Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago , t. j J ? I T1IIKTY YKAKS AGO October .'J, 1900 Cotton <|noted on local market at 0 1-2 cent*. Executive committee met in election contest for sheriff and decided in favor of J S. Trantham. First regular train over North western railroad from Sumter arrived Tuesday witfi railroad commissioners and Governor M, B. McSweeney as passengers. Edward Gross, of Hlacksburg, (narried to Miss K^te Kirkland of Camden. Joe McLockland, colored, got hi* leg broken by jumping from a box car. Mis. Columbus C. Nelson, of this city, died suddenly at her home here. Frank 1\ Beard, well known newspaper man and former publisher of tho Kershaw Gazette of Camden, died suddenly on train between Granitoville and Augusta. Epgene Moore, Wood shop operator, had finger bitten off by mule. J. Doss Davis, assistant cashier of j Farmers & Merchants Bank, leaves j for Texas in efforts to regain his health. T. A. Stewart and Mrs. Mary Swing, of Camden, married by Rev. W. M. Duncan. Sixteen .dollars per ton being paid for cotton seed. One hundred and thirteen new cases of yellow fever reported at Havana, Cuba. New Zealand now has 144,000 passenger automobiles. -I FIFTEEN YEAHH AGO I L . October 8, 1915 Hieut, Montague Nichols, of Spartanburg, of I he* British artillery, kill* cd in action in France. Because of the menace of th? boll weevil which has already reached Atlanta, Ga., Governor Richard I. Manning issues warning to South Carolina farmers to gVow foods and raise more live stock. C. I*. OuBose & Go., of Camden, granted chkrter by secretary of state with capital of $.'1,(X>0. Engagement of President Wilson to Mrs. Norma Gault, of Washington, announced. First snow storm of the season falls at St. Paul, Minn., with- a fall of three to six' inches at Dead wood, South Dakota. > r The Splitdorf electrical company of Newark, N. J., purchases the Sum[ ter electrical manufacturing company ut a price of $1,000,000, George Rhame, Jr., fell and broka his leg while at play. Mrs. Elizabeth Whitaker, aged 08, dead at her home on Mill street. Dr. Alvu H. Humphries, lit Bethune, married to Miss Janie Boyd, of M.t. Carmel, S. C. John G. Richards and Frank W.. Shealey leave for San Francisco to attend meeting of National association of rairoad commissioners. Highest price quoted for cotton on local market was 12 1-4 cents. Human voice heard by wireless for first time from Arlington to Mars* Island navy yard in California. Fire Destroys Cars Union, Sept. 27.?Fire destroyed 70 reconditioned automobiles and five new ones belonging to Coole (Chevrolet company here this morning when their used car building on Main street was burned. Officials of the company estimated their loss at $8,000. Damage to the building, which was owned by Kd. Green, was estimated at $8,000. All damage was covered by insurance. Mi ss Marie J. I^eary, of Green- ] with, (Conn., has returned from Berlin with two young growling pets oji leashes. are liona, three months old. She rears cages will be necessary soon. / Childhood and Youth Week Orangeburg, S. C., Sept. 24.?"Childhood und Youth Week" will be observed by thousands of Methodists of South Carolinu during the period October 12-19. The purpose of this observance is to focus the attention of adults upon the interests, needs and problems of children and young people so that parents and teachers i will realize more seriously their opportunities and privileges. > The nature of observing this week ' will vary considerably in various com- j | munities. Special sermons by pas- , [ tors, Fnther-and-Son and Mother- ; f and Daughter banquets, and the pre- j sentation of a special play, "Thfl Joyous Land," are among the,mor^ important events being scheduled.' Home visitation by Sunday school teachers will also be stressed during this week in order that these may establish a more cooperative relationship with parents and secure a better understanding of the home surroundings of children. The observance of this week is being promoted in this section of South Carolina by the South Carolina Conference Sunday School Board through M iss Mary Lemmon, Pllementary Superintendent. Those interested may secure suggestions and other material for special programs from the South Carolina Conference Sunday School Board office located at Orangeburg, S. C. A play, "The Joyous Land," will be furnished