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KdERSHAID "'?? MISS WELCH CARSON, Representative Copy for those columns must be in the hands of the correspondent not later than Wednesday morning to Insure publication In current week's Issue. KERSHAW PERSONAL MENTION Mm IrvlnK Crawford, of Hrynon City, N C.. Ih spending the week with her parents, Dr. and Mrs L. 1 Drugm ory. MIhh I/OuIhi* Hanks, of Huinnnrton, spent I (tat week uh ? guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. James Curhod. MIhh frmu Williams Ih u vlHllor at the home of her slstej', Mm. Harry Hood, In ChurloHtoij. Mrs JameM Carson and hod, Martin Carson, MIhh Welsh Carson and MIhh Mildred Pace were In Clio laHt week, where they were all attendantn at the I Currle-Croom wedding. MIhh Wagner Dye Ih attending a| house party thin week at Myrtle Heach. COOK and LOVE Heavy & Fancy Groceries Fertilizers ? Cured Meats Farm Implements KERSHAW, S. C. o Kershaw Real '! Estate and ;; o Insurance Co. n ,, L. R. BLACKMON, Manager o 0 All forms of Real Estate and O <> Insurance <> D IN8URE AND BE SURE <> KERSHAW, S. C. < > ' < i | SUNSHINE | 1 Beauty Shop ? ^ " -Vs v Mrs. Roper Funderburk, Prop. ^ Specials for Summer Months ^ Mnchlneless Waves $5.00 <\> ^ Other Permanents $2.50 to $7.50 IJv Shampoo and Finger Wave 50c x| Hair Cuts 25c Telephone or Write for v* appointments ^ ? KERSHAW, S. C. $ W. F. ESTRIDGE I ICE CREAM PARLOR Specializing in Quality SOFT DRINK S?CIGARETTES j Whole sale Ice Cream and Cigarettes Your Patronage Appreciated KERSHAW, S. C. KERSHAW | Dry Cleanery CLEANING PRESSING ^ DYEING L8? Alterations, Hemstiching | KERSHAW, S. C. j ROYAL CAFE REGULAR DINNERS 30c and 35c Sandwiches Cold Drinks Beer East Marion Street KERSHAW, S. C. wmmmmmmmmmmmammmau KERSHAW Radio Store Guaranteed Service o n any Make Radio. | Westmff house Refrif orator* and Zenith Radios KERSHAW, S. C. | MI'M Hoy Rlddlehuber and (laugh i ier, Jai ijin-l v n, of Charleston, ttro via Horn at the homo of Mrs Hiddlchtlher h parents, Mr and Mm. u. j gett. J well. I \V. M Hayes, of Hayes Pharmacy, attended the South Carolina druggist convention In (Jharlealon last week. Mra. Hayes and their daughter, Ann I Turner, accompanied him us far aa I Columbia, and from there went to Denmark where they apent the time with Mra llayeu' parenta. | Mr. and Mra. C. E, Davis, Jr., of the Standard Pharmacy, and son, Charles 3, were in Charleaton laat week while Mr. Davla attended the [druggist convention. Mlaa Mildred Pace joined a ((roup of frlenda from Charleaton and Charlotte, N. C., Thuraday, and motored to Myrtle Roach for a ten daya viait. Mrs. George Iilackwell la upending thla week with her parenta In Chea lerileld. Mr. and Mra. R. Karl Perry were in Charlotte, N. C., Sunday where they jvent to vlalt Mra. Perry'a brother, who la ill at the Charlotte uanitorium. j Mlaa Carolyn Croxton la a student I In the mualc department of the Winthrop aummer achool. Mr. und Mra. O. W. Knight announce the birth of a Uon Friday Juno 11. ' ' CeRoy Rlackmon, of Stoneboro, Pa. while on a visit to hia brother, 'Dr. s' J. Blackinon, was suddenly stricken laat week with an attuck of acute appendicitis and was taken to Saint Phillips hospital in Rock Hill for un operation. His condition ia improving nicely. Mrs. Lee O. Montgomery and Mrs. Hazel Funderburk, of Lancaster, were visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs. Roger Funderburk Wednesday. Miss June Rluckmon is spending two weeks at Camp Tamassee near Greenville.'