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KLEHiONK BY ASSEMBLY < Hpnkervhip, Chairmanship. Utilrodd , ('oiiiniisHiwntY 1?? ( VhIm ln(?-r??t 'W Columbia, Nov. K, Aside from iti ' f?own organization, the next genera HtEf.S assembly, which convenes on Tueada ., Bpyr January II, at noon, will be confron cd with a good many elections, n<o. of which, however, is expected to pi? - cipitute any lengthy balloting. Intensive campaign* are being [ i f or the speakership and the chair mariAhip of the ways and means corn I t mittee of the house. For the former i t position which h;ts been held by < Speaker Kdgar A, Hruwn, of Barn- i weH, the three aspirants, in alpha t beticai order, are Messrs. John If I Duffie, of Sumter, John K. Hamlin.I; of l.'nion, and James II. Sullivan of i Laurens. All three of these gcnth ] men are lawyers. The house will also < Ih' tailed upon to elect a speaker pr - i tern. Mr. Taylor H. Stukes (if Man I wing, speaker ptxr tern of the lust ' house, was elected to the senate from i f'larendon county the past summer. Mr, H, Klugh Purdy of Kidgeland, U in announced candidate for this posi.Mr. 1'urdy, in addition to hitt i /u>' membership, aerved a term in he senate from 1U17 to 11>20. The Aa>* and means committee of* h'lu-e will be named by the speakr, un<i the committee will choose its at; t/ih.rman, so that the complexion <f the committee will depend upon the >pcakc-r not yet selected. So that, , iino. while the chairmanship of this wMiiii t'ec veil! be determined only by .hi/T oinmiltce itself, not yet consti .ut?;d, ami a man has to be appointed it the committee before Jie can be It. u.i chairman of it, nevertheless he i ampaign for the chairmanship is >c.ng vigorously pressed. The three ispirant.i were all members of the a.-t committee, and one of them, Mr. ft da rt K. Mcf'aslan, of Greenwood, a as vice chairman. The two others, r alphabetical order, are Mr. G. liumt Rivers, of Charleston, and Mr. iV. \V. Smoak of Colleton. Mr. Smoak s one of the few newspaper men in the legislature. He was a member of the house in 1917-1918, and again from 1923 until the present. lie was the author of the "Pay-as-You-Go" Road Act of 1924. Mr. McCaslan is a general agent for a life insurance company, and al?o engaged in other business. He has been a member of the house ?inc? 1923. Mr. Rivers i.?. a lawyer and has served only one t^rm in the house. There are m> justices of the supreme court or judges of the circuit courts to be elected by the next session of the general assembly. The terms of five members of the South Carolina railroad .commission expire ut such times as to make their successors elective at the coming session. Four of these gentlemen. Messrs. Frank W. Shealy of Ix-xington, the present chairman; Mr. James M. Pearman of Honea Path, Mr. John H. Nance of Cross Hill, and Mr. John C. Coney, of Ileevesville, will seek reelection. The other member* whose term expires, Major John G. Richards,! of Liberty Hill, has been elected Governor, and will be otherwise engaged, j From the Fifth Congressional District, to succeed Major Richards, arc two announced candidates, Senator J. K. Beamguard of York, and Mr. D. F. Sapp, of LaJUiaster. Mr. J. D. Bowen, of Summerton, has written the members pf the general assembly that he will be a candidate from the First district, and the name of Mr. H. H. Arnold, of Spartanburg, former commissioner, has been mentioned in connection with the race from the Fourth district and the name of Mr. R. H. McAdams of Abbeville, in connection with the race from the Third district. The present commission, composed of Messrs. Shealy, chairman, Coney, Blease, Pearman, Nance, Richards, and Kllerbc lias been rendering good service to the state, and at a minimum of cost to the railroads and other public service corporations which are assessed for the maintenance of the commission. The gentlemen who are opposing those whose terms expire and who are seeking re-election, have their friends, and there will probably be some interesting races. In the Fifth district, now served by Governor-elect Richards, both Mr. Sapp, of Lancaster, and Senator Beamguard of ork, are \fell and favorably known to the people of the state. Mr. Sapp is the fathe^of Mr. Claud NT. Sapp, former assistant attorney general and former chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, and now a practicing attorney at Columbia. Mr. I). F. Sapp made the race for commissioner two years ago, and received a highly flattering vote. Senator Beamguard