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Social and Personal Items The Misses Powell, of Richmond, Va., were the nuests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanley Llewellyn last week. The many friends in Camden of Mrs. H. K. Hallett, of Charlotte, N. C., deeply regret to learn of her ser ious illness with pneumonia and sin cerely wish for her recovery. Mrs. Hallett is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lindsay, of Camden. Mr. French, of the Kendall mills ' of Newberry, was a visitor to Cam- 1 den Thursday. The many friends of Mrs.* R. S. Williams, who was quite sick for some days at the Camden hospital, will be pleased to learn that she is now improving very nicely, and is now at home again. Rev. and Mrs. A. D. McArn are away on th?ir summer vacation. They are visiting Mrs. McAin's relatives. Mrs. T. P. Brown and children spent Sunday at Folly Beach. Our frivnd, Capt. J. W. Hamel, edi- 1 tor of the Kershaw Era, was a caller at our office Friday morning, but we were not in and missed seeing him. I Hon. W. W. Smoak, who delivered | the address at the mass meeting at the court house Friday morning, Is ' editor and publisher of the Press and Standard of Walterboro,. one of the best weekly papers in the state. He is also a member of the legislature from his county We were glad to meet him and have a chat with him. Dr. George S. Rhame, of Charles ton, who had been on a trip to Phila- j delphia and New York, stopped over in Camden On his return to visit his mother and family. Messrs. A. B. Whitaker and H. C. Sowell, of Kershaw, were in Camden yesterday and paid us a very pleas , ant visit. b Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Hough, and son, Harold, have returned from an auto trip to St. Louis, Mo., where they vis ited relatives of Mrs. Hough. Mr. and Mrs. W. Latta, of Harts ville, were visitors to Camden yester- 1 day. We were plad to have had a call from our friend, "Bill", Young Peoples Rally, Kershaw Asso ciation. The following is the program for the Young Peoples Rally of Kershaw , Association Saturday, August . 10, | kfieci, at 8 P. M., at Mt. Misgah church. Song ? Hark Tis the Shepherd's Prayer ? Mrs. Frank Byrd. Welcome ? Mt. Pisgah G. A.'s. Response ? {Miss Frances Creed. ?Devotional ? Mt. Pisgah R. A.'s Grayer ? <Mrs. C. L^ Norman. ' * Song? O Zion Haste. Veribal reports from all the R. A., G. A. and Sunbeam organizations. Song ? Camden Sunbeams. State W. M. U. officers?Bethany Sun&eams. Demonstration? Mt. Pisp?ah Sun-| beams. Snecial Music ? Camden Jr. G. A.'s Exercise ? DeKalb Sunbeams. Demonstration ? Camden R. A.'s. Message by State R. A. Leader ? Miss Beulah Hunsinger. iSonsr ? Bethune Sunbeams. Recitations by Misuses Ruth Young and Virginia Truesdate. Reading -Miss Edna Connei. Exercise? Shamrock Sunbeams. Song ? Pisgah Sunbeams. R. A. Hymn. Prayer ? -Mrs. G. A. Creed. W* urge all the pastors of Ker shaw Association to be Present and to do their fast to have somo of the young people from each of their I ? churches to attend this rally, whether thsy have an organisation or not. ? ? ?' ,'???" ^ Arranging for {Tent Meeting at Ker ?Haw. Rev. W. T. Hugginn has put up hi? tent at Kershaw and is arranging for 'ft Nriu of meetings at Kershaw. For some time past Mr. Hugglnt'hat been going out on Sundays and at such times through the week as opporttm i Ity offered and holding meetings, lie has doubtless done a great deal of good, aftd we regard him as a ul cere christian worker, and card tally commend him to those who an inter ested (ft ehristlon work. NEWS FROM BLANEY Blaney, August 6. ? 'Mrs. E. T. | Bowen entertained at her bonne | Wednesday evening honoring Miss ( Martha Boykin and Clyde Boykin, of Charlotte, N. C. As the guests ar I rived they were ushered into tho re ception hall where music and conver sation was enjoyed. The guests were then called to the porch, which was prettily decorated with Japanese lan terns. Here old-fashioned games were played. Afterwards Mrs. Grace i Bowen and Mrs. David Roberta served |ic$ cream and cake. Those enjoying j the occasion were: Misses Martha Boykin, of Charlotte; Sarah and Maye Shiver, of Rock Hill; Mildred Bowen, Beatrice Ross, Allie Clelyo and Louise Rose; Nelle and Mildred Evans; Eliz abeth Kelly; Lena and Elise Roser Ruby and Ermine Maddox; Mrs. Grace Bowen and Mrs. David Roberts; and Harry Ross, Ernest Hinson. Clyue Sessions, Clyde Boykin, Norman Rose, Rembert Sanders, Albert Kelly, Ed ward Maddox, David Roberts, Dolph Kelly and David Zone. Mrs. W. B. Evans entertained Sat urlay afternoon in honor of Misses Sarah and Maye Shivar, of Rock Hill, and Misses Cora Alice