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News By Mi?. I Nct>1** i? < ro |M moniJ-V Johg ?' K? iHM .iy rhaplei ' ?> I U:, ,1 litis t Monday at i h?* home Mr*. Ih\vkin Clarice, and Mrn. Bur II j?,.,vkiu will be ho*te**. u, ni, ? lint: will e?)l?'d to order ,,iiv ft *' ,Ui ?r0 Ijj |? j ? 1 . <im |?t AM much iMihiiit'KM |k l?. ,,ii-|i OKI d ?f, ? Mcgates 1. 1 th?* g| rU]iv.'iiti..n whirl, pieet* ut I,ouis ,.r |^Vii jn November must b?? elected ihis meeting and other matter of ^.riuiio disfiiHsWl. The hoKteiw* ex ml nutliul invitation to, nil mi?| the j^ptur l'? ??- >??? nt earnestly desires 11 attendance. jMUjlii picnic j MllXH-VNIi. Iu <v.inplinjent to the you; ig men who iv leaving for college this week % nd, ibn tf*,4<t>h>K enlist in the Students |rw,v Training Corps, a delightful moon (hi |?leui<- was Riven at "Millbank" ,5( Saturday evehiug. *'lW hostest* for if tKfa)?ioii were Misses Klleii Doug] Am l,,vkiu. Kut. ln ii?e Zcmp, Bland and Kl .,1 William-. t'Jthel and Fulalie Yates. ,n and Hhetta 1 Vl.pache. Jn addition the honor guests there Were quite u iiubrr. 1 if - Hirers from Camp Jackson, m) Mixsts Jane-Tucker Fisher, of Co imbia. and Annie Cuthbert, of Charles-' ,0 Mr. aiiil .Mrs. John ViJleplgue and r. mid Mi>. David IVrkiiiH were chap hues. refreshing U wtu'ti served [ith i??' ten. hot tea and coffee. The place was most appropriate for invasion for it abounds in huppy irtuoiios ?>f bygone pleasures for all of ^voting folks ami for many of the older m> too. ami no doubt these boys who re destined within the next . few mouths 1 ?o far away from' home will often pic ijre iu fancy the old pond that holdn a dice in the heart of every Camden boy tat is entirely its own. RKP CKOSS C.VNTREN The Canteen lias been moved to the rod residence on liroad Street. The luarter* are ideal for the purpose, as the IDoms in this old-time Southern home it to be made quite home-like and coin uriable. The sunny veraiidnn will be pleasing addition for the coming win Iir days, and the soldiers from Camp aeksei] or elsewhere will always iiud, jt trarnt welcome "on Saturday afternoons [nd Sundays and all who are in town r* invited. The committee would also f clad to kuow when drafted meii are [? , . ? ' .?**?' faviuf. t LNNTAL MEETING OF m CROSS CHAPTER tin Friday afternoon Oct. lltb the M Cross Chapter will meet at the Court House. All members, and all Interested are urged to remember the jilatc ii ml to attend. This will be the annual meeting and officers are to be W feted and committees appointed for ??n-uiii): year. A Card of Thanks. We ink.- thi? means of thanking our. bait) friends for their untiring atten tion and in'iiti.N kindnesses shown during I' he Ioiik din. .?? jind death of our beloved J'la lighter nnd -i-ter. Sadie Clements, who ?departed tlijv )if,? September 1, IMS. IMay (if id's richest blessings be theirs The Family. MAJESTIC PROGRAM T?il:i\ . Friday. Sept. 27tl?. .\1 .1 1 K'-r.v Wilson in "MARKED CAKD8" V ^ ni' Mack Seniiettfc Most < 'nlDOllit'g. "I. \DIKS FIRST" -<>'? 10o Saturday. September 28th. l?"Ujila> Fail-banks in ? KOI \n IN MOROCCO" iiH.if and punch than ? ii> Fairbanks yet. 10c ? - . J, Monday. September 80tb. ' tiarif. Kav appears hero in the best, l'i'-t ir- that we have ever shown "f this star TIIK ( I.ANVS OF THE HUN" Ai*. oft. iar \V?r Review Pictures 20. 10c TufMtlay, October 1st. / William S. Hart in "RIODLF2 OAWNK" Hun n<>vr-r better than in this. AN<i lla the Weekly, News. ? ? 10c Wednesday, October 2nd. l*ck Pk-kford and Louise Huff in HIS MAJESTY BUNKER BEAN" Alfu? I.onesntne T.uke (Comedy. ** - 10c Thursday, October *rd. r*il H. DeMille Special Artcraft Super-Production __i_t "TIM. I COME BACK TO YOIT* Mothers 8ee it! V'atW* See Itl I>aughter? See It! *?dp Bee It! . _ l'r*r) in t*- Amorleatj Should See I 3f?r 10c p?t another wnlre Uir la f*W P?