The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 17, 1944, Image 4
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CAMDEN^HARLESTON JOURNEY
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO IS
DESCRIBED IN UNIQUE LETTER
Future Farmers
Boy Seed-Treating
To Give Service
The Camden Chapter of JFuture
Farm^s of America haa recently pur
chased a modem seed treating ma
chine wlthwhlch they plan to render
a seed treattpg service to the general
public. The xh^chlne is operated with
an electric motbr and is capable of
treating two hundr^ or more bushels ^ u o k tr
of cotton seed or small grain perthe trip, made by Robert M. Kennedy,
ho4r. Chemicals for treating the seed ioccurr^ on Washingtons birthday,
The Chronicle presents its readers
with an Interesting story this week,
a story dealing with a letter that was
written in 1894 and telling of a trip
that was made from Charleston to
Camden in 1844.
The Chronicle presents this story
at this time because of the fact that
will be purchased In wholesale quan
tities and a email fee will backcharged
to cover the cost-of treating materh^
and operating the machine. \
The treater is located in the
catlonal building (Old Grammars
school) and seed may be brought
there for treating on practically any
day during the week. Plans are also
being made to mount the machine on
a trailer and arrange for visits to cer
tain centrally located points in the
various farm comm’unltles adjacent to
Camden in order to eliminate as
much hauling and travel as possible.
Any person interested in having seed
treated either at the High school or
in bis community can make arrange
ments for the service by contacting
M. I. Cline, teacher of Vocational Agrl-
culture or any member of the High
school agrloulture classes.
Feb. 22, 1844, exactly 100 years ago.
Robert M, Kennedy came to Amer
ica from Scotland where he was bon^
in 1821, With him was his cousin,
James KennedY^Douglas, who lists bis
blood kin in this area among the finest
^ South Carolina’s families.
T^tere are three grand children of
Rob^ M. Kennedy now living In
Camden. They are Belton O. Boykin,
Robert M. Kennedy. Jr., ahd Miss Lai
Blakeney.
The letter of the trip from. Charles
ton to Camden'^' made one hundred
years ago Feb. 2^> reads as 'follows:
“Having recently read in your paper
some remlnlsences of CJamden thirty
years ago, it occurred ^ me that a
sketch of the old historic town as It
looked to*a stranger fifty ywrs back
might be Interesting to the younger
people of the present day.
“On the anniversary of Washing
ton’s birth,'ill the year fPL F left
Charleston for Camden. At the depot
in the former city my attention was
drawn toaieveral passenger cars built
in the form of huge hog^sheads, and
was Informed they were so construct
ed as to offer the least resistence to
the atmosphere. These carrlasfes must
have been the last of their kind, for
I have ntver>seen one sit^. ’ihe
7 o’clock
Mr», L. C. Qyburn
Passes Away At
Home In Westville
I
Bcrtowed Wife of County Dele>
fation Member It Called.
CAMDEN OAROCN NOTEE-
(Second instalment of a prise wia-
ning paper by Mr^ N. C. -Arnett, of
the Camden Garden Quh).
- - j. 'WhgfiD’eTflFeugtfiK Lime? Umo
is not s fertilizer, but its use in a gar.
den. when needed, is very valntbla
First, it sweetens the soil; if soil has
been over-fertilized, no fertiliser
should be used tor one season and
lime should be applied to the soil.
Second, it nentrallsM the acids in the
soil. ’Third, It sete free plant food
such sa potash, etc., in the solL
Fourth, it loosens a clay soil and con
versely. packs a sandy soiL Its chief
action is in Improving ^e mechanical
properties of the* soil. It Is well to
apply lime to the soil In advance of
planting time.
