Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Charles Marvin Rosenthal, 23, New York millionaire*, has been miseins since August 12 and it i* believed that he i? being held by kidnaper* in the hopes of securing $100,000 u? a ransom for his return. The police arc seeking a young woman known to be the last person seen with the missing man. Notice to Debtors and Creditors All parties indebted to the estate of Martha Ana Walters are hereby noticed to make paym^Yit to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate wijl present them likewise, duly attested, yvithin the time prescribed by aw. WILLIE McGUJRT FLORIN E A. {SPEARS Executors Cam^jpr, S. C? August 20, li>31 ADM INIHTK A TOR'S NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Joanna M. Jones, Administratrix of the estate of R. L. Jones, deceased, will, on the 24th day of August, 1031, file with the Probate Judge for Kershaw County her fin a 1 return, and will on suid date apply to the Court for a discharge as said Administratrix. JOANNA M. JONES, Camden, S. (J., July 23, 1031? b;i Notice to Debtors and Creditor*) Notice is hereby given to those having claims aguinst the estate .(' William Dow deceased to present them within the time provided by law and to those indebted to make payment to the undersigned. L. S. VINSON Administrator of thf* Estate of William Dow Remhert, S, ('., Aug. 12, 11)31. MASTER'S SALE Stat?* of South C arolina < 'ounty of Kershaw (In the Court <>f Common IMe.i ) 1 First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Dank of Columbia, Plaintiff, against Carrie Annu- Southern, et u!. Defend ants. Cnder and by virtue of an Oid?: of' ( ourt made in the a'OoVc cntiC.-d a< t ion, t h<* Ma.-ter for Kershaw ( uun'.v ! will ofler lor sale at public auction,] In-fore the Kct-naw ('ounty ( ourlhouse Door, Camden, South Carolina,! luring the legal n<.u:> of vale >>n tbe| first Monday, being the 7t)i day r?f j September, I'.HJI. the following . - . scribed real c-tnte: "All that piece, parcel or tract *f | land, situated in the County of Kef-I >ha\v, State of South Carolina, on the waters of (iranny's Quarter Creek., ontainuig one hundred seventy ami t went y-!'i\e one hundredths (17(1.2d) i acres, mo e or |<?. .-aid land being j hounded a- follow-; On the North by pubhe road, separating same from other lands fromcrly of Barfield ; mi! the East by lands of Lottie Rabon.l known as Tract No. 1, of the -u!>-. d iv i si on of the said IVirfieM lands, , on the South by Cranny's Quart-."Cre?k; and on the West by lands of Alio- Kabon, known a- Tract No. 2i o! tli" -aid subdi\i-i?.n of the Bar-] field land-; for a more particular description of same reference i- made ! a plat of -aid 11 act of land ma ie i by Kershaw del.oadi. Surveyor, dated. October it'th, 1 '.'21. and recorded in j the oftice < ! the ( icrk of Court for: Kershaw Counts, in Book page' i2"-r . ' i 1 he abn\e described tract of land is i the same o-iuryi'd to the said Anna-j Southern by deed of Henry Barfield, dated N "\ e m be r 10th, lt>2l, record-; d in the of tn o w! tlu- Clerk of Cou-t lor Kei-iiaw J ounty in Book "BC"! at page -aid tract being tract' N(l .; et the Henry Barfield lands. i L i ins et ^.i!e: Cash; the Master | to !'ei|U:ie o! the successful bidder a| deposit o| >10(1.PP before accepting I his bid a final, the aim to he for- ' fmted and applied to costs in the' < .<*.77 ,rr ; .. ?.- *u - ? : chaser within thirty days. W. L. H.BASS. JR., Master tor Kershaw Count August 21st, 1 tcl |. Aches and! PAINS/: \\ ben you take Bayer Aspirin you If* sure of two things. It's sure relief, and ' it's harmless. Those tablets with tha B.iver cross do not hurt the heart. Taks 'Jieni whenever you suffer from: Headaches Neuritis Colds Neuralgia S>re I hroat Lumbago R1 icumatism Tooth a ch# \\ lien your head adu*?from any cause?when a cold has settled in your 1 joints, or you feel those deep-down paim of rheumatism, sciatica, or lumbago, take Bayer Aspirin and get real relief. If the package says Bayer, it's genuine* And genuine Bayer Aspirin is safe* Aspirin is the trade-mark of Bayct manufacture of raonoaceticacideatar oi salicyllcadd. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS J General News Notes GangaterH took three men from a Brooklyn dance hall Sunday night, forced them into an automobile, carried thein to a slaughter house, lined them up against a wall and shot thern to death with machine gun*. A farmer of Kdgecomb county, N. C., last week hauled 14 watermelons into Tarboro, the 14 melons weighing 1 ,.'136 (rounds. Six of the largest melons tipped the* scales at over 110 (rounds. Spread of disease and an invasion of serpents has added to the horrors of conditions faced by survivors of the recent floods in Vera Cruz, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, where cloudbursts caused several of the rivers to overflow. Bomb explosions in Havana and other Cuban cities have become so frequent as to cause officials to believe that the explosions are a pari of a terrorist campaign planned by sympathizers with the rebellion led by a former president. Forest fires in Idaho have been burning with great fierceness for several diiys past. A change in the winds on Sunday saved several villages that were believed doomed to desti uct ion. The tires cover a vast area. ? During the absence of the governor and lieutehant governoi ol Arkansas, attending tin* governors conference in New Orleans on Friday and Saturday. Ned Stewart, 211, was acting govern"! of the state, the youngest man to ever till that office. .lames < lark, a Worcester conn'., : Md., farmer, on Sunday, with two# red! sweatc: fastened t?> a pole, flaggc I down a Pennsylvania train, whi-h was stopped at the edge "1 a .100-foot washout. Th'-ie were HI passengers #n the train. Ml -. Beatrice l'h;lt:p-. <?f Lenoir , j N. < . ha- begun -u'.r for $">0,0001 against Mt-. < ha lot'.c i mint <>t New-1 ton and King- Mounta.n, N. < ., who was with her hu-'band. I l*hi!li;*s. when the latti i committed suicide | near King- Mountain a few weeks j ago. Republican party leaders of N'o.v Yol k. Massachu-ettes. Rhode Island, i Illiiioi-, Colorado and oth^m states are | -aid t<> be pre-.-i.ng for a frank re- | cognition of Oh* prohibition question | in the next national convention of th-'j party and in its platform. K'.inoi Smith, well known woman | imatrix. planning a hop across tVAtlantic, cracked up her plane at Roosevelt Field. Long Island, Saturday. in making a landing. The ai"plane will have to undergo considerable repairs la-fore she can lake otT. Dudley M oo-re, 18. negro, held in j the state prison at Raleigh, has confessed to the killing of Mrs. Jacob (I. Berricr. .">'.', at her home in Davidson county, N. a> she surprised him as lu- was attempting to steal the contents of a trunk in the Berrier home. The body id' Captain John (iwinn.1 once commander of the frigate Con-j stitutn^, after resting in a Philadel- j phia cenieteiy for 81 years, has Km m disinterred. a> were also the remains , of his wife, and will be reburied in j Arlington national cemetery near; W ushinglon. Raleigh M. Black, an inmate of the! """ T.t I"*" * -Stmiuuvi.l < ' . was shot to death by I#ewis J. j Walker, also an inmate, who then committed suicide. It i- K-licvcd that j W alker intended to kill Theodore i Scott, with whom he had quarreled, j and shot the wrong man. Mrs. Willie May Clausen. do. indicted for the slaying of Foster K. Hale. Jr.. Mobile, Ala., attorney, is to share half of his estate by the terms of his will which has been filed for' probate. The other half of the ?? i tate is to he placed in trust for the# benefit of Hale's young daughter. i The government of Brazil last week offered to exchange 1,27.">,000 sacks Ml coffee for 2">.000.00 bushels of the j wheal that is now held by the farm board. The Chinese government ialso negotiating with the board for 1 ">,000.000 bush* .- of wheat to he used in feeding the d? -t:tute of China. New York p< ce last week arrested' thirteen nu n who- they charge wffh | being the leaders in a gang of nation-' w ide hank foi gers. w hose theft- have totaled o\?r $100,000. One >>f the band a'.'eged to have had plans by which he expected to -wndle the Chase National bank of New York out of $.*>00,000. Federal investigators in New York are trying to learn what happened t.