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K. E. CHEWNING Contractor and General Builder 30 Years Experience Let me figure on your next building job. , Floors Sanded on Request i , GUS HAYES I I Plumbing and Heating : . e Le^us figure with you on your nefXt job. New work or repair work. PHONE 153 j * - i i m DeKALB COUNCIL No 88 Junior Order U. A. M. Reguiur counoil first and third Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren nro< welcomed. D. J. CREEP, L. H. .'ONES, Councillor. v Recording Sec' y, ^ CARTER'S SHOE SHOP 927 South Broad Street Let us rebuild your worn down Shoes. Complete shoe repair equipment. The Standard Hydraulic Preaser Cementing Machine No Nails. No Stitches. No more tight, stiff Shoes. Finished with appearance of new All Work Guaranteed. H. C. CARTER, Proprietor v MONEY TO LOAN on MODERN-CONSTRUCTED | HOMES ! and CENTRALLY-LOCATED. BUSINESS PROPERTY No Appraisal Charge ADDRESS INQUIRIES P.O. Box 164, Camden, S. C. 4 KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 A. F. M. Regular communication of / - - s-r- this lodge is held on the first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. S. W. HOGUE, J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master. Secretary. 1-14-27-tf T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian Day Phone 80?Night Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. Automobile Repairing .11. We are no\y prepared to do all kinds of automobile repairing. Good workmanship and moderate prices. DEMPSTER'S GARAGE Formerly Little's Garage _ ELECTROL OIL | BURNER s sales and service . PHONE 546 E. G. BURKE - Plumbing and Heating repair work at t reasonable prices J Corxer DeKalb and Fair Streets ROBT.W. MITCH AM Architect Crocker Building, Camden, S. C. Hogs Most Versatile Of Farm Animals Clemsou College, Doe. SI .?The re is no class of livestock which can be used under as many different conditions as hogs, and that is why they are in every state in the Union, and in every county of each state, says L. V. Starkey, head of the animal husbandry division. | "The hog. will take garbage from the most lowly country home or from the largest city and manufacture it into an edible pro<lbct," continues Mr. Starkey. "He will glean the grain from the fields of wheat, oats or barley, harvest many good rations I from the potato fields after the crop has been harvested by man, and complete the peanut and soybean harvesting after the harvesters have done their work. Hogs follow cattle wbieh have been fed whole grain and convert the undigested kernels-Sfhto meat, harvest the entire corn crop ai)d do a better job of it than the farmer can do, enter the forests and produce pork from acorns, chestnuts, etc,, and invade the swamps and live from roots and tubers. There is no other farm animal that will adapt himself to suc^ a variety of conditions. "The question arises?Are we making use of the hog to the best advantage? Are we giving him a chance? Is it not true that there are tons and tons of feed going to waste each year which the hog would transform into dollars and cents? I>et's build some good fences and make use of this opportunity." SJays His Family; Takes His Own Life Walnut Cove, N. C., Dec. 20.? Stokes county was preparing today for the funeral tomorrow o? Charles 1). Lawson, shotgun slayer, and his j seven victims, all members of his I family. Preparations were made to place the eight in one huge grave near here, burying together Lawson and his wife and six children, who were killed when he suddenly ' became insane Christmas day, shooting or beating them to death. One member of the family remains to mourn. Arthur, 19, on a visit at his uncle's home near Germantown, when the Christmas day tragedy occurred, will see the bodies of his parents and his brothers and sisters, Marie, 17; Carrie, 14; Maribelle, 10; James, 7; Raymond 5; and Mary Lou, 5 months, lowered into their grave. 