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f Robert Lathan Is 1 Claimed By Death , AKhevllle, N. O, Sept. Lathan, 66, editor of The Asheyl Citizen and took tt prominent civic leader, (H?d !?"* ot H <*rwbrlU: hemorrhage. ,?.>u Known widely as one of the Souths outstanding editors, lathan wou the conveted Pulitzer prize for an editor. jaj -The Plight of the South Polltka Jy written In 1934 when he was edl-1 to'r of the Charleston. 8. C, News Hnnn?r,dy will bo sent to IJurltoK-j ton. former home of Mrs Lathat^ftgL burial Wednesday morning. i liefore his connection with I he News and Courier, Lathan ??rv?d on the staff of The State, at Columbia. For a short period he was a federal court stenographer while studying ^Ooing to Charleston In 1906, he acted as city editor, telegraph ed tor, state news editor, managing editor and chief editorial writer. In 1910, when he was only 29 years old. he became general manager of the paper, a post he held until 1927 when he came to Ashevillc as editor of The Citizen. Shortly after accepting the position here he went to Kurope as a member of a party of twenty-four editors from twenty-four states who visited eight countries on the continent under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. I .at ha n was horn in ^ork, S. May .r> 18X1. lie was the son of the Ilev. Robert Lathan. ft minister of the Associated Reformed Preabytei lan church. After obtaining public school education, he became a school teacher for Hhort time but soon turned to the newspaper field. He Is survived by his widow. Professor Philip Van Nese My<.is, 91. uoted historian of Cincinnati, O., 1b dead. STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 "EASY LIVING" With Jean Arthur Edward Arnald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 "THE CALIFORNIAN" With Rlcardo Cortez SATURDAY, -OCTOBER^ ^ Late Show?10:30 "A NIGHT OF MYSTERY" With Rosco Kama Grant Richards MONDAY and TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 and 5 "THE PRINCE and THE PAUPER" With Errol Flynn-Claude Rains WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 and 7 "THE SHEIK STEPS OUT" With Ramon Novarro Admission: Mstlnes and Night 2bo. Children 10o. Superior Service Station KERSHAW, S. C. GAS?Oil. ACCESSORIES Washing, Polishing and Greasing a specialty PHONE 14 Expert Auto Body Rebuilding and Painting DEPARTMENT Burns Chevrolet Company KERSHAW, S. C. COOK and LOVE I Heavy & Fancy Groceries I Fertilizers ? Cursd Meats Farm Implements KERSHAW, S. C. ?Si???BB???WP?> " * * KbERSHAH; ,T 1 MISS WELCH CARSON, Representative Copy for theie column* must bo In tho hand* of tho correspondent not. Inter th?n Wednesday- morning to Insure publication In cur* rent week'a l**ue. a ? J; t! KEHSHAW PER80NAL MENTION Mrs. Luroy illddlehuber and daughter, Jucqiiolyti, of Churlostoii, are the guests of Mrs Riddlehuber's purunts, Mr. and Mrs. C. J Sou well. Mih. Jauieb Cursou and MIan Wulrth T'airton left Saturday , for a vlult to \w York city, they were Joined In liieeiirtboro, N. l?y MIhh Nancy Deinprtter, formerly of Camden, but now of Asheboro, N. C., who accompanied them on the trip. Dr. UoorKe Hoik und fumlly, of Ghbtonla, N. C., were vlBltoro In Kershato, on Sunday. Mr. and Mra. W. A. Shaw attended the wedding of their uou, Ariel, to Miss Mildred Blackmon, in Lancaster,' on Tuesday. J Miss Charlotte Ann Shaw left Tues-1 day for Kosehoro, N. C.. where she j will take up her duties as a teacher in the public schools of that city. { Miss Mamie Kothrock and K. D.' lirunson visited Mr. Bruuson's mother, who Ih under treatment in a Charleston hospital, on Sunday. E. D. lirunson was a visitor to Heath Springs Friday. Mr. and Mrs, John T. Stevens have returned home after spending the summer in Ashevllle, N. C. Mrs. B. D. McDonald bus returned from Orangeburg, where she visited her parents, Mr. und Mrs. J. T. Fowler. She wuh accompanied home by i her sister, Mrs. Opal Cohen, of Ml ami, Florida, who will spend a while Willi her. James McDowell has returned home j from .Myrtle Beach where ho spent 1 the summer. I Mirts Harriet 1a>o Trueedale spent i the week end at home with her parents. Mr. und Mrs. 11. J. '1 ruesdale. Blackmon?8haw Miss Mildred Elizabeth Blackmon j and William Ariel Shaw, Jr., wore 1 united in matrimony September 21, at j high noon. The ceremony was at the I home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Margaret C. Blackmon. and the services were conducted by the Rev. P. L. Batik night. The bride wore a lovely suit of tmvy blue and carried an arm bouquet of culla llilea. