The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 08, 1923, Image 2
"Well!
Strong!"
Mrs. Anna Clover, of R. F. D,
5, Winfleld, Kans., says: "1
began to suffer some months
ago with. womanly troubles, and
1 was afraid I was going to get
in bed. Each month I suffered
with my head, back andsides? a
weak, aching, nervous feeling,
f began to try medicines as 1
knew I was. netting worse. I
did not seem to find the right
remedy until someone told me of
CARDUI
The Woman's Tonic
I used two bottles before I could
see any great change, but after
that It was remarkably how
much better I got. i am now
welt and strong. 1 can recom
mend Cardui, for it certainly
benefited me."
if you have been experiment
ing on yourself with all kinds of
different remedies, better get
back to good, old, reliable
Cardui, the medicine for
women, about which you have
always heard, which has helped
many thousands of others, and
which should help you. too.
Ask your neighbor about it; she
has probably used it.
hor sale everywhere. n M
Walter I.filcnswi, -grammar school
I'Upil. dropped dead at Salt1 mi, Mass.,
Monday, immediately after being hit
ir ?be chest with a pitched baseball
while he was at the bat.
( r . A . CREED
Genera! Contractor
Estimates Furnished
;; 1 ! l)"K ilb St Phone 1 92J
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CAMDEN, S. C.
T. B. BRUCE
Veterinarian
l.yttlrfon St., Phone II*
CAMDEN, S. C.
DR. G. C. TRANTHAM
DENTIST
First Floor, Crocker Building
PHONE 450
Dr. C. F. Sowell
DENTIST
(Office Oyer Brace's Store)
CAMDEN, S. C.
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
PLAIN A HULXR STS. Phonr 71
COLUMBIA, S. C.
DR. R E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
( rocker ftiiilriL'ig
Camden, S C.
CIVIC NECESSITY,
The Ctaunter of Commerce i? the
I'uwt1 r House ??f Progress. The Cam
den and Kershaw County Chamber of
Oomwori'ii is un institution, not un
experiment in Camden and KcvshuvV
County. It represents ?very legitimate
line of human eYiid?avor. It is a dem
ocratic organization with (IfmocKi^jr
nig ideals and influences it is work
ing to'' every one. every legitimate
and wholesome profession, trade, oc
cupation and feature of a worth
while, (lean, and progressive environ^*
went. ii ? .
Mr. Charles M. Haswett in Assets
of the Ideal City", Thomas Y. Crowell
Company, publishers,' says of the
Chamber of Commerce the following,
whieh every progressive citizen
should read and think about:
"No in titut ion serves ho efficiently
in crystallizing public opinion in civic
matters ?s the modern, well-organized
Chamber of Commerce. Its program
is based upuh a consideration of pub*
.lie needs by a selective group of 4,1,4
/.ens who are voluntarily associated
III t.he interest of civic progress.
This groiip represents the best
thought of the community, those*who
have ideas and ideals and are willing
to give time and money to bring about
their realization. If the local Cham
ber of Commerce has succeeded in
getting the active co-operation of all
the various groups of the community,
the labor element, the churches, the
women's "organizations, as well as the
business and professional men, there
is no limit fu /what it may do for the
benefit of its home city.
"The relation between the Chamber
of Commerce and the city .government
must be close and friendly if good re
sults are to be expected. The city
'officials are the legally constituted
authority; the Chamber is advisory.
The city officials have the responsi
bility and must stand or fall as they
must exercise their authority for the
good of all. If they believe that the
Chamber of Commerce is a ' high
brow" organization which does not
represent nor seriously consider the
common run of people, it will have
little influence with them. Hut if they
know that it fairly represents , the
average members of the principal
groups, they will consider its recom
mendations seriously and try to merit
its confidence and support. The faith
ful official is always glad of con
structive advice and criticism the
Chamber oi l omnierce .must be cafe
ful that its proposals are constructive
and. its attitude broad, intelligent and
unselfish. No city can afford to be
without a Chamber of Commerce, nor
can any citizen, who really desires
i 'v i<- progress, alTord to be outside its
membership.
