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worof paper is roughly ieATED by sheriff's forces i w Thursday afternoon, ' editor of The I>orbusy with the task ! l>aI,er' after ' sent to the local herr suddenly appeared >pUty Sheriff a Mew and j t of Mew was a paper, w Mr. Tarkington, "I t for your arrest." t it," said the editor, e paper from the offii After reading it he inish this mailing and i; put the cuffs on him And he waa whirled y and the handcuffs ,n both his wrists. my coat?" asked Mr. t," (to an employee ip on out of the office Icington's coat and he hat he would carry it ned over to him by the ook it in his shackled ned the vest pocket by his watch what time a few minutes of four, it of the newspaper ofwith his sleeves rolled was while at work, and d for the court house, el corner was another y Inginger, who seeing , in the hands of only with their shining pisby their side, immedand followed closely bee sure that such a deader could not possibly it the court house, Mr. was greeted by several of ifficers, and an attorney, being the high sheriff, if in eager expectancy, nee got up as the crimid and he was led on e of the high sheriff, confronted by Magist, in whose hands was r to the one presented ite said to Mr. Tarkju ready for trial?" an I be ready when I pportunity to see my is fixed ut $1,000.00" magistrate. "Are VBtT Teflfly nge bond? If not, you will go to jail." fcannot arrange bond without kome friends," said Mr. TarkI "So I will go to jail." lo:.e said, "take him to jail," lva.< led on by the same two officers to the county jail. B there he was led up the rway and into the section in Hrderer's row is located. The B opened by the turnkey and Hva* left to repent of his sins H a desperate criminal. Hrnkey opened the door after ^Bgone and came in where Mr. ^Br. was sitting on a bench by Bam* i? Wilkerson," said the I "He told me to lock you in Hie cage where murderers are H to be kept) but I pretended Hear him." B's your position in the jail?" B the turnkey, and a trusty," Ht are you in here for?" asked prisoner. H put in for selling whiskey." you guilty?" he was asked. I one of the prohibition offiH? hfld been one of my best before he was appointed, and B<1 sold and drank with me, He to get hinr a little whiskey, H a"d he had me arrested." urnkey went out, and the edi* B ou^ his pencil and paper and Housing himself by writing a the history of a criminal, and feels to be a criminal and tc B*d behind the hard iron bart busy world. Hd not been writing long, about Bb perhaps, before the keys in lbe lock and the door was I ?Pen to admit a beloved H* deacon in the church tc poor criminal belongs. I* tan I <|o for you?" said F, "Have you done anything ^B?Drbond?" he asked. ^B ^ prisoner replied. "I do Wl h burden my friends with just have to stay here u? men talked together a few and then Mr: Weeks left ** he went out, "don't worry. l0r'ds WH1 see that you get 6 o'clock Mr. TarkingBiC (ame in to see him, not r^.en aPPrised of the arresl Bf y (The prisoner had asked B* ** to allow him to go b> pSSfw* wi,t'bnt the) I s . v r W B Mrs. Tarkington stood at the door of the outer cell a ittinute or so, uiul then called to her husband to know what it was all about. Mew had come with her, and he began to tell her why the prisoner was in such a deaperate strait. \ The priaoner objected to her talking with Mew and then the officer aaid to the turnkey, "didn't I tell you to lock him in No. 2 and allow no one to aee him but his lawyer?" Mra. Tarkington left after talking a few minutes, aaying she would bring the priaoner some supper. With her wttti another friend, Nfr. 8. W. Weeks,, a member of the prisoner's church, who greeted him and expressed his sympathy, and sorrow. The two went out together and the priaoner was left to his writing and to hia meditations and ruminations. About H o'clock the door was opened and the turnkey brought in some supper and placed it on a table in the cell.*. Th? aupper appeared to be well, cooked, and ?melled as if it'might be appetizing. With the meul was a tin cup of water or coffee, the prisoner does not know which. The turnkey was told he might take it back, it was not wanted. Something like 15 minutes later the prisoner's wife appeared with u waiter, and she was admitted to the cell where her husband was sitting. The lights had been turned on and* the prisoner had the waiter put on the bench near him. before he had eaten very much the order was heard, "Time up." Mr. Tarkington sat still and waited. ,-Soon the same order wus repeated. She said, "I had better go." But she sat a while longer, and before the meal was finished the order came the third time, "you will have to leave, -cannot burn the lights all night." The prisoner's wife left and before she .reached the cur that was waiting and which