Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Helpful Hint* Cold mashed potatoes used instead of Hoap will clean the hands and make the skin soft and smooth. That depression shine can be taken out of hubby's bluo serge suit by sponging with vinegar before pressing. ^ A teaspoon of cold water added tP (In; while of an egg before heating V will almost double the quantity of the ' '\meringuo. Rusty steel ean be cleaned vvjth hot vinegar and salt. Alcohol atains on polished furniture iimy be removed by rubbing olive oil on thC spot immediately. . Common kerosene or coal oil w.Hl cut the grease from tho kitchen sink and remove t'hty water mark" in the buLh tub. If all exposed piumt>ing fixture* are painted thejf Will tioL only look better but also last longer. To remove chocolate stains from table linen sprinkle the spot with borax and then pour boiling water through the cloth.-?The Pathfinder. BIDS INVITED Notico Ur "hereby given that the undersigned will receive, bids for tpe following supplies to be used by the Kershaw County Board of Directors for bridge repairing in Kershaw County: 50,000 feet of Long Leaf 1 me; 50,000 feet of Short Ix?af Pine; 50,000 feet Rosemary Pine. Bid* to bo sujMnitted at once as . work i? to beginJTt an early dtite. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. , COUNTY BOARD OFFICE, Court House, Camden, S. C. 43-44 O FORECLOSURE SALE . * rt>' State of South Carolina County of Kershaw^ u (In the Court of Pleas) Under and by virtue of an execution to mc* issued in the case of rhe Atlantic Life Insurance Company vs. Nathan C. Arnett, dated September f>, 1 933, I have levied upon and will sell at .public auction to the highest bidder for cash in front of the County Court House, of Kershaw County in the City of Camden, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in February, 1934, being the 5th day thereof, the following described real (.estate, to wit: One-half (1-2) interest in lots numbers 12, 13, 11. 1">. Hi. 23, 21, 25, 26 and 27 in the said State and County and fronting on the proposed new street of the City of Camden, and as shown on the plat of the property of R. F. Stevenson and N. C. Arnett res' corded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Plat Book 7 at page 29. Also, his one-lvalf (1-2) interest in all that piece, parcel and lot of land in the State and County aforesaid, fronting on the Bast side of Mill street of the said City seventy-five (75) feet, and bounded as follows: North by Property of Villopigue, Bast by property of Elliott, South hy property now or formerly of Turner, and West by the said Mill street. J- H. MeLKOD, Sheriff for Kershaw County. TAX NOTICE. After January 31st, 1934, the County Auditor will add an additional penalty of one per cent, on all taxes not paid, which, were assessed for year 1933. When inquiring about taxes please, state school district in which you live or own property. Yours respectfully, S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C. NOTICE To Delinquent Taxpayers on Personal Property, Road and Poll Taxes.. I will collect,tax executions that I have in Sheriff's office if the parties that I have executions against will come in and pay them any time during the next six months, and there will bo no Sheriff's and Treasurer's cost added. J. H. MoLEOD, Sheriff of Kershaw County. FINAL DISCHARGE / Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on the 12th day of February, 1934, at 11 o'clock a. m., I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return ns Administratrix of the estate of Boykin W. Khame. deceased, ar.d or the same date 1 will apply to the -aid Court for a final discharge as said. Administratrix. ANNIE L. RIIAME, Ad m.: -at r x .>t the 1-N: i of Lev kvr; W . 1C .. i an j.-ii. >. ( .. January ! >, 1 \ NO I ICE Ol .MEETI N (. Notice is hereby given that there he a meet.r.g of the Directors and Stockholders of the Fidelity B'lt'ntrg and Loan Association, of ( auviten, S. t;.. held at the office of . i- Nettles and Son on Friday. January ] at five o'clock in the aftern oor.. W. F. NETTLES. Secretary and Treasurer, N(>T1 ( E TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All persons indebted to the Estate of W . L. Jackson, deceased, are hereby required to make payment to the undersigned Executor of tho said Estate, and all persons to whom tho said Estate is indebted are hereby required within tho time prescribed by law to file their claims, duly attested, with the undersigned Executor. JOHN K. (k'LOACH. Executor of Estate of