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Camden Dealer First To Lose His License The state tax eotnmlBHlon yesterday revoked a retail lienor dealer's license for tin; first time and declined Ills $2.0(10 surety bond forfeited. Chairman VV -Query said license) No. 2tiy, issued to J. C. WrlKht of Camden last June 27 under the new slate liquor law. hud been canceled upon a derision of tile eommission that Wright iiatl sold li<|uor Illegally. The revocation wa^ the iirst of its kind, a previous rule against Li. O. HusKelmeyer. Jr . of CharleHton. Ituv- ' ing Ijeen adjudged satisfactorily an* | s we red, after a lkettrtng htsl faii. ' Wright set up an alibi defense and I disc laiuied proprietorship of the prom-{ isrs where the liquor allegedly was sold at a hearing November 20. The com til ission's decision, signed by Chairman Query and Commissioners .1 I'. hcrliHiii and John (J. Richards, apd made piildie by C. K. Wln gate of cornmiHSio)) counsel, set forth: "The evidence as to the sale made Sunday. October 12, liKift, of one-half pint of alcoholic liquors by the respondent is very conflicting, but utter careful and painstaking considerftfton, The commission is of llie opinion thut J. C. Wright pursonally made tiie sale and personally received the money in payment theretof in violation of luw." It ordered Wright'* license revoked and held that the bond "has been breached and the full umount thereof shall be paid to the South Carolina tux commission." Oonatables D. T. linckubee, T. D. Stout and C. K. Gardiner testified that Wright had sold them a half pint of whisky at the "Log -Cabin." near Camdeu. Sunday night, October 13, in violation of provisions of the law aguinHt sales on Sunday, ufter nightfall and outside licensed stores. His store was some distance away, but the officers said they found -throe cases of liquor at the cat)111. Testimony was offered to the effect that he faced charges of bootlegging in the Kershaw county court of geueral sessions Three defense wittiest* es said lie was a I Florence the night of the alleged offense, however, and Wright disclaimed connection with the sale and t lie ' Log Cabin" est;\b , lishment Agents Of ill-' cult ill State homiit'.g firm wiiich i-suni tie- bond for W rig la i )< i e a t -,) were eeusid- r ing t !i | ?!.,: n \ n1 .in a ppe.ij I'm;m ' tile ( iCUIIil .- iol.'s iltil-iell to tile sti:t>-| court S. and a like sicttou mi lit b< J taken ! '. \\ r.ghi s < ouns< I Tax ? Mir.r.i j--ion officials meanwhile binled that similar rule- to show cause w mi Id be lib il in tin ma r tut lire against several other licensed dealers. Wi dnestln> s Stale. Lieutenant William L Foley. Jx, one of I nch* Sam's pioneer coastguard aviators, died at Salem, Mass.. Tues.day, of a lorni of septic poisoning, lie was ii bolder of both sliver and gold congressional life-saving medals. NO TRESPASSING All persons are hereby warned not to trespass on tlie lands of Carrie Stokes llorton. one mile south of Cassalt, in School district Number 2ft. All are forbidden from hauling straw, setting fires or in anywise destroying tliis property. MRS. CARRIE STOKES HORTON, Route 2, Cassatt, S. C. 36pd. t " '1 1 I I 11 I I 1 f Care Urged in Use of Firewood With the arrival of cold weather comev the pocesslty on the part of rurul citizens to draw from the fuel supply Mother Nature has furnished in our farm woodlands. On these frosty mornings the sight of u tenant darky hurrying to some nearby stand of young pines to secure a temporary supply of fuel wood is not uncommon. There is no reason why winter's supply of fuel wood should not be obtained from the farm woodland, but care and Judgment should he exercised to tin* effect that what is removed for tills purpose, is not something that lias a value, or Is developing a value, that would make Itff yse for fuel nrtfTiibltivo. If landowners and tenants juiului It a polut to consider the condition of what is being left, as well as what they waut to get out, the process of getting wood for fuel ean result In the productivity and value o?. the woodlands increasing, / In cutting fuel wood, tbow) trees should he removed thut are dead, or dying, those badly diseased, trees which are forked or so crooked that they will never produce u saw-log. Trees thut huve little or no commercial value should he cut, rather than those for which there is u market. Home of tho trees which are inferior are black Jack oak, scrub pine, maple, hickory and gum in the case of young pines occur ring In over-stocked stands, they should he opened un to an extent