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? i. mlkmc, CHAS. W. lURCHMpk?. PHQK i&i-KS- J Camden, Kershaw H&J >$&#*? No. < a jjfreasantcall this mom tromv our good friend, Mr. R. G\ ?, of Libetry HilL Mr. Jones hero to attend the meting of the ty board of directors, of which he nember. Mr, Johes is a very cap man and his friends hope that he hie name to be u(sed in thd caching primary for re-election. '. J. C. Nicholson has been cob ? to hie home fof^the past few with a. severe attack of rheujma iftong with other tumbles. He ill .too unwell to be athl* p}ace Camden has at home for the spring olidays the following young ladies fre 'students at Converse: liaises Emily Woo ten, Agnes DePaSB; fargjiret MUW, 6nd Irma Seagle. Ancrum Boykin, Jr., a student at (SrlilAe echoOl at Bamberg, is spend, ibrief vacation at home. ? - . ~ Mr. Ronald Kirkbrfde is spending Ome time in CSniden. He came Awn a few days ago. r ? ? MMr. Pim Passes By," put on , by te Columbia. Stage Society, was given i the school, auditorium' Friday even ? tg for* the bfcnofit of the Camden !*?> School.' . i At S meting of the B. Y. P. U. held \ the Camden Baptist church THurs ky evening Senator L. 0. Punderburk iade, a very interesting address. He Ityii addressed the Bible class Sunday lorning. y. ir ? 1 ??The friends of Mrs. < B. W. Rhame Hi fcigiret to learn that she Is cfcuite ck and .will w4sh for her a speedy . : ? < i ?' *" ? ' ? iiii lay school institute, pom* oup 4 of the Sunday Indite* District met in rat ;reet Methodist church Vhile only a few of tho ?e group were represented, Sting w'as quite a duceeajk te discus, ions were of a pMi|a|r#iipd it i* felt that tercet htfMbeeiv .irouerd fi nd tbats th* next meoting; >e held thei/ifth Sunday, in, rcC to be determined later, ?old lvifc>ntfy Candy Corn opened up their candy es t in the store room on the if Broad 'street recently oc TO tV\?<JOO0 *>CWiv?a UV*? AMD. h'' Hums Wi'-l- '?. t. ?WPP EllUnr Station Opa&d, yfc , Sj The handsome new filling station, erected by Mr. G.T. Little oil the com er of DeKalb and Market streets next east ot Jthe Commercial hotel, was opened up Saturday for business by the Carolina Mqtor Company, with Mr. J. R. Langford as ipanager. Bought Stock of* Goods. Mr. Sam McCaskUl, who has been with Mr. Cunningham for some time, last week bought the stock of grocer ies carried by th? .late J. S. Rhame, and will continue tile business in thl> eame stand. \ Mr. Rhame by his strict attention to his business and squaro dealing had built up a fine trade. Mr. McCaqkill proposes to keep - - a good, line of goods on hand such as tbo trade may demand. We wish him" sue cess, Officers Elected. A permanent organization of the BUeiness Men's Evangelical League was effected Friday evening in.thti Sunday school room of the Methodist church. The officers elected were W. B. deLoach, president; F* M. Zomp, vice-president; L. C. Shaw, second vice-president*; T. V. Walsh, third vice president; S. W. van . Landingbam, secretary and treasurer;1* W. S. Burn et, recording ? secretary. Meetings were held each evening of last week v^ith the exception- of Saturday, even ing. Fire in the Countjy. Mr. T. C. Sessions, who resides near ! Blaney, sustained a heavy loss by fire on Thursday afternoon of last week. His large barn together, with its con- 1 tents wtU totally destroyed by fire, ! the origin of Which is not known. Mr. ! Sessions happened to look towards J hie barn and saw the fire, but it was impossible to extinguish the blaze or , to rernovk the oontents. Among other J things he lost seventy-five or a hun- j dred biuhels of peas, -four tons of so- 1 da and three, tons high grade fertlli- j ier. The barn was quite a large one j and his loss is right conslderable>HiB ; friends w}ll Sympathise With him j in his misfortune. j '{ HV , ' ^.?