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MRj&v ' r I THE CHRONICLE OF '1HE.HEEK L? "The Chronicler" i? in receipt of the following much-appreciated contribution arid we are only too glad to' give apace to this merited tribute' to these lads. Thanks, aend In some1 more: "Please call attention to Camden's ; wmni^ telegraph boys?they are among her aa?ets along *. ith the sunshine, sweet flowers and mocking birds, as sure as preachin'. "Entirely a?ide from the fact that they are always on tap, legging it j along at a great rate here and there and everywhere, carrying condolence and congratulation through calm and ' storm and heat and cold?because'that is the part of all telegraph boys, 1 Where these lads stand out, is in their j good manners. An.d they add to the) outward show of courtesy the most' genu.ne smiles ?een outride of a tooth pa s te ad ve rt i s e men t. . .. I , Any nice 'boy will .smiie at another boy. or a', a pretty girl. Hut when, a young fellow has big business in his pocket, when speed is his watchword, and he is dashir.g into a bevy of cars and trucks and such at the :&te of ninety miles an hour, all leg power, and take-- the time to turn his head all the way 'round and give a genuine, sweet, friendly smile to a middle-aged lady with a worried face and a h.-tl ail askew, who is lugging a market b^ag full of cabbage and corrimeal?such a smile as makes her feel beauty-parlored all at once? why, he deserves a big 'hand.' "True chivalry means risking your neck and your mission to be kind. And these good looking young fel' lows are just as surely knights as though their uniforms were glitte,rmg armor, and their bicycle* charging steeds." * * * * In the year 1 T.'h'i A. I>. Joseph Ker* haw laid the foundations of Camden, by opening a trading po-t. "around which grew a little settlement known ; as Pine Tree Hill, which name a generation or so later was changed to Camden, to honor Ix>rd Camden, a friend of the colonists and a friend of an unhampered press. During the t*wo centuries of its xi-tence Camde.n has seen this touutry grow from straggling Kr.glish. French ar.d Spanish settlements nlong its seaboards to a mighty nation. recognized by some of the widest men. as the hope of the world. Camden has seen within its gates -on e of the greatest figures that this nation has produced or welcomed to its shore:. Washington. I>oKalb. I.afayetle Andrew Jackson was horn but .1 short distance away. * * * * In Ker-haw Squnre on the Pantheon gleam like six star.- the name- of t'.mtey. Kennedy. Che = nut. Villopigue. Dea- ar.d Kershaw,?names forever immortal or. that roster of men who have bravely followed the line of their duty a- they saw it. And that the same breed of men is still nurtured +n this historic town of Camden, the records of the Great War amply attest. In the lesser but also noble realm' of true sportsmanship, where the, same qualities of.courage, endurance! and loyalty are nourished and tested,' ?on the football playing fold. th? polo field, the steeplechase courae and the fields and woods, where the Cam! den Hunt ridea to hounds -in thia realm too, of "manly sport and horaa exercise," in this world of the open air. the traditions of Camden are upheld to their old high standard. m Is it not fitting, therefore, that a City such as this should be revered and honored on the Two Hundredth id^iversary of its founding? The Chronicler. e * The Steeplechase in Camden Wedne* afternoon was a colorful picture indeed with its lines and double hnes of automobiles around the field; women iA gay-colored sport clothes; men in tweeds and in riding togs, many with bright mufflers; children with nursemaids, elderly women leaning on canes; youngsters perched on tops of cais; grooms leading horses from the paddock; course clerks and paired judges or. horsehark; spotted coach dogs?an ever moving throng from the course to the paddock and back agam One thougnt of tales of Kpsom Downs, except for the lack of norsc-drawn vehicles and the family lunch-basket!?Sunday s Columbia State. * * ? THE TO I'GH EST TEST The toughest test of horseflesh in the world .the Grand National, staged annually before one of the world's greatest sports crowds, will be held March 21 at A.ntree. rear Liverpool,, England. From 40 to 6u horses start in the event which calls for four and onehalf miles of running and jumping over the 30 barriers on the famous steeplechase course. Crowd? ranging from 200,000 to 300,000 sit in the 'tands or walk about the enclosures along the racing strip. Few horses finish. In the decade from 1920 to 1930 only i3 of the 398 horses that faced the barrier