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[filial ani> fljmmutl fltrma r* UM-4 ** "*3? L0U&K Tr NfclTUL* i (Htr+W ilidtt. iinw ride was given ou? night V^w bv Mae tern James and M W?,U **" ~ TT "m country roads arid upon ar il *t t be do<* aomettime later, boyg were presenteed with |lt~ Urd$, whoee versss told them go wUb their partner* and hunt little bidden prises in the house, i |p the grounds amongst hedge, m aud trees. Delicious refreshments consisting uj cream and cake wereee rved southern piassa. Tbog juviteed were Misses KUse -kluud, Kuialle Yates, Margarette wir) Mary de Saussure, Willie g, Mackey, Nancy Lindsay, r deLay, Kllsn Boykin, Margaret pkett, Nan and Rhetta DeLoache, lerine and Elizabeth Wallace, * Savage, KlUabeth Garrison; Iters Jsines and . Kugene Zemp, via Guy, Nettles Lindsay, Harry I /oho Sorter, Tooney deLoach, 1 sod Joj Shannon, John T. gkey, Jr., Addickes Kirkland, lllam and Withers Trotter, Ker iw, Bratton and Teddy deLoach, rtimer Hoy kin, Wm. and Louis mvft Lambert DePass, Charlie j Cantey Villepigue, Caleb Whit er Jr., Whit Lenoir. Dauco at Olab House. i dance in honor of the visiting ong ladies was held at the Club lMe on Wednesday, August 28. The large hall was dimly lit by f Japanese lanterns and the ef t given by the sight of dusky vres flitting to and fro to the iilc of stringed instrument, was m beautiful. Delicious refresh? ints ere served on the moonlit-1 usas. Those attending the dance were ases Lottie Lucas and Annie Stro cker, of Charleston, Miss Edna fey, "and Misses Lucia and Lil n Yates, Harriiet Shannon, Jane Mskett, Virginia and Minnie Tay r, Vivian Yates, Clara Wallace, liabeth Carrlson, and Messrs, A. nrnett Whitaker, . Thos. Ancrum, asels Zemp, George Alexander, ek Whitaker, R. B. Pitts, Allison iBose, Kirkland Trotter, ? Alfred lykln, Ditsy Heath, Louis Stoney, ick Boy kin, Lexie Gelsenhelmer, . D. Trantham, Randolph kirkland Trotter, Carl Rheneberg, John llepigue, Henry Beard and Messrs. jLorme, Hood, Richardson, Scott, id others. At Holly Hedge. On last Friday evening Holly edge was the scene of a delightful oonllght picnic given in honor of iB8 Annie Strohecker, of Charles n. The crowd, which was a large le, gathered in Rectory Square, id walked from there to the beau tui grounds about Holly Hedge, here bon-fires were built and a >untiful repast served, and where rerything passed off merrily. Open Air School. The open air school conducted y Miss Ellie Zemp will commence a Monday, Septembe'er 16. No eginners taken after the first eek. Mu*i? ?? Kdwi? Guy M Howt. The beautiful home of Mr. and Mr?. J. L. Guy wan the ?oene of a beautiful party for the younger people Master ttdwiu Guy ab host. ProKrew?ive games were played for prise?. Mite Mary deSaus?ure, of Charleetou. winning/ the girl?, and Master Nettle* Lindsay the boy?. Deiioloue ice cream and cake and candle? were nerved on the many wmall table?. Afterward* the room? were cleared of fur niture and the children enjoyed an Impromptu dance. Those who were Invited were Ml??e? Ellse and Mary Withers Klrkland, Nancy Lindsay, Margaret Lenoir, Marga ret* Bauskett, Ksther Del^ay, Rhet ta and Nan L)eI^oache, Clara Cure* ton, WUlle Belle Mackey, Kulalle Yates, Mary deBau??ure, Catherine and Elizabeth Wallace, Masters Kd win Guy, llr&tton and Teddy de Loach, l^ambert DePas?, Kugene Zemp, Win. and Wither? Trotter,! John T. ' Mackey, Jr., Wm. Stoney.l Caleb Whltaker, Jr., Cantey and Charlie Villeplgue, Harry Dawes,) Nettle? Lindsay, Tooney deLoach. City School* to Open. The Camden City School? will open Monday, Sept. 9, 1912. Mon day the 9th, Tuesday, the 10th and Wednesday the 11th will be devot ed to the admission an<) grading of new pupils, and to the reexam ination of all pupils who failed to pas? up on the work? of last ses sion. Pupil? who were regularly promoted will report to their re spective schools on Thursday, the 12th of September. After Wednesday, Sept. 11th, new pupils will not be admitted again until the first Monday of the second school month. C. Jj. Legge, Superintendent. To