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KERSHAW COUNTY PEOPLE 8U8TAIN WRECK INJURIE8 Five Klchburg poople wore brought to the l*ancastor hospital early Frlday uioi'ii 1 iik for treatment following an uutomobile collision on the ('lag tcrfieid highway, eight miles from Lancaster, ubout i> o'clock that inorn* 111K Three Kershaw county people were treated for minor InJtirleH, Kidney ('a toe, of the Mt. i'lsguh section, recolved bruises and cuts on the face. Airs. Catoe had severe bruises and a cut above her left knee, which reuuired fourteen stitches. MIhh Monnla Weigh, riding with the Catoo's, suffered only minor scratches. The C'atoes were coming toward Lancaster and were mooting the J ordans. Joe (L Jordan, former state legislator from Chester county, sustained the worst injuries, which included u fractured Jaw and Ulcerations on chili, face, scalp and neck. He will likely he held at the hospital for severul days longer. C. 11. Jordan, who wus driving his car, was admitted to the hospital Friday morning but was released Sunday morning after being treated for u fractured left ankle, and Jaw, and lacerations about the face. Mrs. C. H. Jordan suffered leg bruises and a cerebral concussion, but wus not held at the hospital. Kmma Ktinleo Jordan and Neul Jordan had minor lacuratious and bruises. ?Lancaster News. The post office department has given an order for 20,000,000 Virginia hare stamps. f? cents denomination, to he lirst placed on sale at Manteo, N. on*August 18. Superior Service Station KERSHAW, S. C. GAS?OIL ACCESSORIES Washing, Polishing and Greasing a specialty PHONE 14 | Expert Auto Body I Rebuilding and Painting DEPARTMENT Burns Chevrolet Company KERSHAW, S. C. COOK and LOVE Heavy & Fancy Groceries Fertilizers ? Cured Meats Farm Implements KERSHAW, S. C. 1 ** Kershaw Real i .. Estate and j: 0 insurance Co. t O L. R. BLACKMON, Manager 1 All forrrr^ of Real Estate and ^ O Insurancr 1 , < > INSURE AND BE SURE it ^ KERSHAW, S. C. t W. F. ESTRIDGE , ICE CREAM PARLOR | Specializing In Quality SOFT DRINKS?CIGARETTES Wholesale Ice Cream and 1 Cigarettes Your Patronage Appreciated j KERSHAW, S. C. \ 1 KERSHAW Radio Store Guaranteed Service o n any Make Radio. Westing house Refrigerator* and Zenith Radio* KERSHAW, S. C. i KdERSHA1P,t^ MISS WELCH CARSON, Rej<re?cnttttive ? 1 " ' "? Copy for these columns must be In the hands of the correspondent not later than Wednesday morning to insure publication In current week's Issue. i ? mmmmmwmmmmmmmmmm???????? ???? KERSHAW PERSONAL MENTION Mrs T.'K Duncan, of Augustu, Ga., ! Is visiting al the home of her father I j ami mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. C*lyI burn. M rx. M. C Htroud haw returned to I her home al Hanging Kock Farms after a vlxlt to friends* In Great Falls Itev. and Mrs. M. I?, I ia n k h and daughter, Mlxx Ivoillhu Bunks, of Ruinmerton, were visitors ut the home of Mr. and Mrx James Carson the past week. The friends of little Martin Carson and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Carson, will he Kind to learn that he ; has completely recovered from a recent Illness caused from a case of diphtheria. Miss iCxtalyn lleeves, of Columbia,' spent the week end with her parents, Air. and Mrs George Reeves Mrs. Rally Gardner Is in Durham, N C., where she Is receiving treatment at the Duke hospltul Mrs. R. R. Tucker and daughter, Dorothy, of Ht. Matthews, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Houser l/lttie Miss Klsle Floyd Is visiting relatives In Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burr, of Atlanta, Ga., spent the past week end as the guests of relatives in town. Conway Twltty, of Rock Hill, has returned to his homo after a visit to his grandmother. Mrs. Anna Druttin. Mrs. John Gaskins atid daughter, Miss Rebecca Gaskins, and Miss Rebecca Jones spent Sunday in Alber- : marie, N C Mrs. Gaskins remained! there for a longer stay. Miss Roberta Bailey, of Lancaster, Is the guest of Miss Edna Mary Black j moii. Mr and Mrs. Roy Catoe and chil-I dron, Roy, Jr., and Bobby spent the | week end at Myrtle Beach Recce Truesdale and John Shaw I j spent the week end at Myrtle Beach. | Mrs II 10. Klrkley and daughters, Mrs. lOlllot Mothershed and Mrs. Grover Hiiison, wen? visitors to the inoun! tains of western North Carolina last I week. Miss Frances Carson left Saturday .for Charlotte, N. C., where she has secured a position. Miss Kloise Taylor and Mrs. ('. Ackmar, of Augusta, Ga , are guests of Mr and Mrs. \V J. Catoe. 