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IOW A SMALL town held its home trade HTHIKIM* I -KKHOX PJIOM TK\ \S TOWN TOM) IN |(j> CUNT TIMI'K IM.I'HIt. Mar', Texas, Is ?i iowii of Ju?i inder 3.0?" people. but here is ttio My th?* people ot l'iat town, head \ bv the "Ad Club" of the town ^ after Hie "away from 6ome >uyere. We g*ve the story as told ?y Mr Surratt to the Oklahoma He ll) Ablation: Thin intensified study and dis cission of advertising soon brouKiu ip the question of "homo trade," or ather "trading away from homo, low to get all the jtooplo to trade it home was the question of greut ^ liit crest to all of us .advertisers, mother question we moett here Is; 'Who trades away from honio?" jn r#?tlgat Ions showed tha-t practically jvery one, including the advertisers, lid. Then we began to realize how ibuurd, not to say useless. It wa? or us to preach home trade unless ve ourselves practiced It. The more ire Investigated the more of ?U|' merchants and (heir wives did wo End guilty. The hardware man's wife bought her ha-t out of town. The groceryman ordered his plunib Mig supplies by mail. The dry gooo4 ipan had Ills circulars printed out of jfown and mo on down the line, A'be only consistent home trader was the newspaper man, and doubtless h jfc'ould have left town to trade hud the legislature not knocked out nte free pass and compelled him 10 pay cash railroad fare. How were we going to break uP thiH "out of town trading" on the part of our business men and their wives 7 The plan we hit on was as fol lows; We had a couple of "nome trade banquets," at which, were pre sent the merchants and the clerks. Here we discussed nothing but the borne trade, at?d had our strongest speakers to show that the merchants uid their wives must of all people practice home trade. We also ran a series of "home talks" in the Mart Herald. These created a great deal of d18cussion )n the part of the merchants and Jieir wives and they began to real Ze that every dollar they sent out )f town not only hurt the town but iurt their busines8 ja8 well. Let a Ionian see that she Is hurting tier lusband's business and she will get 'iglit in short order. Womenu^110 it the beginning of the campaign >penly declared they always had, uul always would, trade where they pleased and they usually pleased to radf away from home, are now )ur best home trade preachers. And )f course when you get the women rou have their husbands. Sj lar he home trade campaign had ex - ended only to the merchants and hei wives. Ai'tei'r converting a majority 01 the business men and thoir wives fte undertook, with their aid, to reach out and win over the women Df the town and the farmers of the country. it is hardly necessary to Jail your attention to the vastness tthe task or of what it meant ln ^he way of adding trade to tae ?own. Have any of you ever made iny investigations to learn the a" noun; 0f money tthat is sent out >f your town annually to the mail )rder houses? Or have any of you ima!) u>wn merchants or secreta ries ?'\er figured how many thous l,uls of dollars your farmers * an<1 Four town women spend in the near )y cities? you will find that many >f your customers who owe you are tending much of their cash away to ?ho mail order houses and spending t in the cities. The same people ire cussing you for being a high-' >riced old "skinflint." You will also 'hid that many of the mail order louses are now doing a credit bus ?ness and are selling many of y?ur -h i ri \ day customers. Mart being a railroad town our H'oph had been solicited by every "ail order concern going, and ?f :oui'm> their minds had been poison *d against local merchants. This is a rich, black land, cotton country and the mail order adver ser lias worked it for all it vorth. Through his advertisements n 1 1 1m ? farm journal he has inslnu l?