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ME CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I). N1LES Editor and I'ubli.her * ? *v ? "I ' I , Published every Friday at No. 1109 Hroad street hm<J entered at the Cam-; den. Soutji Carolina postoffiee at second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00. ( S. Friday, Oct. .*i, 1924 The taxpayers of Camden should read the agreement entered into by the City of Camden and the Watefee Milk of this city, published in an other place in this paper. The mill company is not seeking to shirk any of their obligations for the bonded indebtedness of Camden, and their 1 request that they be excluded from the corporate limits is by no means an unreasonable one. The registra tion book* opened at the city, clerk's office this week and all citizens are urged to go there for registration certificate so as to be able to vote when the election is culled. We hope, the election will favor the mill by an averwhehpiiiy majority. ( lamden needs new enterprises and it would not be the px*rt of wisdom to defeat this request of one of The largest in dustrial organisations now operating in this state. AN AGREEMENT Entered Into Between Wateree Mill* and The City of Camden. Agreement made this seventh day of June* '192-1. between Wateree Mills a corporation duly organized and ex isting under the laws of - Common wealth of Massachusetts, and en gaged in the business of manufactur ing cotton in the City Of Camden, County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina,, hereinafter referred to i#; the "Company", and the City of Cam den. a municipal Corporation in said County of Kershaw, duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of South Carolina, hereinafter referred to a-< the"City." Witncsseth: That in consideration of one dollar liy each party to the other paid, the receipt of which by each party is hereby acknowledged, and in consideration of the, mutual agreements hereinafter contained, it is mutually agreed and covenanted as f ollows : 1. The City will decrease its cot poiate limits in accordance. \\ith the laws of South Carolina made and pro vided >?> as to exclude therefrom all the prevent property of t h Company now within the corporate limits of the city. 'J. The Company will, upon said ( I ec r?*a ve in its corporate limits, by the City >i lid the exclusion therefrom of .-.aid proper! \ of the company as pro vided for in paragraph I hereof, pay to the City on or- before October 15th in - each - year; 'long '?>? said' property remains without the corporate limits of the city and until and unless the Company- has increased its spindle rapacity to forty-nine thousand .spin ? dies, thirty fi\c hundred thirty-eight and 1 100 dollar*, being tin- amount of the lax assessed and levied by the City ii pon J he property of the Com pany f ? > i" the year li''Jl. Cpon the in ert as?- by the Company of its spindle capacity to forty-nine thou -and spin dles actually installed, the payments provided for in this second paragraph shall cease and determine. Aftci the increase by the Com pany of its spindle capacity to foity "Tfine leTousaiid spindle.- actually in stalled, the Company agree?, to pay to tli? Cits on or before January 1st m each yea i , the following sums: On or before .January 1st of the year fol lowing tin iliiiea.-e in number of -t?t forty-nine thousand as aforesaid, and annually thereafter until and including .January 1st. li?48, the sum of $2-,l?22.Hr>( oni or before .January I >t, P.* 11', and annually thei? after, until and including .Janu ar\ !-t, 1 :?'>!. tlie sum of $ 1 ; ? ?n before .Jatuaiy l-t. liT>f>, until and :? > ' ? i<J i r ? Januaiy l>t. ll'.r>'>. the -inn if ?l!s7.7l; <>n oi bef-?ie .Janu ary 11, r.i:.T, and ainualh thereafter until iHil ita !u i.ng .January 1st. 1 0*12, 'he -utn "t ?"> 1 JT 1 ; on or before .Janua: 1-' the -tile ? ? t -aid ai.Mia' ; ijmet.:- hereinabove pi*.-, i!i ?! I'M. the ( omp:my's pi..! (>: ?;>? 'i ' ??!.? share of t h? ? ( its' pie I : ? ln.r: led : i; I. b'edne--. -ai< I ?.<!<!>' i i ? , nil >u t inu to f ? ? u : h il i.' . : ( i : >i -a '.I d < ? ! I ;? i" - . ei 1 1: - . > ! j i; g ? C i oi i . . ? u ,i , ? bond - ma' n ? 1 'Jo, > ,n t< " ? .? to watc! b?nd - . mala; i i ' ? ? > . > 000 00 1 . ... !>?'?. : ir r " g l'.'.'i J ; s: I v ,i'(i(iii(Mi w !?? ' i j ? i - 1111 tui- K 1 '.?."??? ; $7.00000 . s .. h^'h". I ii 1 : .1 ; main ? ^ : ? <? s ! 00 1 101 1 t ?? ? - ' t i ? 1 ?.! \ . 1 ? ? >i - ^ . . i. J . .> i - ' o: ;? 1 ; . ' p.i\ u-c !???: -J- o > ' o ; ? ' .1 ? ' S| M.IMIO 'A I ' I mat ' ? ? . c ! :?? ? I he ( ?