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/dcigty l#" By Mbu I?oiiiw Neltlpw ~ ' " I V Important II. D. C. Meeting. The -John Kennedy Chapter, V. j Bp ( . will meet next Monday, April ? uith, at 4:30 p. m,, with Mrs. John S, I Undsay. Members will pleas* notice ?the change <?ni the first Monday as ? May 7th would bring1 it uj> ton noar I Memorial l>ay to perfeet plans for ?that occasion, All members are es> I pociaUy invited to attend and urged I to be prompt as there aro quit** a I umbo ' of important matters to dis |,w"- The chapter president has mail I ,1 to each chairman her committor. I A report from each is requested at that meeting so that any deficiency map be provided for. We hope to se*- every Veteran in the county at the dinner on the 10th, i* V ? Clean-Up Week Approaching. The Clean-up Campaigh opens next Mondny, April 30th, and continues through the week. The next week is to be -inspection week, when the yards ;nd gardens, parks and streets aro \o be on "dress parade" and Vie with ach other in their beauty and cleanl iness, to don a fresh dress for spring, that will be not only pleasing and attractive but* conducive to health fulness in the hot months of the com ing summer. The best kept or most cleanly premises are to receive hon orable mention through the Press, while for each 26 cans collected by the boys of the community n movie ticket will be given. This include* white and colored boys, two ? public dump piles \yill be provided. Let us all ?ot together on this and have Cam Hen. clean as well as beautiful. It was John Wesley who said, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker Entertain. The Tuesday evening bridge club was delightfully entertained Satur day evening by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Ju A buffet supper was aerved before tho game. In addition to the club members Miss Ferguson if Winnsboro, Miss Hope Savage and her house guest, Miss* Reed, of Boa ton, Mrs. Robert Marye, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred McLeod Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Zcinp, Mr. and Mrs. Whit Lenoir, Mr. Adicks Kirkland. The score prizes went to Miss Hope Savage and Mr. \ If red McLeod. Library Notes. The library has recently put in a number til' new books on the rent shelf. These can be read for ten cents each, ten cents for one week. A number >f beautiful and expensive- magazines ha\V been placed on the table, and will be given out to be returned in :hrt e days. The latest authentic edi tion of Webster's New International dictionary containing 400,000 words, 3,700 pages and G,000 illustrations has been put in the library, the gift of Mr. Joseph Crocker, who has also 'instructed the librarian to buy a stand for the dictionary. The insti 'ution is growing daily in usefulness >.nd popularity and is certainly one of t he city's assets. Hours are 0;30 to l'J o'clock in the morning and 5 to *-> : *?0 in the afternoon. TRESPASS NOTICE. Owing to persistent ^vandalism in the tramping down and breaking oif of the flowering shrubs and further the taking of fish from the little lake I have reluctantly decided to closq Holly Hedge to the public. In future' no person must trespass on the property. .? .Spccial permision will only be given Kv me. FRANK K. BULL. Camden, S. C. April 21 1023. 