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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H- D. NXLBB. . Editor and PablJaber Published e\ery Friday at No. ltQ9 Broad Street and entered at the Camden, Soifth Carolina poatoffica -' aa aecoiwi class mail matter. Price^pd* annum tx.OO, payable in adv.vrc#. Friday, I>e?ember 5, 1930 { TN*e J'aupe* Problem Many reason* are given for th* difficulty of keeping down taxes. There haa been considerable talk of late about the increaeirng pauper Hat. One of the county officers was aalced about it the other day, The report was confirmed. There are now on the county list 41 colored and 11 white paupers. y A little questioning revealed the fact that most of the younger members <if many colored families go North and leave the helpless and aged on the hands of others and the taxpayers for assistance. An average of about one a month has to be buried by the counrty. With the whites, it seems to often be just a case of ntakihg no provision in younger, life for old age. There are cases with children, but there is no apparent co-operation among them towards helping the needy parents, and the county is sought for help. Not ull are old to hurt. A few marry, with nothing to support a family, when disease overtakes them, ami no relatives sufficiently able or willing to come to the rescue. When asked if any are undeserving, it was answered in this way: When a physician, perhaps, and neighbors send in written recommendations- that a party should be placed on tin- pauper list, what else Villi he done than heed the ad\in Another apparent conclusion . ^ that tint* are n it a sensitive ub"U' ix-ji.g considered paupers as in I ornu r y? urs. One < ( tin- great human problems i- the burden and responsibility of large families id children with unthrifty parents and almost no visible means of support.? Calhoun Times. Lone Gunman Dies in Flashy Gun Fight Macomb, 111., Nov. 30.?-Picked up on a minor loitering charge, an unidentified gunman "shot it out" with an automobile load of police early | today, killing two and wounding two before he himself was slain. The dead policemen were Edward Whitesley, GO, and Ernest Bowman, 36. Officer AI Links, shot through the abdomen, was reported to be dying. Officer Luther Jackson was shot through the hand. The gunman was approached by the officers in a squad ear while loitering in front of a garage. Searching the man. they found a steel "jimmy" in his coat pocket and decided to take him to headquarters for further questioning. gunman entered the mac"hTne~ docilely enough, but as the car pulled up in front of the station he whipped out a small "sleeve pistol" and cut loose with a murderous fire. Whitesley wa? shot through the head as he stepped from the machine. Whirling, the gunman sent a slug through Bowman's abdomen and the ofTicec toppled over in the car mortally wdunded. Links, the driver, was shot as he turned in his seat and was hurled from the machine by his assailant who took the wheel. Jackson 'was shot in an exchange when he ran from the station in an attempt to halt the fighting. The machine had traveled about a block when the dying Bowman in the back seat revived long enough to draw his gun and empty it into the driver's back before falling to the floor dead. TAX RETIRNS Office of Auditor Kershaw County, Camden. S. December J>, 19.10 Notice i> hereby given that the Auditor's Office will be open for receiving Tax Returns from January Is', t'.'.il, to March 1st, 1D3L. All persons owning real estate or personal prop, ertj must make returns of the same within said period, a> required by law, or be subject to a penalts of 1 i) per cent. The. Auditor will attend in person or by deputy at the following places in the county on the dates indicated for receiving returns: Bethune- January 13th and 14th. Haley's Mill?