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Uo Not Korgetr-^ . Tb?t ovary woman in Kershaw | County lb iw vi tod, and expected to bo at the Opora House to-inorrow a* noon. To Attend tho Civic Loague on Monday at 4 m. at Grammar School building. Do No t Forgot? The entertainment Oo bo given by tho Hobkirk Hill Chapter I). A R., Fob. 14tb. 3:30 p. m., at tho D. A. it. Tkall. south Main otroet. Do Not forgot*? y ? That now book* hfcve ,?> eon or dered for tho Camden Libtary, and that it will oost you only $1.00 to road them ail. \Vcdne?<lay Morning Bridge dub. Mr* .W. M. Shannon wah hostess bo this club on last Wednesday and the. meeting was one of the most charming and delightful of tho soa Bon. Almost a full membership of the club enjoyed the morning. The guests of the occasion wore Mrs. Carey, of Providence', K. l? and Miss, Carpenter, who is also u member of the winter colony now [ enjoying tho Sunny South. After breaking away from the fascinations of bridge, tho guests enjoyed a de .liclous salad course, served -In the hostess's own inimitable style. V i -v '... Tea at Kirkland Villa. Work has bogun in earnest for the coming hospital, and w? feel now -that it is an assured fact, for when some of the ladies get busy something is bound to happen. The ball was set rolljng and tho machinery put in motion on Wed nesday afternoon when Mrs. Snell the now mistress of old "Cool Springs,'; now known as "Kirkland V^lla," threw wide the doors, and invited the public to show their in terest by lending their presence, apd contributing their means to ward passing the first milo post., as wo press onward towards tho' goal. : ; ' This handsome ante-bellum home has lost none of itt* charm and beau ty by being re-christened, and wear ing a more pfotonsious namev Hos pitality still reigns supreme, and tho gracious* hostess made tho guests feel as much -a?t home as they felt in the days of yore. Tho largo rooms and 'hall were throng ed with visitors, and good cheer, pleasant conversation and happy laughter prevailed throughout the afternoon. A delightful musical program was presented. Those tak ing part in this were Mrs. C. P. DuBose, 'Misser Mumford, Carpen ter, Boykin, Beard, and Dr. Alston; and others. Dainty refreshments were served by the following young ladies: Misses Edna Carey, Lillian Yates, Ethel Birchmoro,? - Meta Del yoaehe , Lucilo Lewis, Oralie Mathis, Minnie Craig Taylor, Jean Lindsay, Ethel Yates. We trust that the hospital fund, begun . under such pleasing condi tions, may co'ntinue to grow until it exceeds our- brightest dreams and greatest expectations. i ? . .. j,. 0,-'m m Mr. John Jordan, an old Camden boy, who has been away from his native .town for several years, is visiting his mother, Mrs. H. B. Jor dan. He brought with him his lit tle daughter, *Hallie, a winsome lit tle lass . of four or five summers. ? Miss Sallie Davis, who spent all the earlier year* of her life in. Cam den and who has so many warm' friends here to welcome her back, is visiting Mrs. Lawrence Manning in Klrkwood. Miss Sallie Alexander has. gone to visit her brother's family in Beau fort. ' M r*. Long ftCuUx-talns the II. A. It. The Hobklrk Hill Chapter, D A. H./ had a most delightful meeting on Feb. J, with Mrs Long as bo? tess. After the usual routine of buslnewi the chapter enjoyed a reading: by Mm. Agnew, who was uMe of the guest* of the occasion. She read "Washington's Visit to Trenton," and showed aeveral pic ture* of Chat far-away event. Miss Carpenter, '? alio a guest, favored the company with aeveral vocal se lection* old Uugllsh ballads. Mrs. K. C. von Tresckow was elected a delegate to the National Congress, to moet In Washington, I). O., In ApYll. Mrs, Henry Savage will be hostess for the March meet ing. The Camden Library. This Is a good time to subscribe ?to tht> Library, it will only cost you IX per year, and you get all of the late books and about fifteen of the best magazines. ' And if you do not read yourself, you are lend ing u helping hand In keeping up a good Institution for your home town. Only oue dollar! Surely any citizen would be willing to pay -that, and It Is only by united ef fort that tho library is made pos