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... ' ' Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee McUee, Copyright, 1928. A LKTTKK Dear Gvu McGee: Won't you please tell me through your column what rights, in your opinion, has a depositor whose money is tied up in a busted bank? I have been reading your column ^or 3 years and enjoy it. Yours truly, J. P. P. TUB ANSWER Dear Mr. J. P. I'll* your money is lied up in a busted bank, you have the following legal and moral rights as a depositor: 1. You are at liberty to discuss this matter ' with your wife and mother-in-law. 2. You can sell your deposit or swap it for a d<>g or a cow or any other low-priced animal that the swapper might be tired of. You have a perfect right to ask the liquidating agent where he I is from and how many times he has Ihhmi married. 4. If you care to do so, you can tell yo-ur preacher how much you lost . ...su's he won't bo expecting anything more from you. f>. As a depositor, you can't be called upon for any extra money to help wind up your bank's affairs. If the man in charge don't find enough cash and recer.ables to reimburse him for his work, that's his funeral. <5. >i <>u, being a depositor, can go and It?>k tlirough the plate glass window at the liquidating agent as many times a day as you wish. You may go in and sit down a while. ...if theie is another chair handy.... and he ,ri\ ites you in. ' And you can cuss all you please and carry the next dollar you get :n your wife's stocking, if you so desire. Furthermore, you have a perfect right to cash any dividend check you might receive without over-, drawing your account. Yours Me Too, Gee McGee. MIKE HAS BEEN VERY ILL flat rock, s. ., febby. 23, 1932. door mr. editor: ?^_______ 1 *! J . * 1 - 1 i am sure you will be sorry to hoar that i have benn laid up in bed with a doctor for nearly a week, and that is why yore valuable reader* missed my peace la*t friday. i am able to set up now and take a little nurriahment, such a* ham and egga and some coffee. when i first took down my wife thought i had the aide plurisy and gave me a dost of sallie pet tic a, but it newer hope me a partickle and then she gave me 2 teeceapoona full of pairy gorrick which eased me off to sleep, i suffered a great deal of missory in my spinal colhim, but she thought mebbe that was caused by lifting a big beef which i peddled out the other-day at cf? a pound. i made up my mind to get well ,or die u natcheral death without a doetor, but after i ketchid my wife looking in my draween-for piy insurance policies, i decided i needed medical a id worse than she needed my insurance. so i sent for our family phissiciun. dr. early riser, i was feeling pretty blue and down in the mouth when he got there, as bro. green; my pasture at rehober, had just benn over to set a while, befoar he left he read a passage of scripture about a man by the name of jobo, and then he prayed a long prayer, and i commenced to worry then. being sick these days is a hard job on a man, especially if he is too poor to (lie. it cost .more to get berried since the ..war than it does to get well and live another year or so. j they thought once that i would hafter J go to the horse-pjgtle and be opper(ated on for my livver, but it finely acted, and that saved me from havj ving yeller janders, which, my nabor, jerry smith, said had started on me |ju>t like they did on his brother, bill, I who dido with same in 2 weeks. i i am uj> and about now and the 'world looks good to me. i hope to : live a better life from now on. while ! lying flat of my back in pain i made J up my mind to turn over a new leaf an i cive all of my customers some oxtry Ueef from now on so's they an get back what my scales cheated j them out of in the past. I weighed I on them might nigh a year befoar i found out that they was out of balJancc. i am thankful for the bunch of flowers miss jennie veeve smith , sent in, and for other blessings, i j will rite or foam in a ]K*ace ever j I week from now on. _ yores truly, mike Clark, rfd. eorry arpondent. KerHhaw Woman Dteft Mra. (?. F.Faile, of Kershaw, died i last Thursday morning following an [illness of some time. She was a life long resident of this county having been born and reared in the Flat Creek section of this county. Her maiden name was Catoe and she leayes four brothers who are wellknown business men in Kershaw. Funeral services on Friday were largely attended.?Lancaster New?