Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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XHlfi SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH Will the South join in financing its own railroad needs ? Southern capital is being invested in many new enterprises along the lines of the Southern Railway System. ? * ( ? ? An even greater gain in production and prosperity in the South in the next ten years than was witnessed in the last ten aeems inevitable. But industry can expand no faster than the railroads that bring fuel and raw materials, and carry the finished prod ucts to the marketsof the country. Money must be invested in railroads as well as factories, if industry is to be efficiently served. That much of this new railroad capital should come from the South itself seems a natural result of the growing invest ment wealth of the South. S O U T t i H R N R A I l.W A V S Y S I \i M roi Nl> l>U \l> IN IIOTKI. Wealth) Birmingham Younj? Woiuan ThoujjhV' Victim of Poison Chicago, Nov. ir?. Mrs. Florence Manly Hood, UK, wife of Walter M. Hood, wealthy Itirmin^lmm, Ala., lawyer, died in n hospital In.ie today after she had s wallo wed poison in her hotel'. The police believed .she com mitted suicide, but an inquest v. ill be held tomorrow. ?*John C'ashion, . official of a couch manufacturing company, who told the police he had registered at her hotel hu*i?jmd, uus L.Li questioning. He said Mrs. Hood came here Fri day to invest in some property and that he had been with her sir.ee her arrival. Mi.s. Hood's husband was .notified in Kirmiujfhajn and was ex ?pret-ed ??? attend Lhe iiiQUCit. Mrs. Heod wa> wearing Ji welry valued ;it $10,000 when a physician found h" r in her- room after she noti fied I h? hot<t manager that she was - iik. I >i ? to i e becoming unconscious -he told him she had drunk a poison ous solution, a bottle of whvh wa> ! ound l.\ m>: on i lie f'.oo ? . ( ashie'i ?;ud he In s*v Mrs. Hood at suppr! m n( hotel Inst r.itfht, when he had r e p *? i ma it led her' f^r dririkinp. Cushion said h< had met Mis. Hood i several years ago through her sister, Mrs. ("live Richardson of Uirming ham. H?- maintained that their friendship was purely platonic and said' he registered at th?' hotel as Mrs. ?Hood's husband merely t > le able to i see her on business at any hour. 1 1 ^ admitted that both had h.cn drinking Saturday night. Mrs. Hood, ho said, lias an eight year-old son by n former marriage. The woman's husband had contem plated making an extensive business venture here and she preceded him to Chicago to transact .M>mo business Met Death While Hunting Union, Nov. in. -John (tamer, who lives at Excelsior Mills, went out hunting Saturday afternoon and did riot return at bedtime. His family became worried about him and a search was begun which continued through Saturday night and Sunday night, and this morning his dead body was found on a branch near ?the corporate limits of Union with a gunshot wound through the neck. It was plainly a case of accidental shoot ing, I'ji his gun was entangled in a grapi vim- and he was clutching the vino. lb i> survived by his wife and two SOUS. Attention, Cotton Growers ! :\ it rate of Soda Test ftif/ht in Your County i>> >. i- Hra-intfton. Camdrn, S. ( ap p i i i ? ?J 1 .~>o pounds NitraW- Soda per acr?' o hi- Cotton })''f<>rv planting tirnr. in addi 4;?>n l?? si: f fie Pho>phatr and Potash iti-Mi 1 : With Nili'.iU- 1 .2 U> l'o>. pel ;u n Without N'.'r.'.'c S00 H><. por acre W ; *? M i?l . il~ MVKH.< 1 t ManaK K I > l TATIONAL lU'KKAl' CHILKAN NIT El AT H ()!?' SODA 1NCUHASK ?1 |o pf*r Her u I I 2S M urt Building \tlanta. < Georgia ROCK ATTACK ON TKACHBRH. Members of lilaclutburg Faculty Vic ? 'limn of Assault. CiatTney, Nov. l5.