Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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bad NBGRO KILL-BD Hublnr nt #twr# 0?*? Engineered Break From Gang i i..,p i i mii - * ?1kl. York, Feb. 15,?John Refd, negro, 8h'?t and fatally wounded at 12 o'clock l?>t uifht by Eeell Bolin, hue. whil? attempting to rob the tabh drawt'r ?' B?Hn% store three ?,fle? southeast of Hickory Grove. Heid dh-d in Hickory Grove at 5 o'clock thu? morning, where he had been taken for medical attention. Coroner Paul MoCorkle, of York, conducted an inquest today, the ver,in k ing that it was, a case of justi/iablc homicide. Bolin testified that be l ad been sleeping in a room adjoining his store because of recent iffoits on the part of thieves to break in and that-he was aroused at midnight by a noise in the store. Knit ring, he heard some one tampering with the cash drawer, and, receiving i,,, satisfactory answer, he ficed, first with a pistol and then with a shotgun tne intruder. The load of shot took effect in the negro's abdomen, but despite the fact :hai his intestines were protruding and blood flowing*in a stream from bi- wounds, he jumped out of a wind ,w and ran a quarter of ?a mile be101 v he fell. Bolin notified Sheriff { red K. Quinn of the affair, who at ,,n. f went to the scene and took the mgio to Hickory Grove, for medical aMention. Keid is the negro who, while serving a term on the York chaingang a tew \< ars ago, struck James Robin,4on in the head with an axe and attempted to Jead a general get-away of convicts, which was foiled by the loyalty and courage of another negro convict, who grabbed the unconscious guard'* *hotgun and held the mutinous prisoners at bay until help arrived. Reports reached Washington on Saturday that indicate that the ship-, ping board freighter Elkton of the American-Pioneer line and her crew of iiii had been swallowed by a typhoon between Manila and Guam re' cently. TAX NOTICE. Office of Treasurer Kershuw County, Camden, 8. C.t Sept. 12, 1926. Notice is hereby given that the books will be opened for the collection of State county and school taxes from October 16th, 1926, to March 16tb, 1927, A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to. all. taxes unpaid January 1st, i9&t, 2 per cent Febxuary 1st, 1927, and 7 per cent March^l, 1927. The rate per centum for Kershaw county is as follows: Mills. State Taxes 5% d-0-1 School 4 School Taxes 7 County Taxes 8% Hospital % Constitutional School Tax 8, Deficiency School Tax % Total ...; 29% Di Kalb Township Road Bonds, for DeKalb Township only 2% l)..g tax $1.25. All dog owners are required to make a return .of their dogs to the County Treasurer, who is requ red to furnish a lincense tag.All I dogs caught without tohe license tag I the owners will be subject to a fine of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. The following School Districts have special levies: Schu.;! District No. 1 18% School District No. 2 r 16% School District'No. 8 19 School District No. 4 13% School District No. 5 1 School District. No.-fif 26 School District No. 7 10 School District No. 8 1 School District^No. 9 1 School Distric&No. 10 ..;..... 1 School District No. 11 ... 8 School District No. 12 19 School District, No. 18 ........ lv School District No. 15 1 School District No. 16 1 School District No. 19 ........ 1 School District No. 20 ........ 1 School District No. 22 19 School District No. 23 Jl School District No. 26 1 , School District No. 27 ..... 1 School District No. 28 v. 1 School District No. 29 ?. 7' School District No. 80 ........ 1 School District No. 31 8 School District No. 83 11 School District NO. 87 ........ 1 , School District No. 88 1 School District No. 39 5 School District No. 40 18 School District No. 41 ........ 1 School District No. 42 1 School District No. 43 1 School District-No. 48 ... 1 School District No. 47 1 The Poll Tax is $1.00. ' ( All able bodied male persona from <&xage of twenty-one <2l) to fifty ? congregation teachers employed permanently disabled in th< t tw< deaths and damages From Storms Off Coast of Several " N*w England States Wilmington,~ Del., Feb. 20.