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Nobody's Business War Measure* Taken- at Plat Rook by order of our mayof and our poleesman, flat rock la completely black?j out ever night beginning at stondown and lasting till sun-up. it la feared that a bomb mou&ht be dropped on us onner count of we have 2 jews livving here as well as 1 great Attain and 1 frenchman and hitler is titer such citizens. the order reads as followers: "on md after this date, September the 15, flat rock will be blacked out completely, no lights on front piliias or setting in front of windows will he permitted, cigarette must be fit and smoked in yore closets (wlmsen beware! ottor mobeels lights Bust not be turned on. don't get arrested: observe these rules instid." tiped by the mayor and poleesman. and ratified' by the cousell. we had a. german in town befoar the war started, but hitler called him lome. he sold out his place of bizzitees for cash and his whereabouts Fis unknown, but maddam roomer aaya he \s acrost the rlne and Is reddy to | kill everthlng from wlmmen and children on down to brlttons and frenchmens and poles, he was a verry nice man till the war broke out and then he commenced?toUUSs everboddy? from afar oIT?who would not say "heel hitler" and give the nastl salute with the pamm of hiB hand. we are not on war rations, but the poleesman Is watching everboddy and seeing that thov don't ej^t much sallets and caviar an t-bones. he thinks the u s will be In this war to the chin by this cummlng xmus and mr. slim chance, a ex-soldier agrees with him. he stated at the drug stoar last night that europe is liable to geti into the war anny day now, and japan and the italyans will no doubt he on the side of the nasties, and so *ill spain and the red rpislans. mr eddltor, plese let yore reedera know thru yore colums that they must not come to flat rock lit, up. this audience by the town couns,ell Till be enforced against strangers as Telr as local people, fords and other things that come into our town with their lights on will he confiscated and locked up for the duration of thej * Floy.^, Gibbous, widoly known w&T I correspondent aodr r rsd lo comment*-1 tor, died at bls^home near Strouds-] burg, Pa,,. Sunday night, aged 521 yev** death being due to heartvdis-| ease. As a war correspondent during] the wbrjd war, he rank^Kgmong the! best. As a radio commentator^ on current news events, be always had] a large following. The Swiss military command an] nounced Saturday that two French] warplanes crossed over Swiss terri-j lory nqar Basel Wednesday and re-| turned to France only after Swiss j anti-aircraft guns opened fire. The planes flew over the Porrentrup re ] gion two hours apart. r* I President Manuel Quezon called another special session of the national] assembly of the Phllliplne Islands, for consideration of emergency leg-] islation. The average speed of freight trains was the highest on record in the first] six months of 1939, being 64.1'per] cent greater than in the correspond-] ing period in 1920. , ^ I war. after the sun rises, lights will be allowed -?wherever annyboddy I wants them. j . yores trulie, 1 *1 mike lark, rfd, j town clerk j j Around the 8quare In Flat Rock I flat rock is on edge again, last night betwixt 8 and 9 p. m., some-] boddy drove down main street in our] little city in a back-firing ford and the whole popper-lation made a dive for cellars and places of kivver. they thought germanny had commenced to drop bums on us. the mayer and poleesman have benn asked to have our town blacked-out at night. ? I we had four more agents in our] community last week, number one was working his way thru colledge] 2 Was selling a patent medison which is good for rinkles ansoforth. num-> ber three was a brush salesman while] number 4 was selling stock in oil wells and gold mines and he had some rat pizen that he was selling on the side. 1 dr. hubbert green has bought some more tools for his opperating room.] he has put in a lie detector so's he can find out whether his patients have anny monney on their persons | or not. his newcut-off saw for legs and arms is a wonder; it mought be] ' run by electricity, he has a tonsil in-] strument that cuts them out and pulls up the root at the same time. he al-j so will have a towel warmer and a bandage holder, fetch yore broken bones and weaken boddles to dr green. i m^. slim chance, sr., our local jJrog-j nosticator, says the war with germanny and europe will last 4 or 5 years, he predicts that russia will win out, but if