Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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svaa<om returning south -Tide Appeared To lUaeh Flood Ji?t Before Christ max An editorial in Fridays Charlotte Ob ser.ver says: A steady back flow of negrofs from the North to the South has heen observed during the last two or three week*, according to reporttr-from reli able sources. Just tjpfore Christ ma h tbo tide appeared to reach ita flood, according to a dispatch from Mr. Robert T.. Small, 'at Waahington, the f eastern gateway between the North ! and the Souths Mr. Small says that ;ho flow has continued sinee the pre Cbristmas rush to such an extent that railroad officials are inclined to be lieve the movement to be more-per manent than seasonal ^ The Florida travel has of cohrse been extra-ordiuarily heavy for some time und the addition of. the colored back flow from the North has taxed the Southern carriers to their utmost limits." > The negroes are returning from Philadelphia, New York and points beyond. Always there is a 'return movement from the North when the real hard winter sets in. The East has been shivering in the grip of n cold wave for the better part of .the week and this undoubtedly has accel erated travel "back home" but the main movement, according to railroad men, started during the really mild weather which prevailed the week be fore Christmas. Prosperous conditions among the negroes who migrated to the North ^iay account for some of the travel at this time of the year ? return to the old firesides for the holidays ? ? but it would seem thfct groat num bers of the negroes are returning home for good and all. This is shown by the number of families included among the Southern-bound passen gers. Sometimes five or six children may be observed in a single group. The intense winters of the North havo proved too much of a hardship for the colored people with children and it is reported that not nearly so many families have 'been included in the Northern migrations of the past year, There are no immediate means of thorking. theiNorth and South move ment of {ieg?oes except through re ports of trainmen and passengers who are very much on the road. Pre Chri$mas travelers from New York reported the Pennsylvania station in that city crowded-with happy groups of negroes awaiting trains for the South. The <J*y coaches of* these trains have told their own story. In Washington the facilities of the ?Union station have been taxed to care ?for the movifig. tide. 3 ? I Southern resorts, about to open ?their full activities for the Winter, ?have been claiming their usual share ?of "help" from the North, both white lind colored, during the past two or ?hrec weeks, but not enough to ac Irouot for the extraordinarily . heavy ?raffic. I Reports from the Western jgrate vays to the South, such as Cincin nati, Louisville and-At. Louis, are all Confirmatory of the movement noted Bn the east. * || The negro migration of the last ?ew years has followed Natural chan From Virginia, and the Caro Binas, the movement northward was Birtually confined to Philadelphia* ?few York and other northern sea board cities. From Teiinessee, Geor gia and Alabama ^the movement was ?n the direction of Cincinnati and ?Chicago. st. Louis claimed its immi grants from Mississippi, -Louisiana ?nd Texas. ^ j I Government bareaua ate without ?efiniu- figures as .< to the more recent ??orenionts, but observers are certain Bj>at the backfloW-of>th*past<eigh.teeu ?wnths has beeh greater than, tha ?utg0. ^ : Woman DtU m t 1 23 Washington, Dec. ?1. -A life be I inning in the eighteenth century, PMininjr the next and continuing for quaru r of tffe present century has nded here with the death of Emeline Mf. . ' On the basis of stories she told 1- k*- life's experiences,, her sge as e-'ii-mated at 127. p Bo n in slavery, in (.Virginia* ' arried twice before John Frown'- raid at Harpers Ferry Sh ^ ami she worked as a laundress than seven years ago. A brother of the woman, for years ^miliar figure outside the treas bui.Hing where he sold news ?t^rs. died at the age of 107, and noth;;r brother* livig^fegrc JaJgk did not begin to lose control of h<r faculties until about five *ars ago. ? United States Public Health announces that pellagra can 