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Camden ? ' fc ' ; CAMDICN. MMftl CAKOlilNA. KHI1>A\, VOMJM*) XXV, * "?' ?? '.. ") .? Chronicle JANl>/UtY *8, IUI4. ' ' NIM11KU 10. CONTRACT LET FOR BIG PLANT Modern Water apd Light Plant to be Complied by First of Aug* aft. ? Main Street to Have a "White Way"? Unlimited Sip ply of Water With Excellent Fire Protection. The Commiuioners of Public Work yesterday awarded contracts for building u new uptodate water work aud electric light plant. Some time ago bonds to the amount of 1 125, ^ " ft 000 were issued and these were, re cently sold. % ,/ ? Gwtrtt was awarded to Tuck' er and Laxton, of Charlotte/ N. C., for the general constructional $61, - ?76.60. Other contracts for pipe Uhee, etc., were also awarded. The ckntraots call for completion by Aug. 1. On completion the city will have one of the moat complete and upto* date plants In .the country. There will be 215 lamps of loo candle power each, suspended over the Bv.ree.8 about ,200; feet apart. These lamps are of the Nitrogen Tungsten type and this will be one of the first,, installations of t?-'s type of lamp la the country. In the main ? part of 'town, there will be a white way of Doric clus^era on I each side of .he street. v The water supply will come from Dicey'B Greek, a practically unin? hab ted sand hiil stream, which af fords an unlimited supply. The com-' miBsioners have bought 400 acrep to A?ro;ect this watershed. A mod ern concrete filter plant will ha in stalled and a large steel standplpe will be erected on Jumelle Hill. Th s will give a pressure of 86 pou ds in the business section-? an t.x-je lent fire protection without the a d oil cn I en, The stand pipe wi 1 be 100)120 feet and have r a cipacty of 260,000 galldns; filter pi mt i ne million gallon capacity per day. Twelve inch water mains leading down through town with ample capacity. The cost of entire plant will be $125,000 . The conti act( rs. Tucker and Lax ton, have built several plants In the Carolinas, notably those at Rock H 11- and Cheraw, and are well equipped to do -the work^ ' q . J Plans and specifications Jot this work were prepared by the-consult irg engineer, Gilbert C. WhKe.. ol. Ghtrl^tte and the work will be don* ?under his supervision. ,Mr. White is a man of great ability, and the commissioners have been greatly im pressed by the thorough manner in which he has gone into the m'atoer of the pans %and specifications of the contract. The power plant will be located about one thousand feet above Spald fng junction on the Seaboard Air Line railway. A sidetrack will be built at an early date. There ."was Bome disagreement as to site for the power house, two of th* commissioners wanted it w$ere * it was. final'y decided ai^ft another wanted it placed on thef Little lot U3?r Spalding junction. It is under stood / that the members of the t^ur st colony registered a kick that It not be placed neir the junction. | ? To Build Soon. "*? Messrs. Sheheen * and Bro. 'will j 4n the next few days begin tearing away the old wooden stores on their property on South Main street, and will replace ' same with- neat brick bul din; a. "When c:mp'eted this wll~ add much to that section ? of ? Main street, and will also remove one of the oldest wpoden buildings in the ci y . Mr. O. M. Fort has the con t not for the ereticn of the build? , Inge. Huge Sum Paid Slum*. Atlanta, Jan. -21. ? Information was received by Homer Georgia this week showing that during the one we k ending Jftpnary 3rd, theatre goers in the United States paid $136,230 to see the two most talked of recent shows, "Peg O' Ityy Heart" and "Within the Law;" There are trcW ten I -'companies with "Within The Law,'* and five companies presenting "Peg , 0' My Heart." Within The LaW" has al ready. played" to capacity In Atlanta and Is returning this