sufficiently signed. Council, so found before or dering the election; Council for the original plaintiffs so decided and, therefore, did not raise the point. There can be no great difficulty in examining into that; and perhaps, upon examination if may be aban doned. However, as it is raised, it is hereby referred to the Master for Kershaw County to take testimoriy such as may be offered thereon with in ten days from the date of the filing hereof and report the same to the Court. Therefore, the prayer to enjoin the said election is refused; for^ #ven though it should be found hereafter, as a matter of fact, that said peti tion was insufficient, and the election should bo held and carried before de cision of that question by the Court, the election would be declared void. And it is so ordered, adjudged and decreed. (Signed) R. WITHERS MEMMINGER. Presiding, Judge 5th Circuit. Camden, S. C., Nov. 7, 1924. futile to submit a question of exrius t<pn to the voter; ami would obtain a. a practical reslliattoti of this n|bt Alfa in j of course, any agreement between the cityjmd a released por tion of its area, as to thrir relative contributions to the boyded indebted ness of the city would not bind a bond holder; and the agreement in this ease appears to make no such at tempt. If the agreement goes further and provides as is claimed for con tribution to City taxes for current expenses, that would not be any griev ance or prejudice to the citizens - aa j it would procure that which could not otherwise be expected. The Mill, 1 with whom the agreement is made, alone, could protest. They are now | the owners of the area in question. I It is their property and successors ;who are pledged for the annual pay I ments to the City. They are forever I estopped .by this record from disput l ing the validity of the agreement. It is contended, and earnestly ar gued, that the obligation assumed by the Mill is perpetual and indefinite, [and, therefore, void. ' It appears to me that, as it is in I the power of the mill to decrease the larger payment by increasing its plant to the stipulated extent, the soundness of that contention disap pears. Furthermore, an obligation to pay a perpetual annuity is not il legal. Blanding v. Columbia, 10 Rich, Kq.-cited, in the argument. Furthermore, a reasonable construc tion of the agreement as a whole, convinces one that all the amounts stipulated to be paid annually to the City are intended as the adjusted amount of the liability of the Mills to the City for its proportion of the bond debts of the city, and to termi nate 1963. with the last maturing bonds. In the course of the hearing, ob jection was raised to the agreement as not containing apt words to create a lien in favor of the City upon the property of the Mill, and its succes sors, to secure the payment of the stipulated amounts. Attorneys for the mill announced that it was their desire that the Court adjudicate the agreement as actually creating a lien of the force and effect of a mort gage; and it is hereby so held to op erate, in case of exclusion of the mill area. It is evident that the Council and the Mill are acting in good faith and endeavored to make an agreement, pursuant to the petition of the free holders asking the election, which would^ bind the Mills by valid con tract, secured by lien, to make the payments stipulated. s. That the arrangement is good pol icy and not against public policy is a question pf policy which has been passed upon by the Council, and it was seen that would be a question for them;?and would be pronounced good policy in the interest of citi zens, even if the Court was charged with sanctioning or disapproving their action in that behalf. Mani festly it would appear good policy, as in the case of the City of Char Again HUDSON-ESSEX Reduce Prices Effective November 26 ESSEX COACH *895 HUDSON COACH $ Hudson 5 Pass. Sedan Now $1795 Hudson 7 Pass. Sedan Now *1895 All Pric*i Freight and Tarn Extra "World's Greatest Values" Everyone Says It?Sales Prove It The world's greatest automobile values are now priced below all comparison. They are the finest Hudson-Essex cars ever built. Such price reductions are possible because they are the largest sell ing 6-cyhnder closed cars in the world. ? LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY T. Lm Little, Manager, Camden, S. C. . Is T * d&t