The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-01

is given to dressing, moulding and
turning machinery.
The different buildings rear railroad
track are conveniently arranged With
1000 feet capacity dry kiln. aud
mode m auxiliaries throughout. A
late order. promptly filled, was for
, 2, 500, 600 feet Of lumber, partly dress
ed, for Charlotte, n. c., and the COM
pany owns five million feet of standing
long leaf yellow pine in Kershaw
county.
Leroy S. Davidson, manager and
partner, is comparatively young man
of bright ability. He was born in
Charlotte, N. c., and is graduate
of the Georgetown University, near
For eight years he was with the
Southern Railway as car accountant,
then with the extensive interests of
Leroy Springs at Lancaster, and two
years ago became valued addition
to the business force of prosperous
Kershaw.
H. T.. Ricbey, the accountant has
held responsible positions with NAM
moth lumber industries in Ohio and
North Carolina and is one of the best
equipped Office men in the lumber
| trade.
". G. Traywick. the manager of
machinery and planning mill opera
tions, has been here about four years,
and has been engaged in such indus
try since youth, chiefly in North Car
olina, and he keeps men and machin-
cry in constant harmony.
By the founding of the new Bank of
Kershaw the Heath Supply Company
takes the place of the Heath Banking
and Mercantile Company, with CAPT
tai of $50, COO formerly $780, ZOO.
The Heath Supply Company carries
an immense stock of general merchan-
disc occupying in main building
| 100X100 feet, exclusive of warehouse
and sheds, and the cotton department
handles about $500 bales a year.
S. ". Heath, the president, is also
secretary and treasurer of the Heath
Banking and Mercantile Company, at
Lancaster, member of the Williams
Heath Mercantile Company at McBee,
vice president of the Bank of Ker-
shaw, and vice president of the Ker-
shaw Oil Mill Company, then he owns
plantations, and real estate, and is
president of the Excelsior Granite
Company, the quarries Of which, six
miles from Heath Springs, shipped
200 car loads in the last year, and
he is a member of the Heath family,
whose commercial interests extend
over many counties in North as we'll
as South Carolina.
j. M. Carson and Company of Ker-
shaw have various avenues of trade,
and their operations are not confined
to the Immediate locality. Their big
mercantile house two stories 40x100
feet carries about $1,000 worth Of
general merchandise and last season
tt ey bought ITO bales of cotton. They
import grain and groceries in car lots,
also wagons and buggies.
Their naval stores department buys
and ships turpentine and rosin extern
sively and they deal in dynamite and
all kinds of explosives. Then the
members of the firm are also members
of the Ashe- Carson Company of Anda-
lusia, Alabama, where they have tur.
psntine stills and general merchandise,
capital stock s25, ,0o0 with j. M. Car
son as president He was born in
York county S. c., and for a dozen
years, 10 Of which he was accountant.
with John s. Ashe, in mercantile and
cotton mill operations.
Mr. Carson came with Mr.. Asbe to
Kershaw in 1889, gained an interest
in 1897, and bought that gentleman
out FIVE years ago. Mr.. Carson is
also director in the new Bank or Ker-
shaw, director in the Kershaw Oil
Mill Company is member of the K.
of P, and one of the most pleasurea-
BILE and popular business men in this
region of country.
W. B. Threatt was born in Chester
field county aud has been busy In
mercantile pursuits for over score OF
years, rising by gradation to become
member tlle Carson Company 4 years
ago, Snd Carson and Threatt make a
capital commercial team
They employ at their Kershaw inter.
est able clerks and two porters, and
their trade is extending over several
counties. Their accountant. u. b.
Stephenson, is a graduate Of the Pres
byterian College, Clinton, S. G.,
and fine young gentleman who is
making friends every day.
The general manager and treasurer
of the Kershaw Oil Mills has been
connected with the cotton market
during his entire business career.
Reference is made to j.. S. GladneY.
who was born in Fairfield county, S.
c., and after attending Mt. Zion
College began active duty with the
heecy King. as cotton buyer at princi-
pal points in the State. At Colum-
bia, Winnsboro and Lancaster he be:
came one of the best known men and
after 10 years with Fitzpatrick and
brother at Lancaster he became asso-
ciated with the Kershaw Oil company
and is general manager of the plant,
and as business man and gentleman
has the appreciation of all classes. j.
S. Gladney has never been ambitious
politically, but he is an enthusiastic
member of the A. z. & A. NJ, knight
Templar, and commercially and So
,ially is worth of all esteem and re-
gard.
James Carswell.