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GRKAT KALW TIm Story of ItopM Growth o t Nearby Town and Community. CorrwtwndMWd of Yorkvllle Knijulrer. Great Kflllfj, Ajr?rll 24. ? Seventeen yeara ago the tawny Catawba ran through Oil* town ami see t ion which waa then Utile more than ? wilder nesa, un trammeled and undisturhod. Few of the f4>aroe population who made a living on the wild land* then realised that In a few year* the waters of tho turgid stream would he fo harness and that they would soon tHr the ba*4s of iloalihood fox aeve r a 1 thousand ?people, rwidenta of one of the rooxt model towns in ?South Oaro Una from an architectural standpoint and in fact from aJroont any stand point. So rapidly has Great Falls grown and so rapidly is it growing that one U reminded in a way of the l?oom ail towns of the southwest. There la a groat dlfferonoe, however, In the fact that (Jreat Falls la being bunt to at ay while moat o<f the oil towns were never conceived with that idea. The heat architect* and builders are employed at Great Falls. There are few if any shacks that stand hy grace Of the winds. Great Falls, which la situated in the south-eastern section of Chester court ty, some twenty-four miles from the county seat, is onfly seveuleen years old. That In counting from the time the Southern Power Company began " ? m ?, building It* great power plant her*. Really the town 1? not that oW, #iiH-e DO attempt whs mad* to brgte VmiNI ing a Huhtftaulikl town uutH m*n?- tUne later. Ouly wide shAck* were here to bouse the workmen on)s?k>yed in con structing the dams and power bouses at Fishing Creek or Nltrolee, Great Falls and Rooky Creek, al within five mil en of each other. The original idea w as to build them to furnish curreirt to town# dt North and ftonth Carolina, Then the company decided to tniihl o groat cott^ou in in here and later onother one. Then Great Fa})* began to grow great. It hasn't Rtoiipcd growing. ThifO in no indication that It will. On the~5C6&r hamd ?ofe than $1,000,000 worth of construction work is going on rfght now. Auotber great poin'r plant is under construction at Great Falls. Contractor*! are busy digging a foundation for It under the river bt*l. Twelve new store buildings ? handsome, commodious store build ings which would Ik? a credit to any large city are nearlng completion. "While Great Falls 'Just now Is a town of 3,000 people and without u church such a condition wlli not exist long. The only church of the town which was butU by the company for the Use of members of all denomina tions was destroyed by fire New Year's day. Since then religions ser vices have been heQd oh the Habhath In the two handsome school building!* and in (he picture show. But three chu robes will rise from the allies of Supposin' i Supposin' Supposin' Supposin' l Supposin' Your car caught fire, or Someone stole your car, or Someone ran into it, cr ran into someone or some thing ? You'd be 'out' the price of that car just as sure as if the money had been lost, or stolen, or had burned up while still in good old U. S. green-backs, wouldn't you? But Again ? After one of the above ca< lamities someone handed you enough money to pay for all damages cr to buy a new car. Woulden't that make you shout for joy? Wouldn't it, now? And that's the feeling you experience when some thing happens to your car and it is covered by a policy issued through ? : j _ ? Williams Insurance Agency Phone 52 * Camden, S. C. Let us quote yau rates? -no charges for the informa tion as to how it vorks. HAVE YOU SOME OF IT? According to Will II. Hays, Postmaster General, a billion dollars which should be in cir culation to help in the revival of business is being hoarded in American stockings! Hoarded money does no one any good. Keep your money working all the time ? in a Checking Account here at the First National Bank of Camden where it will help local busi ness yet be always at your com rr, a r, r] . the r ii Ion church destroyed by the flame*. The Ikivtifttf are just now completing ?t handsome brick edifice, built ou the latest for a model church aud with ?futt Sunday school equipment Home time ago the Medio <11 st ? decided to begin the building of a dhurch here iu the near future, aud announcement has jufct been made that the I'reabyterians of the town and community ji1.hu to build a house of worship here. All three church** will be large and commodious and aU wiil be iwell fliled because tbe majority? the big majority of Great Fall# inbabi taut* are cbqrdh going foftka. Rvery bunding in tbe town of Great F?H? i? the property of th? Southern Power Company and the Republic Mitts Company. The two cotton mill* which are among tfie largest iu the state, manufacture wibite goods. Work era have not been worried on ac count of poor birsinesa in the textile trade. Both pWnta are running now (lay ami night and tbere baa ne-ver been a rumor of a probable suspension of work. Both mills are models In textile plant eonatruction and every thing possrtbQe is done for the comfort and convenience of the workers. The mills employ a community nurse, n physician, teachers, school buildings everything necessary to emlpioyes both at work and at home. It is said to be one of the moat excellent mill towns of the country and a visit bears out the statement. There is .persistent talk here that the company proposes to build another mill and residents point out to the visitor the site that the new mill will occupy. In fact, it is said that the I company has had plana for this con struction for some time. Whether It will be built