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" ! 1 5 LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the FUett of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year* Ago THIRTY YEARS AGO f>ecamber 30, 1898 Safe blowers wrecked the safe of J. K. Creed at DeKalb and obtained one hundred dollar*. Football game between I.ancaster and Camden resulted in victory of 11 to 6 for Camden. William Dunluy, negro man found dead, presumably death was due to pneumonia. Andrew Hill, negro railroad construction laborer, found dead in Butcrmin'* ditch, near the side of the old.river road. He wan from Mobile, Alahamu. ' S. B. Lumpkin, general passenger agevpt, announce* through passenger Hccyjce between Columbia and Marion, N. O., over the South Carolina & Georgia Extension railroad by way of" Camden. The death of Dwight I.. Moody, famous evangelist announced at Northlield, Mass, I Representative Mead, Democrat of j New York, has introduced a hill inj cobgresn proposing the repeal of the ' Volstead'law and the substitution of a law prohibiting the manufacture, 1 sale or transportation of distilled al-j coholic liquors. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO January 1, 19lf>. James Vaughan, 33 years of age, killed north of Camden by Joe Banka. Juki; Crow shot through thef?houlder byl Will Connell near Weatville. L. 8. Meares, aged <12, <lied at his residence on East York street. Tom Bowen, negro laborer at Camden Oil Mill met death when huge pile of cotton seed caved in on him and he was smothered. tfJohn Perry accidentally shot in head by Karl Carlos while pranking with u pistol. News dispatches state that I^orenz and Henry Hagenback, famous menagerie owners of'Cermany had been killed in buttle. Ernest C, ?emp, of Camden, married to Miss Dora Roof at Isesville, I Rev. R. R. Roof performing the < ere| mony. 1 Employes of Camden Oil Mil! present W. It. Eve, Jr., with a cane on his departure to Beaufort. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Krumhholz give Brilliant dance at The Kirkwood. hjid Hmith named as head coach for baseball at Carolina University. Senator Blease extends clemency to .forty-four prisoners in penitentiary and state farms. CITATION The State of South Carolina County of Kershaw Uy W. L. McDowell, Ksquire, Probate Judge. WhereaK, Mary Hunter made suit to me to jfriint her Letters of Administration of the Instate of and effects of Laura Hunter These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Laura Hunter, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of . Probate, to be held at Camden, South . Carolina, on Thursday, January 2nd, next after publication thereof, at 11 j o'clock in the forenoon, to show j cause, if uny they have, why the said Administration shouhLnot be granted. Civen under my hand, this 17th day of Docemljor, Anno Domini iy20. W. L. McDOWKLL, Jud^e of Probate for Kershaw County Published on tin- 20th and 27th days of December, 1020. in tin' Camden Chronicle, and posted at the Court House door f*?i the time prescribed by law. Huston dispatches say that former President Coolidge is being urged to enter the race for United States senator from Massachusetts in 1930. NOTICE OF SAFE Under and by virtue of a' distress, warrant directed to me by Arthur Smith and N. C. Arnett of Camden, S. CM I will offer for sale at public auction, for cash, before the Kershaw County Court Mouse door in Camden, S. ('., on the first Monday, being the dth day of January, I'J.'tO, the following described personal property: "One sofa, one piano with bench seven tables, ten chairs, one side board, one hat rack, two pictures, one stove, one ice box, one wash tub, four mattresses, four springs, six pillows, two bureaus, one wash stand, two beds, two rugs, one stove; levied) upon as the property of J. A. Watts j and Ellen Watts for $38'!.59, rent due Arthur Smith and N. C. Arnett." Terms cash. C. C. BROWN, Agent. Camden, S. C.. December 22, 1929. j FORECLOSURE SALE State of South Carolina "" County of Kerahaw <In The Court of Common Plea*) PMC VSULKABOL . . ,-J The Enterprise Building and Doan Association of Camden, S. C., Plaintiff, against 8. W. Drown and W. D. Turner, Defendants, Under and by virtue of a Dfceree of I his Honor, 8. W.1 G. Shipp, Judge preI aiding in the Fifth Circuit, at Chambers, Camden, S. C., of date December 10, 1020, 1 will offer for ?sale to th&v highest bidder for cash on the first Monday in January, 1930 (being January 6th): Fifteen shares of the Capital Stock in the 16th Series of The Enterprise , liuilding and Ixmn Association, and the following described parcel of real estate: All that certain piece, parcel, l?