Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MASTER'S 8AL& ?ute of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, i ^yrt of Common Pleas. t o McDowall, Executor of the Es tc of I. Scotta Salmond, Plaintiff, against luncsn Nelson, Defendant. Under an order of Court herein, December IB, 1926, I will sell to hiiT^est bidder at public auction, a r fft6h, before Kershaw Couniy lourt House door, in Camden, in said ?tate during the legal hours of sale n the first Monday, being the 4th gy of January, 1026, tho following ?fgfi'ibni i??l estate : "Al! that piece, parcel or tract of nd situate in the County of Ker f,aw State of South Carolina, for t,r]v KnuVvn as part of the Bur ghs land; bounded North by lands ?rmerly of Bauni Bros., now of Israel elson; (Oast by lands ef Henry Boy in- Sou'h by lands formerly of Andy Imlth, now of I)r. S. P. Brhsington; rest by lands of Nancy ColemaYi. ejng the land conveyed to Duncan [el?0n by Leo Schenk and G. H. rtaum, by deed of date the 21st day of ?arch, 1919, recorded in the office of Ke Clerk of Court, book AZ., page 43. ?aid tract of land containing /? sitfty ?60) acjes, more or less. ? "Also all that piece, parcel or tract |f land, situate in the County of Ker iaw, State of South Carolina, for ierly known as part of the Burrows md; bounded North by lands of Dr. F. Brasington; East by lands of rael Nelson; South by lands of Is ,el Nelson and by lands of Duncan [elson; West by lands of John Nel ,n; this being part of the tract con ned to Duncan Nelson by the Com -iMioncrs of the Sinking Futffl of Booth Carolina, by deed of date the Ei day of January, 1905, recorded in Ea office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, in book PPP, page K2, said tract of land containing |*enty-tfve (25) acres, more or less. "Also all that piece, parcel or tract 'land containing^twentv ($0) acres, [ore or less, situate in the County of iershaw, State of South .-Carolina, Krmerly known as the Burrows land; unded North, East and West br ,nd of the said Israel Nelson; South j a twenty -acre tract cpnveyed by rrael Nelson to Duncan Nelson, by Led of date the 17th of December, B06, -recorded in the office of the Herk of Court tor Kershaw County, ?<k>k RRR, page 50. Said land being |art of tracts sixty-nine and seventy ' tho "Burrows Land" as appears on at of L. C. Lands, in the office of pt Secretary of State." Any person desiring to bid at said le except the plaintiff heroin shall st deposit with the Master the sum one hundred ($100.00) dollars, in _^sh, or certified check upon some'xe lablc bank, said sum or sums of loney to be returned to unsuccessful Bidders. R. H. HILTON, Master for Kershaw County. Dec. 16, 1925. MASTER'S SALE UU? of South -Carolina, County of Kershaw. (Court of Common Pleas) Mary Alden Hopkins, Plaintiff, against , R. Rodgers, Springs and Shannon, Incorporated, JuliuB Cahn and Ellis Cahn, Mackey Mercantile Company, and W. R. Gardner, in trade as Farmers Grocery, Defendants. ? ' Under an order of Court herein, ited December 14, 1925, I will sell ? tho highest bidder at public- auc on, for cash, before the Kershaw ounty Court House door, in Camden, i said State, during the legal hour* t sale on the first Monday^ bfing ie 4th day of January, lv26,. ths (Mowing described real estate^ "All that piece, parcel ofTlfcRSct of nd, situated in the Couniy of Ker iaw, State of South Carolina, con fining eighty-nine (89)> aicr?^' more ' less, and bounded on tWporthta&t f lands known as the James laads, outhwest by lands known'*#7 Bar eld lands, Southwest by lands' of^J; oyt Moseley, Northwest 1$?.' or formerly of J? S. Hfcyltin, the n? of Trapps Mill swanfp bthlK thte oe on tho Northwest eid& being this *ct of land conveyed ta nie-by WJK K. Konningtoni by'deed 1 of 'd*fi * 2nd of September, .191& recorded ' the Clerk's offl*e< of*' 'KfcHiifcalr onnty in Book A. Di page 20."' < ' Any one desiring bid St said sals, cctpt those who have established J* hereunder, shall dspsstt the Master the atnn of one liart ^ (1100.00) doUsrs, In cssh, or otified check for a like amount on "af sponsible bank, a**?r)derie* of faith; such deposit' to Ifc^rturn > to any unsuccessful biddS#iJ 1 - * R. H. HILT0N, Master for KershaW County. r)(,c- 1<>, 1925. SHERIFF'8 8 A LB of South Carolina, f ounty of Kershaw. dwjtrti Thompson Company, a cor poration organized and existing un* * tho laws of New York, Plaintiff, against M. M. Johnson, Defendant. By virtue of an execution to me lr*etcd, in the above stated case, *i" soil to the highest bidder, at Jb'.ic auction, within the legal hours ' sa'.p, at Kershaw County Court ??uv', ,,n Monday, the fourth day of jnuarv, A. D. 1926, the following de ?ribed