Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"Portland Ned" is Now a Citizen Raleigh, N. ?., Dec. 23,?"Portland s Ned" Howard, pnce notorious as a bank and postoffice bandit, but now a night watchman at the executive mansion here, was restored to citizen? ; ship through a "Christmas present" v .. of Gov. O. Max Gardner today. Gov. Gardner gave Howard, nearly 60, a pardon, asserting "a great reformation has come over him and he appears thoroughly repentant for all of his wrong-doing in the past." It was one of the few pardons Gardner has issued. _ About 20 years ago, when Cole C. Blouse wa? governor of South Carolina, ho . paroled "Portland , Ned," serving a term from "Spartanburg for robbery. Although Federal officers wanted him,.Howard secured his pardon and evaded them as he left the state capitol. At his trial in Spartanburg ho conducted his own defense. W. W. Robinson, filling station op, erator of Dallas county, Alabama, shot William K. Rarret, of Anniston, to death when the latter attempted to waken him to get some gas. The station operator thought the dead dead <mun was trying to rob him. The navy department has accepted the bid, of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation, Quincy, Mass., for tW building of a new 10,000 ton 8gun cruiser to cost $8,106,000. How Doctors Treat Colds and Coughs. To break up a cold overnight and relieve the congestion that makes you cough, thousands of physicians are now recommending Calotabs, tho nausealcss calomel compound tablets that give you tin effects of calomel and salts without the unpleasant effects of either. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with u glass of sweet milk or water. Next morning your cold has vanished, your system it thoroughly pyrifled and you aro feeling lino with a hearty appetito for breakfast. Eat what you wish,?uo danger. Cuiotabs are sold lu 10c and 30c packages at drug stores. (Adv) JTAX NOTICE Books for collection of School, County and State taxes year 1932 will open October 15, and stay open until December 31, 1932, inclusive, without any penalty. Any information concerning, this office will be given by mail. When inquiring about taxes please state School District in which you live or own property. Following is a list of total levies for each School District, for School, County and State taxes: DeKalb Township Mills District No. 1 48% District No. 2 45 District No. 4 48% District No. 6 48 District No. 25 31 District No. 43 31 Buffalo Township District No. 3 46% District No. 5 28% District No. 7 37% District No. 15 28% District No. 20 28% District No. 22 47% District No. 23 *. 28% District No. 27 41% District No. 28 28% District No. 31 36% District No. 40 48% District No. 42 28% Flat Rock Township District No. 8 41% District No. 9 41% District No. 10 32% District No. 13 28% District No. 19 41% District No. 30 28% District No. 33 41% District No. 37 41% District No. 41 41% District f$o. 46 35% District No. 47 28% Wateree Township District No. 11 ...*. 35% District No. 12 46% District No. 16 82 District No. 29 34% District No. 38 28% District No. 39 33% Yours respectfully, . S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C. Delicious! ^4 JJfc. ludhxfloueJl AatUtq a (rme rius) Get Kraft Velrceta from your (frooer today. Spread it, slice it, cook with it. . KRAFT ^ ~? 9Dons ^ountVanon Mount Vernon, America'? Most Hallowed Shrine.' i (Vtv) nrv<\ by National Ut'ORrnphlc Society. Wanldnirton. l>. O.)?>VNU Service. MOUNT VEUNQN Ih busking In, the spotlight of the two-hundredth anniversary celebration of George Wushlngtou'a i birth. Normally the estate in vial tell t by nearly 400,000 people annually, but 1032 pilgrimages are expected to, break all records. "Mount Vernon la pleasantly sltuated In a high, dry, healthy country 300 , miles by water from the sou on one of the finest rivers lu the world," said George Washington, In. describing his estate to a friend In 1703; At the foot of the hill topped by the beautiful colonial mansion of the first President, spreads the broad Potomac. The high, pillared east portico of the mansion offers a splendid view of the river and the wooded beauty of the Maryland hills beyond, though loftytrees which *stud the estate's spacious lawns and steel terrace^. The west front of the mansion fuces the vnst farm lund once carefully supervised by Its illustrious owner. Uncertainty shrouds the origin of the present mansion. Certain of the records Indicate that Lawrence Washington began Its construction, while others seem to show that his father built it. The first white proprietors of the site of Mount Vernon were