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UAH AND BOOZE . .|ju. Drunk's C>ir 1 Companion In A'M Dying Condition j \shtvllc, Apri! 6,?Miss Hester i. m y atentygraphur, is believed to '' . .1 <iyii>lT condition tonight as a T. j\- of i^er?lu' hemorrhage from recti vdd when the ear in 1*'** ... IV (.h was riding with James Me Hur'nK* a,u' Dewey Holland on the r ^'K.w road about 10 miles from Bjjcv'iHe. lift the highway and turnKTever down an embankment. W^ blotxl trunsfuhion wan resorted ,gU. today in an effort to save hei 1 fr but lit ! condition at a late hour j regarded as extremely critical. ; The young men were only slightly imed. Holland receiving two fru. nHi ubs and McCormick scratches K^ut the he^ii. When the car went! fl^r the girl was first to recover con Hjousmss. Hhe walked down the Hghw?> and hailed a passing car. Houig Holland recovered next and H, p., kul up after he had crawled H the highway. I I-air'J v, Met'ormick, the chauffeur, Ha. k. ?l up hy a deputy sheriff H|: wa- attracted to the scene when >aw '.he young man wandering 1 apparently looking for somefinally he found it, a pint Hu:lc". and after draining the whiskey H;V, m- throat announced that he H;e r> r<i> 'o go to the hospital. The .hei iff accommodated him afr p I' ltig him under arrest. All H)n > \ rPirns of the accident met at H, Hit; mot c hospital. M.( i.rmick was out riding with the' Rrl, it ua> learned tonight, and they by i drug store, where Holland , Has employed, just as he got off.; Hhey a-ked him to go for a ride and! Hp g.jt in just before the accident,' Hhei., ac oiding to young Holland, the 1 ^Li' \\;i< being driven 75 miles an Hput by Mi( >rmick, who had been ^ rinking. Had Storvi at Wedgefield . I Wedgefield, April 7.?A storm of Hornado-llke proportions visited this ^m>1hci' Tuesday afternoon, doing con tiderable bamage to several frame Hbuiuiing- and uprooting many of the Hbeautifui trees in the town. W hat might easily have been a fat a 1 accident happened when A. K. j A \\ k, Jr., was pinned beneath a nmnster oak, as it fell across his au tomnbile Mr. Aycock had just driven into his yard and was alighting from the car when the tree fell directly across the middle of the car, completely demolishing it. The position jof the large limbs of the tree as they Istruck the ground on either side was all-that saved him from being crushI'd. ^ He escaped with a few minor .iiuises and a shattered pair of lasses. The cotton warehouse and everal frame structures were un o'Ted and a negro schoolhouse so Harped by the wind that it will probHhly have to be torn down. H This is the third year in succession H>:.; a wind of this kind has struck He:* . but this is the worst of them. May Become Wealths ||nr A Lancaster woman Mrs v... . . k. Mi?u..r ,?ay to a part of the $f>f>u,Ooo out) ,.m ,. . left by Mark Hopkins Oakland < flif., about which so inut h ha- tH.-n written of late. Mark Ho,.km, j, ?uid, was a native of \orth , (f , arid left that state in IM'J ,ju. , . ,N California gold rush In ]?;, jj )( ? kins died, leaving a \ aly.il,!, cstav with no immediate fam:K -ju. Wes'" John H. Wilson of Lam'a.t,, has undertaken to est i hi is h the kinship of his heirs in this part of th<. countrv ami has found that Mrs. Self was a gland nieve of Hopkins. The vast estate is being managed by JudgJames H. Long.h'n of 2227 Hopkir* street, Oakland, Calif., who lives on ? part of he property, ,t ,s claimed. Other relatives jn this part of the country are James H Hopkins of Bishop vi lie, S. C? grand-nephew; on Hopkins of Camden, S. c, gr atul-nephew; Mrs. K me line Dean, Berkeley county, S. ( ., a grand-niece! I here are others, said Mr. Wilson, whose names could be given Jud"e Long*! en was in this pa it of j v,, country last fa 1 securing information as to the relati\e> of Mark Hopku According to Judge I. -ngden. tne Hopkins estate should have beef, settled ly November, Iss.J; |)U? l(1 attempt at fraud was di-( ,\,red and the settlement a.. dela\.-d, ;; ,s : lainted. Mr. WiL js u. receive handsome coir.p. .-a on fo: hi- services in the event that the proper relationship of .Ma: iv Hopkins can be t.