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WIKKD STORY OF TAVERN Mill Chaney Hanged For Stealing Slave ol Dr. Crawford'n Father Catawba, September 19. ? Standing alone as it has stood U> r a century and a half in what is now the triangle (between the ('harlot t *?-< 'amden-Ool umbia highway and Seaboard rail way in the Six Mile Creek community, 1h Milt Chaney's Tavern, house of horrors where honust men x>f the early d&ys tarried but never left. While partly remodeled in recent years the frame structure . stands much in the same forbidding stolid- 1 Bess which has defied the lain and sun, storm and calm of passing years. Whence cauk> i>nlt Chancy not even the oldest resident of the ^community ian volunteer, Where Milt Chaney went after he was hanged in 1860 is a matter generally agreed upon. Hut it is certain that Milt Chaney -was a man of ill repute. Some said that he was a foreigner, in the old . V en days, gossip traveled slowly find residents of the sparsely settled country knew little of their neigh bors. There was > n<> house within wiles of Charity's Tavern, which was huilt beside a i trail along whicn passed many traders driving their ? ' cattle from North Carolina, Virginia and Tertnesfree to Charleston, There wore no bridges or railroads and few cities. " So ChaAey's Tavern' offered a haven of rest t(? many footsore trav elers, wearied from their tramp through the forests and their buttles wiih treacherous creeks and riven. ?Chaney came to the tavern with hj* wife and daughter. He also had a number of negro slaves to attend the wishes of guests. The stage coach from Charlotte to Camden, George town and Charleston made occasional stops to exchange a bit of gossip from the outside world, to n?!ay horses and givf* patrons an oppor? I tunity to satisfy their hunger. Dark are the stories which have come down through the years con cerning Milt Chaney and his tavern. The trader who Jmd reached his desti nation, disposed of his cattle or furs or other possessions, stopped at Chaney;' s Inn, never to leave ? alivo, if the stories of older residents are to be relied upon. Lone horse trade) s tarrying at night often never appear-, ed to contest Chaixfr^ ? i4r44-m to t.he ? animal at -daybreak, these stories say. The people i:i Virginia and Ten- J ncssee- and North Carolina became! alarmed when husband^ and father* and brothers failed to return. Many traced their providers to C harleston and back to Milt Chaney's Inn, but there the trail stopped. Suspicions became stronger each time another trader or traveler disappeared, Yet with $1| eyes turned accusingly upon Him, Milt Chuney was never called upon to answer for the crimes of which he is suspected to this day.' In those days there were, no tele phones, detectives, .State police, or Vvep sheriffs in that section. It was no easy matter to fasten crime upon it man living- miles from hit* nearest neighbor in the heart of a dense Hut Milt Chancy, made^one false step. He stole, or at least he waa Convicted of stealing a ncjfi" slave from Dr. Mail Crawford, whose son, Robert Crawford, now lives in I.an < i t< !?. He wih brought t?> trial, marked, in those days by severest; simplicity with the verdict always conviction or acquittal. The evidence against him was damning, and he was publicly hangeij. .John Marcus iSlagc, 77, one of the oldest resident. - o.f the community, claims to remem ber well the day in 1850 when "the old MurdeVed Milt Chaney" expiated his crime, He further states that the willow moved to Monroe and shortly' remarried. Many years after Milt Chancy'* name had become a terror in the neighborhood, and after he had been hanged, the first evidence of the sus pected murders came to light. Work men excavating for the road which now runs close to the old tavern un earthed a human skeleton. Terrified j negroes fled from the spot. Older i residents recalled "old Murder Milt Chaney" and wagged their heads. >Tt settled his guilt