-January 15th. Westvi lie?J an uary 1 Gth. Blaney?January 21st and 22nd. Liberty Hill?January 23rd. Kershaw?January 29th and 30th. All persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive are required to pay a poll tax and all persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, inclusive are required to pay a Road tax, unless excused by Iaw. All Trustees, Guardians, Executors. Administrators or Agents holding property in charge must return same Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath to same before some officer and fill out the same in prop, er manner or they will be rejected. B. E. SPARROW. Auditor Kershaw County \Bethune New Notes , Told by Correspondent V "> i Bethune, Dec. X.?iMr. and Mr#. T. K. Bethune had ?h their guests Thanksgiving day Mr. and Mr#. B. , 4*. Blakely, iMr. and Mr*. Donna Monroe, Clinton, S. .; Mr. and Mra. ? -David Blakely and little daughter, fllo; and Mr. and Mrs. O. K Bell and children, laincanter. Mr, and Mrs. B. B. Blakely and Mr. und Mra. Monroe came over on Wednesday i spending the night with the Bethunes'. - Miss Mary Ixruise McLaurin, of Calhoun Falls, was at home for the Thanksgiving holidays. She had as her gpests Miss Felma Hackney, also a teaclftr at Calhoun Falls, an Mr. Paul Dorman, super intendem of Boiling Springs school. <\I On Friday evening Mrs. A. If. McLaurin entertained with a six-course dinner party for her daughter,- Miss Mary Ixmhte McLaurin, and her guests. Covers were laid for six and those enjoying Mrs. McLaurin's hospitality were Miss Felma Hackney, Miss Mailoy HeaTon, Miss Mary lA)uise McLaurin, Mr. Paul Dorman, Mr. Arthur MoCarrol and Mr. Lee Morgan. Miss Margaret Jackson, of Clio, has been the recent guest of Miss Judit^i Stanton. On Friday evening -M+Sfc-'Edith Clyburn and Miss Judith Stanton complimented Miss Jackson with a delightful party at the home of Miss Clyburn. Hot chocolate and marguerites were served during the evening by the hostess. Miss Katherine Truesdell, of Columbia college, spent the week end at home. 'She wns accompanied by M isses ]jonnie Keitts, of Columbia, and Miss Grace Kearse, of Aloi, fellow students. Miss Olga Brannon, of the Baptist hospital, Columbia, accompanied by Mr. Wade Atkinson, was the guest Wednesday, night and Thursday of lui parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brannon. | ' MissM'lara Gordon spent lust week I ml at l.itrtog^nc college. Mr. and Mi's. .J. ('. Foster and children Were the guests 'for several days during tiie past week of Mrs. Foster pai nits at Pauline. lira and Neil Truesdell, students a' P. ' -pent the Thanksgiving iioliiay> at home. Fred dosey, who is teaching di Milledgeville, Ga., was at home for a few dajs last week. Misses Surah Hammond, Margie Parfott and Sarah Lew lleustiss spent Thanksgiving at their respective homes here. Miss Dorothy Parrott, of Columbia college, was at home last week. Miss Carrie Yarbrough, who is teaching in Lancaster, was at home for several days last, week. Sh? had as her guest Miss Mildred Bi 11ings. of Lancaster. B. E. Keisler and Alvon Clyburn attended the Clemson-Furman football game in Greenville last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brant, of Bamberg, and Miss Katherine Ward, of Chesterfield, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ward. Miss -Ruby (Jold Pate was the week end guest of relatives in Jefferson. Miss Frances Saverance and Miss Myrtle Suiters, of Schrock's mill school, were the guests last week end of Miss Saverance's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Saverance. Miss Lizzie Kate Davis has accepted a position in the Kershaw schools where she began work Monday. Miss Mary Brannon spent last week end with relatives at Cassatt. Mi>s?M argai et?Hem on?has -betrrr visiting relatives in McBeo. James King, a student at the Uni" versity of South Carolina, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. King. Mrs. F. P. NlyC'orkle and children, of Waxhaw, N\ C\, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Gordon on last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Smith and children, of Columbia, were guests of Mrs. L. D. Robertson Wednesday night and Thursday of last week. Mrs. H. H. Hucks, of Atlnnta, Ga., has been the recent guest of Mrs. L. D. Robertson. Former Camden Man Dead In Columbia James Robert Kirkley, 58. automobile salesman of Sumter, die-i Monday morning at 9:50 o'clock at It? 18 Brabham avenue. He