1 he wholesale killing occurred some time Christmas afternoon. Five of the bodies were discovered in the house. The mother and her oldest daughter were shot in the breast. James, Raymond and Mary Lou appeared to have been beaten to death with a blunt instrument. Some distance away in a tobacco barn, where they appeared to have sought refuge from their maniac father, Carrie and Maribelle were discovered, dead, shot in the back. In a wood nearby, the father had shot himself. Before he shot himself, Lawson had placed pillows under the heads of each of his victims, closed their eyes and folded their hands over their breasts. Crowds of curious people today gathered at the Lawson home, to reconstruct tlie *ro &&A v v Although at first it was believed a blow on the head a year ago haJ caused JLawson's mental derangement, physicians who examined his brain today said thefe was no evidence of such a blow and indicated that a degenerative process had been found in the middle of the brain. Dr. B. J. Helsabeck, Stokes county coroner, who with Dr. Spotswood ' Taylor, surgeon in Johns Hopkins j hospital, Baltimore, performed the ; autopsy, said the theory that a sharp . blow on the head had caused Lawson's action had been discounted. Dr i Taylor has been visiting in Stokes county and will take the brain t( Baltimore for further investigation | The treasury at Washington last j week received $12,000,000 from the government of France, under the . terms of the Mellon-Berenger agree | ment for funding the deft of Franct ' to the United States growing out ol j the World War. President Hoover on last Mondaj | signed a bill appropriating $15,950, | 000 to be used for the construction j of additional, veterans' hospital facil j ities throughout the country. An in j crease of 4,491 beds is provided ir i the new law. This measure bring; the total authorized for*'expenditure ! for hospitals under the Veternns' Bu reau to $104,435,492. , An unsuccessful attempt was made assassinate the president of th< Argentine Republic Tuesday. The would-be assassin was killed by th< President's body guard. i te :z* Sues Mill and Paper' In Death of Woman Gastonia, Dec. 2d.?Damages of 1200,000 are asked in the complaint (>f a suit filed today in Gaston Superior court by Wesley May, administrator of the estate of Ella May Wiggins, charging that two textile mills, the Gastonia Gazette and 20 individuals participating in a conspiracy that resulted in the death of Mrs. ^Viggins. \ The defendants named in the suit are: Lee Johnson, J. A. Ha ugh, O, Q. Moorehead, Roy Carver, Howard West, Yates Gamble, Fred Morrow, T. M. Sossoman, Jack Carver, Horace Wheeler, W. Borders, Lowry Davis, O. U. Lunsford, Troy Jones, Theodore Sims, Geprge Fowler, W. H. Holbrooke, It. F. Haney, Horace Lane, fi. R. Spencer, Manville-Jenckes Company, Myers Mills and Gazette Publishing Company. The suit asks for $100,000 actual damages and $100,000 punitive damages. Mrs. Wiggins was fatally shot on September 11 while she along with about 20 other members of the National Textile Union was riding in a truck from Bessemer City to attend a scheduled labor meeting at" South Gastonia. Clockmaker of Asheville Dies Asheville, N. C., Dec. 28.?Making its last weak stroke at 4:55 o'clock this afternoon, the pendulum of life ceased to swing within the breast of Louis William Jeaneret, 72, and Asheville's famous Swiss clockmaker passed to his reward. Mr. Jeaneret built the clock in the tower of the old Buncombe county courthouse and tended it until the building .was torn down early this J year. In the 25 years it stood, the clock was never allowed to stop or to j get out of order. The maker and keeper watched over its mechanism tenderly. When he was forced to bed by ill- ! ness in October, 1928, which was the cause of his death, Mr. Jeaneret would trust no one to wind it save his wife, who although a frail little woman, kept the trust of her mate and made regular trips to the top of the tower to keep the clock in order. When the new two million dollar courthouse was built last year, the old one was torn down and the faithful clockmaker felt that his work was ended. Born in Locle+_SAvitzerland, in 1857, Mr. Jeaneret came to AmeYica 50 years ago, locating in Asheville, where he remained. Rewards For Dog Torturer Mount St. Louis, Dec. 28.?The wOrld still has a care for dfrdog?even a cur. Evidence of -man's mindfulness of his "faithful friend" is found in the flood of telegrams, letters and