Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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According to the Associated Press, 130 major companies report 1936 earnings of $873,968,105, giving profits of 47.8 per cent greater than those of 1935. Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, 1928. TEN DAY VACATION IN FLORIDA AND CUBA (Tenth Day) ..We began our home-bound trip about 8:30 Saturday morning, and planned to spend the night about 200 miles from where we live, thus putting^us back where we live and have our being the following night. The further and faster we drove, the homesicker we got. ..Nobody in our party Beemed to mind a little drive of only 640 miles in one day. In fact, everybody waa craving to be worn-out and whipped down by Just such a Joy-ride. After we made up our mind that nothing short of a wreck could keep us away another day, we began to over-flow with happiness. ..After getting out of the hog and cow infested highways of Georgia, we made fairly good time. We couldn't understand why cattle and hogs preferred to nibble grass that did not exist from the pavement rather than from the luscious bunches that were growing in luxury JuBt a few feet out of the way of autos. But that's the nature pf the brutes, inolnding goats, both billy and nannie. ..We had been away nearly 9 days and 9 nights. We had seen not a drop of rain, very few clouds, and plenty of warmth and sunshine. In fact, the weather was 100 per-cent perfect until we got within 102 miles of our home, then it became cloudy and cold and misty. We all yearned for our heavies that were securely packed in the trunk at the rear of the car. ..We did not object so seriously to rain and the coolness thereof, but the fog in front and behind us was so thick you could dip it up and drink it, nearly. Our speed was reduced to about 16 miles per week, bo it seemed. We didn't want to run over or under anything or anybody, so we took our time. We figured that it would be powerful bad to wind up a 3-thousand-mlle trip with a wreck In sight of our cabin. .. We finally arrived at our front door, unlocked it, went in, fired the furnace, and turned on everything. It was 9:26 p. m. There wasn't enough food in the house to feed a rabbit, and everybody was hungry. We found a grocery store open a few blocks away. We bought some rations consisting of eggs, butter, salmon, balogna, crackers, ham, and light bread, and the next best meal we had ever enjoyed, we called that one it. We didn't have to give anybody a tip or say: Is dessert extra?" (Note: This vacation began December 23 and ended January 3, thus permitting us to spend the Holidays away from home bo b we could have a turkey dinner later on). FLAT ROCK 8TAGE8 A 8URPRI8E WEDDING . .the flat rock juvinile club has started out the new year with 2 high scholl plays, 3 tea parties, and 1 marriage. I miss sklnnie brownlow run away through her mother's back winder I last frieday night and got married to woozy green of the class of '39. ..this happy couple has not returned from their honeymoon to the county seat where they are vissiting her uncle. the bride has benn notiflde that she has made her bed and board and now she must sleep in it. she is not welcome back home and there's no one now to milk the cow. ..the groom is afeared to poke his head into flat rock at this rltlng. he has benn lnfarmed that a well-loaded shotgun awaits him In the hands of the bride's father, there are hard J feelings betwixt the families of both \ the brownlow** and the green and ' they are net on meeting tenaa en the 1 the treet* at prubinl. and ?lway . ? * ^ * J see each other acotuiug. ..If the age limit for working children pusses thru congress us at pressent outlined by luhor leader lewis, neither one of those married youuguus will be allowed to hit u lick of work for 2 yearn hence, us they are only lt> years old by the bible, he worked enduring the p.m.'a at the all night tilling station, but they don't want a married man now, as it takes too much for him to live on with 2 mouths. ..feeling has run high against art square, our local maggistrate, for marrying these 2 kids, hut ho suys they swore by their licents thut they were 111 and I'J years old respectively, so lie tied the knot for c7f?, und a promise for 1.20$ us soon as the groom, woozy green, could get holt to same. N ..they have offered their scholl hooks for sail, hut us they are in the ltunds of their fumiley heads, they are not able to re-possess same. mrs. brownlow and mrs. green both say thut the said hooks will be handed down to their younger children ansoforth. if unyboddy gets hurt, the news will be rote or fouined into yore vulluable paper. 