Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Flower - Garden. Field I SEEDS I See Our Large Assortment. We j| I Carry the Best Quality Obtainable 1 j Fly Sprays and Insecticides I jjjj Get Your Supply Early and Combat the Pests Now ? | CITY DRUG COMPANY I S ' PHONE 130 ? DeKALQ ST. 3 BOTH PRESCRIPTION STORES , I ZEMP'S DRUG STORE I jj? PHONE 30 ? BROAD ST. 3 Kirk wood and Hobkirk Closed; Court is Open The Kirk wood and Hobkirk hotels have closed for the season, according -to announcement of the managements. The Court Inn will remain open on the American plan until May but will continue on the European plan until next fall. The Kirk-wood Is to reopen for the 1940-1941 season on I>ecembor 20, while the Hobkirk will open Its doors for the season about December 1. All of the tourist hotels will receive the attention of renovators during the summer. The Klrk-wood expects to renovate many additional rooms In anticipation of a growing business next season. The hotel reports a 97 per cent Increase for the past season. That the Ivy I/odgo may change hands and be opened soon under the management of a hostess well known throughout the state for her tine meals, was Indicated Thursday. The change, If made, will Insure a modern tea room being operated in connection with the Ixxlge. BLANEY 8TUDENT8HONORED Blaney high sohool will be represented in the Sputh Carolina high school league's .finals at the University of South Carolina Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ot-this week by the following pupils who placed in the district preliminaries: Lila Mae Branham, Willie Mae Branham and Margie Carolyn Kirkland. arithmetic; Thomas Quontin McCaskill, History; and Boykln Kershaw Rose, Jr., Biology. L.Uwis Carroll, the author, did all his writing while standing. I Extra Hours <?< Fishing I -* * * * ' With the days growing longer you have more hours of leisure and time to go FISH I N G. 1 See our display window with all the latest in ? FISHING TACKLE and priced Reasonably. With the right bait you'll come I t i v/ i i i v. luV/ record catch and ;! a supper lit for 5 a King. "**** The Fisherman's Headquarters Barringer Hardware Company TELEPHONE 21 News of Interest In And Around Bethune, April 35.?The biggest social tfveivJ wt\* the barbecue eupper givkt by Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Maya at their "Friendly Cabin" on Friday evening to their friends and those connected with Mr,., Mays In his thriving Chevrolet bustitesB. About one Handied and tlfty guests were present to enjoy Mr. and Mrs. Mays hospitality. I Guests were present from the following cities and towns: Charlotte. Charleston, Columbia, Hock Hill, Che-, raw, I Lancaster, Camden, Hartsville, Kershaw. Moncka Corner. McBee. Illinois and Philadelphia. Circle number one of the Methodist Missionary Society met with Mrs. M. K. Parker Tuesday afternoon. Circle number two met with Mrs J. P. Bethune Tuesday afternoon. A handkerchief shower was given Mrs. Frank Lee In recognition of her faithful work in the circle. A sweet course was served during the social hour. Mrs. James King Is In Blshopvllle with her rather, <L E. Parrott, who Is quite .J. ? ~ Sunday guests of Mrs. Eva Morgan were Mr. and Mrs., ,Z. V .Morgan and son, Vance, of Blshopvllle. E. L. Fields has returned from a vtslf' to * his son. Homer. Fields* in Augusta. Mrs. R. E. McCasktll was hostess to the local chapter U, l>. C. Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. J. N. McLaurln read an. article.on Oilmore Sims and Miss Stella Bethune told of Sherman's march in the South. A get well card wan sent to Mrs. Rebecca West, who Is receiving treatment In the Camden hospital. Roll call was answered with uamos of South Carolina writers. Plans were made for memorial day. During the social hour strawberry short cake was served. Quite a number of ladles attended the district zone meeting of the Methodist church In Manning on Wednesday. Superintendent W. R~ Watson spent, several days at the Columbia hospital with his father who underwent a major