two old prospectors, who by authority of the royal governor patented It nearly 300 years ago. They made no etTort, however, to comply with the provision of the law which recpiired them to place tennnts on the property, and In consequence their title to 4,000 ucVcs reverted to the .commonwealth. ? In 1074 the patent to the land, along with some additional acreage, was reIssued by Lord Cjjlpeper to John Washington and Nicholas Spencer. Three Wnshlngtons held the land before It cnme Into the possession of Augustine, father of Lawrence niid George, who purchased It from his sister for $000 and built the first house on It about 1734. This small dwelling was burned five years later, and Its owner moved with Ids family to .a fmTp, -near Fredericksburg, where luiFdJed In 1743. Georgo Went There in 1747. Under the provisions of his will, the estate on the Potomac passed to Augustine's son Lnwrence, who made bis residence there and gave the place Its name In honor of Admiral Vernon, of the British navy,-under whom he had campaigned against the Spaniards In the West Indies and for whom he entertained a deep respect and affection. In 1747 George Washington came to Mount Vernon to make his permanent | home with his high-minded and cultured half-brother. During Lawrence Washington's mastership, Mount Vernon began to assume a position of some Importance In the colony. The able young proprietor was active In public affnlrs. He was appointed adjutant of bis military distrlct by the royal governor and several times represented his county in the Virginia house of burgesses. Lawrence Washington died In 1752, and left Mount Vernon to his lnfunt daughter, Sarnh, who survived her father by only a few months. On her death the property went to George. Before he had reached his majority, j George Washington was the sole proprietor of Mount Vernon, then an estate of 2.700 acres. The Mount Vernon of 1752 and that of today, which Is essentially as George i Washington left It, were not much alike. The house was a simple one, without the present mansion's third story, banquet hall, library, or the chambers above these additions. Neither did It have the colonnades or the | great poytico overlooking the river. The old brick barn, built by Augustine Washington nearly twenty years eur- I Iter, had survived the fire that destroyed his house and Is still standing, the oldest structure on the estate. Like most Virginians of his day, the future Father of His Country was pos- I sessed of a lively land hunger, and by j gradual acquisition he increased liw Mount Vernon property from the L'.T'Ml acres which he had inherited to a do- ' main of approximately S.otxi acres. j The juAnauuuiunL uX ui lu?M- | Ing presented large problems of ad- | ministrations, but no man In the col- 1 onies was better fitted than George | Washington to meet them successfully. , He was by natural Instinct a farmer, and he found his greatest happiness in his marriage and the care and (level- | opment of his home. Rut Washington was not content to be a country gentleman who fnrmed In tlie disastrous manner then general- ) ly In vogue In Virginia. He early real- i Ued that extensive and unbroken tohneeo planting was ruinous to the soil. At Mount Vernon Tin grew only so much tobaceo as was absolutely neces- ! j scry fn nn age when the soporific leaf served as a medium of exchange, j j Wheat, 'em, turnip#, and hay he raised j 'extensively, pursuing a careful system I n I of crop rotntlon and fertlllzlngsvtyi fields llberully. ? -First Experimental Farm. Mount Vornon \vn? the first reul experimental far* on ttie North Amerh >con contlnertt. Washington made of IiIk estate an agricultural laboratory, wherein he put to practical application the new theories of soil cultivation and stock breeding that were then being expounded successfully in England. For years prior to the revolution, he experimented In a comparatively small way, and while the struggle',for liberty put tin end to these activities for a time, it enabled him frequently to come In contact with the methods of agriculture used In the other colonies. As a result, lie .accumulated much valuable Information whlqh. h? Put to B??d uso In later yearsi ; v His return after the war marked the beginning of an era of energetic effort' to Improve and beautify the pluce he loved so well. Plants, seeds, and cuttings were Imported from Europe, while many more were received from friends, both at home and abroad. In General Washington's day mules were not commojnly used In Amerlcn and those that were seem to have been of an Inferior breed. He made earnest efforts to better the stock