The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 25, 1931, Image 7
Ufion Heads Drive
In White Chevrolets
Mich., Sept. 20.?Fifty
,wr>-white automobiles, all
-aimed ltK*' ant* and
BntHl by an army of drivers dress,
j in anifurma identically alike, this
rtunif *l',e pl?*d at the disposal
I ^ate commanders her? attending
^lunal convention of the A merits
hegion.
The cars represent part of many
(1tnordinaiy provisions made for the
^ifort and convenience of Legionpre,.
during their annual conclave,
iad arc one of several contributions
the Chevrolet Motor Company to
further the success of the convention.
The cars special sedans carry *he
[region seal in gold on the driver's
uoor, the lettering designating the
or territory of the commander
o which each car is assigned. Cuis
nil serve the commanders from early
naming until midnight every day of
he iun vent ion, and arc available contaniiy
fur use anywhere in the counv
,n which Detroit is located. Co\r>
for the spare tires, carried in
orward fender wells, reveal a motif
ror|(ed out in red, white ami blue,
mj the drivers, in naval uniforms,
ko carry the national colors in their
Iress.
In addition to supplying cars for
Itatc commanders, the Chevrolet
ompany is loaning its trail-blazing
utomobile, which two years ago comileted
the first land trip ever made
rom Buenos Aires to the United
States, to the "40 and 8" parade, and
s supplying every legionnaire who
egistors for the convention with a
ronze medal commemorative of his
isit to the city.
The Presbyterian synod of South
arolina, in session at Clinton this
eek, heard committee reports that
resbyterian colloge and Thornwel
rphanage at Clinton are in a state
f serious financial starvation ami
dopted resolutions urging' presbytries
to appoint strong committees
o push a drive for Thanksgiving doations
to the orphanage.
Mi?s Sally .J, Wil?on shot herself!
through the heart in her bedroom at j'
her home ten miles north'of Greer,,!
ami her funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon, ^he was 13 years old, ai
member of u prominent family, and'
owner of large farms near Highlands, j
She had been in poor health and despondent
fur several months.
I NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
I Ail pa i ties indebted to the estate
Hf W. K. Johnson, Jr., are hereby noHtkd
to make payment'to- the under-1
Bgned, and all parties, if any, hav-:
B; claims against the said estate!
^Ell present tnem likewise, duly atBsteri
within th*e time prescribe<l by
Bw. RICHARD SINGLETON
Executor
Camden, S. Sept. 2, 1931.
I NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.
I Notice is hereby given that the
Partnership of R. T. Smith and C. G.
Bradfield, Contractors, and operating
Bider the firm name and style of
^Rmrth & Bradfield, Macon, Ga., has
mutually dissolved. All obligaHoos
of the said firm of Smith &
^Bvflield has been assumed and paid
Bhll be paid by the said R. T.
In . the future the said It. T.
B?/tr. will have no authority whatB&to
hind the said C. G. Bradfield,
^Bany way whatsoever, and the said
BG. Bradfield will have no authority
b - said R. T. Smith in any
whatsoever.
! R. T. SMITH
! C. G. BRADFIELD
Ga., Sept. 17, 1931.'
TAX NOTICE
Bt.f,,r collection of School,
BT a 11k rtCitir iuav. . ? jvw*.
B - September 15th and stay
u?"i! I>ecet?bor 31st, 1931, in^Bj<;without
any penalty. Any
f?nr..n concerning this office
by ma 11. W h
B>M';r about taxes please state
HP1''* di>;rift in which you live or
P^Pcrty.
''.lowir.c i> a list of total levies
H> 1 ach s 'Uool district for School.
Bar.d State taxes.
Do K alb Township
Bf" '"-trict No. 1 JS'.tz
f' 1' <t- t No. 2 46
1J.?;; ? ^ No. 4 ......... 48'.*
1 ?:str No. 0 48
,-t No. 31
h"" I -t vict No. 43 31
Buffalo Township
T"" ''strict No. 3 46%
Bfr" District No. 5 28-%
P>(".. I?.<trict No. 7 37%
B*f" 1 b>trict No. 15 28%
^B " District No. 20 28%
Bjf" . 1 ~t riot No. 22 51, B<*>.