* Students Home For Vacation 1 he following college students have returned homo for the summer vacation: Miss Dorothy Hough, who was graduated from Columbia College: Stewart and Ernest Clyburn, who were graduated from Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe, Ga.; Maurice Jones from Oglethorpe University; Miss Mary So well and M1hh Mildred Gardner, from Winthrop; Miss Harriette Lee Truesdalo, from QueensChicora; Fred Culvorn, Jr., Edwin McDowell and LeRoy Croxton, Jr., from j < lemson; Robert Reed Hunt, from Wtngate Junior College; Misses Lilaekinon and Dorothy Truesdale, irom Greenville Woman's College. Celebrates Sixth Birthday Mrs. Mruce Raker gave a party at her home Saturday In celebration of I the sixth birthday anniversary of her I young daughter. Mary Floyd. The home was arranged with a mixture of garden flowers. In the center of the dining room table was a beautifully decorated birthday cake holding six | candles Games were played on the lawn for an hour, after which the birthday cake was brought to the gar-j (Ion table and cut Refreshments of pum h. Iii< 1 i\ idn,i 1 cukes. ice cream and candy, were s. rved Kadi child received a souvenir About thirty ( hil.li ?'ii ait. ml'-d tIi party Mrs. Seawell Hostess Mrs ( ' Se?well was hostess at Cur.- tallies of bridge at her home last w<?d\. honoring her daughter, Mrs Roy Riddlehiiber. of Charleston! 1 ut Mowers were used as deilirations ,l"' lidng room where the tables w< t>- a: ranc d for playing Prizes u. r, won by Mrs. Carl A Horton and Mis .I.inil's Carson After cards, a delight tul i. . cou r so was set veil the Clio.-I s. Teachers Return For Summer I I !oI low ing I.'<ii III I S in out of town sih11.11s have r. turned to their homes in K.ishaw t,. sp.-nd the sum \U( atiou Miss .1 |.\ un I '.lew of irom Tulsa. Okla ; Miss Marguerite Ma> I'hei son. from Wainji. e; Miss Wagner Dye. fro in Darlington; Miss Kdith Urasinuton and Finest Jones, troni Rook Hill; 1. |). Jones. From St. George; Miss Margaret Flovd from Mt Pleasant; Miss Rlam he Culvern. from Rishopville; Miss Irma Williams from Raleigh. N C. MAD MULE BITES NTEGRO WHILE PLOWING IN FIELD Klngstree. June if. Fugene Mont gomery, negro farm hand on the A. H McCuliough farm near Sailers, is receiving treatment under Dr T S. Hemingway here for an injured hand, bitten by a mad mule several days ago Several weeks ago farm hands found a dead fox in the mule's stall, with evidence that the nninial had been killed by the mule No thought was given to the fact that the fox might have bad rabies, although "mad" foxes had been killed in that Section of the county recently. hildnv the mule went suddenly beserk. while at the plow, chasing the negro plow hand out of the field Trace chains, plow lines and harness were torn to -hr.-ds The tormented ant mal bit itself, when there was nothing within reach to bite upon Finally he was killed. Stephen Rirch, chairman of the Kennecott Copper corporation, declares that the recent peak price ot copper. 17 cents a pound, was toe high and "uneconomic." Birch sayi It was "unfortunate to get th* price up too high, for we may kill the goose that lays the golden egg." : Rasor To Be Head of Kershaw Schools j f Kershaw, June It. O L. Ratjor, ol i Ci'ohh 111)1, for the Ifcst four yearn principal of tin* local high school, hus been elected superintendent of the j Kcrahuw school system. lie succeeds . M F.Hawthorne, who after four years 1 as head of the local public schools, ? has beyu selected by the Iatncaater j county hoard of e<lucat(on as general > superintendent of educutlon for that county. Mr. Hawthorne's position Is one created by an act passed' ut the 11)37 session of the South Carolina general ussembly, and provides this county with u supervising head of Irh I 4* schools. Mr. Huwthorne will., act ' In conjunction with George M, Pailc, county superintendent of education. Mr. Itasor is a graduate of Furman university, us is Mr. Hawthorne, lie fore becoming connected with the lo cal school system he was on the faculty of the Calhoun Kails school. Mr. Huwthorne was superintendent at l^undrum before coming here. He had previously been a teacher in the Parker school district, Greenville. CURRIE?CROOM liosalyn Currie and Dr. Robert Devane Croom, Jr., of