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Candies ?, ' v ,, An exquisite line of Norris Candies just 'receive! today by express Proscriptions Filled Day or Night ZEMP & DePASS DRUGGISTS PHONE 10 WA^S Or HIDING l-KJI OK State. Constable Describes How Trap* and Other Devi com Are l'?ed Columbia, Feb. 14. The devious ways that moonshiners and bootleg ger* take in hiding their stock from officers of the law throughout the state was described here recently by .1. I', Hart, state constable and de tective, attached t<? the office of the governor. " A raid on the "club house" in Lexington county, mar here, Which had occurred a few days . previously * brought up the subject in the gov ernor's office. Detectives Styron and Halt, who raided the club house, stated that tluey found five "traps" so-called, in which liquor had been hidden*. Of the fifty or more different methods by which whiskey is hid den from the law enforcement of ficers, the trap is by far the most popular. Detective Hart asserted. Traps are found behind pictures on walls. A house recently raided held j a small quantity of liquor hidden behind a calendar. Another is the rocking chair trap.: The springs are icmoved and the trap is built in the seat of the chair. My sliding the wooden facing on the bottom of the chair, a wooden com partment is revealed. There is another populai form of trap which is often u^cd, the state detective said, which is the familial dining room tahlu. In some cases the trap consists of a hollow leg of the table which may be unscrewed r.nd win-key deposited inside. Still another form of the table trap is that in Vhich a square hole, is cut in the top of the table, opening into a compartment which holds whiskey The opening in the top of the table is, then covered over, with a lamp or a basket of fruit. At times the .staircase trap is used. One of the perpendicular boards in .t tep *s removed, and the nails ore ..in fully drawn out. Klat headed nails. \vlii? h may be drawn with :i magnet, a i then inserted in the 'noies loft < mpty, arid tin board re placed in its original position. According to the state detective, th?- hen nest trap hfts been found in comparatively large numbers in the country districts. A wash tub is bur ied up-slde-down. A hole is cut in the top of the tub, over which an or dinal y pie pan is placed. The hen is then placed on a setting of eggs [ in the pan, and .straw is brushed around to hide all evidences of the trap beneath. One of the first traps Of this kind was found in Newherry county about 2 year* ago, it is said. Still another variation of the trap is that which is sometimes found in pig- pens. A receptacle0 is buried in the mud of a pen and the pigs are fod in?tlu^ A^cinity. The swine, in tVampling* the mud over the trap conceal its location entirely. There are dozens of wall traps which are in constant use, the state detective asserted, until discovered by an officer of the law. In addition to the picture traps, there are in numerable ways of hiding what arc called "package. goods," or small bottles of whiskey carefully wrap ped in hidden spaces in the walls, Sometimes a trick mantle piece i3 used, in \Vhieh sliding panels con ceal the bottles. Hearth and fire place come in for their share-of the traps, where loose bricks may be lifted and replaced. The state detective differentiated bulk traps, those that contain, a number <>f gallons of the contraband In id, from package traps. Hulk trap>, lie said, generally consist of la/go tanks which are buried under ground with a covering of dry ce ment to hide them. A copper pipe is generally found leading to a stable where the whis key i^? poured in. while there is an aiv pipe at which air pressure is applied to the contents of the tank with a bicycle pump. The buried jug is the simplest form of the tank trap. Placed right in a path, it has two small pipes running through the cork, one ot which is to admit air pressure, while the other is to permit the egress of the liquid. The syphon trap is built into a brick wall and plastered over. Wall paper is then to cover over the, traces of plastering. Thin paper is of a vari-colorqd hue at times for pu.'< poses of coty66tllin$/itiU better the place ai which the tank' opens through a pipe in the wall. In order to fill the hole in the pipe which 4'<hh?*h lU wall?to a ahoxt distance beyond, a stopper irf placed in the pipe, the cork being covered With wallpaper of the identical pat tern, with that used in t^e room. A luijl is then driven through the stop per, and a picture is hung on the nail. The cork is then removed from I the pipe without soiling the wall' ? paper by grasping the nail. Traps of this type arc often built to contain large quantities of .the ; tAuid. One of them recently dis .) utvcinl had a capacity of 150 gal lons. One of the traps pf this kind \vas found built into a chimney, an other in a wall ovor a sink, with a pipe and regular stop-cock to reg ulate the flow of whiskey. In ga rages, traps of this type are often found in lofts and between wooden boarding. Bottled in bond whiskey was dis covered in an ingenious hiding plac^ in an abandoned drain pipe whicn went underground. The pipe led into an ancient sewer that had not been used in many years. A negro was placed in the latter pipe, while an* othe.r would let down a fishing line or cord through the drain pipe. With proper signals given, a pint or a quart was attached to ,the cord which was then drawn? up. 