District No. 23 28%
District No. 27 41%
No. 28 28%
pi District No. 31 36%
B*'; District No. 40 51 lt2
^Bv D.-trict No. 42 28%
' Flat Rock Township
B*>1 District No. 8 41%
. Bj??l District No. 9 41%
B**; District No. 10 32%
' Bv Strict No. 13 28%
BJf< District No. 19 41%
Bfu'i District No. 30 28%
BJ^ District No. 33 41%
Jooj District No^37 . . 41%
B**> District N$/41 . .# 41%
^ noo: District No. 46 35%
B**>1 l>istrict No. 47 38%
B. Wateree Township
District No. 11 35%
r?; District No. 12 46 H
v District No. 16 32
Br* District No. 29 34%
Br! District No. 38 28%
^ ?<K>1 District No. 39 33%
Yours respectfully,
S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer,
Kershaw County,
Som v Camden, S. C.
B Ptember 14th, 1931.
MASTER S SALE
Mate of South ( urolinu
bounty of Kcrahaw
In the Court *f Common
I he Prudential Insurance Compunj
<?! America, Plaintiff
against
I" Fropst, Defendant
*+* 1 1 - " Under
and by virtue of an Order of
(ourt made m the above entitled action
and dated the 12th day of Sentemher,
1981, the Master for Ker- '
shaw County will offer for sale at
public auction, before the Kershaw
County (/Ourt House door, Camden,
South Carolina, during the legal
hours of sale on the first Monday be
lfMM day of October, 11)31, th *
following described real estate:
"All that certain piece, parcel or
tinct of land containing two hundred
sixteen (21(1) acres, more or less,
known as the "McCaskill Place,"
bounded north by lands of Andrew 11.
Campbell, formerly of Ben Claiborne,
Jr., and of Isaac Jones and Spears
(reek; hast by Spears Creek, lands
of Isaac Jones, lands of Henry Braeey
and lands of W. H. Tiller; on tho.
')U?, /jy,'u,?(^s (){ Dracey, and lands
of W. H. Idler; on the West by lands
of Andrew B. Campbell, formerly of
Idler, and the lands of Andrew B.
Campbell, formerly of Hen Claiborne,
Jr., being situate in Kershaw County,
South Carolina.
"Also, all that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land situate, lying and
being in the County of Kershaw, the
State of South Carolina, containing
seventy-four (74) acres, more or less,
known as the "Hen Claiborne, Jr..
1 lace," bounded North and Northeast
by lands of Liberty Jones, Isaac
Jones, and lands of Andrew B. Campbell,
Southwest by lands of Ben Claiborne,
Sr., and Northwest by lands
formerly of Bearfoot, must of Baldwin,
Southeast by lands of Andrew
B. Campbell."
Terms of sale Cash, provided that
the successful bidder be required by
the Master to forthwith deposit the*
?l $250.00 in cash or certified
check, the same to be forfeited in case
of non-compliance and in case of compliance
to be credited on the purchase
Pri<*- W. L. DeRASS, Jr..
Master for Kershaw County.
September 18th, 1931.
MASTER'S SALE !
State of South Carolina
County of Kershaw
In the Court of Common Pleas
The First Carolina^ Joint Stock Land
, Bank of Columbia, Plaintiff
against
Bolivar D. Boykin, F. I. Proctor, as
Trustee, Caroline LeConte Boykin,
and Carolina Power & Light Company,
Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an Order f
Court made in the above entitled action
and dated the 9th day of September.
1931, the Master for Kershaw
County will offer for sale at public
auction, before the Kershaw County
Court House Door, Camden, South
Carolina, during the legal hours of
sale on the first Monday, being the
5th day of October. 1931, the following
described real estate:
"All those pieces, parcels or lots
of land, situate, lying and being in
the County of Kershaw, in the State
of South Carolina, nine (9) miles
south of the City of Camden, on the
waters of Swift Creek and on both
sides of the Southern Railway, and
on both sides of the Public Highway
from Camden to Sumter, designated
on a plat by T. E. Wilson, surveyor,
dated September 24th, 1919, as tracts
1A. 2A, 4A, OA and 22, containing
in (he aggregate two hundred twenty
f
(220.21) acres, and is recorded in the
office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County in Plat Book 4 at page
224. Parcels 1A, 2A. 4A and OA arc
contiguous and are bounded as a
whole on the east by lands of L. W.
Boykin. J. Willis Cantey and B. II. j
Boykin; on the south hy lands of
B. H. Boykin and hy plantation road
separating the same from lands of
W. A. and 1). A. Boykin; on the west
hy lands of W. A. and I). A. Boykin,
a ditch dividing, and hy lands of W.