> Hisashi Fujimura. wealthy Japanese silk mvportor of New York, who was a passenger on the Belgenland, but was missing when the ship docked there Friday a week ago. Officers suspicion that the Japanese was murdered and his body thrown overboard. Lieut. G. L Brinton, noted English flyer and contender in the Schneider cup races, was drowned Tuesday in the sea off Calshot, England, as he was trying out a plane preparatory to the coming races. ^ ^ i ' ? r 1 he census bureau announced on Monday that 1)0,414 bale* of cotton hud been ginned to August 16, as against .772,810 bales ginned by the same date last year. Texas and Georgia have ginned the most cotton this year. The news of the formation of a coalition government in England sent cotton prices up Monday, and some deliveries advanced $1.30 a bale. Nathan Ix*opold, one of the pair of boys of wealthy Chicago parents, who in 1024, murdered another boy for the* thrill of it, and now serving a lifetime sentence in the Illinois state prison at Statesville, has been made a yard foreman and has 100 convicts under hi? direction. Richard I/>eh, also serving a lifetime sentence for the same crime, is in charge of the prison's greenhouse. Chicago is much interested in a rumor to the effect that Mrs. Hugh Dillnian, heir to a part of the huge Dodge fortune, recently accidentally dropped a pearl necklace, once the property of Kmpress Catherine 11 of Russia, and valued at $800,000, into the Chicago river from the deck of hei private yacht, and that a diver has been trying to find the necklace. Her family denies any such loss. An unnamed woman dying at Webster Springs, W. Vif., disclosed to officers that a man, buried 18 years ag > as a victim of drowning was slain, j The dead man's skull was exhumed and showed that by had died from i gunshot wound.? The woman stated thai the man's mouth had been held open and u bullet fired into his brairt. She is alleged to have named two men and a woman as responsible for the murder. Officers are looking for the trio. lb ooklyn, N. ^ police are working on what they say is one of the mo. ; brutal crimes they have ever dea.i ! with. They found the bodies of three1 nun in the cellar of a speakeasy. Ea h j of the victims had been murdered by) hating knives thrown at them as th'-vl >at in chairs and the job was finished; with blackjacks. ~~ . i AN ORDINANCE j ID RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE CITY OF CAMDEN, S. ( .. FOR ! THE YEAR 1931 He it ordained by the Mayor an i Aldermen of the City of Camden. S. 1 and by authority of the same. thai the !ollowing taxes be, and the same are hereby levied, for the urrent year from the first of January. 1931. to tlie f! 1 st day of December. 1931, i both inclusive: ( SECTION ONE. A tax of thirty' 13'D nulls on each and every dollar! of real and personal property within' the corporate limits of the 'City of <I arnden, S. ('., from the first dav of January, 19,31. sKerroN two. thm all ablehod led male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, residing within the corporate limits of the' ( it> of ( anuien, S. i ., riot exempt i from road duty under the law- of the I State shall work the streets, ways and all parks and public placcgvundcr < the direction of the Street Commissioner or other as may he appointed,' for such space of time, not exceeding j six (9) days in one year: Providing, that at the time of receiving such 1 notice any person may pay to the j said City of Camden, S. , three ($3.0ii) dollars, commutation tax, which shall be received in lieu of the work and that person refusing to j work, as aforesaid, on said streets >r public places or to pay said commutation tax shall, on conviction before the Keeordt-i of the City of Camden. 1-C f . be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor mo it- .h?.,, f.fty ($50.00) dollar.-, or be imprisoned not le.-s t ban ten days nor more than twenty days, and such imprisonment, maj at tiie discretion of the Recorder of the ( ity of ( arnden. be accompanied with the additional requirement j of hard labor upon the streets or |gibI lsc places of the said Citv of Camden. SECTION THREE. The tax books for the co line turn of the City taxes will be Open in the office of the said T Hy ( lerk and Treasurer, Camden, S. ( ., on the fifteenth day of Septem1hm\ 1931, and remain open each day, except Sunday, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. j m. and from 3 p. m. to 1:30 p. m. until the fifteenth day of October, 193] i inclusive. SECTION hOl R. That when the taxes and assessment- or an\ portion .heieof charged against any property Party on the duplicate for the cur'ei.t fi.scai year, shall not be paid on <V before the fifteenth day of October. ' the l ity t .