that re suits In the tips of their crowns barely touching ouch other. The young trees removed can be used profitably around the farm for fuel, or. when the. trees arc of sufficient size, they can he split and used for picket fences. If trees are to he cut for saw Limber. none with a diameter of less thun 12 inches at a point 4 foot, 5 Inches above the ground should be removed. In cutting these trees care should he taken that stumps are kept as low as possible. Any young growth established on the ground nt the time of cutting should be protected Insofar iih possible from tailing trees and logs that are being hauled or skidded out. This young growth is the best guarantee of a future timber crop, and should he treated with the greatest care consistent with economy. For conditions fuvoruble for the most rapid growth of timber crops,, fire should he kept out of the woods. Fin? in the woods burns lilt* r, which, on decaying, adds to the productivity of the soil. Seeds and young trees are destroyed. Older trees art? sometimes scarred to an extent that rem, (let s them worthless. Fire results lu i tree disease. The services of the District Forester at Camden an? always available to landowners in the District, made uj> of Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Richland, Sumter. Chester, Chesterfield, fairfield and York counties. In supplying information and instructions in the i improving and best use ,of their wood1 lands. General News Notes Mrs. Franklin I). Roosevelt said wt i;a press conference in Washington, :j.his week, that so far as she knew lier two younger sons, Franklin, Jr.. and John were now driving carefully. They have recently been mixed up in wveral automobile accidents. The bodies of Dorothy Iiet.hu rem, IS. ami Donald Eyohaner, la, were found this week in a water-filled gravel pit n?u.r Shetidan, Wyoming. Their parents .would not let them marry. The coruner aukl it was a case of suicide and murder. After losing an Initial skirmish in the aupreme court struggle over AAA the administration (tuickly announced this week that the flow of benefit checks .to farmers will continue regardless ol the final outcome of.the rice processing tax case. Eighty teachers invaded the office ; of Victor Chrislgau. state works progress admimm rator at St Paul. Minn. J V?Vdnesdav They said they would j stay there until they got a detinue ! answer on starting a statewide M PA t-diK at ionai project. The program | awaits Washington approval A neatly drea.-M-d woman went to Jtlie Atlantic National I tank in Jacksonville. I 'la , on Wedrrr-sdav. vv 1111 a 'check A teller said it was worthless. She led with the the* k and al.so with $2..">00 in cuireMcy which was mar the teller while he was examining her worthless check. Henry Scott, 2">. assistant cashier of the l.eiinon. Mich., state hank, is under arrest, charged with embezzling $l t.0iu> lie said he did it "because j my salary was only $"?o a month and I could not live on it." The banks ooo deposits are insured in tho Federal Deposit Insurance corporation. According to Federal officials, more thun $110,000 worth of lottery tickets on the Irish and" Canadian sweepstakes. are being held at the post office in Baltimore. Use of the mails in | selling such tickets is illegal. At The End Of The < African Rainbow Whut doe* Mussolini expect to get out of Ethiopia 7 What i* there tliut ( would justify bis expenditure of Hone of dollars and thoi^fuud* or lives? These questions are hurled ut me whenever anyone lludn out that 1 I live in Africa. ^ To moat Americana Africa Mocms a < dlataut laud of fevero, heat, wild mil- . mala and uativea. All theae things are there but many other things as ' well. It la a land of great promise to < those who have the courage and ruthleanness to take. The value of mineral , wealth?chromium, copper, lead, zinc, ( gold and plathium-?which Europe Jil? iii} iUld inuat linpuri, ia W ^iu- ] prehcnd; ua well uh the phoaphutea mi ? necedsaiy to HgriCUltUfe in the overfarmed landa of Europe, And Europe , needs African agricultural products cothjif, rubber, wool, furs, meat and sugar. Hut there is another vast 1 treusure-houae of wealth which Is not < ao obvious trade with the natives. Consider tiny railway settlemeni of l'emba In Northern Rhodesia. Tldr- , teen years ago 1'emha was just a store. There were some mud and grass 1 huts for the natives who worked on 1 the railwuy. Miles out on the veld i small cuttle ranches. The store pas , small cuttle ranches. The tsore was owned by a Greek trader. All day 1 long he bartered with the natives lor 1 fowls, grain, wax, hides and cattle. 