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I 1^" ' SEI-ECTIONS FOR I I I CHRISTMAS GIFTS fe Our New WrUt Watch With Dual Dial I K See our new line of goods and compare our I prices with others before you buy. | FOR UDIB6 WRIST WATCHES EVENING BAGS COMPACTS PR&SSBR SETS DIAMOND RINGS FOR MKN I WATCH BS RINGS BILL FOLDS H BELT SKT8\> BRUSHBS | I DICK GOODALeI I 4rffl^TCHMAKER AND J?WELER ff [Iroaj Street C?mden, S. C. I Joseph B. Keenamf assistant attorney general, addressing the Cummings national crime conference in Washington, suggested that the names of all the .persona sponsoring paroles for convicts, as well as those of individuals writing authorities asking clemency for convicts, should be made available to the public. Mrs. Anne Cannon Smith, who mar-; ^ ried n Yorkville (several years ago in a m id night ceremony, and was later divorced from Smith Reynolds at Reno, Nov., has attacked the validity of that divorce in her fight to secure the larger part of the Reynolds millions, which are also claimed ' by Reynolds' widow, Libby Holman, th<* Broadway singer. I Business Oak From An Acorn Back in the 80s a young railroad clerk in Redwood Falls, Minn., devisdd an ingenious scheme for selling watches through express companies. He would send a watch l?y express to a fictitious name in some nearby city. In time >yord would come back from t)he express company that the watch was unclaimed. Then the young man whose name was Richard Sear?, would write back, setting a price on the watch and asked the express Agent holding it to sell it) for him, keeping out a commission. In most cases the agent would sell the watch and Sears soon had a thriving business built up. He 'began adding other nvxeiiandise a-i^d 1894 took on a partivr/, Alvah C. Roebuck. From this sr. d i eginning emerged the huge m il . "V/r house of ISears-Roc buck of Cn'?* now employing 40,900 persons.?'ifonrroe Enquirer. The sudden drop in temperatures over the country the first of the week brought death and much suffering to many people. In Minneapolis, Minn., 13 families were driven c>? | burning building. Twerny-^V.'C ^cr-1 sons were forced from a tenement house by fire at Tuppers Lake, N. Y. Fire destroyed property valued at $100,000 at a ship yard at Somerset, Mass. Snow fell from Maine to Tampa, Fla., and also across the country in most states. Harley Holder was granted a divorce in the superior court at Gastonia, N. C., on Monday and immediately left the court on his second honeymoon. The judge learning that Holder had been married two days! before he was granted "his divorce from wife No. 1, set officers on his trail. He was arrested at Danville, Va., and is facing a charge of bigamy and contempt of court with his bond fixed at $5,000. Twenty-five or more guests of the Kerns hotel at Lansing, Mich., were burned to death in an early morning fire on Tuesday. There were 190 guests in the partly brick, partly wooden building when the fire broke out. Only 160 of these have been accounted for,- Among vuy dead me several state senators and representatives of Michigan. A young man of Chicago Was sentenced to jail for 30 days for "flourishing" a toy pistol. design building with roof airport French Show "Last Word" iu Metal Construction. PasJs. In times of peace prepare for war Is obviously the motto that Inspired (h# Architect of the new ii-^ position building to be erected at Issyles Moulineux on the outskirts of Paris long the Heine river. Com missioned to erect a building that would be at once the last word In steel construction and at the same time suitable for showing all the different uses to which steel can be jmt^ M. Leon-Joseph Madeline, the arch$> tect, has gone even further. He designed a building with an airplane landing field on top and surrounded with lagoons, where hydroairplanes may land. ills design has been approved by the committee of distinguished architects. The building chosen will cover twelve acres of land. The roof, by the use of cantilever arches, will be supported only by the four walls and yet will still be strong enough to hold up the great twelve-acre airplane field. The ground about the building will cover another eight acres, Including the large lagoons. In addition, the new building will solve a problem which has puzzled those interested la commercial aviation f^>r a long time. The building will make available, on the outskirts of Paris, a landing and taking off field that will Improve Immediately the prospects of airplane traffic. Issy-les-Moullneaux Is on the subway and the railroads, and the Seine boats stop there. What was originally intended to