The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 10, 1931, Image 8
Illness of Three Days ]
Fatal To Noted Man
(Tuesday's Charlotte New*)
Oolonel I>eroy Springs, 69, million- 1
aire Cotton mill owner and bunker, t
known throughout the nation for hi* <
business activities, died at his home <
here, 24 Queen* Road, West, at 1:50 I
o'clock this afternoon. He had been
suffering with quinsy?soie throat, ?
associates said. t
Colonel Springs ha<l been suffering <
from a throat uffection, hi* son, Cap- ?
tain Elliott White Springs, said yesterday,
hut hi* condition was not re- <
garded as dangerous. However, last '
mght his condition took a turn for 1
the worse and he sank throughout I
this morning ami this afternoon.
1 Coioue! Springs was born a'. Fort f i
Mill, in Yor4< County, November 12, j J
, 1-861, the son of A. Baxter and Julia >
Blandin (Baxter) Springs. ji
He received his education at !o ai j ;
school* an<l war a'student at the I'.n- 1
versity < f North Carolina from 187K i
to WW,
Colonel Springs entered the cotton el
mill industry in 1895 when he hum ,
the l>ancaster Cotton Mills, with a i
capital of $150,000 at that time. I
He increased his interests fro.n <
earnings of the plant from time to <
time until n.*ceiR, years his business ;
as n whole rtrpfM^ftted an investment
of more titan $5,000,000. He owned i
and operated various cotton mills.
December 2H, 1802, Colonel Springs i
married Grace Allison White, <laug)?- ?
ter of (Captain Samuel E. White, of *
Fort Mill, founder of the Fort .Mill <
Manufacturing Company. His second
wife, whom he married on November
29, 1014, was Miss Lena Jones
daughter of T. M. Jones, of Pulaski,
Tenn.
Colonel Springs was one <tf the
most ip. eminent of the textile mil's
owners in America. He was president
of the Lancaster Cotton Mills,
and Eureka Mills at Lancaster, S.
C.; the Springs-tern Cotton Mills, at
Chester, S. C.; the Fort Mill Manufacturing
Company's two mills at Fort
Mill, S. C.; the Kershaw Cotton
Mills, in Kershaw, S. C. His home
was in Lancaster until about three
years ago, when he moved to Charlotte.
Colonel Springs started work in ~
Charlotte as a salesman for the
Springs and Burwell company, wholesale
grocers. Later he organized the
Leroy Springs Wholesale and Retail
company, at Lancaster. Colonel
Springs later became a member of
the'firm of Springs and Shannon, at
C'rmden.
A banker as well as a manufacturer,
Colonel Springs organized the
Bank of Lancaster in 1888, the Bank
of Kershaw in 118)4, the Lancaster
Cotton Mill in 1896, the Eureka Cotton
Mill in 1818.1, the Kershaw Cotton'
Mill in 1918; reorganized two mijis
at Fort Mill. He was president of
?ovon?cotton mills companies,?t-b-e?
Bank of I^ancaster, the Lancaster and
Chester Railway, the Lansford Water'
Power Company, vice-president of the '
Bank of Kershaw, director of the
Catawba Fertilizer Company, of the!
Lancaster Cotton Oil Compnay. He i
was also a director of the American !
Trust Company of this city.
Among other official connections
held by Colonel Springs were the
following: director of National lx>an
and Exchange Bank of Columbia, S.
0., the Union National Bank of Columbia,
S. First National Bank
of Camden, S. C., the National Exchange
Bank of Chester, S. C\, the
American Trust Company, of Charlotte,
the Bank of Kershaw, S. C., of
the Savings Bank of Fort Mill, the
Southern Home Fire Insurance Company
of Charleston, S. C., the Prudential
Fire Insurance Company, of
Greenville, -S. C.; trustee of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New
York City; member of the United
' States Chamber of Commerce, the
American Manufacturer's Association
the American Bankers' Association,
the South Carolina Bankers' Association,
Northeastern Manufacturers'
Association, the New York Cotton
Exchange, the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange, the Cotton Manufacturers'
Association of South Carolina, of j
which he was also vice president, and j
of the Southern Manufacturers Club!
of Charlotte.
