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Sunshine Passes In Death Of Smitl Kiruvton, Doc. Id- IVennie Smith itinerant hIidwiiiiki who sang thi town's praises wi u thousand news paper olfwcs ami to UiouhuiuIij o cat nival ami circus crowd*, died to day. And, as he would say, "tl?e; art* going to niisH that little muj around town." He "adopted" Kins ton many year ago because ho wu.s ashamed of hi Hast Side, New York, nativity. Hi spent a fow months here every tw< or throe years. He was about <MJ neat in his threadbare clothes, jovia! loquacious. t Of Urn "broke," lie did not ask char ity. When he was prosperous, he <1: vided his substance with beggars. H knew "gentlemen and stable bands, in every city in America. Among hi friends were political and other cele brit ies. The bustling little man, homel; almost to the jx>int of ugliness, wa Kiivston's most popular character. Hi town>boosting won liim u gold meda from the chamber of commerce. Yes terday he suffered a stroke in a tax station in which he had been alIowe< to sleep <>n a col. Ho diud in abou 24 hours. Officials believed he bad relative m the north but did not know ho\ to locate them. He was known t thousands of showmen over the coun try. If lX'latives do not claim his Isxl, the municipality, will bury it, "wit dignity," with youths for pallbearer:He was fond of boys. He was oftei with high school lx>ys, whom he rail ed lovable young hodlums." Bonnie corresponded with some o the great. Recently he showed a let ter from Postmaster-General Jame A. Parley. "I first know him :n Nov York," he said. When on the roaxl lie showeres friends here with letters and post eurds. Once there was a store robbery ii a Midwestern town. Smith, idling or <h street, was arrested on -mjuctori lie informed 'In auth<?i ities that anIcms '.hey re'vaso.] him in-cn'Cy he would wire to K;r.s'o'i a'.-l i i'.unload of Kin -ion ?-iii/i-n-. woii.'i '-me ou1 an-! w i < > K 1 h?*i? ja .' II,- was di o-.i-.t-d wlu-i. .-li iw :>e -r.e >a a neighboring c;Lv Icart.eu o! ju'o.i; 'arm if' :r I t:n. w : . -"??>" i to- ?... w.i .-. - i i n o -' .r on hi \n*. I \ I' \ I li T:.?o. -A,.:, d iio wi pi-ofi o seeking mi'ovm.-ir n govorrmiont rela f A o-k. if labor or. -ue.hr worK w ere no* igr'.'r ar.d ' ae compensat ion highe** than in private work. The injustice of giving more pay for lighter work is being generally recognized, with the result that a demand for a change is gathering atrength. In this state this year, for instance, many farmers found it bard to get sufficient labor because men who ordinarily hx)ked to fatwn work for a living found that they could get lighter labor and better pay by obtaining employment at government work. Governor Wilson, of Verm or r; lias taken the leari in urging the president to lower relief wages so that employers may have an adequate supply of ;al>or. Complaints of a similai nature have oome to the pre.si dr n' from other states.- During the la-.* campaign a number of politicians urged their own election on the seme that they favored the new deal, whh n was bringing light, work and high wages to the unemployed. This u is l>articularly true in New F.nglan !. The taxpayers, who have to fo-c bills, and employers, who are handicapped by this unfair com pet it lor. f labor, should make themselves hear 1 in Washington, (ireemi'a- i?K-er\- r. Clio Hickman was jaded m Darlington for running amok and >i.i-hing three women with a pvket knife nrtd then threatening them with a shotgun, in the Pine ('.rove -or4 ion of Darlington county. Would Relocate i State Prison '? Representative K. W. Stevens * chairman of the house penitent iui y " committee, advocated the relocation f | of the state prison "out in the coun ' I try" to relieve overcrowding. y 1 (Commenting' that penitentiary f ecutives ha<l failed to give the leg'8* I lature concrete plana for permanent i | improvements, the iierkely county s j representative said: e j "Unless those in autiiority will ^ ! give the assembly facts in a program, ' | it is an uphill business to work out . i feasible and substantial plaivs for the | erection and maintenance of a penal * institution." Neither J. N. Pear man, former ?u'* perirvtendent, nor Malcolm Scarbor" ough, the present prison executive, ? presented the legislature with a definite plan, Mr. Stevens asserted. ] "I am wondering," he added, y ,"whether Colonel Scarborough is pre* paring to present such data for the I coming general assembly. .1 < "We know that the manufacturing * of commercial articles for interstate ' sale is a thing of the past. And we '1 know, too, that 1,200 to 1 .500 t ,, ?H?petl in a ten-acre lot is al*>urd*knd (against all civilization and reason, e?