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For The Houjm I hereby announce myaelf as ? candidate for the House of Representatives from Keruhaw county subject to the rules and regulation* governing the Democratic Primary. Respectfully, Neil Truesdale. Announce* For Re-Rlection To the Democratic Vetera of Kershaw county: Upon my record aa Sheriff of Kershaw county for the past two terms, am) upon my record as Deputy Sheriff or seven year a prior thereto, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Sheriff. 1 am grateful for the loyal support given me in my provioua campaigns, ns well as in the administration of the duties of my office, and 1 ask a continuation of that loyalty and .support. J. U. MeLEOD. For Kc-Flection as Auditor To the Democratic Voters of Kershaw C'urvty: Having served you faithfully several terms as County Auditor, 1 beg to announce that I will be ?t candidate in the coming primary and will appreciate the votes and support of my friemLs throughout the county. o Very respectfully, B. E. SPARROW. For County Treasurer To the Democratic Voters of Kershaw County: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to' the office of County Treasurer, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. You have honored -me with this office for two terms. 1 appreciate your loyalty and support in the past and hope you will continue this support by re-electing me'Tii the coming primary. Very respectfully yours, ' S. W Y LI K IKXJUK Announces For Re-Flection I hereby announce myself us a candidate for re-election to the offi< e of .Judge <>f Probate for Kershaw (siunty in the approaehing County Primary election subject to the rules of 'he lumo/ratie Party. Will appreciate the support of the voters of Ke-shaw C<,unty ami if eleeted u.J render unprejudiced advice ;tnd services. a.^ heretofore. L. It MX .JON MS FINAL DISCHARGE Notice i> hereby gfven that one month from this date, on the 17th day of April, 19.44, at 11 o'clock a. m.. 1 will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as j Administrator of the estate of James, II. Burns, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Admin- i istrator. MOULTRIE BURNS, Administrator of the Estate of James H. Burns Camdee, S. C., March 10th, 1934. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that,on the twenty-third day of April, 1934, at eleven o'clock A. M., we will make j to the Probate Judge of Kerahow County our final return as Administratrix and Administrator, respeetiwly, of the estate of James Kirkl^id Clyburn, deceased, and on the same , date will apply to the said court for | a final discharge as said Administra- \ trix an<l Administrator, respectively. MARY H. CLYBURN, W. R. CLYBURN', Administratrix ami Administrator. respectively, of the estate of James Kirkland Clyburn. deceased. ( anulon,* S. March 22, 11*34 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AN D CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of Burwel! H. Boykin, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and ail parties, if any. having claims against the said - estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time pre-, scribed by law. MARY DMAS BOYKIN. ! Kxeeutrix of the Estate of Bur well H. Boykin Boykin, S. C. Camden. S. C., March 11, 1 f>.'v4. - i ~FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is h^roby given that one ; month from this date, on t.he 9th day of April. 1934, at 11 o'clock a. m., I vnii make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Adrrinistrator of the ostate of T. L Smith. deceased, and on the same date 1 wii! apply to the said Court for a fir.a! discharge as said Administrator. R A BRUCE, A ! r,mj*trntor of :he Estate of T U Smith. ? atrdi-- . S. ('., March 8th, 19.T4. Former Banker Dies at Bishopville Sumter, April 1.?William Gordon Parrott, 60, (tied at H o'clock this morning fit the home of Mrs. P. M. Parrott here after illness of four weeks. j Mr. Parrott was born near Bishopville, I/ce county, lie made that his home until two years ago when appointed field inspector in connection with crop production loans and assigned to Sumter county. He attended and was graduated j i from the Bishopville schools. After attending business college he became j assistant postmaster at Bishopville. 