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i i > i ' n i' '' ^ Nobody's Business Written for The' Chronicle by Gee McOee, Copyright, 1928. MIKE REPORTS A SERMON Hut rook, m. c., janny. 20, 1284? leer mr. edditor : ? our efficient pasture of rehober church, rev. hubbert green, proechod a verry strong sermont last surnjay morning, and i have benn asked to reports same to yoy for publication in yore collums, and it was as followers: 1 r , . 9 4'brother-ren and sisters: i will take my texx at random, and it is?'the world has benn turned ^upside down.' strong draink will soon be raging onner count of the 18 amendments being repeeled, so, folks, rule yore household with a hand of iron, and beware of house purties ansoforth. " 4 keep yore girls out of rumble seats in the night time and ""make them \vear more clothes in the day time to save the harts of men. teech yore boys to love home, if you have any; but if you are living off the r. f. c., teech them to love the r. f. c.,~ and mebbe it will give you a home in the future by and by. don't worry abo,ut pollyticks and i ' ' 1 'i _ I'-ILLJ' ' ' . 1 ' 11 furrln relations, yore home relations, including yore wife's kinfolks, is enough to hold yore feet to the tire place, franco and europe and grate brittan and italy and 'bellgum have alreddy forgot that they ever berried anny money from us. it's gone, but don't let the way thoy have done cause you to repudiate yore home ties and dette. be kind to yore nabor, but toll him to keep his chickens in his own backyard. love yore ennimies, if you have anny; and turn the other jaw if he slaps you. v support yore preeyher; without him and yore church, you would be like rlissia and chicargo in 8 yr. don't worship baal or banlum; J stick to what is right and live decent if possible, and follow in the footsteps of yore decendants. don't cross no bridge till you get to it. there mighf not be none acrost the stream when you get there, so risk wading* through. ? don't gossip; it is better not to have no teas or card parties if you must talk about the ladies who aint present, keep yore eyes on the road, yore wheels to yore shoulders, yore minds ctebn, yore hands washed, and yore church and pasture dues paid up. the quiro will now sing: 'meet me there; with miss Kershaw JSounty Board of Directors *> Submit Statement df Year's Finances & ' ? . .. For the information of the taxpayers we submit below a statement of expenditures for roads, bridges, chaingang, gas and oil, and for the operation and upkeep of the Wateree Bridge for the past year. We also give a statement of appropriations for these purposes for the past seven years, so that the tremendously reduced amounts we have had to work with may be seen and s6 that taxpayers may more readily understand how impossible it was for us to do many of the things that both they and we would like to have seen accomplished. You will note that the total amount appropriated for all . j county purposes for 1933 was $"52,994.25. The amount expended was $52,955.94, leaving an unexpended balance of $38.31. You will further notice that these departments whose ' expenditures have exceeded the appropriations ar.e Those in which the amount necessary cannot be estimated in advance with'any degree of accuracy and are expenditures over which the Board has no control. It will be noted that we have^seg- I regated last year's expenditures for the miscellaneous contingent and the bridge fund. A detailed account is made showing for what purposes all these expenses were made. We know that the public generally is rightfully interested in the conduct of the county's affairs and -that the county be operated in an economical and business-like manner. The records of the County Board of Directors belong to the taxpayers of this county and are open to their inspection at all times. Too, we shall be most happy to furnish any one interested with full information relative to any detail in the management of the county. We cordially invite the interested taxpayers to visit this office and to inspect any and all records they may desire. We assure you that we'shall be glad to cooperate with ,you in any possible way^. I Purpose of, Appropriation Appropriated Expended Roads, Bridges, Convicts and Gas....,'$18,000.00 $17,982.82 Countv Officers . 13,850.00 13,924.92 Sheriff's Office : <*> 500.00 348.81 County Boards ..450.00 483.70 Jurors and Witnesses 3,000.00 2,095.00 Jail Expenses '. 1,750.00 1,752.54 Court Stenographer 100.00 100.00 Poor Fund .; - 1,500.00 1,500.00 Post Mortems and Lunacy * 100.00 ' 112.50 Public Buildings ......: !. 800.00 1,103.79 Printing, Postage and Stationery 800.00 _ 1,324.15 Miscellaneous^Contingent ' 1,OOO.QO ' 1,219.71 Bridge Fund ....: 4,000.00 4,190.70 Vital Statistics V 261.25 248.75 County Health 1,800.00 1,800.00 County Audit .... 300.00 225.00 Home Demonstration Agent ! 