\| mVl' r"'/ 111 V1 ? ?? >> I ; ? J Flro Department Called Out. The fire department wak called /out twi<?e last week. . Wednesday , night H. D. Nitos. difficulty aiid. before any damago of .consequence was doiie. ( The 4<)pa*t;tt*lit responded', promptly as usual but their services j liot needed. j Satu rday they Were again called out'; On account of a blase wjiich started I from" a defective electric light wite at j the residence on the fcorner of Fair . Street and Hampton Park, owend by Mr. G. C. Bruce <and occupied by Mrs. ! J. E. Hough. No damage, scarcely j was done. , ' ? ?- I I " Good News for Taxpayers. ? > ? ' >? . t . -i '? . , City Council at a recent meeting.de olded to uSe a surplus fund which they hold a^ter completing the paving con ttacVby ^'O'Wn* the interest due on j the paving assessments placed against ; t,he property holders. ^The amount j will absorb the first year's interest. Should any *110 prefer paying the pav ing quarterly they may "do j so, bxmm course the interest will be charged \gainst\ihe defended -payy ments. The* abs&rbing the. fir an year's ihtftrcBt, how\ver, will be good news to taxpayers who are liable for this \T/sr Saturday afternoo$ Marcus Croll ey, aged fitjbout twelve years, son of Mt. and Mrs. Duncan Crolley, who re side about seven tailes in the country, met a tragic death near the chapel located at the Hermitage cotton mill, when he Was knocked dowri and kilted by an automobile driven by. Steve Gardner, a paihter. Gardner had sev eral young men in the car with him, apd as' coon as the accident occurred the car was stopped and the Boy, rushed to the Camden hospital^ ' but life was dfeadK it is said, wHen> > they picked him up. He had an ugly cut on his head and Hk; neck , wan broken; ] The little fellow was riding a bipylo and - it is 4ai<l that he did. pot appeai to be able to handle it voty well and it if claimed that as the car was hp- . procahing him and turnod to the left I to pass him in some way the bicycle turned* just a Utile too far and eami in oontact with the cat; An ; V, inqiiiest was held Saturday tefctfoo.i* at W- V W. Sfyan-/ uhtortaklftif establishment b new on the to represent; Garc for tfett>til ttt ttia<! Announcement of the i proximately f},500,000 Manufacturing eomj ' Kendall, Boston, v-~ yesterday by W. C. NVUl? 3-rrjw, dent of the company^hiclt has , operating the Thrift plant since : -- The ThriftManufacturlngcompany'i* located in Paw Creek township, eight miles from Charlotte on the Piedmont 1 and Northern railway, and is consid ered one of the bfest textile properties . iii'the south'; ? \ VV. The d?al for tfoe Thrift plant, which had been in the making for about 80 i days, was finally consuraated yester } day upon the arrival in Charlotte of ? Harry B. Kendall, the purchaser. Tho I transfer "was. made through Mr, Wil kinson, president, for the owners o? the company. The deal' U said "to ba one of tho largest teJsHle . property i transactions on record to the south. | The Thtfft plant fcas 20,208 splndlei | and 592 looms, and employs 826 oper , ativcs. The plant was first operated 1 by O. A. Robblns and J. H. Mayes, .builders of the factory. It was pur ! chased in 1913 by the company of which Mr. Wilkinson' waB president. I The Thrift Manufacturing Company | ownfe approximately 400 acres * of land Surrounding the textile miljl. The ' ijvmpany owns '^bout 100 homes , for mill operatives. ? ? v The Thrift, Manufacturing company was one of the leading* concerns pro ducing print cloth. in the South, it is :aid, and the mill achieved a great re putation for this product,' The pur chaser of tho Thrift Manufacturing company, Mr. Kendall, is among 'the moat prominent cotton mill men of New England.