1 Miss Juunita t'oates spent the week end with Miss Floree N<al at Rich 1 Hill. Mr. and Mrs Benton Cosby and daughter, Nancy, of Detroit, Mich., are visiting Mr. Cosby s mother. Mrs. Bettlah Cosby. I William McDowell, who lias been' spending tile summer at Myrtle Beach, is at home with his parents, Dr. and Mrs W. C. Mc Dowell l'or the remain-j tier of his vacation. .Miss Nancy Dempster, of Asheboro,' N ('.. visited her aunts, Mrs. Beulah Cosby and Miss Loutee Benton, Sunday. Mrs. Beulah Cosby, Miss !>outee Benton, Mr. and Mrs. Benton Cosby, Miss Nancy Cosby, and I)r. and Mrs. t VV. C. McDowell /.e Sunday visitors to Myrtle Beach. Finest Jones, of Rock Hill, was a week end visitor to his mother, Mrs. I Kdna Jones. Mrs. J allies Miller and Mrs. Carroll Miller, of Jefferson, spent the week end with Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Gregory. Bruce Fa gun, who is doing government work in Washington, Ga., was a visitor to friends iu town over the week elld Miss Myrtle Hard wick, of Conway, spent the week end with Miss Mamie Grace Catoe:. Miss Claudia Steele, of Lancaster, visited Miss Janice Knight the past W erk. Professor Vernon Cook and son. John, of Columbia, are guests of Prolessor Cook's mother, Mrs Molly Hough Morris Jones and Stewart Clyhurn were \ isitors iu Atlanta. Ga., the past i Week Mi-s Annie Blam li Williams, of ]>,.. Kalh. was a visitor in town Wednesd ty Mis- Julia Phillips spent last week 'ltd in 'ha i lot t e, N C . as Hie guests "t llei sifters. Mis \\- |, Osborne I find Mrs B \v M.ingum COUNTY RANGER URGES COOPERATION IN FIRE PREVENTION ^ C. Perry. Kershaw county ranget. urges that the people of Kershaw ' on lit y e\t inguish uiatehes, cigarettes, cigars ami i>ii?*? tobacco before throwing them.beside highways or other places where they may start a woods' -Xl1 Perry states that statistics! recently compiled indicate that 4:> of j the in utieont rolled woods tires that j oi < urr.-.l in Kershaw county during! .the p.tjn.;, (ire season originated as la result of carelessness on'the part of I smokers The origins of the remaining f>5 j tires occurring during the 19:t?P37 tiro season were as follows: Lightning 2, railroads camp, rs 3. debris burning -t>. inclndiary s, lumbering l, misjcellatieous J, unknown 17 | ^'lr t anger states that the inipor- j jtauce ot complete cooperation on the' part ot Kershaw county citizens lie pre\ eat ing woods tires cannot be ov-1 ei emphasized. According to Mr. j 1 erry. the people of Kershaw county (?re coming more and more to realize I that measures directed toward inj creasing the landowner's income, and resulting in the county's wood using Industries being permanent onos, are universally beneficial and they are rapidly falling In line to do their part toward reducing losses from woods fires to a minimum. SELECTED TO ENTER 8EMI-FINAL FOR MI88 SOUTH CAROLINA Miss Louise Clyburu, attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. U, (Tyburn wuh selected from u largo held of entrants to enter the semi-final con-1 test for the selection of Miss South < aiollna. 1 )?? content Ih being sponsored by 'J'hO Columbia Record, of Coluinbia, and allied tradesmen of that dty. The winner In the' final contest will be eligible for the contest to be held in Atlantic City for the selection of MIhh America. Miss Cly burn la bolng congratulated by4 her muiiy friends who wish her success in the contests. KERSHAW CHURCHES ANNOUNCE SERVICES Baptist Church Hov. D. M. Sunders, pastor, preaching service every Sunday at 11 a. w. 11 rayer service every Wednesday at 8 I). m. Sunday school every Sunday at 10. u. m. Methodist Church R?v. L. I). Hamer, pastor. Preaching service every Sunday at 11 a. in. 11 rayer service every Wednesday at p. in. Church school every Sunday "tl 10 " ?