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I I DAVIDSON INSURANCE AGENCY I | | Annie S. Davidaon i I General Insurance I. See Ua For Accident Tickets j i I I 522 E. DeKalb Street Phone 190 I j I S W# Sat th? Standard For Inauranca Service ! IP ***** mimm I Voice From Grave Leads To Arrest The arrest of Paul McQueen, aged 19, for the murder of Robert Jeruigau I on December 22nd reada like flctiou. Literally a voice from the grave reI turned to point an acousing finger at the guilty man. I And the dead man got his' reveuge for being murdered and then robbed I of |267. Hubert Jeruigau, white bachelor, I aged 50, who lived 15 miles north of Be Rockingham, was found dead in his B lonely house on December 23rd, a load of shot in his back. It was known thut he had bashed a cotton check in B Rockingham on December 20th for around $276, but this money was B missing when the cold, stiff body was searched. There appeared to be no clue .as to the perpetrator of the crime. H seemed to be a perfect Job. Rut the murderer made phe slip up ?he never counted on the fact that even dead men can sometimes tell tales. A coroner's jury was empannelled, B an Inquest held December 26th, aud the verdict was that Jernigan came to his death at the hands of parties un|' known. Scarcely had this verdict been reached before brothers of the dead man discovered in a small' note book kept by Jernigan, scrawled in pencil on one leaf, this damning, tell-tale accusing message: 'December 21, 1935, Paul McQueen tryed to Rob me at 8:30 Night." Neill Jernigan, the dead man's brother, at once swore out a warrant for Paul McQueen, a neighbor youth who lived about a mile from the Jernigan home, and Paul was arreBted. H On the coroner's jury was the father of Paul, a brother and another relative, but none of these had to pass on this evidence. Paul was placed in jail at Rockingham December 26th,. and it is said he slept but little that night or the next night, pacing the cell and apparB ently under a mental strain. He is B a graduate of the Hoffman high school j and neither smokes nor drinks. The strain finally got the best of him?or was it a cose of "conscience making cowards of us?" At any rate, December 28th Sheriff McNalr visited him at the jail, and after questioning him for half an hour B Paul broke down and admitted the B whole affair, but said Jernigan was putting, his hand to his hip pocket : B when he fired. Paul admitted taking the money, but said he threw the wallet away. He finally told the truth, and was carried by the officers to the Jernigan fl farm and showed them where he had B hidden the money, 3267, In a jar on a B shelf of the well-shed. The young man had visited ^neighbor Jernigan the night of December 21st, and evidently tried to rob the half-dead man then; otherwise thi B dead man would not have written the laconic message in the note book. And then next day he returned to the Jernigan home, and about noon shot and killed him and got ?he money. He covered his tracks well, had an air-tight defense, but simply did not reckon at a dead man talking, or rather writing. He will be put on trial for his life at the term of court1 that convenes at r Rockingham January 6th, with Judge P. Don Phillips presiding. The youth has retained Attorney Fred W. Bynum to defend him, and it is generally thought his plea will be an unbalanced mind?or an examination may first be asked to determine his mentality and capacity for knowing the nature of his crime. . Solving this Richmond county murder reads stranger than fiction. It is not a case of a dead man haunting, but of a dead man returning to life to point the way to the perpetrator of a cowardly and abnormal crime. Murder will out.?Rockingham Post. IMissing Doctor Found 8hot To Death ChiQago, Jan. 3.?Summerdale police announced tonight that Dr. S. B. Peacock, prominent pediatrician, who disappeared last night, had been found in his automobile in' the suburbs shot to death. INOTlCi The annual meeting of the abac*holders of the Pint National Bank will be held in the directors room, on Tuesday Afternoon, January 14, 1936, at four o'clock. S. W. VanLANDINOH^M, 38-40sb , Secretary NOTICE The annual meeting of the Shareholders of the Camden Loan and Realty Company will be held in the Directors room of the First National Bank, Camden, S. C., Tuesday afternoon, January 14, 1935, at 5 o'clock. S. W. VANLANDINGHAM, Treasurer." 41-42 sb. ; N ;%"< NOTICE OF SALE P.urspant of an ,Order of the Probate Court for Kershaw county we will sell at Public Outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the home of the late S. A. West located in Buffalo Township, on Thursday, January 23rd, 1936, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m., the personal effects of S. A. West, deceased. Included In these effects are livestock, farming machinery and equipment and provisions. D. A. WEST - J. M. WEST Administrators. Dated this seventh da^ of January nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Kershaw, South Carolina. ? 