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SKKKtf SAFBTY IN PLIGHT Barber Ums (iun and Henderaonville May 1 ,080 Her Mayor Aaheville, I?ot'. 29. ? Henddraonville in all agog today over tho sensational departure of its mayor, Sam Y, Bry. ?on, to Asheville, under the protec Hon of W. H. Power?, chief of po* lice, following: a personal dif/iculty Saturday night with Bonnie Brooks, a barber, in which Brooks is said to have shot three times at tho mayor. The shooting occurred near the Brooks home on Fourth avenue as Mayor Bryaon was said to have been leaving the neighborhood in a hurry. None of the shots took effect, and tho ma ycfr' ia now in Aaheville whore it is stated he ia regiatered at a hotel under an assumed name, with the Hendersonville chief of police still with hint. ? o - . ? v ' ? . ' . ' It was declared today that as a denouncement of the shooting, at torneys for Mr> Brooks will prob ably file two suits in the Henderson rounty superior court against Mayor Bryson, ono for alternation of Mrs. Brook's affections and another for divorco in behalf of her husband. It was declared that the mayor will probably tender his resignation e city council, but his resigns - has not been received yet, and Dr. W. R. Kirk is acting mayor in the absence of Mayor Bryson. Attorneys for Brjteon made an effort to settle the case but failed. It is understood that Brooks has al ready left his wife, and will ask for the custody of his children. Bryson Honderst being d< i mayor of ears ago, after the Democratic nomination and hiaking the race on the independent ticket. Ho served for eight, years as postmaster under the Wilson administration, and has been prominent in the justness life of Henderson county. Mr. Bryson (teems deeply affected by the tragedy that has invaded two Hendersonville homos, as he has a wife and several children. Bryson was an acknowledged lead or, and his resignation will bring an active career to a close. Details of the manner in which Brooks found the mayor in his home are lacking, the former has de clined to discuss the case. Mr. Bryson left Hendersonvilla early Sunday morning, and called up his attorney as s0on as he reached the city. Spartanburg, Doc. 29. ? P. H. Bax ter, 40, conductor on the Piedmont and Northern electric line, suffered the loss 6t his right leg this morn ing at 10 b'clock when the freight train on which he was riding, sud denly jolted, throwing him beneath the wheels. His right leg was com pletely severed, it was stated. The accident occurred at Toxaway sta tion -'between Belton and Anderson, near the Toxuway mills. The train on which Mr. Baxter was riding was switching freight cars at that time. 11 l*" ? ' ' ' "Three Fingered" Jim Marshall, once noted gun fighter of Cripple Creek, Colorado, gold mining camps, died Friday at Denver. Man Lonea Leg c7aJk about Husky! Kxmder-Theyre raised in a Buckeye btooder Evcryotte knows the world famous Coal Burning Buckeyo "Colony" Brooder that revolutionized chick raising. Wo now liMveita only rival, the new Blue Flame Buckeye. And we sell it under the same unqualified guarantee ? absolute satisfiK-tion or your money back. We are ready to sell you any size to suit your needs. And remember, you arc getting the kind that hundreds of thousands of users are already successfiii .with. No crowding.no chilling ? none of the usual infan^1? n^^fck^complaints. Come In and see these great 1 46" nP e^v ^ N>* #* ^&-4s*>X ^ - Zp <v, ?r ?>*- <* ?;vv ?? <>>&? Minister Injured In Wreck St. Mptthews, Dec. 24.? Dr. Wat .son B. Duncan, prominent Methodist minister of Cheraw, was painfully in jured between here and Columbia this morning, when the car in which he was hurrying home to conduct tho funeral services of R. T. Caston, who died there this morning, turned over, pinning him beneath it and causing h fractured nhoulder and other in-*, juries. A son of Dr. Duncan, the Rev. Herman F. Duncan, who was also in the car, wa^ only slightly hurt. The car was badly damaged. The two ministers had been to St* George to spend the Christmas holi days with Dr. Duncan's daughter, when the telegram was received this morning announcing the death of Mr. Caston, whereupon the party set out for Cheraw. The injured men were picked up by travolers from Cheraw and taken to Orangeburg, where their injuries were treated and were then carried to St. George. TAX NOTICE Office of Treasurer, Kershaw County, Camden, S. C., Sept. 12, 1924. Notice is hereby given that the books will be opened for the collection of State, County and School taxes from October 16th, 1924, to March 16th, 1926. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to all taxes unpaid Jan uary 1st, 1926, 2 per cent February 1st, 1925, and 7 per cent March 15th, 1925. The rate per centum for Kershaw County is as follows: Mills State Taxes '? 