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LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the Fllef of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Yearn Ago FIKTBBN Y ISA KM AGO August 20, 1920 County campaign comes to u close at court house here with M M. Johneon seeking re-election to the house adding some spice to the meeting us to disposition of bridge tolls. liurglars try to crack safe of Carolina Bottling Company's office Mrs Ann Wattn, life long cltljcen of Cutnden, dies at her home, corner Market and Rutledge streets. Kershaw county gets $6,075.89 us her share of the automobile license sales. Mrs. Huslo Baker killed by lightning on the Workman and Muckey farm. Kay Chapman, short stop, killed by pitched ball when hit by Carl Mays, the opposing pitcher In a game between New York and Cleveland at Cleveland. Census figures give Camden u population of li.yno. Arthur C. Denton, infant, dies at Wateren Mill village. Durham Scott, of Boykin, and Miss Ida Dang, of Cutnden, married. Mrs JCIla Zemp Kankln dies ut her home In Wilmington, N, C Miss Nun Hough married to Alouzo Hill Forrester. Bias Margaret Bauskett married to Lieutenant Hoyt Kockefellow in Grace church, Camden. Mr. and Mrs. 8am Karesh return from a visit to Macon, Augusta and At lanta. Tom Ancrum returns from a stay in Hendersonville and Ashevllle. Francisco Villu, noted Mexican bandit surrenders, hut It cost Mexico |2,000,000 in gold and a huge estate with fifty of his most trusted followers as guards White man wanted in Kershaw county on u bigamy charge, arrested at Hampton (toads, Vu., and SherllT Welsh leaves for the return of the prisoner. THIRTY YKAtttt AGO August 25, 1905 Mrs W. I). Anderson, 74, diea ut the homo of her daughter, Mrs. David Wltherspoon in this city. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Jenkins and children, of Kibcrton, Oa., on visit to relatives here) Mr. and Mrs. F. O. 8pann and children, of Moss Point, Miss., on a visit here. Clerk of Court Joel Hough and Attorney L. A. Wlttkowsky at Glenn Springs for a stay. C. It. lleed, of Plant City, Flu., returns for u visit after twelve years absence. Uincaster county being sued for fKO.ooo in the death of John Morrison, white man who was lynched by enraged citizens of Kersliaw. Exciting runaway on North Hroad street when u four horse team belonging to 8. F. Kelly took fright. No damage resulted, Mr. and Mrs. ('. J. Shannon, Jr., at Clifton Springs, N. Y., for a vacation. Lawrence A. Klrkland recuperating from a spell of fever at his home ut Cool Springs. Wreck of a freight train near Hlaney blocks traffic over Seaboard for u day. Chief of police publishes notices to bicycle riders to "sound an ularm when nearlng u corner and turn corners slowly." Engineer Ed Mullock killed at Spencer, N. C., when runaway engine on j Southern railway crashes Into his own engine running at great speed. Scores of people drowned when a Coast Line excursion train runs into open draw bridge over Elizabeth River, in North Carolina. . . 8TORY OF BLIND TOM Millions Were Entertained by Musical Marvel in Years Gone By. Many, nf the older residents of Camden will no doubt recall Blind Tom. the negro piano player, who appeared in the old Camden opera house In the ixxo's. and this sketch from the Philadelphia Kquiivr will prove of interest: "Blind Tom was a negro musical prodigy, born on a plantation near Columbus, (la, some time between the years I Stand isr.3, where his parents lived as the slaves of (Ionera! Thomas (1. Betbune, for whom be was named He was born blind, with a weak mental development, but hud a marvelous imitative quality. In early childhood he Imitated the cries of farm animals, the call of the birds and the sound of the wind and the rain At night he would steal into the house of his master and imitate ou the piano pieces he had heard others play during the day. "His ability to reproduce so accurately on the piauo musical compositions he had board others play led to IBs stage appearances, and he was exhibited in various cities throughout the United States and in London] between the years lStil and 1X73. During his public appearances he often played one melody with his right hand and another with his left, singing or whistling a third, as frequently the classic compositions of Bach. Chopin and Mendelssohn as "Yankee Hoodie." "Sailor's Hornpipe" or otlor pieces of thid class. It is said that his repertoire contained more than " .000 selections, including -some ot l.iszi s most ctilTu ult transcriptions He also imitated the sound? of other musical instruments and delivered addresses in foreign languages without understanding a word of it "He reappeared on the stage in 1004. but being difficult to manage, was soon withdrawn. He made his last appearance at the Circle Theatre. New York, in that year. He died at Hobokeu. N. J., June 13. 