1 I 1 111 . I '"1 Many Fires Stopped By County Bangers !" With the county covered by a blanket of enow for a portion of the paat two weeks the Kerehaw County Conservation Service has had little to do in th? way of suppressing forest fires. The recent Inclement weather wus the end of a period of exceedingly high Are hazard during which a number of fires occurred that should have proved serious had they not been efficiently handled by County Ranger W. C. Perry and his organization. One fire occurring on the lands of Horatio G. Lloyd endangered the homes of several colored families near the Camden Forest Fire Tower, and it was only through the fast work of Ranger Perry and Warden C. L. McKinnon that they were saved. Seventeen forest fires have been successfully handled by the Kershaw County Conservation Service since October 15, 1935. Although this is not an alarming number df fires for an area comprising some 486,000 acres over a period of two and a half months, Mr., Perry and his associate workers are still attempting to impress on landowners of the county that everyone loses when woodlands burn and that the best time to. suppress a forest fire is before it Btarts. The Kershaw Cbunty Conservation Service takes this opportunity to request the cooperation of ftie landowners of KershaW county fn preventing forest fires. < . ? To Meet With Wayside The Lee County Singing Convention will meet with Wayside Baptist church in its 128th session on Sunday, January 12, at p. m. The church is situated about six miles north of Bishopville, 2 miles off State Highway No. 34, and United States Highway No. 15 turn to the right after crossing Lynches r^ves on the CCC camp road. A special invitation to all singers and a warm welcome to all.?L. A. Moore, President. Will Give Oyster Supper Scout Troop No. 33, of Camden, will give an oyster supper at the Hermitage Community House, Saturday night, January 11, commencing at 7 o'clock. Given for the benefit of the Scouts. The proceeds of the supper will go towards purchasing uniforms for the Scout boys. Moderate charges for the supper. TheScout boys will appreciate your attendance and help. I f*ROAD^ j ON TOP OF THE HILL * | The Etot Nickel Hunbnrfef Anywhere, j h Mttk-^-Bottled Drinka?Beer Ice Creeet ? I I H COURTEOUS OPEN UNTIL Ml CURB SERVICE 3 A. M. v **js M jt\ - *L t -j+ . f _v- * iV ? *!u_ J Okefinokee Swamp ,1 I" JJ JJ - " -J - * Okeflnokeo Swamp, Myatery Land of Qaorgla. Prepared by the Natlona4 CJeOaraphlo Sootetr. Waahtnfftou, D. C.-WNU Bervtoe. Ck OWN In the southeastern corj ner of Georgia lies the great / Okeflnokee swamp, a primeval wilderness rich In treasure for the modern biologist. Mystery and em chantmeitt live In Its coffee-colored waters, Its moss-hung cypresses and sunlit plney woods. The Okeflnokee owes a great measure of Its unique charm to Its "pralrles"~-wide, unspoiled expanses filled In large part with a tropical abundance of aquatic plants and flanked with dense "bays" of stately cypress. On these one may delight his soul amid scenes of unearthly loveliness that | have changed virtually not at all since ; the Seminole warriors poled their dugouts over them. The Okeflnokee prglrles are not land, but water! In these morasses are many areas of open water, varying from lakes a quarter of a mile In diameter to "alllgator holes" a rod In width. The snowy blossoms of the white j waterllly gladden many acres of the j deeper water, and the golden, globular flowers of yellow pond-lllles, or "bon- , nets," glow in a setting of huge green leaves, in the shallows fellow-eyed grass, its tall stems swaying, forms a sea of pleasant color. The small pitcherplant Is hardly j true to Its name on the Okeflnokee i prairies, for Its spotted greenish tubers , reach a yard into the air?a height ( unheard of elsewhere; the parasollike flowers of greenish gold, each on a separate scape, stand a little below the summit of the leaves. Another plant Is the maiden cane, which forms dense, yard-high beds. Among Its sheltering stems and leaves the least bittern, the swamp rice rat, and the Florida water rat build their nests. In late summer, as a boat pushes by a bed of maiden cane, a host of katydids will fly out and astound the newcomer by plunging -Into the water and disappearing. These diving katydids belong to a peculiar specie* first described from the Okeflnokee. Resort of Hunters and Trapper*. For generations swamp hunters have pushed over these prairie waters, standing up In their slight boats and bending rhythmically with graceful | thrusts of their long poles. The skilled j boatman Is able to make better progress over the prairies than the bear he chases. Old hunters knew well how to drive a deer out of a prairie head In the direction of a waiting companion. In winter the trapper camps for weeks at a time In these heads, tending his line of traps and taking the pelts of raccoon, otter, wildcat and opossum. . To pass from the sparkling sunshine of the prairies Into the gloom of the adjoining cypress bays Is a striking experience. 