Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f Carolinians Victorious in Texas ' ; ____ m Happiest visitors to Texas on iNew Year's Day were Governor and Mrs. Burnet R, Maybank of South Carolina, who watched the Clemson Tigers of the Palmetto State defeat Boston Collego by a score of 6 to 3. They are shown above at a dinner given after the game by fnenus of Vico President John Garner, where the trophy emblematic of athletic supremacy and good sportsmanship was presented to the winners. The Human Side of Life Chicago. Jan. 5.?Mrs. Augusta Carmlchaol, r>5, was accused by a federal grand Jury today of revenging foreclosure of an 1FOCC mortgage on her homo by: Knocking the glass out of all windows Pouring oil on the wallpaper. Splashing green paint on the woodwork Stnashin^pIumbing' fixtures. Tearing down the chandeliers. Flooding the building by opening an upstairs water tap. The charge against her?destroying government property?carries a maximum penalty of $10,000 fine or ton years in prison or lH>th. . Camden. N J.. Jan. 5?A good lockpicker could have done legitimate business with a Camden county .grand Jury today. The 23 Jurors found thesolves locked in a third story room. Pen knives brought no results; neither did a custodian with a crowbar, attracted after 20 minutes' shouting. Then some one remembered burglars some times take the pins out of hinges?and it worked. Philadelphia. Jan. 5.?Cats, romping on a kitchen range, bumped open a gas jet and released a flow blamed for one of four deaths ascribed to asphyxiation In Philadelphia today. Paris. Jan a.-Coffee-loving Freuchtie-n 'a tin have experienced difficulties la obtaining their favorite brew hecau-e of military necessities will be able to drink their fill for the next week or ten days. Approximately 4,<?00 tons of Brazilian ? .ft- .- s..i/,',| aboard the German u ! ..- Sair.i l-'e, are being distributed hrouuhout the country. ' 't irua'ed the coffee will last the < lvillan population more than a * * I'll-- .irmy already is well 1 - ' from the white-clad Piiei'a ', W bu haVe A h i? iMi-.mg the invading army has adopte<l ~itu...i- . :n . ,u., ring The white uniforms bP-nd with the Arctic background - News of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethune, Jan. 10.?Sunday was a real wintry day with a mixture of rain and sleet. By late afternoon trees and limbs wero heavy with a coating of ice. Shrubbery and trees were disfigured by limbs breaking. Some homes were without lights part of the night and day. Driving became extremely dangerous but there were no reports of accidents In this community. Mrs. Clara Gardner Newsome, 44. wife of Forest J. Newsome, of?the Turkey Creek section of I?e county, died Sunday night at a hospital in Hartsville after an illness of several weeks. She Is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. L. C. Blackwell, of Hartsville; Misses Margaret, Kathleen, Willene and Lula, one son, Basil; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gardner; three sisters, Mrs. L. R. Tiller, of Durham, N. C,; Mrs. H. L. Helms, of Lincolnton, N. C.; Mrs. J. H. Thomas, of Hartsville; two brothers, B. H. Gardner and Foster Gardner, of Bethune. Funeral j services were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday at Tillers church. Interment was In the family plot. The services were In charge of Rev. C. B. McLeod, h?r pastor. Mrs. L. M. Yarbrough and Mrs. Annie l^ee Turner, of Hartsville, visited relatives hero Sunday. . H Jack Dunn, of Blackvllle, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. R. Watson, while his mother is a patient in the Columbia hospital. Miss Nell'McLeod has a position'in Charleston and has gone to that city. Mr. and Mrs. Cy Mitchell were called to Athens, Ga., Tuesday on account of the illness of Mr. Mitchell's brother. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Watson visited Mrs. Watson's sister who is a patient in a Columbia hospital, and Mr. Watson's father who is ill at Blythewood. Mrs Belote, of Atlanta, is spending two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. F. R. Morse. Mr. and Mrs. Selvage, of California, were visitors here Sunday. Mrs. Selvage, having taught here, is pleasantly remembered as Miss Beulah Pennington. of Hartsville Circle numbers one and two of the Presbyterian church met with Mrs. J. N. McLaurln and Mrs. Thornwell Clyburn Tuesday afternoon. Following the program a miscellaneous shower was given Mrs Clyburn. During the | social hour chicken salad, sandwiches, ' cake and coffee were served..' Friends of I)r. -E. Z. Truesdell will j regret to learn of the death of his sister, Mrs. John K Lee, of LugofT, which occurred at the Camden hoapiI tal Tuesday. ? ? ? Hpi FEEDS GAINES DOG FOOD STURDY DOG FOOD SPARTAN DOG FOOD PURINA FEEDS AND MASHES SPARTAN FEEDS AND MASHES RACE HORSE OATS TIMOTHY AND CLOVER HAY RYE AND WHEAT STRAW WHITAKER & GO. Rutledge Street Phone 4 I See 4,000 Make* of Cars Come anil Co , - Z f ~V . '* , I I I Motor Industry Has Long Record of Failures. WASHINGTON.?More than 4.000 makes of automobiles have appeared on the markets of the world since France introduced the first in -1860, the Smithsonian Institute reports. The .rapid rise of the IndugjLryr as manufacturers of everything from bird cages to guns turned their factories into automobile plants, was attended by sudden ruin for most of them. The course of the industry is reflected in a lban exhibit of the ..institution prepared by Fank Walker of Pontiac, Mich. Walker ie making a collection of name plates from as many cars as possible. His exhibit consists of the plates he has collected. The French idea of an automobile propelled by an internal combustion engine had spread to Austria, Great Britain and Italy by 1889, with a general broadening of scope until it reached Belgium, Switzerland and the United States, where the industry has seen its greatest development. Two-thirds of the 300 cars on the market in 1875 were extinct within 25 years, however. Spain's first car had a belated appearance, in 1902. A boom came in 1905 and 1906 when Hugarians, Danes, Russians, Swedes, Austrians and Canadians entered the field. Indications pointed to the industry taking its. place as the great industry of the future^ r causing makers of bicycles, guns, sewing machines, telephones and typewriters to convert their factories into automobile plants. The result was ruin for many. The market for the relatively crude and expensive machines were restricted to the wealthy and nearwealthy. Only those makers with new fundamental ideas to incorporate into their products survived. The approximate record of the different makes put out follows: United States, 1,550; Great Britain, 610; France, 480; Germany, 240; Italy, 80; Belgium, 70; other countries, 135. Relics of Surgery 300 Years Old Are Collected CLEVELAND. ? Knives, long, shiny and sharp, are collected by Dr. Frederick C. Waite, Western Reserve university professor, as memos of the days before anesthetics, when only the brave called a surgeon. "Speed was an old-time doctor's anesthetic when he wanted to amputate," said Dr. Waite, who teaches histology and embryology in the university's medical school, "and a knife had to be as sharp as a razor, so that a quick cut would not hurt so badly." Dr. Waite, a nationally known authority on the history of medicine, collects ancient doctor books and instruments in an effort to throw more light on the days before pain-killing drugs. _ "This one rriakes you glad you are living in 1939," he said, testing the edge of a four-bladed instrument. "This one was used for slashing blood vessels in letting blood." In Dr. Waite's outstanding collection of old medical books are some first editions written by famous men dating back as far as the Seventeenth century. Pathologist Gives Tip, On Killing Fever Tick PHILADELPHIA.?A method to prevent infection with the dreaded Rocky Mountain spotted fever by woodticks has been advanced by Dr. Damaso de Rivas, pathologist of the state department of health laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr<??De Rivas said that when a tick is observed burrowing into the skin, the simplest and safest thing to do is to touch it with the lighted end of a cigar or cigarette. When singed, Dr. De Rivas said, the tick will drop- off of its own accord. If it is pulled off, he pointed out, it will take a fraction of an ounce of flesh with it. Boy's Banditry Ended as Hand Is Caught ip Door WINNIPEG, MAN.?K 14-year-old St. James boy wanted some money and he wanted to get it in the easiest way possible?or so he thought. Armed, he knocked on the door of