uud was " greutly aided lu his experiments ulong this lino by two gifts from abroad. Lafayette sent him two spirited jennies and a Jack from the Isle of Malta, whlle*the king of Spain also made him a present of a similar trio of high-bred Spanish stock. Seed and soil tests were undertaken, ns well as stock breeding, a/ul the general engaged In ii voluminous correspondence with the lending agricultural experts In Europe. To have achieved the productivity that he did from Mount Vernon's naturally none too fertile acres Is a standing tribute to the agricultural genius of Washington the farmer and, together with the | many successful experiments he conducted there, justified the use-of that title which pleased 1dm most?^'The First Farmer of America." f His Threshing Barn. General Washington's capacity for the practical application of his advanced agricultural theories was in evidence In the large barn which he built on the Dogiie Hun farm. It was a lG-sHded brick structure, the construction of which he supervised and the plans for which he drew. The ?bricks for It were baked on the estnte, and among Its unique features was a circular threshing floor, the boards of which were laid so ns to leave regular and frequent Interstices, through which the flailed or trodden grain could fnll Into bins built beneath. A motive which probably - Impelled the master of Mount Vernon to Include this Innovation In his new ham was his abhorrence of wasted time,- By providing a good threshing place indoors, he was able to be Independent of the weather In preparing his grain and made It unnecessary Tor his slaves to remain Idle because of rain or cold. For greater convenience, the Mount Vernon estate was divided into five farms, ranging In size from the comparatively small mansion house farm to the river farm of 2,027 acres. On each of these there were slave quarters, an overseer's house, and barns and other outbuildings. On one of them, the Union farm, there was a brick barn, which Washington described in a letter to Arthur Young In, December, 1703, as "equal, perhaps, to any In Amerlcn, and for conveniences of nil sorts, particularly for sheltering and feeding horses, cattle, etc., scarcely to be exceeded anywhere." An overseer was In direct charge of each of these farms, but General Washington did not leave the management entire ly In their hands. Just before the Revolution General and Mrs. Washington had come to the conclusion that the demands upon them for entertaining would necessitate an enlargement of P^ir residence. Work actually began in the spring of 177.", but before ii was more than well started the master was called away to take command of the army. His kinsj man, I.and Washington, t,M,k over its l-iictiv** -direction, hot-tl***- -mreeWe e*a?| struction work was not completed until I 17S<>, after the general's return. The J mansion, ns It stood ^hen ami as It stands-today, was of Virginin pine sheathing, designed and painted to resemble stone blocks, and built ovpr a framework of oak. The foundations were of brick and real sandstone; the roof of cypress shingles. Practically all the food consumed was raised on the place. The slaves subsisted largely on corn meal, pork, turnips, and a few other vegetables, nil -of which were home grown. For the use of the table In the great house, wheat, fruits, sheep, and cattle were raised. The hospitality at Mount Veraon wss bountiful and seldom did the Washing ton family sit down to dinner alone. Reduction# in* Payment# to Veterans Urged by Economy League. Washington, J>ec. 20. Reductions of almost $4504)00,000 a yew in veterans' apirtoprtattona was urged before a joint; congressional committee today by the National Economy League, which said the government is now paying "nearly one half of its entire annual revenues to former service men and their dependents. William Marshall Bullitt, of Louisville, former solicitor-general of the United States, not a member of .the League, said he was in "entire sympathy" with .its purpose and had been asked to speak for it. He proposed, slashing $109,000,000 frfTm benefits to tSpanish war veterans bility from that war, and $340,000,who have suffered no injury or disa000 paid on account of World War veterans?all "without doing the slightest injustice "to any veteran or to his dependents where the veteran died or suffered an injury or disability as a result o fhis war services.' "The "Spanish war, including a11 soldiers' pay," he said, "cost $582,000,000 and yet the government has already paid to the veterans $715,000,000 or at the rate of $45,000 for each man who was wounded or died, or