- He 6wn* two south ern mills in addltbn' to his' newly ac quired Mecklenburg county ^property* Neither* of these ^mills is as large as the Thrift plant, but jire both said to be modern and lucrative plants. ? . It is understood that Mr. Kendall contemplates extensive enlargement of the Thrtft property, possibly to doUbJe the present size and capacity. - j . . Mr. Kendall owns, in iridium to his southern Interests, large 4 axtlle inter ests, in New England, including' ttoe Lewis Manufacturing cortpanjrt^in Maa^achusotts and propeiilea. He is Regarded as one 6f the nio^, succesful atfvd capable textile nplll, ..9*7. prominent in the affairs of tho n^Mon aV,?MU^Ution of cotton manufa eri Ho Will spend a p*at" d*a time to; #%^tte ? understood, iince acquiring the Thrift mill, which toe plans to ooiWbine with his New England production immed iately/ -Fart of the output of the local |v^ Wlli be used' in the' manufacture Of autgical gaute which will be turn ed out by the Lewis . Mwufwhirln* company in Massachusetts, Mr< Ken dall's . finishing , plant. ' Mr. Kendall is confident o* th pid development Of 'iM the future, or rather the, Tr~? ? ?r~? - of the present great development in the textile industry. He was, for, this reaton, desirous of acquiring more southern property artd selected the thrift mill, it ia said, becaus# of its reputation as a modern and success fully-managed plant , turning out a product of high quality .- C h ariottft | 'S of Thanks* Editor Wateree )Mespehger: Please allow mdspace in your pa per to express my,heatrfelt and sin cere thanks and appreciation for the many kindnesses shown us by' good friends' in this and othijr' communities \ during the long illness and, the death ] pf my dear wife, Mary Edna McMan* ' us. May GodY richest blessings be their portion through life and eterni ty. L. A. McManua. Bethune, S. C./ March 27. v A Suggestion: Mr. Editor: As suggestion* for county officers are already befng (hade, , the writer would lik^'to ftiftke one al? 80i There is one ' public official In this county at present who is alwa/s on the 40b, who Is, devoting bis entire" time to the position which he fills, ^rho l? ^conscientious, faithful and efficient. That man is Mr. D, T. YarbroUgb, our present road au^rviftor. ... '.t- W* eu ggei^fjmft he bo fleeted as road supervisor; 6r superintendent. Voter. ? ? ? ? ? ???? t . ; v i < Oi4 landmark .Removed, ?'> * >e . "IlU." 'Invldin-, looted Just M inh of tho i>ostofl\(A and which the , la la Eugene P. Carver owned and uri |??r>ooH to remotiol, wan taken * ?, WO nn.inr.'.t nd hy. ore 'tho c'ty authorities, it biVVJ"' Mr. Editor ? Rev.- J? E. Jones and Mr. <f. C. Cureton, of Cheate^ Ar^ur. B. W. ^essley, of Clover, S. C., were ,bai*.< \ Thursday last to attend tfro burial* >f 'young' EVerafcd Cunningham. His fi ;her, Mr. A, W.~ Cunningnam, who J is been in Florida and other] states for some time, did hot got the messai e ihtimeto arrive until after ! the bv rial.' / Mr. tnd Mrs. Ferris, of Great Falls ami McJlwaine, of Lianctfierter were e*e ? on Thursday, to visit the famii> of Mr. and Mrs.J. B.Johnston. Mr. J. 0. Richards, 3rd, who ft lo cated n Charlotte for the present, is, ipepdifig a few days with relatives his hobie^here. Mr.^R. C. Jones waS a Visitor to Lancaster on Friday last.' Mis Clara John s tori has been teach ing in the school here for the past week In place ,df Mrs. L. A. McCas kil), who has beeif sick. Mill Rena Clements, who has been teachi >g In the Pleasant Plain- school in Lancaster county, has returned home, 'this school having closed Fri day. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Richards, who are ar^ong our most successful "ang lers/*; carught several fine trout in Single on Creek op Saturday last. Mrafc C. E. Richards and her son, J. P. Richards, Jr., who are located in Marion for a while, were at their home lere on Sunday. Your scribe* attended the exercises of Lai toaster coivnty field day on Thurs lay night at the high sthool building, and Friday the parades and athletic features. It is encouraging to hear the good declamations of many ibf the Btudents on various .lines of thought, and alio to witness the parades ? long lines of bright-eyed and active boys, and girls from "wee ;ots" [to 'sturdy!; "six footers," all in line tbehfad theit'. school banners whichsstand for uplift and educational progr^s*? and then- too! the teachers, a muiber of noble Women ? some of qi^ite Virlieh appoaance, and a few of roatuijp ago? and a.' few, men who aro giving their time, their talents, anA their ja'' youthful mityds. What a glorious an children oil top*t>t*ow, and tljft teachers of today will, to a 2argtf*xtariVbe responsible for. the ?ideas and actions of the next generation. Noi Mr. Editor! the crninc U\ b0W-W0WS ffoVpli"' f ^1*1 if I i j*,<! 1 ll I >? v"u.~ ?; ; 'ifX ^ $ liionin the counti^' isnot . 111 RUHR fef*? Religion Itiiwki Homo. ? w. ? Spartanburg, Mar. 31. Communi ty cprtferepces on religion fn the home and^ family worship will Be held in many counties throughout Sqyith Carolina during the ri^onth of April, undei tho auspicas of tho State and County Sunday w School Associations, jfl^cortUng to atiato superintnedent Leon 0. Palmer. a At each of these conferences there will be addresses by leading minis ters and laynien on "The . Christian Home", "Family Worship, Vfhy and Howv'?, "Bible Studay in the Home," and related subjects. Leaflets' cour taining information ^>n these* subjects are being furnished by the 'Associat ion. . i ' } Those community conferences are A par,t of the state- wide movement fos tered by the Sunday School Associa tion to amphasit? family religion. Re ligiouS leaders state that the Sunday school alone, without the coopera tion of thC home is toot sufficient . to give adequate fellgflous instruction. Plans aihd book} onNthe ?ubjeofc of familfr, religion ara.bding furnished free t# those desiring, them. Com munities in which no meeting for thi* purpose' hdte bCon arranged aro invited to Communicate with the State Sun day School headquarters, 714 Andrew Law Building, Spartanburg, , 8. C., ?' ' pcath of a f&td61 Boy. i Workman, son of Mr; and Mrs. N, B. Workman, of -the DeKalb section, who was a high school pupil 't^thaf.hinW gtada- of th* Camden High school, died a t the li6i >^HPe *?we pf ^s ndtiy. He contracted a the cause ofj ai a fin? young i*,.?ihcerely re *ol mates | His ela**-| frna bur ia y&ter-l fflhe fam mat ? ? ? ; v,? .V ?' ' ' '? I Sunday, Match 30th, 1924, will | long be remembered as a groat day at I Aritioch Baptist church. An all^y | service was held, the special nature of w'hich was the centennial celebra tion of the organization of this church one ? of the. oldest. Baptist churches ih bur county and for many years one of the strongest numerical ly. The exercises begai\ about ten o'clock in the morning, lasting throughout the day. A number of ad dresses were made appropriate to the occasion, among those who spoke be ing Judge M. L. Smith, 'of Camden, Rev. J. B. Shiver, a former pastor now of Blaney, Rev. W. Di. WilliiMHBR of Camden, Mr. Witherspoon, a Yt C. A. worker of Bishopville.