be an exhibition of steel, and still will be, will also be at a' strategic point from the aeronautic standpoint All the technical services, laboratories and Industrial factories for the manufacture of airplanes in this district are located at Issy-les-Moullneaux. Clipping Records Birth of Octuplets in 1859 Jefferson, Ohio,?Birth of quintuplets to Mrs. Ollva DIonne at Oorbell, Ont., recently caused an International sensation. But this multiple birth would sink Into Insignificance beside one that occurred south of here 75 years ago. The story came to light recently In an old scrapbook which contains a clipping from tho New York Tribune, August 4, 1850, from Johnson, Trumbull* county, Ohio. "On the second day of August," the clipping reads, "Mrs. Timothy Bradley gave birth to eight children?three hoys and five girls. They are living and are healthy, hut quite small. "Mr. B.'s family Is Increasing fast. He was married six years ago to Eunice Mowry, who weighed 273 pounds on the day of their marriage. She has given birth to two pairs of twins and now eight more, making twelve children in six years .It seems strange, but nevertheless true, Mrs. B. was a twin of three, her mother and father both being twins and her grandmother, the mother of five pairs of twins. "Mrs. B. has named her boys after noted and distinguished men?one after the Hon. Joshua R. Glddlngs (Otvll war congressman), who has given her a splendid medal; one after Rev. Hon. Elijah Champlln, who gave her a deed of 00 acres of land, and the other after James Johnson, esq,, who gave her a cow. "Mr. Bradley says It Is profitable to have twins, ajp the neighbors have clothed the brothers ever since they were born. Mr. B. Is a poor, lpdustrious laborer, who says he will not part with any of his children while he Is able to work." Leipzig Shows Pencils That Will Weigh Mail! Leipzig.?Your fountain pen or pencil, after being used to Wflte a letter, also may be Utilized to weigh It and indicate the required postage. A pocket pen or pencil of the ordinary size is equipped with a letter scale with spring attachment. On placing a letter on the end of the pencil, an Indicator at once points to the necessary postage, whether for domestic or foreign delivery. The new device, which is cheap and highly practical, has been exhibited at the Leipzig fair. Bankers Mystified by Silver Dollar Increase Walla Walla. Wash?Local banker* want to know where all the silver dol-' dars are coming from. ..For the past three years at least one bank has sent monthly shipments of the "cartwheels" out to rid the city of the surplus. Banks here "export" about $5,000 worth of silver dollars a month. Clock in Deserted Cabin Runs 8 Years Placerville, Calif.?An etght-day clock in a vacant mining cabin has been kept running for eight years. [ When the mining company abandoned work In 1927, some one tacked a sign, "Please wind the clock," beneath the timepiece. Fishermen and hunters using the cabin Tor overnight headquarters have been faithful In following instructions. Enough of them visit . the cabin during the spring, summer and fall to keep the dock running. -V- - . During the winter, Ed Ramsey, , who lives three and one-half miles away, makes a weekly hike to the cabin. Winding (be dock baa become a Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Clef MoCiee, Copyright* 1928. A SANTA CLAU8 LBTTBR deer bendy claws:-? i am a little man of 48 summers and 49 winters, as i was horned enduring december, and i seat myself to rite you a letter to tell you what to fetch me and my famiiey, and i ! hope you will do so. do not bring us anny meat or broad or sugar or coffee or clothes, as uncle j satm has bona our ?iuvdy claws for these artickiee for the past year or so, but donl forget some Whacker and cigarettes and soft drinks and candy, as he do not furnish same us get. you need not fetch us anny bed things or mules or cows ansoforth, as uncle sam will look after these necessities, but kindly bring us 1 set of outside arials and 2 inner tubes and 1 s'pare radiator for a d-8, as he has not yet commenced to furnish these badly needed items. as to canned goods* and fresh pork and t-bones and livver, just leave thejn off allso, as uncle'sam is doing his duty by us for these daily do sires, but you will make us glad if you will send 10$ W have our pianno tuned and a nice shotgun and some face powder for the girls und some shawing soap for the boys; he has not got around to that yet, but he mought do so next year. don't bother yoreself about plowtools and shoes and medison and stirrup molasses, as uncle sam, our deer old 305-days-a-year