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Africa and America Linked By World's Latest Radio Service _____ ,? Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Sends First Message From Liberia To Rubber Company's Own J Station In Akron?Daily Reports On Rubber Growth To Follow * Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Fireitone, Junior, now in the African Jungles, today broadcasted the first message sent from the special ra-<lio station recently erected on the Firestone rubber plantation in the interior of Uberia, on the Went Count of Africa. The message was received at a similar station on the roof of the Firestone factories at Akron, Ohio. This marks a new era of communication with the interior of in' accessible countries. Heretofore, the method used was to sond foot messengers through Jungle trails, taking days to get in touch with the outside world. Broadcasting by radio direct from one continent J to another thus gives the Firestone ;Tire A Rubber Go. a great advantage in developing its million acres , of rubber lands tnat wore secured from the Siberian government. ' Although those properties are located over 5,000 miles from the Firestone headquarters at Akron, Ohio, it will now bo possible to send roports every day by rad\o from the Liberia;) plantations to Akron. 100,000 Acres Laid Out Mr. Firestoue, Jr., has been in j Liberia since early January. In hia first report by radio today, he said that tl.o Liherinn government ] officials were enthusiastically co- ; operating with Firestone in the company s great undertaking to make Liberia one of the important | rubber-growing countries of the world. Mr. Firestone Haid that during the first year two 50,000acre plantations had been laid out, one on the Du river and the other 160 miles south of the Du on the Cavalla river. Firestone engineers in the same time had constructed over 75 miles of roads and had built and established headquarters on the two plantations, with housing facilities lor the resident staffs of 118 Ajnericans. Power plants for the development of electric power, light and refrigeration had been built, as well as hospitals and trade stores for the benefit of the Americans and also to supply the needs of the 15,000 natives who arc employed in clearing the jungles and planting rubber trees. 1,500,000 Trees Planted During the past year, according to Mr. Firestone's first radio report, over 1.600,000 rubber trees nave been planted on a total of over 15,000 acres of cleared jungle lands. This is a rocord in rubber plantation work. It is the largest number of trees set out and acres planted by any single compuny in the same length of time. And Mr. Firestone stated that the rate of progress in clearing land and planting rubber trees is being constantly increased. Mr. F irestone reported that the steamship sent over for service had been placed in commission along the Liberian coast and is now linking up the Firestone plantations and the coast towns of Liberia. He expressed the hope that Firestone will soon have its own vessels operating directly between New York and Liberia, making the Atlantic passage in less than two weeks. When this is done, it will not only give Firestone an advantage of from two to five weeks in time as compared with other rubber-growing countries, but will also greatly reduce the cost of transportation. Teach Natives Trades Great progress in the development of tne Firestone trade schools !was also reported. Mr. Firestone said that tne natives were very anxious to learn under the instruction of the Firestone technical staff. The dark-hued Liberians are being taught to be carpenters blacksmiths, plumbers, electricians, automobile mechanics, sanitary en gineera, soil experts and foresters. Now that the Liberuwis, for the first time in the history of the country, have a system of good roads, tney are suddenly becoming enthusiastic about motor transportation, and they all want to ride in automobiles, trucks or tractors. As a result, Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, has established a traffic squad to police the traffic on its principal street?. When the Firestone company went into Liberia, there were no roads in the country, and only one automobile. This was owned bv the President of Liberia, who had very little occasion to use It because of the absence of pood roads. When Mr. Firestone arrived at the I>u river plantation, he was greeted as tne "Great White Chief*' by many thousands of Firestone native employees who had erected a great arch of leaves and ferns at tne entrance of the property and lined the road on both sides as ho drove through eleven miles of the plantation to headquarters. $5,000,000 Loan to Liberia Mr. Harvey S. Firestone, Sr., bus successfully arranged a $6,000,000 loan in America for the Lioerian government. This places Liberia on u f.r.n financial oasis, and permits the d.