>t or parts of lots, situate, lying and being on the north side of Lafayette Avenue, in the City of Camden, County of Kershaw, State of South Car< ma, fronting south aixty-five (05) foot, more or less on Lafayette Avemi" of the said City, and extending back northwardly, of n uniform wTdtn, to a depth of one hundred twenty lour (124) feet and some incheB, a* d bounded north by lot now or formerly of F. M. Zemp, east by lot of J. P. Ixjwis, south by Lafayette Av- ue, and west by lot of H. Stoney Campbell, Any bidder at said sale who i- not a holder of a lien upon the prop- *y to be sold shall deposit with the undersigned before his bid shall be accepted the sum of Fifty Dollai in money or certified check on soon re sponsible Dank. . W. L. DoPASS, ,Jl; . Master for Kershaw Coun';? ? December 14, 1929. MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) 1). S. HiRoSf'te. L. -Hilton, Lukt <>'Malley and James Blackwell, Plaintiirs, I against I Alma Hilton, R. S. Cassady and Grace I Cassady, Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Ord<' of Court made in the above ent.tled case and dated the 14th day of ember, 1929, the Master for Kerr haw County will offer for sale at public auction, before the Kershaw Coun'y Court ^Hrtttse?Door, Camden, Smith Carolina, during the legal hour- <>f sale on the first Monday, being the 6th day of January, 1930, the follow- j ing described real estate: "All that certain piece, parcel <>: I trao\, of land situate, lying and b> ng in the County of Kershaw, Stat*' <>f South Carolina, containing three hun" drt'd seventy-one (371) acres, i : >ro' | or less, as is shown by .a plat of N. i I A. Bethune, .Surveyor, of date November 30th, 1803, and is bounded on the North by land* of L. J. Baker, by lands of S. P. Watkina a?d by lands of the astute of W. K. Davia; Kpat by Lynches River; South by lands of Threatt, Carson apd Company, formerly of Lee Anna McGouKan and by lands of Clyburn and West by lands of Gassawuy and others." .W. L. DKPASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County December 16, 1929. FORECLOSURE SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (In The Court of Common Pleas) Tho Enterprise Building and I*oan Association of Camden, S. C., Plaintiff, against James Chapman, Defendant. Under and by virtue of a Decree of his Honor, S. W. G. Shipp, Judge presiding Fifth Circuit, at Chambers, Camden, S. C? of date December 10, 1020, 1 will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash on the first Monduy in January, 1930 (being January Gth): Two shares of the Capital Stock in' the 17th Series of The Knterprise Building and Loan Association, and the following described pafcel of real estate: All that parcel or lot of land in the City of Camden* in tne County of Kershaw and State of South Carolina, known as the southern half of City lot number Eleven Hundred Twenty-orfe (1121), formerly of George Crosby, fronting thirty-six (3(5) feet, more or less, west on Campbell street and extending back east of a uniform width to a depth _af-Uvo hundred sixty-four (204) feet, more or less, and is bounded on the north by the northern half of City Lot number Eleven Hundred Twentyone (1121); on tho east by City Lot number Eleven Hundred Forty (1140), now or formerly the property of Carter; on the south by lot Number Eleven Hundred Twenty (1120), property of Wash McGirt; and on the west by Campbell street. W. L. DePASS, Jr., Master for Kershaw County. December 14, 1929. Notice To Dog Owners. The 1030 dog license tax will be due and payable January 1, 1030. The tax is $1.25 for each, dog?one dollar of which is credited to the school district from which the tax is paid. School trustees may check up on their district as every tax paid means additional funds for school district. S. W. HOG UP:, County Treasurer. November 20, 1020. William S. Vare refused a seat in the senate from Pennsylvania, has j announced that he- will again be a | -andidate for the office. 