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?' , '?T f v* V / SHIf III "i Hi I JUUU.IUVi-J..-iVJLiaA..1 NUMBER 9. m..j ? ia. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUWA, FRIDAY, MAY a?, l?i5 . i ' i ? ** ? VOLUME XXXVII HIS UNCLE DEAD Mimnaugh fritor* Closed Here Tuesday oi\ Account of Death The J. l< Mimnaugh store here was dosed on Tuesday and Wednesday on account of the death of Mr. J amnios A. Mimnaugh, a merchant of New berry, S. 0., which occurred Monday night at Newberry. Mr- Mimnaugh had long been-a merchant of that city, and was a brother of Xho late J. JL Mimnaugh, of Columbia, lie was an uncta of John L. Mimnaugh oi^ Co lumbia, and also an uncle of Jack Burnt*, who has the management '<f | the Camden branch of the MitrintUgh store. Mr. Mimnaugh was a mem-| ber of the Catholic church and funeral services wei*e held Wednesday after noon at St. Peters church at Colum bia. Interment was in St. Peters cemetery. He had never married. The following press dispatches re^ lating to his death was sent out from1 Newberry Tuesday: "James A, Mimnaugh, prominent | merchant -of this city, died tonight at 9:16 o'clock at his homo '1Mr. Mimnaugh, tt native of Tyrone, Ireland, had* bben a resident of. Newberry for 30 years, and with the exception of two years conduoted a department store here. Ho had been in poor health since last Janu ary, after suffering injuries in an automobile accident near Columbia.' He was 53 years of age. "Mr. Mimnaugh was known all over the state. He came to this country as a poor bOy and worked his way to t he top. His department 'store was one of the largest in the city.1 Several years ago Mf. Mimnaugh gave up his business and moved ?o> Columbia, wheje he resided wlt)a his nephew, John L. Mimnaugh, Jr. the call of hi^?work was too great and he returned to Newberry and opened another establishment. "Mr. Mimnaugh was a man of many fine qualitifS?JHe had a big heart and was a friend to the poor-. He had a kind word 'for everybody and was best known for his pleasing personality. He leaves behind him jl large circle! of business friends and neighbors who ? will learn' with; regret of his death, j "Besides hrfr' nephew, John L. Mim naugh, Jr., of Columbia, Mr. Mim- j naugh leaves two sisters, Mrs. S. P. ! Quinn of New York, and Mrs. F. J. Burns of Ireland and one niece,, Mrs. i Thomas Wynno of New York. Drowned In Wateree River Henry Jefferson, ' negro saw mill laborer, met death by drowning in the Wateree river Monday night of last week,- and his t>ody was found Friday when an inquest was. held,, the coroner's jury finding that he nu t death while attempting to leave a raft. Jefferson, along with a companion, was engaged in rafting logs down the river to a saw mill, and it being ale in the evening the raft went past the landing place, and both men not wanting to float the river made an effort to reach the bank. Jef-i ferson's companion climbed the bank to safety and stated that while ho was making his way up the steep hank he heard Jefferson make an out ry, and that was th> last heard from Kim. He reported the fact and Jef ferson's body wa? found on Friday. The dead man left a wife and a larga number of children. The drowning occurred on the river adjacent to lands belonging lo'TTrA.Martin. First Week Civil Jurors The first week of civil court for Kershaw county will open on the third week in June, being June 15th, ' with Judge W. H. Townsend presid ng. The jurors drawn Tuesday to serve the first week are as follows: D. L. Melton, Logoff;. A. (*. ifrad ley, Camden; L. T. Stewart, Camden; W. T. Hasty, Camden; JL V. Miles, l-ugoff; E. F. Horton, Heath Springs; A. M. McCaskill, Camden; E. W. Rabon,7 Lugoff; W. M. Robinson, Camden; J. H. Young, Kershaw; C. M. Horton, BeUiune; Minor Holley, Kerstyaw^ Leonard Ray, Lugoff; W. J. Powers, Kershaw; C. BiL Brown, < -amden; L. C. Parke, Cassatt; L. C. Marshall, Camden; W. P. BarfleM, Kershaw; J. L. King, Bethune; L. J. Peach, Westville; W. C. Seagle, Cyn den; J. R. Young, Caasatt; J. R. Hornsby, Camden; W. J. Denton, < 'amden; -B. I* Shirley, Camden; D. K. Hough, Kershaw; ?? L. Moseley, Camden; B. J. Truesdell, Weafcvllie; Bryant Brannon, Camden; D. M.Jones Camden; L. Ik Truesdell, Westville; M. J. Truesdell, Weatviiie; W. D. McDowell, Camden; W., Lr