Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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c-; - |' STATE NEWS fee i Thomas S. Doar has been name as postmaster at Sumter by Pres dent Harding. The negro state fair was held i Columbia last week. A large attem ance is reported. $50,000 damage was done by fir in the store of J. L. Mimnaugh i Columbia Friday night. The death rate from accidents i South Carolina is 5.4 per 100,00( BC?yThe death rate in the nation is 10.-; John H. Clifton, prominent lawye of Sumter, died at his home Sunda evening. He was state senator froi ! Sumter county. Robbers entered the Shandon Dru Co. in Shandon Sunday night an stole 9,800 cigarettes besides a quar tity of other merchandise. A bronze tablet will be unveiled a Clemson college November 11 in hoi or of the 26 Clemson men who los their lives during the world war. Jeff T. Blackmon was shot and fa tally wounded by Tom Blackmon a Heath Springs Friday. The injure ' man died in a Rock Hill hospital. Miss Marie Poole, 19 years olc was killed and six children injure when an automobile in which the were riding was overturned in Spar tanburg Friday. - =. IMiia eartn tremors were Leii, m lumbia Monday night. The quak was heavy enough to shake frain dwellings and rattle windows in mor substantial buildings. A petition signed by more than 1, 000 voters has been presented to th city council of Florence asking fo an election on the question of issu ing $350,000 in bonds for street pav Bishop Guerry, of the Episcopa diocese of South Carolina, has issuei '<5 a call to the clergy and laity of th Episcopal church to earnestly pra for the success of the disarmamen conference in Washington. The annual meeting of the Uppe f*M)ULn varuiiua aUci>uv/u'oi< w^vt uuv was held last week. Bishop Darling ton presided. Rev. B. R. Turnipseei was elected secretary, and T. E. Wig m gins and A. L. Gnnter assistant sec retaries. "This feels like a rocking ctair, said Harvey Whaley when he wa strapped in the electric chair Frida for electrocution for implication ii the murder of Earl Wadford in Cal <hoan county. Whaley died assertin \ his innocence. J. C. Marlowe, former sanitary in 1 spector at Camp Sevier, was convicte^ in Greenville Saturday of mau slaughter in the killing of Thoma : .McCarroll during a card game. Mai lowe says he was formerly a scou Villa in Mevinn and later a scou Eh for Gen Pershing on the Mexican boi The Enterprise Bank of Charles ton closed its doors last week, th notice posted on the door stating tha it was impossible to realize on loans and that the bank was turned over t the state bank examiner. The las statement of the bank showed de posits of $1,309,000, and loans of $1, 188,000, with bills payable of $115: 000. Wilson G. Harvey is presiden of the bank. Big Cotton Yield. W. T. McLees, of Townville, ha picked 12 bales of cotton from seve acres and will get another one. Thi is an old alfalfa patch and is ver fertile. The excess nitrogen in th soil was balanced by the applicatio of a fertilizer of high phosphoru content. Yields like this are nc common this year due to unfavorabl weather conditions. Mr. McLees has only six acres c cotton planted to the mule this yeai He always practices a well balance x" system of farming which include - food and feed crops to provide th - necessary fee dfor the livestock an food for the families on the farn ffipr This year Mr. McLees had over fii teen acres planted to Sudan grass an other grasses and acres and acres c velvet beans, neas. etc.. for hav an soil building. While I believe the boll weevil wi be destructive in Anderson count and with average weather conditio]] we are in for our maximum infest? tion next year, I do not believe ths there is any necessity for a farm* like Mr. McLees to reduce his cotto acreage from what it is now. Thos who have fought the weevil and wo in other sections have done it on th same basis that Mr. McLees is farn ing. The fight has never been su< cessful on any other basis.?Ande; son Daily Mail. Self Help. IInvoice: "Is this the weather b] reau? How about a shower t< !' night?" BErVV. * 1>I School supplies of all kinds i Herald Book Store. f'' II- - . ., ik:v MANY SEEK PIRATE GOLD. i | Tales of IJur'Vd Treasure Are Plenti- I i ful on Texas Coast. (1j i i-j Another search for the treasure I which the notorious pirate, Lafitte, isj i n supposed to have buried is to be made. | i j. i This time the sands of Padre Islands < | which border the Texas gulf coast for, 5 ; 90 miles, are to be explored in the; j n | hope that the buried iron