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I . i LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the Filea of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Yeara Ago I THIRTY YEARS AGO December 2ft, 1901 Dr. J. 1*. Richards,. brother of John G. Richards, died at his home in Lib, erty Hill. * ? Mrs. S. M. Mathis assumes management of the (^aTpdeh Hptel at corner of Broad and f^&Kjrtb street succeed ing Mrs. S, A. {tartyar. Ten colored'amf two Nvhfcte nrisomers confined in county jail". t,, Fire breaks out in ohl Wash Benny house on lower Broad street, but firemen extinguish the flanges. White woman placed in jail for obtaining goods from local store and giving mortgage on goods she did not own. Mr. and Mrs. K. L, Barstow givO charming dance at their home "Bohemia," in honor of the Missed DuPont from Wilmington, Delaware. Monte Waterbury, one of America's crack polo players, rated as a "ten goal man," registered at the Hobkirk Inn. . Robert Thorne son of Isaac Thorne found (load in the road six miles east of Camden with face and head horribly mutilated. Hon. James Hemphil, one of Chester's oldest and most distinguished citizens dies. Electric power houso and pumping station at Abbeville destroyed by fire with loss of about $5,000. More than 100 horses and milch cows killed near San Antonio, Texas, to prevent them from starving to death. Prolonged drought of twelve months killed all grass and foodstuff. Jim Mays, young i^egro, lynched by mob in Springfield, Ky., for assault on young white woman. A West Point, Ga., cafe has posted this sign on its door: "Stranger, if > you are hungry, without funds, come in and eat with me." I FIFJJBHN YKAKS AGO , ... -~JL?? * December 29, 1916 Dr. Hiley, druggist of Florence, proves, that most people are honest. He put a box. of stamps in his store with a dollar in change vyith notice reading "Stamps, help younself niul make the change." Within a week ho did not lose but came out two cents ahead of the game. A million dollar circus corporation leaves out of New York by motor cars?the first in history of motor ^transportation. Governor Manning leaves for a hunting trip at Georgetown as guest of Bernard M. Baruch. George Pettigrow, well kpown cripple, knocked down by auto driven by William Muggins?the aceident was pronounced entirely unavoidable. Kershaw Shannon improving from serious1 attack of pneumonia at Cam. den Hospital. Lovely Christmas tree unloaded of its gifts at Methodist church given by .Sunday school. Kulph Dunn on a holiday visit from Johns Hopkins hospital ut Baltimore. Leonard Schenk, John Nelson and Teddy deLoach at home * from the Citadel, Kdwin Guy and Leon Schlosburg home from Georgia Tech. George T. Little, Jr., home from Furman university. Clarence Dunn, George Nicholson and Eugene Zemp home from Citadel. K.v C. Johnson, Jr., of Charlotte, Christmas visitor at home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strohecker, of Charleston, Christmas visitors here. Cecil Brasington, of Furman, at home for holidays. James H. Chandler, well kno\yn clothing merchant, of Sumter, dies at Baltimore hospital. " " I Future Farmers Start Pig Chains The F. P. F. chapters of Camden, Blanoy and Baron DeKalb have started pig chains in 'their chapters. The purpose of these pig chains is to get some good purebred pigs started in these communities. The chapters in each of these schools bought pigs latjt May and gave them to boys in the ehnpters. Registered Poland-China . gilts were purchased and given on the following conditions: That he give back to the chapter two gilts out of his first litter to be given to two other boys. The gilt and all future litters to be his. That he inoculate pig within ten days after receiving same for cholera. That he breed gilt to registered Poland-China boar. That he care for and feed pig according to best methods. That he grow as much of his feed i as possible. 1 I That he have pig registered. There were four of these chains started by the Camden chapter and the pigs went to the following boys: Troy Godwin, Karl Jordan, Ralph Lee and Covert McCallum. Two were started in the Blaney chapter and the pigs went to Marvin Dillard and Paul Kirkland. % Paul Faulkenberry got the pig in the Baron DeKalb chapter. * In addition to these pig chains a number of boys in Bethuno, Antioch, Midway and Mt. Pisgah schools have pigs as their project. There are also a number of pig projects in the schools that have the pig chains started. The Brooklyn Edison company will distribute a bonus totalling $P8y.l>71.GO among its 7,ST J employes on a basis of H per cent of the salaries paid employes. Tito company has distributed part of its earnings to employer since IPTft and in that, time has given them a total of SG.'Jl 7.P7S. 1 1 a> bonuses. - " Missionary Society Met. M rs. J. H. Sinclair entertained the Woman's Missionary Union of the M alvern Hill Baptist church at her home Tuesday afternoon. Little May Hasty and Margaret Sinclair sang a duet, accompanied by Miss- Lena Sinclair at the piano. Thirteen members were present and enjoyed thy delicious sandwiches, fruit cake and hot chocolate served by the hostess. Those who were not present are urged to attend the next meeting, which will be at the home of Mrs. H. T. Iyovette, Tuesday, December 29, at 2:80 o'clock. MAJESTIC THEATRE Friday, December 25 Two who make history! Wallace Berry and Jackie Cooper in "THE CHAMP." Th? hit of 1931 and the picture your heart will rememer forever. Also Paramount's "Lessons in Ix>ve," and Pathe Comedy "Selling Short." Saturday, December 26. 