* pecially when those men have nothv ing to do. (> "The only thing that can b? done " is to move out of that hole And get ; out in the country. locating in- aome y central part of the date where food h ,an ?,<> produced and certain factories ' erected to manufacture those tilings " to be used by the state and counties, -1 su-h as may he bought 'by mainte nam e on public roads and alao to 1" upp!y charitable institutions. ! -:ike the stand that a prison s must .-upply wh.desome training for / lts inmates, that they must be rear sonahly fed and clothed and should | 1 ( a rn (their stay." Return a! of the penitentiary to a r.ew etc outside Columbia has been ) suggeste<i in the past by Governor i Mia kao.nl and others. Three Killed In Marlboro Wreck Uennettsville, Dec. HO.?The death : >!1 in a head-on-automobile collision i??r? yesterday was increased three today when Mrs. R. L. Freeman and T. B. Ilerndon, l>oth of Bennettsville, died in a hospital. M rs. Minnie Vista Quick, of Marlboro county, died shortly after the wreck three miles north of here on the Cheraw highway. Attendants at the Marlboro county hospital said five others injured in the collision probably would recover. Vernon Mace, of the Cheraw CCC camp, received serious injuries about the body and logs. Coroner Paul Covington impanelled a jury this morning and probably will hold an inquest tomorrow morning. Bennettsville police said they were told the accident occurred when Herndon attempted to pass a wagon and ran into the automobile driven by Ben Frank Moore, of Bennettsville, which contained Moore's two sisters, Mi^. W. S. Hendley, of Columbia, and Mrs. Freeman. More had been to Columbia to get his sisters after their mother had suffered a stroke here earlier in the day. ? Empty Pews Maybe, now, it is radio religion ! which is responsible for some of the * mptv pews, short collection's, an' unpaid pa-tors. I sort of suspicion a h?t of folks has contracted the habit .* ( la kin' their church attendance off th air while they browse through the:'- Sunday papers. When folks used to have to hitch up an* drive seven miles, an' sit on .1 hard bench for two hours, why rel.gior. was a serious matter to 'em ; an' they took it that way. They attended regular an' paid the parson, i When things come too easy it looks i hke we sort, of lose our appreciation 1 of their value.?Christian Science j Monitor. ! Sumter Bandit 11 Caught In St. houis A* the result of painstaking} ln' | ve?tiga.tty.m and releniles* pursu^ of tithe slenderest of flues, the aecorxl bandit in the attempted robbery of the Claremont Hotel at 4 o'clock on the morning of November 2bth ia a prisoner in the St. lx>ui?, Mo., jail. The principal m the hold-up, John Weger, was killed 'by Officer AV. C. Kirven wlio surpriaed the bantdita ini the hoU'i. Wegor'a oomparvion who 1ms now been identified as Hoy Lee Turner alias Ralph Store was arresti txi in St. J>oui? a few days ago on a local charge and lield In jail for i dent ideation as the wanted Claremont Hotel bandit. When Turner was arrested in i&t. Lou is Chief of Police John J McGarthey sent ihis photograph and finger prints to Chief A. I). Owens. The photograph was sent to the Gbief of Police of Iaiwrervceville, Ind., to which place the trail of Weger amd bis companion led. J'oreons in that town positively identified the photograph as that of the man who spent a few days there with Weger and l^ft there with him several weeks before the hotel robbery in which Weger was slain. Chief McGarthey in a letter to Chief Owens stated that Turner had four recent gunshot wounds on bis body?.two in right arm, one in left thigh and one in the right leg below the pelvis. Turner claimed, Chief McCarthey stated, that he had been shot about two weeks ago by his wife during a quarrel over another woman, the alleged shooting having been done in 'Springfield, 111., but the street oddrress of the place of the shooting or the exact idate could not