Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mSore Throat? < Don't , This Doctor's Proscription i t Gives Quicker, Better Relief Don't suffer ths pain and discomB|?it ?f gore throat. Use ? doctor's Erescription called Thoxine guaranty to relieve with the very first Wallow. Not a gargle but s pleas nt tasting medicine which relieves Ke soreness and goes direct to ths Eternal cause. | Thoxine will relieve your sore Kroat or coughing quicker and hotter Kan anything you have ever tried Sr your money will he refunded. Kate dor the wtople' family. Ask for B&oxine, ready fer ?*e m S6c, bOe Band $100 bottles. ScAd 'by Zemp's ]>ruK vStore, and all other good drug I,?) Bishop James Cannon, Jr., will face trial before<^board of elders of the Methodist EpiScgpal church on charg< < * growing out of his political activi11 ic.. in Virginia two years ago, says Ban announcement from Washington, .1 The hearing is to stairt in about two ' -weeks. n/ B X': I AwJ0?KAu4 COUNCIL No W Jwnlot Order U. A. It 1 /SS\ Regular council second and ; I / ? fourth Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. A. W. HUMPHRIES, iL. H. JONES, $ Councillor. I Recording Secty. ft no nr. w. Mir cham v4;j + H . ' ' ' ,(> i Architect C rocker Building, I Camden, S. C. Bladder I Weakness If Getting tip Nights, Backache, 3 frequent day cajlu, Leg Paine, Nem , i.') oueneee, or Burning, due to function- ; al Bladder Irritation, In acid condl3 tlons, makes you fool tired, depressed and discouraged, try the Cyetex Test, ' 7h2rj?*itf*l ciMuiaMng thr^ the system In 15 minutes. Praised t?y; S thousands for rapid and positive ao-t r j tlon. Don't give up. Try Cyetex (pronounoed Slss-texf today, under the ! nlfay these condmorni, Improve resU i 0&y S?S at * * & or ??w back, Zemp A DePass, Druggists, Camden. 'I Loat My Beat Cuatomera Thru Rats," Writes J. Adama. I ~*Used to have the busiest Restau-1 rant in town until news spread that I the kitchen was infested with rats: lost a lot of my best customers until tried RAT-SNAP. Haven't a pest in he place now. Restaurants should B*se Three .sizes Sold and guaranteed byj emp & DePass, Druggists, Camden, i >. C., nnd'Bethunc Hardware Co., ethune, S. C. ? KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 A. F. M. Regular communication of I this Ipdge is held on the B 2 . first Tuesday in.each month at 8 n.rn. Visiting Brethren are wel-1 Komed. W. R. OLYBURN, I j. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master. , : ^ -Secretary, ?__ 1-14-27-tf I Quillen Reviews The Willis Case Fountain Inn Tribune: In the penitentiary down at Co-1 lumbia a man is serving: a life sentence for a crime usually described as the -most horrible in South Carolina's ha toi > He was convicted of killing his blood ki^ one by one in order that he might inherit the whole of tho family^ property. Last week, in General sessions court at Greenville, witnesses for the state pieced together the story of a crime so much more horrible?so cold-blooded and cruel? so _<liabolicel in its execution and in the cunning used to conceal it?that men of decent inetincte can scarcely credit their senses when the awful truth is revealed to them. Can you 1- m - i believ? that any man, defeated fur office by another, would hire an as* bussin to kill his successful rival from unibush, and then, having obtained the covered office, would use his new , authority to fix the guilt on the dead man's heart-broken widow? This is < the story told by witnesses at the trial. Carlos Rector and Sam Willis < were rival candidates for the office of < sheriff of this county. Rector was defeated. .Some months later?this happened three years*and six -months ago?Sheriff Willis shot down ' and lrilled, near the hour of midnight, as he stepped from his garage at the end of the day's work. He had driven j home late from the office, sheltered i the <iar for the uight, and walked into the open when the aaaasln'e first bullet struck him without warning. He 1 had no opportunity to draw gun or in >) any manner to defend himself. He 1 died without speaking. Before day- i light the news had traveled over the county. There was a great hue and cry. Bloodboundc were brought to the i scene of the murder. Rewards were 1 offered. The public was wholly mystified. But us day followed day without an arrest to satisfy