->~Four member? of the Allison clan of Blackftburg stand charged with assault and bat tery and rioting an the result of an attack early Saturday night on Major Isadore Ussery, superintendent of the Hlacksburg schools, and.I'rof. C. O. Hurts, member of the school faculty and athletic coach. TOc assault took place in front of Cullc'r's drug store, according to report* .reaching (?aff ney. Major UM.sery was struck on the face with two rocks and Mr. Hurts had ft large hole knocked in his scalp hy u bludgeon or some other instru ment during the melee. Major Us sery was rendered unconscious, it was stated, and both men wore treated by physicians. The men charged with the attack are Matt Allison, Confederate vet eran and former coroner of Cherokee county; his son, Hogue Allison, for mer police chief of Blacksburg; Wal ter Allison, son of Hogue, who was recently expelled from tho Black* burg school, according to Professor Ussery, and Harold I*eech, son-in law of Hogue Allison. Major Ussery's car was parked in front of Culler's drug store. The school superintendent left the storo and approached his automobile, when suddenly Walter Allison is alleged to have stepped from behind another car and flung a rock that hit Major Us sery on the left temple, Ussery re monstrated, and while talking to the youth a stone, said to have been flung by another member o(. the clan, struck him behind the ear, rendering him un conscious. Professor Borts, who had been on the other side of the street, hastened to Ussery's rescue, but Matt and Hogue Allison also joined in the al tercation and by overwhelming num bers overpowered the school men, ac cording to reports to officers. The pressure of outflowing sap in injured trees in the spring may reach a.s high as 150 pounds to the square inch, or equal to the steam pressure in an ordinary locomotive. TAX NOTICE County Tax Books Open ?t Treasu rer's Offiice October 15th Notice is hereby given that the books will be opened for the collec tion of State, County and School Taxes from October 15th, 1925, to March loth, 192ti. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to all taxos unpaid January Lst, 1926, 2 per cent February lst, 1926 and 7 per cent March 15th, 1926. The rate per centum for Kershaw cfunty is an follows: Mills State Taxes 5 1-2 6-0-1 School 4 County Taxes S 1-2 Hospital 3-4 School Taxes ' . . 3 Total 21 3-4 DeKalb Township Road Bonds, for DeKatfc Township, only 2 8-4 Ihrft -tax $1.25. All doj? owners are required to make a return of their dojr* to the County Treasuror, who( Is required to furnish a licenBe tag. All dog-s caught without the license tajj the owners will be subject to a fine of Twenty (20.00) Dollars. The following School Districts have ( special levies: School District No. 1 23 School District No. 2 D0^ School District No. 3 23 School District No. 4 15 School District No. 5 8 School Dltftricit No. 6 15 School District No. 7 17 School District No. 8 8 School Dfjrtrict No. 9 4 School Distritft No. 10 5 School District No. 11 15 School Dirftru-t No. 12 18 School District No. 13 8 School Dlstrkrt. 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 Dijrtricfl No. 25 8 School District No. 27 6 School District No. 28 4 School District No. 29 8 School District No. 30 8 School District No. 31 8 School District No. 33 14 School District No. 37 8 School District No.- 38 8 School District No. 39 8 School Distriot No. 40 25 School District No. 41 8 School District No. 42 8 School District No. 48 4 School District No. 46. . . 8 School District No. 47..... 8 The poll Tax is $1.00. AH able-bodied ir,,i!e persons from the aj?es of twenty-one (21) to fifty (50) years, both inclusive, except res idents m incorporated towns, shall pay $:l.00 ;?* a road tax except min ister* of the Ko.->pel actually in charge of a congregation, toacherrs employed >i) public schools, school tj-ustees, and persons permanently disabled in the military service cf the State and per w.ns who v f i ved ;n the War JPtween the Srtate?, and all quarantine service of this state and ail reSidentA who may be attending school or college at the time when paid road tax shall be come due Persons claiming disabili ties must present certificate from two rerpu table physicians of this county. All information with reference to taxe* will ho furnished upon applica tion I). M. McCASKllJL ; Ooanty Treasurer. ' PEACEFUL BERMUDA. No Automobile* f>r Motorcycle* To DUturb iU Inhabitant*. Permission hat been granted for the construction of a tramcar line rn peaceful Beermuda and, according to recent dispatches, work on It is to be started in the next few months. 