be ascertained from Turner. A telegram received today from Chief McCarthey states that Turner is wanted in Lebanon, Mo., for assault with intent to kill ami is also held for offenses committed in St. Louis. He was previously arrested May 5, 1932 on the charge of swindling. He was classed as a confidence man and robber, aged 28 in 1932. The warrants have been issued for his arrest for his part in the Clarenvont Hotel hold-up. Assault with intent to kill, assault, and for felonious ly and burglnrously entering the hotel in the night time. These war; rants will he forwarded to St. Louis ' immediately, but no steps will be taken to bring Turner to Sumter for (trial until St. I>ouis officers indicate | whether they plan to hold him for j the offenses committed in Lebanon and St. Louis. If they are willing to waive their claims and surrender him to Sumter officers will be sent to St. Louis to bring him hero for trial. The manner in which Turner was traced and finally arrested ami identified makes an interesting story of skillful detective work -and efficient cooperation between the officers of the law throughout the country.?Friday's Sumter Item. Two Men Caught; Passed Phony Money Jessie Ashwood, 22, and Shaler McKiver,, 2G, are in the local jail on charges developing from the passing and having in their possession and passing counterfeit are being held awaiting a thorough investigation by | federal authorities. Ashwood was arrested Christmas ; Kvc and charged with possessing and | passing counterfeit money. His ar' rest came about after he tried to pay 'for items purchased from Jack's Dei partment store. Mr. Love, manager. I had his attention call.si to the bill by the cashier and he immediately took it to tiie bank for investigation. Leelared counterfeit, police were r.oti! tied and Ash woods arrest followed. I McKiver was arrested yesterday and j charged with jM>ssession of cour.teri feit money. i At least four one dollar bills were found, the parties envoived trying to pass them off for merchandise. Three of the bills were recovered and the I other one someone 1ms. received in change Christmas Eve. The local police department notified federal authorities of the arrests and they are working on clues that are expected to result in other arrests. Both of the colored men arrested are from near MoBce.?Hartsville Messenger. \N atch For These Sharpers I A new racket worked on farmers is reported from Western. Nebraska, Posing as government agents, a crew of men has Ivor, systematically checking on the number of hogs butchered | by farmers for home use. In near:v everyr case they have taken some of t.h? meat, claiming the fanners ha<l more on hand than the amounts "allowed by the government." AAA regulations provide that a farmer who has signed a corn-hog contract can butcher and sell up to SbO pounds of pork without paying a processing tax. No person lias authority from the go~verr.me.nt to confiscate meats butchered by a com-hog signer even above the 800-pound maximum.? Monroe Enquirer Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by (ice ' MoGee, Copyright, 1928. FLAT KOCK HAS A NEW COMEK j ..wo are glad to weloome mr. irksome joiwvs and family of 9 into our j midst from cedar lane, they moved into the central life insurance companny's 11-room Ivouso on main atweot last tuesday which was took away from bud lee stippens onner count of he wouldn't pay the principle or intrust or taxes on same for 4 years. ..irksome (lovvingly called irk) is a skilled mechanic, hawing had 0 months experienta in a garrage in his former town and he will no doubt do weld here if he can get a starter, he is looking for a good man to back him with tools, a nice gar rage, supplies, ai?d 600$ in rnomvey without intrust till he ketches up. . .irk says he kivows a car from talelighits to the front bumper and when ho fixes one, it is fixed, he can cut down carber-rettens so's they will use 90 percent wind, 5 percent oxergen, and only 4 percent gas, so ho says; and he can grind yore cylinders so acker ate that a pint of common sawmill oil will last a car its lifetime, and mebbo longer, if it will run elsewhere. ..irk likes to tell of his skill, and says to infarm the world that he was not run out of cedar lane as has berrn rejjorted by the other garrage to hurt his creddiek and carrackter, and