1 I""1 1 I I NOTICE OF TOKBCLOBOEB SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (In Tne Court of Common Fleas) The Bank of Camden, Plaintiff, against Fletcher Moore, Fletcher Moore, Jr., William Moore, Koland Moore, Edna Moore, Catherine Moore, Henry Moore, John Moor$, M. H. Heyman, V. Christensen and Sons, Building Supplies Corporation, Kershaw Lumber Company, and Carolina ! Portland Cement Company, De fendanta. / Under and by virtue of a Decree of his Honor, S. W. G. Bhipp, Judge presiding in the Fifth Circuit, of date December 10, 1029, and'an Order of his Honor, W. H. Townsend, Judge Fifth Circuit, at Chambers, Columbia. S. G., of date December 18, IQ29, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash1 during the legal houra of sale On Monday, January 6, 1980, before the Courts House door in the City of Camden, S. C., the following described real estate: _ All that piece, parcel or ?lot of land, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, and City of Camden, and composed of the following lots or parts of lots us designated on plat of John L. Stacy, Surveyor, dated October 27, 1023, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw j County in Plat Book 7, at. page 22, as lots Nos. 8, 4, 5 and 6, and fifty (60) feet of the eastern portion of lots Nos. 18, 19 and 20. Said lots together fronting east on Monument Square a distance of one hundred orte and two-tenths (^01.2) feet,, said lot No. 3 of a uniform width of twentyfive (25) feet, having a depth of two hundred (200) feet; and lots Nos. 4, 5 and 6, together with the eastern portion of lots Nos. 18, 10 and 20, running back with a uniform width of seventy-six feet and twotenths inches (70' .2") more or less, to a depth of two hundred fifty (250) feet. Said property as a whole being bounded norttr*"by lot No. 2 of said plat, now or formerly of H. G. Garrison, Jr., and by lot No. 17 of said plat; east by said Monument Square; south by property now or formerly of i^oore; and west by the remaining portions of Ipts Nos. 18, 19 and 20, now or formerly of Stevensftn, and by lot No?. 17 on said plat. ( The said property is a part of that i property conveyed to Pearl A. Moore by Nellie S. Moseley by deed of date April 2, 1920, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book B-R at page 372. Any bidder at said sale except the holder of a mortgage or. judgment lien upon the said property shall deposit with the tindersigned the sum of Fifty Dollars in money or certified check on some responsible Bank, as a pledge to make good his bid in case of its acceptance. W. L. DePA.SS, JR., ' Master for Kershaw County. December 14, 1929. - '? Ag'r ~ j The liner Baltic reseuedfiyJW or men from a sinking fishing Jm er off the Newfoundland coartfl Friday. T#n fishing adioonersB Ix't'ii blown far to ecu by H t?-rB storm which swept the North aB tic. Only two of the achoon?r?V still missing Saturday. masters Tale State of South Carolina I County of Kershaw . fl (Ii> the Court of Common P1*B Caroline W. Arthur, Cornelia aB McKenzie, CaroMno W. ArthoBi Wm. W. Arthur, <Jrace ArthuX tiur uiul Lindsley Arihui jH tiffs ' B against ':!]] Henrv D. Martin, Defendant. tj Under and by virtue of an Or(B Court made in the atfove eifl case and dated the 23rd day 0fMi ember, 1029, the Master for Kctfl County will offer for sale at IB auction, before the Kershaw (B Court House Door, Camden, B Carolina, during the legal houB sale on the first Monday, beinBiOth day of January, 1030, thB| lowing described real estate:^ I "All that lot, piece and land, situate, lying and being B County of 'Kershaw, State afoB' and bounded North by ley Creek; East by lands now o merly of Moses Hough; SoutB lands noW1 or formerly of L. jB Naughton, and West by hmdaB merly of Martha Freeman, UmhB same premises heretofore conBl to Henry D. Martin by EugeneK: sins by his Deed dated FebruarjB 1915, and recorded in, the offiBi the Clerk of Court for KerB County in Deed Jibok "AM", at ? 0 "Serins of sale, Cash. ; W. L. DePASS, JH I. Master for Kershaw ('uuB December 16, 1929. 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