Harnion rmd Mfiry McLendon, of Yiorrell Hill. Music was enjoyed, after which a de licious salad and ice course was served. Miss Beatrice Ross has returned home after attending summer school at the University of South Carolina. Leonardo Andrea, of Trenton, was a visitor here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. D. Kelly, Misses Ruby and Faye Kelly, of Columbia and Mr. Daniel Kelly, of Macon, Ga., spent Monday with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McLendon and daughter, .Margie, have returned to their home in Columbia after visiting Mrs. J. D. McLendon. Mrs. T. H. Hair, of Columbia, spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Ross. Mr. and Mrs. David Roberts visited Mr. and Mrs. Hupihey Harrellson, in Grcsham, last Sunday. Mir. and Mrs". C. H. Rose* atid- child ren of Charleston spent the week end with relatives. Miss Ollie Maye Rose will spend some time in Charleston. i Rotarians Discuss Pellagra. j The Camden Rotary Club, at the J regular weekly luncheon Thursday, | had a very interesting meeting. The pellagra situation in the county was discussed by Boliver D. Boykin, H..( G. Carrison, Jr., chairman of the board of county directors, and by Drs. J. T. Hay, of Boykin, and A. W. | Humphries, of Camden. The matter j is regarded as of grave importance , and further investigations will be , made by county officials. The rotar ians had as their guest at this meet ing J. Scottewe Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, who is visiting his daugh ter, Mrs. W. Lambert DePass, Jr. Mr. Wannamaker made a brief talk to the rotarians, and referred to the iodine content in South Carolina j raised vegetable? and the opportunity offered the people of this state aB a result of this discovery. Will Take Part in Musical Program. We met on the streets here yester day morning Messrs. Warren and j Ronnie Arnold, two splendid young men who are quite well known here, and each of them natural born musi cians. Ronnie had just returned j from New York to accept a position . as electrical operator at the Watereo( Power Company's plant. These young ( men have very kindly consented .to , attend the Character Builders Bible class of the Lyttleton Street Metho dist Sunday School on Sunday morn- 1 ing and take part in the musical program which means that a real treat Is in store for lovers of good music. A large attendance of the men is expected at this service. Preaching at JHeath Springs. Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the Camden Baptist church, is engaged this week in a revival meeting at Heath Springs. Mr. Caston Is a very : forceful and earnest preacher, am! the people of Heath Springs will , we are sure, be nlad of the opportunity of hearing him. The usual servlcoa will be held In the church hete fiext Sunday morning. The mid-week .prayer service will also be h*Mh The B. Y. P, XL will meet on Thursday evening as usual. I . AUTOMOBILE BLOW BADLY HURTS BOY Lad Hit by Man Coming to See 111 Wife. Boyd Rollins, seven, who lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rol lins, on the Two Notch road near the Edgewood school just outside of the Columbia city limits, was critically injured last night shortly after dark when struck by an automobile said to bq driven by E. N. Workman, of Kershaw. The youth is m the Baptist hospital with a fractured left leg and a frac tured skull. It is extremely doubtful If the boy wlil live. Details of the accident are kept secrct by his family. The father ! charges Mr. Workman was driving about 40 miles * n hour. He said Mr. Workman stopped and gave assist ance. The father also says he has names of eye witnosses <4but is not ready to give them out." He wus at home when he refused to tell how the accident occurred, say ing that alhough he himeslf did not see his child struck he knew the car was traveling fast and that he would present his witnesses later to tell their story. So far as could l>e deter mined no police report had been made of the accident but Coroner W. O. McCain knew of the case. Mr. Workman was cominfj to C' lumbia to see his wife, who is seri ously ill in the Baptist hospital. . An aunt of the injured boy said that he darted across the road in front of the oncoming automobile. This was the second accident to a child in the day. Four-year-old Helen Mincy was fatally injured Sunday night by running in front of an auto mobile on the Winnsboro road. ? The State, 6th inst. Miss Ward Complimented Lugoff, Aug. 3. ? Mrs. H. A. Rabon and daughters were hostesses at a miscellaneous shower on Friday even ing at their home in Lugoff, in honor )yir W.srd. Tyhtraa iprir" riage to Hoke