sible. The Bank of Camden very generbusly gives It a home, and the town makes a sinuii appropria tion for its support. New books have been ordered and we will publish the list next weok. Have your name enrolled at once, and read all the befct books and maza zlnes for the small fee of $1. Shakespearian Club. The Shakespearian club which meets on Tuesday and Friday ove-^j nlngs of each week Is growing in Interest and popularity. They are now studying Hamlet, and their way of study makes l?t intensely interest- < lng t-0 all members. Last week; ?thoy had quite' a treat in the way, of two papers^ "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by Miss Etta Zemp and "King Henry the 5.th" by Miss Lucy Flower. English history is always Interesting to the student, so full of resource, qomedy and alas, trage dy, as w?ll. Shakespeare tells it charmingly and his devotees nev er tire of the oft-told tale, These club meetings affrord a splendid op portunity to learn Shakespeare and to refresh the mind on this great author. Too Jjate! "Do you .know who her grandfath er was? Have you ascertained any thing in regard to her pedigree? Those are things you ought to Know about the woman you are to make your wife." ' - ~^Oh, hang her grandfather!'' "My hoy;- that's just what they did do/' ? ? ? ? Notice, Civic ^League. The regular monthly meeting Will be held on Monday,' Feb. 12, at 4 o'clock in the assembly room of the Graded School buildf^g. AU_ mem bers are requested to bring a new member. Sadie K. vonTresckow, Pres't. Gertrude M. Zemp, Secretary. ****** ?_ Afternoon Tea and Musical.. . * An afternoon Tea and Musical will be given at the residence of Mrs. Henry Savage; on next Thurs day, the 15th, at 4 o'clock, by the ladies of Grace Episcopal church. The proceeds will be divided be tween the Ladies Aid Society and the Hospital "Fund. It is hoped that there, will' be a large attend ance to help a worthy cause. our customers? consequently have learned to stock the flour that suits you best. Only the finest standard flour is sold here-i-the kind that has been proved by you and other's1 to make the sweetest and soundest bread, the lightest rolls, biscuits, cakes and pastry. s guaranteed to be uniform in quality and to e the most satisfactory baking results of -m all Send or phone for for a sack today. ^UfiAMNT (JATHKHINU At Hon if Uf Mm. Jfohu n, : Imui Mniidajr Aftawnm. . , ...^ . m .. ?; %?rih"Ti,T,u(,Mi moot, i jay l,' ?? C. o? Monde, I John u Yi *W home of Mrs'i Importam y um1 b0^n?s? of ! ku?#u ?, 1" J* <:o"d*K't?d while chu ; ST,as? rTo:r,urd g ,r r?? d H?S^S?SvS of the luembent, that u wr'', tl S? u w???V"?Mrr^ Uon? fo',wh?? <f>. wnrk 1h *i ' ^ ' will be more biuhtiv * &? a*?,1*" 10 ruck' a? u taS been all these years, There will rU. U.In^"?", toV" ,ll? ?*?"><?? iV.oi,OKw, n Mother Dumber ! m?d fo? .. . .er ,lh" ??P|n(t ?; boerg&i f'rZ. 'UlU .d,iv"to fotr tttaw to ?h1 '."," w,ork <" "'? Aui' 1 t0 the HOBplttil. Thin was i ^notim,118,^ /id<)*,te<1? wan also fhe Bunn? t ^We 8b0uld undertake he support of one cot, devoted to the use of alck or dUa? Voter? The Ki'n "1? Hospital l? opened. . Who t? v? V?i "10,,Vl,neut to Hll thooo (& th? ? , V8 f?r th0 "^St ly at ahiJ J" ? be 1>,aced fitting ly at Arlington,, was next discus Mr?UUj nthw?1?' Jo1"' ?ant0>' ?"d tereaf Irn ^ f 4Co rend mOBt ln" to b? d*8crlPtlons of what it is woiIm 1 r^fe,ttruod that the cost ould bo $50,000 completed? shin w?s Sfr EPz?kTl~^bttt th0 ?c"lpt?r whe blr h-zekiel Moses. a Vlrirlniun Uomi" nuiv" <"|ucfttluu' >>ut now of h? -*u y' who Promises It shall !w?rk l|mJl!!?lllt4 W'?(l llfe'n try rTi 1)0 crowned by a ?# ??nd figure, representing South ern womanhood, and at or near the wm bo a dosen ornioro allegorical, Iff? - sized figures It Sffi&W b.? a K'"rlou" monu a.wj our d*a(,? fro,n description, bu ledTn )!ftPfr ?ftt* already contri .ULed to ithe fund, und will doubt losa-BojUtibulo more. If needed a fouh o r n dIvldo V10 ChaPter lnt<> itl oh Ji committees, each Wltl, ralfiinff mn' \? dev,?? means of oth er wIba ?Uey ' by, ^tertainments or otnerwlse, was also adon-ted' nn?i valUrvtlRB8ith0ri? "WU1 be ^"gfous rl fuin^h ^? Wh? Ca" raIwe m?st or talnment Rn?0 ,ntere8tlne enter :] ftD1S a"d no one will have to give without receiving a "ciuld upp worth v?r What th0> ?ontr.b?e t?P6a worthy cause. After this The hos an8d nthrV?d #the cup that che?rs," preasur?ero!