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V 1 ------ 11 ' -= - - "* ? '.tit. LOOKING HACKWAR I) } Taken From the I'IIoh of The -Chronicle Fifleen and Thirty Yearn A*o I ) u.. ... .? . " I IFTKKN YKARS AGO April 30, 1920 Otttitur granted Liberty Amusemerit Corporation of Kershaw. capital Mock $1,500 to open picture .show. Officers?K. W. Spring*, president; , VV. II Plyler, vice president; II. I>. I Met 'askiM, secretary-treasurer. Hail dwtroya crops at Marvin, in j Clarendon courvty. Tobacco crop total I OS.-. "Hermitage Citizen," monthly publication is being issued by the Ifermitage Mill, with Miss Mary GiM Fleming in <'hargo of publication. Cotton Waroho-use burned at Lugoff. James Team loses $4,500 worth ) of cotton. $20,000 worth of cotton'' jn keeping of Sealmard also destroyed. I'll'- said to have started from aj/ark from Seaboard train. Kershaw county people will be ir.- . tore-ted mi the announcement of the i marriage >.f \\\ S. J tear den and .Miss j Ruth Buchholz at Clayton, (la., April 21 M. Mr. Bearden sj>ent several month- liere with the tick eradication force. M: and Mr.-. A. A. Reasonover j lo-e ybung sun, Waverly Rensonovcr. > lb had been ill only alwiut ten days, i S. A. Burner i- busy this week moving into- his new garage on North Broad street. Mrf. Flr/a Noring Nye. mother of the lato famous humorist Bill Nye, dies at age of 'J''. Misses McRae Whitaker and Helen Boykin t<? have parts in play, "The Forest Princess" at Flora MacDonald College. Mills have base 1ml! teams. Line ups are: Wateree: Pitchers, Baker, Hallett, DoBruhl; Marble, c; I>ority, lb; DoBruhl, 55b; DeBruhl, lib; Cobb, as; Barnes, If; West, cf; Arnctt, rf; Hermitage: Pitchers: Dodgin, Mimms; Munn, < ; S. L. Crolley, lb; 11. I). Minima, 2b; W. C. Guy, lib; ??MffT . . 9 1 Mure r h;i 11 25,000 boys ami girls enjoyed the Ka.ster egg roiling on the lawn of thi' White House in Washington on Monday, with 25,000 adults there to look on. More than 125,000 cir,.o were rolled, pegged, smashed, eaten, thrown away and so forth during the afternoon. More than H00 trunk drivers of I la'-tford, Conn., went on a strike this week. The transportation concerns ' i.-.. 111 d a:; ultimatum that it would be a light to a finish, especially on striker demanding union recognition. THIRTY YKARH AGO i M a > r?, I9(ir? ; General Fitzhugh I ?ee, of Virginia, noted army officer and statesman dies in Washington, He rendered his greatest service in the Spanish-American War. Teamsters in Chicago strike. They are warned hy the Federal Govern- ' rnent against violence. Commissioner Watson arranges for formation of immigration colonies to 1 locate in South Carolina. f?arge crowds present at ceremonies? laying of the corner stone of the Kershaw County Court House. 1 The exercises were opened hy prayer hy Kev. .J<>l?rl Kershaw of Charleston. , An entertainment was given at the home of R. A. MdDowcfll for the townspeople and the congregation of the Baptist church to meet their new pa.-.'<?r. Rev. J. D. Moore. Mis. S. L. Hughes, who for many yeai resided here, died at Ruhbins. Funeral services were conducted hy , Rev. W. B. Gordon. Pallbearers were: |l G. Garrison, A. I). Kennedy, J. T. Hay, W. !>. Trantham, O. J. Shannon, Jr., and I)r. A. A. Moore. Camden Library receives donation of thirty hooks from brother of Mrs.. M. Baum, Mr. Isaacs, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. W. Robin Zemp return from their wedding tour. S. Ix>gan I^ang dies and is buried with Masonic honors, from Episcopal church. President Theodore Roosevelt attend old Blue school house on Wetft Divide, Colorado, where church services are being held. The pastor invited him to make a talk which he did amidst much enthusiasm. Andrew Carnegie provides fund of ten millions for jjension for teachers. J. J. Jordan, ss; J. Barfleld, rf; Dodgin, If; Arthur Blackwell, cf. Sunflower Seed Sales Profitable Hisinurck, N. 1).?The lowly sunflower is becoming a profitable crop for the i North Dakota faimer and home gardener. Sunflower seeds have been placed on the market and are sold for eating purposes, being most popular i among the Russian population. F. W. ('hristensen of the livestock feeding section of the North Dakota 1 agricultural college says sunflowers [can be grown profitably as an ensilage crop instead of corn retired from [cultivation by corn-hog contracts. JU. A CALF and A CROP Have the Same Idea on the Food Question Why is a growing calf like