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V TTTDCXil All") items of {\?) LZi Lv u) LI/a LL/ ., interest MISS WELCH CARSON, RoprctenUtive Copy for those columns must be In the hands of the correspondent not later than Wednesday mornlny to insure publication In current week's Issue. 1 Kershaw Personals Mrs. C J Sea we 11, Jr., ami dangle lor, Mary Ihinlap. of Hoi k Mill, are ( guests ol Mr. and Mrs. ( .1 Soawcll, Sr MJhh VVIIIIo DrafTln, of Hook Hill. wuh the wook olid kuohl of lior moth-, or, Mrs. Anna DrafTln. Mm. W. T. HedToarn and dauKhter. Molly Ruth. of Canulon, woro visitors . at the homo of Mra. Hodfuurn's sistor, Mra. J C. Jenkins Wednesday. | Mr. and Mra. George Blackwell announce the birth of a aon, Tuesday, January 18. Dr. Hoy ward Hlackinon, of Jackson-1 vllle, Fla., Is a visitor at the homo' of hla father and mother, Mr. and. Mra. W. L. Blackmon. Mr. and Mra. Archie Blackmon and I aon, Robbie, of lawidruui, spent Sunday with Mr Dlackroon'a father, W. I L. Hlackinon, who has been very ser-1 loualy 111. I Mra. P. T. Gardner viaited her daughter, Miss Mildred, at Winthrop college In Rock Hill last Sunday. Miss Frances Simpson, of Darlington, spent last week end at home with her parents, Dr. and Mih. U D. Simpson. Mra. M. F. Hawthorne returned last week from Henderaonvllle, N. C., where she was tho guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. P M. (!onway have returned to their home In Macon ,Qft., after a visit to Mr. and Mra. T. K. Dee. Mr. and Mrs. Conway McLean have returned to their home in Mulllnu, after a visit to relatives In town. Mra. D. K. Cat06, Miss Mary Kath-_ ryn Catoe upd Mrs. Roy Cutoc were visitors In Columbia lust week. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Knight have moved into their new home near the grummar school building. Mrs. J. C. Beckham, of Shelby, N. C., hns returned to her home after; a visit to her sister, Mrs. K. C. BrasIngton. Mrs. William M. Hayes and daughter, Ann. and Mra. James Carson J were visitors in Camden Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. 1) M. Mobley and] family visited relatives In Pleasant ! Hill last week. Mr. and Mrs K K. 1'lyler. of Camden. were visitors in town last week. William Clyluirn has returned to Staunton Military academy, Staunton, : Vu.( after spending som?- ' ir-tr with his parents. Mayor and Mrs C. F Clyluirn. Mih. George Ifamrick and daughter, Miss George L'velin. have returned! from a visit to Mrs Hamrick's sister in Ola. Mr. and Mrs Krnesi Clvhiirn, of Aligelus, spi'lil lu.->l Week end with Mr < * I > burn's parents, Mr and Mrs. T It. Clyburn, Ar Mrs Aiiioh Byrd. her sun, Hey waul, and Miss Mary Kathryn Catoo were visiters in Lancaster lust week. Mr and Mrs Charles J. Stover, of lutiidrum. spent last Sunday with relatives In town. Mr npd Mrs. 1). M. (Ilhbons and son, Tommy, were visitors In Mt. Zlon last week Mrs. Hubert C. Howell was a visitor In Monroe N. c, laat week. Mrs. C. VV klrvln, of Union, Is the KUest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Klrvln. Mrs. (J. J. Muugoe, of Pageland, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mollie Fall?. Rev. b, D. Hauler was a business visitor In Humter last week. W. M. Uettys spent last Hunday with his parents, who live near Camden. Mrs. Frank Bullock, of Claxton, Ga., Is visiting Mrs. Randolph Horton. Miss Harriett*) I^ee Truesdalo, of Queens-Chlcora college, Charlotte, N. C., Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Truesdale. Music Club Meets The MacDowel) Music club met at the home of Mrs. J. C. Jenkins, Wediwtmlin v q ftwrnonn lonnn ..v 10 % *i " ?w4*utti / mio. j John S. Truesdale and MIbhob Rata and Mary Ada Jenkins were assistant I hostesses. After the business session the meeting was turned over to Miss Evelyu Tonimlns, who gave a sketch of the Bach family and con temporaries. The following musical numbers by German composers were then given: Piano solo, "The Serenade," (Schubert) Mrs Edgar Hutto; vocal trio, "Largo," (Handel) Mrs. C. M. Brown, Mrs. C. J. Seawell, Miss Mary Jo Russell; piano solo. "Prelude in a Minor," (Bach) Miss Gwendolyn Ulmer. . . At tin* conclusion of the program the hostesses served a delightful salad course. Mrs W. T. Redfearn, of Camden, and Miss Grace C. Truesdale were guests. FAILE?CAUTHEN " Tile marriage of Miss Ruby Falle, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ben Falle, ot near Kershaw, and T. C. Cauthen, Jr. of Kershaw, has been announced I he ceremony was performed bv the K,'x ' >' ' lamer at the Methodist parsonage, l)e??emh?