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BOYKIN ? McFARLAND WEDDING Lovely in its simplicity was the wedding of Miss Mary Wells Boykin and Clifton McFarland, which took place Tuesday aften\oon at Grace Episcopal church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. P. H. Craighill Jr., and for the occasion the church was prettily decorated with smilax pines and ferns. Pink carnations and snapdragons were used in the altar vases, and two large vases of lilies were placed just inside the altar rail Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. F. W McCorkle played several selections or the organ and Miss Virginia deLoach sang "I Love You Truly" and "At Dawning." To the strains of the wedding march the ushers and groomsmen en tered the church. They were: Har vey Clarke, John K. deLoach, Hunter Kennedy of Columbia and Frank Tompkins, Jr., of Columbia. Miss Pete Boykin, sister of the . bride, was the only attendant. Shr wore a dress of periwinkle blue crepe ankle length, and turban to match She carried an arm bouquet of palf yellow roses and snapdragons. The bride, who was given in mar riage by her father, B. O. Boykin, wore a crepe and satin dress of gray, ankle length, and her turban was a matching shade of gray. Gray slip pers and gloves completed the outfit and her flowers were an arm bouquet of pink roiea. Mr. and Mrg. McFarland left for their wedding trip immediately after the ceremony, motoring to Florida where they will spend several weeks before going to Melrose, Mass., to make their home. Mrs. McFarland is the lovely daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Belton O. Bbykin and has lived in Camden most of her life, leaving Camden after her gradu ation from school for Philadelphia where she was graduated from the Protestant Episcopal hospital. By her sweetness and graciousness she has won a host of friends here and elsewhere. Mr. McFarland is the. son of Mr and Mrs. C. B. McFarland of Melrose Mass. He is a graduate of the Mass achusetts Institute of Technology and is with the Standard Oil company in Melrose. Among the out-of-town guests at tending the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Willie Boykin of Charlotte, Mr and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. John Baarcke, Mr. and Mrs ? Frank G. Tompkins, Hunter Kennedy Miss Louise Lang, Misa Olive Nettles MisB Virginia Nettles, Mrs. Reeves Boykin and Miss L'Artigue Griffin all of Columbia, and Mr. and Mrs. William King of Davidson, N. C. Immediately after the wedding Mr and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Jr., enter tained informally for the wedding party and out-of-town guests. MRS. JOHN K. DeLOACHE HOSTESS Friday afternoon Mrs. John K. De Loache was hostess to her bridge club Playing with Club members were: Mrs. John Villepigue, Mrs. Ned Mc Dowell, Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., Mrs. J. B. Zemp, Mrs. G. T. Little, Mrs. Bennie Smith and Mrs. W. L. Goodale High score for the afternoon was won by Mrs. Ned McDowell and the con solation prize was cut by Mrs. J. R Zemp. A salad course with sandwiches and coffee was served. HER KISS KILLS 8. Her Eight Lovers Shot One After Another ? The Strange Fate That Lurks Behind "Fatal Mary's" Under world Romances. See The American Weekly, the Magazine Distributed with Next Sunday's Atlanta Sunday American. MISS ETTA ZEMP ENTERTAINS A lovely prfrty of the pant week was the one on Saturday afternoon given by Miss Etta Zemp at her home on Fair Street. * Four tables were attractively ar ranged for Contract bridge. Bowls and vases of yellow belle, breath of spring and other early spring flowers were used in the card rooms. High score prise was won by Mi;s. Iieontrd Schenk, Miss Hortense James received the floating prize. The hostess served delightful re freshments consisting of toasted sandwiches, fruit cake, pound cake said coffee. f ? ? Mrs. D. D. Paris hit returned t< Camden after a visit to her daughter Id Colombia. V MEETING OF SPINSTERS CLUB. The Spinsters Club had a very de Rightful meeting Monday evening with Miss Dolly . ^ingleton. Three tables were placed for bridge in the large* living room where lovely spring flowers