Carroll, of Columbia, takes place this month. White flowers combined with those in yellow tonos were used with pretty effect about the rooms and the color scheme was repeated in the shaded lights, tapers and the ice course. The bride's chair wan marked with a large white bow. Misses Louise and Jemel Rabon greeted the guejts at the front door and had them to register; then they were shown to the lower hall" where punch was served by MisseB Lorena Rabon and Allie Amnions. Games and contests were played | during the evening. The prises in the contests were won by Miss Evelyn Ward and Mrs. J. W. A. Sanders. Mrs. Sanders presented hers to the guest of honor. During the evening little Virginia Ward and Elaine Rabon brought in the express wagon which was laden with beautiful and useful gifts attest ing to the popularity of the attract ive bride. The bride's book was pre sided over by Mrs, H. Y. Hinnant. After the reading of the wishes, ide cream and cake were served. Albout forty guests were present. Lyttleton (Street \Methodist Church. George Pierce Watson, Pastor. Sunday, August lVt Bible School, 10:00 A. M., Mr. L. C. Shaw, super* intendent. Epworth League, espe cially for the young people, 7:80 P.* M. Public worship 11:15 A. M., con ducted by the Rev. Peter Stokes and followed by the Third session of the Quarterly Conference, at which all the ofifcers of the churcit are re quested to be present. No mid-week service. The public is meat cordially invited to all the services of this church. Come and bring your friends. Invents Mew Beam Lock. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shaw have re turned from a visit to Asheville, and other points In North Carolina. While in North Carolina Mr. Shaw exhibit ed at some of the mills a new beam lock which he and his son, Mr. Lane Shaw, invented and for which a pat j?nt is pending. This is a device that | is applicable o practically any loom and saves wear of the machinery very ! materially, and prevents the jerkinr !of the yarn in the loom, which in Itself is a b\g advantage. This new , device is being manufactured by the i Camden Iron and Brass Works of this city. 'v4: . ' ? '? V BETHUNE NEWS. Bethune, Aug:. 5. ? Mr. J. E. Cope Und, magistrate of Bethune, died suddenly at his home here about ten o'clock Sunday morning 4th. | Mr. Copeland had not been feeling .well for three, weeks, but was better than usual on Saturday and remained at his place of business until late thai evening when he went home and got a good night's rest. Mr. Copeland was a man of about middle age and possessed a nenial disposition. Of generous impulse he won' for himself a large circle of friends who grieve his passing. He was born and reared at Bethune and is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Maude Brannon, a small son, John Copeland and an adopted son, James Copeland and a brother, T. R. Copeland all of Be thune. Funeral services were held at Pleas ant Hill Baptist church Monday morn ing. Messrs. A. T. Bethune, of Bessemer City and Charles McCoy, of Charlotte spent the week end with friends and relatives here. I Mr. Cyril Thomason, of Cheraw, was the guest of June and Neil Truesdell last week. s Mrs. J. A. McCaskill and daughters, ? Mrs. J. G. Richards and Mrs. C. O. I Terry spent Saturday in Columbia as ! guests of Mrs. A. M. McNaull. Miss Sara Lee Heustiss is spend ing the week at Junaluska. Mrs. T. H. Josey is spending some time with relatives in Atlanta. Mrs. Rainwater, of Cheraw, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. C.% Padgett. | KEEP THIS IN MIND County Fair Should Claim Your Act ive Support For several years past Kershaw | county has held successful county fairs, each succeeding one marking improvements, until the fair has be come a fixed, institution for aiding in 'Tie development of various enter prises and improvements on the farms and in the households of the county. Horticulture, farm product?, poultry, manufacturing exhibit* ftchool exhibits, all have aided very much in making the fairs of the past a success. One of the prime ob jects of the fair is to encourage these enterprises, have them exhibited fo that comparisons may be made nnd generally to give encouragement to $ie various branches o? industry In tfiich our people are interested. So successful have the fairs been that 4 lot of ample size has been purchased upon which suitable buildings aro be ifeg erected to give the fairs a per manent place for exhibits. The of ficers of the fair association are: n* G. Carrison, Jr., president? J. B. Zemp, vice-president; and Brevard Boykin, secretary. These are each Well known active citizens who nive much