> m| at:\ ha. ! ? ?.:!?!.? ' 1 : > p 1 v ii' 1 : ' ? .u I ? . i . ; l.iiebt e. I lie -- ? ?! t !:?? t .! . I X . 1 P I .? - .4 .O e >.l id a III I -III: be -it 1 ? -? ; ? ? ! e - ? i ?; Sinking Fa: 1 1 . 1'. mi ? ?- up'<! an> additional bonded -,-i. ? ? J r -- - '? . ? ea f t .-I 1 real ed by ? h- ? 1 ? ?" ir \ :? yi: i . ? k ? b'.j.r.t ? 1 ? ? . u ? d b\ the < ry. tn pa \ at o: In : 1 1 iratii' tr, . .1 ' ? > ' ' ' b I - h'Te'e.'ih'" e '?o'er red ! 1. h. ev. : b? !?> - - . < it\ during tn.- -iim 'h-- ? -r'trac*. of any i.'f It.- propeltv f .a 1. 1 - ?? <1 0/1 nall\ acijuwi-i. < * ? r : ?? e-'.ah lished by it t fu* i- >? 1 /? i f : rn any of the b? ? r d 1 --tn - .1 ! . no ? ' . ? . : - ed. the annual pa> no-i ' - I,. 1. 0 -t ipulated to be rr,a i>- ' . 1 h?- < 'ini pa: \ shall be red tired ?? "" : r tif-i which the selling p: > < f -u- h pr'i ????rty or plants l?ear- * ? total of : >? 1 r.< j s 1 - sued by the ( :. 1 r> :i t loned. ? t ? rrr case any liability o'i a ? ( "Ur ' j of the present outstanding bonded 111 ? dfchtedness of the City amount insr to f otar hundred and ninet y-flve thou sand dollars is enforced against the inbaoitni: : of the City by personal action brought against them a* indi viduals, and this agie^-un-nt shall the i be in full force an J effect, the Con?* pany shall, to the same degree and in the same manner as such inhabitants, be liable for, hihI hereby agrees to* pay to the order of the City, such part of ' the amount of paid indebted ness Rt> enforced' aa shall be in the same proportion to such indebted neat so enforced an ?the Company's pres ent ?**es*e4 valuation within the City limits of one hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars shall be to the total valuation of taxable property in the City as the same is assessed at the last assess* ment prior to the time when action shall be brought to enforce such in dividual liability, plus the Company's present assessed valuation within the City limits of one hundred forty-one thousand five hundred twenty-flvd dollars. 6. The Company agrees that for any and all payments due the City pursuant to the terms of this agree ment, the City shall hav^? the same lien upon the property of the Com-* pany as is now provided under the laws of the State ?>f South Carolina for taxes assessed by the City upon the property of the Company. 7. This agreement shall be of no effect whatever unless the City shall by proceedings in accordance^with the laws of South Carolina on or before January 1st, 1925, decrease Its limits so as to exclude said property of the Company therefrom and the provis ions of this agreement shall be bind ing upon the Company only so long as said property of the Company re mains without the corporate limits of 'the City. In witness whereof, said Wateree Mills has caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized of ficers and its corporate seal ? to be hereunto affixed, and said City of Camden has caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized officer in pursuance of a resolution of the City Council and its seal to be hereunto affixed this 23rd day of September, 1924. (Signed and witnessed.) H. (J. GARRISON, JR., For City of Camden. FT. P. KENDALL, For Wateree Mills. The 20,000 horse power steam pow er plant which the YV. S. Barstow company will build between Spartan burg and Columbia to generate elec tric current for its holdings in the two cities, and which is to be com pleted by September 1, 1925, at a cost of about $2,000,000 will be located at Parr Shoals on the Broad river, it was learned from R. L. Peter man, representing the Barstow interests in this state. The selection of Pair Shoals as' a site followed weeks of careful investigation and survey by Barstow engineers in the section along the Broad river be tween Columbia and GafTney. Parr Shoals was chosen because of its abundant water supply and railroad facilities, being on the line of the Southern railway. The company now owns and operates a hydro electric plant at Pair Shoals. The home of O. Frank Johnson, in surance man. who died Wednesday night caught fire in Anderson, Friday morning while the body was in the house awaiting burial. The fire was inside the walls of the house and burned for some time before the fire men could put it out. The funeral of Mr. Johnson, which was to have been held at the home, was held at the First Baptist church on account of .tile lire. SIMMONS FOR RELIEF.' Stall* of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Court of Common Pleas. ('. C. Willis, W. F. Rodger.