150.00 150.00 Farm> Agent 300.00 300.00 County Delegation 500.00 260.55 Repair of Machinery 3,000.00 3,000.00 Kershaw Guards .: 200.00 200.00 American Legion Post 17 100.00 100.00 American Legion Service Officer 200.00 200.00 Chamber of Commerce ' 333.00 333.00. Total $52,994.25 $52,955.94 ?fet Balance on Hand $38.31 Segregation of Bridge Funds Bonds $ 35.00 Bridge Tickets 35.75 - Upkeep .. 353.81 Printing Signs '14.94 Salaries - 2,760.00 Light Plant 210.75 Carbide 92.20 Insurance 546.00 Fuel 49.75 Telephone Charges and Upkeep of Line 92.50 Miscellaneous Contingent Bonds ?* $320.00 Telephones 185.07 Committment to Reformatory 30.00 Auction Fee 26.00 Deeds and Recording 123.80 Advertising 66.10 Commission on Land Sale 4.54 - Rent on Cotton Platform 450.00 Repairing Adding Machine 14.20 Appropriation* For Past Seven Year* 1927 $119,154.53 1928 108,933.53 1929 .....a 115,591.10 1931 63,263,94 1932 29,833.66 Respectfully Submitted, W KERSHAW COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, H ^ A Rodb VL h CI k ^ ^ Redfearn, Chairman Monthly Report Of Associated Charities Report of the Associated Charities of Camden and Kershaw County for December, 1033: Balance from last month .... 1450.06 Receipts this month 173.05 $024.00 Children's Home?Puid Out: Miss Kirkland, eg:#2*, butter $ C. K. Lamoy, groceries .... 4.62 S. H.. Ross, groceries 1.00 The Loader, dry goods' 2.80 Kreeps, rent 5,00 Burns & Barrett 13,74 City Filling Station 3.30 Hirsch Brothers, dry goods .*. 2.25 Home Furnishing Company 10.40 J. C. Penney .... .48 Maekey Hardware Co. ...... 18.70 City of Camden W. & L. .. 8.71 Phone bill 3.48 Miss Kirkland, eggs, butter 5.65 S. H. Ross, groceries 4.43 Miss Kirkland, eggs, butter 5.65 Incidentals 3.00 S. H. Ross, groceries 6.41 C. E. Lamoy, groceries 8.18 Barber ? 3.60 Wateree Messenger ........ 2.60 Thomas & Howard, groceries 25.00 J. C. Penney ....; 4.41 J. J. Newberry '.. 2.79 DePass' Drug 'Store 16.48 Incidentals 6.45 S. H. Ross, groceries 4.92 Mrs^Truesdale, milk 27.16 Laboi- and servant hire .... 75.00 $282.02 Balance $341.08 ?__?. ? i) Peyton Brown and Gloster Johnson were jailed at Darlington for sluying j Mrs. Brown, whose body they brought to the Hartsville police station with a j pistol in her hand, but later admitted J they had placed it there to make it look like suicide. 'She was shot through the heart., apparently in the car about two miles from town. jennie veeve smith at the organ." (p. s. the collection was c74.) yores trulie, mike Cla^k, rfd., corry spondent. ITS THE LITTLE THINGS THAT; PESTER ..Ever since I had the "flu" a mr\ ago, my temper has been unbalanced. | I find it more difficult to be sweet | and kind and gentle, but I took stock of myself the other night after retiring and made up my mind that I would begin the following morning, and be good natured, more considerate of others, and ? smile. .. .ever afterward. ..Everything went along all right; till my alarm clock went off at 6:30. J (I thought I set it so's it would begin raising sand at 7:30, not 6:30). Ij crawled out of bed and started to- j ward the fussing-making demon and stepped on a pecan hull, and the next step contacted my left ankle with the right rocker of a chair. I went back to bed, but cduldn't sleep any more. . .1 got up at 7:30. Tried to take a hot -bath in cold water. While shav. ing, I nipped the southern end of my nose off. I started out of the bathroom and stepped on a cake of soap, " and came to a few minutes later bleeding at the nose. I pulled my necktie in two trying to get it to slip in a stiff collar; there were 3 buttons missing from my clean shirt, and 1 never did find my back collar button. . * ..I pulled a sock so hard, my foot went thru it; I broke a shoe-string while trying to tie a hard knot. I couldn't find the comb and brush. My arm got hung in my coat sleeve and I tore the lining out. But I finally got down to breakfast^ and the very flrst thing I did was squirt grapefruit juice into my eye, and the next thing 1 spilt gravy on my vest. ..The toast was OK, except it was burnt on both sides instead of one side. I knocked over my cup of coffee reaching 4for the salt shaker to shake over some soft-boiled eggs that I ordered scrambled instead. After a few' more mishaps, with my bloodpressure sizzling around 320 (normal for me is 130), I went out to my car to start to m^ office. . . The car looked all right except the left rear was fiat. I had it fixed in exactly 45 mindtes, NBA time. When I crawled into the seat (of the car), the tail of my overcoat got hung on the door and 1 tore that off. The battery was so near dead, I had to be pushed off by 3 idle policemen. Then red traffic lights stopped^me 3 times while I was being choked down E times. I Anally got to the office, and I had to explode. No fire made, nc floor swept up, no orders delivered and 10 bill collectors 1 never