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jj$ Social and Personal Items Mr. R. BabSn has gvne to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he. will spend a couple r of weeks with his son, Mr. Stanley Babin, who holds a responsible po sition there. W? wish our friend a pleasant trip and a safe return. Mr. G. W. Moseley, who has been confined to his bod at, the home of his son in Camden, M*. J. L. Moseley, does not show any. lmpi'ovement in his condition but contineus to be quite weak. He is always glad to see his friends when they call to see him. Mr. J. H. Boyce, one of Camden's oldest citizens, is very sick at his home hem Boforc taking sick he was In charge of ttte {first mill for Rhame Brothers. Banks to Close Friday. Friday, May 10th, being Memorial Day, the banks of Camden will ob serve the holiday and will not open up on Friday. Chautauqua Opens Next Week. The Redpath Chautauqua, which has been coming to Camden for a number of seasons past, and delighted largr- numbers who rttencied, will op on up next Monday. A strong program will be presented and those who at tend will be sure to be delighted. j Spring Festival. A spring festival will be held at the Mill school Saturday, May 11th, at 5 o'clock, to which the public is invited. TherQ will be no admission charge?. These occasions are always made very entertaining at the mill school, | and you will be sure to enjoy it if you attend. Lemonade, cake and sand wiches will be sold on the grounds. w-ifr -- - Piano Recital. There will.be a Piano Recital giv en by the State Contest winners in the school auditorium Tuesday night, May 7. This recital is bHng spon sored by the MacDowell Multtc^Qlub and the proceeds will be sent to the Peterborough Colony in New Hamp shire. This is to bo a real treat for all music lovers. The admission will !?nSe ITftPaffd 2 Sc. ? . ? Camden Methodist Church ' .Sunday, May 12: Bible 3thool, 10:0' A, M., with classes for all who will attend. Epworth League, 7:15 P. M . to which all young people are special ly invited. Public worship 11:15 A. M. and 8:00 P. M., conducted by the pastor, George Pierce Watson. Morn ing theme: Mother's Highest Reward. Evening theme: The Source and Pow er of the Chritsian's Influence. Mid week service, Wednesday, 8:00 P. M. The public is most cordially invit d ' to all the services of this church. Vis. iters are especially welcome. Come and bring your friends. ? Showing the Boys Attention. We had a letter last wck fioiu a boy we are interested in who :3 t; " the Industrial School for Boys ir Florence, and he told us of all th< , boys attending the Presbyteviar. church in Florence on Sunday, and after the services were over they wont home with members of the congrega tion for dinner, and he said they all had ft fine time. This was a thought ful act on tho part of the good peo ple of Florence Presibyterian church, and We appreciate it for the sake of the boy we had something to do with getting him into that good institu tion. -Remaking boys is a great work. , Mrs. Williams Makes Correction. Recently the Columbia Record pub lished a statement about the sale of the David R. Williams, collection, gf books in Ngw York. The books, how ever, were not sold and Mrs. Williams sent the following correction to the Record, which sets tho matter right: "My attention han just been call ed to an article in a recent issue of The Record, quoting from the New 1 York Work, regarding the sale at the AmeHean Art Galleries in New York of the David R. Williams' collection of Americana, Colonial manuscripts and Other books and papers. "The introduction to tho article was correct in all essentials but tho part quoted from The World relating to the sale was entirely incorrect at) there has been no sals of any portion ? of th* collection; the library with all papers of literary or historic valud remains intact in the old family resi-;j . dence, "Mulberry just out of Cam den, which is owned Ahd occupied by Mr. Williams' nephew, bavld R. Wil liams, Jr., of Tulsa Oklahoma. "Please intake this correction in your next isstw." I fe.,.,; NEWS FROM BLANEY 'Special to The Messenger. Blaney, May 4. ? On la^t Friday evening in the school building the an nual junjor-senior reception and prom took place. At th? front hall as the ; gUests arrived Ihey were received by I Messr3. William Brown, Leon Miles, Coley Motley and Alton Nelson who ! showed them into the library where | Misses Lial Sanders, Mozelle Tfiorn , ton and Elizabeth Motley received. The guests passed from the library into the main lobby where the re ceiving line was placed. The lobby was decorated in purple and gold streamers and pot plants. Misses Mable Petersen and Myrtle Laird in ? troduced the guests to the receiving i line which consisted of Leonardo An idrea, superintendent of schools; Miss