1903, where he had lived for several years." Will Rogers had $300,000 of life in- j suratu-e. all of which goes to his j widow An endowment policy of] $30".Hon matured last year. I ('Iietnical "acids and sugar "*for animal feeds arc extracted from sawdust, t'aseln derived from skimmed milk is a principle ingredient Of buttons, fountain pens, electric light fixtures, and other imdded products, and is also used in soap, shoe polish, photographic plates, paints* and in textile i jvrinrffi;:. I ; The list of sythetie wonders might be extended to greater length, and new ones are being constantly added, ruture developments along these lines can not be foreseen, but it is safe to say that they will be of tremendous importance. Doga Kill Boy Hanley. Staffordshire, England. Aug. IS.?A pack of six great danes with a reputation for gentleness with children suddenly caught three-yearold George William Smith alone today and attacked and mutilated him fatally. SYNTHETIC SCIENCE WONDERS Almost Anything Can Be Made Now Out of Almost Anything Else. Scientific research, whereby new and useful materials are produced from substances hitherto of little or no value goes on apace, in spite of the depression. One of the most noteworthy accomplishments of chemistry is seen in the long list of products now made from ordinary coal tar. It is the basic ingredient of aspirin, of which 3.700,000 pounds were produced in a single year. It Is also used in the synthetic production of many other medicines, dyes flavoring extracts, perfume^ and molded plastic materials. The odor of practically every flower may be simulated by artificial means. Thus a combination of citral and acetone gives the fragrance of violets; oil of citronella Is treated to produce llly-of-the-valley; the odor of lilacs is derived from turpentine, and so on. Cellulose, derived from cornstalks, peanut hulls, straw, wood, or sugarcane refuse known as bagasse, is further treated to produce rayon and cellophane. it is also used in the manulacture of sythetlc resins for lacquers and plastic materials, and even for the generation of gas. I MONEY TO LOAN I I ON IMPROVED I I CITY REAL ESTATE I I WATEREE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION | | First National I Bank Building Telephone 62 j Camden, S. C. Battle Of Adua Holds Bitter Memory Home--Adua in a, name that loups to every Italian mind during these days of tension between Italy and Abyssinia. For It wan at Adua that the ItaliaiiH suffered the moat tragic episode of their colonial history. There, on a plateau 7,500 feet high, 120,000 Ethiopian*) in 1876 overwhelmed an Italian army of 18,000, kllliuK and wounding M/>00 itallana, taking 3.000 prlaouera, together with 66 caunona, anna and inunltiona, Generals Daboriulda and Arimondl died In the fighting- - 1'hat battle haa ulwuya remained In the consciousness of both natlona and haa done not a little to hinder the development of good relatione between them. On the Italian side there hue constantly been the resolve one day to wipe out that defeat. On the Abyaalnlan aide there has always been the feeling that at* some time the Italians would march agaiust them again. The llattle of Adua made a great Impression on Mussolini, then a lad of 13. In the book he wrote last yeur to (he memory of his late brother, Arnaldo, 11 Duce recalls that the names of Galliano and Tosllli, heroes ol the Adua battle, were a part of his youthful memories. He cites the chants he sang with his comrades, such as "O Menelek, bullets are of lead, not chocolate," and "O lialtissera (one of the Italian commanders), don't place your trust in the bluck race!" Although the Battle of Adua was a terrible defeat, the Italians have reason to be proud of the conduct of their Boldiers in the conflict. Against odds of nearly 7 to 1 the Italian troops preferred to die rather than surrender. The Abyssiuians were posted in vantage points In surrounding mountains overlooking the plateau on which the Italian army was entrenched and they had a firing advantage over the Italians. Since Adua much water has flowed beneath the bridge between Italy and her coionies. She now has behind her 40 years of colonial experience. She has the confidence aroused by the conquest of Libya in a campaign over an enormous territory, characterized by one success after another. And she also has a number of proven colonial leaders and generals. She has reason to believe that, if she embarks on the venture against Abyssinia, she will erase the memory of Adua. DO YOU KNOW THAT Iif spite of tills zipper age the average man buttons