chests con-1 r .taining the legendary fortunes may be; < discovered. I ] n Legendary accounts of buried treas- j f ure located in parts of Texas havei 1 * lured in vain many seekers after these j i :r vast and perhaps mythical stores of 1 y hidden wealth. Numerous searches 1 n for buried treasure have been made j on Galveston Island, where, according i g to tradition, Lafitte and his followers j d made their headquarters and sailed s t- the waters along the coast of Texas i and Louisiana, laying tributes on ev- f kt ery craft that was unfortunate enough s u to make its appearance within their j it sight. t Vast quantities of gold, silver and L_ jewels were taken, much of which is ? f said to have been buried in obscure ( g coves and inlets. Charts showing the c location of buried treasure were ( j made. According to tradition the ] ' burial was done by the captain and t one man. The latter was killed and ? y buried in the same hole above the ( iron boxes containing the treasure. s Symbols Cut on Trees. Much excitement was caused several ( e years ago when it was reported that ( e a chest containing thousands of dol- f e lars worth of gold had been discover- j ed by workmen employed in dredging \ r a channel at Constitution Bend, bor- c e dering Galveston Bay. The report s r proved to be unfounded. Upon the is- a i- land facing the channel were several 1 trees bearing strange symbols and in- I scriptions and it was believed that j a ,1 these markings indicated the location; t 3 j of hidden treasure. Many of the t e 'characters were partly obliterated and s y could not be accurately traced. f t However, it is possible to trace a c general design of the ancient sym- t r bols. On one tree was cut an arrow t e head pointing north. There were s many figures above and beneath this ?t . orwtr hoari Following the noint of t a - -? - ? the arrow head due north one hun- a dred feet was found another tree on i which was found another arrow head, ! ? pointing west1 together with many f strange markings. About five feet 4 s fpm the latter arrow head was a tree p y on which there was a cross of arrows c a and much other inscribing. Another " tree located 300 feet away bore in- I: g scriptions and figures. These mark- c ings were thoroughly examined and a I L" careful watch was made for buried s d treasures, but nothing was found. * Many tales have been told of treas- t 8 ure buried along the ancient Santa Fe t trail. In the early part of last century 1 * (the Spaniards and Mexicans were said f * to have had rich mines of gold and i ' silver in north Texas which they t A T ftvi rtn rtVOF t)lO ffoTlta T li aiiopui ItTU tv 1UVA1VV V?Wi vuv I i- Fe trail. Most of Texas was then a t e iwilderness inhabited by bands of .] t Comanches and other Indian tribes. 5, In hauling their treasure overland the 3 o owners were often attacked by savit ages. .Rather than allow their wealth ( i- to fall into the hands of the enemy j - they would throw it into any stream or pool that happened to be nearby. i it Ghosts Rout Treasure Hunters. c One legend has it that a vast ] amount of gold and silver was hidden i 11 FIRST NATK n ; a Member Federal f BAMBEI 1 5 PER CT. PAD e f d f ' T d t ?OFFI( f ? PRESIDENT f W. A. KLAUBER y ?! ' CASH - | w. d. cc n === ie 0? MAI S. H. SMOAK KILLS SELF. Deed Committed at Home Near Walterboro.. Sam H. Smoak, one of the leudng farmers of his section, living iear Mashawville, killed himself iarly .Monday morning, using a shot jun, and blowing off the entire ;ront of his face and top of head. I lie cieea was commuted ueiux c lay, and the deceased left no note, lor anything to indicate the cause .'or his self destruction. Mr. Smoak kvas living at his son's family. Mr. ind Mrs. Rice Smoak, were also iving there. They had not arisen vhen they heard the report of the ?un, and upon investigating, Mr. Smoak found his father lying dead iust outside the house by the front steps. He had dressed and lighted i lamp to see how to manipulate the ?un. This was placed on the bottom step and he used a rod of iron to >ush the trigger. Death was instan;aneous. Mr. Smoak was r. man of considerable property, being a large land >wner. He is survived by his wid>w and the following children: C. jr. Smoak, who lives in Cuba; S. T., ?. R., C. R., and S. H. Smoak, Jr., he latter of Megigets; Mrs. J. F. >moak, Bamberg; Mrs. J. O. Tindal, )gis, Fla. Two brothers, Charley md Henry Smoak also survive. The coroners jury impanelled by Coroner Dopson, reached a veriict in accordance with the above acts. I'he funeral was held