Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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L 0 0 K I N G . B A C K W AII I) Taken From the Filen of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Yearn Aico I FIFTKKN YKAKS AGO ? July 2f 1920 Frunt Mackey, negro, of the Casnil 11 H(H'tiOI) gets a Hi>tltO|lCc of n f?* Imprisonment for murder of his broHut Mrs. Carrie Helle Huxley, wife of ^William Huxley, dies suddenly at Iter bottle All Hroad street. Camden Automotive Association formed with Hughey Tlnda) as prcsi(lent; George T. IJttle, vhe preKldeiit ; and J I*'. JeiikliiH, secretary and tr"?Hurer. All garages and nervier stations ?ign and publish agreement to sell for cuhIi only. Wilson Ingram Ogburn, Infant hoii of Mr and Mrs. W. F. Ogburn, (Ilea at Kershaw. "The Lion's Whelp," new book by W. H. Klrkbrlde. Camden author, gets friendly reception "Doc" Hheorn, of Castor Oil cure, fame spreads and many trek to his home near Cassatt for relief for various ailments. Robert ('. Johnson, Cnmdon man. at Fort Ilenjaiiiin Harrison, Indiana, dies from gunshot wound. H. Kloney Moore leaves firm of hewls A- ChrlHtmas to go to Spartanburg to manage wholesale store for Young and Germany. Willie Rethune, serving a life sentence for murder from l<ee county, escapes from state farm. Mrs W. C. Curcton, the former Miss hula Del'ass, dies at the Camden hospital John Richardson celebrates his tenth birthday with party for his young friends. Mrs. II. G. Garrison, Jr.. and children off for a stay at Wrfghtsvllle Reach, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell return from a stay at Wrfghtsvllle ilea 1^1, N. C. Mrs. W. R Hough and party on visit to relatives at Culloden, Ga. ?. Moultrie Hums entertains thirty-five hoys and girls at his twelfth birthday anniversary. The great Christy Mathewson retires from baseball. ? THIRTY YEA KB AGO J Ul72?71905 Colonel Dmiicl'^i^riuijkC, secretary of wu.r 11 iii|t*i' 1'resldeflt (vfc*veland, died <ii IiIh home In t'ouglfKeepuie, Now York, ('. ('. Moore lnii't at Seaboard crossjrik when his automobile hitH a pout. J. E. Creed announces excursion from Heuth Springs to Charleston over Southern railway ?it price of $1.35 for round trip. ) ;. F. Snyder announces purchase of 10. 11. KIiik iraiiufor business. Court of general sessions being held wlih Judge Krnest Gary preulding und I'. T. liruce acting au foreman of grand jury in place of Captain Jamou I,. Ilaile who is abuent In North Carolina. The UHiial complaint of insanitary condition of county Juil in fnade in Jury prouontinent. One man wan presented by Jury for uelling whiukey unlawfully and another for utealing livestock and wltnesseH names furnished for the cases. Mrs. \V. I). Uurrett returns to Camden after an illness in Sumter. Miss Kmily Carrlson visiting her brother in Columbus, Gu. Miss Elizabeth Halle on visit to i Camden from hospital duties in CharJcston. Mrs. John Whitaker, Jr., returns from a visit to relative's in Charleston. Mrs. H. W. DeSaussure and two young daughters, of Atlanta, visiting j.Mr and Mrs. John Whitaker in Kirkwood. Kershaw Guards leave to Join second regiment encamped at Columbia. Many county folks visit new court house which will be ready for holding next term of court. Robert Mei-eod, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McLeod. ul Humbert, dies. Kitter Cannon, negro man residing near Fairfield county line, killed when he fell from a mule und fell on a plow share which penetrated his chest. CENTURY NEWSPAPERS According to a compilation by the American Press, 20S newspapers in the United States now claim more titan a century of existence, of which HO are at present dailies and 11N are weeklies. More than one-half of the dailies in the century class were started as weeklies. A good many of the newspapers which were founded more than 100 years ago and are now in existence have had periods during which publication was temporarily suspended for various reasons. This is true of the oldest of all, the Maryland Gazette, published at Annapolis, which was established in 1727, or 208 years ago. The oldest daily newspaper Ih the Hartford Courant, established as a weekly in 1764. The oldest daily which* was started as a daily Is the New York Post, which dates from 1801. Only two newspapers published west of the Mississippi river are as much as 100 years old, the Arkansas Gazette at Little Hock, and the Herald-Statesman at Columbia, Mo Two newspapers founded in 1 whtc added to the "century club" this year, the dally New York Herald-Tribune and the weekly Advertiser at Edgefield. S. ('. It would perhaps be difficult to find as many as 20S business enterprise.s in any other single industry which have survived for 10?