W. L. Jackson, Deceased. January 4, 1934. HoW Sections of Tongue Tell Different Tastes Old you know that the only sen- >? sat ions of tasto which you get with ! your tongue are sweet, hitter, acid and salt? You tastexsalt and sw.ect at the tip of tlie tongue, hitter at tho hack of the tongue and acid or sour at the sides of the tongue. One's seemingly great variety of taste is duo to tlie fact thnt taste Is confused with odor sensations which one gets at tho same time. Thus when you say, "What a dell-^ clous taste this peach has!" In reality it lias a. delicious smell thnt is characteristic of peach, plus a bittcr, sweet and acid taste. In testing tlie ilavor of coffee or any beverage follow these directions:?Inhale, ^ let the beverage completely cover the tongue and sides of the mouth, swallow It, cx- 1 hale slowly through tho nose. In this way tlie full taste and odor can ho detected.?New York World Telegram. ' . , How to Be a Hundred , IIow to live to he n hundred and how to he happy at that age was told by Doctor Guenlot at the celebration of his becoming a centenarian. The celebration was given In Paris by the French Academy of Medicine, of which Doctor Guenlot is an ex president. He said the secret of long and happy life Is "sobriety and exercise." i "Every morning and evening." lie declared. "I massage my body from top to toe. 1 do not do it lazily in bed, hut standing upright4*?and I do it myself. After the age of sixty one must know how to live 11 ice an old man ? eat very little meat, but plenty of fruit and vegetables." The doctor nllows himself a very little wine, mixed with water, and takes ten or coffee ?but not too much of either.?Montreal Herald. ? i How We Got Panama Canal Zone The United States purchased the French Panama canal rights for $40,- ' 000,000 and the cnnal zone rights from the Republic of Panama for $10,000.- i 000 and an annual payment of $250,000. The treaty with Panama, says Pathfinder Magazine, which became effective February 26, .1904, grants the United States the perpetual rights to the control, us?*an'd occupation of the zone, extending five miles on each side ' of the center line of the canal. Panama was a department of Colombia, until It seceded on November 23. 1903, after failure of Colombia to ratify-a canal , treaty with the United States. j How Far Horit Can Go in Day According to endurance rides held under the direction of a board of sponsors, made by the representatives of the various horse and Jockey associations and approved by tho United States Department of Agriculture, the Polo association and Horse Breeding association, 60 miles a day Is the distance permitted for five consecutive doys. Tin4 maximum time permitted i any d.i.\ is nine hours. The horse i- usually carrying from "J'Hi to 22" : *:!.ds. I'hese etu'urnnee ride figures are the only available records. How Fui Diffcri From Hair Tiie exaet definition of the word 'fur" is as follows: "The Hairy covering or eo?0 of h lira initial wben line, soft, and growing thick on the skin, distinguished from ordinary hair, .which is coarser, less thickly placed, and commonly longer, i'he typical fur aliinials are small mammals belonging especially to the rodent and carnivore gj^ups." How to Reraov* Putty From Window* Put sufficient salcratus (soda) into hot water to make a strong solutloi^ and with this saturate the putty. Let it remain until nearly dry, then rub It off with a cloth. How St *n Are Scheduled Modern star catalogues are numerous. The Bonn Durchmusterung con tnins more than 32-Uxx) stars. The Henry Draper catalogue contains 226,. NXJ, 4 WHY Hforonymus K. F. Munchhiuwn Was a Good Entertainer. Hloronymu# Karl Frledrlch Munch hausen {pronounced munkdiousei)) was a member of an ancient German noble family an<l was born at Bod onwerder, Hanover, ou May 11, 1720. i ht" ancestral home la atlll there, the residence of the burgomaster, and the fatally artna (a monk beside a house) Is out In the atone. The Baron served for mafiy years as a cavalry olllcer la the Russian army*; on retiring. In 17(H). to Ids estates ho would tunuso himself and his boon,companions with extraordinary stories of his adventures and prowess, particularly In the Turk ish campaign of 17H7 to 1730. A for nior professor a.pd IJUHTfFjL/tfUck. Ku< dolf Erich Itaspe, who had heard some of theso stories, used them as a r *cleus for a 40 page hook he published* In London in ,17H;V called "Baron Mancliliaasen's Narrative (if his Mar * veious Travels and < ampnigmt In Bus #la." Further editions have added new material to the books, with Illustrations by many of the foremost artists of the Inst century. The Baron died on February 22. 