a growing crop? Answer: Because the food requirements of each are so much the same. Scientists are making this point clearer every day through their research into the importance of vitamins in animal diet and the need of impurities in the food of plants. These vital impurities are the all - important t thing in fertilizing today. They are the rarer elements ? boron, iodine, magnesium, potassium, calcium, lithium, strontium and many others. With them your crops produce as Nature intended them to. Chilean Natural Nitrate contains these rarer elements in Nature's own balance and proportion. Chilean's quick-acting nitrogen, plus its vital impurities, make it the safe, sure fertilizer for your crops. See your dealer for Chilean Natural Nitrate. Two kinds? , Champion (granu la ted), Old Style (crystals). They are both genuine. Both are natural. And hot h give your crops the vital impurities. Chilean Satural Sitrute?the only nitrogen that comes Jrom the I ground?the ideal side dresser J or your crofts. Chilean NATURAL NITRATE THf OLD ORIGINAL SODA I lVe got tho?? | a natural 1 IMPURITIES! | have lT| . .. . . . Nobody's Business ? ? . i Written for The Chronicle by Gee , MeGec, Copyright, 1U28. I GOOD MORNING, MAD-DAM ..our little town lias benn badly af- 1 flicted with agents, peddlers ami * maggy-zinc sellers. eventhing is be ing offer<v| from hou.se to house by stranger* and other folks who are i working their way thru oo)ledge an- | soforth. I, ' ' ,.rnr?. wUlie hopp got skint out of.* c50 last tuesday by a bell ringer who 1 sold her a bottle of stuff that was: garrantee<l to kill mcths and wirms 1 and other insects common to a house " that ain't verry well kept, it turn ed out to bo castor oil after "he had left town with abourt 26$ of local i suckers' cash. 1 t ..it seems that our citizenship will i buy annything in the world a fur-il riner or a stranger offers for sail.jc bort parson paid 2$ for a toothpick ; I sharpener, it was a knife machine < like a pocket knife to rcsharj>en sec-jt ont-harwi tooth-picks that get 'broke off betwixt the teeth, it will save ' him from hawing to buy now pick- I nnsofoith. ,1 | > ..the monney paid to muggy-zine 1 agents is not always counted a total'' loss, as some of the girls who dot' the sollicking are verry pretty in- 1 deed, and a feller can gennerally J count on getting most of his peryod- j 1 dicals jf he will send the publishing i company about 4$ >tc 10$ extry, which thing he rairly does, the down pas- ' meat goes to her, bless her hart. < ..holsum moore says that the peeple ( seem to enjoy throwing their monney away to unknown fleecers arul agents; they will pay c75 more for a brush ; or a sardine cutter o-r a coat-hanger or anny other junk than they will pay a local merchant or a $10 stoar. out-of-town door knockers make from 100 to 500 percent, proffit, as they don't have to <]>ay anny taxes, licenses, or rent. . .the awer&ge familey in flat rock 1 will spend their dough for a doodle digger or a nest for a juno bug or an umbrella for a cockroach, provid- I <m1 these goods are offered at a high i jxrice by some persons or persons j that they newer heard of befoar <?r , : ever expects to see again. if you (happen to know anyboddv, nvr. edui-' tor, that is extra fine at relievirg the puhlick of what little spending cash they mought get holt of. sei.d them to flat rock, and ho will find ; our town to be a reggular parry-di e for the humbug bizness. yores trulie. mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. Mil. E-STON KS IN MY GARI.Y LIFE j Ago I: Lcainwl to say "daddy." Stood alone by holding" to a cha r. ! Age 5: Pulled a coffee* pot "tf of f stove, got badly scald-ed. Age <>: Throwed my cat in the' well; it got drowned, I got whipped.! i Age 7: Cow lucked live on side of head; never got over it. Age 8: Took up flowing an 1 hoeing and picking cotton for a living. Age i>: Kan engine, helped with Haw-mill, cotton gin, and thresher. Age 10: Went to .school during Pecember. January an<l February. .Cot burned to death in cotton gin. Age 11: Went to school 3. more j months, but never learned anything. Age 12: Farmed, dug doodles, killed snake doctors anil streakfields. Age 13: Went to town for first ime: stayed scared to death all that day. Age 11: Saw first suit of under-| wear, man visited us from county seat. Age 1: Wore my first storebought suit, price $1.1*8. Foui >;r.es too big. Age Id: Fell violently in love with Tessic .Tones; she failed to reciprocate. Heart broke. Life blasted. 