'lie was associated with the Bishopville National bank for 25 years, beI ing promoted from bookkeeper to i j assistant ca^hien and then cwtfhier,; which position he held until January, 1982. He was & beloved and prominent eitixen of Bishopville. He took an active part in all public and church affairs. Surviving arc his wife, who before marriage was Miss Kthcl McLeod, Mayesville; one son, NVilljiini Gordon Parrott, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn.; one brother, Dr. J. L. Parrott, Lamar; two sisters, Mrs. R. F. Marsh, Richmond; Mrs. U. B. Jordan, Bishopville. Police of Portsmouth, Va., are seeking solution of an alleged mystery poisoning there. Elnora Ferrell, 17, died in a hospital there after she had made a statment that she had been overpowered and forced to drink poison. Three Communisists were beheaded I at Dussoldorf. Germany. Tuesday for killing a Nazi storm trooper on June Jo. I'.<82. The sentences of seven lit:.ii- Com muni sits under sentence of death for complicity in the slaying, j were commuted. The remains, of C. C. Julian, once j Oklahoma millionaire oil operator,' 'who committed suicide in Shanghai, (('hina, and died a pauper, were saved i from a pauper's grave by an order from hi.-* sister in Los Angeles, that j his body be cremated and the ashes -ent to Amerioa. j The National Tube company, of j Lorain, Ohio, has announced a 10 per cent wage increase to its 7,000 employee, effective Apml 1. Five men have been arrested at New Haven, Conn., who have Connecticut addresses, for having Georgia automobile tags on their cars. Odd Accidents Tin said the best way to catch a pig is by the tail and then he won't I squeal. But you can bet that Jesse Wallingford of Nebraska squealed ! when he tried to catch one that way. His finger got caught in the curl of 'the tail and fractured. A freak accident in which beer figured occurred when the beer truck in which a Texas girl was riding col- j lided. with the rear of a bus. A 200. pound keg of beer was thrown forward on to her head. She died from the injuries. [ Oscar Braland, of Iowa, who want- ^ ed to get rid of an old mattress set , fire to it. It did not burn so well so J he kicked it. Out rolled a roll of ; hills, containing $280 in perfectly 1 good 50 cent dollars. Carl II. Smith, a Washingtonian, was gesticulating as well as articulating to a friend. He thrust an arm through a window pane and had to be hustled to the hospital for immediate re pairs. Another capital city resident, Edgar Sopor, a bakery employee, walked into a clothes line while carrying an armful of bread. Ho suffered a broken jaw and several other injuries. Most people object to a tap on the head but it was just a lucky lick to j Halmar Lettila, a NY w York C\V A i mplnyee. when someone hit him on1 :h<- h.i-ad with a hammer. Regaining! , ? r.<ci?>u-r.ess he fuur.d his eyesight ( improved -o much he could read with-j .' gia The Pathfinder. I I International ^Agricultural Corporation | I FERTILIZERS I or ALL KINDS and NITRATE OF SODA $ '!!:> < Mi; Mil! Sti'i'ft, lnrmcr I'l.icc <>! Rt'lk Lurnhcr C o. I W. C. SCARBOROUGH, AGENT I R EAL ESTATE ! RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY HUNTING PRESERVES Repairing and Care-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. 5 Crocker Building ? Telephone 7 U TOewDtitcii land ' V Tho Polders and the IJsselmeer Once Were the Zuider Zee. Prepared by National C1 ^^r.^1 ^?rvt C'"*'' VVauhliiKton. l>. C?\N NU Sorvue. WITH the recent completion or the 20mllc dike. shutting out the North sen, tlie Zulder Zee (South sea) becomes a lake called the IJsselmeer. It Is a much smaller body of water because MO.noo acres of the old Zulder Zee bed are being reclaimed to furnish needed land for The Netherlands* fast growing population. The Zulder Zee Itself was a small lake fed hv a mouth of the Hhine river In pre-Unman days, discharging its surplus water through four or five small creeks Into the North sea. La er it spread Itself over the surround.ng region Nobody roiild prevent it* " 1 lng its way front the center outward through swampy country. i-mr could anybody in those days keep the North sea from plunging its. breakers Into the creeks, undermining their hanks and widening their channels. lhit the