were used. Special guests for the evening were Miss Frances Boykin, Miss Hallir Carsfion and Miss Blanche Burnet of Clarkesville, Tenn. High score was won by Miss Burnet. The hostess served a sweet course. Mrs. A. J. Briggs of Henderson ville, N. C., was the week-end guest of Mrs. C. W. Evans. WITH THE SICK. Friends of Mrs. Kate Gettys wil1 be sorry to learn that she had an ap pendix operation at the Camden Hos pital Monday. Mrs. Sam Evans is recuperating nicely in the Columbia Hospital after a very serious operation. Mrs. Floyd Beaver returned to hei apartment on Laurens street Sunda\ after being a patient in the Camden Hospital three weeks. NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB MEETING Mrs. Withers Trotter very delight fully entertained the Neighborhood bridge club Wednesday afternoon Thrm takk# were arranged for bridge in the spacious living-room wkich was bright with early spring flowers. Top score for the afternoon was won by Miss Alberta Team. Mrs Hughey Tindal cut the consolation. The hostess served a most delicious sweet course. CLUB HOSTESS Thursday afternoon Mrs. Dan Mur chison was hostess to the Contract bridge club of which she is a member. Special guests for the afternoon were Mrs. Carol Deschamps, Mrs. Edith Gopel, Mrs. Thornwell Hay and Miss Elizabeth Buchannon. Mrs. Leonard Schenk was the win ner of the high score prize. Delight ful refreshments were served after the games. FARM FAMILY OF 13 TO VISIT ROOSEVELT. Nebraska Farmer's Family of 13 to Be Guests of the Roosevelts at the White House ? How They Will Sleep. Eat and Be Entertained. See The American Weekly, the Magazine Dis tributed with Next Sunday's Atlanta Sunday American. MISS MARY ELLEN McCASKILL ENTERTAINS On Saturday afternoon, Miss Mary Ellen McCaskill most charmingly en tertained at three tables of bridge at her home on Lyttleton Street in cele bration of her birthday anniversary. In the living-room where the guest played quantities of spring flowers were used. The guest list included: Misses Marie Haile, Dorothy Vanland ingham, Charlotte DuBose, Ellen Sal mon, Mary Lee Blakeney, Mary Eliz abeth Wooten, Carolyn Kohn, Rosn Lee Moore, Margaret Boykin, Elenor Hrown, Elizabeth McCaskill and Inn DeLoache. After cards were laid aside the birthday cake was cut, the ring was found by Miss Ellen Salmon, the but ton was never found. Miss Marie Haile won the top score prize in the bridge games and Miss Dorothy VanLandingham the low score prize. Tho hostess annistfcd by her Mother served delicious chicken salad sand wiches and coffee. MRS, J. L WILLIFORP ENTER TAINS FOR MiS. JANES On TftamWy afternoon Mrs. J. L Williford was Hostess at tw6 tables of Contract bridge, honoring Mrs Garwood Janes Who is leaving on the 1st to make her home in Columbia. | In a lovely setting of spring flowers eight intimate friends of the honor guest spent the afternoon playing Contract bridge. Mrs. Mortimer Muller was the winner of the high score prize And Mrs. T. Lee Little received the con solation and the honor guest was pre sented a dainty gift. The hostess served a tempting sweet course with coffee. William J. Clare, 51, was arrestee! for stealing baby carriages in Man hattan. MISS LAW AND MR. DeLOACHE j TAKE PART IN LEE PROGRAM Philadelphia, Jan. 20? Daughter of the Confederacy invited two tal ented young South Carolinians tc participate in their program here Thursday in observance of Genera) Lee's birthday. Miss Margaret Lathop Law of Spartanburg, whose book of poems "Horizon Smoke," published in th( early fall, has just gone into a sec ond edition, gave a reading of hei verse, including a poem to Gfcnera! Lee, written for the occasion, Ben jamin *&6ti6flcbe of Camden, baritone I of the Philadelphia Grand Opera i Company, sang. Miss Law, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Adger Law of Chestnut | Hill, Philadelphia, where she now ' makes her home, is descended through i her mother from the Goodes and War rens of Virginia and Georgia and through her father from the Laws I DuBoses and Adgers of South Caro lina. After graduating from Welles ; ley College, she took a master's de gree in English literature at the Uni j versity of Penn jlyvania. Since