was driven by another friend, the prisoner was hustled into the inner cell?murderer's row?the lights were flashed off and he was left in the darkness to enjoy the bed of a criminal. "You'll find a bed in there" said the jailer. The place .recked with vije_ odors, and the bed looked as if it had been the abiding place of a stray dog or a vagabond. There was no chair to sit on. The prisoner (a man of 58 years of age, with gray hair, and who had broken no law deserving of such treatment,, and who hint-boon u*iu the community as a Christian leader and citizen) sat himself on the narrow and ill-smelling cot bed. He had to lean over in order to prevent his head coming in contact with the cot above. He sat thus for 15 or 20 minutes, and he did some thinking. As he thought, he smiled, and chuckled and wondered how much pleasure his tormentors found as they left him in this humiliating position. And then he arose, and as the moon east her brilliant beams athwart the darkened cell he began to walk and to sing to the glory of God. He walked and sang until about 15 minutes Af 11 o'clock when noticed many lights coming from one direction^ He stopped his singing and listened. He heard the voice of the magistrate as he appeared at the jailer's door and asked that Mr. Tarkington be loosed under bond that his friends had arranged. And so he emerged from the jail, and saw his friends as they stoodthere in the moonlight ready to greet ( the prisoner who had been loosed from his bonds with their help. His heart was full of gratitude and his tongue uttered a peon of thanksgiv' ing, as he shook the hand of each loved friend. ' On Monday of this week after he ' had time to recover from the shock of the prisoner's experience, Mr. Tark^ ington was served with a peper in which he was charged with criminal 1 libel against hhe sheriff of Dorchester county. .The amount sued for is $50,' 000.00. The case comes up at the 1 October term of criminal court. The case will then be tried on its merits, ' perhaps.?The Dorchester Eagle. \ J Charged Barbed Wire Fatal to Boy > Asheville, April 28.?A barbed wire fence running across several farms in - the Newfound county created tragedy ' and frantic excitement in that community w late yesterday when it be1 came highly charged with electricity i from a. transmission line of tremeni dous voltage that had fallen across it. Weaver Murphy, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy was instantly , killed when he attempted to climb i through his way to a : community store. *%b?nber of other persons were severely shocked. When young Murphy did not return home, in a short time, his parents began a : search. His body was found between I two strands of the fence, his hands ' tightly grasping the wires. The ' power was cut off and the body removed. FEW MEASURES ENACTED Legislature ('onward on January It and Adjourned 103 Days l.utrr Columbia, April 23. -The legislature completed its fifteenth week , when it adjourned sine die today < I he session convened on January ! 11, 103 days ago. Of this time, the 1 house met on 03 days, the senate o;i 07 days. Principal stale-wide measures pass ed were: Repeal of the motor vehicle, title law. Creation of the position of state service officer. Creation of a state board of forestry to la: supported by voluntary contributions. A law to safeguard sinking funds by requiring reports to the comptroller general. The anti-steel trap law. An act repealing the law forbidding Creek letter fraternities at state colleges. A law authorizing the sale of sugar corn and other articles confiscated Cor alleged violations of the prohibition laws, which under the former law had to be destroyed. The law to ratify the addition of 500 miles to the stute highway system, and to prevent future additions except, by the legislature. A law to permit the hunting of bear at any time. A law to permit corporations to issue no-par stock. An amendment to the anti-trust laws to tighten up restrictions on price cutting. Principal changes in the tax laws included: Increased rates on cigarettes and smoking tobacco; extension of the admissions tax to public swimming pools, dance halls and practically all entcitainments except high school athletic games and local talent, pofjfo nuances; new levies of 10 per cent on playing cards, cut glass and sporting goods. State-wide hills vetoed by Governor Richards: The modified Sunday blue law, anil the capitation tax for the benefit of the state hospital and the state training school. Other features included: rejection of Governor Richards' program for aboljtion of J.he stute tax commission, board of public welfare, budget coinmission, consolidation of warehouse commission with state depart (Kent of agriculture, abolition of county gamewardens and issue of motor vehicle , licenses at county seats. 