reached the judges' stand. In 1928 only two of the field of 42 lasted the route. F'ive out of 40 finished in 1930. One of the greatest finishes ir, the I'-r.g history of the race which is m-ar'.y a century old was staged in I'.'27. when Spring won. The owner wa? Mrs. Partridge, a woman To years old. Spring had been bred by he- -or., with the idea of winning a (Land National, a few days before the young man went to the front for the battle in which he was killed. The horse was kept in training as a memorial to the son. In 1925 and 1 '.hid Spring had competed in the Grand National, had made the course, but could finish no better than fourth each time. Spring's jockey. Ted Leader, twice had refused to ride horses that had gone or. to win the event. W hen Spring was 10 years old. Mrs. Partridge and Leader received their rewards. It is legendary that the horse first over the last jump wins the -ace. But Stephen Sanford's Bricht's Boywas the first to clear the last barrier ?and Spring came on with a terrific rush to pass hiAi in the last few yards. Spring was 8 to 1 and earned a purse of $-11,075 in those 10 minutes of strenuous sport. Death of Mrs. Wilson Lugoff, S. C., Mar. 1.? Mrs. Eliza Wilson, aged 72, departed this life February 26. She was the widow of Robert Wilson, who died 26 years t ago. Mrs. Wilson was sick for a long time and suffered a great deal, but bore her suffering well. She leaves the following children: Neal Wilson.l T W. Wilson, Edward Wilson, Man-i r.es Wilson, Mrs. Nettie Boulware, i Mrs. Came Branham, Mrs. Mattie ; Jack son. She also leaves 38 grand , children and 3f> great grand children ' to mourn her lo*s. She was buried at Pine Grove Baptist church with j Newton Kelly conducting the services. The Kornegay Funeral Home had j charge of funeral arrangements. I President-elect Roosevelt has announced that William II. Woodlin, of ! New York, is to be secretary of th< ! treasury in his cabinet, and CordeH Hull, senator from Tennessee, is to be secretary of state. In the event that Senator Swanson of Virginia takes the secretaryship of the navy in the Roosevelt cabinet, he may be succeeded in the senate by Harry F. Byrd, former governor of i Virginia. ^ DUE APRIL 1 Notice is hereby given that all paving assessments and interest will due and payable April l.? Please attend to this at once and save added costs. J. C. BOYKIN, City Clerk and Treasurer, : City of Camden, S. C. Some Intimate Facts About New Cabinet Washington, D. C., Mar. 1.?Hera ; h rv some quirk fact* on the cabinet which takes hold three days from now: ! State: Cordell Hull, 61. From Tennessee, lawyer, representative and senator. Episcopalian. Treasury: William H. Woodlin, 64. New York City. Industrialist, musioisu sod writer, collector. Presbyterian. Hitherto a Republican. War: tieorge H. Dern, 6Q. Utah. Mining executive, former governor. Congregationalism Justice: Thomas J. Walsh. 73. Montana" Lawyer and senator. Catholic. ?ost Office: James A. Farley, 44. New York. Building supply executive, political leader. Catholic. Navy: Claude A. Swaneon, 70. Virginia. U. S. .Senator. Methodist. Interior: Harold I.. Ickes, 68. C hit-ago. Lawyer and social reform leader. Presbyterian. Republican independent. Agriculture: Henry V A. Wallace, Agriculture: Henry A. Wallace, 44. Farm editor and organization leader. Presbyterian. Independent of Republican background. Commerce: Daniel C. Roper, 65. South Carolina. Lawyer, former government executive. Methodist. I^abor: Frances Perkins, 49. NewYork. Sociologist and lawyer. Episcopalian. Patrol Held Meeting The Beaver Patrol of Boy Scouts (f America met at Scout house Tuesday night. Those present were Furman Stewart, Henry Carrison, Otis Creed and Jack Villepigue. Tests were passed for first and second c 1 a??. ? Fu-man Stewart, reporter, Boy Scouts of America. Whither Depression? Scene: The Camden horse show. A pretty young woman with No rth-1 ern accent, riding a handsome young horse. A bald-headed man hesitates to look at her mount. Bald-headed Man: "That's a beau-. tiful animal. How much will you! take for him?" Young Eque.-trier.ne: "He is not! for sale. I keep him for a pet." K. H. M.: "I'll give you $5,000 for' him." Y. E.: "No, he is not for sale." B. H. M.: "I'll make it $10,000."! Y. E.: "No, I am not interested, j I do-n't want to sell him." Lady movtrs away on horse: bald-: headed man joins crowd. Horse J balks, but after some persuasion: starts again. Horse balks again. Horse balks for third time. Young j lady jumps to ground impetuously. j Y. E. (yelling to groom): "Here, I boy. Take the saddle off this plug? riirht away?and see that man over yonder, the one with the bald head. Well, lead the horse over there and GI^E it to him?with my compliments."