Eulalie She^ ly, high school principai7 I Miss Susie Shannon, junior class [teacher; Anbury Martin, junior class I president"; Rembert Sanders, senior class president; Henry Jeffers, junior vice president; Miss Mae Belle Moore, senior vice president; Harvey Nelson, .Junior secretary; Miss. Mary Hose, senior secretary; Misses Elizabeth Kelly, Ada Belle Price, Ethel Cole man, Ella Branham, Gertrude Brown, Messrs. Clyburn Ci off, Dan Kelly, Wood row Ross, Arthur Miles, and J. 1 R. Dink ins, members of the senior j class. After passing down the re ceiving line the guests \vore invited into the junior class room which was I decorated with the junior colors of rose and gold and where Misses Dida Abbott, Hezmn Monroe, Louise Rose and Alma Ward received and served cold punch. From the junior room the p.iU'sts were handed prom cards and ten proms were walked thru an arch of Japanese lanterns* the last prom taking everybody to Ross Hall . \vhich was prettily decorated wit h J yellow daises, colored lights ' and streamers of gold and black paper, i the senior class colors. In the hall ' was a series of tables with place cards held by black and yellow but- , tcrflies, the favors of the evening. | After the guests were seated Misses Connie Lee Andrea, Jean Starnes,, Blanche Wyndham, Fay Hill, Myra1 Pettigrew and Mrs. Mary Simpson served' a three course supper foi* the | baaquot. Asbury Martin was the | genial toastmaster and introduced the speakers of the evening who made: 1 1 ho following toasts: "To the Seniors", by Allen Edens with the response by Woodrow Ross^ "To the Juniors" by Miss Mary Rose w\th the response by Oliver Sessions; f'To Blane.y Hi" ibyVciyburn Goff with the response by Miss Myrtle Laird; "To the Teach ers" by Miss Mae Belle Moore with the response by Miss Eulalie Shaely; , "To Our Superintendent" by Rembert Sanders with the response by Leo nardo Andrea; "To the Truestecs" by William Leo Sanders with tho response by Jesse T. Rbss; "To Our Guests" was given by Henry Jeffcra with the response by Miss Annotto , Shannon of Blackstock. This recep- ( tion brought to a conclusion a very 1 pleasant series of parties and dinners I for the senior class which will grad- j uate on the evening of May 27th. The entire high school and seventh grade with their teachers enjoyed May Day with a trip of inspection to the. Saluda Dam and a picnic din ner on last Wednesday. Mrs. J. C. Shannon and daughter,! Annette, of Blackstock, are the guests! this week of her daughter, Miss Susie j Shannon. * | Gordon and Brownie McClary, of Charleston, are the guests this weak of Mr. ard Mrs. J. N. Brown. Mrs. E. I). Flahetry, Mrs. J. D. Watson, Mrs. Minnin McLendon, Mrs. Grace Watts and Misses Lillie .Bell? ; Evans and Allie Rose represented the i Baptist Sunday School at th* con von- j tion Wednesday at Beulah Baptist church at. Ilorrell Hill. Misses Eulalie Sheely, Mrytlc Laird and Connie T/ee Andrea spent last Saturday in Augusta, Ga The children of Mrs. W. M. Kelly gave her r surprise birthdfy dinner I Inst Sunday at the home of her son,; Jpjk Telly. , ?' lissos Jean Starnes and Rlanche Wyndham have returned fiom n visit to Ware Shoals and Greenwood . | Miss Virginia Doar ppent tho past week end with Mr, and Mrs. D. E. Bailey. G. W. Brown has returned from an extern! od visit to friends at Pat rick. , ..;il Heavy rains fell here -yesterday and last rtfght, and farm work is halt/d as a result uhtU the land has a chance to dry up. Replanting cotton will he continued ju*t a* soon as ft la poa sihlo to do 80. '?Wb UNIQUE WHISKEY CAPTURE Hundreds of Quarts Bottled-in-Bond Seized. One of the largest whiskey seizures was mrade?here Thursday afternoon abcut two o'clock. A young man giv |ing his name as H. A. Cahill, claim 1 ing Miami, Florida, as his home, 'drove up in front of a garage to have some adjustment made to his caV, and as it happened Police Officer Barnes was in the garage at the same time ? looking after some repairs on his car. , His suspicions being aroused he put I the young man under arrest. He ' objected to a search of his car with out a warrant, and this was soon ob tained. Chief- Hilton and Ofifcer Brown were soon on the scene and, j Chief Hilton took the young man to ? the city lock-up and the warrant was . soon procured. A search of the car j i revealed that it was not only loaded 'with whiskey labelled Canadian club,] ibut, a more unique ararngement for j I storing it in the cur could hardly be, devised. The top of the car had a I false top built in it, and here was a i large number of quart bottles of the I fluid. Under the floor of the car I was another place for storing it. . Then the backs of the seats were re- J moved and a good storage place found there. It seemed that every j conceivable part of the car had been . changed so as to hold a