> years. That so many newspapers have done so is J evidence that a good paper has remarkable vitality, it may at times be' pretty sick, or seriously crippled, but J it is hard to kill. ROYAL ROBES OVER PLUG HIDES We got these IlKun-H by way of Tin?' (Jroonwood Index .Journal. The state senate bought J silk robes for its presiding officers during the recent session. They cost $485.00. Speaker of tlie house. Claude Taylor, not to be outshone or out-glittered In that galaxy of scintillating geniuses and sparkling wits, had to have also u new silk robe at a coat of $180.00. "A total," says The Journal, "of $60.").00 for the silk robing of the presiding officers." When appealing to the hill-billies for their votes we can almost see them pounding their plebeian breasts and thundering with leather lungs, about the long summer days when they Jerked the hoe or pulled the bell cord over a nurlo from sun to sun. How soon we learn to love the mimicry and nonsensical imitation of age-old custom and royalty The Journal then proceeds to tell the world that, the approved expense accounts of the last legislature amounted to $41,606.00. This added to the other expenses of the session, totaled $J48,075.00. That Is the sum needed for the privilege of appropriating 7 million dollars for the other agencies. And yet an army with banI ners, and a heavy majority of voles, would have no.more effect upon the lawter leaders for biennial sessions than Mrs i'arthington's cup in draining dry the Atlantic ocean.?Calhoun Times. Forest K Wells, JO, musician, is held by the police of Boston, for what lie described as "an act of mercy," the hurling of his nearly blind sweetheart 2*>. to her death front a hotel window. HUDSON TRUNK MODELS BOON TO CAMPUS Om ol the nuooa for Mi? rafid growtii in the popularity trunk modal* ia dm great capacity provided for camping and picnic aqvlpoMot All ol tba equipmaat ehown in the pbotqppph aan readily b* towed away la the capecioua truafc of tkie Hudaoo ?iowin| aedan modal 1? addition there ia roam far a awpia el ii watf? BOWtll ton arc ?hi in a trunk ci tf?U Wad and to oar miiaulM Ha baaui?Or ^iadappMaaaaao a aawping ttip )uei aa well ae ea a loemei atoneeea anU or a nip to tba tfcaatea. kianoloafar c/f/es I I Milking a Rubber Tree Near Singapore. Prepared by National Geotcraphlc BocUtjr. I Washington, D. C.-WNU tfervlca. THE duke of Gloucester, on his j forthcoming visit to Ceylon, will j present the island with the J throne of Its native kings. The ! last Tamil king of Kandy, Wlkrama Baja Slnha, was unpopular with his subjects. Aided by the British, they ; deposed him In 1815 and sent his throne to Englund, where ever since it has been preserved In Windsor castle. Ceylon Is known to most of us only for Its fragrant tea. Yet aside from producing the leaves of one of the world's most popular beverages, the Island contributes many other products to commerce. Coconut fiber for i brushes; tortoise shell for combs and eye glasses; graphite, an Important i component of pencils; cltronella oil, J applied to ward off mosquitoes; and cardamons, used to deaden the taste of medicine. a pear-shaped Island half the size ! of New York state. Ceylon lies In the ! Indian ocean off the southern tip of India. It Is a British possession and has no political connection with India, j though separated from It only by 22 miles of water. a Hindu epic relates that this strait was once bridged by a causeway, the handiwork of an army of monkeys. Legend rises like incense from 0?y- | Ion. A huge hollow In a rhododendron- j covered hill Is revered as the footprint 1 of Buddha. Mohammedans call It Adam's peak. Arabian legend relates j that Adam and Eve, driven out of j Paradise, were allowed to enter this J enchanting island. In many ways It Is a second Eden. It Is drugged with sweet scents that breezes waft far out over the high seas. Three days before mariners sight Ceylon, they can smell Its heavy fragrance, which rises from flower-deckcd temples, from blossoms trampled on the highway, from bloom- ! Ing lotus, franglpannl, gardenln, clnna- j mon and other spice trees. Natives Have Idyllic Life. British modernization of the Islnnd has disturbed but little the almost Idyllic existence of the natives. Off the palm-fringed shores, where lazy surf rolls on yellow sands, they fish leisurely from outrigger canoes. British automobiles