has represented York in -the general assembly, either in house or senate, almost continuously for more than 20 years. There will be one or possibly more college trustees to be elected, and maybe when the investigation of the expiration of terms is made by the legislative committee?or whoever investigates?other elections may, "be found necessary at the coming session. There is a board in South Carolina, which was created by statute back in 1900, for a position in connection with which there has never seemed to be much of a scramble. The statute labels it "Board for distribution of dead bodies for scientific purposes." Gibbon* Legislative Manual says that "no board has been named for this purpose"?'but that is where Gibbes' Manual, strange to say?for this Manual is an accurate and valuable publication?"pulltdd a bono." The statute itself names "the professors of anatomy, the professors of surgery, and the demonstrators of anatomy of the Medical College of the State of South Oaroilna, and of several colleges and schools of this state, authorized by law to teach, medical science and issue diplomas" as members of this board. However, the less -it- is in the limelight of publicity, maybe it is for the better, because it has been suggested that if there is too much talk of dead bodies, and science, and all that kind of thing,, somebody in the next legislature may spring the question of evolution, and then there would be a whole lot more useless discussion as to whether man descended from a monkey, or the ni<Sfikey descended from a man. Little Child Burned. A little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morton, aged about eighteen months, fell into the fire last Thursday while both parents were outside of the house and was pulled out of the tire by his little sister, aged six years, who exercised a most wonderful presence of mind for so joung a child in first dragging it out of the fire before calling the mother, which she did. Dr. W. B. Turner was summoned at once and applied remedies- to alleviate the sufferings of the little one, who was badly burned on the back of the head and on thf right arm. We are pleased to( note that the chiM is doing as well as could be expected and will not suffer any serious consequences from his burns.?Kershaw Era. * * * ' ?' * ? - *1 VIBHATIONLESS BEYOND BEUEF' ~ something new in Motor Car Performance 1 he smoothness and quietness of the Greatest Buick Tver Built defy description. This remarkable new motor < ":r is vihrationless bevond belief. We hope someone else tells /-V-- - ? you that some other car also is vibrationless. For then you may be induced to drive the two cars, and compare them. And you will better appreciate the amazing smoothness, at every speed, which now belongs to Buick. 'Jt's the (Greatest EVERBUHX LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY T. LEE LITTLE, MANAGER. CAMDEN, S, C. TAX NOTICE. Office of Treasurer Kershaw County, Camden, S. ('., Sept. 12. 1926. | Notice is hereby given that the hooks will he opened for the collection of State county and school taxes from October 15th, 1926, to March 15th, 1927. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to nil taxes unpaid January 1st. 1927, 2 per cent February 1st, 1927. and 7 per cent March 1, 1927. The rate per centum for Kershaw ^ c unty is as follows: Mills. State" Taxes 5hi 6-0-1 School 4 School Taxes 7 f'ounty Taxes 8 by Hospital % Constitutional School Tax 3 Deficiency School Tax % Total 29Vi lb Kalb Township Road Bonds, for DeKalb Township only 2\ D..g tax $1.25. All dog owners are requited to make a return of their dogs to the County Treasurer, who is required to furnish a linconse, tag.All dog* caught without the license tag he owners will be subject to a fine of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. i Th'c following School Districts have special levies: School District No. 1 181^ i School District No. 2 l6Mr School District No. 3 ...... 19 ' School District No. -1 13H School District No. 5 .1 School District No. 6 25 School Distrii' No. 7 10 School District No. m 1 School DistrK' No 9 1 School Disti ct Nu. lu 1 School District N<< 11 s School District No 12 . . . 19 School Distri< t No l ; 1 School District No. !* 1 School District No. 16 .1 School District No. )*n 1 School District No. 20 1 School District No. 22 . . 19 S. hool District No. 23 ..... . 1 School District No. 25 1 School District No. 27 1 School District No. 28 1 School District No. 29 7 School District No. 3? 