A. Boykin, same being tract HA <>n
plat above referred to; and on the
north by the Hopewell Place of
Shannon. Tract 22 of said land is
bounded on the north hy premises
of J. Willis Cantey and by the Public
Highway; on the cast and south by I
premises of B. H. Boykin and on the
west hy JPublic Highway above referred
to. and being the same land coi
veyed to Bolivar I). Boykin by deed
of Aline Wooten and F. M. Wootcn.
dated November 26th, 1923, and recorded
in the office of the Clerk <?f
Court for Kershaw County in Book
"BG" at page 796, less four (4) acres
thereof conveyed to Trustees of
School District No. 2 by said B. D.
Boykin by deed dated February, 1921.
recorded in the said office in Book
"BF" at page 552."
Terms of sale: One-third Cash;
with the privilege to the purchaser
of paying all cash, the deferred portion
of the purchase price to be payable
in three equal annual instalments,
payable 1, 2 and 3 years after
the date of sale, and to be evidenced
by the note of the purchaser secured
by his valid purchase money mortgage,
said note and mortgage to con-tain
suoh terms and provisions as the
Master and the attorneys of the
plaintiff may approve; the Master to
require of the successful bidder a
deposrit of $400.00 before accepting
his bid as final, th? same to be forfeited
and applied to costs in tJie
event of the purchaser's non-compliance
within thirty days from date
of sale." ? _
W. L. DePA'SS, JR.,
Master for Kershaw County
j September 18th, 1981.
I
Expense Money <
Valid Court Says
The supreme court of South Carolina,
in ? decision handed down lart >
"ight, refused to enjoin the state 1
treasurer from paying members
the KeneJul assembly $200 each, vot- 1
id to themselves in the 193! appro- *'
p'iation bill as expense money.
I he ease, which was. in the orig- ]
inal jurisdiction of the yourt' arose
when J. B. Scroggie, of Columbia, <
through attorneys, contested the ?
''ght of the legislators to vote to a
themselves this expense money, <'
which was in addition to the $100 i
received as pay for the term. I
Four members of the court con- 1
lurred, and the fifth, Thomas !\ f
Cothran disqualified himself from the
case. Justice Bonham, however, con- *
curved only in the result of the ru.- 1
ing opinion;
Membeis of the ( iierokee avenue *"
Bapjist church at Caffney confirmed 1
?i ieduction in his own salary made by 1
their pastor, Rev. < . A. Kir by, of $25 f
a month from hi* stipulated salary of :
$250 a month, j
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MASTER'S SALE 1
State of South Carolina
' ounty of Kershaw
Court of Common Fleas 1
? (
Rachael C. Brown, personally and as <
administratrix of the Estate of W
W. Brown, Carrie K. Brown. Robert
L. Brown, Sallie Cook Tyler, c
James H. Cook, Bonnie F. Cook, '
Plaintiffs, 1
, against .
Elizabeth Blyther, Jessie J}. English.
Sumner George, Defendants.
(
Under and by virtue of an Order i
of his Honor, W. H. Townsend, Judge
?t ^he Fifth Circuit, at Ohambers, *
Columbia, S. C.,.of date September
17, 11)31, in the above entitled cause, <
I will offer for sale to the highest bid- der
for cash on the first Monday in
October, 1931, (being October 5, '
193J), before tiie Court House door 1
in Camden, S. C.. during the legal ,
hours of sale, the following described
parcel of real estate:
"All that piece, parcel or tract of
land in the City of Camden, County
of Kershaw, and State of South Car- ,
olina, known and designated in the
plan of the said City as lot No. 1140,
fronting sixty-six (00) feet on '
Church Street and extending back
West of a uniform width and to a
depth of two hundred sixty-four
(204) feet, same being that conveyed
by Wayne F. Perry, W. H. Carter
and J. W. Carter to Mattie M. Bovkin
by deed of date, April 18. 1890.
recorded in the office of -the Clerk of
Court for Kershaw County in Book
BBB, page 198, and which William
E. Boykin acquired from the other
heirs at law Mattie M. Boykin by
deed of record in the office of the
Clerk of Court for Kershaw County
in Book AG, page 42."
W. L. DePASS, JR..
Master for Kershaw County
September 17, 1931.
MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina
County of Kershaw
Court of Common Pleas
I The Enterprise Building & Loan Association,
Camden, S. C.
against
Silvia Walker, James Walker, Charlotte
Walker, Willie Walker and
George Walker, Defendants.
???