in their minds. Alexander Griffin, 72, a resident of the community, and \V. Frank Harris, proprietor of the Fort Mill hotel, accompanied this correspondent on a tour of inspection through the house, The top has been torn away [ and rebuilt lower than when the ! structure was Chane.v's Tavern. The i sleepers were squared with hand axes | and today appear as sold as when laid a century and a half a gov The j hoarding' and ceiling is tongued and grooved. The rooms are small. th<* | stairs narrow and circuitous.. The original chimneys have fallen and one; has been rebuilt'. Hut one of the' front windows remains intact except for a shot hole and a broken pane. It has a small front porch. A gian? ' sufclii maple, older than the memory of living man, .still provides inviting shade as in the dim pant it lured tired travelers to atop and rest. It, with the house, stands us a towering substantial link between the past and the present. Many are the stories which cen tered about the place since Milt Chaney went the way of mortal matt. Humor says that on the stroke of midnight, music- distinct and plain tive- begins; that shuffling of feet is to be heard; that weird, ethereal forms pass silently about; that moans and pleading voices are heard. For many years the place was the brief abode of many negro families who re fused to live in a "haunted house." At negro family now lives ' in the house. Its members wore unaware > that it has a history. Hut they say moving day may not be long now. ? j V ? Sumter Hoy Dies From injuries Sumter, Oct. l.'J.r? Claude Hurst, Jr., 15-year-old high school boy, died on ?the operating table of a local hospital when a physician operated In an ef fort to save the life of the boy who was injured yesterday when a bicycle on which he was riding was in col lision with an automobile. Youpg Hurst, the son of Mr. and Mrs, Claude Hurst, of Sumter, and Clraham Hill, a friend of the same age, were riding a bicycle on Marion avenue and on turning into HaynesWorth street, they collided with the automobile driven by Miss Lucile Ross, a trained nurse. Hurst suffered a ruptured kidney but his companion escaped with minor injuries. . Nelson Home Destroyed Sumter, Oct. 13. ? K, Kdgar Nelson, of the Salem section of Clarendon County, sustained a serious los?s Sun day morning about 1 o'clock, when his home, with all its contents, and r near-by cotton house, with between three and four bales of cotton, were burned. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, their three children, his mother and grand mother, a sister and two school teach ers, and a brother-in-law, his wife and one child, were in the house at the time. None of them saved any clothing at all and had to go two miles to a neighbor's in the frosty j night to get shelter and clothing. The house was a large building, the fam ily home for years, and there was no insurance on building or contents. The proportion of sons who read and write in India is seven times as high as thyi.t of t-he daughters. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ^ AND ESTIMATE OF AMOUNT NEEDED TO TAKE CARE O F TEACHERS' SALARIES ONE MONTH, AND PAY URGENT CLAIMS, INSURANCE, ETC. "? TT '?""??'? i* ' ' ''' 1 ?' ' '? i;! The Board of County Directors of Kei'shaw County authorizes the publication of the statement below which has been :'iled with it by the Superintendent of Kducation, that the public may realize the com! it ion that the Schools of the County are in: So 3CU 'A ?n h 8 ? 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District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. Board hv 2. . 3. . ?1. . 5. . 6. . 7. . 8. . 9. , 10. . 11. . 12. . is. . 15. . 16. . 18. . 20. . 22. . 23. . 2r>. . 27.. 28. i 29. . 30. . 31 . . 33 . . 37. . 38. . 39. . . 40. . 41. . 42. . 46 . . 47. . 1,080 140,979.00 326 203 230; 7 05 157' 77 71 102 89 91 185 51 23 230j 126 27! 338| 36 1 54] 41 41 163 56 53) 59 36 i 32 58 124 56 1 19 48 21 -o ? ? ?"