^_ NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, That under aiul by virtue of tne Decree of the Court of Common Pleat for Kershaw County, State of South Carolina, dated the Oth day of February, 1 in the euuse of The Federal Land Bunk of Columbia, plaintiff, against A. 1>. Sowell, defendant, 1 will sell to the highdM 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 March, 1998, the same being tne 7th day of said month, the following described property: "AH that certain lot,,, tract or pareel of land containing seventy-five (75) acres, more or less, located, ly-, ing and being in Buffalo Township, County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, being bounded on the north , by lands of J. W. Jones, Jumping Gulley being the line; east by lands of Mrs. Alice Horton; south by lands of Mrs. Alice Horton; and west by lands of Mrs. Alice Horton; and hav-1 ing such shape, metes, courses and. distances as will more fully appear j by reference to a plat thereof madej by J. N. McLaurin, surveyor, June 17, 1921, which plat is on file with The Federal Land Bank jf Columbia,! foregoing land is inclosed between j parallel lines extending from Jump-! ing Gulley S. 20 deg. E. 24% chains) in the east and 35 chains in the west so as to inclose seventy-five (75) | acres. It was conveyed to A. D. Sow-; ell by M. Alice Horton by deed dated! November 2, 1922, which was record- j ed November 6, 1922, in the Registry | of Kershaw County." The sale will be made upon the following terms: One-third (1-3) of the accepted bid to be paid in cash and the balance on credit, payable in three (3) equal annual installments, with interest thereon at seven (7) per centum per annum, payable annually, and secured by a first mortgage of the premises on the part! of the purchaser; the purchaser shall pay, for the preparation and record-' ing of all papers, including the requisite revenue stamps. The successful bidder must deposit at once with the Master the sum of Two Hundred ( $200.00) Dollars, either in cash or by certified check, the same to be applied on the bid should there be a compliance with the same, but should there be a failure to comply with the bid without legal excuse then the said deposit shall be paid to the plaintiff as liquidated damages and the premises resold on the same or next convenient sales day thereafter, and at such bidder's risk. ,W. L. DePASS, Jr., Master for Kershaw County. Camden, South Carolina, February 17, 1932. William Jb\ Abrams, farmer of Conway, Ark., sold 40 bales of cotton for $1,025. Ho hid the money in his pillow. Now he has $1.70. Two men awoke him early (Saturday and demanded the money and got it. | President Von Hindenburg, of tiermany, on -Sunday cabled President Hoover that George Washington was an exemplary leader, who "with a sure hand guided the American ship of state through all its perils/' Governor Albert Ritchie, guest of Michigan l>emoorats, told an audience in Detroit on -Sunday that regardless of his presidential aspirations "there will be no wrenches thrown into the party machinery by my supporters." * NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that under and by .virtu# of tne Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw CoUnty, State of South Carolina, dated the 20th play of January, 1932, in the cause of Springs & Shannon, Inc./ plaintiffs, against r. H. Arrants and F. A. Kirkland, defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder or bidders before the Court House door in the city of Camden, State of South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday dn March, 1932, the same being the 7th day of said month the following described property: "All that piece, parcel or tract of land in the State ami County aforesaid and in DeKalb Township, about fceven miles southeast of the City of Camden, containing about two nun- J dred (200) acres, and bounded as follows: On the north by the old pub-j lie road from Cnmden to Bishopville, east by Jim Holland, south by H. N.. Barnes, and west by Oaky Ford; Branch, separating from lands of Jo-1 seph Sheheen, formerly part of the: same tract." j Terms of sale shall be one-third j cash and the balance shall bo in three j equal annual payments. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw Countyv February 17, 1032 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND i CREDITORS I All parties indebted to the estate; of William Kelly are hereby notified; to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the. said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within' the time prescribed bv law. i AMMONS COLLINS, j Executor of the Estate ! of William Kelley. Camden, S. February 1032., Savings Bank Book Lost , Savings bank book No. 1646, on the Bank of (Camden, belonging vto William Kelley, deceased, has been lost. Finder will please return to Ammons Collins, executor of estate of William Kelley. 46-49pd NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of sundry Tax Executions directed to me by S. W. Hogue, Treasurer, I have levied upon and will sell the following property on the first Monday in March, 1932, being the 7th day thereof, in front of the Court House, Camden, S. C., during the legal hours of sale. Terms of sale: Cash: All that personal property, consisting of Wash Tables, Pulleys, 4 ^.^ 1 Belts, Shafts, Motor, Desk, Coufl Sewing Machine, table, chairs, isH ing board, boiler, etc. Levied ifl and to be sold as proprety of H^B Dry Cleanery for 1928, 1929 and lH J. H. McLEOD, J Sheriff Kershaw OoaatjH | For Camden's First Dollarll We will offer outstanding values Your Dollar wi|| L^| more merchandise than it would have bought in the U$h!H years. We have prepared for this event and are offeyS real bargains. Ask our prices and compare. These prices are for Dollar Day only t I 4 Yds. Best 9-4 Unbleached Sheet- I ing $1J 4 Yds. Best 9-4 Bleached Sheeting 1.9 12 Yds. Best Bleaching l9 II Yds. Best Paiama Check |.9 25 Yds. Light Weight Sea Island .. 1,9 IS Yds. Best Quality Sea Island .... 1.(9 1 Yds. New Dress Prints, 50c Value 1.9 2V> Yds. Embroidered Linene |9 2 Pair Full-Fashioned Hose 1,9 Chiffon Hose, $1.50 Value, Special . fijfl Ladies Silk Dresses, Value $4.95 I Special... Mm Ladies Silk Dresses, Value $7.50 I Special 4,9 Ladies Coats, Value $7.50, Special.. 1,9 Ladies Coats, Value $12.50, Special 9.9 Ladies Suits, Values $7.50 to $10.00 9 Special.... 4.9 Ladies Work Oxfords, Value $1.75 . .1,9 All Ladies' and Men's Low Shoes at 9 Special Prices i Big Lot of Men's Pants 1.9 Special Prices on All Men's & BovsSuiM We have many other bargains. Just come in and ufcfl for what you are in need of. Let's make these big days ill Camden. o Wolfe-Eichel Company 1 $50.00 PRIZE CONTEST] We are taking on the distribution in Kershaw and Lee Counties of a j New High Test Anti-Knock Gasoline j which is by far better than any ever sold here before at Regular Gasoline Prices I We want every motorist in this territory to try this sensational ' new Gasoline and see for themselves how it Starts easier Warms up much quicker Does not knock in High Compression Motors. Runs smoothly and perfectly at all speeds And because of its much superior performance in your motor, gives more miles per gallon. To get you to try our new High-Test Anti-Knock Gasoline, we are going to give the following prizes: First Prize $25 Cash Second Prize $10 Cash Third Prize $5 in Trade fourth Prize $5 in Trade Fifth Prize - $5 in Trade RULES OF CONTEST 1. Buy 5 gallons of this new Amber-Colored High-Test Anti-Knock Gasoline from either of the Service Stations listed below and get a contest blank. 1 2. Fill out and answer the simple questions on it. 3. State how many FEET you think one gallon of this Gasoline will run the first New 1932 Four-Cylinder Ford-Automobile wthich the local Ford dealers, Redfearn Motor Company, receives here for sale. (This will be in the next few days.) Remember this must be stated in FEET?not miles. 4. Return the contest blank, filled out and signed, to the service Station from which you bought your 5 gallons of gasoline at once. We will have the mileage test conducted by disinterested parties and under the supervision of the local Ford dealers as soon as they get a new tour-cylinder 1932 Ford. Results will be announced and prizes awarded afterward. Remember?the only requirement is that you buy 5 gallons of this New Gasoline for $1.00, the price of regular gasoline. Therefore the ? r cuntast costs- you nothing. - Si"jl llcw Ki^nline can be bought at the following Service Stations in Camden* ' MIDWAV^SERVKIE ^STATION , BROAD STREET SERVICE STATION GASOLINE INN 1 I eW'"V'Me Du?'y Lower Broad" Street r J' G. Cunningham EDWARDS LIJMCH STAND' I orner Fair- and DeKalb ~L7 E. Edwards I he of this High-Test, Anti-Knock Gasoline and its manu- I BLACK WELL'S SERVirF QTATION Southern Railway Depot | facturer will be announced as soon as this contest is over. I C. S Blackwell I L Comer DeKalb Tnd Mill CAROLINA MOTOR COMPANY 1 1111 BROAD ST. DISTRIBUTORS CAMDEN, S. |j ? ' .. !