telephone calls received by the Missouri Humane Society, here, offering rewards for arrest of the person who tortured a lowly cur last week by sewing up the animal's , mouth with a strong cord and then turning it loose to starve. The dog was put to death by the Humane Society. Incensed, the society posted a $200 1 reward for the torturer. Since then 1 the reward fund has mounted to ap proximately $2,000 through contribu; tions from as far away as Georgia, Texas, and California. Pledges have [ ranged from school children's peni nies to $100 subscribed by adults. An orphanage of Deerefield, 111., r today pledged $200. i Mayor Victor J. Miller today rei ceived the following telegram from . Mayor J. Waddy Tate, of Dallas, > Texas, "When you catch the scound. rel who sewed up the poor dog's . mouth as reported in the press, ship j him to Dallas. We have a way of > .taking care of those fellows." Police are bending every effort to find the torturer, t 1 ; Parrot's Disease Causes Fatalities Berlin, Dec. 28.?The first cases 'recorded in Germany of the so-called ' "parrot's disease," which " recently caused deaths in South America, have 1 ended in the deaths of three persons Nine others are ill. City toxicologlsts and veterinarians J say they have traced the illness in the twelve cases to several parrots brought to Germany from Brazil recently. i * Viceroy Lord Irvin narrowly es? caped with his life last Monday when i a bomb was exploded under s train i on which he was traveling to lf?s Delhi, India. ..i ir.w. in ii ? JANUARY FARM CALENDAR Thingn To lie Done Thi* Month Ah Outlined by Clem sou " 1 1 - -? cV Agronomy For better profits plant cotton thut will produce staple of one inch or better. Plant only cotton seed that give good germination. Do not plan for more cotton than can be given proper cultivation. Study fertilizer needs and buy materials intelligently, \o make more profitable yields. Plan for food and feed crops to maKe the farm self-sustaining. Horticulture Prepare hotbeds and ^oldframes for cabbage, tomato, popper, eggplant, cauliflower, onions. Plant cabbage 1 seeds in hotbeds January 1 to 10. Plaitt English peas, if soil is in condition, covering five to six inches. Prepare land, for Irish potatoes, and order certified seed. Prune all fruit trees preparatory to spraying with lime-sulphur in early February. Plant fruit trees rather than late", jf soil is in condition. Dig, separate, and reset all carina roots not dug last fall. Prune deciduous ornamental shrubs severely at transplanting. Plant Diseases Continue cleaning up orchards to destroy fallen fruit and limbs. Prune grapes to remove and burn disease-harboring vines. Spray spinach fields for mildew with blueetone, one-half pound; fish oil soap, five pounds; water, 50 gallons. Order mercuric chloride to treat seed potatoes. Make plans to treat tobacco seed before sowing in^ beds. Entomology Continue clean-up of trash and remnants about edges of fields nnd gardens to kill hibernating insects. Do not burn woods areas for control of insects. Gather and burn fallen severed pecan twigs to help to control the beetle. Put orchard spraying outfit ifW>rder to put on the dormant spray Tor San Jose Scale and diseases. Fumigate with carbon disulphide to save grair^peas, and beans from being ruined by weevils. Clean bee yards of all old rubbish and dry grass by plowing?with care not to hit the hives. Clean any hives where the bees have died and stack them under a shelter. If bees are not located right, move them now. Agricultural Engineering Rearrange farm buildings and fields for more efficient use of labor andfonachinery. Remove stumps, stones and other obstructions and terrace or drain the land for bettor use of land and machinery. Plan to use at. least two-mule teams for every operation possible, One-mule plow-stock "farming can never be made profitable. Resolve to build an implement shed and farm ?hop to take bettor care of farm equipment. Dairying Make an inventory of livestock, feed and equipment at once. I Decide now whether you will have silage for your cows next fall and plan for its production. , Analyse your herd records for 1929 and decide where you can improve in management