-r 23, 1837 Mr and Mr.-, Cauilo'ii ar?- now at horn., in K.-r-h.iw Mi. Cauthen is employed by the Springs Cption m l.s Mrs. Truesdale Hostess Mrs. B J. 1 rues dale entertained her In idge club and several extra guests on last Friday afternoon. Mrs n |j McDonald and Mrs. James were winners of the score prizes The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion. and the hostess served delightful refresh men t s. KERSHAW CHURCHES ANNOUNCE SERVICES Methodist Church Hev. L. I). Hamer, pastor. 10 a m Sunday school. I). M. Olbbons, superIntendent. 11 a. in., preaching ser-! vice with sermon by the pastor. Wednesday, 8 p. m., mid week prayer ser-1 vice. Presbyterian Church Rev C. M. Brown, pastor. Sunday school. 10 a m., H. I, Clyburn, superintendent. Church service, 11 a. ra. Noting people's society, 7 p m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Baptist Church Rev. Davis M. Sanders, pastor. 10 ft. m., Sunday achool, M F. Hawthorne. ftuperlntendent. 11 a. m. and 8 p m., 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. Killed in Car Accident Kershaw. Jan 1>?Joe Robertson, of Pageland, was instantly killed Friday night in an automobile accident about two miles north of Pageland on | the Monroe highway. Mr Robertson ' was attempting to close the door of his automobile when he lost control of the car and turned over an embankment. His neck was caught in the partly open door and he was killed Instantly. A companion, K. M. Ogbtim, escaped with only minor Injuries Mr. Robertson is survived by one brother. Curtis; his mother and father. Mr. and Mrs E. R. Robertson, all of Pageland Mrs. W. J. Baker Dead Kershaw, Jan. 18?Mrs. W. J. Raker. 82. of the Shamrock section of Kershaw county, died tonight of pneu-1 monla after an Illness of about three' weeks. ^.Mrs Raker Is survived h> h. r bus bund. ti\e sons J K Raker. L J. Ra ker. .1 R Raker, of Rethune, M A Raker, of Sumter. W E. Raker, of! Charleston; four daughters- Mrs D F Hilton. Mrs T J Hinson. Mrs he- i wis N'eal. Mrs Ira Horton. all of Re-' thune. ? ____ The Dutch freighter. Hannah, was torpedoed Tuesday by an unidentified submarine seven miles off Cape San Antonio, Spain, aay report# from Alicante. The crew was rescued uninjured. STATE THEATREI KERSHAW, S. C. i ~ i FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 "THE GAME THAT KILLS" with Charles Ouiqley and Rita Hayworth SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 "TRADER HORN" with Harry Garev and Edwfna Booth MONDAY and TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 and 25 "PARNELL" with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 "CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD" with Jchn Wayne and Loui&e LatimerTHURSDAY, JANUARY 27 "FOOTLOOSE HEIRESS" with Craig Reynolds and Ann Sheridan Admission: Matinee and Night 25c. Children 10c. Expert Auto Body Rebuilding and Painting DEPARTMENT Burns Chevrolet Company KERSHAW, S. C. COOK and LOVE v ' Heavy & Fancy Groceries psJ. - . Fertilizers ? Cured Meate jjLr-.trFarm Implements ^ ^ KERSHAW, 5. C S1IIPS limineWWmm IMmmW M Np im'? Loading Azores Bee! for Portugal. Tourists Find Many Interesting Things in the Azores Islands J T IS an interesting trip to 1 visit the seven islands of the Azores, northwest of Sao Miguel. Sailing at 9 in the evening, you anchor at dawn in the , little harbor of Angra do Heroismo-, on the island of Terceira. This attractive, historic old town, hemmed in by green hills, nestles at the head of an oval ! bay. From the first. Terceira (third I island to be discovered) has been the home of explorers and warriors. In 1474 half of the island was given by the crown to Jooo Vaz Corte-Real as a reward for his voyage to Terra Nova dos Bacalhaus (New Land of Codfish: Newfoundland). He was the first European except the Vikings, so the Portu- | gucse affirm, to set foot on New World soil. You see the house Corte-Real built and the church where he lies. In the same church | is the tomb of Paulo da Gama, second in command on the first voyage i to India, who fe'l_ill_ on the way | home and was put ashore here, , while his brother. Vasco. sailed on to L'sbon to receive the highest j honors his king could bestow. Other brave mariners