supply of j the stuff. Then a number of suit cases were packcd with it. Several hundred bottles were stored in the | car, the smallest estimate we could get was around 100 while some said that it was nearly double that a mount. The officeis in charge stat ed that they had not counted the number of bottles taken. It was temporarily stored in police head quarters. When seen by a reporter for The Messenger the young man talked fi*e: ly of his trouble. He said that it was his first expericrictT that he wanted to go to New York where ho had a job offered him, and was en gaged to drive the car up there and besides getting a free ride was to be "aid extra for taking the car up north. He said that when he was engaged to do this l^ did not know thafc.it wa*< * whiskey car. but did realize this before he loft the Florida city. Sev eral times, he said, that he was tempt ed to abandon the car on the road, but stuck to it until he reached Cam den when he fell into the tolls of the law. The car stood in front of police headqiArters for some time and was inspected by scoes of people who were anxious to see the new arrange ment for packing and transporting 1 whiskey, in the meantime the young J rribn rested quietly in the city prison. Presbyterian Church Notes. ThQ "Go to Church Sundfey" spon- ( sored by the men of the church brought out the largest congregation i we have had in several weeks. At this service the pastor spoke on thej subject, "Our Church at Its Best" and Invited his congregation to unite with him in a month of personal work for increasing the membership of the church. The fine weather brought up the attendance at Sunday School from 86 to 117. On next Sunday ^norning May 12 there will be a Mother's Day exer cise at the Sunday school. Every mother of the church is given a spe cial invitation to be present. At the morning service the pastor will de liver a message appropriate to Mother and the Day. The workers in the S. School met last Thursday at the homo of the pastor for a discussion of Sunday school plans and problems. Mr. Houser, our superintendent, nvado . some very helpful suggestions and") under his leadership the school is doing splendidly. In this issue you will find announce ment of a Teacher's Training Insti tute that will be held in the S. S. rooms of our church next Thursday, May 9. The officers and teachers of everjr^school in the city are in- 1 vited also the entire public is wel- j come. Espcially are tho members of , our own church urged to bo present. . A Justifiable "Crow. When work was progressing to- ( wards removing the brick and timbers j in the home of Mr. Booker Branham, i which wont down by the twister that | visited his section of the county, the i falling of the chimney caught some chickens and in removing the brick a | rooster was released and as he em erged from his prison gave ft lusty crow. His crowing under the cir cumstances was justifiable we should think. Si: .. v. C ;i TO SEE THE JAIL NEXT WINTER Would , Gladly Give Money to Build a . Good, Clean Jail. The Wateree Messenger, Camden, S. C. jDear Sir: In regard to the article in your last issue, dated April 30th, en titled, *'A Kindly Act." There were others who helped me in getting that boy out of jail and I sending him home. One man es pecially. I That boy was not a "Bum", as some ,one called him, but very gentle. He was a good musician, had a college [ education and was in an orchestra I that got stranded last summer in 'North Carolina. He was advised to ,come down here and see if he could ' get work. One kind woman gave him | work during the rush time in a gro I eery store, which he gladly took but after that ho applied for work every ! where but as times were hard he could not find any, as everyone had to cut expenses. The boy was not strong and prob ably only knew music. He also com posed music. I heard him play the piano ai}d found that he had much talent, and a true musician is always retiring. Those who push and talk never amount to much. ? Whea I went up to the jail and found the negroes and whites to gether, standing in an inch of water; the dirt and filth 0/ that jail was a disgarce to Camden. When the people of this town asked us to raise money to transplant trees we responded liberally, but if they had known the condition of that jail I am afraid they would have insisted that the money be spent on the jail, as we have plenty of beautiful tree? and I for one, shall see that all those "who gave money for trees Bhall see for themselves that jail next winter. We would willingly givi money to build a good clean jail that would (be more credit to this lovdly^old town than an airport. A Subscriber. Camden, May 3, 1D29. Promotion Program at Shamrock. There will be a promotion program jfiYAtt. jat Shamrock Grammar School,. Thursday evening, May 9, 