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A GOOD ! JOB ALWAYS! OURS is a "hospital" for run-down heels and wornout soles. After our attention old shoes look and step along like new! First-Class Repairers ?that's us! PROMPT SERVICE Visit The Kershaw County Fair Next Week Lomansky's SHOE SHOP Camden, S. C. ODD ACCIDENTS A Canadian farmer. John Miles, was probably as surprised an tin* hare whin tin- annual popped out of a main reaper neatly bound In a sheaf of wheat. The startled rabbit had leaped Into the machine and whirled quickly through the blnditiK machinery Trapped on a train trestle In Ten lies see, the four months old baby of Mr. and Mrs Lewis Bymer, escaped unhurt after a locomotive and seven ears had passed over its body. No one could explain how the child happened to he between the rails. Lying in his little crib fast asleep and protected only by a mosquito netting, the^month-old- baby of Mr. and Mrs J. J. Nauton. of Maryland, was suffocated when a pet kitten clambered into the crib and lay down directly on the child's mouth. While climbing the stairs from a dam gate control shaft In Montana, a hammer, falling front the pocket of the man ahead, struck VV'yatt II. Jones on the head, knocking him unconscious, His skull was fractured when he fell 21) feet to the bottom of the shaft. Boy Picks Much Cotton Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Poison. of Cassatt, Route 2, recently picked. In one day, 2U0 pounds of cotton.' The lad Is ten years old. This seems to he a good day's picking for anyone.? Lee County Messenger. TAX NOTICE The hooks for the collection of State. County and School Taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1. 1926, will be open from September 15th. to December 31. 19S6, inclusive without penalty. When making Inquiries regarding taxes, be sure to state the District Number In which you live or own property. The total tax levy for the various districts are as follows. DeKalb Township Mills District No. 1 46 I >ist ri< t No. 2 . , . . 37 V* District No. 4 39Vfc District No. 6 41 Vfc District No. 2f> . . 26*4 District No 4 3 ! 25 Vj Buffalo Township Tdstrict No 3 , 39 ^4 District No 5 2314 District No 7 32^ District No. 15 23*4 District No. 20 29^4 District No 22 41V4 District No. 23 29^4 District No. 27 34 14 District No 28 2014 District No. 31 31*4 District No. 40 . . 43H District No. 42 23*4 Flat Hock Townahlp District No. 8 3414 j I >i?t riot No. 9 . 34 14 District No. 10 27^4 District No. 13 26*4 District No. 19 3414 District No. 30 .. 2314 District No. 38 34 \4 District No. 37 34 14 District No. 41 31*4 District No. 46 2"^4 District No. 47 23^4 W ate ree Township District No. 11 26*4 District No. 12 37 District No. 16 26 ^ District No. 29 29^4 District N& II 1114 District No. 39 28^4 Yours respectfully, . 1 C. J. OUTLAW, Treasurer Kershaw County. 8. C. ' I October Busy Month For Alert Farmer Clemtou, Oct 0 Benlde* the usual harv .%tlng of the main crop* there in plenty of Important work to do In October, say extension specialist*, making these timely suggestions Agronomy- Start now saving stable manure for next year's crops Plant wlntei cover crops to reduce Joss of plant food and to add nitrogen. IMant oats early for best results Sow rye early for Improvement of poor soils Sow barley as a source of excellent feed and sow wheat as a source of food Horticulture?Select varieties adapted to your section, and place order for fruit trees with a reliable nursery Cut out all dead branches on fruit trees before the leaves drop Thin out young turnips, beets, kale, spinach, and lettuce, to hasten development (lather green tomatoes Just before frost and store In a cool place; even half-grown ones will ripen. Agricultural Knglneerlng ? Clean out grain drills and set to plant desired quantity of seed. Set grain drill furrow openers to run three Inches deep This may prevent some winter killing Where corn buskers and shredders are available, desiruble roughages can be made from corn stalks and fodder. Make arrangements to do more terracing during fall and winter months Make needed repairs on buildings. IMant Diseases and Insects?Treat small giain seed for smut, or plant smut-resistant oats. Select sweet potato seed from disease-free vines. Use paradlchlorobenzene by October 10 in the Piedmont section and October 20 In other sections to control peachtree borer. Harvest corn early to reduce weevil Infestation. Fumigate stored grain with carbon bisulfide. Kill plant lice on fall vegetables with nicotine sulfate and soap spray. Hequeen hives and feed bees where necessary. Animal Husbandry?Sow some small grain (barley, oats or rye) for winter hog grazing Castrate pigs when they are three to six weeks of age and use precaution to control the screw worm. Arrange to feed out a carload of steers and use the manure on the farm. Turn beef cattle on a reserved pasture which has not been grazed during latter part of summer. Arrange to purchase purebred beef bulls If needed. Observe the herds for screw worm Infestation and give treatment, if necessary Dairying?Hun cows on hay and corn fields to clean up after harvest. Feed each cow grain In proportion to milk yield shown by milk record" Cull low producing cows to avoid wintering them. Increase hay and silage as pastures die. Secure service of good purebred bull to make calves more valuable, I.ime the pastures. Plant winter grazing at once using four bushels per acre of a mixture i>f small grains with fifteen pounds of crimson (lover or thirty pounds of Austrian peas. Poultry.?Move pullets to -laying house before they come into full production. (Mean and spray the laying house, and delouse the pullets before putting them in It, Keep com before Leghorns and thus save labor without reducing egg production. Select and sell non laying hens. f Father Shoots Man Who Betraved Girl .