sandy claws, has fixed us up in that line, but plese load up a drum of gasoleen and 5 gallons of oil and some hair tonic and black mustash dye; he has not thought of these little extrys up to now, so you can take his place W this small extent. well, old sandy claws, you won't be worked so hard this comming christmus; you have a pardner in uncle sam that ib railly a partner, and if he keeps on improving like he has benn improving for the past <3 months, you mought as well look yoreself up u new jab, as he will give us everything we want which is twiste as much as we need, i will be setting up a-looking for you that night, yores with lave, mike Clark, rfd, govvernment-men. j M U NICIPAL COURT IN F L AT ROCK . . our mayer of flat rock is allso the judge of the city coart, as well as the head of the fire department, who looks after the buckets and barrels full of water, and runs a fairly decent stoar besides, he tries all violations of the pease and dignity of our town ever monday betwixt 11 and 12:30. . .our poleeaman had rounded up a verry nice docket for last monday morning as follows: .. 1?holsum moore, jr., speeding un-" der the influence of verry strong drink, he was defended by his daddy, holsum moore, sr., who swore that he had sent him after the doctor for his sick wife with the collick-morbin. he come clear and the Jury wanted to fine the mayer 2$ for pestering a man in the discharge of his duty for his own ma. .. 2?mr. mike Clark, rfd, was hell for trial for knocking down 4 men in front of the post offis onner count of them cussing out the new deal and the pressent dimmercrats. they let him off for nothing after he agreed to' pay for setting kidd green's arm, taking 19 stitches on the head of art square, adjusting the collar bone of archie ball hoskins, and getting John jones a new coat, britches and shirt which he tore off of him, . .3?pete wilkinson was fined 80 and coart costs or 10 days for peddling beef without a license in Jront of yore corry ppondent's W ko* wno sells the only western beef that is sold in flat rock, as followers: round stake, eld. square stake, <sl2. beef, pig, hog, sheep, caff and goat liwer, c9. pure pork sausage made out of pure beef scraps, pure beef heads, pure beef knuckles, and pure hog shoulder^ and nake, cl6. allso fresh vegger-jiaJblea inl season, terms, cash or c. oj d., or both. .. 4-yskeet brown was fined 1$ for parking an a dog over 2 hours, spike janson drew 9$ for throwing bannanna hulls, goober bulls, apple peelings, and tobacker quids on the side-walk in front of the drug stoar where miss Jennie veeve smith slipped up and fell down and sprung her ankle ansoforth. he had spent all of his monney for the aforesaid food, and his fine was remitted till he could raise ame.n.r . nawand better JudgiTiMbiedly needed in flat rock to take thb place of our preseent sleepy-headed mayer who lei 4 prisoners walk off befoaf getting their sentence* anflf his receded book, neither of sane has fcvnn paw or returned to Itfs desk, at pres Couple Held On Passing Checks Lottie Villepigue Hollis and J. K. Hollis, iboth of whom have served terms in the -South Carolina penitentiary, were arrested in Cayce yesterday morning -by Constable Sam Glaze, who laid been informed by jthe law enforcement division of the state highway department tluvt, they were wanted on several counts, including an allegation of dlteck forgery, a warrant for them having been sworn out in Sumter. They are being held in the Columbia city jail. The woman served time after conviction in the Kershaw county court at Camden on a manslaughter charg? having put to death a Robertson woman following a quarrel over her sweetheart. She was eulmit/tcd to tin* pecUteoiary October 29, 1980 to serve a tifrree-year term. Ho Hi a was convicted on a charge of "disposing of property under a lien" and was admitted to the penitentiary July 10, 1926, to serve! from five to ten years. The coufpie had been sought by officers for some time. Recently the highway department sent officers over the Btabe a description of the couple and of the car they" were driv; ing. A. R. Ward, assistant chief of | the highway department, said. Officer Glaze was in New Brookland and recognized tQfe number of the car bb it was passing through. He jumped in his own car and started a chase. He overtook the. Hollis car in -reaching Cayce and stopped it by crowding it imto the curfb. The woman and man each had a number of checks, officers said, written on various South Carolinians, one a well known Columbia knecrchznt A number of the checks tfhtat were passed, however, bore the name of a Oamden man as