1707. In the garden or his home Is still shown the "lying villa," where some of his tall yarns were narrated. ^ Why Hoopsnake Does Not Roll Along Like a Hoop The hoopsnake Is a small and harmless snake of the south Atlantic ?tates,| so-called because of the notton that It curves Itself lnt<t a hoop, takes Its tail Into Its mouth and rolls along nt a merry clip. This notion is purely mythical, although It Is believed by many, especially rhe hackland negroes. That any snake could perform such a feat Is absurd, and taking Into consideration the anatomical peculnrl.tles of the vertebral column It Is clearly Impossible. The hoopsnake does much of his* traveling underground, burrowing deeply Into the soil, lie Is a rather good looking snake, with a bluobiack back, marked with three red lines, and an under side of the shade called nude, dappled In black. Why Word "Tally" I. U?ed The word "tally" comes through the old English from the tfVench "tnille" ?a cutting. And the original tally was a piece of wood on which notches were cut to keep accounts. Then It was one of book^ or sheets of paper on which corresponding accounts were kept. At one time It was customary for traders to have two sticks, or two halves of the same stick, on which notches were cut, or mnrks made, to Indicate the quantity of goods bought and 'sold. Before the use of writing, this was the only known method of keeping accounts. Tnlll.es were regarded as evidence In the courts, and In the English exchequer there were tallies of loans, one being kept, the duplicate being given to the creditor as a receipt Why Positive and Negative ^ I The bureau of standards says that the flow of electric current Is now supposed to he really the passage of electric charges through the conductor; these charges are either positive masses (protons) or negative particles (electrons), or both, depending on the kind of conducting material. The positive charges go In one directing, the negative ones In the opposite direction. The direction of the current flow Is that In which the positive charges move. Why Indians Are Beardless 11 Most Indians would have a slight mustache and some beard If they permitted them to grow. It was almost a religion with the Indians to have a smooth face. The warrior, while sitting by his camp fire, would continually run his hands over his cheeks and chin In search of hair, pulling them out by the roota Occasionally he would use a piece of mussel shell, a thin chip of flint or something similar, to get a better grasp of the elusive hair. Why Moses' Statue Is Horned Horns were used on the statue of Moses by Michelangelo because of a mistranslation of the word "cornuta." The translator used the word "horns" rather than "an Irradiation of light," in the course of interpreting a description of Moses. The sculptors have for centuries adhered to this mistranslation In executing a figure of the great leader. Why Rome la "Eternal City" The term "Eternal City" has been applied to Rome from a very ancient period. The city is so called by Ovid, Virgil, and In many ofllcinl documents of tlie empire. Legend states that Rome was raised by or under the Immediate supervision of the Immortal gods. This Is given as one of the reasons for the use of the sobriquet Why "Billiards" Is So Named This word is of French origin, from "billiard." which meant only tho cue, this being called a "bllle," or stick, llow the game hegj?n Is not known, 'hut It Is said to have first become popular when the French monarch 1 x>tiIs XIV was advised to take exercise after meals. So he played billiards.?Answers -'Magazine. Why It is "Scotland Yard" Tlte name is derived from the fact the o|<) headquarters were located in the London palace of the j king of Scotland. When the new scot- j land yunf was built the old name was ( estowed uj?on It on account of the [ associations - vy -y .- -.- -.-t- ? a ~ V ' >J? . 1 ?J French Swindler Shoots Himself Chamoix, France, Jan, 8?? Serge "Handsome Alex" Stavisky, charged with having duped French widows and orphans of $40,000,000, ended an international man hunt today by shooting himself as police closed in, "They'll nover capture me alive," friends quoted him as saying. Hut he,was alive-when he was captured. The secret service agents who arrested him in a lonely villa at, the foot Of the' French alps Raw him shoot himself in the head with a revolver us they crashed through a ' locked' door, Stavisky lifted his handsome head, then collapsed in a coma. The doctor said only a few hours' life remained to him. * Meanwhile the French government fought for its life as a result of Stavisky's manipulations. Police claimed Albert Dalimier, minister of French colonies, had been quoted by Handsome Alex as advising insurance companies that investment 4n pawnshop bonds was legal. Sign-Up Must Be Completed Jan. 31 Clemson College, Jan. 15.