that he left there because flat rock looked like a greener pastor nnsoforth. he says he owes a little monney down there and has a few checks floating around, but he plans to remove them from Circulation at an early date. ..irk's wife, who was formerly miss gassie bagg, wants to jine the w. c. t. u. and the u. d. c. and the f. e. r. a. as soon as possible, as she is verry strong for high society, she is a fine church worker, but was turned out twiste from the metherdist, but is now in good standing with de babtist. she first jinod the prisbeterians, but she said her religion could not survive in that church, and tied onto a new doctrine for a few years, she is not in annything so far. ..if anyboddy has a propper-sition to make irksome along the lines suggested herein, plese rite or foam him at the drug stoar where he sets all of the time, he will be glad to discuss iill pros and cons of the situation, and can give good reflferences from the folks he lived with befoar lie moved to cudar lane, he do not speak verry well of cedar lane, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, carry spondent. MIKE CLARK WRITES ON FLAT ROCK'S ADVANTAGES deer mr. edditor:? it will no doubt surprise everboddy who lives elsewhere to find out that our little town of fiat rock has the biggest graveyard of anny town of our size in the hole u. a., and it has more people berried there per cappita than some cities twiste as large. the reason why our graveyard is so popular is due to the fact that we inhairited the land on which it is located from a ritch man in 1871), and his will says we must berry everbodjdy who is sent there, or we will lose our title, which is in fee-simple pcTvidcd we take care of .-ill remains that cornea to us in reggular manner, we do not soliccit anny corpses at all. we allso berry more buddies to the aker than anny other graveyard, and do not charge annything for digging graves; that allso helps us. verry few <>f our natives ever go away to he berried, and, with the aid of dr. hubbort green, and a nice undertaker, we see no reason why we should not grow bigger and bigger, it is right l>ehind rehober church, and that helps to some extent. our toom-stones are all bights and collors, and you will be amazed to leant that we have some verry important people berried amongst us in it. take the bunker family, for instance, nearly all of them came in the may flower and moved from n. y. in 1895 and settled here, and some of them mought of benn livving today had the doctor benn able to tell ttppender-coetus from stummick ache and vicy-vorsv. we have not fenced it in as yet onner count of it is growing so fast, wo ' do not know where to locate the said fence: we are not able to fence in he e.u.re ^rack of 30 acres, the land u hero nobody's ,-vmains have benn ! cr.te.ivd is under cultivation by hoi- 1 sum moo re who pays standing rent of one-forth of all crops which goes to keeping the weeds out down betwist tne pathways, but he has not made i nothing for the past 2 years, as the 1 gowerment has not paid him for < p.owmg up. , ., , 1 hat rock alLso has other pomta of i interest, such as the oldest cally- i booze in the county, and the biggest well ever heard of on anny town's mam street, and more widders per NOTICE OF SALE Notice i? hereby given that in acI cordance with the terms and proviai ions of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County, [South Carolina, dated December 7, i 1934, in the case of The Enterprise Building ami Loan Association of Camden, South Carolina, plaintiff, vs. Alice Arthur Wilson, defendant, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court Douse door in Camden, South Carolina, during the egal hours of sale on the first Mon- j day in January, 1935, being the 7th day thereof, the following described property and atock: "All that parcel or lot of land in the City of Camden, in the County of [Kershaw, ami State of South Carolina, fronting one hundred (100) feet West on Lyttleton Street and extend-1 ing back Kast of a uniform width to a depth of two hundred sixty-four (204) feet, bounced on the North by property of Mrs. Helen H. Jones; Kast bv property ,of J. H. Burns; South by property of Arthur iSmith: and West by Lyttleton Street, and being that property conveyed to me from the Estate or Augusta Kareah