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Sl'MTKR CANNING FACTORY farmer* Surrounding Sumlor Turn to Raising Vegetables ami FruitH. (Kdiih M. DesCbdiU-* in Charlottg Observer.) While attending the first Made- in Carolina's exposition in Charlotte in September, 1021, H, A. Hradham, of Sumter. S. CV, gnt an inspiration whieb h?**' ?inc*? meant much to hi* home .< om.munity of Sumter; Mr, Bradham. visited the display made at the fust exposition by the Thomunboro Cunning company. When he aaw the fruits and vegetables that had been canned and the possibilities in this line, he wondered if it would not be a good thing for the numerous farmers in his home community, who had been stricken by. the ravages of the bull weevil, to center their efforts on raising vegetables and fruita, He ulso conceived the idea' of establishing^ it canning factory in Sumter, t,d take care of these farmers' crops. Ah a direct resuH of this visit tu the Made- in*(xaro.linas exposition, the j , Sumter ('aiming company of Sumter | ?was orguptz^c^ ^nd in the .spring of t022, it began operations. The Sumter Canning company ? on ?tracts wit}) farmers of the etfmtnuu ity to take tlieir entire v'iop*. laige 01 nmall. The company ' does eveiy thing in its power to help the farmers by using their own lield man to show them the- best 'means of planting to guarantee tb-e best results Irom their crops. Their efforts do not stop here; they go still further and buy fruit trees in vast quantities and sell them off to farmers at the prices they are able to get by buying in these quantities*. In 11)22 the company purchased 5,000 fruit trees and planted 1,500 of them on theif own lands. The bal ance they sold to the farmers of their community. These trees will bring in a crop in l'J2l. The company has al ready contracted for 10,000 more fruit trees to be delivered in 102-1, and the farmers will be given the advantages of this purchase by the canning com pany. Muskets and crates are furnished Jx? the farmers and they bring thtfr pro ducts into town by wagon and- truck loads. Farmers raising beans bring them in for a distance of 20 miles away, while tomatoes are brought in from a radius of .eight miles from Sumter. ? The farmers of this community are well pleased and the boll Weevil does not seem to have dealt the death blow intended. Like the people in Ala bama, they will soon be wanting to erect a monument to the memory of the bull weevil. When 'the writer visited the com pany's factory .in July, it* was duiing the height . of the tomato season and hundreds and hundreds ol cases of tomatoes were literally "pouring" on to the 'unloading platforms of the factory. Although operations were late in getting started the first season, last year, .Ti.000 cases or SOO.OOO cans of bpinaeh, beans and tomatoes were canned and shipped away. Approxi mately 5.000 cans of figs were canned and large quantities of .these went to New York City. This year, .'{00,000 cans of spinach, valued at $10,000 were canned; 1.000, (100 cans of beans, or ?'>F'{ tons were canned, the larger majority of them going to jobbers' in Detroit, I'itts burg and Boston. These were valued at $'{0,000. Tomatoes to the value of $21,000 were canned, this meaning 1,000,000 cans. The company has its goods all sold before they are canned. An interesting item in connection with this company is that it is one of the 11 canning factories in the world that tan grape fruit. Five of the other grape fruit canneries are loca ted in Porto liico and the remaining, live in the state of Florida. Mr. Sha- ] vcr, manager of the company, recently ! attended a meeting ef the grape fruit tanners held for two days in \\_a>h ington. DC. Mr. Shaver was out :n th*1 middle , west late iit^t fall, when one ot their 1 jobbers remarked that he < "u!d handle > , . i a goodly quantity of iann? i grape fruit. He returned to Sumter and during the month of December evper imented with grape fruit. h--A t?> < :?'i j ei-\. and in January stalled can ning the product. 1 h irt y-ti v e eai p >.id j . f Florida grape fruit were purcha.-ed and L'^.OOO i ans put up. Five tar- j |..ads of the>e were shipped to Cali forma. The ,-v.ipe fru.t is bran<ied "Shaver-". all the tomatoes are branded "Sumter"' an*! all other pro- ; ducts that are not sold to the jobber j to be marketed under his own adver- i tised brand, are branded "Sumter. All the grape fruit is canned :n No. ; 2 size; the f-pinaih in No. - and No. 2lv i the tomatoes in these two sizes and the beans in No. 2. The beans used are of the string- j less green variety. Three machines in the factory automatically cut the1 beans, blanche them And fill the cans. I The bcan3 arc cleaned by a spraying or running water method The toma toes are washed in the same way. The spinach is given three differ ent washes U-fore it i# canned; two soaking* and one spray. All this Wtlhing by machinery. During the 1022 season an average I of 100 people were employed in the I factory and the average runs now , about Lr>(J i>eoplii, although during the i bean season this year 100 were em-, ployed. The help m the factory is1 composed mostly of colored women. ' The factory is equipped with mod ern canning factory facilities,' valued I at $15,000 and. ;i0,0p0 cans of finished products ran be handled in 10 hours time.