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As* for By the will of the late Mrs. Harding her estate is to go to two grandchild ren when they reach the age of 28 yews. The estate is estimated at ooro than $500,000, all of which is m go to the grandchildren except' |W,000 in special bequests. Six bandits, traveling in automo biles, blew the safe and wrecked the building of a state bank at Altaraount Illinois, Saturday morning at 1:15 o'clock. They escaped with $5,000 aft er terrorizing the town with a contin uous pistol fire. Mass Meeting Called. As has been the custom fo*? the last two years we are calling a mass Meeting of the citizens of Kershaw ? county to be hold at the court house Saturday, December 13th, at 11 o'clock. We hope to have a good at tendance as important questions will come up. Especially are we anxious for the school trustees to be present. L. O. Funderburk, Mendel L. Smith, W. L. DePass. Notice To Delinquent Taxpayers. Under the tax laws adopted by the South Carolina legislature in March, _ 1924, sheriffs are required to make |_lnai-ceturns on all executions within six months. Drastic methods are pro vided to force sheriffs in the perform ance of this duty. Therefore, this is notice to delinquents that payment cannot be postponed any longer. With the many executions in my bands, it will be necessary .to pro ceed with levy and sale of property. Payment at my office, or to author ised collectors, will save additional expense. G. C. WELSH, Sheriff Kershaw County. XMAS MONEY FOR YOU Search Your Attic for Confed erate Envelopes. This is a new and easy way to get Xmas money without trouble- or work or expense. ? ? Among the old letters of many Southern families are hundreds of very rare stamps and envelopes. Many have been found and sold for small fortunes. Single en velopes have been sold for as high S3 $700.00. Many haffc brought upwards of $50.00 each. It sounds "fishy," but it's true. They ar? valuable because they are rare. They ar? rare, not because there are only a few, for there are many of them, but simply because most of them are for gotten, being stored away in old trunks and closets. Make a thorough search .through your attic for these old war letters. Fortunes o rare stamps have been found in old ?afes which no one ever dreamed con tained anything of value. Many an old trunk or cheat contains letters that may bring the finder a profitable reward. Send to Mr. Harold C. Brooks, Box 224 Marshall, Michigan, and he will imme diately write you, stating whether they of value and, if so, will offer you full value for them. He is a private collector rare stamps and envelopes and will pay wore for those he is seeking than a dealer. Besides the Confederate issues, certain united States and foreign stamps are wanted provided they are on the original envelopes and mailed between 1845 and 1870. Although |ho rare issues are espe cially desired he also buys many of tho commoner kinds, and many people are in this way getting Christmas money with but very iittlo trouble and no expense. Fhc Advertising Manager of this Paper has known of Mr. Brooks 'or many years and you may placo fullest rorifidene? in his integrity. Ho will advise You frankly, offering what he regards the cr"eiopes as worth to him and in case the |*nvelop?8 are not satisfactory they will be returned to the sender. so many stamps are similar in ap P^aranc^ Mr. Brook# cannot quote values 'fon< written descriptions, but must see the envelopes. Furthermore, the condi tion <->f a stamp or envelope has an impor ,ant bearing on its value. Confederate ?onry, old documents or coins ho does collect. It envelopes are sent in a bunch they ?hould bo very carefully wrapped?if P?s" ?iMo between Cardboard to protect them frrmi becoming wrinkled or creased. Do *?t cut tho stamps from the envelope* ?u* *end the complete envelopes. Also take care not to tear tho s?amps or put through them. Such damage croally re turn* the value of any stamp. If you reason to believe rour envelopes^ <*?ntain any of great value send them ky KegJumd Mail. This node? will not be printed ?p malt? ? thorough search now before address h lost or #srfotis*. T y^r friends or ?Apermi?sk? tolookover their old war lsusrs. Uaf teat fcntods tf sack letters. Mr. .Ju~. purintf past twenty yi-ais, -.t\ | a Winnipeg <1 isimt?. h. trees hikVfi !>oi ii, planted on the pljiius of, western Can- i atju at the late of 20,000 a daw A to-1 tal of more than lj0,0oo,obo ti'.n-s! have been planted says the dispatch, NOTU r ()! I I IKTI()N State of South Carutina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden. Notice in hereby given that an elec tion will ho held ?n the City of Cam den on Tuesday, the 16th day of De cember 1924, for tho qualified electors of tho City of Camden to vote upon the question of decreasing the terri tory of said City by voting out that portion of the City of Canulen now owned by the Waterue Mills in the corporate limits of said City herein after described. The polls will Ik* open at eight o'clock a. m., and close at four o'clock p. m., at the following polling places: Ward One: Lobby of the Opera House. Ward Two: Lobby of the Fashion Shop, Southeastern corner of Broad and DeKalb streets. Ward Three; Dixon's Store, East side of Broad street. Ward Four: Schlosburg's porch, Northwestern corner of Laurens and Lyttleton streets. Ward Five: Porch of J. B. Zemp's residence, Chestnut street. Ward Six: Porch of G, A. Mose ley's residence, northwest corner of Broad and Chestnut streets. The following is the territory pro posed to be