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Interesting Scroll Displayed Here. >A Robert K. Lee, whose work "ah" a scrivener is well known, has prepared for presentation to the supreme court of this state by the members of the bar of the state a complete copy of Chancellor Kent's lecture on the History of the Americtin Union, taken from Kent's Commentaries, The scroll contains words, engrossed with great clarity in a typical law hand. Mr. liee having learned the art under apprenticeship to a l?ndon law years ago when this was the custom-, ary manner of preparing legal documents. The writing occupies a space of 42 inches long by 22 inches wide, and at the foot ,are blanks for the signatures of such attorneys as wish to participate in the presentation. Most of the attorneys of the bar of this county have already signed the document and it will soon be offered to attorneys in other parts of the state for eigne* ture. The scroll will be framed when presented to the Supreme Court end will bf en Interesting exhibit of an art that the coming typewriter has rendered almost extinct.?Charleston Evening Post, Sept. 24th. Mr. Lee, a friendly and genial Char* lestonian of the old school of Southern gentleman, visited Camden last week with this scroll, which is truly a masterpiece in penmanship, for the purpose of securing the signatures of local attorneys to the interesting parchment preparatory to presenting it to the supreme court of South Carolina in the near future. This scroll will be a valuable and highly treasured contribution to the highest tribunal of the state. Not only is It a masterful representation of what has become a lost art in the busy world of today, but also it contains and preserves for future generations much interesting and valuable history rcla~ tive to the American nation from the i' 1 11 in,'' egg time it wee in it# struggling infancy until it became a giant among nation*. For instance, one interesting bit of history is revealed in the fact that at one time in the early history of the republic there were only about eighty soldiers in the United States army. This magnificent piece of work and valuable Contribution to the state of South Carolina on the part of Mr. Lee j Should be greatly appreciated by. all of the niany thousands who will view it in the state supreme court chamber in Columbia as the years come" and go. The scrivener of so outstanding a masterpiece in penmanship is to he heartily congratulated and commended by the people of South Carolina for his High motive and patriotism in making this most worthy contribution to the state. Charged with the violation of the Mann white slave act, Dorothy Kibbler and Joseph A. JesieTiski, who claims Patterson, N. J., as home, are under arrest in Charleston. Pigeons Shipped by Sumter Plant . Sumter, S. C., Nov. 9.?What 1$ probably the largest shipment of plgeons ever made in this etate went off last Monday from tha Palmetto Pigeon plant and consisted of 800 birds to Del Hay, Fla., and 200 ty Ontario, Canada. The shipment brought into the plant more than $2,000, indicating the big business the local plant is doing in supplying breeding stock to other points. The Del Ray, Kla., shipment alone brought in move than $1,500 as the birds were fancy young pairs selected for utility and show purposes combined. The local plant, now six years old, ha.-Tl?V<)re tftan 8,000 birds on hand and besT3es shipping birds for breeding has in the pust month done the biggest squab business it has ever done. Palmetto Health Grit7* pigeon food, is also being shipped to the four comers of the country and only recently a shipment of ,t/. three tons bound for Honolulu wai lost when the hip "Wisconsin Bridge" of the Neb on line wai sunk in a hurricane* life Term for Woman Spartanburg Nov. 14?Overruling a motion for a new trial in circuit court here today* Judge D. S. Murphy sentenced Mrs. Mattie Cat heart to life imprisonment, following her conviction by a jury on a charge of murdering her husband. Hey ward Cuthcart, Camp Wads* worth farmer, was killed last July. The jury hearing the case last Thurt* day returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy. Attorneys for Mrs. Cathcart have not yet announced their intention of taking an appeal* ? It is unnounced from Clinton that up to November 12 a total of $90,000 has been pledged in the Presbyterian college $350,000 deliverance campaign. ung iuw, 4.;hlne*e vice consul of China to the UniUd States, stationed at San Francisco, was last ws?k convicted in a Chinese court on * charge of attempting smuggling inU the Ujilted States He was sentenced to serve seven years in prison and pay a fine of $3,000 in gold. His] wife, charged with being an acess-1 sory, was also convicted and sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of $2,600 in gold. " TAX NOTICE. IH THKASURRB'S ?FF1CK CAMDEN, 8. C. August 14, 1$884 - Notice is hereby ^jriven that til State, County and Scfoool taxes for year 1020 shali be due and psykble between September 16th and Decent ber 81st, 1020. Any information *ith reference to taxes will be cheei fully furnished upon application. When making inquiry .please state School District or Township. , Very respectfully, S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer, Kersnaw County, S. C. 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