VOek. Contracts have beeiv signed by th^ manager of the Camden op*m, house for "Wi hln The Law", aria., this., one of th^ biggest attractions ?of the season will be seen .here FVb. lfith, nnd w'W be played by the com pany that .Is playing much larger c'tira tht?n Camden, and no doubt, "Within The I nw" will be greeted by a packed hojase, ^:?, _ ..... Go^d Cash Balance. ..There Is now in the county treas ury for all purpest^ .ttie neat irum of fortv-one thousand. onje hundred and sixty-flye dollars and. two cents, <$41.1*6,03.) v^V In?Uilliug New | / h mis. On January first tho Hermitage Ootlon MMh paid out semi-annual dlvidcnUu of thro* per cent on the common stock and three and one half per cent on the preferred stock. The tota) amounted to a little Iohh than eight thousand dollars. ThlH company in now making ox tensive improvement In Us plant by way of Installing new looms to re place the old ones which have been . run evfcr since the mill was built, and havo about reached the end of their efficient service. The 'new looms being inRtalled are of th0. new au'oma.ic type, and while the coat to the company of operating them i le lea* than half the cost of operat- j ing the old ones, on the other hand J t' e operator* are able to make more wakes on them and with less irk hoiihi labor. j dillA's Prank Kills Two, Thai 9 year old. Rufus Hall, son of Mr. Johii <5. Hall, of Davidson, N. C., placed an iron spike on the fall that threw the engine, tender and combination coach of Southern passenger train No. IB from the track near I)a\idson Sunday night, hurling Engineer E. Curie? and ! Fireman A. H. Wilson to their death was he ae. satlonal de.e opmeift yes terday of the distressing wreck) that ?has been the talk of this section for the p">st several days. No malice ' is alleged b^ the officials for the deed, those ^who Investigated thj& cfr u s a cer yesterday agreeing the li -tie ft l ow" ated in a Bpirit of boy ish mischief w'thout any regard at t e ; in>e f >r the awful consequences of his act. It is therefore hardly thou hi. probable that any prosecu t'on w 11 fo'kw, si 'ho ugh much trou ble f t this kind has beon experienc ed sever.ai points along this line wilhtn the past few years; due to chl dren p aolng min"r< obstructions o t e all .. ? Wednesday's Charlotte I Observer. School. ? The Ca id n H >spltnl organiza tion hos been .pe fcotcd' to such an extent 0 at a nurs'h? >c>>o 1 is about to b3 commeuied, and applications as pup'l "u ;s"s art) now in order. A-p c nte mns htf\e a fair educa tion, g?< d ch^fatqfr, and be willing :to c m^iertce a; tho bottom. NNw l4ind and Industrial Agent. JV.ish'ng on, D. C., Jan. 21 ? Geo. E. Murreil has been appointed agent of the la~d and industrial depart ment of the Southern Railway Com p ny, with headquarters at Colum I b a, S. C., succecdlng E. M. Cole, who has rcs'gned. Mr. Murreil, who will wo>k for the development 1 ' of tlie agricultural, manufacturing and Other interests of the territory in ! Souh Carolina served by the South !ern Railway, has had a large ex perience in de\elopment work. He is an authority on -the development ' of lands and has quite an extensive experience in advertising, through practical exhibits, the' natural < Re sources of the South, and he Is j ex perienced in the purchase, sale and development of farm ,and .town pro perties. Mr. Murreil also has been a strong advocate for> the betterment of the public highways and his ex perience and knqwledge in this di rection should prove of advantage to | the section in which be will operate. Illustrated liocture. , Prof. W. K. Tate will give his il lustrated lecture at Pine Grove School, In West Wateree, on Mon day night, February 2nd., I^e nev er fails to interest, his audience' and the people of that section* should be present on this occasion. BALL AT THE KIKKWOOi) WAS LARGELY ATTENDED ^ _ 7? jf ?