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw left immediately after the ceremony for a wedding trip in the south. I Mrs. Shuw attended Queens-Chicora j college In Charlotte and Wlnthrop I college In Rock Hill Upon returning 1 from their wedding trip, they wiii reside in Kershaw in their newly completed home. Smith Given Life j Sentence For Slaying; Smith, escaped North Carolina con-J vlet, faced a sentence of life impris-' onment today after a jury convicted! him of murdering Policeman B. Frank Sowell near here July 4 und recommended mercy. A life sentence wty^ mandatory un-j der the verdict. The prisoner, under heavy guard, was quickly whisked to the state penitentiary at Columbia Inst night after the Jury returned its verdict at 10 p. m. The Jury deliberated two iiours and a half. /1 Smith, before being sentenced made this statement to Judge G. B. Green: "I have nothing to say except that I have been fairly treated, and I wish to thank the court." The defense did not offer any testimony to disprove the Btate's contention the ofTlcer was shot down In cold blood. Sowell was shot after he and another ofTlcer chased a suspicious automobile eight miles out of Lancaster. The car was wrecked, and as the officer approached the machine he was felled by the load of a sawed off shotgun. The killer and a red-haired woman companion, never apprehended, held up a passing motorist and escaped In his car. A few weeks later Smith was captured after a chase by officers near Georgetown. The state's chief witness was Lieut.' Leo Jen ki$V identification officer of the State Highway patrol, who testified that Smith told him that he slew (he officer. Jenkins quoted the defendant as telling him that the l^ancaster officer came upon him and his woman com panion while they were kissing and that he warned the officer to leave them, that he was "hot" and couldn't afford to be questioned. Tho defendant was quoted as saying the officers persisted in their efforts to question him. and that he j drove off rapidly apd'The officers fol! lowed The gunf^^aThe ensued and ! the officer wa^ slain. Jenkins testl j fied * Smith, 38-year-old native of Mill I Port. Mass, was sentenced in Wayne J county, North Carolina, in Ui28, to | six to nine years for robbery. He escaped three months later, was rearrMdi..<) He escaped and was recaptured after being charged with murdering a man In Halifax county, North Carolina, and was sentenced to an additional twelve to fifteen years. I-ast February he escaped from CalendonlA prison farm with several other convlcta In abating break. The 6,300 Rural Rehabilitation families In South Carolina use approximately $14,000.00 worth of soap annually. I KERSHAW CHURCHES ANNOUNCE SERVICES ?? > ' Methodist Church j Rev. L. I). Iliinmr, pustor. 10 a. m. Sunday school, 1). M. Glbboiis, superintendent. 11 a. in., preuchlug service with Horn.on by tho pastor. Wednosday, 8 p. in., mid weok prayer a orvice. * Presbyterian Church Rev. C. M. Drown, pastor. 10 a. hi., Sunday school, 11. L. Clyburn, superintendent. 11 a. m., preaching service with sermon by the pastor. 8 p. w.t Wednesday prayer service. Baptist Church llev. Davis M, Sanders, paster. 10 a. m., Sunday kchooJ,^ M. F. Haw* thorns, superintendent, 11 a. m. and 8 p. in., preaching services, sermons by the pastor. 