suffered of disease. . "There is no more reason for the government to pay this huge sum to Spanish war veterans who suffered no injury or disability than there is for the government to make a similar gift to the present 'day widowed mothers of children or to retired ministers, unfortunate farmers, or unemployed stenographers, clerks or industrial workers." "For the World war," he added, "the government has already paid to the veterans $3,430,000,000 for their war service, and over $7,000,000,000 i for deaths and disabilities, making between ten and eleven billions of dollars which the veterans . have received, or an average of $2,300 apiece. "That is about 1-2 of the total cost of the World war and the veterans still have over two billions of dollars of 'bonus' coming to them as well as enormous amount of unpaid instalment benefits on account of war risk ' insurance." General News Notes Arthur Nolan, young white man, and Bill Rogers, negro, were drowned at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Henegan's lake near Marlboro, in , Marlboro county, when tl^r boat | capsized. Another Nolan was in the boat and swam to safety, the other two being unable to swim because of heavy clothing and heavy rubber boots. The health service in Washington reports that on December 3rd there were 14,000 cases of flu reported, and on December 10 the number of cases reported totaled 26,000. The spread of the disease was greater in the southern states than elsewhere in the country. A Chicago judge says he will order no sales of property of city employes on debt judgments so long, as the city is unable to pay its employes. In coastal South Carolina, . the foxes are so plentiful that deer hunters complain that they get m the way, and the dogs follow foxes instead of deer. Also, one man had 64 turkeys killed and in return killed 18 foxes. One farmer killed a fox in his hen house with a stick of wood and chased another fox out of another hen house.^ One of our young men calls his' sweetie "Prosperity," 'cause she's always around the corner waiting for him. And he always knows on which corner to find her.?Ex. The government of Mexico has given notice to the League of Nations at Geneva that she is withdrawing from membership in the body. Two ' years' notice is required. Merchants of Muskogee, Okla., report the sale of more buggy whips the last two months than during the last decade. Buggies are coming back into use. Thomas E. Beaman, a former minister and U. S. commissioner, is held under a $5,000 bail bond at Williamston, N. C., on a charge of conspiracy to aid bootleggers. The governor of Mississippi has called a special session of the general assembly for December 20, to consider a proposition that taxpayers be allowed to pay taxes in installments. Hundreds of colonists in order to escape worries, strife and hard times, have" banded" themselves together In houseboats near Monroe, La., and expect to lead a carefree life of fishing. The house agricultural committee has approved legislation to turn over to the Red Cross the remaining 329,000 bales of cotton held by the farm stabilization board. Walter Bruce Wallace, former banker at Newberry, died there after an illnea of two months, and the funeral was held Saturday afternoon. He was a working member of the Baptist church, its deacon and treasurer for years, was mayor two years and alderman four years in the last decade. He was a director of the chamber of commerce and several civic corporations at Newberry. ? - ^ Ut 7^ ^ . " J ? In New Farming Era New Ideas Needful Clemson College, Dec. 24.?"In the new era just ahead thoee who live in the country and make their living from the soil will depend more thgn ever before on the application of science to thqir businese and their living," thinka Prof. H. W. Barre, director of the South Carolina Experimeht iStation, who in reporting the year'a work of that agricultural fact-finding organization states that its purpose is ,to make available both new facts and new applications of old facts ?o that farming may be more profitable and rural life more satisfying. The 45th annual report of the station, now ready for free distribution ; by the Division of Publications at Olemson College, presents brief re- 1 ports of progress on numerous lines of agricultural research now. under way. Something of the bigness and scope of this research work may be gained i from Director Barre's statement introducing the report: "In this undertaking we employ the best available scientists in the several fields (Chemistry, botany, entomology, agronomy, horticulture, economics, animal husbandry, etc.) and