4. What is Manure? How b it used?
Animal manures are the excreta gath
Pofice DeptiBas
New Man On Job
The legion of friends and acquaint
ances of Mrs. Janie Cunningham Cly-
burn, wife of Hon. L. C. Clybum, of ered from stables, cowpens and sheep
Westville, were shocked to hear of folds. If proi>erly stored and wisely
her* death at hqr borne Sunday after- used, these' are complete fertilizers
noon' following an illness of over a and with the decayed strawy material
half year. (used ih bedding the animals, are in-
During her prolonged illness, she valuable for use in gardMUs. Eleven
displayed a fortitude that was most mineral elements are essential for
amazing which was due largely to her'successful plant •growth; eight of
deep faith in the teachings of CThristl-! these are impartaat enough to be
anlty. ’Throughout her life she was;named: calcium. Iron, phosphorus,
active in all affairs of her church'. She magnesium, sulphur, potash, silica
was also deeply Interested In con-1 and nitrogen. If-manure Is left un
structive affairs' of a civic nature.icovered and exposed to the weather
She was b^pved of all who knew Kef.ifo rseveral months, much of Its value
Daughter of the laU John and Ida | as a plant food it lost, Animal man-
Brown Connlngham, she silent all dflure is used wbea well-decayed, to be
Bngene Smith, age 40, former. Blsh-
opvllle police officer and fire truck,
driver, has been added to the Camden
city police department, according to
announcement by Chief of Police Alva
Rush. 1 . ,
Officer Smith takes me place of
’Traffic Officer Beckham^ Russell who
leaves March 30, for Fort Bragg,
where he will enter the United SUtes
Army. ^
Officer Smith comes to the Camden
department highly recommended fpr
his efficiency and good judgment He
serred •• ^ pollce-irffloer at Bishop-
vnie for four years and was a driver
of a fire truck for nearly the same
length Of time.
The Camden police dspartment must
add another new_ member as Officer
Lewis Clybum has passed his physl-t
cal examination at Fort Jacksdh and
must enter the armed forces. Officer
Sep Shebeen who was also in the list
of pre-inductees who went to Fort
Jackson the early part of the week,
failed to pass the physical and con
tinues with me police department
Officer Smith, while a native of
Bishopvllle, married a girl from Ker
shaw county.
Torrential rains fall oh the kw
of Poaape every day from JaT^
^Septembet _ ’
KERUiAW UUMt
Ragilar Oommuaieagi
FIrat Tasaday <4 ^
WriooiMk
,J. C. HOWMAN. W. M
f. 1. BOSS, Oaeralaiy.
her life as a resident of Kershaw
county. She leaves, beside her bus
MRS. GRACE C. ELMORE
DIES IN CAMDEN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Grace Caughman Elmore, 36,
prominent resident of Blshoprllle, died
at the Camden hospital. March 9. She
was the wife of Roland Elmore and
the daughter of Josh and Lizzie Davis.
Her first ntarrlage was to Thaunore
Caughman and two children survive
this marriage, Thaunore and Dorothy .k,....
Caughman. She is also surviv'd by » throurh a
brother. Dubose Davis, of Camden; morning *’*,*?!^* ‘V ww
three sisters. Mrs. W. W. Johnson of country aParsely »ettled and thick y
Camden. Mrs. Cooper Peebles of here and there a culU-
Wlnnsboro. Mrs. Arnold Trapp of Co-1 vated Deld, sandy wll and swami»
lumbta prevailing. The only living objects.
Funeral services were held fromW‘th the exception of a f€w nesro^
Antioch Baptist church Friday after-birds aQUIrrels and razor-back
5 o’clock, conducted by the hogs, the latter better adapted for
racers than sausages.
“Arrived at Branchvllle, I was
struck with the accommodating spirit
of th» conductors. Our train was
divided at that point, one half going
to Augusta and the omer half going
to Columbia. Both started at the
same time, ran several hundred yards
and both were brought to a stop by
wel%
hand. - twit -daughters, Mrs. P,-^fBtay;^-used, and more may be ap-
Tbomas of Westville, and Mrs. Ed
I. «ngford of Ridge}and: three sons. T.
J. Clybum, Akron, Ohio, John Henry
Clybum of Camden, and L C. Cly-
burn, Jr., of Camden; thrqe brothers,
John Cunningham, Birmingham, Ala.;
W. C. Cunningham, Winnsboro; Ed
ward Cunningham, Dallas, Texas; two'gome acid' phosphate with it This
dug intb the soil before planting—ten
dr twelve pounds to each sqoare yard
t.
plied when plants are half-grown.
Poultry manure is a complete ferti
lizer. This should be kept dry, so that
it may be scattered over the soil at
the rate of one pound to the square
yard. If used on beans, onions, pota
toes. turnips, beets, it is well to use
noon at
Rev. Roy Neil, assisted by Rev. J. B.
Caston, and Rev. Davis.
About 23,000.000 fillings have l^een
put in soldiers’ teeth since I
Harbor.
“Bet You 65 Gents
That Bron-chu-line
Eases Your Cough”
sisters, Mrs. R. E. Beattie. Bessemer,
Ala.; Mrs. Daisy C. Owens, Columbia;
13 grandchildren and four great grand
children.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday morning from Bethany West
ville Baptist church, the ministers
officiating were the Rev. Boyce Davis,
the Rev. Mr, Quinn and the Rev. C.