area of dry land between the slowly rising lake and Die narrow strip of sand dunes along the North sea shore, never large enough to feed mi ever-increasing population, Soon became too small for comfort. Iteshb s, bv conquering others, some of the warring-counts and barons succeeded in assuming authority over parts of the countrv large enough to crystallize the necessary nuclei of civilization and to try experiments In wholesale engineering. About the time matters were put right In the western part of the country. there was a succession of gales from the northwest, and when they had calmed down Lake Flevo (for* It was called) and the North sea had combined Into an Inland sea covering an area of about 1.000.000 acres, from which only two diluvial hilltops emerged: the islands of Urk and Wlerlngen. The narrow belt of sand dunes had been broken Into a string of small Islands by deep and widening channels. through which the tidal streams surged in and out every 24 hours. There the I bitch were, with a young and spirited Mediterranean right In the place where every other self-respecting country has Its center! They Made an Inland Sea. "What are we to do with it? people asked one another on that memorable February morning when at Inst the Azores anticyclone reasserted Itself, und the sun rose over a choppy sea covered with the timber and straw of ( manv houses?as houses went In those ; davti?and a lot of bodies, too. The | flooded area had been a densely popu- . lated stretch of country yielding splendid crops quite In a natural way. . Of course, they could not do anything with their new-born Zulder Zee , (South sen), but they took Jolly good care at least that It did not grow into an ocean. They put a big dam around j It, right on the spot where the water | had been highest, and tried to forget j their quarrels when a fresh string of . depressions was felt moving across Atlantic. They kept their dike in order before all other things, and even from time to time reclaimed muddy : hanks and hays and what are called "wheels"?1 e , the circumference of eddies forming on the Inside of a flooded stretch of higher land Comparison of a mnp of 1 t1 *> with ore o' 1W * t ,Vs.doses t! at a l-.t had done hv | hove gl gs o' nm'ri p, a1 MT. ! m 'dor:: n ' by f. v. .... r'\ v !-> . 11 v ; . to:-:, I ' .' h f.o - led ? r. re a c.v V i k- nl, to r 1 " ' ' r s . the Z ' / ,,r ?; . or - \ - r.e> i-t imti h g rs 1 a ! to he V: t with keep:i g the 7e !-r Zee within ' ads and tmprov .ng the w Indmlll " ven drainage svstem of the low h.ng districts. lie! ween wars, they a:-. :sed I themselves hv thinking out pains for reversing the circulation of w.Ver for purpoae?-"'' inundation, thereby exact- j lng wntfoidog service, as it were, 'rom | "the savage wolf gnawing at the heart , Of Holland." as some poet puts It. tn ' this way they got rid of a good many i Invading armies not by drowning | them?merely wetting them thorough- ; ly say. up to the armpits. Start of the Reclamation. Besides keeping the dikes In repair under the cooperative scheme still In existence. tho?e Seventeenth- , r.tury j I Mitch men tr.ed reclaiming ha.\s and | l?ke>. rat: or himsily at fir*:, hut ( ga nit g -N - ih'. re-t.ng work w. :.t on at d w a;, ? and means were *.re\e ' gradua lv I "te ' 'ir fiig lakes. Cur Co. c.T. s.-t .rmer und Wormer. lying to the north of Amsterdam,were attacked and drained by wind power only. The biggest lake of them all, Haarleniinenneer (to the southeast of the center of the bulb growing district, the city of Haarlem), withstood all efforts of the wlnddrlven pumps to the . end. . It^was only after the steam engine had been developed Into an efficient power plant that the fertile bottom of this lake was added, between 1848-53, to the "ground floor" of Dutch ' territory and sold or given to colonists from different parts of the country. Though the first daring plan for the Zulder Zee's reclamation appeared In 1007. the work of draining this huge lake, even as late as 18f>0, would have been as stiff a feat of engineering as > driving a tunnel through St. Gotthard or bridging Niagara falls with planks on trestles. Hut engineers and statesmen'began to speculate about the Zulder Zee, and to weigh the pros and cons of the problem. Reclaiming