1 finger-ring total loss. Age 17: Ate first bate of candy; swapped pet hen for 2o ^nts worth. Lingered ivt death's door 3 days and 1 nights, theft called for more candy. Age 18: Graduated in 8th grade in country school; never darkened another sohoolhouse door thereafter, as, perhaps, dear reader?you have already guessed. Age 11*: Went to picnic; saw first ice-cream ever heard of. Wanted to taste it. but thte fellow wanted 5 cents per saucerful, I had no 5 cents. Age 20: learned to bo telegraph [operator, .eft home, almost died of honir-.sickm-ss for first ? months, but got over it. Age 21: Hough: bicycle which led me into high society. r??ie with the .l**??es l?oys who had a rich daddv. Met Suite. I/ove bug bit me, but Sud.e d.nlgfvl it. Age 22: Svjd o married Pick Botts. I got lransferred to another town. Wore nicest clothes in community, paid as high as $10.0<> for suit. $2.00 for shoes, and ..">0 for silk shirt. Age 23: Married finest woman i (and school teacher! in the world, went into mercantile business, rais- i d a couple of children, that is? he did, atill married, still in mere a o>< business, htill like ice cieam uiwl an.ly. and still looked u|>on as not wing very blight, hut I'm older than !'j a I th's writing (Written at re|Ue??t 4/f J. l,. K. of Richmond, Virginia I. \ Your friend, Gee .VloGee. i hot-IHX; . a publick indignation meeting wa*> iell in Mat rock last night at the i choll audy-torium to raise some sand ihout the poleesman ahooting doge vho run at large onner count of they nought have the rabbi eg and bite ' omebody aiui go mad, . .?evvera4 speeches were nva.de by log owners who claimed that they -vore muzzles according to law on -heir dogs and allso had them vaxcilutod against hydrysphoby an<l high )lood pressure. holsum moo re put yoryboddy on notis that if they khot i lis dog, they mought as well get red- 1 ly for the graveyard or the mrppreme 1 '?art, and possibly both. * .he made it -plain that it niought ^ >o all right to shoot cows, mules, loryfs, children, ansoforth, but a dog ' s a different thing and U man's best 1 Yiend, and no dog should be killed jmil it is proved beyond & shadow if a doubt that he has the rabbies >y cutting her head olF and sending ; it to the health offiser to examine or pizen. , .art square was a 11 so verry hot unler his collar as one of his dogs got , %hot at a few days ago, but he mLsw.'<1 him and hit some other member if the familey. he has not swore out army papers for (the man who he thinks did the shooting, but it was a 44 colts bullet, and that is the size the i>o lees man wears in his gun. . .this dog bizness has caused more trubble in flat rock than the world war caused," and there has newer benn anny use of the citty counsell to get so strick with their audences, as only 21 poeple have bend bit, and verry few of them went mad; all of them was givven the pasture treatment. be f oar hydry-phoby set in. therefoar the dog killing was unjust ified and immoral to all owners. a partition i.s being circulated amongst the eitizonship who owns anny style of canteen praying that 'die citty lathers will cancel their audience at once and take all deadly weapons away from the poleesmen befoar someboddy shoots him mallice ab>relhought. the dog popperlation ?f our town is going to be protected ! it takes bloodshed to do so. vore corry spendent. mr. mike Clark, rfd. has sent all of his dogs to the country for safe-keeping except and they are tied up in t.he parlor, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. WEAK-KNl) GOSSIP IN PLAT mrs. holsum moore spent last friday at the home of yore corry spondcnt and the followering gossip was t<dd to our wife, to wit: ? ..miss Jennie veeve smith, our scholl principle, did not get?i|frme from the county seat on friday night (gone) till neat 1 y .1 o clock in the morning, she was in the companny of the fruit tree agent who has been rushing her a right smart here of late. ..a gallon of corn whiskey was found in the otter-mobeel of art square by the poleesman Sunday afternoon betwixt. the outskirts and the liberty stable, they say it was not poured out. and that the poleesman was saw wearing a new stutson hat the next day. no case was dockets, it looks ike he was forbid with the hat and half m, the booze, so they say. it looks like a divorce case het.wix-t Perry winkle and his wife, they have benn fussing and scrapping for 