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KINAl- dhwhakok I Notice l? hereby fW?n that fc|2 f,om thi? <N> on Mondny, E& 8lS, 1 Ml.I will to the Kbit? Court oi Ker?h?w County ray Eil return m udmrnutrttor of the BTt^ of Tlllracn N. N.ppoc, mL and on the same date 1 Will *9#'? Wt the said Co?rt *"*"* mlut aeW administrator. rge as ?a^ ^ NAppER Administrator. ' Imden, ?. <> Dec. 81,***, I Fa X NOTICE. are of Treasurer Kershaw County, I Camden, ?S. C., Kept, 12, 11126. Notice i. hereby ?tv<m that the Boks will be opened for the collection BUte county ?"<i school Uxe. from Ktober 16th, Ithi#, to March 15th, R17 A penalty of 1 per cent will be Bded to all taxes unpaid January 1st, K'1'7 2 oer cent February 1st, 1927. K 7 per cent March 1, 1927. The rate per centum for Kershaw kunty is as follows: miu& State Taxes * -0-1 School C d School Taxes 7 bounty Taxes , ??/? lo8l,'ta^ ? jonstitutlonal SchoQ.l Tax y. 3 deficiency School Tax % Total 29% DeKalb Township Road Bonds, for DeKalb Township only . 2% Dog tax $1.26. All dog owners are required to make a return of theii1 dogs to the County Treasurer, who Is required to furnish a ilncense tag.All dogs caught without the license tag the owners will be subject to a fine of 'Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. The following School Districts have special levies: ^ SclnMiJ District No. 1 18% School District No. 2 10% School District No. 3 19 School District No. 4 ,.. 13% School District No. 5 .* 1 School District No. (> . 25 School District No. 7 . 10 School District No, 8 . . 1 School District No. 9 1 School District No. M> ..... 1 I School District No. ll 8 I School District No. 12 19 I School District No. 13 1 I School District No. 15 1 I School District No. 16, * 1 I School District Nd. 19 #1 I School District No. 20 1 School District No. 22 19 I School District No. 23 . s 1 I School District No. 25 1 I School District No. 27 *1 I School District No. 28 1 I School District No. 29 7 I School District No. 30 1 I School District Nb. 81 .. *..... 8 I School District No, 33 11 School District No. 37 .... 1 School District No. 38 1 I School District No. 89 '8 ' I School District No. 40 .. 1? I School Distriet No. 41 r. ? rt X j I School District No. 42 1 I School District No. 43 ?. 1 [ School District No. 46 1 I School District No. 47 1 ' The Poll Tax is $1.00. I All able bodied ..male persons from. I the age of twenty-one (21) to fifty (50) years, both inclusive, except reI sidents in incorporated towns, shall pay $3.00 as a road tax except minisI ters of the Gospel actually in charge I of a congregation teachers employed 1 in public schools ,school trustees, .and I persons permanently disabled in the I military service of the State and per?I sons who served in thh War Between I the States ,and all quarantine sendee of thie State and all residents Who may be attending school or college at I the time when Baid road tax shall be eome due. Persons claiming disabiliI ties must present certificate from two I reputable physicians^ of this county. All information with reference to [ taxes will be furnisned upon applicaI tion. t>. J. SMYRfc,? County Treasurer, I J . GOOD ALE PAINTING, PXPERHANGING AND KALSOMfNING I ALL WORK GUARANTEED I ' i ~ ?*"; - i' '*" * Estimates Furnished &ree 409 Rutledge fet. Phone 433-J I CAMDEfJ, 8. C. , I A rabu lance Sdrrice Day or Night Motor Equipment of the B ~ ... I c. W. EVANS Ij^ I HA VE YOUR . "iir n ki ^ NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD :: % :* ., 11 '-I- ' Senator Freeman Wa# Editor of The Pee Dee Advocate * * BennetteviUe, Jan. 1.?Senator JK. I#, Freeman, editor of the Pee Dee Advocate, died at hi# home here Friday night after an Mines* of u few hour#, Thia morning he was' found by hi# little #on, Milton, lying unconscious on the floor of hi# bedroom. r7 9 Doctor# were summoned to hi# bedHide but he #ank rapidly and died tonight. ThuraJAay Senator Freeman went to Columbia oh business and returned home la#t night, appearing to be in hi# u#uul health. R, L'. Freeman wan born January 1, 1871, and would have celebrated hi# 56th birthday today. He wa# u #on of the late John W. Freeman and Ellen Carlisle Freeman of i)iis county. As a young man he taught school in this and other counties and obtained money with which he paid his way through Wake Forest college, from which he was graduated with the degree of A. 11., in three years in the class of 1894. He followed the profession of surveyor for a number of years and probably knew the county better thun any other man at the time of his death. A map which he ynade of the county is in general use now. Ho had an abiding faith in his county and state and was ever ready to defend them. In 1900 he purchased the Pee Dee Advocate, which he edited and pub| lished from that time. He had a natural gift for the discernment of news Values and developed the paper into one of the most popular weekly news*; papers published in South Carolina. He was a