| Splendid dinner was served on grounds and tho attendance was large. The entire exercises werel much interest, and it wus a great A for Antioch and one that will long', remembered. Mr. C. W. Shiver ?the clerk of this church and he 1-g held this position for niuny years.vj ;? : ? ? r ? A Card of Thanks. We wish to express our thanks and gratitude to our many friends, neiprh bors and relatives for their acts of kindness and words of comfort ex tended- us in the sickness and death of our dear son, Marion Workman. May God bless each one. N. B. Workman and Family. Death of a Young Man. Liberty Hill, Mch. 31. The people of 'this place were shocked and sad dened on last Welne.'day evening when it was learned that Belton Ever ard Cunningham, youngest son of Mr. A. W. Cunningham, had died in Greenville where he was located in tho employ of the Southern Power Co. the cause of his death being pneu monia following measles. His people hore were not aware of his illness un til the sad -news of hi* death was re ceived. -The young man was about 20 years old and has spent the great er part of hiB life hero, though for soqm years he had made -his home with his aunt, Mrs. W. T. Johnston, Of -WintTshoro, and had been for .some " ne in the employ, of $. P. Co./ Be by. two. ?rthei's, Arthur W., of Charlotte, and James* of. Winngboro, *nd one sister, Mrs. B. W? Pre'ssley, of- Clov er, S. C. The remains were laid to reBt in the Presbyterian church yard here on Thursday a; m. after funeral 'services by R .J. J3. Jones, of Ches ter, in the pisience of a large and | sorrowing congregation. The floral j offerings wore abundant and beauti- | (fujL/ We join the! fri?!>Ms in sympa thy to the bereaved family. Home Demonstration News. J Miss Minnie A, (Uyburn, chairman of the Educational committee, Extens ion Work, has for the past two weeks been In the county, appointing com mittees and organizing work in order tha? Kershaw County will bo able to send a HOME DEMONSTRATION CkyB MEMBER, to Chicago to at tend the Boys and Girls Congress held the latter part of the year. This of course, will be an educational val ue to any Kershaw County girl. The club member who wins the trip, she milst be a three year club worker with the piece of work and all are enthus iastic in doing their bit to put across the big piqce'of work. Miss Eva McCoy, president of the Mt. Zion Home Dem. Club, entertain ed the members and friends of the community on March 27. This was oiie of the best" meetings ever held in thfc county; . A well plannpd program and demonstration was Carried out. Miss Clyburn made a fine talk and appointed a chairman to carry for ward the work presented to the club. G4mes and refreshments were enjoyed at the close of the meeting. The Lugoff Home Demonstration club held their regular mooting at tho .home of Mrs. John h. Gettys, Mrs. H. Oglesbyt president of the , club presided and much was accomplished. Miss Boyd, -gave Angel cake Demon stration. tte meeting was well at tended and every one enjoyed Mrs. Gettys hospitality. The' Camden and Korshaw County I Chamber of?Commercd entertained at a delightful luncheon at the Woman'* J Exchange Thursday the tourist colo* ny iioW in (jairtdeh and the proprietors of the tttutfAf ,1foUl?. Jt was a#yery pleasant affair, ttje object being to e?c yle?? M^(ftaaddttenni Im Camden, which is re * visitoir.Wi$ f charming ! fiy b^them speak In very . , ? ' -,V - 'VT-; ? rrj ? - ,r* ? . BETHUNE NEWS * ? %? . Bethone, March 31. ? Mrs. Luke^IcA Manus of the Timj-od section, died qn 'Tuesday morning of last week, after an illness of three years with tuber culosis. Mrs. McManus wa? a little ovor twenty-three years, of age and was a' daughter of Mr. Dan Graham, of North Carolina, who formerly re sided in the Timi'od section. She is survived by hor husband and two small children. The funeral services were held at Timrod church on Tues day afternoon, conducted by Roy* M. B. Guutor, pastor of the Bethune .and Timrod churches. Mr. L. L. Grantham, a young man of this community, has opened up u cafe in the storebuilding formerly oc cupicd by Mr. J. J. Tolbert. This makes four small cafes for this town, hence if we have any public gather ings here this summer, folks should not suffer for something to eat. I Mis.