1929, at eight o'clock. Every one is cordially invited to attend. I<Je cream will be sold after the program. The proceeds will go for the benefit of the school. Not Satisfied Yet. Representatives from the Board of Health were here last week looking after the negro boy who created some excitement as it was thought possible that he was afflicted with leprosy. We understand that the boy is at honte wKh his mother a few miles ntujth of Camden and apparently is vetfyk much' improved and it iB not thought that-Ke.has leprosy. A good deal of time arid money has been spent o\ this jaajsA while other mat ters need/f(g Atgmion are passed up. w* m i \\ Memorial 4t $t\teburg. Memorial Day, Friday, May 10, will be observed in Stateburg at the Church of the Holy Cross at 4:30 in the afternoon. The address will be delivered by Hon. Mendel L. Smith of Camden. Mr. Smith has a state wide rfputation as an eloquent and scholarly speaker. The progrem will consist of music, a reading and the decorating o,f the soldiers' graves. The public is cordially invited to at tend. ? Sunter Herald. 50th Anniversary May 19th. he Bi catiqn^f the Lyttleton Street Metho dist church will take vplace Sunday, May 19th. The Sunday school will convene 6A 10 o'clock, followed by the anniversary services at 11:15. Rev. C. C. Herbert, of Spartanburg, a former pastor, will preach at that hour. At 3:30 a service primarily for 1 men, and all men of the city and those ! from the surrounding sections who 1 can do so, are invited to attend, and 1 as many ladies as may wish to do so 1 aire cordially invited. Rev. J. T. Peel er, another former pastor, will preach at the evening hour. One of the Hpfcial features of the day will be tjie presence of the McLeod-Wosley Bible Class of Trinity Methedist church, Sumter. They will have with j them their orchestra of seven pieces, ' a quartet from their class and will participate generally in the work of the local class. The time is drawing/ fiear and every arrangement neces sary will be carefully looked after. BETHUNE NEWS. Bethun?, May 6 ? The local chap ter U. D. C. will observe Memorial Day Friday morning beginning at oleven o'clock at the high school building. The chapter is fortunate in securing as speaker for the event the Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden. Pat riotic songs will be sung by the school children and a dinner will be served in honor of the Confederate veterans and their wives, the girls of the GO's and the World War veterans in the school dining hall. The residing ministers and the members of the school faculty are invited as honor guests. Mr. W. E. Davis complimented the teachers Monday afternoon with a j fish fry at Douglas' mill. The happy party returned early in the evening delighted with their outing. Mrs. R. K. Tompkins attended the district meeting of U. D. C. held rt Kershaw April 26. Misses Carrie Yarbrough , Stella Bethune and Helen Snellgrove wore week end gur.sts of Miss Mildred Hill ings in Lancaster. Miss Mary McKinnon has returned from an extended visit to fru-nds and relatives at Calhoun and Atlanta. Mr Leroy Burns, of the University was the week end gu- st of his broth er, Mr. Russel Burns. Mrs. D. W. Cobb and Mrs. Walter Sheffer, of Columbia, were visitors here Saturday afternoon. A Roman banquU faithfully por traying: Roman styles and customs, also depicting Roman scenes and th' habits peculiar to that ancient time was beautifully carried out by the members of the Latin Club in the Home Economics department Friday I evening:. Honor guests of the occasion were the parents and the teachers of mem bers of the club. Other guests wee the faculty of the Bethune school system and Mr. Leroy Burns of Co lumbia. t A color scheme of pink and green was carried thorughout. The recep tion room was g^aily festooned with Pink and green streamers caught up at the center of .the ceiling. From I this room the guests were led by the fnt b Parrott, into the banquet haTT Thfs r'eVetftefl a true Roman scone with its white draped couches arranged against the walls, tables in the center bearing bowls of fruit, tall pink tapers in crystal holders and buwls of burning incense. Miss Parrott spolfe a fow woids of introduction explaining that the feast would be carried out just as nearly as possible in true Roman style and presented the following pro gram: Songs sung in Latin, "School Days," "Bells of St. Marys", the club song, "Gaudeamus Agitur", playlet, "Prosephina", and invocation bv Mrs R. K. Tompkins. The menu consisted of stuffed eggs followed by chicken salad with acces sories, and punch and wafers. Be tween courses napkins and finger bowls of perfumed water were borne to each guest by the costumed, ori ental waitresses. The banquet was closed with a song in tribute to the mothers, fathers and teachers. The affair