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f J \ LOOKING BACKWARD j lake it From the Film of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Yearn Ago t L?, FIFTEEN YKAI18 AGO November 21, 1919 Sar&fteld property of 01 aero* in city limits bought by It. K. Stevenson and L. A. Ki*kl*nd,'?from David It. Williams. Sale* made through the DuHom' lteal Estate Ageney. John A. Sheorn, well known Camden citizen dies, .services held at Lyttleton Street Methodist church. S. C. Cotton Association, calls meeting in Columbia to elect officers. Delegates chosen from different sections of the county to represent Kershaw county a c: Buffalo K. T. Estridge, 11. T. Johnson, C. O. Stogner. De~ Kalb 1-. (), Funderburk, W. It. Gardner, J. F. West. Flat ltock?L. P., Thompson, D. ty. Kirkley, (1, Jtf. Young. Wateree - G. F, Hinsert' N. P. GeUys,. Newt"" Kelly. ^Jo)\x\ T. Mackey, of Camden, is treasurer of the Association. Camden Hi girl's basket bull team is to play the Kershaw team at Kersh aw. Civic League met and officers elected were: Mrs. James B. Wallace, president; Mrs. L. S. Davidson, first vice president; Mrs. A. C. Ancrum, second vice president; Miss Mury Martin, secretary; Mrs. M. Ilaruch, treasurer. Miss Gladys I>atham, former Camden girl married to John S. Tenncnt in Asheville, N. C. Mrs. E. C. DuBose returns to city from the artist colony founded by Rev. Edward McDov^ell at Peterborough, N. H. > Honor Roll at LugofT for highest class, Grade 6?Sandy Heyward, John Lee. Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hallett on November 19th, a daughter, Cath ???v THIRTY YKAK# AGO November 25, 1904 Camden Grocery (Company "increases capital stock from |10,000 to $30,000. Mexico City reports no new cases of yellow fever, sanitary work stamps out scrouge. j Thanksgiving services held at Presbyterian church with good attendance. Kx-Govcrnor Hugh S. Thompson (lied in New York. Remains brought to Columbia and buried in Trinity church yard. K. M. Heiyrfrix opens grocery store and the announcement reads: "Mr. Jlendryji carries full line of groceries (and his prices are like his store 'Away [ down yonder.' " Miss Nellie Watts, of LugofT is attending Columbia Female College. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whituker and Master Caleb are tuking in the festivities of Gula week in. ( narleston. K. T. Kstridge & Company have barn and stable burned, with loss o'f several hundreds of dollars. Also lose horse burned badly in fire. Many newlyweds return to Camden : Dr. Alburtus Moore and his bride of New York City return from tour abroad and are spending Thanksgiving with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Moore. Laurens Mills and his bride, the former Miss Margaret Johnstone, of Newberry arrive in city. Benjamin P. Deljoache and his bride, the former Miss Annie I)el>ay, of Mississippi return from bridal trip. "erine Knight Hallett. | Better highway film, "The Open Road to a Greater America" to be, shown at Majestic Theatre. Explosion Kills Three At Newberry Newberry, Nov. 17.?Three bodies were taken today from the smouldering ruins here which were wrecked by a mysterious explosion and fire. While u complete search of the' wreckage had not been made, firemen said all persons in the building1 when the sudden blast roared out last i ight had been accounted for and that the death list definitely was established at three. .Jessie Mays, lb, clerk in the W. Frank Lominack hardware store; .J. T. Walls, a mechanic employed by the State Highway department, and .Joe Brown, negro porter employed at Lominack's store, were killed. Seven were injured and the damage was estimated by the fire department in the neighborhood of $100,000. Boss Wilson. a lumber truck driver, who was cut by flying glass and possibly suffered internal injuries. was described as in a serious condition this morning. The other injured were W. C. Lominack, owner of the hardware store,; cut about the face, neck and legs; Ed I.owery. clerk in the store, eut about I the head; Nat (list, a cotton buyer, J cut about the head and shoulders; and j three ten-year-old children, Ibrannon Yarboro, Gordon Leslie and Bennett Goodman, cut by flying glass. Windows in buildings two blocks from the scone wore scattered by the terrifTic explosion. Officers investigating the explosion were considering the possibility that- dynamitestored in the basement of the hardware store was detonated by explosion of an oil stove in Pappa's Cafe next door, but had settled upon no theory. The other building wrecked was that of the Home Stores. Coroner I. H. Wilson impnneled a jury which viewed th?