operation on Tuesday. I The home demonstration club met | 011 Monday afternoon in the home economics department. The president, Miss Ixniise Gardner, called the meeting to order. Mrs. F. R~ Morse oon- | ducted the devotional. Miss Fewell, In a most pleasing manner Introduced Dr. A. W. Humphries who talked on I food and Its relation to the body. At the conclusion a trio was sung by Miss Stella Bethune, Mrs. F. R. Morse and Dr. A. W, Humphries. Closing with a request solo sung by Dr. Humphries. Tho lady members of the school faculty gave Miss Stella Bethune a surprise kiddy party Tuesday evening. Dignity was gone with the wind when the guests arrived attired in abbreviated dress, hair in curls 011 the shoulders, large bows, small bows, everything suggestive of juvenile appeal. All day suckers and assorted candies and fruits were the chosen refreshments. Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell and son, June Truesd ell, and little granddaughter. A It hea. left Wednesday afternoon for Rock Hill where-they spent tho night with .Mrs, R. E. Sims. Mrs. Sims accompanied them the following morning to Atlanta, where they are- The guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Truesdell. The revival services at the Methodist church, conducted ' by U. RHawks, of North Carolina, who has charge of the singing. Sunday guests of the M. F. Helms were Miss Mayme Helms. A. M. F.mmil lLelms and Mrs. It. K. Helms of Monroe, N. C. Miss Carrie Yarbrough. of Mayesville, spent the week end with her parents. Mr and Mrs 1). T. Yarbrough. Miss Inez McManus. of ColumLia, is visiting relatives and friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, of Bishopville, were guests during the week end. of Mr. and Mrs. Lorlng Davis. Mrs. Kate Hough, of Camden, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Percy Mays. Travis McCaskill. a student at Carolina. is spending several days at his home here. R E. Smith, of Marion, has been a recent guest of his daughter, Mrs. Jennings Watford. Sunday guests of the Watford's were. Mrs. R. E. Smith, of Marion and Mrs. Watfords' brother. Zack. Smith, of Lake -City. Mrs M F Helma has returned from Raleigh. N. C . where she was called Saturday on account of the death of her brother-in-law, T. Q. Rollins. Mrs. A G. C Libby has b<ym a re cent guest of Mrs. M F. Helms en rout a from California to her home in Maine. Mrs. James Bradley and Mt. and Mrs John Graves, of Heath Springs were Sunday guests of the J. P. Be thunes and Mrs Margaret Marlon. Miss Louise Ortinan spent tho weel end In Rock Hill with relatives. Miss Helen- Snell spent the wcel end at her home in Elloree. Tho grammar school operetta "Why the Onrdens Quarreled" wil bo presented Friday evening. May 3 at 8 o'clock in the gymnasium. Mr. and Mrs. I^awrence McLaurln Misses Pauline and Jeanette Jones, o Columbia, were Sunday guests of th< J. N. McLaurlns. Miss Frances Bethune, of Camdet spent 8unday with her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. P. Bethune. Mrs. L. D. Robertson Is vlsttlng he son. Norwood Thomas, In Winnsborc f , Guam contains 206 square miles. Wants?For Saic for 8ale?Slower plants for, summar blooming. VarlJAhgto select from. Come look U?|foW, Apply to B. tl. Baum, Hjamddn, 8. C., Phone 325-W. H #4p4 for sale?All pulp wood and tiro* her on Mobley place, to highest bidder. Address. Miss Aunle Mobley, Camden, 8. C. 4-Epd. for rent?Three room apartment with adjoining bath, garage; room aud private bath; room and kitchen with adjoining bath. Phone 386, addh>?? 1411 Lyttleton Street. Camden. S. C. : -r" " Pd. for rent?Five room completely furnished aphrtmeni General Electric refrigerator. Apply to Mrs. F. M. Zemp, Camden, 8. C., or telephone 278. 4-6pd WANTED?To buy several hundred acres of land. Address D. J. Creed, Camden, S. 0. 4-6ab curtains 8TRETCHED?At reason-, able prices. All work^ guaranteed; Address 904 Campbell Street, Camden, 8. C. i 3tt . if you are qoinq to your fertilizers at home, be sure to use plenty of Cottonseed meal In the mixture. Everyone knows the fine results you will get from same. We can supply you. The Southern Cotton Oil Co., Camden. 