* North and South Mingle in Com memorating General Robert E. Lee's Birthday. Tho leading gaiety of tho week wu8 the opening bull giveu Monday night at The Klrkwocd in com meinonuitm of Hubert E. Loo's birth duy, it being one of the largest at ended social affairs of this season. A dinner party of thirty covers was given In tlio dining room of Tho Kirkwood, beaidts several other private dinner parties made up by d.fforent friends, who came to en J y ihe concert, which t<?ok place i:? the early part of the evening %nd wat^h the dancers, which commenc ed at 9 o'clock and kept up till past midnight. Among those present were Mr. juid-M^-duPont-Cuiideil, Mru. WI1-" eox, Mrs. 'Edward Boltwood Hull, l Mrs. (Itillord Qillis, Mrs. Sibley, Mr. J and Mrs. Ethon Hoyt, Mr. Charles Rathborn, Mr. Louis Sledge,., Mr; Fred Walbrldge, Col. P. Holmes Hop kins, Miss EUse Whltrr-i i .? , > Edl h and Miss Ada Lefflngwell, and their guest, Miss Weatherhead, of Cleveland, -O.; Miss Klara Krumb holtz and her guest, Miss Virginia Saunders, -of Boy kins; Miss Frances B >ykln, Mrs. E. E. Mandevilje, Miss Mumford, Miss Wallace, Miss Brown and Miss Green, Mr. and Mrs. Kam per, Mrs. Margaret Fallow Barker, R. A. Sewel, Ludwig Ruprecht,* Mr. and' Mrs. Lincoln Smith, Col. and Mrs. J. Dillentack, E. S, Haviland, Robert E. Goodwin, Henry Stetson, Mr. Wm. Salmond, Mr. W. E. John son, Miss Hallie Carrison, Miss Bes sie Lenoir, Mrs. E. C. vonTresckow, Mrs. Wm. Shannon, Dr. and Mrs. Witherspocn Corbet, Mrs,. Caleb C. Whltaker, Mr. W. Burnet, Mr. John Vi'.lcpigue, Mr. Thomas Ancrum, Mr. Bissell Kennedy, Miss Selma Par r sh, Miss Henriette Johnson, Misses Lela and Charlotte Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. John Boykin, Mrs. Bland ins deSaussure, of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jones, Mrs. Wm. Ancrum, Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Whistler, Maj. E. B Cantey, Mrs. Manning, Mrs. Miller Boykin, Mrs. Lefflngwell, Mr. Horace Cook, Mrs. Tom Kirk Hnd. Mr. and Mrs. Savage and many others. Mrs. Dr. Wlllard Parker, of New York, Is now occupying' her winter cottage on Fair Street. Mrs. E. A. McDowell, the widow of the famous musical composer, will spend . the winter in Camden tta 'CTiest of Mrs. Sallie K. Blake ney. Mrs. McDowell is devoted to musi<$ and brings her piano down wi h her on which she spendsi seven hours of prac'ice daily. Mr. C. C. Bolton, Thos. B. MoNal ry and Mr. Cox, of Cleveland, are down on a two weeks hunting trip. They a e stopping at Hobkirk Inn. Mrs. S lell, of - Klrkland Cool Springs, on Thursday night gave a dinner par' y in honor cf Col. F. Holmes HcpKins., Among the invit ed guests were MIsb Olive Whit redge, Miss Krumbholtz, Miss Fran cis Boykin, Misses Ada and Edith Lefflngwell, Mr. Tom Ancrum, Mr. Will Salmond, Pete Johnson, New ton Boykin. ? . , On ih* Sarsfleld Golf Links for January 19th, a golf match was sch du ed between Camden and Co- j lumbia. ? A "two-some" to be play ail in the morulnjK and h "four bull foumome" In the afternoon. Ow ing to a wrm:k on the road, the Co lumbia team onl" reached here in time (or the afternoon match, ra ter S. BouiU, of E/iglaud; WilUfim tfhiwid, Mr. Crawfoid, or Golumbi*, being abort one player on the Co luinnla team. Mr. H. 0. Marvin waa asked to substitute, The Cumdeu team waa repr< am ted by Mr. N*'^? 1 "Bend, Mr. Lewis Sledge, Mr. Horace Cook and James Nortou, the profes sional. The return of the match c une tu too late f ir this publication. The Itev. and Mrs,, Chaa. Oragg, of Huntington, L. I., are spending a short time al Mra. K. G. Whistler, "Tn I Pines," on rcute for Florida. Muster Iracey Beard, of Erie, Pa., ami Alias Clark, aie aga.n aojoum log In Camden and are occupying the Lawrence Klrkland cottage for t)ie winter. * ? Recent arrivals at the Court Iun thin p at week are Arthur L. Walt er, Mo^riatown, N. J.; C. H. Mc Dowell, Toronto, Can.; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ore* ; r_ft*yd wltf , ff}? Falla.., J. ; Misa Helea Louise Fe Ma' ew.'