* bodies, but postponed holding an inquest until those injured are able to testify. A total of $2,800,00 is to be spent for new building construction at 14 i Georgia stAto t^stitntie-ns. I Goiden State Visited By Snow San Francisco, Nov. 18.?Roaring in from the ocean, a storm brought heavy snowfall in the Sierra .^Nevada mountains today. Two deaths and 'a score of injuries were laid to the j blinding rain in northern California, i The weather bureau said the storm would extent! over a wide area, reach; i'ng north to Puget sound and south i through the California valleys. I Twenty-eight inches of snow had already fallen ut Donner summit and I ten inches at Tohoe City. One inch I of l ain fell in San Francisco w ithin i six hours, drenching thousands who ! sat in the downpour to witness the St. ' Mary's-Snnta Clara football game at , Kezat' stadium. I Forge Shoes Solved Mystery Of Valley I Chicago, Nov. 1*2.?At last it,has I come to light why some of the sold; iers at Valley Forge probably lost their shoes! A letter fro Col. Ilufus Putnam of Washington's forces, to supply hend! quarters, put on exhibit by the Chicago Historical .society in connection | with Armistice day, today revealed this order: L "Please to procure for my regiment one set of dice and place the same to account of the Fifth Massachusetts regiment, for which the officers are J to be held accountable." It seems the ice-bound soldiers1 shot something beside Redcoats after all. Cough Saves Operation New York, Nov. 18.?Walter "Newman, 20, went to sleep lying on his hack and swallowed his bridgework. He was rushed to a hospital but coughed up the dental work before the doctor could operate on his throat. Six students of the University of Oklahoma will sit in the next lnjri&tujtUre of that state. "Here's the^^? of. COLDS-CONTROL C7) To Help PREVENT Colds At the first sneeze or nasal irritation, quick! ?a few drops of Vicks Va -tro-nol. Its timely use helps to prevent many colds ? and to throw off colds in their early stages. (8) To H?lp SHORTEN a Cold At bedtime, just rub on Vicka VapoRub, the mother's standby in treating colds. All through the night, by stimulation and inhalation, VapoRub fights the cold direct. fj) To Build RESISTANCE to ^-'health that arc part of Vicka The Plan ha* been clinically and proved in home u*e by of this unique Plan in each Colds: Follow the simple rules of Plan for Better Controi of Colds, tested by practicing physicians ? millions. (YouH find full details Vicka package.) ? t _ . !<> '? ' JO*a V ?.?j?? P..J :S n"-caoi^ J..J-.?'.* -'* . 1 ? *?\r/ \ ? 1 ; r ' ' *" ,* ' * ? ^=xmmma=Original Alice Claimed By Death Westerham, England, Nov. 10.?' The family and neighbor* iiCthi* quiet country side prepared tonight for the funeral of "Alice in Wonderland." r Mr*. Alice Liddell llargreavea, 82,1 who as a child had inspired the staid , Oxford Don, Charles Dodgson (Ix>wis| Carroll), to write his beloved fantasy,! died laM night after an illneas of j two weeks. Mrs. liargreaves suffered a heart | j attack while motoring two week* ago, | and was in a coma until death. The I body will be cremated and .burial will be ut Lyndyurat, Alice's former Now Forest home. The original Alice, in her latter | years, was a gracious old lady, living a placid lite in the countryside 80 miles out from London. She lived with memories of Lewis Carrol] and the tale he had woven for her of the little fair-haired girl who had tumbled down the rabbit's hole into a fantastic wonderland, where she was entranced by the lugubrious mock turtle, the mad hatter, | the sleepy dormouse, the weeping I walrus and the carpenter and others I of that odd land. In her maturity, few excitements | came to this aging Victorian lady, but | one of the big spots was a visit to New York two years ago, in connection with ceremonies .marking the 100th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's birth. IShe was feted in America and given an honorary degree of doctor of letters by, Columbia university. Alice was the middle one of three sisters to whom the sober, mathematician don related his mad tales. She was the author's favorite, and when she and her sisters went to his rooms and clambered up on a sofu and asked him for a story, he told one. Then he might take pictures of the three of them, or sketch the queen of hearts or other queer characters from out of his story. They would row up the river fine summer days, and there would be more stories. The Rev. Mr. Dodg&on