The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 29, 1925, Image 7
COL SPRING'S ACTIVITIES
Iried IntweiA of Member of Lar|o
C* iitden Bttilntu Firm
its "Progressive Edition'^ of
!d?y last, the' Charlotte Qbeerver
?ted tho following interesting
ttch of Col. Leroy Springs, lentor
n;b,r of Springe A Shannon Co.,
Camden: ; . . ..
One of the biggest names in the
roont Carolines to conjure with
, 4l of Leroy Springs, who is one
"the mo*t prominent manufacturers
tho entire South. The name of
roy Springs is one that betokens
blic apititedne?8 and the vip"build
of his country through industry
[d trade. ?
Co) Springs is a native of the
lintiv in which he lives. He was
rn at Fort Mill, November 12, 1861,
,a the. intervening years have been
led with a continuous activity that
exceptional in the annals of the
ate The works of this man and
... ,r(>od he has accomplished would
>atfire a volume to tell And every
oid of it would make interesting
-ading' ...
His main pursuit is his c'otton mills,
though interspersed among them, is
list that takes in a large number
? industrial and financial enterprises
at dot this section of the country,
ioi. Springs \? a member, of the New
ork and New Orleans cotton ex
anges. ? ,
In his home city of Lancaster, he
jilt and is prosident of the Lancas
r cotton mills, the largest textile
lant undergone roof in the South.
;e is president of half a dozen other
ills all of which contribute to the
dus'try, welfare and prosperity of
eir surrounding communities. Two
those large mills are at Fort Mill,
|wo others at Chester, and one more
,t Kershaw. > .
The industry at Chestev is known
s the Springstein mills. This was
e original name of Col. Spring's
amily in Holland, but when Ms att
estors left that country and settled I
New York, about 1623, they after
aids abbreviated the name to
prings. They afterwards moved to
hester, Penn, and then one brother,
ohn Springs, settled in Mefcklenburg
ounty, North CnroHna, about 1-725,
nd the pther brother, Richaul
prings, settled in the panhadle sec
ion of Lancaster eounty. Their lands
ere original grants from the Ca
awba Indians.
After eoming to this country, they
nter married, mostly with the Scotch
nd English. Representing a substan
ial family of old American tradi
ion's Col. Springs nevertheless be
an life practically at the bottom
untf of the ladder and has relied
Don his rare initiative and Executive
bility to promote hlm7to~the hifflU
[place he now enjoys. He received
jhi* iducation in local schools and was
tudent in the University of North
[Carolina, being a member of tho class
f 1881. y
On leaving college, he became a
salesman for the wholesale grocery
hyuse of Springs & Burwell at Char
lotte. N. C., but in 1884 transferred
his home and enterprise to Lancaster,
S. C. In that y^ar he organized the
firm of Leroy Springs ? Co., wholo- ;
ale and retail ' merchants. In the
fall of 1885 he consolidated with
Heath Bros., and the firm was then
known as Heath, Springs & Co. In
1 808 he bought out his partners O.f
l\ Heath and Eli P. Springs, and
continued the business under the
name of Heath, Springs & Co., with
. M. Heath as junior partner. In J900
he incorporated the Lancaster Mer
lile company, and was the major
- lock holder and was president of j
ame for a number of years. This
u>ration is now being reorganized
jfiu'.T the name of the Lancaster De- j
:iri! tmeijt v?tore.
He hasiong been prominent both as
> merchant and banker. He organiz
I the firm of Springs & Shannon
Camden in 1885, the Kershaw Mer
and Banking company in 1888,
Springs Mercantile and Banking
pany at Heath Springs in 1880,
-.d the Bank of Kershaw in 1904.
During the first 15 years of his
neer he devoted practically all- his
me and energy to merchandising 3nd
an; lie
he
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Wonderful
Results
Mr. PhiLan writes that he had kid
ney trouble, purchased Hobo Kidney
?*nd Bladder Remedy from a drug
tore at Winfield,* Louisiana and now
writes to give testimony of the won
derful results he obtained by taking
? t.
He says he never had a recurring
"ymptom since taking Hobo Kidney
and Bladder Remedy. ' -
Hobo ig an hexi> balm made from
r?n herb that grows In Louisiana and
^ast Texas. It contains no alcohol,
?piates or habit forming drugs but
? ? % ? ?7 9 ? a f. ?
neroa irum wnrcn ? *? www;
<*rry a purifying property^ that Jus
found of ?