had come to Columbia only a few days ago. H? whs h -member of the St. John1* Methodist church at Spring Hill, S. C. . | He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ; Abbie Mackay Kirkley of Sumter; I two daughters. Miss Lola Kirkley, a student at Winthrop college an 1 Miss Mary Kirkley of Sumter; four son-', Edward Kirkley. \V. M. Kirkley and .Iai k Kirkley, all of Sumter anil James Robert Kirkley of i Cedar Springs; three sisters. Mrs. A. M. King, of Charleston; Mrs. } C. J. Pane, of Wayeross, Ga., and Miss Lola Kirkley of Bennettsville, one brother. <\ L. Kirkley, of Mc Clellanville; ami several half sisters and brothers. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 12 o'clock nt the graveside in Sunnyside cemetery at Orangeburg. conducted by Rev. W. L Parker of Turbeville. Mr. Kirkley was a native of Camden, where for a number of years he was employed as n salesman. He moved to Orangeburg and later t > Spring Hill. S. C.. where he was a merchant at that, place. Mr. Kirkley was a son of the late Dan M. Kirkley. who was auditor of Korsha<v county more than thirty years ago. - ~~ ' "" ? Hooze And Gasoline Lead To Conviction Tom Jones, charged with murder, was tried before Judge Mann at Anderson last week and sentenced to even years upon the gang or like term in the state penitentiary. On Sunday afternoon, June 15, Jones, who was drunk, crashed into a car In -which John Murrell, his wife and small son were riding, killing Mrs* Murrell and seriously injuring her husband. The accident occurred on the Belton-Honea Path highway. Af-ter nineteen witnesses testified for the prosecution, the defense appealed to the court for permission to al* low the defendant to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter with recommendation to the mercy of the court. This request was granted. Judge Mann, in passing sentence, said: "Travelers on the highways of our state today are assured but slight protection. i "I have appealed from every bench in the state for the law to be respected, and if this is not accomplished, for it to be enforced, j "I have seen murderers, red-hand' ed and red-hearted, go free after I committing the vilest of crimes, and. | it seems to me that the citizens of | the state have no protection. "One after another we hear of tragic accidents on our highways; lives being snuffed out almost daily. The condition is nothing less than shocking. It js a crime that the State of South Carolina must answer for, if we continue to permit this condition to exist. If these poo?? pie are given to understand that they must conduct themselves in an orderly way on the highways of the state, we would not have this condition. Thousands of persons are be- ! ing killed on the highways and ull | uf these tragedies might be prevent- [ ed. if ordinary care and common > sense were exercised. The situation : is going from bad to worse. "The drunken driver is one of the greatest menaces of our day. He is a menace, for he is drunk and therefore irresponsible. The last place in the world for a drunken preson is under the wheel of an autmoobile on our-highway s. "The day has come, I believe, when the people of our state have decided some of those offenders must be punished. Juries are now placing the responsibility where it belongs, and this is the proper view of the mattdr, and is a cheering ?o^. I think the day of reckoning is here; God knows, I hope so. Present conditions are shameful and disgraceful. I have seen the highways of our state stained'with the blood of human beings, and in my travels over the state in an automobile, I realize how little protection the careful and sane driver of an automobile has against the drunken and reckless one. "The situation that confronts the court at this time is a very sad"one. Rut I have made it a rule in cases of this kind never to yield *to my emotions. All of the circumstances here show that the unfortunate victims of this tragedy were law-abiding citizens, respectable and of a happy home. In the exercise of their God-given right ito the pursuit of happiness and through absolutely no fault of their own, they are the victims of this