man of great intellectual capacity and had the faculty of going to the core of a subject in few words, He was one of the most well informed men of this part of the state. fv He served as county superintendent of education from 1896 to 1900, as member of the house 1901-02, and was elected to the senate in 1928. At different times he served as county Democratic chairman, member of the state Democratic executive committee, trustee on the Bennettsville school board, president of the Bennettsville Library association and as president of the South Carolina Press association. Mr. Freeman was gen-1 erally recognized as a man of the highest Christian character and those in need coding to him for assistance were never turned away. He was a faithful member of the Thomas Memorial Baptist church here, of which he wjatr a deacon and teacher of the men's bible class. Through the editorial columns of his paper he always stood for the highest conduct and for justice to all alike. Surviving him are his widow, one daughter, Miss Ellen Freeman, 16, an,d one fson, Milton Moore Freeman, 10; one brother, G. W. Freeman, all of Bennettsville; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bounds, of Wilmington, N. C., and Mrs. D. A. Roscoe, Maxton, N. C. Banker Dies of Grief? Memphis, 'Dec. 31.?Harry Cohn, aged financier and president of the closed American Savingp Bank and Trust Company, died suddenly today of a heart attack, superinduced, it is believed, by grief over* the closing of bafcking-house and alleged defalcations of several trusted employes. The aged banker Was found by a clerk lying on the floor of the basement washroom o|,the bank today. He was hyrrted to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. ? -The Chinese government is about to present to the library of the League of Nations the complete Chinese enj cyclopedia, which is reputed to be more Ahan 200 years old. It, comprises 800 large volumes having a total of more than 100,000,000. words. It treats of the heavens, earth, i science, humanity, literature and government. -? ^ ? Prince Yaahuito Chichibu, Japanese prince, and brother of the new em'pdror of Japan, arrived in New York Tuesday eh route to his- home in Tokyo - from England. The former Sinperor of Japan died Christmas morning; but his body will not be interred until some time In February. ??? ? Governor Ma Ferguson on Tuesday committed the death, sentence of Emmett Vestal, held in the jail at Dallas, under sentence of death for the murder of a tourist in 1917. Two women, claiming to be wives of Vestal, mftde the successful plehr to the Texas governor the commutation of the death sentence. 1' A specially built hearee to cost $50,000, is to be used in the funeral ^Htes Of the late emperor of Japan when interment is made in February. The vehicle is to have only twb wheels and U to be 12 feet high by 23 feet km* U to be drawn by four white and black spotted oxen. :w ^ ?%. Copenhagen, Denmark I Denmark has an agricultural tri- ] angle butter, egg? and bacon?that I points to three different mads that i lead to national prosperity. Trior to J 1H6U Denmark was a grain growing . country but the introduction of improved farm machinery in the American west where grain was produced at a minimum of cost forced the little Scandanavian nation to change its type of agriculture. Denmark had hit bottom and its rural population < whs migrating to other countries where the farm offered greater opportunities in the form of a diversified agriculture. The government took cognizance of the situation, encouraged the establishment of agricultural colleges and through the medium of these colleges began to preach the gospel of diversification. The effect was almost instantaneous. Dong ^nd short courses in plant breeding, land preparation, hog breeding, poultry raising and dairying were offered free of cost to old and young who were ambitious to raise their standards of living. At present there are 27 of these colleges scattered over an area of 10,000 square miles, in addition to the big agricultural college in Copenhagen where graduates of the district colleges are given post-graduate courses at n tuition fee of only $10 per year. Many adults take advantage of the free summer courses at both colleges. Burbanking the Hog Before the war when England, France and Germany were rolling in wealth the demand in these countries for an excellent quality of ham ant) shoulder meat was ' strong. Wellcurdd hams and shoulders sold at fancy prices and the supply could not keep up with the demand. The Danish hog breeding experts in the several agricultural colleges held a consultation. Here was a field worth exploiting. By the simple process of crossing and recrossing several different breeds they succeeded in developing a hog with a long slender body and extremely big ham and shoulders. It resembled the longbodied German dachshund. As a ham and shoulder producer this type of hog was without an equal in the world. The Dane