I*** found
For
sale by
liMnr# a
all dri
t remedial value.
at $1.20 a
banking. He entered the cotton mijl
industry in 1896, when he built the
1 Lancaster cotton mills, which con- ,
stated of 10,000 spindles and 260
looms und had a capital of only
$150,000 at tt>at time. He increased
it from year to year out of the earn
ings of the mill until this immense
plant now covers nearly nine acres
and the business as a whole repre
sents an investment of over five mil
lion dollars. Surrounding the mill
are some 400 or 500 cottages owned
by the corporation, and it is one of
the best mill villages in point oX
architecture, comfort and community
spirit of the South. The mills are
equipped wiUh nearly 140,00^) spin
dles, over* 3,000 ldoms, and us$6^2&v000
bales of cotton annually. Cotton mill
men .all over the country know of
the plant, not only because of its size,
but because of its uninterrupted
career of prosperity under the man*
agement of Col, Springs.
Col,. Springs acquired ?.he Eureka
mills ?at Chester in 1889 and increased
| ?he plant from 5,000 spindled t<j 26,000
spindles, and this plant, like several
t others, h'as been completely rehabili
tated under the genius of Col. Springs
and his associates. He organized and
built the Kershaw fotton mills in
1903 and inv1904 reorganized the'two
mills at Fort Mill, known as mill No.,
1 and mill No.. 2 of the Fort Mill
Manufacturing company, and increas
ed them from 5,000 Spindles to 20,000
spindles each. This company was
established in 1888 (1886). by Cap*.
Samuel E. White, a prominent South
Carolina planter and, capitalist.
Col. Springs became president >i
the Spring* tein mills in 1906 and rer I
built and .brought that industry into
a flourishing* condition, increasing ij J
to double its original size.
Besides being president of seven
large cotton mill companies, Col.
Springs -is president of' the Bank of
Lancaster, the Lancaster and Chester
railway/ the Landsford Water Power
company, is vjee president of the
Bank of Kershaw, the Catawba fer
tilizer -company, and Lancaster Cot
ton Oil company,- and is a director
in a large number of corporations, in- 1
eluding the Catawba Fertilizer com
pany, the Lancaster Cotton Oil com
pany, National Loan and Exchange
bank and Union National bank of^ Co
lumbia, First National bank of Cam
den, National Exchange bank _ of
Chester, Bank of Kershaw, Savings
bank of Fort Mill, Southern Home
Fire Insurance company of Charles
ton; Prudential Fire Insurance com
pany of Greenville, and is a trustee
of the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany of New Yor^. J
He is a member of the National
Chamber of Commerce, the American
Cotton Manufacturers' Association,
South Carolina Bankers' association,
NeW England Manufacturers' associa
tion, and the New York and.New Or
Jeans cotton exchanges and the Cotton
Manufacturers' Association fif South
Carolina. From 1886 to 1890 he was a
member of the staff of Gov. John P.
Richardson, and as a result <?f that
service? has since been known as Col.
Springs. He has served as chairman
of the board of trustees of the Lan
caster graded schools. He is a Pres
byterian, and as A Democrat was a
member of the national conventions of
1888, 1904, 1912, 1920, and 1924. He
was one of the most ardent and per
severing supporters of the nomination
of Woodnow Wilson at Baltimore in
1912- -l 4
" He was a delegate at large to. the |
SAFE ALL
AROUND
You're tfafe all around
when you buy Goodyears.
Safe when you ride ? be
cause of their dependable
quality.
v.
Safe when you buy ? be
cause there isn't a better
value on the market.
Why take ehancea? Play .
safe ? put pn Goodyears. ?
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BROAD STREET
FILLING STATION
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II MI I > FOR MKAN CRIMB
O. a Hosier Thought To Be Ruffian
Who Hurled Rock
Rock Hill, May 22,?Charged with
being the man who hurled a rock
through the windshield of the autorao*
bile driven by B. L. Simpaon, suc
cessful farmer, as he drove along the
Charlotte-Rock Hill highway at an
early hour Wednesday jnorning, strik?
ing Mrs. Simpson in the forehead
artd fracturing her skull in three
places, O. B, Dozier, cafe proprietor
and former taxi driver, was arrest*
ed Thursday afternoon by Sheriff
Fred E. Quinn and other county of
ficers. He was immediately taken to
the county jail in York, where he
will be held pending further develop-,
im lit s.
Warrants charging "Buddy" John
son and Ben Hunter with being acces
sories to the fact, were, sworn out.
Jackson was arrested and released
under bond; While Hunter will be ar
rested as soon as he recovers suffi
ciently from injuries, which ho is
vsaid to have sustained in a bloody
fight which preceded the throwing of
the rock, according to officials. The
warrant against Dozier charged as
sault, and battery with intent to kill.
Mrs. Simpson was brought to a
local hospital for treatment, bl {She
remains in a critical condition and
her recovery is problematical, doctors
told officers.