6 6-0-1 School 4 County Taxes 9^4 Hospital % School Taxes 3 Total 23% DeKalb Township Koad Bonds, for DeKalb Township only... 3*4 Dog Tax $1.25. All dog owners are required to make a return of their dog? to the County Treasurer, who is required to furnish a license tag. All dogs caught without the license tag the owners will be subject to a fine of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. The following School Districts have special levies: School District No. I School District No. 2 School District No. 3, School District No. 4. School District No. 5, School District No. 7. School District No. 8. School District No. 9. School District No. 10, School District No. 11. School District No. 12 18 School District No. 13 8 School District No. 15 8 School District No. 16 * School District No. 19.. School District No. 20 ... ( School District No. 22.... ' ? _ School District No. 23..., 0 o' ?\V School District No. School District No. School District No. 1 School District No. School District- No. School District No. School District No. School District No. School District No. istrict No.i 23 19 23 15 8 8 8 4 5 15 ^5* v a\\^ YV ^ a ^**5, \tvfc ixo# iV v\ Skip? 9oto4; Caught Again Spartanburg, Pec. 29. ? M. S. Tur ner, special constable from Magia trate M. B. Bissic's court, assist ed Sheriff Wright from Cherokee county in the arrest near Beaumont Sunday morning at 1 o'clock of white man named Rico, of Gaffney, who is alleged to have skipped hia bond of $l,00p rather than to face trial on charges of assault and bat tery upon the person of Congressman I Latimer of North Carolina! with whom he is alleged to hare had an auto collision on the national high way near the Thickety bridge, which incident is said to have caused the altercation* it was announced today 4>y Magistrate M. B. Brissie. ? . A sealed sentence was given Rice at the last term of, court in Gaff ney, which when opened today proved to have been 14 monthawfor the of fender. 1 MASTER'S SALE * State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Court of Common Pleas H, G. Garrison, Plaintiff, - against S. H. Truesdale et al. Defendants. Under an order of his honor, W. H. Town. send, Presiding Judge Fifth Judicial Circuit, dated December 18, 1924, I will sell to the highest bid der at public auction for cash be* fore the Kefshaw County Court House door, in Camden, in said state during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the fifth day of January, 1925, tne following described real estate: "All that parcel or tract of land, in the County of Kershaw, in the State of South Carolina, about 11 miles north of the City of Camden, and about two miles from the village of DeKalb, and containing one hun dred seventeen (117) acres, more or less, and bounded nor^h by land of L. L. Clyburn; the public road be ing the dividing line; east by land of L. L. Clyburn; south by the lands of the Love estate and of Hugh { Young; and west by kinds of Leytfc Kirkland, and form/ydy. .of T. Qf Truesdalo. The "V* the conclu?J? is that conveyed 3. B. ^ by C. E. Trur l8, 1924 December lffDeccm ? ? _ c SSKwi5 - -gyms abovo ' , County ?\/coinm( Heres y \\ Court ot Trur,.\ to & ,\ f Ca*10^6 c*ceP\Ttvvem ' NVatV^s, < order o * nd Judg end. lg ?e& per* teft^ ,o\ toac i"ti ?da Y)e *o\\o^ deft t*\u vY\at,.ce\ lkr<iV' dteA ot * ?v*^? ^cVtC^ \eft? t\UV. and b o vra ett. 1 , ioTl Gco^ 8 C>v?V^Vl-! ice . 'amden, h. ? Notice is hereby 4tor's Office will be opt.. ng Tax Returns from Janua?? 1925, to February 20th, 1925. An f ~**ons owning real estate or per ^**erty must make returns of said period, as re ?' b ject to a pen V?* ft\ vA^\v \* * at*0* -V'\tcA \?A*C V v, and ^ ,^>rc^i2Sp _ Mill: January Kirkley's Store: January Kershaw: January 21st, and 22 Westvillo: January 23rd. Lugoff: January 27th. Rabons Cross Rctods: January Blaney:' January 29th. AU persons between the age? ?nd 60 years, inclusive are r "v Poll tax and all perrs ??* of 21 and 50 y ?* to pay ktvV * ftt\A s,pec U> j.. . tween the | elusive are requite '?r unless excused by la>?. Guaiiflians, Executors, trators or Agents holding p ? charge must return same sending tax returns by make oath to same be/or ( fleer and fill out same tanner or they will b* B. fi? ?BAJ - Kert/ t. C A8BESTOS HAK ^ . '"Jj Siventy-Flve Per Output Come* I {. A fibre incombust ~ ferent to fire, time ' poor conductor of heat enduring' and yet -cup spun into threads c strength and woven in needs be of great ecc tance. This fibre is as Canada produce ? m per <fent of the world's this entirely from the e. ships of the Province of % mineral % .is. of special -i Canadians. The only oth< which compete in the w kets for asbestos are So) Rhodesia and Russia. The discovery of this n I Credited to the Romans, w) in cloth and for lampwick, knowledge of its existence ently lapsed. 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