built up an immense ham and shoulder trade in England, France and Germany which he lost when the war left these nations so poor they were scarcely able to buy the cheapest of meats. The field was invaded by Autralia and New Zealand with a cheap quality of side meat. But the Dane was undaunted. Once more the nation's hog experts put their heads together and this time they developed ft hog of the opposite type?with small hams and shoulders and a very large body. They were after the bacon. They reentered their former field with the heavy-bodied hog and soon regained the post-war business they had lost when their former wealthy custonjers were no longer able to buy the higher-priced hams and shoulders. The Small Danish Farmer Peter Jesperson, eight acre farmer, stood in the doorway of his little -thatch-roofed, stone-flagged cottage and watched me and my interpreter as we alighted from the quaint old four-seated surry that took us to his - home. His attitude was one of curiosity mingled with a feeling of uneasiness. _ Foreigners in Peter's geographical range were rare. The big Danish hound that stood like a sentineluon the outposts had already given the alarm; and re-enforcements appeared in the form of Peter's pinkcheeked spouse with two chubby-faced children clinging to her apron strings. With white fangs gleaming and back bristling like a porcupine the dog defended the 30 feet of ground that separated us from his master* ready if necessary to die in defense of the home that gave him food and shelter. My interpreter was one of Peter's distant relatives and recognition was followed by greetings pleasant to behold. Peter knew, only two English words and to me he exteridedTTwel-** come hand ^th a cordial "Goode morn." Peter Jesperson, is one of 20,000 small farmers who live on small tracts of land varying from ft to 18 acres. Here he is able to pro-j vide a comfortable living for bis family, with his cows, pigs and chickens, j and so his case is well worth studying. Tall, raw-boned, sun-bronzed, he presented a picturesque picture as he stood.on his threshold dressed in a, blue blouse, corduroy trousers and wearing* a brown $ap "and wooden I 1 U . ' ' shots, lie u blow of speech and movement, but lurking somewhere in ihe expression of his mild blue eyea jne finds the wisdom of a philosopher ind the courage of a lion. You seem lu sense the spirit of the "Wild Dane" >,amed, but ?e?dy to flare up on slight t provocation. ' Transmuting Dirt Into Hold "No, I am not getting rich," hephed Peter J?spersy? UlfVUgh the ttid jf the interpreter, "but 1 am getting slung fairly well and laying up a little money each year for an old age pension. I sell my produce through the co-operative associations and boy through the community co-?i>erativy buying association. The selling end doesn't woi ry me. My end is the producing end and 1 am satisfied to let the other fellow do the selling. I always get the top of the market, so why worry V We were standing by a field of sugar beets ready to -be harvested and Mr. Jesperson estimated the yield at 75,000 pounds of raw beets to the acre. The roots would average 15 inches in length and 12 inches in diameter, They grew so thick that scarcely ait inch of ground was visible. An acre of l>eots will feed a cow 250 days and 75 pounds of beets has enough food value to produce a gallon of milk. Hcfore the snows fall the beets are cut up by machinery, dried in the sun and stored in the barn. With a small mixture of cotton seed oil cuke imported from America they make an excellent winter cow food. Mr, Jesperson lias 8 cows, 15 hogs and a flock of chickens which netted him last year the neat sum of $l,24tf.OO. His farm supplies his table, he dyes his own work and his overhead expense i^- practically nothing. He finds time to earn money on the outside by working. for his neighbors who have larger farms. The interior of the Jesperson home was the acme of comfort. Pretty pictures udorned the walls, with here and there an ancient fowling piece that had come down from a peasunt ancestor. A beautifully carved grandfather clock with yellowed dial and big wooden hands filled (a corner of the sitting room and in another corner was a huge porcelain decorated heuting stove that reached almost to the ceiling. Mid-winter in Denmark is bitterly cold and snow covers the ground from December till April. People and cattle are housed under one roof <V aigP the low-ceiled living rooms arc ' ' V -1 - 1 ' 1 heated with huge stoves. In every community is found u peat pit froin which fuel is obtained. Peat is a substance rich in oil formed of decayed Vegetable matter, like muss or turf. It is found near the surface of the earth. It la taken out in blocks the siae of two bricks, compressed in j molds and sun-dried. It is found 011 nearly every farm in northern: Europe. Peter Jeaperson's homo life , and farming methods are descriptive of home hfe and farming methods in Denmark. As acreage increases so docs the size ami number of the* buildings, but home life and farming methods ure the same in every home ami on every farm from the smallest < ? 