1 offering in cxchango cotton .prints, , salt, money and various trinkets. , Within u few years that trader sold out and returned to Greece with sufficient money to live in comfort for 1 the rest of his life. It came from that slow native tnulo. a trade con- ( ducted a shilling at u time. , Two other Greeks bought that store and sturted a small company. Recently I was talking about the grain situation with one of the owners. A : few years ago he considered it a re<\- , ofd year if he succeeded in trading 2,000 bags of grain. Last(, year lie purchased well over 10,000 hags. 'I en ' years ago It was something of an <>e- 1 cusion for a native to buy a plow. Today in a good year, these Greeks, selling only to the natives immediately about Vejnba, dispose of as many as 7&U. ' Today, far in the Interior of Africa, hundreds of miles from the nearest i railway, native women can walk into ( a trade store and purchase a pair' of pastel-colored silk-and-eotton bloom j era for the price of two fowls. (The equivalent in money is a shilling ) They will have their choice of a htm died Cotton prints. They can buy necklaces, silk stockings^, shoes, parasols, sweaters and even ready-made dresses. There are watches, pencils, bicycles, soap, cooking .pots of ever> "description. There are piles of blank cts ranging in price from r>o cents to $10. Tobsicbo, jam, (lour, sugar, salt, tea and even candy are sold in j these stores. Sold often by the I' M ( or 200-pound bag. Gradually injUrcs are learning to use eurpenten^Tools, to build better houses and to wear more clothes, iilaek-skinned men are driving trucks loaded with mail sacks over long stretches of country which few white Auun ever see. Some day these natives who are driving trucks for the government will demand cars of their own. Natives operate locomotives and tractors, drive all manner of machines, run garages. In the government offices there are many natives working as .stenographers, postmasters, and telephone and teJegraplr exchange operators. As these natives .become more accustomed to the uids to living which white men have developed, they will demand these for their own use. Of the 180,000,000 people in Africa 10.000,000 are Ethiopians. For centuries their country has been closed to white men. Now it is opening up. Gradually the people will see and want cloth, guns, lamps, shoes, hats and the million and one other articles which white merchants have to offer. IMcture 10.000.uoo people who 'today have practically nothing but who ioinoiTow will lie wanting nearly every article which we use in everyday life. Is not litis a market wortli lighting for ? There is \ et another souree of new money from Africa. This might lie ' a 11 ed olfteial money. In North- rn Rhodesia. tor example, approximate}. I> halt of the whites are etnbio .d ; oilier ! > l!'i gevi intn iti. the lmt s. i or tin railway \i| ol lh. se oinpto >.- ! are grunto.l a six months' vtu at n overseas with full pay and trav i ig ! expenses < very I wo-and-a-haif < r tar aud-a half years. Each el tlietn s.i\ . e\ cry possible penny against tie- yl when he will land in Kngiand. 1 >i. e there, lie naturally splurges, spendittg money wherever he goes. In the aggregate tliis is an important sou no of new money for the steamship lit > s and business of the mother country, as it comes out of the colony through faxes and never returns. With h- r present over-populated condition and tight economic situation. Italy con d profit well from such a source of new Jobs and new revenue. Henry Madison llarkley of Mont-, gomery, Ala., often expressed a xx i.-h j to die at the same time itis wife du d. \ TTe rushed to a telephone Sunday night to get a doctor for his wife who was suddenly stricken. Returning, he found her dying. Then ho dropped to the floor, dead. About fifteen minutes later site died. Zeb McKinney, constable, was the third victim of a car crash nt Forest City, N'. t\, to die, having passed at j a Rutherfordton hospital on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred Sunday night,, when Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steadman were instantly killed, and a son of the Steadmans, 14, is not expected to live. Mrs. Barbara Miller of Supu^afolale, Pa., has recently celebratod her 102 birthday. She still reads newspapers and on occasion cooks h^r own meals. Her crM^great-granddaughter, June Kauffman, 11, lives with her. anal To Create Ocean Passage In the near future the southern half ,f Florida will bo art Island