6 woeKs or.nov count of" the don't want the mother-in-law to live in the same house with htm. ho flung a waiter bucket at her on a recent date and knocked her specks off ami busted it against, the looking gla.ss in the -ettingroom. ..the post master is short about 23$ and it sounds like 1 year ami 1 day for him in atlanta on a visit, he says i <an exjdain it, all as the monney order has Ivenn found which his wife cached while he was off on a fishing trip enduring last month. he will make up -the shortage, she spent it on the down payment for a set of false teeth with the tooth dentist, but they won't stay in. mr. holsum moore (the husband of the informant) will possibly be named as permanent relief addministrator at an early date. mrs. holsum moore. herself will have as dinner guesses next .sU,vlay. the governor of the state, all.so hooey long and seekerterry ickes. sallie may moore will possibly bo married in June to scott emulsion, grand-son of mr. vanderof bow york, and then she went ho me. yoi?es trulie. mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. William Gardner, 56, Chicago bank teller, suffering a nervous collapse, shot a son and daughter to death and seriously wounded another son. He feared that he and his family were doomed to insanity or disease. The pope of Rome extended the apostolic benediction to 2,000 German Boy Scouts at Vatican Citv on Sunday. The senate of Connecticut has pass- J ed an old age pension bill by a vote of 31 to 0. The bill is now up to the | ! governor for signature. A new water tank with a capacity of 68,000 gallons, toppled over at Gordo, Ala. Many negroes shouted in fear, "judgment day has come." Demented Youth Slays Parents; i Austin, Tex., April 25.?A desire to obtain $17,000 insurance money und an unexplained craving for re- ! /enge had driyen Howaixf Pi arson to slay his distinguished parents, Associate Justice Williann A. Pierson of the Texas supreme court apd Mrs. Pierson, officers said tonight.". Sheriff Ix>e Allen said the 20-yearold former college student did not amplify the mere statements of the insurance and revenge motives. The alleged confession was drawn from the youth during an all-night grilling after he had reported to police his parents had been shot by highwaymen, who also had "wounded him. Young Pierson had revealed his slaying plans to a friend, Sheriff Allen said he had learned. The youth did not name his friend but merely said he had told 'him he was going to kill his father, one of the state's most distinguished jurists, for his insurance. Dr. Joe Wooten, Austin physician, said he believed the boy was suffering from dementia praecox and an hallucination ihis parents bad dis- ' criminated against him. Pierson told newspaper men mere- , ly that he had "a reason" for shooting his graying mother and father on a country road about 15 miles from Austin late yesterday. He said he had lured them there on the pretext of viewing a scenic drive. His father, 04, had been associate justice 14 years. j The district attorney, James P. Halt, said he had not made up his mind as to the motive. The possibility appeared that young Pierson might be sent to a state hospital for mental observation. i Rare Violin Missing 83 Years, Found Ivos Angeles. April 22.?One of the two violins made by Gaspard DurfToo Prugger of Bologna. Italy, in 1513, turned up in a bequest today after being missing from antique collectors' records 83 years. The violin was willed to J. C. Southard by his uncle, John Snyder, to whom it came after passing through many hands. According to the inscription on the instrument it was made for Antonio Regio, who presented it to Countess Silvita Dulce. It vanished for several years, then was given to Charles Brewer. English painter, by an Italian codnt as part payment for a lifesize portrait. Brewer brought it to the United States. The only other Prugger violin sold for $350,000 twenty years ago. Candy Coated A lady who knows about the efficiency of castor oil but who has always dreaded the necessity of taking it, went into a drug store and asked the druggist if he knew how the oil could be taken in a way that it wouldn't be so unpleasant. rVV hy, 1 think I do." said the druggist. "I will tix some up for you. I By the way. won't you have a glass of soda ? Just got our new fountain started." The lady would. What flavor?" asked the druggist. The lady made her selection and after she had taken the drink praised the fine flavor of it. Then she waited a moment and said: "Well, if you will just fix up that castor oil I will be going." "Madam," said the druggist, "You have already taken the castor oil in that soda water." "My goodness," said the astonished lady. "Why, I didn't know I had swallowed it." No, madam, you didn't, but you will."