may speed over the Island's copper-colored roads, but Ceylon's 34,000 slow-moving bullock carts set the tempo for native life. On any road, arched over with tamarind trees, festooned with pepper vines, one passes cream-colored bullocks, drawing huge thatch-roofed "prairie schooners," bursting with families and their household belongings. The brownskinned Sinhalese women are slender and delicately featured, often beautiful. The men In their tight skirts, and hair caught up in a bun, appear effeminate. Their mouths are stained senrlet from chewing soothing betel nuts. Ceylon Is q land wrested from the Jungle, it well deserves its ancient name of Tnmrnparni. the Island of "dusky leaves," for most of Its hills and low-lying plains are covered with thick Jungles. Glossy jak trees, bamboos, ebony and other rare hardwoods are woven together by wild vines. Jungle has overgrown Ceylon's ancient cities. The most extensive of these, Anuradhapura, 250 miles north of Colombo, was the capital of a highly civilized Ceylon about 2<V) B. c. a royal residence, with Ort.OOO Buddhist priests among Its Inhabitants, it must once have covered on area larger than London. Hindu Tamils reduced it to a heap of granite posts and sculptured friezes. It now is strangled by creepers. The Ceylon archeology department, which erected government offices and bungalows there, cleared g.adellke corridors to It. so that visitors may view Its fascinating ruins. Sunshine and Heavy Rains. Ceylon's climate Is fairly good for the tropics. Though moist and enervating with warmth, It Is tempered by sea breezes, and Is healthful except In the low-lying Jungles, where malaria has taken heavy toll. Infant mortality la excessive, due chiefly to malaria. Intensive anti-malaria work and maternal and child welfare work are alowly producing good results. The island alternates between scorch Ing sunshine and heavy showers. At times the air Is very still and hot. Thunder over hills and Jungles precede midsummer rains so torrential that every leaf drips. Clumps of giant bamboo already over 100 feet high shoot up another foot In a single day. Liquid bird ealls echo through drenched Jungles. The streams leaping from fall to fall down the central uplands to the coast gush In torrents and sometimes flood the land. Formerly, when scant rain fell, the rivers dried up Into parched watercourses, carpeted with grass. Deer from the woods ventured out on them, and wild swine plowed them up at night. The northwest and southeast corners of Ceylon became burning deserts. To counteract this, Irrigation was begun centuries ago. Irrigation is needed because rice Is the staple food of its Inhabitants. Tlu?--t?ay]y Sinhalese kings made a great^art of Ceylon cultivable by const ruc/ting artificial lakes or "tanks." Moderff^Ceylon Is doing extensive irrigation work, damming up rivers and conserving water in reservoirs for dry times. This has not only converted arid land Into agricultural areas, but has checked floods and malaria. Ceylon's prosperity depends entirely on her agriculture. The soil Is extremely fertile, and about one-fourth of the land Is under cultivation. The valleys are m patchwork of vivid green rice j fields The hills are striped with rows ! of tea bushes, and rubber trees. The I tea industry, largely in the hands of ! Europeans, is the mainstay of the island, exporting about 2T>0 million j pounds annually. Most of the work I on the rubber and tea estates is done ; by Tamil immigrants who migrate an! nually from South India, and return j home at the end of the season. In 1931 | these Tamil immigrants composed 13.05 j per cent of the total population of Ceylon. Ope sees Tamil women in bright red and white draperies winding down paths between the waistJ high tea bushes, chattering and throwi ing tea leaves over their shoulders ' Into baskets. i Aside from tea, and cltronella oil, Ceylon exports chiefly raw materials: cacao, cinnamon, coconuts, aroen nuts, rubber, and cardamoms. Island Is a Jewel Box i Unlike the Tamils, who do most of ' the seskihfd labor the* skilled workers, being largely Jewel grinders, weavers, lacquer 'makers. I Ceylon is a jewel box of precious , stones. In Colombo, the headquarters ; for Jewel grinders and wholesale and | retail Jewel sellers, one may purchase i pearls, glowing rubies, sapphires, ante, thysts, moonstone, and nlexandrltes, those weird stones, green bv day , and sullen red under artificial light. The early Greeks knew Ceylon as "the | Land of Rubles." The island is noted for .its pearls. I The pearl