they can take away mole stuff from brittain and france, they mought stay neutral or Jine them enduring the army-geddon. he wants to see the german u-boats swept off the watters, and then the allies can rallly do some fighting. mias Jennie veeve smith, our affi-i cient scholl principle, will give a! fathers night in the audy-torlunt at an early date, aha will charge all fathers c5 per youngun to get in. it will coat hoisum more c35 Tor Sis Taunpb, and he has 9 in scholl at this riling, including 2 gr&nchildren. lunch will be served for clfi. the proceeds will go to tone the piapno* no wires will be flufmitted! that suits the fathers retry well indeed, she will hare her twin sister as extry hostess ensoforth. yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, ?' oorry spondent. J-i-l!? I.Cfc,- I liUIBIII'l !' ' 'HHII.-i.-J " ' Sumter Eleven Trims Bulldogs (Friday's Sumter Item.) A hard-driving and smartly-coached Oaiueoock team ahoved over one touchdown last Friday night then wqut on to battle Camden on better than even terms for the remainder of the game to score Sumter's first victory over the Kershaw lads la four years. Sumter had two golden opportunities to score, once lu the first quarter and agaiu in the Anal stausa. The Qamecocks cashed in on the Ural, but mlsed the second, which, however, was not needed. Camden tried desperately to reach pay dirt, but the locals put up a stonewall defense that prevented any consistent gaining. Only once did Camden have the ball in Sumter territory and that was in the fourth quarter when the visitors advanced the leather to the Gamecock 46-yard line. That was as close as Camden ever came to a score, but the runniug of Cox and Bell was always a definite threat. ^'-Tbe game was played before thelargest crowd that has ever Jammed the local field for a football game, Sumter officials announced this morning that the gate receipts were the biggest ever taken in, indicating a crowd of between three and four thousand. , Sumter's scoring oportunity came midway in the first quarter. The Gamecocks received the opening klckoff and after running a couple of plays, Epps booted the ball to Camden's thirty yard line. Camden was penalized five yards for wasting time, which turned out to be the only penalty of. the entire game. Then Bell was hit hard on an end run, the ball squirted from his arms and was gathered in on the Camden thirtyfour, by DeLorme. The Gamecocks went right into action from this point. A pass from Epps to Edens just missed connecting. Epps came right , back and ripped off nine yards around end, with the aid of some nice blocking. Brown drove the center of the line for four yards and a first down. Edens went around end for 10 more yards, bringing the ball to the Camden 12! On the next play Brown was held for no gain and Epps lost" three on an end rufri. On fourth down, however, Epps faded back and passed to Brown deep in the end zone for the touchdown. Epps trjed for the p*lra points with , a place-' kick, but frls jhot waa low. As it turned out, however, the extra point was not needed. The teams battled on fairly even terms for .the?remainder ef the first half" with neither able to gain consistently. Sumter team pulled the prettiest play of the game. With the ball at midfleld, Epps shot a short pass to Edens near the sideline. Edens then lateralfed to Brown who dodged and twisted his way 40 yards, finally being knocked down on the Camden 12. Camden tightened up here, however, ami took the ball on downs on her own six, \fter a Sumter pass fell incompletej on fourth down. / It was from this point that Camden put on her longest sustained drive. Taking the ball on the six yard line, the Bulldogs drove to the the Sumter 46 before the Gamecooks held. Runs by Bell and Cox and a couple of nice passes from Cox to Watt* and from Bell--to--Mar*" shall were responsible for most of the yardage. Finally T. A. Edens broke through and tossed Bundrlck for a seven yard loss and -oil fourth down a bad pass gave the ball to Sumter on the Camden 38, ending the serious threat, v Camden put on another brief drive towards the end of the game, tbnt it failed to get very far. During this last brief rally, Bundrlck and DeLorme were ejected from the game when they came together in near fisticuffs. No blows were passed and no damage was done, except to the feelings of the two belliger? enta. Sumter had the ball and had Just ripped off a first down on line bucks by Brown when the game ended. The game was featured by the hard play of both