*\t I-ypnieni roads, school* and public buildings. The liH Americans comprising tne Firestone technical t?:aT are r.clping to organize the 2,CP0,000 or more nativo Liberi.wis end give them remunerative em loyment which had not been hitherto available in their onai country. Thp natives are proving very adaptable and willing to work in an organized way. This has made possible the clearing and planting of such a large acreage during the past year and has undoubtedly had a very appreciable effect in the recent reduction in the price of crude rubber. European newspapers have carried many articles deriding Fire| stone for going into Africa to plant rubber. They claimed the soli was poor for rubber growing and that the natives would not work. The Tiritish government now realizes that Firestone's Lihorian enterprise is anything but 1 n folly. It is conceded by everybody that Firestone has made the grratest rubber development ever accomplished by any single comEany in the same length of time, aberia confronts the British and Dut-ch rubber growers as an inereafl&Mgly important competitor, i And now the British Parliament , Horiously considering the question , of abandoning or at least modlfy ing the rubber restriction policy. The British colonies in. the MiddTe l-last have vigorously expressed themselves along this line. Ceylon. has voted to abandon rubber restriction entirely. In Singapore, Straits Settlements, 47 out of 72 rubber growers have voted to. { abandon rubber restriction or to> modify it bo it would not be ef*feetivo. When Premier Baldwin brought ; up the question of modifying ru. - .ben restriction in the British Parliament, robber was selling around 42 cents a pound- Within a few week* it dropped about 18 cents a. pound. Since a variation of 1 cent a pound means a difference of over $8,000,000 a year to American rubber buyers, the decline 'from 42 to 24 cents a pound will mean a saving of $150,000,000 a year to America if the present i price ia maintained. , American Staff on the Du Division Radio Operator Receivings First; Message Aerial Atop Firestone Factory?Akron MASTER'S SALEState of South Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) The First C ' j. sto k Lano Bank, of Columbia, plaintiff, against A'.iee Rabon Johnson, i/oslio Kabon, Melton Rabon, Alice Ruby Kabon, Henry Rabon, Bell Rabon and Kate Rabon, defendants. Under and by virtue of an order of Court made in the above entitled case and dated March 12th, 11)28, the Mmter for Kershaw Countv will otfer for I sale at public auction, for cash, before the Kershaw County Court House door in Cantden, South Carolina. on the first Monday, being the 2nd day of April, 1928, the following described real estate: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the state of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, about eleven miles north ot the City of Camden, containing one hundred and sixty-one (161) acres more or less, and has such metes, bounds and courses and distances as are represented on plat made by Kershaw delx>ach, dated October 18th, 1921, said tract of land is designated as Tract No. 2 of the lands formerly known as the Henry Brafold lands, said tract of land is bounded on the north by Granny's Quarter Creek, and by Tract No. 1 of tbe lands formerly known as the Henry liarfield land, now ol Walter Barfield, on the east by said trait No. 1 of Walter Barfield anil b> a neighborhood road. South by the said neighborhood road and by l'ract No. .'i ot the aaui lands formerly of Henry Barfield, now owned by Annie Southern and on the west by Tract No. 3 now owned by Annie Southern and by Granny's Quarter Creek. The said Tract of land Is the same conveyed to Alice Rabon, Leslie Rabon, Melton Rabon, Alice Ruby Rabon, Henry Rabon, Bell Rabon and Kate Rabon by deed of Henry Bar| field, dated November 10th, 1921, of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book "B. C." page 087. Anyone desiring to bid at said sale, other than the plaintiff herein shall i first deposit with the Master as an I evidence of good faith, certified check ' or cash in the sum of Fifty Dollars j ($50.00). At the conclusion of sail ; sale, the Master shall return to the unsuccessful bidders any sums so 1 deposited. W. L. DePASS. JR.. Master for Kershaw County. I M/irch 16th, 1928. ! It required 5,761 vessels to tramsport the UO.SSOkOOO gross tons of trade entering and leaving the United j States last year. * : AN ORDINANCE Providing for the election of Mayer and Six Aldermen for ttar City of Camden. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. City of Camden. Be it ordained by the City Council of Camden, South Carolina, in due session assembled this 14th day of March 11)28: Section 1. That an election be, and is hereby ordered to be held in the City of Camden, on Tuesday, April 3rd, 1928, for the election of a mayor and six Aldermen. That the polls open at 8:00 a.m. and close at -1:00 p.m., in each ward. That due Notice of Registration of qualified electors of the City of Camden, and due Notice of the places of election, be published according to law. Ratified in Council Assembled this 14th day of March 1928. C. P. DuBOSE. Attest: Mayor. W. H. HAILE, City Clerk. Switzerland has just placed in service its first Pullman train. I/o*s than two million of the fortyone million population of France