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Use Acme Fertilizers For Profitable Crops Above is shown h section of tha Acme Manufacturing Com pany's big plant at Acme, N. C. Here are made the old reliable Acme Fertilisers, famous for forty-four years a* grower a of banner crops. ? Planters now figuring their fertilizer requirements for 1926 and who are not familiar with the Acme brands should get in touch with the nearest Acme dealer and learn the facts about Acme's superiority in producing better and more profitable crop*. * Donald Macttackun, of White ville, N. C., says: "1 have been using fertilizers made by Acme for the past ten or fifteen vears. I have found these fertili sers to ho thoroughly reliable ?nd productive of very 'mitisfae tory results. "Thorough preparation, early planting and proper cultivation <nd liberal application of Aeme fertilizers is sure to produce very remunerative returns, "?Tn my opinion there's none bolter." Acme Fertilizers will give you goorl results, too, and you will find it a pleasure to deal with this independent home com i any. Since 1883 The Old Reliable Acme Fertilizers ACME MANUFACTURING CO. W i I m i n jj I <> w , N . C . Wm, Gilchrist, Pres. J. McCormiclt, Sec. -Treat. ItespcctM the Strap "I ? Tiulicud- yuu ? gxrt ? up ami gavr that lady your seat in the car," re marked the lady to her friend. "Since childhood I have respected i woman with a strap in. her hand," re-| plied he. Ambulance Service Day or Night Motor Equipment of the Beat 1 C. W. EVANS MORTICIAN Telephone** 01 and 283 535 DeKalb St. Camden, S. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBF1R PLAIN A HULER STS. Fhon?- 71 COLUMBIA, S.C. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Day Phono 30 ? Night Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. Man Scalded to Death UianKchurg, Jan. K. ? L. L. Hamil ton, president of the Hamilton Veneer company of this city, was fatally scalded this morning at his plant about K o'clock when he accidentally fell into a vat of hot water, water which is used to "cook" the logs. He died about this afternoon at th..* Orangeburg hospital, where he was rushed and doctors administered to him. SI MMONS FOR RELIEF Stair of Sou^ Carolina, County of Kershaw. 4 1 it The Court of Common l'leas) K H. Dibble, Plaintiff, against Baxter Gary and Camden 'Building and Loan Association. Defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summonded and re quired to answer the Complaint in 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 s>ervice; and if you fail to answer the -Com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Camden, S. < December HI. 1925. 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 31st (lav of December, 1925. KIRKLAND & KIRKLAND, Plaintiff's Attorneys. ;*? Attention, Cotton Growers ! Nitrate of Soda Tent Right in Your County Dr. S. K. Brasington, Camden, S. C., ap plied 150 pounds Nitrate of Soda per acre to his Cotton before planting time, in addi tion to nuffieien* Phosphate and Potash Results : With Nitrate 1.240 lb.s. per acrt , Without Nitrate 800 lbs. per acre IN ("RE ASK 440 lbs. per acr?* \\ riu- lor information how to use Nitrate and state crop you are interested in Y\ LAMBERT MYERS, District Manager EDUCATIONAL BUREAU CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA 1128 Hurt Building Atlanta, GeorjriA CRIMK ON INCRBAHB au - According to Keporta From Solicitor* to Attorney-General Daniel , 1 Ther? was more crime in South Carolina in 1925 than the year before,, judging by report* of criminal court activities in the state, an received by Attorney General John M. Daniel from the solicitor# of the judicial cir cuiiS/ At in ? same time the reports indiiau- better results in the prosecu tion of law violators. The reports of thirteen of ?hu four teen solicitors, that of the second Cir cuit solicitor being late in reaching the attorney general show that during 1925 the total number of criminal cases .handled in the circuit courts was 3,241, which, when the .second circuit report is in, will probably be swelled to approximately 3,500. Last year the total number of criminal cases in the fourteen circuits was 3,103. Of the 3,241 cases reported for 1925 there were 2,460 found guilty, as com pared with 2,294 found guilty last year. In 1925 those foi^nd "not guilty" totaled 529, compared with 563 in 1921. The "no bills" last year totaled 262, the year before 336. Murder cases wore fewer last year, 1 4(5 beintf reported by thirteen' solici tors, as compared with 157 for the entire state the year before. Last year 50 prisoners were found guilty of murder, as compared with 42 the year before, 91 were found "not guilty," as compared with 94 the year before, and in five cases there' were "no bills," compared with 21 in 1924. Prohibition cases show an increase for 1925 from 1392 to 1426. Of the 1426 there were 1164 convictions, as compared with 1140 last year. There were 183 acquittals as compared with T73 last year the acquittals, like the convictions, showing an increase. There were 79 'no bills," as compared with 81 the year before. Thefts show an increase. There were last year 314 cases of house breaking, as compared with 301 the year before. Of these there were in 1925 255 convictions, against 240 in 1924; there were 44 acquittals against 32 the year before, and where there were 15 "no bills" last year there were 