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me Inaugurations of the Poet When Hoover takes the oath of of* i on March 4 he will become the t president of the United States. it first four presidents were indurated indoors, aud beginning with third president. Jefferson, the ( monies took place in Washington. Washington's first inauguration was d in New York, his next in Philaphia. The capital was removed m Philadelphia to Wi^hingtou ing the term of John' Adams, inroe, first president to be sworn out of doors, chose the east portico the Capitol, which has since been . scene of inaugurations. i /an Huren was the first executive in under American rule. He took iCc March 4, 1837, amid boisterous nonstrations for the now "AmerU ! i-born" president. t is customary for the supreme irt clerk, standing near the chief tice when he administers the oath, open the Bible at random, but in* presidents prefer to select their a favorite verse to which they ss their lips as a token of their Ration to serve their country. In ne cases the new president furnishhis own Bible which has personal ociations. There is great variety in length of :ugural addresses. While Fillmore, the only president who did not ,ke some kind of address on asning office, Wilffam Harrison made i of X,T)78 words, the most voiut?ous. Washington's second injurnl address comprised only 134 r<is, which ip the shortest; Madison ues next with 142 for his second' ;uguration. While there has been much agitan from time to time to change the e of inauguration because of the uat ..inclement weather acound ir&h 4^-;tfothing has yet come of it. l amendment to *the Constitution uld be necessary. Weather bureau records show that the average temperature in Washington on March 4 is 38 degrees, <while for April 30, one dute that has been suggested, it would be 69 degrees. Grant's second inaugural, in 1878, holds the record for low temperatures; on that occasion the thermometer reached four degrees above zero. Below-freezing temperatures are also recorded for the inaugurals of Hayes, in 1877, 26 degrees; Garfield, 1HH1, . 29 degrees^ Cleveland, 1893, 21 degrees; Ropgevelt, 1905, 20 degrees; Taft, 1809, 29 degrees and Coolidge, 1926, 28. /It is said that Benjamin Franklin influenced the decision in favor of March 4 for inauguration, arguing that it fell on Sunday less frequently than any other day in the next 200 years. However, March 4, 1917, fell on a Sunday, and Wilson was privately inaugurated on that day with the public ceremony the next. 1 he first inaugural ball was a privately sponsored affair held in New Yo<rk one week after the inauguration of Washington. It is said that our first president danced gaily throughout the evening. There was no ball on his second inauguration, nor -during the regimes of John Adams or Jefferson, but there was a brilliant one when Madison took office in 1809. It was held at Long's hotel, an exclusive and elegant place; tickets for the ball were sold over the bar. I he practice of staging these most popular events continued through a century of administrations, at various hotels, theaters, hulls etc. Since 18G5 the festivities were held in the Pension Bureau building until President Wilson dispensed with the custom. Harding and Coolidge both refused to revive the inaugural ball. On the.occasion of Grant's second inaugural ball preparations had been made to outdo previous functions, and the exorbitant price of $20 a couple was levied on the guests. This made it '^exclusive." A near-zero storm was raging when they arrived at the temporary building erected for the gala affair. Then?horrbrs! ?there was no heat in the place? this little detail had been omiiled. So men and women danced madly in hats, overcoats and everything else they could pile on in an effoi*t to keep warm. The "hot" supper scheduled turned out to be "anything but" and even the coffee wasn't of a temperature to burn a kitten's tongue. A good time was had by all?when they got back home!?The Pathfinder. News Notes Krom Lugoff Lugoff, S. C., March 20.?Mrs. Jesse McNinch, of Columbia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Lee. Circle Number One of the Ladies Home Demonstration club gave a silver tea at the community house on Friday night for the benefit of the club. After tea a dance was enjoyed by the younger set. Miss Frances Rabon, of Columbia spent the week end with relatives and friends. Mrs. H. Y." Hinnant, of Ridgeway spent the week ond with her parents? Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rabon. Mr. Nick Rabon, of Columbia spent Sunday in Lugoff. Miss Allie Ammons entertained with a party at her home on Saturday night, complimenting Miss Frances. Rabon. Rev. Cobb, of Columbia delivered a special sermon at the Presbyterian church on Sunday night. Quite a number were present for the services. Miss Jemel Rabon, who is employed in Columbia spent last week end at home. Mr. Ben Thomas Ammons, of Camden was a visitor in Lugoff Sunday. I WBT. W. MITCH AM Architect Crocker Building, Camden, S. C. ELECTROL OIL BURNER** I SALES AND SERVICE I PHONE 546.? IE. G. BURKE I Plumbing and Heating j REPAIR WORK AT REASONABLE PRICES I Corner DeKalb and Fair Streets ^ i I CARTER'S SHOE SHOP 1 927 South Broad Street Bet us rebuild your, wotn domi.. hoes. Complete 9hoe repair equipI The Standard Hydraulic j Preaaer Cementing I Machine j ' Nails. No Stitches. No more K' t. stiff Shoes. I i.i-hod with appearance of new All Work Guaranteed. |. C CARTER, P op etor (Automobile Repairing ?? We are now prepared do all kinds of automoBv"" repairing. Good workmanship and moder- j Bte prices. I DEMPSTER'S I GARAGE Bj^>rmerly^IJttfirt^ ; j Contractor and General Builder - ' 1 ' ? H^30 Years Experience We'll Put Your Clothes In Good Shape It pays to have uSf, take - -care of your clothes, for our work and service excellent. We'd like to see the suit that we * can't "make }ust as fresh "mat"" clean as a new one! o Try - as-put. - Candor ftrj deanery-TelcplnM 17 Young Man Killed In Big Bay Swamp The body of Robert .Osteon, aged 25, living near Pinewood, was found by friends in Big Bay swamp late Tuesday afternoon. The condition of the body and the fact that he hsdbeen seen going into the swamp on Sunday morning at about 10:00 o'clock, and that they had returned without him, led to the arrest of Pharaoh Avin and Elbert Turner. Coroner Cain, Sheriff Hurst, Chief of Rural Police tSeale and Officers Dollard nnd Norris went to Pinewood yesterday morning at which time the inquest was held. At the inquest it developed that one of the party had told of their going into the swamp and had given as a reason for Osteon's not returning, that when they tried to bring him out of the swamp he fought them and they left him. Ail autopsy of the body showed many bruises about the head qnd face, but none of which would have caused death. As the body was in about a foot of water, it is supposed that he >vas rendered unconscious and died of strangulation. The verdict of the jury was that Robert Osteen came to his death near Pinewood in soflio manner Unknown to the jury, and that they believed that Pha/oah Avin and Elbert Turner were directly or indirectly responsible for his death, und that they be held for trial at the next session of court. ' Osteen was unmarried but is survived by several brothers and sisters in Sumter county. Big Bay is a thicket that covers 3,000 acres of land, partly under water and is generally known as a rendezvous for bootleggers and their stills. Avin and Turner admit that Osteen went into Big Bay with them Sunday afternoon and charge that when they started to come out, that Osteen was intoxicated and wouki not accompany them.?Sumter Herald. Refugee on Housetops Writes of the Flood Elba, Ala., March 17.?A diary of the Elba flood, pounded out on a typewriter atop the May's building by J. G. Wyrosdick, Elba merchant, as . rising waters threatened death to himself and his fellow refugees; was made public today. Wyrosdick had faith in the building withstanding the pressure of the water and} said he "wanted th? world to know what people do and think when they face the greatest crisis of their lives." The steady rnin and finally the raging torrents were vividly described by the writer. "At 8:30 a. m., we are still on'tbe roof of the May's building," was the opening sentence for Friday morning when the flood was causing its greatest damage. "Severui have been added to our family, many coming over in the water from other buildings. We can see people on the housetops. They are begging for help. ?"The boats that have, come from other towns have done much to comfort the people of Elba. We have stood fcoduy and watched the boats pick