< i k and Treasurer shal. pioceed to ado a penalty of one Pel vi nt on the ( .ty duplicate, and i l^be ' t\ ( lerk and I'e.isurer shall! col.e. th? same; and if the said taxes) and a?es-ments and penalties are null paid ,-n ? r before the lifter-nth day cf November thereafter an additional ' | penalty <-i one per cent -hull be added ' [by Wie City Clerk and Treasurer on i the said duplicate ar.d collected by j the -aid ( ity ( lerk and Treasurer; j 1 fiat if said taxes, a-.-?-ssments and penalties are not paid ,n or before .the fifteenth day of I h comber, next j thereafter, the City CI. rk and Treasurer shall issue in thi name of the ( ity of ( arnden, S. ( a warrant or j execution in duplicat. against said defaulting taxpayer m the City of (arnden, S. C., signed hy him in his official capacity, directed to the Chief of Police of the said City of Camden, ?: of the police force of the City of Camden. S. C? requiring him to levy th0 same bv distress and sell R0 much of the defaulting taxpayers estate, real or personal or both, as may be sufficient to satisfy the citv taxes of said defaulter, and specifying therein the aggregate of ?ll b,, or hor tawT City Clerk and Treasurer for every such warrant issued ahull have from such defaulter, one ($1.00) dollar, and the Chief of Police or other police officer shall collect from such defaulter the following fees in the execution of his office, to wit: For serving such warrant, one ($1.00) dollar; for advertising sale, twenty-five cents; for making sale and executing deed of conveyance ami putting purchaser in possession, Three ($H.00) dollars; for all sums levied as aforesaid, five per cent; and the Chief of Police is prohibited from demanding or collecting any greater sum therefor than is hereby allowed; neither the Chief of Police nor the City Clerk and Treasurer shall receive fees upon a nulla bona return. SECTION FIVE. Under tyid by virtue of said warrant or execution the Chief of Police shall seize and take exclusive possession of so much, of the rjefaulting taxpayer's estate, real or personal, or both as may be necessary to raise the sum of money named therein, and said charges thereon; and, after due advertisement, sell the same before the Court House door in the City of Camden, County of Kershaw, on a regular sales day, and within the usual hours for public sales, for cash, give the purchaser (upon his complying with the terms of the sale) a receipt for the purchase money, but not make title to the purchaser until the expiration of tv*'lve (12) months from the day of sale, if the property sold be not redeemed as hereinafter provided, and annex said receipt to the duplicate warrant with the endorsement thereon of his action thereunder and jsbwl), after deducting from the proceeds of sale the cost and expenses of said sale, pay over to the Ci'y Clerk and Treasurer the taxes charges and penalties due and incurred by said defaulting taxpayer; and upon written notice given, of any mortgage or other lien on said premises so sold for taxes, shall hold the excess, if any, until authorized and directed by proper judicial authority as to mode of disposition, or by written consent of the defaulting taxpayer that the said excess be paid over to mortgage or lien creditor, and ac- < cording to priority if more than one, PROVIDED, that the owner or * grantee or any mortgage creditor may within twelve months from date 1 of such sale redeem such property by ' paying to the Chief of Police the ' taxes, cost, penalties and expenses of haul sale, together with eight per cent interest on the whole amount of the purchase price of said land so sold, and thereupon the Chief of Police shall pay hack und refund to the said purchaser the amount paid on'his bid, with interest as above stated, and the bid by the said purchaser shall be then cancelled and revoked, the owner or grantee remaining in possession of his said lands: PHOVTiDKI) further, that upon failure of default- * ing taxpayer or other party interested to redeem said land so sold for taxes within twelve months as state 1, the Chief of Police shall make title to the purchaser and put the purchaser in possession of the property sold and conveyed: PROVII>KI) further, that in case of threatened waste or damage to the premises by the owner or any other party, during the twelve months allowed for redemption, the purchaser at said tax sale, shall have the right to apply -to the Court of Common -Pleas or a .Judge thereof for an injunction against such waste and for a receiver to take charge