--Followirfg the county and community meetings and the organisation and instruction of local committees last week for the 1934-35 cbtton reduction campaign, this week and next week will bo spent in actual signing up of reduction contracts by farmers, says j R. W. Hamilton, assistant to Director Long in charge of campaign details. Notice from Washington has been received to complete the sign-up work^ by January 31 so that rental dhecks may be sent out to farmers in time to aid them in financing their crop activities this spring. Farmers are therefore requested, Shvs Mr. Hamil ton, not to wait for-a visit from com? mitteemen. It is not necessary for the measuring of acres to be done before or at time' of signing the contracts. ? "Many farmers are asking," says Mr. Hamilton, "how the map who signs the contract will fare as com^ pared with the farmer who does not sign. The answer is unmistakably clear in the words of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, wiho states: the Secretary of Agriculture intends that producers signing contracts shall,fare better than those who do not. All the powers granted under the Agricultural Adjustment Act will be used to accomplish this end." Lawrence M. Pinckney, of Charleston, has been appointed director in this state of the national emergency council, to supervise compliance with NRA and AAA in South Carolina, at I a salary between $4,000 and $6,000. He is a member of the port utilities commission of Charleston, where his I new office will be located. I Joshua' D. Fletcher, *of Marlboro county, celebrated his 90th birthday with a big dinner, the other day. He is a Confederate veteran and as spry as a much younger man, Mexico claims to be one of the few countries where the dollar has not depreciated in relation, to local curt rency. New Chance Given To Stabilize Cotton Clemsqn College, Jan. 13."~ The contract for reduction of the 1034 cotton acreage being offered thiH mont-h to South Carolina farmers is aimply another effort by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to allow 1 cotton producers of the South to help themselves, ?aya Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton section A. A. A., recaU-j ing how farmers of the South in 1083 holpe<l themsolvea by plowing up 10,w 400,000 acres equivalent to 4,400,000 hales and received not only liberal rental and option payments for the cotton taken out of production but also received for the crop produced double what would have been, the price. "With this background of achieveI ment and this knowledge of theiT own ! ability tq improve their economic condition#, it la believed that the progressive growers of the (South will ; welcome the new opportunity further | to stabilize the cotton situation," say* Mr. Cobb. "Many growers" who secured the loan of 10 cents a pound on their 1083 cotton will of course, sign the reduction contract. This ia ^ a large nucleus around which other progressive producers may gather, ^ There are two alternatives for | Southern cotton growers," says Director W. W. Long, commenting on j .Mr. Cobb's statements. "Either the | growers may cooperate and receive better prices for the cotton produced, or they may fail to cooperate and face the same disastrous situation with which they have had to contend in past years of over-production. Since the farmers themselves are to receive the benefits directly, itvis be lieved that the movement cannot fail to meet with a wholehearted response from them. And since all others prosper through agricultural prosperity, the movement should have strong general public support. Refuses To Indict ' San Jose, Calif., Jan. 17.?The Santa Clara, county grand jury tonight formally refused to indict anyone in connection with the lynching of two kidnaper-slayers here. The district attorney, Fred Thomas, said that preliminary examination of Anthony Cataidi, 18-year-old farm youth, accused of being one of the .mob that lynched Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes, would be carried out Friday as scheduled. South Carolina is one of the states J in which OWA workers have hours of labor