the i War, during which she served ir | France as a Y. M. C. A. worker with ' the A. E. F., she has lived for con i siderable periods in Sicily, Italy i France and Poland. She has had I articles published in the Saturday ! Evening Post, Readers' Digest, Inde pendent, Living Age, American Art I News, Architecture, Art and Acheo logy, House Beautiful, Travel and | McCall's. She is now writing fiction: Pictorial Review is soon to publish a first story of hers. Mr. DeLoache has the unusual dis tinction of having appeared in no lesr than three major American premierer in the past two years. When Leopold Strokowski selected his cast for the first concert presentation of the operr "Boris Godounoff" in 1929 he chose Mr. DeLoache to fill one of the roles This was followed the next year by a solo appearance in the first American performance of Schoenberg's " Die Gluckliche Hand," given by the Phila delphia Orchestra under the auspices of the League ? of Composers. In March, 1931, Mr. DeLoache was heard in the American premiere of Allan Berg's "Wozzeck", given by the Phil ? adelphia Grand Opera Company un der the leadership of Mr. Stokowski. These honors were well merited by the baritone. A winner of the At water Kent national fradio contest r few years ago, Mr. DeLoache had formed the habit of success. Hip operatic appearances in "Tosca" "Butterfly", Giannia Schicch" and "I,f Jongleur de Notre Dame" proved hirr to be possessor of a ri?h, mellow bar itone voice, used with rare artistry and intelligence. In concert and radio appearance he has won approv al of audiences and critics. Mr. Df Loache has appeared with distin guished success in a long list of con cert engagements. He entered th' Curtis Institute of Music after win ning the Atwater Kent prize, study ing with the famous baritone, Emi1 de Gorgoza. A wide repertoire of negro spirituals forms an interesting group which he features in his pro I grams. BIRTH. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Henry McDowell at the Camden Hospital on Sunday, January 23rd, a son. BLANEY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Abbott and Mr. I and Mrs. R. J. Brnnham spent Wed nesday in the home of their pastor "Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Willis of Ridge way. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Motley and lit tlfc daughter, Wilma, and Mr. Frank Abbott of Winnsboro spent last week end here in the home of their sisters Miss Dida Abbott and Mrs. G. A Dowey. The friends of Mr. and Mvs. G. A Downy will be sorry to hear of their little son, Melvin being ill with "flu". Mr. Oscar Ross of Winrtsboro bar recently visited here in the home of bis paronts, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ross Mr. G. A. Dowey has moved hi? sawmill from Eastover up here, near Abbott's Store. Ho will be here fo only a short period of time. It wan reported yesterday that Mr Fred Bookman is doing just fine. He is in the Columbia hospital recuperat ing from an operation. We hope that he will continue to regain hir strength, so he can be up and about bis home and among his friends. They surely do miss him. A film showing the origin and de velopment of handwriting from 6,000 years B. C. to the present day, will he a feature ef an exhibit at World's Fair in Chicago, In 1988. A house built in Boston in 1?35 by Thomas Bird is still occupied by his descendants and' remains in * good condition. FARM AND HOME AGENTS URG- \ ED RETAINED BY CONUTY FARM j LEADERS At a recent meeting of the Ker shaw County Board of Agriculture which consists of farm leaders from various sections of the county the fol lowing resolutions were unanimously ado pled : It is recommended that in 1933 ou) farmers leave out approximately 1 -f of their cultivated lands, cultivating only the best lands on the place, ant* on the lowest producing farms tha' possibly 50 per cent of the cultivate'" land be left out and that the best lan<' So planted and better fertilized; That every landlord in the count} see that his tenants produce adequat' ".upplies of food and feed for the fam ily and livestock; That every farm family in the cour Ly, large or small, white or colored -secure as early as possible