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I ov? r the signature of John H. Fin ley,
mi Martha Berry, William Al
iwj White, and Robert K. 8peer, anBjouneenieMt
waa made today of the
^ formation of a national committee to
Kpootor a nation-wide commemoration
Kf (be four hundredth anniversary of
be fir*1 Pointed English Bible.
Dr. Kin ley, speaking for the Com mittee
stated, "On October 4, 1535,
ibe first printed English Bible, a transKll|oll
|)> My lea Coverdale, was issued
Hrom th? press. During the four cen turles
since that date, It has not only
orpassxi in circulation any other
ook in the world, but has pftrfotmdly
^Eflut-nn d the liveB of peoples and
j.if.-ilx of governments."
Regional. state, city and church
^^^Lmniittees throughout the country
ill b?< selected at once under the di rettlon
of the National Committee to
R^ny out the commemoration proKram.
Additional information and ma
rial will be released by the ComKittee
as plans are developed and as
he sub-committees are organized."
Greenwood Newspaperman Dead
I Greenwood, June 1.?Joel 8. Bailey,
52, business manager and secretary-,
treasurer of the Index-Journal, died
t hie home here^lasb night after a
ong illness. ' """
I Mr nalley had befen in the news paper
business since 1905, serving as
business manager of The Greenwood
index until 1919 when The Index and
journal were merged and holding the
Bame position In the consolidated
tapers
| NOTICE
I JOHN WILSON, Receiver of
'ORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COM-'
any of SOUTH CAROLINA, and
the NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD
COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
erebv give notice that on the 9th
day of May. 1935, they filed with the
nterstato Commerce Commission at
Washington, D. C.. their joint application.
and on May 21, 1935, filed
amendment thereto, for a certificate
that the present and future pub ic
convenience and necessity permit
abandonment by them (a) of the
^ftfilroad of the Northwestern Railroad
pgapany of South Carolina, which exBta&s
from Wilson's Mill to Sumter,
^^na&ttom Sumter to a point at or near
Camden, with branch lines extending
from Milliard to St, Paul, and from
^Kfuvillc Junction to a point at or
^ oear Rose Hill, a total distance of
fi miles, all in Clarendon, Sumter,
Kershaw, and Lee Counties; (b) the
^ abandonment of operation under
nckage rights over 0.80 mile of the
lUantir ( oast Line Railroad and the
^ isp of tf-,,. freight and passenger sta^ iou
facilities of said company at Wilson's
Mill. Clarendon County; (c) the
bandomnent of trackage rights over
^Proximately 1 mne of the Atlantic
Joast i.'tie Railroad and the use of
he latter company's freight and pas (,"LVr
: "ions, and other joint, facili ff
s"tuter, Sumter County, ftnd
<>) the amendment of operation over
e Soutiit-ni Railway between Noith^ esteru
Junction and Camden, a dis ?nce
or t.u3 miles, and over certain
|hfr 'racks at Camden, 1.52 miles
and the abandonment of the
^ rmuiii! of the Northwestern Railfompany
of South Carolina at
including tracks . approxi1
' "lil0 'ong> now used jointly
^pth th,- Southern Railway, in Ker naw'
Com.ty, all in the State of South
^ arohn.i.
WILSON, Receiver of
ORIHWESTERN RAILROAD COM*
BAM' SOUTH CAROLINA, and
North western railroad
UMpYN'1 OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
| CITATION
"f South Carolina,
I r>?uil.' v Kershaw.
1 Arnett, Probate Judge:
hmvas John Laney made suit to
^ 0 grant him Letters of Adrnlnis
" l>! Gie Estate and effects of
i.r'ney. -
oiu*?'" hrft therefore. to cite and ad ".
/. a" aud singular the Kindred
?. .^"torg of the said Lucy Laney
^at they be and appear be
h.n ln,thG Court of Probate, to
^Knn t. ilt Camden, S. C., on Monday,
",, !Jh ?ext, after publication here '
. '1 0 clock in the forenoon, to
R 'ause, if any they have, why
tni.' i A(',ntnistration should not be
G'v- n under my hand this 28th day
^ " ?> Anno Domini 1935.
, N. C. ARNETT,
, Probate for Kershaw County.