Mrs. Andrew Wood and demanded: "Give me some money." But Mrs. Wood was too quick for him. She shut the door and caught the would-be baby robber's hand between the door and the jamb. The boy struggled and managed to escape only when he dropped the gun It was then that Mrs. Wood found he had attempted the hold-up with a toy revolver. Trout Is Really Caught But Trophy Gets Away EXETER, CALIF.?P. J. Wdlh caught the fish all right?it was thf trophy that got away. _ After eating a 26Vi-inch trout he caught, Wells learned to his sorrov it would have won him a new cast ing rod offered for the biggest catc) "of the season. , - - * Although he had photographs anwitnesses, it was a case of "corpu delicti" so far as winning the troph was concerned and he didn't get i Town Beats Drouth; Arid for 58 Years i-" y': . 16-Mile Pipe Line at Last Gives Water Sdpply? r** i..-. '.* >,, . - ^ . FREDONIA, ARIZ.?For 58 year* Fredonia, a village of 300 persons which claims to be farthest from a railroad or any city or town to the United States, h*s existed without a dependable water supply* Citizens now are celebrating completion' of a pipe line which runs through 16 miles of barren desert to five springs located in the base of an 8O0t-fcfet cliff. The pipe line will furnish adequate water for ell needs. . 4 J _ When pioneers first settled In Fredonia, located in the extreme north central section of the ,state, thw obtained water from nearby Kanaba creek. Ranchers watering cattle north of the region polluted the stream. - 'r Settlers resorted to digging shallow wells, but this practice proved unsatisfactory, for the water was tepid and alkaline.In 1913 an Australian Visitor utilized rpofs of houses to obtain badly needed Water. Using corrugated iron roofs, W. J. Brooksby drained rainfall into cisterns. Until the pipe line was completed the iron roof method was. virtually Fredonla's sole means of obtaining water. During periods of drouth some water was hauled in from other communities by truck. Finally the town proposed construction of a pipe line and planjhed to finance the project with Public Works administration loans. The project was abandoned when PWA funds were withdrawn. Two years elapsed before federal funds were made available. Although most cities and towns in the nation regard a water supply as an ordinary civic achievement, Fredonians will celebrate tl^eir long fight every time they take a bath or drink a glass of water. Rich Gold Strike Made in * Northern Sonora, Mexico TUCSON. ? A boom town has sprung up almost overnight in the wilds of northern Sonora, Mexico. It has a population of 5,000 and is producing $8,640 worth of gold a day, the Arizona Daily Star reported. I Center of the sensational gold 1 rush is the village of Mesquite, 125 miles south of here. It was inhabited by only 20 persons before gold was found a few weeks ago. The new camp already has cantinas, a drug store, three pool halls, J two blacksmith shops, two barber shops, restaurants, a meat market, I a dance hall and a Jail dug out of * ] hillside. In the jail are two prisoners whose celebration of prosperity became too boisterous. j There is only one adobe house and the hundreds of other dwellings are lean-to shelters of mesquite poles. | ^*he biggest strike was made by Xavier Gomez, whose 72-foot shaft is lighted by electricity from a small J gasoline generator, boasts two elec- j trie fans for cooling purposes and has a buzzer to signal the windlass j operator to hoist a full bucket of rich ore. ? I New Model Airplane Cut* | Out Its Motor in Midair DES MOINES, IOWA.?An Iowa I youth has developed a model air- 1 plane of original design with which he hopes to break the world's record for motor powered pldnes. j The plane, built by Gale M. Fen- J stermaker, of Waterloo, Iowa, features precision of balance in its con- J struction. It's all hand made, except the motor. The four-pound plane is so designed that once the timer cuts off the motor in midair, the precision qualities will level the plane, permit it to glide longer without losing altitude too rapidly and land on its landing gear instead of its nose. % I First Indian Girl Wins Arts Degree at Maine U. ORONO, MAINE.?Miss Eunice Nelson of Old Town, who received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Maine this year, was the first Indian