-e trhe8h,ng th,ng* and the P asure of the occasion was fur^ by Mrs cn?Sd nyna deMftht,ul ?"?g vo1p? tm ' l\?080,i whose sweet Iniuch pleasure8 to wUh ?? 1*?een^~ accessions <0 our m PorVMrs' Virginiri Clark jmd ed ThAr?CCia Nelson? Wero welcom ? . here Is room for many more to do B"a P,e"ty ot w<)rl< for all ne?0M^t,./0riSV th"8" C,vlc League men February -12, at 4 p. All ?in? GrtDlmJar School building. Beautiful." ?? you ??k??rthe ber thfa TOiii / not a m0m Joln ?MflJ 1 b?. a good t1^? to join. "Now, won't you come? I j Mrs. Sal l lo K.- Blakeney and h?r [retu^ntedr'fM,8B I^1 Blakoney, have | Atlanta. ^ & vlslt rrIend? ?n clt^^n^SS1*1 ^naPP? ot New York Ln 'v Miss Julia Long, is visit I street6" Mre' ^ onM?, bei!?;,.?!; Qelaenhelmer, who haa Das? fl!! ?Y nt. 8avannah ^ for the st few weeks has returned home. L'f ?hf ?f tho mo8t Peasant dances forma i B*5a8011 was the small and in o?Thal lAaa 8lven ln parlors Th?? ood otl Saturday night These ^dances are to be given everv fe "1' ?'?" during the remain o?^he.tra furnThn- I"9 Klrkwood . furnlahe8 the music tor the occasions. On Saturday nlKht ?eer? -?re abo"' ?Him Persona on I by H.^j Carrlaon! Sr? ,e<1 "The Idoi* and the Mouse.** Tflelte fTT'S" K r out deal of novelty connected with "The Lion and -the Mouse," a dramatic picture of house hold life connected with the career of a financial magnate. "Ready Money" Ryder, the central character of the play, who represents the money, octopus of the present time, i* probably one of the greatest char acterizations ever written Unto an American play. That the drama is one of the most successful ever pro duced in this country goes without saying. It enjoyed an interrupted run in New Ydrk of two years and has been seen in almost every city of the United States. The United Play Company will^pffer the play to local theatre-goers at the Opera House on Thursday, Feb 29?th. On February 14 tlx there will be a "Bridge" and . "Five Hundred" Tournament at the old Court House, now ftnown as the D. A. R. building, i This entertainment is given under the; auspices of the D. A. R's. for the* repair work need ed on the old house, and a part of the proceeds will be given to wards the fund . for thei hospital to be built here in the near future. Parties of four can make up their own table if preferable. Tickets wttl be 'sold, at tbe hotels and at the door. Refreshment* will be Served after the game. ??< Jix Just Received Shipment of Royal Society goods and Spring Sailors at the MtMes 'Vrald Millinery Parlor. I n* I win Kduard Waldmann and hla compa in ."Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," . pdsitlvely appear a* the. Opera House to-morrow, (Saturday) night. An IntensUMg Old Cemetery. in company with a friend who wa? oil' "charity bent," wo paid a yljMl to Knlght'a Hill laat Sunday. Our destination waa a llttlo cabin, t.ho*? poverty and condition* wore lu striking contrast to the beauti ful and magnifiuont scuuet that na turu had iMki out before u*. To ward 1 91 ? uu ? v. . < ouid mo t Ill land* of We?l Wfctereo, many miles In the distance tho white roada winding tip tho hill-sides, mid the tall, waving pities, waving tholr ev* erlatvjug grown in tho ?iulet of tho Sabbath day, aud toward tho south, nestled down lit tho valley was Cain .&?- lia Bjpafrfrg' whit*; spires pointing sky-ward. For over the plain ?' A widespread sea of greon, AVitb fbreBt-lsios But here and there between. As we went on and on, wo camo to a gravoyard, encloaed by a neat Iron fence, and almoat filled with olil .iii.f vaults covered with mar ble slabs. We hud a dealro to know : ? "'How cauio these graves upon thla hll I -side creat. And who were they that 'neuth their covora rent?" And ao wo mounted the atone steps, and read tho namca that had bocn engraved In the polished atone mid everlasting granite, (many of them ) for more than a hundred yea i ts. Here thoy had rested thru all these yeura. II they bad found peace from iIuIh and from Strife, Man's common boon From the