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mea? , M ' J,"." , Christmas Suggestions I X ^^Khitman'i Candies Life Time Fountain Pep* Electric Appliances Perfume and Toilet Goods Stationery, Jardinieres Vases, Novelties Bill 1'oldtf, Fine Cigar* Cigarettes and Cases Greeting Cards Fireworks I W. R. ZEMFS DRUG STORE I PHONE 30 CITY DRUG COMPANY I I PHONE 130 * I! 0 1 Prescription Work by Pharmacists- Only j I ??' ? ' . . , ? - V LOOKING BACKWARD Takeo From the Files of The Chronicte Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago ' "|" Mil' ' ' V " I I.' / ' . ,n THIRTY YEARS AGO December 4. 1901 ; On January 1, the first of the rural free delivery will be carried by Mr. Sam Hough and patrons are urged to buy and erect boxes for rccepticles of mail. Charles Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, tenders his resignation as postmaster general an(i Henry C. Payne tendered the place in his stead. S. M. Mathis, of Lancaster, rents Parker House, corner of Broad and DeKalb streets, to operate a boarding house. Mrs. K. G. \yhistler purchases from R. L. Barsto\tf, Jr., the two residences on Hobkirk Hill between Major Cantey's place and the Seaboard railroad. Robt. Gaskins accidentally kills Eddie Doby while practicing with rifle by torchlljfht.^ A. H. Seabrook, a merchant of Camden, goes to Columbia to take editorial management of The Columbia Record. A. Jeff Gregory, of Kershaw, shoots and badly wounds W. T. Catoe, a former policeman. David Williams, a thrco-year convict on the State Farm, accidentally killed by M. O. Bartlett, a guard. E. B. Capers, well known shoe merchant of Camden, dies suddenly at his home on DeKalb street. Pallbearers serving were F. L. Zemp, W. H. Zemp, E. C. Zemp, F. M. Zemp, S. C. Zemp and Dr, W. S. Stokes. W. J. Duffie, one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina, dj^d in Columbia. He was a school book publisher and invested his earnings in Columbia real estate and owned 26,600 acres in Oconee county. Majestic Program Friday, Dec. 4 The truthful, human-interest side of foothall-r-told boldly, daringlv for the first tune in "TOUCHDOWN," with Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon, Jack Oakie, Regis Toomey and J. Farrell MacDonald (Knute Roekne's double), with a east inoluding five All-Americans and two famous college coaches. Saturday, Dec. 5 Ruck Jones in a thrilling adventure: Western feature. Also Charlie Chase, in "What A "Bozo," "Danger Island" j and Cartoons. i Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 7-8 Will Rogers in George Ade's play'! "VOl N(i AS VOL' FEEL," with Fifi, Do-sey and l.ueien I.ittlefield. The I m reciG gr*at comedian in the first, laugh riot, makes 'em forget pills, I bills and ills. Wednesday, Dec. it Program for this date not yet anr -unced. Thursday, Dec. 10 Columbia Pictures presents Leo Carnllu. Constance ("ununings, with Robert Young in "THE GUILTY I GENERATION." Are children proud! of their parents? Do they suffer' the t or-. i|iie!iro< of their parents' ill.-deed-'.' What 1.- ;he outlook for the-e "guilty generation*?" Special i Ladies Matinee, ." p. m.. 15c. Others; regular matinee priios. FTFTEKN YEARS AGO December 8, 1916 Mr. Oscar Leightori returns from Isle of Shoals for another winter in Camden. , v. " - (T . Hev. John H. Graves returns to Camden as pastor for another year. Thief enters home of Constable J. D. Sinclair and steals $50 from* his trousers pockets. Dr. Sorreii returns from Canada and says , it was all a joke about his volunteering for service in the French army. Lucile West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. West, dies at Hermitage mill village. W. H. Kirkbride purchases largo farm tract known as Salmond place bordering Wateree river. SovCnty-nine men, members of Company M., arrive -from border and met at Seaboard station by large crowd of townspeople. Rev. A. M. Clyburn returned by conference to -pastorate at Bethune. Tom Watson, author and editor, found not guilty of sending obscene matter through mails after trial at Augusta. Body of Mrs. Sarah Bishop Steedman, who died at Hendersonville, brought here for burial. Clarkson Rhamo undergoes operation for appendicitis at Camden hospital. Met With Mrs. Hunnicutt The Mt. Zion home demonstration club held their November meeting at the home of Mrs. W. L. Hunnicutt. M iss Sadie Craig, home demonstration agent, showed the members how to make many pretty * and useful Christmas gifts. Several contests were enjoyed during the afternoon with Mrs. T. R. Thomas as winner, who received a 'lovely prize. Late in the afternoon the.hostess served delicious refreshments. Death of Mr. W. H. Yarbrough Bethune,,,S. C., Nov. .'10.?Mr. W. H. Yarbrough, of near Bethune, died at his home Saturday about 12 o'clock Mr. Yarbrough had been in poor health for soni| time and while his death was not unexpected still it came as a great shock to his family and friends. Interment was at the Scotch cemetery Sunday at 1 1 o'clock, the funeral services being eonducted by Dr. Sullivan. His \vifyr Klizabcth Yarbrough, died one year ago. He leaves surviving him the following children: I). K. Yarbrouch. of North Carolina; Mrs. Mary Huekabee, Lee, Oscar and Miss Lucretia Yarbrough, of Bethune. Also seven* grandchildren and two great grandchildren and also two brothers, Mr. I). T. Yarh-ough and Mr. P F. Ynmr"tTgh. Suffering -of women and ch'ldivn for want of food has been reported to Governor Samp-on of Kentucky. Chain Store Tax J Is Again Upheld .Washington, Nov. 89.