Blackmon. The services were largely
attended, it being one of the largest
attended funerals ever held In that
area. The profusion of beautiful flow
ers that were sent to the stricken
home reflected the affection and
esteem, in which the deceased was
held. Rurfal took ^lace In the ceme
tery adjoining the church. '
can be mixed with the manure at the
rate of twelve pounds to the hundred
pounds of manure, or may he applied
directly to the soil, along with the
manure, at the rate of two ounces to
the equate yard.
Dried cattle, hog and cow mahures
are valuable and may be used half a
pound to the square yard. Natural
manures not only supply plant food,
but improve the physical as well as
chemical condition of the soil,
(More next week)
signal, when TT’was discovered a pas
senger had got on the wrong train
and a halt had been called to rectify
his mistake.
"Camden in those days had no rall-
IrriUttkm— roa(t7'¥hd^ passengers got oTf at Gads
den. Arriving at that place I found
a stage run by Mr. James McBwen
Wateree Powei
Plant News Items
MrGetiys is spending a few
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Gettys.
I^t. Kelver Caskey of Fort Enstis,
Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Cas
key and daughters of Great Fails, were
week-end guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Caskey.
CARD OF THANKS
’The family of Mrs^Orace Caughman
Elmore wishes to thank her friends
for their kindness and sympathy
shown during heir brief Illness and
the bewntiful floral
offering. 62c
That the following managers be and
are duly appointed to conduct sgdd
plection: ' - .,
Ward No. 1—Mrs. Belle Strak, Mr.
Jess© L. Branham, Mrs. J. W. Hen-
drix.
Ward No. 2—Mrs. C. D. Shealy, Mrs.
Z. Z. Barfield, Mrs. C. R. Lewis. ■ ,
Ward No. 3—Mrs. Joe Lewis, Mrs,
Geo. Wilson, Mr. B. H. Baum, Mrs. 8.
W. VanLandlngham, Mrs. M. M. Rea-
sonover.
Ward No. 4—Miss Loulle Whitaker,
Mrs. Mortimer Muller, Mrs, George
Ooolcy
Ward No. 5—Mrs. Jane Wllllf«'nrd,
Mrs. R. E. Stevenson, Mrs. M. M. Bry
ant. Mrs. Albert Burrows.
Ward No. 6—Mrs. Hubert Wilson,
Mr. G. E, Taylor, Mrs. C. M. Hough.
Ratified in Council assembled the
8th day of March, 1944.
F. N. McCorkle,
Mayor City of Camden, S. C.
Attest:
Louise W. Boykin, 62o
Clerk City of Camden, 8. C.
NOTICE
a
The uhdersdgned will ap.
ply to the South Carolim
Tax Commiaaion for liceiRe
to operate retail liquor store,
located at
621 DeKalb Street
CAMDEN, S. C.
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DeKALB PHARMACY, Phone N
JLN-ORDINANCE^
Providing for the Opening of the
Rooks of Registration for the quali
fied electors of the City of Camden
and for tjie election of a Mayor and
Six Aldermen for the City ^ Cam
den, South Carolina.
Be It ordained by the,City Council
—Or—Broncbwd
Reaulting From a Cold
So says DtKalb Pharmacy and every welOtiK for the travelers,
druggist in Ihe area 1 The driver was something of a curloel-
One dose will give you quick un- ^<> "16. He had a very sallow com-
mlstakable relief. A few more dns^s PlocGon. sandy halt broad brimmed,
may be all you need and usually half ^ |!f*' Mr. and Mrs. James McCaa spent of the City of Camden, South Carolina,
a bottle does the trick or your drug- vrench fashion, with short waist ana week-end with relatives In Lu- in due session assembled the 8th day
gist is authorized to refund the 65 skirt, ^Hh two huge o\aial hut- March, 1944.
cents you paid for It betw^n hla shoulder blades. , mIsb Rachel Nell, a student of Rrs-t That the book of registration of the
No dope—no sweet stuff—won’t ' * ““‘i' Pa9»euger» *nd un- jjjpg college, visited her parents, Mr. City of Camden be opened by the
make you drug addict nor upset your accustomed to rough roMs, thought Mrs. Gettys Nell, recently. | Supervisor of Registration, in the of-
Btomach, but Bron-chu-line will Ease *“y Jehu had mad© a point to strike Sgt.- autT Mrs. Cecil Mooneyhan oT flee of the City Clerk, Camden, South
Yoyr Cough. What do you bet? Re- every alump and-run Into ©very rut Tampa, Fla., were guests last week of Carolina, on the 26th day of March,
lief is what you want and what you between Gadsden and Camden. Pitch- Mooneyhan’s parents, Mr. and 1944, and remain open each day for
get —Adv. Jolted wyond endurance, I Mrs. Whit Rabon. Bill Rabon return- a period of ten (10) days.