property, to wit: Federal tatuu-.s Annotated, Second Edition, oiumos i, :j, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and .. tojfrther with Supplements to the tor the years 1918, 1919 and *20. ?? vied on and to be sold as the r?J*r'y of M. M. Johnaon to satisfy >e aforoRaid execution and costs. Term*: Cash. G. C. WELSH, ? s . .. Sheriff Kershaw County, wnffs Office, Kershaw County ?CWl Ho<w. s, s? "? Mad* Sur# Her Third fiuwband Wm? Worthy Temperament. background, family. ?m bogles of the imaglnatten. and suc cess or failure In marriage depend eu Just two tilings ? a man and a woman. Why ua? I uot afraid to attempt a third marriage? I had every cavme te be suspicious not ?nly of men but of tny own Judgment of them But I he lleve there Is only one pertpenent happiness the happiness which emu miles from an institution that has been the iiasis of our social system Yet I was in no hurry to wed w|?en I Httally did meet the man who wa* destined lo he tu> third liuahund 1 decided to know much more n't this limn than I bad of liie two others when I married t Iteui For two years I saw bin. ? under varying ronilitiu'. I siiw |tl m when tie whs' happy ?> i ? ? wliep lie was angry; when lie w;. iDit UIuk money and when he wasn't I saw htm when lie was well and when he wuAvlli. Most Important of ail, i was. present, watching, when lie and my small daughter tirst tald eyes on I one another After two years of these personal vlewlngs I knew that my prayers hud heen answered. My litis hand Is an Irishman, a temperamental Irishman. ?? Avery Strakosch, In Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan First Known Envelope ft in British Museum w The first envelope of which there I a any knowledge Inclosed a letter sent May 16, 1006, by Sir Wll)lam Turnbull to Sir James Ogllvle. The ?plstle dealt w|th English affairs of state, and, with Us covering, Is care fully preserved In the British muse um. At that period, and long afterward, It was the general custom to fold let ters and seal them %ltli wafers of wax. As a matter of fact, It Is still fashionable to use sealing wax on the flaps ofl envelopes. Many people now living can remember the time when the old method of sealing was still In use. A reference to a "letter with an en velope" Is found In a poem written by Dean Swift In 1726. Tree Centuries Old In northern Utah, beside the Logan Canyon highway, is to be seen what Is believed to be the oldest Juniper tree In the world. Scientists state that the tree la not less than 3,000 years old. Its diameter, breast high, is seven feet six inches and the height is 42 feet. Only a few hundred years ago the tree was growing as rapidly as at any time during Its life. A sec tion of the heartwood shows tlint 200 years were required for the first two inches of thickness. Indicating that the tree's struggle for existence wa? made under adverse conditions. L*a,t*r the tree was growing at the rate of two inches every 60 years, a remark able fact, considering Its location and age. The forest service has erected a sign near the tree giving the inter esting facta about the veteran. Measuring Sleep Persons differ very greatly in their mode of slumber. Some awaken at the slightest noise, while others are only aroused >. with difficulty. These differences have been carefully elaee& (led by scientists. When scientist speak of how "fast" a person sleeps they ttyean how deep <is Ills sleep. Not only Is ft' possible to measure sleep, but there are different means of do ing so. One method Is by dropping * steel hall. The ball Is dropped at* Increasing distances'? four, six, eight, ten, twelve Inches, and so on ? until the sleeper becomes conscious of the sound and awakens. In this way , scientists can And out hew "deep" was his sleep. Another method is to touch the sleeper with sn electric wire, noting the Intensity of the cur rent used.' Out ef the Fust ?" Our kind correspondent, H. P. F..' sends us I lettahy contribution of dlpi>*d amecdotes and jokes from a scrapboek compiled hi 1940L We have room fer tret twe : 7 A: betsttfst woman said ?* ges scvl'oAesr. "Hew la it, having ofe taiked ss srock g l*ry. y? shosld stilt tor turner ->h;, madams,", be replied. Ijow fas k that yoo who have | so much kasutj sbsold still y?t on "Tom, tell aae Mm grant est lis. sew, yon ever told tn your life and Hi a tee fem s glass of elder.** "He? t never told a lie." "Boy, drew the cider."? Host eti Transcript Scotland Forever Jean entered a butcher's aho* in a little town in Scotland and demanded to see a sheep's head. "I* It English?" ahe a*Wi?d whan ont was thown her. "No. lass. It's Scotch." replied the butcher. "Tlton It'll no do," sold .lean. "Mis tr?