gladly, as well as a special program entitled, "Crowing Toward God." A little leaflet is also available, giving the purposes and plans of Childhood and Youth Week. Methodists in your town are join- i inv: in this general observance and announcement will be made later in regard to the particular features of our local program. Five "Lame Ducks" In Senate Washington. Sept. 17.?Washington will see five lame ducks sitting in the senate during the next session of congress, Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina; Joseph E. Randsell, of Louisiana; Furnifold M. Simmons, of North Carolina; Charles S. L>eneen, of Illinois and Joseph R. Grundy, of Pennsylvania. All together there will bo eleven new faces in the upper house since six other senators are retiring voluntarily. Randsell was defeated after .'11 years in concress, serving continuously in the senate since 1913, by Governor Huey P. long, in a bitter local fight. The capitol loses a picturesque figure in Blcnsc, who, in his six years in the senate, has steadfastly defended lynching and admitted he drank, but would always vote dry. The broken body of Robert Talley, 43, farmer, was found in a street in Kenly, N. C., at the end of a bloody trail that indicated he had been slain six miles^way and dragged to Kenly behind an automobile. As police reconstructed the slaying he was attacked on the Smithfield-Kenly highway and robbed. His assailants then apparently had tied a -rope to the body, hooked it to their automobile, and driven to where the body was left lying. t? r > NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES \ I Made in Camden And For Sale By DcKaib Pharmacy?Phone 95 EYES EXAMINED | and Glasses Fitted THE HOFFER COMPANY : Jewelers and Optometrists f" BURSTING |^Ai)^Hra I rc* Mrs. Cora Moshier, of 601 m nrfj North New Orleans Ave., rj llll Briukley, Ark., writes: lill "I wns so constipated until II Sk I was just sick. I could not kjjJ stand to take strong medi- [i I III cine, so I decided I would take II Jy Black-Draught, and I found Hi! it to ho all right. itj II "I would have such dizzy Jo Eft spoils, ar.d such bursting jjl ft headaches, until I could hard- II HI ly go. But alter taking a few II ij doses of Black-Draught, I ^ I would foe! just fine. It is a 1 k good medicine, and I recom- J k mend it to all who suffer as 1 did. It is very easy to recommend a medicino that has done as much for me aa Black-Draught has done." THEDPORiyS i ? BlackDraught For CONST1FATION, INniaESTlON. B1LIOV8KES8I [Woman who Mod a tonic should take CaKpitt. Used over SO year*. Automobile Toll Reads Like War One million pcnaons doomed to difc by accident within the next 10 year?. For, believe it or not, Homebody is killed every five minutes in this country dOO,000 each year! r* Five times lis many person* are killed and injured yearly as die from natural causes, statisticians figure. By the same token, one person in every seven meets with some form of injury each year. Foresighted is the man who is covered by accident policy, for insurance records reveal some mishaps that are truly stranger than fiction. To wit these dispositions of unexpected happenings; Insured's daughter poked a sardinq can in right ear. I started to put a hen in chicken house,,,when 'a rooptcr jumped on ' my hand und scratched it. Fell through a trap door. Plumb| ers were working at bottom of stairs j and he could not sep as he was talking to his wife. | Hunch of hogs in stockyard rushed a gate, throwing gate against me, and all ran over me. Insured was .on vacation. Was sitUng on a piazza with a young lady on his lap. In getting up, legs gave way under him. Sprained left ankle. At work in office, glass eye exploded. Playing ball with pipe in my mouth. Missed ball and ball hit pipe, driving it back into my mouth. Insured was pacing floor with baby when moth flew into his right ear. In bed playing with three-year-old baby. Baby struck him in, the mouth with milk bottle, breaking two front teeth. In front of home. Auto ran over dog. I picked the dog up and ho bit mo. While leaving office slipped on rubber heels, fell on left thigh, breaking a glass flask which severed two arterie-s in hip. But consider ordinary home accidents. There are 4,000,000 of these a year, the National Safety Council tells, us, with about 25,000 fatalities. Investigating 30,000 mishaps in the home, this authority