The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 04, 1925, Image 6
AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplier for the City of
S. ( for th?? Year
1U- it iii dained 'l>y t tu- Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Ca melon, S,
C., and by authority of tHf* name, that
the following taxes be, and the same
are hereby levied for the current
yyar from the 1st day of January,
1 025, to the ".i.t day of p^c^mbor,
1026
Section I. -A tax of 25 mills on
t-acli and ewry dollar of real and
personal property within the corpor
ate limit* of the City of Camden, 8.
(\, from the 1st day of January, 1925,
See. 'J. ? That all able-bodied male
persona between the ages of twenty
one and .sixty yeafy residing within
the corporate limits of? Jhe city
limits of the City o? Camden, S. C.,
not exempt from road duty under the
laws of the state shall rwork streets,
ways and bridges under the direction
of such overseers as may be ap
pointed for such space of time, not
exceeding six (?) days in one year;
Providing that at the time of receiv
ing "such notice any jn-rson may pay
to the person giving .such notice
Three ($8) lk>llars, Commutation,
which shall be received in lieu of the
work ,and that person refusing to
work on said .streets or to pay said
commutation shall be fined not less
than Ten ($10) Dollars, nor more
thtin Fifty ($00) Dollars, or be im
prisoned not less than tun tlays nor
mor^than twenty (20) days, in the
discretibn of the City Recorder.
Sec. U.~-The <ax books for the col
lection of city taxes will bo open in
Councjl Chamber, Camden, S. C., on
the 1st day of -September, 11*25, and
remain open each day, except Sunday,
from 0 ami. to 1 p.m. and from 3
p.m. to 4:30 p.-m., until the 1st day
of October, 1025, inclusive.
Sec. 4. ? That when the taxes and
assessments or any portion therepf
charged against ' any property or
party on the duplicate for the current
fiscal year, shall not be paid on or
before' the 1st day of October, tho
"City Clerk and Treasurer shall collect
same and if the said taxes and assess
ments and penalties nre not paid on or
before tho 1st day of November there
after ii n additional penalty of one per
centum shall be added by tho City
Clerk and Treasurer on the said du
plicate and collected by the City Clerk
and Treasurer; that if said taxes,
penalties ami .assessments are not
paid on oi: before the 15th day of
November, next thereafter, an addi
tional penalty of five per centum
thereon shall be added by the City
Clerk and Treasurer on said duplicate
and collected <by the City -Clerk and
Treasurer. And if said taxes, penal
ties and assessments are not pyid on
Women Battle With Knives
Atlanta, (la., Aug* 27.? Homowanl
bound theatre crowds were treated to
4 rather spectacular fencing feast
here when two young1 women fought
a dm I with knives apd finger n.ul
in a manner to indicate that talk of
a weaker sex i* all The bunk. The
feminine . duelists were Mrs. Ethel
Holcombe, 2G, and Mrs. HUlii)
Stephen** 21 i, both of Atlanta.
The young women, disheveled and
bleeding, were taken to a hospital,
Mrs. Holcombe with a deep cut in
her left arm, having parried a thrust
at her heart, and Mm. Stephen a
scratched and badly battered.
About all the police could learn
was that the fight was the cliarta#
of a feud. What engendered the fetid
they did not know.
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CJoats are sometimes driven over
the. plowed fields in the Nile Valley
I to help break the clods.
? or before the 1st of December, next
thereafter, the City 'Clerk and Treas
urer shall issue in the name of the
City of Camden, a warrant or execu
tion in duplicate against said default
ing taxpayer in tho City of Camden,
^signed by him in hi? official capacity,
directed to the chief of police of the
City of Camden or some member of
the police force of the City of Cam
den, requiring and commanding him
to levy the same by distress and sell
?ho much of the defaulting taxpayer's
estnte, real or ?personal, or both, as
may be sufficient to satisfy the city
taxes of said defaulter, and specify
ing therein the aggregate amount of
all his taxes. The City Clerk and
Treasurer for every such warrant
tissued shall have from such defaulter
One ($1) Dollar and the chief of
police shall collect from such default
er the following fees in the execution
of his office, to wit: For serving each
'warrant, One ($1) Dollar;. lfor ad
vertising sale, twenty-five (25c)
cents; for making sale and executing
deed of conveyance and putting pur
chaser in possession, Three Dollars
*j($8.66.) ; for all sums levied as afore
said, five (5) per cent; and the chief
of police is prohibited from demand
ing or collecting any greater sum
therefor than is hereby allowed;
neither the chief of police nor the
City Clerk and Treasurer shall re
ceive fees upon nulla bona returns.