* and Scott Dillingham, Trustees, doing busi ih as Dixii* Bonding Company, Plaint iff*.-*, v >. Spotfoul Hunter, Defendant. To the Defendant above named: Vou are hereby summoned and re i|uired to answer the complaint irj t h 1 < action, of which a copy is here with served upon you ami to serve n ? <?p\ of y<?ur answer to the said com plaint upon the subscribers at their oft'u ?? in ('amdi'ti, S. C.. within twenty >!a\~ after the service hereof, e\i;lu -i\i >>f the day of such -ervice, and if \-u fail to answer the complaint t he t:nu aforesaid the plaintiff ' '( - act:. Hi w ill apply t.> the court for the teiu-l demanded in the k i K k I . A N D A K IKK LAND. [Main! iff '.?? A t toi r,c\ T.? tin Al.M ii: D. f.-ndai t, Spofford iltl! t e : ^ 1 u:;: pVa-?* 'ake that the > iitinin!'* ar-i <"<>mp!ain* :r the ah.ve i .: acta.r. w? r.- fi t-. I in the office ? ' ' ' ' !> ! k of ' /U r' n t i >ni mo:i I' - i- f >r l\N">haw < ??l.i!.'\. South : -? : ! <? ! - 1 of Octobe?, \ D : 'j ; K 1 1 : K 1 . WD A KIKKI.ANi). 1 ':a ' fT'< At!oir.e>?. S ( ' . O. t ? -be! ! - ! , \ ! ? ! 07 ou \0| | ( K o| K F.( . IS 1 RATION S late ! Sou h ( "a r. 1] : r.a . t ? jU r/ y *?? Kershaw . f * : t \ .'.f ('amdei Notice i> hereby giver. of the open .1 k' of the books of r c^. > t rat ion for thi qua, .fled elector. ?>( Ward Four of t h? ( it> of Camden f??r the pur post of a special election to !>?.? held 1. L'lst for the election of a '? A airman of Ward 1 our. The P " ? ' H gist rat ion uill open in ' 1 ' \ < ii-rk > office, Camden S -uth 1 ij.i.na on Octohcr 1st. and '?iill m main f>pen until October 1 Oth, !.'J4. K..?h inclusive. Civen under my Hand and Seal, :l.i> 2oth ?Ih> of September, lf>*24. JAMES R. DeLOACHE, Supervisor of Registration. Sumter Physician Dead. Sumter, Sept. 30th.? -Dr. Edwin Ralph Wilson, u leading physician of this city for many years, was found dead in hit office, about noon Mon day. He wan 47 years old. Dr. WUfQtt who had been in ill health for sumc time, had recently returned home on a visit to his mother from New York City where he had been under medi cal treatment for about two year*. Monday morning he went to his office to write a few personal letters to frienda. Upon his failure to return home for lunch at 1 o'clock his mother became uneasy about him and after telephoning his office and re ceiving no reply, and being anable to locate him anywhere, about 2 o'clock Dr. Wilson's sister, Miss Mary Wil son, and his brother-in-law, G. A. Lemmon, decided to go in search >?i' him, to satisfy his mother, who was greatly perturbed by his long ab sence. Upon reaching the office, - they found his car parked in the driveway and went in.' Upon opening the door they were almost overcome with fumes of gas. V Seeing a light shining from Dr. Wilson's private room, they went in and found him lying on the floor in an unconscious condition. The whole office was filled with gas, which was afterwards fouiid" to be coming from a broken rubber tube connected with a gas heater. . They immediately opened all win dows and doors and summoned medi cal aid. Dr. Stuckey, first physician to arrive, stated that Dr. Wilson had probably been dead about three hours, he having been overcome by the gas, presumably while he was writing, as a half finished letter to a friend was on the typewriter. '*? j Dr. Wilson was the son of the late Thomas Wilson of this city. He is survived by his mother, from whose home the funeral services-will bo con-^ ducted at 4 o'clock, Wednesday after- j noon. He is also survived by the fol- j lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. G. A. Lemmon, Mrs. R. D. Graham, Miss, Mary Wilson, 4 John Wilson, all of ( Sumter; Thomas Wilson of Minden.l La., and W. B. Wilson of Tampa,; Florida. j Ten distilleries have been closed in Cuba within the past two weeks on account of inability to secure molas ses used in making the Cuban brand of liquor. | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, ?ity of Camden. Notice is hereby given that the Books of Registration of the city of Camden will be open for registration of all qualified electors of the city of Camden at the City Clerk's office on the 1st day of October, 1924, and remain open until the 10th day of October, 1924, both inclusive, for the purpose of a special election to be held in the City of Camden on the 21st day of October, 1924, on the question of decreasing Che territory of said city by voting out that por tion of the City of Camden now owned by the Wateree Mills in the corporate limits of said City. Given under my Hand and &eal, this 25th dav of September, 1924. JAMES R. DeLOACHE, Supervisor of Registration. A Roll of Honor Bank ? . ...... v.,.. _ .. ' ? v- V ? ' vi , . ?