sailed from Terceira to the Far West, one of whom is c'r (i111 f Although some historians question | the voyages of the father, two sons of Corte-Real. Gaspar and Miguel, are known to have sailed from Angra do Heroismo. but they did not return. In the town hall you are shown a sealed box presented to the city by Prof. Edmund B. Delabarre, of Brown university, who some years ago deciphered, on a rock by a Massachusetts river, a worn inscription which he translated: "Miguel Corte-Real, by the grace of God, chief here of the Indians, 1511." The box in the town hall contains soil from a spot near this rock. It is quite possible that Christopher Columbus, while on a visit to his brother-in-law, governor of Graciosa, the island next door to Terceira, profited by tales told him by eurly Azorian voyages who had sailed west and returned.. Islanders Were Good Fighters. In the Sixteenth century, men of Terceira put up a splendid fight against the invading Spaniards. When their stronghold fell, Philip II made it his bulwark against British sea rovers. Angra received the handle "do Heroismo" to its name when, a century ago, it sent troops to Portugal to win battles for Dom Pedro IV (who was Dom Pedro I, emperor of Brazil) against his brother, Dom Miguel. In the massive fortress built by Philip II, political prisoners are now held. During the World war German residents of Portugal were brought here. The leading export from the Azores to the United States is embroidery of the Madeira type, made by the women of Terceira. This is the only island of the Azores where bullfights are held. These are in the Portuguese fashion?no bulls killed and fine horsemanship displayed. In Angra do Heroismo is one of the Azorian meteorological stations. These stat.ons are the watchdogs of the mid-Atlantic, warning ships of approaching storms, sending word to craft on the distant coast of Morocco of the (onung of the i *h .: <lr;."ice wave w h?ch r.ses between Ico'and and the Azores and sweeps a< the ocean. After nm'.i ring to toe lar.d.ng field ] f..r <i rp:aites on a plateau tour j :r...es from tr.o c.ty, and to Praia da | V.tor a. across th> with one : of the finest natu-; . bai lors in the j Azores, vcu sail on. Graciosa from tt.e sea is not as attract.\o s its neighbors, but does its part agriculturally in spite of shortage of water, producing wine, cereals, and cattle. The Azorian donkeys are bred here. In the bottom of its rock-strewn crater is a large cave with a fresh-water lake. Albert, prince of Monaco, who did much scientific work In the seas of these northern islands, describes^ it as "a unique miracle of Nature." Sao Jorge is beautiful and wooded; its pastures are famous in the archipelago In the port of Vila das Velas there is a statue to the memory of a native of the island who "struck oil" in California and left money for the sick and poor of his boyhood home. Pico's Wines and Cattle. Pico, whose imposing volcanic peak rises 7,821 feet above the sea, is poorly watered and raises its vines in an unusual way. In rifts in the old lava flow, lupine is placed to decompose, and in this improvised soil the young vines are planted. Pico wine is stronger in alcoholic content than other Azorian wines. The men of Pico are famous whalers. There are lookouts on the hilltops, and when the call, "Baleia! ; Baleia!" rings out, the specially | built boats are swiftly launched, I towed nowadays by a motorboat, and off they go to chase the giant I of the deep. Harpoons, thrown by I hand, are used, and spears when the r exhausted whale is at last brought ' alongside?a combat requiring courage and skill. It is interesting to watch the loading of cattle at Caes do Pico, future beefsteaks for Lisbon. At all of the Azorian ports you anchor ofTshore. 