'This trap was found in Charleston. Dr^g stotes are said to conceal whiskey in large quantities in bot tles hidden among their drugs. In ^nany cases, it is said, corn whiskey is placed in large bottles which are j labeled ."wood alcohol." Three drug j stores were put out of business re cently, as a result of the discovery of whiskey hidden in this mannej-, declared State Detective Hart. That there has been' considerable improvement in the -situation as regards enforcement of the prohibi tion law in South Carolina was the opinion expressed by Detective Hart. Activities, of federal and countv of-: fieers iiave curbed "moonshining" to a certain extent, lie asserted. Where ; whiskey is kept, it is kept in small j quantities that can be hidden or do- i stroyed on short notice. , . , . . i ( orn whiskey is maue in two va- , rieties, which the officer described j as white and ,red. The red whiskey is otherwise known as "charred." While the white brings a price of 50 cents a "half" or half pint, the red brings an average of 75 cents. Red corn whiskfey is nothing more than white with an admixture of burnt ; sugar,' which ^ives it the color. The red generally contains about.37 per. cent alcohol while the white con tains only 20. Three months are required for whiskey to gain the reddish amber coloi in a charred keg. it ia said. The state detective asserted'that the bootlegger* not waiting three months (or the whiskey to mature naturally, hut are selling inferioi ml whiskey colored with the burnt sugai A number of negro bootleggers luu c?lu*>n found to bo *tdlirig **?ft drinks containing a percentage of ?indicated or wood alcohol. The fusel oil in wood aleohid i partly removed by filtering through charcoal, but this method is not i*> n< 'al tt^i it U .said. . A Juvenile Incendiary A 1 1-year-old boy voluntarily con fessed- to the police oC Louisville, Kentucky, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, that for the past month his favorite pastime has been setting fire to factories, warehouse*, garages and stables, and that thir teen fires he has started resulted in the destruction of property valued at $400,000. Although his parents live in Louisville, for the past nine yean; he has. been an; inmate of the Louis .ville and Jefferson county children's home, Hfi must have played his py romaniac tendencies at the oarly age of five years. JHe was honorably dis charged from that institution last summer. His only regrot when locked up was that he did not carry out his plan to burn one of the high school buildings of the city of Louisville. In these days of unusual crimes and happenings in which children are figuring, such an instance is of un usuafl note. How a 14-year-old boy could successfully plan and carry out incendiarism on such an extensive scale without detection for so many days is hard to understand. Such instances tend to emphasize the fact that the home is the place for children to be trained and instilled in the virtues necessary to develop character. The destruction of nearly half a million dollars worth of prop ,erty in a city, due to pure juvenile idleness and devilment, is not as appalling as the total lack of char acter in the mind of a 14-year-old boy.?Spartanburg Journal. School House Burned. Lancaster, Feb. 22.?The largy school building and contents, at Tradesville, in the eastern part of the county, was entirely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The loss is cjstimated at $10,000 with $7, 000 insurance. It is said that this was the finest rural school building in the county. The origin of the fire is un known. Preston Moore, negro, convicted of stealing an automobile at SumtCr was sentenced to serve five years on thej county works by Judge Henry Wed nesday morning. In passing sentence the judge said if*'the offender had been a >lhite man he would have given him ten years, but because he was a negro and not educated, the sentence was cut in half.' LO, THE POOR EDIXOR And Still Some People Think That This ih an Kasy Life, (From The New York World) August*, Ky, January 2D.?J. A. Thompson, .editor of the Bracken Chronicle, a .weekly newspaper pub lishtd here, believe# In- works hard. He charges $1.50 a year for his paper, which is brimful of neighborhood news >nuj iiidi'c than a .^mattering of slate and national intelligence, Some one must have hinted that Editor Thompson was not any too busy, for in a recent issue of the Chronicle he indulges to this extent: "There are evidently people in Au gusta who have formed the opinion that publishing a newspaper is child's play, which will cause the average publisher u? smile, to say the least. If there is any other job, business or profession where the proprietor puts in longer hours and receives less pay we would like to know it. For in stance, here are a few of the 'stunts'* that the publisher of the Chronicle goes through with daily: "(Jets up at 5:30 a. m. rain or shine, cold or hot; goes to the office, goes to the early train, lights the gasoline burner on the linotype, returns home, goes through the motion of eating breakfast, writes copy until time for the 8:37 train, gets the 'comers' and 'goers' thereon, goes to the post office where he is greeted by a number of 'please remits'; looks over the com munications to see that no one is 'ripped up the back', and thus avoids a libel suit or a licking; continues to the office, reads proof, helps 'make up the forms,' feeds the cylinder press two or three times a week?about 2 1-2 hours each time?; telephones all ovlr the county in search of news, runs down many clues of alleged news, which often prove to be mythical; comes home at the noon hour, where the same table motions are gone through with; 'digs up' more copy, goes to the 1:24 train, then to the office until time for the 4:07, re maining until the 5:21, whether late or on time, then home for supjTer, then to the 7:45 train, after which copy is prepared for the next day, and this daily routine is gone through with seven days of the week, except TAX NOTICE Office of Treasurer, Kershaw County, Camden, S. C., Sept. 12, 1924. Notice is hereby given that the hooks will he opened for "the'collcction of State, County and School taxew from October 15th, 1924, to March 15th, 1925. A penalty of 1 per cent will he added to all taxes unpaid Jan uary 1st, 1926, 2 per cent February 1st, 1925, and 7 pier cent March loth, 1925. The rate per centum for Kershaw County is as follows: ' Mills State Taxes ... .V . #o 6-0-1 School 4 County Taxes 'J1/-* Hospital % School Taxes . . 