8. O; 60tf. we have th4e larqe8t STOCK of all types of "Nitrate of Soda In this ^potion. Your dealer c^n supply jfou from our warehouse*. The Southern Cottoh Oil Company, Camden, 8. C. *60tf. for .rent?Eight roQita residence unfurnished, Including f basement Will rent (or $26 per month. House In good repair. Write or call at The Chronicle office^ Camden, 8. O. 62p. WE HAVE THREE TRUCKS and can make quick delivery, of fertilisers. Your dealer can supply you with the famous SCOCO brand of fertilizers. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. . 60tf ' BESIDES ALL QRADE8 of mixed forI tlllzers, We can supply you with1 Acid, Lime, Kalnlt, Cottonseed Meal, Muriate of Potash, Sulphate of Ammonia, Nitrate of Soda, Basic Slag, etc., etc. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden^ S. C. . 50tf TRY 80ME Nitrate-Potash on your grain and you will see wonderful resultB at harvest time. It Is also fine for cotton and other crops. The Southern Cotton Oil Company Camden, S. C. 60tf SHOES?-For snoe reDullding and repairing call at the Red Boot 8hop, next door Express Office, 619 Rutledge street, Abram M. Jones, Proprietor, Camdea. S. C. 9?b CHICKS REDUCED ? Bloodtested: Each Tuesday and Friday, Black Giants, White Giants, Partridge Plymouth Rocks, $5.60; Barred Roche, White RockB, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampghires, $6.00; White Leghorns. Brown l^eghorns, $5.50 per 100 delivered. Bring this ad to Hatchery at once and get 100 day old chicks of any breed listed above on hand for $5.00. Graves Hatchery, Pageland, S. C. 5-6pd HELP WANTED?I need an energetic and responsible man to associate with me in business. I prefer a married man under 45 years of age. A nian who will do the things that I have done for the last few years and can bulW his income up gradually to ^5,000 per year or more within h reasonable length of time. The man who qualifies will be given the benefit of my experience and - cooperation and actual?Held training. If he wishes it. No investment of money, only consistent and serious application to worth that will pay worthwhile returns. 11 You need not have sales experience, but the right kind of character references and a car will be necessary. This may be one. chance for an honest, serious-minded man who has never really had his chance. Give details of age, family, last two employers and length of time residing in present locality to P. O. Box 1293, Columbia, S. C. Interviews will \be arranged promptly. 5-6sb NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an order ol Probate Court for Kershaw County, dated the 25th day of April, 1940, 1 will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at 10 o'clock a. m., on the 11th day of May. 1940, at the residence of the late Nancy M. McLain, deceased, the following described personal property: All household furniture of whatsa ever nature, including kitohen stove oil stoves. heaters, utensils, _ etc., scrap lumber, miscellaneous article! of hardware, two gas generators foi lighting purposes, dishes, tables, llv ing room furniture, bed room furnl ture, a mantel mirror, assorted pic tures and picture frames. HAROLD W. FUNDERBURK Executor of the last Will and Testa , nient of-Nancy M. McLaln. | Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly If you suffer from rheumatic, ai thritis or neuritis pain, try this sin: ? pie inexpensive home recipe tha 1 thousands are using. Get a packag >, of Ru-Ex Compound today. Mix i with a quart of water, add the Juic i, of 4 lemons. It's easy. No troubl f at all and pleasant You need only e tablespoonaful two times a day. Oftei within 48 hours?sometimes overnlgh ?splendid results are obtained. 