1 fpf?wprii?*iMi bili, iwwjittcn bv the committee on free confevcnce eliminated appropriations for summer schools at the University of South Carolina and Winthrop. Byusing his veto power, Governor Rich'ards eliminated the financial provisions for the state board of public welfare except the child placing bureau, which was transferred- to the state board of health, and the. budget commission. No legislation was enacted to take care of the function^ hitherto performed by the welfare board, including the investigation of applications for free tuition, the checking up on paroled prisoners, and supervi&ipjjuof the'penal and charitable Institutions of the state. Near the end of the session the members of the legislature voted themselves $200 each as expense money. A man met a friend who was about to be married. "Let me congratulate you, old man," he said. "Permit me to say that I feel sure you will always look back on this day as the happiest in your life." "Thank you, old chap," said his friend. "But it's tomorrow that I'm to be married." "Yes," answered the .other. "I know that." The state of Utah contains enough coal to supply the United States at the present rate of consumption for 250 years. NOTICE OF SALE Sheriff's Sale of Automobile Forfeited Under Section 885 of Volume 2, Code of 1922. Please take notice that I will sell at public auction, for cash to ^ the highest bidder, in front of the Court House at Camden, S. C., on the 9th day of May, 1927, at 10 o'clock a.m., one Ford Touring Automobile bearing South Carolina License Number A-61488 for 1927, said automobile having been confiscated by me under Section '885 of Volume 2, Code 1922, providing for the Forfeiture of vehicles used in illegal transportation of Alcoholic Liquors. J. H. McLEOD, Sheriff. Camden, S. C., A/Trrit 15, 1927. LOST 'CERTIFICATE Lost Certificate of Deposit No. 551 issued by the. Bank of Camden, August 18", 1926, to Mrs. Mae D. Whitaker for $1,000.93; also Certificate No! 493 Issued by said bank to A. G. Whitaker, April 10, 192(1, <or $1,280.00. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to the Bank of -amden for duplicate of these certificates thirty davs from date/C. C. WHITAKEft. Administrator Est. A. G. Whitaker April 21,_ 1927. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice i? hereby given that one month from l hi a date, on Tuesday,! May 17th, 1927, we will make to the I Probate Court of Kershaw County? jut final return as Executors of the', L'stute of Leo Schenk, deceased, and jii the same date we will apply to the *aid Court for a final discharge from iur trust as said Executors. JOSEPH SCHKNK LEONARD H. SCHKNK Executors. Camden, S. C., April 14, 1927 AN ORDINANCE ~ I lo Regulate Sewerage In the City of' Camden To I'ridiibtt Ceea-Pools and I)r> (loaeta in Certain Sections of the City and Regulate the Maintenance of Same in Other Sections of the City. Section 1. -Be it orduined by the City Council of the City of Camden, in d.ue Council assembled, this 4th day of Api il, 11127, that it shall be un-, lawful for any person, after the first of October, 1927, to keep, use or maintain any cess-pool, dry closet or j similar device within the following zones in the City of Camden: I.?Rutledge Street on the South, Market Street on the East, Church Street ort1 the West, and DeKalb Street on the North. On II.?Ftom Broad Street to Clybyirn Street on the South. From DeKalb Street on the South to the City limits on the North, East and West. Section 2.?All persons having upon their premises within said zones above mentioned in the City of Camden, j any water closet, umial, kitchen sink, pantry sink, laundry trays, bath tubs, wash bowl or lavoratory, shall be and herewith ure required to connect same with the City sewerage system of the City of Camden. Section 2.?That in all other sections of the City of Camden dry closets shall be kept and maintained in a sanitary manner under the direction of the City Board of Health. Section 4.?That in any section of the City where property owners cannot connect with the sewer of the City of Camden, that cess-pools and dry closets may be constructed and maintained if built in a Banltnry manner and under the directions of the City Board of Health. That any person violating the provisions , of this orUinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be lined $!