Ii<?y I >. Sherrill. notorious bandit
and an 1 scaped convict, arrested at
MrAlester. Okla.. a few days ago, was
declared by officials of the Leaven
worth. Kan., Federal prison on Tues
day. to have been the "brains ' of the
bandit gang which staged the holdup
of the Federal reserve hank at Den
ver, Col., several months ago, when
the gang got away with several hun
dred thousand dollars in new Federal
reserve bank notes from in front of
the mint. Sherrill. according to the
Leavenworth officials, when arrested
by a posse following a train robbery
in 191K, confessed that he and fellow
gangsters had committed to memory
plans for the robbery of -the Denver
mint. His confession at the time was
regarded by the officials as just a bad
dream and most too fanciful to be be
lieved; but the later events at the
mint and the get away of the gang
with the large amount of money re
called Sherill's confession of 1918.
Sherrill escaped .from the Leaven
worth prison on June 22, 1921, where
be was serving a sentence of forty
years for train robbery.
Protect Your
Potatoes and
Other ?
Vegetables
from destructive insects
and bugs. We can sup
ply most of the insecti
cides that are known to
be good, for both your
Vegetable and Flow?r
Gardens. Stonecyphers
Potato Bug Killer, Pari#
Greeh, Lime-Sul phur,
Bordeaux, Calcium Ar
senate, Black Leaf No.
40, Sulpho-Tobacco, etc.
W. Robin Zemp's
Drug Store
PHONE 30
DELIVERY
dra(t saws: drag savvsii
Witte Gasoline I.n^inc Di'a Saw equipped with Bosch
Magneto at Factory Price. Has Clutch attachment can
stop saw without stopping engine. Simplest and best on
the market.
Columbia Supply Co.
823 W. Geruais St. Columbia, S. C.
Year Honk Uvady.
Washington, D. Juno 4. -Sena
tor N. 1$. Dial flnaOttQCOd today that
he had secured wverui copies of the
new 1922 Y*ar Book ipf tnu Depart
ment u* Aarri'calture and that ho
\% < >u U1 he Kind to send a ropy to any
of his const it went., who would write
h i iu lor it. The new Usue contains
much mutter of a varied kind of in
"teres! to farmers throughout the
country rojfardlntf * the growing of
Croptly harvest ing, marketing, etc.
Viseount Chaplain of St. Oswald,
Kngiand, in dead. lie first attained
prominence in 18(17 by winning a for
tune on a horse race, muking a large
bot at lot) to 1.
CA.MDKN ? PAST AND PRESENT
Interesting Story Sent to News and
Courier by William Hanks.
The following belated story of Caui
den appearing in the Charleston Sun
day News, written by Mr. William
Hanks, will be read with interest by
Camden people:
Columbia, April 28, ? Camden is the
haven of tourists of quality* and tou
rists for 'many years was the main
erop of Camden. Sometimes it was
a bountiful harvest when all others
failed. Hut Camden is not a ope-,
erop to\ln any more. Ther? are many,
signs of %*new or renewed substan
t lability, prosperity and promise.
One of the surest evidences of a de
termination to make a modern city
is the street paving that is going on.
Broad street for a p\ile and a quarter
is paved with bithulithic and the pav
ing contractor is at work in other
sections of the city and will be until
the bond issue of $350,000 is all ap
plied to this work. Then Camden will
have the most beautiful streets in the
State ? wide, bordered with beautiful
oaks, with eye-resting vistas of pine
at the numerous intersections caused
by the beautiful parkways.
Camden is a thriving city of 5,000
population in the heart of the long
leaf pine ridge of the sand hills. In
consequence of its location the climate
is mild, and at the same time invigo
rating; the air saturated with the
soothing balsamic odors of the pines.