Colonel Springs was given the honorary
title of "colonel" when he was
named a member of the staff of John
P. Richardson, governor of South
( arolina, in 1886. He was active in !
the affairs of the Democratic party j ;
and was a South Carolina delegate
to the Democratic National Oonven-j.
tions in 1888, 1904, 1912, 1920 and j
1924. He was a member of the^Pres-i
byterian -Church and maintained res- j
idences at I>ancaster, Charlotte and !
New York City. j *
Besides being connected with the , ^
textile industry, Colonel Springs was i
prominently identified with many in- ,
stitutions and enterprises.
Professor Yate* -Snowden, of the J
University of South Carolina, in his I
History of South Carolina, says of j
Colonel Springa: j
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"In that group of men of constructive
genius whose work has counted
for most in the industrial develop- I
ment of South Carolina, the great
and varied achievemnts of Colonel
Leroy "Springs have made him a powerful
if not the dominating figure for
many years."
His second wife, formerly Miss
Lena Jones, a son, Klliott White
Springs, of Fort Mill. S. C., three
brothers and a sister survive him.
The brothers are Eli Springs, of
New York City, member of the stock
exchange and director of the South?rn
Railway; Brevard D. Springs and
C. Springs of Charlotte. Mrs.
John Scott is his sister.
Colonel Springs was one of the
'ounders and a director of the Stone
^fountain Confederate Memorial Aslociation,
which is engaged in oarvng
a vast memorial on the side of
itone Mountain, near Atlanta, Ga.
ahao .was the organizer and vicepresident
of the Columbia National
lank, of Columbia, S. C.
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Local Greeks Attend
Flag Presentation
All member* of the Camden Creek
:olony were in Columbia Wednesday
,o attend the presentation of the flag
>f Greece to the atate of friuuth Cardin*.
The Record of Wednesday afternoon
carried the following:
# "America and Greece clasped hand*
lymbolically Wednesday at noon witn
:he presentation of a Greek flag to
the state of South (Carolina on the
?tep? of the state house here.
"Some 300 Greeks from over South
Carolina bore the flag at the head of
i procession down Main street, lined
with American flags in tribute to
the occasion, to the state house.
"A. Stanley Llewellyn, <Jf Camden,
date commander of the American
l/egion, presented the flag to Governor
Blackwood on .behalf pf the
'epublic of Greece and American Jyu^onnjiirea
of Greek ancestry who
lelped celebrate the republic's 100th
tnniversary last August.
"Co fit ma rider Llewellyn recalled the
World War response of Greeks in
America when '05,(KM) Greeks followed
Lhj- flag of> their adopted country
through the perils of the war.' He
declared the finer traditions of an*
rient Greece live today in the United
States.
" 'This flag is expressive of the
sentiment that the Greek citizens
have toward the citizens of South
Carolina,' Governor Blackwood declared
as he received the large blue
and white striped banner with its
cross from the hands of a Columbia
veteran of Greek blood.
"Referring to the valor displayed
by the ancient Greeks at Thermopylae
and by their modern descendants in
the World War, Governor Blackwood
promised that 'this flag will ever be
cherished by the people of South
Carolina.'
"The line of march then led back
to the Jefferson hotel, where a banquet
was served prominent Columbians
and Greeks, and their gues* <.
Participating in the ceremonies of
the day were Mayor L. B. Owens,
Charles D. Gordon, president of the
chamber of commerce. Commander
L. A. Hamilton, Richland post of the
American Legion, members of council
and other city officials, Dr. G. M.
Saliba, of Savannah, supreme governor
of the fourth district of the
A. H. K. P. A., Greek society, James
Brephes, Nicholas Mitchell, Nicholas
Constan, of Columbia, and others.