1 land-holder up to the iargei$U As 1 traveled from place to place and mingled will) the fanners I invariably , asked this question: "How do you like; the co-operative system of market- 5 ing?" The invariable answer was, "It is the life-blood of agriculture. We could not exist without it. We 'produce and the association sells. Wo do not worry with the selling end. We know thut we will get the Iwst market .price for our produce." One big farmer told me that he had not looked at a market report in two months. Confidence is the foundation on which co-operative marketing in Denmark is built, finely-eight percent of the farm prtaluelS are sold co-operatively and each member of the association, from the smnllcst to tile largest producer, bus a simple, child-like faith in the officers of the association. Co-operative marketing is not an experiment. The system has been in operation nearly f?0 years and forms an important purl of Denmark's national life. In the early stages of itsdevelopment.it met with the same difficulties through which eo-opcuiiive marketing in America id passing at the present moment. If the Dane's early experience hud been typed un sheets and broadcasted over ' America we could not have followed iti his footsteps more closely. The Kohust Danish Womun J Civilization follows woman like trade follows the flag. Think of the , wild west before it was touched by the influence of woman. The Danish woman has a big part in the social and economic life of the nation. She is a home-maker and .home-builder. Denmark is a nation of small farm 1 owners and servants are scarce, 1 Housewives do their own work and I # t the Danish woman is very industrious g. I1.1 11 ' . I. .1. I.ll Strong, healthy and robust they Are capable of performing * great amount of physical labor. Women of the y lithe, delicate, sit nd?r type are rare. Sometimes you sec (Jhmii in the cities. Ilul in both city au?l country rouge and hp sticks are practically unknown. Cosmetics could not enhance the beauty of the Danish woman. Outdoor and indooi exercise give a glow to cheek and u aparkle to the eye which store-bought beauty cannot touch. Hicyvle riding is a pop ular sport and the lower nether limbs of both sexes are abnormally developed. Kven in the most fashionable places I found no signs of rouge, lipstick or make-up. The red lips and ruddy cheeks are nntuiul. But the women are incessant smokers. Young girls , accompanying their parents smoke and drink in public places. 1 have traveled over u good portion of the civilised world but it is the firs, time 1 have seen women .smoking i cigars in public places. 1 was (lining in the main room of a fashionable. Copenhagen hotel. Opposite my table were two grandmothers and two grandfathers. The women were smoking long, black cigars with the ease and abandon of veteran smokers. [ I thought my eyec would pop out and j roll round on the floor like marbles. ["Heavens!" I exclaimed to an Amor[ icon government official with whom | I was dining, "are tlmse women smoking cigar*!" lie laughed a quiet laugh, "It* the custom," he said. "After dinner we'll wulk through the promenade and I'll show you lots of women smoking strong, bluyk cigars." 1 didn't go. A little red-lipped highly rouged fairy passed smoking with ease a highly perfumed cigarct and , bowed gracefully to my companion. I He watched her retivatilig figure long J afjd silently. "Bee," he said, "she is I rouged a nil dressed in American I nkyle. She is just, back from America where she lias been visiting friends. She is trying to affect American airs. Before she went over she smoked small, mild cigars. Now she smokes the cigarette." She had become Americanized. In 1880 about 1)0 per cent of the people of the United States lived on farms. Today only about 28 per cent do, in spite of the Increased food demand. ? I Motor-driven roller skates form . one of the latest fads in Europe. Ill Statement of the Condition of || The First National Bank jii Of Camden, South Carolina j| | AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, DEC. 31. 1926 , || II CONDENSED FROM REPORT TO COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY || || RESOURCES > II i | Cash in Vault and due by Banks and U. S. Treasurer..1.. $130,707*51 ^11 . ||| 'United States Bonds * 79,851*13 _ j(- -"'"S II Loans and Discounts >..7... 444,269.84 1 | j J j Overdrafts? ..... * 4,139.01 . 11 -^fjl | j Bonds and Stocks 30,038.59 j I I ^ Banking House and Furniture and Fixtures 33,829.28 || j j 11 Total *719,82627 11 I i' Capital Stock Paid in v $ 75,090.00 j i j Surplus and Undivided Profits* 36,379.65 j j j Circulating Notes 50,000.00 11 II Deposits : 553,054.09 j; j j | Reserve Fund ...... 2,375.63 j | III Dividends Unpaid * 3,016.00 II j Bills Payable NONE II HI Total $718,82627 II || The Only Nabtsil Bnik intohaw Ceaaty || J