and unbuttons more than 3,f>00,000 buttons in an ordinary lifetime. From five to seven p. m. have been found the most dangerous hours in auto traffic. Twenty-five dollars instead of $20 is the maximum Indemnity farmers may now receive for grade cattle tested and disposed of In the government's Bang's disease control program. Only two of nearly 650 prisoners released from Sing Sing prison last year served their full time. As early as 1878 Mark Twain wrote: "Communism is idiocy." The All-seeing Lye made its first appearance in Great Seal history when it was suggested for the Great Seal ot the I'nited States and finally was adopted by Congress. More than 216 persons lost their lives in Fourth of .July accidents this year. 1 he profile of George Washington was t!ii> first head used on Anierii an coins.-- Pathfinder. HELPFUL HINTS Milk bottles should always be carefully washed and dried before placing them in the refrigerator or Ice box. Shoulder straps of underthings can be prevented from always slipping oft by sewing a short piece of tape to the Inside of the dress on the shoulder seam and putting a snap fastener on the loose end of the tape and the shoulder strap. All meals should be planned so as to use up left-overs. To measure a cupful, tablespobnful I or teaspoonful of any dry Ingredient , fill the utensil full and level off with j a knife Equal parts of ammonia and spirits | of turpentine will take paint out of i clothing ?Tiie Pathfinder. ! _ _ ) Hatching In An Unusual Nest Clifton Kiley had an experience rej ?? n11> that is not only now to him' sell hut probably to all our readers. He has a road job with the state hiuh| way department While at work m ar i Kidgeuav in 1?airfield county one of : Ills employees, on the side of a bank I spaded up a nest of partridge eggs, i While holding them in his hand 9 j little partridges were hatched. A j road colleague and friend took them to his home in Lexington county, j where a little bantam hen was put j in motherly charge. They are said to be doing well ?Calhoun Times Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Ge MoGee, Copyright, 1U28. MIKE CLARK 8TAND8 BY HIS BROTHER speaker of the house, waahiligtOU, d. C. deer sir: ? plese take notls that the Jule Clark, who yore investigating committee found had signed a tellygram to his i uennator ask1ug him to kill the uf 11llty bill, Is not a forgery, and hp ain't dead as reported, hut he had a verry bad apel last summer and was give up 3 times. he do not remember about eeudiug anny tellygram, but he wants you to know that his name is Jule Clark, like they had It printed, he does noLknow what the holding company Is trylug to hold, so you mought inform him by letter what It Is they don't want to turn uloose. Jule Clark 1b not In favvor of all copper rations, but as he hus a cuzzln working on u big power dam In georgy lie wants to pull for them, and it is ok by him for his name to be used, the Clark that the committee thought wuh dead is a distant uncle of his which got bit by a mad dog and ketched the hydry-phoby from It and passed on. thiB corry spondent, who is rltlng this letter for his brother, jule Clark, thinks that the power trust should be allowed to keep everthlng they have in the way of footholts, and allso be given higher rates if they want same, as they give away a right smart of tnonney to charity, and they brighten up all corners while doing so. Jule has newer had anny connections with a holding companny; he says he entertains a great deal of companny at his house, but he Is always willing to let them go, and he do not hold them back, most of them is his wife's klnfolks, and he ain't on anny better terms with them than the power trust is with the dimmercratic add-ministration ansoforth. if the power trust is offering anny money for tellygrams, or lias benn ketched paying others for wires to congressineiis and sennators, plese tell them to send jule 10c for his dispatch, as he has not received nothing for the use of his name up to now. jule can use a right smart of monney at this riling, as the holding i umpaniiY which holds a mortgage on his ford will possibly re-possess same next week. yores trulie. mike Clark, rfd, legal advisor. ANYBODY KNOW THE SKINNERS? deer mr. edditor: ? inrs. holsuni moore has called on me to rite or foam yore valluable paper and ask it to help her trace her ancestors, as she Is hoping to become a member of the d. a. r.'s. this oggan-lzation do not except anyboddy but the cream of the community, and she thinks she Is that. her husband, holsum moore, do not seem to be very much het up overj her trying to become a d.a. r. he says she tried to belong to the u. d. c. but onner count of her familey tree, she was