The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 16, 1925, Image 3
Marriages
Mr, James Marion Spurrier and
Miss Irene Iluckabee, froth of Long
(iwn, S. were married on Sunday,
October U, at the home of Judge of
Probate W. L, McDowell.
Mr. T. VV. McNeely, of Cassatt, and
, Nfr*. Armeta C. Ingram, of Taxahaw,
were married on Saturday night last,
October I Oth, by Itev. J. B. Shiver.
Johns Hopkins was a Baltimore
merchant, bachelor and Quaker. He
founded the university that bears his
:<amo because he believed only two
institution* would endure- "a unlver
it.v, tor there will always, be youth
train; and a hospital, for there will
:u.\ys bo sut't'i'iiii'v to itItvc."
TAX NOTICE? T
County Tax Books Open at Treasu
rer's Of fiice October 15th
Notice is hereby given that the
books will be opened for the eollec
'ion of State, ? County and School
Taxes from October 15th, 1025, to
March 15th, 1926. A penalty of 1
per cent will bo adde<l to all taxes
unpaid January 1st, 1926, 2 per cent j
February 1st, 1926 and 7 per cent
March 15th, 1926.
The rate per centum for Kershaw
county is as follows: Mills
State Taxes -. . . . . ..5 1-2
ti-04 School . . ..4
bounty Taxes .& L-2
Hospital ...... 3-4
School Taxes .... 3
Total . 213-4
DeKalb Township Road Bonds,
for DeKalb Township, only 2 3-4
I)og tax $1.25. All dog owners are
tequired to make a return of their
dogs to the County Treasurer, who
required to furnish a license tag.
All dogs caught without the license
tag the owners will be subject to a
;ine of Twenty (20.00) Dollars.
The following School Districts have
special levies:
School District No. 1 23
School District No, 2........ 20 Vi
School District No. 3... 23
School District No. 4........ 15
School District No. 5., 8
School Ditftricit ,fto. c'6.n 15
School District No. 7........ 17
School District No. 8. ...... . 8
School District No. 9. P. 4
Schoo 1 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.. 4
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 6
School District No. 28.. 4
School District No. 29 8
School District No. 30 8
Schoo! District No. 31. ...... .x 8
School District No. 33 14
School District No. 37........ 8
School District No. 38 8
School District No. 39 8
School District No. 40 25
School District No. 41 . 8
School District No. 42 J5
School District No. 43 .. t 4 '
School District No. 46....?... 8
School District No. 47.......'. 8
The poll Tax is $1.00.
All able-bodied malje persons from
'he ages of twenty-one (21) to fifty
<">0) years, both inclusive, except res
Icnts in incorporated towns, shall
pay 33.00 :as a. xoad. tax . except min
sters of the gospel actually in charge
<>f a congregation, teachers employed
ii public schools, school -trustees, and
persons permanently disabled in the
military service of the Stato and per
sons who served in the War Between
the States, and all quarantine service
of this state and all residents who
may be attending school or college at
the time when said road tax shall be
come due. Persons claiming disabili
ties must present certificate from two
imputable physicians of this county.
All information with reference to I
taxes will be furnished upon applica-l
lion. D. M. McCASKILL,
County Treasurer.!
LOST CERTIFICATE
Notice is hereby 'given that Certifi
cate No. 230, two shares ih Series No.
of the Camden Building and Loan
Association issued to G. G. McCaskill
has been lost, and that after due
notice by advertisement has been
given. the undersigned will apply to
Kiilding and loan association for
a duplicate certificate.
J. G. McCASKILL.
Camden, S. C., Oct. 8, 1925.
NO-MO-KORN
for corns and callouses
Made in Camden and For Sale By
DeKalb Pharmacy? Phone 95
Take* .11 'Pound Hans
What is believed to be the largest
buss yet taken with rod and rtud on
any of the Charleston beaches this
.season wan caught yesterday by Mr.
Edwin M. Barnes, ftjj) Ruttldgji ave
nue. It weighed thirty-one pound*
when put on the scales this afternoon,
after having been captured in the
morning, and was an exceedingly
h<\nc^ome fiah, measuring 4(5 inches
in length and 23 1-2 inches in girth,
Mr. Barnes has made some won
derfully fine catches during the year,
both of sheep&head and channel bass,
but this was the largest fish he has
taken. It was one of a number caught
by Mr. Haines ahd the party of which
he was a member yesterday. The bsit
used was mullet.
"Mr. Barnes ha<f the bass -packed in
ice last night and is shipping it t
hi mother, Mrs. E. L. Haines, at
Rock II ill. ? Monday's,., News nnvl
Courier. v
A topcoat and bathing su|t are
often used uh the same day (n suijv
mer by vacationists in* the Colorado
Rockies.
MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
' (Court of Common Pleas)
Kershaw Mercantile & Banking Com
pany, a corporation organised and
existing^ under the laws of the
State of South Carolina, Plaintiff,
against
Philis Shropshire, Mary Shropshire,
Jim Shropshire, Jerry Shropshire,
Robert Shropshire, Same McNelton,
George Shropshire, James Shrop
shire, Eli Shropshire, Salliu Duren,
, Marie McCullough, Daniel Kirk
land, Frank Kirkland, Robert Kirk
land, Ella Evans, Pess Kirkland,
Charlotte Stewart, Grafton An
thony, Richard Roe and John Doe;
and any other heirs at law of James
Shropshire, deceased, Defendants.
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Under an order of court herein,
dated September 30, 1925, I will sell
to the highest bidder, at public auc
tion, for cash, before the Kershaw
County Court House door, in Camden,
in the State of South Carolina, during
the legal hours of sale, on the first
Monday, being the second day of
November, 1925, tho following de
scribed real estate : '
"All that tract of land situated in
Kershaw County, State of South
Carolina, about fifteen miles north
west of Camden on Burgess Branch
and Hughes Branch, waters of Whiter
Oak Creek, whereon I reside contain
ing one hundred (100) acres, more or
less, bounded northwest by Hughes
Branch dividing from land of E. M.
Kirkland, southeast by lands of Mose
Watts and lands of Robert Brown j
and Southwest by the public .road
and Hughes Branch."
Should the purchaser at said sale
fail to comply with. his or her bid
within one hour after said sale, the
Master shall resell the said premises
on the -same day without further
notice.
R..H. HILTON,
October 13, 1925. Master.
MASTER'S SALE
State of ^outh Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
W. L. Blackmon, Plaintiff,
3 , against
J. E. Faulkenberry, Defendant
? Under and pursuant to an order of
the Court of Common Pleas of this
County, dated September 26, 1925#
I will sell to the highest bidder, at
public auction, in front of the Court
House door, in Camden, Kershaw
County, State of South Carolina, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, on the
first Monday, being the second day
of November, 1925, the following de
scribed real estate; '
"All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land, lying, being and situate
in the County of Kershaw, State of
South Carolina, containing fifty (50)
acres, more or less, bounded north by
lands of Mrs. Lula Gregory, formerly
lands of the estate of Jessie Trues
del, south by Hanging Rock Creek,
east by estate lands of Frank Trues
del, west by 'lands of E. V. Truesde!,
formerly estate lands of Jessie
Trucsdel." - - 1 ? ? .
The said sale to be upon the fol
lowing terms: One-half cash and the
balance secured by a note and mort
gage of the purchaser upon the prem
ises, to be due and payable twelve
months from date of such sale with
interest thereon at the rate of eight
per cent per annum, payable annually,
that the purchaser at such sale shall
have the option of paying the full
amount of his bid in cash.
R. H. HILTON.
October 13, 1925. Master.
Garages and Machine Shops
Brushes, Wire
Belts, Fan
Belt, Leather
Blades, Hack Saw
Cans, Oil
Carbon Remover
Cloth, Emery
Compound, Grinding
Dressers, Emery
Drills, Electric
Drills, Twist
Drills, Breast
Drill Presses
Dust, Emery
Ezy-Outs
Frames, Hack Saw
Files, All Kinds
Graphite Grease
Hose, Gasoline
Hose, Air
Hose, Water
Jacks, Automobile .
Lacers, Belt
Pliers
Puller*, Grane
Reamers, Critchley
JReame^n, Taper Pin
Screw Urirer*
Screws, Cap, S. A. K.
Screws, Cap Standard
Screw Plates
Socket Wrei>ches
Scrtder, Acid Core
Stands, Emery
Taps, Machinist
Torches, Blow
Vises, Garage
v Vises, Machinist
Vises, Pipe
Waste, White
Wheels, Emery
Wrenches, all kinds
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY
823 West GervaU St. Columbia, C
WRKUTS
AFTER
EVERY
MEAL
affords
benefit as well
as pleasure.
Healthful exercise for the teeth
and a spur to tligcction. A long*
butting refreshment, toothing to
nerve* and ttomach.
The Great American
Sweetmeat, untouched
h v Kaiuli. full of i
flavor*
J. B. DIKE DEAD
Millionaire Tobacco Man Hurled in
His Native Town
New Yorkj Oct. 10. ? JtHiics Bucha
nan Duke, of New York and Char
lotte, N. C\, multimillionaire electric
power and tobacco pioneer, died at
his home here tonight shortly after
6 o'clock. Bronchial pneumonia was
given as the cause of death. He had
been ill for ten weeks, since suffer
in# a breakdown while spending some
time at Newport, R. 1.