Camp Out, With his automobile loaded with his family, a stove pipe, broom, , chickens and many other necessary) household articles Mr. W. R. Wat kins left Camden on Monday "to spend two or three weeeks at White Pond, near Blaney. They will camp] out -and the time will be spent in fishing, hunting and fox chasing. When they passed The Chronicle office the children were bemoaning the . fact that they had left the cat, but no doqbt the many new pleas ures they will find at Blaney will more than make up fer the ab sence of the cat. Notice tto the Public. ?' We wish to announce that Mr. A. T. Pisher is 'not with us any more, but we are still in position to handle any class of shoe work at a reasonable price. We have no cut throat prices to offer. Nothing but first class material used. Yours to serve, Camden Harness & Shoe Repair, A. R. Bobbltt, Mgr. Work Called for and delivered. Phone 53. 9-6-4t. Exclusive Agency. Mrs. H. C. Singleton has the ex clusive agency for the well known "Splrella"- Corset and Invites the la dles of this city and section to call on her at the residence of Miss Ellen Tweed, corner ot DeKalb and Lyttleton streets. VI* OP X;mCHT "Goodness" to the Housewife with pride of cooklnt. .lgnltlea materia"!.' that wj? ?ike J?* petiting, palatable food ? the kind that bring* jpraise from, family or gueat. ' Only the carewehave^devotedto purchasing give the most satisfying r&**, can assure yon absolutely of this goodness. ..When you buy from us you It now that g ness" is the first point that we look fo** * tauslneM as it stock. "Qoodness" Is as necessary to J custom to you and your cooking.* On it depends your with this store. ^ ' , t For "goodness sake," therefore, use only the best our store. of our to M P'".!.,* "r,C Pure Food Sldn St?$v CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM MATTKRK ov UKNKKAJj INTKIt KHT 8HODKKD BY OUK KKI'OKTKHH, See the motion pictures at the opera house to-uigbt. Mm. K. M. Hendrlx Is on a visit to her nelee, Mn. C. L. Wat kins, in Newbrry. I Mr*. M. W. Wllaon, of Charleston. Is visiting the family of Mr. Kd ward Uoykln. Mr. David Wolfe ha* returned from the Northern market* where he purchatied hlu fall atoek. MUs M. L. Marsh, of Columbia, has been visltiug the family of Mr. Henry Uarfleld near Cai&den. Maulers Thornwell and Oakman Hay are upending this week at Royklns at the home of Dr. J. T. Hay. Itolund Good ale, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Uoodale, who h,aa been 111 with typhoid feveir, Is Improving. Mrs. ('. M. Coleman, who ha* been on a visit In Orangeburg to her sister, Mrs. Peers, returned home last Monday. A meeting of the Civic League will be held In the Sunday School room of' the Episcopal church next M ond ay afternoon . Mr. Lewis W. Parker, president of the Pine Creek Cotton Mill, was In the city Tuesday looking after the interes ttof the mill. . Mr. W. M. Lollls, who baa been with Mr. H. L. Scbloshburg, as bookkeeper for several years, has accepted fc position with Springs & Shannon. Miss Selma Parrlsh has resign ed her position as teacher in the Camden graded schools and Miss Nan Hough has been .elected to fill the vacancy. Dr: W. D. Qrlgsby,' of Blaney, was tn Camden one day this .week. He came over to purchase an "R. C. H." auto from Mr. W. R. DeLoache of the Camden Motor Co. Prom all parts of the county come reports of Interest being manifest ed in The Chronicle's piano' contest. The successful contestant who is wise will begin work early and keep It up. Mr. S. M. Mathis, who has been agent at this place for the North western Railway, has been promot ed to the position of soliciting agent for the same road, with headquar ters at Camden. ? Miss Katherine Chapell, of L,ykes land, is in charge of the circulation contest of The Chronicle. She will be pleased to have the young la dles Interested In the contest call on fier at this office. In the recorders court yesterday Mayor S. F. Hratjington was found not guilty of ' the charge of fight ing within the city limits,. The case grew out of the recent