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SOUTH CAROLINA'S ORDINANCE OF SECESSION 'Where is the original of 1,10 Houth Carolina Ordinance of Swootwlon?' wan recently asked of Congressman j p Richards, Democrat, Fifth Dintrice of South Carolina, by Representatlve Charles A. Halleck, Republican Member of Congress from (he Second District of Indiana. (Richards grandfatber fought on the Confederate sldo and Mullock's in the Northern Army). Quickly Representative Hlcbarda replied : '^'VVby In our State Capital, Columbia, South Carolina." "No," Bald llallock, "1 think I saw It In Indiana." And ao therein hangs a very intereating Htory: It aeeina that during the recent adjournment of Congress last fall Congressman Halleck waa with a parly enjoying a c)ita 11 hunt which Indiana la noted for. among many other tine thlnga?and waa approached by a gentleman who asked the Congressman to go by a nearby farmhouse to look at some very old, and bellevod to be valuablo, papers in the possession of an Indiana housewife. Iu looking over the packages of yellowed documents, tied with a bit of discolored cloth string, Representative Halleck came across "South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession,' which the lady's father, an officer in the Union Army under Sherman, had secured when Columbia, the Capital of South Carolina, was burned on February 17, 1805 by Shorman's men in their destructive inarch to the sea. Congressman Richards Immediately contacted Secretary A. J. Salley, Jr., to get first-hand historical Information as to this copy of the Ordinance of Secession. Mr. Salley wrote Congressman Richards, as follows. Ihe Ordinance of Secession is here in my office. Shortly after It was adopted the Secretary of State took charge of it and made a certificate on the back reciting what it was and signed his name thereto. 13y order of the Convention lithograph copies were made by the Evans & Cogswell Company. Charleston, and one copy presented to each member of the Convention. "1 have one of those In my private collection. It belonged to one of the signers from Orangeburg. I have bought two In the North and two 1n South Carolina in recent years. All four of them are now In Southern collections, three In South Carolina (two of them In Canulen) and one In Georgia. "I had a letter a day or two ago from the Kansas State Historical Society asking the same question you have asked, with the Information that a woman In that state had one which she supposed was the original." So. it seems that Representative Halleck and the lady from Indiana are mistaken. Evidently, the Indiana copy is one of those made by Evans A- Cogswell. Charleston. South Carolina. It. is interesting to recall thai the Signer* of the Ordinance of Secession from Die Fifth District of South Carolina were; Chester District: 1 Inn. MeKee 1 \v hit w .1* S.I 111 to Slave been the oldi-? man at '.he convention): 2. Thorn.i- W Moore; Richard Woo.ls; I A Q Dunovant. York District: 1 William Blackburn Wilson: J Rol'i i : T Allison; 3. Sammi R.iino>. t A Baxter Springs; 5. A. I. Barron. Lancaster District: 1 R. L. Crawford, 2 W U t'autheii; D P. Robinson. Kershaw District: 1 T J Withers; 2 Janoxs Chesnut. ,1 r ; 3 Joseph Brevard Kershaw Fairfield District: 1 John Hugh Means. 2 William S':oih-r Uyies; 3 IIeii!> Campbell Ham-. ? J no Buchanan. Chesterfield District. ' Jo!in A Inglis; 2 r 1 V, p.. S'ephetl Ja, ksoa. Cl.ei... > ; :. -a: :shi 11 u::::I ! - ' * D .r::II m m:.- - : I dotie i- a:' . a.- - J Slates i .t: 'e i 1 2 " . . ;> - - nm-: SPEEDY .. EXPERT .. RELIABLE .. INEXPENSIVE It is awfully easy to get cheat ed on Radio Repairs ... so it's Reliability and Skill that counts . . , Western Auto Associate Store has afi enviable record of Skill . . . ask any customer of our Reliability. Western Auto Associate Store Phono 13 CAMDEN, 8. C. ' Nobody's Business Written for Tbe Chronicle by (!? M( ()??, Copyright, 1#28. ^ fathers night hiiss Jennie vcovn smith, our hue h< boll principle, hoi I "fathers night at her scholl housu last frlday evening. It was attended by all addntlrfng fathers, and no mothers wore allowed to be on hands, she Is a good* looking woman and knows how to entertain men. --the first thing on the program was u song by miss Jennie veeve smith,entitled ? "two cigarettes in the dark." she played her own aocompanytnents on the scholl planno. the socont Item was a song and planno duet by miss Jennie veeve smith, the