SENSATION |N PICKENS
Search Reveals Booze in Homes of
County Officials
Greenville, S. Ov, May 23. ? In a
general whiskey raid in Pickens yes
terday, executed under supervision of
Major Lloyd B. Grandy, state prohi
bition director, quantities of liquor
were found in homes or apartments
of County Superintendent of Educa
tion F. Van Clayton,' State Constable
B. B. Laboon, Harvey Laboon and R.
E. Bruce, prominent business man,
the officers reported. Federal war
rants were issued for the four Pick
ens men. ' . ?
The residence of B. B. Laboon,
-state constable, was first raided, and
five pints of whiskey found, accord
ing to Major Grandy. Warrants
charging Laboon and his son, Harvey
Laboon were taken out, at the direc
tion of the state prohibition director,
charging violation of the prohibition
law.
? The next place visited by the of
ficers, Major Grandy saitj, was the
room occupied by R. E. Bruce, Pickens
business man, at the Pickens, hotel
-where a gollon and a pint of whis
key was seized.
The apartments of Superintendent
Clayton, in the home of A. M. Morris,
were next raided and -a two .gallon
keg, containing over one half gallon
of whiskey was found, Major Grandy
said/
The prohibition director said to
night that further operations of a
sensational nature might be expect
ed in Pickens county within the near
future. He would not state whether
additional warrants would be taken
at this time.
A number of arrests have been
made also in Oconee county by fed
eral dry agents within the past few
days.
Thomas Watson, '27 year old negro,
was killed Saturday about two miles
from Leesville by Troy F. Banks, 35
year old white man.
national Democratic convention held
in New York in June, 1924 In August
1923, he, with several others, took
over the affairs of the Palmetto Na
tional bank of Columbia and reorgan
ized .it under the name of Columbia
National bank, of which he is now the
largest stockholder and vice presi- j
dent.
December 2#, 1892, Col. Springs
was married to Miss Grace' Allison
White, daughter of Capt. Samuel E.
White and Mrs. White of Fort Mill.
On November 29, 1913, he was mar
ried to Miss Lena Jones, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M. Jones of,
Pulaski, Term.
WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLAR
SHIP AND ENTRANCE
: EXAMINATION
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for admission of new stu
dents will be held at the County Court
' House on Friday, July 3, and Satur
day, July 4, at 9 a. m. Applicants
must not be less than sixteen years
of age. When scholarships are va
cant after July 4, they will be award
ed to those making the highest aver
age at this examination, provided they
meet the conditions governing the
award. Whether there are vacant
scholarships in your couoty or not,
the examination will be held en both
Friday and Saturday. Applicant* for
scholarships should write to President
Johnson before the examination for;
^chclsrship ssassiaition or,
procure them from the county super
intendent on July 3.
Scholarships are. worth $109" and
free toitkm. The nest swloa *iU
8T0NB MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL
An Eighth Wonder of the World That
Will Immortalize Confederate Valor
It was John Temple Graves who
in an editorial written early in 1915
?Ugfcested the possibility of using
Stone Mountain as a Confederate
memorial.
The suggestion wouUI have passed
unnoticed savo for the vision of Mrs,
C. Helen Plane, the widow of a Con
federate offieer killed in battle. In
spired by the glimpse of this tre
mendous possibility she sponsored its
achievement. Through her activity a
group of members of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy con
sulted the sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
urging that he investigate the feasi
bility of carving a mammoth head or
figure of Robert K. I/ce on the
granite side of old Stone Mountain.
The sculptor approved, proposing
an even more ambitious plan. A
group of five or seven heroic figures.
He estimated its cost At $250,000.
The first actual funds were raised for
this achievement entirely in Atlanta
in April, 11?23.
At a banquet in Atlanta, April ?0,
1923, the collected governors of the
southern states heartily approved and
pledged support for this undertaking.
Actual work on the carving of ttye
memorial ^vas begun with ceremony
on June IK, 1923*
Before a distinguished audience
gathered from all parts of the world
the first material achievement ? thp
seqlptored head of Robert E. Lee was
ceremoniously unveiled on that gen
eral's 'birthday, January 19, 1924.
Complete this memorial panorama
will span a distance of 1350 feet. It
will embrace, besides the leading
group of Lee and six commanding
generals, five additional groups in
which will be represented the favor
ed sons of each Confederate state.
There will be the sculptored figures
of sixty-five generals with 700 men
and horses flanked by a charging de
tachment of Rebel Artillery. The
leading figure of General Lee will
rise 165 feet from his horse's hoofs
to the crown of his campaign hat.
This figure wjll be cut in silhouette
fully 1 65 feet into the wall of solid
granite. Even the smallest figures
?will stand out in basrelief four feet
before the massive background.