cut off: All that parcel of land now within the City of Camden owned by the Watoree Mills, said parcel of land being bounded on the North by prem ises of Sarsfield Golf Club; East by high water mark of Little Pine Tree Creek; on the South by the old Cam den-Cheraw Public Road, and on the West by Southern Railway, as will be more fully shown by plat of A. B. Boykin, Surveyor, of date September 15, 1924. That at said election those favoring the reduction of said area will vote a ticket upon which will be printed "For reduction of corporate limits," and those opposed to ?such reduction "will vote a ticket upon which will be print ed "Against reduction of corporate limits." H. G. GARRISON, JR., Mayor. Attest: W. H. HAILE, City Clerk. TAX RETURNS Office of Auditor Kershaw County, Camden, S. C., December 1st, 1924 Notice is hereby given that the Au ditor's Office will be open for receiv ing Tax Returns from January 1st, 1925, to February 20th, 1925. All persons owning real estate or per sonal property must make returns of the same within said period, as re quired by law, or be subject to a pen alty of 50 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. Bethune: January 14th and 15th. Raley's Mill:. January 16th. Kirkley's Store: January 19th. Kershaw: January 21st, and 22nd. Westville: January 23rd. Lugoff: January 27th. Rabons Cross Roads: January 28th. Blaney:. January 29th. All persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive are required to pay Poll tax and all persons be tween tho ages of 21 and 50 years in clusive are required to pay a Road tax, unless excused by law. All Trus tees, Guardians, Executors, Adminis trators or Agents holding property in charge must return same. Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath to same before some of ficer and fill out same in proper manner or they will be rejected. B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County. CITATION State of South Carolina, County of Ker?haw. By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas, J. A. McCaskill made suit to me to grant hin; f etters of Ad ministration of the Estate of and ef fects of B. W. Bowers. These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors r-f the said B. W. Bowers, deceased, thaf. (hey be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, S. C., on Monday, December 15 next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 19th dav of November A. D. 1024. w. l. McDowell. Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Published on the 5th and 12th days of December, 1924, in the Camden Chronicle and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. NOTICE OF SALE Will offer for sale to highest bid der the Cassatt warehouse at Cassatt on Wednesday, December 10th, 1924, at 3 p. m. Will sell th?' house and lot separately and then the house an<^ Jot all together. Terms of sale cash. W. T. DAVIS, President. Cassatt, >. C., November 25, 192-4. i NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS ? Ail parties indebted to the estate D. McLain, deceased, are f hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, baring claims against the said estate will present them duly attested I within the time prescribed by law. IDA L McLAfN, Executrix. | Camden* S. C, December 3rd l924. ?rin MM? ASK ON CMCMSON Sa.VK Legislature Which rounded Col* lego Anything Hut "Carpetbag." To tht? Kditor of The State In tho Columbia Record of Novem ber W. I), Harnett, Kaq., member of the South Carolina legislature and also member of the board of Clemson trustees, is reported as saying: "Clemson waft established in the days of 'carpetbag' rule, and to guar antee white Democratic control for the institution, he selected himself the first seven life membership trus tees and put the provision in his will that tho life members would always be elected by the life membership section of the board." I called Mr. Harnett's attention to this and supposed that he would cor rect it. Now I see some county pa pers are reprinting: this malicious slander of the administration of ono of the most honorable and able busi ness governors this state has over had, His Excellency John Peter Rich ardson, who Was governor in 1888. Hon. C. Benet, a member of the house of representatives from Abbe* ville, introduced the bill, "to accept the Clemson bequest," and the vote in the senate was a tie and the Hon. William L. Mauldin. of whom it can truthfully be said "there was no truer or more loyal Democrat," cast the de ciding vote for the bilh he being lieutenant governor at Chat time.1 Who were the carpet bag members of that general assembly? - Mr. Barnett is further quoted: "Mr. Barnett stated that under the law and its interpretation by the courts it is his opinion that the state must continue with the present sys tem of control of Clemson College, or else abandon the use of the prop erty. At the same time he contends the property could not be used for any other purpose." I have it from learned lawyers, who investigated this matter for Col. John C. Calhoun and myself as governor in 1914, that "All the legislature has to do is to repeal the act accepting the bequest and the agreement en- ( tered into by the state under the Clemson will be abrogated and pay i tho Calhoun or Clemson heirs the value of the property at the time of its acceptance with legal interest and take over the control of the college.", At this time I had in my possession, letters from Col. John C. Calhoun and Mrs. Floride Lee Calhoun, the grand-i daughter and only heir of Thomas G. j Clemson, signed