tragedy. And through the reckless, criminal and inexcusable conduct of a drunken man, a mother and her unborn child a^e hurled into eternity, swimming in their own blood. "As I visualize the picture of that accident which cost the life of this good woman, I see the demon of crime and recklessness at the wheel of that automobile. v "Never have I seen a better witness than Mrs. Ashley,, and as she told her story. I saw the picture of this tragedy, and as I pictured it I said: 'Is there any manhood in the law of South Carolina?' I said if this thing isn't 'stopped South Carolina should surrender her right to govern herself. | "Mr. Murrell and his sorrows, howI o\er great they may bo, arc not the i question in this case. But there are 1,800,000 other people in South Carolina who have a statutory right to self rule. The time has come when the manhood and the law of oustate is challenged. "1 commend counsel for the defendant in their decision to consent to a verdict of involuntary manslaughter. Had such a verdict been rendered after the case had been fought to its finish before the jury, I am frank to say that the sentence I would have I imposed would have been much more severe than the one I am going to J impose. "I am sorry for the defendant, j .Jones, and 1 wish that I could accede to the appeal of the defense counsel | that the minimum sentence would be , sufficient. But if ever was a case of j involuntary manslaughter, which afj ter^ all is just beyond the twilight C. zone of murder, this is it. I cannot put on this man a sentence that would invite others to do as he hat done. This sentence must be a wurning to others."?Union Times. Two convicts were killed and two others wounded when a squad attempted to overcome guards and make a get-away while returning from a wood cutting camp near Huntsvllle, %ex>i Wednesday. , ., . iii ' i i0 ' i ' Uplift Club Expresses Thanks The members of the Uplift Club tuke this method of thanking the public for its co-operation in their efforts to raise money for Thanksgiving baskets, for the old and poor of the city. Meshell Sheheen was they winner of the turkey which was raffled off. Special thanks and appreciation are extended the principals, faculty and students of Jackson high school and Browning Home tojr their liberal donations bf fruits, vegetables, staple groceries and money. The spirit of sharing our blessings with others was beautifully portrayed. ' Respectfully, Tho Uplift Club. Wants?'For Sale ATTENTION TOURISTS?Choice Christmas decorations, mistletoe and holly with berries, Christmas trees either for a family or community of both holly and cedar for sale reasonably. Can deliver to your door in Camden. Address L. Rerry Mac-key, Kershaw, S. C. 30 pd WANTED?Two refined ludies for well paying positions. Apply before 10:30 a. m., Friday, December to Mrs. Umstead, Camden Hotel, Camden, S. C. 36pd FOR SALE?One Hot Point electric ramie. Price $30.00. Telephone 117, Camden. S. C. 30sb FOB SALE?-My Maxwell sedan at $200 cash or $22f> instalments. The Choc n?let coach at $27f> cash or] $300 instalments. Frank \Y. Spencer. 113 Chesnut street, Camden, S. < . 37pd I FOR RENT?8-room dwelling on Highland Avenue. For informa tion apply to Gus Michiotes, Olympia Cafe, Camden, ?S. C. 35-36sb ATTENTION?If interested in home made fruit cake call telephone 327, Camden, S. C. 30pd FOR SALE?Larkspur plants at reasonable prices. , Telephone 327, ^ Camden, S. C. ' 36pd. FOR SALE?'Brown and wHTte spotted Shetland Pony about five years old, also bridle and saddle. Fred E. Culvern, Kershaw, S. C. 35-36sb DON'T DISCARD your oil otovea. We can rebuild them for you and wake them act like new-. All work cash. Camden Machine Work*, Kaat DeKalb Stapet, near Southern Passenger Station. 34-86pd. FOR RENT?New Chevrolet fourdoor sedan by week, month or season. Address P. O. Box 268, Camden, S. C. 30pd, I WE REPAIR any kind of antiques that are made or metai. We make fire pokers, fire shovels, hand j made. Camden Machine Works,1 Fast DeKalb Street, near Southern Passenger Station. 