on such excursions dropped his professional and clerical air along with his somber every-day garb of black. He wore white flannels and a stiff flattish straw "boater" or sailor hat. He told Alice of the wonderful adventures on these lazily spent days of i the little girl who had fallen down 1 the rabbit's hole, and found the duchess and her smiling Cheshire cat., They sat enthralled while he intoned j as he rowed: "Please, would you tell me." said Alice, "why your cat grins like that'.'" It's a Cheshire cat," said the duchess, "and that's why." Or: j "Oysters come and walk with us! The walrus did beseech, A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk. Along the briny beaeh." Mrs. Hargreaves always 'insisted her favorite characters was the sorrowing mock turtle. Her favorite rhyme was the song about "Soup of the Evening, Beautiful Soup." ? More and Better Fruit Clemson College, Nov. 19.?The first year's growth made by a young fruit tree is its most important year in determining success, says A. E. Schilletter, extension horticulturist, urging more attention to home orchards as an important factor in liveat-home farming and in the farm family's health. For those making new plantings of fruit trees Mr. Schilletter advises that fall or early winter while trees are fully dormant is better than spring when buds may be starting .into growth. His other suggestions briefly are: A first requirement is that the soil he previously prepared by deep plowing and pulverizing, subsoiling if the subsoil is not sufficiently porous. In selecting the stock, well grown Juno buds or medium size one-yearold trees are better than older trees, which are more difficult to plant and usually do not grow off as well as young vigorous trees. Varieties for the home orchard should be chosen for adaptability to locality, quality, and resistance to disease. The names of suitable varieties adapted to South Carolina conditions may be obtained from the extension horticulturists or the county farm agent. In planting it is much better to cut the main roots to six or eight inches in length than to leave them so long that they may be bent or kinked in planting. It is important to set trees i slightly deeper than they grew in the1 .nursery and to tramp the earth tightly over the roots without bruising them. The Democratic national committee will soon start a drive to raise $500,000 to pay off its indebtedness by January 1st. It will not ask for subscriptions above $1,000. HUSKY THROATS Overtaxed by . speaking,King- \ N'*4 log, smoking \ ^ VS ^.i. ftt .?*. ? > t-r-TS ill ? \ ?. ? ? . . ? I ...... ' - i U I Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by McCee, Copyright, 1928. M1KK WHITES A BONUS LKTTEK aecker-terry of the treasure, Washington, d. c. deer sir:? my son, scudd Clark, a world war vettron, has aked me to rite or foam you that he did not go to miamma to vote on the bonnus bill which was passed down there two weeks ago, but he wants you all to know that he is in favor of same and you all mought as well get reddy to pay it in cash this fall. scudd newer went acrost, but he was i Oddy at all times to face the germans and itlay-ans and russions in defense of his country for which he was drafted to make it safe for the diimpercrats, and as they have now got it, they ought to pay for same with the bonnus. wo can't barely live on scudd's present government monthly check of 7o$ for getting gassed ansoforth. the reasons the germans and other euro-peans called olf the war when they did, they had heard that scudd Clark would he on the next boat going over, and then they signed the armis-tiss. it would of benn terrible had he of got over there, he never knows when to stop fighting and he would of benn in berlin 2 days after he got olf the ship at liwerpool if they had of given him a chance. scudd drawed only 473$ when you paid him half of the last bonnus, but i and him have figgered that the other half will amount to 945$ oimer count of the inerest which has piled up while you have had the use of his monney fc^r 7 years, 346 days, 74 hours, 25 minutes, and 10 seconds, this is figgered up to december the 1, when the congress will meet to ok the bill already passed at miamma by the legion nairs. if you can see yore way clear to do so, plese send me a check on scudd's bonnus account for 150$ and i will turn all of it over to him but 118$ which he owes me for bored and rent and lodging and meals and food and clothing, he is not able to do no fissical work except eat, fish, hunt, shoot dice, pitch hoss shoes and set in the pitcher shows onner count of the gass he inhailed at camp oggleihorp when somebody let the gass spiil out of his ford in his tent. uncle sam has had our monney long enough, and in order to save a I bonnus march on Washington of about ! 