4-Gpd Majestic Theatre PROGRAM Today, Fridav, April 27th. Jack Holt in ? NOBODY'S MONEY/' And Lloyd Hamilton in "UNEASY FEET." Admission 25c Children 15c Saturday. April 28th. Starting the Greatest Pearl White Serial Success: "PLUNDER" Also Buster Keatoft in "TIIE BAL LONATIC" and a Hall Room Boy Comedy. "High and Dry." Admission 25c Children 10c Monday. April 30th. BETTY COMPSON in New PARAMOUNT Picture "THE WHITE FLOWER." One of the most delightful pictures of the. season. Also Pa the Weekly News and Top ics rf the Day. Admission 25c Children 15c Tuesday, May 1st. YITAGRAP1I Presents ALICE JOYCE in "THE INNER CHAMBER." Also a new episode of "SPEED." with Charles Hutchison. Admission 25c Children 15c Wednesday, May 2nd. Thomas H. Ince Presents John Bowers, Milton Sills, Margue rite DeI>amotte in "What a Wife Learned." A Vital theme. Excellent Cast, Wonderful Development. Also a Pathe Kolin Comedy. Admission 2oc Children 15c Thursday. May 3rd. . ALICE CALHOUN in Ad enter, taining Photoplay which appeals to all. ? "The Girl in Hi* RooiA."' Al*o Pathe Weekly News. Admission 26c Children 15c LOCAL, HA PPENINGS Miss Willie Belle Mackey, who is teaching in Hartsvllle, fepent the week end at home. Mr. John K. deLoaeh, a law student at the University of South Carolina, was in Camden for the week end with ?his parents, Mr. and Mrs. \V. B. de lioaeh. *Mv. and Mrs. Aiken Bull and chil dren of Cheraw spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. H. L, Wat kins. Miss Kllen Bull, of Columbia, was a week end visitor in Camden. Mrs, Ivwin Kemp and children, of Pittsburg, Ph., are visiting the Misses Hirschman. Mrs, Kemp is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Quoenie Hirschman. Mr. and Mrs. S. A* Burrier left Monday morning; by automobile for ? trip to York, Pennsylvania. May Day Celebration. The teachers of the Grammar school cooperating with a committee from the Civic League have been "bending to the oars" for the past week or ten days getting everything in readiness for the coming May Day festival. The executive committee from the school consists of Mrs. (J. K. Taylor, Miss Margaret Burnet, Miss Ada" Phelps. All teachers are giving their services unstintingly and all Grampiar school pupils aro taking an enthusiastic part in the crowning of the May Queen, May pole dance, etc. It promises to be a great success and we hope that the patrons of school district number one will show their appreciation by lending their pres ence to. the occasion. The baby show is to beg*n at 5 p.m. in charge of Mrs, Jack Whitaker, Jr. Please enter the babies for this thrill ing contest, prizes donated by Cam den jewelers. The grab bag containing man\k wonderful surprises will be in charge of Mrs. Harry Baum, another thrill jing feature of the. entertainment will ;be a gypsy fortune teller, who will unfold the future for the lads and lassies. Ice cream cones on sale in charge of Mrs. Henry Brown and her com mittee; candy in charge of ?lrs. J. Gardner Richards, and lemonade in ?charge of Mrs. Robert Kennedy will tempt the hungry and thirsty. The Camden Orchestra have kindly consented to furnish the music for the occasion. Tags will be on salp Saturday and Monday at 25 cents each, all the pro ceeds to be devoted to school work. These tags are to be sold by high school girls and boys, who are giving invaluable service in this and in serv ing refreshments. The untiring, efficient president of the Civic League has offered as prizes ; a base ball to to the boy and a box of candy to the girl selling the greater number of tags. Secretary Meets With Council. Accepting the kind invitation of Mayor Carrison to attend the .special meeting of Camden City Council Tues day evening, K. I. Reardon, Managing Secretary of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce madi his initial visit and bow to the city fathers and discussed several matters of loe&l, municipal and general inter est with the city council. Mayor Carri son and his cordial and hospitable council men warmly welcomed Secre tary Reardon to Camden and guaran teed him and the Camden and Ker shaw County Chamber of Commerce the continuance of the splendid and public-spirited co-operation for the future that the Camden mayor and councilmen and men of every de partment of our city