8 p. m., Wednesday, prayer service. The pastors of these churches extend a cordial welcome to the public to attend the services. Mrs. Ciemmone Dead Mrs. ICioise Crenshaw Clemmous, 24, of Washington, D. C., and Kershaw, .passed away September 27, at tlie Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte. She.Is survived by her husband, two children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Crenshaw, and one sister. Funeral services were held at t lie Heath Springs Baptist churchTuesday afternoon and interment was in Salem cemetery at Heath Springs. . Mrs. West Passes Mrs. Sarah West, 78, widow of S. A. Wt st, of tho Providence community, passed away September 23. Funerul services were conducted from tiie Providence Baptist church Friday afternoon, and burial was in the cemetery. Prominent Bsinesa Man Dead Robert Lee Sowell, 87, passed away September 23, ut the Charlotte sanitorium. Mr. Sowell was one of Kershaw's most prominent planters and business men. He was a lifelong resident of this town and had contributed largely to its progress. The funeral services were held at the Kershaw Baptist church Friday morning by the pastor, assisted by the Rev. L. I). Hamer. of the Methodist church. Interment was in the local cemetery. He is survived by the following: Three daughters, Mrs. Fd ward K. Plyler, of Camden; Mrs. James Owen* and Mrs. Burnett Whitaker, of Kershaw; one son. Hubert; one brother, William Sowell, of Fresno. Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. Kate Blackwell, of Spartanburg. Walter Kirkland Dead Walter Kirkland, 72, died at his home in the Abney community on September 23. Funeral services were held at Abney and the remains were laid to rest In the Abney cemetery Friday afternoon. Col. R. S. Stewart Is Home, Doing Well "I'm glad to be home and to my friends who have been so generous and kind during my illness, 1 am grateful. 1 thank you all from my heart. Roach Stewart." The above statement, given out Monday morning by Col. R, S. Stewart, who has been in St. Joseph hospital, Lexington, Ky., for the last month undergoing and recuperating from a major operation, was the flrBt Col. Stewart had made outside of his own family since his return Sunday night from Lexington. Mrs. Stewart, who had been with the Colonel since before the operation. returned with him. They were met at Carlisle station of the Southern ILaiway by D. Reece Williams, Col. Stewart's law partner. Col. Stewart, who at one time after the operation was in a grave condl tion, now appears in splendid shape, although of course has not yet fully recovered. His many friends are looking forward to seeing him on the streets of Lancaster soon.?Lancaster News. Examinations For Marines Examination of fifty applicants for enlistment in the Marine Corps will be held at the Marine Corps headquarters, Post Office Building, Savannah, Ga , during the month of Octo-j ber, It Is announced by Captain A. C Small. Officer in Charge. The Savannah office considers applicants from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Florida and South Georgia. Application blanks and Information relative to enlistment ifr | the Marine Corps will be furnished upon request Two brothers, one 3 and the other 15, were burned to death In their home at Pine Summit, Pa., as one tried to save the other when the home was discovered to be on fire In the night time. Other members of the family escaped narrowly with their lives. The farm poultry flock is playing - an Important part in Rural Rehabilitation families farming in South Carolina and approximately f 150,000.00 worth of poultry was produced by clients on this program during 1837. 7 I Meat Drying Once Reqwlrecl High Preasur# Treatment Meat drying in die early duye was a high pressure operation, ao' ctfrding to Col B. N. Wantworth. I director of Armour's live burcau. Following the slaughter, or the hunt, die meat was piled in skins and taken to camp. Thej? was no chance for either hunter or camp follower to rest, I he knives were sharpened and the meut cut into thin. Hat strips which weie hung in trees when available, or on poles out of reach of the dogs, or in the top of the hut or tepee where the heat of the Are would help the meat to dry rapidly. When properly prepared, the meat was in transparent strips which were very bard and inflexible. Sometimes it was transported in this forjj), or,^a!" _ was powdered by beating with atone or wooden mallets, mixed with dried fruits and vegetables to form mican, and in this powdered condition transported ill skin sucks or bladders. Pemmican was the prin* clpai food of the n.tive North America whenever the tribe# were on the move. It was J8? ? winter food in regions where it wM difficult to freeze meats at the tim? of the hunt, which, on-iM* nent, extended from polht# ih the northwest territory of Canada southward. Damascus May Have Bean