cut off roiu the mainland of the United jtale* by uu ocean hassage stretchUK across the northern part of the nate from the Atlantic Ocean to the Juir of Mexico. Hpaulsh explorers beleved a natural passage of this kind sxisted and they spent a great deal >f time searching for It on orders of Philip II However, this new saltwater channel will not be the result if natural processes. Instead, it will i nsults ill ihu.iiiturt-ol.Jnam. Wjoikrm our newest canal began less tUttU ? day after first funds were irtade available. Steam shovels now chug Away, digging a channel through tangled growth where Spaniards pnce chopped their way in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth. Set ween Cuba and Key West lies a JO inlle wide ocean channel wherein ire dangerous reefs and shallows. Frequent hurricanes ulso sweep this hi rait during late summer and early full making ship passage through these waters doubly dangerous during this season. Hven though it reluiros careful navigation this stialt la jno of the busiest ship highways or the world. Traffic amounts to about 10,000 ships annually-or a passage evDry 50 minutes. Most of these ships could he routed through a canal across northern Florida. Consequently, the canal is not a new project but has been under consideration for more Lhan loo years, lleth federul and state boards weighed possibilities of such a project. Army engineers rendered a series of adverse reports and definite action was delayed until hint a spec ial hoard of review recently approved the plan. A definite loute was selected and $5,000,000 In works funds allotted for preliminary con*t ruction. Kngineers expect to encounter few uf the difficulties which attended,the i'xcavution of the Panama C.aiial where i in incuse locks had to be constructed and deep cuts made through the tin iintains. Canal building is compaiatively easy in Florida. The highest point in the state, according to the National Geographic Society, is but i wo thirds the height uf the Washington Monument and most of it is only a few feet above sea level. In general. the canal will be about 35 feet deep and 250 feet wide. Work is expected to move rapidly since tbe route is designated to make use of three Florida rivers. Over 100 miles of these streams are already navigable. Dredging operations will open better than 50 miles more. Thus, only about a fifth of the 200-mile, waterway will be for about 40 miles across tlie state "divide." Kntrance to the canal from the east j will be at Jacksonville, 25 miles south of the northern border of the state. The canal will then follow the course of the St. Johns river?which, owing to the flatness of the land, extends southward for 125 miles?southward to the mouth of the Ocklawaha river near Welatka. It will then head southwestward along the winding course of this river for miles through cypress swamps and palmetto and pine forests. After leaving the Ocklawaha the passage will cut through the state divide to the Withlacoochee river which flows into the Cludf of Mexico. Its western terminus will be Fort lnglis. It was not until alter a definite route had been selected that real opposition gathered force. Floridians begun to take sides in a row which assumed the aspects of an intrastate feud. Some opponents were said to even advocate splitting Florida into iww stale with the canal as the borderline. I "anal proponents held Hal bolides avoiding the reels ut theKe; s passage and dangers ot sueli di-asters as recentls befell the Dixie and Rotterdam, grounded by buiiicanes. a savings of both time and money would be effected tor shippers. They held that from two to three days in sailing time would be saved by ships of tho Atlantic seaboard and Kurope with Gulf ports as their destination. Fixed operating charges of a steamship are estimated to average about $27.50 per hour. If time saved pei passage averages 4S hours the shortcut would equal $1,300 per passage or upwards of $13,000,ih1o annually. Protests from southern Florida ineluded those of chambers of commerce of more than 80 towns and cities. Some, of course, were from cities such as Tampa and Miami which are now important ports for South American shipping. Much of this trade would probably be lost to them. However, | the greatest objections came from i fear that the water supply of southern j Florida would bo endangered. Most of the underground streams j which feed the state's springs and j lakes and to which wells are sunk for the urban water supply flow from the northeast toward the southeast. It is feared the canal will