by deed of recent date." ALSO Twenty (20) shares of the Capital Stock of The Enterprise Building and Ixian Association of Camden, S. C., the same being in Series No. 18 of said Association. Terms of'Sale: For cash, the Master to require of the succjpjsful bidder nd all other bidders after the public sale, a deposit of three (3) per cent >f the mortgage indebtedness, in cash or certified check, same to be forfeited in case of non-compliance. The bidding will remain open after the sale for a period of 30 days. W. L. DePASS, JR.. Master for Kershaw County. NO TRESPASSING All persons are hereby forbidden trespassing on, fishing in, hunting over or setting fires anywhere on the Hermitage I^ake property. Anyone found guilty of the above will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. HERMITAGE LAKE OOMMISSION of Kershaw County. December 19, 1934. 39-41 sb. TAX NOTICE Tax books for the collection of State, County and School Taxes for year 1934 opened October 15, 1934, and will remain open until December 31, 1934, inclusive, without penally. Please state school district in which you live or own property when inquiring about taxes. Following is a list of total levies for each School District for School, County and State Taxes: DeKalb Township Mills District Xo. 1 42 District Xo. 2 35 District Xo. 4 38 District No. 0 40 District Xo. 25 24 District Xo. 43 24 Buffalo Township District Xo. 3 37% District No. 5 ] 21% District No. 7 30% District No. 15 21% District No. 20 28% District No. 22 40 District No. 23 28% District No. 27 32% District No. 28 21% District No. 31 29% District No. 40 4194 District No. 42 ].. 21% Flat Rock Township District No. 8 32% District No. 9 32% District No. 10 26% District No. 13 ...[ 24% District No. 19 32% Distriot No. 30 .!!!!! 21% District No. 33 !!!!! 32% District No. 37 32% District No. 41 !!.!! 32% District No. 46 [j ?3% District No. 47 Wateree Township District No. 11 24% District No. 12 35% District No. 16 [25 District No. 29 27% Distnci Xu. 08 21% District Xo. 39 26% Yours respectfully. S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer of Kershaw County, South Carolina TAXRETURNS Notice is hereby given that the Auditor s Office will b? open for reoeivl"K)PTax Returns from January 1st, 1935, to March 1st, 1935. All persons owning real estate or personal property must make returns of the same within said period, as required by law, or be subject to a penalty of 10 per cent. The Auditor will attend in person or bv deputy at the following places in the county om the dates indicated for receiving returns: Raley's Mill?January 11th. Bcthune January 17th and 18th. Kershaw?January 23rd and 24th. Liberty Hill?January 29th. westville?January 30th. Blaney?January 31st. J1'r?n3 ^tween aKos of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are required o 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, Executives, Administrators or Agents holding propPa rfioL" must return same. Parties sending tax returns by mail fTh-lr J to s?TT1e before some iter and fill out the same in proper manner or they will be rejected B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County. 39 sb. "i.i. tU anny other plaSS sithin the knowledge of yore corrv <pondent. we thought it would be (lire to say (something in fawor of he man wh<| made it possible for us ? owe thtofbig, flne ceminary. hop. >cte gallop*/ yoires Anilie.v tike Clark, rfid, J COrry apondent noticeofsalT^I Notice is hereby gi Jeu lhat , 9 cordance with the terms hJi ,ft M ions of the Decree 0f th.. r | Common Pleas for Kershaw T* *B SoutlTCaroHna, dated Decemh^'B 1934. in the case of The t??* ">,! Building and Loan Associating? den, iS. ( plaintiff vs. KUv, I ard, Bogusi McKaiu, John MkIVI Bessie McKain, Dorothy McKtSV'tB John I>oe, representing all othTrVrB of Jarue McKain, deceased, ants, 1 will sell to the hiirhesiJSj^'B for cash, before the Court llou^^B in Camden, South Caroli i "*? **B th. leal hour, of ?,l? Monday in January, iya& kTr ^ 7th day thereof, the cribed property and stock ?<*? "All that parcel or lot of Wi Jl the City at Camden, County <3fl shaw, and State of South CaLfr! lying at the southwest oornejffta intersection of Lyttleton and R^B ledge Streets, and fronting si*,??! <??