The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 18, 1931, Image 8
LOOKING BACKWARD
Take* From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago
THIRTY VKAlts AGO
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December 18, 1001 / t
American Tobacco Com pan A ships
from Florence atommery aoiim^train
load of tobacco consisting of twentyfive
freight car# to Durham. N. C.
Two cows belonging to A. M.
Black, of Lancaster county, lost part
of their tongues while trying to pull
feed from the horses through a crack
in the stables. Tho horses bit off
part of their tongues.
Mrs. Henry Capell died at her
home near DaKalb cotton mills.
Invitations issued to marriage of
Harry K. DePass, formerly of Camden,
to Miss Jane Biasell, of Suffolk,
Va.
Rev. W. W. Mills, pastor of Presbyterian
church for eighteen years,
preaches sermon from text: "So teach
us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom."
W. R. Wat kins, of Camden, marries
Miss Kate Drakeford, of Cantey
Hill, in Flint Hill church. W. C. Salmotul
was best man and Miss Iluttie
Robinson was maid of honor.
Rev. John Kershaw, rector of St.
Michael's church, of Charleston, pays
visit to Camden.
^W. C. Hough comes to Camden
from Sumter as manager of Camden
Brick Plant. i
A. B. Murchison leaves to resume
studies at Clemson college. ,
Trinity Methodist church scene or
marriage in colored society when
Daisy C- Melanin was married to Dr.
Kd. I). Buckley, of Savannah, Ga.
Several loads of wheat sent from
State Farm t<> R. A. Vaughan's Mill
to bo ground into flour. t
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December 22, 1916
K- G. Sutton, of Blanoy, die.# at
Soldiers' Home in Columbia at age
tvf 91 years.
Robert K. Gonzales, talented para*
fiapher of Columbia State, dies near
)1' Paso, Texas, while serving on
Mexicai) border.
Lloyd George rejects Germany's
proposals of peace, requiring complete
restitution and effectual guarantee/;
Allies to stand with Britain.
W. G. Adams has contract for
building twelve-room house on Kirkwood
Heights for George R. Cook, df*
Trenton, N, J.
Hugh Dennis Oliver and Miss Ethel
Brannon, of Hethune, married.
Five new cases of infantile paralysis
reported in South Carolina -two
from Keishaw county.
Hall and wind does considerable
damage to property and stock in portions
of Sumter and Leo counties.
Residence of T, P. Sanders, Jr., at
Hagood, destroyed by fire.
Hardy Hinson, aged 67, dies near
Blaney.
| Mrs. Maggie Wilkinson, wife.of the
! manager of Chester waterworks station
found murdered'.
Monday witnessed all kinds of
weather?in the morning it was real
cold, later in the day it rained, with
a thunder storm accompanied by vivid
lightning.
J. R. Roberts, aged 76, died at his
home near Kershaw.
Mrs. H. If. Joiner, former citizen of
Kershaw, died at her home near Jefferson.
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Many Kiddies Write
To Santa Claus
Cnmden, S. C., Dec. 14, 11)31.
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am a little
boy 9 years old and I am in the third
grade at school. 1 want you to bring
mo a train, a footlmll, a little bus,
a little man sharpening a knife on
a grinding rock, some fireworks and
some fruit, nuts and canUy. Please
don't forget my mama and daddy, opd
my sisUirs aryi brothers. Please go
by an<Fft^e 4h,?^oor children and take'
them some tby^, plot heft and fruits.
1 am olwnyh your loving friend, j
Vadris Thigpen. j
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Camdotl, fC (J., Doc. 9, 1931. ,
Dear Santa: I want you to bring
me a leather clad coat and a pair of)
boot pants, and you will find a big
surprise.
Your friend.
Hilly Wilson.
Camden, S. C., Dec. (>, 1931.
Dear Santa Claus: I want you to
bring me a pair of boot pants and
aviator cap with goggles and thick
lining', many good candies and nuts.
Santa, you will find a surprise.
Your friend,
Ha by Wilson.Camden,
S. C., 210 Haile Street.
Dear Santa: I am a little girl
6 years old. I am going to school
and I am in the first grade and I
sure do love rhy teacher and Santa
I have tried to be a good little girl
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all the year and t want you to please
bring me a dump truck, a raincoat,
a pair of rubbers, a doll, a Christmas
stocking and some fireworks and
fruit and Santa please remember
daddy und, mother. Wishing you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
Your little friend,
Betty Edwards Lewis.
Camden. S. C., Dee. 18, 11)31.
Dear Santa Claus: 1 want you to
bring me a Fox play gun, a pair of
boxing gloves and a punching bag.
.Also some fruits, cnndy, nuts and
some fireworks and anything you
would like me to have.
1 Your little friend,
| * Henry Niles, Jr.
j Camden, S. C., Dee. 12, 1931.
| Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
j jjoy 4 years old. 1 want you to bring
me a bugle, a drum, an aviator's
helmet, a big hail^ a little Jack-inthe-Box
and lots of. fire works,
fruits, candy and nuts.
Your little friend.
Tallie Ward Rabon.
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Camden, S. C., Dec. 14, 1931.
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am a little
girl 7 years old, and I am in the
second grade at school. I get on"the
honor roll every six weeks, when we
get our reports. My teachers name
is Miss Sara Wolfe. I want you to
bring me a doll, a piano, tarn, a pair
of gloves, some one-inch firecrackers
and some fruit, nuts and candy.
Please don't forget mama and daddy,
and my sisters and brothers. Take
something to the poor people too.
I am always your little friend,
Geneva Thigpen.
Camden, S. C., I)ec. 12, 193*.
Dear Santa Claws: I ? 1,lt'e
boy 3 yeura old and I want you to
bring mo an aeroplane, an aviator a
helmet,, a little tractor, a big ball, a
hare and lota of fruits, candy and
nuts'." Also some fireworks.
Your little friend,
Clarence Marlon Cheves.
Camden, S. 0., Dec. 12,
Dear Santa Clau*: I am a little
girl 6 years old. <1 wani you to
bring me a Httle cook stove, tea set,
lit,!, piano, u littU. a-.ll and'iot. of
fruits, candy and SroU. * 1 w,,Ai
hoping you won't forget the little orphan
children. ,
Your little friend,
Catherine Doris Kabon.
Camden, S. C., Dec. 12, D*'*.1Dear
Santa Clans: 1 am a little
girl 10 vears old. I am in the fifth
grade "A" section at school. I have
five school teachers. I hey are a
good to me. 1 get on the honor roll
every six weeks, when we get oui
reports. We had a Christmas program
at our school house last ^ld^y,
December 11. I was in ? the chorus.
The children who were in the choruj
wore white surplices jfnd held a
white lighted candle. J want you to
brim; me a sweater, a tarn, a pan
of gloves, pencil box and some fiuit,
nuts and candy. Don t forget my
brothers and sisters, and mama and
daddy, and please tlon t forge,L^!J.,
poo* people. I wish vou a ??rry
Christmas and a happy New Year.
I am. your loving friend forever,
Vashti Thigpen.
Oamd , S. C? Dee. 12, 1931
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl not olcl enough to go to school.
P want you to bring me a doll, n tarn
and lots of things: some fruits, some
nuts and candy and anything you can
bring me if you please, thanking you
for all you bring. ' . y
Your little friend,
Sallie Ruth Thigpen.
Camden, S. C., Dec. 9> 1931.
Dear Santa Claus: I want you to
bring mo a rain coat and fix my bicycle
and I want you to bring me
some rubbers and a lot of fruit and
candy and nuts. When you come you
will find a piece of fruit cake and n
glass of milk on the shelf. ^
Your friend,
Beth Wilson.
Bethune, S. C., Dec 14
Dear Santa Claus: I am a .little
girl 'nine vears old. I want you to
please bring me a Bible, fountain
pen, ring and some, fruit, candy and
nuts. Santa; I sure will thank you
if you'll bring what I've asked for.
Your little friend,
Margie Jones
Cassatt, S. C., Dec. 14
Dearest Santa^Claus: For Christmas
I would like a pair of slippers
number four and one-half, a pair of
stockings, and_ some cloth to make
some print "dresses.
Thanking you,
Hattie Cobb
Cassatt, S. C. Dec 13
Dearest Santa Claus: I want a
pair of slippers. I want pumps, with
black toes and Cuban heels, numbei
4 1-2. I want a pair of hose and
some print cloth to make me some
dresses.
Sincerely yours,
Jaunita Cobo
Lugoff, S. C., Dec 12
Dear Santa: I am a little girl
years old. I want you to bring me a
doll, some fire-works, and a tea set,
and some fruits, candy and nuts.
Your little friend,
Mildred Jordan
Lugoff, S. C., Dec 12
Dear Santa: I am a little girl,
eight years old. Want you to bring
me a little doll that cries, sleeps and
has curly hair. I want a dress, also
candy, fruits and nuts.
Your little friend,
Eunice Jordan
Camden, S. C., Dec. 16
Dear Santa Claus: We are five
little children and we hope you will
bo as nice to *us this Christmas as
vou were last. Pat is two months
;>1<1 and wants a rattler and a rubber
doll. Bobby is two years old and no
wants a tricycle and a drum. I cgcr.\
is four and six' wants a pretty dol
and cradle. Hillie is 6 years old and
ho wants a scooter, tu hammer and a
?aw Mary is 8 and she wants a
verv pretty doll with curls, an umbrella
and a pair of galoshes. W e
all want fruit, nuts, candy and fiieworks.
Please remember all the o.n(.r
children. L"ts and lots of love.
Pat, Bobbv. Peggy, Billie and Mary
Hasty.
Camden. S. C., Dec. 16.
Dear Santa: 1 am a little girl 10
years old and in the fifth grade \\ ill
i vol bring me a d?dl bod. a
I piano, a little table with chairs, a
blackboard and fruits and nuts and
candv Please renumber other boys
and girls. Olive McGuirt
Camden, S. C., Dec. 1<>.
Dear Santa 1 am a little girl in
he acwvud g ade. Will you p^ase
' nc nr.- a d-di bod. bicycle, tru.ts
m;t> an<: and\. I'lca-e renumber all
i.t-.o girls and boys.
! would like to have a b.ackboard
too. Santa. . .
Peggy McCiuirt
Ke -h.aw. S. Dec. 14. 1931
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am a young
'girl thirteen years old and in the
Seventh grade. 1 want you to please
bring nu- a pair of gloves and a pretty
lam. They are all cheap. And
brng me lots of fire works and candy,
nuts and fruit. Don't forget my
i little new brother, Robert, about U
i months old. He wants a baby doll
! and a little pair of overalls, fruit,
nuts and candy.
Yours truly,
Margaret Phillips.
Kershaw, S. C., Dec. 14, 1931
Dear Santa Claus: I am a boy 11
yc/ars old. I want you to bring me a
Beautiful Tiw, boxed?Sheom's.
Bradley Sweater Seta?Sheorn's.
cap pistol and 2 boxes of caps. Bring
me a pair of gloves and 3 boxes of
fire crackers and fruits, nuts and
candy.
Your friend,
Stanley Phillips.
Bethune, S. G., Dec. 8, 1931
Dear Santa Glaus: I'm a little boy
four years ofld. I want you to bring
me a velocipede, pop gun that shoots
a .cork, some nuts of all kinds and
fruits too. Santa, I haven't any
brothers or sisters but don't forget
other little children. I have one first
cousin I sure don't want you to forget
him. His name is Edward Huckabee.
Your loving' little friend.
Neil Huckabee.
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Cassatt, S. December It. 193!;
Dear Santa Glaus: 1 am a little;
girl * years old, am in the second j
grade, i love to go to school, I love |
my teacher. 1 want you to bring me i
a pair of gloves and all kinds of good i
fruit and candy. I won't Visk fori
much as I know there are many little j
hoys and girls looking to you fori
something. Don't forget urundpapa. j
He wants something too.
Little Sadie Mae Tidwell.
Kershaw, S. C., Dec. 11, 1931
IVnr Santa < hui?: i am a-boy \r
years old and in the fourth grade.
1 want you to bring me a cap pistol
and 2 boxes of caps. Brirtg me a pair
of gloves and 3 boxes of fire crackers
and fru.ts. nuts and candy.
Your friend.
Roy Phillips.
Society Club Hats?Sheorn's.
Griffon Suits?Sheorn's.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given. Tha- ;r.de!
land by virtue of the Decree the
I Court of Common Pleas for K -haw |
(County. State of South Carol.' da!- j
; ed the 14th day of Decern be-. ; 931.1
j in the cause of The Kedern Land
! Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, .-.gam-'
C. A. Johnson, et al, defendants, I I
will sell to the highest bidder or fodders
before the Court House ioor :n
the Town of Camden. State of South
Carolina, during the legal hours of
sale, on the first Monday in January,
1932, the same being the 4th day of
said month, the following described
property:
"An that certain piece, parcel or
tract (ft land containing eleven hundred
and sixty-one (1161) acres, more
or less. situated, lving and being about
eight miles from the town of
KershAw, in Buffalo Township, Coun
ty of Kershaw, .and State of South
Carolina, bounded on the North by
lands of Ben Seegars, lands of W. A.
Shaw and lands of Sowell; on the
East by lands of J. M. Sowell, lands
af J. O. Williams and lands of the
estate of J. M. Carson; on the South
by lands of the estate of J. M. Carson,
lands of Truesdale and lands of
R. L. Sowell, and on the West by
lands of Robertson and Cauthen,
lands of Gus Watson, lands of Erasmus
Watson, lands of the estate of
J. M. Carson and South by Buffalo
Creek, and being the same tract of
land in which R. L. Sowell conveyed
to the said C. A. .Johnson an undivided
one-half interest by his deed dated
December ">rh, I'd 17, and filed'for record
in. the office of the Clerk of
Court for Kershaw County on December
nth. I'd 17. and being made tip
of three tracts (1 ) tract of 880 acres,
which has such shape, metes, courses j
and distances as will more fully appear
by reference to a plat thereof
made by Will A. Clark,, Surveyor, in
February, 1015, which was conveyed
by W. R. Hough to L. .1. Jordan,
R. 1.. Sowell and C. A. Johnson by
deed dated December 2.'lrd, 1011, and
recorded in the office of said Clerk
of Court in Deed Book "YYY" at
page 107. the said L. J. Jordan having
thereafter <?n the lfith of September,
.1010. conveyed all his interest
therein to said R.oB. Sowell and C. A.
Johnson which (feed is recorded in
office of .-aid Clerk of Court in Deed
Book "AC " at page (18; (2) tract of
02 acres, wr.a-h has such shapes,
metes, coui >. - and distances as will
more fully ..ppear by reference to
a ]there f made by Will Clark.
Surveyor, April 25th, 1917, and whica
was conveyed to R. L. Sowell and C.
A. Johnson by Irene Bateman by her
deed dated 1st October, 1917, and
recorded in the office of the said \
Clerk of Court in Book of Deedi
"AR" at page 432 and (8) tract of
189 acres, which has such shapes,
metes, courses and distances as will ']
more fully appear by reference to.f^|
plat thereof made by Will Clad, j
Surveyor, April 25th, -1917,
which was conveyed to R. L. SowaU |
and C. A. Johnson by L. A. Witt-J
kowsky, Master for Kershaw County
by his deed dated 11th September, :
191(5, and recorded in the office orj
the Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County in Deed Book "AP" page HO."
Terms: One-fifth (1-5) of the apcepted
bid to be paid in cash, and
the balance on credit, payable . tt j
seven (7) equal annual installments,*
with interest thereon from date of;
sale at the rate of seven (7%) P?'
centum per annum, the successful
bidder to deposit at once with bW^
the sum of three hundred ($300.00)
Dollars, either in cash, CashierCheck
or Certified Check, as carnes*
money or evidence of good faith,-tM?
same to be applied on the bid should
there be a compliance with the sa?3
but should the successful bidder
to make such deposit^ immediately-??
the tiino of the acceptance of his bifkthen
the said premises shall be
once resold, at such bidder's risk, o?3
the same salesday or upon some sou*.}
sequent salesday, at the option
the plaintiff or its attorney.
W. L. DePA/SS,
Master for Kershaw CoU#w* I>eeember
18th, 198P;
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