-a northeast gale toilay caused $200,000 damage at Delaware City, partly wrecked a number of Delaware beach resorts, and littered the 8 ho re with small water craft. The banks ol the old Chesapeake and Delaware canal were broken ,n several places and new entrances to the now enlarged waterway were damaged. The 1 human Clyde, a Delaware beach company steamer, filled and sank at ,u dock. Fort DePont, the government ?eservation near Delaware City is flooded, and traffic i? the streets of the town is confined to launches and iowboats. A ten-foot tide went ov,r the seawalls during the afternoon. Several bridges are afloat. All telephone lines between here and Kehoboth were down. Part of the Kehoboth pier was washed away and the Kehoboth schoolhouse partly unroofed. At Lewes water rose to the height of two feet in some streets and in Milford and Mispillon river flooded streets. Residents salvaged household furniture in rowhoats. Bowens beach was badly damaged and at Bowers beach five cottages were blown away, with it 20-foot sea flooding into the stieets. At Slaughter's beach the boardwalk was swept away. Shipping in Nanticoko river was at a standstill, Sussex county roads were blocked by trees and debris and water covered many fields. A 13-year-old boy who took refuge in a large tool box during a blinding flurry was found dead by searchers, it was believed he fell asleep and was frozen to death. Martin Cridge, 08, slipped and fell to the sidewalk, suffering a fractured skull from which he died, and two negroes died from exposure. Eight Lose Their Lives ^ Provincetown, Mass., Feb. 20. , Eight coast guardsmen, the crew of the seventy-five-foot patrol boat 238, .tP their deaths in 'the surf which hammered the beach at High Head, near here early today. For twelve hours men pitted thdir strength and resourcefulness against the brutality of a seventy-mile gale and cutting snow, and then lost when another hour might have meant rescue. The staunch boat was smashed to fragments when the angry sea which had torn her from her anchorage yesterday hurled her onto the sands and trampled her bruised hulk under its pounding surf. Trap Gun Gets Its Man Cleveland, Feb. 21.?A shot gun trained on a window from a hidden recess in a wall killed a man who entered the grocery store of John Hartman, here last night. The invader's body was found on the floor today by Hartman when he opened the store. A revolver was ?ound nearby. Three times since Christmas the store has been looted at night, and Hartman told police he determined to set a trap. He arranged the gun so that foot pressure on a box just be'ow. window would release the trigger. Hartman called police who removed the body to a ,morgue&aj^&entifica-1 J1 *: *- ^-j Double Murderer Found Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 2&?Hor-i ace Dc Vaughan, negro confessed slayer of Mrs. Ruby Thornton and A. B. Moore on the night of January 19 on a lonely road several miles from Birmingham, , tonight was found guilty of murder without recommendation of mercy by a Jefferson county jury. The triirt was the speediest in the history of-the court where a similar charge had been involved. '4 Thanks ^He* Friends, Mr. W. A. Anderson,who- has been confined to his home east of Camden <for several weeks with a Severe illness, is improving and his daiighfer, Mrs. , EL R. Hunter, requests that we publish the following note of thanks: "We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the doctor and the faithful friends and relatives for their many acts of kindness and sympathy shown us during the recent illness of our father, Mr. W. A. Anderson. May the Lord bless j>ach and every one of you all." ' .! < An instrument called a dendograph s has been invented by which a tree ?au write its own diary. RHEUMATISM i " . r" v . * While in fiance with the American [ Army I obtained a noted French pre? scription for the treatment of Rheumatism and Neuritis. I have given ' this to thbusands with wonderful re -suits. The prescription cost me noth? 1 "k It. 1 will mall > it if you will send rte your address. A postal will bring it. Write today, Dspt onlIBCAk8Fi " HIJNGKK < AI SKS TRAGEDY lather Kla?hcH Throat of Wife, Kjvt. <h?ldren nud Hi* <)wn Utui1Ca' N- 18.