* I HI izabcthtown, Ky, Oct. 6?Vernon ? Mockbee. 30, linotype operator, was j shot and killed and Pete Morgan, 25. truck driver, critically wounded in a shooting scrape here Monday at a cafe John \V Cunningham, 73, Hard- | in county fanner, was charged with j {j the murder of Mockbee. Cunningham, from a cell in the county Jail, calmly told a story of the i suicide of his daughter four years i ago when Mockbee is alleged to have failed to keep a promise to marry her. ; { The farmer expressed regret over the j shooting of Morgan. "It was four years ago," Cuaning- . ham snfd calmly, "Mockbee was Mv- I I ing at a hotel and my girl was work- ; ing there He promised to marry her ' The first 1 knew of it my girl came: to me and asked for some money, saying she was going to be married j Sunday. Well, Sunday came and I Mockbee. Instead of marrying her flitted out. He got drunk and threw 1 things at her "My girl killed herself," he continued. The pistol Cunningham had Sundaywas the same weapon, he said, that his daughter turned on herself four ' years ago. jf% 4% 4% checks |% |% |% malaria v U v coijSs Liquid, Tablets first day talvs, Ness HEADACHE Drops SO minutes Try "RuP-My-TIsm"? World's Best Liniment - ; ' f J. , ? ?* ? "w ^ rfrf*' f ,V"">' , - Says Party Has Fi^ht On Hands Representative J P. ltlchards of Lancaster, couKrcitiiiiiau frqm the fifth South Carolina congressional district, told a Democratic rally here Friday that the Democrats had a. "flKht on their hands" In the current campaign. Thretr "fundamental grounds" upon which the party ahould wage its fight, Kit hards aaid, were: "First, traditionally we are Demo cats, sacoud, tha Democratic party has made a great record and has restored prosperity in a large measure to this country; and third, President Roosevelt has proven to be one of the greatest Democrats ever nominated by the party." Other speakers Included: Mrs. lv?y dough Johnson, former State Senator James H. Hammond, A. J. Hatfield of the State unemployment compensation commission, and Miss Utha Gray Smith, of the State Labor department, all of Columbia, and Dick Foster, legislator-nominate of Green v I lie.?Chester News. 1 ? Nine Miners Killed When Cable Breaks Mullan, Idaho, Oct. 6.?"Nine miners plummeted 900 feet to their death today when a cable broke. dropping & ' three deck cam* to the bottom of a 3,950-foot mine shaft. The cable snapped about 1.400 feet above the <hk?, which even before it dropped wan 3,060 feet down ^n the morning mine. Ah the cage cracked to the bottom of the shaft, 56,000 pounds of steel cable piled down upon it, crushing the elevator ami Its human cargo. The bodies were so mangled Immediate Identification of some was impossible. Andrew Kese, 64; He* Mitheletta, 28; Jerry P he lan, 28; Cleo Purcell, 28; Iritis Goff, 24; August Blponan, 62. ? The lower deck of the elevator had just been loaded, and was being operated by4^Keinan Henry Aune at the surface^*^ I VISIT US WHILE AT THE COUNTY FAIR I I Camden Candy Kitchen I I Choice Fruits, Home Made Candies, I Home Made Ice Cream I I Fountain Drinks I I Apples, Bananas, Oranges, Grapes, Pears, Lemone Visit our store, you will receive prompt, Courteous attention a%all times. And, too, we carry the very I best to be had in the lines represented in our varied | I stock. | j I POPULAR BRANDS BEERS AND ALES?Ice Cold! j s ___________ ** Kershaw County 4 CAID 4 ' Free Acts r tt I l\ Free Acts Camden tXr Oct. 12~17 SPONSORED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST No. 17 and CAMDEN RED FEZ CLUB AMUSEMENTS BY H. W. CAMPBELL SHOWS 6 RIDES 50 Different Attractions 6 SHOWS | FIRST TIME PLAYING IN THIS SECTION OF THE COUNTRY WEDNESDAY Farmers Day FRIDAY White School Day All pupils and teachers will be admitted to grounds free SATURDAY Colored School Day All pupils and teachers will be admitted to grounds free PRIZES AND RIBBONS Roys' 4-H Department Canned Products Cattle Clothing Department Community Booths Cooked Foods Dog Show Flower Show General Agricultural Dept. Poultry ?wine Thrift Department Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics i COME . 77 ~~1 Meet your friends at the best fair Kershaw County has ever had. The management has i spared no expense in giving to this community the very best to be had in free attractions and other amusements, as well as j EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT Agricultural, Livestock, Poultry, School and | Other Departments We invite every community and every indi- | vidual to display their farm products in the Ker- | shaw County Fair. ? :l ^mm^^mMmmrnmI For further information, ptemium list and | entry blanks, address or call on " j| M.M. JOHNSON, Secretary, |l ? Camden, S.C. . Jj? ? - - -?i?