- ? The plant of the company is in A i remodeled cotton mill building, two - glories in height, ea.^h floor haying ' f.,000 square feet of space. The ware houses of the company arc conducted under tin state system The office of th<{ company is located in a brick building by the driveways where the unloading is done. Two sidetracks j serve tin* factory. The entire output of tomatoes is consumed in Sumter and . nearby towns and cities. The beans and spinach and other pro<(uctB are sold largely to jobbers in the north and middle west. Large quantities go to. Chicago and its ad jacent territory, t he beans going es pecially to the grain states. Othvr shipments go to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and some to Texas. The' grapefruit is shipped to Los Angeles, Denver and Seattle, with smaller quantities of it going to Chi cago and Washington. In a number of instances the products are sbld to jobbers who market them under their own advertised brands. II. A. Shaver; manager of the com pany, has spent a number of years in the canning business. He comes from Troutville, Va., eight miles from Roa noke. In his home county there are over 100 canning factories and his father established the first canning factory ever established south <5f Baltimore. *" Henry Harby, president qf the. com pany is a well known business man of Sumter. K. A. Bradham, who is ac tively connected with the company, is vice president and E.? M. Hall, secre tary and treasurer, with Harby & Company., of Sumter. In addition to the'Sumter Canning company, another canning factory is conducted at Manning, S. C., under Mr Shaver's supervision. At present only tomatoes are canned at this factory. Bee Causes Auto -Wreck. C. I'. Mills, who owns and operates a garage in Cireer, came very near having a serious accident when he was painfully stung by a bumble bee which had secreted itself up his coat sleew. Mr. Mills was driving his car at a moderate rate of speed when he was stung without warning, causing him to lose control of his car and drive headlong into a telephone post. His car was practically demolished. London reports say that Sir Auck land (Jeddes, British ambassador at Washington, will probably not return to America, lie is now in London and in bad health, and besides has re cently lost the sight of one eye. I Six men were trapped in a mine | cave- in on the property of the Cooper ative Mining Company near Silver City, ,Ns- C., Tuesday. One body was recovered and it is feared that the other five are dead. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of the State of South Car olina and approved by the Governor, March 1 ??, I'JiM, providing for an election t<> be held on the question of issuing coupon or serial bonds in the Town of Kershaw, in the Counties of Kershaw and Lancaster in the amount of ten thousand dollar* for the purpose of paying past indebted ness : Not ire is hereby given that said election as herein provided for. will be held in li. I.. Soweli's cotton office in the said town of Kershaw on the lir.-t Tuesday of September, 1 be ing the 1 1 h day thereof, for the pur pose Mated in said net, to. wit: On the question of issuing coupon or serial bonds* of the said town of Kershaw in i h? amount <>f ti n thousand dollars at a rate of interest not to exceed ?mx per cent per annum, and to run for twenty years from the date of their issue. At sajd election there will be pro vided a sufficient number of ballots to be voted therat in form as follows: "For the i.vuaiue <<f ten thousand dol lar" rf .-trial coupon bonds for the purpose of paying pas.t indebtedness. Ye- ( :? No." Those voting in favor of the i^sue of said bonds shall de port a ballot with the word "No" erased, and those opposed to the issue of ^,?i.| bonds shall deposit a ballot with the word "Yes" erased. All qualified electors residing in the said town <-f Kershaw shall be entitled to vote. The polls will be opened at eight o'clock. A. M . and closed at four o'clock. P. M (?. F. Cook. J. S. Truesdale and T. C. Stover are ap pointed managers of said election. C. F. CLYBURN. Mayor of the Town of K orsha w. L. R. B LAC KM A N, Clerk of the Town of Kershaw. Dated August 1.1, 1923. Notice of Election Cotton Weijfher at Camden. The Board of County Directors of Kershaw County will at its next reffu jar meeting, on Tuesday, September 4th, elect a cotton weigher to weigh cotton for the public at Cam den. All applications for this posi tion must be filed with the Chairman of the Board. H, 