or not remains to be seen . but it is a ? fact nevertheless that new people keep Coming into the town or making inquiries about it and the tict that so many new store rooms and other places have been built and arc being built subst ant ia tea surh re ixirts. Although Great Falls is some dis tance away from the main railroad lines that traverse this section of the state, it has a rafflroad all its own and is -not entirely devoid of communica tion with the outside world, Great Fafll's "Shoo-Fly" Is a branch of the .Seaboard Air Line running between here and Catawba Junction where con nection is made for anywhere. The "Shoo-^fly" has Its passenger and mail and freight service, heading in and backing out twice dadly. Like the famous "Due West Railroad" it ad heres strictly to a six day wcek sehedule and there must be some un usual reason if the train runs on the Sabbath day. of course the^, are many here who would like mu<<h to have a Sunday morning newsflpaper but if they do get one, it must be brought in by automobile from the nearest %irge town. Most folks though, are content to wait until Mon day when the "Khoo-fly" starts oblig ing again. In addition to the rail road mere is a jitney (line running to Chester. Many residents' of the town own automobiles and therefore there 1* no I rouble getting iu and out. Com ment on the transportation facilities, however, and the average citizen of 'Jrcot Falls is likely to tell you that the town is such a go<*l place to live in nobody wants to leave anyhow. Among the many ether features of which (ireat Falls has a right fd boast is a beautiful moving picture theatre, unquest ionably one of the best to l>e seen in any town in the two Carolina*. Oi.l.v the best pictures are shown and j the house is crowded six days a week | at each performance. The theatre is ! equipped with < <>mfoi table opera chairs and a large pipe organ and Is I one that would l>e a credit to any town ten times its ^izc. J Tho owners of rirojit l\ill< and those who livo hero a* \v??U. take a lively 1 ii toro?t in tho school. Thorp are two largo school buildings, one for the pri mary and grammar school grades and the other is the high s<-h?'<4 building l?ol h built on tho most nwlorn ftf'hool plans find pquif?ppd with verything npodod in tho fnortol Softool. Thero is n dormitory or tpaohorage for tho toaehprs pmployed i rt- tho ?-hools, tho teaohoragp hoing looate'1 In the main part of town, tho building luing one of tho Ix'st of its k i n<l in tho state. C, ron t F a iyr ha. a largo postoffico, one bank, a drug storo and a good lio tol -tho IVarborn. Tho hotel, l>y tl?o ^ way i?* named in honor of old Fort j Dearborn. t no remflins of which may! l>o seen on an island in tho river near 1 tho dam. fjfld Fort Ponrbprn is of j much historical interest In that itj ? ?amo v? ithin ono \<>to (.f bring selected as ! ho si to of tthe United states Mill- 1 t ;? r y n^ndemy. established at West; l'uiuf. N. Y . iu the early part of tho . last century. Fort Do?irborn. a pile of ! morUr and ro<*k?. slowly orurobling away, i? always shown to visitor* in tho city. Tho Island is rough and rugged and flu* resident of Great FaHn who folia you the ptory of how near it pa mo to being f*4eet?-d as the <4te for tho national military a<"ad<*ny will a<Ul that toe doesn't know. where they tlg urt^J oil bating the drill and parade ground. And the visitor wouder* also. Visitor* to G rea t Fallfl are sometime* cwrrlod to Rooky Oeek power plant, the power station of the company which is located some three miles from (J rent Fall*. like road leading there, whU\h i? of mind- clay ooustruc tion, is known as the "Duke Road." It was buttt toy the -Southern Power com pany for the benefit of employes who necessarily have to visit the several plants of the company located miles apart. The road goes (from Great Falls to Woteree In Kershaw county, a dis tance of some twenty-nine miles. All of tbe land along tbe read-sides be tween Great FaWs and tbe Wateree plant is tbe property of -tbe Hera them Power company. They (have imported scores of good farmers into that sec tion and these with the encouragement of tbe owners <are building up and greatly improving what prior to the coming of the company into-' this sec tion was practically a wilderness coun try Inhabited mostly by creatures of the wild. This "Duke Road" is a mod el for road builders and tbe traveler from Chester to Oimden or from Oa ra don to Chester who knows of It always goes by tbe Dulse road. Great care is taken to keep it iu good ripair at all times. It is said that along the road are some severtiH miles of fonco. The fence is said to have been built at the instance of James B. Duke, who caus ed it to toe built, not especially because 1* needed a fence, tout for the reason that he wanted to provide employment for his farmers in off seasons. Just at the edge of the town of Great Falls is tbe village known as "Flop Eye." "Flop "Bye" Is entirely independent of Great Falls, although it is said that the power company would like much to own it and has repeatedly tried to buy it. "Flop Eye" territory however, be longs to a few individuals who have 0tniA.Uiij uovu vv iu\tt iivim ings, believing that they have a l>ctter thibg in .selling to Individuals. Inquiry as to how the village of "Flop Eye" got its name, developed that years ago before there was any Great Falls, a man used to run n little store where the village of "JTop Eye" now stands. There was not a great deal of , travel and traffic -that way then and about the only tiling tbe ru ral store keeper Wad