intend to try to be abnormal again s< long a* I live. It aimply won't work l . ' ' . - Bad Negro Shot * By Monroe Men Robert Kennedy, Union county's noted desperado, was shot and captured this morning at 0:80 by Sheriff Frank Niven and Deputy 1<ee NValkup. Acting on first-hand information, the two officers stationed themselves before daylight .in the woods near Kennedy's camp about three miles from Monroe on the Medlin road. Just as dawn was breaking Robert camo walking down a patch from his den in the wqods. Within a few feet of the officers ho evidently became suspicious and j topped. "Hello, Rob," called Sheriff Niven. Bang, bang, came the answer from a pistol in the hands of Robert, as ho darted through tho woods. Boom, boom, roared shotguns in the bamfe of the two officers, and Robert fell.' Walking carefully up to where ho lay stretched on the ground on his stomach, Deputy Walkup held a gun trained on Robert's head while Sheriff Niven relieved him of his rifle and three pistols. The rifle wa$ held in the crook of his left arm, th& 32 pistol which he had just fired' at the officers was under him in his right hand, a 32 pistol was in his pocket and/ a 38 was in a holster at his side. The officers at first thought Robert was dead but as they^ turned him over he kicked one foot. Examination reveuled that his right leg just above the ankle was broken, two buckshot slugs were in the calf of the same leg," two were in his left leg $nd one in his left heel. He was brought to jail and later in the morning taken ; to tho hospital whore his broken leg was put in a cast and at present he is in jail where hundreds of curious eyes have viewed him. After Robert fell, he offered no further resistance although the officers feel sure that this was due to the two guns* they had trained on him. From the way he was lying on the ground with his pistol ready for use they are certain it would have meant death if only one man had been advancing on the outlaw. Robert's career in crime extends from the time he was about 14 years old. He has served three or four sentences on the roads and at the expiration of his last term four years ago he took to the woods and began his series of depredations on outlying stores, cribs, smokehouses, and the like. There are a dozen ^warrants in the sheriff's office awaiting execution and he is known to have committed 75 robberies. - However, the worst crime in the eyes of the law that he has committed is breaking and entering. He has never been charged with any of the capital crimes, which includes entering a house where people are sleeping. The number of crimes for which there is enough evidence to convict.him of will give him a se, ries of sentences that will probably keep him in the penitentiary for many years to come. Two years ago, the menace of RobI ert Kennedy became so serious that | the court declared him an outlaw. There have been several hunts organized when he had been sighted and about two years ago bloodhounds were set upon his trail. So close did they get to ffie fleeing fugitive that he shot two of them. People everywhere were warned to be on the lookout for him and to take no chances as he was a dead shot with either pistol or rifle. However, it was very rare that any one ever knowingly got in gunshot of him. When robert was captured he wore three pistols and carried a rifle, key rings containing 73 keys of all sizes and about $3 in change.?Monroe Enquirer. Midway High School Honor Roll Honor roll for Midway high school for fourth month: Grade 1.?'Laura Lee Henry, William Horton, .Betty West, Demmil Young. Grade 2.-r-Myrtle Corbett, Sarah i Davis, Sarah Catherine Watkins JohrxfMcCoy, Perry Lee McCoy, Ralph Young. Grade 3.?Bessie Lee Corbett, Colene Hall. Grade 4.?Troy West. Grade 5.?Paulin^C'^atoe, Lunnell Elliott,, Myrtle H?:on, Lewis Lee West, Freddie West. Grade 4,?Ferris Joyner, J. R> Teal, Margaret West, Margaret Yarborough, Archie Gordon, Ida Lee Threatt. Grade 7.?Roddy Rozier, Thehna Brannon, Dolly Stokes. \~ Grade 8.?Margarette Anderton, Sadie Coifcett, Emfly McCoy, Laurie West, Gene Cooper. Grade 10.?Oralie Brannon, Mar- ' garot 'Herton, Martha Moaeley, Floree Rozier, Thelma Stokes, Blanche Threatt, Ruby Gay West, Willie C. Anderson. President Roosevelt sent i^ord to congressional leaders Wednesday that he la willing to accept a limit on his monetary legislation, but urged rejection of the proposal to have a board administer the huge stabilization fund. ' ' / ... V . ? / V *: r' Radiators Boiled Out and Repaired General Auto Repairs. Get our price on your next job. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. NIGHT SERVICE TELEPHONE 138 Service Man Rooms Over Garage L. A. Campbell & Co. Carage South Main Street Camden, S. C. y; mmm tmm ? - LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From (ho Files of The Chronicle Fifteen niui Thirty Years Ago ? II.iii i .iii - I.I I .1, i . t FIFTEEN YEARS AGO January 31, 1919 A. B. Shiver and Eugene Holland, of Antioch section, opens auto shop on south Main street, Two-year-old infant of Mr, and Mrs. L. W, Manhiemr badly scalded when it falls into tub of hot water. , L. W. Boykin ships a car load of fine hogs to Wilmington, N. C.; Hen- ; ry Savage ships sixty head of fine ; hogs to a banker at iSencca, iS. C., to be distributed for breeding purposes 1 and F, M. Wooten ships twelve head J of fine Hereford heifers to Mt. Car- i mel, IS. C. | Charles W, Dunn, 43, former wolJ < known furmer of West Wateree, dies in Richland county. Lieut. Colonel Mendel JL Smith,' stationed at Camp Meade, ordered to France by war department. Mr. and Mrs, CJ. F. Cooley leave Guignard plantation to make their home at Willjamston in Anderson county. Negro pool room on lower Main j rstreet ordered by city council to close, on account of being public nuisance.: William T. Hammond, 59, former, citizen of Camden, dies at Bennetts-j ville where he was engaged in the ho-j tel business. W. H. Outlaw., 74, dies at his home in the Lucknow section. j1 Claud N. Sapp, assistant attorney ( general, opens private law offices in Columbia. Col. W. H. Coleman, 70, postmaster ( at Columbia, dies suddenly. W. Arthur Clarke hero from Camp. Greene walking on crutches support-j ing a bad leg caused by wounds from i a shrapnel during the heavy fighting around St. Quentin.' " Thomas H. Davis, Confederate vetj eran, dies in Antioch section. J. A. Nelson, of the Blaney section, passes away. Mrs. Mary Eulalia Pearce dies in Columbia and is 'buried in Beaver Dam section of county. 9 : Just Like an Editor "Is this the editor," inquired Mr. Mole at the office of the Western Breeze. "It is," responded the great man. "Did your* paper say I was a liar and a sneak?" "It did not." "Did it say I was a scoundrel?" "Certainly not." , "Well, some paper said it." ? "Possibly it was the papeor down the street," suggested the editor, as he picked up a heavy i>aper weight. "This (paper never prints stale news." < . .. i The first ticket to the Roosevelt birthday party at BurHngton, N. C., sold at auction, brought $50. THIRTY YEARS AGO February 5, 1901 H. L. Watkins,.?nd hA?, Ia Watkina form partnership to conduct "Parlor Meat Market." ' A. P. McCaskill, of Azmon, and Miss Neter Nicholson, of Bethune, t.X | ftre married. . v 7^'^ A. K. Weldon, of Smithville, mar- _ ried to Miss Daisy W. Scott, of Sumter. Peter Hawkins, aged and respected citizen of Pisgah section, dies. H. iD. Belvin of the mill village lead. John T., Mackey, of Lancaster, is elected cashier of now bank formed in Camden. First issue of "The People," new paper edited by W. A. Schrock, makes its appearance. Kershaw county grand jury instructs members of general assembly to enact a law authorizing the issuance of bonds in the sum of $25,000 ? ' . to build a now court house.' (Supervisor J. M. .Sowell invites bids on rebuilding bridges at Doby's Mill, Shawnee's <Urcek ami Granny's Quar- . " ter Creek. The funeral of B. H. Peace, publisher of The Greenville News and The Piedmont, was held on Saturday afternoon from * the First Baptist church in Greenville. He died last week in Palm Beach, Fla. Governor " Blackwood, .Senator Byrnes and other prominent men participated in the services which were attended by a *> very large number of people. Tho year of 1933 was, except 1926, ? the driest year in iSouth Carolina since the weather bureau has been here. The total rainfall was about 3fi inches, about 12 inches below nor- * $5 nial. It was the third warmest year, " - ----notwithstanding somo cold spells in February and tho latter part of April. A normal summer was followed by a . ^ ;.;i warm September, a rather cold November and a warm December. The Vv* rainfall was deficient during every 1 month except February, , ' '? Three negro children were roasted to death near Stokes, in (Greenville. ' '. county, when*fire trapped them in the attic of their home in the middle of the night. They were 9, 14 and 10 years old. Officers believe the house was set afire. . A candidate for the Columbia city council, in his announcement, said he would make no promises except to work for the .best interests of the city, & and the intelligent compositor left OUt I the word "except" with dire results ^ when the newspaper was read by voters. The candidate had the error corrected in the next issue of they paper. < . - ' CAROLINA MOTOR CO. Says" ' rm "If you want your money to go __ 'M& 30% farther, here's my advice? "Break In new tlree at this time because cool roads toughen rubber?cold-cure It. Thus tires put on now will run about 309b farther than the same tires started off new Vvvjjra on hot summer roads. That jneans you get 30% more mileage plus immediate non-skid ' \ safety. 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