Ratified by the Mayor and Alder
men of the City of Camden, in Coun
cil assembled this 26th day of August,
1925.
H. C. GARRISON, JR.,
W. H. MAILK, Mayor
City Clerk and Treasurer.
COMING
TO CAMDEN
TUESDAY
Sept. 29
The Newest
Big Shew lit AIS
Ths Wcfjfid
5 Continent Menagerie
1250 People ? 500 Horses ? 50 Caf.es Animals
30 Lions ? 2 Cms of Elephants and Camels
5 Bands ? 2 Calliopes ? 2 Complete Electric
Light Systems ? 30 Double Length Steel Cars
6 -Pole T op ? 5 Mammoth Kings ?
2 Steel Arenas ? Wild - Beast Hippodrome
1000 Character Bible
Spectacle
Noah and the Ark
TIm Longest, Costliest and
Most Magnificent Open Den
Free Street Parade at
1* O'Clock Noon Daily
S C H O O L () r E N I A' G
I hi > wm will receive tin* sanw polite, efficient,
service 1 r >.?u r children'.- school needs, that we gave
v (i t; la. a yt a". Wf k?-< p our Shop and Stock in a neat,
orderly n;.innir. and up to the mark in quantity and
quality.
We are giving every School-child customer a good
No. 2 pencil in the school colors, and also a pocket note
book, Absolutely Free as long as they last and we have -,
lots of them.
Complete line of Textbooks furnished us by the State
Depository, also full accessories.
REALTY TRANSFERS.
Changes of Real Estate as Recorded
in County Auditor's Qffice
J. M. Hull to Perry p. Hull, 185
acres near Camden, It .00 and love
and affection.
Thomas Anerum to If. O. Burns, 1
lot, 1 1 n I >i > i Park, near Camden, $270.
If. Oi Burns to if. f). Ouinn, 1 lot
DuBow Park, near ( 'unulen, $120.
Clara P, Carver et al., >to Charles
\V. Godfrey, I lot, Broad Street, Cam
den, $8,250. .
Nathaniel Gay to Kershaw Building
and lx>un Association, 1 lot and build*
jug, town of Kershaw, $1,600.
John M, lx>wry to Kershuw Build
igg ?'?<! Loan Association, I lot town
of Kershaw, $800.
m C. 1'. DuBose et al., to H. R?
^Be*nl et aj., 1 lot DeKalb .Street,,
Camden, $.1,000.
L. K. Yarborough to . O. L. Wil
liums Company, 48 acres near Be
thune, $1,645.
Mrs, J., S. K, deLoach to John K.
deLoach, 1 lot Monument Square,
Camden, $5 and love.
R. H. Hilton, Mag|er, to L. E.
Mc Lester, 1 lot and building West
DeKalb Street, $600.
R. I). Dibble to Warren H. Harris,
1 lot Campbell Street, Camden,
$1,000. .
E. H. Dibbltf to Mary R. Vaughn,
1 lot Church Street, Camden, $150.
Flora H. Johnson to H. T. John
son, 50 acres near Bethune, $5 and
low. and affeetion.
Miss M. A. Team to Odessa An
thony, 1 lot and building, Campbell
Street, Camden* .
L. A. Kirkland to John Whltaker,
Jr., 7 1-2 acres, near Camden, $50, etc.
Mary E. Bell to Samuel Branham,
74 acres West Wateree, timber rights,
$375.
K. L. Bell to Eliza Wright, 1 acre
at WesJtville, $125.
James W. Outlaw to J. P. -Lewis,
1 lot and .'1 buildings near Camden,
$100., etc.
Bank of Bethune to Rush Lumber
Company, 1 lot town of Bethune,
$500.
Enterprise Building and Loan As
sociation to Jennie K, Me Mullen, 1
lot. and building corner I^aurens and
Fair streets, Camden, $6,300.
(i. K. Clements to M?ckey Jones
Co., acres at Liberty Hill, $200.
Kstelle A. Smith to Henry Savage,
1 lot Walnut Street, Camden, $5., etc.
Nina J. Jones to Luther Jones, 1
lot and building at Lugoff, $100. J
P. M. Melton et al., to Add Pat^P
1-2 acre at Sheppard, $50.
WEALTHY NEGRO KILLED
Shot To Death By l/nknown People
While Asleep on Bench
St. Matthews, Aug-. 30. ? A*. T.