*kMbook ? Bay War Bail*** Si-amps and Keep Tkem. PERSONAL MENTION. Mi*# June Ticker Fisher of Columbia w.is tt tbin WWV of Ml#* Kttth j erlnf /fin p. v MIkm Annie * 'oi 1 ( of Ob* rlewton i- \i-iiiiiK tnC jjMisptl \li?, II. I.. Waikins iliil (hi1 Mi---<* \V ii I U iii > |nnl several <1ji\? liurt w ? <K iu ( 1 1 t't?nvi!lf . Mi-* Uarriei N?1khii, who lias n po sition in llartsvjlle spent tin* week-end with home folk*. Mi. iiihI Mr*. Joseph N'iImiii of Che-' t'ftW Were week Clul \ I > i t > 1 1 K hele. ( Mrs. M;ittie Smith of Sumter w a t^e Kuest ??f her ii ?? iff Mrs. \V. f{< W i I so n till* wffk. Mi*s Koxalif Mh'fk haw returned (n BAftdofph Mii^n rraunu1 lut Mmiie^ in thnt inst it ut ion. Miss Minnie Clyhurn ha* re turned fro til ii weeks stay in Columbia. Mr, ami Mrs. 1 1. K. Ilallett were visitors in Columbia this week, MJLsa, Ctitfli lUehcjt has accepted a position as teacher in Thorn well Or phanage, -Clinton, H. (1. MNm's Me-si.' ami Mary Clyhurn and Mr. James Clyhurn of Atlanta are vis iting t^eir uncle ('apt. L. I,., Ojyburn near Caiiiclen ami were visitors in t??\v?i thin week. Mrs. C. K. lOarle, of Hpa rtanhurg, has returned to hVr home after a pleasant visit, to MIsk Gerald. Mr*. 1J, (J. Carrison. Sr., is spend ing some time in New York. Mrs. M. Maruch Is visiting in Boston, New York and Haltimore.. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Griffin of Co lumbia 'Vpent the last we?<k eud with Mrs. Crifliifs parents Mr. iiihI Mrs. Wiu. Shauuon. ? ' _ Miss Margaret Badcliff will leave this week for Barnwell County whe^ she will teach in the Wlleuton Graded School. Miss Arabel Kennedy, of I.ugolT, left last Tuesday to attend Due West Col lege. ^ KKU CHOSS 8UITLIB8 Badly Needed In Hospitals in France ? Camden Asked to Help. The Bed Cross Commissioner of France has cabled thai the hospitals are iu urgent need of the following sup plies : ? liflS0,00? bath towels ? .* ? ? ? 2,500,000 hand towels 1,750,000 handkerchiefs 125,000 napkins The director of Woman's Work of Chapter of the Bed Cross has received a letter stating that Cam den's allotment for this amount will be as follows : 178 bath towels H5G hand towels 247 handkerchiefs IN napkins 85 sheets The articles should be new or sub stantially new and should be of strong rather than of line texture. Whenever possible obtain^ new ' material without purchase: ' A linen shower will he held at the Caihden Bed Cross work rooms from September .'10 th to October 5th for the article#- named above. TO MEET WITH MKS. LINDSAY The Hobkirk Hill Chapter I). A. B. will meet Thursday afternoon Oct. 3rd with Mrs. Jno. ?>? Lindsay. The meet ing will be at 5 o'clock/ and all mem-, hers are cordially invited. Important matters are to be discussed, and the regent Urges a full attendance. Special sale oh .Ladies CiXt Suits Sat urday and Monthly a t HflruetV.Vottles- t V>. "Mult ami lieflT" at tho Opera Houste. "Mutt and Jeff in rite AVooly Went", the screaming musical coinedy success <?{ t ho age. will bo the offering ut the Opera Ifoiiflf next Thursday. N 'Wic( greatest of all sure li re cartoon ?c.ha rafter*. Mutt and .1 r#ff in their nrw oxt advenfnreg arc reported n scream from start to finish. This time the long and short freaks xet mixed up in a cowboy party, aJl on account, of a de mnro little girl of the school ago type. The wives and sweethearts of the "wooly west" gentlemen misunderstand matters and complications pile up until the two scamps are AVluging ?H the time. Ginger, snap and ro, r* tlie slogan of the performers and rej?orts say the prospectus is lived up to in every detail. The scenic <ind costume, investiture rivals the most ornate and costly effects of the big Broadway production*. One hundred and fifty sample Ladies (Vat Suit* on sale Saturday and Mon day. (no two alike. Haruoh-Xettles Co. Seven cents fare has jcone into effect on the utreet railway* of Greenville. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CONSTANTLY _ ... roit HKMU\N KKIJKK | _ \\ <?i K Slid < iuiiii. I in w .nil t? Help IHs i litAM'd III I le Nalimi | ' ' ^ ? III .in ;i|ip. al \ll tile American | ?