?n, N. J.; Mia. J* H. Bddy, MIbb B. W Bddy, Hartford, Conn.; Horace Cook, Trenton. N. J.; Mr. and Mis. Joseph Sprlngham, Jersey City. . Those registering at The Kirk wood for this week are Mr. and Mrs. Kamper, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Fallow Barker, Watertown, N. Y.; Mr. Fallow, Fred K. Wal brldge, B. I. Havlland, Henry stet son, of Brooklyn; Luding Ruprecht, of New York, R. A. Sewel and many inhere. > We hear on good authority that Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Whistler have glen up their plan of building a ho e. In Camden, finding It mpossll ble to form a stock company here, and not having sufficient funds themselves ,to promote the whole scheme. This is a matter to be gijeat y regretted, as there is no dduut, any hotel run by them would be a groat advantage to Camden, and would have brought good com ittB.c'al tia\el heie which we now Icfee owing to our poor hotel facil ities. H1A1> MAN't CHILDREN. Kor- Iui\v County NOfpro Said To llo Father of Seventy-Six. The following remarkable story appeared ' In a recent Issue of the Lancaster News, and as Mr. Halle 1h a prominent and reputable citizen of Kershaw county we have no rea son to doubt Ms accuracy: To the Editor of The News: In your Issue of January 2d, I no tice quoted by 'Oatfney Special to News and Courier, Dec. 31,' and headed '"Father of Many Children," that Cherokee county holds the re cord of j)arentage, regardless of col or, etc. Now, while old uncle Abe Smith, who died recently at Gaff ney, age 83 years, was the father of 43 ohlldren (a considerable bunch) as slated by the Qaffney correspon dent, we can "go him some few bet ter" in Kershaw county. I have on one of my Watover Power Co. f irms, eight miles below Liberty Hill, a drakey, Carlos Brown ? quite as prominent a name as Smith who Is yet under 70 and who was the father of 76 children? the last time I heard from him ? and the end Is probably not yet. He Is still active and his bunch Is the best workers I ever handlel. Is It any wonder ttio Smiths and Browns a/e ho numerous?' j Yours truly, H. F. Halle./t North nrbad BC.vcl, Catmlrn, 8. C. (Cut by* courtesy of Automobile "Club of America.) - ?,ri" ?*?'. ?:" ? - ? b.mJi I ;?? j.v *fh , i g^pfcpnr: A I I* TO H/VMIHIU ! From ('orr(M|H>|(Uliig Kwivtwry of KUU) Mission lloMrd. To (ho Baptists of Canidon 11,1,1 IViclnlty: I um addressing you thru your community paper, us well as .thru the Baptist Courier, appealing to you to enablo mo by 'personal (gifts from each of you to pay. an embarrassing debt now resting; on your Stale Mission Hoard. Quito a number of people have sent contributions, varying from 25o to ion dollais, but -thy amount re ceived does not eomo near paying the- debt. By Jnwt ft umalt sacrifice and Homo self denial, hundredH of our people could wend me at least one dollar on this debt. Thin, 1 beg you to do. Please do not iniUK lne that your neighbors will Bond -theirs and therefore that you need not send yours. This is probably jtist what your neighbor i? think ing about you. If you send cash, you will receive a receipt at once, but If you send a check or post office order you will need no receipt, The name of each giver, and amount given, 1s put on my book of remembrtuioe. Act at once, so we can settle this eariy in February. Fraternally, W. T. Derlenx, Cor. fiect. In Ye Oldon Tlnifs. The Yorkvllle Enquirer of lust week in reproducing from its files of January 14, 1858, under the cap tion "Footsteps - of The Fathers," has the following , article: "The comptroller general prints a notice- to the effect that the bills of suspended 'tanks are not to be re ceived for