reduced to 15 per week in all areas of less than 1,500 population, m order to allow the employment of a greater number of persons. q J. Rutledge McGhee, well known South Carolinian, added his name to the Government's payroll last week and joined the little colony in South Carolina" at Secretary Roper's $17,000,000 department of commerce building. McGhee has been made chief of the public relations division of the American business census just ready to be taken. Noah Sweat, the last Confederate veteran in Dillon, died there aged 02 years and was buried, at Oak Grove, where he was born and lived until he went to Efillon 36 years ago to become a successful merchant. ... fc-Q - - . I Miller Elected State Treasurer Columbia, Jan. 11.?The general assembly today dispatched three of the elections facing it this year, naming a state treasurer, insurance com- , missioner and state librarian. Eustace P. Miller, former * chief ; bank examiner, was chosen treasurer 1 over Representative John H. Graham, of Charleston, by a vote of 95 to 59 I on the first ballot. I Sum B. King and Mrs. Virginia Moody were re-elected insurance cqjn- I 'missioner and state librarian, re- I spectively, without opposition. j Miller's election came the day af ter the house had killed a measure 1 making legislators ineligible to ..of- fl fice they vote. Long a subject of jj contention in the general assembly, fl Neville Bennett, of Marlboro, ways and means committee chairman, nom- I inated Miller, and Senator J. C. Long, I of Charleston, presented Graham's I name./ ,^| The new state treasurer, appoint- | ed by Governor Blackwood to serve fl until the election of a successor for I j Julian H. Scarborough, resigned, en- j I tered banking business in 1910, after fl teaching school at Marion and Ben- fl | nettsville. He was made chief ex- j aminer for the board of Bank Control'fl in June of 1933. . Charles E. Mack, 46, originator of fl the famous comedy team of Moran fl and Mack, known as the "Two Black I I Crows," was fatally injured in an au-" fl tomobile accident near Measa, Ari- J J zona, Others in the car were not j j seriously hurt. As the -end ap- fl proached, Mack kep^, muttering: "^The j I end -is here, pal." y ! | - - ? Will HOW=?I POSTAL CLICK K 8 DKOlPllKlt BADLY MIX ROUP WOHDS.?. A (nan whose ipaln business for 4-t yearn hurt been. to unscramble badly written addresses recently re- j tired from the New Vork post oftlco. It may ho new* to the average letter writer that clerks are employed for their special aptitude In | deciphering the Indecipherable, yet thousands of such illegible addreases accumulate in the post offices of the country every day So j proficient hud this New York man become that he could tell at a glance that "kolnspen pudduin kouy" was .Intended to signify "Cold Springs. Putnam county" aim that "\otrpat uln Pr/.k" means In lCnglish "Featherbed La tie, the Bronx." Most of these tnpre cryptic nd dresses arc Written h.v foreigners j or others with impcrlecl." knowledge of the Fngllsh alphabet, whp think a name ought to he spelled as they themselves - might pronounce It In their own accent. So the expert translator turns the ! word about In his mouth and by 9en8o of sound more than anything else reduces It to Its Rngllsh equivalent. This particular clerk hod deciphered more suejtePwords. It Is j said, than any one else Ir the department. By contrast, the decod- j ing of the llosettu stone most have been child's pluy.?Knickerbocker Press. CAMDEN 1 THEATRE I Week Beginning Janaury 19 "FRIDAY CLARA -BOW She had what it taken to get what ahe wants in 2 "HOOPLA" With Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell and Mina Gombell. Also Comedy and News SATURDAY^ "Buck" Jones is with us again in "TREASON" Also Chapter 7, "Fighting With Kit Carson" and Comedy Saturday Night at 10t4ft "THE BIG SHAKEDOWN" With Rette 'Davis, Ricardo Cortez and Charles Farrell MONDAY AND TUESDAY James Dunn and Claire Trevoir in "JIMMY, AND SALLY" Also Comedy and News WEDNESDAY^ V ''Live in the mist of the Jungle" with Carole 'Lombard, Charles Laughton and CJiaries Hick ford "WHITE WOMAN" Also Selected -Shorts "Let's Joan I I Blondell, Glenda Farrell and Lyle Talbot in "HAVANA WIDOWS" Also Comedy and News ODD, BUT TRUE I tya* ooft ftfko*o PtRFOWAER* M&MtlJS* PKV fOk TUI ?fcV4lUGt Of ItHXlRTfclNlW* 0%. ^HOfAW' 1 H5 ooiw J *>M \ **0, ) Y* * V&X ( & V ?. J\ 1 evuw <* toropout, yoco-siavia' v> oe noaut armm and ha* ?u*. or. w^tu coat Of armv\ m a&ooi I f . G&TOOO UOMELt^b > WOMtN , MtKIUMt *W k TM o*m> 51Mb I 1k?t