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Would-Be Kidnaper Receives Ten Years i . .. ; Turlington, Feb. 13.- dleriry F. Atkinson, young white man of llarUvilly, was sentenced to serve ten vaura, .by Judge M. M. Mann, presiding in general sessions court here today on his plea of guilty to soliciting aid to kidnap. Judge Mann today also sentenced Mrs. Lucilo Johnson Odom, a young white woman, to serve ten years on a manslaughter charge. Mrs. Odom, it was alleged, killed her father, Walter A. Johnson, by shooting him while asleep in his home in the Mont Claire section of the county January She was in the state hospital for observation for some time prior to being brought back here for {rial. Atkinson first solicited Tom Dairy mple during last December to hold up the iSonqco 'Products compahy payroll in Hartsville. Dalrymple immediately reported the matter to mayor Kankin iSowell. A few days later Atkinson suggested that the holdup plan be dropped arid that they write a letter to J. L. Coker, 3rd., threatening to kidnap his young tlaughter, Penelope, unless the father gave them $60,000. Then Atkinson, suggested and planned the actual kidnaping, a ra"naom of $100,000 and the holding of the child by a woman in Florence until the ransom was paid. Upon Atkinson's- plea of guilty in the kidnaping case the other case was not pressed because as stated by Solicitor H. H. Tison he believed the first soliciting, was merely for the purpose of sounding out Dalrymple and leading up to the actual plan to kidnap. The action of Tom Dalrymple and the United States department of justice received high praise from Judge Mann. y The strike of taxi cab drivers of New York has been partially settled, with only 7,000 refusing to go back to their jobs. I TAX RETURNS j Office of Auditor Kershaw County, ^ Camden, S. C., December 15, 1933 | Notide'is hereby given that the Au- : ditor's Office will be open for receiv- J *" irg Tax Returns from January 1st, 1034, to March 1st, 1934. All persons owning real estate or personal prop- j erty must make returns of the same within said period, as required by law, or be subject to a penalty of 10 , per cent. All persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are required to pay a poll tax, and all persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, inclusive, are required to pay a Road tax, unless excused by law. All Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Ad. ministrators or Agents holding property in charge .'must return same. Parties sending tax returns by mail must make oath to same before some officer and fill out the same in proper manner or they will be' rejected. B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County Trials and Races Set For February 21 - 221 f (By Sally Broomell ) The Canulen Hunt ha*-completed the program for the Hunter Trials 1 and Washington's Birthday Kaoes op ' January 21 and 22 on the famous, Springdale Course here. Entries ! close February,1 17 and should be ! mailed to "Harry D. Kirkover. On Tuesday, February 21, the [ evtmts will be us follows: No. J?Lightweight Hunters up to carrying 1G5 pounds to hounds. Plate ; to winner. No. 2?Middleweight Hunters up to carrying 185 pounds to hounds and Heavyweight Hunters up to carrying 200 pounds and over to hounds, Plate to winner. If sufficient entries are received this event will be divided by weight: No. 8?-Hunt Teama of Three Horses. Joint ownership permitted. Plate to winners. ? c> t ' No. 4?Model Class. Horsea entered in this class must have competed in one or more of the preceding events. Oh Wednesday, February 22, the program is as follows: ? No. 1?-Cherokee Steeplechase (Private sweepstakes) about two miles over brush. 4-year-olds, 150 pounds; 5-year-olds, 167 pounds; 6-year-olds and upward, 162 pounds; non-winners in 1933-34 allowed 5 pounds, maidens 8 pounds; no rider or sex allowances. No. 2 ?1 Washington's Birthday Plate. About 2*4 miles over timber. 4-ycar-olds, 150 pounds; S^yeer-olds, 153 pounds; 6-year-olds, 157 pounds; no rider or sex allowances. Plate to the winner. No. 3?-The Kamchatka. *4-mile on the flat. Open to any horse. Minimum weight 140 pounds. Plate to winner. No. 4^The Coolspring. Six furlongs on the flat. 3-year-olds, 140 pounds; 4-year-olds, .143 pounds; 5year-olds, 14G pounds; 6-year-olds and upward, 150 pounds;../no rider or sex allowances. Plate to winner. No. 5?The Bloomsbury. For non-winners over timber, about 2V4 miles. 