'prevented or cured by means of brewers* yeast. Its experiment M believe that bakers' yeast will well and it will be tested ' win r,4 ifM COULD NOT BELIEVE CONFLICT WAS OVER Kama* Doughboy* Consid ered New* a Fake. A Ion* trudging column o< mud spattered Ksuaas doughboys wound in ?nd out and up and down the hills above the valley 0f the Meuse. It wss late afternoon of November 10, 1018, Emporia Gazette. The lead en sky was rapidly closing In on the cold, damp woods, The column came to a Jerky halt and the men fell out of line, some sprawling at the edge of the road, Mime leaning buck with wel packs propped uj> by their rifles; oth era squatting on' their steel helmets lb the mud of the road. Far down the uext hill cubje the sound of a whirring motor. A motor cycle came Into view ahead, Itp wheels shooting spray aside us it tore through the allme and water. Instinctively, the soldiers cleared the road. The rider was slowing his speed and as he passed tho column be turned and shouted two words to the restless doughboys : "Guerre flnir The men knew he t^enm the War was oven But there wss no sheut, no Joyous cbeer. It was Just another one of the many rumors that had been tbrust at this plodding column all that day .They vyouldn't believe It unless Gen eral P&ishlng himself told them ? snd, sure enough, the march was starting again. "Fall in," came the order, and the hobnails sgaln took up the busi ness of the day. As darkness fell the column entered a partially ruined village. More ru mors, more scoffing. Didu't thei 4,top" ? give orders to be prepared to move out before morning? Billets were found (n bams and bouses; lights flickered about the rolling kitchens; the odor of damp wood burning quick ly gave way to the sweetness of fry ing bacon and boiling coffee. In an hour the soldiers slept. But no hurried ot;der came to move on before dawn. The men slept late, nnd when they awoke the sun was shining. Still tjfcgtt rumors came with breakfast and ufterward, while the men were lighting for places in the. Jostling line to the canteen with hope of buying something -*sweet. Maybe there was something to these rumors after all. A few of the curious, looking doubt fully at the long line ahead of- them, dropped out and started toward head quarters. AS they arrived a sergeant -major was tacking a slieet of tissue paper on the outside of the brigade headquarters office. It was a dimly printed carbon copy of an army order, but it announced lhat "On the elev enth hour of 11 November hostilities would cease on all fronts." v The war was over! 1 Harrying On AH this company Is hurrying on, plainly in search of something bsdly wanted. Impressions? Yes. Impres sions of a never ending road, a thou sand farms, no-parktng signs, succes sive-towns passed through at 20 v miles an hqur, hack axles of no end of cars. Thrillsf' Yes. Thrills of scenery worth stopping for If there were only time, of police on motor eyelet masked - as fellow tourists, of gorgeous sunsets well worth watching if the top were down, of getting home, at last, without a puncture. Trophies} Yes. Trophies to bring back memories of this -day of travel r grass baskets, toy balloons, arijfemper knives; bead bags, artificial fruit and' seashells with en echo. A family of six . will drive 2pGf miles to bring home three bails of glass with imitation but terflies inside. We are a greet i people for collecting local fauna. ?? it waa>a.?OTMes) German who gpessed, in war davs, that France was fighting for Alsace-Lorraine, Britain for the channel and America for souvenirs, ? I I I ? I I HI ? French 5fi?fy Saltwmanahip : Foundation of ft school of salesman ship, en American Hnes, It contem plated by the Pari* Chamber of com merce as a result of a report by Andre Divdit, wbo recommends ths sdspta tion of ApcrJcfM methods te the com-, mercial conditions of France and v the mentality ? of the- French people* It is seperlatsadeats, capable of reorganis ing the systems of salesmanship of commercial heasea aad of Instructing staffs in the new methods. Thoae Gooae Liver b ^Goose liver, sausage U all a myth," declared a Grand River avenue meat market proprietor. '"The liver 6f ; a goose werghs only a few ounce* and It would taks ssveral dost? to make one ring. Alt liver ssusagsa are 90 per oent pork, with ? Just enough liver placed within to give them fisvor. Per haps there may be one or two gooae livers In a ring of goose liver sausage, but no more.'