40000000000 ex-soldiers, the only thing to do is pay up and shut up, and we won't ask for nothing else for 2 or 3 years, we won the war, but you all loant all of yore monney to europe, so get bizzy and collect it and pay us, and the sooner the better, yores trulie v mike Clark, rfd ' scudd's daddy. PLAY BY PLAY ..I wblo\ved" myself to one of these here so-called foot-ball classics a few days ago, meaning that I went to see two of the leading southern colleges cross pig skins, in the first place, I had to drive 126 miles. in the second place, I had a puncture. In the third place, I had to do without lunch, and in the fourth place, 1 couldn't find any parking space within 2 miles of the gridiron. ..It took exactly 53 minutes to get a ticket. The price of the ticket was $2.00, plus 20 cents federal tax and 20 cents state tax, and then I had to sit on a plank that must have been designed for a chicken roost ... almost at the 10 yard line going south. And it was a-raining. And it was about 32 in the sun. And I had on my short ones. And I had the headache. [..The game started oft before I got I thru the gate; in fact, they had already taken time out twice before I j found out which gang was the blue i ?ox ariu which gang was the red sox. [ And the worst is yet to come. The tallest man south of Philadelphia sat | right in front of me and he wore ja very high hat. When I wanted to | see what was going cm, I had to peep [under his right arm or betwixt his legs. . .Furthermore, the boy and girl who had come a-courting, and chose to sit right behind me, dropped goober hulls down my collar, and bio wed goober chaff and goober skins all over me, and worse than that?she spilt half a bottle of grape punch on the back of my new (1929) overcoat. I And he burnt the hair off the back of my neck with his cigarette ashes, but it mought of have been her ashes. (I was afraid to look back as I didn't want my eyes put out). ..The stranger who sat on my left side punched my ribs into my gizzard every time his favorite back, tackle would make a good, or a bad or infield, or short atop, or right play, or fumble, or fail to intercept a wild pass; he almost gave me the side plurisy in my plurlsy side. And I didn't enjoy him spitting his tobacco ambeer all over nay shoes either. I got Wen with him tho; I am aure 11 bus-ted something in his pocket next I to me. I > j ..I never did find out how the score ! was, or who won. In fact, I am not J surf that 1 saw or attended the game II intended to attend. I feel sure that I it was played in another town, that is?I think so. I saw 2 or 3 of the j players on the way out; they had to ( pass by where I was when I was in (the jam, meaning the jam-crowd that 1 almost smothered me to death for $2.40, plus 2 tickets for my friends who saw less than I did, as they didn't get reserved seats. Yours for the season, Gee McGee. NOTICE OF SALE Notice Is herby given that in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Decree "of the Court of; Common Pleas for Kershaw County, | South Carolina, dated October 30, 1934, in the case of The Enterprise Building and Loan Association of Camden, South Carolina, plaintiff, vs. Neal G. Player and S. L. Crolley, de- j fendants, I will sell to the highest i Bidder for cakh, before the Court House door in Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in December, 1934, being the 3rd day thereof, the following described property and stock: * "All that parcel or lot of land in the County of Kershaw, and State of j South Carolina, lying about one (1) , miles East of the City of Camden, in j "DuBose Park," fronting South on j Pineview Ave. fifty-two and % j (52%) feet, and extending back Northwardly therefrom of a uniform width to a depth of one hundred fifty (150) feet. This property is com-' posed of fourteen and one-half (14V<j) feet on the Eastern side of lot No. 16, of the whole of lot No. 15, and of eight and one-fourth (8V4) feet of the Western side of lot No. 14 in Block G of the subdivision of the said "DuBose Park" as shown on a' plat thereof on record in the office' of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw C-ounty. in Plat Book 7 at page 3 and , was conveyed to me by S. L. Crolley : by deed of date April 29, 1933." ALSO: Six shares of the capital stock of The Enterprise Building and r Loan ; Association of Camden, South Car- ; olina, the same being in Series No. 6-33. Terms of sale: For cash, the Mas-' ter to require of the successful bid-; der a deposit of three (39c) per cent' of the mortgage indebtedness, same ; to be forfeited in case of non-compli- , ance; no personal or deficiency judg-j ment is demanded and the bidding | will not remain open after the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. W. L. DePASS, JR.. Master for Kershaw County, j FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on November 26, 1934, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Executor of the estate of J. F. West, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Executor, Cfirl A West Camden, S. C., October 26, 1934. R. H. Askew, "Four Square Gospel" missionary, of Goldsboro, N. C., charged with kidnaping himself and attempting to collect $25,000 ransom for his own release, was acquitted by the Federal court at Raleigh on an insanity plea. foreclosure sale I Notice is hereby giveh thaf in cordance with the terms and p,0vb" I iohs of the' Decree of the Court I Common Pleas for Kershuw ri!? ^ I fft34th i C?EoUn?' d?*ed October "so' I in the case of The Enter-orb,.' I Building and Loan Association of I Camden, South Carolina, plaintiff vs George B. Player and S L rvoii I hfirda?t"' 1 I"1 t0 the hifi I bidder for cash, before the SI I House door in Camden, South Ca!f I lina during the legal houre of I ?S the first Monday in DecemW I 1934, being the 3rd day thereof the I following described propertT'?d I "AH that parcel or lot of lanH in I c eu ?^nty Kershaw, State of South Carolina, about one (1) miin i E*st 1 the City of CamSen,^ I Wew a" ,/'"!?8, SoUth en I fourths fiefty;two and three- I u i xt ieet, and extendi I back Northwardly therefrom of a uni*' I fifty H5o! f &fdeptiu?f ont> ^ndred I nrty (150) feet. This property Is I composed of seven and one fomh I No 18 af ?3tc,'n tide of lot j ami one-half" 15%) fe'e^on "he We I I m the office of the Clerk of Srt I It' oaee !iaW ?ountJ' Plat Book 7 I bv S I r,,ji. ^as, conveyed to me I 29, 1933." y y dee<l of date APhl I o- /v-v Also: | Of TL( I nLhflr S ?fr}hf .Capital StOCk I Assorfn/ini B*"ld?ng and Loan I lira thl ? Camden, South Caro- I 4 33' Same being in Series No. I o{. SaIe: For Cash; the Mas?h riep^nrt^^l^S I m / i1? Personal or deficiency judg- j wm not demanded and the bidding I but plm remam open after the sale, I hut compliance with the bid may be I made immediately. y I W. L DePASS, JR., | Master for Kershaw County* | FORECLOSURE SALE I CoJdAncf LS:a?eratby ?iVen that in ac* I ions of fiT1^ terms and provis- I fnnimnn Di Decree of the Court of South r> efS Kershaw County, I lf>9d Carolina, dated November, nlsintS he ??se of Din" K. Hirsch, I ant I nS* oa ?e^e Shaw, defend- I for /?o h' highest bidder 1 Wddpf Vhreq?knn* of the successful i j a inn Z J it*" plaintiff herein. J mortis of ree <3%) Per cent oI I eertiff J?e 1"de^^edn?8S? in cash or by J h (ed check, before the Court I TnA y?, ??r CaTnden. South Caro- i cm thoU?m? tbe ^?*1 hours of sale 109a ? fSv ^ond?y in. December, j thp fJifX - hein-g the 3rd day thereof, I ' AW??"* *efiCr^ Property: I 1 a nri * f j Plece? Parcel or lot of I fni? /dJn the 0ity of Camden, I Sooth r> vKershaw' and State of I e/1 W?* known and designat- I of ?P t 0 ?* Bovkin, Surveyor, I -LiAl Jusn(U J . subdividing I l,Jr Yx, Y"* Hirsch and L. L jJ fiftv rtn\ i '%5? ??id lot fronting Stro f j North on Hampton I with a extending back Southward I on! k u",form width, to a depth of 4w e?firkty-six and 4-10 I lA / th Rnd funded North by, I Hampton Street; East hy lot No. 4 I <2onfvf'k p at' Property of Shaw; j ?^ Tir y P^Porty of Mrs. E. E. Sill; 1 nr^T, ? hv Lot No. 6 on said plat, I Bk2*" Gu? Hirach and K L 1 W. L. DePtASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County, f "Whimical Walke?M, one of Ehi*- J land s most popblar clowns, is dead J at the age bf 84 years at Warmouth. j Today and Saturday November 23-24 125 DRESSES ON SALE Selected from our a stock to go at remarkably low prices of? * $2.95 : $4.95 $6.95 Our entire stock is not included in this sale. Get., one., of., these., lovely dresses and enjoy wearing it THANKSGIVING day. THE FASHION SHOP Opposite Post Office Phone 90 ? REAL ESTATE I RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY HUNTING PRESERVES Repairing and Cara-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE I I DeKALB INSURANCE AND . REAt ESTATE CO. I BnDding' ?Telephone 7 I 1