- Rather than Me h,8 Wlfe and five childrer, 8t <toth. Guy M Taylor, a teamster, Without Work today killed his entire ,unily UMd then ended his own I if* with a razor. ihe tragedy was enacted probably ? "go, but did not become known untir today when, on the representations of a neighbor, the police foned an entrance into the squalid tenement occupied by the Taylors and found seven dead bodies. The dead Guy M. Taylor, 36, his wife 36 Elizabeth, 16; Owen, 14; Albert, 12, Goldie, 8; and an infunt whose name is not known. Mis. Taylor's throat was cut with u iuxor, and Taylor committed suicide with the same weapon. The children were killed with a razor and a l/owit Knife. Ihe appearance of the room and ,,1(' condition of the bod.es indicatod that all except the boy, Owen, were Killed as they slept. Owen apparently had a struggle with his father as his body was found .on the fl.,or against one of the beds. The other members of the family lay in the bed where they had been slain. Every -hade was drawn and every door miiv lucked and bolted, indicating to ( proner Gordon Holden and the police investigators that Taylor had planned the extermination of his family. Not much is known here about the family except that they came from Schenectady about two months ago and that for u while Taylor was employed as a teamster. He had been out of work since February 4. Poverty was apparent when th<house was entered today. The food supply consisted of a little sugar and a small crust of bread. Three beds, a kitchen table, a dilapidated chair and a bench comprised the furniture. Taylor's last pay envelope was found empty in a closet. It indicated that! his last pay was $23.50. The family was a happy one. Tay-I lor spent a good part of each evening playing on his accordion while the children sang in chorus to the music. I It was the absence of the music; that led to today's investigation. Another occupant of the building, missing the music and noticing that the shades were tightly drawn, reported to the police that he feared something was wrong. L_ * i Aged Flagman Dies Columbia, Feb. 20.?M. G. Trevathan, 70 year old crossing flagman for the Southern Railway company, died in a'hospital here today of double fracture of the skull suffered last night when he was run down by an automobile at the Green street crossing of the railroad. He died without regaining consciousness. T. H. Davis, a Southern railway conductor, driver of the car which struck Trevathan, said that due to rain and the glare from the headlights of an approaching train which Trevathan was flagging, he did.qotj see the flagman until about a foot away from him and could not stop the automobile in time. He was driv-, ing at a speed of about twelve miles an hour, he said. ? Dr. George Brandes, widely known critic and historian, died at Copen- j hagen, Denmark^ Saturday, aged 85.] DjST^gSS WARRANT State County of Kershaw J. P. Lewis, Landlord - o v against G. B. DeBruhl, Defendant. Under and by virtue of a distress warrant issued in the above entitled -?Ha^f\sai4 goodS^not having hgeii replevied within the time allowed by law, after-levy, I w^l .offer ;for sale on the 7th day of Mar$, T927, at the store house recently occupied by G. B. DeBruhl, on JefiersorrTJavis highway, near Camden, S. C., at 12 o'clock M., a small stock of goods, principally groceries, and certain store fixtures, the whole appraised at $61.60. _ Terms of sale cash, J. E. CHRISTMAS, -Bailiff vor Agent for Landlord. February .1?, 1027. x FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby^giveiLj&at one month frt>m this date, on Monday, March 14th, 1927, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw. County my final return as Guardian of the estates of Arthur Lee Herroiv and Margaret Theresa Herron, minors, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Guandian. MRS. C. F. JAMES, formerly * - Mrs. Nannie M. Herron. Camden, S. C., Feb. 10, 1927. "FINAL DISCHARGE ~ Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Tuesday, March 16th, 1927, I will make to the , Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Executor of tie Estate of Mrs. Isabelle Scotta Salmond, I and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge . from my trust as said Executor. W. D. McDOWALL. 