to their time and splendid en s building up a larger Kiarliest cooperation. This we un reservedly apeak for them. Let u all unite our efforts to make the fair $ 1929 the- biggest and best in the history of our county. Company M. to Have New Armory. . Preparations are being made for building an armory for Camden's Camden's splendid military company, Company M., 118th infantry . F sdme time the company corporation has owned the two story residence on Rutledge street, and" had it fitted up for an armory, but recently it was decided to have a r*ore convenient armory, so the work gf razing the old frame building was begun Monday and will aoon be out of the way for the handsome new brick armory, which it is under*f<H?d will cost around $10,000. The members of this company are enthuslrfastlc over the prospects of having an up-to-date a^fiory and the community generally 'rejoices with them. Camden and Kershaw county people feel very pfoud of their military company, and wish to see the fellows encourarpd. The new armory will be erected on the site 6f the old one. Death of a Little Girl Vivian Mathis, aged three and a "h|lf years, died at the Camden hos pital Saturday evening. iShe was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mathia, of the Mizpah neighborhood of Lee county. The little girl was brought to the hospital early Satur? day morning In a very serious con* and they merit your COUNTY ORGANIZATION FORMED A Meeting of Interest Held Here Friday at .Coutt House. | A meeting of unusual interest was held at the court house Fridr.y for the purpose of forming a county nat ural resource ornanizution. The at tendance was good, and the interest , was very encouraging. L. T .Mills presided over the meeting and called upon Henry Savpge, Jr., president of the Camden and Kershaw County .Chamber of Commerce to state the | objecf of the meeting, which he did ? in a few w.rds. H. G. Carriscn, Jr., chairman of the county board of di reclors, was next introduce;! and spoke of the urgent need of some other crops besides cotton, and added his endorsement to the movement be ing carried forward by the Natural Resources Commission, ard took oc casion to have something to say with regard to the approaching county fair, and urned cordial support of the officers who have this work ir. 'hard. , Mayor C. P. DuBose was called upon, and endorsed what had already Joeen said and pledged his support to the furtherance of the work. L. O. Funderburk, one of the larg est and most successful farmers being called upon, said that the farm ers realized perhaps as they nevev had before the necessity of diversi fication, for last year taught then, a lesson, and beileved the iodine pro position suggested the opportunity for diversification. At this juncture Mr. Mills called upon Mr. B. G. Sanders, former act ive secretary of the chamber of com merce to introduce the speaker, Hen. W. W. Smoak, of Walterboro. Mr. fjmoak, said that South Carolina had merely scratched upon the surface of ?her natural resources, and entered into a very ihstructlve and interesting discussion of them, and emphasizing the wonderful advantages as a result of the discovery of an iodine content in South Carolina raised vegetables. T^oStf who were fortunate enough to be present* to hear him will doubt less have a (greater impression of the opportunities that their state offers than they had before. It was unani mously decided to form A county or ganization, and the following officers were elected; J Team Gettys, presi dent-; L. O. Funderburk, vive-presi jient; J. B. Zemp, treasurer; Miss Sally Pearce, secretary. Commis sioners from each of the four town ships wore named.as follows: DeKalb, W. C. Seagle and L. L. Block. Flat Rock, J. H. Sowell and J. C. Hilton. Buffalo, J. C. Foster and J. N. Mc Laurin. Wateree, Mrs. Ben Wiley X3ettys and L. I. Guion. > Worth while result? are expected to be brought about as a result f this meeting, and a rising vote of thanks was unanimously adopted for the fine j^esentation and informing addr^s^ mata^by Mr. Smoak. Irtinfadiately ?upon the adjournment of the mfeeting a inference was held with MrNsmoak by the officers elect ed to servKforitljfe /county. Editor Advocate Chat and I-unch With Judge Smith. We had a pleasant chat at lunch with Judge Mendel L. Smith, of Cam den, a few days ago. The Judpje spoke in eomplimentfery terms of the character and wot* of Rev. G. P. Watson, pastor of our Lyttleton street church, Camden; spoke highly of the new pastor of his own church, 'the Baptist, in Camden, Rev. J. B. Caston; and told us that he, the Judge, had just bfeen asked to become bio teachor of the Men's Bible