ever to complete the I full course. But her father, chief of the Indian I reservation near Old Town, was J graduated in 1903 from Dartmouth I college, where he was active in athletics. Two of her sisters are dancers and her elder brother?who j attended several colleges?is a grad- J uate of Haskell institute, Lawrence, Kan. j Find Medicinal Soil On Nebraska Ranch ALLIANCE, NEB.?Diatomaceous earth, soil used for pottery, soaps, medicines, beauty creams I and other purposes, said to be I the same quality as that found in | the Santa Monica, Calif., region, waa found on the Everett Eldi*ed I ranch southeast of here. Soil experts at Denver and | Washington vouch for the finding. It was first discovered in the 1 sandhills on the Eldred rflnch 12 1 years ago, but no interest was [ taken then. The land probably 1 will be leased and mining will get under way soon. r 1 ni'w| . . TOM CORtBY PROBACY YOUNGg#T TO BE POLICEMAN IN STATE i nut Friday marked the birthday of . CrtumW. polk, officer who w? probably the youngest person in Bouth Carollnn over to be ft regular member ot ft city poUpe force. Vhomas K. (MTom") Corley, fortyfour, wore bia first pair of long pants the day be reported for duty as a pollcemtn with Columbia* police departmeut l? Xm-or 29 years ago wheh he waa only fifteen years old. Tom. wbo haa served , under five mayors and, five-chief* of polios toe re, 1b well known among the state law officers because of a hobby he picked up as a boy from his, father, the late Sheriff P. H. Corley of Lexington county. .* He learned how 4o train and use bloodhounds and * for years fraii kept his own pack of dogs, often being called on to employ tbeni in hunts. His dogs have trailed audj caught several murderers and others, wanted In connection with- major crimes. The dogs are valued at $2,000. j For many years Tom has served as driver for police cruiser cars. In the last three years he has been ( teamed with Officer J. P. Lancaster., Previously, he served Ave years with D. O. Spires, now a sergeant"; with Sgt, Walter Hite, an officer who was killed by an automobile several years, ago: R. H. Wilson, C. B. Drehor and Officer Dunlap. I In all that time he has had only ona accident?a woman drove from the curb Into the side of His car when he was traveling to a fire. J J Officer Corley's mother, Mrs..3ftllie; Corley, Is Still living and Is ft resident of this section. J Last Friday at the police station Chief of Police Williatn H. Rawlinson, Assistant Chief William B. Hughey, Veteran Chief Jailer Marlon P. Kramer and others offered Tom congratulations. Officers recalled a picture of the police force in 1915 in which Tom is shown In position beside a black bear. "We took the bear and Tom In custody and kept Tom," commented Jailer Kramer. ''J "He's a good officer," said Chief Rawlinson. Well Dressed Man Best Accident Risk Philadelphia. Jan. 4.?An ambulance rolled up to Taylor hospital ) today with a man who had been; hurled, across a highway by an automobile. Attendants pulled off a heavy over-1 coat, two sweaters, two shirts, a linn?. berjacket. a vest, two pairs of trousers, a Suit of unusually, heavy -under-1 wear, a pair of work shoes, rubbers ( and heavy socks to And Rex Barroni, ^ Afty-six. He had minor bruises. Physicians said he might have been killed but for his "padding".* . I A mine drifted into the harbor of l?tsir% Norway, Monday- and ^exploded under a dock, wrecking a number of j small boats and some waterfront buildings. t l ] C1TA1JON NOTICE The State of South Carolina, Couuty of Kershaw. By N. 9* Arnott, Probate Judge. Whereas. Shelby C. Truesdal? muM ault to me to grant, unto him Lett*! of Administration of the Estate effects of Mr#. Julia T .Truesdale, del ceased." ? v These are, therefore, to cite and all monish all aud singular the Kindr*! and Creditors of the said Mrs. JhiM T. Truesdale deceased, that they 3 and appear before me. fu the Co?S of Probate, to be held at Camden, ( C.. on January 25th next, after putyfl cation hereof,' a^ 11 o'olock in tbi| forenoon, to show cause, if any theyl have, why the said Administratis! should not bq granted. ? divan under my hand this 10th d?j| of January, Anno Domini, 1940. N. C. ARNKTT, 1 Judge of Probate for KorBhaw Couutj! ??citation ?" ! the State of South Carolina County of Kershaw Jo! (By N, Cv