public claimor, certain nimors began to circulate and J certaiti clues were * mentioned, and every ' whisper contained a note of certainty as though some one in au- i thdjrity had known from the first who i the guilty ones were. Then the reason for the rumors was made plain- i The dead sheriff's wife was arrested and with her a -man named Townsend war-time comrade of the sheriff, ' a close friend of the family. In suspicious minds they were tried and convicted before sundown. A faithless wife and a faithless friend, caught in a clandestine embrace, doing murder to hide their shame. How the gossips relished that filthy slander! With the public divided into bitter factions and everybody so filled with prejudice that passion dethroned reason, the widow and the friend were placed on trial for their lives. Carlos Rector had received the governor's appointment to fill the unexpired term of the slain sheriff. He had the office he had so long coveted. And one of his first acts was to appoint as deputy a man named Harmon Moore.,, ?he appointment of iMoore seemed to have no special significance. Nobody wondered. Sheriff Rector and Deputy Moore proved themselves diligent officers. They worked long and hard to find the evidence that would send Mrs. Willis and Henry Townsend to the electric chair. 'But their efforts were vain.' The trial was a bitter contest. The tvte defendants were so assailed and browbeaten and -mocked that the last poor shred of reputation was torn from them. Yet not once throughout the long, gruelling contest did anybody reveal one iota of evidence to convince an unprejudiced and judicial mind tnat either Mrs. Willis or Townsend had any " part in the murder. They were acquitted, but they were ruined.'Thousands of people believed them guilty still. They disappeared from the public prints and people assured one another that the -murderer of Sheriff Willis never ~WOUld be punished. Other matters occupied the public mind. Months passed into years, and then the curtain rose for the last act?the* denounceb ' . -c. ' ,r"L A ? *&troubt?d ^ otS:::-srnivni * >?i ^t^ Sheriff u/uii * ikI bhoi rrr h-d story of h, h *???ination. The ^lT*r appe*r*d ?? f?a un?,?vi?? ' "I^r who hod convictod Mrs Willi ! Town** in their own?T?T" *"d unwiiKrv, . , . ?n>n<V* were tZT,to thot they hod b^ft?)?d. And anyway, -who' r^hi. n'*?or'? word ,y?i t white mon-.f Moore woo oil oo trial Tiuw. j Placed o?t& vJEr . **ubout * * when ^ W **? ** * th, polls when hm appointive term ended? ?>?? get .bout thot Rector had to communicot, .with one of the the' tT' ?ver; mfm& tcrwh..rA ntaHttie, earned delay after delay Placed on t ^'W and Moore w?"> mur??r ^oTrrwcr gros eonfesaion was not the oniv to tTTtify th't *ih wHnc"8e? appeared I testify that they alao had' been an ! tZZT T i0":^ bribCT *? t". n saaaa.n. And when the full tele of horror w? fi?i?hcd, judge and Jury were convinced. The Jury did no, fua^Ti r?T0- ^ofe members reused to find a verdict of guilty unless assured "fchii+ , l . h? i ? 8ent?r?ce could be lea a than life. The, court, being asked for further inatructiona, ex. found the 'k'fp,u,antl8 could bo found guilty a? acceaaoriea after the fact-in Which case the adntenc! ?hf\h SS lft"? "* thr<* oiWha. Ihus the jury ocmpromised. It waa " ithy'ihal f AI"e''ican Jury juggling and fix thr "7' "* t0 "'ay judt" and fix the sentence as well as guilt, for a ? IhT """"h" ?f il h?Ped ' a ''*ht sentence, thero waa disappointment in store. The judge had bee" convinced that Rector and Mooro re guilty?convinced against his r'1; be *"<1. 'or Rector had been his end and he believed him innoeent when the trial began. Now he promr;;rtthe'nOSt 8?Vere sentence permitted by the law?ten years at hard th <i c"9e W'U he appealed td rte Supreme court, of Course; but no stav Th ' m9Ve 's to pTrt !TrheXeCTTn ** jud*">ent, that part of the public capable of changing its rmnd is at last convinced that damned nigger's testimony" may Mrs^W lT^T?" ,X" tru*' and ^at and w V" ber "'ghtgown. andHenry Townsend, at his home a mile away, weak from an operation and out of the hospital only a few did not, murder n,? , loved and trusted thorn, rpi ? ' agricultural department at Washington estimates that the 1930 wheat crop of the nation is worth -.400,000,000 less than whs the crop 1?