pay an income tax. ^ NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF REGISTRATION State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden Notice ia hereby given that the books of registration of the City of Cmmden, South Carolina, will be opened in the office of the City Clerk and Treasurer on Rutledge Street of the City of Camden, South Carolina on the 29th day of March 1928, and will remain open for a period of ten (10) day, for the purpose of registration of the qualified electors of the City of Camden, South Carolina, for the purpose of a special election to be held in the City ocf. Camden on Tuesday the 17th day of April 1928, for the purpose of voting on the question of the issuance of Fortyeight Thousand ($48,000.00) Dollars municipal bonds for street improvements, paving streets and sidewalks, of the City of Camden. J AS. R. DeLOACHE, Supervisor of Registration. Spanish women are credited with being the most graceful dancers of all women in the world. In the Pretoria district of South Africa, it is not uncommon to see pigsties and stables made of marble cemented with mud. NOT&CK OF ELECTION Notice of Election oil the Question of Inauance of Street Improvement Honda, 1'avlnK of Streets and Bidewalkw, of the City of Camden, South Carolina. State of South Carolina, > County of Kershaw, , (City of Camden) In response to a petition of the majority of the freeholders (as appears 'upon the tax books of the said City of Camden, South Carolina), of the City of Camden, South Carolina, asking that an election be ordered for the City of Camden, South Carolina, for the purpose of voting by the qualified registered electors of the said City of Camden on the question of issuing Forty-Eight Thousand ($48,UU0.00) Dollars municipal bonds of the said City of Camden, the proceeds to be used for the purpose of street improvements, paving streets uiid sidewalks, of the City of Camden, South Carolina, and in pursuance of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Camden, passed at a meeting duly held on the 20th day of March 1928, ordering a special election for the purpose of voting upon said bonds: Notice is hereby given that there will be a special election held in the City of Camden, S. C., on Tuesday, the 17th day of April, 1928, on the question of issuing coupon bonds of the said City of Camden, South Carolina, to the amount of Forty-Eight Thousand ($48,000.00) Dollars, bearing interest at the rate of not exceeding B per cent per annum, payable semi-anna ully, payable in legal tender of the United States, forty (40) years from date of issue for the purpose of street improvements, paving streets and sidewalks, of the City of Camden, With the privilege of redemotion after twenty (20) years from date of issue. At such elections all qualified registered electors of the said City of Camden, S. C., will be elegible to vote. The electors favoring the said issue of bonds will vote a ticket on which shall be printed "FOR BOND ISSUE." Those electors opposing said issue of bonds shall vote a ticket on which shall be printed the words "AGAINST BOND ISSUE." h or the purpose of holding said election the polls shall be open at the polling places in each ward at 8:00 o'clock in the morning and closed at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, at the following polling places: \N aid 1.?Opera House. Managers J. G. Ferrill, J. K. Goodale and W. C. Stewart. Ward 2.?Evan's Undertaking Parlor, DeKalb Street. Managers, W. F. Russell, Sr., Mrs. Lottie Vaugha'i and Belton Owens. V\ ard 3.?Dixon's Store. Managers, W . S. Nelson, T. E. Goodale and Mrs. J. P, Graham, V\ ard 4.?Mrs. Sumter Rhame's Residence. Managers, E. L. Phelps, Mrs. Bess M. King and Mrs. Alice Ma rye. Ward 5.?J. B. Zenip's Residence. t C hesnut Street. Managers, Mrs. Annie De;Loache, R. D. Williams and Mrs. Mae D. Whitaker. Ward 6.?G. E. Taylor's Residence, corner of Chesnut and Broad Streets. Managers, Mrs. Gertrude M. Zemp, Mrs. Margaret T. Langford and W. R. Hough. C. P. DuBOSE, Mayor. W. H. HAILE, City Clerk. NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF REGISTRATION State of South Carolina, Coqnty of Kershaw, City of Camden. Notice is hereby given that the books of Registration of the City of ( amden w'ill be open in the office of the City Clerk and Treasurer of Camden, South CifroHna, for the registration of the names of the qualiied electors therein on Thursday, March 15th, 1928, and will remain open for a period of ten (10) days. - . JAMES R. DeLOACHE, Supervisor of Registration of the City of Camden. March 14, 1928. MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) H. W. B. Montgomery, plaintiff, against Belton Jones, defendant, Under and by virtue of an order of Court made in the above entitled case and dated March 12th, 1928, the Master for Kershaw County will offer for sale at public auction, for cash, before the Kershaw . County Court House door, Camden, South Carolina, on the 1st, Monday, being the 2nd, day of April 1928; the following described real estate: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situated in