third thing on the program was a reading by miss Jennie veeve smith, i ?another fine piece on the list was a combination rumba and skirt dance on the rostrum by miss Jennie veeve smith, uftor that, she gave 3 retttUjjgs and u nice recitation, then she shotted how she teoched flssical culture, and the fathers wore all supprlsed to find her so supple and so capable of bending her figger around on the stage without hurting her spine or annythlng. ? after theso performances, miss Jennie veeve smith gavo a example of rope-skipping, she turned it herself I and skipped 125 times without getting it kotched around her nako or betwixt her feet, she then swung a few dumb-bells, one of them flew out of her hand and almost struck yore corry spondent. about 10:30 p. m., she served a Ice-cream comb and a sweet cracker to all fathers pressent. tbe trustees were both there and add-mired everything she done, she Is assured of being re-eleckted next year, she has aired thy torched 16 yr. her place can't be filled in the harts of her pupils and their fathers, yores trulie, miko lark, rfd, trustee flat rock proposes some drastic changes ?this citty of flat rock has benn figgering on hiring a citty niannager to run its bizness and take it out of politicks. we are doing no good as she is now run. whatever the taxes amount to. much or little, goes to pay the mayer and the policesman arid nothing is evver left for street and sidewalk work, nor is annythlng evver done towardB improving the status qUo of the community, a city mannager would not let our place go down like it has. ? the only progress flat rock has made In the past 10 years is 6 filling stations and 2 licker stoars. no other indusstries have darkened our door, with a citty mannager, according to slifn chance, Jr.. a canddvdate for the job. we could get 2 or 3 cotton mills and a hose mill and possibly a ford agency the first year of his encumbrance. a town must be advertised by doing good things and we should stop the practise of telling only about I the bad things that take place ill our in idst. -cellar lane got a cannery last year, what did fiat rock get? ans: nothing, cedar lane got a lumber plant a few weeks ago. what lias flat rock got? ans: nothing mr. chance, jr.. says he could put us on the road maps and that ho could possibly get the cannon hall train to run 4 times a week instill of 2 times a week as at present. and mebbe with his pull he could make them put the depot agent hack on the job. as It looks now. the only thing flat rock is doing is holding her own (nearly) and letting everything els.* locate elsewhere. a citty man nager would overcome that situation. the poleeaman is fighting it he is a; a red of his Job lev says his brother uste.r live in a citty with a citty mannager and if went broke and still .iwt-s all of its bonds and past indebt -'!:e--s and now it is known as a nice place w? stay away from but he is jn-r talking with his mouth ansoa strong sentiment is in favor of the titty mannager. slim chance, jr. mought suit o k he has a fair education hut nothing else except his w jfe and 7 children ! yores trulie. mike lark. rfd. corry spondent ENTERTAINMENT AT HILLCREST AUDITORIUM At eight o'clock Tuesday evening. M tr< h 12 Varieties on Review" will bo presented in the Hillerost auditorium Tlits entertainment features mo-ii by th" Gamecock orchestra, the Broadway dancers. I tot Bradford and Harry Fowler, minstrel aits. Kay Ky"T. .Ir. and his school of knowledge, the Swing Trio, dances and many other attractions. I he junior < lass of Hlllcrest is sponsoring this program, which is giv, en by Sumter talent. The admission I is 15c and 25c. A plover flew from Toronto to Barbados. a distance of about 3,000 miles, in It) days. The swordflsh Is the unofficial speed champion of all fishes, but no one has succeeded In timing it. PORTRAIT OF GEN ERAL KERSHAW PLACED IN RICHMOND MUSEUM MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH BREVARD KERSHAW, C. 8. A. Portrait placed In Confederate Museum. (Engraving by courtesy of Richmond News-Leader. Cut by courtesy Columbia State.) A portrait of Maj. Oen. Joseph Brevard Kershaw, C. S. A., has been placed in the Confederate Museum in Richmond, its execution and placement having been authorized by Mrs. Joseph R. Foard, of Columbia, regent of the South Carolina room, The painting is by David Silvetty. Richmond artist and was made from a small photograph of General Kershaw found in Cooke's