ruled out. her grampa nevver done no fighting that she could locate. inrs. moore feels conferdant that one of her four-fathers fought verry hard in the revvor-lutionary war, but she can't find which battle lie was in, or what his name was at that time; she remembers hearing her uncle joe. say that it was either the battle of the bull run or watterloo. he don't re-collect which. she wants everboddv to look on the toom-stones in all nearby graveyards and rite or foam her if they find anyboddy under same with the name of bert skinner, as the bible says one of her distant rellatives ancered to that name and got killed In the war, but she don't know which one. if it was the american legion, she could get in verry easy onner count of her sister hawing 2 boys that went at rest, and allso martched to Washington in r.?;53 to get the bonnus paid, but she says the d. a. r. carries more honnor than all of the other war oggan-i/.at ions put together whoever knows anny skinners will plese get in touch with inrs. moore by letter. she has alreddy lost 7 pounds hunting for her ancestors, inrs art square and miss Jennie veeve smith got in the d. a. r over a month ago, and it marly breaks her hart to have them got ahead of her in society. annv news of the skinners who have gone on hefoar as far back as l??n will l). thankfulD received, yores trulie. mike Clark, rfd. corry spondent. Fears Race War | Durban. I'nion of South Africa. Aug. I 1C?1 he veteran South African genI eral, Jan Christian Smuts, gave warnj ing to the world today that an Italo nai iimj Hirme a spark i which will explode, the powder kef? of relations between blacks and whites throughout Africa. General NeVs Notes ? ' I 1 ' Plans are in the making for a 19,000 mile air derby to be started from Dalian, Texas, in September, 1936, with total prizes of $150,000. Itlch gold ore deposits have been discovered by geologists under the city of Sverdlovsk, U. 8. S. It., a city of 500,000. The Pan-American clipper continuing its (light from Honolulu to Midway Islands, 1,323 miles, completed the hop in 8 hours, 52 minutes. The house coinage committee has stepped on the proposed bill to authorize the coining of niidget money. The lower house of congress has voted to make the home of President Andrew Jackson at Greenville, Tenn., a national monument. Three mills at Woonsoeket, it. I., were damaged by fire to the extent of $60,000 on Sunday. One mill was completely destroyed. Fire raging in dry timberlands for two days, seriously threatened the town of Hadley Lake, Me., despite the efforts of 200 fire fighters to control the flames. Nineteen persons are reported to have' died in a hospital at Trebizond, Turkey, following a gay picnic party after they had eaten food that poisoned them. John Home, former cotton mill worker, slipped up behind his estranged wife working in a mill at Edenton, N. C., and slashed her throat, almost severing her head from the body, and then tried to commit suicide with the same knife. He is in jail and his life may be saved. Two Baltimore men who were convicted of robbing a hitch-hiker of a suit case and $25 after offering to give him a ride, have been sentenced at Rockingham, N. C., to five years in the North Carolina pen, and after that will fuce trial in Maryland for stealing a car. When Lino Pezzaia appeared at the county clerk's office in New York to obtain a marriage license, he was arrested by federal agents on a charge | of violating the alien citizen laws. While wearing handcuffs he was wedded to the girl who visited the bureau with him. He is under $10,000 bail bond. Enraged by her husband's avowal of love for his secretary, 23, Mrs. Etta Rei8mann, 35, shot the girl to death in New York, when she came to the home of the Reismann's where felie made her home, with the husband. A daughter of Mrs. Reismann by a former marriage was shot in the hand while the husband, very drunk, sat in the car and refused to get out. SUMMONS Stafte of South Carolina, County of KerBhaw. In the Court of Common Ple$?. Enterprise Building & Loan Association of Camden, South Carolina, Plaintiff, vs. Jennie E. McMullen, Defendant. To the Defendant above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint I on the subscriber at his office in the I Crocker Building in Camden, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereto, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: August 2, 1935. HENRY SAVAGE, JR., Plaintiff's Attorney. To theNon- Resident, Jennie E. McMullen : You will take notice, that the summons In this action of which the foregoing is a copy, together with the complaint, were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County on the fifth day of August, 1935. HENRY