> ? |dv for ii hearty ??? the Helgtan Fund. Henry IV l>avison. chair-! in. in --I lliv Wat Council of. . i ho Ann ii ran Kill Cross, *ayi? iii part: "Hack of tin* Herman wail that for four jVa rs has hemmed in U|-ave little Hcliititt) ttiirt l??- ?? lu-iulihoi - in ii.iiiuMi France, human heing* look to (In litl clof hiuK rtf Well MK food. K\ - I. t lie \N? ii in .!.? imk tToiw 1 1 les, cud tb>i (Kin i are in the direst "? All stock* ' of OlOthVlif ami raw material* lm\ ? fatttg iuce hern i ? \ ii ii i ?'i|. There ha\< been n?. i i iniiu'n iul i m 5 . ? ? t ? miico ill*' tiM dc VHNtatimt of tin1 rouiit t\y. The iit\ of in it I ?- 1 iaU that the coinnu-.-ioii for relief bin been permitted to im port for manufacture into clothing ha* | never been sufficient. ami now the world j is short uf clothing ami raw material. We cannot purchase what .i* needed. . V * w; "Hut you e&h give it. "Nvvr.v " household tlfe laml ban somr spine clothing. yvorn or outgrown. ?>f little value hero, but desperately needed by the destitute t be re. They hu\'e been reduced to fashioning gar ments fr<>ni flour sacks. obi blankets, sheets ami tablecloths, which have now almost disappeared; ami shoos from scraps of ear pet ami Jute sacks. Today it costs eight dollars to have a pair uf shoes . resoled. For bedding, sacks Muffed with dry leaves or moss servo an' matt losses. Every where tbe need for blankets is tremendous. Hospital and other- institutions suffer for want of >bi-f l s~Ttr" some places wlude fHm itl?s sleep together to "bare a single blanket. "To relieve n plucky- and long-suf fering nation we must open up our store* of partly -u*ed clothing. Tbe value of these supplies is inestimable. -Your unused garments will clothe our oppressed allies asJ human beings should he clothed* save them from suffering^ disease and death by protecting them against the told and raw winters of uorthern Europe." (iarment* of every kind, for both, sexes, aud nil ages, are needed; accord ing to the appeal. Also piece goods which can be made Into sheets, blank ~etn and baby clothes. OTily, garments" t>f strong materials will be accepted.^ Apparel of lilinsy material or fancy clothing will not be taken. Prospective donors are reminded it will not be neeossnry to mend th?^ Raiments as the repair work will give employment to the thousands of destitute women in the occupied regions. Collections Will be made through the chapters of the Red Cross. T he drive ^ will be from Monday to Monday , in clusive. Tbe above extract from Mr. Davison's article is self explanatory. The Belgian Relief committee for Cam den Chapter Red Cross consists of Mrs. K. C. von Tresckow. chairman, and ac cording to wards as collectors : Mesdames Moscow Johnson. Porter. Hardy. Howard Hingleton. C. .1. Lewis, Bond, Jno. Ville pigne. Caleb Whitoker. B. O. Boykin.-W. t >. Hay, Beverly H. Mikell. I j. S. David son. L. A. Wittkowsky. Reuben Pitts, aud C. II. Yates. For the county: Mrs. .Tas. Team. Mrs. A. K. Kennedy, Mrs. Willis Cantey. These ladies h/?ve faithfully visited every bouse in thcir'Vevpi^ive wards and the response has been most generous. Announcements were made in the Churches and in the moving picture the atre and through The Chronicle. Miss Rosa flaskins of Kershaw, R.F.P. 1 sent n nice, package by mail and it is hoped others will do likewise from all over the county." The Room for collection of supplies is opened each day from 10 t<? .1 ?. ni. and to (5 p. m. The Junior Red Cross and Junior Civic League are asked to bring in all shoes they ean collect on next Saturday. Eight hundred and fifty pounds must be col lect ed by October 1. Messrs. Baruch and Nettles have given about pounds of , -shoes that they had collected this year from their stock. Will some kind merchants give dry goods box es large enough for shipment? ? >im? hundred and fifty aample Ladie.;' t'oat Suits on snip Saturday and Mon day. < no two aliKe. Buruch-Nettle.s f'o. Jury Acquits Kirklaud. j Lexington, Sept. 23. ? Pleading t lic? t "unwritten law", M. C. Kirklaud, a prominent Lexington