This is health-giving, but for some
reason Camden has not been singled
out; as a winter resort by thatdatfs of
semi -invalids who seek a climate that
will aid theni to throw otf tuberculo
sis. Some have come here and found
a cure, but Camden is the home of the
tourists wh" sepk rest and relaxation
rather than a sanatoria! retrea^
Historic Camden.
Camden is the "second city" in the
State that is to say, it is the second
in order to have received a charter
from the king. Charleston being the
first. The original charter, datpd
1 70S, signed by George 11, long hung
on the walls of the city hall, but forty
years ago, 1 S S : i . it disappeared. His
toiv, romance, patriotism, the memo
ry of :i glorious past ? these all, of
"course, make Camd<en great. Hut
Camden is now seeking sonic distinc
tion on account of the present and not
merely by inheritance.
Camden was laid out with great
care, under orders of the king, for he
wished to have eleven principal cities
in South Carolina, as he expected this
to become .a populous and wealthy
colony. Camden has th? gentle, calm
and queenly poise of a city that has
had deep experiences, that has known
great men and magnificent women.
Three cities have flourished upon
this spot. First was Fredericksburg,
deeded under George II, in 173.3. Next
came Pine Tree, said to have derived
its naruo from the fact. that a large
pine log spanned the creek where it
was crossed by the Catawba trail,
Broad - street, in Camden. Pine Tree
Hill gave way to Magazine Hill, and
this in 1708 to Camden, named by Jo
seph Kershaw for the Karl qf Camden
who was a defender of the rights of
the colonists.
Sherman's army destroyed a wealth
of history apd record but fugitive bits
have been preserved through the un
tiring efforts Of, T. J. Kirkland and
R. M. Kennedy, who issued the vol
ume, "Historic Camden," in 11)02. They
are preparing volume II, I have been
told. On page 22 of their first vol
ume is this .record :
"1792, Joseph Brevard Kershaw,
recorder and legal adviser, salary $10.
Zach Cantey, treasurer. Town lottery
instituted, profits to be used in build
ing a church in Camden, Number of
tickets 1,780 at $0 each. Prizes 394,
aggregating $9,850. Town to receive
15 per cent of prizes, total profit $2,
307.50."
Real Tourists for Camden.
rIrHs is not to he a regulation cham
ber of commerce "write-up", but just
a disconnected, discursive jumble of
observations by a casual traveler who
long has 1ov?nI old Camden. Now as
to the tourists ? this has been a good
year for them. Not the "tin can tou
rists' who clutter our roads with their
tin lizzies and litter our parks with
the evidences of their overnight camp,
but real tourists de luxe. , Their num
ber has been larger, their pastimes
have been more interesting, their stay
has been longer, and they have found
Camden more charming.
What they delight in is po'.o. golf
and riding in the pine woods redolent
of sweet aromas of balsam and jessa
mine and the wood violet. Tourists
have been coming to Camden >" long
that they are no lunger annoyed by
rubber necks or by an undes.red pub
licity. The winter visitors in < .linden
are more like < amden to.k ?and
t hat's handing them a whole Jo: n the
v ;i v of a ? i >in } . i men t .
\ p r 1 1 25. ? he day I vi-i'.d tl ? city
was the .v' '!i\< ' ? the Ha' tie of
Hobkirk 11 H.i n !,!(?:' ot 'lie battle
was* about at 'he. intersection ?f i
Hroad st re. : h> th? lane connecting
K i r k wood a: -d the Hobkirk Inn These
and Court I r . ? ar. ? he famous .vinter
hotels of the j la. - . although t hi re are
a dozen <>r ir.e< winter h"ni"S for
visitors tha' have a ilarm of their
own. The Americans were defeated
in this tight And then dead are said
to be buried in the little clump of
cedars near the street. For a Ion?
trmr Camden was in possession of
the Rritish and part of their old
breast works is yet to be seen in the
*
southwestern part of the city.
