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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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DEPARTMENT
Burns Chevrolet
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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.
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