?John A. Montgomery in the Columbia State, IN MKMORIAM In sad but loving memory of my grandmother, Mrs. John Gillis. who departed this life February 13, 1933. ?Mrs. H. A. Tabb, Rt. 1, Trumann, Arkansas. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SECOND OLDEST TOWN (Continued from first page) Bose, Duncan McRae and others. The- period following the Revolution was one of great contentment and prosperity. Camden was one of the places visfbed bjT President Washington on his tour of the Southern states in 1791. Two years latqr, -Citizen Minister Genet, representing ihe new French Republic, stopped in Camden and was given a most cordial reception. The French sentiment was then very strong and this Genet grossly abused. / In the War of 1812. two companies; enlisted in Kershaw county were sent lio Charleston in anticipation of ai threatened landing by- -Ch?% British.! They~ were commanded respectively by Captains Chapman Levy and; Francis Blair, and were a part of the Second South Carolina regiment, of : which a Kershaw county man. Adam | McWillie, wa* lieutenant-colonel. Visited by Ijifayette 1 r. 1^.25. Camden was honored by the presence of the ?i?ettc. who laid the cornerstone of the; monument to his brother-in-'.aw. the; Bar or, DeKalb. wh i h stands in front! of the Presbyterian church. This' was the occasion of a great patriotic , celebration, in which many veterans! of the Revolution took part. Kershaw county .sent a company to i the Seminole, or Florida war, com- ! manded by Capt. John Chesnut. In the Me xican war. the Kershaw Volunteers (a new name for the historic DeKalb Guards), under command of the Palmetto regiment, and did valiant work in Mexico. The lieutenant colonel of the regiment, James Polk Dickinson, was a Camden HUD. Dickinson succeeded to the command. I 111 ot the regiment at Cherubusco on the fall of Colonel Butler, but 16 minutes later was himself mortally wounded. He lies in one of the beautiful parks of Camden and over his ashes there rises a handsome marble shaft erected by popular subscription. At the outbreak of the Confederate war, the sons of Kershaw enthusiastically volunteered for service. As distributed in the Several arms, the following figures are approximately correct: Infantry from Kershaw county, 800; cavalry from Kershaw county, 160; reserves?(artillery, 60; infantry, 9-1), 154; total, 1,113. Caaaaltiea Infantry: Killed, 125; wounded, 300. /"Vavalry: Killed, 12; wounded, 123. Kershaw's Brigade. Kershaw's famous brigade, to w hich many of these troops Were at-J tached, covered itself with undying, glory on many battlefields of the war, particularly in Virginia. It was commanded successively by Joseph B.1 Kershaw, James Connor and John D. Kennedy. Kershaw and Kennedy were both natives and lifelong residents of Camden. Sherman's army passed through Kershaw county in February, 1865. The main body was encamped at Liberty Hill. From this point a raiding party visited Camden February 24, destroying many buildings, public and private, among them the old "Cornwallis House", built by the founder of -Camden, which had been the headquarters of both Cornwallis and Rawdon during the war of the Revolution. Potter's Negro troops also raided Camden April 18, 1865, doing much damage. Six Confederate Generals. Kershaw county was the, birthplace of six generals of the Confederacy: Maj.-Gen. J. B. Kershaw; Brigadier Generals James Cantey, James Chesnut. Zach Cantey Deas, John D. KenI nedy and John B. Villepigue. In the World war, the young men | of the county (433 of them, by official reports not-yet completed), saw I service overseas, in the Thirtieth, j Eighty-first and Forty-second (Rain,bow) divisions. Several made the suI preme sacrifice, and many were I wounded or disabled. I Two Congressional Medals ! Of the totaf number, 78, of Conj gressior.al medals awarded for conspicuous gallantry, six were bestowed upon South Carolinians, and of these I two were Kershaw county boys, Richmond Hobson Hilton and John Cantey Villepigue. It would appear, from what has been said, that patriotic service in practically every war in which this country has been engaged is Kershaw j county's chief claim to distinction in the history of the state. Her men have nobly responded to every call to arms. All the monuments that adorn the public places in Camden commemorate the military, achievements of the people. Besides the DeKalb and Dickinson monuments, there are the shaft to the Confederate dead, the pergola and fountain to the six