government have heretofore given the Camden ami Kershaw County Chamber of Com merce. The new secretary offered when ever he calls a meeting or any one else calls a meeting of Camden and Ker shaw County ladies that he will see that the mayor and councilmen are . put on th<> committees if the aforesaid mayor and councilman will guarantee to comply with every request made by the ladies or the managing secre tary. Augusta, April 25. ? M. Frost Cole- ! man, an Augusta dentist, was burned j to death today, wheu his three-room cottage, eight miles from the city was | destroyed by fire. There is no explan- | ation as lo why he did not leave the building. He was last seen riioving about in the cottage while the fire was in progress. Watch the date on your label this week. Billy Sunday Tabe^nacIc Columbia, S. C. Friday, May 4th BROWN & I'ROPST Presents The World's ForemoHt I'rima Donna "Soprano" GALLI-CURCI Assisting Artists: MANUEL BERENGUER, Flutist HOMER SAMUELS, Pianist Order Your Tickets Now. Every body is Going. Price in Auditorium $3, $2.50, $2.00 *1.50, $1.00. Chorus Stand Seats $2.00, $1.50 ? Plus Tax. Seats Now Selling at Columbia Theatre Phone $409. Protestantn and Catholic*. To the Editor of The Observer; The Christian world is divuhd mainly into Whelk. church) Hinl l'rotest ant *. The ( *tho lie church in the tUth century A. U solit- into the Roman and (-,reclv branches. These n&isted Mahometr aiiiam u?d dominated (Christendom until th6 attempted yeformatj^o of the sixteenth contury led hy MaiUi Luther u,< a protest against the doc trine awf usages of the churfh. Thus Protestantism arose from the heK'n ning, split into two sections, 1 Grace M led by Luther; election -ami predestination led by These have further split into many sects on doctrine and church govern ment. The question of water -bap tism and its mode of application has been a fruitful source of much con troversy. While Protestants have been unublo ' to . agree among they aro ecnerally agro?d I th?t ?? Catholics are wrong, and h*te them ? Uttlo more than they hate each I write from the standpoint of the historian without any attempt to de fend or to detract from any sect. 1 ht> nil stand on their merits, and th y make it a war far the beinK fittest. And since an effort ?? being made to make sectarianism a cal issue, I will give the str^ngth an'i standing of Protestants and^CHtholick in tbis country. These figuit show the Ku Klux and other secta rian crusaders what they are up against, and also whc.rc the oncmy ? Wut?d We (luote from Char lout vjo servo r March 4, 1920. Acconllng to the latest statistics more than one half of the people of North Carolina are unchurched. Interesting figures are given by The International Church World, along these lines. Jhore arc 58,368,241 people in the Umtcd > - who are not church members. There are 24,364,216 Protestants 10,7|8t;SlJ Catholics, 3,338,251 Jews and 739.70? ' iu?;. ih?in those mentioned tmosuy Mormons* There is the smallest per cent of church membership " Nevada of anv state in the union, with Ok la homa" next, and Arizona th'"1- ?'th the largest per cent at churth n horshin in Connecticut, Massac nu S etts New York and Rhode Island. Per ccntage of Catholics in c'hu^ membership of the Htatos. Protestant; Arizona, three-lourui* Catholic; Arkansas, Protestant; Cali fornia three-fifth* Catholic; Colorado two-fifths Catholic; Connecticut t, two thirds Catholic; Delaware, two-fifths Catholic; District of Columbia, I ro t est a rit ? Florida, one-sixth C atholu , Georgia, Protestant; I(l*}ho, oft ho He Catholic; ""no?Jj one ;haW Cat1 hohc, 1 ndiana, ' one - fifth Oatnoiu. , sas one-fifth Catholic , . ... tuckv one r sixth Catholic, Iowa ' one - fifth Catholic; 'ana two-thirds Catholic; Maine, three-fifths Catholic; Maryland, one half