Founded by Kin of Noah Damascus in Syria has been regarded as the oldest city in the world, its foundation having been attributed by the Jewish historian Josephus to the great-grandson of Noah. Evidence in the fourteenth chapter of Genesis indicates that the place was of importance in the time of Abraham, or at least 2000 B CIt is difficult to list other old cities in the order of their foundation, observes a writer in the Detroit News. Bagdad, on a site which has been occupied since very early times and preserving the name which it has held for at least 4,000 years, did not become a city of first rank until the Arabian town was founded in the eighth century A. D., on the site of the ancient Babylonian city. Peking (now Peiping) in China stands on the site of one of the oldest cities of the world. The earliest city of which there is authentic record there was Ch'i, the capital of Yen, most northerly of the feudal states which acknowledged the authority of the Chou Dynasty in the twelfth century B. C. The city of Cairo in Egypt is near the site of the ancient Memphis, one of the world's first cities to be established. The African Hippopotamus In Africa, the hippopotamus inhabits great tropical rivers, lakes and estuaries, generally feeding upon marine plants and swamp vegetation. Upon occasion, however, he can work havoc with river-bottom crops, particularly since he forages and in herds of 20 or more. The hippo is an amiable fellow until wounded or cornered. In an emergency, however, he has recourse to a surprioing amount of agility, ferocity and strength. His hide, 2 inches thick, is quite a protection from fang and claw. Natives trap the hippo in his runways for his flesh and teeth, which ajre of continuous growth, sometimes weigh as much as 6 pounds, and are finer than ivory. Tide Four Times a Day Four times a day the waters change and at high and low tides there is a difference of 28 feet in the water levels about Nova Scotia. The receding tides leave ships in the harbor stranded high and dry on the sands, their entire hulls exposed. Later the incoming tides set these fishing and sailing vessels afloat once more as the waters make their 28-foot rise. These fascinating "rapid change" tides may be v.ewed a short distance from Digby, which overlooks the Digby basin. This is a sheet of water 20 miles long and 10 miles wide which forms an arm of the Bay of Fundy. Antarctic Regions Colder The Antarctic regions are colder and less accessible than the Arctic. Because of the closer arrangement of the continents, the action of the ' gulf stream on the one side and the I Japan current on the other, and | from the fact that the earth is in | perihelion during the winter season j 'in the northern hemisphere and in aphelion during the winter of the Southern, the Arctic seas are more free from ice, which in? the Antarctic constitutes an all but impregnable barrier. Balloon Overcomes the Fog London fogs no longer bar weathj er observers from testing the "fly1 ing air" over the Croyden Airport. 'I& fog balloon, with instruments attached, is sent up two or three thousand feet above the field to make observations.?Popular Mechanics Magazine. The Word "Telepathy" The word "telepathy" Was coined about 1888 from the Greek to express the supposed power of communication between one mind and another without the use of the known aense organs. HOBSON'g CANDY KI8BE8 In the spring of 1998. Spanish Admiral Cervera sailed bis rusty little fleet of seven ships straight through the operations center of an overwhelmingly superior U. 8. fleet set to catch h'lui, and safe into harbor at Santiago, Cuba, without* once being sighted by a U. S. warship. Navy censorship hid that inglorious episode from the U. 8. public for a fortnight, while the Navy made up its mind as to Just where Cerveru was. Admiral Sampson determined to bottle up the enemy fleet by sinking u ship across the narrow harbor entrance. Because of his knowledge of ship construction, Lt. Richmond P. Hobson was chosen for the attempt. With seven volunteers aboard the old collier Merrimao he steamed up to the harbor In the dark of the moon on June 3rd. Everything went wrong. Eight of the ten torpedoes with which Hobson had planned to scuttle the ship