0. Carrison, Sr., Camden, S. C., or with' the undersign ed before the said meeting, IAUKENS T. MILLS, Clerk Board ^ounty Directors, Ker shaw County. TAX EXECUTION SALE. Under and by virtue of sundry tax executions to me directed by Treas urer of Kershaw County, I hav? levied upon and will sell in front of. the <Y>pt I leu.''1 dtibf at Camden, S. betweeri the legal bourn of sale on the :n i Monday in September, 11)23, being th<$ third day thereof, the fol lowing described property, to wit: All of that certain lot and the build ing situate thereon, in the City of Camden, in County of Kershaw, and being bounded as follows: North by premises of L. C< Shaw. East by Mill Street, South by C. \V. Birchmore and West by Payne. Levied on and to he sold as . property of Frank Campbell, Jr., for taxes for the years, 1920-1921 and 1922. ALSO One tract of land in School District No. Six, containing one hundred and fifteen acres, more or less, and being bounded on the North by Mary A. Davis, South by William, West and on the West by Kstridgd & Iiaker. Levied on and to be sold as property of Amos West,' for taxes for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922. ALSO One tract of land in School District No 17, containing seventen acres, more or less, and being bounded on the North by lands of M. D. K el ley, East by 10, M. Hoykin, South and West by Julius Brevard. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Wil liam Reed for taxes for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922. ALSO That piece, parcel or tract of land situate in School District No. Eleven and being bounded on the North by T. C. Sessions, East bv Twenty-Five Mile Creek, South by Flat Branch and West by A. B. Jos'ey. Levied on and to be sold as the property of J. 1>. -S?K?ion for taxes-far the years 1920 and 1921. bniVrlinc f Camden and bounded on the North by premises of Geisenheimer, East by Clementine Hirsch, South by Wallace, and West by Broad Street. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Estcllc A. Smith, for l?xt?s for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922. ALSO That certain piece, parcel or tract of land, in School District No. Four, containing nine hundred and fotty two acres, more or' less, and being bounded on the North by lands of T. W. McNeeley and Reirn Berry, East by Shelton Hall* South by J. S. Dunn and others and West byr W. L. Stokes and others. ' Levied on and to be sold as the property of Catherine Ho sier for taxes' for the years 1920 and 1922. ALSO One lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the North by Eliah Shir ley, East and South' by John Hinson, West by Fair Street. Levied on and to be sold as property of Early Hinson for taxes for the years 1921 and 1922. ALSO Two acres of land in School District No. One, DeKalb Township, being bounded on the North by Peck lands, East by estate of Rainey Martin, South by estate of Rainey Martin and West by Leah Ballard. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Geo. Per kins for taxes for the year 1020. ALSO One tract of land in DeKalb Town ship, Schol District No. Three, bounded on the North by lands of Bradley, East by G. W. Burrows, South by H. G. Garrison and on the West by J. A. Bate-s. Levied on and to be sold as the property of John t Hickman for taxes for the years 1020 and 1922. ALSO All of that tract of land in School District No. 43 containing four hun dred and seventy-six aires, more or, less, and being bounded on the North by lands of L. J. Whitaker and others, East by Charleston Public Road, South by L. Wr. Boykin and West by , Wateree River. Levied on ahd to be sold as the property of E. L. Wootcn for taxes for the year 1921. ALSO Tract of land in School District No. Six. containing forty-six acres, more or Jess, and being bounded on the North by Tract No. Three of estate lands of Joseph West, Last by Lynches River, South by lands of R. W. West, and West by J. W. Jones. Levied on and to be sold as the prop erty of S. J. West for taxes for the years 1921 and 1922. ALSO One tract of land in School District No. Two, containing three hundred and ninety-four acres, more or less, and being bounded on tin* North by Swift Creek. East by M iii hell Ingram, South by Nancy Nelson. West by Nancy Coleman; Also one tract of land containing eight hundred acres,, jynii' or less, being bounded on the Fast bv h K. U ? ; . i a m s , and all other .?flle> by Wateiee River. levied on and to be sold as property of S. I* . Brasington for taxes for the years 1 'j 2 1 and 1922. ALSO Tract of land in DeKalb Township and School District No. One, contain ing three hundred and ninety-four ae res, more or less, and being bounded on the North by National Highway from Cheraw to Camden, East by J. P. Hasty and W. J. Langley, South by Hall and West by W. C. Roberts. Levied on and to be sold as property of Annie Brasington for taxes for the vears 