Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Days We'll Never Forget " /HOW, CHMU.W. VIA NCR / GOING TO TWUWtt \QO foa \ f TU\<S, BUT SHAU. VJfT YOOfc 1 i POWSHmiNT BE INCHING THE I MONET TO Wft MR.OONES / I fOR TUt WHOOW / \OU BROKE'. jSf?* ~~ A "WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOME. FINANCIAL WORRIES I*. - Young School Pupils Compile History I ' I' . u:. : ; ill* : \ : ti Lr l a lc < !' I'? '' I' 11 i. t. School.- have compiled -i.nif hi-tevjcai t'ai (s relative : > Km-r.au County hi-Sory uhirh hits been .-en' : > Tlu- Chronicle for publira! ion. Il is its follows: History In Kershaw County General dates determined an attack at Camden where Cord Rawdun was in command, dates was advised to wait until his men had rested. l$ut no one eould stop him and he marched on to Camden. He did not j even see where the enemy was locat-, ed. Cornwallis learned that Gates I was planning an attack so he sent fresh troops to march at a rapid rate of speed to help Lord Rawdon. Gates' dur not know that at the very time hi' was leaving Camden, Lord Corn-' wall;.- was advancing to mwt him with 2,000 soldiers. lie Tuiil not found out anything. He was met on August 1 They were great iy defeated About 200 wagons were taken by the Bnti.-di. Karon DeKilb was killed and G.'ites (led. The people wore not very grateful for what Gates had done. Tnero .- a -'.rue ot Karon PeKalb m Camden today. There are two communities in Kershaw county named tor Gales. Tiny arc Ga'es Hill and Gates Ford. Washington's Visit To Camden In May 1701, President Washington armed in Charleston on a visit to tile Kta'c. I n a twelve-oared b:irg>e aboard with his coussji. Colonel William Wa-hington. ofwRevolut ionary fame, Kdward Rutleiige and some more ot ins friends met him at Mount Pleasant and brought him to < th> i ly. The. were ?ii*.-orated a.'.:, arc:.'.- ?tI?.*. :ii with llnivi r.v altd \ i - .. ?. k i-ay fa : . a .1 1 1 >a.. r; if n r > ' " I :.? I* ..taei 1 ! Mi- ? \\ h:i:g'nm; ini.c ! k; - ' 1' "' '1.S a:: i : n -'.at-.-. i1 v.'i : ^ an, an an ; ' olambai. the iii w i.'ipital, :e ie:;?::g >??'.r h < ai fiiria. I .ala\ettc's Visit To Camden Whiie Lafayette was visiting Camden. he laid trie earner stone of the monument to brave Baron DeKalb, who was killed in the battle of Camden. People all over the state flocked to see him lay the stone. There is a tree at Camden planted when l,a-( fayette was visiting Camden. War With Mexico Kershaw county also sent men to' Mexico to fight. Their commander I was Butler, of Kdgefield. .J. P. Dick- , inson, of Kershaw county, was made! lieutenant-colonel of this regiment, known as the Palmetto Regiment. I B<Ah. These men were mortally wounded. A palmetto tree has been raised near the State Mouse as a monument to those brave men who fought for their country's cause. Richard Kirkland Richard Kirkland was a Confeuer-J ate soldier. One day when they were aving a battle with the t'nion troops', Richard heaid some - duo's crying i for water. Me rushed to (ioneral , Kershaw and asked to carry the) Cnion soldiers water and left a canteen of water for each one. \Vh< n he finished he went back to his duty. I There is a monument in Canal en for Richard Kirkland. The Life of Henry Tim rod Henry Timrod was born in Charleston in 1829. He lived to be thirtyeight years old. He was one of Su'.it *! Carolina'- greatest pyets. He w a - wry small In stai arc. lie m v : ! ;: i: w a - ! i)i eadba! e and ".is - " . ; r I f ; { repair. 'iMIiroii a;..never i!> k health. Hi- \f\a<i< living !'\ leaching -chord. He wrote j ii? 11 \ ; 11 Iii- in >nif".Is. P.r iHK "hi' \ < a r lift wwn the Section- he volunteered a> a priv.de in the ' v.