>().00 or imprisoned for fifteen days. That all connections made with the public Sewerage system shall be done under the instruction* of the City Engineer or Inspector of sewers. That all ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked. Ratified in Council Assembled this 4th day of April 1927. C. P. I >u BOSK Mayor City of Camden Attest: W. H. HAlEE, City Clerk .. nmuMi -i > i H i m IKdlar 1*11Im showered girl shoppers in Boston recently as they were walk- i ing past the office* of an insurance i company. Search of the building 1 b? ought tm Htfvrmttiiott an It* the owner of the money. FIN At. DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from thi\ date, on Monday, May It, 1927 the uitdersignod will make his final return to the Probate Court for Kershaw County as Administrator of the estate of T. J. Boykin and apply for a final discharge as such administrator. J. W. BOYKIN, Atjmr. Est. of T. J. Boykin. Camden, S. C., April 8, 1927. CITATION State of South Carolina, C/ounty of Kershaw. By W. I., McDowell, Esquire, Probate J udge. Whereas, K. (J. Whistler made suit to me to grant him letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Joseph N. (J. Whistler, j These are, therefore, tp cite and admonish all and singular the kin |dred and creditors of the said Joseph N. G. Whistler, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, | South Carolina, on Thursday, May 12th next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said j Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 28th day of April, Anno Domini 1927. | w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County | Published on the JM*th day of April and the 6th day o f May, 1927, in The Camden Chronicle and posted at the Court House doot for the time prescribed by law. 0 N(ITICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE The undersigned will at the expiration of thirty days from date, at 11 'a.m., on the 80th day of May, 1927, make a final return as Executrix of the estate of Mary Miller Kirklund, deceased, to the Probate Court for Kershaw County, and apply for a discharge from her trust as such executrix. MARY ANN KIRK LA NO, Executrix under the Will of Mary Miller Kirklami, deceased. , Camden, S. C,, April 29, 1927. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one mouth from this date, on Tuesday, May 81, 1927. we will make to tho .Probate Court of Kershaw County our ! final return as Administrators of the , estate of W. 1). Seegars, deceased, 1 aii'l on the same date we will apply to the said Court for a filial discharge as said Administrators. * BESSIE SEEGARS, \V. A. SEEGARS, , Administrators. | Camden, S. ('., April 28, 1927. I ' I . 'J I.I ..II , An illicit distilling plant valued k4 1100,000, wns captured by probibltka officers ?f6?r Hicksville, Long Island, Tuesday. One man was arrested. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice \h hereby given that our month from thin date on Tuesday, May 21, 1027, 1 will make to thr Probate Court Kershaw County my final return as Fxecutrix of tk? estate ?>f Mrs. Belle Alexander, dr ceased, and on the aamc date I will apply to the said Court for a final disc ha i ge from my trust as said Fxecutrix. MISS SALLIK It. ALEXANDER, Executrix, Fat. of Mrs. Boll* Atom ander. Camden, S. April 21. 1027. ~I I ATJON State of South Carolina, County of Kernhnw. H\ W. L. McV>owell, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, W. D. McDowuII made suit to me to grant him l/ettera of Administration of the Fstute of and effect# Of Miss Sallie W. Mc Do wall. These are, therefore, to eite nnd admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the aaid Miss Sallie W. MeDowall, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, Souths Carolina (>n Monday; May 9th, ueat after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminiatrwtion should not he granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of April, Anno Doonini 1927. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Published on tlui 29th day of April and the 6th day of May. 1927, in T%? Camden Chronicle, and posted at tke Court House door for the time prescribed by luw. CITATION State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Probata Judge. Whereas. Lewis Lomutisky made suit to me to grant him Ix'tters of Administration of the Estate of and offeets of Moses Lomunsky. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Moses Lomansky, deceased, that they be and appear before mo, in tho Court of Probate, to'be held at Camden, South Carolina on Wednesday, May 11th, next after publication thereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my, hand this 26th day of April, Anno Domini 1927. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Published on the 29th day of April and the 6th day of May, 1927, in The Camden Chronicle, and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. Now I THERE IS BUT ONE TIME IN THE WORLD. - IT IS - ! I NOW. TOMORROW IS NOT YET. YESTERDAY WAS. IF YOU AIM TO SAVE, BEGIN NOW. I DON'T REGRET YOUR YESTERDAYS NOR PUT 1 | OFF GOOD ACTIONS TILL TOMORROW. The First National Bank Of Camden, South Carolina I THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK ~ I IN KERSHAW COUNTY I * - - llz: f- . .w dSt..