9000 miles into the jungle to bring you the greatest thrills of all time. The picture that reveals untold wonders! "EAST OF BORNEO." With Charles Bickiord and Rose Hobart. Also Aesop Fables and MGM comedy. ; Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 28-29 j Bands playing, crowds cheering, nerves tinglin. As the whistle blows for the gridiron classic of the year. ["THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME" ' With Lew Ayres and the Four Horse. men?Miller, Crowley, Layden and I Stuhldreher. Dedicated to the memlory of Knute Rockne. Wednesday, December 30. } Gary Cooper wiih Claudettc Col! bert in "HIS WOMAN." The screens .newest sensation. It will plunge it's ! way into your heart and linger there ; long. Also Al. St. John in "Mile ' Trene. The Great." Thursday, December 31. | If all the stars in Hollywood were in "MOTHER'S MILLIONS" it could not be a better picture, laughs nev,er cease throughout the unreeling? ' laughs that grow to uproarious guf' faws of solid entertainment. 1 New Year's Kve Mid-Night Show I Absolutely the most ridiculous I thing you could ever imagine. Slim : Summerville with 7nsu Pitts in / THE UNEXPECTED FATHER." j You'll laugh until you cry and cry i 'because y<>u can laugh no more. It j .starts in.aii. New Year's Eve?< her , midnight. j Noted Actress Takes Part of Portia. l! the public intcro-t ir. an i \ (*r.t the <\:<n? t<> which the newspaper pre>s ur.derM'i res that J e>en: Ui'h editorial enmment, nothing ir. i < < nt history of the Auur,-) fail theatre or ??f unj of tho other arts. f<>' that mat tor, and few events of polit t? ai or economic importance, can compart'.with the recent return nf Mat do Adams to the stage from v\ h mr she retired thirteen years ago. Hard on the heels of the premiere in Cleveland of Miss Adams as Portia opposite Otis Skinner's Shylook in "The Merchant of Venice"?which will be seen at the Columbia Theatre for one night only, Thursday, December 31st, came an editorial gesture of welcome which was nation-wide. In some instances, that gesture was not withheld until the opening, but went winging in print to millions of readers on the eve of the event. Outlook Bright for Farm and Garden * ? 0' ... . While it is a fact that all kinda of bu*.iooH* are suffering from the wide spread buaineas depression it is also a fact that South Carolina farrpers are in a favorable position compared to many other people at this time. The man who has hirf family in town, out of work, house rent due, water bill due. light bill due, grocery bill due, not. much credit, no hogs, no garden, rtq. chickens, no cow, no corn, peanuts, peas! Well, folks, that class of people are In bad trouble. H Our fanners are having lots of trouble too, but most of them have plenty to eat. All of our farmers could produce more and more to eat ?everyone should pay more and more attention to bigger and better gardens?right now. (Jet your copy of "Vegetable Gardening" bulletin from your County"Agent. The farmer who has plenty of poultry, potatoes, turkeys, hogs, guldens, cows und other food commodities can sell some of^his surplus for some price. The man in town has none of these things to sell. Our farmers cannot be expected to get *along with just food and feed. I realize that they must have sumo money. They need sljoes, clothes, school books, sugar, medicine and many other things?but folks thero was a time when bartering was in style and it may comd hack, Many a merchant or doctor would be glad to be paid for his goods or his services in chickens, potatoes, sausages, hams, shoulders, 'bacon, backbone, vegetables, corn meal and many other farm products. Our farm people can produce these thinjf?). Our merchants will trade for them. And of course in the meanwhile our farmers can sell some of these surpluses '-for cash money. Of course he must realize that the price must be lower than in previous years ?other things are cheaper besides farm products?except hardware and machinery. ' Of course we must have money to pay taxes with?and taxes are a big drawback to our farmers at this time. But even taxes are not our greatest problem or burden. Our heaviest