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m I i; |j LOOKING BACKWARD] Taken From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year* Ago : ~ ? THIRTY YKAK8 AGO March 10, 1800 . The Chronicle of this date carries a lengthy communication from the '~r-, late Joel Hough, former clerk of court, relative to the part played by Sergeant L. M.uRembert, of Sumter, in the Hattlfe of Cold Harbor. This paper make# the positive statement of same date that the Seaboard railroad would be built from Cheraw to Columbia by way of Camden?now one of the main arteries of rail travdl between the north and south. Wade Hamptort Cobb, former solicitor of this einmit, was a regular correspondent of Wfis paper writing from Ml. Pleasant. The late Mrs. J. F. West had her arm broken and the member was set by Dr. A. A. Moore. Mrs. W. J. Jones received intelligence of - the death of her only brother, Abner Archibald, at Knoxvilli*, Alabama. Miss Julia Raum, of New York City, returned to Camden to spend the winter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. liaum. The Kershaw far a wants to correct a story relative to William?-Catoe having his feet frozen and when his shoes were pulled off "one of his feet pulled olT like a piece of glass or wood." His feet were frost bitten in the previous cold spell of a week ag<? when the thermometer^ registered 10 degrees below zero and the snow was J2 inches deep. Dr. A. A- Moore reports to Wm. I). Trantham, chairman of the board of trustees that the graded school ? now the high school building?is in n sanitary condition. FIFTEEN YKAKS AGO March 13. 1914 Municipal candidates spoke at the court house. Those seeking places on the aldermanic board were A. J. Beattie, K. H. Williams, H. B. Wii* liairts, W. K. Zemp, H. L. Schlosburg, F. M, Wooten, VV K. Johnson, W. B. DeLoache, S. SC. Zemp, W. C. Moore, J, V. Smith, Newton C. Boykin, Those for mayor were it. T. Goodale, I. C. Hough, H. L. Watkins, C. II. Yates Seven days of polo annouuced. Local players at that time were D. L. Edwards, W. C. Salmond, A.Perkins. K. G. Whistler, C. M. Taintor C. L Little, N. C. Boykin, Godfrey rreece, The late judge George E. Prince delivered an eloquent charge to grand jury which wus carried in full by The Chronicle. John Hendricks Bangs, . famous author and his wife were guests at the Hobkirk Inn. Mr, and Mrs. H. L. Schlosburg! celebrate crystal wedding anniversary. Bids arc invjtcd by the government for the construction of a postofftce building sit Camden. Announcement is made by <j|I. G. Carrison, Jr., of the erection of a twostory, seven room house on north Broad street at a cost of around $:i,.r>0<) K, C. Stokes was the contractor. The Bank of Camden announces the sale of the P. T. Villepigue two-story building on Main street to Captain J,. L. Clyburn of Wqstville at the price of $'J,000. The sale was made through the real estate agency of Kennedy & Shaw. The First National Bank now stands on this property. Work is delayed on new water works plant occasioned by Seaboard not being able to build siding on time. ?London's Big Ben Heard In America Sariford, March 7.?Sonrc- evenings at 7 o'clock, Fred P. Strong, manager of tihe Sanford branch of the Carolina Power and Light company, is able to hear over his radio the chimes of Pig Pen in the tower of the houso of parliament at London, England, as they strike the hour of midnight. The voice of the announcer is also heard ut times. The broadcasting from London is received at station KDKA, Pittsburg, and then magnified so that it reaches the listeners in Sanford and other places throughout the country. Mr. Strong is an Englishman, born and reared in Imndon, but for fifteen years or more has been living in Sanford. He is a naturalized Amur ican citizen. He married a Sanford woman and is rearing a family of young Americans, but the sound of the chimes from London which were "To" familiar inyhis boyhood days, and coming from the city rn which his mother and other relatives live, it causes his heart to beat a little more rapidly. Honor Roll Blaney School Grade 1.?Moses Braziel, Elerbeo Honrs by, Grady Price. Grade 2. ? Ernestine Bailey, Willie Ellisor, Edward Hinson, Gaynelle Hornsby. Sarah Keith, Talmadge Motley, Bertha Nelson. Grade 3.?Lois Hixon, Mildred Motley, Martha Branham, Mildred Miles, Inez Branham, Susie Mae Miles, Cleo Kuss, Mary Rabon. Grade 4.?Barnie Cooper. Viola Miles, Edith Nelson, Nina Rose. Grade ">.? Mattie Rabon, Reed Bailey. Grade tj.