Goff, Cam-, <kn; H. &. Moore. Camden; 9. M. CAMDEN AS AN K.XAMl'I K DilM, Read * Co. ?it** ThU City Showing StandurdH of Uviag In its April issue of tho "Invest ment Review," Dillon, Read & Co., noted financiers of New York, who recently puljed off the sale of Dodge Bros. Motor Corporation, said to have been the largest single transaction the. world, uses Camden as an ex ample in an article captioned "Stand ards of Living in The South." The article follows: Railroad traffic and standards of ?living go hand in hand. This is ade tfliate* explanation of the striking change which has taken place in the earning power of the railroads which serve the southeastern, states. It Is difficult to visualize to what extent railroad traffic is affected unless specific cases are studied in detail. To say that the South has become an industrial region instead of purely an agricultural region only vaguely suggests a few of the changes which affect railroad traffic. * . Tayke the budget of a whfte family living outside .of Camden, S. C., fif teen years ago and contrast it with the budget of a family living there j today. The total inoney income of.j the famtly was probably received J from the sale of cotton and amounted j to say $400 a year. Probably the greater part of this. Was already owed to the storektEtepers '<y># Camden and! represented the j^ircWase of fertilizer,' a few clothes, some cartridges and] shells, rice, hominy and flour. The] purchase of a single new article of ?furniture was an extravagance to be j indulged in only when a good cotton j |>crop had ibeen raised in a year off hiF*. cottoh -prices. Little freight t/affic was either produced or con-; sumed by this family. Today probably at least two of the family work in the i mills in Camden fcnd' one may be a bricklayer or plas The. mill hands make in the neighborhood of ^14000 a year each, the plasterer gets eighty cents an hour and makes on arf average pf possibly $1,200 a year, making the family income $600 from cotton and * $3,200, . or ta total of $3,800. The .quantity^ of foog and clothes pur chased daring the year, is far greater than it could have been under former j conditions. Now .there are purchases of furniture, an automobile, luxuries j that were probably never dreamed of i before and probably one member of j tho family is headed toward a high ! school or college education. i The change that has taken place in the mode of living of a single family is reflected and multiplied in the change that has taken place in the town. Take the town of Camden, ! South ..Carolina, in 1910 there were j approximately 1,700 white people and 1,900 colored people. In 1920 ? the population 'had increased only to 2,000 white people and the colored popu? lation had decreased* by a few hunJ dred. In 19T0 the town was a typical southern rural collection Of houses with its main street,.'. its country stores, its sand streets and its tack of sewerage, electricity and' street lighting. Today it has fifteen miles 'of sewerage mains which are being extended; it has electric power pur chased from thfe Yadkin River Power Company it Jbas its' Water works and filter station and approximately nine miles of its streets are paved. In : 1022-1923, $480,000 were -spent on j paving. It has ^ pojice department i and a fire department; there are four ! banks, one with resources of $1,250, 000. There are five school buildings, 'four of then! for white chitidren, bui'.t of modern brick. A report made in May, 1924, speaking of housing con ditions says, "very few houses of any kind for rent; situation favorable ?for building; steady demand . for better dasit residence property fori permanent tourists* winter homes." There' is a Chamber of Commerce, a Retail Merchants' Association, an automobile club, country and golf ''clubs, and a Woman's Civic League club; and there are also the moving picture houses. All of these improve ments mean increased traffic far the railroad serving the town. - Camden, S. C., was selected at ran dom as an example. There are a great number of towns and cities in North Carolina, South Carolina and to a lesser extent in Georgia ^ arid Mississippi where the fame funda mentals change in " standards of TfiT ing has taken place. Possibly Char lotte, N. C,, ia