men from the trees. We have seen falling buildings and sinking boats. "We can see that the Whiteimri Drug company's store is washed 2 away. Part of the Elba hotel and part of the house known as the 'Blue hotel' are wrecked. Several homes have already disappeared. Wyrosdick paused in his narrative to praise Miss Vivian Harper who ^ave the flood warning and Ethfln Ellis "who tied a rope around his waist and went into the torrent to rescue Wesley Oslin and his wife whose boat capsized. "It was just day," he continued, "when part of Mrs. Joe Stephen's home was seen to break away from the other and go down to Jim Parrick's. It looked as though it would cause Mr. Parriek's to go. Roy Bullard's home can be . seen washed across the street. The front of the Stone building just across the street from the office of the Elba Clipper (a weekly newspaper) left sometime near 3 a. m. "We wanted very much* to go to the nid of Dan Prescott and Judge Carnley (probate judge of Coffee county) when they called for help but we had no boat and could not get one. We can see Judge Carnley and Fleetwood come to the roof at times. Dan Fred, the young son of Mr. Prescott, has been with us here and has given not one bit of trouble. Qan Fred is just a little man." .v, "Everything that can be done for the aid of Elba," Wyrosdick wrote Saturday morning "is being done. Motorboats ran through the streets throughout Saturday. Men and women are carried to shore. Anti-typhoid and anti-tetanus vaccine was _ administered by Dr.T. G. Gill and Bn A.JEi. Graham, representing the state board of health, who arrived with supply late Friday. Airplanes from Maxwell field dropped additional supplies. The "planes also brought food. * "Refuses suffered from lack of | drinkin^*water. Marooned by water, ' they begged for w*t?rt?r Wnfc. Children called for it. While the food suppll" ran abort there was no great amount of hunger." ' . There be A total eclipse of the ?,sun on May 9th. An American com ? ?? ?- - - ?w J 'JySYRUP j |l Used as a jl ir Physicians latest rifaion ll If far Many Years lM If Money back if not relieved Jl If Children like it Jl i Cenol Company, dime JI H| for walk BY_, II DeKALB PHARMACY Phone 95 * Camden, S. Ci Card of Thanks Mr. II. K, Gardner wishes to ex-' press through The Chronicle his very \ grateful appreciation to the many I friends who ministered to his beloved ; wife, Mrs. Netn Gardner, during herj illness and recent going away. j i JL i Shooting at Inman | Four Persons Shot j I i Inman, March 17.- Four persons; w (re shot, one probably foully, in a; gun bat'.le, which raged for a short j time today on Main street here between nival policemen and four per-i sons described as belonging to a "ipys- 1 tenons religious cult." The, shooting began wluii officers, acting1 on com-, plaint from neighbors of Harry Mela an, accosted Mclx-an and three members of his family on the street ( shortly after 11 o'clock. McLean, officers said, drew a pistol j .and shot 0. B. Kdge, rural policeman, between the shoulders. At the time were a brother, Arnold, and his wife, Miriam McLean, and a cousin, Helen Wilson. Both men emptied their pis-; tola at the police, and the officers returned the fire. In the fray JIarry McLean was wounded. Besides Kdge, the officers shot were Chief J. H. Burnett and Magistrate R. Dicks. Their wounds were not serious. Neighbors of the McLeans described the family as religious fanatics, who attempted conversions to their "mysterious" faith by threats. Arnold McLean and the two women! were taken to Spartanburg knd loged in the county jail there on charegs of assault and battery with attempt to kill. Harry McLean was taken to a Spartanburg , hospital, where his chances of recovery were considered slight. - ' J -JJ? 1 L Honor Roll Flat Rock School The following lr the honor roll of Flat Rock colored school taught by F. K, Moses: ~,.-Crade 1.--Delia Mao Duren, Vernel Wright, Charley Jackson, Magdaline Belton, 1:11m1.1 Edwards, Luther Jackson,' Nottle Drakaford, Freddie Drakvford, Patience Edwards. I Grade 2.?Coga Duren, Annie Jackson, Dorothy Patterson, ' i tirade 3.?Nannie Jackson, Margaret Davis, Nettie Davis. Grade 4.?Manolia Davis, Mildred) Davis, Daisy Jones, '* , , It is predicted that the present Cuban sugar ciop, now irl process of manufacture, will total 5,000,000 tons. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given - that ono month from this date, on Monday, April 15th, 1929, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Executor of the estate of Mrs. Kmmu L. Goodale, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge from my trust as said Executor. _ - S. NV-MeGORKLE. Camden, S. (\, March 14th, 1020. - . CLERK'S SALE Pursuant to a decretal order of sale of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, S. C., heretofore made in the cause entitled, Sarah C. Nance and others, plaintiffs, vs. Eunice 11. Palmer and others, I will offer for sale before the Court House door in Winnsboro, within the usual hours of sale, on the llrst Monday in April 1020, to the highest bidder, for cash; all that tract or plantation of land situate, lying and being in Kershaw County, containing one hundred twenty and two-tenths (122.2) acres, more or less, known as Tract A of the Sand Hill tract, as shown by a plat recorded in the Office of the j Clerk of Court for Fairfield County in Hook AK, page 41H, bounded on the North by Spencer land, east by lands of the Estate of Dr. J ?L Miller, recently sold, south by i English lands and west by Condor's j land. The purchaser w pay for al^ (necessary papers and revenue stamps, and shall be required to deposit | fifty ($50.00) dollars in cash, or by I certified check, as evidence of good I faith, before his bid shall be accepted. ! R. E. ARNETTE, I Clerk of Court for Fairfield County, j March 14, 1929. NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY I FOR NON-PAYMENT OF PAVING ASSESSMENTS. Under and by virtue of sundry executions directed to me for non-payment of paving assessments due the City of Camden, S. C., April 1, 1928, I have levied upon the following property and will sell the same for cash during the legal hours of ! sale on the first Monday in April* 192U, being the first day thereof, before the Court House door in the City ? I of Camden, S. C. All that lot of land with building thereon, located on Pair Street, bounded on the North by Kebecca Cunningham; on the East by Olyn Waters; on South by Hailc Street, on West by Pair Street. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Dr. S. M. McCaskill for non-payment of paving assessment. also All that lot on DeKalb Street. bounded on the North by O. W. Hirehmore, on Past by part of Attains property, oh the South by DpKalh Street, on West hy purt of Adams property, levied upon and to be sold as property of H. S. Moore for aohpayment of,paving assessments, also All that lot with building on Broad Street, bounded on the North by J. H. Thomas, on the Past by Broad Street, on the South hy Francis Hart, on West by City lot No Levied upon and to be sold as property of K. H. liaile and J< II. Thomas for non-payment for pavihg assessments, also AIL liiat lot with building thereon ? on Broad Street, bounded on the North by City I*ot No on Fast by City lot No. .<VQi, on'South by City lot No on West by Broad j SD'eet. Levied upon ami to be sold as property of R. H. Halle for nonj payment for paving assessments, also All that lot and building thereon, located on Broad Street, bounded on the North by Dibble property, on the Fast by City lot No on the South by Dibble property, on the West by Broad Street, levied upon and to be sold as property of Maeeo Lodge No. 1T4 f' for non-payment paving assessments. also All that lot with building thereon located on DoKalb Street, bounded on the North by Welsh, on the Fast by Kershaw County, on the South by De- . Kulb Street, on the West by McLester. Ix>vied upon and to be sold as property of Estate ?f ? r\_Scpit for non-payment paving assessments, also - All that lot Chestnut Street,r t bounded on the North by said Chestnut Street, on the East by Team property, on the* South by Team property, on West by Team property, levied upon and to be sold as property of Estate John Simmons for non-payment paving assessments. < also All that lot with building thereon on DoKalb Street,, bounded on the North by Griggs, on the East by Estate C, C. Scott, on the South by DeKnlb Street, on West by Colored ?Methodist Church. Levied upon and to be sold us property of L. E, Mc- -?irLester for non-payment paving aB sessrfients. Terms of sale Cash H. D. HILTON, Chief of Police City of Camden. . . .? 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