The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 03, 1912, Image 5
Tl,t. (Jill Uf Ycptovd my*
fa liauUM are wrinkled and palsied
md her brow is decked with gray,
kUd we *** no ,rttce Ihecare
foru to41?
X the OUi of Yesterd ay;
jut tthe dreams as tier huh 1s set
tll>K
>t the Joys of a time she knew,
uA her hopes aud fears and her
"" BiiilU'h and j
>h?h by iu a long review.
the hIib in her Ufa's long winter
kitd wttitB for the coming spring,
knd the tea re arise in her dim old
eyes
U nhe toy* with a wedding ring;
iud she sees In the open fire
k. brlile of the long ago,
Lud the 8 lad strains roll from the
organ's soul N
'o an echo, sweet and low.
Ji! you would he forgetting.
iuze now- on thin careworn face,
'hut once was fair as the silken
hair
'hat lent It a youthful grace,
'ou live in the glad tomorrow,
lut your debt le heavy to pay;
,et your homage fall to the queen
of them <ill ? :
?0 the Girl of Yesterday.
? ? -Baltimore" Sun.
l-'or "Miss Johnson.
Miss Henriette Johnson entertain
d last Saturday afternoon in honor
f Miss Mary Douglas Johnson, the
ride of the week. The rooms were
,ea ut it*?i I ly decorated with palms,
eras and cut flowers, and every.?
bing suggested the coming happy
vent. There were five tables of
ridge and quite a number of; guests
rho did nw i>lay. After the games
rere over and the happy crowd
fere enjoying the occasion to the
pllest extent, a commotion was
eard outside, and when the door
ras opened, the express wagon ?
raw n by a tiny white goat, ^nd
riven by Master Chap Barrett,
Bine bounding In. The gallant lit
|e driver drew up his team at the
set of the expectant bride, and uu
acked his heavily ladened wagon,
'he many packages contained snow(y
nen and dainty laces ? gifts of love
roni the friends of her girl-hood, j
)r no girl In her set was more
opular than the one w*ho had now j
)tne to "the parting of the ways" 1
1th her young companions. Her
lany acts of thoughtful kindness
Qd the songs she lost by the way
de were found again in the hearts
I her friends.
When the packages had all been
pened a n dN the gifts duly admired
Y the happy recipient and her/
?lends,- the hostess served a salad
nirse.
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On account of the meeting of the
eachers' Association in Charleston
1st week there was no school on
hursday or Friday. The pupils;
lent the time fishing, picnicing,
jc. Several of the teachers from
fund?Mt attended the meeting.
MU? Johnson AkhIii Honored.
Mrs. W. O. Hay gave a charming
bridge party on last Friday after
noon in compliment to MIbb Mary
JohiiBou. The rooms were decorat
ed with trailing vines and a profuB
lon of roaes, and filled wjth a crowd
of gay and happy girls, who had
come to have a taut "round" with a
favorite of their number. After the
uiiual number of guinea, un ice
course wati served. Thu hours paas
ed all too quickly for the happy
band, and the April afternoon will
be as filled with sweet memories
as u June rose is of perfume. Alan!
the sprnlg-time and summer of life
puBg all too quickly.
They pass as a druam that passes
As the dew of a dawn of old time,
More frail than thy shadow's on
glaBBeB,
More fleet than a wa-vo or a rhyme.
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Marring*' of Interest ,
Mr. Andrew B. Mathls, of this ci
ty, wan married to Miss Margaret
Keesler, of Baltimore, on Wednes
day, May *lBt. The ceremony was
performed in Columbia by Father
Hughes of the Catholic church, it
came as a surprise to many of Mr.
Mathis's friends altho his most In
timate circle of friends knew of
the engagement.
The bride Is quite an attractive
young lady and Mr. Mathls Is one
of Camden's popular young busi
ness men, a member of the Mathls
shoe firm. We extend best wishes
| and hearty congratulations.
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To The Veterans.
The John I). Kennedy Chapter
will serve dinner on May 10th to
the Veterans of Kershaw County.
They have mailed Invitations, hut
some of them may have miscarried,
so they take this method of extend
ing an invitation to every Veteran
in this county. If you did noC re
ceive the Invitation, be sure that
you will receive a warm welcome,
and be the honored guests of the
John D. Kennedy Chapter, U. I). C.
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Mrs.' Hay Entertain*,
Mrs. J. T. Hay entertained the
Bridge Club at her lovely home at
Boyklns on Wednesday, her guests
going dow*n on the Southern train,
and returning at six o'clock. The
house has been recently done over
and had a second story added, and
was most attractive In its wealth
of roses, both outside and in, and
the guests were served with a deli
cious lunch of chicken salad, cakes
and Ice cream. A function at this
delighfutl country home is always
"looked forward to with pleasant an
ticipations by Mrs. Hay's friends.