this norning and interment took place n the family cemetery.?Press and standard. it the mouth of the Neeches river, r.he story is told of a citizen of Port beeches who came into possession of i chart purporting to show the locaion of much rich treasure hidden in die marsh near the mouth of the tream. It was said that the pirate ressel bearing the treasure was sc losely crowded by the Spaniards that he thieves cut their cable and left heir anchor. The man with the chart et out alone for the spot indicated on he chart. He found the place where he vessel was said to have left its mchor and soon was at the spot vhere the treasure was supposed to lave been hidden. After digging a ew feet some unseen power seemed o seize him and he fled from the dace, returning to his home where he lied in a few days. On another occasion two men, havng obtained the chart, went in search >f the treasure. They found the spot tnd the tools of the former fortune seeker. They discovered a human skeleton, which they removed. One of he men was resting on the edge of he hole, expecting every minute to tear his companion shout that he had ound the booty. Suddenly the man - - - 1 t i /V# vho had been worKing cumueu umui ;he excavation, his face drawn and >ale, and clutching his companion's irm, said: "Come?for God's sake, efc us get away from here!" "What is the matter? What have rou seen?" asked his friend. "I have seen hell and its horrors. Dome away from here. It will haunt ne the rest of my life." No other explanation could be got;en from the man. He dragged .his companion away and begged him, if le valued his life, not to dig there igain.?New York Sun. A*, A^A )NAL BANK! Reserve System > iq, s. c. ) ON SAVINGS I :ers- f VICE-PRESIDENT <? dr. robt. black ? TPD JU >leman; | m BROS. MARBLE LND GRANITE CO. SIGNERS NTJFACTURER8 3CTOR8 he largest mad best equipped iomental mills in the Carolina*. GREENWOOD, 8. O. ? * ! TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open j for the collection of State, county,! : school and all other taxes from the! loth day of October, 1921, until the 15th day of March, 1922, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1922. until the 31st day of January, 1922, a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the first day of February. 1922, until the 2Sth day of February. 1922. a penalty in _ per cent, w in ue auucu iu an mi-i pa id taxes. From the first day of March, 1922, until the loith of March, 1 922, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. The Levy. For State purposes 12 mills For county purposes 7 % mills Constitutional school tax ....3 mills For highway purposes 2 mills Total 24 Vz mills Special School Levies. Bamberg, No. 14 18 mills Binnaker's, No. 12 3 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 .... 4 mills = Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18 9 mills Denmark, No. 21 16 mills Ehrhardt, No. 22 19 mills Fish Pond, No. 5 .... .... 2 mills Go van, No. 11 12 mills Huitto, No. 6 6 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills HeywaTd, No. 24 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 ....12 mills Lees, No. 23 8 mills Little Swamp, No. 17 8 mills Lemon Swamp, No. 13 .... 4 mills ? ? ? n 111. I Midway, i\o. z z mun Oakland, No. 15 8 mills Oak Grove, No. 20 10 mills Olar, No. 8 16 mills St. John's, No. 10 8 mills Salem, No. 9 12 mills Three-Mile, No. 4 8 mills All persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except Confederate soldiers and sailors, who are exempt at 50 years, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00. Capitation dog tax, $1.25. All male persons who were 21 years of age on or before the first day of January, 1921, are liable to a poll tax of $1, and all who have not made returns to the auditor are requested to do so on or before the first day of January, 1922, and thereby save penalty and costs. I will receive the commutation road tax of four ($4.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1921, to the 15th day of March, 1922. In addition to the above levies there is a three mill levy for drain_ ? -it 4 fVi z-v f nirn of age on an *u ?-uio , Bamberg and some of the surround-1 ing territory. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer of Bamberg County. C. W. RENTZ, JR. "SURE INSURANCE" Life, Fire Health and Accident, and Bonds of All Kinds. Office in Herald Building BAMBERG, S. C. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. J. WESLEY CRTJM, JR.) ATTORNE Y-AT-LA W Bamberg, S. O. 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