utilize the laboratories, offices, fields, pastures and forests provided for this purpose at Clemson College; at the four substations located in Florence, Richland, Dorchester and Charleston counties; and 35 experimental fields conducted in cooperation with farmers at different places in the state. "The social and economic researches are conducted on the farms, in the markets, at the courthouses, in the banks, in the rural homest and wherever else it is necessary to go to get basic facts needed in these studies. "New crops afe being experimented with, additional soil types are being discovered and studied, new methods for controlling injurious insects and diseases are being developed, new and improved varieties of crops, fruits and vegetables are being tested, improved methods of feeding and caring for livestock are being developed, and economic and social problems affecting the health, happiness and economic stability of rural people are being investigated." Governor Gardner of North Carolina, retiring from office January 5th, has been invited by Governor-elect Herring of Iowa, to address the legislature of that state on January 7th. Two St. Louis, Mo., men bet George Schipple that he couldn't drink a quart of whisky in half an hour. He died. The two betters are being held in connection with his death. offgg in nansas, uprooted* road eigne und carried them off. Now he is on the inside looking out. He explained to a deputy sheiff that he needed the road eigne to build a baby crib, a new baby having arrived at hie houae. ^ Governor Miller, of Alabama, has issued a call for an extra deeeion of the legislature of that etate on Jan* uary SI, J983, to provide ways and meana for payment Of atate debts and additional income to balance the state's budget. Florida hae borrowed $1,102,704 from the Reconstruction Finance cor* poration to be used in 04 counties for relief work. 666 LIQUID - TABLETS * SALVE Checks Malaria in 3 days, Colds first day, Headachea or Neuralgia In 30 0 minutes 666 SALVE for HEAD COLDS Molt Spoocly Remedial Known - ' > *?" 1 11 hi' immmii i * h j" , Awnings, Tents, Track Covers All Styles in Awning* add All Weights and Slses in Covers ' and Tbnts W. G. TREVATHAN Phone 20, Camden, or 1 9523 Columbia, S. C. ^ ; ?; / 1 r --x NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES Made in Camden And For Sale By DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 91 . ? . ft KERSHAW LODGE Ne. 29 . A. F. M. o, 4jf\fi Regular communication of this lodge is held on the ? ' - first Tuesday in each month at 8 p.m. VlsitiM .Breth^n are welcomed. , w. R., CLYBTIBiN,. J. E. ROSS, Worahlpful Master, iSecretary. l-i4-27-tf m I)eKALB COUNCIL No 88 Junior prder U/ A. M. jBBaT Regular council seoond and / N fourth Mondays of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. J. W. THOMPSON, L. H. JONES, Councillor. Recording Seckjr. EYES EXAMINED and Glasses Fitted THE HOFFER COMPANY Jewelers and Optometrists . I I"11"'" I--*-, REAL ESTATE RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY HUNTING. PRESERVES I Repairing and Care-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. Crocker Building ? Telephone 7 JNO. T. NETTLES M. G. MULLER Stronger Than He Was at Twenty ? LjMFTWFIVE years old, and still F going strong! Do you want the secret,, of such vitality? It isn't what yotl eat, or any tonic you take. It's something anyone can do?something you can start today and see results in a week! All you do is give your vital organs the right stimulant. * A famous doctor discovered the way to stimulate a sluggish system to new energy. It brings fresh vigor to crrrij organ. Being a physician's prescription, it's quite harmless, rdl your druggist you .want a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's syrup pepsin. Getthe benefit of its fresh laxative herbs, active senna, and that pure pepsin. Get that lazy liver to work; those stagnant bowels into action. Get rid of waste matter that is alow . _ . \" poison so long as it is permitted U ?m remain in the system. The new energy men and womff' feel before one bottle of Dr. Caldwell*i , syrup pepsin hat ween used up h proof of how much the system needs this help. pet a bottle of this delicious syrup and let it end that'constant worry about the condition of the bowels. /Spare the children those bilious days that make them miserable. Save jfenr-ikotiftehoUl from the use of cathartics which lead to chronic constipation. And guar* against auto-intoxication as you ___ grow oldef. . _ Dr. Caldwell's synip pep such a well known preparation you m it wherever drugs are sold and it ?a't expensive. _ a j9