en counter between Dr. Brasington and Mr. Henry Elchel. Mr. W. H. Wllkie, of Gainesville, Ga., has been appointed agent oL the Southern railway _ at this plac.?. Mr. W. G. Jackson, of Forest City, N. C., takes the pla>;e of Mr. J. N. Reeder, agent and Mr. Roy Walk er, cashier. % Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Durden, Miss Louise Smith and Mr .T. R. Han son, of Monroe, Ga., are the guests of <Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hanson on LaPayette avenue this week. The trip of 261 miles was made in a Ford touring car;y : r ~ Mrs. H. L. Schloshburg, who has been in New York for several weeks has returned. Mr. Schlosburg, who underwent a very seVlous operation while Mrs. Schlosburg was there, but we are glad to say that he is is still in a hospital in New York, getting along very well and will return home later. ' Cashier John T. Macke# has re ceived a letter from Wm: G. Mc Aoo, vice chairman of the Democrat ic National Commdittee, asking if he would receive and transmit con tributions to the campaign fund. Mr. Mackey has agreed to do ao, and all who wish to contribute can send same to Mr. Mackey at the First National Bank. Mr. Wm. A. Hantske, superintend ent of Columbia- District, Metropol itan Life Insurance Co., accompa nied by Mr. M, O. Gregory, assist ant superintendent spent a few hours here ye&terday. This 4ras Mr. " " Hantske's first visit to otir city.' He exp rosed himself as great ly pleased with the general appear ance of things here,, and promised to come again when ' he had longer to stay. ? ' v The citizens of Camden have been inconveniencd during the past few days of sweltering weather by an ice famine. The local dealers have been out of Jbne for several days, and they do not atat* whne they expect another shipment. Private parties are having ice shipped from Columbia, Sumter and nearby cities. Tlie Chronicle tried ' to get a state ment of the situation from the lo cal dealers this morning but failed. It Is to be hoped they will make Bome arrangements for serving their customers soon. PictorM To-Night. ^ The program at the opera house to-night in motion pictures will be "The Royal Wishbone," " Leopard Hunting in Abyslnnla" and a west ern picture entitled "Kid Carson." Attend the pictures to-night and see who gets the $5. ? ? i Excursion Via Seaboard. ? Jacksonville, Fla., $7.00; Tampa, Fla., $9.00. Tickets on sale 9*pt 17th, for all regular trains. G<*xl returning to reach original start ing point before.: midnight Sept. 24. 1912. For full Information sed naafst Seaboard agent. ? g* Spare The I'urtriifW. More protection should bo thrown around partridge*. They do more good than one might suppose. A tvld u*? ou Monday tUul hu killed a partridge aud upon open* ing lu aav he fouud It packed with aruiy worms that uro causing Much destruction to the ootton crop. He say* he resolved that not an other partridge should be killed ou hiw place, and pletulo that no | more partridges he killed by any- 1 one. - ? . Ttuuiks HU Friends. To the Publishers of The Chron icle: 1 wish to express to Friends and Supporter* throughout Kershaw Couuty my heartfelt thanks for the eblqndld vote they gave me on elec tion day for Supervisor. 1 appre ciate it more than words can ex press. l am not so much hurt over my own defeat as 1 am the loas and defeat to the county, which all will see in the next four years. Again thanklug those who so lib erally supported , me, I shall ever remain your true friend, D. M. Klrkley. New Advertisement. Attention of the truding public |As culled to the new ad In this is sue or The Chroulcle of David Wolfe. He has Just returned from tthe Northern markets where he purchased his Fall aud Winter goods and it offering them to the public ut prices that can't be beat. He will take great pleasure in showing you through his line. Leaves Many lkwcemlautN. William Dow, aged 96 years, a highly respected old tima^ darkey, died last Saturday on the farta of Mr. A. H. Boykln, near Boyklns, and was burled Sunday at Mouht Bethel colored church, the funeral being conducted by Rev. Thos. J. Williams, of this city. Dow wag brought from Charles ton as a slave at the age of 12 years by the father of Mr. A. H. Boykin, and has resided at the same place continuously. He was The father of 18 children^- havirtg-ar total of 412 descendants ? 