Whalcy, a wealthy, negro of Chis. town
was shot to death aho <j^lock
last night by unknown persons. Ap
parently he was asleep on a bench
in front of C. F. Wise's store near
the Southern depot when he was shot.
A load of buckshot entered his throat
and death must have been instantan
eous.
A crowd assembled at the scene as
the ne*ws of the slaying spread. It is
the belief of officers here that' he
was shot from arv automobile and that
the car immediately was driven off,
leaving no trace of its occupants.
This morning certain citizens re
ported having seen a Ford automobile
containing three men and having no
license number in town near the hour
of the killing and that such a car left
town about that ?time going towards
Columbia.
Coroner W. II. Gaskin empanelled
a jury but the inquest was adjourned
until a Jator date, \'o arrests have
been made but Sheriff F. F. Mill is
at work on the case.
Whalcy was a notorious character
in the community for a number of
years. In the early summer of last
year he was wat'hfd tu leave town and
was given 1?0 days to get his. affairs
in order and clear out. He left and
went to Orangeburg, where he stayed
till two or three weeks ago, when he
returned to this town.
Baptism Must Wait.
While Lancaster and surrounding
lnwns aro enjoying1 a surplus of pure
water, Asheville people who desire
to hi> baptised must wait until after
the water shortage is over in that
section. The city authorities of
Asheville have prohibited the use of
city water for "baptism or sprink
ling" so long as the shoitage con
tinues. and Dr. Willis (i. Clark, rec
to: ot'Trinity Kpiacopal church has
f.vpr e-sed his views of the action of
I he city authorities. "The person
who wrote that bulletin has no con
eeption of the sanctity of baptism as
a divine rue," Dr. Clark declares. "If
that is not the case," Dr. Clark con
tinued, "then he is Kuilt> of blas
phemy." In ttye former case. Dr.
Clark concludes that "ho i s mentally
deficient and his placing the use of
water for t>aptUm on the same, plana
as the use of water for automatic
toilets cleaning floors, etc., is a
clear index of such deficient v." ?
Lancaster News.
On the holders of , Swansea Bay,
Wales, in the heart of a great sand
hill, lies buried a city "fcnee known as
Kettfig. Chronicles of Margam Ab
bey make it plain that the aand en
croacfeoitTX*
| and the burial was a alow one.
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Cotton Wanted
We have contracted this year to furnish a
large part of the Cotton used by the Mills with
which we are connected and expect to buy
<a ' ' ??? ? ' T' ' r ' ' ?
10,000 to 12,000 bales of it .on the Caiwfen
Market. Show us your samples, both lots an4
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single bales.
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WE ARE IN A POSITION TO
PAY YOU VERY FULL PRICES
SPRINGS & SHANNON, Inc.
CAMDEN, S. C
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PAYS DEATH PENALTY.
Negro Blames Bad Women and Bad
Whiskey.
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Draper Jeffries, 81 year did Spar
tanburg negro, went yesterday morn
ing to his death in the electric chair
at the state penitentiary ? a death
occasioned, he said, by bad women
and bad whiskey.
"Boys, I am paying for bad wo
men and bad whiskey," he said, after
taking his place in the death chair,
outwardly composed. lie was ready
to go, Jeffries said, for he thougt God
had forgiven him.
The negro caitie in the death room
and entered the .-^air unsupported.
He madift a brief statement, the Rev.
J. Dean Crain, penitentiary chaplain,
offered a prayer and shook hands with
the negro, and the current was turn
ed on, 1,000 volts at first coursing
through the body of the negro, before
the voltage was momentarily reduced/
The current was kept on for a minute
and a minute and 40 seconds after it
had been turned off, the penitentiary
physician pronounced .Jeffries dead.
H is body-was taken te the prison
cemetery for burial.
Jeffries was convicted last year of'
the murder ofiiSffte 'Mitchell, negreas,
whom he pursued on the streets of
Spartanburg, firing: as he went . Jle
had been drinking at the time, accord
ing to his own confession in the chair
yesterday morningf. ' Alter his con
viction, an appeal to the supreme
court was dismissed, and he was
brought August 17 to the penitentiary
there to await in his death cell the
day of "his electrocution.
About 900 Presbyterian relies
refrained from joining the United
Church of Canada.
LABOR
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Labor Day serves to call to ymind< that
this whole country rests upon labor . We
are a nation of laborers , laborers with
hand and brain .
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