After the revolution Camden be
came the center of much wealth and
of great social activity -a mo*t de
lightful per rod of the history of the
state. The spacious if round# and
magiticent homes of those days were
kept up on the princely incomes from
the grejfct cotton plantations on the
rivers, with their fertile lands. Some
(,f the.se old manors in the Country
are yet standing, among them might
ho mentioned the home of D. U- " >?
liams, jr., "Mulberry."
The administrative center of Ker
shaw county for nearly a century was
the courthouse, a building of simple
beauty, in whose. hulls ha>io resound* i
the voices of some of the choicest sons
of South Cafolina. Within the last
score of years it has been used as a
court house, but Camden
a new temple of justice, a bunding
lacking perhaps the classic lines and
the impressive appearance 01 mc
great Doric columns, hut a modern,
convenient and commodious bnildmg,
one of the really line court buildings
in the state,
Camden is not one of the back
ward towns in the state. It has been
going along in its quiet, steady way,
doing things and not heralding them.
The city a few years ago, being un
able to get the kimi of trade it de
sired from any of the great power
companies, built its own electric light
plant and water distribution. lnuj
cost $175,000, but is worth much
more than that on present day values.
The great freshet of 1016 washed
away bridges and changed courses
of streams. Camden decided to re
store the bridge, and this was a big
undertaking, as the bridge destroyed
had but recently been paid for. I he
new bridge was built quite a distance
upstream. It must be a half mile in
length and cost $1)8,000. A toll of 50
cents a rouiVd trip is charged every
vehicle that passes. In two years and
a half the bridge has been paid for.
The toll charge is kept up and the in
come will be used to keep the bridge
in repair and to build' road*. That is
Cafnden's way of handling a dilemma.
Camden has two flourishing cotton
mills, both well managed and each
with a beautiful mill village, showing
care in the grouping of the cottages
and in the style of architecture. 1 hi
banking facilities of the city are ex
cellent and the banks have made
money ?in the last year.
The interests of the people of Kei
shaw county are almost wholly agri
cultural and there is grear opportun
itv here for the development of truck
farms, as Camden is only twenty
hours ?flm New York. Camden has
the main line of ?he Seaboard and
local lines of the Southern and; the
Coast line, in addition to the great
Capital to Capital highway and it is
one of the most accessible towns m
the United States.
Hydro-Electric Power.
The Wateree river, one mile east
of Camden, has always been
ed navigable, and Col, SenfT (the
great engineer, who first came South
with Gen. Greenland planned the
bat fie of Camden In a way which
would have resulted in victory over
Cornwallis if his advice had been fol
lowed,) built a navigation canal
around the rapids eight miles north
west of Camden and other canals
twenty-five miles away on the ( ataw
ba, around the Great I* alls. Thereby
cotton, was boated from North (aio
lina to GeorgetoW. y . A
These canals nave fallen into dis
use, but the scene of their former
usefulness is today the scene of the
most marvelous activity, for where
Inhere were fapids going to waste
there are today vast hydro-electric
plants. Fishing Creek, Dearborn,
Rocky Creek, and this last great one,
Wateroe, near Camden. The burden
of the wires that traverse Kershaw
county is the motive power for great
enterprises in this and in neighboring
States. The Southern Power Com
pany has sp6nt in the construction of
these plants a sum of money so large^
that I would not care to state the
amount ? not while we have such an
observant Tax Commission. ? _
The pondage of the Wateree devel
opment carries the bacfc watei almost
to the spillway of Rocky creek. It is
a red, red mileage of water. Perhaps
fish might live in it. In the good old
days, according to my friend, Major
Higgins, who came hore from Great
Falls, and has lived in Camden forty
seven vears, through eighteen dynas
ties of hotel keepers, there was a
time in his recollection when a buck
shad could be bought for ten cents,
and a roe for a quarter. But all the
shad that ever get this far inland
nowadays come on the bill of 'are'
of the Seaboard-diners as they sail
through the sandhills of South ( aro
Itna.