(*d ( 1 \ i'i' and over again the local n(i'' liani is a useless parasite. undertook to bring the* fHJ*m !r* and the women of the town ov_ >r i" us, by appealing to their lo>'~ l"> and pride in the town. We att empted to make them see that Mait never be a better town than ?he people of Mart made it. vvc if)w(?,i them that a town to be a ><>0d town must bo a good trading ^01nl. In short the town , would be u*t what they ? the people of Mart ?made it. We were careful to >oint out to them that our mor? ' a;*t? did not ask them for their TRde at higher prices than tney iould buy for elsewhere. We gave hem distinctly to understand that could meet prices, quality and erms considered, with any city mor* Jant? or any mail order houses. ' e told them it was -their duty -to !uy to the best advantage arid tanked was for them to give our ?hants a chance at the order be rom Chicago. w., they to the city or or cd from Chicago. The method chosen for telling the 'art women and the Mart farmers e?e things was important. First, . b^.-fo tell them in a wsy that ?ufficiently striking to mage * ? * ? ? ' v*! 1 ? < \M1\\ Hi S l?L.\ VN Kl>. DaU's for MMUikn Kl*?l by miU^ I ?it nt Tumln). J The itinerary for the stute cam paign was prepare*) Tuesday by a subcommittee of the State Demo cratic executive committee. The !?' meeting w*i 1 1 be held in Sumter on June 18, and the campaign will brought to a clos? in Greenville on August 22. There will bo u recess ot one week beginning (>n July 20, The memberH of the committee pre paring i lie itinerary were John G Evans, ate chairman of Spartan burg, and Klchard 1. Manning, of Sumter, and W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw. The primary election will be held un August. 27. All pledget* must filed by the ? candidates for all of fices by June 17, The following itinerary has been prepared by the c?nimuiee: Sumter, Tuesday, June 18. DlshopvUle, Wednesday, June 19 Darlington, Thursday, June 20. Hennettttvllle, Friday, June 21. Chesterfield, Saturday, June 22. Florence, Tuesday, June 25. Dillon, Wednesday, June 20. Kv Marion, Thursday, June 27. ? Conway, Friday, June 28. Georgetown, Saturday, June 2 'J. Kiugtjtree, (Tuesday, July 2. Manning, Wednesday, July '3. Moncks Corner, Thursday July 4. Charleston, Friday, July 6. Walterboro, Saturday, July 0. Beaufort, Tuesday, July 9. Jasper, (Rldgeland) July 10. Hampton, Thursday, July 11, Barnwell, Friday, July 12. Bamberg, Saturday, July 13. St. George, Tuesday,. July 10. Orangeburg, Wednesday, July 17. j St. Matthews, Thursday, July 18 (.Columbia, Friday, July 19 Chester, Saturday, July 20. I WlnnBboro, Monday, July 2?v Lexington, Tuesday, July 23. * Saluda, Wednesday, july 2 4. j Edgefield, Thursday, July 25 I Aiken, Friday, July 20. One Week Oft. , j Camden, Monday, August 5. ; Lancaster, Tuesday, August 0. , Yorkville, Wednesday, August 7. > Gaffnoy Thursday, August 8. Spartanburg, Friday, August 9. I Union, Saturday, August 10. 1 Newberry, Tuesday, August 13. ! ? Laurens, Wednesday, A August 14. Greenwood, Thursday, August 15. j Abbeville, Friday, August 10. | Anderson, Saturday, AUust 17. Walhalla, Tuesday, Auggust 20. Pickens, Wednesday, August 21. Greenville, Thursday, August 22. Does Not Favor llond Issue. Publishers Chronicle: As a tax payer, ahd keenly interested f?r welfare of Camden, should urge each property owner% and voter to defer assuming a bond obligation of One Hundred Thousand Dollars, (10(^000) by the City, for it is in dicated the Wateree power will soon be developed; that will' avoid very ? largo outlay, and doubtless insure a ; reasonable rate for light and power at Camden ( and reduce t Luj.. responsibility, not only in'4' "outW?5 ' but important care of the operation. I I am in favor of progress and do I desire most reasonable cost f?r I the essential water and light in '.each home in Camden, but think H j far better to use the means we now I have for both and await deveiop j ments, than to assume so large a ; debt that may not equal