executor -and were countersigned with names of other well known persons. The highway department has already received a number of the checks which were allegedly ipassed by the couple, and is requesting other persons wtto hold ohecka which appear .to have been passed by them to forward them to the law enforcement divisdon at once. The car the couple was driving was said to have -been sought by a finance concern for lack of payments. It was registered at the highway department In Hollis' name.?The StateCotton seed crushed during the four months ending November 80, of thia year totaled 1,676,722 tons, as compared with 1,983,047 tons for the same period of last year, says a census bureau report. FEWER ^ COLPS^j? sent, it looks like yore oorry spendent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, a ' verry brainy, Intellergent man, will be named for his bench, yores trulie, mike Clarke, rfd, corry spondent. The government of Canada has atHuia?<i m five-yeax guardianship of the famous Du?m* quintuplets at Gallon dor, Ontario/ the babies becoming the "national treasure* of the people and government of Canada." The paternal grandfather of the children, Ollva Dionne, &*/., i? one of tlie four guardians appointed by the government. . Deputy JiheriflT Kiraham Taylor, of . Charlotte, supposedly inaane, stabbed his wife with a pair of scissors and then gashed himself. (She was not seriously hurt, while his recovery ia consideied doubtful. England has again notified the United State* that sImj will default on war debt payments due totaling $379,4451,776. - . "NOTICE TO P1U-TCLAIM5" The Board of Directors will hold" its last meeting of the year 1934 en Thursday, December 20th, in He ofat the Court House. All claims against Kershaw County up through December 31, 1934 must be filed with the undersigned Clerk of the Board by noon, December 20th. The Board will not be responsible for the payment of any claims not thus filed. JAMBS ROSBOROUGH, Clerk of Board of Directors ; 38 sb. final discharge ia ??-reb,y KivGn that one month from this date, on the 14th day of December, 1934, at 11 o'clock a. iZ I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administratrix of the estate of Jessie Withers, deceased, and on the samo \ wJI11.aPP1y to the said Court tratrix dlschaTfir? as said AdminisES/SIE WFTHER/S, a'u wSVu tnx of the Estate of Jessie Withers. Camden, S. C., Oct. 18, 1934. - 89-40 ipd. notice y?u^ Santa Claus letter does not rS ^f^t^rr-ooV'n'ol run all of them in this issue. We are D^rfun^ J u?0many took thia op- _ portunity to ask Santa Claus for what they wanted and here's hoping each a;Vverv little stocking will bSpTek. ed full o? good things for thekildies" . NOTICE John S. Myers, carpenter and builder, who has just completed a fire months' building project in the north, is back to serve his customers and friends as before, in all kinds of carpentry work. Wishing to solicit your^ , patronage. If needed phone 268, 812 Church , street, Camden, S. C.?Adv. WhT^UpNiihti ' Us Juniper Oil, Buchu Leaves, Etc. ' Flush out excess acids and waste, matter. Get rid of bladder irritation ' sire *cnnft ?akln? UP/ 're(lU6nt desire, scanty flow, burning and back-^" !fl br Ji ? th,S 256 te8t' Get Sniper T oil, buchu 'eaves, etc., in little green tablets called Bukets, the bladder laxative. In four days if not pleased your druggist will return your 25c, DeKALB PHARMACY notice to debtors and creditors ofT J** ?*tete OI j. h. Ratchfr are hereby notified to make payment to the underaBrred ' M ?ui,h wm'St w. H. iRaW ~ T , p Reese Hail, Executors ?L^ute? ?U JV.H- R?t?tarr =^ . Camden, S. C., December 3, 1934. H i When the I i Gifts Are J Opened*. I /^\N the morning of V J Christmas Day, and through the years that follow, the true spirit of love or friend| ship which prompted i the selection is refleeted both in the happy face of the favored one and in the lustrous beauty of the silver gift. And ' I thus it is that silver? whether it be a tea service, a spoon, a pitcher, a cigarette case, or what not from die field of choice? has come to stand as the useful, enduring token of those ten* derest thoughts which Christmas symbolizes. J I F. D. GOODALE Jeweler H 539 East DeKalb St. Ill ^ Opposite Post Office (| K& Camden S. C. ^ M HINT NOW.. for a stunning ELGIN Why keep Santa guessing! An inkle from you may bring you the gift of J a lifetime . . ? slim, aristocratic ; Elgin. These new Christmas models | are the finest we have ever seen. True, accurate Elgin* through and j through. But we can pholo you better than tell you. 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