and feeding for the coming year. Repair pasture fences, clean out undergrowth, bushes, and briars, und stop the washes in pastures. Start the New Year right by keeping daily milk record on each cow and by feeding grain in proportion to the milk yield. Animal Husbandry Give'the ewe flock shelter from lain and what legume hay they will clean up. If sheep receiving plenty of feed Are still thin, send samples of manure to Dr. W. K. Lewis, state veterinarian, Columbia, to determine if they have pur a.sites. Double-treat for cholera all hogs which are to be carried until spring Provide hogs shelter and liberal bedding for the winter. See that hogs have green feeds? barley, rye, oats, or rape. Winter the breeding beef'cattle herd on unsalable roughage but don't let them lose over 50 pounds per head. Feed horses and mutes roughage Hberully and enough grain to keep them thrifty. Avoid sudden changes j in rations. Poultry Provide the breeders with a we!lbalaficed ration and ample sunny range. Mate breeding pens about two weeks in advance of securing batching eggs. Use one male to each 15 hens in Mediterranean breeds, one to 12 in American and English breeds. I Repair brooder house and get j brooder stove readly for use. Plan to secure some eggs or chicks | irom high-producing stock for flock 1 improvement. Mystery Death Hickory, N. C., Dec. 29.?Mystery tonight cloaked the death here today of Oma Harmon, sixty-year-old farmer of the Cat Fish section of Catawba county. Harmon died from, gunshot wounds which covered his arms, chest and neck. His wife and daughter told police they were certain Harmon committed suicide but a coroner's jury was not so sure. It returned a verdict that the aged man came to his death from gunshot wounds at the hands of some person unknown to the jury.". Twelve thousand homeless and pareutless children were^ied on Christ mas day by, the American people through the American Near East Relief association in Soviet Armenia, Terrific storms .swept tfie .area oi the British Isles and as far south as the coast of Spain on Christmas 1 day. The loss of the Norwegiar steamer with its crew of twenty-fou' off the Spanish coast was reported Hampton Boy Is Killed By Chum ~ Wulterboro, Dec. 20. ? Thomas B. Murdsugh, 14 year old son of Hay Murdaugh, was accidentally shot and killed Christmas afternoon at his home near Smoaks, Lloyd Uarris, 14, being the slayer. " Death resulted from a gunshot wound in the chest,, almost touching the heart, and death was almost instantaneous. Several children in the . , neighborhood had assembled, according to reports, ami were enjoying shooting fire crackers. The Murdaugh boy held a football at his chest and the (Jarris hoy pointed his gun in that direction ami it went off, making a hole through the body. He claimed that he did not know tho gun was loaded. McCutcheon Improves' Tommy McCutcheon of Bishopville, j whose skull was fractured In two J places in an automobile accident on Christmas .Day, was reported last night as being in a "fair" condition at the McLeod Infirmary where ho was brought for treatment, Mr. McCutcheon is a CI em son College student. He received his injuries when the car in which he was riding overturned in Bishopville.?Saturday's Florence Morning News. SCHEDULE CHANGES O On Southern Ruilway System, Effective January 5th, 1930. Fffective Friday, January 3rd, train 11K will leave Camden at 2:00 p. m., instead of 12:60 p. in. as at present, arriving Bock Ilill 4:05 p. m. Leave Rock Hill at 4:10 p. m.. arrive York at 4:35 p. m. Train 113 from Marion., will also be changed to arrive Rock Hill at 9:20 a. m., ten minutes curlief than at present. Train 3G will leave Rock Hill at 0:00 a. m., instead of G:20. Arriving Blacksburg at 7:25 a. m. Corresponding changes at intermediate points. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of Thomas .E. Godfrey are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law. CHARLES W. GODFREY, Administrator. Camden, S. C., Dec. 12th, 1929 3tp SMtM lj ^ '-ODK FOR 1CM PIl^K BRAND > ' > <* ON BACK OF EACH PIECE <\ / " f Quick service i I Our modern printing plant insures I | quick service. 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