1 School District No. 31 8 School District No. 33 11 / School P atriot No. 37 1 School District No. 38 1 ' _PHMB I | School District No. 31> 5 I School District No. 40 18 I School D'strict No. 41 1 School D i s t r u t No. 1 2 1 Scnuol District No. 411 1 School District No 4<> 1 School District No. 47 1 The Poll Tax is $1.00. All able bodied male persons from the ago of twenty-one (21) to fifty (50) years, both inclusive, except residents in incorporated towns, shall pay $.'1.00 as a road tax except ministers of the Gospel actually in charge of a congregation teachers employed ia public schools .school ti*ustees, nnd persons permanently disabled in the military ..ervice of the State and persons who served in the War Between the States ,and all quarantine service of this State and all residents who may be attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall become due. Persons claiming disabilities must present certificate from two reputable physicians of this county. All information with reference to taxes will be furnished upon application. O. J. SMYRL, County Treasurer. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, November 15, 1 t)2G, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of .1 A. McDowell, deceased. and on the same vlate I will apply to the said Court for a final ct:scharge as said Administrator. p. a. Mcdowell. Camden, S. C., Oct. 13, 192b. Notice to Debtors and Creditors A ' parties indebted to the estate - f Penelope Harris are hereby noti'tier! to make payment to the undersigned and all parties, if any, having ilaims against the said estate w.i' i present them likewise duly attested I at once. w l. Mcdowell. .u\. And Admr. Est. Penelope Harris ; Camden. S. C., Oct. 14, ld'26. TRESPASS NOTICE. Trespassing, bunting or shooting, day or night, cutting or hauling wood or straw, cattle or hogs running at large, on lands owned and posted by Mr Ralph Ellis, will be dealt with to the full extent of the law,* L. A. KIrkland, Attorney. R. Storey, Agent. 27-37-pd Abroad; ly r ~ -7A b Jo:<uan J Written for The Chronicle London. 1 England 18 a proud nation and class I distinction in strong. A widi: gulf separates the laboring and leisure i classes. It adds fuel to the (lame that I is slowly consuming England's eco- < nomic structure. Segregation of < classes is more marked in public < places. Fashionable hotels and res t tauranta are forbidden to the man who labors with his hands. England'.* coastwise steamships have first, sec- i ond and third class accommodations, i Its trains carry first and third class. < V\ hy second was omitted I have never ! been able to learn. Its fastest trains i are first-class. Its slower or local trains are divided half and half be- i tween first and second class. The Eng- i lish train as compared with an Amer- i ican train is a toy. The coaches are 1 not more than three times the size of < a Lincoln automobile. First-class car- ! riages, as t(0ke Englishman calls them, l are built of steel. They are light and < appear to be weak and flimsy. The ) spoked wheels are ftot much larger ' than the front truck wheels of an < American locomotive. On some < coaches the entrance is at the end; on < others it is at the side, a door opening < into each compartment. Only six pas- \ sengers are allowed in a first-class ( compartment; third-class compart- ( meats are limited to oight. The loco- ; motives are not much larger than an s American tram-road engine. Copper < sheet iron cover them almost to the I center of the six-foot driving wheels. ; The express trains run at a terrific I rate and take^ sharp curves without a < pause, but the road beds are well bal- j lasted, the rails are heavy an<f wrecks I are few. In 1925 English railroads ; carried 17,000,000 passengers without \ an accident. One passenger died from i natural causes. Newsboys are un- ; known on English or European trains. 