th* most striking ex ample that ccuJi be cited. In 1910 Chsrlett^ had a population of a littlo over 34,000 of which something aver 22,000 wer* white people, to 1$29 MOULDS IRON INTO SHAPB ' IntrrrMtinic and Important Industry Im, Camden Iron ami Btmi Works At one end of the foundry room of the Camden Iron and Brass Works is a scrapnelled mass of flywheels, stove ^rons and antiquated Fords and just opposite is a glistening display of grate bars, round and square' meter boxes, pistons and gear blank*. Such a transformation is daily be ing directed by C. C. Shaw as presi-l dent of this company and the various, processes through which a vperfect casting must pass as explained by Mr. Shaw are as Interesting as they are unusual. , Into u brick-lined smelter is placed alternately refined coke and scrap iron which runs white hot and as thin as water when fired by an electric rotary blower. Handled by unsung' dusky heroes the molten metal is taken jn ladles to moulds of special < ly prepared sand, and while yet so hot that its stilled surface reflects any object as would the clearest mir ror- this i^on is poured to. form many orders that go out from this plant. Although specializing in cotton mill work this concern handles many spe cial orders and has sent forward castings of eleven hundred pounds in weight from this unique industrial plant in the heart of the pines. Mr. Shaw is thoroughly experienced ?in foundry and machine shop work and up until a short while before locating with his family in Camden he was connected with the Glbbes Machinery Companyvof Columbia. the popul^on was over .46,000 ami by far the greater part of ine increase ?came in the number of white people, The entire city is served by gas mains and i? wired for electricity. The ct|y has 76 miles of paved streets and 16 1-2 track ( miles ofcStreet railways. In 1920 the value of the building per mits was $2,304,000. In 1923 it ^6?417jOOO. Bank clearings in 1921 [ were $297,753,000. In 1923 they were 4488,400,000. ^There " are eighteen 'school buildii^ls. A report riiade in . May, 192^, says, "no houses are re ; ported for rent in either ' the better i class or the cheaper ?las*. Building lots are available for all classes of residential buildings." Charlotte was selected as the assembling plant by Ford. It is the southern headquar ters df textile machinery. Charlotte is the headquarters for the Southern i Power Company and for wholesale establishments handling automobile i accessories, lumber, dry goqds, plum bers supplies, groceries, drugs, paper, cigars, millinery and fruits It has two daily newspapers, one of them the "Charlotte ObserveY" ranking with the best newspapers in* the country. It is interesting to note the char acter of. building that has been going on in the ? South as reflecting the change fn standards of living and of course itself contributing to the* in crease in railroad - traffic. During 1924 there was reported in the "Manufacturers Record'' among other 'buildings, - the starting of work on a Shrine Temple at Louisville, Ky., at a cost Of $1,500,000; the $2,000,000 seventeen story building of the Jef ferson Standard Life Insurance Com pany at Greensboro, N. C., was com pleted; the Columbia Mutual Life As surance Society determined on a plan for a $1,250,000 building at Memphis, Town.;* th6 First Baptist Church 'atj Winston -Salem, N. C., placed a con-i tract for a $450,000 building; the First Presbyterian churcTT at Dur ham, N. C., is to cost $300,000; the Greenville, S. C., Community k Hotel is building a $1,000,000 hotel. Atlan ta, Ga., has a public school building j program calling for $7,000,000; the Textile OjSffce Building Company's new building at Charlotte, N. C., will cost $1,000,000. A study of the changie in standards J of living which has taken place in the* South answers the question that is often asked, is the present pros perity of the Southern Railway, Sea board Air Line Railway and other; lines serving the South, a tempor ary condition or is it a permanent; change? It is a permanent change founded on the change from a purely agricultural country largely depend- J ?ent on one crop, to a county which j although it has one crop valued at $1,434,480,000 in 1922, is an indus trial and manufacturing region where power is abundant, raw materials at hand and laboi?Vfficient and cojrrpara- j threly cheap. Mr*. Alfred if. McLeod has ** turned from a visit to Charleston. -Kmrn-mM" ? BETH UN K NEWS NOTES Items of Intermit tut Gathered by Our Regular Correspondent. Bethune, S. C., May 28.