*as la English and she aald I was to j be aure and bring Engllnh meat." "Here, Jock!" said the butcher, row ' in? the sheep's hend'over to his as sistant, "take the brains out of that, will you?" ? Vancouver I'mrfnriv Two Optimist s Two hikers pnssinR a motorist on the road: far is It to Ttorh ester?" "Seventy miles." he. replied.^ "Not so bad." IsuglAl ..they "only sbotit thirty-live miles T' ?^lysnspofratlou Nsws. California Hat Many Freak-Raiting 44 Farm if , In the language of southern Cali fornia, "farm" it the word commonly used lo describe a freak establish ment, like the alligator nursery, says un Associated Press dispatch from Ix>a Angeles, If It la u place where one raises oranges or lemons. It Is a grove. < 'iii tic. hogs. beans, beets Or kindred products come from 11 runch. Freak fariUM are on the Increase In this section, and the Increase is not altogether welcome. The chamber of t*??inu<erce of Los Angeles bus la sued a friendly warning to new t liH.t 1 1 1 <? ro really is no hmmii for more fur-hearing rabbit furtua and thai "the individual nvesioi v\ lit* enters the rabbit -breed; Ibg in dust ry for the purpose of selling 'ut> win dud himself disappointed." S?. far. however, the alligator farm sphere docs md seem to be over crowded. and l here are at least two prosperous o.trich farms, h goldfish farm, ai Hon furls. I wo butterfly farms, a frog farm, several sliver fox farms and a number of pigeon farms. There used to be two frog farms, but . the owner of one, who ambitiously stocked his lake with Louisiana frogs, quit because they were too clever, for him. He couldn't catch enough to make a living. Another man, however, finds his frog farm In the Sun Fernando valley very profitable. He Rays there 'Is plenty of demand for frog meat In Ivos Angeles. Widely divergent products are turned out by the two butterfly farms in this section. One Is devoted to the breeding of rare butterflies; the other opera ted by a woman, produces tea trays and other novelties beautified with butterfly wings. On the Hon farm at lfil Ifoute are seventy-five lions on a flve-hcre tract planted with north African shrubs and equipped with buildings of north African architecture. Here the king of beasts Is raised for boo or circus, or prepared tor a motion picture career. Colleges Changed Names Harvard never haa changed Its name, although ft Is America's oldest college, says "CHrard" in the Philadel phia Inqulvor. Yale, Princaton, Columbia and Pennsylvania were not that at the start. Folks who affect to despise all money fiot their own criticize little Trinity college down In North Caro lina for surrendering its same to get $40,000,000 from James B. Duke. But when Ell Tale made his dona tion to the Connecticut college, a part of the bargain was that the name be changed, and it was. And Princeton was neither Prince ton nor at Princeton at the start. It was many miles nearer New York when Jonathan Kdwards wisely de cided to move closer to Philadelphia to what was then the village of Prince Town. The College of New Jersey -began at EUzabethtown, then moved to Newark. Colombia was originally King's col lege, as all schoolboys have heard, but a war made a switch from King to Columbia seem desirable. For years It was the College of Philadelphia and it' was a long time before the man whom Franklin called his "pet enemy," Provost William Smith, ruled over the University of , Pennsylvania. la Flying a ProfetsionT Young men of good education, who i took with longing at ships flying high In the air, often ask whether flying Is ? profession. It would appear from the 1934 Canadian report on civil avia tion that It la. At any rate, the air board of Canada has taken the wise Stand of giving licenses to pilots and requiring certain definite qualifications. Airplane pilots are subdivided inte private and commercial pilots, the for-' mer not authorised to fly for hire: Back class is again subdivided late three classes, planes of 1,000 pounds or lass, planes of A.000 pounds or less, snd heavy planes of orer 8,000 pounds. All classes of pilots are required to pass an examination pn the construc tion, maintenance and functions ef the aircraft, its engine end accessories. ? Sctentlflc American. Hmbit Cmrmd ."iW atfre than a year I've had Dm mm i sua habit, while in an office din playing my wares, of picking up a" wins paper clip off a desk and putting It In my mouth," aaid a salaam sn, "but I was recently very effectively cured. Somehow, the clip seemed te satisfy a craving and It Invariably calmed my nervousness. But I picked np one the other dsy and. In soma msnner, bit down on It with the result that I die* lodged an excellent porcelain filling." Boom Tale From