1 Passengers are served from refresh- i ment and dining car3 by white waiters in tuxedos. Each train carries its own bar and drinks are served in compartments. You must provide yourself with books and newspapers at the station. The almost Incessant blowing of shrill whistles and the 1 ringing of bells accompany the departure of a train from a terminal. The noise begins five or ten minutes , before the train departs. The more 1 important the train the greater the noise. It takes about ten uniformed officials, laboring under great stress , of excitement, to get a train under : way. The only people who ever get i left are. the blind and deaf. England ; was themother of steam and the ( father of the locomotive, but in I transportation?both steam and electric?she hafi slipped far behind i America. ( Hiding* on Top of London London covers a wide urea and j many miles before your train reaches 'Waterloo station, the center of the ] city, you are riding on tracks sus- < pended over house tops. The hour < was approaching 10 o'clock but I had i made a daylight journey over the i same route in 1924 and I knew that j the millions of lights that flickered , like stars in the milky way on both , sides of the train came from the little < red-tiled cottages that spread out in i every direction as far as the eye ; I could reach. Long before you reach ] Waterloo station "Big Ben," whose ( thunderous tones have for centuries < sounded warnings of wars, floods and j pestilence, and whose beautiful chimes have lulled billions of Lon- ' doners to sleep, becomes visible in the distance. Its huge, glowing dial with hands 75 feet long, seems to extend a soothing and gentle welcome to this city of nearly 8,000,000 inhabitants. The bell itself weighs 13 1-2 tons. I think all the railroad officials remain at the stations. You never see them on the train. Perhaps they are needed to get other trains under way. You surrender your ticket as you pass through the turnstile exit. It is fearful to contemplate the penalties that would be inflicted upon a passenger if he should happen to lose his ticket. The usual excitement that attends the arrival of a train de luxe at a terminal is found at Waterloo j station. Porters reach through the wide tourist windows and literally J throw your heavy luggage out of the' compartments. Two rounds at close! quarters with a burly fellow saved my typewriter from destruction. The ai ri\ nl of a tram at a bi't Euro pea a term inal furnishes an interesting study in psychology. There are times when men shout like., demons and women become hysterical. This is more apparent in southern European countries where the people are more emotional. Many atations reaamWo fire paqic# in picture theatre#. Everybudy ?? pushing, shoving and crowding for the exits us if forty devils wire behind them. Taxi drivers seem to lose all sense of control. It is a moment when that rare human quality know,, a* poise becomes a valuable A litk Croaa-Words Puzzle lit point of physical changes London remains faithful to its traditional social and business customs. It is tlow m alterirfg its centuries-old style of architecture. A city law limits the height of buildings to seven stories. Drab, brown-stone fronts Hanking narrow crooked streets that wind like blacksnakea through twenty-five miles of city create an atmosphere that is depressing and dispiriting. The Streets follow the original cartpaths and cow paths that wound their serpentine courses through meadow and forest a thousand years before the city was built. It is the only city in the world in which all traffic on boti 1 rive way and sidewalk goes to the left. Imagine the confusion in cong?-Hle?l centers when the city is futl >f visitors. England is the only nation in the world that does not use the decimal system in its coinage, and to the stranger its money is a continuous cross-word puzzle. In your desperation you try to recall the familiar school-room intonation of boyhood days, "twelve pence make jne shilling, twenty shillings make ,ne pound," etc., hut it is of no avail, you must learn that two pence is two cents, twelve pence is twenty-four :cnts, one shilling is almost the ccjuul ,f 25 cents or that a pound is the equivalent of $4.86. Hut then comes the farthing, the half-crown, the sov>rcign and heavens knows how many ithcr denominations, all so confusing ind baffling that if a highwayman should happen to come along you would welcome the opportunity to hand over all the money you had in four jackets. Hut the Englishman is fundamentally honest and you can always rely upon him to return the tight change. Here is a concrete il?; ustration: I overpaid a taxi driver a ml not only did he return the overplus, but was kind enough to try to plain the English taxi-meter system md the comparative value of the different denominations of English money. Antiquated English Customs "Why does England, which sits on top of the civilized world, cling to these antiquated customs, you ask?' Hecause that is England. England, so the Englishman believes, is never wrung. It glories, almost revels, in its customs and traditions. Its patriotism is almost a national