the Zulder Zee would obviously Include the building of a big Inclosing dam (to avoid draining the Atlantic) on a mud bottom right ! across the sea, and the establishment of pumping units capable of swallow- i ing permanently to the last drop the ever-flowing waters of the Rhine mouth feeding the Inland sea. and discharging them at some point where they could do no harm. Fertilizers were discovered and Improved upon, and the way to the sandy wastes In Drente and Oelderland was opened to more than a million Dutchmen clamoring for a living. Holland saw the beginning of an Industrial era, and so another million or so found bread and cheese, a bicycle, and a home waiting for them on leaving the factory. Five millions there were now, but the sixth was growing, and a seventh must be reckoned with In a near J future. \ More Land Needed. , Like Manhattan, the Netherlands . j now really had become much too crowded. Oniy, In the Netherlands It ! was not room for shops and offices that people wanted: It was home- J; steads and arable land. Far-seeing ; i economists pointed out that something ; , would have to be done. Why not get j ^ the Zulder Zee bottom ready to re- . ^ ceive the eighth million? ' In Dr. C. I.ely the Dutch nation, In 1 1880, found the man It needed to turn : it from its phase of fltful speculating r Into one of definite prospecting?and ' so on to the final execution of his com- , < prehenslve plan of 1801 : to connect jl North Holland with Friesland by a < heavy dam 90 yards wide and 20 miles j In length, separating the waters of the i ^ North sea and the Zulder Zee; to In- | ( close four of the most fertile parts of i j the resulting basin by smaller dams; j and to put several big pumping sta- J? tlons to work to finish the reclaiming , 1 Job. j < Because of the Impossibility of drain- , t lng the entire Zulder Zee. a fresh-wa- J c ter lake, called IJsselmeer (Tssel- j \ meer), after the River IJssel, which f discharges Its water Into it. would he ' , suffered to remain In existence among the four polders to he reclaimed. Doctor I.ely. a gifted engineer, was minister of puhl'c works when the 1 Duteh government, by an a.-t < ' parliament of .1 me 1 \ l'.'l v l to ; f )) ? 1:1 -Tito e v ? ( ?n IKr > :;;? or the i?< ..t.oTl. * . V* .r,t, r"b lowing t' e \V>rb! w ar \>-\ !i" h\ prog r.--< was a ! t?,e f:r-1 few years Hut so: k ml < ' stability in prices, though on a notch higher level than anybody couh! have expected, was reached about 1and work was sfar'ed In rea' earnest two rears later Though at first It had been Intended to start reclaiming the four polders (reclaimed areas) only after the In- ; closing dam had been completed, this j plan has been abandoned since. As a , matter of fact, the Northwest polder j had been completely embanked and , drained toward the end of 103O. This ; Is the only one of the new polders that j has been reclaimed; the other three will he ready about 1950. The Hig Dam In 1930 consisted only i of a few artificial Islands where the sluices were In course of construction The Inclosing dam ?ns completed on | May 28, 1932, amid a pandemonium of sirens and whistles. The Dutch na tlonal anthem was broadcast around the continent at 12 .55. during the expectant p>ause before fie last bucket ful of clay fell splashing Into it> pla ce. ?wmpi?pi??? Time of Planting Affects Potatoes Clemson College, March Ml.?That certain times of planting sweet potatoes result in larger yields other things being equal has been shown by the sweet potato contests in this state and by results in Louisiana, says A. M. Musser, horticulturists of South Carolina Experiment Station, who is directing experiments in time of planting potatoes at the Truck Station near Charleston, the Sandhill Station near Columbia, and at Clemson College. "Louisiana potatoes have been bringing a considerably better price on the northern markets than iSouth Carolina potatoes," Mr. Musser says. "One reason for this difference in price is that the Lousiniana growers [ produce to higher percentage of No. ; l's of the right size and shape. One j of the chief means of accomplishing i this is by setting the plants in the j field at the proper time. The com-; mercial crop in that state, which is , not grown over such a wide territory ' as is the case in this state, is planted in the field between June 1 and 15. If planted much earlier, there are too many jumbos or turnip-shaped pota- j toes, and if much later, too many -mall and long potatoes. "In the sweet potato contests of 1929 and 1930, those contestants producing the largest yields planted at; various times, but as a general rule, for the various sections of the state certain times of planting produce thoi argest yields of marketable potatoes.!' These contests indicate that plants j' should be set during May or the first half of June. In counties of the coastal area planting can be done later than through the middle section Dr in the Piedmont region. , "Specific advice as to the correct , :ime of planting for every farmer cannot be given, but by learning the >est planting date for his section and idjusting this by previous exper-j; ence, each grower should be able to J1 letermine for himself the proper, 1 ime of planting. Of course, weather | conditions cannot be foretold, so a-' < >out all the grower can do is prepare , ; 'or a normal season, and if an abnor- ! 1 rial season occurs, make whatever I i idju.-tments are possible in the way'.' if fertilization and cultivation." : 1 Acreage Reduction Aid To Pest Control Clcnvson College, March "1.?-Moii satisfactory pest control in gard? and field crops may now be attain# through extensive crop rotatioi thinks W. C. Nettles, extension ent^ mqlogist, who says that this desirab condition will be brought about by| reduction in cotton acreage whid lends added significance to the i? portance of crop rotation?a practin long advocated by agricultural scit> tists. Two-year rotations are often vil> able in insect control, but longer tations are desirable for the contnt of plant diseases, Mr. Nettles advisa, Root knot or nematode control mij be accomplished! by planting resistant crops on the soil for two yen or by clean culture for the same p? iod of time. Corn, small grains, uf grasses tend to reduce nematode populations in the soil. A cultinh crop, stach as corn, is to be desin since grasses and small grains peritf garden weeds to increase the nen?" tode population. Many gardens are so severely ? fested with nematodes and infects! with plant diseases xthat vegetable cannot be grown successfully. I keeping with the spirit of the Agi> cultural Adjustment Administration food for home consumption may h produced on acres removed from pri duction. In many instances a po,rti? of the land might well be designate! as a garden spot as a means of ducing the pests of the vegetable gtt den. The old garden spot would u* ually be well suited for chickea which thrive best on soil free froi poultry parasites. Rotations for specific crops baa? on a knowledge of the pests to a controlled will be furnished by 16 Nettles upon request. The Mississippd river is on spring splurge and high waters looked for in the lower reaches i the stream. Governor Ehringhaus, of h'or^ Carolina, has paroled Oscar T. S?* and Berry Dillingham, convicted i March, 1D32, of manslaughter in cot lection with the death of Ert rtroupo of the Crowders Mounts! section of Gaston county. V U J ITTT^I L Nature created the land you farm, the seed you plant. To make land and seed produce better,she created'three natural fertilizer materials?potash, phosphate,and Chilean Natural Nitrate. She stored Chilean in the ground to mature a million years until you should wan tit to put it back into the ground where you make your crops. I CHILEAN N ITRATtt (PERHAPS YOU CALL IT "SODA'OR'SQQY')<? THE ONE AND ONLY NITRATE FERTILIZER CREATED BY NATURE. NATURE GAVE IT THOSE VITAL'IMPURITIES" IODINE, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, SODIUM, MAGNESIUM, BORON ETC., TO INCREASE ITS VALUE | TO YOUR CROPS ... . . i * Jr SIX YEARS BEFORE DAVY CROCKETT DIED IN THE ALAMO MASSACRE (i8*) xTHE FIRST SHIPLOAD OF CHILEAN NATURAL NITRAtE CAME INTO THE i UNITED STATES THROUGH A VIRGINIA PORT CI830) OVER 400^1 PICTURES Futures t<!l the story. The articles are short, coririse. I an'! fasrirating. Here are a J lowsuh ects covered. j ArtsandCraft Work?Astroci rimy ? Automobile Repairing i ?Aviation ? Boat Building ? I C are of Tools?<. hrmmtry? F.lectr icily? 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