1 remain? yore corry spondent. BAD NEWS FROM FLAT ROCK . . maddam gossip in flat rock has infarmed yore corry spondent that the dornestick relations betwixt hon. holsum nioore and his wife has not benu aballed to anny extent enduring the past 30 days. ..the party of the first part has stated that she will get a divorce in georgy as soon as the law reduces the prices of same to 3.76$. the bill to do ao Is now In the legglslators hands, so she says. .. she has not got the reddy cash to go to reno or cally-fornia where divorcee can be bought over-night by the bunch, just like bann&nn&s, and will have to wait for a nearby state to overcome her obetlckles. . .she accuses him of giving false alllbis as to his whereabouts enduring the night-time, for drinking to access when anyboddy gives him a chance, for flirting with strange book agents and maggy-zlne sellers and for incompattibillties ansoforth. ..she will sue for allimony up to as high as 5$ per month, if he fights her case, and she will take all of the children under 10 and give him the 7 that ranges from 12 to 29; this includeQ the 3 married darters and their husbands who have been living on her. ..the trubble started way back yonder and gained momentum, the last straw was when he let the rlde-as-youpay garrago re-possess her ford which she had, paid for in full to him and he did not turn the same in. he says he lost it on the way to the county seat to put In on the table. ..holsum do not seem to mind being sepperated, but thinks it will look bad for the children who have not yet reached the age "of accounter-bility. she Is red-headed and means ever word she says, so he thinks, future news of this subject will be rote or foamed In verry promptly. 1 remain? yore corry spondent. KER8HAW COUNTY BA8KETBALL TOURNAMENT The following Is a schedule and list of teams to participate in a Kershaw county basketball tournament. All games to be played in the Camden high school gymnasium on dates and hours as stated below. Admission to spectators, ten and twenty-flve cents: Monday, March 1 1, Baron DeKalb vs. Bethune girls, 6 p. m.; 2, Baron DeKalb vs. Mt. Pisgah boys, 7 p. m.; 3, Mt. Plsgah vs. Camden girls, 8 p. m.; 4, Camden vs. Bethune boys, 9 p. m. Tuesday, March 2 5, Midway vs. Blaney girls, 6 p. m.; 6, Antioch vs. Blaney boys, 7 p. m.; 7, Charlotte Thompson vs. Antioch Kirls, 8 p. m.; 8, Charlotte Thompson vs. Midway boys, 9 p. m. Thursday, March 4 9, winner 1 vs. winner 3 gils, 6 p. m., 10, winner 2 vs. winner 8 boys, 7 p. m.; 11, winner 5 vs. winner 7 girls, 8 p. m.; 12, winner 4 vs. winner 6 boys, 9 p. m. Friday, March 5 Winner 9 vs. winner 11 for girls' championship, 7:30 p. m. Winner 10 vs. winner 12 for boys' championship, 9 p. m. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties to the estate of H. O. Marvin are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, doly attested, within the time Praacribad by law. iraa^MJtAWOR B. MARVIN Girls May Wed At I t In State j A girl of fourteen may g*'( married | in South Carolina with the consent I of her parents, and (hero is nothing hut lite threut of $1UU or imprisonment lor thirty days to prevent uu unscrupulous preacher, magistrate, i iiuLar> public or probate judge from' murrying girls even younger, accord-, tug to Clarence K. I.uiu, judge of pro ' hate for Charleston county, in a state-5 mont to the News and Courier. 1 Jet ween the ages of fourteen and eighteen, it is necessary thut a girl obtain the consent of her parents to; her marriage, and the law forbids the issuance of a license to couples where the girl is under lb years of age, unless lite parents' consent is obtajued, and under 14 in any cube. l-ack of license does not Invalidate a marriage, but the person performing such a marriage is subject to a fine of not more thun $ 1 uo and not less than $2[> or Imprisonment for not more than thirty days and not less thun ten duys. A hoy in South Carolina may not get married without his purouls' consent until he is 21 years old, und cannot marry legally even with his parents' consent until he is lb. Under a measure introduced in the general assembly last week by Representatives Race, Osborne, Lltllejohn, Walker and llryant, children under sixteen years of age would be designated "Incompetent to marry" and the fine would be incroaaed to $1,000 lor the performance of marrluges without licenses. Mr. Race, commenting on the measure, which has been referred to the Judiciary committee, said: "There is nothing in this state to prevent what happened In Tennessee," referring to the marriage of nine-year-old Eunice WInstead to 22-year-old Charles Johns, in Sneedville, Tenn. So far as was readily ascertainable ( yesterday, Charleston has had no cases in court of child marriages, certain- j ly of recent years. Frequently couples get licenses to marry by falsify-, ing their ages, however, when their appearance does not give them away easily. A license taken out In one county is good in any other county of the state. Club Held Meeting The February meeting of the Char- j lotte Thompson Home Demonstration club wus held last Wednesday evening, February 10, at the the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Smith. This was a Joint meeting as the men were present, and W. C. McCarley gave an interesting talk on the farm outlook for the coming year. After this our County Agent, Miss Margaret Fewell, gave an Interesting talk on the comparative rise and fall of prices of ootton, food stuffs and general commodities Used on the farm for the past twenty years. After this the meeting was turned into a discussion meeting led by Gene Pearce and Mrs. Mattie West and very much enjoyed by all. At the close of the meeting the hostess, assisted by her daughter, Miss Id alee, served delicious refreshments. We were glad to note that about 95 per cent of our members were present at this meeting. Mt. Pisgah Club Met The Mt. I'iBguh Home Demonstration club held ItH February meeting with Mrs. Iru Ellis on Wednesday afternoon, February 17, with seven members present and two visitors. The devotional was led by Miss Olive Haley after which the Lord's Prayer was repeated. The chairman of religion had charge of the program. Miss Madge Funderburk gave an interesting talk on "The Investment of Time." Then Miss Fewell presented the picture for the month with an explanation of it. She also gave an interesting talk on "Making Qfer Old Furniture." Miss Ellis, the hostess, served a delicious course of sandwiches and coffee. Wllford S. Alexander, federal alcohol administrator, has in the making plans for a concerted drive against illicit Manor handlers and dlgtritmtor* in North and South Carolina, Florida and Georgia NA M K any city or town in America, and it'a a ten to one chance that Greyhound eervca it . . . can take you there more conveniently, more comfortably, at leaa coat than any other form of tianeyortation. MORE SAMrfS Columbia . .