"The Ahepa, Greco-American fraternal
society, placet! Charleston and
Columbia representatives in the colorful
line of march. They wore red
Greek fezzes with insignia and long)
white and blue tassels.
"The Gapa, a similar fraternal order,
marshalled its members in blue
emblazoned fezzed. Officers of the
orders wore classic Grecian robes
whi.ii flnu'i'd to th>- irround and helmets.
In contrast were the Ameri- i
can Ivegion caps of the veterans who
bore the American. Greek, South
Carolina and American Legion flogs
before the procession.
"Nearly 54) women participated in
the parade, receiving many cheers
along the lengthy route of march to
the state house. The 16-<piece Co?Sj
Lrr.";biz, ^rhrrr.crr* brrr.-i l~'i tUn
cession."
When Robert Stewart celebrated
his K7th birthday at Pickens, he en
tcrtained eight of his nine living
children, grandchildren six
great grandchildren and 13 visHe
was wounded at Manassas, carried
the bullet for 14 years, was married
in 1868, and had twelve children.
Miss Fv& Hrte of Rock Hill, was
elected a delegate to the next meeting
of the National Education association
from the South (Carolina state
association at the recent convention
of the latter at Columbia.
The engagement is announced cf
Miss ReUbie Gressette Holliday,
daughter of George J. Holliday, of
Gallivants Ferry, to David Allen Gaston,
of Chester. The wedding will be
late this spring.
Their Money Goes i!
To Strangers Now
it was a business maxim of John
Gottlieb Wendel to "buy but never i
aell" in the case of real estate well
located. i
Carrying out tihu maxim mode
Wendel wealthy and laid the foundation
of a fortune now estimated t?
range all the way from $100,000,000
to $200,000,000. But now the last
member of the family is dead and
all this wealth will go to stranger*.
Wendel had a family of six daughters
and one son, John Weifttel. As
head of the family after his father's
death, the eccentric son forbade his
sisters to marry and refused to marry
himself because this in time would
tend to put the fortune into hands
other than Wendell*.
Only noe sister disobeyed, Date in
life Rebecca married a Professor
Smope but he died soon afterward and
his childless widow Yetuttied to the
old family mansion at Fifth Avenue
and 30th street, New York City in
1024, to live a secluded life with her!
aged sisters. The brother had died
in 1015 and one by one the sisters
passed on. Mrs. Swope died a year
ago at 87 and la,st week, the last of
the six sisters, "Miss Ella," aged 80,
was buried in t>he family cemetery
plot.
John Wendol's determination to
keep the fortune in the family's possession
worked out as planned during
their lives, but in the end it wiped
out the family name and the family
fortune as well. There are no known
heirs Hnd it is believed "Miss Ella's"'
will, not yet probated, will leave her
share of the fortune to charity as her
sisters did before her.
Fabulous offers were made to the
sisters for the ground and old mansion
on Fifth Avenue but they refused
them all. The building, 4 stories
high, was put up 75 years ago and
stands today just as it was built,
without alterations or additions. No
telephones, electric lights, gas or any
other modern conveniences ever were
installed. For years the building has
been a shuttered, fonbidding old place
with a high wall around it to add tb
its seclusion.
Meanwhile skyscrapers and modern
business blocks have been built up si!
around it. while inside the old mansion
the brother and sisiters lived almost
penuriously in severe, old-fashioned
style. The sisters made their
own clothes after the style of the 60'and
all "new-fangled ideas" were taboo.
They never owned a car. Until
two years ago a coach and team of
horses were kept but were disposed
of when the old coachman died.
An almost pathetic incident is told
of "M iss. Ella," last survivor. Only, a
few weeks ago she was induced to go
to a night club, on a special invitation
from "Texas" Guinan. She eniowtd
the music danciny nnd hilarity
so much she remained until late. A
few days later the hostess received a
gift from her, a costly handbag said
to be worth at least $4,500. ?