-.. ' The decrease in value is lowhr"Trice ??"0r ^"ction ,?d value o? thT 8t year'S Crpp' The of the crop on December 1st was placed at 16,724,824,000 * MASTER'S SALE t State of .South .Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) i ? The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, Plaintiff, against J. E. MLangvm, tS. A. West, Bank of Betbune, iDethune, S. CL ?hd the Hanging Bock National Fairm L?oan Association, Defendants ' Under and by virtue of an OiNfcr of Coutt made in the above er*titli*l action, the Master for Kershaw Couf[fcv ty will offer for sale at public auction, before the Kershaw County Courthouse Door, Camden, Soutn Carolina, during the legal hours of, sale on the first Monday, being the i 9nd day, of February,- 1081, the fol-i i lowing described real estate: I "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing 163 acres,, and situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of j Kershaw, on the old Oh craw and Camden Road, as shown by a plat of W. B. Twitty, surveyor, of date November 1007, and copied for J. E. Mangum by "Will Clark, surveyor, said tract being bounded on the North and East by lands of Hough, Guy and Shannon, South by Jumping Gully Creek and land A of Williams, and West by Williams amd the said Cheraw and Camden Road. "The above described tract of land being the same conveyed to J. E. Mangum by IS. A. West, by deed dated the 10th day of December, 1009." . TERlMiSf - One-fourth (1-4) of the accepted bid to 'be paid in cash, and the balance- on credit, payable in four (4) equal annual installments, with interest thereon from date of sale the Tate of seven (7) per centum per annum. Unless the plaintiff become? the purchaser the Master do require the successful bidder to deposit at once with him the sum of one hundred ($100.00) Dollars, either in cash, Cashier**? check or Certified Check, as earnest money otr evidence of good faith, the same to be applied on the bid should1 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 ait cmoe rosdld, at such bidder's risk, on the same salesday or upon some subsequent salesday, at the option of the ^plaintiff or its attorney; however, s/vould the success ful bidder make the said deposit and thereafter fail to comply with the said bid without legal excuse being duly shown, then audh 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 pur[ chaser'?- >risk on some subsequent salesday to be designated by the plaintiff or its attorney. I W- L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County I January 14', 1931. ??* t ^? R. H. HAILE FUNERAL DIRECTOR I FOR COLORED PEOPLE 927 Broad 8t. Camden, S. C. We have secured the servicea Lovett Proctor, Licensed Rmbelmer for S. C., who will be with us permanently to do our embalming. Residence Phone 29&*J Office Phone 145 i ^BmMaamaieaMaaMaaapaaaMHMaHmamHd MASTER'S SALE State of South Carolina County of Kenshaw (Oourt of Common Plena ) The Federal I.and Bank of Columbia, Plaintiff, against Martha Ray, lx>an & Savings Bank, Camden, S. C., and the Wateree National Farm Loan Association, Defendants Under and/ by virtue of an of Court made in the above entitled action, the Master for Kershaw.County will offer for sale at public auction, before the Kershaw County Courthouse Floor, Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday-, being the 2nd day, of February, 1931, the following described real estate: "All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South 'Carolina ami County of Kershaw, Waberee Township, about eight miles West of the City of Camden, on the Longtown Road, containing about seventy-one and one half (71 1-2) acres more or less, be in* bounded on the North by lands formerly of Saline E. Trueodale, now of W. H. Truesdel; on the East, South and Weot by lands of the Estate of John Burdoll. The aaid traot of land is the same conveyed to me by deed of Martha 'Ddnkine of divte January 15th, 1907, and of record in the of? floe of the Olerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book P(PP, page 191." TB$MS: One-thtaP ? accepted bid to hp ps^td tn cash, "and the balance on v>rredVt, payable in three (3) equal Annual installments, with interest thereon from date of sale at the rate of seven (7) per centum per annum. Unless the plaiptiff becomes the purchaser the -Master do require the successful bidder to deposit at once with him the sum of one hundred ($100XH>) Dollars, eibher in cash, Cashier's Check or O e r t i fle d Chock, a a earnest money or evidence of (pood faith, the same to be applied on the bid anoilki 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 I o! ce aesold, at such bidder's risk, on the same ralcrday or upon some subsequent mdesdny, at the option of the plaintiff or its attorney; however, Khouid the successful 'bidder make the eaid deposit and thereafter fail to ( imply ^ith the said bid without le?