10 or 12 to a barge. A broad sling is placed under an animal, a rope tied fore and aft to prevent kicking, and, by means of a cable from the | ship securely hooked to the sling, the creature is hoisted aboard most humanely. The conical mountain of Pico, the glory of the Azores, is best seen I from the island of Fayal, separated from Pico by a channel about four | miles wide. In winter it wears a j mantle of snow. You see it pearly I gray, with a girdle of floating clouds; clear and blue, sharply outlined against the sky; glowing rose, fading to mauve and deepest purple against a star-spangled background ?a never-to-be-forgotten sight. No other volcanic peak appears so seagirt and isolated as this queen of the North Atlantic. Cable Station at Horta. Horta. on the island of Fayal, is a town well known to Americans in the days of New England windjammers and whalers. It is the seat of the oceanic cable stations. In one building six companies?British, German, Italian, French and two American?are housed. They transmit, through many systems of channels, messages to stations in North America, Europe, and South Africa, and, by interconnection, to every part of the world. Four staffs do the work of relaying. In the center of the building is a four-way window through which messages, mainly in code, are passed. Thus, should Jones and Jenks of New York cable to their Home representative, the message, received by one of the two American companies, is handed through the window and a moment later is being received in Italy. It is a night's sail from Fayal to the jagged rock of Corvo, a single extinct volcano which thrusts only its head above the sea. Corvo's 700 hardy sons and daughters, whose home is lashed in winter by the sea in its fury, are isolated for weeks at a time, even from their only near neighbors on the islaVid of Flores, 12 miles away. In spite of hard work and exposure, they are a sturdy lot, living a simple, contented life. Fiores is the most beautiful of a!! the islands Water is so plentiful that streams cascade into the sea. The hedges of blue hydrangeas, the flora' wonder ui toe Azores, are the.r best from July to September on nearly all the islands, growing to a height of 10 to 20 feet. In Flores trails are actually cut through tunnels of these sky-blue blossoms. Masses of golden broom drape the cliffs. The island is without roads, but one is soon to be constructed. Both Flores and Corvo are connected by radio with the other islands. I Another Old Plantation Tale Several years ago my younger brother and 1, together with three other friends went to "Hell-holy Swamp," In South Carolina for a weulv h hunting during the Christmas holidays. I had read a lot of wild game tales by An hlbald Hulledgo. whose ol<| home was on the hank of the San tee river, which river runs north of "Hell Hole Swamp, about eight or ten miles; and in reading these old tales 1 had become very uiucll interested in the wild game to be fouud on Santee river. And so on the 2tith day of December, about 12 o'clock in the day we stopped at an old gentleman's house, whose name was Savage and who lived just south of the muddy Santee about one-half mile. We asked him about going hunting that afternoon down on the Santee close to his home. He said he would be glad to carry us but wo probably would not see anything much except squirrels and possibly some wild turkeys on down toward night. We decided to go, for It was too late for us to fix camp and do any hunting after we got to "Hell-Hole Swamp," so we decided to hunt that afternoon and fix camp after night when we reached our destination. The old gentleman carried us down 10 the river and left my brother and the two younger boys that were with us on the side of the river next to his house and carried Jessie Maugum, who was the other fellow along and myself across the river in a boat and put us on the farther bank to shoot squirrels until near night when he would come back and take us to the wild turkey territory. We had hardly sat down on the other side of the river before my brother and the other boys started shooting and when tuey started, I never heard such shooting in my life. It sounded as if they were starting a young war. Well, Mangum and myself saw the big Cypress trees which were covered with long grey moss working alive with grey squirrels but all of them were in a swamp filled with water right near the river and we had no way to get them out if we shot them, so we just sat there and watched them and listened to the gun serenade across the river. Well that continued for about half an hour before tlie shooting bega.i to slacken off and we just heard a guu about every live or ten minutes for about another hour and then everything got absolutely quiet for about another hour and then the old man came back in the boat to get us and we asked him where the boys were that were on the other side of the river and what had happened to them j since they were not shooting any more. He said he did not know and