Arnett, Probate Judge) I Whereas, Mrs. Elsie G. Barfleid iill'J suit to' mo to grant her Letters o(fl 'Administration of the Estate and *?! feots of Burrell D. Gardner. These are, Therefore, to cite a^l admonish' all and singular . the Klj! dred and Creditors of thV said Bis! rell D. Gardner, deceased, that thtfl be and appear before me, in the Coul of Probate, to be held at Camden, A L on January 24 next, after public! tion hereof, at 11 o'clock In the for*! noon, to show cause, if any they havs! why the said - Admlnstration should! npt be granted. Given under my hand this 9tli dar! of January, Anno Domini 194Q, N. C. AHNIOTT, I Judge of Probate for Kershaw County! WOtlCE TO DEbTORS ANDl CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate oil T. W.(Brannon are hereby notified tol make payment to the undersigned,! and all parties, if any, having claims! against the said estate will present! them likewise, duly atteeted, within! the time prescribed by law. P. M. WALTERS, Administrator I Camden, 8. C? January 8, 1940 a TAX ftETURNS ! Notice Is hereby given that the A#! ditor's Office will be opeA for receinfl Ing Tax Returns from January hi! 1940, to March 1st, 1940. All person},! owning personal property must maki! returns of the same within said rlod, as required by law, or be sub-! jected to a penalty of 10 per cent.Tht! Auditor will be at the following places! on the dates mentioned for the pur! pose of receiving returns: Kershaw, February (ffth. " Bethune, February 8th. ! Liberty Hill, February 13th. Westvllle, February 14th. Mt. Plsgah, (at Ira B. Catoe's store)! February 20th. 1 .? Blaney, February 21st. All persons between the ages of '21H and 60 years, inclusive, are regained! to. pay a poll tax, and all person# be*! tween the ag&s of 21 and 50 year#! inclusive are required ttr~pay^ a Rosa Tax, unless excused by law. All True-! tees, Guardians, Executives, Adminls! trators or Agents holding property it! charge must- return same. Parties! sending tax returns by mall must! make oathvto same before some otOl car and fill out the same In propel manner or thoy will be rejected. .-.JThis is the year all real.., estftM should be returned. FRED M. OQBURN, Auditor Kershaw County report of condition of 1 *" THE COMMERCIAL BANK I OF CAMDEN, 80UTH CAROLINA, A MEMBER QF THE FEDERAL REM SERVE 8Y8TEM, AT THE ,CL08E OF BU8INE88 DECEMBER 30, 193b, PUBLI8HED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CALL MADE BY THE ,1 FEDERAL RE8ERVE BANK OF THI8 DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE PROVI8ION8 OF THE FEDERAL RE8ERVE ACT. A88ET8 I^oans and Discounts > $190,914M United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed .... 75.312.ljB Obligations of States and political subdivisions 182.275.EM Corporate stocks (including $1,950.00 stock of Federal Reserve bank) 16.950.0W Cash, balances with other banks, Including reserve balance, and cash Items In process of collection \ . 358.303.W Furniture and fixtures 2.62L1M Other assets, documentary stamps 393.MM TOTAL ASSETS .' $826,733.0? liabilities Demand deposits of Individuals, partnerships amKcorporations. $406,562 ? Time deposits of Individuals, partnerships and corporations ,.. 155.373.5m Deposits of United States Government (including postal aavlngs Deposits of States and political subdivisions 184,58ol|| Other deposits (certified and officers' checks, etc.)) a MM TOTAL DEPOSITS I... $751,fi40.^-^JW t- total liabilities (not including subordinated ohllgl^", tions 8ho%h below) rff .$751,540.wM CAPITAL ACCOUNT8 Capital* $ 60.0004J Surplus i;15.000.8| Undivided profits .v 10,2$$^M total capital accounts ...r.; ;.v. ."r;r; vvv-76jttjm TOTAL LIABILITIES AND OAPTAL ACCOUNTS ....... |816.7$$.? This bank's capital consists of common stock wUh total "par value of $50,000.00. V ^ M EMO rMSIdaIIL >Li! Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): (b) Otber assets pledged to secure deposits and other llabll- I Itiee (including notes and bills redlscounted and securl ties sojd under' repurchase agreement) .$146,7$<J^ (e) TOTAL .$146,711? Secured and preferred liabilities: . ' ...J (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to require- M ments of law ? (e) TOTAL I, H. O. Carrison, Cashier, of the above-named bank, hereby cerW that the atove ^statement la. true to th*