The chief pride of Camden, is her
city schools. There is a fine system
here, under the management of one of
the best equipped superintendents in
the State, J. G. RichardsjlJr. A new
grammar school building was opened
last fall, one of the most modern
plants and most attractive in appear
ance in the State. Camden has * !
school system of which to be proud.
Camden's Fascination.
What is the fascination about Cam-,
den 0 Well, its inherent charm c an- (
not be defined. But there are some ,
things that may be mentioned. First
of all, the rambles in the streets and'
in the near-by pine wood*, and then
there are the drives to points of inter
est and physical chafni. There are in
Camden many gardens that will vie
with the superb area of japonicas
and azaleas around Charleston, al
though the Camden gardens are nec
essarily restricted, though intensively
lovely* in every setting and angle.
Tourist Hotels.
The three tourist hotels of Cam-,
den have their regular clientele ? ?
not the naveau rn h. Hit elegant peo
ple from 'he North, who crime year
after year.
The Court Inn, built by John McRae
and called "Lausanne," after the na
tive place of his wife's family. It was
later known as Upton Court.. The De
Saussures lived there later. They
were unable to keep up the place: it
was abandoned and left to deteriorate.
But .Mrs. Perkins, niece of the builder,
boyght, rt.paiivd and ihangcd . W
ancestral homo to a charming place
for guests. She was therefore, a pio
neer in making Camden a pjae? J>{
winter resort. The \vonderful ol<
gardens are unchanged since original
ly laid out. They are spacious and
charming, with a maxe, long arbors,
bowling greens and formal flower pot
hi iangement*. AH this in the time
of flowers is exquisite, and it ha* an
unusual backing u. a grove t.l pittj
.'aiviu'.iy preserved Birds flii$
?h. an ideal sanctuary.
The Hobktrk hin, originally the
home of (Lionel Shannon. I he c.oA*
ter pan of the hotel is the old house,
practically Unchanged save for the
divisions in the too large W rooms
on the second door. When clearing
the ground for the house Col. Shan
non sai<,l that he found 'Hevolutton
arv bullet a embedded in nearly every
tree. Two Revolutionary cannon now
guard the entrance to Hobkirk Inn,
one decorated with the lleur de lys of
France - taken by. the British, it re
said, at Louisburg. The gardens
were laid out by an English land
scape architect. ?
The Kirkwood Hotel was the ( an
toy. home. ? One of the? battles bf tho
Revolutionary was fought on its site
and trees that have been cut down
there have shown bullets deeply em
bedded. The high situation of the
house gives a wide view today ot its
golf course and back of it pine woods
and the polo grounds The front door
is unchanged since the (/untoy- own
ership; also the center of the house.
The Baruch Hospital.
Among the recent structures of a
public nature which adorn the town
are a Carnegie library and an "up
to-date" hospital, given to the city
_by Mr. Bernard BarUch, of New York,
as a memorial to his father, Di. Si
mon Baruch, who spent his early pro
fessional life in Camden. Tho sup
port of the hospital is assured
through the generosity of, the late
Mr. John Burdell, of Kershaw coun
ty. Dr. Baruch was a surgeon in the
Confederate army! He attended Col.
Shannon as a second in the fatal
duelling encounter with Col. ( ash.
Mis. Baruch had a great love for
Camden and. its people, which should
be, and is, reciprocated. When ji del
egation of Southern State officials
waited upon Bernard Baruch during
the World War to ask him for a rulr
ing that Would help the South in 'a
certain emergency, he did so. After
wards he told the two South Carolin
ians present, "My mother told me to
stand by her people."
Cool Spring, four miles north of
Camden. An attractive hon%. In the
pine woods adjoining is the spring
from jyhhi'ch the place is named, and
from which the water is bottled 'and
sold.
Southern Power House, on the
Wateree river, eight miles north
west of Camden. There is an artifi
cial lake and waterfall, surrounded
by pine woods. Sometimes the watev,
instead of being blue, is almost pink,
because of the red clay which makes
it opaque, thereby giving the land
scape a 'most strange aspect.