1021 and 1922. ALSO One lot and building thereon in the City of Camden, bounded on the North by G. C. Bruce and Methodist church property, F.nrt by O. C. Brrrrr, Smrth by Hampton Park, West by Metho dist Church property. Levied on and to be sold a? property of S. F. Bras ington for taxes for years 1921 and im ALSO One tract of land in School District No. Nine, containing throe hundred and ninety-nine acres, more or less, and being bounded North by tract NV. Six, Kast by tract No. twelve, South by tract No. nine of estate Ojf ti. r Hough, deceased, and West by lands How or formerly of M. M. Kirkland. l.cviid upon im id to *K' fiolit \a$the property of Kate Watts, for taxes lor the yearn 11*20, 1921 and 192& ALSO Three acres of land in School Dis trict No. 1, bounded on the North by It i*fht of Way of S. A. L. Railway, East by Eugene C. Moore, South by E. Sasportes, West by James Kenne dy, Levied on and to be sold as the property of B. J. Carlos, for tax 1922. ALSO Two hundred acres of land in School District No. 80, bounded on the North by H. W. Montgomery, South by Ba ruch & Nettles, a"nd West by Moseley lands. Levied and to be sold as prop erty,of L. C\ Marshall for taxes 1922. ALSO One lot and building in the City of Camden and bounded on the North by DeKalb Street, East by Mill Street, South by Schlosburg <Xr Karesh and West by L. L. Block. Levied on and to be sold as the property of D. W. Hall for taxes for mm . . "ALSO One lot and building in the City of Camden, S. C., bounded on the North by Joseph Frasier, East by Gordon Street and South and West by S. A. L. Railroad. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Hannah Rainey for taxes 1922. ALSO One lot and building in the City of Camden, S. C\, bounded on the North by Walnut Street, Kast by Lot No. 1.3 South by Lot No. 13, West by Camp bell Street, Levied on and to be sold as the property of J. L. Alexander, for taxes for 1922. ALSO Two lots and building in the City of Camden, S. C., bounded on the North by Robert Boy kin, East by Market Street, South by Big Ditch, West by W. O. Hay. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Joe C.Harrison for taxes 1922. ALSO One lot and building in the City of Camden, S. C., bounded on the North by James McLain, East by Gordon Street, South by John Watkins, West by S. A. L. Railroad. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Joseph Fra sier for taxes 1922. ALSO One lot and building in the city of Camden, S. G\, bounded on the North by York Lang, West by Campbell Street, South by York Aaron, East by M. A. Clyburn.. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Tillman James" for taxes 1922. ALSO Two lots and buildings in the City of Camden, S. C., bounded on the North by City Lot No. 1125, East by Robert Reed* South by Scip English. West by Campbell Street. Levied on and to be sold as the property of A. D. Jackson for taxes 1922. ALSO One tract of land in Buffalo Town ship, School District No. 24, contain ing, Twenty-eight acres, bounded on the North by Joshua Perkins, East by Mangum and others, South by Wil liams' lands, West by Arthur & Dur ham Lands. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Farmers' Corp. Milling Company for taxes 1922. * G. C. .WELSH, Sheriff of Kersl)a\v County. NOTICE OF SALE. ?State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Court of Common Pleas. J. I). Sinclair, Plaintiff, Vs. Leslie McGirt, et al., Defendants. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of an execution lodged in this office in the above entitled case in favor of the above named plaintiff and against the above named defendant, I have seized, taken pos session of, and will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash before tho Court House door at Camden, South Carolina between the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in Septem ber., 11)23, being the 3rd day thereof, the following described property, to wit: One Ford Touring Car, Motor N'o. A -402 12. G. C. WELCH. Sheriff of Kershaw County. ; Camden, S. C., Aug. 11th, 1'.'23. ( MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw, ? Court of Common Pleas. The Federal Land Hank of Columbia. South Carolina, Plaintiff. against | William 11. Goff, Wateree National! 1 Farm L>an Association and Savan- ! nah Guano Corporation. Defendant*, j Under an order of His Honor, W. H Townsend, Presiding .Judge in l ifth Judicial Circuit, dated .July 10, 1H23, I will sell to the highest biilder, at public auction, for (ash before! the Kershaw County Court House door in Camden, in said State, j during the legal hours of sale on ; the first Monday, being the third < day of September, 1<?23, the following i described real estate.: ? All that certain piece, parrel or ' tract of land, containing six hundred ! and thirty-seven (637) acres, situate,! lying and being partly in Wateree! Township, County of Kershaw, and ; partly in Center Township, County of Richland, State of South Carolina,] having such shape, metes, courses and . distances as will morp fully appear by i reference to a plat of a survey there- I of, which i* recorded in the office of : the Clerk of Court for K*n?h*w County, in Plat Book No. 3. at pajje ! 