demands to develop in best form the propos ed ' plants, and will surely ^burden any citizens who may be elected to expend In money and labor for ttie best results. Better wait. Caleb Tichnor. Great Harrington, Mass., June 1 I them "sit up and take notice." And [second We could not be too bars'1. for this would haye antagonized j them and driven all the more trade I away from town. So we began first to run the "home trade talks/' mentioned abou in the Mart Herald. One of these appeared every week for about three months. These "home trade talk8' written to bo read by the Mart wo men and Mart farmers, were at first addressed to the merchants. 1 ne blame for people trading away from home was laid on the merchant ra~ ther than on the people- The mer chants were told that if they would advertise more and advertise better they 'could hold for Mart all of her trade. In this we told the truth, but our main purpose was not 80 much to preach advertising as lo win the people over to us. Later on, at our first home trade bafpqueti we raised funds for hav ing a home trade letter to every woman in Mart and every farmer in Mart vicinity. In this letter we asked them to tell us why, if ever, they found it necessary to trade a way from tyart. In each letter was enclosced an addressed card for re ply. In this letter we did not cen sure them for trading at home, but asked them to help us solve t,ie problem by glvnig us three reasons why, so we could make tho proper recommendations to our merchants. At the second home trade banquet these cards were read and funds were raised for mailing out a sec ond home trade letter in answer to these cards. At our second' meeting we had a number of clerks present and one of them m$de a talk on "courtesy.' Talks were also made on such sub Jects as "What shall we do if w? do not have the article called for by a customer?" Thus you see we hare tried to make these meetings improve our store service as well as pull *nd hold trade for Mart, jrt ? X > I A NftCAK KllWiiaiiV. Negro Cii|)tuml lit lllitck well'n .Jew* dry Stoir Tursiiiiy Mglit. A bold robbery wan nipped in the lawt Tuesday night In early p?*rt of the evening when Mr. O, L. Black wo) | unexpectedly enter ed hib Kt i) re and flushed the tl?i?-?r . John Simmon?, H negro laborer, employed on <be repair work now being done on Mr. Blackwell's Jew elry store had concealed himnelf In the building with the Intention ol robbing tho store attd making his e*tt through tho back door. Lucki ly Mr. Black well hud occasion to en ter his utore before going home Hnd tho negro made u break for liberty. J,e was chased through the buck l?t and finally capture,} near l,ul shII'b How In the lower part of tho city. It ?eeina that tlve negro had u con federate for when placed in th? City barracks, another negro who KUVu his name uh ScO.tt, succeeoeu ln liberating the prisoner. Both, however, were captured and are now companioiiH In mlHerv in the county Jail, awaiting trial "at the K?nerai BOBHioUH court. Mr. Black well states that had not the negro bungled the Job would have played havoc with him as he liad a large ?to<*k of valuable jewelry which the negro could hp ve easily made off with. Both negroes are strangers here one balling from Aiken and t,ie other from New -Sumter. I to in in) tin*-: ( IIMk h. IIhikI Mtnii' Church lluil<lii^ To li*'| Kr<v i(><| on \ ortlt |<> ttlctoii. ft' mm mm Plui.o art* on foot ;ui,OMK tin* cath olic* of t'aiudcn for t In* t-m lion 1,1 a handHoine church In the ver> ii?*ui future There are forty-three ro?H deut member* of thta church in the city a i present and , during the t?ur l?t reason many coinv here front l,ie Northern c.ltlea, making their pres ent place of worship vnt irtdy too amall. A ileal in now on tor the pur* chuwe of a ni t ?? for tie new cnurcn whi<h it <iK not boen > iommI, hnt will probably |>e definitely decided upon in the next few days. Tlie Kite iuobi llkeh to he selected Ik 4 he no?'l,i* ea?t corner lot of "Blooinsbury" on Nof t h |?yt t loton Street . Thin in one Of the prettiest old placen in C;l"> deu, in a picturesque grove of ouk* an<l pint's and will make an location for thin new place of wor ship. * M<M!il>erH of' the Catholic lalth state i luit the c^tireh will he one of tho handsomest i'1 Hie state outside of the larger <?! 