Maxton, N. C., were married Tuesday evening in the Clio Presbyterian church, Rev. J. A. Mcl>ean, D. D., pastor of the Ginter Park Presbyterian church of Richmond, Va., and uncle of the bridegroom, officiated, assisted by Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, pastor of the Clio Presbyterian church. The bridesmaids were Miss Welch ('arson of Kershaw; Miss Christine Currie, cousin of the bride, of Clio; Miss Margaret Stanton, of Hickory, N. C,; Miss Sara Gibson, cousin of the bride, of Gibson, N. C.; Miss Elleu Woodley, Clio; Miss Mildred Pace, of Kershaw. The usher-groomsmen were Dr. R. S. Montgomery, of South Hill, Va.; Dr. G. L. Jones, of Martinsville, Va.; Dr. J. It. Massie, of Norton, Va.; W. IJ. McLean, of Red Springs, N. C.; T. IJ. McUttn, of Charlotte, N. C., cousins of the bridegroom and A. M. McKinnon, of Maxton, N. C. Mrs. Fred L. Currie, Jr., of Lumber; ton, N. C., sister-in-law of the bride, was matron of honor. Miss Rebecca Cleveland, of Columbia, was maid of honor, iihodu Jane Johnson, of Columbia, and Hetty Proctor, of Rock Hill, were ribbon girls. Young Anne! Martin Evans of Clio, was the flower girl. The ring bearer was Martin Carson, of Kershaw, The best man was the bridegroom's cousin, A. B. Croom, of Maxton. N. C. Mrs. Croom is the only daughter of Mrs. Hailey Currie and the late P. L. Currie. She is a graduate of Chlcora College, and did graduate work at New York University. For the last several years she has taught in the Kershaw schools. She is prominently connected with the music clubs of the state, being chairman of public school music for the State Federation and counsellor for the Chopin Junior club of Kershaw, the highest rating club in the northern district. Mrs. Croom has been honored with a series of parties since the announce-! "lent of her engagement several weeks ago at Kershaw, Columbia and Clio. Dr. Croom is the son of R. I). Croom and the late Mrs. Janie McLean Croom. of Maxton, N. C. He is a graduate of Davidson college and the ' Medical College of Richmond. He served his internship at Johnston I Willis hospital, Richmond. He is a j member of the Pi Kappa Phi frater, niiy and Phi Chi. a medical fraternity Since his graduation he has been j practicing his profession at Maxton, | N C. where lie and his bride will i make their home. The general assembly of the Pres| byterian church in the U. S. A . in session at Columbus, Ohio., took a leTt| handed slap at the religious program of Hitler in Germany, refused to take J a stand on President Roosevelt's court iptickiiig plans, and referred to its '27k l>resb\ teries a proposal to require niin 1st. is to retire at the age of 7u years. ; and adopted an overture urging its churches to restore the salaries ot all pastors to pro-depression levels I _____ i STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. j WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 19' ! SATURDAY, JUNE 19 "TRAITOR" with Tim McCoy OWL SHOW 10:30 P. M. I "BULLDOG DRUMMOND ESCAPES" MONDAY, JUNE 21 "READY, WILLING AND | ABLE" with Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon TUESDAY, JUNE 22 "THE MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF" with John Beal and Joan Fountalne WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 "LARCENY ON THE AIR" with ^ Bob Livingston and Grace Bradley THURSDAY, JUNE 24 "MIDNIGHT COURT" with , Ann Dvorak and John Litel ! FRIDAY, JUNE 25 , I "SEA DEVILS" with Victor McLaglon . Prtatow Foster AdmlMlon: Matlnoo and Night Mo. Children 10o. Building Under ,| Way At Kershaw - i A number of now buildings ar? b?lug constructed in Kersbgw ut pie1 sent while a number of others uie 'contemplated. Building Is going on i.In the business section of the town as well as the residential sectlous A new building Is being erected by John T 8tevens between the Btate 'Theatre and the store building of II. i C. Moore & Hons. This building Is i in the space made vacant by a lire several years ago. Hammonds Mar' ket will occupy this building which I is well under wuy as the brick work has been about completed. A Helk I store will be operated In the old I stund of the Hammond Market as the I Helk Interests purchased this build* I lug some time ago. Other building in this vicinity Is-contemplated. Mayor C. Frank Clyburn's service station Is being greatly enlarged and will be made Into a handsome station. The Wilson Gas & Oil Coml>any which distributes Amoco products own this building and are making the Improvements. In this issue of the Lancaster News will be found a notice of application for charter for a Huildiug and Ix>an Association for Kershaw in order toI finance more building in that town, j The corporators are John T. Stevens, It. M. Perry and D. E. Catoe. They are incorporating for $100,000. 1 In the near future the Halle Gold j Mine will commence operations there! with their new cyanide plant as It is j about completed. A large number of machines and* large wooden tanks have been installed in their new building. An addition Is being made to the fertilise plant of the Kershaw Oil mill.?Lancaster News. General News Notes The commodity purchasing section of the AAA has agreed to purchase fifty carloads of potatoes in nine Mississippi counties, in order to hold up the price. Unusually high temperatures haveprevailed In eastern states during the past several days, the thermometer reaching 90 degrees In New York on , Wednesday. The government of Belgium has conferred the Order of Leopold II on I Colonel J. Monroe Johnson, assistant secretary of commerce, a native of Marion, South Carolina. | The $35,000,000 Golden Gate bridge I at San Francisco, Cal., the longest single span suspension bridge In the world, was formally opened and dedl-1 cated Thursday. L. B. Thomas, negro, driver of a truck which side-swiped a school bus, killing seven Greensboro, Fla., boys, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Marianna, and was sentenced to serve twenty years In prison. C.uy Osborne, 24, escaped Oklahoma convict, was captured near Gallup, N. Mex., Wednesday shortly after he had shot Truett E. Rowe, a Federal agent, to death, when he attempted to arrest him. ' Midday Sun, an outsider, won the 158th derby at Epsom Downs, England on Wednesday, as a crowd of 250,000 or more looked on. As a result of the winning of Midday Sun nine American ticket holders won $150,000 each. Rainstorm floods in New Mexico are credited with the loss of ten lives, property damage of more than a million and the marooning of a passenger train with 36 passengers between wrecked bridges near the Texas-New Mexican border. The New York court of appeals unanimously upholds a decision of a lower court to the effect that a man is legally dead after the date on which he was sentenced to die for murder, regardless of whether the execution took place. W. A. Teagle. president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey since 1917. has resigned that position to become chairman of the board, and is succeeded by \Y S. Parish, former chairman, a native of Maversville.' Miss. Nobody's Business ; Written for The Chronicle by Gee McGee, Copyright, 19*28. ,MR. LARK ASKS A SMALL FAVOR 'deer mr odd it or: ? i plese use yore influence with the | department of agger-culture to get my j son, srudd lark, back into the c. c .o. I camp in the lower part of the state, he was excused for something he done and has newer benn called back. ? he newer meant to take the super's ford, he only thought he would try U out for ti few hours, and when he run into that tellygram post, it was j not his fault, as the tellyfoam people ' t>ut it In the ground too close to the i highway, they ought to be sued for mal-practi.se ansoforth. < he was not out of the camp but 9 hours, and had the ford not