Mr. Duke wag. 08 years of. nge'and
was a native of North Carolina, hav
ing been born near Durham, N. C.
W hen he1 was 18 years of age he bo
came engaged in the tobacco business,
in which he rose to be perhaps the
world's outstanding figure.
# Latere he became interested iu hy
dro-electric power development and
as directing genius of the Southern
Power company -built that^organiza
tion into one of the greatest concerns
of its kind in the' world.
Mr. Duke was widely known for his
bt nevolenc.es in the cause of educa
tion and the church, having recently'
given nearly $55*000,000 to educa
tional institutions, one* of the chief
beneficiaries of this gift being Trin
ity College, now Duke University at
Durham, N. C.
At his death were the members of
his immediate family, including his
widow, formerly Miss Nannie Lee In
man, Atlanta, Ga., and their daugh
ter, Dorin, 12, and Dr. Robert Wiley,
for many years the family physician.
The passing of Duke will in no way
affect his many philanthropies a
statement issued by him just before
his death, said.
"Who's Who In America" has the
following to say of Mr. Duke:
"James Buchanan Duke, capitalist.]
Born on a farm near Durham, N. C.,
1857, son of Washington Duke. Kdu- ;
cated in the county schools. Married1
second time to Nannie (HoIt)~Ihman.
Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1007. Began
in tobacco business, with his father
and brothers at Durham, N. C., in
firm of Duke Brothers, acquiring an
interest at eighteen years of age.
He went to New York <in 1884; or
ganized the American Tobacco Com
pany in 1889, of which he was presi
dent until 1912. Was ' president of
Continental Tobacco Company in
1901; chairman board of directors of
British-American ^ Tobacco Company,
Limited, 1912; director Union Bleach
ing and Finishing Company; presi
dent Southern Power Company.
"V ? = ?
Six From Kershaw at Clenison.
Clemson College, Oct. 13.? Figures
just compiled by the registrar's office
at Clemson show that the total enroll
ment this year fs 1014 students. Of
these six are from Kershaw county,
three new students and three old stu
dents.
Anderson county leads in the num
ber of -students with a tutal of 122.
Greenville is second with 69, and
Spartanburg with 00 ranks third.
Berkeley is the only county in the
state not represented at Clemson.
All other counties hnve at lea^t two
students.
Twelve states other than South
Carolina are represented in the Clem
son student body. Georgia leads
these with 25, North Carolina follows
with 10. There arc four students
from Alabama, three from New York,
three from Tennessee, two from Flor
ida, two from Louisiana, and one each
from the District of Columbia, Texas,
Virginia, Michigan and Ufcst Vir
ginia. One student is registered from
China. Of the 1014 students, 953 are
from South Carolina.
The sun is so hot "in India that
when Dr. fif} A. Rom, of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, attempted to cross
the street without any covering on
jhis head the natives harried to cover
?t. declaring he would strffvr from a
headache from even so short an ex*
posiire.
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Never Too Late
It is never too late to mend. It is always too
late to spend. It is never too to save
because it, is never too late to nave. Your
savings account should begin now. Better
late than never.
The
Sheriff's Wife Conveys Prisoner
t Columbia, Oct. 11. ? A precedent
was set in South Carolina this week
when Mrs. S. F. McLean, wife of the
sheriff of Abbeville Count/, brought
to the State penitentiary here Pren
tice Ashley, convicted of murder and j
sentenced to life imprisonment. No J
other guard accompanied Mrs. Me- I
Lean when she brought the prisoner j
' to Columbia by train. This is the
I first time in tho history of the stato
that a prisoner has ever been brought
to the penitentiary under the lone
guard of a woman. ,
Safety and Mileage
For All Roads and Seasons
OPERATORS of large truck, bus and cab fleets
must have rugged, long-mileage tires if they are
to make money. That is why so many of them have
standardized on Firestone. Experienced race drivers,
almost to a man, equip with Firestone. Car owners
can have this same extra safety and economy ? \>y
using Gum -Dipped Cords.
Gum-Dipping, the Firestone extra process, impreg
nates and insulates every fiber of every cord with
rubber ? insures greater safety and comfort over rough
and sandy roads ? builds extra strength and flexibility
into the sidewalls ? an exclusive feature that adds
thousands of^ miles to the life of *tk?
Come in ? let us save you mone^ by equip
ping your pafr with a set of these wonderful
tires ? prices are still low.
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MOST MILES PER DOLLAR
CITY FILLING STATION, Camden, S. C.
AMERICANS IffOOLB MODUCR . THKIR OWN RUBBER...,
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