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ccident Fatal To Bishopville Lady Miss Bitty Washington, 80 years tjj?, was fatally injured in an auiwbili' wreck about three miles )m Hartsville on the Ilartsvillesbojpvilli' highway late Sunday evn{r. (niter occupants of the ear re the driver, Mrs. A. I>urant, ither <>f Mr. <1. T. Durant of Hartsle, and Miss I/ottie DuBose, both Bishopville. Jliss Washington sustained breaks both legs above the knee and her bt wrist, as well as suffering other afiet. Mrs. Durarrt suffered bruisibout the face and Mias IXiBose ij a broken jaw. All three were ^ht to Dr. Byerly's office for it aui. but were later .movied to the Leoti's Infirmary in Florence, ere Miss Washington died Monday fat. The -party was returning from esterfteld. where they had taken as Mary Sue Durant, Mm. Do/rant's lighter, and Chesterfield teacher.? rtsville Messenger. iotton Winnings In Two Counties As reported by the Bureau of the nsus in issuing the South Carolina tton Ginning? for 1934, the prelinary figures for that year spring to Kershaw and Lancaster jnties are as follows: Kershaw county 12,613 as against I"4?3 for 1933. Lancaster county 13,646 as against 573 for 1933. The total number of bales ginned the State for the same period was 1.339. as against 728,025 for 1933. Tannery Opens Near Cheraw Cheraw, April 25.?-Reminiscent of the old days when Oheraw was the head of navigation on the Great Pec Dee river and when the trade from all this section even as far as where Charlotte is now located is the establishment of a tannery, by J. C. Terrill, agriculturist of the Orange Hill section, just north of Cheraw. In charge of the operation will be House Morris an expert in this line. One of the largest tanneries in the state was located right in the center of the town on what is still known as Tan Yard branch. All of the shoes that wore worn in this section at that, time were made from a brand of leather known as Cheraw leather. The pay roll from this new enterprise will be another factor in the development of this town and section. Veteran Dies At Elliott Walter D. Mooneyham, World war veteran, died at his home at Elliott, April 18. Although in ill health for the last several years, his death came as a shock to relatives and friends in the community. He was born March 30, 1891. February 8, 1020, he married Miss Lucile Hilton of ?Summerton, who, with a email daughter, Martha Virginia, 8, survive him. He is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. W. W. Player, Mrs. A. M. Strother, Mrs. Sigmond Player and Mrs. D. E Tallon, Elliott; M. F. Mooneyhan, C. G. Mooneyhan, J. E. Mooneyhan, Elliott; G. A. Mooneyhan, Wintton-Salem, N. C.?Bishopville Messenger. Associated Charities Report For March Statement of Associated Charities i*t Camden. Kershaw County for the month of March, 1035: Ha I a nee f mm last month 850.57 Receipts this month 1884.50 $'.?744.07 Disbursed, Children's Home: Rent, Trimnal $ 5.00 Water & Light t 10.00 Wateree Messenger 3.30 Barbers 3.30 Plowing 3.00 Hotter Company 11.25 i Dr. Hunter 37.50 Nur&es .. a 43.00 1 Ix>mansky 4.00 (Supplies bought at Home and other disbursements: Milk 37.79 CJrocerios 110.21 Supplies 0.70 Plowing1 4:40 Servant hire , 117.00 $405.15 BALANCE $2,338.62] Big Returns From Produce (ieorge K. Prince, department of agriculture marketing specialist, esti- I muted yesterday that p roc owls from the current cabbage crop in South Carolina would nlet approximately $1,500,000 as compared with $,100,(>00 last year. Prince pointed out that around 3,000 acres were planted in cabbage in the state this season as compared with 1,200 acres last year ami that cabbage was bringing three cents a pound this year as against one cent a {>ound last season. Prices in all truck produce have increased, Prince said, adding that asparagus was bringing $1.75 a crate this year. South Carolina growers, he said, are shipping approximately $125,000 worth of produce to the markets each day.?Friday's State. Mrs. Margaret Bonne Hartfield, 91, widow of a Civil war veteran, died at Hattiesburg, Miss., Monday, leaving! 248 immediate descendants, including 10 children, 73 grandchildren, 137 j great-grandchildren and 28 greatgrea t-gra nde h i Id r en. Will Pay It's Annual Debt! Mar.tuim, Pa , April -7.- lUvatuse "heron" St i? kh 1 be of the prancing horses and ga y coaches ^gn\o the Manheim Lutherans ground for a i church 1 ?:{ years ago, the congregation will |M?y rts annual debt of one, red rose this June. This little borough, nestled among! the rolling ftx>thil 1? of the Blue Ridge, is the site of Stiegvl's onee- j famed g!as? works, an industry that j faded with his death tHvau.se lie had left the soerets of his art with fio living person. William Heinrich Stiegel, despite J Lhu fmet ithat he was not really a bar-. on, hud u flair for dazzling pomp, which gave Manheim a thrill in its pre-Revolutionary days and created a legend of his personality, which had lived since. He made triumplial entries into , town, his spirited white horses tear- | ing in and hringirfg the brilliant- I hued eoueh