>-al exemfe being duly shown, thou such deposit shall be delivered to the plaintiff and retained by it as liquidated damages, and the premises * shall thereupon be resojd upon the same terms and at sueh purchaser's risk on som#5 subsequent salosday to be designated by the plaintiff or its attorney. W. L. DoPASS, JR., Master for Kefaihaw County January 14, 1931; 1 ... .yi1 m i"" g in,imi'. ? l'?l I For Sale! We offer for sale 4,000 bushels of corn in the shuck at 7 5c per bushel f. o. b. Kershaw, S. C? and 20,000 bundles fodder at $2.00 per hundred bundles, f. o. b. Kershaw, S. C. Threatt-Carson Co. J Tp: Kershaw, S. C. Notice of Removal I On and after February 1st, the office of the I ??Camden Building?& Loan AssocrafibhwnibeTpcated tt in the office now occupied by the C. P. DuBose & I Company insurance agency. The office will be located there permanently and patrons of this Association will make their payments in the future at this office. JOHN S. LINDSAY I Secretary I I Business Review of Leading Merchants of Kershaw, South Carolina I Kershaw Chevrolet Company C.^V.-BURNS. Proprietor I Located in Kershaw, S. C. Telephone 46. They are showing the new Chevrolet .models. (Many new features make the 'Chevrolet one of ihe appreciative light sixes on the _ market today. They rioW offer a complete line of new cars which afford even greater quaility at low cost. The public lias recognized that 'Chevrolet represents a ?high standard of quality at low cost. As a result, Chevrolet has become one of the world's largest producer of automobiles with modern [three-speed transmission. The Ch?v- I jrolet models embody quality feaitures puch as you would. expedt to find PnJr*** of much higher price. The new chassis has a larger and p stronger frame; new and stronger r. \ front axle; improved and fully enclosed dry plate disc clutch which requires no lubrication; and many improvements on the famous Chevrolet \ motor. The bodies are even greater beauty and comfort, .being and havine the. bestof upholstery. * All models have cdWl lights and new instrument board, refined and cut away for .more leg room. All closed .models have the . new and exceptionally beautiful Fisher bodies, with the new vision venti(atjon type of closed .body, one-piece windshield and automatic windshield wiper. All Chevrolet 'models are now finished in Duco, the finish that retains its color and lustre almost in definitely and withstands very much harder usage. Here again is a quality feature hitherto not found tji other low priced cars. Truly it combines beauty and jcomfort the Chevrolet standard of economical transportation. The Chevrolet is a six in the price range of the four. This firm is under the management of ipeople of wide automobile experience. Their long service 'to the-motoring public has taught them the superiority of the Chevrolet and they will be pleased at any time to demonstrate any of these models to you. They are progressive business people whose interest in every patron extends through the period of the entire life of the car purchased. I Floyd & Simpson I THE. REXA1X STORE Located in Kershaw, S. C. Phone 66. They cure amenta for the Vktfld I Phonographs and Victor Radios. i Thie is one of the most up-to-date and (progressive drug Stores in this I section and has established a repu tAtion during these years of business | for honest, courteous treatment of its large and growing Ret of P* trone. For this reason this store U m popular and its popularity is i?Sceasing daily. Quality good* nre sold at this ? ^hlishrnent at reasonable prices. No profiteering' here mm) when a customer makes it purchase, whether the amount involved he huge or small, the customer can reel a?died that be is getting the vefae of hie money. Good quality, honest prices