*? -Detroit News. The &ate Betty, age three, nnd big slater Dor othy bod been, to the grocery. Upon their arrival home. Dorothy stopped tho gate. Betty went Into house.. Her mother asked: "Betty, where Is Dorothy?** Betty's ivply wa*, "Oh, she's out buttonln' up the gate.** Proper Self-Respect The ?Jf- respecting man looks op to \ nobody, down upon nobody, bat keep* his conscience dean enough to enable him to 190k e^yjipdy Wjtiarely In tli* fa<W and., when necessary, exp;*.;i fct+ ho?e?t opinions. ? Grit. Mrthor N*t Prmmtni of ThU Chrititning What most atrikea iq outsider it christenings in peasant 81?ily, Whetsa life still hovers preund 17*25, Is the glorification of the father aud god father at the baby*li expenae, writes a correspondent of the Baltimore Seo.* If the mother is tactful she stays In bed, encouraging the assumption that It la entirely an affair for her hus band's family to settle. The father and godfather swear eternal frlend nhlp. Indeed, to be "compare" with u man means that you will uot only help him In trouble, lend hln^ money and trust his family as your own. hut If necessary will accept his politics. The "compare", gives the father a silk handkerchief and the mother as expensive a present as he can afford, usually a coral brooch. Then he pre* sents fhm pounds ef macaroni, two pounds of biscuit#, two pounda of coffee and three bottles of Marsala to the*chrlaienlug feast. Perhaps the god mother will have given the baby a christening captor a tluy stiver ring, hut more often than not he gats noth ing, The godmother. In her best shawl, with the fringe that sweeps the ground, carries the baby, preceded by a bustling small girl, who hurries 1* front with a carafe of water for the font and a 1 croaa-stlfehW * towel on which the priest wipes his hands. The father and "compared In .their best blacks. Join them at the perch and candles are distributed, the more candles the better the "flguro." The priest asks the godfather If he knows his Paternoster, and reassured by an encouraging ,lf Inaccurate answer, pro ceeds with the christening while the onlookers flght for candles. Mot or a in the Desert "Life Is n pilgrimage and a weary Journey," said the great Omar Khay* yam, tent maker, poet and astronomer, when he hoisted himself on bis camel for the Journey to tlie holy places ef Islam. It Is doubtful whether the great philosopher would have sent up this sad lament had he lived In the new- East. For from Damascus and Beyrutb comes word along with, other less happy news that motor coaches of 1 the latest American type are now leav ing on schedule over tlie new roads of Palestine for Mecca and Medina, to carry the faithful to the Kaaba and the cave of the prophet. Omar, often regretted that he cotild nqt enjoy both the company of Agape and still visit the hallowed shrines. Was It then In a' trance of clairvoyance that he saw the pilgrims of later centuries Jour In automobiles wlfen he $poke to Nikkl with the softest Inflection this, exquisite quatrain : ' -'Seat thyself with me and a sack of ruby wine} draw the silken curtains, depart from all the world, flying through the em pire of a sultan." And still If It were a taxi, where the meter clicks and ticks, even Omar ^mlght- have pre ferred the camel. ? Pierre Van Paaa sen, In ' the Atlanta 'Constitution. Bullbats Eat Weevil* ~ The bullbat, hitherto held In light eeteeaa In Georgia, his habitat, .la mak ing friends among cotton planters be cause he feeds on the boll weevil. The Adel (Oa.) correspondent of the Tipton (Oa.) Gazette reports this star y: "One of the members' of the farm ers' union of Cook county, F. T. Mc Datjlel, said there "\rere a large num ber of bullbats flying over his cotton fleld ; every afternoon and . he believed they- were eating boll weevils#** Bo he killed one of the bullbats^ to see. i...