taxes. He names the bil'B of the following banks only as b-dng acceptable: .Commercial Bank of Columb a, Bank of Charleston, Union Bank of Charleston, ai Ur Pt Georgetown; Merchants' Bank of Cheraw, Bank of Camden, Bank of Chester, Bank of the State of South Carolina." Fined Ten ]>ollai<s Kacli. Two white men, claiming to be operatives of the Pine Creek cotton mill, were arrested on North Broad street Tuesday evening and placed In the city prison. At police <K?urt Wednesday morning they were fined '$10 each. The two men had gotten ! "corned up" and proceeded to frighten several ladles who were passn'g at the t)me. A police call brought officers Latta and Stewart, who placed them under arrest, both men having a quantity of whiskey on their person when takeh in charge. One of the men is still held at po lice headquarters awaiting a mes sage from North Augusta, where It Is said he Is wanted on another charge. ? Committed, to tile Asylum. Through proceedings in the Pro late Court of Kershaw County, Dave Hollis, colorecd, was on last Satur day adjudged insane and on Mon day was committed to the state hospital (or the insane. McBKE HUSTLING Iianrens County Man Speaks Enthu siastically of Conditions There. Mr. and Mrk E. P. Minter, of this city, have just returned from Me Bee where they have been on a bus iness and pleasure trip. Mr. Minter bought about 1,600 acres of land there himself recently. Mr. Minter s iys there will be several great im provements made In and around the*e scon. Among them, an $18, 000 passenger ?depot will be built at McBee and a big hotel will be con st. ucted at Big Springs, four miles away. A power plant will be built within two miles of McBee which, as a result, will soon be lighted by electricity! It is expected that a railroad will soon be built from that town to Monroe, N. C., enabling a trtrough train to run by there from Charleston to the West. A $10,000 s .ho 1 Lutldlng has ' just been com pleted. It Is stated that a government expert is In that scctlon now, lay ing out a complete system of roads on which $40,000 will be spent In tha* township alone. ? Laurens Ad vertiser.-"1 Mns^n'c Meeting. At a regular meeting of the Ris ing Siar C..apior No. 4, hold at the m sinic room Tuesday niRht, Mock M s eis degree was conferred upon the' follow?ng candidates: L. E. Jo es, K rshaw; Re.. H. B. Browne, Kings: re?; J. B. llardwick, Sumter L. A. Kirk and, N. C. Arne-tt, W. D. Trantham, P. D. Goodale, J* S. Ha sail, J. H. Clyburn, W. W. King, and T. D. Ancrum. A special meeting will be held on Thursday, January 29tK? when tha Most Excellent Masters degree will bo conferred upon the above candidates. *" ~" j - ' MANY TEACHERS WERE > HERE FOR INSTITUTE Prof. Tate's Illustrated Lecture at Opera House Drew Large Crowd, ?Other Notes. For the first tlmo In Kershaw county h two days teachers' Institute WHB held hero Friday and Saturday. It was designed tlmt this gathering of t ho teachers of tho county uhould ? bo inude u kind of gonorator ? a generator of enthusiasm, and af- , ford an opportunity for tho teach er* to gather now locus tor their work and to put these new Ideas into effect In their schools. It was perhaps tho largest gathering of teachoib ever hold in the courtty. t'horo wine a fuw teachers, however, iliHi diii nut tiuitiuu. Friday morning ihey visited the sovcvui foon.b at me KfilllBlf school and high school and observ ed tiro work. ' At twelve ociock Miss Annie Workman gave a model lesson in phoulcs for tho benefit of the teaclieis. Without exception they wore all 1 uteres >.ed in uws les son. Miss Workman gave this in such ail easy and attractive way that it could not be othorwiso than helpful. When this lesson was ovor "recess" was taken from one until two thirty o'clock for dinner. Homes were assigned the teachers and they wore taken care of by the