at least nilk cow and that sufficient food br rrown for such animils; That every farm family exert still nore diligence in the production, con nervation and use of stable and lot manures, and that our cows and oth ^r livestock be better housed during lhe winter, and that fires be kept down in the woods, and that an a Sundance of litter be kept in th? sta bles and lots; That every farm family take great er interest in having bigger and bet ter all-year home gardens and that each family work in closer cooperat ion with their county and home a gents, especially in the development of better all-year gardens, and that each family secure a copy of the gar den bulletin from one of the agents and that each family see that then name is on the list to receive the monthly garden letters; It was moved, seconded and passed unanimously by a standing vote tha4 the Kershaw County Legislative Del egation retain our county and home agents on as favorable basis as possi ble; That all of the farm people of the county be urged to work closer dur ing 1933 with their county and home agents in all of their farm and home problems. Respectfully, County Board of Agriculture. The United States Department of Justice has finger-prints and records of more than 3,000,000 criminals, the largest collection of its kind in the I world. I METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES The Sunday School will meet at 10:00 A. M. The Young People' f Class will meet in the Sunday School Auditorium ? taught by the Pastor The Men's Bible Class will meet at the Parsonage in a room selected by them. The Pastor will preach at 11:15 o'clock and at 7:30 P. M. TheEpworth League will Meet in their usual place at 6:45, conducted by Miss Etta Zemp. The Junior Choir will assist the regular choir in the song service. GRACE CHURCH SERVICES. Rev. F. H. Craighill, Rector, Gracr Episcopal Church, announces the ser vices for the week as follows: Sunday, January 29th. Holy Communion, 8:00 a. m. Church school, 10:00 a. m. Morning Prayer and sermon, 11:1P a. m. Class on Prayer, 0:00 p. m. Y. P. S. L., 7:00 p. m. Kingsport, Tenn., is given the low test death rate of any city in the state by the federal census bureau 7.7 deaths per thousand population. Hefore shooting himself Wilbur Lindsay of Fort Worth, Tex., wrote "all women are chiselers of one sort or another; they are gold diggers." Divorced 24 years ago, Charles W .Likes, 50, and Mrs. Grace Schafers man, 46, recently took out a licensr to marry at Kansas City, Mo. Jingle, jingle went Mrs. Lee Kee fauvor's duck fts it waddled around the farm, near Hoonsboro, Md., aftej swallowing a bell from the babyV rattle. Matthew Medlyn, of Parkens, Newj South Wales, who weighed less than | a pound at birth, at middle age tip? ! the scales at 288 pounds. Mrs. Nick Woynoviteh of Chicago recently brought her husband before court on ft disorderly conduct charge alleging that he slept with his shoer on and threw ashes on the floor. A negro patient in a hospital in Wayorow, Ga., stole a set of false teeth from a fellow patient and sent them home to be available when he got out - >? The Majestic Theatre Wednesday, January 25th. The motion picture world rejoices at the return oi CLAKA liOW in Tiffany Thayer's "CALL HER SAVAGE" Miss Bow will not disappoint you. Thursday and Friday, January 26th-27th Two who began in passions reckless abandon.... defying a world gone mad with hate! "A FA-RE WELL TO ARMS" With Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou. As you read it in the book.... so you wih bee it on the screen. Saturday, January 28th BUCK JONES in a great ouwoor action Western picture "RIDIN* FOR JUSTICE" And the first episode of the newest serial "THL LOST SPECIAL" and Aefcop Fables. What Every Child Should Eut By Dr. K. li. Lec Kvcry child sh i uld have a ip irt uf ir.ilk every da\. Also : Toast and cereal at break f ast. Bread at n> o:i and nij*ht. Generous ? c r v in ;s o'* two or vefjeta' os. three or four times a we k !? rr.it at. least < m .? a day. ( - t- tr.atu, ! orange or p'.nea;-p!c ju'.v I Hither an chk\ tn< at. tish. dried | beans. peas or !c?;t . is d.iilv A moderate an.ou:.: of ;?t : - i not much sweets. Cud li\er oil ?