29 the year before. The largest number of criminal cases was in the seventh circuit. I Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union counties, 511 eases. The next largest number was from the fiftli circuit, Richland and Kershaw counties, 324 cases; next came the fourth circuit, Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro and Dillon counties, with 30S cases; then the sixth, York, Chester, Lan caster and Fairfield, with 267; then the thirteenth, Greenville and F'ick ens, with 282 cases. Three Negroes Held At the inquest held yesterday af ternoon at Bishopville into the deatn of Tazwell Scarborough on Christ mas night at Mannville, testimony was heard from I)r. McCutchen, and a negro girl, Catherine Benjamin, who was an eye witness to the fatal shooting. As a result of the inquest Joe Benjamin, .John Benjamin, and Richard Benjamin were held for mur der. Catherine testified that John shot Tazwell and Robert .Scarborough from inside tihe store while Richard fired on the two white men from outside his father's . ittle store where the brawl occun. <1. Joe Benjamin, father of .John and Richard, had a pistol in his hand, she said. <? The three Benjamins are in the penitentiary at Columbia where they were taken following the killing of Tazwell and the wounding of Robert Scarborough Thursday's Sumter Item. One Word Enough The young woman carefully wrote! out her telegram and handed it across the counter. "Seventy-five cents," said the clerk, giving the yellow slip a professional glance. "Gracious!" the gir! exclaimed. "Isn't that rather expensive?" "Regular rate. Miss," the clerk in formed her. "Seventy-five tents for only one word?" n ked the gir!. "Y? ma'am. But of course you can send nine more words without it costing you any more," he pointed out. She thought over this for a moment. "No," she finally decided. "I've said 'yes' once. Ten of them would look like I was too anxious." Tw n Bodies Found Union, Jan. 7. ? Apparently dead for several hours, the bodies of Frank Gla&a, and his 12-year-old son, Charles, were found lying near the Southern Railway track* in Monarch Mills about 11 o'clock last night. It is believed they had been struck by * pa*a?nger train. Glass wa* a tex tile worker. ? Mayor For Sixteen Yearn New Orleans, Jan. 12. -Martin Uehrraaji, serving his fifth terra as mayor of Ne,jp Orleans, died at his homo hero today i*qd will be buried | tomorrow morning in Metarie ceme tery. Mayor Heh?man had served less | than one year of his fifth term, which would "have been five years. He served sixteen years consecutively as mayor. lie was elected in 1904 and re-elected at the end of each four years' term until 1920, when he was defeated by Andrew J. McSwane. He returned to ^office May 4, 192$. The body of Sara McGregor, negro tenant on the farm of J. K. McGhee at Anderson, was found in a creek Friday morning shot to death. The man had been shot through the heart with a shot gun and was lying iu several inches of water. He had had no trouble and his assailant is un known. The year 1925 was the first since the Civil war during whieh there were no lynchiugs in the state of Texas. TAX EXECUTIONS Under and by virtue of sundry tux executions to me directed by Treas urer of Kershaw County, I have levied upon and will sell in front of tho C ourt House door at Camden, S. C., between the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in February, 192(>, being tho first day thereof, the following described property, to wit: 1 lot and 1 building thereon in De Kalb Township, School District No. 1, and bounded as follows: North by York street, city of Camden, East by Campbell street, city of Camden, South by colored cemetery, West by G. A'. Guignard, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Estate Cyrus McGirt, for taxes year 1924. Also I lot and 1 building thereon, city of Camden, DeKalb Township, School District No. 1, and bounded as fol lows: North by lots 119-122, East by lots Nos. 110-111, East by Second Avenue, West' by Gaskins, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Rebie and Henry Jackson for taxes year 1924. Also <4 1 lot and 1 building thcroon, De Kalb Township, School District No. 1, bounded as follows: North by Alic Blanding, East by K. S. Villepigue, Sou?h by street, West by Pearl Har ris, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Bessie Kennedy for taxes year 1924. Also 7 acres of land in Flat Rock Town ship, School District No. 8, bounded as follows: North by Damascus {Church lands, East and South by R. Cox, West by lands of Kershaw Realty Co., levied upon and to be sold as tho property of Estate J. D. Wright for taxes 1924. Also 21 acres of land Flat Rock Town ship, School District No. 30, and bounded as follows: North by lands of William Wright, East by Lizzie Jones, South by Bettie Wright, and West by Mattie Wright, levied upon and to be sold as the property ol Hampton Wright for taxes year 1924. Also ? 