1 1*??, and that ?WW menil',., alone would donate $~f>,uou toWnrds the purchase of the sitw and the erection of the building. Prof Arthur Humphries, 0f th1' graded school s of Hock Hill, has re turned home for the aummer. He will return .to 'Hock Hill in the fall haying been re-elect ed to teucn there another year. THE THREE CHIEF - B I RECOMMENDATIONS^ Q^l CAn"?? w j,ri^ CAROLINA ACCESSIBILITY- CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT I IT HAS COTTON MILLS, BANKS, CHURCHES i HOTELS ALL KINDS OF FIRST CLASS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS DKFKN D A NTS FREE Verdict of Not Guilty Rendered tiy Richland Jury. Columbia, S. C., June 1.- ? The ju ry in the "label" case returned a verdict of not guilty this afternoon at 6 o'clock, in the Richland county [court, after two hours and twenty minutes deliberation, thus saying to ^tt^r worid tha't J ohfrJ Bell Towill, L. Whit Boykin and W. O. Tatum were not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the state out of $22,500 on a pur chase of 21,000,000 labels in l?u5, while they wiefe officials of the late State dispensary, as charged by the state. The defendants, with their attorneys, were present in court when the verdict was announced and tney were naturally elated at their vindication. The verdict came at the close of the third day of the trial of this case, it ^having been preceded hy the trial of "Hub" Evans, on the charge of accepting rebates, and he, too, was found not guilty. Spectators and counsel, defendants and the court' have had a strenous week of it throughout the trial of the cases. This case last September result ed in a mistrial after the Jury de liberated thirty - five .hours. The jury today was only a little over two hours in reaching a verdict of not guilty. Boy Scout Notice. Boy Scout Headquarters, Camden, S. C., June 3. General Orders No. 1: 1. Every boy scout desiring to go on the camp the latter part <>r this month will notify immediately in writing the Scout Master, 17U Broad St., Charleston, S. C. 2. The follownig uniform win be required: Boy - Soout summer hat, blue shirt with collar attach ed, khaki trousers, large red hand kerchief. 3. Every member will be requir ed to curry the following articles; One blanket, one hatchet, two tin or agate plates, one tin cup, one ta ble knife, one spoon, one fork, one bottle large enough to hold oTie quart of water. 4. The camp will in all probabil ity start June 17. The site has not been decided on, but only a good, healthy place, with good drinking water, and near a pond will be fi?" lected. . Notice later papers ror more definite notice. 5. Anyone having, or knowing of, a tent which could be borrowed, please notify the Scout Master inl" mediately. By order of it, O. Strohecker, Scout Master. Mother# Day to be Observed. On Sunday, June 16, Mothers' Day will be observed at Flint Hill Bap tlst Church. An Interesting P^?" gramme will be presented and the public generally Is cordially invited to attend. ' fAi ? * v*. # ' < ?! ' . CHAMItFK COMMKIUk MK^TIMG. Annual Count y Picnic 1<? Be Held Last Friday in July. At the meeting of the Chamner of Commerce Wednesday night, a ?otter from C. B. Ryan, of the sea board, was read stating that the] home seekers rates that were re~ cently published by tlie Southern railway, applied to the Seaboard a'~ Bo, and that the rates applied from Richmond and Petersburg as wen as Washington. ^ ' Capt. W. M. Shannon, chairmtfn pf the hospital committee told of th^ work being done by them. He said that