malady. The guard mount at Buckingham Palace, which takes place four times daily, is attended even down to the minutest details, by sixteenth century formalities. Almost at the same second late in the afternoon every day in the year may be seen a squad of soldiers, dressed in sixteenth century red-coats and fuzzy black, i bear-skin head-gear that reaches two) feet above the crown of the head, 1 inarch with majestic tread down Pic-1 radilly and enter the Hank of England. Filing out at the some moment j are employees wearing top-hats and, English walking suits. Modern burglar alarm devices are not used. The streets outside and the corridors in-; side are closely patrolled until the top-hatted employees return next morning. Promptly at midnight the' tjuard, including the lieutenant in charge, is served an elaborate lunch-1 son, along with the traditional supply if wine. The psychological effect of this apparently useless but rather imposing ceremony may not be without merit in maintaining the confidence of the nation in its most cherished institution, but England, tike America, is yet to learn that where one bank 1 is robbed from the outside a dosen are wrecked by mismanagement on the irt?i?e. Robbers Gel Long Term, Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8.?l^e three* men arrested in Atlanta a week ago for robbing a branch of the Union Trust company here of $81,000, w*r<, sentenced to from ten to twenty year, in the state penitentiary here today A woman companion, who posed the wife/of one of the bandits Wa, held under Jaopd. The .Yaquis of .Mexico are the last unsubdued tribe of Indians in North America. ? Notice To Debtors and OeditoriT All parties indebted to the estate oi Dr. W. J. Dunn are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned or T. K. Trotter, attorney, and all Lr[ ties having claims against the said estate will present them likewise. duK attested. . . J- Ralph Dunn, Administrator, Estate Dr. W. J. Dunn, ? , Sumter, S. C. Canden, S. C., Nov. 11, 1026. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice i$ hereby given that one month from this date,' on Tuesday December 7th, 1026, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw Qounty mv final return as Guardian of the estate of Agnes N. Shannon (now Mrs J Nettles Lindsay) and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge from my trust as said Guardian., ' Wm. S. Nelson. Camden, S. C., Nov. 4, 1026. a FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby givfen that one month, from this date, on Saturday November 18, 1926, I will make to the Probate Court of KershawyCounty my final return as ExecutoAof the ' estate of Mina Team, deceased, and on the same date I will *pply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Executor. * JOHN LAWHORN, Executor. Camden, S. C., Oct. 9, 1926. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Tuesday, November 16, 192$, I will 'v make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of Joseph Brooks, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator. T. R. BETHUNE. Camden, S. C., Oct. 13, 1926. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, ' December 6th, 1926, I will make to the i Probate Court of Kershaw County my i final return as Administrator of the j estate of Charlotte Caldwell, deceased, j and on the same date I will apply to [ the said court for a final discharge as I said Administrator. W. J. PORTER, Administrator. | Camden, S. C., Nov. 4, 1926. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not j to trespass upon the J. B. Crocker place, at Lakeview Terrace, or the [ property of Henry Savage in.the city i limits. Persons have be^n committing acts of vandalism on these premI ises and after this warning, if caught, will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law. HENRY SAVAGE August 10, 1926. MONEY TO LOAN?On city real estate. Apply to Henry Savage, Jr., Camden, S. C. ' - j ' . 32sb < U. BRUCE Veterinarian Day Phone 30?Night* 114 CAMDEN, S. df SB , B? ? KERSHAW LODGE No. 2$ f ' A. P. M. 3^Regular communication of lodge is held on the first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m. AHsitihg Brethren are wel - ' . ,, ... GOOD ADVICE I l It is remarkable with what unanimity I such men as Rockefeller, Carnegie, WW* I Wanamaker and Field say that they got I their start by saving money. And every I. one of them has advised young merino go ^1 and do likewise. I Loan & Savings Bank I CAPITAL $100,000.00 I 4 Per Cent Paid on Savings Deposits j