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vrrb?ans admits **** { jh alMi~Streft Railway# Will RKTurniwH Free transportation , ' x** W F. Russelh commapder of I * 1Richurd Kirkland, U, C, V., has WSLa the following letter ". from ISuJh? ?' 'he South Croltn. |2m United <onM?r*U VoUwu., L of the adjutant general at AnI n S Cm with the request that ^invitation be extended through I <rhe Chronicle; ?Tbe South Carolina Fair associaLu? will be held at Columbia, S. C., I^rine the *??k ?' October 18th'to Ij The railroads within the state will furniah free transportation to all I rlnfederate veterans, upon ^esenta on of a certificate of identification ;'lom the probate judge of the county. The city railway company will alao live free transportation oVer their tines within the city, and to the fair I^The^fair association will admit all veterans free to the grounds mdud ;?g the side shows, provided the vetReran wears his uniform, Cross of I Honor, or camp badge. If you have , uniform, wear it, if not wear your cro.l Of Honor or camp budge. En tcrtainment will be furnlahed by the city and citizens of Columbia, and a W special turkey dinner will be served on the fair grounds on Wednesday, October 20, which is Confederate Vet| erans' day. "tickets will bfe issued October 16 | to October 22 inclusive, good to rc turn until midnight, October 26. This will be a splendid opportunity for us to attend the state fair, and show our | appreciation to the railroads, the fair | association, the city of Columbia arid her citizens for their kindness and thoughtfulness in extending this com. pliment to us." In Interest of The Blind I Columbia, S. C.i Oct. 13.?The CoI lumbia Junior League extends an inI vitation to all fair week visitors to -Columbia to call at their gift shop, I which is run to help in their work for the South Carolina association of the Blind, see their stock and learn I something about what they are doing I for the blind people of South CaroI Last year the Junior5 League paid the expenses of Miss ArtitiaHFairey, I a blind worker, who traveled over the I state, teaching crafts .... and finding work for the blind, so that they might I be able to help with their support I and in some cases become actually self-supporting. The Junior League Is planning to merease its .work if/XL (this season, as it has grown iiv numbers and in experience. The gift shop is one of the chief means of raising. funds. In theshop they carry some of the fibrecraft goods made at the association pf the blind home and a complete line of novelty gifts, hand work, baby gifts, and real lace. There are also candies, talley cards and unusual party favors. - The shop is 1417 Gervais street, next door to the Green Parrot, tea room, and is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 3:30 "to* 6:30 p.m. The league will be glad to Have any one come in and rest a while and look around. Japan has caste. as Well as I5fla.' The eta consists of 12,000,000 to 8,000,000 persons who are untouchables, or pariahs tainted not by disease but by the misfortune of. having been born into the lowest caste. FINAL DISCHARGE H~ Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Tuesday, November 16, 1926, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrtitor of the estate of Joseph Brooks, deceased,' and on the same date I Will apply to the said Court for a final discharge I as said Administrator. T. R. BETHUNE. Camden, S. C., Oct, 13, 1926. j A member of the British parliament dec-1 area he will ask his government to furnish every man, woman and child with a gas mask and to establish rlasses for instruction in its use. He believes this precaution will be essential for the next war. final discharge Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, November 16, 11)26, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of J. A. McDowell, deceased* and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge fts said Administrator. p. a. Mcdowell. Camden, S. C., Oct. 18, 1926. notice'of election lg| State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for United States Senator and Representatives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County of Kershaw on Tuesday, November 2, 1926, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by the State Constitution.. ' - " ' The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months befbre any election of any poll tax then due and payable: Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be ehtitled to vote ' after si* months' residence in tHe State, otherwise qualified. ' Registration.? Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect isuch taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the bath to" the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and .Cleik. : 1 . Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a.m., and-. closed at 4 o'clock p.m., except in the City pf Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 6 p.m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the I Managers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sWorn, Can conduct the election. . { At the close of the election the Managers and Clerks must proceed publicly to open the ballot box and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the results for each office, and sign the- same. Within three days thereafter theChairman ofthe Boar? or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the box containing the ballots and written statements ef the results of the election^ _ . MANAGERS OF ELECTION. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the County: Camden Opera House?G. A. Moseley, J. H. Clarke, Eugene Moseley. Ratcliff's Mill?H. J. Ratcliffe, N. A. Watkins, J. H. Williams. Cassatt?H. Thompson, T. A. Spears, J. W. (Catoe.. _ Kershaw?I? R. Hayes, James Copeland, H. D. MoCaskill. Rabons Cross Roads-^-R. A. Jackson, Dannie. Rabon, English Brannon. Blaney?G. E. Hirtson, A. G. Kelley, John Uranham. , Bethune?Jack McLaurin, John A. MoCaskill, Baron Lee. Westville?R. L. Bell, W. L. Gaskins, Logan Rush. Buffalb School House?R. F. fibwell, Elmer Catoe, J. b. Johnson. < Stoenboro?C. V. Hammon, J. H. Addtffbn,^Gv" - Truesdell. T ~ - Ltbertr Hitt?N. -S. R*eh*rd?, J. H. . Clements. W. A. Cunningham.^ Mt. Zion School House-Olrfton Marshall, j. B. McCoy, Rufus Mose"^Stockton Place?P. L. Sowell, Wilb. Mini., W. E. Baker. MB-oBBBBRBBeasa Shaylor's Hill?K. L Smyrl, 8* W. Hornsby, L. L. Young. Blokes School House -'C. F. Humphries, J. H. Ratcliffe, W. H. Watkins^ I II*i milage Cotton Mill?W. A. Anderson, W. West, J. J. Muni). 3 Fine Creek Cotton Mill?J. L. Player, W. C. I.angley, W, L. Hobineon. , Charlotte Thompson School Ho ?E. C. Pearce, E. N. Workman, J. V. Cantey?Henry Smyrl, S. cT Rose, B. Barfleld. Three <C's.--J. H, Bvfield, J. Robert Magill, John W. Truesdale. Beaver Dam School House?W. N. West, J. H. Tidwell, Arthur Hyatt. Shuwrock-TTrJ. F. Baker, L. J. Baker, W. E. Elliott. Ned's Creek School House?J. J. Bowers, T. W. Bowers, G. W. Baker. Antiocly,. School House?S.% B. Stokes, L. A. Shiver, T. B. Blyther. The Managers at eaoh precinct named above, are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the box and blanks for the election at I The Wateree Messenger Office, Saturday, October 80th, 1920. C. W. BIRCH MORE R. D. WILLIAMS B. W. BEST ' Commissioners of Federal Election For Kershaw County, S. C. October 12, 1926. rr 1 j MASTER'S SALE ;J State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. N I David H. Baum, Plaintiff, -1-~| against 1 R. E. Boykin, et al., Defendant, I , j* ] i Uiide^ and pursuant to an ord?r oft Court herein made and dated 23rd day of June, 1926, I will sell to the I highest bidder at public auction, fori cash, before the Kershaw County 1 Court House door, Camden, S. C., on I the first Monday; being the first day | of November, 1926, the following de-1 scribed real esUue: "A tract of land situate in Kershaw jCounty, State aforesaid, and contain- I ing 60 acres. Bounded on the North I by laYtdfc of T. P. Sanders; East by] lands of Dr. C. P. Osteen, South by ] lands of Doc Shannon; West by lands L of Berry Thomas and Doc Shannon. L The same being a part of the Allen j, Boykin lands, conveyed to the said , T. P. Sanders by Pelzer, Rodgers & L CoiApany, of Charleston, S. C.'r I , . Any person desiring to bid at said j, sale, except the .plaintiff herein, shall ] | first deposit with the Master the sum ] of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in J ] cash or by certified| check for a like L sum, as evidence of good faith. * . R. H. HILTON, Master Kershaw County.]. Oct. 14, 1926. L j ' MASTER'S SALE | -? 1.1 State of South Carolina, ~ County of Kershaw. ' J. L. Guy, et al., Plaintiffs, /. I against A. K. Rose, et al., Defendants. Pursuant to an order of Court, here- I in, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, for %ash, before the ] Kershaw County Court House door,] Camden, S.-C., on the first Monday, 1 being the first day of November, 1926, t during the usual hours of sale, thai following described reel estate: j- | "All that piece, parcel or tract of 1 land, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, near the Town of Blaney and being a portion of what is known ] as the Ross lands, containing two and J two tenths (2.2) acres, more o* less, and being designated as tract'81 on] a.plat of S. W. Laughlin, Surveyor, of date March 6th, 1919, being re- ] corddd in the office of the Clerk of I Cohrt for Kershaw County in Plat Book 6, page PD6- The said tract is I bounded on tTuTNorth by tracts 6,^Tr] and 8, as showp on said plat and by | roadway, on the East bjr tract No. 32*1 this day conveyed to John L. lyirklana,'j Jf., on the 'South hy roadway and by lotoNo. 