and courteous treatment have -been reeponL eAAe for the success of this wellknown firm. Mhny lines of goods are handled at this store, all standard, and timetried merit, and their store is so advertised that anything carried in a twentieth century drug store can f be found here. Included in their list are toilet articles of every description ?s -well as household romedie# which have (proved their worth in thousand* of Aoafrteen homes, [i Tlie prescription department uses only the purest of dime end each pfeecriptioo le compounded by a practical (pharmacist. In this business review we wish to comgttment this wefl -known and capable draw company for the manner In vtfcich it is serving the public and aoggrat to our -readers that they call and ?ee them for anything they may Med in the opotherapy line. 1 r ?* . Catoe Brothers Department Store A 'TELEPHONE 28 ~ ~ Located in Kershaw, S. C. They | carry a complete line of Hardware, Coffins and Caskets and featyrfe am- , bulance service. Also full/line of shoes and furniture and ia'a^mer. -i chandising center offering: the highest i quality in anen's and women's apparel, dry goods and notions at most reasonable prices and Hhus aiding all dn this community bfr enabling I thefm to keep well and1 fashionably J ; nttired m distinctive clothes at prices they'can afford to <pay. Truly, a valued and reliable store; < When a store is able to satisfy 1 the most exacting demands of >Nafl ' i classes of peodle, then it must be ac-; ; knewledged that it has reached an | enviable (position in its trade. . i tSuch is the case with this store, < operated by one of the prominent 1 - ' 4 . ? firms of this section of the state. People of every class have found that clothes from this store are satisfactory in every particular, and: made of the best materials. The most exclusive (patterns and mixtures can be found in the complete lines, and if you prefer the most (moderate priced of the tasteful and approved designs of the seasoh, they can be had at very reasonable prices. In ladies ready-to-wear you will find coats, dresses and other apparel which reflects' the very latest of the approved fashions, at prices you can afford po pay. The same is true of the men's department, where there is (made a specialty of catering to those of moderate means and distinctive manner that present day business and social i_ activities demand. The men's department is most complete. The boys .will find that they have not been overlooked at this store as bhey ?pceiaKze in boys' clothing:, and have a most complete ,stock "which ia . snappy and reasonable in price. Through the very commendable methods that have marked their business career and the OxfceJlefvt quality of materials and expert workmanship, they have built up a reputation which extends through this section and which adds to the volume of business each season. . * We are glad to compliment Ctyoe Brothers Department Store upon the high standing in the business world of this section and upon the efficiency of the concern which they so ably direct. m , Copeland Grocery E. J. COPELAND, Manager liMted in lmlutwt ?. C. - Phone 148. They are extensive dealer* in extra standard meat* and groceries. Always a freeh stock on hand, tho^ assurmg you Of the heat at all. times. Enjoying- a large and well merit- J ed patronage from the city, and surrounding territory, few, if any dealer* in this section have attained a prominence equal to that of tftia popular firm for the accommodation of I[ Aft 'V-- ..f. r- ?v * |~~ the ptibiic. They haive an enviable record for cleanliness and sanitation. Insisting that everything about their iplace he in accordance with the most modern scientific ideas regarding sanitation, they have thus assured the public that the products comhw tfrom their stores are pare and wholesome. Nor have they seen fit to take advantage otf the general tendency to raise prices needlessly, i^r/x .** v , - ? a;* ,,.i. iuf ~3- * ailBHDBmai?sSsa 1 m have many dMiei*, but on the other Hand hart been moat moderate In selling. We -wish to pomfpttment OopoUnd I Grocery upon their policies and to predict for them yearn of continued prosperity. What we Ifcithulnl? caM our leader** attention to ie the fact that thU la a local concern, dperfltcd by home people and -merit* your liberal support, ^ -t ~3.