was sponsored by the popular club teacher, Miss Eddie Bradham. The success with which the occasion was carried out reflects much credit upon her efficient work I among her pupils. ? * . Heath of Mt?. Bissell. ! Mrs. Sallie Bissell, widow of the I late E. J. Bissell and a daughter of 1 the late Mr. and 'Mr*. B. D. Brunson. died at her home in Atlanta. (Ja Saturday. Mrs. Bissell was a native of Camden and left Camden some! time after the death of her husband j to make her home in Atlanta. She is survived by three daughters and a son. The remains will be brought to Camden for interment, and are I expected to arrive here today. The ' funeral service* will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at eleven o'- j clock. Mrs. Bissell had a number of friends in Camden who will be grieved to learn of her death, and who will ' deeply sympathize with the surviving ' children in their sorrow. Easy ,to f?et Money, The State of South Carolina gave' potlc^ recently that loans amounting j to $4,000,000 at five per cent, inter est would be received, and invited U?e banks of the state to subscribe j ft this loan. The amount was soon rf>ver-?uhscrihed. The Bank of Ker shaw took $100,000 and the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Bethune, $20 000. ' social and Personal Mrs. Thomas Lawton WiliinRham I **um?n. Bo a woman, highost model Of that high and perfect beauty ! Where the mind, soul and body Bend to work out life's threat duty. I Be a wiman, on to duty; Raise the world from all that's low, Place high in the social heaven I Virtues fair and radiant bow. I Lend thine influence to -T>?ch effort That shall raise our nature's human Be a whole souled, brave, true woman. Miss Kriustim. Bateman was host ess to the I). A. B. Thursday after noon. Although the storm was rag ing all was bright and cheerful with in. Several items of interest were discussed and a committee was ap pointed to see that all was in readi ness to go to Kershaw in June as scheduled in the year book. Delicious ice cream, cake and coffee was served. | Mrs. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., was host ioss to the U. 1). C Monday afternoon. | The rooms, thrown ensuite, were bright with lovely roses and brilliant double poppies. The business of ar ranging for the presentation of the pictures of the six Kershaw County Generals to the Blaney school on the twenty-seventh of May with Mrs. N. R. Goodale as speaker, and the memorial services with the dinner for the confederate veterans with Mr.'-. R. W. White as chairman with sub chairmen, was attended to in debate. The dinner will be at tWo Presbyterian church , may the fourteenth. Ice cream, cake and coffee was served r.t the close by Mary Lee Blakney and Catherine Kennedy. The children, grandchildren and friends of Mi*. B. T. Hasty gave hi?r>. a most delightful birthday dinner Sun day. The long table loaded with fried chicken, chicken pie, baked ham with every kind of salad, freeh \eg etables, iced tea and cake, was ar ranged in the yard under the trees. There were about sjxty-five people .wha. .dined on this Ihe sixty-eighlh birthday. Kind wishes for many hap py returns were expressed, aft:r which Dr. Willingham offered thanks. Out-of-town guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gordon, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Young, of Darling ton, S. C. Miss Ruby Gordon, of Chicora Col lege, spent the week end with Miss Mildred Marshall Miss Marie Young, of Darlington, spent the week end with Miss Hattio May Hasty. Miss Carol and Jack Haile, of Heath Springs, were guests of Mrs. J. T. Mackey, Sunday. Institute for Sunday School Workers, Camden, S. C., May 9, 1929. 3:00-9:30 I'. M. 3:00 Devotional ? Led by Rev. B. II. Prnnklin, Ridgeway, S. C. 3:16 Why We Are Here ? Rev. B. S. Hodges, Chr. Religious Education Committee, Congarce Presbytery. 3:30 Symposium ? "The Depart mentalised Sunday School", led by Mrs. Sheffer. a. It's Children? -Mrs. W. G. An derson, Atlanta, Ga. b. It's Young People. c. It's Adults ? Rev. Coo. W. Shef fer, Atlanta, Ga. 4:10 The Outpost Sunday School ? Rev. J. Walter Cobb, Sup't.-ftvanKcl ist, Congaree Presbytery. 5:00 The Need of the Hour - Rev. R. A. Lnpsley, D. I), Columbia, S. C. 5:20 Stories and Story Telling? M rs. W. C Anderson. 5:40 Round Table Discussion? Gen eral subjects and problems. fi:00 Group Conferences ? Children's Workers. Young Peoples' Workers. Officers. 0:30 Recess for Lunch and Fellow-' ship. Delegates bring light lnnch. 7:30 Devotional ? Led by Rev. A. I). McArn, Camden, S. C. 7:45 Addres?, "Religious Educa tion" It's Aims and Program, Rev. G. W. Sheffer. 8:30 Accepting the Challenge ? Rev. B. S. Hodgea. When insufficient food is supplied, gold fish in a pond devour one an other. Apparently man didn't invent the stock oxehango idea.