Miami For^years a hotel In Miami, Fla., proved a white elephant. One after another the owners unloaded it onto unsuspecting purchasers and flve went broke trying to run It. The larft man was trying to get rid of It when the big boom came alone. Now lie lin* the dining room rented at $60,000 ?, year, j the kitchen at $45,000 and the front porch at $30,000, all as rent estate offices. ? Capper's Weekly. Daring Communing r Two men dreaaed In workers' clnthe* i drilled a large hole In the innrbl# j statue of Wllllarji I on the mnln street ] In Breslau, says the Pathfinder M?ga rlne. The Job took most of the day hut no notice of the men was taken until they had finished the work'. Po lice then became suspicious and tearfeerl that fhey were f'otiiniunlats lJ aaiisy? bl*w v a* -mw** V ? * . # j/ ^ > T ? - e - 1^ , \ . _ iNGENUlTY SHOWN IN t iGHT FOR FREEDOM ) Remarkable Escape s Made j by Prisoners. Whll* It t8 difficult to Imagine s more toilsome task thai* cuttiivg through thick masonry with a i>alr of scissors, as the two priionert who es caped recently from I'entonville tlld, .there are cartas on record of even less likely tool* hi'lnx em p i ? > > *mI for a slin liar purpose any* t lie London Mall. Plve years ax<V all the convicts con tlneil In Murlon county Jail, Indian' upoIIm. escaped through one of their number mamigi.rtg to obtain a watch maker'* iuw. which was snuggled to him Inside On* cover of a small book. TMe har? of i lie cells \Vepe Immensely thick and made of specially tempered steel, but this prisoner man aged to re move their temper by wrapping round them a cloth saturated In rormuide hyde. the prlsbn disinfectant. The sawing took many days, the marks be ing hidden by soap. Alfred Thomas, an ICitgllsh burglar, was employed In his cell at hoxmaklng. He cut from his bench a long flat piece of iron, and fashioned It Into a chisel. A metal pin he took off the leg of his table, replacing It with a wooden pin, and Imitating the metal nut with a piece of brown bread. Armed with pin. chisel, aud the leg of the table as mallet, he cut away the wood around the lock of his cell door, opened It, and began to grope bis way to freedom. Reaching the Jailer's room, he found the keys, but came to a door wbich none of the keys would unlock. He went back, found a knife, and picked the lock. He reached the exer cise yard to And great iron railings that could not be scaled. Undismayed, he dug out under them, taking out a load of stones which would take a laborer a day to put back. He wrote on the wall : HA pleasant night lH Then he vanished. The notorious criminal Yanden We garte was confined in the condemned cell, underground in Lille Jail. Some' , how he-melted down his pewter mug and made two skeleton keys, having first taken an impression of the lock with bread pulp. He scaled the In terior wall, nine feet high, climbed an other wall by a waterspout, then dropped 15 feet with the aid of a blanket taken from his cell. Breaking into a tailor's shop, he exchanged his prison uniform for a smart suit, heiped himself to money and cigars, and has not wlhce been heard Qf. . Too Much Talk Charles M. Schwab at a banquet lp Loretto, was cornered by a young man of great loquacity. This young man evidently believed that his chance In life was now come, and he talked away at Mr. Schwab for more than half an hour. At last he said mean ingly: "You are a good Judge of character, Mr. Schwab. What quality do I most need In order to succeed?" 44 Well, young man/' the steel mag nate answered, "I've listened te you for some time now, und it seems to me that you need what is on that door over there." "Ha, ha, hat Push, eh? Pall, eh. Hs, ha, ha I Very clever! Push and pull I Is that what you thlak I need. Mr. Schwab?" "No," ssld Mr. Schwab; "I think yoa need a device* to make yon shut up.** Parisian Relic* Going One by one the old Latin quarter re sort* are dissppearing or being aO tra? formed that they are unrecognis able. The latest to be transformed Is the Stelnbsch, a brasserie which for years has been a late-hour readesveus for bohemlaae of the Boulevard Saint lflehel and Mnntparnaaee. Thirty years age It enjoyed a great reputa tion aa a literary cefiter, where gath ered peats and writers and aftlsts of the Cl*eeHe. " The brasserie has aow beeosae a rsataurant. And the Orlllon; the cabaret artlstique, has geae. The Qrtllea waa founded ia 1012 and after wer-tlsse vicissitudes reopened five years age and' gained s reputation ameeg these who enjoy witty songs Mleetrieity From Geyaere Iar?Mtr?don of the iejMn op ?twa Waftf of Sonoma county, Cali fornia, dare! ops that theao c*y*?ra, if larawia t? alOCtrle genaratovs, eould produca about 80,000 kiMwatti ?f otoctrleal ?mt| jr. Those walla, which ara about aoronty-flvo mll?C north of Son Francisco, aro seven Id nunibor and upon Mfinem' report a, plans at* baing made to construct a generating station with a rapacity of 25.000 kilo watt? of electrical energy: The Bible in France Hoping to make the" Bible a "beat seller" In Krance. n? it I* In fingllnh upeaklnp countries. M. I' ran cots Rer nouard. a publisher, is goln^ to 1asue an edition In IW1 volunifw, with llehrew ond (Jre<-k text* opposite th# French, and with woodcut* scattered liberal ly throughout. M. liernnurnd is ?l?o h i)oet, wIkik' work lists found if* way into many tFrrnHi .