the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing nine (9) acres, and bounded as follows: On the north by lands of or formerly of G. G. Alexander, East by lands now or formerly of Jane Arthur, South by lands of Estate of Henderson Bird, and West by Caroline McMullan. Said described land being the same conveyed to Belton Jones by G, C. Welsh, Sheriff for Kershaw County, by deed of date October 8th, 1920, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Deed Book "A. W." page 595. Anyone bidding on said tract of land shall first deposit with the Master the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) in cash or certified check on some responsible Bank as evidence of good faith. W. U DePASS, JR., Master for Kerahaw County. March 16th. 1928. NOTICE OF State of 8outh Carolina, County of Kershaw, (City of Camden) I Council Chamber March 14 .J By order of the ( ity (:o'J9 Camden, Sohth Carolina, an ! will be held in the City' 0# ,5? I South Carolina, on iV.vliv ^B im, for Mayor a?,| The polls will be open fr , !* . m.U.4:00 p. m., i? t?l, ?? I he following are th,. , election in each ward un/**Bj lowing managers have hi*,, ' ed to conduct said eleciion: *B Ward 1?Opera House. m?? J ' J. G. Merrill, J. K, Goodalj* ami wB i Stewart. ? Ward 2?Evan's Undertaking lor, DeKalb Street. Manner, M 1 Russell, Sr., Mrs. Lottie vJM and Belton Owens. V Ward 8?.Dixon's Store y .r.^1 VP. S. Nelson, T. E. (loodsle'sj?! J. P. Graham. Ward 4.?Mrs. Sumter Km?! Residence. Managers K l p? i Mrs. Bdss M. King and Mrs iH Murye. ^Hj Ward 5.?J. B. Zemp'g R sidc^l Chesnut Street. Managers, Mri^l nie DoLoache, R. D. Wd'iia Mrs. Mae D. Whitaker. Ward 6?G.TE. Taylor's corner of Chesnut and Broad St? Managers, Mrs. Gertrude M. 9 Mrs. Margaret T. Langf .rd a? R. Hough. C. P. DuBOsSG, M W. H. HAILE, Mav? City Clerk. MASTER'S SALE fl State of South Carolina ^County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) 1 J. L. Guy and Elizabeth D. Enij^? plaintiffs, against John L. Kirkland and Thame B? ers, defendants, Under and by virtue of an 01B Court made in the above efl case and dated March 12th, 192? Master for Kershaw C011 ity win fer for sale at public auction, cash, before the Kershaw Coj^B Court House door, Camden, S?l Carolina, on the: 1st Monday, bfl the 2nd, day of April 1928; the B lowing -desoribed real estate: B that piece, parcel or tract of hB situate, lying and being in the StB of South Carolina, County of K^B shaw near the town of Blauey.^B being a portion of what is know? the Ross lands, containing five i^B eight tenths (5.8) acres more or l^B and designated as lot No. 32 on |H of S. W. Laughlin, Surveyor of dB October 5th, 1919, being of re^H in the office of the Clerk of C<B for Kershaw County in Plat 5. page 106. The said tract land is bounded on the North_^B Roadway as shown on said the East by tract No. 33 011 plat, which was conveyed to B Ross, on the South by Roariw^B shown on said plat, and WestB tract No. 31 which was convert? T. M. Keith. The above desci^fl lot of land is the same conveyei^B John L. Kirkland Jr., by deed B Elizabeth D. English and J. L. <B dated October 24th, 1919. ' Any one desiring to bid at $B sale, other than the plaintiff hen? shall firBt deposit with the Master? an evidence of good faith, certi? check or cash in the sum of Fi? Dollars ($50.00). At the conclu'i^H of said sale, the Master shall ? turn to the unsuccessful bidders n? sums so deposited. ? W. L. DePASS, JR J Master for Kershaw County? March 16th, 1928. AN ORDINANCE Ordering an election suboittiff [ to^B the qualified electors of Ik WlB of Camden the question of tk 4 suing of forty-eight thousasdCB^'B 000.000. .Dollars municipal bond? for the purpose of street impwj? ments, paving streets and aid? walks, of the lCity of C*?W? South Carolina. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden I^B Be it ordained by the City Co?B of the City of Camden, Sbuth Ca? lina, in due session assembled t? 20th day of March 1928: 1. That in response to a peti*? of the majority (as appears upon? tax books of the said City of Csnw? South Carolina), of the freeholder? the City of Camdert, South Cstej? petitioning the ordering of ?n ? tion for the purpose of the issu^fl of Forty-eight Thousand (48,000,0? Dollars municipal bonds of the ? of Camden, South Carolina, the ? ceeds of said bonds to be used J street improvements, paving sh? and sidewalks, of the City of C? den, South Carolina. Be it ord>? that an election be, and is her? ordered to bd held in the Citf? Camden, South Carolina on TuW? the 17th day of April 1928, onj question of the issuing of eight Thousand ($48,000.00) W? coupon bondsvof the {My of C*1 for the purpose of street ments, paving stfreeta and side*? of the City of Camden, South D? lina. * 2. That said bonds be ise?*^B the denomination of One Thoa^B Dollars ($1,000.00) each, and be*? terest at the rata of not more? 5Vr per annum, payable semi-*?*? ly from the date of the bonds, mature forty (40) years from the^? of the issue, With the privilt**? redemption, after twenty (20) J? from the date of said issue. C. P. 1 At^8W. H. HAILE, - j| City Clerk. ? -I?