cites 11,000 falls as the chief contributing factor, classi- ! fying them as follows4,000 on steps; 18,000 on floors and rugs^ 1,400 on walks and uneven ground; | 800 on ice, more than 700 over ob- ; jectsj nearly that many from ladders, ) more than 500 from chairs and tab- ' les; nearly 500 in bathtubs, and 250 getting in or out of bed. The second most important group in this home accident tabulation included 4.6O0 cuts on sharp instru- [ ments and broken glass?? Next came ; 2,200 cases of colliding with objects or persons. About 1,500 persons were struck by falling} objects in their homes. Stoves, radiators, etc., accounted for nearly 1?300 bums. There were nearly 1,300 accidents from handling, lifting or carrying objects. Nearly 900 persons were injured by stepping on glass or nails and more thnn 100 were injured when stepped on or kicked by animals. Windows and doors caused nearly 800 injuries, splinters 700 and an equal number were caused by foreign particles in the eye. Nearly 500 persons were bitten by animals and 300 by insects. Hand tools injured more than 500, nearly 50 were asphyxiated and some 35 were hurt in burning buildings. Accidental deaths from all causes | in one year now approach the 100,000 mark, you can take the National Safety Council as authority for; that, too. According to a report by j Dr. Louis L. Dublin, insurance statistician, "automobile accidents come first with 28 per cent of the total; falls account for 18 per cent; these are followed by drowning with nine per cent, then by burns with seven per cent, and by railroad accidents ! with six per cent of the accident j total. | One-fourth of all accident fatalj ities. ;ux&rding to officials of the J New \^>rk State Insurance Fund, . happen to persons in their own home. ; But. as might bo expected, the auto ! takes the biggest toll. It snuffs out | one life every 16 minutes! There were more than 33.000 high way fatalities last year. This har | rowing estimate is made by the National Conference on Street and ; Highway Safety in which President Hoover is actively interested. This | figure is almost the total number of Americans killed in action in the W orld War. And the number of traffic dead is on the increase. - For the last three years auto fataifcies have been mounting at a faster rate than the number of autos has. I^aat , year's fatalities were nearly 11 pet cent in excess of 1928, and a 147 per cent increase over 1920. In addition, it is estimated that I 1,800,000 persona were injured ic highway accadenta?-1,000.000 by auJ toe. Thia is four thaea the number \ of American soldiers wounded in the ! recent conflict.., The wbnomic cost of motor vehicle accidents, declares this safety body, is $360,000,000 greater than aix years ago, the 1029 estimate being $K60,000,IKX). It is significant that about 65 per cent of the traffic victims are pedestrians. Little wonder, then, that President Hoover, in addressing his conference, | urged cooperation of state and locil authorities, as well as the public, in an effort to reduce this traffic men- j ace, saying: The great loss of human life in , street and highway accidents and the toll of suffering umong surviving vie- I tiins is a national concern of grave importance and a humanitarian and economic problem which touches ev<- j ery man, woman and child in the land. i Insurance against sickness, tob, is to public advantage when we con sider the report of the National In-| stitute of Health that the economic j loss from such incapacitation amounts to more than $1,000,000,000 ^ a ypar which, in itself, constitutes a grave national problem. There are, for , instance, 50,000,000 cases of common colds annually. Indeed ill- , ness and accidents are now so closely associated that insurance policies issued against financial losses due to berth are extremely popular?and provident.?The Pathfinder. ) Origin of Weil-Known Word Since it has become a household term and is used thousands of times a day throughout the country, I wonder how many people know the origin of the word "bootlegger." Well, it came about in this? wise. Years ago in the early days of Eng- ! lish history the ^vernment levied a rather difficult revenue on import- j ed goods. There were lots of traffickers in small quantities who were not able to pay the tariff?ami num- J bers who wouldn't pay them if they could avoid it. These merchants