fisheries are located on the northwestern coast along the Gulf of Mannar. Along this shore, which Is sea bottom become land by slow up! heaval, for 10 or 12 miles inland, the , plow turns up oyster shells every | where. Here, at the time of pearl fislij Ing, thousands of boats are anchored j o(T shore, temporary villages spring up oxcrnight, complete with snake charmers and magicians to lure the money of the newly rich pearl divers. Pearls of rare value are sometimes discovered. Legend has it that pearls from ; here found their way to Cleopatra's i earrings and the Queen of Sheba's , necklace. j Ceylon's fauna would populate a weird roo. Rose-colored flamingoes mate in Its nrtiflcial lakes. Man-eating I crocodiles bask on the shores. Through shoulder-high grass, wild buffaloes watch tame buffaloes plowing rice fields. The air rings with screams of wild peafowl and white-headed fishing eagles. The Jungles All the tropic night with uncanny hootlntfs and catcalla The blood-curdling call of the devil bird makes one's flesh creep snd one's hair stand on end. The brown hswk-owl makes a cry like a strangled cat Above the chattering of monkeys, one hears the trumpeting of wild elephants. 1' F, re-AUTOMOBILE-BURGLARY-BONDS gl 3 DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO I 3 "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS" ^11 g CHOCK Kit BUILDING TELEPHONE 7 >11 5 M G. MUU-KH EU2ABBTH CLARKE, M,, jl cu ? ^ . 3H "~?F 15il For Summer Eggs Feed Hens Well CleniHOi), July 22.-?Along with prop-1 er hoiiHing and other measures for hen comfort, feed of the right kind and in sufficient quantity 1b of big importance in the production of summer eggs, in the opinion of I\ H.' Gooding, extension poultrymun. "The main object should be to in-' duce the hens to eat as much mash ' or milk as possible and enough gruiu ' to maintain body weight," says Mr.'! Gooding, "This tdn best be accomp- i lished by giving the hens free access ' to mash all day and by feeding all j Uie grain they will eat in the late af- j ternoon. The hens should eat more' mash than grain during the Bummer; I in fact, by the time the hot weather comes the hens should be eating about! twice as many pounds of mash as ' grain. * Jiens that have free range all day |' usually do not eat enough mash fori maximum <<gg production. This is the priucipal reason why a large number of successful poultry raisers leavo ! the hens in the house during the fore-j noon. In this way the hens can be 1 kept close to the mash hoppers and ' wtll consume more feed. During the! extreme hot weather a moist mash'" feed at noon will help to increase < mash consumption. I "Plenty of fr^sh water is very es- I sential to a high egg yield. Water is i the cheapest feed on the average farm ' and yet one of the most important." i I ointing out that feed prices are < relatively high and cart1 should be exercised in the planning of feed crops j and in the purchase of concentrates to ] balance the ration. Mr. Gooding sag- ; gests that good succulent green feed, ] preferably one of the legumes such ( as alfalfa, clover, or lespede/.a, will help to maintain egg production. In j the absence of a permanent crop to f supply suitable green feed, soybeans, cow peas or sudan grass will furnish an abundance of good green feed during the summer and early fall months ! ] Farm Real Estate ' Values On Upgrade Clemson, July 20.?"Recent reports from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics show that important changes took place in the farm real estate situation during the year 1933-34, and Southern states show the greatest increase." says D. W. Watkins, director 1 of the Extension Service. "There was a reduction in the frequency of distress sales, an increase in the frequency of voluntary trans- ! fers, an expansion of the farm mortgage credit facilities of the Farm Credit Administration, and the com- ' promising, refinancing, or other ad- ( justment of a large amount of mort- * gage indebtedness. "For the second year in succession, i "Director Watkins points out, "farm 3 real estate values in many of the ! principal agricultural sections of trie I nited States showed a substantial ] upturn. During the year ending 1 March 1, 1935, the average value per ' acre of farm real estate for the coun- 1 try as a whole increased from 76 per cent of pre-war to 79 per cent. The ' interesting details of this are covered ; in Department Circular 354, The Farm Real Estate Situation, 1933-34, just released by the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D. { C. It