Not stopping with this imposing
panorama a memorial hall is to be
quartered out at the base of the
?mountain below the central group.
This chamber is to be 320 feet long.
It will extend to a depth of 60 feet
into the granite mountain with a
vaulting dome 40 feet above its base.
?There will be, thirteen entrances, one
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for each Confederate state. A broad
esplanade carved into the .stohe will
be reached by granite steps, fn this
hall will be gathered for safe-keeping
many sacred and priceless records of
the cause that failed.
Carrying the idea of memorial even
further that fitting ceremonies may
be held upon this site, out of the
granite excavated from Stone Moun
tain there will be built a tremendous
amphitheater. There is at this point
a recess in the mountain which forms
a natural sounding bftjprd. Into this
niche will be placed the finest pipe
orgap that can be built.
It ' is estimated that panorama,
memorial hall and amphitheater will
require an expenditure of $3,500, 000.
Almost all of the funds that have
been available to carry on the work
this far have been contributed by At*
lantans. Some voluntary donations,
however, have been made by enthu
siastic supporters of the Memorial
from other sections of the South. It
is for the completion of this work
that a campaign has been inaugur
ated for the premium sale of an issue
of Memorial coins.
Stone Mountain, Georgia, is the
?largest solid body of granite in the
world. Its base has been touched in
boring 75 miles on the north and
200 miles on the south.
Tfle surrounding territory is 1055
feet above the sea. Stohe mountain
crest rises 668 feet above the level
of the surrounding territory.
Stone Mountain has a total area
of 2200 acres, erf which 563 acres of
granite is exposed l[ This mound of
stone is 500 feet long, seven miles
around its base. It has a sloping
roadway one mile Tong reaching its
top. A total of 7,543,750,930 cubic
ieet of granite is exposed. 9
/ This stone is of even texture, me
dium grained, light gray.'boitite bear
ing muscovite granite. It is uniform
and enduring. The principal mate
trials entering into its composition
are quartz, feldspar, tourmaline, bio
tite, garnet, muscovite, hyalite, ura
ftium, etc. It resembles the New
Hampshire and Maine granite but it
is more even in texture. It Is the
nrist enduring of all atones.
. Granite carving* reaching aa far
back at 1300 year?T4f. C. are m ex
istence today.
Stone ttoa&Uin is in DeKalb
Georgia, approxioMtejy six
teen miles east ef AfrUMe.
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LITTLE MOTOR CO.
T. Lea Little, Mgr. Camden, S. C.
Wil l. HAVE TO STICK
To Co-OpH If You SiKned Up Accord*
inn To Court Decision
Anderson, May 211,? A court de
cision of wide-spread interest
?throughout South Carolina, and one
which will probably be of far-reaching
importances was handed down today
by Judge M. L. Bonham, of the tenth
circuit, wherein he decided for the
'plaintiff in the case of tbe South
Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative
Marketing association against C, (?.
English, local farmer, the issue in
volving an alleged breach of contract
by the defendrmt, a member -of the
association.
The decree of Judge Bonham hold
ing that English had not carried out
his contract to deliver cotton of the
1923 crop ato the association, and
which restrains the member from
the further disposal of cotton except
through the association, during the
period of the contract, was filed with
the clerk of court here this morning.
Arguments in the issue were made
before Judge Bonham some time ago
by Leon L. Rice and McDqpald and
McDonald for the plaintiff associa
tion, and by A. H. Dagnall. counsel
for the defendant' member.
In addition to holding that Eng
liah Violated his contract' In his fail
ure to make deliveries- ?s specified
in the contract, the court grauted
the plaintiffs damages in the sum of
$050, in addition to costs, and nn In*
junction against Knglish.
The issue came up several months
ago, and action was begun in Sep
tember, 102-1. A hearing was ordered
by a special referee, the matter be
ihjg heard by H. K. Bailey, probate
jucly:*.'. His findings in the ease were
confirmed by the court.
In its action against the Anderson
farmer menVber, tho association
sought an Order whereby Knglish
would be required to carry out his
contract, and restrained from 'fur
ther disposal of cotton except through
the aHSociation, in addition to dam
ages on account of the 1923 crop.
The defense attacked the con
tract on grounds that it' was illegal
as being opposed to the ,anti-trust
and monopoly laws, and thiit the de
fendant was defrauded in the sign
ing of the. contract, by reason of al
leged misrepresentations as to selling
irosts. ? The defendant further claim
ed that he entered a contract with
his wife for a debt he owed her, ami
that in 1023 he produced no cotton,
having been working for his wife
op a salary of $1,000 per year, after
he had turned over "his lands to Her.
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