Catholic; Massachusetts, two two-thirds Catholic; Michigan, one half Catholic; Minnesota. o^'-hr.lf Catholic; Mississippi, I rotcstam, Missouri, two-fifths Catholic, j ? tana three-fourths Catholic; Nebras ka one fourth Catholic; Nevada, Mor mon; New Hampshire, tluee-fourth/ r-ithnlic New Jersey, one-half Catn olic New Mexico, four-fifths Cat ho- 1 lie* New York, one-half ( North Carolina, Protestant; North Dakota two-fifths Catholic, ? one-fourth Catholic; Oklahoma Pro testant; Oregon, two-fifths C.itho c, T>f?nrmvlvania, two-fifths t ainoiit, Rhode Ifdand, four-fifths Cathohc; Carolina, Protestant; South Dakl tWoShs Catholic; Tennes see Protestant; Texas, one-fourth Catholic; Utah, Mormon; Vermont, three-fifths Catholic; \ Catho tant; Washington, one-fourth Catho | lie; West Virginia, one-sixth Cath \\c - Wisconsin, one-half Catholic, wy oniiner. one-half Catholic. , , . From a foreigner's standpoint, there would seem1 to be enough work among our 58 million non-churchmen for all the churches to work on for a while, before making war on each other. Yet we pass as the best peo ple- in the world and send missionaries to ever v part of the world to have them do as we do while our churches fiKht and denounce each othei . home. The heathen might ask Is it true that mobs enforce the law in 1-our oou-rv, and that Mo ?!?; cure there thai, anywhere e st under ? he sun? Was there more than J, 00 murders in your country last year to Go murders in England . "Oh, for some grace, the gift to gnc W H ? To sen our -hyprocrisy as others see US" JAMES C. ELLIOTT. Laltimoro, Route 1. Wants~For Sale LOST. ? I>rindle Hull Dog. $5.00 re ward for his return to lOO.'J Lyttle ton street, Camden, S. C\ l-sb WANTED Several men and women of integrity and some selling ability to solicit or ders for PIGGLY WIGGLY STORES, INC., Shares of Stock. Pleasant work and highly remunerative. Call at once or write. COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY, Liberty National Bank Building, ? Bond Department ? Colum bia, S. C. l-?b CASH ? for your automobile. V. M. STEIN, 29 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. | 4- 15pd SWKKT POTATO, TOMATO AND Pepper Plants. From the right seed, the right sire and with the right service. By express collect, SI. 50 per thousand. By postpaid mail $2.10 per thousand. If you buy lots of them, write for dealers' price*. Your order will be appre ciated. Ask your paper about as. HOLLYWOOD FARM, PAVO, Ga. FOR SAI.E ? White Leghorn Eggs. Geo. Karris 205 tq? 300 egg strain. My hena dirtvt from Ferris. Purity and fe Utility guaranteed. $2.50 per 16. J7\ K. SHANNON, Camden, S, <'? ^ 0-pU KGGg^for setting. Ferris 287-300 strain White leghorns. Finest lay ers known. $1.60 for 15, $8 per 1(X). K. M. Kennedy, Jr. , Camden, H. C. itt* lib ? ???' ? ? 11 ?" ?" For Sjile ? Used Car*. One liuirk 0, . five passenger, new paint, good mechanical condition, $225.00. One Ford Coupe, first class shape, new paint, $:i00.00 Ono Essex Touting Cur, in good Shape good paint, new tires, $350.00. One Buick, seven passenger, good ; Mapr, $200.00. One Nash, seven passenger, Rood paint, good mechanically, no tires, *150.00. One Ford Chassis complete, no start er, $00.00. One 'Columbia six, good condition, good paint, good tires, $300.00. BURRIER'S GARAGE, 3tf Camden, S. ('. WHEN YOU NKEI> a tire see us, Wo have them. All quality tires. We have a few more at the old price. Phone 443, Broadway Filling Sta tion 3-4sb. WANTED. ? Reliable men to sell Watkins products in' South Carolina territory. If interested write or Wire, P. H. Preston, DeSotu Hotel, Columbia, S. C. 2-5pd. LOST ? One dehorned white-face steer., Anyone taking it up and reporting to me' will be suitably rewarded. Address He^ry Savage, Camden S. C. 2tf FOR SALE? 40 acres pood land six miles from Camden. Fine stream, Rome timber. $1,000.00; easy terms. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., or R. E. Stevenson, Camden, S. C. 49 tf F R O 8 T- P R O O F V EG ETA RLE PLANTS ? For immediate ship ment, extra fine stocky plants, Ear ly Jersey, Charleston Wakefield, Succession, Flat Dutch cabbage, Rig Boston, Iceberg Lettuce, Bermuda Onion plants, Early Beets, White Plume Celery. All frostproof. Pre paid mail: 200, 00c; *i00, $1.00; 1000, $2.00. Bv express: 2000, $2.50; 5000, $5.00; 11,000, $10.00. PARKER FARM#; Atlanta, Ga. WANTED ? f lard wood logs. We pay highest etfsh price for Choice Ash. I'oplar, Cypress and White Oak jog^ of standard sped flea tlou, delivered to Sumter by rail or truck. We buy Jogr.s twelve months in the year ami give preference to loggers -equipped to bring In a. steady snnnly. What have you to offer? Sumter Hard wood Oo., Sumter, 8. C. 33 tf t.08T?~-8hephcrd pupny, black and whito, iVnmlo. K Jnacr notify Mrs. W. I . Uush, ami r*vmw cownul. 4-pd l.OST-"in front of Kvun's undertaker shup, or nearby, one I urge cameo brooch- Reward for its return U? Mrs. J. A. Ward, l.ugotV, S. (\ >4p<l. i * * ? + ? FOH SAl-K.? -Young cowk, freuh in milk. V rora $30 to $76. II. J. M<\ Maims, Ht>thum\ ?S. C., H 2. l-4pd m V vol U (JASOUNK w here you aoo \vbat you pay for and pay for what you Hce, nil visible equip intnt. Toxaco oil*, tiros and ac t^srtorioH. Thono 44Ji, 11 roadway Filling Station. 3>4ab. When the good old family doctor was asked about baking powders, he said: "Use Royal. It is made from Cream of Tartar and is absolutely pure. You could dissolve a couple of tea spoons of Royal in water and drink it with benefit. That's a health test ruighty few baking powders cah meet." Tho doctor was right. ?SCFK4H* ISaila&Kig f^o>w<gjfca? Made from Cream of Tartar derived fvcrr, grapes Contains No Alum? Leaves No Bitter r&tf.Q WHEN IN NEED v of flowers send um your Order. \S'o have a complete line of cut flowers and potted plants at all times. Flowers delivered to any part of the United States by wire. CAMDEN FLORAL CO. PHONE 19H Camden s. c SPECIAL 30-DAY OFFER ? V CO a CD S Sr a> <u C/3 w <u u c ccj a GO CJ l-O OIL COOK STOVES Moke Heat Less Care The Stove Y ou W ant Picture this Florence Oil Cook Stove in your kitchen. It burns kerosene, ia easily regulated and easy to keep clean. Everything, from slow-simrnerinfl soups to baking-powder biscuits, turns out perfectly when cooked the Florence way. Come in today and let us show you why a Florenca is the stove you want. FREE! CD cn n r> P5 6s ?L sr S3 r* (T> tn c/> rD ri5 "V & 3 rD C/3 Beginning May 1st, ll>23, we will give absolutel> lrue With each Oil ( "ook Stov i* one Jive gallon Oil (Jan equipped with the "never-fail oil pump" and also five gallon*1 of fc ? ? r? . ^ nc oil. Remember this special offer only lasts through the month of May 1H2-1. "FLORENCE AUTOMATIC." ? Nearly every one kttow.i about thi:? iVinou.- oil stove. If you have never used one ? ask your neighbor. There are several "Florence Automatic < 'ook Stoves in Camden 'hat have been in use over ten years and are still giving the bc^t <>f service .lust a few of its feat ures: Smokeless, Odor lew, Wickloas and easy to keep clean. CONSUMPTION OF OI^,. ? The Florence Automatic uses less oil than any other stove because the burners are only about two inches underneath the cooking utensils. Thr burners being the most pow erful, measure 20,4a inches in circumference. When the burner is lighted and burned continually one gfcllon of kerosene will last thirty one hour*. TERMS. ? We have arrunged for this special offer to giv?' the mo.it convenient tenns, the cash or down payment being only 95 cent3 and the balance un easy weekly payment*. THE CAMDEN FURNITURE COMPANY PHONE ,5. ?E HOUSE OT QUAUTV CAMDEN, S. C.