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Mrs. Wm. Shannon to Entertain.
Mrs. Wm. Shannon will be host
ess to the John D. Kennedy Chap
ter, ?U." I). C., on Monday,' May 6th,
at 4:30 p. m. All members are In
vited' to attend. It Is an important
meeting and the president urges
a full attendance.
Why Worry ^
About Lunch*
A LOOK over our canned goods will chase away
your trouble forever. All kinds of tempting canned
1 meats and fish are carried by this store in great variety.
We sell quickly and never have old stock. Consequent
ly you are sure of that fresh natural taste ? combined
wijh the appetizing flavor caused by canning"*? in every
brand. Those meats are delicious~-as kept and sold by
us. Canned and retailed under the Government Pure
[Food act.
BRUCE'S, ^ ^rreFood
BEAVl/Wt HOMK WKllOIKfl '
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j Hokmnlnfl (u *^?ood ot? rUM.
?i?y Uwi, .
a notabl* event it# Cam den so
ciety ?nd ou? which centered the
interest of a neighboring rouuty,
was the *<*tldlng 6f Mlws Mary
, Douglas Johutoti and M^v Daniel
Milton Jones, of iioath Springs, sol
emnized Tuesday evening at t|te
home of the bride's mother. Mra.
Uobert C. Jphnson, #lu Klrkwood. It
way a largfc aud brilliant affair tit*,
wmibllug Camden society en masse.
I he Johnson home was elabor
ately and beautifully decorated, the
?oom* on the ftrar ribor being turn
ed Into one and converted Into a
bower of Southern smllax and flow
ers. White candles burned every
where and the electric lights were
?oltened by dainty flower shade*
The ceremony wag performed in
1 he drawing room before an imf
l>ro vised altar upon which candles
burned lu bianehin* silver -wuuUdiu.
brasv The decorations in white sy
rlnga and green vines.
As the wedding inurch was played
by Miss Charlotte Boykln, Installed
behind a bank of flowers, the wed
dlhg party descended the vlne-gar
landed stairs and passed into the
drawing room. ? The attending
groomsmen were Messrs. T. A. Hoy
kin and Thomas Ancrum, of Cam
den, and Messrs. Poster Moore and
S. C. Williams, of Lancaster. The
dame of honor, Mrs. Beverly Mikell,
of Charleston, was gowned in rich
white satin, her own wedding dress,
and carried a shower bouquet of
pink sweet peas. The maid of hon
or, Miss Henriette Johnson, was
lovely in soft white silk, and car
rlod a bouquet of yellow daisies.
The bride was escorted by her
brother, Mr. W. E. Johnson, Jr., by
whom she was given In marriage.
She was extremely dainty and at
tractive. in her beautiful gown .of
shimmering white satin, her airy
tulle veil was fastened by clusters
of valley Hllies and bride roses, and
she carried an exquisite hoquet of
brides roseB, showered with llllies
of-the-valley. The groom entered
with his brother, Mr. Will Jones, of
Lancaster, and awaited the bride in
the drawing ^oom. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Dr. Gordon,
Hector of Grace Church.
After receiving the congratula
tioiin of the many guests Mr. and
Mrs. Jones led the way to the dinin
room and here the decorations were
particularly artistic and elegant ?
the entire room was filled with the
perfume of the exquisite pink roses
which were used in profusion and
flooded with the soft light of ta
pers under pink shades, held In sin
gle holders and candelebra 011 man
tle and cabinets. The bride's table
in the center beneath the smilax en
twined chandelier, was -all in pink,
green and silver, charmingly Individ
ual in its arrangement, and artistic
in effect. Brotfd pink satin rib
bons were brought up from the four
corners and pink roses surrounded
the center piece of pink roses that
filled an immense silver vase The
bride and her circle of girl friends
gathered around and cut the brldfj
cake, the usual fate emblems fall
ing to the different members of the
party. Champagne punch was serv
ed by Misses Mary Boykln and Lou
ise Shannon, and healths were
drunk in the sparkling glasses of
ruby wine. The wedding presents
forming an exceptionally ?'handsome
collection were displayed In the li
brary, and this room was bright in
crimson roses and trailing vines.
Receiving with Mrs. Johnson were
Mt. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. John Boykln, Mrs. Bland
lng de Saussure, Mrs. Matthew Sin
gleton, Mrs. Alex Clarkson, Airs.
Henry Boykln, Mr. and Mrs. Doug.
Boykln.