teama, with Sumter holding a distinct edge over the eptire route. Very few substitutes were used by either team. Merrill, Camden's fine center, was taken to the Toumey hospital in an unoonscious condition. He regained con1 sciousness later, however, and waa reported as not bqing seriously in Jured. _ ~ "" For Sumter, Epps, Brown and Edens were outstanding for their all-round play in the backfield, wit! McCoy turning in some nice defen slye work. The entire Sumter, lin< played brilliantly, wUb-iEdena an< DeLorme , .being parUcnllWjr' owl standing. For Camden, Cox ani Bell in the bachSeML and Bnadrfel and Marshall in the line showedV welt' Sumter will play HarUvllle sex r" f&aftOffing' -~?-r J1. 'J, 1 *.J a.'JU'JJ. Prtdiy night in Hartsville. The lineups: Po?. Camden Sumter IjB3~ Bund rick ,... * Lenoir LT?l4iinoy Dew 1X3?Hough Muldrow C?Merrill Hicks RG?Stein T. A, Edtma RT?Strawa DcLorino flK?J. Marshall Evans QB?Bell Epps HB?Sheorn Browu UDt Watts McCoy FB? Cox J. W. Kdens Substitutes: Camden, Cornell, Phil Boy kin and Zemp;. Sumter, Powell, Daruwell, Strange,, Soudcumlre. 8idellne Remark* The Sumter High school band put on a Hue exhibition of marching be tween the halves. If there is a better high achool band in the state, we haven't sedn or heard it. Not only does the Suiuter band march well and present a flue appearance in its colorful uniforms, but it plays unusually well. Professor Molse has done a fine job In training the band. For some reason, Sumter " fans had a feeling last night that., the Gamecocks were going to win and it would have been a bitter disappoint* ment if they hadn't. Nothing but satisfaction over the way the team performed was expressed on all - sides at the conclusion of the battle. Will Muldrow, the lightest regular ill the Sumter line, Is also one of the mosjt dependable. Will's weight Is put down as 140 pounds, but that is probably bragging a little. (Big linement opposing him flpd him about as easy to handle as a maddened wildcat. J. W. Powell alternated with Muldrow at left guard last night and also turned In a fine Job. r, I j l In Cox, Camden has one of the best backfleld men In the state. Built close to the ground, Cox Js fast as greased lightning and unusually hard to knock down. He was a threat all the way and only the fast charging of the Sumter linemen kept him within bounds. I Coaches Clark and Berry were receiving congratulations on all sides last night at the conclusion of the game. They have done a fine Job so. for in training & rather light squad. The team showed the results of this training last night. Every man knew what to do and usually did It. Robert Epps had hard luck with two perfectly plaoed punts. Aiming , for the "coffin corner" the ball hit within Ave yards of the goal line both times, but instead of bouncing out of bounds It hopped crasily over the goal line. Both the Shmter and Camden punting was of a high order. Gene Brown was In top form, being almost unstopable in his drives through the line. When there was no hole, Brown put his head down and opened up one. He also made the longest run of the game In the third quar ter when he? ripped off rorly yards after receiving a lateral that followed a short pass. On this run he sidestepped several tacklers and l came within ten yards of making the touchdown. ^ I Another Good Day We journeyed over to Sand Mouutain and back to Quntersvllle Sunday to the boat races. In the presence of thousands, sweltering In the heat of the sun, in thd absence of a program and knowledge of boat racing, we enjoyed the act put on by "the whiskered old' man" of the river, W. P. Cagle, with his homemade hand propelled J>oat best of all the boat stuff. Visiting, talking, nodding, castlug and receiving frleudly glaucea from old acquaintances by the Score was by far the best of the occasion for us. People are the most beautiful, most interesting, and the most loved things in this world. We, for one,, love people and are filled with delight to Bee them enjoy living. The races were speedy, noisy and thrilling and did they draw a crowd! Think of 50,000 people in a town sufficient to bed less than 5,000. That was old Guntersvllle's biggest day. ?Clark 8. Hodgins, in the Moulton (Ala.) Advertiser. The Himalayan mountain range lowers the surface of the mUl-lmliuu ocean; the gravitational pull of the mountains piles up tho water near the shores. TAX NOTICE The tax booke for the collection of County and School Tuxes for the (Iscal year commencing January 1, 1939, will be open from September IB, 1939, to December 31st Inclusive without penalty. When making inquiry about taxes, ptaase state the school district number in which you live or own property. The following is a list of the total .... levies for the various school districts: Sincerely yours, C. J. OUTLAW, Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C. DeKalb Township Mills School District No. 1 .. 