is the judgment of correspondents in their reports to the Department. the indication of reported sales, 1 and the opinion of observers in gen- 1 eral that the upward trend in values ( which began last, year has continued. The greatest increases, relative to ) values ? year ago. occurred in the i Southern States, particularly in the 1 Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mis- 1 sissippi. the increased return from ( cotton and other crops probably being j the most important reason for the i continued rise," Mr. Watkins contin- t ties. "The receipts in 1934 from the sale of farm products (including rent- ( al and benefit payments) were nearly twice those of 1932 in Alabama. South 1 Carolina, and Georgia; two and onehalf times in North Carolina, and half again as great in Mississippi. The increase in the index of farm real estate values amounted to 11 points in Alabama, nine points each in North and South Carolina, eight points in Mississippi, seven points each in Geo. Tia and Louisiana, and six points in Kentucky." Various European nationa now owe ! ? more than $13,000,000,000 n war debta, including principal and 1 interest. Driver Of Car Hell For Death Of Cook< Conwuy, July 24.?Wallas Floyd car salesman of Fairmont, N. c free under $2,000 bond today"! answer for un automobile acdd that caused the death of state 8e tor 11. Kemper Cooke of Horry jJJ A coroner's jury held here yegu, day that Floyd was driving "in careless manner" when his car 8trUe| Cooke on the Conway-Myrtle Bead highway July 14. The tiery little sen ator died two days later. DANGEROUS TRUCK8 There is no denying the fact thoB heavily ladou and ponderoog tmcl are hogging the highways thew dayfl making the driving of a pasaengeB car dangerous and no pleasure to thl driver of a plain automobile. ^B The Hamlet Messenger tells of a biB truck leavihg the highway uear tt)H Pee Dee river bridge one day ltS week killing the driver, it jg the truck curried 4,000 gallons ofp^J The Hamlet paper further statesH Returning from Wilmington last Sutfl day night we passed over a huudrefl gigantic oil trucks, narrowly escape^l being forced into ditch on two oect^| aions. We are informed that orcflj three hundred of these trucks IotH' that city for varying destinations eB ery night." I No doubt the oil companies find dfli livering their product by truck costfll less than if shipped by rail. But tlifl SOU heavily laden trucks over oiB highways evidently are making muifl' jf concrete and bitulithic at theefl' ponse of the taxpayer who is toaH' pelled to pay for bonds and interaH* 'or good roads. j j Then, too, it is quite possitfed^H railroads themselves are resporiri^B for loss of business. Tbe railm^H pay enormous salaries to so-caB^^ executives. A negro fireman is pifl $200 a month or more in wages, fl j are many others receiving two three times the wages they could gflj In other lines of employment. A tnflj driver is lucky to get $25-a-week wages. j | Railroads should clean house place themselves as competitors gasoline driven trucks.?Monroe CITATION | State of South Carolina, j | County of Kershaw. ) j By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judg^Bi Whereas Emmie A. McUucblB made suit to me to grant her Lette^B 5f Administration of the Estate effects of D. F. McLauchlln. -~^B These are, therefore, to cite and monish all and singular the Klndj^B and Creditors of the said D. F. i^Hi L<auchlin deceased, that they be? appear before me, in the Court Probate, to be held at Camden, S. '^E >n Monday, July 29th next, after P^H llcation hereof, at 11 o'clock lui^E 'orenoon, to show cause, if any have, why the said Adminietratl^B thould not be granted. ^B;( Given under my hand this l7tb?^? Df July Anno Domini 1935. i N. C. ARNETT, fudge of Probate for Kershaw Cou^Bj CITATION K State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. j i By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judgtf^Ba Whereas, Bertie L. Zemp made^^fcl o me to grant her Letters of Ao^B j istration of the Estate and 5. H. Lenoir. i These are therefore, to cite nonlsh all and singular the Kii^Bf( ind Creditors of the said 0tolr. deceased, that they be ' pear before me, in the Court of^^P' Jate. to be held at Camden, I'arolina on Monday, August 5tn iffer publication hereof, at 11 n the forenoon, to show can "^B.^ iny they have, why the said Ad?^ * ration should not be gnintetb Given tinder my hand this >f July Anno Domini 1935.^^ N, C. ARNETT^*d fudge of Probate for KersbawCos^B^ drayage! AND J^Boi storaGI f' Mtio