Dr. Baruch was having plans for the hospital revised by his ar chitect in New York and that lir Baruch Htated he thought tthe firHt plans called for a building that would be too expensive. Dr. Cor bett will go to New York for Hlx months this summer and he will represent the hospital committee an Ko into the details of the plans, re~ lative to the size of the burning and equipment. It' was decided to have the fourth annual county celebration on lhc last Friday in July. It Is the inten tion of the Chamber to invite lfl? I,oys corn club of the County aH, special guests. T he picnic commit- J 'ee will be appointed later. Bp? | sules the picnic feature there will likely be a base ball game and oth er forms of amusement and there is no doubt but that a brass band will be on - hand to make merry. President Mills told the members 'lie result of f he visit to Columbia ;ind Sumter before the Railroad Commission relative to the service of the Northwestern railway. He stated that if the Railway complies w'th the order of the Commission he thought Camden would got satis factory service from the road President Mills appointed the t'J1"j lowing committee, to confer with tho^ City Council and urge that body to establish a rest room at M. II. HPyman, Cooper H. Ci r i ff i n and Henry D. Watkins. The officers of the Fair com mittee will be empowered with au thority (o appoint some one in l,,e place 0f \v. D. Starling, Jr., wh? ha charge of the poi?itry exhibit and ?lid excellent work for the Fair. All members should attend tnese meetings as a large gathering al ways adds enthusiasm. Hail Insurance. Mr. James M. Green, of Columbia, who has been visiting Cauden for the past seven years in the interest of the Carolina Hill Insurance Co., ^ be In the city for the next two week?. This is an absolutely relia ble 'company, as Mr. Green's contin ued success in thld county will show and we feel confident that It will be *o the interest* of every farmer in the county to see him before he leaves the city. We direct your at tention to hi? ad In this issue. f \vi< iii:i)KsT C|TV i\ woki.I). lliivuitu Said to l>o MokI Whit' Opoii I'liii't1 oil l|riiii.s|ilu i'(>. 4 Tlif> nay good Americans wnen I li??y die go to I'HrU, Inn "live" Americana k<? u> , uavana Havana, gi?y, vvimumI. with' oPM"> it Ik thi" one clt y today to bo shun ucd or visited. aroordlng t?? 0,10 * P?>ii) t of \' low. Sovoral rMU's have !?*??? 1 1 <ii I Icil 1 In- wickedest rlly 'to ????, Nov., I'ort Said and Irkutsk. Si bi-rm, for instanco They aro wHi'k ftl <iiit>H. but their w iokt'tl iiohh Ih til ;i I'll id. \arl?My Havana Is wicked ami gay And I've Injur# from the United 'States. Ill 1'arls tin' "night lift'," ?;ay reS taurantp and duncon art* for IO11 K I and American tourist*. In liavaiia the "guy lifo" is for the nativoH. 1 * m wlckodnoKw U pan of its lifo. Everything |n Havana ih wl<,u open. And nf i 1 h T>7 varloth k of wit kodnt>nH the mildest in gambling. Uamhling" houses in Havana aro <>p on to both nam and women,* All that is necessary 1? a bunk roll. Ho uoletto, faro, hazard and Rood Amor lean poker aro at band. Jul AIM. the ptt^njar Spanish gauio nf skm. on which such I>Ik * wntnH aro won and lont, no lognor flourishes, but it Ih scarcely missed. Burbridgo h Miramar hotel Ih a to.mplo of chance where one can wqo the fickle god <lt?sK hh she can be wooed nowhere in America. And, what is more, 11 is fuuhlonnb|e (g ,j0 HO Evon a? one sips bin chocolate In the morning the daily round has lt? beginning, a half dozen peddiors of lottery ticket* interrupt the meal. The lottery m Cuba Ih run by 4,U! government and there are drawings evej?y tbroe monthH for enormous prizes. The lirat prize is $ieuuuu. 