The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 03, 1924, Image 4
ME CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. I). N1LES Editor and I'ubli.her
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, 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".
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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.
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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
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I' - i- f >r l\N">haw < ??l.i!.'\. South
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t ? jU r/ y *?? Kershaw .
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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
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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.
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(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
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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