- .Jessie Mae Rabon, Pauline Kirkland, Lois Mason, Pearl Morgan. Grade 7. Nell Hilton, Sarah Maude Miles, Ernestine Nelson. Valdora Perrv, Annie Belle Price, J. T. Ross, Jr. Grade 8.?Lillie Edens, Vearl Price, Ruby Sanders, Sadie Sessions, A. T. Simpson, Lucy Mae JetTers. Grade 9.? Thomas Miles, Susie Campbell, Lonnie Nelson, Fannie Monroe. Grade 10.?Harvey Nelson. Grade 11.?Mae Belle Moore, Mary Rose. Knew Veterans of Seven Wars Mrs. Amanda Wade, who knew the soldiers of seven wars, died in Atlanta Monday, aged lO.'J years. Her proudest boast waT" that during her lifetime the medicine she had taken \ "could be held in the hollow of one 1 hand." A.-ide from that century of j unbroken health, she liked most to! recall acquaintance with fighting men of the Revolution, navy gunners of' 1S1 "J. anil soldiers of the Indian, i Mexican. Civil. Span -': American and j World wars. Pri.u i death she j had been enrtined ho: chair foi 20 months with :: hroki n hip. Mi-. Wa.i?- -aw the flirt, railroad train run in a r nati'. e State, South ( ii .-It a. Si..- was born ir. Greenville i . >u ;\ . .Ian. 1 11 1 825. Ib-r > h;!.iri:. will preserve a strange n iiiieulo. ;i:<.-?-ived by their mother - r... I.-'--;. 1; is a biscuit, care Lilly w appi.i fr. m time to tinu- ;n new paper. t k- . t'l-.m a panful', hake-, for 1 un-Sand to take with him when 1., in I'.! t*. the War Betweet. tho s' t. . I An Oklahoma | Mother Says: jj "Black-Draught is a 3 fine medicine to givs B to children. I use it 3 for mine whenever I ' need to give them a g| laxative. They dont 3 mind taking it when I 3 make it into a tea, and j it quickly relieves con- 3 i stipation and the bad 1 symptoms which come 3 ! from it. I can re com- j mend it to other moth- 3 ' ] ] era, for I have found I it useful in my home. J 1 frWhcn I was a child my inoth er gave it to me whenever I com- S I J plained of not feeling well. I ' B have always taken it for upset 2 : S stomach and constipation. It is | about the only medicine I have 2 J to take. A few doses of Black 2 Draught, now and then, keep my 2 J system in ordor. My husband I I takes it, too. I hardly see how I 2 S could keep house without Black- | Draught. It has becomo a stand- 2 by with un, in keeping the child- ? Iren and ourselves well."?Mrs. ' Luther Brassheld, Claremors, 2 ' B Okla. 2 H3SIPI Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness B ?~ - mm Womrn who need a tonic should take B CARDUI. In u*e over fO years. . e.14,B BBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBB ! Palmetto Marble & Granite Works A NEW BUSINESS FOR SUMTER E. B. Richardson t R. C. Richardson DIGNITY SORREL Cemetery Memorials You are invited t?> \ our monument works or we will call at your residence ar.d ;> u may select from our many designs the memorial you wish placed in the family plot. After you - have indicated the monument or marker you wish we will do the engraving and erect it where you wish it placed. ?. We are prepared to quote very moderate prices and convenlent terms. 301 East Liberty Street SUMTER, S. C. i -i -i i South Carolina Industrial Review (From The Manufacturer, Portland Oregon) The following record of industrial activity lists items showing investment of capital, employment of labor and business activities and opportunities. Information from which the paragraphs are prepared is from local papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be considered generally correct. Camden ?- Kureka Barber Shop moves to new location. Charleston?'Local firm awarded $12,460 contract to tew U, & Army dredge Mallory from Beaufort, S. C., to New Orleans. Camden and Kershaw County receive gift of parcel of land for airport. Creenwood to have new gas plant soon. Five plantations in Beaufort and Jasper counties, totaling 5,323 acres, sold for hunting preserves,?Beaufort Gazette. Hampton?One-story brick building under construction to house new store, * __ (ircer New automobile repair stoop opened at 11 Randall Street. Columbia?Luring January State Tax Commission collected $847,973, exclusive of inheritance tax. Georgetown. New barber shop opened with modern equipment. Union Smith's Auto1 Repair Shop building warehouse on Southern Kail w as. Wain i boro?(Walterboro Wholesale Candy and Tobacco Company moves warehouse to larger quarters. I.,ake t ay?New Theater installs talking pictures. Spartanburg?Foundry of Standard Looms, ln<? manufacturers of looms and other textile parts, has begun operation. Beaufort Beaufort Civic League distributes free of charge 200 Crepe Myrtle trees to stimulate plauting of trees in cityBamberg gets new funeral home. Greenville Business of Luke Mayonnaise and Relish manufacture purchased by Richmond, Virginia, company. Williston ? Carload shipment of poultry nets growers over $1,100. Greenville ? Movement to annex upper part of Laurens County to Greenville County started by residents of Fountain Inn section. Union?New cleaning and pressing establishment opens in Brown building. Camden ?'Welsh Motor Company enlarging size of business quarters. Darlington?New Perrin Brothers ^^ i t Funeral Home dedicated. Union -Carload ahlpmenta poultry leave county. * Gaffney?'Revival of production of monazite sought by citizen* in this immediate aectlon of South Carolina, gome counties in North Carolina and parta of Georgia, where the industry flourished a number of years ago. Supply said to be practically inexhaustible. Florence?liuilding under construetion to house new Montgomery Ward & Company store. Central-r-City Shoe Shop installs new machinery. Pickens?Two business buildings going up here. Georgetown?Lower Santee bridge between this city and Charleston will be formally opened in near future. Fort Moultrie will be location of Citizens' Military Training Camp. Camden? Movement underway to secure bridge over Catawba River at Indian ferry. Clemson College will get textile building. Hartsville? Rebui^ing of Prestwood l^ake dam completed at cost of $55,000 for Carolina. Fiber Company. Recent shipment of 4,360 pounds poultry from Olar and Denmark brought farmers $1,014. Camden?The New ^Majestic Theatre installs talking pictures. Seven Grannie^ Spartanburg, Murch 11,? When two-year-old Marvin Lee .Johnson of Spartanburg county, wants grandma, someone has to muster them out for u roll call. Marvin Lee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson of near Inman. has seven who answer to that call. great great grandfather put in a claim for a record in behalf of Marvin Ix?e today on the strength of his grandmothers, great grandmothers, and great-great grandmothers. Married His Grandmother Amsterdam, Holland, March 5.? Zwolle, in the province of Overijssel, reports the marriage of a man to has grandmother, His father, marrying a second time, chose a girl of 20 whose mother was 45. The son married the lattw, so that he is now his father's step father. Flags on the public buildings of New City, N. Y., were placed at half mast yesterday 'in memory of the passing of Michael Whalen, the town toper, who spent 27 of his 54 years in jail. County officials immediately raised $1,000 for his funeral expenses and ordered the court house cl-osed while he was being buried. ?????P???? m | Pine Seedlings Shipped To Stateburg Columbia, Feb. 28.?Forty thousand , longleaf pine seedlings are being I shipped f,rom Alabama to Walter White, owner of a large tract of land at Stateburg, South Carolina, for reforestation purposes, which marks the beginning of a reforestation project ! on a largo commercial scale. L. J. LefTelman, a forester formerly in charge of the Ohio Experi| ment station at Wooster, Ohio, arI rived at Stateburg to take up his new duties?in 4he large commapcia* j forestry undertaking in which Mr. White is interested. Within the next few days a large amount of slash pine, longleaf pine and white ash seeds will be sown in the new nursery just being established to take care of Mr. White's demand for forest tree seedlings. The enterprise at Hillcrest is by no means an experiment because it has al-! ready been proved conclusively that -ll timber can be grown in South Car9.ll lina on a profitable basis. ! i All South Carolina will watch with 1 interest the progress of reforesting* this lairge tract of forest and un- .1 profitable farm land. I I _ . : :M Representative John N. Garner of Texas, has been selected by the Dem- 9 ocratic caucus to be the party' floor leader in the house during the com- .1 ing sessions .of congress. ! , I COLUMBIA LUMBER ill MANUFACTURING CO. I MILL WORK ( I SASH, DOORS, BLINDS I I AND LUMBER j I PLAIN A HUL.CR STS. Ph??71 I 91 ._i 1 excursions jl MAGNOLIA GARDEN AND^MIDDLETON'PLACE I CHARLESTON, S. C. 1 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 29-30, APRIL 5-0, 1829 Southern Railway System I At the following low round trip fares from principal points: Camden $4.00 Lancaster $5.50 | Heath Springs ? 5.25 Kershaw 5.00 Proportionate low round trip fares from all intermediate stations. . , i Excursion tickets good going on all regular trains I I ! except Crescent Limited, Friday and Saturday, Marclh llf I 20th-30th, and April 6th and 6th. Also for trains No. j 16 leaving Columbia 2:20 a. m., March 31st and April |]l 7th. Tickets good returning on all ^Jrains except 111 Crescent Limited, so as to reach original starting point H ; by midnight Wednesday following date of sale. ; j For sdhedules, Pullman reservations, etc., consult ; V Ticket Agents. Southern Railway System 1 ^IIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIII?ll!l!lilllll[llIHll!!!ll!![?]||||||||||||S]|lllllllllll?llllllllllll?llllllllllll?lllllllll?lllllllllllllIllH!llllinil?IIIIIIISIIllllllllll?llIfflRI!?? 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