'The tickettn are hawked about the street# and Hold at o very cor ner store. KTit-tbo fact that the KovifmniimK <>onductB it does no' guarantee it? "being on the level. At a recent drawing the first PriZ( w?h not awarded for the reason that that particular ticket had not been sold. The public didn't like it, but they kept on buying tickets, for 11 Ih their Instinct to "take a chance/ If one nit h around a cafe any length of time ? and a largo part of every day Ih Hpent In this way one Ih certain to be invited to wltnuHH 11 cock fight. Cock fighting Ih onoN<. the commonest HportR in Cuba, and j while It Ih against the law it lH rarely Interfered with. Largo sums change hands on these bloody exhi bitions. But It in not until after dark that Havana takes on any ot Iih air ot gayety. Then the Prado and 0?e Malaoon and the various parks ,|e*! come a fairyland of lights. band plays at the Maiaeon, as the boule vard along the ocean front is edited. All Ha\ana emerges from its c?01 and comfortable stone houses ready I for a night fo pleasuro. The cafes are crowded, there is a constant stream of automobiles and carriages up and down the boule vards. The sidewalks are filled with people hurrying to the theatres They are nearly all dressed In the height of fashion. Havana jK one of t lie richest cities in the world. I,s styles coma direct from Paris. 1 "e only cheap things are tobacco and 'matches. At 8 o'clock performances begin In a dozen theatres. At the payre grand opera is sung by a company of artists headed by Constantino, of the Metropolitan forces. At Albisu a Spanish opera company from the City of Mexico is singing "the Chocolate Soldier'"5 aiid "The Count of Luxembourg." At the Mar tl farce comedy reigns. ! In the moving picture and variety theatres one finds real wickedness. ? The "grizzly bear," the "bunny hug" are modest compared with dances shoVn on the stages of the variety theatres, where, the public is admit ted for 25 and 50 cents. The little plays are beyond description and the actresses wear very scanty attire. At. midnight Central Park, which Is in the heart of the city, is as Crowded and filled with life aH Broadway and Forty-second streets before the theatres swallow up the crowds. The cafes are filled with people, but Instead of eat nig lob sters and draining cold bottles they eat ice cream and sip soft drinks. } There is very little drinking of alco holic liquors in Havana. Of course all of Havana does not go to t-he theatre. Many of the. fashionable set seek the clubs, some seeking the gambling palaces and others attend mask bails, which are given nightly. The dancing, ov-' en at the fashionable balls, would; be called "immoral" in America. The gayest affairs are given wn Sunday nights at the Theatre Nacl~ , anal. They begin about mldnigntj ?and last until 8 and 1) o'clock Mon-| day morning. The New Miramar, which is run ; by Walter Bufbrldge, who used to be associated with Canfleld, is th? Mecca for tourists. Dinner there1 costs you about twice as much as any place in New York or Paris. If one Is well dressed and looks pros-, perous he is asked if he wishes to Play. The second flor iso one big gamb ling room, and it is thronged night ly by scores of American visitors- as well as rich Spaniards. ? Milwaukee Sentinel, For Hale. . Four city lota on Hunter and Avenue. 60xlEf0 feet each. terms. D. Wolfe, Camden, 8. C. - < A. M. Halle, of Chesterfield, Is visiting hi* parents in the city. Hoy Hlnaon Is in the city for * few days. LITTLE LOCAL LINES OF CITY AND COUNTY FOLKS , /v.jr - . it?;mk io<> shout roit A'llKAi) <;ytiii:ki:i> and <.iu>i ri;i) l ()l< gl lCK ItlOAIH N(J, Mrs, ft. von TivmcKow ha? re < urnedi from Washington, whore M,u* has neon during the. past thrtH< W?e?ks 1 haying !?**?*?* bitten by it IKM dog wit icli with (suffering from ny~ d rophoVja \v?, are glad to hoar * l*ii i the treatment watt ?at factory ('apt. von Trosckow accompanied her Mr. ami Mrs. I*. (). Leak UuU (Jeorgo Apperson, in u Chalmers 3 tl ; Mr*. M. It, Handle, M Imhuh Grace and ('arietta Handle and Mauris Handle, in i( cole 40, were a pWdy of ?