$ .55 New York . .$9.25 Jfl Win.-Salem . 2.40 Charleston . 2.00 One Way $9.80 Round Trip $17.95 UNION BUS TERMINAL Phone 249 E. DeKalb Street NOTICE OF SALE Notice 1b hereby given that In accordance with the terras and provisions of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw county, dated February 9, 1937, In the case Df Merchants & Farmers Dank, Bethune, 8. C? a corporation organized pnder the laws of the State of South Carolina, plaintiff against C. F. Yarborough, Lonnle K. Yarborough, E. M. yar borough, Baron Yarborough, Birdie Bell Pate, Alice Brannon, Nettle k'arborough and O. L. Williams, deendanta, I will sell to the highest )idder, for cash, before the Court douse door at Caraden, S. C., during :he legal hours of sale on the iirst Monday In March, 1937, being the 1st lay thereof, the following described >roperty: !U1 of my undivided, eight flfith, interest in that certain piece, ?el or lot of land, with buildings eon, lying, being and situate in Town of Bethune, State and Couniforesaid and containing one acre bounded as follows: North by of estate of my deceased wife, . S. M. Yarborough, four hundred nty (420) feet; East by lands of B. Stokes, one hundred five (106) ; South by Fair street, four huni twenty (420) feet; West by :kmon street, one hundred live >) feet. Also my one third undivided iniBt in the estate lots of my deBed wife, Mrs. S. M. Yarborough, taining two acres, lying, being and ate in the Town of Bethune, State County aforesaid and bounded as ow8: North by lot of Mrs. Birdie le Pate and Spring street, four idred twenty (420) feet; East by ds of H. B. Stokes, three hundred een (315) feet; South by above utloned lot, four hundred twenty 0) feet; West by Blackmon street, > hundred five (106) feet." 'erms of Sale: For Cash, the Masto require of the Bucoessful bid, a deposit of five (6) per cent of bid, same to be forfeited In case ion-compliance; no personal or deency judgment Is demanded and bidding will not remain open after sale, but compliance with the bid y be made Immediately. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County. A. Wittkowsky, intiff's Attorney. TAX RETURNS Notice is hereby given that the Ausr's Office will be open for receivTax Returns from January 1st, 7, to March 1st, 1937. All persons nlng real estate or personal propy must make returns of the same hin said period, as required by r, or be subject to a penalty of 10 cent. 01 persons between the ages of 21 1 60 years, Inclusive, are required pay a poll tax, and all persons be-! sen the ages of 21 and 60 years, lusive, are required to pay a Road 1 , unless excused by law. All istees, Guardians, Executives, Adilstrators or Agents holding propy in charge must return same, [ ties sending tax returns by mail st make oath to same before some I icer and fill out the same In pro manner or they will be rejected. B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County. 39 sb. I Save You Tried? LA-LO i new and different kind of Rat, use and Roach Exterminator cominded of 14 different foods and Red t Squill. Will not hurt domestic ImnlB. Live stock. Poultry or man beings. Ready to use just i way you get it. Comes in powder frn and all you have to do to use lo shake it out in dark places for p and miCQ and in damp places, |h as sinks and around pipes for jches. LA-LO is guaranteed by the hufacturers to rid your premises ftRats, Mice and Roaches or your hey will be returned in full. A.-IX) Products are sold by dealers t everywhere. /% g% ? >?* 166 IM, Tablets first fw Kt Nsss HKADACrIK ShStsrSSi CAMDEN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ONE NIGHT ONLY ^ Tuesday, March Z SOUTHS BEST KNOWN MAGICIAN * And His Fun and Mystery Show with The Musical Gills . . . Versatile Fun- MAXINI'' makers WILLIAMS EXTRA! Eagleson's Animals Strange Birds and Monkeys, Featuring "Simba," Lion Slaying Baboon. THE BIG REFRIGERATOR BUY FOR 1937! ^ G-E Thrift Unit is only refrigerator mechanism with fofctd-fetd lubrication and oil cooling?exclusive features that assure quieter operation, less current cost and longer life. Requires no attention, blot nam oiimgj More Ice Cubes More Cold Capacity More Storage Space More Conveniences and LESS COST. So# for yomrtiift NEW LOW PRICES! k 15 New O-E Models I kNew, Foster Freezing Speeds I k New, Easy Out Ice Cube Traysl k NewThtlft-mometer to show ot a glance that cabinet temperature is correct and economical, k New Full Width Sliding Shelves to give more usable storage capacify, even the top shelf slides! k Automatic Interior Lighting, k All 4 refrigeration services ? 1. Fast Freezing; 2. Frozen storage; 3. Normal safety-zone storage; 4. Fresh vegetable storage. EASY TO BUY ?Terms that permit k to pay k* own way. Sold in Camden by * - - - ' . r ' .' ( ------ -/; Burns & Barrett Hardware Co.