-- Fpr the third time in the year, chain stores today received bnd news from the Supreme court?this time in a decision upholding the Virginia tax pi warehouses which distribute to mptc than one store, v " V ;v; p*' lawyers of the Great Atlantic and Pacific company argued their ca?< was different from thoge decided by the court In approving Indiana and North Carolina chain store taxes. The coyrt did not think so, however, Chief Justice Hughes, in announcing that the decree of a lower court which upheld the tax was affirmed, explained that the suit was governed by. the?court's action in tho . previous cases. There was no written opinion. The first of these cases to be passed upon, that of Indiana, is precedent now, but it Was decided by the narrowest possible margin, 5 to 4, Like the" Indiana tax on the retail stores themselves, the Vriginia levy on warehouses is graduated. II mounts with th? number of stores served. ~'%f Paul Painleve, former premier of France, was booed by the international peace Conference Friday at Paris, when he questioned the efficacy of disarming as a step towards peace. Lou Holden, 32, of San Francisco, offers to sell himself to some woman as a husband for $ 1,000, provided the cash be paid in advance. Form the line to the right. The Federal treasury deficit has mounted an average of $5,500,000 per day for the 147 days of the current fiscal year. Since June the deficit has grown to $813,377,093. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE 1 Notice is hereby given sthat the undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Mosos Shannon, deceased, will on the 4th day of January, 1932, file | with the Probate Judge of Kershaw County his final return and will on tho said date petition the Court for a Mina! Discharge as such Administrator. G. T. BELL, Administrator, Estate of Moses Shannon, deceased. December 1, 1931. WARNING NOTICE ~= It has been called to my attention that parties have been trespassing upon the I)oby*s Mill property now in my possession. This is to* warn all hunters and others that this land is post*! against trespassing of all kinds,^and parties found violating this notice wilL.be prosecuted^ J. E. JEFFJERS. November 17, 1931. 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 and will sell the following property on the first Monday in December, being the 7th day thereof, in front of the Court House, Camden, iS. C., during the legial hours of sale. All that lot and building in City of Camden bounded on the North by Mrs. A. E. McDougald; on the East by Lyttleton street; on the South by C. L. Moseley; on the West by Sheheen. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Mrs. M. L. Scarborough for 1929. city taxes. Also All that lot and building in the City of Camden, bounded on the North by Chesnut street; on the East by Lyttleton street; on the .South by Mrs. Elizabeth Boykin; on the West by Hamlin property. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Mrs. R. W. | Whiti* for 1929 city taxes. Also A1 i that lot and building in the City of Camden, bounded on the North by Hampton avenue: on the East by Broad street; on the South j by Misses Turners; on the West by Mrs. Lillian Bruce. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Estate of i Leila A. Truesdalc for 1929 city tax' M. Also All that lot and building in the I City of Camden, bounded on the N'"ft h by J. C. and .1." L. CJ ill is; on | the East by l air street; on the South j by Hampton Park; >-n .the West by ; Bra-mgton property; also lot and bounded on the North by 1 (?? ..: ge T. Little; ..n the East by Arm-tt et al.; on tr. South by Dekalb -1 reet; on tl".< West by Mrs. . Lillie Dunn. Levied ..pon and to be Id a- property of (., C. Bruce for lt'29 citv taxes. ! Also All that lot and bu Iding in Camden bounded on the North by Mrs. E. K. Welsh; on the East by George T. Little, et al.; on tho South by !)( Kalb .-t reel; on the West by formerly Ilaithcock property. Levied up?.n and to be sold as property of >i>'.a!e ('. Scott for 1929 city taxes. Also All that lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the North by A. G. i Vaughn; on the East by Church 'street; on the South hy Burke prop:erty; on the West by formerly Henry ! Davis. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Mary Vaughn for 1929 j city taxes. Also All that lot in the City of Gam! den, bounded on the North by for; merly Kemp; on the East by Mill > street; on the South and West by ; formerly Zemp property. Levied upI on and to be sold as property of F. C. Williams for 1929"cirj* taxes. H. D. HIUTON, Chief of Police City of Camden i Guard Convicted of Manalauf liter * ;i*p an . V York, Nov. 30.?Guilty of involun tary manslaughter was the verdict re turned by the Jury tonight in th< 'lease of Roy <Sapp, former York coun ty chaingang guard, in connection ' with the kilting September 37 of J. E Bridges, Rook Hill automobile me ' ehanic. The killing took place at the chait gang camp where Bridges waa re pairipg a truck. Sapp was handling I a pistol when it was discharged There had been no semblance of i quurrel between the two men. Of ficers testified that after the killing Sapp appeared to be under the in ' fluence of an intoxicant, j| NOTICE OF SALE II Under and by virtue of a decree Jin the Court of Common Pleas foi I/oe County, S. C., heretofore made in the case of The Peoples Rank 1Bishopville, S. C., plaintiff, versus George M. Stuckey, Vs Administrator, I with the will annexed, of the estate I of W. A. Stuckey, deceased, George M. Stuckey, individually, II. P. Dor'lity, Mrs. Agnes J. Stuckey, The First Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank ol Columbia, Jno. C. McNeil, as Receiver of the First National Rank of I Bishopville, H. W. Woodward, and John Doe in the name, place and stead of any and all other creditors j of W. A. Stuckey, deceased, who may I come into this action and contribute I their share of the costs of same, and George M. Stuckey, as Receiver of the estate of W. A. Stuckey, deceased, defendants, and The First <Carolinas Joint Stock Land Ban)* of CoI lumbia, plaintiff, versus .Agues J. Stuckey, George M. Stuckey, individually and as 'administrator with the will annexed, and as receiver of the estate of W. A. Stuckey, deceased, DesChamps Bros., Inc., H. W. Woodward, Hartsville Fertilizer Company, Thb Peoples Bank of Bishopville and I Carolina Light & Power Company and by amendment.^J^. Jones, dej fendants, I, L. W. oorl^ Clerk of Court for Lee County, South CaroJjlina, will sell, at public auction, beIfore the Court House door in CamI den, S. C., on salesdpy in December, 119$1, the same being the seventh day I of said- month, during the usual hours of sale, the following described property, to witi "Tract No. 4. All that, certain tract or parcel of land, situate, lying 1 and being in the County of Kershaw and State aforesaid, containing fifty (50) )acres, more or less, and being bounded and described as follows: North hy land of Margaret Arrants, east by land of Margaret Arrants, south by land of F. E. Sparrow, and west by land of T. E. Davis, formerly of C. M. Alexander." Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. Said decree provides further#tbat the Clerk of this Court do require of the successful bidder, except first mortgage lien creditor, a deposit of five per cent of his bid before accepting any bid as final, said sum to be J forfeited and applied to the payment of costs in the event of the bidder's non-compliance except for legal cause, within fifteen days thereafter. L. W. MOORE, Clerk of Court for Lee County, S. C. Dated November 18th, 1931. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, That under and by virtue of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County, South Carolina, dated the 17th day of November, 1931, in the cause of the Federal Land Bank#of Columbia, plaintiff, against S. B. Stokes and The Bank of Camden, I will sell to the highest bidder or bidders before the Court House door in the Town of Camden, State of South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in December, 1931, the same being the 7th day of said month, the following described property: "All that pieee, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the I 1 State of South Carolina and County of Kershaw, about eight miles Southj east of the City of Camden, invSchool ; District No. 3, containing two hundred sixty-one and six-tenths, (261.6) acres, more or l&ss, as shown by plat of Kershaw,^ieLoach, Surveyor, bearing date, Jurife 6, 1921, and known as the John Holland Place on waters of Hubbard Branch, and bounded on the North by lands formerly of Holland, now of Hinson, of Blyther and of .Charles Holland; on the East by lands formerly of Ben Turner, now of Blyther, of Charles Holland and of Shiver; on the .South by lands formerly of Rodgers, now of Gardner; and on the West by lands formerly of Baum Bros., now of Spradley." That unless the plaintiff becomes 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's check or Certified Check, as earnest, money or evidence of good 'faith, the mime to beipjj on the bid Should-' there br a <fl pliance with the same; but slttfl the successful bidder . fail to ? such deposit immediately at the tfl of the acceptance of his bid, then fl said premises sballhe at ones reufl at such bidder's risk, on the stfl salesday or upon some subseoo? salesday, at the option of. the wfl tiff or its attorney; however, shofl the successful bidder make the ifl deposit and thereafter fail to coofl with t.he said -bid without legtlfl cuse being duly shown, then rocfcfl posit shall be. delivered.to the plifl tiff and retained by it as Hquittfl damages, / and the premises dfl thereupon be ^resold upon thrMH terms and at such purchaser'! on some subsequent salesday to designated by the plaintiff or ft ' W. L. DePASS, Jkj Master for Kershaw CopntOT Camden, S. C., Nov. 18, 1931. I Dekalb pharmacy See Our Selection of Christmas Cards Now on Display DeKalb Pharmacy J. 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