Thank. You For Allowing
Ua Time To Repair
Being --shpn handed,' arrd some-
tlmes short o( materials—makes
it impossible for us to give whlle-
you-'S'ait shoe service now. A full
24 hours until the finished Job, is
the iH'st we can promise—until the
war is won and “business as usual’’
I>ermitB us to sen?© you as of old.
LOMAN51CY SHOE SHOP
BROAD STREET
found refuge in the straw between the Florida with them for an ex
seats. managing in this way to reach tended visit *
my destination about midnight, with
whole bones.
"The weather was very warm for
That an election for a Mayor and
Six Aldermen for the City of Camden,
South Carolina, be held on Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Huggins
and Lailrence, Jr., of Bishopville, were the 4th day of April, 1944; that the
^ , guests Sundky of Mr. and Mrs. James polls will be open at 9 a. m, and will
the season, and the bourse croak:ng'{remain open until 6 p. m. at the fol-
of the frogs made night hideous. II pyt. Charles W. Hugglna of Miami, lowing plaees^
could ahnoHt tnta'gine 1 had beenjFjg . Lyston Huggins of Bishopville. I Ward Nb. 1—City Recorders Court
suddenly transported to Egypt. The and McCarthy Huggins of Mullins, room.
negroes with their torches were also nwde a very brief visit with Mr. and
a novelty, coon hunting I suppose.!Mrs. James Huggins and Mr. and Mrs.
but I knew nothing then alwut such
a pastime.
“The Town httd a quaint look with
its dingy frame buildings and sandy
streets, shaded by china berry trfes.
Broad street was a bed of sand in dry
weather and of mud when it rained.
The side walks, innocent of brick or
gladstone. fringed with grass, a re-
ceptacle fui' cigar Htuuipa and iraHff,'
were interlaced with projecting gnarl
ed roots, no.lamps to light the path,
and when the trees were in leaf and
the stores closed at night it was
Egyptian darkness.
I “The wayfarer bad to grope hjs way
carefully to avoid roots and mud
holes. Hogs, horses and cows roamed
at will through the streets. There
pWaa^ no-a4>par«s4 effort to make the
atm-es attractive. They had low ceil
ings and, small windows, and large
dry goods boxes were placed in front
(o accommodate idlers and loungers,
who passed their time whittling sticks
and gossiping. Inside these same
(Continued on page four)
Ward No. 2—City Filling Station.
Ward No. 3—Langston Motor com-
W, W. Arnold Sunday afternoon. pany.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ewing and chll-' Ward No. 4—John'T. Nettle’s resl-
dren were^ guests Saturday of Mr. and dence.
Mrs. W. W. Arnold. | Ward No. 6—R. E. St^Ten8on’8 real-
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sanders and dence.
children visited relatives in Columbia I Ward No. 6—Mrs. C. M. Hough’s
last week. ' residence.
ALWAYS
IN
FAVOmirOVERA
YEARS
Dairy Foods
enca
Pepti-Cola Company, Long Island City, AT. Y.
Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co,, of Columbia, ^
Their Needs Over There
I
May Delay Your Getting Telephone
Service Over Here
-Because iiwHiU and olhw ctiAMunkation moMriab era to
badly needed in wow, it is becoming more and more
for the telephone company to fill service reqiM^
fodlities ore now insufficient to meet the demonck'
So unieu you qualify os on essential user — ornTwhose tele
phone usage is directly essential to defeip^or the heoMw
welfare or security of the Communtty os a whole — we regret
that you moy experience' delay in getting service.
When fociTitierore available, they must be enifibyed Ont
for essentol users. Then, bom any facilities remoinbig, olhen
will be served in their regular order. We will be gbd to take
your application for service and notify you when fo^Wes
become ovqllabie.
Everything possible k being done to lessen dw effect of
wartime restricHons on telephone service. And we look forward
to the time when materials wiN be available and we oem
ogabi furnish the service you want when you wont ft.
^ SxMUl
Milk is a necessity in every diet be
cause it contains the nourishing vita
mins so vital in keeping every part of
your body healthy. Drink at least a
quart of milk a day..; use it in cook
ing ... serve it with every meal - Milk
is a weapoihOf war. It will help ns win!
The beat milk doean’t come from covra—4t cornea from
Camdein Dairies
Phone 666 For Your Milkman
1
lOH Street — — ^ CeMMlen, S. C
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