1 The huge trees, but'tressed by "knees," stand In close ranks In a foot 6r so of water. Their green crowns, 80 feet or more over head, shut out all but a few stray beams of sunshine, causing even at midday a sort of twilight Here and there a winding channel or *'run" permits the hunter to push his tiny boat between the tree trunks; but m the greater part of the cypress bays there Is tall, dense undergrowth that makes even foot travel a slow and arduous undertaking. The bear, having the double advantage of bulky strength and a tough hide, Is the only large animal that can readily anp rapidly break through such a tangle.. , Good Fishing There. More than thirty species of fishes inhabit tWe Okeflnokee. Persons who love simple pan-fishing, with an oldfashioned reed pole, find here their heart's content. At Suwannee lake this tttft angltnE surpasses that In al* -most any other part of the country. When one considers that the lake is barely a quarter of a mile long, with an averago width of perhnps 80 yards, a year's catch of more than 40,000 fish (recorded In 1925) Is astounding. T~ Farther within the swamp. 8t Billys, Minos, and Buszard Roost lakes, or on the Big Water or the Suwannee canal, there 'is likewise rare fishing. The 4Milk,nf a day's catch with hook -and line la made up of such basses as the warmouth, the -siump-knocker," and the "aand-filrter," with a goodly proportion of mudfish and catfish. Those, who elect trolling are more apt to lam) I ^ Juckflsh and large-mouthed bass. The great state of Texas can boast of 30 species of frogs and toads; the i Okeflnokee region, with, one-two-huudredths the area of Texas, has 20. With varied habitats to suit the requirements of different species; with unlimited breeding places In the cypress ponds, cypress bays, and prairies; with I abundant rains In normal years, and with a warm and humid climate, the Okoflnokee is a veritable frog paradise. | Let copious showers fall during a warm summer's day and by nightfall j the bedlam of amphibian voices arising from the swamp waters and their tangled margins Is beyond description. The field herpetologlst's trained ear picks out of the din the shrill peeping of the oak toud, the droning roar of the southern toad, the plainly uttered "glks" of the cricket frog, the Insectlike chirp of the little chorus frog, the machine-gun bark of the pine-woods tree frog, the hogshead-thumping notes of the Florida tree frog, the deep, hollow roll of the gopher frog, tho "clung" of the green frog, the pig-like grunts of tho southern bullfrog, the .clattering chorus of the southern leopard frog, the hammer strokes of the carpenter frog, nnd the lamb's bleating of the narrow-uiouthed toad. Alligators and Birds. Men still living can speak of the times when It appeared ns If J,a feller could walk across Billys lake on 'gator backs." To this day the Okeflnokee remains perhaps the best stronghold of our famous corrugated saurian. Suwannee luke in particular, where the alligators are protected, provides unequaled opportunities for making, intimate studies of the habits of wild Individuals. Of the approximately 180 species of birds recorded lu the Okeflnokee region, ^scarcely one-half remain during the summer and breed. While some of these summer residents move southward with the approach of cool weather In the autumn, their placea are more than filled by hardier species copilng from the northern states and Canada to find a congenial winter hqme In the swamp. , By far the largest mammal of the and perhaps the mostcinterestlng, Is the Florida bear. From early times It has attracted the swamp hunters?not so much because of any particular value of Its hide and flesh as! by reason of the thrill that comes from matching wits and strength with so formidable an animal. An additional reason for the pursuit of the bear Is Its numerous depredations on the hogs that range through the plney woods and the swamp borders. At a hog's prolonged squealing the residents become Instantly alert, for. It generally means that a benr has seized the animal and is making off with It toward the depths of the swamp. Guns are hurriedly lifted from pegs on the cabin walls, the dogs are called together with the hunting horn, and the chase Is on. < < Primitive Life of the People. For generations tho sturdy, selfsufficient, and gifted people .of the Okeflnokee have led a rather Isolated and primitive existence,Wjmo^rHhem on Islands within the^Whwp, and others along Its borders. They represent some of the purest Anglo-Saxon stock left in our country, though a few of the families have a slight mixture of French Huguenot and even Seminole Indian blood. In ancestry, speech, folksongs, and general social wnys there Is a marked affinity between the residents of the Okeflnokee and those of the Appalachian mouhtalns. In each case there has been comparative Isolation, tending to preserve the cultural heriu age from Britain of several centuries ago. ^ The picturesque regional vernacular contains various elements representing survivals' from the Kllzabethan age that" have dropped out of