> reete..t on i.yttle^nKSlZ?:"j extending back west of H jXf^B width along Rutledge Street u ** 1 depth of one hundred (looi jl 'bounded on the North by said i$B ledge Street; on the East by jJn B ton Street; South by premise* ?? I erly of T. J. Arrants, now of TiJSM ami on the West by premises tfVfl T. Gladden, and being that proDem! conveyed to me by Fredrick* ifS ulor 'l*nt h? ?f da^ March 11 c 18 corded in tS | office of the Clerk of Court for k? B shaw County in Book M. M M SB page 8." ' K (hie (1) share of the Capital xt/wtfl of The Enterprise Building and UuB Association of Camden, South Cim.! ina, the same being in Series 2-32-1 two (2) shares of the Capital stvil in Association, the same beitd in Series No. 18; and two (2) ?har?fl of the Capital stock in said AssociJB n?- ln Series No. 9-29 Terms of Sale: For Cash, the MaB ter to require of the successful bid-1 d?r a deposit of three (3) p?. ?, of the mortgage indebtedness, uml to be forfeited in ense of non-comB pliance; no personal or deficiewB judgment is demanded and the MM ding will not remain open after thB sale, but compliance with the bid nml be made immediately. ""IB W. L, DePASS, JR., M Master for Kershaw County. H CARPENTRY WORlTj I>et me bid on your remodeliiB work or building. I specialize in tfl kinds of carpentry work, sfctisfactkJB guaranteed. H Telephone 268 anytime before 9 B IT' ?r ^?tween hours of 3:30 anlfl JOHN S. MYERS. Carpenter I 812 C-hurph Street, H Camden, S. C. I ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the ShartB holders of The First National HarB of Camden, Camden. ,S. C., will B m i lni Director's Room of Hank January 8, 1935 at 4 o'cloW p. m. S. W. VAN LANDINGHAM^CashietB ANNUAL MEETING I 1 he annual meeting of the Shan* holders of the Camden Loan and R?B ality Company, Cumden, S. C., wilH be held in the Director's room of TM First National Bank of Camden JaoB Ua?^ w 1? a^ ? o'clock p. m. 6. W. VAN LANDENGHAiM, TreuH 39-41jflx^J NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND! CREDITORS | All parties indebted to the esUtB of J. H. Ratcliff are hereby notifieM n?naman pay.ment to the undersign?B| lit1 Plrtles' if any? having claim! against the said estate will preseolH thf0?- ew,se' duly attested, witS! the time prescribed by law W. H. Ratcliff' H nf v 4. 4. Keese Hall, Executoit^B of Estate of J. H. Ratcliff. ~.imden, S. C.t December 3, 1934. SPECIAL TAX NOTICE | After December 31, 1934, one p<B tent penalty will be added to all UuM assessed for the year 1934 not paifl ia?1fs. Penalty is added according or the month of January. . __ S. W. HOGUE, TreasurtH of Kershaw County, Camden,^. A (-harleston policeman, J. K. Mii^B ze 1, shooting at a hunting club, at thi^ee eagles soaring above of them attacked the man, ifl him on the head, knocked him <k>*B a * flew away with his cap. tottM UP, Mizzel kille-cl that eagle, recovere^^B is cap ami ran away from 1 ne dead eagle measured nearly sef^H on feet between wing tips. ~Chest Colds B Don t let them get t strangle hold. FU^B them quickly. Creomulsion combines 7 WptH In one. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant ^ito. No narcotics. Your own drugfktl^B authorized to refund your money on wfl spot if your cough or cold is uot relieved Creomulsion. (tdfJfl WANTED B COTTON CERTIFICATES! I need about twelve bait? cotton exemption eertiftcawB Will buy small or large iotmente. ? "B - . _j | JOHN K. deLOACH, H Executor and Tnd*H - * j | Furnished Heated I WINTER HOMES I FOR RENT 11 rooms -,-ii'iim heat. garage, secant's quarters, N. Lyttleton St. | 10 rooms? steam heat., Karate, ^'want's room, Lakeview Terrace 10 rooms?-steam heat, garage, Mill St. j 9 rooms?steam heat, garage. \. Broad St. , 9 rooms- -steam heat garage, Mill St. t? rooms--steam heat. garage, servant's room, Fair St. ' S rooms -steam ! eat, garage. Brevard Place J 7 rminh?heatrola. garage. Hampton St. I 7 rooms ? steam heat, garage, C'l.esnut St. 7 rooms?team heat, garage. Lyttleton St. j 1 I t> rooms?steam iieat, garage, Hampton St. ; i G r '<>ms ? -heatrola. garage, Ha:* pton S.. j 7 room apartment, hot air heat, garage. Fair St. \ i .'1 room apartment - heatrola. garage, Lyttleton St. : ' 2 or II room suit.?central heat garage, Broad St. i Several homes listed al>ove and many othera are for sale, j ! Inquiries are invited. ! Shannon Realty Company j ! W. M. SHANNON, Mgr. Crocker Building Phone 7