--A joint meeting of circles number one and held ?a t Pfesb>rterian Auxiliary was Mr J, lovely new home of Mrs. Ak?r !il ? Wednesday afternoon. Aner the study hour a contest in ano^ra ms was enjoyed. In this Mrs bunXof1 M*rIon was ?^?rded a bunch of sweet peas as scoring high 1 m L. O. Johnson and D. M. Mays gave readings. A salnd ~ w,lth tea was served. Threid ir i! ?* ft..play entltled "The new hivh "TV wa,? *iven in the new high school auditorium. Tho fm wL?h Athletic Association ro* whuh th4> play, was given, was enriched by $106.0^ nJFu coniau>ncement exercises of the Bethune school began Sunday morn IW?n TnT h Dr- Wa**on B. Duncan of the First Methodist church in Cher aw. Dr. Duncan de L1?1? , an n^? discourse on "Service". ?Special music was given. P" Monday evening the grammar school exercises were held. Fourteen were awarded certificates for entor by Mi'K c S<A??R Talks were raade 0 It n il * Byfd: Principal, Mr. u. K. Bell, superintendent, and the Superintendent of Education-elect Mr. iwyS' . Ez,es Tre awarded Burnet Best and Edna Stokes of the sixth grade by their teacher Mr. C. A. nj'n ' ' aT,y K,len McLaurin and mT?h ph McKinnon by therr teacher, Mtb W ??i ,sc??<><1 grade. Mrs. W. R, Rozier has1 as ber ?guests Misses Myrtle Manley of wei'vann Sad,?. Biven? of Monroe. W. K. Davis, Jr., and little sister, # Ji^ohrated their tenth and J fourth birthdays respectively Monday afternoon by inviting a bevy of little girls and boys to make merry with i2em- Ice croam and cake were serv er. 1 he out of town guests were Louise Clyburn of Kershaw, Grace ^id George Davis of Bishopville. , J rs*.)y- E- Dav? atl(I child 'Monday were visitors here { Miss Wilma Morgan of Monroe is j the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Eva Mor gan. j The last meeting before closing of school of the School Improvement As isociation was held Wednesday after I Wfy" fete *cl*??l aU(litorium. f Re\. J M. Poijbis addressed the meet ing A movement was, made for the erect K^n of a superintendent's home. 1 ? Mr. Haskell Tiller of Miami spent ? the week end with his mother, Mrs. . Sal he Tiller. . Misses Mary Louise McLaurin and . Lizzie Kate Davis of Chicora College iaiu! summer vacation*. I Wilson and little daugh j *f.r' Ruth Louise of Columbia are vis Louf8f. Keily.WilS?n'" m?thCr' Mr? , Messrs. N, A. Bethune, A. B. Mc , Laurin, G. B. and M. G. King return ed Saturday afternoon after attend ; nig the Confederate reunion in Dallas, ! lexas. ' j Tuesday evening the High School , play entitled "Mammy's Lil' Wild Rose was given before a packed house filled to capacity. The play was most creditably carried out and reflects much praise on the directress Miss Ruth \yatts. The following is the list of teach S Vnol g?1 and ?rar"*?ar schools for 1925-26: J. :C. Foster, superin tendent; Miss Ruth Watts, Bethune, English and French; Mrs. R. K. Tompkins, Kershaw, science and his J?nyJ ^a^ewatics and Latin to be filled later; Miss Alberta Stuckey, Hemingway, home economics and re lated science; Miss M&rjorie Demp r^'yVi!^ o a, public school music; L. E. Flowers, Darlington, principal of grammar school; sixth grade to be filled; Miss Carrie Yarbrough, Be thune, fifth grade; Miss Eva Mae Caston, Heath Springs, fourth grade; Miss Mildred Billings, Lancaster, third grade; Miss Elise Hook, Irmo. second grade; Miss Mae Long, Pros perity, first grade; Mrs. Margaret Marion, Bethune, first grade. Shamrock grammar school. Miss Grace Perry, of Florence; Miss Ber tha Arnold of Bethune. Timrod, Miss Pearl Gunter, Bam berg. Two more teachers to be em ployed later. * Wateree Loses l Watered lost a hard fought game to Colombia Mills in Columbia last Saturday by the score of 5 to 3. Baker pitched for Wateree and pitched a beautiful game striking out ten~of' the Columbia boys. In one inning, | after the lead-off man had tripled to center field he retired the next thfee men on strikes. Columbia Mills scored two runs in the first inning #and one in the sec ond. They did not score again until the ninth when they put across' two runs. Wateree scored a run in the sec ond, fourth and eighth inninfcs and had an excellent chance in the ninth but failed. Je ffcoft, the Batcsburg-Leesvillc High School boy pitched for Colum bia MttU and "Was in. excellent form. These sal me two teams play at Wateree Field Saturday at 3:80 p. m. and a good game is assured. The Wateree Mills band will furnish music throughout the game. TV public in cordially invited. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG WMte Man Again Doing for Forgery After F?w Wwk# Frewlom Deputy Henry McLeod and G. F. CoOley, superintendent of the Ker shaw eounty chain gang, went to Salisbury, N. C., one day last weoll and brought W. W. Brigman back to this county to finish out a sentence on the chain gang. Brigman escaped from the gang about three weeks ago while camping near Adams Pond and made his escape into North Carolina, Going from here to Ham let ho committed another forgery where ho secured $04 in cash and clothing. Ho made other points where he committed forgery and was finally arrested in Salisbury where, he had bought jewelry and tendered a worthless' check in payment. He was tried in Salisbury with counsel from another town representing him. He was convicted and given a sus pended sentence of six months and turned over to- the Kershaw county authorities, A warrant has been is* sued for his step-son, Clyde Outlaw, charged with aiding Brigman to escapc. Outlaw resides at C oncoi d, N. C,. The following from Salisbury to the Charlotte Observer appeared in that paper on Friday last: W. W. Brigman, being hold here for check ftasfilng, was claimed -by officers fro^l Kershaw county, South Carolina, where he is wanted as an escaiped prisoner. When brought into county i court to answer for giving several worthless checks to Salisbury mer chants, an agreement was reached whereby Brigman was turned oy?* to the South Carolina officers and after he has finished his term there he is to be returned here for trial. It is also said he is wanted in Ham let for check flashings He was ar I rested in Winston-Salem when he I attempted to purchase an automobile after he had left Salisbury* The goods purchased from the Salisbury mer chants have been returned and they are out only the cash change they gave the stranger. Winthrop Graduates Commencement exercises will begin, at Winthrop College on Sunday, May 31, when two hundred and thirty-nino young ladies will graduate. Numbered among those from South Carolina and other nearby states are the following Kershaw county girls: Misses Eliza beth Haile and Elizabeth Brisbane Workman, Of Camden, have taken the education course with bachelor of arts degree; Miss Kathleen Hamrick, of Kershaw, in home economics, with bachelor of science degree. . Revival To Begin At Wateree "Evangelistic meetings are to begin at Wateree Baptist church Friday, ?May 20th at 8 p. m. Rev. John, P. ItGraham of . the Camden Baptist church will be associated with the | -pastor of Wateree and will do the ?preaching throughout the meeting. /Preparation for the meeting in the way of daily prayer services are being held each evening, and there is abun dant indication that we are to be blessed with a gracious season <4 revfval. Everybody in the community is cordially invited to attend these j services which will continue each evening for at least ten day^.. Hermitage Takes Game In Columbia ? Hermitage Mills regained its spell over the- Pacific team of Columbia Saturday afternoon and won a 12 to 9 victory. Despito the fact that the Pacifics had an off day with an even dozen errors charged they made it .? close gam.e. There was a see-saw con test in the first part of the game bu i the Camden players scored five run* in the eighth inning. Coming To Camden Mr. J. R. West, of Greenwood, S. C., -who visited Camden some time ago, looking /for a suitable location .for the erection of a small industrial plant, was so favorably impressed j with conditions here that he, with his wifo and daughter returned Mon> day find remained two days, being shown around by the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. West returned to Greenwood Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning notified Mr. Sander* that he had decided