collection in Richmond. The presentation was made at the annual meeting of the Confedarate Memorial Literary Society recently. Mrs. Henry Riely, vice regent of the South Carolina room, represented the givers, and it was received on behalf of the society by Miss Sally Archer Anderson, president. The Richmond News-Leader said of General Kershaw; General Kershaw was born in Camden, S. C., on January 5, 1822. He was educated for the legal profession, prectlced in Camden and served one year in the Mexican^ war as Heuteiv ant of Company C. Palmetto regiment. He was a member of the legislature from 1852 to 1856, and in 1860 participated in the convention which enacted the ordinance of secession. In February, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the Second South Carolina regiment, and in April he went to Richmond with it. He commanded his regiment in the brigade of General Bonham at Blackburn's Ford. and later in the Battle of First Manassas. In February, 1862, ho was promoted brigadier general to succeed General Bonham. He took part In the Yorktown campaign, the Seven Days' campaign before Richmond and In the fighting at Sharpsburg. At Fredericksburg he was placed In command after General Cobb was wounded. He also commanded his troops at Chancellorsvllle, at Gettysburg, at Chlckamauga, at Chattanooga, at Knoxville, In the Wilderness, at Spotsylvania Court house and at Cold Harbor. He was promoted to major general and after taking part In the Petersburg^ bat ties, was ordered to the support "of Early In the Shenandoah Valley. Later he was ordered back to Richmond, and, until the fall of the city, served before it north of the James. His last battle was Sailor's Creek, where he was captured with General Ewell and the greater part of the remnant of his command. He was held as a prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Boston, until August 12, 1863. On his return to South Carolina he again took up the practice of law, and in the same year was elected to the state senate and made president of that body. In 1874 he was the Democratic candidate for congress in his district, and three years later was elected to the position of judge of! the Fifth circuit. He served on the ; bench until 1893, when he resigned due to ill health and resumed the practice of law in Camden. He was commissioned postmaster of that city in February. 1894, but died on the 12th of the following April. COMMISSIONER JONES ADVISES FARMERS TO TEST THEIR SEED With the approach of the planting season, the attention of South Carolina's farmers is called to the importance of quality seed to be sown this year. The state department of agriculture reports that up to the present time over two thousand samples of cotton seed from every section of the state, has been tested. About forty per cent show germination of 1 per cent to 50 per cent and are unfit for planting. Twenty per cent of samples submitted averaged 50 per cent to 65 per cent and are not recommended for planting. Majority of low percentage germinating samples are from the southern part of the state and the highest quality from the Piedmont section. In urging that seed bo tested, Commissioner J. Roy Jones states: "I hope every farmer will have his planting seed tested. This service is fret: and it is a fallacy to prepare land, use fertilizer and not know the value of seed being planted." The Commissioner advises that due to limited help and facilities it will j be impossible to test all samples if held until the last several weeks. Farmers are advised to forward samples immediately and in case of an in ferior sample, provisions can be made to secure good seed before planting time. The department advises that in response to many inquiries as to Federal seed law that became effective February 5, 1940, governing the sale of all agricultural seed, that requirements under Federal regulations are much stricter than the present South Carolina law. The Federal law will prohibit interstate sales by local parties unless a complete analysis on seed shipped beyond borders are furnished by shipper. Laboratory facilities are now furnishing such analysis to cover present South Carolina laws, however, unless the legislature provides additional help the department will be unable to furnish free service to shippers to comply, with Federal regulations. In commenting on the federal iaws. Commissioner Jones says, "I hope that additional help will be provided by the legislature