Recalls Difficulty
In Securing Salt
(By E. K. Berry lu Columbia State)
Orangeburg, May 18.?Linked with
the many hardships and privation* experienced
between '61 and '6f> by
those who remained on the plantation
while others of military age marched
away in defense of their fair Southland,
was the scarcity of salt.
The Htory of salt?or rather the
scarcity of salt?and the various
sources from which a meager supply
was obtained during those trying
days, would well make a chapter in
the history of that most eventful period.
An Orangeburg county resident
recently recalled some of the difficulties
encountered in securing salt
during his boyhood.
From the period just prior to the
conflict when plantation owners of
the South were familiar with the wellknown
brand of Liverpool salt, the
story runB through those four momentous
years with many a colorful
iucldent in the effort to obtain this
much needed necessity.
The Liverpool brand came in sacks
of about two bushels each and the
price prior to the war ranged around
$2 a sack. Like salt of today, it was
inex^?nsive, and besides being used
in the preparation of meals and the
curing of meat, it was even mixed
with lime and distributed over cotton
fields in combating rust in those days.
Then the time came when the Liverpool
salt was no longer to be had,
and every extremity was resorted to
in an effort to procure salt elsewhere.
Everyone in the South has heard
the story of the ground beneath the
smoke houses being dug up, soaked
and leeched to extract the salt therefrom.
There was, of course, much
saturation in the earth from long
years of drippings from salt-packed
meat in the smoke houses. But this
source of supply was soon exhausted
and other sources had to be sought.
Then it was that the salt factories
sprung up along the coast, and
plantation owners of the central part
of the state depended upon these
plants for their supply. The price
of the commodity soared, and salt was
almost wofth its weight in gold.
Travel was slow in those days.
Roads were not the best in the world,
and there were long stretches between
plantation houses and villages.
McClellanville, at the time was one
of the important salt manufacturing
centers, and here It was that a supply
was procured through the boiling
of sea water.
From points within a hundred miles
of the coast, a trek to McClellanville
for salt was a week's journey, including
the trip there and back.
These trips were made about once
,a year, the plantation owners went
prepared to purchase a supply for
that length of time. There was much
activity on the plantation in prepartion
for one of these trips, and there
were usually five.or six covered wagons*
in the train, sent by as many
plantation owners who made the trip.
They went in groups for convenience,
protection and companionship,
camping at suitable places along the
way. The wagons were usually loaded
with from 20 to 25 bushels of the
valuable material for which the fancy
price of $10 per bushel was demanded
by the manufacturers.
The story of war-time salt wgs rec.e.utly
heard from the lips of an Orangeburg
county resident, who as a
boy was taken along on some of these
trips.
The route followed by the wagons
with which he went, left the lower
part of the county, traveled to the*
east.^past Vance Ferry, on down the
state road for a distance, and then
either by St. Stephens, Pinopolis or
Moncks Corner. Through the section
near Eutawville, the story teller recalled
the summer homes of river
plantation owners known as Porcher
Pinelands. He also recalled crossing
the old Cooper canal which at that
time had not entirely passed out of
use.
The salt factories were not the
most' pretentious of manufacturing Industries.
They served their purpose,
however, and were a God-send, to
those who lived in the interior.
The factories were described as being
located along the beach beneath
the shade of small groves of trees
which spotted the coast line.
They were only sheds which housed
the kettles, and a warehouse for storage.
The' kettles were made by splitting
steam boilers In half, lengthwise.!
There were many rice planters along
the coast and some were equipped
with steam threshing plants. These
kettles were made from the old dis- j
carded boilers. They were not of the
tilbular type in those days. They were
some 20 or 30 feet in length and three
or four feet in diameter. Each half
was rigged up over a furnace, and
into the kettles went the sea water
for boiling.
At a certain consistency, the contents
were removed to another boiler,
and^the final product was a fine granqlftr
salt about like present day re'fined
sugar.
On the beach in front of these boiling
plants, there would be excavated
a large bhsin and at high tide those
basins would be filled with sea water.
It was in this way that the supply
was obtained with little difficulty, and
it was run through troughs from the
pool to the kettles.