refused to explode. The Spanish were execrable marksmen, but they shot away his rudder chains and the Merrlmac drifted helplessly. Two Spanish torpedoes sank it In a spot where it did no one any harm. Clinging to a raft, Lieutenant Hobson and his men were Ashed out of the water by a Spanish launch at dawn, and imprisoned with utmost courtesy. Though Hobson's exploit had been a failure, bored correspondents pounced on it as the first exciting story of the war. When.v the handsome 28year-old officer returned to the U. S. he found himself a national hero, worshipped with a hysteria nbt to be equaled until young Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic 29 years later. For months he traveled about the land being kissed by adoring women, until his/original fame paled before his notoriety as the "most kissed man in America." A candy manufacturer promptly put out a caramel called "Hobson's Kike."" Pleading poor eyesight, he applied for retirement from the Navy at 32.. His request was refused and he resigned to begin a career of crusading against alcohol, narcotics and unAmericanism?eight years of it In the U. S. House of Representatives. Not until 1933 did Congress vote him a Medal of Honor, rank of Read Admiral and retirement pay. "One of the basic evils of hero-J worship" he said two years ago, "is its effect on a private career."?Time Two Bunk Robbers Given Long Terms Orangeburg, Sept. 23.?James Par uell ant) J. V. Baer began aervlng long prison sentences today an*,, pleading guilty to charges of robbing the Bank of Blloroe August 13. "Judge G. Muucau Bellinger seu tenced Parnell to fifteen years iu the penitentiary and Blair to ten yesterday. l'arnell escaped f*on? the conn ty Jail a few weeks ago but wuh recaptured. AUSTRALIA PREPARING TO FIGHT HER OWN BATTLE London, Sept. 18.?Australia today is meeting the crista In her own Pacific ocean and the threat to her Mediterranean communications with the mother land with tha most ambitious armament program In her history. Information made available in London showed-the dominion is pushing a program of warship, airplane and arsenal building to coat |67,655,000 and to dovetail with Great Britain's i |7<600,000,000 rearmamei^. Japan's imperial expansion and Italy's threat to the Mediterranean sea lanes have spurred the Australlau armament effort, relatively large for 1 a land of 7,000.000 population and largest ever undertaken by a British dominion in peace tltpe. Australian leaders realized that the mother land needed all available ships nearer Rome, and that In time of stress Australia might have to fight her own air and sea battles. No longer within guaranteed reach of a British fleet In sure control of the Mediterranean and now within range of air attack. Australia is to become a far more independent unit In empire defense. Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, after several weeks In Europe, returning to the United States on board the steamer City of Norfolk, bound for Baltimore. He has steadfastly refused to answer any questions or make any comments on his alleged membership in -the Ku Klux Klan. He boarded the City of Norfolk, a very small ship, just two minutes before the gang plank was raised for sailing from London. m Service Market *" "ONE STOP FOOD STORE" Phone 76 KERSHAW, S. C. ' ? 1 1 11 ' ' Those crisp fall days are fwnhny ou? Discard the old Straw?-dress up in I one of our new I FALL FELTS I pvcry day, more and more people are taking advantage of the Wonderful Bargains we are offering dur- I I ing our FALL HARVEST SALE 11 Fall HaU Brand New for men. All sizes and shades. 98c I Sheeting Good Quality 39 inches wide. We will tell as long ss> It last 5c yd. Drcta Print* Big Tafcl# of I Beautiful fall pat terne> 80 equere. Value 19c v*#- I I Always a Complete Line of Skoes, ObUdflf and Ready* I to-Wear at Prices you can afford to . f? * T.'-\ * STEVENS-SPRINGS COMPANY I "The Store With a OUR "GIVE-AWAY" SALE I A 26c tube of Dr. West's Tooth- A 50o !* Hlfldsfr^**Jt Jflij J paste with a 50c Dr. West's a 7So Toijat Water. |1a? w pj J Toothbrush. Both for - ? ' - .% . '* 39c Package of ten Qilletto Blades Buy a SOo BOttta I with $1.00 Raaor. A $1.40 value Antiseptic. ' 1 fcl other. I ^ , , i . * a *' 1 ' i . y " -