generals of the Confederacy born in the county, and the handsome fountain dedicated to the memory of Richard Kirkland, a private in Kershaw's brigade, from the upper part of the county, who risked his life at Fredericksburg to1 carry water to the wounded enemy; he was soon after killed in battle. The two last named monuments were erected in 1911 by subscriptions raised in the public schools of Camden. In civil life Kershaw county has given to the bench Judges Joseph Brevard, Thomas J. Withers, Joseph B. Kershaw and Mendel L. Smith. To public service she has given Stephen D. Miller, governor of South Carolina and United States senator; James Chesnut, United States and Confederate States senator; William McWillie, state senator and governor of Mississippi, and John D. Kennedy, lieutenant-governor of the state and United States consul general at Shanghai. Many others, somewhat less conspicuous, might be named. Two Famous Duels A delicate, some might say supersensi: v.. -ense of personal honor has drawn the men of Kershaw into many encounters settled by the code duello". Of these the two most famous and unfortunate we-e the meeting between Henry G. Nixon and Thomas Hopk;r.s :n 1826. and the still more tragic duel. ,n 1880, between Col. William Shannon and Col. F.. B. Cash. In The former. Nixon, a brilliant ' yourg member of the Camden bar. was killed; and ;n the latter Colonel shannon, a prominent lawyer and citizen, the father of 13 living children, fell shot through the heart. Both Cash and Shannon were grizzled Confederate veterans. The horror created by this affair put an end to duelling in South Carolina. PART II. Social and Economic Prior to the Revolution flour was manufactured in large quantities and of a superior grade at Kershaw's Mills or. Pinetree Creek. Even as late as 1801, Mills (in his "Statistics") tells us, there were two or three flour mills within one mile of Camden and BP?f in that year 60,000 barrels were turned out by them. This industry declined about the beginning of the 10th century, on the introduction of cotton as a staple crop. This led to a great induction of slave labor and a rapid growth of the plantation system.' In 1800 there were 2,53A slaves in Kershaw county; in 1820, 6,692; in 1840, 12,281. Wealth multiplied, and the county, up to the- time of the Confederate , war, was controlled politically by a ! landed aristocracy. It is doubtful if, ! outside of Charleston, a more elegant and delightful society could be found ( in the state than in and around Camden. Liberty Hill, too, in the extreme northern part of the county, was a community of rich planters, who built beautiful homes and lived sumptuously. As n business center, Camden was at one time the most important town in the up-country, drawing its trade from its own and several neighboring counties and even from the border counties of North Carolina. Early River Traffic Before the coming of the railroad, I the river was the principal means of hauling freight between Camden and Charleston or Georgetown. Lines of flat-bottomed boats were poled or towed dcwit the Wateree and Santee, j through^ the Santee canal, to "Moui zon's Store," where the cargoes were i transferred to schooners "because of j the danger of crossing Bull's Bay in bad weather." The first steamboat operated between Charleston and Camden was put on in 1835. It drew five and one, half feet of water. Owing to poor 'dredging and frequent low water, ; river navigation was never very sucj cessful, though kept up sporadically j until about 20 years ago. 1 The mail was first carried by post I riders and later by stages, which also transported passengers. In 1792 Camj den was on one of the first United , States government mail routes, between Petersburgh, Va., and Augusta, Ga. In 1823, there was one mail a (week between Charleston and CamJden, the stages taking two and a half i days to make the trip each way. Railroad Built in 1846 j The first railroad came in 1846, a ; branch line, connecting with the main J line between Charleston and ColumI bia at Gadsden. Upwards of 2,000 packages and 30,000 bales of cotton were shipped by rail within the first two months, we learn from the local papers, "besides what was carried by steamboat." | Camden remained the terminus of this branch line until the "3-C's" waal built in 1887, continuing the road toi I Marion, N. C. The Seaboard Air Line ! was completed in 1899, first putting Camden on a through line from the North to Florida. The "Wilson Short Cut" (Northwestern railroad), * connecting Camden with Sumter, was built in 1900. Several small towns sprung up in the county as a