46% School District No. 2 41 School District No. 4 ....39 School District No. 6 41 School District No. 25 26 School District No. 43 25 Buffalo Township School District No. 3 39 School Distirct No. 5 24 School District No. 7 25 School District No. 15 23 School District No. 20 81% School District No. 22 43ft School District No. 23 31% 'School District No. 27 .". 37 School District No. 28 25 School District No. 31 31 School District No. 40 48 School District No. 42 23 Flat Rock Township School District No. 8 37 School District No. 9 37 School District No. 10 22 School District No. 13 26 School District NO. 19 ...87 School District No. 30 25 School District No. 33 37 ^School District No. 37 87 School District No. 41 37 School District No. 47 ! 23 Wateres Township School District No. 11 28 School District No. 12 89 School District No. 16 24 School District No. 29 84 School District No. 38 23 School District No. 39 82 r ^ | I _ Mill Til"I- JUimn lin/m MM-i.u-ju.101^. ?uiw...uu~.-raau-. ^THEEVENTOF ^ TTWl? j\ AJ&y- ? - - next STATE week FAIR JL XjLXJLV ' ^ssxammmmts=^mmmmaBmssasssssssfKmm Six Full Days ? Six Full Nights jg*5^SSS555SSOSSCSS5SS5S55355SSS53|5555B^5SStt55?JS5S555B5S5S ALL YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE IN COLUMBIA WHY NOT YOU? I JOIN THE CAREFREE MERRY THRONC AT THE STATE FAIR I v . v?./ <t?w , , ... I ^ OCTOBER 16?21 \ -y-y t^r. wm>i \ j_ [ITALIAN RYE GRASS I Carpet Grass Bermuda Grass Crimson Clover ~ Austrian Winter Peas , j Hairy Vetch . ; I Sheep Manure Bone Meal | [ Cotton Seed Meal ] 8-4-4 Fertilizers 7-5-5 Fertilizers ? + ' WHITAgR&CO. I COMING ^.il I NOV. 1-2-3-4 sale i I DeKALB PHARMACY I | | PHONE 95 The Rexell Store WE DELIVER : All Motor Vehicle Owners | - Please Take Notice ! I . NEW 1939-1940 MOTOR VEHICLE t LICENSES MUST BE PURCHASED I I BEFORE OCTOBER 31,1939 J TO AVOID PENALTY AND DELAY J The 1938-1939 license* expire October 31, 1939* Application for 1939-1940 motor " Vehicle licenses should be made IMMEDIATELY to avoid unnecessary delay in j receiving 1939-1940license plates and to avoid the possibility of paying a penal- I ty. New 1939-1940 license plates, according to law, MUST BE DISPLAYED ON j 1 NOVEMBER 1, 1939. | Licenses for privately operated passenger cars, and trucks and semi-trailers up to I and including 2% tons load capacity, can be issued only on an annual basis. When I ordering a license for trucks and semi-trailers, the weight of each vehicle unload- | ed must be shown before license can be issued. Motor vehicles purchased on or I ' after October 22, 1939, may be licensed for 1939-1940 without payment of a I 1938-1939 fee. Owners of motor vehicles purchased and operated prior to Octo- | ber 22, 1939, must first pay such 1938-1939 fee as may be due. If you did not re- I vceive your application card, advise, the Department immediately, giving your I name, correct address and the make, type and motor number of your vehicle. I On all applications for license?both renewal applications and applications for . I new vehicles?the school district number of the applicant must be shown before ; license can be issued. There is provided a space for insertion of your school dis- i trict number on the card. ? ? v. fl Read carefully and follow instructions on the application card. Check the application card td see if it is the right one for thd motor vehicle you now own. Do not I send cash. Your remittance should be made By certified check, chashier*s check or money order. TO AVOID LONG WAITING IN LINE, MAIL YOUR APPLICA- _ -J TION. : IMPORTANT ! AVOID PENALTY AND TROUBLE Read the Inetrtretfone on the applleatlon form carefully and follow them. To avoid Ion? waiting In line, It la preferably ta aaall your applications rather than come In person. ' ?: Be Sore Vehicle isRegistered IN YOUR NAME! If your ear waa eurohaaed during 1W9 from?I . ? one who prevlouely registered It In hlii name, :J . get a transfer blank from your dealer. After filling It out, tend It to thle office with the proper remittance. i ' ijj <' 4 -1- "i ^ v >'r ? ! 1 r-*. i I STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT | p I P. Q. Bq3Q498^ Divfeion Colombia,