general American usage. The old-fashioned square dance, or "frolic," still holds sway here as a leading form of social recreation, "pie fiddle, the handclap, the footbeat, and the "eelHegof the set" by the leader all lend their aid to the rhythmic performance. The late fall days?the season of "hogklllln' an* cane-grlndin' '*? . see' these social expressions at their height " ' ,v , V'.? '~l * LANCASTER COUNTY NEWS Interesting News Notes As Carried By The News Of That Town. The friends of Mth. J. D. Normah will regret to learn that 8he Ih a patient at St. Peters hospital, Charlotte. Mth. Norman underwent an operation Friday and it is thought she is getting along nicely*; 1 The death of John T. Stoddurd, uncle of David Stoddard, instructor 1 in mathematics at the l^ancaster high school was reported in Lancaster Sunday. He is survived by three brothers, one of whom is Prof. J. A. 1 Stoddard of the University of South Carolina. i Coroner Van Hegler went to Charlotte Saturday to identify H^axton 1 Wlngate who is held there as a suspect in the murder of O. B. leather- 1 man, a taxlcab operator, as Wingate 1 is alleged to have told Charlotte uf- 1 flcerB that he had never been in Lan- 1 caster, but he readily admitted when Mr. Hegler faced him that ho had 1 stayed in Lancaster for a woek. He 1 stayed at the Central hotel in Lan- 1 caster from November 11 to November 18 and left here without paying i his board bill. While here he posed 1 as an electrician, saying that he was 1 doing work for local factories but it i is said that he was doing no such * kind of work. Seeing his picfure in the Saturday morning edition of the Charlotte Ob- ' server Mr. Hegler immediately identified (he man as the one who had been a guest at the hotel but left without paying his board bill. 1 J. W. Marlowe, father-in-law of < Dufie Housand, who was killed on i Highway No. 9 on Saturday, Decern- < ber 21, himself met an accident while here investigating the death of his 1 son-in-law. Mr. Marlowe was driving behind Sheriff R. A. Blackmon, near i Jacobs Hollow when his car skidded : going down hill and the machine i struck the car which the sheriff was11 driving. . | Marlowe was thrown forward when the collision occurred and his head j struck a glass mirror, cutting a gash < on his head. He was taken to the { Lancaster hospital where his wound was treated." . ~ Magistrate Makes Resolutions Spartanburg, Jan. 3.?Magistrate D. i K. Gaffney has made a New Year's resolut.lo^l'that any prisoner coming before, me will get the limit if he is convicted of driving an automobile while drunk." Shipbuilding in the United States during 1936 Increased 64 per cent over that of 1934. i - ' - ??SMmSWHHH?8S--^^e Hauptmann To Die Friday, the 17th ^ State Prison, Trenton, N. J., Jan. 7. - Bruno Hichard Hauptmann was Hitting In cell No. 0, a towel around hiH neck and hit) face smothered In latrar, when through the burs came a voice saying: "The execution has been set for around 8 o'clock, the night of Friday, January 17." The prison barber lifted his razor quickly off the face of the man who t murdered the Lindbergh baby. Hauptmann merely turned his head toward the corridor of the death honse. There stood principal keeper, Mark O, Kimberlin, bringing him the worst news a man can get. / Kimberllng wore a dark suit and had horn rimmed glasses high ou the bridge of his nose, The barber's razor scraped away again at Hauptmann's race. In that tense moment Hauptmann was calmer than Kimberllng, the principal keeper told about It later today. </- v; "I can remember whether Hauptmattn said anything or not," he explained. "Maybe he thanked me, but I'm not sure. I know he didn't show Any signs of emotion; there wasn't a chunge In his face or appearance." John J. McMahan Passes From Stage , Columbia, Jan. 4.?John J. McMaban, formor state superintendent of education, died ut 1:30 p. m. today at Hlalrs, near here, after an illness of nearly two weeks. Taken ill on a visit to Blalrs short- -~" ly before Christmas, McMahan was ft* believed to be recovering from the third of a Belies of strokes that affected his heart when complications set in. He failed rapidly despite all efforts. McMahan was a candidate for superintendent of education in 1934 and for the governorship In 1930, He ran on an economy platform each time, and was a leade^ in the farmers and taxpayers'league. - , He was state superintended of edro ? cation approximately 20 yeafrs ago and took an aetlve part in Improving school facilities of the day. ' Because WPA workers refused to volunteer to shovel snow from the sidewalks ' of Annapolis, Md., the mayor notified WPA authorities that his city would no longer furnish free transportation ' to workers on relief projects. - ....... 1- i , , l in* L. ' ' " ' -' 'Hr1. " ' , -*-'.-rr-.,--r~ . . /. - ;;- - - y ^ .- -y - J I I 1 THE PLEAS -U SHOPPE ..m ' ~'~f ' v .. ^ - . Dressmaking, Altering and Upholstering ? .1 I. * . 'IP ?5 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ? 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