4-year-olds, 150 pounds; 5year-olds, 153 pounds; 6-year-olds and upward, 157 pounds. No rider or sex allowances. Plate to winner. No. 6?The Mulberry. One mile on the flat. 3-year-olds to carry 140 pounds; 4-year-olds, 145 pounds; 5year-olds, 148 pounds; 6-year-olds, 152 pounds; no rider or sex allowances. Plate to winner. 1 All races must be ridden in colors and by amateur riders, unless otherwise stated, acceptable to the committee. All horses must be in saddling paddock one-half hour before post time. ' The *4 -mile flat race and the 6 furlong flat race are open to any rider acceptable to the committee. These Trials are to show the worth of working hunters and will be over I a line of country about one mile in ! length, with about twelve fences, j natural and typical of the country hunted over. The District of Columbia Federal court has ruled that Senator Huey Long must defend the suit of Samuel T. Ansel, wfio is suing the senator for $500,000 for libel. The. suit grew out of the. publication of remarks made by Long about Ansel on the senate floor in which he said Ansel was a "thief, scoundrel and crook" and ther claimed senatorial immunity. Ans? was counsel for the senate coramit?e< investigating the election of Senate) Overton of Louisiana. .Bank bandits robbed the b?rff a Cedar Keys, Fia., of $2,000 Wednes day of fest week. Surveys Point To Better Cotton Crop Given a true picture of the kiiul of cotton it was growing. South Carolina, in 1928, started a systematic campaign to increase its output of longer-fiber cotton. The success of the campaign is shown by the drop in the production of excessively shortfiber cotton from 11.2 p^jr cent of the 192$ crop. Aside from the ?ctunl (iollarsrand-cents value of this improvement of the general attitude toward its cotton, For generations preceding the World War, American cotton had an enviable reputation in world markets. The decade which followed the war, however, saw some of this prestige lost. With high prices for all cotton and the problem of making crops in competition with the boll weevil/ fhq main consideration was to make cotton-?not necessarily to make it good. The planting of varieties of inferior staples increased greatly because they matured early. The decline in staple quality of American cotton which followed became the subject of common discussion among cotton people at home and abroad. By 1927 the situation had become so serious that Congress directed the United States Department of Agriculture to set up machinery for assembling thoroughly and systematically facts on the grade and staple of the crop. With tho aid of the state agricultural experiment stations, the cooperation of a great number of gins, representing production over the entire cotton belt, was obtained. The early results of the work disclosed the presence of enough cotton of inferior staple to cause concern, but it also revealed the places where efforts for improvement could be concentrated for best results. Planters in areas that were raising-excessively short- fiber cotton have followed the plans suggested by federal and state specialists to raise the state's acreage, largely through planting pure seed of selected varieties. The correlated results of the surveys have charted the way to better cotton and mirrored the progress made in each section. Figures thus obtained show that cotton has gained about one thirty-second inch in fiber length for the country as a whole and [one sixteenth inch in South Carolina, [according to Henry D. Green, county j agent for Kershaw county. iHeld As Participants In Charlotte Hold-up Baltimore, Feb. 12.?Hugh Basil Banghart, "the owl" of Chicago's Touhy gang, and three companions were in Baltimore jails tonight with a .'total of $200,000 bail bonds standing between them and freedom. The four also awaited arraignment in federal court tomorrorw on charges of participation in the $105,000 mail truck hold-up in Charlotte, N. C., last November. May Davis, Isaac Costner and Mrs, Tom Touhy were arrested here with Banghart yestdrday. This afternoon warrants charging them with participation in the Charlotte robbery were drawn after postoffice inspectors had - identified, $10,000 in bills, found in i the apartment occupied by Banghart f and May Davis, as part of the monej i taken from tha mail truck. Bang ha r1 i already had been indicted for th< I crime after has firigerpa-its ?