Living a cloistered existence
throughout her lifetime, this old lady,
all the fun ami thrills dear to girls
denied her, finally had her littlt1 .fling
at life, at 80 years old?and enjoyed
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iv* iiiriincifovij
General News Notes
A tax of six cents per gallon on
gasoline became effective in North
Carolina on Wednesday.
The New York general assembly
has pased a measure carrying an appropriation
of $10,000,000 for unemployment.
All of the 05 cadets of the Danville
(Va.) Military nstitute except 15 refused
to attend classes Tuesday because
the management refused to
give them an Easter holiday. Many
of the cadets returned to their homes.
Malcolm M. Young, former North
Carolina University honor student,
arrested at Hickory, N. C., has been
taken back to Washington, 1). C., to
face a charge of having stolen 500
books from the congressional library.
The school dentist at Greenville
has examined since the schools started
last fall 4,405 pupils who had
8.700 decayed teeth, and 1,910 ha.i
more than one defect apiece. Of
these pupils 928 were given all necessary
tooth repairs.
At an international conference held
in Rome, Italy, on Saturday to deal
with the matter of wheat production
of the world, the representatives cf
Russia threw down gauntlet and said
Russia would increase her production
this year rather than reduce ;t,
and instead of curtailing her socalled
"dumping" process she intended
to increase her exports m order
to pay for her imports which now
total $5{H),000,0(K> a vear.
Bombey continue to explcak their
bombs in and around Havana, though
very little damage has been done by
explosions in the recent past.
George. F. Baker. NVw York', old- !
est banker, celebrated his 9ist birth- 1
day on Fnd*y, at Jekyll Island, on the
coast of Georgia. ]
The timed flight speed of n swal- 1
low was two miles per minute. ]
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Baron DeKalb School'
Stages Fine Play
On Tuesday, March 23, the faculty
of the Baron DeKalb ?chool presented j
the play "Aaron Slick From Punk-in j
Crick" in the high school auditorium. i
Th? audience, which completely filled I
the spacious auditorium, demonstrat* 1
ed its appreciation throughout the J
entire performance. At this time .
Mr. Heyward Young, of Arlington, I
called the attention of those present
to the advertisers on the stage curtain
and suggested that everyone return
their patronage. The proceeds
realized will be used for the benefit
of the school,
Again on Friday night, April 3,
this play was. presented wi^h great
success in the auditorium of the Kershaw
high school. Lt was sponsored
by the Eastern Star and a second
time was enjoyed by a large and
appreciative audience.
On Thursday, April 2, the .regular
monthly meeting of the P, T, A. was
held at the school. The program for
this occasion wits presented by
group of high school pupils. At this
time it was decided upon that the
last meeting of the association to be
held in May shall be primarily social
and plans are benig made for quite
an elaborate program. This meeting
ie to be held at night instead of
in the afternoon as has been the caseheretofore.
Faster wits happily celebrated Fri- ,
day afternoon when groups of chi'dren
searched eagerly for Easter
eggs Which were concealed under
bunches of grass around and about
the school.
The grounds of the school are alive
every day with children who are practicing
in anticipation of entering the
Field Day events to be held in Camden
two weeks hence.
The schools of the county are all
busy now trying <to prepare their
representatives for the different
events which are scheduled to be
staged on April 1'7 when all the
schools of the county send pupils
to take part in the Field Day. Extra
work on the part of both pupil and
teacher is necessary and everyone is
anxious to have things ready when
the final trials are held.
The schedule calls for Declamation
and Exipression contests among the
pupils from the primary department
of each school, for grammar grade
pupils of each school and a separate
grouping for those in the high school
departments of the various schools.
This division is made so as to as nearly
as possible give each child an equal
chance.
The aithletios are similarly divided,
in the grammar school department,
the groups are made up of those in
certain height ranges with a separate
group for those in the high schools.