-inthologip*. Uncover Ancient Temple Below Ashtaroth temple. dlseovored at llernnti In Palestine, wblch rlatf?* hark to about the tiinc of KatoCHo* IT. I* another an?l e:'-l?er tempi**, < un, tmnlntr rt Ihnce nltnr with *tnps b*ad Jnc up to It nnd n quantity of, h^?id* and Jewelry. Tbp find* t include a Htone hnwk wcnr'ns the 'i.'wn ol North an* fcjuth Kg.vpt. .? *tut* ?*! A day's work on the Southern When a railroad system extends for 8,000 miles across eleven states and em ploys 60,000 workers, it does a big day's work. . * Here are the figures of an average day on the Southern Railway System: Trains operated . ? ? 1,270 Passengers carried & ? 50,000 Carloads of freight loaded on our lines and received from ? other railroads . . ? . . 8,000 Ton-miles produced . 32,(^00,000 Tons of coal burned in loco motives ? . ? ? ? . 14,000 Wages paid ? ? . $220,000 Materials purchased . $135,000 It takes management, and discipline, and a fine spirit of cooperation throughout the organization, to do this workxday after day, and maintain the standards of service that the South expects from the Southern. THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Building a Bridge in a Hurry A rccord in bridge building has been made, evidently, by the company that got the contract to erect the temporary structure over the Broad river near Columbia. Given forty days to build the bridge, the company has done the job in about thirteen days. Construction of the bridge has been hastened by the terms of the contfltat under which it was let, whereby a bonus of $600 per day was to be given for completion ahead of the time set, and a similar sum was to be forfeited for each day beyond the period. The result is that the bridge costs South Carolina some $42,000 instead of $28, 000. - This difference, of course, is not clear profit to the builders. The con structing company evidently spared no expense to hasten the work, pay ing extra wherever necessary to save every possible minute. ' The net effect of it all, is merely to give South Carolina motorists the use of this bridge 27 days before they would have secured it otherwise. Whether or not this is worth 114,000 in cold cash out of the treasu^ is a question that may not be easily decided by a great many people. A contract of this kind is usually not warranted except in some grave emergency where the only object is Mother of Eleven Children Shot Gaffney, Dec. 2 3. ? (Physicians to night resorted to blood transfusion in an attempt to saye the life of Mrs. Annie Phipps Coyle, mother of 11 children who is at the point of death in the city hospital hore as a result ' of four bullet wounds received this afternoon at her home on Providence road in Cherokee county, near here. Her husbund, Walter Coyle, contract ing painter, is in jail charged with the shooting. Christopher Sholes, inventor of the first practical typewriter and at one time editor of the Milwaukee Senti nel, "was the first mail, to print the names and addresses of subscribers on the margin of newspapers for mailing. Because sparks from railroad en gines unjlcr government administra tion caused the great forest fires of Minnesota in 1918, the government was held liable for $15,000,000 - dam ages. to save time and the cost doesn't matter. It is possible to arrange.for a forfiture for delaying completioh of a construction beyond a reasonable specified time, without providing a bonus for a completion in advance of the time set.? Greenville Newe. Attention, Cotton Growers! Nitrate of Soda Teat Right U* Four County i Dr. S. P. Braaington, Camden, 8. C., ap plied 160 pounds Nitrate of Soda per acre to hie Cotton before planting time, in addi tion to suffic^nt Phosphate and Potash. Results: With Nitrate 1,240 lbs. per acre Without Nitrate 800 lbs. per acre INCREASE 440 lbs. per acre s Write for information how to use Nitrate and state crop you are interested in W . LAMBERT MYERS, District Manager EDUCATIONAL BUREAU CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA 1128 Hurt Building Atlanta, Georgia *