to a sudden halt before i the inn or Stiegel residence. VeV the "baron," with a paternal i eye to the well-being of the villagers, i decided they should have a, religious! life and deeded thorn ground for a church. Residents, though thankful,, could amass but little to give him, he knew, so he hit upon a scheme for easy payment. A rmually, June, they were to present him, or his descendants after 1 his death, one red rose. The payment was followed for several years and then was discontinued. Early in the (present century the custom was revived, and Mun-heim's "Feast of ltoses" drew thousands. In recent years Mrs. John Robertson, Meohanicburg, an heir of the picturesque Stiegel, has accepted the rose. "Pot-Liquor" Valuable Columbia, May 1.?"Pot-liquor," or the water in which vegetables are boiled, contains valuable minerals lost in their cooking according to a thesis, "Tlie Loss of Iron, Copper and Manganese in Cooking Vegetables by Different Methods,*' submitted by Francis Bartow Culp to the University of South Carolina in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science. // / me Breeze Blow Through I f NO COOPED UP FEELING - \ I ( WINDSHIELD OPENS J I V REFRESHING BREEZES J /^^NO CROWDING^^X (WIDE COMFOKIABLE SEATS V PLENTY OF LEG ROOM, ELBOW ROOM j ^^BUILT-IN LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT^ / NO BOUNCING ABOUND- \ ) ( COMFORT-ZONE J' ' V, RIDING J j Iliot Days are Coming- Keep Cool and Comfortable in your Ford V*8 * * * XyfORE than ever on hot days you will appreciate the *** thoughtfulness of the Ford V-8's makers in providing in easily-opened windshield which lets cooling breezes slow through to refresh you. In addition, you have a cowl ventilator and Clear-Vision ventilation in side windows. on hot days you will appreciate the comfort and room ^ of the Ford V-8, the almost effortless handling which jHows you to arrive at the end of an all-day journey without fatigue. The Ford V- 8 might have been built especially for the >outh?so accurately does it meet motoring needs in the Southern states. For instance, Ford is the only car in America which water-cools not only the complete cylinder vails, but also the upper half of the crankcase. This unique t 5Va gallon cooling system reduces cylinder wear and greatly lowers oil temperature in the crankcase. This means greater , oil economy and is seconded by directed, air-flow, crankcase ventilation which reduces corrosion, lessens oil dilution and cuts sludge formation to a minimum ... In the spring and summer months you and your family spend more time in your car?be sure its engine is designed to run efficiently in hot weather and that passengers will keep?. cool and comfortable. / Ford V-8 owners get safety-glass all around, an all-steel welded body, built-in luggage compartment, fenders to match the body and 6.00 x 16" air-balloon tires at no extra cost. See the newFord V-8 today. Get the thrill of 8 cylinder performance. Drive the new Ford once and you will buy it. FORD V-8-495 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ALL MODELS REDFEARN MOTOR COMPANY, Camden, S. C. OH THE AIR-Focd Symphony Orcl>e?er? "red \V,tin* n<?r?d,? Evening* . Columbia Network ~ .it - 11 =M? ! AND UP.F.O.B. Detroit Standard tcccnorr (roup Ineluding bumper* and tpare tire Term, through Univcraal Credit Company. Pranks of a Youth As Told By Editor T)u? following humorous story i to.d l>\ a talented editor in a way which will delight the men of middle a IP* in their venturesome pranks when not all the fun was to be found in joyriding or the fast pare lod by the youth of today. Names ami places art) omitted but it doesn't matter. It whs written by a western New York editor: "The lied Flags are up . . . they are on the putting greens at Country flub at each en<i of the frost Awoken rotui that passes our house, and on the public golf course greens invariably when 1 see a red flag it j malls an incident of my boyhood days . . . in the little village whore lived there was a corner store und on summer evenings the platform in front of this store, with its empty packing cases and three.or four well worn wooden chairs, constituted a setting for symposium* participated in by the sages of the community . . . politics, government, economics, agriculture, science, religion, education' ??<' many other topics were -there discussed and settled i? a manner that was fully as illuminating as a (ongressional Rebate . . . after we had finished a ball game on the public square with only an occasional interruption by a passing horse and >uggy, it was customary for us to gather around and listen to the words * ' ono owning Mexican bgbting was being discoursed, by a gentlemen who had but recently roturned from that country and -who had witnessed a bull light while there . he told of the searlet-colorki. u ^ ch was waved 'before the bull by the matador to infuriate the animal and of the dexterity with which he avoided the mad rushes of the buU . . aj| of which appoaIe<1 to the love of adventure that was beginning to course our veins. "Darkness was closing in about ithe