County planter, was! found not jtuilty by a J.K?xington County t jury in the Court of General Hensionw I late Saturday night, for the shooting J to death of hi* neighbor, Len N. Jef- , ??oat, on the night of February 1 last, i The defendant elaimed that Jefcoat had j been intimate with hia, the defendant'* j wife, and that the two- had planned a ? meeting on the night of the fatal trag edy. Kirkland averted that Jwfeoat wa* j in waiting behind a hay stack on the premise* of th'e defendant at the time flfre fatal ?hot? were fired. He also elaimed that he had been suspicion* of . the relatlona existing between bla wife i and the deceased for many mouth* prior to the ftfrooting, but that he did not art on tbeue, but waited until he waa satisfied in bin ewn mind that Jefcoat had alienated the affection* of bis wife. Special *aie on Ladiea (!o*t 8uits Hat urday and Monda? at Baruch-Xettlea BUD FISHERS LATEST GREATEST SUCCESS IN AT THE CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 3RD. > ? ? - . ' . . - . . *v . . / ' ' - -T-TTTT-I I I 8 I | ? ' ? ,1. <1,111 ,|, Admission 50c, 75c, $1.00. None Higher. War Tax to be Added Seat Sale Monday W. R. Zemp's Drug Store. Get your Seats Early and Avoid Rush ? 1 l"1 "'??? ' 1 ' I 111 ? " '"J", The Best Mutt and Jeff Show Ever. Everything New! Pretty Girls! Catchy Music! Fun and Frolic! THE SHOW THAT NEVER GETS OLD In Now Captain (Jrdys. ? Helati ami friend* ?# - lieu \V iluy ' (Jetty's iu this county will ho interested to lenro t lint ho has boon promoted to Captain ami is now training a company at Camp Meade, Md.. tj> take overseas. Captain (Jetty* is the "ton of Mr. J. 1'.. ( Jetty h of Wwt Wateree, He saw ser vice mi the Mexicau border and wn* later ?*nuinii**ione<J h?- a first lieutenaut nt Oglethorpe training school for of ficer*. I , t | Met With Beaver l)aui Church, The (1th annual meeting of the Bap tist Woman's Missionary Union of Ker shaw Association was held at Beaver Dam Church Thursday Sept. 10th. A number of ilelngatcs were enrolled All yearly reports from the Missionary Societies^ were encouraKing and showed a marked increase over last year, not only exceeding apportionment but all HC-ciytit'K were claimed tlila year, on thft standard of excellence. While only one \V. M. S., one ii. \V. A. and oiie Q. A. wen* able to receive the honor roll badge making nil points of. the standard, the other* are striving to attain this honor. With such a record it in hoped the in coming yenr will bring still greater results. Various phases of the W. M. U. work were stressed by a number who took part on the program, and plans made for tin1 new year. Mm I.. K. Sturkie ??f Orangeburg our vice president brought several In spiring messages tov us itt this time. Wo were sorry Mi*n Jessie King, our stale treasurer, was prevented ? frfom meeting with us on account of train being delayed. The Association was divided into two divisions instead of four hh heretofore (ind (lu? following others elected for the enduing, year: Superintendent, Mrs. Itobt. (Joodale; Assistant Superintendent, Mr?. 8. M. Ooodale ; Secretary and Treasurer, MUs Alum Hradlpy ; Ansoeiate Superintendent of Y. W. A. Mrs. F. A. Liles ; Associate Supt. of 11. A'h, Minn I rente llruce ; Ak Hoeiate Supt. of Sunbeams Mrs. M. M. Ileuson ; President of 1st Division Mrs. John Dixon, Secretary Mrs. Grace Ad urns ; President of 2nd Division Miss Un Pitts, Secretary Miss Alma Pitts; Mission study Chairman Mrs. M. 10. Sch rock. A vote of thanks was extended the "people of this Church and community for their cordial hospitality. The next annual meeting will be held with the Thorn Hill Baptist Church next Septem ber, time to be decidcd later. ?' 4 Tf*CUveland Tractor HERE IS THE WONDERFUL LITTLE CLEVELAND CATERPILLAR TRACTOR THAT HAS BEEN THE WONDER TO THOSE THAT HAVE SBEN JT IN OPERA* TION. ' , - ~ ' * THE CONSTRUCTION IS SO SIMPLE AND THE OPERATION OP SAME CAN BE DONE BY ANYONE ON THE FARM. COME IN AND LET US EXPLAIN DE TAILS TO YOU. yet Camden