City Directories and History: 1913 – L. Schenk, 1925 – Mrs. Rosa (Geisenheimer), 1941 – Charles O. Stogner, 1964 – UN
The location of L. Schenk and Company later housed the J.C. Penney store which the photographer, Mr. (A.) Clifton McKain operated as
the general manager until the mid 20th century. Note in the primary image, the Depass Drugstore is just past the Schenk Co., and the Kirkland Foundation remain at the intersection of Broad Street and DeKalb in circa 1911. (“Changes to other merchant styles were also made during the decade. Individual local stores began to give way to larger chains. In spring 1929 Baruch Nettles, a Camden clothier for more than twenty years, sold out to J. C. Penney. In the fell L. Schenk and Company closed and rented its store to J. J. Newberry.” (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)
“Early doctors generally kept at hand the medicines they prescribed their patients, and some, including William Blanding, Abraham DeLeon, and Mordecai DeLeon, developed specialties and operated businesses as pharmacists. Customers who patronized drugstores to procure medicines for self-treatment probably received advice along with the purchase. George Reynolds and William Reynolds later took over Blandings drugstore, and Joshua Reynolds too was long noted in the profession. Advertising as patent medicine vendors was done by the businesses Jumelle & Young and Alexander Young, the latter of whom also sold jewelry and, in later years, advertised a bookstore. Other druggists of note during the period were Z. J. DeKay, John J. McKain, W.J. McKain, and Francis L. Zemp. At least one local doctor was said to have had his career ruined by an opium addiction. Such problems were not uncommon among the public either, as alcohol and narcotics were parts of many popular patent medicines as well as those medically dispensed.” (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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