Under and by virtue of a Decree of
his Honor, W. Ff. Townsend, Judge
of the Fifth Circuit, at Chamber*,
f olumbia, S. C\, of date September
17, 1931, in the above entitled cause.
I will offer for sale to the highest
hi<ldr?r for cash on the first Monday
in October, 1931. (being oeionrr " >.?
1931), before the Court House Door
in Camden. S. C? during the legal
hours of sale, tDo following described
parcels of real estate:
All that piece, parcel or dot of land
situate, lying and being in the.State
of Soufh Carolina. County of Kershaw
and City of 'Camden, and being
designated as lot No. 10 on a plat of
| subdivision by J. R. Edmunds, C. E..'
I said plat being on record in the office
of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County in Flat Book No. 2 at page
3. Said lot fronts fifty (50) feet
North on York street of said City and
, is bounded on the North by York
j Street; East by lot No. 11 of said
subdivision; South by lot No. 13. and
'West by lot No. '9. The above doscribed
property is that conveyed t>
me by Henry Savage and Geo. T.
Little by deed of date. March 13.
1919. which deed is recorded in th"
office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County in Book A. V. at page
775.
Also, All that piece, parcel or tra :
of land situate, lying and being, in
the State of South Carolina, Count.i
of Kershaw and City of Camden,
'fronting fifty (50) feet North on
York Street, and designated as lot
I No. 9 in Block 1, on the subdivision
i plat made by J. L. Edmunds, Civil
1 Engineer, of date, January 16, 1909,
[on record in the office of Clerk of
i Court for Kershaw County in Plat
: Book No. 2, page 3. The said lot
| is bounded North by York Street;
East by lot No. 10, property of Spencer
Walker; South by lot No. 14; and
West by lot No. 8, property of Ed.
Carolina. The above described lot is
that conveyed to me, the said Spencer
Walker, by Henry Savage and Geo. T.
Little by deed of date, June 24, 1919,
which deed is recorded in the office
of jt>he Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County in Book A. Z. at page 270.
And also: Two (2) shares of the
Capital Stock of the 17th series of
The Enterprise Building A Loan Association.
W. L. DePASS, JR.,
Master for Kershaw County
September 17, 1931,
governor's Cotton
Bill Announced
iVohilettng the planting of t<?tt m'*''
" ''li' purpoM? of ft'ivwmn'
" '' 'k of Si uth ( ,
"ia 1,1 tl,f >t-ui 1932. and p.-h-br
' *. 'he g.uhr .ng ? n|J ri^. t ,otion
planted vTuuti ? . , ?laU.
d South ( .il.iliiui i ft t he veai 1932;
"'o vidi ng ft(| ,Al,-iinnaiio,i of'th.
dexiran ...tlun hull weev ,1, (anthon
"nous Iji andis; Bohemun) eraduai
ng llu* ci:seas,- of t)u lotion known
us the coiton root rot < phy matotrihum
Oinnivoiuin. duggar); declaring
t to he a misdemeanor to violate any
irovision.s of this act am! providing
mnishment therefor: and providing
or the suspension thereof'..
Be it enacted by the Cieneral AsK'lnbly
of the State oj South Cur.iina:
Section l\ Tliut in the tear ]
ubjeet lo i hi* prov isions of Section
> theieoJ the commissioner of agj ieul
uro. commerce and industries shall!
ake all needful and necessary steps j
or 1^u> purpose of exterminating!
dexican cotton boll weevils and other!
tests ailed.ng cotton and its growth I
hereof in the State of South < at<>-|
ina; tliat the said commission! i '!
Agriculture, commerce and industr -s!
d?a!l further take all needful an ! J
lecessaiy steps to eradicate the dis-j
ase affecting cotton known as audi
-ommgnly called cotton root-rot.
Section 2: That the planting ofj
otton seed lor the purpose of rais
ng eqti on be and the same is hereby
prohibited in the State of South
Carolina during the calendar year
1932, ajul further, the gathering of
. otton grown in said year and the
ginning thereof are hereby prohibit:'d.
Section .1: 'I hat any person, firm,
corporation or association of persons
who shall plant or cause to be planted
any cotton seed for the purpose
of raising cotton in the year 1932;
or any person, firm, corporation
association of persons, who shall
gather or otherwise harvest, or gin,
or eau-0 to be gathered, harvested
or ginned, any cotton grown in the
year 1932 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction there j
of shall bo fined the sum of not lees
than one hundred ($100.00) dollars,
nor more than five hundred ($500.00)
dollars, or imprisoned not less than
ten (10) days nor more than sixty
(00) days for each offense, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
Section 4: That said commissioner
of agriculture, commerce and industries
is hereby empowered to destroy
or cause to be destroyed any eotton
or cotton plants, which may he grown
or found to be growing on any land
in the State of South Carolina in the
year 1932, and Ik* is empowered lo
call upon all necessary officers of
the state for the purpose of preventing
the growing of such cotton plan's
or the gathering of such cotton during
said year 1932.