3 Total 2o1/4 ' DeKalh Township Itoad Bonds, . for DeKalh Township only... 3Vi Dog lax $1.25. All dog owners arc required to make a return of-their dogs to the County Treasurer, \vho is required to furnish a license tag. All dogs icaught without the license tag the owners will be subject to a line of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. . >? The following School Districts haNi special levies: Schop! District No. 1 23 School l)fstri<.'t No. 2 19 School District No. 3.........'. 23 School District No. -1 15 School District No. 5 8 School District No. 7.* 8 School District No. 8 8 School District No. 9 4 School District No. 10 5 School District No. 11 15 School District No. 12 18 School District No. 13 8 School District No. 15 8 School District No. 16 8 School District No. 19 8 School District No. 20 4 School District No. 22 23 School District No. 23 11 School District No. 25 . 8 School District No. 27..... 8 School District No.' 28 8 School District No. 29 8 School District No. 30 8 School District No. 31 8 School District No. 33 8 School District No. 35 15 School District No. 37 8 School District No. 38 8 School District No. 39 14 School District No. 40 25 School District No. 41 8 School District No. 42 8 School District No. 46 8 School District No. 47 8 The poll tax is $1.00. All able-bodied male persons from the age of twenty-one (21) to fifty (50) years, both inclusive, except res idents in incorporated towns of the county loss than 2,500 inhabitants, shall pay $3.00 as a road tax except ministers of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, teachers employed in public schools, school trustees, and persons permanently disabled in the military service of this State and persons who served in the War Between the States, and all per sons actually employed in the quaran tine servico of this state and all resi dents who may be attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall become due. Persons claim ing disabilities must present certifi cate from two reputable physicians of this county. All information with' reference to taxes will be furnished upon applica tion. Dr Treasurer. -JMM County iF NoT liAVK VOL' CONSIDERED THE REASONS FOR YOUR FAILURE? % 1)11) YOU I'SE THE BEST FERTILIZERS OR JUST THOSE YOU COULD BUY ('IIEA I'EST'.' \ Farmers who used Congaree Fertilizers made away above the average crop last year THIS FERTILIZER IS SCIENTIFICALLY MADE OF THE VERY BEST MA TERIALS AND WILL MAKE A CROP TF ANYTHING WILL. ASK ANY FAR \1 ER WHO HAS l.'SED IT. HAD YOU NOT BETTER BUY IT THIS YEAR? WE SELL ALL GRADES OF CONGAREE FERTILIZERS AND WILL MAKE YOU ( L< >SE I'RICES. SEE US SPRINGS & SHANNON (INCORPORATED) ing that the truing time* on sut is 6:16. and we appropriate enc time to go to church and Sat school.0 Weinberg Gets Two Year#. Kingstfee, Feb. 28.?Jake 1,. berg, who ran over and killed his automobile, Mrs. W, K. Ko^3 little daughter on the Santee bridge highway on ,\jHy * 1984, pleaded guilty to mat. .Uughfo in the sessions court here tod? tihrough an agreement between ti solicitor and attorneys for the- defu. darit, receiving a concurrent senate of two years in the state p<WtiUmti|i| Weinberg was indicted last jU|^ for murder on two counts, tut owi^ to what appeared to be a mental an physical breakdown, he had * nevi been brought to trial. Judge Henti expressed deep sympathy for the ac cused as he passed sentence upoi\W Weihborg was taken to the penit?n. tiary this afternon by Sheriff Gait ble. Met Death in Gas Tank. According to a report from Jef. fersOn, Thomas Eubanks, aged fcbow 30 and married, lost his life Thursday afternoon when he lowered himself into a tank of gasoline for the pur. pose of stopping a leak. Kubanfo was said to have equipped hinraelf with a gas mask, hoping that it would afford him the same protection it did tfhe day before, when he went downj into a tank of kerosene. The mailt' failed to perform its function, how-' ever, with the result that Eubanki was .killed bx the fumes, it is said. j| is stated that ho lowered himself into gasoline nine feet deep. Eubankfc an employee of the Miller Oil Comv pany of Jefferson. PIANO TUNING Lewis L. Moore 242-W PHONE or 46 CAMDEN, S. C. . v: . " cv* Dr. C F. So well DENTIST (Office Over Bruce's Store) . CAMDEN, S. C. N. R. GOODALE Plumbing, Heating and / foB ' ? ? f-t Roofing Contractor -? t -jJa Any*work needing special attention in this line call .? Phone 49-W, Camden, S. C; COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER /? . ? ?" PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S.C. Hayes Bus Line CAMDEN TO Columbia. Bishop ville, Harts?illsi Kershaw, Lancaster, > Charlotte. For information Phone 181, Camden Hotel 5- r; A. R. COLLINS Undertaker and Embalm*? AMBULANCE SERVICE Camden, S. C. Telephone?Day 41; Nijfht 38# T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Day Phone 30?Night Phon? lH CAMDEN, S. C. DR. G. 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