storms of life." Five generations of Choanuts sleep iu thla quaint old cemetony 011 tho h ill-aide. Mra J 110. Choanut, who was Sarah Cantey waa the firat to bo buried there,*' alio died at Knight 'h Hill, whoa <ho British oc cupied Camden, /the little town In tho valley below. Hero too, wo found a 'memorial to Caroline Lou la a Mclteft, tho flrat mistress of, "i/auBoinne," now tho beautiful Court Inn. And to her husband, JOhu Chesnut McKea. We also found tableta inscribed to Jas. and hla wlfo, Mary t:ox, who once lived and rel&hed at "Mul berry," And to Gen. Jaa. Clieanut, the gallant Confederate officer, and hia wife Mary Uoykln, whose mnn ory ia still fragrant in ( ' :? in ?i? > n . One was inscribed to the memory 01 M i: l> Sallie Clieanut, whom many of ua remember and knew in our child-hoog aa- the "Mlatress of Bloomsbury." In tho stlllnesu of tht) qulot' spot, wo thought of the words -of the ? poet I "The multl-* tudes that throng tho^earth aro but a hand-full to tho trfbea that, aleep In her bosom." A modest farm-house crowns tho hill wjiere we were; told tho Choanut hoi,ne once atood, but tho giant oaks are still atanding, and tliq whisper ing pines seem to tell , Of heartller Intercourse and ways, Of kindlier speech than now-a-days. Of telling old-time atorleB, And atill all, all went to decay, And waned and died and passed away, ' With their delights and glories. Mrs. DuBohO Dead. Mrs." T. C. DuBose died at her home on North Lyttleton street yes terday morning at about 8:130. She had been Blck for the past two days and showed signs of improvement on the morning of her death. While in the aot of taking medl* cine from a member of her family she expired. Mrs. DuBose was borfi in Ker shaw bounty on March 4, 1848. Be fore her marriage to Mr. T. C. DuBose in 1871, she was Miss Alice McCoy. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R. H. Pittman, of Columbia and Miss Kate DuBose, of this city, and one son, Mr. T. C. DuBose, of Camden. She will be burled on Friday ;if ? ternoon at 4:30, the funeral ser vices will be conducted at the Pres byterian church by Rev. J. C. Ro wan. Mrs; DuBose was a- good-. Chris tian woman and will be missed in the community. Moving Pictures and Vaudeville. The .theatre goers of our city are indeed fortunate in having the op portunity of seeing moving pictures and vaudeville such as that shown in the larger cities, every night this winter. The first attraction ; will be presented on Monday night, Feb. 19 th, at the opera house. - ? ? Wanted t<> Rent. By couple without childCflXb 8 or 4 rooms, suitable for light house keeping, or a small cottage. Ad dress "Rooms," Chronicle office. ? Married at Bethune. On Sunday last, February 4, 1912, Mr. Lewis C. Brannon, of Bethune, and Miss M. A. Watkins, also of Bethune, were matried, Notary Pub lic, Sam'l .T. Gardner, officiating. Excursion Rates via Southern Rail way., Mobile, Ala., Pensacola, Fla., and New Orleans, La. ? Account Mardi Gras celebration. Tickets will be on sale Feb* 13th' to 19-th inclusive, limited to reach original starting rr>int not lat.ftr than midnight' of March 2nd, 1912. Extension' USST bo made by depositing tickets and upon payment- of $1.00 per ticket. Charleston, -S. C.? Account Men and Religion FpJVard Movement. Tickets will be Ftb. 10/ 11 and 12, limited >to reach original starting point npt later, than mid-* night of Feb. 20th? 1912. For further information as to rates, tickets, etc., call 6n Southern Railway ticket agents. < 1 Mr. F. E. Brooks, agent at the Seaboard freight depot, was recent ly appointed freight agent in- ''Co lumbia which is quite a promotion, it was Impossible for the Seaboard to get an agent here at present, so Mr. Brook's appointment wjas recon sidered and he will remain in Cam den at a higher salary. He is a popular offlclal^and has jnan^warm ompany We Have Just . ?* ? v ? ? ft* ? ? ? *'*- ? \ /.{/-. Opened Our Spring j -T Line of . ? l' .. * . ? . *> ? v ?' GINGHAMS PERCALES 1 1 . 1 = 4 ? i ? :"~;r ?? , - r; , - '?* ."V. ;?? , ? . ? '? ? ?-" " ; ' /.* ;*? " . v ? ? ? \ ' vv l'i - "?/> - . rf* teyr'ZtHi You will Find all the Patterns and a Beautiful Line to ' ? ^ ? Sdect from. Call K;2r In Broken