* ? c ft o ^ ,??? w . 2 to c /; 6 '3 sH o 'O A P' w : 6,2 10.00 1,000.60' 1,491.87. 921.63) 100.00) 050.00 268.00 1 ?IKO.OOf ?J55.00i 250.00S (505.00i 1,766.80) 280.00| 120.00! 1,240.00, 515.00) 120.00! 2,151.66! 190.001 243, 00 222.00; 121.75; 512.00 ^288.00) 2t0.OO 223.50 110.50 244.00 355.00! 232.00 228.50 225.50> 100. OOj 015.00! 110.001 321.00; 1 ,068. -.10 2,080.51) 254.00; 850.84| 360.00 1 72.20' 270.20! 276.45! 280. OOJ 1,775.00! 43.00 50.00| 409.65! 1 00.00 1 250.00! 5,568.95] 430.00' 208.00! 180.001 21 2.75 i 480.00! 313.50! 528.38! 180.25! 50.50! 9.00; 156.00! ) 273.00 104.50! 25.50 100.00' 711.76: jg P O JO S+w <2 B Ci? 2 ?? P ? % | " W ITS 0,500 1 ,300 1 ,500 025 440 055 265 052 734 300 075, 1 ,800, 307, 125, 1,800, 015, 120, 2,200, 300, 243. 225, 1 25, 515. 300. .220. 225, 115. 250 300 00 $00,000.00| 00 12,500.00) o.ioo.ooj 7,000.00] 1,550.001 5,500.00 l.odo.oo 2,800.00 3,100.00 ? 1,400.00 3,500.00 8,500.00 1 ,000.00 750.00 12,250.00 3,500,00 050.00 17,500.00, 1,350.00 1.500.00 1,300.00, 850,00 4,500.00: 1.800.001 1,500.00! 1,500.00] 050,00! 1,100.00; ; 2,250.00' .00 ,ooi .00 .oof .00! ,20! ,20; ,00 ,00| ,00! ,00 ,00 00 ,00 oo; 00; ooj 00[ OOi oo! 00; 00 OOi 00 1 00' oo; oo! 250.00 230.00; 230.00! 100.001 1,700.00 1,800.00' 1,500.00 2,510.00 $52,340.00;$ 14,186.89 14,337.90; 12,604.61, 1 ,429.00 9,785.84 1 1,985.00 2,602.20 2,909.00 1,946.45 4,040.00 12,288.01 2,228.00 816.50 12,269.65 3,455.00 040.00 26,328.95 1,455.00 1,793.00 1,595.00 1,127.75 4,890.00 1,948.50 2,212.38 1,750.25 985.00 1,289.00 2,261.00 1,833.00 1 ,809.50 1 ,825.50 1,444.25 1,636.89 5,237.90! 5,504.51! 4, 285.84 1 385,001 "546.45! 540.00! 3,788.01 328.00 6(5.50 19.65 290.00 8,828.95 106.00 293.00 295.00 277.76 390.00 148.50 712.38 250.25 35.00 189.00 33.00 309.50 Iw ? ft 3 C ft. ?1 o ^ w.2 c AUCTION Of Home Sites and Si .1 Truck ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 i AT 10:30 A. M. , c Mrs. R. W. White's Property on the Jefferson Davis Highway, one mile north of Camden, S. C., formerly known as the Bellshaw Dairy Farm. A beautiful subdivision to be known as Pine Haven and White's Garden. Just beyond the City Limits, where it will be cool, plenty of fresh air, still you will be close to the Schools, Churches, Stores, etc. This property consists of about 75 choice lots and several small tracts, suitable for country homes, truck farms, dairy and chicken farms, each tract faces on good wide street. Buy you a home in this new high class development, where you will escape City Taxes and the noise of the City, have your own garden, fruit trees, etc., enjoy the pure country air. This Property will be sold at Auction, the last bidder will be the new owner. This will be a great day for the home-seeker, the speculator and the investor. FREE ! $100 IN CASH EASY TERMS MUSIC BY BRASS BAND Crossland -Tyson Realty & Auction Company BENNETTSVILLE, S. C, ~ v , A ic.. --. , ,.**xrx -tz* ?**? Total est.r-pf amt. needed for 1 nio., $26,991.40; interest, costs, etc., est*, $300.00; Grand Total: $27,491.40. On the above statement the Board of Education requested the Board of County Direct ors to assist in borrowing $27,500.00 as needed for the first school month. The Board of Directors noted that certain districts could not borrow the amounts asked for as they ex ceeded 75 per cent of the local taxes for school purposes by small amounts, and revised the statement and have made the County note for $27,250.00. NOTICE ? ! N # A meeting of the County Legislative Delegation; of the. Board of Directors of Kershaw County, of the Trustees of the several School Districts of the County, and of those interest ed in the Schools of the- County with the Board of Education of Kershaw County, is here by called for 11 o'clock on Friday, October 30th, at the Court House, Camdep, S. C., to canvass the school situation and to devise means to keep the schools in operation. J. TEAM GETTYS, County Superintendent of Education.