The Terrace, nine 'miles from Cam
den. An old dwelling, and remains
of a beautiful garden. The place has
recently been sold for a school. Near
by is an older house, known as the
Old Boykin Place.
Statesburg. This dear old place
came within one vote of Columbia in
being chosen. at one time for the
State capital; It has a very old
church and a beautiful home and gar
den, dating from colonial days.
Statesburg is the capital of the High
Hills of Santce and many old houses
are scattered on the hills.
Knight's Hill, site of an old home
of the Chestnut family. The house
was burned and nothing now remains
of the estate but the old cemetery.
Mulberry, built in 1820 by James
C h e s t n u tan owner ofvas t estates in
the vTcTnity and several hundred
slaves. He managed his vast inter
ests ably and was also a public-spir
ited and important citizen. He spent
the winters rn this house, but because
it was near malarial swamp lands, in
the summer removed to- his^ place
3 miles away on the hills. He kept his
private road between the two places
in perfect order and traveled over it
frequently in his coach with outriders.
Mulberry is an excellent example of
the way of living of an ante-bellum
South'ern planter.
The house is now occupied by Mr.
David Williams and his family.
Liberty Hill, twenty-two miles
north of Camden. The site of many
dwellings of distinguished families of
the vicinity, although almost deserv
ed now. The view is superb form the
hill.
Paint Hill, three miles from Cam
den, ho called from the brilliant col
orings of the clay there. It is known
that one English patter wonked suc
cessfully at his trade in this vicin
ity, making use of the excellent ma
terial found in the hills.
No other county in the State is
traversed in every direction by as
thoroughly good roads. The road
from Columbia is b^injr paved for
eight eon miles and from the Kershaw
county line to Camden will be top
soiled for seventeen miles, making
a speedway connecting t h?* two cities
by less than an hour ? against half a
day m the old stage Coach flays.
There is an unending lot of anec
dotes that mitfht he related, but with!
the consent of The New- and Courier |
these will be revived f < . r another
Sunday. 1 mitfh1 t. :he mysti
cal grave .?f A ltd. - ,.f ? 'asgow ; I
mi^'ht tel.* of the ?!??:?* h 1 f the brave
Baron de Kaih 1 r-.igh' tell of the;
hurta! of .lame- K Po.k Dickinson.)
killed a' 'h'- head -f Palmetto]
Regim<^'.t .n r.' ? > f < erubusco; [ :
Wight Tel! of the drowi r.tf of some
fifty persons in an old m i pond when !
the bottom of a flat boa' fell out and
iet them sink tn?o vory deep water. ,
I might teii of sunie o: the famous
trials in the old court hi jse; 1 might
tell of Richard Kirkiand the Confed
erate soldier -who carried water to h?
thirsting wounded merry; I might
tell of Camden's hix^ Confederate
general*, two rrf -whom* had grand
sons that were heroes in the World
War." But that's good for another
time, and this is a goo<} place to stop.
A correspondent wants to know the
difference between a jounuiliat and a
newspaper worker. Well, a journalist
has to nave an income from some
ather source: - . ,
' The Columbia recorder i^ sticking
autoistfi $2 each, as the traftc law pre
scribes, for failure to dim their lights
in the t it > . Monday morning he ftn?J
and WVdm-sday morning ]s.
Two liquor cases were heard Mon.
day morning Ua the Columbia record.
oryn cyUrt; a negro fined $;,t) for
transporting six gallons qf hoo&$,
u white man ^50 for having
Knllons.
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Notice of Final Discharge.
Robert Reynolds and Perry D.
Stokes, surviving executors of the last
Will and Testament of R. B. Rollins,
deceased, have this day filed with me
their final accounting- and have made
application unto me for a final dis
charge as said executors. Therefore
notice is hereby given to all concern
ed that one month from this date, on
Monday, July 2nd, 1923, at 11 o'clock,
A. M., at the Probate office of Ker
shaw County, I will hear the petition.
w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate, Kershaw County.
Camden, S. C., May 29th, 1923.
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