peaceful homos and unlighted streets of that little villugc as a 'ad named Fred ami myself departed the porch of learning and trudged down the street homewnid . . . aiong with our spirit of as!venture, and common <> youth, we held to the principle that seeing is believing and then and there decided that we would test out the efficacy of a rod cloth to infuriate a bull ... in our deliberations and Planning I recalled that my father wore red woolen undershirts during the winter . . . we parted with the understanding that I was to provide the rod cloth and that we would meet in the morning at a pasture ]()t (,ast of the village where we knew a hull roamed with the cows . . . after breakfast, upon the promise that I wanted some red flannel to attach to a fish hook for flogging. I was informed by mother that up jn the attic in a trunk was some of father's discarded woolen underwear from which I could cut a piece . . . shortly after I was hurrying awav from home with my cane fish polo over my shoulder and one of dad's wrappers tucked inside my waist . . . my companion awaited me at the pasture gate and it then devoloj>ed we had not derided the evening before who was to be the 'matador . . . the bull was there cropping off the fresh grass and occasionally raising his lordly head to take count, of his harem . ho must have boon a Durham as I look back upon it now and the longer I gazed upon his ample proportions. his red sides, his stury legs and the symetry of -perfect horns the more I became convinced that I desired to view /the experiment from the safe side of the fence . . . "You know Fred," I stated with all thei conviction and persuasiveness I could master, "that you always beat me in a footrace ami in the case that boy out there should not like the color of this shirt you can make the fence quicker than I can" ... I don't know whether it was -the sop to his leetness of foot or his possession of a larger measure of courage, but he a5re{Ki to work the experiment . the hull was perhaps 200 feet from he fence when Fred approached him with the red shirt held behind his back . . he had covered perhaps half the distance when he called back and wanted to know if that was close enough for the -bull to see "You rif"; ^7 'K"1 rep,'ed . h? unfolded the shirt and gave it a couple of shakes toward the bull, at the same time letting out a yell nothing more was needed . * the bull raised his head, gave one bellow, then lowered his head, raised his tail and charged . . it was a .pretty race as they headed for the fence and Fred tumbled over it just in time ... he dropped the shirt enrourte and when we later saw the bull pawing it with his hoofs and prodding it with his horns we were fully convinced that iHaJre was fully aroused . Fred passed out of my life when ' about > yr*'rs of ace . . . he went te the Pacific coast and strange as it may seem U have never heard of him since ... he was red headed, freckled faced and a perfect pal." Many Students Invited Seven thousand South Carolina high school seniors will be invited *tte?Td.the May D*y celebration at the University of South Carolina, rnday, May 10, according to Prof Frank T. Meeks, chairman of the May Day program. Climaxed by the coronation of the University May Queen at 7:30 p. m? the whole day will be devoted to an entertaining and educational program. Fare Enough ; Sam ami Rastus were discussing ; politics. Rastus was a rabid par1 tisan of the incumbent. "WgM," said Sam. "Ah like him all right, ah guess, but his platform ain't no good." j "Platfo'm!" snorted Rastus. "Plati fo'm! Say, don't you know dat a political platfo'm is jea' like a platfo'm ' on one o' dose yere street eahs?hit ! ain't meant to -stan' on; hit'a jes' I Nicholas Montone and Charles Cali I were convicted at Miami, Fla., on i charges of hotel robbing, in which ithey stole jewels valued at $185,000 from Mrs. Margaret Bell. FINAL DISCHARGE . I ? Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on "Wednesday, May 22nd, 1935, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw Cotrrrty my final returns as Administrator of the estate of A. F. Young, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator. JOHN A. YOUNG, , A*hmndatrator. Camden, S. C., April 22, 1935. MORE ICE FASTER FREEZING SAVES MONEY Remember this in choosing a refrigerator: 1. You should have one which keeps foods safely at temperatures below 50?. 2. You should have one that i freezes plenty of ice and desserts quickly?even in the ; hottest weather. I The Frigidaire '35 provides a com Apt' refrigeration service because every model has the Super Freezer, which is a great development in household refrigeration. Come in and let us tell you raofe j about the Super Freezer and why Frigidaire '35 saves you money. Full value allowed for your old refrigerator on the 1935 FRIGIDAIRE j Camden Furniture Co. Incorporated j 1036-1038 Broad Street j Telephone 156 All the better Awnings in this section are ANCHOR AWNINGS. This is the Awning Season. See us for quotations. JENKINS' REPAIR SHOP i Camden, S. - ZZf . V ' ???-I II # " -- : - i_ " ? ?