* "Cutting open the craw of the bull bat, Mr. McDanlel said he found 90 boll weevils, a fourth ef whl?h were still alive." The Adel correspondent 'thereupon gives this advice : "Don't kill bullbats. Protect, them. They are worth their weight In gold to the cotton farmer." Wrecked "Apparition'9 As a boll wii pawing down a street In Frederick, lfd., with a herd of cat* tie,- he loped op ea the sidewalk aad sadden! j, became aware of another ball^ca*taC-ftt hlm.ftoai a plate glass wtMPH ** antoa^HUe salssrooaa.. Be IS^ped it the apparition of hlas sstf wMlestartled sslesaun inside the iStdtysff .4ed in haste. *fter thorough ly wrecking the- class and finding no totfl*** animal renamed to his herd. ? ^SS"I 1 ' e Sweden* t Aatomobilea The anmber of antomobiies in Sweden. government statistics shew, increased from 8,606, or one for each 1 786 Inhabitants In 1919, to 68,830, or one for each 95 inhsbltints nt the end j of 1924. The csrs are, mostly Ameri-J -can- made. The- government's income -from motor bnslness last year in cluded SJ, 423,314 taxes on automo-' mUes; $774,043 on tires and $1,347,046, on gasoline. Post in Far North - - The world's most northerly post, also the most remote of sny bureau^ habitation, is to be constructed next* year for the Canadian police nt the far end of Ellesmere island. Building materials and two years' supplies have been cached wlth'ln easy freighting distance of the point ^Men will be de talled for patrol duty on the lonely shores of IUel straits. Sign of Real Progreaa Talk as yon will about the Ingenuity snlK hardship of our forefathers, II must be noted that a young man of today Is able to pack more stuff, on the mining boards of s flivver than his area* grandfather conld pile eti a wwHT Avngon. ? WtltnlfcMo#* Mews Journal. .IS . I '?* ' ? ujri.'akyt , KJita oi Absolute Power Necessity forced I ho tHdson's Hoy oiupany, a trading corporation en aged in eollecdoic fur* to tn&ome m {overiuueut that ruled from .die Ureal lakes to die Arctic circle. How ab solute tills power "uUsht be, and in some cases was, Is Illustrated by the ! "bt range history of Donald Smith, aft erward I?ord Strnthoonu, wliow name If honored lu every part of the Do minion of Canada. The hlatory, which contains all the elements of a romance or a melodrama. Is a matter of reCv ord In tho company. - 'Almost seventy years ago a young Scotsman came from his native land tp take ti place In the Hudson's Hay company. He served It with scrupu loua fidelity, and had begun to feel at home In the place where he wa^ stationed. due day an Indian runner cuine to him With an order to leuve his post In one hour and betake himself to Labrador. The order did not permit him to wait to pack his clothing, which, f he was informed, woul<T be ?ant after him. Although the order exiled him to au American Siberia, and waa unaccom panied by any word of explanation, he obeyed It without a word of re gions trance. Within the hoar he waa ; on his way to the distant apd In hospitable poat. Ha waa .kept there 23 years. On the death of the gov ernor of the company, who had sent him Into exile, be was recalled. As during this long, trying time he had be^n a wise, faithful servant of the company, he was now promoted frota position to position, until finally he became Its governor. The exile was a harsh measure and the reason of it a mystery, but an old settler put It In another light. The company governed by military discipline^ and or dered those subordinates to perilous service whom it could .rely on to ei? dure privation and cope with- danger in the spirit of a gallant soldier. # Spicy Memoir t Publisher George poran of New York was talking about the memoirs ^celebrities that are. continually ap pearing/ ,k< "It's rather remarkable," he said with a ? wink, "what spicy workman like copy these celebrities aU turn out. You'd, think they'd been trained to the writing game from childhood." Mr. Doran winked again. s. "I was once talking to a celebrity In London'." he went on. "who was getting dozens of offers dally for a* ?volume of spicy memoirs. He told me that a New York publisher had visited film that morning and said: " 'Whatever you're offered. I'll double It, and besides, PH' write the book .myself ?