of the property until the end of twelve months for redemption unless sooner redeemed: PROVIDFO further, that whenever any real estate is levied upon for taxes by the .Chief of Police, it ghall be his duty, before proceeding to advertise the same for sale as now provided by law, to give twenty days written notice of such levy to the owner of eavli mortgage contained on a list that may be filed, with him, (giving the name of Grantor or Mortgagor, Kin 1 of Instrument, Book of Record an:l | Page Recorded), the said period of twenty days beginning to run from the time the said notice is personally delivered or from the date of its mailing when delivered by mail, said notice shall contain a description of jthe land levied upon, the name /of the owner thereof, the year or which the tax?? were statement of the amount thereof! the accrued cost, and shall boil ered to such owner either p?rll or by registered mail with re^H ceipt requested at the add re* J on said list. The Chief of M shall keep a copy of said notito.1 which he fthall enter the 4SI same was delivered, how, whtrtl to whom aryi shall hie i h? east J the City Clerk and Treasurer; m VrDRD further, that the Chief ofl lice shall receive one ($1.00) J for each notice so given. | Ratified by the Mayor and A1 wen of the City of Cumden.&fl Council assembled this '2-n)) dj August, 19?1. ? * H. M. KBNNDEDY jj j. C, BOY1K1N, l,4| City Clerk and Trtftans, 1 Labor Day Seashore Excursic TO Charleston, S, C, For ISLE of PALMS, SULL1VA ISLAND and FOLLY BEA Saturday, September (|| Round trip excursion jj from: 1 Camden Heath Springs ..'4 J Lancaster Excursion tickets -eld fwl trains except Crescent I/itJ Saturday, September 5th79 for train 16 from Col J 3:55 a. m., September fit J Good returning untilSep? bfer 9th, 1931. ^ Southern RailwJ Don't be Fooled Tricky SALES TALK] Don' be misled by challenges ? guarantees? I laboratory analyses?price comparisons?claims of 25% savings?made by distributors of special-brand tires. I A recent example of a grossly misleading and extravagant state* mcnt by a distributor of specialbrand tires is?"Mount one of our tires on one wheel of your ear and ? tire of any other make on the opposite wheel. If our tire does not give you equal service at a saving up to 25r/o in price, we will give you a new tire free." This statement can be made J for only one purpose?a desper; ate effort to gain your confidence ! nnd sell yoh a tire before you h.-n e | had time to think about the riti.e* I ulousness of their challenge, which ! | asks you to buy one of their tires | and go to another store and buy a | ! tire?have it mounted on the op| j posite wheel?then turn yourself \ I into a tire later! Firestone don't ask yon to nil H test cars for tkem ? thej hltl I twenty-nine test cars of their own, running day and night, on whicfc*H they test Firestone Tires and otto I makes, including spccialbraWfl tires, and we have the proof of tb* 1safety, quality and extra raluetd Firestone Tires before you boy. I Drive in today?examine see tions rut from Firestone Tires and I special-brand mail-order tires see for yourself the tiro extraptiet I under the tread which give yoa I extra protection against puncture# H and blowouts?compare the con- H struction and qualitydon't IxH fooled by misleading advertto^H mcnls. Wo will give you eaftr^H more dependable tires at aH greatjr costs. I COMPARE PRICES jrZI_ *" i&f s?"' ww?*S"i U"I E*ch .. "" Ptr P.Ir E?th TUt p?r P.lr cw;c~'i 4.40-2! I4.fl $4.98 $9.60 $4.3 S $4.35 $$.? Chevrolet 4.50-20 f .SO 5.60 IC.fC 4.78 4 78 8 84 ! lZ* -j 4 5?-21 5.69 11.1c 4.$S tes Wu'pSrlzzij 4*75"19 665 x**? 3.68 11.14 PbilCuSn:::.' 4.75-20 4.7s 6.75 19.14 1.7s 5.75 1134 Ch*adl.r D?8oto., ' IW(? Ilur.nl . , 6 W *3.44 S.$4 5.99 11.44 Roo??.rlt Willy.-K Bight j ' ! N?IK } 5 00-20 7.14 7.10 19.44 4.14 6.10 11.44 \ Furx \ SSsaasz:)M#-J1 735 *? ? ?* 2?ti . |5.25-2l| ?.<7 8.57 I?,7. ,.?? 7.s7 1/L.m I *"! 1 I - II . r T1 i ki41rt rton* *S p?- iJ*; I OF Typl MofKE E 2& *?d 2w CAR ^ C?K CAR SIZE Typa M*" P"? I Ski Pric CAR o2T <>d.. i tl: ti" * Me* t"? __ ^ Etii Old.m?; 5.25-18 $7.f? 17.90 lf.S4 '*,0<wA- -6.00-21 ll.Of 11.65 U.$? A uhum | cldllVc" 6-50-20 1S*4# 1345 *** fc1";]5,50,18 75 8.75 17.00 7.00-20 1S.SS 15.35 CirJixtl ~ zr^grrr^?. ? i ??m ??? SLVu?S TRUCK an* BUS TIRES (5.50-19 Mo 8.9?I7.?? r? 1 SSL Frank 'n llSh .P? 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