result of this railroad development, the largest being Kershaw, on the "3-C's." Many Bridges Loet The first bridge over the Wateree was built, near Camden, in 1827. It was destroyed in the great freshet of 1831. Several times in later years were the bridges at this gite wrecked or carried away by the treacherous floods. Finally abandoned in the '80s, a new bridge was built a little higher up' the stream. This too after several near-wrecks was swept away in the freshet of 1908, and the present' bridge, still further up, was complet-1 ed in 1921. The first courthouse at Camden was | built in 1771. It was burned by the British in 1781. The second on the same site was built in 1788. It was replaced in 1825 by the handsome' classic structure of brick still stand ing at the corner of Broad streets, now the property Jm Daughters of the America* *B tion. It is the work, of RobnuS the great South Carolina trJ ^and engineer. As the town moved norths! its growth it became have a new courthouse nHr*3 center, and the present bjduSfl the site of ".Lafayette Hail," (SB old residence in which LafayathJ entertained, was completed in iJB Three Race Courses Horse racing was a sport in J Kershaw county gentry found B pleasure in the olden days, -JB different periods, there were it k| three race courses in or near 3 den. , IS The first house of worship of yfl we have record was the Quaker 3 ing House, which stood in thtB Quaker cemetery. Church of Endl and Presbyterian ministers ahoB services in Camden prior to the r3 lution, using, it appears, a corn! assembly hall. The Baptist*! Methodists established thermal early in the 19th century, Thai est church building still &tandinf! the Presbyterian, also attribute! Robert Mills, which was erecteddl 1820. ; There was a boarding school 1 young ladies in Camden shortly|1 i the Revolution. In 1788, the CuB ' Orphan society was incorporated! j was one of the so-called cbaritl societies whose chief mission watl {extend the benefits of educate! all, only a few of the really indif! however, being given free initl tion. The two brick school hoi built in 1820 by the society on Del! street were interesting landmark! moved in 1893 when the new "1 ed school" system was inaugural! ; The society continued its fundi! until that time.. i The Laurens street school hi ing was erected in 1893. A fewl later, the residence of the lata 1 "W". Z. Leitner was bought and ! verted into a separate high school In 1920 this property was soldi! the splendid old home of the 1 ' M rs. George Reynolds was acqa! for the high school. This strut! ! fell a victim to the dames euty! 1921, and on its site the present! grammar school was built in ft! j the old building on Laurens il being used now Jfor the interned! j grades. 1 Camden has had a notable lint! teachers, both in private and pi school work, the moat famous, 1 haps, being the! stern, bat schok! Leslie Mc Candles*. 1 As early as 1338, and up to the (! federate war, there was a cotton 1 tory, with a model village, at 0! den, where, at one time, negro kM was employed. It manufacture4lW and osnaburgs. The HermitageCi! mill was built in 1892, and the fti Tree Creek Manufacturing cofflp! mill a few years later. These a! different names are still opeiaWl Tourists Begin Condaf . The fine, salubrious winter di*! of Camden attr*ct& the noticei! Northern tourists early in the and the town has since becoui! of the best known resorts i*f| South, maintaining three large w* hotels, two golf courses, two IJ fields, a race course, and other sttl tions for pleasure and health tidM The establishment of the Wood*! airport, the gift of a winter has also made it an important ping place on the airways. Thus it will be seen that Ce*J enjoying a rich heritage historic** is a very live town today, esped** in the tourist season. Jl In "home-coming" week, to bof!! brated March 19-26, the former , dent cannot but take pride infill ing that there is no better, mart* viting, more hospitable town. 5a man to come home to. SALE OF SURPLUS STO^ / Fruit Treetb Small Fruit PUnta, Grape Vuu, 1 full J to 4 fwt. arnert ti.<Tdl w what y?w w.at.) | . < each~ doa. Apple and Peach 20c $2.00 Pear* and Pluma 25c 2.50 Cherriea 30c 3.00 Grape bunch variety > 20c 2.00 jGrape acuppernongs 30c 3.00 Strawberry plants, spring fr^. I ing, per 100, 60c; per l,^fl $5.00. Brer bearing per Raspberry. Blackberry ^ I Dewberry, 60c per dot. $n3H py it#. ? Order* for $2.00 or more delivered. All food stock. NORTH STATE NURSERY, JULIAN, N.J FOR SALE M Desirable building lot on North Broad Street Addre* I inquiries to l. a. Mcdowell, 703 So. Newport Are. TAMPA, FLORIDA. I