>' Missionary Society the rlrst Tuesday of every month. Presbyterian Church Rev. C. M. Rrown. pustor, and following ih the weekly calendar: Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a. in., with Henry L. Clyburn, superintendent. There will be no preaching services on the third and fourth Sundays, August 1.0 and 22, but they will be continued on the fifth Sunday Audited 1 he l>uUllc cordlaIly inPalms Successfully Grown In The Home Palms are ordinarily thought of as plants used mainly In green houses and at weddings, or as plants that belong only to tropical lands. Actually some kinds tan be grown in your own home. I lie floriculture department at Cornell university recommend^ Keiitia beltnoriana and Kentia forsteriana as the two best palms for house culture. I bey are popularly known as the erect Kentia and the spreading Kentia. 'I he stems are short and from them arise graceful, long, slender, arching leaves. Fortunately, these palms can do without much direct sunlight ami may even he placed In dark corners for several days at a time without injury. They must have light occasionally. Cocoa weddeliana is a dwarf form and makes a beautiful decoration for the table as a centerpiece. Palms must not be subjected to sudden changes of temperature. To seme kinds, gradual change will cause no harm, evdn if the temperature falls to freezing, but it can not be prolonged. Palms also need plenty of water and good drainage. They should not have large pots, however, ir the soil contains sand and charcoal and there is good drainage in the bottom of the pot. there will be no danger of overwatering. Georgia Students Ordered To Leave' Santa Monica. Calif., Aug. 13.? Aroused townsmen today branded as a travesty on California hospitality" a school board order evicting ;p)0 Georgia students from their trailer en ?aiuprnent at Santa Monica' high school Manager C V. Rose of the Georgia caraxan. meantime, was in no hurry '<? move his charges. The school board, he pointed out. accepted a $160 check from him for eight days rent Disclosing a sharp split In the board itself. I)r. Russell Sands, a member, said he resettled the sudden decision to turn out the Georgians "as if they were tramps instead of the finest type Of boys and girls." They have been coming to the school grounds for the last five years Our merchants have been glad of their patronage. They spend about $18,000 in their stay here." Sands added. John L. S. Cook, secretary of the chamber of commerce, echoed Sands | "The treatment the board seems j Intent on giving them now." he said. | "will hardly add to California's reputation for hospitality." Two armed men went to the jail at Marietta. Oa.. held up the turnkey, made him show them the cell of Leo Mcintosh, under life sentence, tt.ok the prisoner out of the Jail and released him. Mcintosh had Just been brought back to Marietta from Alca trax prison, California. He had escaped from a Georgia chain gang five years ago, and was under life sent-, enoe for rouder. t IN DIXIE LAND" (Condensed from "Look Away! A Dixie Notebook." j Old Johaun Dixie picked his way ! over the rutty lanes of bis Manhat, tan farm to his slave barracoons. Inside were eight negroes, big milkyeyed Kruinen front Africa's Windward (.'oust. Old Johuun had reasoned that the pebbly land of his Haarlem farm would grow tobacco. Hut the winters were long ujtd his slaves worked only a few months in the year, 'l'hey grew fut and lazy, .and their keep was more than their pro'tith. Ho old Dixie muttered: "I'll sell them. The Carolina growers pay nice sums for negroes. "I'll ship them to the tobacco country." The eight Krutrten asked no questions us their master herded them under the rocking decks of a British trader. They guzzled their rum rations to defeat disease and rubbed their skin with oil to prevent scurvy. When the ship hove to at Charleston, they shuffled up the Battery with old man Dixie und