- - y . * V/ . ?*;.<?. \v ; ? t < . . ' ' ' . \ !> * . ' ? . . .. i ' ' ? ? . '? . ' ' . % v. ? . ' " *?' Is one possessing Surplus dthd Profits in excess of Capital, thus giving tangible evidence of Strength and Security. Of the 25,000 Banks in the United States, only one in ten occupies this proud position. We are among the number. A place on the Roll of Honor is like a man's char acter? it is something money cannot buyjbut is won by merit and worth alone. The Bank of Camden ORGANIZED 1888 ~ RESOURCES OVER A MILLION +? * CAMDEN WINS FROM SUMTER j Victor in First Foot Ball (lame of1 Season Friday Afternoon. V> ? ? (From Saturday's Sumter Item) Sumter High School's football hopefuls got away to a poor start in their first game of the season Friday afternoon when they were defeated j by a score of 13 to 0 by the Camden high school team. The largest fac tor that entered into Sumter's defeat ^as the lack of experience and the greenness of her players. Beginning the season with only a few exper ienced .men it has been impossible for the coaches to whip the men into ?shape yet. During the first half Sumter bat tled the visitors on even terms but in the second .half the team seemed to get. over its stage fright and gaining confidence with every play fought their way to a decisive victory, clear ly showing their supremacy in every department of the game. Sumter was outpunted and outpassed, but Camden was able to make little head way through the line or around the ends. Intercepted forward passes played a large part in the defeat of the locals, Camden making her first touchdown when Haynes, the visitors agile quarterback, snaked a pass in tended for Sumter arms out of the air and sprinted eighty-five yards to the goal lwie. Several other passes were intercepted by both Camden and Sumter players but none of them proved serious as this one. In the last quarter Camden made their sec ond touchdown by completing a short pass near the goal line. At times the game was very slow, especially in the last quarter when Camden had ball and seemed to be stalling for time. Sumter was unable to keep up- a drive and thus was unable to score. At times the team showed a certain amount of punch but after making one or two first downs this always died out and the pep seemed to be gone. Camden had the best individual star of the game in Haynes who played at quarterback. This young man is very fast on his feet and showed several classy exhibitions of broken field running. In his eighty five yard run for the first touchdown he easily outstripped the entire field. Haynes has also learned how to re verse his field and was able to make several pretty gains because of this ability. ' Reaves at right guard and Roper at center are the only two Sumter players deserving' of special mention.] These two men in the center of the line were a bulwark on defense and opened up good holes. on the offense. The least said about the playing of the Sumter team as a whole, the bet ter. We believe that as the season grows older and these men gain in experience and confidence a definite change for the better will take place, but the building up of a good foot ball machine is something that can not be accomplished in a few weeks. A very good crowd was on hand for the opening game and a large contingent of Camden rooters, com-, posed mostly of high school girls and boys were present -to cheer their team on to victory. The field was in good shape, con sidering the heavy rains of the past two or three weeks, and no rain fell during the game. ? Brown? Capell. Mr. Marion Karl Brown and Miss Mamie Stanley Capell, both of Cam den, were married on the evening of September 6th, 1924, at the home of, and by. Probate Judge W. L. Mc Dowell. Twenty-Six at Winthrop. According to a census taken by the student body at Winthrop and pub lished in the last is stfe of The John sonian, there are 1537 students at that college, and Kershaw county furnishes 26 of the number. STORE YOUR COTTON IN Mutual Bunded Warehuuse i j* At less than it will cost you to insure on your farm We will store and insure at the following rates: First month, or fractional part, any quantity 50 rent* Each month thereafter up to fifty bales . 40 cenU Fifty bales up to one hundred bales .... 35 cents One hundred bales and over 30 cen*s Ten cents per month additional for staple MUTUAL WAREHOUSE CO. By JOHN S. LINDSAY, President