The out of town guests were:
Miss M. T. Grant^ Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Mrs. D. B. de Saussure, Atlanta;
Mr. J. D. Deas, Summerton,; Mr.
and Mrs. C. Wm. Jones, Misses
Minnie, Charlotte and Gladys Jones,
Messrs. W. McD. Jones, Foster
Moore, Steve Williams, Andrew Gre
gory, Mr. and Mrs. William Boykln,
of Lancaster; Mr. Bruce, pf Heath
Springs; John T. Stevens, L. P.
Thompson, of Kershaw; Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Heath, S. W. Heath,
Brown Heath, Ella Crawford Heath
and Lucinda Heath, of Stoneboro;
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Brown, Mrs. Al
len Green, Mr. Walter Green, of
Columbia.
To Mr. and Mm. Heatli.
On last Thursday evening Mrs.
Ida S., Heath charmingly entertain
ed a small company in compliment
to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Health, of
Stoneboro. Auction bridge was
played and a number of spirited
games made the hours pass quickly
bye. The hostess served -a delicious
salad course, followed by Ices.
ThoBe present were Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Shannon, Dr. and Mrs. John
W.* Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Da
vidson, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Heath
and Mrs. Lucy 8. Boykln.
LITTLE LOCAL LINES OF !
CITY AND COUNTY FOLKS
ITKMS T<>(> SHOUT FOIl A IIK'.M)
UATHEHKI) AMI (.KOi ri.D .
t oil Ql'ICK HEADING,
, Born - to Mr. and, Mr*. A. K. Sal
ley, Jr .,,, Mny 1st a daughter.
Harry McCntlglii, of Columbia,
iu^Cantden a ftnv day* i|tib
w ee k . ^
Holland Hammond, of Stockton,
the rural mall nirrier, U ill at hi*
hotac.
Mrs c. m, Coleman and sou have
returned from u slfc.lt to rolat Ives
at Orangeburg.
John Steven*, of Kershaw, spent
at; vera I d#y? this week with his sis
ter, Mr?. Leroy Davidson.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleuj Brown, of Co
lumbia, attended the Johnson
Joit^s wedding on Tuesday night.
Dr. W li. Kw, of Beaufort t'Ouii*
ty, was in Camden thin \v4k( fla
tting his son, Mr. W. It. Eve, Jr.
Miss Dorothy Eldredge, who l?
taking a course in stenography in
Coluhia, is visiting relative? here,
Mr. and -Mrs. Willis Boykin, *>f
Lancaster. spent part of the week
with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Davidson.
Little Misses Anna and Bar a Nor
wood Eve, of Charleston, are visit
ing their grandmother, Mrs. A. C.
Ancrum. ,
Mrs. Koffman, who has been vis
iting her daughter,. Mrs. W, H.
Eve, Jr., has returned to her home
at Norfolk? Va.
The Beuljxh Epworth Orphanage
will meet at the home of Mr. S. It.
J. Smith to-night. You are cordial
1" Invited to uttend.
Bob McCrelght, manager of the
branch sales shop of the Gibbes Ma
chinery Co., at Wilmington, N. C., is
visiting relatives here.
Nearly all merchants have signed
an agreement to close thin afternoon
in order to attend the May Festival
on Monumental Square.
The brick building of T. J. Ar
rauts, opposite Schroder's Bakery,
Is about completed. The Chinese
laundry will occupy It.
Miss Margaret Hadcliffe, of
near Cassatt, was among those who
attended the Teachers' Association
in Charleston last week.
The extension in the rear of BU
r.uch-Xettles Co's clothing store, Is
Hearing completion. This addition
gives more light In the building.
A school picnic will be held at
DeKalb tomorrow. The various can
didates for county offices are ex
pected to be present and address
the gathering."
.? Ionian Eldredge, of the IT. S.
Government Foresty Service, of
Florida, with his headquarters at
Pensacola, Is visiting his father
Capt. F. W. Eldredge.
The DeKalb Lodge, K. of J'.,
elected H. L. Watkins and M. H.
Heynlan, Past Chancellors, to rep
resent' them at the meeting of the
Grand Lodge in Spartanburg on May
28th.
Supervisor M. C. West has several
forceH of hands In different sections
of the county putting the roads in
good shape again. The heavy rains
of the past six months has made
some roads practically impassible.
The Civic league 'has had Monu
mental? Square improved- ill many
ways during the past year by plant
ing flowers, shrubs and trees, and
removing weeds, raking off the dead
leaves and keeping the grass mow
ed.
An entertainment will be given at
Malvern Hill school house four
miles east of Camden, Tuesday eve
ning, May 7th. A small admission
fee of IB cents will be charged anid
a good time Is promised those who
will attend.
Another Council of Junior Order
of American Mechanics lij^s been or
ganized in this county. It is know;n
as the Hope Council and is located
at Cassatt. It was organized by
State Secretary, J. S. Wilson. W. A
Hyatt 1b Councillor.