> ? ? ? Worth More Mrs. Langdon Kent was discussing the servant problem In New York. "It fs positively naive the way the modern domestic takes her work. She seems to think that a good position is one In which she does as little as possible for as much as she eiAT extort. . * 4 "Only the other day a friend . of mlae was trying to select a cook. The woman demanded a very high wage, yet adafltted that she- was utterly Without experience. " 'How then,' demanded my friend, :*do you expect to get top wages?' i " 'S^re, mum/ was the Ingenuous reply, 'ain't the work a Whole lot harder for me when I don't know how' to do ltf" Fertilizing SoU* . ? Ammonium titrate performs an ex tremely useful function In fertilising certain crops, especially grasses, as.it enables them to take the" heat advan tage of /any phosphorus compounds present In, the soil. When, however, the; soil la 'a sandy one. ammonium nitrate is* not; the tagrt fertiliser to use. The pianiUr'splJt* it up into amfttonla and - nitric acid, fcad in a sandy soil they absorb more ammonia, than . nitric acid. This free acid, being left In the, soli, accumulates, wltb.the result that the soft I*' quickly rendered add. It is therefore advisable to make cer tain of the type of soil before applying ammonium nitrate as a fertiliser. A Mtkreading Rev. Carter Page .of Knoxvllte, said In a religious argument during the Scopes trial In Dayton: ? Tbeee unbelievers, of course, mla-. . read the- scriptures. They're worae than the man whose wife said; '? ?Won't you plea.se give me. $20, to buy a new. pair of riding breeches. Oeorge? Remember, he gives twice who gives ? quickly/ - "Theh Oeorge yanked oat his wallet and said, as quick as a flash: 'Here's ?$10.' " ? Detroit Jffree Press. Protect Beauty Spot* Beauty spots In tlte English coun tryside are qo longer to be disfigured by -unsightly qjfvertlaementw. l<'or 18 yeara the advertisements regulation act, designed fo protect landscapes from advertisements. Inih had a loop hole which made it Inoperative,' hut this has been stopped by an -amending act which received royal assent on the last day of the r?M-ent parliamentary session. * Illuminated* Map* Klertrlci\lly Illuminated maps are now being used^n the Avondale public H^lpo!. Cincinnati. Ohio. These ma^s are so mounted that the lighting comes' "from the back, and eaetf one cf these maifM Is equipped with a, fft of stfrnvfeT so Hint different points fad/, : b# iiH'tiK h i out as the lesson ia ge 1 .*r?phv oro presses.' SUMMONS FOR RKLIBt State of South Carolina, County of K?r?h*w. (In T|le Co^rt of Common Pleas) K, H. Dibble, Plaintiff, against Baxter Gary and Camden JBuildinic and Loan Aaaociatiou, Defendants. To the Defendants above named: \ You are hereby summonded And re quired to answer the Complaint ip this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Com plaint or the subscriber at their of fice in Camden, S. C? within twenty days after the service hereof, ex clusive of the day of such service;, and if you fail to answer the Com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apnly to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. KIRKLAND & JCIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Camden, S. CX, December 81, 192$. To the absent defendant Baxter Gary: You will please* take notice that the original Summons and complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for -Kershaw County, S. C., on the Slat day of December, 1025. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Colored Teachera To Meet To the Colored Teachers of Ker shaw County:? ^Please take note that t>ur regular meeting will be held on the second Saturday in January, the 0th day instead of the 2nd day. We are expecting every teacher in t^e county to attend this meeting. Please come prepared to enroll with us and with the Palmetto State Association. The fees are the same as last. year. P. B. Mdodana, Pres. Eliee F. McLester, V-pres. NBW LAW FIRM. Under the Arm name of Clarke and Clarke we will engage the prac tice of law in Camden, S. C. Our plaoe of business will be found on the ground floor in what U known as the "Crocker Building" on DeKalb street, being the same office hithej&o occu pied by B!' B. Clarke, the .senior mem ber of the firm. B. B. CLARKE, B. B. CLARKSWR. final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Wednesday, January 27th, 1926, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administratrix of j the estate of John K. Smith, djxfeas- \ ed, and on the same date I wm apply to the said Court for a final discharge as snid Administratrix. MRS. LILA