-wer? 5 found on a beer bottle in a Char r lotte apartment, believed to hav ' been occupied <ftjr the robbers, t Later in the day iState's At to me " Herbert O'Connor had each of th four charged with possessing machin guns, for which their bond was pu at $30,000 each; Banghart, Co stmt and May Davis charged with posses; ing stolen money, for which the bonds were put at $25,000 each, an Mrs. Touhy and Banghart charge with possessing a stolen automobil with the bond at $2,500 each. | Banghart also is charged with tal ing part in the kidnaping < ; John Factor, international speculate | From Chicago, however, came the r port that the trial of Roger Touh leader of the gang, Albert Kator a; Gustav Schaefer, all charged with t same kidnaping, would proceed scheduled tomorrow. Authoriti there said they would not postpo the trial in the hope of getting Bar ; hart. I During the day O'Connor endei ! ored to connect the four with rec< Baltimore robberies. Banghart a i Cosrtner were placed in a police Mi up for the inspection of tho victi I of three hold-ups, including the di light robbery of a bank, but tl | were not identified. The Washington Evening Star s Wednesday that indictment of least three persons, two of them h , in the ranks of the American Leg] |will he asked of the federal gri jury by the government in connect with the alleged conspiracy to gi on the millions of dollars allotted gf motorizing the army. i *T^TVJiterest In j An^fs^Bethune I Bethune,^ ,mm~-The school improvement as!'*- <Ation hold its regular monthly meef.w Y ut the high school iauditorium Moi.tjav evening with the I president, J. H. McDunml, presiding, j The seventh grade pupils entertained with an attractive playlet. The attendance pri/.e went to this grade. During the business period, the equipping of u rest room in both grammar and high school buildings by the association was discussed. The Workers' Council of tho Baptist Sunday school met at the homo of Mr, and Mrs. R. K. Burns last Tuesday evening. After an interesting program contributed to by Miss Bradford, Mi^s Margaret Fields and the Rev. J. E. Williams,. Sunday school work was taken up. The next meeting will be held the first Tuesday evening in March. ^ The Junior Christian Endeavor society gave u party 'Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bethune. The decorations suggested the Valentine season as did the contests. (James were also enjoyed and cakes, candy ami fruit were served, during the afternoon. Pupils of the eleventh grudo complimented the tenth grade with a delightful party Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Hattie liou&tiss. Contests furnished entertainment for the evening. Refreshments were served by members of the eleventh grade. The Bethune Order Eastern Star held the February meeting Wednesday evening. A new member was received into the organization. Five visitors from Camden were present.. At the conclusion of the meeting, u sweet course was served. Mrs.. J. J. Hardin, of Augusta, Gin.,, is the house guest of Mrs'. Boyce Baker. M iss Isabel Pursley, home economics teacher in the Bethune school, has gone to Winthrop college for several days. Miss Grace Wallace, Winthrop student, is filling Miss Pursley's place. Mrs.. Gary Parker with her little son has been visiting her parents in Greenville. Miss Carrie Yarbrough, who teaches in the Baron DeKalb school, is at home on account of illness. Mr. and Mrs. It. R. Burns spent the week end in Orangeburg, guests of Mrs. Burns' parents. Ellison Iluckabee is visiting relatives hero. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Keisler have returned from Hodges,- where they I have been on account of the sickness and death of Mrs. Keisler's father. Their many friends extend sympathy M iss Dorothy Parrott who teaches near Wadesboro, spent the week end at home. Mrs. Wade Atkinson, of Columbia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Brannon. To Meet With Bethany The Lee County Singing- Convention will meet with Bethany (Tillers> Methodist church situated 6 1-2 miles South of Bethune on state highway number 341 on (Sunday, February 18, at" 2:30 p. m. We extend a cordial welcome to choirs and singers from all sections to meet with us and take part in the exercises. Our meeting on last Sunday with this church had to be called ofT on account of" th? inclement weather. A warm welcome i. to all.?L. A. Moore, President , , A regular air mail service has beer . instituted between European: point! apd Brazil. The first Gorman mai [ flying boat reached Natal, Brazil, or t Wednesday of last week. LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the Filea of The Chronicle Fifteen hiuI Thirty Years* A#o FIFTEEN YEARS AGO February 14, 1919 Kershaw Era reports the full of snow for several hours. Alfred Burdull, son of IVfr. and Mrs. ] J. T. iBurdell, dies in Rttmasautm, B'ranee, of spinal meningitis. He was a member of an aero squadron. Explosion of kerosene lamp damages J. Blakeney iZemp residence occupied'by Mr. ami. Mrs. W. B, O'Brien, [ winter visitors. A. Carroll Ford, of Hoasdale, 111'., I and Miss Almu Louise Murchison, of ' Antioch, married. ! Sam Sowell returns from France with a badly injured arm. caused by German shrapnel. Amelia McLaughlin, sixty-year-old colored woman, found stricken ^ in Monument Square and carried to bor home on Church street by young white men. Sht\died of heart trouble. Will E. Johnson, sqn of Mr. ami Mrs. W. E. Johnson,- returns from Franco suffering from severe wound in the face caused by German shrapnel. Mrs. Eliza Lewis Evuns, 76,. of Philadelphia, dies in Camden. George W. Crosby, long-time citizen of Camden, dies at Johns Hopkins hospital und lx>dy brought hero for burial. Frank K. .lones, book salesman, fined $10 in Recorder's Court for selling' and delivering books to Rev. M. M. Bensorr. Constitutional prohibition amendl ment closes doors of .'100,000 saloons, rutting off salaries amounting to $70,; 000,000 and cutting taxes an e?en $1,000,000,000. 1 Special from London states 6,000,000 people Jied from flu, said to be four times, that caused from World , war. j B. T. Davis, of Camden, reported, wounded in France,, with degree undcterminetk ' Chevrolet belonging to Kirkwpod stables and one owned by George McLain badly wrecked when they run together on North Main street. ,: Governor Cooper signs act creating . new county of AJlendale, It was his I first official signature. > I^ee Elmore, staunch citizen of Lee , county^, dies and is buxied at Cedar Creek cemetery. Mrs. Annie Belle Iluckabee, 23, dief l ; at Kershaw and burial occurs at Damj ascua cemetery at Westville. 1 Senator Cope Massey and Repre l senfcativo V. Young unabbft to at j tend session of legislature for mon THIRTY YKAR8 AGO February 19, 1904 five Russian cruisers sunk in naval battle at Chemnipo by Japancsot-ruival forces without loss of ship or man to the Japanese. | William Jennings Bryan speaku to (an audience of 2,000 people with H. G. Garrison and Treasurer W>. K. Hough in the audience from Caimlen. David Wolfe declines to run for-ro| election Alderman from his word. I Frank ?B, 'Simple, of Minneapolis, Minn., dies mt Kirkwood hotel. W. 1). Porter, of Chicago, member of the famous Deering harvesting machina company, dies at Hobkirk Itin. John 1). Rockefeller, "richest man in the world." spending tho winter at Thoinasville, Ca. | Iverson Brown, twelve-year-old son I of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Browh, dies at ! Lafayette Hall, [ W. W. Huckabee announces his j candidacy for sheriff of Kershaw c unty. Ik M. Mc Cask ill announced as candidate for treasurer of Kershaw county. VV. F. MaJone announced as candidate for treasurer. Sidney % iSmlth signs up with Charleston in tire Sally league. than ten days on account of illness from flu. Bullet from parlor rifle crashes through window of residence of Frank Zemp on Mill street but does no other damage. Captain Elliott Springs, credited with bringing down 21 enemy pianos, returns to Lancaster. Mrs. Charles Hendrix, of Beulah section-,, dies from pneumonia. Sheriff WoLsh carries youngr 18year-old white girl to railway station and makes her leave town for- disorderly. conduct. 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