'I he ban has not yet been lifted on auto mobiles and motorcycles, so the sin gle motor truck to carry freight re main* the only representative of the automotive family. "Antiquity, even in transportation facilities, is part of the !n trade of Bermuda," says a bulletin from the Washington, P. C., head ' qua iter# of the National Geographic Society. "To the visitor thi^ is one of the chief sources of its charm. There are no industries other than agriculture and catering to the tour ist trade. The steamboat whistle and the clatter of horses' hodfs on the smooth hard roads are the only for eign noises that disturb the Sabbati cal quiet of the island. "Politically Bermuda is one of the oldest colonies of the British empire, antedating Plymouth by 11 Geologically it has been traced by aome authorities to the same great eruption along the Atlantic seaboard that gave birth to the Palisades, Mt. Ilolyoke and the Meriden HtTls. "The islands were discovered by a Spaniard, Juan de Bermudez, in 1515, but it was the shipwreck of an Eng lishman in 160U that led to the British , claim and their colonization. During the Revolution, although sympathetic with the American colonies, Bermuda remained loyal to the Mother country. i A shortage of food led to an exchange J of largo stores of powder, seized in t the doad of night from the garrison by citizens, for several shiploads of food supplies from the American Col- 1 onies. It was this powder, recoived j at an hour of great need, that the Continental army employed to compel the British to evacuate Boston. "Not only powder, but salt and other necessaries were sent to Amer- 1 ica by Bermudians during the Revo-' lution, despite the embargo palced on American ports by the King. These acts so incensed the Governor of the islands that he publicly upbraided many citizens for treason. Feelings ran high for a time, the Governor was removed, but in the end the islands retained their allegiance to Engand. "During the Civil War Bermuda enjoyed a brief era of unparalleled prosperity. As one of the chief goals of the Confederate blockade runners its main ports, Hamilton and St. George, seethed with continuous ex citement and activity. Cotton was worth two shillings a pound at the time, and great risks, were taken to obtain it. It is said that ship captains received as high as $5,000 for a single successful trip, while others were j paid proportionately. Everyone was j rich and sympathy for the southern j cause was more or less openly ex pressed. "Today Bermuda often has nearly j as many Americans within ts shores | as natives. Less than 700 miles from i New York and connected with Amer- | ica's principal port by frequent and j speedy steamers, the American tour ist has lately supplanted the produc tion of onions, potatoes, and lily bulbs as the principal 'industry'. The islands of which there are said to be 365 in the group (one for every day in the year) provide delightful playgrounds dotted, with green cedar trees, and with charming combinations of water [ and shore. "In many respects Bermuda is an England in miniature. The names of many of the shores and towns arc lifted bodily from those of the Mother country, without even so much as a 'New' in extenuation. Warwick, Southampton, Devonshire, Watford, Ireland and Somerset are examples. Surface irregularities and hundreds it's Fine? It Beats Any thing I Ever Saw?And A Mun Don't Have To Be Sick To Be Benefited By It," Says Prominent Man. "I feel that one cannot Invest a few dollars to totter advantage than in taking a few bottles of Kaj-nak," declares Capt. John J. Sigg. Sunerintendentof the South ern Public Utilities Co., und nrom inent citizen of Winston-Salem, N. C., residing at 205 N. Main S|t. "I have found that when a man reaches my age of sixty-three he generally feels the need of some thing to keep up hts rim, vigor and vitality, and to word off a general run-down condition into which he might otherwise fall. "It has been my custom for sev eral years to take a bottle or two of some good tonic for this puh pose, and I do not hesitate to say that I hav# never felt so much good from various other tonics I have ever taken us I have from this new medicine, Kamak "In a very short time it just seemed to glv* me a new appetite, iriado my footf-tasto good to me. and built me up in strength and energy all over. It's lino? beats anything I ever saw ? and I don't hesitate