that he would take us back if we were ready to go and we would look them up and start on the turkey hunt., We got in the boat with him and started back and within the time that we reached the bank of the river the boys were at the landing and had only one Aquirrel with them and later admitted to us that they killed that squirrel by knocking hini in the head with the gun barrel. We asked them where they had been but they would not tell us and did not tell the story that I am now going to tell until about three months later. We questioned them closely about what they did and what they were shooting at so much they would just grin and k iy "we were just having a little fun." i But about three months later one ofi the boys broke down and told me this Btory. and when I questioned the ether boyn about it they all admitted It was true. i An soon as we left them on th,o south Hide or the river the boya went down to the river u piece looking tor squirrels and soon my brother saw . one h heud sticking out of u hoilow In thtfuvery top of one ot the tall cypres** ireoH. lie began to ahoot at tbo squirrel with bird shot and then with some buck shot that he had, but the squirrel was so far up In the tree until the bird shot probably did uot reach him and the buck shot no doubt spread around him. So my brother called his two friends to hplp MULJUL ho said, "make the squirrel take hie heud back iu the hole." Well, th6y shot something like ten or twelvetimes qach before the squirrel disappeared back in the hollow. Then ever once In a while he would stick his head out again and then one of them would take a crack at him. Finally they got tired of this and started shooting at some squirrels that were ! out over a swamp which was nearby. ' But the squirrels proved too far for | the guns and finally they tired of ' this. So my brother struck off through 1 the woods to see what he could find. ' He had been gone about one-half hour I when the other two hoys saw him come tipping back through the woods to them. When he got there he told them that he had found a wild hog bed and that one little pig was still in it and that he wanted them to go with him and help catch the pig. iThey put all of the guns down~~ei'$S"j?Y " one with which to protect themselves in case the old hog came back when the pig started squealing. | The boy who was telling me about it said they crept back through the I woods as silently as shadows end ! after they had gone about one-half mile my brother stopped and pointed I to a large bed of leaveB and whispering told the other two boys to circle and come iu from the other side and . that he would go in from the side 1 where he was. And also told them that when they got close to the bed he would give a whistle and that for both of them to Jump into the bed at the same time he did and grab the pig and keep it from squealing, i They did as instructed and when they got to the bed my brother whistled and sailed into the bed, which, was waist high, head first. And then he rolled over and said "help me boys, help me!" The other two boys jumped in and grabbed the pig and as one of them said "that little pig came very , near getting away from all three oi them " He said you should have seen -the rolling amt"tTmTbtfng and grabbing of those three boys in that wild hog bed as they tried to hold that one little wild pig and hold it so he could not squeal. Finally everybody got a I good bold on the pig and my brother said, "I guess we have got him now I where he can't squeal." And then one I of the boys said, "there must be soroej thing wrong with this leg that 1 have [got hold of, for I'll be doggone if It |does not feel like it is stiff." j Well, sir. he said they then took a good look at the wild pig and found that it had been dead so long that it was as stiff as a board. But In their excitement and half covered with the bed of leaves they were jerking the pig out of each other's hands and did not know it was dead.?Coble Fnnderburk in Monroe Enquirer. Congressional reporters estimate that more than 200,000 words have been spoken In the senate In the fight for and against the anti lynch law. Vp to Tuesday there hud b-en 21 hours of debate at about 160 words a minute. January Clearance J | I Ready-to-Wear ;l .. fl I Men's Wear I I Sheets and Pillow Cases I I I STEVENS-SPRINGS (XX ~ 1 THE BIG STORE ON THE CORNER I I KERSHAW, 9. C. |