clnRS of his church in Camden, which des pite the fact that court often called him away on Sundays, he was dis posed to accept; and withal, handed us the price of the Advocate that he might have Its Sidelights on the Sun day School Lesson and on "The Vimes" and "other things" he had 'learned the value of through occas ional copies s sen. "We have long ad mired JudS'? Smith. This last con versation did not, to say the least, subtract anything from our admira tion.? S. C. Advocate. Died In North Carolina. (Mr. John A. McDougal, {or many years a resident of Camden, died in Sanford, N. C., Wednesday night and his body was brought to Camden for interment. Mr. McDougal was a quiet, good citizen, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. lie was fl2 years of age, and is sur vived by his widow, for whom sincere aympathy Is felt. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL I Mrs. Thomas Lawton Williivghamjil To .Men Called Christian. We hear the clarion call, "To arms! ye soldiers brave." $ Ye Christian men and boys, ? all, / ? Proclaim Christ's power to save. -.S ? . % i "Be strong in mighty conflict Against the host of sin, Nor fear the pain of "sin sick" Or the battle's noise and din. ? r ' ? *3 i ' [The call comes loud and pressing I for strong and valiant men. ; Ye Christians have the blessing. - Oh! hasten with it then. The world, the world is dying For the hand clasp true and strong, And hearts in pain are crying For the blessing of a song. Mrs. Thomas Lawton Willingham Mr. Harold Funderburke and L. O. Fundcrburke, Jr., motored to Phila delphia, New York and Atlantic City by way of Charlotte, Richmond and Washington, making a safe and most delightful trip. The many friends of Mr. and ?Mrs. J. S. Lindsay regret the very serious illness of their much beloved daugh ter, Mrs. II. K. Hallett. Miss Carolyn Heyman spent t\\e week end in Rock Hill. Mrs. J. E. Massey returned with Miss Heyman for a short. visit. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Campbell have moved into the attractive cotage on Lyttleton streot formerly occupied' by Mr. and Mrs. Belton Beard and fam- ? iiy. Here In a Ileal Problem. M ???ih ;<;? Tuesday of last week the police ar rested and placed in the city prison a h small boy, 13 years of age, for the theft of an automoble wlweh he ^rove g off from ColumJbia In." The ofifcera ; were simply doing their duty and re gardless of the age of the child they 3 could not well have done otherwise. But such a case as this is well culated to excite pity. The boy gave his name a.f Carl Whitcher, and said 'k his mother's homo was 1317 E. Fay*,vi ette St., Syracuse, N. Y. His father* V' he said lived in Florida. Mother and father had been separated according to the boy's story for some years -i and his mother had married again. J, He sajrs he was 13 years of age last M March and he does not look to be any y, older than that. He was a rather nood looking boy, with clear blue Vj eyes, wavy hair and light complex*^ ion. As we were talking with him we would notice a heavy sigh, and fj he asked us, "What do you reckon -x they will do with me?" There is '4 not so much reason for pity for many young men who are tramping the, country over and committing crimes, || but for a child like this, possibly thf "j product of a wrecked home, there is ^ need for pity and it presents a great big problem. The little waif had been to Florida he said with his i; father, but his father did not need him and he was trying to get back to his mother. He wulked when he could not get a ride, and landed into Columbia, and theru made a fatal mistake. He >>>t into a car and drovo \ it to Camden. Such acts are almost sure to be detected just as they should be. He said he went to school in Canada and had finished the sixth grade. Ho talked freely when asked a question and seemed# to appreciate our visit. An officer from Columbia came over late Tues day afternoon with a warrant for the boy and took him and the ohi- back to Columljm where he faces a charge of stealing* the car, which he admits he did. Boy Shown Confederation. On Friady we received a wire from Columbia in reply to an inquiry from us that, "Whitcher is in juvenile home here. Police are communicating with parents. Prosecution probably be dropped." We are glad to learn of this consideration which the officer* are showing the little fellow, and hope that his mistake has learned him a wholesome lesson. Magistrate L. P. Thompson, of Liberty Hill, was a visitor o Camden Saurday. "Pat's" friends in Cam* den are always glad to see ? pvj j- , . . ? Vrfvyi' Every week h farmer's week On progressive farms, but August 5