burden is?old mortgages. Our problem is to increase our incomes on the farm. To do this we must sell things but first we must produce things. An unlimited market for Kershaw County poultry is provided by the poultry cars that are scheduled and operated by the County Agent. The outlook on poultry for 1932 is good compared with other products. Why not raise enough extra poultry to pay the taxes? It can be done on most ordinary farms if the farmer and his family will set out to do it. Your County Agent will help in every way he possibly can and will furnish a market for all the poultry produced in the county. ^ Nor is poultry the only thing we can produce to "help us increase our farm income?. Do not depend entirely on cotton?nor should we cut cotton out altogether. Raise some cotton, cows, some potatoes, many vegetables, several extra hogs, lots of poultry?for their manure is worth lots, calf increase, cream for sale. Improve your pasture. Keep fire out of your woods. Do not allow unnecessary slaughtering of game on your place. Check up on the advisability of making a fish pond. Your County Agent will get Government fish to stock your pond free of cost for Kershaw County farmers. If a man had right now 10 head of hogs weighing 200 pounds each, he could get $110.00 for them. $110.00 would pay all of the taxes on the small sized farms of Kershaw County and leave a little for Santa Claus to operate on. One hundred hens weighing 6 pounds each sold at one of the County Agent's car schedules at 15 cents per pound, would bring $90.00. And all the while the farmer and his family could be living on farm-grown produce very largely. If out farmers would produce these things they could pay their taxes with hog money, chicken money, vegetable and cream monies, etc., and have their cotton as a surplus to use in paying off the old mortgages. Sell enough of these products all through the year to meet current expenses such as clothes and shoes, sugar and coffee, hired labor, olow points, nails, a little wire fencing. etc. Our taxes can be paid from the production and sale of such things as 1 have listed above. Our two biggest problems today are old mortgages and lack of incomes. Old mortgages hurt, so badly because they were made when farm products were worth more dollars per unit. A farmer who borrowed $ 1.000 a few years ago knew that he could pav it off with 10 bales of cotton at 20 cent** per pound. Ho knew how* much cotton his land would produce. He knew his own alihity to produce. But today it takes 35 to H) ! hales, of cotton to pay ot! that old i $1,000 mortgage. And the land ' > no j more producti\e. consequently^ the J farmer's debt has increased to 4 t me- Its size when it is considered ! that he must pay the debt at the *ate ' <>< the Old value of the d<?ilar with | farm products at new and much !owj cr values-. Be sure to attend every outlook. I nicotinc vou ran this winter. ( a.. <, I v< ur ("ounty Agent i' he car, be <>. | help. We niusr increaay our income^. The Pennsylvania department of banking in November sent out dividend checks to depositors in closed hanks as a 10 per cent dividend. Up to the present more than 50.000 persons hove failed to cash their checks representing $, 1)0,000. Many of the checks are for $1 or iessr^ Nine brand new lawyers were added to the bar of South Carolina this week, when that many candidates parsed the state v examination and were admitted by the supreme court. One of them was a woman, Mrs. Hannah R. Axelmann, of Charleston. County Agent Plans Many Meetings ?,?-i* The Chronicle is in receipt or the following letter ol thanks from Henry 1). Green, the county agent, and he also tells of plans to have some I -of the best known specialists of the country to come to Kershaw county in the near future to advifte our farmers along the line of safe farming. His letter follows: "The people of our county along with those of the state are facing very great problems. If they ever needed leadership and sound advice it is now. We have made considerable progress and 1 want to sqy here that the newspapers of our county deserve a big part of the credit for the bettef conditions our people are enjoying today. Had it not been for your whprle-hearted cooperation - wo' could not have gotten our messages over to the people. 