34-30pd. LOST?A -white , ttOld dinner ring with small diamond setting. Lost, somewhere in shopping district on laet Friday. Reward if returned to City Drug (Company, Camden, I S. C. 36sb FOR RENT-r-Open seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow touring car. Will rent for the season or any part of season. If interested notify Cam deu Chronicle, Camden, S. C. 36-38pd FOUND?Cameo brooch. Owner can have same by describing property and paying 25 cents for this ad. Apply at Chronicle office. FOR HALE?Cabbage plants, ready to set out. Twenty cents per hundred or cheaper in larger quantities. Apply to Mrs. Joe Shebeen, 1514 Mill Street, Camden, S. C. 33-36ab. | LOST??A pair of ladies horn-rimmed spectacles on Thanksgiving Day. They were lost somewhere on Main or iDeKalb street. Reward if returned to The Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 36sb FOR SALE or Rent?Beattie house on East Walnut Street. Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, S. C. I 32tf WANTED5?You to know we have just received a big shipment of ( Elgin watches, all styles and pric- i es. F. I). Goodale, Jeweler, opposite postoffice, DeKalb street, Camden, S. C. 36sb FOR SALE?275 strong and vigorous Dwarf Boxwood plants (Sempcrvirens Suffrutieose), 10 inches high by 211 inches in circumference to 32 inches high by 00 inches in circumference. Can be seen at nfy homo. Apply to Mrs, J. T. Hay, Boykin, S. C. 33-36pd ! V. K ARE- F ranchise dealers for Ollendorf watches. Bonded by the i New Amsterdam Casualty company, of New York and ^insured against I . robbery and burglary by the Travelers lnden\nity company of Hartford, Conn., and a two-year euarantee. F. D. Goodale, Jeweler, opposite postoffice, DeKalb street, Camden, S. C. 36sb WANTED?You to know that if you have anything to sell an advertisement placed in this column will .mere than likely sell it for you. FOR RENT?One six room liouse, one five-room cottage. Furnished rxJoms for housekeeping. Apply to G. C. Bruce, Camden, S. C. FOR BBNT?-Small house, T 'A room* ttrvd bath, light* at*i ?3-^M on Rutledge street, on* kfi r_mmt of Broad street., &* yT^^H g inp, at Drug Store, oc O. 30. Camden, S. C. h?^B FOR RBNT-rNice, Ursa, ?av?J$Kl residence next to P\erk View 3* 1 Lyttleton Street. Rent 'can bjfi tSB by room letting. Apply to itJHIf! Severe. Jr.. Camden. S. C. l'OR RKNT--Several hou?e? 'SB rent. Apply to L. A. WittkowBlil demden, S. C. WR WANT you to know that 2K1 dollar invested in stock of ottr 16 Seriea and paid for 78 noatEH ($78.00) paid th$ holder |i(S2ili The member paying $10.00 ?tkH month received In the 6ft y*n H 11,042.60. Are you THRlttE B! looking to your future? Then Wj our December Series stock I^fH Enterprise Building and Loan At H Bociatron. Camden, 3. C. iM WANTED--No. 1 pine log?. High*,? cash price*, Bald: year round 4*. mand. Sweater Planing MilU Z Lumber Co., Attention K. H. BooUl Sumter. Sv C. hSeKj CARPBNTBRING-^John S. luTftJi phone 268, 812 Church Streu, Bf] Camden, S. C., will give utu. H factory service to all for all kinds^^H of . carpenter work. Building, KH3 general repairs, screening, cabinsK making and repairing furnitur* MB My workmanship is my referential 1 solicit your patronage. Thai*, K| ing you in advance. 60 tf. Tur.e in on the Elgin Program every Friday ^ morning and night... \ listen to the thrilling \ notes of a genuine y \ Stradivarius violin, V \ played by a great \ \ artist... hear the \ \ soft tones of the \ \ Elgin quartet... \ \ rich voices \ \ blending into \ \ perfect har-o V \ mony. \ \ \ 1 I ? ' Watch your local newtpogert lor the exact time thai the light Program wttl ha oa the air. F. D. GOODALE, Jeweler DeKalb Street Opposite PostOfflw ?.?????????? I Fancy Tender?Tasty II RICE Wjgm PEAS I 2 ibs. 9c m?mi -2 toe I | Quaker Maid II | BEANS ?5 4Mns jS? l| I TOMATOES a 2 Nc?.?; 2ge II I RAISINS mEote Sir 3 Hp- >S? 1 I PRUNES California Mfce 55^^ || IRvnpornted PEACHES 2 ibs. 25c QUAKUIl , GRITS - * 3 pKgs. 25c IshhIOII (4i>er RAISINS 2 Ibs. 25c N. B. G. CRACKERS 5o Varieties 4 Pkes- 17c SODAS I ll? |>U. ;t |h. pkj;. 17c 39c Snowdrift = I t Bucket 79c II PALMOLIVuE. I SOAP 6 cakes 39 c| GOLD DUST | 3 l?c | I MUCOA artf "? 21? 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