hospitable people of Camden. Friday auernoon Prof. W. K. Tato, Stale Supervisor of liural Schools, conducted aii intensely in teresting round) table discussion, iviaay valuable suggestions were muue. At : ou o liov.1l at gave an iitUbvralod lecture aL tho opera * nout>e. lOve.y seat wab occupied and sotiio Cuuiu cmy fiad stuliuiug room. 11. s ivjo^uiv and p^c^ures wero fino, and it ?avo l.u> lutoui-N ge.it and appreciate audience some idea of Wtiut is ? being done Ulong educational lines not. on. j in tins <>A>'e.VUal in other states as well as 4A WwUljirland and Cr.nad.u. At the conclusion of Prof. Tate's lectuie Capt. M. L?. Smith was in troduced and made an eloquent ad dress. Ho roieiied to sonic impor tant log's at Ion effecting the educa uo.iai prog. eta of the fc>taie, and was liear.t y cneered at Intervals. One of ano very actracuve fea tures of the en<eriaiiimont at the opera iiousv , jt s. at;ci Hie prayer ? oy Uev. J. C. Ho wan, was a chorus oy nie school eh Hurt n, ltd oy mi?s oulma Punish, and just beioro the .tuditSB of' Capi. ollil.li, the instru mental duot by Misses Lois WiH liams and Mildred Coodalo. t>at u. u ay morning the teachers rdabbtiuulid at the grammar school buiiulag, entered upon the pr^giam i r tiie uay. Hi\ ii.rchm'cre made a few remarks alter which he intro* duceu .Mini Superintendent J.. 10. .5weuaii~gin, W.iio made a very prac tical address to the teachers. It was a real pleaBUie to have him at? ..ml ii.iti institute and to speak woius of eucouragement to the to^c.iers. 'ii.ey appreciated Mils pre sence a. id h.B uuiay suggestions. Prof. it. i\i. Kennedy, wno for a score ol yeaib was at the head of our city schools, was present by in.icat.on anu read an intensely in njitbim^ pttper upon tne suojoct of ' 'The School and Community Libra ry. ii.b p^pcr contained some very p. ogre. st.e sugges.lehs. A motion was rnaue and unanimously adopted t. tanking Mi, Kennedy for his con tribution to the work of the Insti tute and requesting him to funish a copy of his paper io tne secretary to be fu nisheu the dally papers for publicat.on. He recommended that a state library commission be form ed, wli.ch idea was endorsed by the t-eaci.e. s association of our county. A recess of thirty minutes was taken for lun^h. Ihe ladles of the ci y schools very kindly prepared ~ luach for the visiting teachers, and their hot coffee and delicious sand- . wicnes were greatly enjoyed. Aft' r lunch A rof. W . H. Rand was int.oduced and made a very fino ad- * dres . te cheis were highly en t rt. ir.ed iy him. He always has 'ft meiLlng wcrih while to say ' to them, and on this occasion ha cer tainly did not disappoint them. The instrumental solos rendered durli.g tne meeting of the teachers were g.eatly appreciated. Mr. B rchmore, county superintendent of education, and Miss Simpson, super visor of rural schools, wish to thank the teachers of the city schools for their ^hearty cooperation, and ..for their kindness In furnishing lunch for the*vlsltlng teachers, and to the citizens of Cataden for their inter- .. est In the teachers association in providing homes for the teachers. Moro homes were offered than, they had teachers to place, a condition ?? that was very gratifying although they wruld liked to have had each homo supplied with a guest .where the homes were offered. Some who had kindly opened their doorB to the teachers wore disappointed be cause they did not have the pleas ure of entertaining them after all. They also thank' Mr. Edward Mc- . Dowell for the use of tho opera hnti^e for the entertainment Friday night. The teachers institute was a suc cess. The mxt thing for the te?e"n i ors to get busy on is field day. I Th*4 mu t be a success also. The progre s\e teasers cf this county can be depended upon we are sure to do their part in making field day the euccees it should be.