22 acres in Flat Rock Township, School District No. 30, and bounded North by lands of John Wright, East by- William Wright, South by John Wright, West by Malitta Jackson, levied upon, and to be sold as the property of I/ewis Wright for taxes vptir 1924. Also 1 acre with building thereon in De Kalb Township, School District No. J, and bounded as follows: North by W. J. Parker, East by J. II. Ratcliffe, South by public road or street of the town of Cassatt, West by property of Mrs. I>aney, levied upon and to be sold as the property of J. T. De Bruhl for taxes year 1924. Also 17f> acres of land, Buffalo Town ship, School District No. 5, bounded as follows to wit: North by Clark and McCaskill, East by McCaskill, South by Tiller's Ferry Road, West by Marsh and Pate, levied upon and to bo sold as the property of J. P. Rat eliffe for taxes year 1921. Also 1 lot DeKalb Township, School Dis trict No. 1, bounded as follows: North by T. K. Trotter, East by Trotter, South by S. A. L. railway property, West by Elizabeth Sasportes, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Green Williams for taxes Year 1924. ? Also 21 acres Wateree Township, School District No. 11, bounded as follows: North by James Braswell, East by T. C. Session, South by Mack Till man, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Flanders Tillman for taxes yea u 1924. Also 36 acres Wateree Township, School District N'o. 1G, and bounded North by Jessie Mattox, East by Long town Road, South by W. S. Wood, West by W. S. Wood, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Roxey Williams for taxes year 1924. Also 200 acres Wateree Township, School District No. 39, and bounded as follows: North by Sallie Bowen, East by Baruch & Nettles, South by Moody Creok, West by Old Wire road, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Mrs. R. J. Moody for taxes year 1924. Aiso 270 acres Wateree Township, School District No. 39, and bounded as follows: North by C. W. Miles, East by A. B. Campbell, South by Willie Knight, West by R. M. Ken nedy, levied upon and to be sold as the property of J. M. Martin for taxes year 1924. <v O. C. WELSH, Sheriff Kershaw County. ?M ' ? ? -*> t ? . ' ? <?*> ' Uie Credential* of BUICK EXAMINE the creden tials of the builder of any car you think of buying. Be sure there in stability behind the car. Be certain that it will not tome day join the rank* of the million and more unmarket able "orphan" car* whote builders have quit. Buick motor car* are backed by vast resources of men, equipment, investment and success. The Buick factory is a mile and a half lon^. The Buick engineering stuff is the largest in the service of any motor car manufacturer. The Buick mIm and service organ iymtion numbers 4 OOO, with million* luveitcd in show roomi and Authorized Serv ice Stations all over America. And Buick leads in public preference* the indispensable factor in motor car luccm. For eight consecutive yean, the public has invested more money in Buicks than in the cars of any other member of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Not one of the million "or* phans" on the roads today was built by Buick. None . . ever will be! C-1S-21 DUICK MOTOll CO.. I LINT, MICH.. DUition of General Motors Corporation the Better huick. LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY ^ <V T. LEE LITTLE, MANAGER, CAMDEN, S, C. " Young; Boy Injured ? St. George, Jan. 6. ? Duncan Felder, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Felder, of this place, was acci dentally shot on yesterday afternoon by George Byrd. It seems as if the bpys were shooting marks in the rear lot of the Felder home and in some manner the gun was discharged and the entire load of birdshot entered the face and chest of young Felder. He was just a short distance away when the gun was discharged. His condition is serious, but hopes are held for his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Felder were in Florida and were com municated with at once and are now rushing home to the bedside of the young man. The physicians this afternoon re port his condition as somewhat better. Farmer Gets Life Term Gray, Ga., Jan. 7. ? Guilty with rec ommendation of mercy was the ver-.j diet today of the jury of twelve faYm er^ trying Cleveland Etheridge for the slaying from ambush four months ago, of two Jones county policemen after they had raided a still located on the edge of the Etheridge farm. The verdict carries an automatic sen tence of life imprisonment. The' jury's finding came as a surprise to all familiar with the case. The de fenscj had confidently expected ac quittal and even Solicitor General Joe B. Dukes had never-been over sanguine as to the outcome^ Atkins* Etheridge, brother of the convicted^ man, will face trial on a like charge in the April term of court. Part of Money Found T~ There have been no further develop ments in the robbery of the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Great Falls last a Tuesday night since the recovery of part of the booty, $1,026 in silver, and the $400 worth of Liberty Bonds, which were found under a warehouse in the rear of the bank by a boy, Stewart Minor, Thursday. The offi cers intended to allow this part of the loot to remain undisturbed, and in- - stitute a policy of watchful waiting; but news of the find spread like wild fire, and the plan was defeated.?' Chester News. " ... Benefits from Saving Even if there were no great practical ad vantages in having money laid by secure ly, it would still be thoroughly worth while to save it on account of the moral and mental benefits derived from the practice of economy . Loan & Savings Bank <? Buy a Hydrant That Will Not Freeze Buy a Yard Hydrant that will not freeze. You can easily install it yourself. Price of Hydrant $8.00. 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