-tabli.-il'.ed. H> lias received all necessary papers from Judge Longdori guaranteeing the authenticity of the great (state that awaits the proper (laimants. Mr. \\ ilson is under m obligation whatever in payment of any money until all claim? are established. I he outcome will be watched v.ith con-ioerubie interest.? Lancaster News. Ammunition Found on River Bottom Raleigh, March 30.? Highway commission officials today made public the finding of a cache of Confederate muskets and ammunition found by them seven feet below the bottom of Ueep River, between High Point and Greensboro. Tradition has it that two carloads <A ammunition were shipped from Richmond to North Carolina during the war between the states. The federal force;* succeeded in burning a railroad bridge over Dee o River before the Confederate train crossed. Southern soldiers threw the supplies ' into the river to keep the enemy from using them. United States Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, predicted in New York Tuesday night, thai President Coolidge will not be a candidate for a third term. At least fourteen men are reported to have been killed and four others are reported missing as a result of an explosion at an oil refinery at Parco, W_yo., Wednesday. The subsequent fire caused a property loss of half a million dollars. __ Musaohiu of Italy, lm? l|uMatwJ J(> ?'-w airpiutu* to take t)w PU. i- of the'"?< "i use b> < 'xniiiandci dv J'uutdu, N four i-o,iti:uMit tour, whuh waJ1' ??urruHl at AmofUlt N ??H.Me*day. The plain- ts jh t -bipj*,! from Italy at o|W. AN OI<I>l\A\(K lo dfrlare (lie amouut dur <>n d,.. ^ Itrr.d payment* or installment* of!1' ttss4*s,,u?.th far permanent atreet Unpr axepient * agai,,?t abutting1" property in the City 0f ( aiuden, " iVer^liaw ( ounty. South Carolina; and to authorize the issuance of " < ertificatea of indebtedness of the!' ^ ainden, showing the I amount of money due to the City ! " y (,u* Property owners ah deferred ' paymenta or installments upon hkM'ssnunta so laid and to authorize the guarantee of the payment of s same for and in' the name of the ' < ?ty of Camden, and the delivery 1 of KHid certificates to the purchas- I ' ers thereof. 1 i Whereas, it appears from Assess- 7 merit Liens Hook of the City of Cam- ,s den that there was due. to the sai l ' 11 > ?> ouh.rs of property on the ' 'tie.-:. hereinafter M-t f(?rth on 'v which :n:pro\emei is have heen made I' " 1I We!ve J'hoiisund ()ne ' 1 lutuiie": j.t.'1 Thirty Eight ami 76 100 D ( $ 1 I, i,) Dollars, and C Wheieas. It IS ,!, .,:e,i (,v , he City < ( ounetl to issue i e rt if a atf.s of in- ' <leotes;ness showing the amount of ' moiu \ <1 ui to the City of Camden bv 1 pi opt j . y owners as deft rred pay- 1 mei.ls or ii.s' ailments the as- 1 sessmynts !aid. and the name of 1 ' '?< ( if> I < amden guarantee the payment .t the same. ami i Whereas. the .said as.>4 s.Mm-nts were cue and payable in fifteen (If,) 1 annual installments, the first xof * which was due and payable on the 1 1st day of April, 1924,'and the re- 1 maining installments on the same an- ' nual recurring dale thereafter; all ! unpaid installments to bear interest ' a i the i a t e of >-ix (('?) percent per ' annum from the date the first in- ' staLmerit was due, the accrued in : terest on all unpaid installments to lie payable annually at the time the annual installment was due and to i be enfo rcible and collectible in t lu* same manner as provided for the assessments, and Whereas, the deferred installments of assessments amount to the sum of Nine Thouand Seven Hundred Eleven and 00-100 ($0,711.00) Dollars, onefifteenth of which is due and payable"" on the 1st day of April. 