- I federate army, but his failing hea.th j forced him to withdraw from serv.ee. i After the war, Timrod's life was a tragedy. He fought manfully with his pen, but could not find a publisher who would pay for his beautiful 1 poems. The death of his boy, Willie, ' filled him with sorrow. Timrod himself was dying with tuberculosis. In Kershaw county there is a little community named for him. This is Timrod. Kershaw's Troops in the World War Kershaw county had many troops in the World War. Some of her great men were Hilton and Villepigue. Richmond HiLton won a Congressional. Medal by his courageous action aF| Brancourt. He was in the Thirtieth Division. He received a wound from j a bursting shell which caused him to i lose an arm. After the World War! ho practiced law in Camden and was < made Master of Kershaw county. Another , Kershaw county man did' a brave <U*ed which gave him a Con- j gtessional Medal. His name wasi John C. Villepigue. The Reason For Sand Hills People think the reason for the' Sand Hills is that the ocean used to j come up to the fall-line cities and it ' went down and left the sandy land. That is the reason the people call it the Sand Hills. Kershaw county is in the Sand Hill region. By the Sixth Grade Shamrock School. ODD, BUT TRUE * 9 UHE ELEVATO& S\STEtA \N THE AMERAGE SRXSCRfcFPER HANtJlES WORE mEF\C THAN THE TRANSPORT AF\ON &WTEIW?, OF TOWNS OF 75.000 pom.po;\ott BK\BE \% HOT ptwnw "TO "alt HER. F HlVSBftNO OHTIl TOE SECOMb OM NTTER. "TOE \J0EOTONG r. \N \ 9 3 2 MORE COLO MS, ?ROboCtO \U t,N\ OTHES. VEME >N U^TOEC* News of Interest in and Near Bethune Bethune, May 2.-?Miasfce Liz*te Davis ami Marguerite (Tyburn, oi Kershaw, and Mrs. lx>ring Davis, ol this place, entertained jointly with a lovt-ly contract bridge party at the home of Mrs. l>avis last Thursday evening. In a beautiful setting o mountain laurel ami rhododendron, six tables were arranged for the games. Mrs. Mayo Davis, of Berry, Ga., won top score prize for the ladies and Miss.Lou MeOuHough, of Ker?haw, consolation. Top score prize for the men went to Roy Ridlehjover, while consolation was given j Frank (Tyburn, both of Kershaw. I l.iiiH' sherbet simulating old-fashioned: ! fi,.>e-'ays and sandwiches were served yiiei^ cards were laid aside. All of the guests were from out-of-town. The Rev. J. T. Keels preached the( ninn ncement sermon to the gradu'atn g class of the Bethune high school last Sunday evening at the Presbytia urn church. His excellent address was very appropriate and well received. his subject being. "Launch Out." Special music was furnished by a quartet from the Presbyterian choir. On Friday morning, May 5th, at 1L o'clock, promotion exercises of the| seventh grade will be held at the high j school auditorium. These exercises will be under the direction of the principal, R. R. Burns. Friday evening at 8:15 the graduating exercises of the eleventh grade, numbering twenty, will be held. Circle three of the Methodist W .M. (J. gave n birthday party last Thurs- i j day afternoon at the home of Mrs. I James King. Bible contents were enjoyed. The beautiful birthday cake; was given to Mrs. S^llic Davis, the: oldest member present. A neat sum I was realized which will be used tor; the new parsonage. A sweet course j ! was served by the hostess, j Mrs. A. B. McLaurin and chih'ien and Morrison Graham spent t.he week 1 end visiting the J. A. Grahams at ; Smoaks. Mrs. Giaham returned with I t hem and will visit her mother, Mrs. j I John M . Donald, for several week.-. Mr. and Mr-. .Mayo Davis and small daur 1:t . r. i*I* IVmv, G:t., arrived a.-t i.ay. Mr. Davis returned Suncay. ;a. Mi.-. Davi - a ret baby will tf ... ? ' * e I ill.'D'D M'. and M?-. it -land lii i-un and c da lighter. \ n r.; M - t . N\ . . .-it .h'-v arol daughter-. 1 a i - i? and Margaret, of Ward, and Mr. and Mrs. ( narto V. K;ver> and .-mall daughter. Katherine Ward. ->f Chesterfield, were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ward. Mrs. A. K. McLaurin, Mrs. J. M. (Tyburn and daughter, Miss Edith' (Tyburn, sjx'nt Monday with Mrs. Sid ( McCaskill in Florence. Mr. and Mrs. U. E. Gordon and j family, of Oassatt, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Gordon. Miss Marguerite Clyburn, of Kershaw, was the guest for several days last week of her sister, Mrs. Loring Davis. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mungo and daughter, Annie Vaughn, and Mrs. A. K. McLaurin spent last Friday in Charlotte. ? Wacto Ratcliffe received painful injuries aibout the foot and ankle in an automobile accident near his home seme miles from town Monday afternoon. It seems a lumber truck was following the car. but the driver of the truck failed to see the signal from he automobile driver that he was making a turn, and ran over the auto:r bile smashing it and injuring Mr. Ratcliffe. Frank Lee. who was also in the car, escaped without injury. A frenzied negro razor weilder Monday night slashed a gaping wound in the shoulder of a Philadelphia p.diceman, and in addition slashed his throat and nearly severed four fingers before the officer, off duty, I could pull his service revolver and shot the negro four times, from which wounds he died. The negro man had first slashed a negro woman with his raz-or and followed her into the streets. Five thousand unpaid Chicago school teachers descended on the financial district of that city Monday and demanded that ways and rfyyms be provided for payment of past due salaries. As the result of the raid throe banks were forced to close temporarily. Demanding that the banks 1 advance $20,000,000 due them in back salaries, the teachers stormed lobbies, climbed over marble-topped desks, up-et waste baskets, booed officials and threatened to "do the same thing every day until salaries are paid." ' The A -*o.:at?d Press, holding its annual convention in New York, on j M ri-iay a<l< pied a resolution which ;r effect: "It is the -en.se of n..- m.ee*.r.g that the board of diroi t r -rail n ?; allow any news distributed r?y toe A - -* K- ta t ?d Press, rrgar !'< -- of -ource. to be given to any rad.o chain or chains." Ar. appeal in behalf of A1 Gapor.e, serving a ton-year sentence in the Atlanta Federal prison, was argued hefore the court of appeals, at New Orleans on Wednesday. v$ent down for ' violation of the income tax laws, Capone has since been using every possible legal technicality to get out of prison. Ernest J. Kmg ha? been appointed h;ef of the navy's bureau of aeronautics, with the mnk of rear admir-j a!, succeeding the late Admiral Mof- < fntt. who !<v-t his life in the Akron | disaster. Representative Shoemaker of Minnesota. waived immunity Tuesday and appeared ;n police court to answer a charge of assault on a neighbor whom he hit m the eye. and then demanded a jury trial. I J. \V. Ingram. Jr.. Dead J. W. Ingram. Jr.. \vh.) had been! under trentmenj at State Park sani*i t i11j11 for some time, died at that t '.aie Sunday nigh: and his remains wue taken to the home of relatives at Lanea.-ter .Motuiav, where they I remained until Tuesday morning j when they were brought- to Kershaw J for interment in the Kershaw ceme-j tery at 11 o'clock. The funeral services were conducted at the cemetery by Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the Camden First liaptist church, and Rev. W. J. 'Bradley, pastor of the1 Kershaw First Baptist church. All the members of the family and many ' friends accompanied the remains to Kershaw. j Mr. Ingram was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ingram, who with their children were residents of Kershaw for many years before mov-l ing to Florida about ten or twelve years ago. and the family have many friendsTiere ahd Tn the surroundingte.rritory. Mr. Ingram is survived by his widow and two small sons, aged 5 and 7 years; his father and jJM mother,the following0 sisters fl hrothers: Mrs, (J. \V. Bowers, 2 Hoykin: Mrs. Walter S. CamhtiJH nr ar Lancaster; Mrs. T. C. B&ajjfl of Georgia; Mrs. Mary I,u:hi?/|M Greenville; Louise Ingram, Kan&jfl and Harry Lee Ingram; and guefite, Sarah Jones and Lida Broqfl Ingram, half sisters and Carl OH Ingram, half brother, who reqfl with their parents at Camden.