giggled when ho gos| ticulated wildly over the price of (their flesh. And they never saw hiin ugain. From Charleston they were sent l to the Piedmont section. Their barracoons became cabins. There were women, thick-lipped Oullahs, with whom to mate. But they longed constantly for the lazy ddys on old man Dixie's land where the Haarlem flowed gently by. As they chopped the dirt , around the tobacco plants, one huge fellow would poise his hoe over his shoulder. look at his sweating neighbor, and chant: "1 alio' wish I wuz back on Dixie's lan' ". The next worker echoed: "bawdy, Lawdy, if we wuz all buck on Dixie's lan' ". It was a crying aloud of aching backs, of men far from home. To the Krumen it was a prayerful plea for return to Manhattan. To the CJullahs it was just another ballad, a BUMPER CROP OF LONGLEAF COMES i-N SOUTH CAROLINA Millions of winged seed will float gently to the ground in late September and early October advises State Forester 11. A. Smitl^. These are the seed of the valuable longleaf pine which for many years. has been the king of southern pines and because of this fact has been abused terribly in the past. The longleaf furnishes our strong, durable, structural/lumber, it is bled for naval stores, it supplies beautiful flooring, siding and interior trim. The stumps give us our lightwood or are used in extracting resin, tar and turpentine. But the roving bogs root up the seedlings and saplings and eat the succulent tap roots, the squirrels eat the seed as it ripens in the cone, the birds eat the seed as it falls to earth. In spite of all this every two to seven years a bounteous nature tries to reforest the longleaf pine lands by producing a tremendous crop of pine cones filled with plump seed which in most cases can fill the craw of the glutinous birds, satisfy the voracious appetites of the squirrels and satiate the longing of the hog for the roots and Tn addition to this spread a vast quantity of good seed over our woodlands, particularly if sufficient seed trees remain uncut. However, nature can be balked in her forestry efforts by man and in the past man has been the worst offender. After the seed reaches the ground and until the young seedlings are at least a year old, i hey can be easily destroyed by even a very light fire creeping through the woodland. The birds and animals which consume the seed and roots have their hunger to appease but t arelessness, or thoughtlessness, are man's only reasons for his destruction of these potential forests. Vet man stands to gain most from permitting nature's bounty to plant for him at no cost millions of longleaf seedlings which will in time return to him millions of pulpwood, millions of feet of lumber, millions of poles and piling valued at millions of dollars. The large light green cones, singly or in clusters, stand out against the dark green foliage of the longleaf pine. The decision as to whether the seed will add to our forest wealth or whether from two to seven years will elapse before we take advantage of this offering of nature rests with the landowners, tonnnts and general public of South Carolina. On the other hand slash pine cones are very scarce in South Carolina this year and in order to supply the needs of the forest tree iturseries, all persons knowing of stands $f slash pine bearing good crops of cones should communicate with the South Carolina Forest Service. Jimmie Mattern .aviator, whoso apj plication for a permit to attempt a j flight from San Francisco to Moscow, j by way of the North Pole, ha? been | temporarily refused, may yet get the j desired permit, if investigation of his plans disclose any benefits to be derived from such a flight. " \ work song. The Hevoluti^i came. The nation changed. The Kruuien died and were hurled near the tobacco fteld?. But wherever black men worked lit the fields they chanted the weird strains: "Ol man Dixie?" "Whoa thar, Duck!" "Wut a fliie ol' inan?" "Gee thar, Tom!" "An' 1 wish 1 wuz back OQ Dixie's lan'." , Few remembered that Dixie'a land really wan a rocky farm on Manhattan