?Rockingham Past-Dispatch. Two of * Kind Two casual golf acquaintance w walking toward tk rreon ^ *& sighted two wotinen cominir rJ/* hill. * *? "I say," remarked one <>f tte mJ "here comes my wife with son* hag she's picked up somewhere * "And here comes mine with other," retorted the other icily. * MASTER'S SALE^j State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. In the Count of Common Pwl W. L Blackmon, Plaintiff vs^qj shaw County Fair Association III Carrison, Jr., J. B. Zemp and ' Floyd, Defendants. K' 8 Pursuant to an Order made in a. above case, I will sell to the hiaha bidder for cash, purchaser to pay ? tamps and paper, at the <ourthoi in Camden, South Carolina <Jur2 the legal hours of sale on thTfiJ Monday in May, 11)35, the followiil described real estate, to-wit: "All that piece, parcel or tract rf land lying and being situated in i City of Camden, Oounty of Rente and State of 'South Carolina, contail in-g nine (9) acre*?, more or lew, ui being bound as follows: North h Bull street; East by Market stree South by Meeting street; and W* by Broad street." ^ Said tract is the same conveyed fa Kershaw County Fair Association bf James H. Burns, by deed dated % uary 1, 1929, iwhiioh deed is reoordd in the office of the Clerk of (to, for Kershaw Oounty in Book "B-Y" page 5. A deposit of five per cent (5ft) of the high bid will be required u the bid will be held open for an i* crease therein for thirty (30) dn from said sales day, as required I law. Any person, raising said hif bid "will be T^quired to make a deport of Ten per cent (107r) on the said new bid, the total amount of tit highest successful bidder to be paid on the said thirtieth day. Master for Kershaw Count W. L. DePASS, JR., j ; GREGORY & GREGORY, 1 i Attorneys for the Plaintiff. CITATION ' [State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, j By N. C. Arnett, Esquire frobet i Judge. > I Whereas W. W. Bates and bdwem , Smith made suit, to me to gnol | W. W. Bates Letters of Administrv j tion of the Estate of and effects of , B. M. Smith, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite ii xlmonish all and singular the kindrtl i ami creditors of the said B. 1 1 Smith, deceased, that they be and#; pear before me, in the Court of Pi*bate, to be held at Camden, S. Cj on the 24th day of April next publication thereof, at 11 o'clock i the forenoon, to show cause, ifrtl they have, why the said Adminafw tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 9th if of April, Anno Domini 1935. N. O. ARNETT, Judge of Probate for Keral County. FINAL DISCHARGE! Notice is hereby given that I month from -this date, on MonijH May 20th, 1935, I will make to Probate Court of Kershaw County final return as Executrix of the*? tale of R. S. Williams, deceasaflj on the same date I will apply to said Court for a final discharge said Executrix. ~jm ANNIE M. WILUAMM Executrix Estate of R. S. WilwM Tamden, B. C.t April 22nd, 1935.^? CITATION The State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By N. C. Arnett, Probate Juogej Whereas, Dirxa K. Hirsch and tin K. RosefVeld made suit to grant them Letters of AdrmimstiM of the Estate and effects of Hirsch. These are, therefore, to cite? admonish all and singular the "ed and Oreddtors of the said Hirsdh deceased, that they be art*? pear -before me, in the Court of bate, bo be held at Oamden, S on Wednesday, May eighth n?*]j\? ter -publication (hereof, at U <"1 in the forenoon, to show cause,, pJ they have, wffiy the said Adtni?M tion should not be granted. Given under-nay hand this day of April Anno Domini 198a j N. C. ARNETT, M Judge of Probate Kershaw vo^l V I fire-automobile?burglary?bonds~|jj I - ~DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO 51 Q "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS" J 2 CROCKER BUILDING?TELEPHONE 7 H J M. <i. MULLEK * ELIZABETH CLARKE, M?. I * Xu^FOKMS ?OF?INSURANCE~ ~ j| I DAVIDSON INSURANCE AGENCY-J | B ANNE STEVENS DAVIDSON I | GENERAL INSURANCE I L 522 E. DeKALB STREET CAMDEN, ?. L Office Phone 190 Beulsh D. ' H Residence Phone 515 Phone I Pi,l - ? We Set The Standard For Insurance Service