-K^B shaw Era. C, W. Whitener, 18, of High^hoifl C., was killed by a hit-run drhfl near Dallas, N. C., early Surxhy.? Renew Your Healtifl By Purification Any physician will tell you tlfl "Perfect Purification of the gyitfl is Naturo's Foundation of 'Health." "Why not rid yourolfjM chronic ailments that ?re mining your vitality? PuafyyilH entire system by taking a fcontjfl course of Calotabs,?once or tnjfl a week for several weeks?ui ijH how Mature rewards yo^! health. ; Calotabs purify the blood by vating the liver, kidneys, j and bowels. In 10 cts. and 35 dfl packages. All dealers. | LOOKING BACK^Xil Takes Frow the Filea of The Chraakb Fifteen had Thirty ^ FIFTKKN YBAR8 AGO May 3, 1918 John K. Aull named as court stenographer to succeed late W. H, Macfeat. . Hermitage Cotton Mills puts in community ico plant to make eight tons daily. Thomas T. Trueadale, of Kershaw, enlists for railway service in rrance. Joseph ^Derrvby ami Miss Mdjry Pailo married near Kershaw. Minor Shaw married to Miss Ethel Hunter at Kershaw. Mrs. Nancy Bowers, aged 80, dies in Hanging Rock section of the county. Dr. Edwin Muller, of Lexington, Ky., accepts call to pastorate of Presbyteiran church here. Leonard Schenk leaves for Port Moultrie to join coast artillery. Orders placed with Baldwin locomotive Works for 1,025 freight and passenger locomotives for tho government. < J. W. Knight named to servo on i Camden police force. Carl Gleeser, German newspaper publisher of Kansas City, plead guilty to violating the espionage act and gets five years in Leavenworth prison. Capt. (Wert Daly, for 18 years ' chief of police at Columbia, dies at age of 8fi years. Trabuc Barksdale. who married Miss Belle Thompson of Camden, died in Raleigh, X. C. THIRTY May 1. 1903 I Camden brick yard, under dwj I of W. C. lloUgh, making Mm. J. J. Hoffman, of the (told section of Fairfield county at age of 01). K. H. tioff dies at his hon* JB Rlancy. James M-otley, one of the oU^fl citizens of West Wateree, died u^B homd near the Richland county j^B Dttvo Moore accidentally through chest while handling * in Evans Collins' stables. B Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Whistler ^^^B Clem Brown leave for their *^B in Flat Rock, N. (\ Mrs. A. M. Shannon returns tol^B home in Portland, Oregon, visit to Camden. ^^B George T. Gilbert, of Wayttj^B Ga., worth from $25,000 to goes to pen for robbing hox carJ^B General Nelson A. Mills ;ujV(A.^^M a system of good roads at and international good roads cooi^H tion held at iSt. Ixrnis. William Randolph Hearst to Miss Millioent Willson. I Florida Bawt Coast railway paring to drain the Everglades, 1 I C,. 1 tollman Sims plead guilty embezzling $04,000 of the hntis|^B ilit- Capital City National Bank(^H Atlanta and got six years. B More than 800 men were pjtfl work by the Republic-Steel coipa^H tion at East Thomas, Ala., Mondij^H JbS AFE! 1 Everyone accepts the fad that Bayer Aspirin is the swiftest form of rmLat | for headaches, neuralgia, neuritis, periodic pain, and other suffering, i If you've tried it, you know. But no one need hesitate to take these j tablets because of their speed. They are perfectly safe. They will net depress the heart. They hare no ill e/Tect of any kind. The rapid relief they bring is due to the rapidity with which they dissolve. So, keep these tablets handy, and keep your engagements?free from pain or discomfort. Carry the pocket tin for emergencies; buy the bottle of 100 for its economy. The new reduced price has removed the last reason for trying any substitute for genuine Bayer Aspirin?each tnhlst stamped with this cross: : : * J. C. MENDENHA11 W 3MM D*r> OM TtdfM HndlKtmr ?/ MEHBENHM'm MALARIA jl i CHILL and FEVER? For I C and Coughs due to uV j Cut this ad. out and mail i Mendenhall, P. O. Box 687, ! ville, Ind., and receive a Sk | free by mail. Sold at ' W. Robin Zaap'i Druf , City Drug ComxptDf j j Catalan, S. C. b M ffl ' R EAL ESTATE RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPER I HUNTING PRESERVES Repairing and Care-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE J DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE Crocker Building ? Telephone 7 J NO. T. NETTLES ^I