to do was to sit in front of bis store half asleep or half drunk? there is a division of opinion which. Any way a party of young people came that way one afternoon skylark ing and werp Impressed with tbe sight of the old store keeper sitting dozing and nodding in front of his jflnce of business, too comfortable or too indo lent ami unconcerned to even raise bis head as they came up. Upon their re turn home one of the young folks was asked where he went on his trip and what ho saw and his reply was:) ."Didn't see nothing tout a flop-eyed old man." And the place bocnme "Plop Eye.". Now "Flop Eye" is a hustling vil lage. T/ots of jx'ople from Great FaH* come over an<l do ( hoi r trading there. People who want to. do business with tho p<*ople of Great Falls, but who ! want to bo absolutely indei>endont e(f tho owners of the town, have bought lots there and residences have l>egun to go up. I-ots bring big priees com I pnrntively. There is a movement on foot now to incorporate tho town. Bus inesses that are perhaps not wanted in Great Falls are permitted in "Flop Eye." For instance the fel low who runs a ix>ol room and restaurant there, confided to an acquaintance the other day that he had a regular gold mine. As Great Fa IPs grows "Flop Eye" grows. Great Falls Is a fine market, for far mers for miles around. One enter prising farmer on the road between here and Chester has an aero in cab bage tfliat he counts 011 selling there. All kinds of vegetables and produce are always In demand. The whole country, like the town of CJreat Falls, looks prosj>erous and i* prosperous, for Great Fails is unquestionably the fast est growing town in this section now. Buffalo Herds Increasing Forty-six new buffalo calves are re ported on three of the four game pre serves maintained by the Biological Survey of the United States Depart- , ment of Agriculture for tho special pro tect ion <>f buffalo. On the National Bison Range, in MontaTisi, there are 117 huffalo. including 2S calves born thin spring Fifteen calves are reported at the Wind Cave preserve, in South Dakota, and 3 at Niobrara, Nebr. The department has been very fortu nate in maintaining the herds estab lished at. these three points and at Sirtlys Hill. N Duk. There are rela tively few large buffalo herds near scattered over the country, and the Biological Survey has ma<lo special efforts to provide suitable ranges and protection for what threatened a few years ?go to become *n extinct species of native American animal Vacuum Cup BURRIER'S AN ORDINANCE. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. City Council of Oamden An Ordinance ordering an election submitting to the qualified electors of the city of Oamden the question of the issuing of Two hundred thousand dol Inrs ($200,000) municipal bonds, for the purpose of paving streets of the city of Oamden, South Carolina. He it ordained by the City Council of Camden, South Carolina, in duo session assembled, this 17th day of May, 1922: 1. That in response to a Petition of the majority (as appears upon the tax lx>oks of the said city) of the freehold*1 crs of the city of Oannlen, South Caro lina, requesting the ordering of an olection for the purpose of the issuance of Two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars municipal bonds of (the city of Camden, South Carolina, proceeds of same to be used for the purpose of pav ing the streets of city of Camden, South Carolina, that an election be, and Is hereby ordered to be held in the city of Camden, South Carolina, on Tueakj, the 13th day of June, 1022, on the question of issuing Two hundred thous and (2,000,000) dollars coupon bonds of the city of Camden, for the purpose of paving stteeta of the city of Cfcmden, South Carolina. 2. That said bonds be issued of the denomination of One thousand (fi.OOQ) --: dollars each, and to bear interest at the rate of not more than 5 per cent per annum, payatde semi-annually from date of bonds and to maifcunj forty (40) years from the date of the issue, with the tjirivilege of redemption by the dtj of Caindon, South Carolina, after twenty (20) years from the date of ?ld j issue. That said Two'hundred thou* and ($200,000) dollars of Bonds to be issued either all at one time, or !b i blocks, at such times and in such blocks j as may be hereafter determined by the City Cowfcil. ' i>IW H. G. GARRISON, Jr., j Mipyor. Attest. H. C. SINGLETON, | City Clerk. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable ' 9 * e We are doing it for thousands of others ? why not for you? We believe a trial will convince you. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS ? - Cumberland, Mdr? ? Before crossing a railroad track you see the sign STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN Before you make your purchases of Heavy Groceries, Hay, Grain and Feed you will do well to see us and get our prices. We are agents for the best cow feed on the market ? Larro Feed, "The Dairyman's FViend." W e cater to the wants of Farmers. If you have a cotton planter, mower, Tft^agon or any other piece of ma chinery that needs new parts to put it in working order see us and we will make a special order for it, if we . havn't the parts in stock. We have the exclusive agency in Kershaw County for the International Harvester Co. Now is the time to get your machinery in order for harvesting small grain. If you need a reaper and binder or binder twine it will be to your interest to see us and get our prices. Springs & Shannon "The Store That Carrie* the Stock." . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA