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: x ... ; . '. The Camden Chronicle ^ * \ ? " A .?. * ' .4... , \ --??'"* T'-. . ?isi.j. ? v*? .T-A,-... ??,? <-?' - - * * . VOLUME 44, ETSf ' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY,' MARCH 3, 1933 NUMBER 48 - " ? : \ 'Mk : Interesting Historical Sketch of State's Second Oldest Town B CL The following interesting historical sketch of Garden .by Robert M, Kennedy, University of South Carolina librarian and co-author, with Thos. J. Kirkland, of "Historic Camden," appeared in Sunday's ^Columbia State: , PART I. Historical. The territory of Kershaw county I* was originally a ;pa|| of Craven county, a vast region Covering virtually the entire "back"* or up, country I ^of South Carolina. I In the parochial organization of the I ' colony, it was in St, Mark's parish. In the judicial division, by the cir cuit court act of 1709, it was in CamI den precinct. ?. In the military division, just prior to the Revolution, it was in Camden district, which included the present counties of Richland, Kershaw, Sumter, Fairfield and Chester. Its limits were established in 1798, and its name given in honor of the "founder" of Camden, Joseph KerI shaw. Its boundaries then fixed remained intact until 1902, when a small portion on the eastern side was cut off to form a part of the new county of Lee. I The first inhabitants, so far as know*n, of this region, were two Indian tribes, the Waterees and the I ' Catawbas. The latter were almost uninterruptedly the friends of the whites. King Haigler who ruled about the time of the Quaker settlement, was warmly attached to the leading member of that colony, Samuel Wyly. I Haigler's effigy, cut in metal in the I year 1826 and mounted as a weather I vane on the steeple of the old town hall in Camden, has faced the winds, bow in hand, like a faithful and wary sentinel over his erstwhile kingdom, ever since,?striking figure, dear to I all citizens. The earliest white settlements in the confines of the present county were made along the Wateree river, just below and about Camden, during the years between 1733 and 1750, in what was called Fredericksburg township. This was one of the 11 townships which George II had inB structed Governor Johnson to have laid out along the rivers of South B Carolina, each six miles square and containing 20,000 acres. Every male settler was given 50 acres of land for B each member of his family. I A site for a town was marked off in Fredericksburg, but being a "pa-< per town" and its situation bejng in j the midst of swamps, it naturally did : not materialize. The pioneers, brav-l inc the dangers from swamp fevers and hostile Cherokee Indians, grad-( ually extended northwest, sticking close to the water courses. About 1760, they were joined by an^ B important colony of Quaker's, who acquired the lands of the first comers, or new lands, and being thrifty, substantial and highly respectable people, gave permanence to the commuB nity. There was^s yet no attempt to found a town. r, Camden Established.'*' B This came in 1768, when Joseph Kershaw established a store on Pine I Tree creek. Around it grew a vilB lage, first called Pine Tree Hill, and I later, in 1768, when laid out symmetI rically by Joseph Kershaw, Camden, I in honor of Charles Pratt, Lord CamI den, a friend of the colonies. The first court in this region was held "at Mr. Kershaw's brew-house" I in Camden in 1773. Prior to that I time, all courts and elections had I been held in distant Charlestown. At the sitting of the court at Cam-( H den, November 5, 1774, presided overt I by that lofty patriot, William Henry B Drayton, the grand jury returned a B veritable little Declaration of IndeI pendenee, ante-dating those of Meckel lenburg and Philadelphia." Stttfltf ( presentments were later made by the B courts of Cheraw and Georgetown, where Drayton also presided. His charges did much to arouse the peoBple of the colony to a sense and assertion of their rights. * Camden Incorporated Camden was Incorporated, by act lof the legislature, in 1791, the secBond town in the state to receive this privilege, Charlestown having been incorporated in 1783. I Camden was, perhaps, the most im x>rtant center of military operations Bn the state during the Revolutionary Br*r. From the tall of Charlestown* B was the site of a strong British ^Bost- The remains of an old fort and - ??' - --V tHistoric Pageant To Be Re-Enacted Plans for the repetition of the historical pageant, "Camden, Yesterday ami Today", are progressing rapidly untV-r the leadership of Mrs. Donald Morrison. The various town organizations are sponsoring the different episodes. > " This pageant produced about nine year's ago was viewed by thousands of people. It was staged on the golf links of the beautiful Kirkwood hotel property. It was a natural setting and copld be viewed by the vast crowd with the utmost ease and could have taken care of many more spectators. It Was the subject of much favorable comment from the large number of visitors who came to Camden to witness it. The following committees have been appointed to serve: i Advisory Board?Mrs. J. S. Black? well, Mrs. H. G, Carrison, Mrs. J. G. J^chards, Miss Leila Shannon, Mrs. R. M. Kennedy, Jr. ,< Historical?Thomas J. Kirkland, Robert McMillan Kennedy, Mrs. Paul T. Villepigue, Mrs. W. Brattqi) de Loach, Miss Agnes D. Corbett. J Art?Mrs. H. S. Steedman, Miss Ethel Yates, Mrs. J. S. ^acky?*lJ* Dances?Mrs. L. T. Mills; Miss Gertrude Zemp, Miss Virginia DeLoache, Miss Nancy Dempster, Miss Betty Cureton, Miss Ada Phelps, Miss Helen Phelps, Mrs. Will Goodale. - Costumes?Mrs. L. S. Proctor, Mrs., G. E. Taylor, Mrs. W. S. Burnet,, Miss Sue Young, Miss L?ila Shan-.| non, Miss Ada Phelps, Mrs. H. G. Carrison, Mrs. Henry Beard, Mrs. RB. Pitts, Miss Margaret Burnet, Mrs. S. C. Zemp. I Grounds?Mayor R. M. Kennedy, Jr., H. G. Carrison, Jr., W. D. Whit-j aker, John M. Villepigue, R. E. Ste-j venson. Finance?S. W.- VanLandingham,, H. Savage, Jr., Leon H. Schlosburg, W. L. Jackson. "I Publicity?Thomas Ancrum, John W. Lyman, W. L. DePass, Sr., W. Gaylord Tucker. ^ Music?Mrs. Leon H. Schlosburg, 'Mrs. Charles Salmond, Fred WimberI ly, Mrs. A. Clifton McKain, Miss ! Sara Wolfe. Properties?Mrs- R. B. Pitts, Sain"j 'uel Russell, Mrs. George Cook, Clatkson Rhame, Henry Savage, Jr^ earthworks thrown up by the British 'are still visible in the lower part of the town. 1 . I Within a radius of 80 mile? from Camden, 14 engagements were fought during this war, six being within the I present boundaries of Kershaw coun>ty. Two Important Battles. Of these, the most notable, of course*.were the battles on Camden, fought August 16, 1780, abopt eight miles above the town, and Jlobkirk Hill, fonght April 26, 1781, on Hi immediate outskirts. In the former encounter, Gates suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Lord Cornwall!#. Baron DeKalb here received mortal wounds, dying a few days later at Camden, where he lies buried. > '< In the latter, the Americans, under Greene, were again beaten by the British, under the brilliant young Lord Rawdon. The situation, however, of the Bri ish at Camden .after this engagement was so untenable that the post was soon evacuated, the beginning of the overthrow of their power in South Carolina. _ There were quite a number or Tories "in this immediate vicinity, -imWtbem KSiel notorious outlaw in the state. Many, of them, <. on the other hand, were, prominent 'and highly respectable men, such a? John Adamson, James Gary, John Belton, Joshua En^18^ and Henry Rugeley; indeed McGirfc was related by blood and marriage to several of the best families. Some Notable Patrifrfs The majority of tho inhabitants, however, were loyal to the American cause, fighting, aa militia, many probably in the regiment raised by CoL Joseph Kershaw, such men Cnuy?. Bojrkln,, ChM.nnU, WMUk.r,, Thorn.. Charlton, ta? Dn(Continued on last page) V/ jtV* Four Dwellings Now Under Construction a More dwellings are under construction in Camden than at any time within the past several years?furnishing employment for numerous carpenters and laborers. R. A. Carpenter, of the Wateree Lumber Company, is having u convenient six jjpom one and a half story dwelling house erected on west DeKalb street on the Camden-Columbia highway. Miss Ix>u Young, of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, is huving an eight room brick veneer dwelling] erected on north Mill street. Luther A. So\y$ll, , of the Sowell Drug Stores-is building a seven room single story residence on north Mill street on the site where his residence was recently destroyed by fire, B. W. Marshall, operting a grocery store near the Seaboard passenger station, is erecting a seven-room twostory brick residence on the former Sarsfield property in the eastern part of the city. " " ' t Presbyterian Church Services 1 Services Sunday, March 5, according to announcement by A. Douglas McArn, pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian church, will be: Church school, 10 a. m.; morning worship, 11:16. At this service Rev. Joseph H. Cudlip will preach. Mr. Cudlip will also speak to the adult Bible class at the Sunday schodl. Junior club 3 p. m. Intermediate Club Saturday evening, 1:3 0. 3 Union Service In Interest of Scouts The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O. Stogner, superintendent. -?Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. .Caston, at 11:15 a. m., subject, "The Boy Problem." At the evening hour, 8 o'clock, there will be a union service of all the churches in the interest of the Boy* Scout movement. A visiting speaker will deliver an address. Weekly teachers' meeting Monday evening at 7:30. Midweek prayer and praise service Wednesday evening at 8. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. To Preach at Wateree. Dr. C. F. Wimberly will preach at Wateree Baptist church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all serservices of this church. ??. Lenten Program For Grace Church Following is the Lenten program for Grace Episcopal church after Ash-Wednesday and until Palm. Sunday: Each Monday?Children's^' service, 4:00 p. m. Each Tuesday?Vesper service, 5.00 p. m. At these services there will be music and a five-minute talk on "Helps in Christian. Living. - Each Wednesday?Vesper Service, 8:00 p. m. At these services there will be music and a short talk on "The Meaning of Discipleship." Each Thursday?Holy Communion, 10:80 a. m. Each Friday?Vesper srevice, 5.00 p. m. At these services there will be music and a brief talk applying "The -Meaning of Discipleship" to everyday .life and its problems. Services for Sunday, March 5th, first Sunday in Lent: Church school, 10 a. m.; Holy Communion, 11:16 a. m.; Y. P. S. L., 7 p. m. Three Steps?The First Step: CareI fully consider whether you will Vkeep Lent" this year. Study the question on nil sides. Realize what the season means for you and can do for . you? how much you need it. f T*e Second Step: How will you Iceep it? ~Have A plan. Plan what services you will attend; what books ^bu will read; what times you will giva to private devotions. Determine Wl?t habits you will break; what self-denials you will practice; what virtue* you will cultivate. Have a definite plan. ..The Third Step: Persevere! Ento the end! ' 'l Temple Beth B3 Services Service* for Sunday, March 5th, at Temple Beth El will be at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rabbi Samuel Schillman, of Sumter. The public ia tordially invited to Attend.?M. H. Heymen, Secretary. ' ^ ~ *- -f- - *? -V - ~. -- y . . Former Citizen Dies At Union Preaton B. Barnes, photographer of Unioh, died at his home in that city Sunday morning and his remains were brought to Kershaw Monday afternoon for burial in the cemetery here. Funeral services were held at Union Monday morning by Rev. W. G. Neville, of that city, who accompanied the remains and funeral cortego to Kershaw. Service at the grave was participated in by Rev. W. S. Patterson, of I^ancaster. Mr. Barnes, 72, was a native of the Cantey Hill section of Kershaw copnty. He left in his young manhood and spent many years in Mexico. He teturned to South Carolina about twenty years ago and was later married to Mrs. Lois Sistare, widow of John Sistare, of Lancaster county, Who before her first marriage was Miss Lois Patterson, also of Kershaw county. Mrs. Barnes, who survives her husband, is a'niece of C. L. Dye, of Kershaw.?Kershaw Era. Regret Omissions It is to be much regretted that the name of Mrs. W. L. Wright was omitted, from the list of ttye committee collectij)g this week foH The Associated Charities. Mrs. Wright is and has been one of the outstanding persons in this work and we apologize for the omission. Also the name of Mr. C. C. Whitaker was omitted from the "list of solicitors for the Fourth Ward and for this we also ask pardon. Flames Destroy an Old Landmark i Another of the old landmarks of this section passed out Monday afternoon, when fire completely destroyed the handsome ten room house at Springhill occupied by J. L. Mose"'ley and family, and together with it (went numerous outbuildings such as barns and several servant houses, j The St. John's Methodist church nearby caught several times but the blaze was extinguished without much damage. j The house was originally located at ! Pisgah, and was built in the period j between 1830 and 1840 by the late j Lemuel Boykin, grandfather of W. jAncrum Boykin. About thirty years j ago it wa9 purchased by the late W. ! S. Smith and moved piece by piece to Springhill. Mr. Moseley carried no insurance and the dwelling and outhouses were a complete loss. Spirituals To Be Sung Sunday, March 5, a program of spirituals will .be given by the girls and boys glee clubs of Mather Academy at Browning Home Chapel at 3:30 p.-m. AiF offering will be taken. Both white and colored, friends are( invited.-Those privileged "to attend in previous years will enjoy the numbers to be sung: "Roll de .OP Chariot Along," "Heav'n Boun' Soldier," "Great Day," "Certainly Lord," "Old Time Religion," "Where* Shall I Be?," "He Is King of King?,'*" "Babylon's Fallin'," "Ain't Goin' to Study War No More," "Climbin' Up The Mountain," "Do .You Call That Religion?," "Look Away," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Announcements Methodist Church V AH the Sunday school will meet promptly st 10 o'clock; we may have something new and different next Sunday?so be there on hand. Preaching at 11:15 a. m. by the pastor; theme, "Is There No Balm In Gilead?" There will be no service at night, owing to the Boy,Scout meeting to be held at the Baptist church, following up the Boy Scout Training Institute being held in town. I shall preach Sunday night at the Wateree Baptist church for Rev. Littlejohn's congregation at their usual evening hour.?C. F. Wimberly, pastor Lyttleton Street church. ' j , I SENATOR WALSH DEAD Radio announcements early on Thursday morning told of the madden death of Benetar Thomas J. I Walsh, aged 71, which occurred aboard a train at Wilson, N. C Senator Walsh warn1 named Attorney General in President-elect Rooserelt's cabinet, which goes into effect Saturday. Senator Walsh warn returning from Cuba, where ho was marrftod Sunday to 11 in era Porta Cham moat,' widow ot a wealthy Cohan Inefniiae man Must Display License Plates On March 7th Columbia, S. C., Mar. 1,?Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner? announced here today that beginning on the morning of Tuesday, March 7, state highway patrolmen have been instructed to begin making cases against South Carolina motorists who fail to properly display 1933 licenso plates. Mr. Sawyer's action follows an announcement last Saturday that motor vehicles could be operated with 1032 plates until further notice after legislative resolution requested department officials to extend the time through March 6.? ~ - j "In an effort "to.cooperate with tho legislature and to minimize administrative problems, the department has complied with the wishes of the general assembly by not authorizing and directing cases to be made against persons for operating motor vehicles without 11)33 license plates," Mr. Sawyer said. "But the time has come when the department must discharge its responsibility under the statutes" he added, "and since the present extension expires on March 6, all the department's law enforcement officers and agents have been instructed to commence on the morning of March 7, 1933, a state-wide campaign of enforcement with respect to 1933 motor vehicle license plates." , Mr. Sawyer also pointed out that proposed legislation is still hanging fire with the ultimate outcome still a question, but if the legislature amends the present laws then the highway department will make the necessary adjustment. Smith and Simmons To Operate Hornets The Charlotte Hornets will be operated this season, by T. D. (Cy) Simmons, who is known to many local fans, and Sid Smith, former major league catcher and Southern association inanager/ Both are from Colurhbin S. C. Sid Sniith caught last year for the State Hospital team, the first active service he has seen since 1926. During his long and brilliant career he played with Charleston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh and Shreveport. He piloted Shreveport to a Southern Association pennant in 1919 and later went back as bench manager in 1926, taking a club that had finished fifth the previous year to second place. He will not wear the Hornet spangles the. coming season, but will direct the business policy of the club.? Thursday's Charlotte Observer. Negro Woman Killed By A Southern Train ? Dolly Singleton, 60-yeor-old negro woman, was instantly killed shortly before one o'clock Sunday afternoon when she was struck by a northbound Southern passenger train from Columbia to Hock Hill, near Hagood. The locomotive struck the woman's head, throwing her some distance. The body, however, was not mangled. A short time before the accident occurred the woman was seen sitting on a pile of cross ties a few feet from the railroad tracka,. She was leaning over towards the track, one witness said, and apparently was ill. It is believed she fell forward on the tracks as the train approached. The woman lived on the farm of Mr. Ancrum Boykin.?Monday's Sumter Item. j t Mrs. Lyles Buried Here. Mrs. J. B. Lyles, 87, died at the Confederate Home at 10 o'clock Wednesday night of last week. She had been at the Confederate Home for about a year, and had been in bad health all the tim$. She suffered a fall about a month ago. She was the daughter of the. late Col. William Patterson of Liberty Hill, and she was the widow of J. Bel ton Lyles of Camden. She leaves two sons, James V. Lyles of State Park and J. B. Lyles, Jr., of Spartanburg. The body was brought to Camden for burial in the Quaker cemetery. Services at Malvern Hill Services will be held at the Malvern Hill Pfiptlrt -vTiTih tan far Much 5, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. ?, bp tha pa.tor, In. W. E. on, lit public to cordially tkrttod to at tond tbaaa aarvfeaa. yj 1 . " Rules and Classes of Camden Flower Show The following are the rules and clustws of the Camden Garden Club Mower show to be held at the Episcopal church Parish House, Marc^ 9th at ? a/m.: Rule#* All classes open to the public, ama- ; ~ tour growers only to competo for rib- v r bons. ? ' / /'A One blue ribbon only in any class to be awarded to one grower. Ex- I cept in artistic arrangement and wild Mower classes, Mowers shown are to be grown by exhibitor. All entries to be in by noon. Premiums are bluo, red and white ribbons. Packets of 1983 seed novelties will also be awarded. - * Classes Class A (Artistic Arrangement)? i Basket, wall vase, bowl, bottle, window box, woodsie plants in glass . bowl, bybble bouquet. Qlass B?Lunch table, cost of cover not to exceed $1.00. Class C (House Plants)?Fern, begonia, geranium, cactus, and so forth, ! as presented. I Class D (Narcissi)?For one bloa! som only of large, medium and small I trumpet varieties, of both Bingle color and two color types; for one blossom only of the polyanthus types; the greatest number of varieties in one collection. < Class E (Hyacinths)?For the best single stalk, single or double flower*; ^ for the best collection. Class F (other bulbs)?Rest single flower of alium, snowiflake, etc.; best collection. Class G (Annuals)?One set of ribbons and qeedB for pansies, Jt>hnny-ju daisies, stocks, etc. Class H (Perennials)?For verbenas, Phlox, Candituft, Iris, etc. Class J?One set of Tib^ons for ' camellias and azaleas. } Class K?For aquariums and water I plants. I Class JL-^Best collection of wild ! flowers. j Class M (Juvenile)---The best arI rangement of floW^s, grasses -and I foliage by a child twelve years old j or under. ^ | Class N (Depression Plants)?A1 bottle of mercurochrome for prise. | Sweepstakes?A collection of novelty seed packets for the largest collection of blue ribbons. A display of shrubbery is planned, to show the various varieties of holly, 1 viburnum, spirea , eleagnus, etc., grown in Camden. To make the col- - ~ lection as complete as possible, please send sprays of your interesting plants to the show. Give the name 77; of the shrub and of the garden from which it came. A Training School At: Presbyterian Church March 5-10 Rev. and Mrs. Joseph H. Cudlip will conduct a Standard Training School in Bethesda Presbyterian . church. Mr. and Mrs. Cudlip are specialists in the instruction of children in the church school and in the home, Mr. Cudlip is Director of Religious Education in the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina. , The school will be a Standard Training School, approved by the International Council of Religious Education. There will be no denominational bias and hence the folk of all the churches can find a common advantage. The purpose of the school is two-fold. First, to train folk how to teach children in the church school; and second, to guide the parents in the problems presented by the child in the home and to help them discover how to " teach religion to the children in the home. The first session of the school will be Sunday afternoon, March 6, at four o'clock. The remaining get-"' sionB,. Monday through Friday, will be in the evenings at seven-thirty. There is no cost to those who attend. The pastor extends a cordial invitation to parents, teachers juid. .wotkera_-__ in all the church schools of the 30m-munity to attend. < ^ 1-. ? '**'1 To Sing Spirituals The Camden Community Glee Club will make its second appearance of the season in a program of Negro 1 Spirituals Sunday, March 12, at 8:80 o'clock at the Second Presbyterian. rp church on Market street. Our friends, both white and colored, are cordially invited. Benefit of the said