statements as fol-1 lows: Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4, 1914. Gov. C. L. Blease, Columbia, S. C. | My Dear Sir: As a representative of the Calhoun family, and grandson , of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, we fetfl j that the college founded at his home, I Fort Hill, should be called "Calhoun College" instead of "Clemson," as it now is, and beg to solicit your co operation as governor of the state in bringing this about. The property was inherited by Thomas G. Clemson from Mr. Cal houn's direct descendants and never cost him a dollar. It legally would have been inherited by ' his grand daughter, Mrs. Floride Lee Calhoun,* had he not willed it aWay from her. She stands ready to deed the property to the state, should the agreement en tered by the state under the Clemson \vill be abrogated, in which case it would revert to her %s the sole heir, on the condition that it be called "Calhoun college," and will endow it with many legacies, including the great poVtrait of Mr. Calhoun by De Bloch, with a view of establishing there the "Calhoun museum," I have many of the most valuable heirlooms, which I would be glad to place there for permanent and safe keeping. By the change of (he n{vme and the state taking direct control K^d management of the property and eoUege, an ilVIMJ) erable difficulty would ho roiuoved which now stands in the way of the college being endowed. I have dis cussed this with some of the great philanthropists of the country, who state they would .be unwilling to place large sums where it would, hp man.4 aged by the trustees of an individual, who are self-appointing when va cancies occur and have to be filled. 1 am confident that large endowments could be obtained if the name was changed to "Calhoun college" and it was under the control of and manage ment of the state. Then, too, can the state consistently continue to furnish and use large sums of money for an institution it does not control and has only a mi nority of the trustees in the manage ment? The family and many of the most distinguished men in America feel that it is a reflection that Mr. Cal houn's old home and property should be used by the state under the name of Clemson, his son-in-law, instead of his own. Hoping you will appre ciate the sentiment which prompts thts "tetter, and in justice to Mr, Calhoun, his family and the .state, bring this matter to the attention of the legislature, and as the chief exec utive of the state urge the necessary legislation to bring about the change of name, 1 am, \%ry truly yours, JOHN C. CALHOUN. Greenville, S. C.r Feb. 5, 1911. To Gov. C. L, Blease. Dear Sir: 1 have read the letter ad dressed to you by my cousin, Col, John C. Calhoun, in relation to chang ing the name of "Clemson" to "Cal houn college," and heartily indorse the same. I also deaire to show you and the legislature that if, by any course whatever, the etsate of Thomas G. Clemson, my grandfather, should revert to me, as a sole heir, I agree to deed the Fort Hill property to the state, on condition that the name should be changed to "Calhoun." I can not understand how the state of South Carolina can be a party to casting a reflection upon my great grandfather, Mr. Calhoun, her most illustrious son, by naming a college founded on his home plantation 'Clem son," after a Northern man, not identified with South Carolina, and who inherited the property for which he never paid a dollar. If the name was changed to Cal houn, and the college controlled-and managed by the state, I am sure large endowments could be obtained for it, whereas, with the majority of the trustees named by an individual, no one would give large amounts of money, not knowing what the man agement would be. I am, too, greatly in favor of establishing on Fort Hill a museum, and placing there the great portrait of Mr. Calhoun by DeBloch, which I own, aiid many other valuable relics, making of Fort Hill what Mount Vernon is to the home of Washington. There would hardly be any length to which I would not go to further this plan. I stand ready to co-operate in any< way that I can to bring about this i much desired result. Youra very truly, FLORIDE LEE CALHOUN. . These in a message were sent to the general assembly in 1914 (sec House Journal, page 664.) The leg islature of course gave no consider ation to a message from Blease; however, the facts are recorded. Col onel Calhoun, I' am informed, is dead. Mrs. Floride Lee Calhoun* I am told, is living in Atlanta. What her present feelings in thia matter are I do not know, but the general assembly of 1914 certainly let pass by, through prejudice against tho then governor, a wonderful opportun ity for the. college ami for the people of South Carolina. 1 huvo not seen or heard of anv \ court's "interpretation" of this matter except in the United States supreme court, where they docided that (Mem son was not a state institution. 1 hardly ever write articles for papers and apoliKixu for this hut could not allow the legislature of 1888 to he classed as "carpetbag" rule. COLN I.. BLRASK. . Columbia. Champion Quail Kater Dead. Col. Marcellus Thornton, who died recently at Hickory, N. C., enjoyed the distinction of being the chani pion quail eater of the south and held his title against all comers ,{rom the period just succeeding the War Be tween the States up to the time of his death. Tho record he established smashed a tradition of long standing. It happened in this way: There were somo bright young reporters on the Atlanta Constitution, of which Colonel Thornton and Smith Clayton were two then striving for fame. Colonel Thornton after a time left the Constitution and started the At- j Ianta Evening Post which subse quently became the Journal. Tho two men wore in the habit of meeting every night at Henry Durand's res taurant at the old Union depot in Atlanta. On ono of these occasions a dis cuuuion??