would employ men to meet their ships in small, quick sailing boats 1 when they were mrles out at sea and bring the goods in some other way than through the regular port. Of course, these men could not come into town with the goods in their hands j w ithout being apprehended, so they , conceived the idea of concealing them in the roomy legs of the boots which were in style at that time?hence the term, bootlegger, and the, definition of tTie word was?one who smuggles contraband by hiding it in the legs of his boots. The word is misapplied today and abused. It is entirely too dignified a term to apply to one who will hide cheap liquor under a church or in a manure pile with the same lack of compunction.?'Ware Shoals Life. 660 Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, checks a Cold. the ~ first day, and checks Malaria in three days. 666 also in Tablets. PELLAGRA an be cured. Have you any' oi tlieke symptom!? Tired end droway feeling with headaches and deprc??!on; akin rough; breaking owt or eruptions; tore mouth, tongue, lipi and throat flaming red; mnch mucui and hoking; indigestion and naua?a; failing metnory; diarrhea or constipation. Write for 10-ptgt book mailed FREE in plain, eealed wrapper. DR. W. J. McCRARY. Inc. Carbon Hill. Ala. Dept. 340, "I Lost My Best Customers Thru Rats," Writes J. Adams. "Used to have the busiest Restaurant in town until news spread that the kitchen was infested with rats: lost a lot of my best customers until I tried RAT-SNAP. Haven't a pes? iti the place now. Restaurants should use RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Zemp & DePass, Druggists, Camden, S. C., and Bethune Hardware Co., Bethune, S. C. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one ] month from this date, on October ' 25th, 19.30, I will Tnake to the Pro' bate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Guardian of the Es tate of J. Frank Humphries, and on the same date 1 will apply to thi- said Court for a firyil discharge as said Guardian. \ A. W. HUMPHRIES. ' Camden. S. C., September 20th, 1930. i | Relief From Curse of Constipation A Battle Creek physician says, ; "Constipation is responsible for more misery than any other cause." But immediate relief has been found. A tablet called Rexnll OrderHes has been discovered. This tablet attracts water from the system into I the lazy, dry, evacuating bowell called the colon. The water loosens the dry food waste and causes a gentle, thorough, natural movement without forming a habit or ever increasing j the dose. i Stop suffering from constipation. Ghew a Rexall Orderlio at night, j Next day bright. Get 24 for 26c I today at the nearest Rexall Drug Store.?Zemp & DePass and DeKalh Pharmacy. I Charged with administering alow poison to her five months old baby after a children's aid organisation had careJf for her four other youngster*.. Mrs. Edna Mae Coolbaugh, 26, is being held in jail in Onentu, N. V., for first degree murder. The mother is accused of mixing a slow acting poison in the baby's milk over period of eight days. I/i one day less than two months two Germans paddled a cnpoe from Frankfort, Germany, to Barcelona, Spain. MASTER'S SALE i State of South Carolina . i v County of Kershaw a . (Court of Common Pleas) I The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, . ->? - Plaintiff against K. T. Kstridge, Joseph Hough and the Wateree National Farm I>oan Associ&tion, Defendants Under and by virtue of a Court Order dated September 10, 1930, in the above entitled cause, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash on the first Monday in October. ?930, being October 6. 1930,, the following described real estate: "All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, and County of Kershaw, and in Buffalo Township, about three miles Northeast of the Town of Bethune on the Mecklinburg Road and known as the Ford Pond place, containing 421 acres, more or less, as shown by plut of A. B. McLaurin Surveyor, of date December 12, 1912. The said tract of land is bounded on the North by lands of W. T. Pitts; on the East by the Mecklinburg Road, by McQuuge Lands, lands of Pitts, and R. W. Hammond; on the South by McQuage lands, by lands of John Newman, R. L. Jones and-B. T. Boston." "The above described tract of land is the Sit me conveyed to K. T. Estridge by deed of W. H. Gardner, bearing date September. 