4 "It now appears that the rpost trying times and conditions and problems are just ahead of us., 1 am making an attempt to inject and deal with this situation by getting some of the best informed men the government has. For instance, Mr. I). W. Watkins, the senior economist of the United States Department of* Agriculture, at Washington, is coming to Kershaw county at an ealy date to confer with the thinking people of the county and to help show them what is probably in store along tho various lines of their work. Kershaw county will probably be the only county in the state to have the pleasure of having Mr. Watkins.".'This is a marked distinction to have the head economist to come to our county. In addition to this your county agent has made arrangements to have South Carolina's head men in cotton, hog, poultry, vegetable and dairywork come to our county in the near future and hold meetings all over the county ift order that our people may be accurately and definitely informed and advised. In order to use these agencies to the greatest good I need your help badly. This letter, therefore, is to ask you to please give as much space as you can t^.the articles that I am preparing along now and for the next few weeks because it is through papers that I reach the people of our county. "Again please allow me to express my sincere appreciation and grati- H tfude for the untiring and unselfish cooperation you have rendered pot only to me but to the people of the county and in whom I, realize your deep interest is centered." MRS. PLAYER DEAD Funeral Services Held at Hermitage Church Saturday Afternoon. A pall of gloom overshadowed our community, the Hermitage Mill village, Friday, December 18, because of the death of Mrs. Sallie J. Player. | She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Goff. She was unit-1 ed in marriage to Mr. W. T. Player i forty-three years ago. Mrs. Player had been an invalid for five years but she bore her afflictions with pa- j tience and fortitude. j Wednesday j night about seven o'clock she was ta-1 ken suddenly ill apd passed away Friday evening about seven-thirty o'clock without regaining conscious-1 ness. Mrs: Player was a member of An-j tioch Baptist church for more tHan j forty years and lived a very beautiful Christian life. Her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Hermitage Baptist church Saturday afternoon at four o'clock after funeral services conducted by Rev. P. E. j Blackmon. .She leaves a host of friends throughout the county to mourn her j loss and also the following relatives: Her husband. Mr. W. T. Player, and the following children: Lee Player, of Lumberton, X. C\; D. P. Player, of Lancaster: Mrs. L. E. Poston, of Chester; \Y. P. Player. G. P. -Player," Noil Player. Spain Player. Mrs. H. P. Christmas and Mrs. ('. A. Brown, all of Camden. Also the following brothers and sister.-: Willie (iofF, Ben C.MlV Giit-oy I..U (;??T \|j<< Delia (I'!f and Me.-dan.es Era no is and Wannie Sinclair. Mrs. Player was a good wife, a wry k;r.d mother and a frier,.! to all. He!* six sons acted a- pall K arers.? Contributed. Ar. earthquake Wednesday night b-oko window's and cracked walls at Corinth and Charleston. Mis.-., and in many other Southern cities residents fled from homes when the tremors came. The earthquake was felt from .Jackson, Miss., to Jack^or. Term.,j north and south, and from Helena, Ark., to Birmingham, Ala., oast and west. It was the most severe felt in Mississippi in 20 years and lasted 30 seconds. Mrs. Anthony Asetua, 48, of Vineland^ N. J., became the mother of her 13th child on Monday. The newcomer Was born with eight teeth. T" . J ?L' School Children Put on Program On Friday, December llth, at tho the school auditorium a most delightful program was presented hy Mro? Louise Cantey's section of the fifth grade, assisted by, Miss Julia Seabrook's section. The program opened with the singing of "O Little Town of Bethlehem", followed by a prayer delivered by Rev. J. B. Caston. A play, "Following the Star", was next presented. The principal roles were played by the following children: Herod, Junior Smith; Chief Advisor, Harold MoCallum; Captain of the Guard, Claud Williams; Servant, Daniel Thames; Salve, Arlvine Dial; Mary, Marie Bullock; Joseph, Ralph Stevenson; Innkeeper, Derrett Wooten; Martha, Cora Lee Trapp; The Angel, Ixjnora Sinclair; Three Wise Men, Clinton Christmas, Harry Lee Waters, Edward Harrison; Dancer before King, Carolyn Cantey. This play portrayed through several scenes the beautiful story of tho first Christmas. Many Christmas carols were surig by a vested choir, carrying burning tapers and making a lovely background .for the Christmas scenes on the stage. This'choir was composed cf the following children from the flfrth grade: Katbryn Boyd, Neta Kirkland, Dally Jackson, Betty Whitaker, Maggie Trantham, Aileen Belk, Harriet Brunson, Vashti Thigpen, Elsie Redfearn, Jane Halsail, Lottie Smyrl, Harriet Foster, Grace Rhoden, Lois Rhame, Billy Wilson, Ernest Frietag, Clarence Owens", Mattie Lee Cullen, Mildred Davis, THaudell West, Dorothy Dority, Juanitn Saunders, Sibyl Robinson, Marjorie Rush, Carolyn Cantey, Nancy Watts, Minpie Sue Bruce, Pauline Baker, Elizabeth Pitts. They were directed by Miss Hallie Carson, accompanied by Mrs. McArn at the piano and by Sophia Creed and Wilhilmena Strak who played violins. During the Manger scene Ellen Salmond from the High School sang a solo, "Away in a Manger." The entire program was under the direction of Mrs. Cantey and was admirably presented by her with the assistance of Miss Seabrook. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, That under and by virtue of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas fpr Kershaw County, State of South Carolina, dated the 14th day of December, 1931, I in the cause of The Federal Land [ Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, against C. A. Johnson, et al, defendants, I I will sell to the highest bidder or bidj-ders before the .Court House door in the Town of Camden, State of ?outh I Carolina, during the legal hours of I sale, on the first Monday in January, ,1932, the same being the 4th day of said month, the following described property: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing eleven hundred and sixty-one (1161) acres/ moro or less, situate^ lying and being about eight miles from the to\vn of! Kershaw, in Buffalo Township, County of Kershaw,^and State of South Carolina, bounded on the North by lands of Ben Seegars, lands of W. A. Shaw and lands of Sowell; on the Fast by lands of J. M. Sowell, lands of J. O. Williams and lands of the estate of J. M. Carson; on the South by lands of the estate of J, M. Carson, lands of Truesdale and lands of R. L. Sowell, and on the West by lands of Robertson and Cauthen, lands of Gus Watson, lands of Erasmus Watson, lands of the estate of J. M. Carson and South by Buffalo Creek, and being the same trgct of land in which R. L. Sowell conveyed to the said C. A. Johnson an undivided one-half interest by his deed dated December 5th, 1917, and filed for record in the office of the Cleric of Court for Kershaw County on Dec- * ember 6th, 1917, and being made up of three tracts (1) tract of 880 acres, which has such shape, metes,'courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by Will A. Clark, Surveyor, in February, 1915, which was conveyed by W. R. Hough to L. J. Jordan, R. L. Sowell and C, A, Johnson by deed dated December 23rd, 1911, and recorded in the office of said Clerk of Court in Deed Book "YYY" at page 197, the said Li J. Jordan having thereafter on the 16th of September, 1910, conveyed all his interest " ; therein to said R. L. Sowell and C. A. Johnson which deed is recorded in office of said Clerk of Court in Deed Book "AC" at page 68; (2) tract of 92 acres, which has such' shapes, il metes, courses and distances as will | more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by Will Clark, 1 Surveyor, April 25th, 1917, and which"""! was conveyed to R. L. Sowell and'C. 1 A. Johnson by Irene Bateman by her deed dated 1st October, 1917, and recorded in the office of the said " Clerk _of- Cohrt in Book of Deeds "AR" at pfge 432 and (3) .tract of | 189 acres, which has such shapes, metes, courses and distances as will : more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by Will Clark, J Surveyor, April 25th, 1-917, and 1 which was conveyed to R. L. Sowell and C. A. Johnson by L. A., Witt- ] kowsky, Master for Kershaw County, by his deed dated 11th September, 1 1916, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw j County in Deed Book "AiP" page 60," -1 Terms: One-fifth (1-5) of the accepted bid to be paid in cash,* and J the balance on credit, payable in.% seven (7) equal annual installments, with interest thereon from date of sale at the rate of seven (7%) per centum per annum, the successful bidder to deposit at once with him the sum of three hundred ($300.00) vi Dollars, either in cash, Cashier's 1 Check or Certified Check, as earnest 3 money or evidence of| good faith, the 1 same to be applied on the bid,_should there be a compliance with the same;' but should the successful bidder fail to make such deposit immediately at ? i the time of the acceptance of his bid, then the said premises shall be at once resold, at such bidder,8 risk, on ?the same salesday or upon some subsequent salesday, at the option of the plaintiff or its attorney. W. L. DePAiSS, JR., Master for Kershaw County. ^ December 18th, 1931. Mi? tThe Season's Greetings I and Best Wishes I CHRISTMAS I < s and the coming year .< I J. C. Penney Co. and Employes I '( Columbia Thurs. Q *1 Theatre Dec. <* A South Carolina Kvent "IT1N KKAKY" Washing ton-Coin mbia Atlanta S|M'Cial Train MAUDE ADAMS ?nd OTIS SKINNER In t H IllUm Sh?ke*pe?rf't Comedy "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" T'nder the manaremeot of , E clang sr Productions, Inc. Mail Orders Nqw Filled Seats Now on Sale Orchestra $3.30, Balcony $2.75 ' $2.20, $1.65, Gallery 90c Interstate Flying Circus I Featuring a I j DOLLAR DAY! I] | At Camden Airport il_ Saturday, Dec. 26th I Open and closed planes operated} by Government licensed Transport Pilots assure you ' V .fti a safe, pleasant ride ft Stunt-Flying Saturday Afternoon I