The surplus supply was stored in
warehouses constructed of logs, sealed
and floored, glome of these warehouses
contained as many as a thousand
or more bushels of salt. Wooden
shovels were used to handle t-he salt,
the purchaser being r&quired to furnish
his own sacks. V
'The narrator of the story, on one of
these trips, recalls the name of Mr.
Skipper, owner of one of the more
pretentious salt factories located at
McClellanrille.
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JUNE 11-JULY 20, 1935 |
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a domitory accomodation for men and women, excellent table fare.
Total cost. Including all expenses, only (42.00.
for catalog write
c- K1NARD, President, Newberry, 8outh Carolina.
Former Citizen
Dies In Columbia
H lends in Camden and Kershaw
C?U.?i,y 10 buru of the death
<>t I ally Hlackmon which occurred
ill Columbia ou Wednesday of last
week. Mr. Blacknioo resided lu Camden
for a number of years before go
lug to Columbia. Mr. Hlackmon married
Miss Deasle West. daughter of
the late J. A. Weat, of this county.
The following is fn>m the Columbia
State of lust Thursday:
Mr. Hlackinou, owner and operator
of lllackmou's Vulcanizing station on
1 aylor street, had been seriously ill
for about two weeka. He was a native
of I Lancaster county and had 11 v?d
i? Columbia for about 16 yenrs.
He has a wide circle of friends who
will mourn his passing,
"Ho Is survived by his widow, Mrs
Dessle West Blackmon of Columbia;
two daughters, Mrs. C. L. Fuller, Jr.,
and Miss Mary Jacqueline Blaek'mon,
both of Columbiu; three Hons, 1) T
Hlaokmon. J., Wuddy Hlackmon and
Haul Hlaokmon. all of Columbia; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Hlackmon of Orangeburg.
"He is also survived by two sisters.
Mrs. Wilmer West of Ashevllle.
N. C., and Mrs. John Wannamaker
of Orangeburg; live brothers, T. M.
Hlackmon of Heath Springs, A. T.
Hlackmon of Knoxville, Tenn., G. u!
Hlackmon of Chappells und W. G.
Hlackmon of York; four half-brothers!
J. W? H. A. and A. B. Hlackmon of
Iji^ncarfter county and J, K. lilackmon
of Louisiana." %
Claude Girardeau
Dies In Columbia
(Maude Hearne, Girardeau, 78, of
1810 Assembly street died at the Columbia
hpspitui at 10:16 yesterday
morning. He had been in 111 health
for some time, suffering from heurt
trouble.
Mr. Girardeau was the son of the
late Rev. John L. Girardeau and Sarah
P. Hamlin Girardeau. He was born
in Charleston December 5, 1859, and
was educated at Charleston high
school and Bingham Military academy.
He was for a number of years
agent In the Columbia o/fice for 'the
^Southern Express confpany and was
later In business in the city lor 14
years as a member of the firm'of Girardeau
and Marshall. He was a member
of the First Presbyterian church
and had at one time been an elder of
Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church.
He was married November 5, 1XS4,
to Caroline Dodge McDowall, daughter
of Charles McDowall and Frances
Patterson McDowall of Camden.
Mr. Girardeau is survived by his
wife; two daughters. Mrs. Witherspoon
Daniel of Waycross. Ga., and
Miss Elizabeth Girardeau of Columbia;
one Bister, "Mrs. George A. Blackburn
of Columbia; one brother, John
B. Girardeau of Thomaston, Ga.; three
sons, J. L. Girardeau, Charles Girardeau,
Jr., preceded hiin to the grave.
?Columbia State. May 29.
Whitewash
Government Formula?Slake onehalf
bushel of quick-lime or lump
lime With boiling water, keeping it
covered during the process; ' strain,
and add 1 peck of salt dissolved in
warm water. Boil 3 pounds of ground
rice in water to a thin paste; dissolve
in warm water one-half pound of
Spanish whiting and 1 pound of clear
glue; mix these well together and let
the mixture stand for several days.
Keep the wash thus prepared In a
kettle or portable furnace and when
used put it on as hot as possible
with a brush, advises Henry D. Green,
County Agent.
Death of the NRA codes started
price wars fn several sections of the
country. In New York dealers in
cigarettes cut prices to as- low as 70
cents per carton, where the code price
was $1.25. Atlanta, Ga., cigar and
cigarette dealers and dry cleaners cut
prices and in some cases increased
hours of work, but made no reduction
of wages.