20th, 1905, and of record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in. Book M. M. M., Page 322." That unless the plaintiff becomes the purchaser the Master do require ,fhe successful bidder to deposit at once with him the sum of two hundred ($200.00) Dollars, either in cash, Cashier's check or certified check, as earnest money or evidence of good faith, the same to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance with the same; but should the successful bidder fail to make such deposit immediately at the time of the acceptance of his bid, then the said premises shall be at once resold, at such bidder's risk, on the same salesduy or upon some subsequent' salesday, at the option of the plaintiff or its attorney; however, ' should the successful bidder make the said deposit and thereafter fail to comply with the said bid without ; legal excuse being duly shown, then such deposit shall be delivered to the plaintiff and retained by it as liquidated damages, and the premises shall thereupon be resold upon the same terms and at such purchaser's risk on 'some subsequent salesday to be designated by the plaintiff or its attorney. That the Master do proceed to adi vertise and sell, as provided by law, the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint and hereinabove set -iorth^ at - public-auction before the j court house door in said county and state, on the 6th day of October 1930, or upon some subsequent and convenient salesday to be designated by the plaintiff or its attorney, the said sale to be made during the usual hours of sale, and upon terms of one-fifth (1-5) of the accepted bid to be paid in cash, and the balance on credit, payable in six (d>*-eqtml ahnual installments, with interest j thereon from date of sale at the rate of seven (7) per centum per annum. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County * September 17, 1930. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of sundry City Tax Executions directed to me by J. C. Boykin, City Clerk and Treasurer, I have levied upon tfre-~fot^ lwoing proffPrty and will sell same the first Monday in October, being the Gth day thereof, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House, Camden, S. C. Terms of i sale: Cash. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on the North by DeKalb Street; on the East by Geo. T. Little; on the South by City Lot No.?; on the West by Mrs. E. R. Thomas. Levied upon and to be sold as property of T. L. Little (now Majestic, ' Inc.) for unpaid City taxes for 1928. All that lot with building thereon, , bounded on the North by Sarsfield property; on the East by a new Street; on the South by Chesnut Street; on the West by a New .Street. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Sirs. Margaret G. Little, for unpaid City taxes for 1928. All that lot and building thereon, hounded on the North by Dr. J. H. Thomas; on the East by Helen Flem' ing; on the South by Rutledge Street; i on the West by Eugene Kirkland. i Levied upon and to be sold as property of Estate of Fannie DuBose for unpaid City taxes for 1928. All that lot, bounded on the North by Lot No. 3; on the East by Campbell Street; on the South by Lot No. 1; on the West by Lot No. 6. Levied upon and to be sold as property .of Scip English et. al., for unpaid City taxes for 1928. All that lot with building thereon, t hounded on the North and West by formerly F. K. Bull; on the East by Johnson property; on the South by Green Street. Levied upon and to i be sold as property of W. C. Otis for unpaid City taxes for 1908. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on North by F. W. Wilson; on the East by Broad Street; on the South by Frnncb Hart Chapman: on tha Weat by City Lot No. ?. Levied J ~TZ upon and to be sold as ?r7.. lull? ?nd Thomas for unolJS*? * tax?