1027,* and one-fifteenth on each annual recurring date thereafter, against which ( ity ( ouncil desires to issue certificates of indebtedness in the amount of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred ($8,800.00) Dollars, and Whereas, City Council has provided for the payment out of its Corporate funds of one-half of the costs of the improvements upon said streets, against which the assessments have been levied, Now, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, in regular council assembled: Section ]. That the amount due to the City of Camden on April 1st, 1924, by abutting property owners on assessments against abutting property on the following streets in the City of ( amden on Svhich permanent impro\ ements to the streets have heen made, and t<> meet part of the costs of which such assessments have been laid against the abutting property, is hereby declared ti have been the sum of Twelve Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight and 70-101) ($12.1:18.70) Dollars, as apjiears by Assessment Liens Hook in the custody of City Clerk, which said streets with the amount of assessments against abutting property thereon were as follows : Chesnut Street between Broad Street aiui Seaboard Air Line Railroad (pavement) $3,366.94 Rut ledge Street between Lvttleton Street and Church Street* (sidewalk) $1,127.48 DeKalb Street between Seaboard Air Line Railroad and Southern Railroad (sidewalk) $2,977.81 Lyttleton Street between .Rutledge Street and Laurens Street (sidewalk) $1,444.00 Broad Street between York Street and Laurens and Central Square Street (sidewalk) ........ $3,222.53 $12,138.76 Sec. 2. That the amount so due the installments not yet matured amount to Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Eleven ($9,711.00) Dollars, of which Eight Hundred and -Nino-^awd -25-100 _<$809-25) Dollars will be due and payable on April 1st, 1927, leaving the amount of assessments to be paid in annual installments thereafter, Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and One and 76-100 ($8,901.76) Dollars. Sec. 3. That the City of Camden do Issue its certificates of indebtedness in the amount of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred ($8,800.00) Dollars, representing part of the moneydue to the City by property owners as deferred payments or installments upon the assessments laid tipon abutting property on the streets enumerated in Section 1 of this ordinance, which said certificates- of indebtedness shall be in denominations of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars ami One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars each,, numbered 1 to 44, * inclusive, shall carry interest at the rate of six (6) r per cent per annum, payable semi. annually on the 1st days of April and October of each year, ami be dated as of the 1st of April, 1927, and shall be payable and redeemable I in series as follows: Certificates No. 1 for $500.00, and Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive, for $100.00, each on April 1st, 1928. rCertlficates No. 5, for $500.00 and Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, for $100.00, each on April 1st, 1929. . Certificates No. 9 for $500.00, and Nos. 10 to 12, inclusive, for $100.00, each on April 1st, 1930. Certificates No. 13 for $500.00, and | Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, for $100.00, m * ?#< ? r% i\ a , i.i, in arh on April 1st, lp3|. Certificates N?i. 17 fur $600.00, and ?us. IX to 20, inclusive, for - $100.00, .v a?h on April 1st, 1032. < ? i if h utos N... 21 fm $600.00, aftd .'2 to 21, III lusiw, foi $100.00, it 1: on April 1st, 1033. < rrtlfti'tttcM No. 25 for $600.00, and ?o" 20 to 28, inclusive, for $100.00, i uch <\n April 1st, 1034 CtiiilficiUii Nu. 2'J for $600.00, and < ?'us. 30 to 32, inclusive, I'm $100.00, i arh on April 1st, 1036. \ ('ei t tfirales No. 33 for $.>00.00, and i ' >s. 34 to 30, iru lusive, for $100.00, ;i li on April 1st, 1030. <'? rtifi. att-s No. 37 for $600.00, ant s??> 38 to 4(* lfk Iusivt*, for $100.0o, , a.'li on April 1st, 1037. < Yrt ifii rtt.s No II for $600.00, ami sos 42 to 44, inclusive, fur $1001)0, ( ai h on April 1st, 1038. Tin y shall Ik* signed b> tin.