COTTON PICKING MACHINE
? ? H'.? WW ?*"*?
Vieitora ut the National Cotton
Show lu Mcmphia recently aaw the
newly tlntehod 2.000 pound machine
which itB makere, John and Mad
Huet, buy will pick uii acre of cottW
In an hour at one-fifth the coat of
hand labor. Drawn by u farm tractor
this "cotton picker" eonaiata
principally of at) eudleaa bolt to
which are attached numeroua wire
aplndloa. When the machine la drawn
along the cotton row theae aplndlea
revolve rapidly. They are molatened
automatically and when they come in
contact with the open cotton it cllnga
to the molatened wlrea and ia pulled
from the bur. it ia then uieciftntcally
removed from the apindlea and
drawn into containera by the auction
of a large fan.?The Pathfinder.
The aupreme court of California haa
cauHed many movie actora and actreason
of Hollywood to become Jittery,
hecauae of a deciaion holding
"mall order" divorcee granted in Mexico
to he invalid, and In a apeciitc
caac decluring u local oil man to he a
bigamist, he having married again following
a Mexican divorce.
Preacher dhoota Police Chief
Orange, Texas, May 30.?The ltev.
Kdgar Kelt ridge, 4<>, Baptist miniat^r
and vice crusader, whh arrested late
yesterday as the suspected shotgun
slayer of Police Chief 10d J, O'Heilly,
whom he baptized Into Ills church.
O'lteilly was fired upon from a motor
car while standing on a street corner
hero conversing with a friend. Tueeduy
he arrested Mr. Kskrldge on a
charge of Impersonating an officer
during a raid early Sunday oh the
Sliver Slipper night club near Ifore.
Friends of the minister said he was
highly Incensed and drove around all
night in hils motor car. C. C. I-edy, a
lumber accountant, who was talking
with Chief O'lteilly, told police that
the minister was the man who tired
from the motor car. A. II. Burns, a
steward In Mr. Kskrldge's church,
quoted the minister as confiding yesterday
morning he had received f>0
letters recently threatening his life
and that he believed he was marked
for "execution" this week.
The first anniversary of the birth of
the Dionite quintuplets was celebrated
at Callender, Ontario, Wednesday.1
Charleston Editor Dies
Charleston, May 31-?Thomas It.
Waring, for 38 years editor of the
Charleston Kvenlng Poat, illod ut hie
residence, 2f? l.amboll street, shortly
after y o'clock tonight. Ho was lu
his 04th year.
Mr. Waring first became ill with
heart disease about two years ago.
Ills last uttack began the latter part
of April when he was In New?York attending
the annual convention of the
Associated Proas and the American
Newspaper Publishers association.
Mr. Waring had an active part in
the cultural and business life of Charleston
for nearly forty years.
Hold nuggets vuluod at $824.41 are
reported to have been found recently
in White county, (leorgla. by a gold
miner ut the mine of the Dixie Uravol
| company.
Joseph 1." StelnineitK, young ministerial
student, was convicted In New
York in his trial on a charge of killing
his 17-year-old wife and a t'atholie
priest In u hotel room. The Jury
made a strong recommendation for
mercy and thcidefendant will probably
be sentenced to life imprisonment.
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... ... ........
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KELLY PETILLO ON MAY 30, WON
the 500-Mile Indianapolis Race on
Firestone Tires, breaking the track record
and driving the entire distance at a rate
of 106.24 miles per hour.
This record is an outstanding
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miles in less than five hours on this rough
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without tire trouble of any kind,
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Gum-Dipped Tires.
AB JENKINS ALSO RECENTLY
demonstrated the stamina, efficiency, and
blowout protection built into Firestone
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pound car over the hot salt beds at Lake
Bonneville, Utah, 3000 milfes in 23 V4
hours. This was an average speed of 127.2
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These records are made possible by
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^ fitiiaia - - -
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4.50-21 $ 7*75
4.75-19 8.20
5.00-19 8. SO
5.25-18 9-75
5.50-17 10.70
6.00-16 11.95
i 4.75-19 HD 10.05
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