Races, dashes and junrps will be the
main features of the athletic u,hedu4e-for
the Field Day. Every school is
planning to have entries in several
of the numerous events and each pupil
is making good use of time in preparing
himself for his particular
event. ,
It is a beautiful sight to see the
various schools of the same county
m^et on such an occasion wben friendly
competition is the keynote for fun
and accomplishments in skills. You
will miss a wonderful sight if you
don't make your plans to be in Camden
on Ajpril 17 to witness all the
sights and hear the orations of the
younger ones of our county.
Old Timer Remembers
When a shooting iroii was a 44 and
not a mashie or a niblick.
When drinking men lived long
enough to get red noses.
When girls tried to rope a man instead
of just stringing him along.
When father sat up until the cows
had come home nnd not the cars.
When the glasses Crandma was
looking for were her spectacles and
not the cocktail variety.
When a youth had to paddle his
own canoe instead of wanting one
with an outboard motor.?The Patnfinder.
Why February Is So Short
The reason February has only 28
days except on leap year goes back to
ancient Rome. July, which had 31
days, was named for Julius Caesar;
August, named after Augustus Caesar,
had only 30 days which so peeved
that emperor that the Roman senate
took a day from February, which then
had 29, and added it to August, satisfying
the personal egotism of
Rome's ruler. But look at the confusion
it has caused for the human ,
race ever since.
House Built in Right Hours
A dwelling was built in Charleston,
W. Va., in eight hours. *
The speed may be accounted for by
the f*ct that 30 carpenters, 10 bricklayers,
6 laborers, and a superintendent
participated in the work. The
local carpenters' union touife the house
for one of its members who had been
living in a charitable institution.
JSBiBm i* it , -JTL-fa/kate ?
Tourist Season
. Comes Jo a Close
The eloajng of the *Court Inn oo
Monday, and of the Kidkwood a few
day* later officially marks the end
of the winter season of 1981. Not*
withstanding the country-wide busU
ness depression when so many resorts
have suffered severely Cumden.
has had a good season. Interest in
isports increases each winter, and
more and more is this becoming a
center for racing and with the erection
of many new stafbles more and
more will Camden be the place for
wintering blooded horses.
Hunting, golfing and all outdoor
nports are growing in popularity.
During the 'past season many new
names were entered in the cottage
list, showing the widespread reputation
of the town as a winter resort.
Several purchases of real estate
have also been made. Notably is the
buying of Cool iSpring by Mrs.
Charles Van Zant Knight and the
purchase of the residence of Mr. Garrard
Whistler on Lyttleton avenue by
Mr. Walter Dougals 'Mabee of Saratoga.
One of the most delightful events
ofXamden's late season was the picnic
given on 'Friday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. Karl P. Abbott of tlje Kirkwood.
A brilliant moonjight night
proved alluring for the guests who
weipt on horseback and "by motor to
Knights Hill for the delicious supper
ready for them with the Kirk<wood
chef in command. After the suppe?"
negro entertainers amused the crowd,
who later repaired to the Kirkwood
Grill for dancing. Those present
were: Mr. and <MLrs. William M.
Pea'ke, Mr. and (Mrs. R. L. Zabriskie,
Mr. and Mrs. N. Allen Ixje, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs.
John N. Van Nordwick, Mrs. C. L.
Nichols, IMisses Elizabeth Allen, Ann
Morrison, Barbara Keep, iMuriel M<Cormick,
Florence iSmith, Diane and
Barbara Shewan, Jane Northrop, and
Messrs. H. F. Kellogg, Benjamin
Belcher, John Van Nordwiok, Herbert
Rogers, William Murray, and Robert
JL?. Zabriskie, Jr., also Miss Billie
Fretz.
The final dance was held in the
Kirkwood Grill on Ottqrday
and the last Sunday evening coSH?
by th? excellent orchestra d^Sy^B
many gueets of the KirkwooJfTJj I
their friends on Sunday evening,
Mr. and Mm. Lmvia M BordL I
tertained a party Ojf six -with * ?! I
ner in the Grill on iSaturday
ing, and othern there for dftneiiw j. fl
eluded Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. L|
Miss Whittredge, H. JL fcabrUkie, j/H
M. L. Smith, Jr., Mr. and Mrs, Ail
drew J. Tierney. iMrs. Howard rwH
Miss Edith Wills. Mrs. Donald j?OT
Clave, Mrs. D. M. (Baldwin and l^H
and Mrs.
Lament Dominick of Mitbroqfc fl
Y., has leaned the home of Mrs.
S. Proctor for another season i)l;i
Dauglas Mabee of Saratoga, has
chased the Whistler residence oiOT
.Lyttieton avenue.
Cool Spring will (be repaired by p4^B
purchaser, Mrs. Charles Van'
Knight and mad? ready for
by her another aeaaon. * OT
Mrs. Ward Belcher who has fa^B
all season at Hobkirk Inn has'rj^|
turned to New York.
Mrs. Wallace I* Keep and
Barbara Keep Mft on Monday
New York and Eockport, after |5B '
| tering at the Kirtawoodt --~j|^|
sMALTTOWN LIFE IS HK8T
There I'tyiple (Live a Way at a Tha^H
and Know What It Is All About
Some people are attracted by
rU8h and whirl of the city where
pie stay out nearly all night and sla^H
all day, but Wfi prefer the smaller <?
where life js lived n day at a tk*^B
where people are not so rushed nj^H
where they have time to wonder J.;
it is all about, where they are golgOT
and why, say sthe Monroe Enqulrfl^|
People ?who insist on living ftgB.
own lift- without any regard to tV.^B
rights of their neighbors or the co?By
mon decencies of life with not brad^H
appeal to them in the .small towi^B
Here everybody knows everybody (!?
and it's hard to four-flush or "hijbB
hat." In a big city a man can rideotH
a Roll Royce front on a flivver is-OT
come and ge* away with it for jfl
while. In a small town people metb^B
)v turn away ansd iaut^h and tbf^H
"high-hatter" succeeds in kidding ?
one but himself.
The small town has its faultt^B
plenty of them. The main one boiti^B
i the concern of others in your
private affairs. Offsetting thiVHB
ever, is the spirit of helpfulness thiBB
exists in the small town,-* Spring th^^B
depression thousands of families ill
larger c ities suffered greatly but f?OT
suffered in small towns. The stmUOT
town looks after its own. You HOT
be ill or even die in an apartment in OT
the big city and people living across
the hall will not be interested. They*
do not know you and do not care. OT
In the small Wwn when illness*
death or misfortune comes to a homeOT
the finest qualities of the people a-OT
ways come to ti^e gunfftce. 1
ings are forgotten. Sympathy, con-OT
cern and help are shown in thehig.-OT
est and sinceroflb form. vj*
The spirit of helpfulness does not OT
exist in the large city. Everyone i&OT
looking out for self. Id a im*
-town?in?t+mes?of trouble?&X?GE9ji^B
tries to help. We like the sutOT
town.
For Alderman
1 hereby announce myself as a caivOT
didate to serve as Alderman OT
Ward Two for the City of Q* OT
in the approaching murotip POT
marv and will aPP1^111^ j}e PB
port of the voters in my Waro- ^
"^jT Cooley gnM8;^|
Taylor-Munn
A marriage of much interest to
their many friends throughout the
county w?g solemnized at the parsonage
of Hermitage Baiptist church Saturday
morning, April 4th, at eight
o'clock, w<hen Miss Irene Taylor, the
beautiful and attractive daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor^of Lewisville,
and Mr. Leland C. Munn, cf
Camden, were /united in marriage.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
P. E. Blackmon. Mr. and Mrs. Munn
are very popular in the community
and their many friends extend to
them their heartiest congratulations.
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