cut through the limestone water-carrying formation and divert much of the fresh water into tne can ST. It Is also believed that the water table might he lowered as much as two or three feet and men-. ace the flourishing and extensive' groveH of citruH fruits. At" any rate, It was held, Florida lies so close to sea lovel salt water from the canal would pollute these underground streams. A majority of the geologists said, however, that there were little grounds for any of these oh- j Jectlons. Only time will tell who is right. It is estimated that less than live years will he needed to complete the canal. Jls total cost is variously estinr:l d front $100,000,000 up to $15.0,00 ),000. Initial estimates for maintenance and operation now indicate less than a million dollars per year will be required since the route is practically sea level and there will bo no expensive loc ks to maintain and operate. ; Rock and shale formations through which it passes preclude most of the dangers of bank-washing, slides or silting of the channel. At the peak of construction a force of about 25,000 men will be employed in digging the big ditch.?The Pathfinder. Lloyd Rubin, a patient in the stat*-' hospital for the insane at Dannemora, N. Y., recently wrote on cheap brown paper a plea to the justices of the I'nited States supreme court for his freedom. It was denied; but court attaches said it received just as much consideration as the finely prepared papers of wealthy petitioners. Hugh Wilson Carson. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, Carson*of the Pisgah section, six miles west of Gastonia, died In a liifiSpltaTTn'TJastonia, Wednesday night of gunshot' wounds inflicted about an hour earlier near the Carson home, when a gun in the hands of his brother, John Carson, 16, was accidentally discharged. L. D. Keller, 55, a farmer living near Granite Falls, N. C., tried to commit suicide shortly after noon On Wednesday, by jumping into a well. His daughter, Ruth, kept him from it. But he made the grade any way, because later In the afternoon he obtained a shotgun and fired a load into his heart. HonoV Roll For.^Certtral 8choo| first Grade?Hebron Mae Stokes, frank Hall. Second Grade?Tlcy Lee Humphrey and Vlrtie Mae Outlaw. Fourth Grade?Reath Outlaw, Francis Parker, Margaret Humphrey, Kathleen Nicholson. - TAX NOTICE Tax books for*- the collection or State, County and School Taxes for the year 1936 will open September 16, 1936, and will remain open until December 31, ?1935, inclusive without penalty. Please state Bchool district in which you live or own property when inquiring about taxes. The following ia a list of total levies for each School District for School, County and State Taxes: DeKalb Township Mills District No. 1 42% District No. 2 .. . . 35% District No. 4 38% District No. 6 40% District No. 25 24% District No. 43 24% Buffalo Township District No. 3 .. .. 38% District No. G 22% District No. 7 .. .. 31% District No. 15 22% District No. 20 % 28% District No. 22 40% District No. 23 28% District No. 27 33% District No. 28 ..22% District No. 31 30% District No. 40 42% District No. 42 .... 22% Flat Rock Township District No. 8 33% District No. 9 33% District Nn_ 10 . ?1 r-r. 26% District No. 13 26% District No. 19 33% District No. 30 ... .. ..? ~ 22% District No. 33 i .. ..33% District No. 37 33% District No. 41 33% District No. 46 .. .. .. 26% District No. 47 22% Wateree Township District No. 11 26% District No. 12 ?6 District No. 16 .. 25% [District No. 29 .. t... ? .. 28% District No. 38 .. .. .. .. .. .. 22% District No. 39 27% Yours respectfully, C. J. OUTLAW, Treasurer Kershaw County, 8. C. , ...... r _ i t 1 ' Attractive Gifts EVENING IN PARIS SETS. COTY SETS CARA NOME SETS BOYER SETS KODAKS ? TOYS PARKER FOUNTAIN PENS Martha Washington Candies PERFUMES ? POWDERS WEEK END BAGS OVER NIGHT BAGS LEATHER GOODS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS CIGARS and CIGARETTES CHRISTMAS CARDS TINSEL CORD CELLOPHANE TAPE Drop in and see our complete line. DeKalb Pharmacy The REXALL Store Phone .95 We Deliver FIRE?AUTOMOBILE?BURGLARY?BONDS ? : til ? DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO | 9 "INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS" < {5 CROCKER BUILDING?TELEPHONE 7 | 3 M. G. MULLER ELIZABETH CLARKB, Mgr. ?5 M ALL?FORMS?OF?INSURANCE J w N The Smart Shop , suggests L SILK Underwear for HER Gift We have a complete line of I Pajamas, Gowns, Slips, Bed Jackets and Dar^ce Sets in Satin and Crepe. " ' . 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