that our shippers not be penalized in shipping their seed to out-of'State buyers." Former President Herbert Hoover was in China when the Boxer rebellion broke out. He served with a machine gun crew when ho and other "foreign devils" were cooped up in the foreign concession. WE WILL FINANCE for one I to three years, the recover- j | | ing and other repairs to ! your home L M See us for further information. I Guy Planing Mill and -J I Lumber Company I W\ UJORKinG a DEmOCRflCY I Ownership of the Bell System, of which the Southern Bell Company is a part, rests not with a selected few but with about 675,000 stockholders, thrifty, independent Americans living in cities, towns, villages and farms ove* the nation. The Southern Bell Company is managed and operated by 20,000 skilled workers, members of a prpgressive, financially stable organisation founded on the democratic principle that assures to every worker the recognition of initiative and equal opportunity to adyance. These 20,000 people arp your friends and neighbors and are substantial contributors to the prosperity and progress of the communities in which they live. The Southern Bell Telephone Company, in providing quick, dependable service at low cost to the millions of people in the South, has made the telephone truly an instrument for the people. SouTHERn BeliTelephore riid Telegraph Company H INCORPORATED Early Spring Guide on Care of Livestock ! Providing for ample feeds and pro- ( per feeding are the most Important : matters In attention to livestock in , March, says County Agent W. C. McCarley, In making spring livestock suggestions. Animal husbandry ? Give brood sows special attention at farrowing (time. Large litters mean greater pro*flts. Place sows and young pigs on territory uninfested with parasites. Cull out the unproductive sows. Plan to plant some Biloxi soybeans for hoggrazing. Use barley, rye and oats for grazing with beef cattle and hogs. 1 Give the ewes special care at lambing time. "Lambing time is the shepherd's harvest." Prefer oats to corn when mules start heavy work. Sow lespedeza in permanent pastures. Dairying ? Remove milking cows from lightly onion-infested onion pastures. Clean up lots and haul off litter to destroy breeding places for flies. Use some acreage cut from coton for more feed crops. Silage and legume hay make ideal roughage feed for next winter. Plant one-half acre per cow in pearl millet for summer grazing. Clear brush and apply 200 I>ounds of superphosphate and one ton of ground limestone per acre to premanent pastures. Sow lespedeza on permanent pasture sod if none is present.* Poultry?Raise baby chicks on new ground. Provide feed for chicks in clean troughs or hoppers. Get chicks into sunshine early. Clean brooder houses regularly. Plant green feed for summer. Arrange to procure the stock for flock improvement next season. NOTICE OF ELECTION The second Municipal Democratic Primary for the^-purpose of nominating an Alderman for Ward Three in the City of Camden, S. C., will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 1940. The polls will open at 8 a. m. and remain open until 6 p. m. DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE L. H. JONES, Secretary 60-51sb Watch the date on your label andi let us have payment on subscription.) Senator Hiram Johnson of California was offered the vice presidential nomination on the Republican ticket with Warren G. Harding, but refused. Calvin Cooledge accepted and became president when Harding died. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on March 16, 1940, A. W. Humphries wyi make to^ the Probate Court of Kershftw County his final return as Administrator of the estate of James G. Thompson, deceased, and on the same date he will * apply to the said Court for a final die- \ charge as said Administrator. N. C. ARNBTT Judge of Probate Camden, S. C., February 16, 1940 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All persons indebted to t>he estate of Mrs. Julia T. Truesdale are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned and all parties, if any, hating claims against the said estate will present them likewise duly attested within the time prescribed by 1st w SHELBY C. TRUESDALE Administrator Westville, S. C.', Feb 12, 1940 CITATION The State of South Carolina, - County of Kershaw. By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge -j Whereas, H. B. 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