City Directories and History: 1913 – N.C. Boykin Realty, J.B. Gaskin Photography, E.H. Kerrison D.D.M., Carolina Life Insurance, Masonic Hall, 1925 – Camden Beauty Parlor, W.B. Deloach, I. C. Hough, 1941 – (1011.5) American Red Cross, Liberty Life Insurance Company, 1964 – NA
“Kershaw Lodge no. 29, Ancient Free Masons, was organized in 1811 and was one of the state’s first Masonic orders, wherein members advanced step-by-step through learning and service. Other organizations were less structured. The DeLalb Lyceum, for example, presented many lectures of a scholarly nature. Members of the Wateree Agricultural Society listened to scientific talks and conducted experiments useful in their own planting operations. The Flat Rock Literary Society enjoyed readings and discussions and may have been associated with the Library Society of the Flat Rock Baptist Church. In the same area the Flat Rock and Beaver Creek Temperance Society focused their information sharing on social issues and likely related political and religious ones. It is not clear whether this society was separate from or evolved into the Total Abstinence Society of Beaver Creek and Flat Rock as perhaps the result of continued focus. The Washington Temperance Society, which organized in Camden, undertook a controversial move to admit women as well as men as participating members in 1844.” (Information courtesy of A History of Kershaw County, S.C. by Joan A. Inabinet and L. Glenn Inabinet, 2001 – The Un. of S.C. Press)
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