B. SMITH. Camden, S. C., December 22, 1925. FINAL DISCHARQE . Notice is hereby given that Ida L. McLain? Executrix of the Will of John D. McLain, deceased, has this day made application to me. for a final discharge from her trust rfs said Executrix and that Monday^ January 18th, 1926, at 11 o'clock a.m., as the time, and the Probate office. ,in Cam den, S. C., the place for the hearing of the said petition. W. L. McDOWELL, Judge of Probate Ker, Co. Camden, S. C., December 16, lQ2b. Notice To Debtor* and Creditors All persons indebted to the .late W. T. Hall or haring claims against the late W. T. Hall pr his estate wjU please make settlement with the ipi dersignedL All persons having cUims against him will file claim wfth iproof ox same with the undersigned. THOMAS D. HALL, 48 E. Chestnut St., ,A]qroyl? Ohio. FINAL IHSCtfitilGE Notice is hereby. garecit that' one -month from this date, 011 Ttoirsdiy> February ltth, 1920, I, will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as.Executor. of the estate of J. Wiley BlackweM, de ceased, and on the same date Twill, apply to the saMli Court tot a final ; discharge from my trutt 'as said Executor. J. A. SHANNON, Executor. Camden, S. C., Jan. 2, 192*. FINAt DISCHARGE. Notion is hereby given that one month from tni* date, on Wednesday, February 10th, 1926, I. will make to the Probate Jpdee of, Kershaw. Coun-. ty, my flnatrftum a# Atfnfctoi strati* of the eftate. ot %war4>C. Slngletm deceased, and oft the same dato'I wfl!< apply to the -said Court far ? final. <1 in - charge as said Administratrix. Mrs. Kate A. Singleton, ' , Camden, S, C., Jan- 7th, . i , * ?!., 1 ... CITATION State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By W. L. McDowell, Esquire', Probate * Judge. _ ' .Whereas, R. A. Napper made suit to me to grant nim Letters of Ad ministration of- the Estate of and ef fects of Tillman N. Napper. These are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Tillman N. Napper, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, South Carolina on Monday, January lSth, next after publication thereof, st^lt o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any'they have, why the said Ad ministration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this. 4th day of January, Anno Domini 1926. -vf w. l. Mcdowell^ -Judge of Probate for Kershaw County ^Published on the 8th and 15th days of Januahr, 1926, in The Camden Cht*nteftr*am* posted at tWfr Cwwt House door for the time prescribed by law. ?H0H8K > Cramped and Suffered "Mr back and head would aohe, and I had to go to bed," ?ays Mm. W. JU Bunts. of Worthville, Kj. "X Juat could sot stay up. (or I would cramp and suffsr so. I waa Tory nervous. My children would 'get on my nerves.' It waan't a pUaaure tor ma to try to go anywhere, I felt ao bad. "My mother had taken CARDUI ? For Female Troubles at one time, so aha Instated that I try It, I took four bot tles of Cardul, and If one should see ma now they wouldn't think I had ever bean slek. "I have gained twenty . pounds, and my cheeka are roay. X feel just fine. I am' regular and haven't the pain. "Ldfe Is a pleasure. I can do my work with ease. , X give Cardul the pratae." Cardul has relieved many thousanda of cases of pain and female trouble, and ahould help you, too. Take OarduL At All Druggists' California Grandstand Collapses Pasadena, Jan. J. ? A temporary grandstand with a seating capacity of approximately *500 collapsed while loaded to> capacity with pbople during the tournament of the roses -parade. First r9por|s were that between 75 pud 100 persons had beqn injured. Nearby buildings were hastily cleared for first aid treatment and twenty persons were removed to hospitals by the first ambulances to arrive and other vehicles pressed into service. : Because of the opposition of Mary land oysters to air measures for cul ture and conservation, that state haw fallen below Mississippi and South Carolina in oyster packing, according tp reports. ? Wear a Pair ? ? :? ? ?? fi-fc'? and GREATER COMFORT N ? i Put* on By Lomansky Bros. PM? 313 Cilriw, Smith Carolinti Ambulance Service Day er Night W of tl?? BUt > vh; ? ' ? .. > ?'? . -Ja ?,W.EVAW8 MORTtCIJSCM i. -yr : ' ?> ? i ? . *. 11 ' . 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