\c wl;:tcr month?. llread is good for \vh:it< \ rr h !?- rev. i :n a!s eating is permitted. and may ' e I : :c" in al,u:i'!ance as a nourishing ar.d I \.'-0 st fi od. It was the last straw when Henry Merger of New York hud his hair marcelled and then got a permanent, Mrs. iierger said in asking for a di vorce. Returning from a party at which he won a goose, Ernest Hirner of Hanlin Township, Mich., discovered that thieves had stolen all of his chickens. (ierald Morris and Amy Soward of Armona, Calif., who were impa tient to be married, took a preacher along to the court house for the li cense and were married before the ink was dry on the document. Thieves entered the public safety building in Tacoma. Wash., and stole jewelry from the purse of Mrs. A Pabst, employee of the police depart ment's "women's protective division.'' In a petition for a divorce I). O Swenson of Salina, Kans., alleges that his wife "fradulently wooed" him by taking him to theaters to see "torrid lovo scenes" and then producing a marriage license. * Send Your Job Printing To The Wateree Messenger * Makes Women Lose Fat Miss Ron M. Haines of Dayton, CD Mo, writes: "I weighed 180 so started to take Kruschen. I never was so surprised as when 1 weighed myself the first week ? 1 lost 7 pounds. I just bought my 3rd jar and am down to 1 4 r> ? am still taking them and never felt better in my life." (June 17, 1032). To take off fat ? take one half tea spoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water in the morning before breakfast ? one bottle that lasts 4 weeks costs but a few cents ? get it at DeKalb Pharmacy or any drugstore in America. If this first bottle fails to convince you this is the SAFE and harmless way to lose fat ? your money gladly returned. Don't accept anything but Krus chen because you must reduce safely. MEN WANTED for Rawleigh City Routes of 800 Consumers in and near Cities of Camden, Great Falls j Bishopville and Sumter. Reliable * hustler can start earning $25 weekly and increase rapidly. Writ*5 immediately Rawleigh Co., Dept SC-23-V., Richmond, Va. suusckihiTto the watered MESSENGER. When a freight truck with marblep aboard was wrecked at Fellowsville W. Va., youngsters arrived from every direction and scooped up "megs' and "shooters" by the pocketful unti1 the police arrived. The Master of Clta OS By IRVING BACHELLER Opening his thrill, ing historical story, "T he Master of Chaos," in July, 1775, Mr. Bacheller's nar rative is woven around the band of patriots who made our notion, but the lovo interest is prin cipally concerned with the ad ventures and misadventures of one Colin Cabot, a young man recently graduated from Harvard, the son of a small merchant, and ardent liberty-loving youngster, of course devoted to tho Con tinental cause. As might ho ex pected, he is in love with a beau tiful and charming girl, Patience Faycrweathcr, whoso wealthy and well-born parents aro extreme Loyalists. Patience herself is converted to the Continental catiso by her lovo for Colin, and does not protect when ho es capes from Boston, then in the hands of tho British, and goes to join Washington's army of self* sacrificing citizens at Cambridge. There he soon wins tho affection* ate regard of hoth the Com* niandor-in-Chief and Lady Wash ington. He sees much fighting, at tends tho Continental congress when independence is declared, takes part in the Rattle of wen ton, nnd in the defeat of Bnr goyne. Meanwhile Patience has various troubles of her own, the depletion of which wfll iurely hold the unflagging Interest of our feminine reader*. Rut like her lover, the girl has won the affection and good-will of Lady Washington, who does a great deal toward Bringing the romance to its proper conclusion. Urn jam in Franklin and Bene dict Arnold, both the Lees, Gates, Creeno and many other* appear In tbo hook, though In cidentally, being entirely sub ordinates to ^Washington, whose* grandeur of character is shown without ?tho somewhat worn trap pings ^0#^ the historian and paintor. .^f Pter of Chaos** Is Irr rr's masterpiece aa ? f the well told ?m nterestlng historical ? Thin striking and except tlohalKtaryufillbepuhlUhed serially in these columns*