definitely to move to Camden. He will begin shortly the erection , of a smalt plant, manufa^j turing roll covering and cot, malting, employing local help. He has been successfully enptyed m YiZ& vT business far a number of yearn te Greenwood, 8. C. OUK FIKK-FIGHTKKH Gives Camden Volunteer Company Kiiuul to Any In This State . During their firat practice run fov the summer months hold Monday afternoon the Camden Fire Depart jment truveled two blocks and with ?new and Inexperienced members had ?water flowing: in thirty-fivo seconds. Such enthusiastic ami efficient ef fort is typical and dates from the organisation of the company a num .ber of years ago. Their first spec tacular success -wan in handling the Commercial hotel fire and since that timo Camden has \ not ex perienced a blaze of serious propor tions. This company checked and brought under control what appeared would be a disastrous fire at the Kirk wood hotel some time past when they wort* foro-d to 'stretch more than two thou sand feet of hose. This accomplish ment together with thi?ir record fo.1 pumping continuous stream for eight houy& following the veneer plant burndown gives Camden a volunteer company equal to any city fir? corps and its citizens an insurance rate second only to the most favorable in the state. The equipment of the department consists of a Seagrave combination ?truck and a light hook and latter 'unit. Headquarters for the young men ?of this company are maintained On ?Rutledge street near the city hall /which afford sleeping quarters and recreation rooms that are convenient and comfortable in every detail. Following their Monday afternoon practice a meeting was held at which Y$lnie members were initiated and promoted. The body at this time named Joe Reed as delegate with Dewey Ooed, alternate, to the State Greenwood next month. Chief W? F. Nettles and' Mayor Carrjson also are probable visitors to this meeting. (Jets Trip to New York Mr. Lewis Lee Clyburn; manager of the Camden Loan & Realty Com pany leaves next week for a trip to New York. He will be in attendance upon a convention of the Greensboro Fire Insurance Club. The trip with all expenses paid was won by the Camden company oil condition that during the yerir premiums had td be increased, fifty per cent-^nd the loss rates was not to exceed 30 per cent. Their loss ratio was .006 per cent. Only seventy-seven agents in the United States qualified. This is the second trip won by the Camden Loan and Realty Company. Quite an elab orate program has been arranged for their, entertafnment-r-chief among them being ti trip up the scenic Hudson river on a specially chartered steamer. i ? > Auto Refund Here County Treasurer D. M.McCaskill has received the money on the auto license refund and has been busy paying it out for the past few days. Mr. McCaskill tells us that those who have not received their money can have same by calling at the treas urer's office, but no need to rush. , On Trip To Los Angeles Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Schlosburg left Tuesday for Charlotte, N. C., where they boarded n special Shrine train to attend a meeting of the National .Shriners in Los Angeles, California. ?They expect to be away until about 4he twentieth of June. The return ?trip will be made over a different route and will carry them over the Canadian Pacific touching in -many, of the Canadian provinces. Wednes day's Charlotte Observer had thie^ fol lowing to say of the departure of the train and party: ** j "Hundreds of people gathered at the station ' yesterday evening to see the 'Shrine Special* pott out on its long trip across the continent, 'touch ing Mexico and Canada, going and coming, to the meeting of the Im perial Council at Los Angeles. "The engine and Pullmans had been 'slicked up' and decorated for the occasion, Oasis temple emblems and banners being very much in evidence. "About 175 Shriqers and members of their families, largely from Char lotte, -but numbers from many of the ' tether towns and citfos embraced iny Oasis temple territory, are tn the party. A daily newspaper will be published en route^ arrangements hav ing been made with the Associated Press so that daily happenings of ? CiffvU* ?"?* -ihay fcr given the members of tbe party in mimeograph form." I