7 Camden, S. O, F?KM ^927. . MM *+r\ FOR HKTTKK SHEEP Leading Shepherd of the (Country ' Now tit Work Ml CIcwHun (Vinson College, Fob. 21.?One of America's leaing shepherds, E. W. (Tod) Cook, has arrived at (Temaon Agricultural College to build up the college flock and make available to farmers of the state the finest breed- ( ing aniinuls to be had. Ted is a native of the downs of Hampshire, England, and has jdaced Australia, South Africa, ami America on the map of his sheep experience. He comes directly fryvn Versailes, Ky., where he developed for Senator Cantden, some of the finest sheep that : have been on the show circuit in re- ' cent sears. He hus developed grand champion winners at the International ; l ivestock Show and in Hf2i was i awarded the shepherd's prize there. ' He is one of two shepherds of the. United States to be given this prize. ' The new shepherd is well acquaint- . ed with the best blood lines in Amer- J ica and England. His kitowledge will' aid considerably in adding new blood to the present flock. Mr. Cook hi ought with him one of the finest Hampshire rams in the Camden flock, and another excellent sire of the same breed has recently been purchased from the University of Minnesota. "We are out to develop one of the finest flocks in the country," says Ted. "Conditiona.^in '4?aits of South Caiolina seem to be almost ideal for 'Sheep. They need practically no shelter and very little feed in winter. Pastures can be relied upon for most of the year. And the state is badly in need of livestock to stabilize market fluctuations and to help build up the poor land." South Carolina farmers will soon have the privilege of showing approval of Mr. Cook's work and of profiting by purchasing high class animals and starting the sheep busines> us a highly profitable unit of divi < "ified farming. Abe Ryttenberg Dead Sumter, Feb. 20.?This community was shocked yesterday afternoon to hear of the death of Abe Ryttenberg, who died suddenly at his home on South Washington street as the result of a stroke. Mr. Ryttenberg had been in ill health for several years, but had been able to attend to business at his office. Mr. Ryttenberg was head of the firm of Ryttenberg and company, wholesale grocers, and was ono of the pioneers of the city in the wholesale grocery business, lie 1 was also manage? of the Academy of ' Music for many years und otherwise c identified with affairs of the community. He was a native of Baltimore hut has made Sumler his home since he came here as a young man, < being first associated with the firm of J. ltyttenberg and Sons, until its dissolution. He was sixty-nine years of age. i The deceased is survived by his .vidow, a nephew, I. A. RyttenborK, i niece, Mrs. I. C. Strauss, of this ity, and other relatives. " ' rki I.ugoff Honor Roll Fifth Month (irnde 1? Jean Bell, Benjamin -i'" je.ttys, Mary Wallace. (irade 2?Harold McCollum, Alma Ward. (irade G?Katherine Jones, Connie Jordan, James Ward. Telephone Service improves- while Calls increase THE adding of thousands of new subeerlbera to the Bell telephone system In Florida last year ha* greatly Increased the value and acope of the aervloe. Thla growth la refleoted In the Inoreaalng number of oalla handled dally by the operators, who are responding cheerfully to your needs and maintaining qulok and oourteous aervlce. In Florida, alonc^ It Is estimated that the operating forcea handled more than 160,607,800 originating local calla and 2,102,000 long distance messages last year. This was an average of 483,360 local calla and 0,047 toll calla per day; an increase of more than seven per cent over the previous year. That such an enormoys volume of calls Is handled, day in and day out, so efficiently as to win general public commendation, la due to the loyal efforts of 908 highly trained operating room employes who serve you. Your considerate co-operation encourages the telephone workers In their determination to continue the high grade service to which you are accustomed. DAVID LAIRD, Florida Manager ^ SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE ; AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ; * INDEPENDENCE EVERYBODY WANTS INDEPENDENCE. HE WANTS FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. YOUR INDEPENDENCE IN THE FUTURE DEPENDS UPON YOUR POWER TO SAVE TODAY. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF. . . ' M ' ' - ' i "" -- . The First National Bank Of Camden, South Carolina * ' - - -?