*Utolsts here yesterday. They wer? returning from the cloning Ex ercises at VWfethrop college. ? Miws Lottie I larrell, of Cheraw, wa? the charming K l*eHt ,,f Mt?? t-'lara SVallaee hint Krlday, Mopping over on her way from Wiuthrop, antl will) a bevy of her girl friends at tended the reception at the Haddto and 1'addlo club in the arternoon. MIkh Virginia Tayl<>r has return ed from Wlnthrop for the Humiuor. Siie waa elected aw a representative from the class of 1914 to the ('01" lege annual publication committee, which |h quite an honor for a junior member of the class. Mc?damcs Joel Hough, I. C* Hough and Mr. Joel 1 lough went Hock Hill last Sunday to attend th? commencement exercises at Wln throp Culiege, where. MIhs NanUle Hough graduated thin week. Mrs. P. J. Redmond, of nennettB vllle, visited relatlvea in Cainden thin week and also attended com mencement exerciser at Wl"lhrop ('ollege, where her wister, Miss Nan Hough, graduated. Mr. Joseph Shebeen has purchns od a Bulck touring car from the Camden Motor Co. lie Is contem plating the purchase of a motor truck for his wholesale grocery. and Mrs. \\\ II. Eve, Jr., and several friends made a trip to "Heath Springs one day this week In Mr, Eve's car. Tlnj trip was made In one hour and twenty minutes. Mr. E. A. Brown, wh? lias heen farm demonstrator for Kershaw county for the piut two years, has resigned and F. Jl. Arrants has been appointed In his place. Mr. C. li. Jones, of Lancaster, and I>r. \V\ C. Twitty, of Kershaw, wort in Camden a fe?v hours Tuesday af ternoon in Mr. Jone's Packard tout ing car, enroute to Columbia. George Alexander, 0f the Univer sity of South Carolina, spent the week end with Ills parents.. He will graduate in the law department next week. Mrs. Alexander Heyward, of Co lumbia, has returned to her bom? at tor several weekH visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shannon. Mrs. YV, K. Simmons, of YVake orest , has returned home, alter a visit of several weeks to tier daughter ,Mrs. YV. I). Trantham. The ladies of the Hospital Aux iliary will serve ice cream on the Square every Tuesday afternoon dur ing the Kershaw Guards drill. Mrs. J. S. Rhame and daughter, Miss Olive, left Wednesday for Charlotte, where they will spend a few weeks with relatives. MIsh Louise Shannon, who been teaching school in Camden the past, year, left last week for : YVlnthrop, where she spent the week renewing acquaintances. Capt. M. L. Smith was in uamb?rg thlB week where he delivered an addreSg at the closing exercises of Carlisle Fitting School. W. Brattton deLoache is iu Char leston this week, where he went to argue cases before the U. S. court of Charleston district. 1 Miss Lillie Stevens, formerly of Camden, hut who has been teaching., in Sumter, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Leroy Davidson. Mr. J. (J. Caddell and family hav? moved to Harts'vllle, where Mr. Ccid dell luis engaged in tho mercantile business. Mrs. YVaiter West, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and '''rank Halle, has. returned to Co lumbia, Miss Helen Golsenhelmer has re turned from Converse College where sh? has been taking a course ln music. Mrs. E. C. DuBose, and Mrs. YV. !?>. Trantham attended the graduat exercises at YVlnthrop this week. Roy Myers, the young operator ol the YVestern Union, 1h in Clio, fll,~ ing a vacancy there for two weeks. Mrs. F. E. Mathls and son are vis iting Mrs. Trabue Barksdale at YVrlghtsville Beach, N. C. Prof. J. A. Dennis, of Newberry, S. C., Was the guest of Mrs. K. W Murchlson last Friday. Burnett Heath has returned from Bingham School of Ashville for the summer holidays. % v Mrs. James Lindsay, of Chester, was a visitor ni the city during th? Past two weeks. Miss Bertie' Trenholm, of Colum 1 Ma, Is the guest of her sister, Mrs | A. W. Burnett. Mrs. Elmore Jones, of ColuraDla? is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Clifford. R. B. Pitt* ia awfcyjon a Nona ern trip.