Section 5: This act shall not become
effective unless and until a
sufficient number of States produi
ing a quantity of not less than
seventy-five (75 per cent) per centum
of the total cotton grown in
the United States during the year
I
HMO, enact similnt legislation hfn |
to on or hoI'oro January 15, HM2.
The United Stairs government u
port for the year HMO shall be used
to determine these stairs which pr ?duce
not Irss than srvrnly fivr (75
per cenll per centum of thr total
cotton grown m thr United States,
Section >: All arts or parts nf
acts inconsistent with this art a?c
hereby repraletl.
Marshal Henri I'ctuin, 75, who
stemmed defeat at Verdun, experts to
visit America next October for the
York town celebration. In an interview
in Paris in reply to a question
as to what he most wanted to see in
America, the French warrior said:
"D'esprit American?the American
spirit. I.t's one of the most wonderful
in the world, even more enthusiastic
than the French. 1 am not so
much interested in the gigantic
things of America- the skyscrapers,|
Niagara Falls and such. It is that
wonderful American spirit 1 want >o
tee."
' The receiver of the defunct First
1 National bank, of (laffney, is about
1 to pay a 10 per cent, dividend to d
Ipositors which makes a total of 75
pet cent, paid by him.
j ___________________________________
I'rcsuient lliM?vcr has a ca'l
for a I cun-d.i \ 1-onfori'Hi? ' < V- held
in Washington, laginning ihconabei
2nd, to consider the whole question o!
home construction, building,- financ
ing, etc.
A mail plane shortly aftei leaving
San Francisco for Scuttle on W?dne>dny,
caught fire ami fell into thy bu>.
Thy pilot and three passengers arc
reported as losing1 th?ir l.vcr m the
accident.
, I
Notice to Delinquent
Taxpayers
1 HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THE COMPTROLLER
GENERAL S OFFICE TO PROCEED AT
DNCE TO COLLECT ALL DELINQUENT TAXES, AND
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ALL THOSE OWING
BACK TAXES TO CALL AT THE OFFICE OI THE
SHERIFF AND PAY SAME. BY CALLING AT THE
OFFICE DELINQUENTS WILL SAVE THE COSTS OF
HAVING A DEPUTY CALL ON THEM.
J. H. McLEOD
Sheriff Kershaw County
| PAINFUL
INDIGESTION
"I find Blftck-Drnn^ht driven relief
for Htomach trouble, tuuhod by
conatipation," writ,en Mr*. M attain
Atkins, of I ronton, Ohio. "I have
boon troubled with indict etion?
! fcometinieh would hate pa* and
pains under my rlla- M> f... .u uuuld
ferment, and I Buffered uufnsN ferliriK?
I found that tnU.nK n few
tlusi H <>f Illa?'k-1 n auKi 1 wc.inl (aiiN
this ftcliiiK lo pa.su aw.o. I have used
HI... I. I a..unlit f..i y. in>, ..ial I .an nay
thai ii is i lie iiHslioila- f > i rm- " in* *
BujjjjWS
Hair Cuts 25c
I This is to notify my customers and friends that this
| shop has reduced the price of Hair Cutting from 35c
to 25c. This is in keeping with our policy for forty
years of meeting price advances or declines as the I
situation might warrant. The price of shaves will re- j
main as heretofore. These prices are for Cash only.
Sanitary shop, good barbers and courteous service. :
Let us serve you. j
EUREKA BARBER SHOP
I. B. ENGLISH, Proprietor j
' ? " I
NOTICE
To Our Depositors:
In view of the small returns now available from investment . !
funds in high grade securities and commercial paper acceptable for
reserve purposes, banks generally over the United States have found
it essential to sound banking practice to reduce the rate pf interest paid
on savings deposits.
I 9 j
After full consideration of the situation, the undersigned banks,
in Camden, have deemed it advisable to revise the interest rate, and
j announce, that effective October 1, 1931, interest paid on savings deposits
will be at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, compounded quar- !
terly.
The Bank of Camden I
The First National Bank I
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