-es Carrie Ynrbrough, Margaret and Martha Berm and Maggie JVood son, of Chicora College, came in 'Thursday afternoon to t*pynd the Lspring holidays here. Mrs. J. E. Gardner, hei^daufehter, Miss Ruth, and Mr. Wallace King ! spent Friday at Society lliil with Mrs. ' W. E. Ilentiss. I .Mr. and Mrs. J. A. West, of Camden ' were in town on Thursday afternoon i of la.- 1 week. Mr. T. R. Copeland ?%v ill commence J the erection or a new residence on the least side of town, next Mr. W. il. BrannonV home. ? ? The new drive-in filling station, on .the vacant lot below Mi'.'jC.^Rr^CliBi* lady's store luis been completed and i& I now ready for business. This make.* I ten fill.HK s-tatiyns for (his town. | The- liethut.e hi^h school bascbhll* j team has been practicing' regularly | for the past three weeks ;?njl ait- rab idly getting into shape to' put- up some fast ball playing. They have played ; . three games alredrty? one game \vi.h v the Hartsville school team at)d' , two .'t games with the B.! jhopville ? school' team. The Bethune team cxpecU/tqr make a good record from ngvjf- to#tha * close of school. . ? . " ? Eldon .Savevance, of Golumbi^i, and Letter King, of Gimderi, spent Sun- * day their homes here. ' >? Mr; ami Mm. Wiley Kuliy; "<0f the*.** Kelly's Bridge scction speivt last S<u WdttywltlV Mr. B. F.'Boltoto and fanii- xr ly. A little son of My. Tom' Hearon has been quite ill with pneumonia for sev- , oral days, also a sort of Mr. Elias Blackwell has been quite sick for "sev eral days with the same disease. Both > are now much better. * i An invitation has been extended tist Association to hold a two-weeks ( and community to the Rev. Robert I.undy, evangelist of Welsh Neck Bap , from a number of people of thisf ?owiy tent meeting her during this month. ? Mr, Lundy is an uneducated man, but is said to be a preacher of great power and success, in fact some per | sons claim that -he is a second Billy Sunday. ? Several of the 'Bethune school child ren, accompanied by Rev. J. V. Jer mun and one or two teachers, visitt'd Miss Dana McSween, a few rpijes be* ? low here, on Saturday a ftcrnqpn, -car rying her some beautiful flower* and while there rendering a few -songs and Miss Tyler, one of the teachers, play ing a few deletions' on the violin. Miss MrSween, who was 91 years of age yesterday, is n6w confined to her bed with illness. Mrs. Don Bradshaw and children, ?of Cetenary, S. C. spent a few days this week here with Mrs. Bradshaw's sis ter, Mrs. Kate Gardner.* Mr. and Mrs. Asa Warden and children, of ChcraW, spent yestoi .ay with the family of Mr. C. C. Padgett. ^ A Death Mr. II. Bnrurh. The friends in Camden, 'especially among the older generation, will be deeply saddened to learn that Mr, Herman Bnrueh, formerly a promi nent merchant of Gameiin but who for some years past had been making his home in New York,- died in that', i, city Sunday. The announcement of his death was received by his sons \tfho ' are residents of Oamodn Sunday after , noon. For some time past Mr. vBa rUch had been in feeble health. He was well advanced in, 'year's. Ilia wife died some time ago. He -is survived by several grown son \ and daughters, \ for whom sincere sympathy if felt' in their borrow. It was about a half,, ' century ago when Mr. Bnrueh was ? engaged In the mercantile bu&inejis in Camden. While engaged in bfisinens he enjoyed tb <a Marked degree M19 % cMWide .??(?<& of all whA emne lb <iont??;b . with him. A splendid tfcnt'tmtin, a sincere'' friend, his de?ith brings sor row to All who knew him. . ' . I <