- Mayor ml ( iiy ('Ink under the corporate , <al <>f the City. Upon the execution f said certificates an assignment of , nc same to hearer shall be execute! ( f> the name of the City of Camden inter its corporate seal by the dayor and City Clerk and such asik'tiini'iit shall contain tlie guarantee >f the < 11y of Camden of the pay nent at maturity to the holder of aid certificate of the amount of in h btedness icpi cseiiU d there by utid he payment of the interest there'll as and when it becomes due. All elicit tons made on assessments c\iieiiced by said certificates of indebtedness shall he kept in a separate und anil shall he applied solely to he redemption and payment of said i 'tifieates together with the interest*, he! coll as the same heroine due. The e.hmption and payment of said cerificati s shall he at the Hanover Vi'miiul Hank, in the ( ity of New i'nrk, N. 6'., ami the certificates and liteiest coupons shall so slate; ihtMev .hall he attached to said certificates rite rest cpupoiis evidi tiring the ineiest due on respective interest pay* ng dates, which coupons, respectivey, shall be surrendered upon pay nent of interest; the far-simile signature of the City Clerk lithographed i' engraved on said coupons shall be I'faicnt signing of the same. St e. 4. In the event thatN ip any Seai 'he collections on assessments are not sufficient to meet the payment uf the certificates then maturing together with interest then due on all oustnnding certificates, a direct tux shall at once be levied anil eollecti I on all taxable property in the ("it;, of Camden sufficient to raise the amount of money necessary to supply such deficiency; said tax to be levied anil collected in the same manner as other City taxes. Sec. 6. The form of said celtifi- ( rates of indebtedness and the interest coupons attached, and the assignment i thereon and guarantee thereof shall ; be substantially in the following i form, provided, if any change in the j detail of this form is desired by pur- j chaser, Such change is authorized to : be made by the Mayor and City: Clerk, without further ordinance A I i lopted by City Council ( Form of Cert if male) ' i state of South Carolina, <1 Kim>Iiuw County, i City of Camden. t Raving Ashvssnu nt Certjfhntc > So. $M>O.OO i Thus is to certify that on the 1st. lay of April, 1928, there will In du? 0 tin- City ? f Camden, in Kcrshmi ? 1 "Uii'.s, South Carolina, from the i 'iMitn of property immediately abu ; Dhg on tho ,s11oot,s horeinnflci nu n i honed, the >iiiii of Flic II undn *i 1 h?llar> wilt) inlcn-l ' In icon at the ra'? of six (ill. percent. per Hiinuin, a> ?-\i i?-in ? <! by tho inteie*t coupons hoieto altuihed, Leal .Jig " fac simile of t ho signature of tho City i'lorh "f >ani City; both principal a Mil nitons' ,,f Lhi.s certlDcute arc payable at th? t Hanosoi National Hank, in tho i it, ( >t N < w York, N V I his cor11J iculo is one of an is-m i i?f cert if irate.s of liko date ao<l toiioi. excepting as to amount ami tinio of payment, aggregating tho sum o! , Eight Thousaial Eight iluiuiro,) ( $X,h< 10.00 ) I lollai s, ovidem mg assess ; monts laid upon tho property imnio din', el y abutting on tho s toots oi i sani C.t y hcroinaftor tiniiioil ( hosnu < St. between IIroad St. ami S. A I, Railroad (l'avement ); Kutlcdgo S'.in I between l.yttloton St root and Chuich St lo, t (-idewulk I ; IKKalb Stioot ho t neon Seaboard All" l.ino Railroad and Southern Railroad (sidewalk I; byt tie ton Stioot hctvvet r Rut ledge Stioot and (.aureus St root (sidewalk); and Hmad Street hetweoii Yolk Street and l.aurens and t'entru. Sijuaio St toot (-idowalk). foi the payment of ousts of pornianont improvements on sai,| si rootv, said as sossmen's having been laid under and by virtue of an Act of t he Conorui Assembly of the Stute of South Camluia, enlithd "An Act authorizing tin coipoiato authorities of the City of Camden in Kershaw County, to levy and collet t a tax upon abutting property for the purpose of making ini piuw nii iit.s on clrecta and sidewalk.-, or streets or sidewalks, immediately abutting such property," approved tin* J ml day of February, A. 1). 