A protracted meeting is being
held at the Baptist church of Pine
Creek Cotton mill village, conducted
by Rev's. M. L. Lawson and W. B.
Kizer. The meetings have been
well attended. Much good always
results from these meetings.
Although the commencement ex
ercises of the Camden High 8chool
are not until May 29th, the school
Is making arrangements for the
literary , society exercises, annual
school play, tableau, etc. President,
J. Hr Harms, of Newberry College,
will be the annual orator. Dr.
Harms Is well known In this state
and his address will be looked for
ward to with pleasure* The an*
nual debate of the Tlmrod Literary
Society will take place two days
after the regular commencement ex
erclses. All exercises will be held
in the opera house as usual.
I). M. Klrkley ia representing the
County ?t the State Hoard of ItfUuM
xatlon. which meets ia Columbia
I he latter part of thlk week.
Considerable interest has center
ed on tli#- May Queen race under
the auspices of ' (ho Civic league
which has been voted upon during
the past week and closed Wednes*
day. Miss Hal lie Carrlsnn wub the!
winner by seventy votes. Misses
Minnie Craig Taylor. Oralle Mat his
and Harriot t . Shannon were other*
voted for. ?
? A?' predicted by The Chrohlcle
*01110 time ago, that tho colored peo
ple would do their share of work
in the raising of money for ? the
Camden Hospital, they sturted the
ball rolling on Fjiday night when
they gave an entertainment at the
Jackson school for the benefit of
tiu< hospital. | is. on not war r-vlu
ed. The colored people will ho
benefitted l>> the hospital us well
as the whites.
i he Ladies AuxilH.tr> ? > t the Cam
den Hospital held a meeting on
Wednesday at which time Mrs. 11.
H. itaum, treasurer, read her re
port. It showed 'they had raised
and in addition hud a lot
valued at about $ 1 ,?>00 donated <0
t belli.' They have given entertain
ments, served refreshments, etc.,
and are .still working. Their hard
work deserves alt the credit given
them by the people of Kershaw,
county. They will continue raising
funds until the hospital is ready to
be equipped.
Some weeks ago tho sewerage
wystem on Lyttleton Street beciLhie
choked. The city Immediately had
a force of hands put to work, but
it was seen that a civil engineer was
needed to superintend the work, so
t he services of Mr. Marshall, of Hock
Hill, were secured. For the past
ten days he has had a large force
of hands digging up and relaying
piping between the Methodist church
and Laurens street. The work has
been completed and residents north
of this area are allowed to connect
wilth the system again. The work
will cost the cly $1,000 it is said.
The Chronicle begins the publlcar
tlou thlu week of Ub aerial Htory
entitled "Kxcuae Me." Don't mlHs
tile flret Installment, urn) if you
care for u continued Htory preHerve
each copy, U will bt? well worth your
time.
The Mock Court trial at the Op
era House on Thursday night of last
week was a greut siu-ces*. About
4 ^ 1 r> was takpn In. The 8 It. ().
sign wii? hung out down stairs and
if anyone cured for a scat they had
to go into the gallery. Tho stars'
of the show ww re Capt. J. W, Hamel
and M Kllen Tweed, the parties
to the breach of promise suit. The
lot at jokes mixed in the suit brough
forth many laughs. The proceed*
w?cri? divided between the Hospital
Auxiliary and Mr. Newton, of Mas
sachusetts, the originator of the
*how.
For Quick -
Service
Use Telephone 37.
Delivery boy always
on hand, and choice
line of Groceries to
select from suitable
for breakfast, din
ner or supper.
Kirkwood Grocery
COMPANY
Why iN h I ><><<( l>|uck Hk?? the nun?
lfcM'HllHI* In* tll<* most mIiIiiIiik
('ii bright (layH.
Our Shop Shines
Every day, hecaiiHc wo keep it
clean! We figure that'H the oon
ly way a meat shop tjhould bo
seen. We want, your trade,
but thiH we know ? To Hecuro it,
we the koo<1h must Bhow. Hero
the best, you'll nlwayn find, U*e
cleanly, tender^ wholesome kind.
Campbell Bros.
HKMKMHKlt the timet* when wo had to smoke tho mosqui
toes away of an evening? And to brush the flics or simply
endure them? How times have#changed! Now we know that
these Insects were tho meais of spreading dangerous diseases,
and protect our homes and families by screening them out.
It pays both from the standpoint of comfort 'and convenience
or health. Our stock of screens and screening permits you to
fit any door or window. We handle the best quality which will
last for years. This means that you can put them up in a few
minutes next season, thus saving you the time and trouble of
fitting new ones as well as the cost of buying them.
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How about screening off that porch? It will be the moat
popular place in the neighborhood. Come in and see how lit
tle It really will cost. j. / ,