36; being bounded on the North by lands of J. W. Dunn, on the Fast by lands formerly of Sanders and Palm ! er, wow of Martin, on the South by I hinds of .1. 11. Miller, lands of Martin, 1 lands* of MeSwain and lands of San | ders, and on the West and Northwest j by lands of Nance, MeSwain and ! Dunn, and is the same tract of land which was conveyed to W. H. CJoff by ? Ann C. Sanders by deed dated ?flth of | July, 11*12, and recorded in the office J of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw ; County in Deed Hook AF at page 254. ; That before any bid will be received by the Master from anyone but the Plaintiff the > bidder be -required to deposit with the Master, as evidence of good faith, Three Hundred ($'100.00) Dollars cash, or certified ( lu'i k for said amount. B. B, CLARKE, Master. August 14, 1923. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, September 17th, 1023, 1 will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as guardian of the estate of my daughter, Mrs. l^ila Iiideoutte, (formerly Blackwell), and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge from my trust as said guardian. MRS. LOLA DAVIS, (Formerly Mrs. Blackwell) Camden', S. C., Agust 14, 1023. NOTICE To the Trustees of Kershaw County: At a recent meeting of the -State Board of Kducation it was decided to hold the next Teachers' examina tion on Friday, August 24th, anil Sat-, urday, August 25th, 1923, in order that those who may not have pissed at the last examination may have an other opportunity to make a certifi cate, and others who may wish to secure certificates to teach this coin ing session, may also have an oppor tunity of making a certificate. Under' no circumstances will I issue a permit to teach this coming year in the public schools of the County, ALLEN B. MURCHISON, Supt. of Kducation, Kershaw County. August (3th, 1923. Notice of Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, September 10th, 1923, I will ^make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Adminis trator of the estate of I)r. L. W. Net tles, deceased, and on the same date I Will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administra tor. W. F. NETTLES. Camden, S. C., August 6, 1923. Notice of Dissolution of Partnership. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Notice is herby given that the part nership heretofore existing between us at Camden, S. C., under the firm name and style of McLeod &' Rush, has been by mutual consent dissolved as of this date. The undersigned W. L. Rush receiving all of the assets of I the firm and assuming all of it's lia bilities. J. II. McLEOD, W. L. RUSH. . . | Jan. 5th, 1923. . i FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, .the 17-th day of September, 1923, i will make to the Probate Court of Ker shaw County my final return as Ad ministratrix of the estate of Marga ret R. Whitaker, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administratrix. SUSIE N. WHITAKER, Administratrix. Camden, S. C., August 13, 1923. Administrator's Notice. All parties indebted o the estate of Charles Parker, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to undersigned, and all parties, if any, hftvintf claim* against the said <*tJ will prt?s? nt thi-m duly u Uetted ?ij3 the time prencribwl by law. ^ W. J. PAHKEH, Adm, Camden S. Q?? August 7th, 15^' BEING thicker, the famous Good year All-Weather Tread carries you farther than other ? treads. And it car ries you in greater safety, too. The big* tough r>harp- edged blocks cut deep and' grip tight on any surf ace, They are the best tiry insurance against a kidding you can buy. ! ' ? ' ' At Goodyear S*ri>1 c? Station Dtu/cra u, c *c/.' and rtcon ?. frten'J f'te new Goody tar Cordu with < beveled A.tt \Ve<atl er Trend und b atlt them up with itandvrd Coouveor S+riiea Kershaw Motor Co. Camden, S. C. GOOD yeab When You've Hooked a Big One That's when you're glad you came here for your tackle ? you know it will stand the tough est fight he can put up. A big assortment from which to choose. Mackey Mercantile Company Notice WE ARE READY TO GIN. UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT COMPETENT EMPLOYEES COURTEOUS TREATMENT WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS CAMDEN OIL MILL Wm. KING, Mgr. J. H. Osborne, Supt. Farm Lands fine Are coming back into their own. We have a ' large farm 5 miles from town, fronting two-third* 0 a mile along excellent highway. Nearly $5,000 1,0 provements on the property. It is the best offering we know of. See us quick. CAMDEN REAL ROTATE BXCBANGB "We Sell L#U" Phone 226 Office Brace luildiof