SAVAGE. JR., ' Plaintiff's Attorney. V t h 1 A i O ? ??tn M nt n .. .1 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF^ I State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. I In the Court of Common Pleas. I M. J. Porter, Administrator tUu? testamento annexo of the estat,, 0f March Adams, deceased, Plaiutiff against I Hattie Thompson, Kate Adams Jerldo I (Jericlio), Bachael Adams Williams B Carrie Davis, Willie Thompson' B George Thompson, Fred Thompson James Thompson, Mamie 'J'hoiW Thompson and Mannie Thompson minor, Angelina Thompson, minor' and Charlotte Thompson, minor, or if said defendants or either or any H of them be dead, then John D0e I denoting all heirs at law, adults and fl or minors, devisees of March fl Adams, deceased, Defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned und re- I quired to answer the complaint In this action of which a copy is here. with served upon you, and to serve H a copy of the answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their of- ^B flee in the City of Camden, 8. C., ^B within twenty (20) days after service thoreof exclusive of the day of such service, and If you fail to answer the 1 complaint within the time aforesaid, I the plaintiff In this action will apply I to the Court for the relief demanded I in the complaints KIRKLAND & deLOACH H T. K. TROTTER | Attorneys for Plaintiff. } To the defendants, Kate Adams I | Jerldo (Jericho), Rachael Adams WllHams, James Thompson, George Thompsqn and John Doe, denoting all ^B unknown heirs at law, adults and or I minora, devisees of March Adams, de- ^B ceased: Notice is hereby given that the com- I plaint and summons, of which the foregoing Is a copy, was filed in the I office of the Clerk of Court for Ker- H shaw county on the 15th day of Au- I I gust, 1935. I KIRKLAND & deLOACH I T. K. TROTTER j Attorneys for Plaintiff. j To the non-resident minor defend- I ants collectively denoted here In as I John Doe, arfd to the persons with I whom they reside, the following is a | copy of an order of the Clerk of Court H for Kershaw county: It is ordered that I. C. Hough, & H quire, be and is hereby appoint ^B , guardian pd litem of the infant 1* ^B I fendants herein collectively deslgntt-^^j ed as John Doe, unless the Infant de-1 fendant or either or any of them, or ^B someone in his, her or their behalf, ^B shall, within twenty (20) days after B the service of this Order upon them, B procure the appointment of a guard- ^B Ian ad litem for the said defendants; I that the said I. C. Hough, Esquire, it^B authorized and empowered to defend ^B the said action in the name and in^B behalf of the said infant defendants ^B and to do such other things necessary H thereto; that service of this notice B upon the said infant defendants, JohnB J Doe, shall be published conlncidentB I with the summons also ordered to bel served by publication. J J. H. CLYBURN, Clerk of Court for Kerahaw County. ^B FORECLOSURE NOTICE || Notice Is hereby given that in ac-^B cordance with the terms and provis-^B ions of the Decree of the Court ofB Common Pleas tot Kershaw county,B dated August 1, 1935, in the case otB Helen A. Savage, plaintiff, agalnstB Lilla Maude Banks, defendant, I wiHB sell to the highest bidder for casb^B before the Court House door at Cam-B Han gnntK fAnwtww t Ha .1 hours of sale on the first Monday September, 1935, being the 2nd day^H thereof, the following described proP"B "All that piece, parcel or lot of lano^? situated in the City of Camden, State^M of South Carolina and County of Ker-^B shaw, having a frontage on Nortfi^M Broad street of the City of Camden one hundred ninety-two (192) feet-B running weatwardly to a depth of hundred fifty (150) feet; bounded <>* the North by Nineteenth (19th) streAB East by Broad street, South by 'ot,^B now of Henry Savage, West by lotsOM j George T. Little." Terms of sale: For cash, the ?aa*M ter to require of the successful j>1 der, a deposit of five (5) per cent his bid, same to be forfeited in c^B of non-compliance; no personal or d flciency judgment is demanded a the bidding will not remain open an M the sale, but compliance with the may b? made immediately. W. L. DePASS, JR-? Master for Kershaw Counw* Henry Savage, Jr., ! [ Plaintiff's Attorneys. 1 NOTICE | ! A two per cent discount will be allowed on 1935 fi ! taxes paid during the month of September only. j ; | J. C. BOYKIN, I | City Clerk and Treasurer of the I j ' City of Camden, S. C. I FIRE?AUTOMOBILE?BURGLARY?BONDS ? I j ijj DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO f I . "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS"'.' iB P Vx CROCKER BUILDING?TELEPHONE 7 i | ! M G. MILLER ELIZABETH CLARKE, Mr* jjjl j AU?FORMS?OF?INSURANCE , -