* for 1929. ^ ^ City All that lot with buildinir tK^ bounded on th? North bv f, ^ * WiLhe"; ??tB 'fiw Dibble property; on the SoJX Dibble property; on tlie Wc-km. don Street. livied upon "ft^ sold ? property of J-;ila Mickle J for"l?M! * Unp?W City All that lot with buildiny t>i? bounded on the North by w o n* on the East.by Fair Street- on South by formerly E. H. K<rS on the .West by Mrs. Emily L cS levied upon and to be sold erty of Mrs. M. W. Hou*r paid City taxea for 1928. n" AH that lot and buildinir KoUp ,, -on- the North by Jas. A. theOEast by Church Street; South by MoGirt property; Z !J* West by formerly 'Crosby.'1Lft upon and to be sold as property of Ella Fraaier fpr unpaid City tit! for 1928. Uum All that lot with buildinir ther^n ' bounded on the North by nro^ of Smith; on the Bast by proSX formerly Brown; on the South u Bateman. ditch; on the West 2 Campbell Street. Levied upon Z to be sold as property of John Mick! for unpaid City taxes for 1928 Alt that lot, bounded on the No* by York Street; on th? East W South by what was kuown as Csa den lots; on the West by Estate of John Workman. - Levied upon and to Be sold as property of T. M, Pju Patrick for unpaid City taxes f? H. D. HILTON, . Chief of Police. 3 noticFopIale? Under and by sundry paving Meoutions directed to me by J. C. Boy. kjn, City Clerk and Treasurer, I have levied and will sell the following the first Monday in October, being tW 6th day thereof, during legal howi of sade in front of the Court Houa Camden, S. C. Terms: Cash. All that'lot with building thereos, bounded on the North by formerly F. M. Zemp; on the East by D, E Davis; on the South by LaFayetle Avenue; on the West by W. B. Turner. Levied upon and to be sold u property of Mrs. Bessie Lee McCas kill for unpaid Paving Assessmw for 1930. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on the North by property o Smith; on the East by Mill Street; on the South by Mrs. Bessie R. She-1 orn; on the West by City Lot No.-. Levied upon- and to se sold as droperty of Mrs. Annie D. Rudisedl for unpaid Paving Assessment for 1930. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on the North by James A. Bates; on the East by formerly Joe Harrison; on the South by E. & Dibble; on the West by Broad Street Levied--upon 'and to be sold as property of Maceo Lodge No. 114 ftr unpaid Paving Assessment for 1930. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on the Nopth by Tomjtoen; on the East by property 'formerly of Lollis; on the South by&Ms of T. J. Boykin; on the West by Broad Street. Levied upon and til be sold as property of Royal Knight* of King David for unpaid Paving Assessment for 1930. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on the North by Lot No. 3; on the East by Church Street; on the South by Rutledge Street; on the West by Lot No. 4. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Estate of James L. McLaughlin for uni paid Paving Assessment for 1930. I All that lot with building thereon bounded on the North bjTNero Reed; on the East by Broad Street; on the South by Mrs. M. K. Rhame; on the I West by. Moseley property. Also, All. that lot and building, bounded on the North by Collins; on the East by City Lot No. ?; on the South by W. O. Hay; on the West by Broad Street. Also, One" lot and bujlding on lower Broad Street fronting- to West on Said Broad Street. AjH?vied upon and to be sold as property of J. P. Pickett for unpaid Paving Assessment for 1930. All that lot with building thereon, bounded on the North by formerly W. F. Nettles; on fhe East by Frtf Street; on the South by formerly 0 W. Evans, et. a].;, on the West by M. E. Church et. ah Levied upon and to be .?old as property of C. * "SoWeTT for unpaid Paving Asae*1* raent for 1930. H. D. HILTON, Chief of Police, < NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw . In the Court of Common rl?*j J. K. Goff, Plaintiff, against J. P. W. St/uart, et al, Defendant^ Under and by virtue of an OH* of his Honor M. L. Bonhnm, presiding Fifth Circuit, and of September 22, 1930, in the above e"* titled cause, I will offer for sak the highest bidder for cash, dtfjj* the legal hours of 'sale, befortf Court House door in Camden, ? '? on Monday the 6th day of OcWW?? 1930, the following described of property, to wit: ^ One 12 gauge (Belgian double ?? rcled shotgun; - One 20 gauge 'Belgian double o*1 reled' shotgun;: - ,, ^ One 410 gauge Belgian double 1 reled shotgun. ~ The said guns: will first be. ? for sale separately, after which will then be offered for sale and if the amount bid for th* *22 when offered together shaU the sum of the amounts bid ?j separate offerings, said last-bid be accepted and the guns deliverer the purchaser upon oompbancei the bid. Should the amount offer*^ the guns when offered togetner^ exceed the sum of;^ the separate bid? will be accepj** the several guns delivered chasers upon cempHene* Sheriff fer awumbn s* -am