Inland. Then one day Dan Emmett, end man in a minstrel uhow, eat in a New York rooming house, trying to compose a patter song that would make people laugh. Dan had toured the South, had heard the Dixie ditty, "J wish 1 was down South," Dan murjd. "Down in Dixie . . . Oh, I wish 1 was in Di^le! . . . Drubbing hia^pen, he wrote rapidly, tapping his feet to the rhythm. "In Dixie l^and whur I was born in, early on one frosty mornin" . . . "Look Away!"c He never knew lie was within a few miles of Dixie's land. Emmett believed Dixie lay south of Mason and Dixon's line. He even thought perhaps that's where it got its name. Or maybe from the ten-dollar bills of Louisiana, which were called "dixi s" from the French word Dlx printed on them. The minstrel man first sang his song ut New Orleans in the late fifties. It was a seasonul hit, but the South was too worried over war clouds to pay more than scant heed to the ballads of a Yankee comedian. The song was soon forgotten. A few years later at the secession convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederacy heard Its new song, "The Bonnie Blue Flag," played for the first- time. It was flat. The crowd was tired. The bandmaster Bcoured his brain for a tune that would whip the emotions, and In desperation suggested the patter bong, "Dixie." "Step it up to martial tempo," he said, "and let's try it." The first note startled the mob. "Den I wish 1 was in Dixie." Somebody cheered "Hporay." "Dar's buckwheat cakes and Ingen .batter?" The swashbuckling spirit <>i th? , song electrified the crowd. Men slap, ped oue another on the back and shouted. One young mun, stirred to a Htrange ecstasy, tilted hit* head ami creamed, a piercing challenge, like the screech of a panther. It was the first rebel yell. "Look away!" It was an anthem, a battle hymn. Men forsook their plows to trail Its wake. "Hooray!." The world heard and tapped its feet. "Den I wish I was in Dixie." And behind the ringing defiance of its words, a rebelling Confederacy awaited invasion from the land of which it sang. ? i 1 - - STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. Week Beginning 8aturday ,Aug. 21 SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 "GUNS IN THE DARK" with Johnny Mack Brown LATE SHOW, 10:30 P. M. "THAT MAN'S HERE AGAIN" with . Hugh Herbert MONDAY and TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 and 24 "WAKE UP AND LIVE" ! with Walter Wlnchell and Ben Bernle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 "MIDNIGHT TAXI" with Brian Donlevy and Frances Drake THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 "CHAMPAGNE WALTZ" with Gladys Swarthout and Fred Mc Murray FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 "FAMILY AFFAIR" with j Lionel Barrymore and Cecilia Parker , Admission: Matinee and Night 25c. Children 10c. Service _M arket "ONE STOP FOOD STORE" Phone 76 KERSHAW, S. C. BIG VALUES ?in? MEN'S, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S SHOES We are closing out all our Summer Shoes at "Give-_ Away" Prices. We are not going to carry these Shoes over. They must be Sold to make room for our new Fall and Winter Stock which is arriving daily. i GROUP 1 ! A big lot of Dress and Sport Oxfords. Formerly sold $2.98. CLOSE-OUT PRICE $1.98 GROUP 2 Sandals, Straps and Ties. White and colors. Values up to $2.98 CLOSE-OUT PRICE $1.49 GROUP 3 One table good Shoes. Broken sizesValues $1.98. CLOSE-OUT PRICE 98c J Always a Complete Lin^7of Shoes, Clothing and Readyto-Wear at Prices you can affsfd to pay. STEVENS-SPRINGS COMPANY "The Store With a Thousand Bargain*" KERSHAW, S. C. ?^ OUR "GIVE-AWAY" SALE -M u . A 25c tube of Dr. West's Toothpaste with a 50c Dr. West's Toothbrush. Both for 39c Package of ten Gillette Blades with $1.00 Razor. A $1.49 value 4 for 59c A 50c sixe Hinds' Cream with ,..v a 75c Toilet Water. $1.25 valua f.U for * ' Jl $j .m j 54c Buy ? 50c Bottle of Pepeodent Antiseptic. We fllve you an- ( other. A $1.00 value for 51c HAYES PHARMACY CALL 88 FOR YOUR DRUG WANT3 , rrrrrrf--r/|JJ.rrrrj.J.J.rrr"'-.. , , , .1 i " 1