of run Into the aforesaid post, he would not I of benn out of the camp without leaf 'of absence but only 14 hours, that j ought not to be bad enough to have J a fine young feller turned off about: ' scudd is a nice boy except when he has benn forced to look upon the cup Th en it is red ansoforth. as to the monney which was miss|1M by his bunk pardner in the camp: ! knows nothing about it. that guy J owed scudd 3$ for cash loant 4 weeks I Nefoar, but he did not collect it befoar using the car of the super, and besides that, his pardner didden't I have no monney to be stole, he stayed broke mought nigh all of the time. 1 have rote our congressman and my wffe has rote her sennator, and I have asked the postmaster here to rite bon. Jim farley, and the county .farm demon -strutor to rile the seekerI terry of agger <Aflture, all In behaflf I of our itou, Ht-udd, mo If ypu will touch ( up his qbaracter favvorahly thru yore 'collpms. 1 .believe he will be replaced > back aRain. you have a flue little newspaper, and If you tfet our durllng boy back iu the c. c. c. camp where he C4l| I be hell down and forced to behave I htHuelf, yore cony apondent, mr mik* I Lark, rfd, will Bell yore paper# on the I atreeta lu the future free of charge I and hIIho Ket some subscription# tor I you. yore paper 1b a darling |n QUr I houaehole. rite or foam. I yore trulle, I mike Lark, rfd, I corry Bpoadeot. I DON'T FAIL TO VIStT OUR STORE' DURING OUR PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE i We Have Wonderful Values to Offer in Every Department of Our Store LAOIE8 DRE88E8 in lovely Patterns, beautiful summer materials <fcO f\n i j Values to $6.98 j Big lot LADIES' H0U8E DRE88E8 in good quality vaVdye prints ' *7i\ j 98c values #%fC One table FA8T COLOR PRINTS, 8HEER8, BROADCLOTH and e A i CRETONNE8 lUC yd. I Turkish Towels QQ Men's Hats OO j Big size, pkg of 12 Z/OC Values to $1.98 JOC Ladies' 8llk Hose ACkr> Men'? 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ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER j RATES SCHEDULE C-l Commercial Electric Service: For Commercial and Small Power, which includes lighting, heating, electric refrigeration, small motor power, and Town of Kershaw Pumping Motors. ; RATE: , j 10 cents per kwh for the first 15 kwh used per n onth 4.75 cents per kwh for the next 85 kwh used per month ' 4.40 cents per kwh for the next 400 kwh used per month ! 8.30 cents per kwh for the next 500 kwh used per iponth 2.75 cents per kwh for the next 1000 kwh used per month 2.10 cents per kwh for all over 2000 kwh used per month Minimum, $1.50 net per month. TERMS OF PAYMENT: Hills are due on the first of the month, payable at our'Office. j Customers will be allowed 10 per cent discount from monthly billfl j if paid on or before the 10th of each month. Minimum, $1.50 net. Issued and filed April 28, 1937. Effective on all meter reading after April 1st, 1937. SCHEDULE R-l j Residential Electric Service: Available only for lighting, cooking, heating, ve- ? ? frigeration and incidental power whidh is entirely of residential nature. 3 H ! RATE: ).j i 10 cents per kwh for the first 10 kwh used per month | 5 cents per kwh for the next 20 kwh used per month 3.85 cents per kwh for the next 20 kwh used per month | 2.<.) cents per kwh for all over 50 kwh used per month Minimum, $100 net per month. j j TERMS OF PAYMENT: i Hills are due on the first of the month, payable at our office. * 'i I t ustoniers will be allowed 10 per cent discount from monthly bill* if paid on or before the 10th of each month. Minimum, $1.00 net Issued and filed April 28. 1937. Effective on all meter reading after April 1st, 1937. |j There being no local paper and many of our customers Jj subscribers of this paper, we insert this sd as notice of , now in effect applicable both to the Town of Kershaw aad rural II extensions. . } KERSHAW OIL MILL j j