1923; am! ordinances passed by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Camden. And it is hereby certified, recited and declared that the assessments so laid for the payment of the costs of said improvements aggregate more than Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dollars; that shid assessments constitute a lien upon the property so assessed; that by ordinance said assessments are payable in fifteen equal annual installments, the first install ment being payable on the 1st day >f April, 1024, and one installment each year thereafter with interest on such installment at the rate of six (0) percent per annum, until paid9in full; that the deferred installments of said assessments aggregate the sum of Eight Thousand and Nine Hundred and One and 70-100 .($8,901.70) Dollars; that all conditions and things required to be done precedent to and I . I ti the laying of said .1-si sj- meuts and issuance of this <citifuat? haw been lone, have happened and been per- ~~j ormcd in refill ?r au?l due form and :nu* us pi i?vi?l I in the Constitution iiai Laws ?>f the Stat* of South ('aroma. In tt st iiiloiiy wheieof \m thr underlined officers of tin City of Camit n, !:. Kershaw t tiunt y. S C, have .fit unto subscribed our names and ?111 x i d lilt sea! of tin Mild ( I'y of aiudi u a-- < f tin 1 day ? f \pri!. A D, I'.'JV c r i?ui>(?si:, W II IIAILK. Mayor. Ilt> I lo I It < 'oil}>l'l. N $15.UU <?r n. tuber I '. I '. 27 Tin 11 will he due to t lie < lty of aiit.it n, Kershaw County, South i .".lolii a, from tin* twin i > of the I 11' | >e r t \ aliuttiut; on tin- streets mentioned m I'aviny; Assessment Cor l if it ate No . , dated h- of tile 1st day of April, 1327, to wiiieh tliis t'Upoii is attached, tin sum of Fifteen iflfi.ttO) Dollars, Ih-iiik interest then ni t i uetl on deferred^ installments of iisst -sinent s evidenced hy said I * it v ifiy; Assessment Certificate, and the i'it\ of < aimleu wifl pay to t lie bearoi he i eof the sanl sum of Fifteen Dollars at tile Hanover Nn tn-tfrii Hank. in I lie CM \ t>f New Yolk, NY * Willi \ 11 < lty Clerk. Assignment ami (iuarantee l'oi value received tiie City of Cam-, tleii, in Kershaw County, S. <'., does hereby sell, assign, transfer ami net incr unto or hearer, lii/ t ti 11 f .1 a t e With I.he interest ('(ill pons hereto attached and hereby aglets tiial tlie assessments against said property when mwfoas eolleeted will be applied to meetiftu lite payment 'tf thi- certificate ami ci>u|K?ns as and when tin- same lieeome due and does hereby guarantee to the indilei liereof the payment at maturn y ?!* the tit lit e v idem ed hereby, tope'in : with interest hereon as t.}u: : ame he<nines dut'. \\ lines- the corporate seal of said City and the hands #f the Mayor and City Clerk thereof on l?ehalf of said Citv this 1st dav of April, A. 1). Ii?27. CITY OF CAMDBN, Hy P. DuHOSK, Mayor. By W. II. HA ILK, City Clerk. Sec. '?. That the said certificates with assignment and guarantee thereon, when executed be delivered, upon receipt of the purchase price thereof, 0> to Messrs. J. 11. Hi!* man & Company, Inc., of Atlanta, (ioorgia, who has offered to purchase the same at and for the price of Fight Thousand Fight Hundred ($H,H0().()0) Dollars an<raccrued interest t-o date of which price in the opinion of City Council is an advantageous one ajjd a better price than could be obtained on competitive bid. Done and Ratified this 23rd day of March, A. D. 1327. ('. I\ DuBOSF, Mayor. H Notable Lectures B AT THE I Redpath Chautauqua I - Inspiring and Informing j "The Old Town in a New World" I C. H. PLATTENBURG "Uncle Sam's Samoan Islanders" I WHERAHIKO RAWEI , I "Opportunity" I ANNA DICKIE OLESEN "Shakespeare and Life" I LESTER M. STEARNS I FIVE BIG DAYS SEASON TICKETS ONLY $2.SO CHAUTAUQUA WEEK HERE MAY 11 TO MAY 16 FOUNDED ON FACTS I ! YOU CAN EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY WITH THIS i I BANK, BUT NOT THROUGH FLY-BY-NIGHT OR I > GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEMES. WE DEAL ONLY I. IN FACTS. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO !! COME I NAND SEE US?AND LET US ASSIST YOU 1?IN BASING YOUR POLICIES ON FACTS. WE BE- j I LIEVE IN FACTS. I The First National Bank I Of Camden, South Carolina I '< THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK | IN KERSHAW COUNTY I .' ,. ?* *t. ! & fj