to recommend it to any body," Karnak is sold in Camden ex clusively by ttomp 6 PePasa and by the leading draggiat fa every town. of bays and promontories, with pictu r usque English houses ana littte stone churches help to complete the anal ogy. "The resemblance is not quite com plete, however. There are no lakes, nor streams, nor natural springs. The few ponds are mostly brackish . and doriye their water indirectly from the sea. Every home has its own water supply tank on the roof, and fortu nately rainfall is frequent and abun dant. In fact the islands .have a rep utation as a stormy center, many claiming that Shakespeare laid the setting for "The Tempest" in Bermu da, because of reports, brought back by spilors, of the sudden and violent hurricanes. * "Although no farther south than Charleston, S. C., the Gulf Stream gives Bermuda a tropical ciraate which is modified by the prevailing trade winds. Nearly three hundred different kinds of birds have been identified in the vicinity, while the marine life is of extraordinary varie ty and beauty. "Particularly interesting is tho plant life, with 61 species that can be found native nowhere else in the world. Coffee, tea, and tobacco are of spontaneous growth, while the toad, which was introduced since the discovery of the islands, attains pro portions that startle the uninitiated. Red coral-sand beaches, limestone caves of marvelous beauty, sand stone for houses (cut with saws from the backyard), and unsettled theories con cerning the volcanic origin of the is lands are among the many things that Veep geologists entertained "The light to maintain the time honored seclusion and repose of the islands has been long and stormy. It has evolved many of Bermuda's illus trious visitors. On one of the peti tions for abolition of the motor car are the names of Mark Twain and Woodrow Wilson. The late President Wilson wrote the preamble to a list of names that is credited with being partly responsible for the Motor Act i of 1908. In this preamble he stated that Bermuda was one of the last re fuges from the automobile and from the 'extravagant and sporting set' it attracted. That sentiment has been gradually changing, however, is indi cated by the recent failure of a mo tion to bring the motor car back by the narrow margin of one vote. Some Berlin traffic cops now wear red circles on white wristbands to aid them in making their signals visible. Diamond Ring in Cabbage Arthur Butler recently sent to hi* home a cabbage, purchased with aa order from M. H. Felder of Orange^ burg ank when the cook was cutting she struck an object and found that it was a small diamond ring. The Jeweler who examined it said that it was a genuine diamond. It had po* sibly been dropped by eome child in the cabbage head when quite young and the leaves enwrapped it.? -Wal terboro Press and Standard. >? ? 4 - - MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina, Couhty of Kershaw. (Court of Common Plea?) Jasper La whom, Harmon Montgom ery and Leford Montgomery, Ellen Montgomery, Richard Montgomery and Jesse Montgomery . by their guardian ad litem Mat McLeod and Mary Jane Lawhorn, Julia Ann Lawhorn and Ellen Lawhorn, by Jasper Lawhorn, their guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs, ? against John Heyward Truesdel, Henry Mont gomery and Joe Miller, Jr., and Minnie Miller, Minor, Defendant*. ? I Under an ordor of his honor, T. S. Sease, dated Noveniber 5, 1925, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction, for cash, before the Kershaw County Court House door, in Camden, in said State, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the seventh day of December, 1926, the following described real estate: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing three hun dred (300) dcres,. more or less, bound ed North by Sanders Creek; East by lands of W. L. Jackson; South by lands of Lydia V. Elliott and by lands of J. D. McLester and West by lands of J. D. McLester." R. H. HILTON, Master for Kershaw County. November 14, 1925. Grippe, Flo* Dengue, Bilious Fever and 1 Malaria It Kills the Germs. Just Received CAR LOAD Fulgrum Seed Oats Red Rust Proof Seed Oats Winter Rye Abruzzi Rye Plant Oats and Rye Early this fell SPRINGS & SHANNON, Inc. CAMDEN, S. C.