*ose in regard to the un truthfulness or verity of the tradition that a pqrson was incapable of eating a quail a day for 30 consecutivo days. Colonel Thornton expressed it as his belief that the thing could be done, whereupon a wager was made and tho colonel undertook the task of eating 30 quail in 30 days in ordeV to dis prove the fallacy of the theory that it could not be done. Both the Consti tution and the Post fairly bristled with accounts of each day's experi ence, and great interest was aroused in the gastronomic feat. On the 30th dl?y of the test, in the presence of a considerable crowd that had assembled to witness its termina tion, Colonel Thornton was in fine gusto. When he had finished he pro claimed himself the champion quail eater and called for the stake that he had won. Immediately there was -i great clamor in the crowd on account of the last bird not having been e quail. During the red hot discussion that ensued, Colonel Thornton arose and looked at his watch. There was just one hour lacking for the wager to expire. Colonel Thornton said that in order to satisfy everybody that the quail-eating contest was on the square he would eat another quail, which he proceeded to do. Harmony was restored, and an important ques tion was settled. So far as is known there has been no subsequent attempt to disturb the colonel's title to the championship.?Augusta Herald. The county court at Hackensack, N. J., on Tuesday sentenced six youths,-convicted on ^charges of as sault and highway robbery, their victims being a young man and young woman, to terms aggregating 232 years. The sentences were from thirty to forty-five years each. THE ll.AYKS HI'S l.fNMS H.u t -Mile Men Hroudrninn Out tin Other KouU'x iu State, (Columbia Record > With the establishment of head quarters at JfclO Sumter street by tin ihi>i\s Bus ijnrs Company, Co* luhibiu now has a terminal station in the heayt of the city, with passen get* buise* leaving twice daily for cities in various parts of the stiUe, ths city thereby being the center of a system of motor travel that is growing in scope and popularity. There are busses twice daily for Chai lotto and Augusta, with connections for Bishopville, Hartsville, Darling ton and Florence, and with service fur nil intermediate points. The terminal station on Sumter street, \\hich is being provided with rest roosts, waiting rooms and a gen eral information bureau, was opened up during the week, according to 0. T. Hayes, one of the three brothers operating the bus lines as partners. Because of its central location and many facilities, the terminal will af ford a convenient station for trav elers. The company has opened up this station on Sumter street because of the increased demand for automo bile travel and because the volume of business connected with bus transpor tation has made it necessary to offer j,greater facilities in the way of ter minal service, Mr. Hayes stated. The Sumter street station will render special service in taking caro of bag gage and offering rooms for head quarters for shoppers who may come to Columbia for a <Jay's shopping. Busses leaving Columbia for An gusta daily at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. and for Charlotte at 8 a.m. and 3 p.in , stops being made at Camden, Ke? shaw and Lancaster by the Charlotte bus, and at Aiken by the Augusta bus. The Charlotte bus also makes connection at Camden for travel to Hishopville, Hartsville, Darlington and Florence. The busses go to each hotel before leaving on the daily trips. Seven cars, Studebakers and Hud son sedans, are operated by this com pany. The cars are comfortablv heated. T. T. Easier will be placed in charge of the Columbia terminal. The Hayes bus lines will co-operate with the state highway department in the work of making road condition reports, said Mr. Hayes. The daily travel over the route used by the busses of this company wilT make possible a valuable source of infor mation from the company to the high way department. Bad Fire at Kemhert The tdwn of Rembert was visited by a very destructive fire early Fri day morning when several stores and garages were burned. The combina tion store and home of Mr. T. A. Bradley was completely destroyed and the general mercantile store, two or three garages and a warehouse all owned by, Mr. L. S. Vinson were also burned to the ground. The fire was discovered shortly after <1 o'clock Friday morning in Mr. Bradley's store, but it had al ready gained such headway that it was impossible to check the flames. From here it spread to Mr. Vinson's store and garages, and the large warehouse used for storing furniture and other commodities. The building and goods destroyed were partly covered by insurance but the loss of these two men will still be very heavy. The cause of the fire is unknown.?Friday's Sumter Item. .>" Leroy Smoak, 33, truck grower of Meggetts, was killed Saturday night near Charleston, when his automobile collided with a wagon. Lest We Forget Many a mistake or loss has come by for getfulness. No man can remember all the time. But an insti tution can. This bank watches your interest for you and looks after your money and is on - the job every minute. The First National Bank MAT?@M MMK