1 [ the patns do not quickly leave and 1 ' you do not feel better, Ru-Ex will cos you nothing to try aa It is sold b; r your dnigglet under an absolute mc >. ney-back guarantee. Ru-Ex Compoun la for sale and recommended " b; Zemp's Drug Store, Camden, 8. C. Most of Pulpwood Is From Thinning The .Southern pulpwood conservation association has jtlst distributed one million seed tree thgs to be used on pulpwood cuttings in the South, Southern Kraft Corporation, GeOrge town, 8, C., received 53,000 tags to be used where wood is being cut for the Georgetown mill. Four short leaf or six long leaf seed trees, at leaat ten Inches in diameter, Sre- reserved per acre, to insure a future crop of pine trees, these trees being tagged in advance of the cutting. For the past eighteen months the amount of pulpwood cut selectively has increased, and now about 'onethird of the wood received at the Georgetown mill comeB from thinning. There are seven foresters available for marking timber for selective cutting in South Carolina, four employed by pulpwood producers and three by the Georgetown mill. ? The cutting coneervattoifr' rules of the Southern Kraft Corporation are as follows: Gut no trsea that are less than 8 Inches in diameter, 12 inches above the ground, except in stands* that nebd to be thinned. Stumps must be cut 10 inches in height,' or less. I,eave 6 seed trees per acre, four in shortieaf or loblolly pine, well distributed on die area; seed trees~sbund and not less than ten inches, in diameter, four and a half feet above the i f_ | ... -rxr TT-. = Tr.. .--ir?=?f-- ?' | j 1 ground, unless the land 18 well sloe? ed with young: trees, 160 tree*4? 8 feet In height I In turpentine stand*, cut workuM out tree? and non-turpeiKim> pines.? Leave all]one-Cace and round turpeiM tine plnear unless defective or unles? a thinning is needed. Leave at lean? 60 trees 6 Inches to 9 inches at ifa? stump, in stands that are thlune*).^ E. Douglas Pew, a graduate of the! Pennsylvania state school of foreetn? is one of the foresters available ftp? the marking of timber. Mr. F$$1? now located in Caglderv and is &l!t}.? iateH with Dewey J. "Creed, one of th|9 leading pulpw'ood pien of the state.? Owners of timber may contact Mr? Pew at the Greed office. WILLIAM DeLOACHE AT VANDERBILT MEDICAL SCHOOL? Fifty-two college students, 18 i>er? cent of whom received preroedlctlB training at Vanderbilt University,* were accepted as' members of the? 1940 class of the Vanderbilt Mctdlen? School from approximately 1)00 appli-? cants .for entrance, according to i? announcement made by Howard Milt ? enberger, registrar of the school, r? ' Among those listed is William ftejj? ding DeLoache, son of Mrs. W. R. De-? Loabhe of Camden. The Agricultural Adjustment Ad? inlnlgtrption reports that soil coneav? vail on ~pTi ase s of "its "1939 farm pro* gram?Including benefit payments J? farmers?cost $499,532,876. B n HAIL SEASON IS HERE! | ' Get Your Protection at Once. M Costs No Less to Wait. w H 1 i ,11 * ' RATES ON COTTON . y $50 per acre $1.50 $40 per acre .............. $1.20 $30 per acre Opc $25 per acre .....1 75c ratc3 on tobacco v $200 per acre $10.00 |H $160 per acre 7.50 $100 per acre 5.00 ft# per v;1 $50 per acre ..*??? 2.50 m ^ P. DuBlffiE & SON I CROCKER BUILDING CAMDEN, S. cfl ?-?, i 'i i i? ?? MIHHHBHBMHMRRMMMIIKMHHIRmBaKim I??i? "KNEE-HIGH" CORN I MAY NEED MORE POTASH 1 IF YOU did not apply enough potash in your I fertilizer when you planted corn, tkere is still | .time to add more. Successful growers use a 100-200 lbs. of a nitrogen-potash side-dresser I per acre at the second cultivation or when the -I ? corn is about knee-high. Firing of the edges of the leaves, lodged 9 plants, poor yields, and chaffy djjjkB of low feeding value result when corn cannot get the 1 potash it needs. For every bushel of good <|ual- , ity corn, the soil and fertilizer must(giipply a* I least 1 lb. of potash. ^ ' V Consult your county agent or experiment 1 station about the fertility of your soils. See I your fertilizer dealer about a nitrogen-potash side-dresser for higher yields and better quality corn, ou* t will be surprised how Tittle 5 ' the extra potash costs. 0 rv, ! 2 Wzite for our free booklet , ; "Qtow More Corn" > f 2:*^ ______ ... ..vV?-'* ? 11 II y A?Hc4M>JPd^gi Institute