32; and pn the West by tracts Nos. 6, 7, and 8. The described tract of land is the same conveyed -to me by deed of T. M. Keith of date October 19. 1919" ^~ r-f Any bno desiring to bid at saM sale, other than the plaintiff herein, shall first deposit with the Master as an evidence of good faith, cash, or certified check in the sum of fifty dollars ($60.00) ,~any amount so deposited by-en; unsuccessful bidder to be returned et the conclusion df said sale. R. H. HILTON, :<vi- Master Kershaw County. Oct. 14, 1926. . ____ Louisiana Governor Dead i - Da tan Rouge, La? Oct. lt*?^31enry L. Fuqua, governor of Louisiana since May, 1924, died in the executive man* sion here tonight. His death was u shock to his friends as his illness of a few days duration had not'been regarded as serious. MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (Court of Common Pleas) J. M. Hearon, Plaintiff, against Kathleen McCoy, Jacquelin McCoy, Sihgletary McCoy and tWillard McCoy, Defendants. Pursuant to a Decretal Order in the above stated case, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash an Sales Day -in November, 192(1, th^ same being the 1st day of said month' luring the legal iiours of sale, in front of the Court House at C&mden, S. C., the following described real' estate, to wit: All that certain tract or parcel of lend situate, lying and being in the County of Kershaw and State aforesaid, containing ?Sixty (60) acres more or less and being bounded as follows: North by land of E. L. McCoy; East by land of E. L, McCoy; South by lands of estate of W. Dr Marshall; and West by lands of estate of J. W. Myers. ? R. H. HILTON, ? ~~~ Master for Kershaw'County. October1513, 1926. TO EXHIBIT AT SUMTER 7 v * ? John Robinson's Circus To Be In Gamecock City October 22 i . The earth's pioneer circus, John Robinson's, will be in our midst, as the billboards throughout the country pioclaim in loud and lurid colors, its coming to Sumter for afternoon and night performances on Friday, October 2& Hundreds of circus lovers of this community are making plans to attend the circus that day, as the merit and superiority of John Robinson's Circus is well known here. John Robinson comes this year with an entirely new performance from the opening of the gorgeous spectacle, to the sensational and thrilling finishing numbers. Europe and th'6 Orient were sacked for novelties and features by representatives of the circus last winter, and t&e foremost wild animal acts of the universe were purchased and added to the Robinson's double menagerie. Such noted trainers o^ the steel arena as Captain Theodore," *Theo J Schroeder, Idne Carle, Bert NoyeS, j Margaret Thompson; Carl Bruce, and [Dewey Butler-will send their jungle I charges through remarkable routines. [Another special attraction will be I Carlos Carreon's contingent of Wild jWest champions, including cowboys, cowgirls, and a tribe of Sioux Indiana from the Pine Ridge reservations in South Dakota. Regular circus features and acts will aleo have prominent places on the lengthy program. The Rudy ltudyboff family of equestrains from Austria; the Ben Mohamid Arabs from Arabia; the four Barron girls from England; Senorita Piedad Morales from Mexico; Reno MoCree Troupe from Australia; Petite Tetu from Japan, and the Eddys from London are but a few of-the noted, acts. Clown alleys will have a contingent of fifty famous fun makers, boys Whoknow the art of extracting chuckles and grins from young and old. Slivers Johnson, Jack Harris, Abe Goldstein, George Harmon, the Simmons Twins, Jack Fenton, Joe O'Brien, and Joe Wilde, are but a few of the famous Merry Andrews. Three-Yea^-Old Child Killed Columbia, Oct. 12.?Grady Vandiver, Jr., three-year-old son of Grady Vandiver, Sr.,Attorney and legislator of. Canton^.Ga., was almost instantly killed here this -morning-when^ struck? by an automobile while he was running across the street to join a group of youthful companions in a game of baseball. ^ Miami Beftch*f 4tomous Roman swim* pools and Casino after the terhurricHno had practically do ?*r?y?d rlirhtis the lm#e? Honey-Plassa hotel. * Scene of Devastation on Miami Beach How M'nml Jfracli wuh devastated by the hurricane U ludicated by thjs photograph showing trees toru up, w water lu the streets four blocks from the ocean shore. , .?? ???mm?mmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmm ,,11, .? 1 " !",r ' ' " 1 ..... 1 . ii i I ? . - i i ... i > J HIWII?I)????IBWII1BM?li?W?IHPIlllHB WIMlllB { . 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