118 of whom are living? -one of whom is K. C. Dow, the well known colored minister of this county. . | Camden Cotton Market, i, ' . Up to yeBterday 100 bales of cot-, ton had been bought by the various | buyers In Camden. The weather for the past week has been ideal for the gathering of the staple and, the gins throughout the countty will Boon be In full blast. The Southern Cotton Oil Co'.s gin at UiIb place hag handled forty new bales this season. The price paid yesterday was 10 3-4. Excursion to Jacksonville and Tam pa, Florida, via the Atlantic Const Line. On Tuesday, September 17 h, the Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trtj) "tickets from Camden to Jack sonville, Fla., at $17.00, and to Tampa at $9.00, Umltted returning to reach original starting point not later than midnight of Tuesday, Sep tember 24 th, 1912. Proportionate rates will be made from other will be made from other points in Virginia, North and South Caro lina. Extra sleeping cars and coaches sufficient to accomodate all pas' sengerB will be pllaced on trains and everything will be done by the management of the Atlantic Coast Lin$ to make this a first class ex cursion. " For- tickets, Pullman /accomoda tions and schedules see tthe near est agent, or address T. C. White, Gen. Pass. Agt., or W. J. Craig, PaBBenger Traffic Manager, Wil mington, N. C. Bank For Hagood. Hagood, Sept. 4. ? The citizens of Hagood met this morning and organised a bank. . The capital will be $10,600, all of which was sub scribed in a few minutes. A char ter will be applied for and as soon as this is obtained another meet ing: will be called at which officers will be elected. Hagood is surround ed by as fine agricultural county as can be found in the state, and a bank will prove agreat convenience. e A Card From Mr. Maglll. ?' ? Publishers Chronicle: Through the medium of your paper I want to thank my friends for the hearty support they gave me in the recent primary. I did not have quite as many friends as my opponent, but what I did have, were mighty good men. Thank you gentlemen. Would have thanked you sooneer, but I codld not find out how we stood. Yours truly, J. Robt. Maglll. The Governor's Governor. When the late Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, was governor of that state he was interrupted Just as he sat down to lunch at home one day by a message from the capitol to the effect that two men from an outside town wanted to see the Governor at once. 'The governor said to Sam, his negro butler, who brought in thej message: "8am, tell them I'll be right down." . "Yes, sir," said Sam. "8ata," broke in Mrs. Taylor ? "yon tell them the governor will be dowrn in half an hour ? after he has finished his luncheon." ."Sam," said the Governor, "say I'll be right down," ''In half an hour. Bam" said Mrs. " said the governor, "do ^fho is the Governor of | ell vS j5&tt; ^Jj^n^half ay Kvenlng Post. "WliffiTTTTi / ~~ PHONE 2 NKW AlUilVALSi Kfugltioti'M Hhiuh hik! H?t?? '? 'if ' . I'ttusy Flour MiUmI 1 Offrti .1- ' ' ""**'? " r-v-r . : **? ~ *' - ? Kivuli Shipment National lllm-ult (Vk <2ood* liver y Wwk. f PHONE US YOUR WANTS ' ' ? ? IGH GRADE GROCERY ICE CREAM IF YOU WANT A GOOD AND PURE ICE CREAM COME TO THE CAMDEN CANDY KlTCHEN / ? * * We make our Cream from pure milk and cream. We do not use corn starch or junket. A TRIAL ORDER WILL CONVINCE YOU jj Si? : ? ' ? 0, -y Camden Candy Kitchen 'Phone 78 ?? The house complete, Jack's mind was free To make the grounds look good He 'bought the best in tools from US As all fine gardeners should. .* Jr tr rir! "?'?rV ?. v . ? y-v' T??o6iO i Nothing makes a House look More Attractive <. than a .well kept lawh pr garden. Yqu need the proper tools to do this well. We hav^ sold so much of tills kind of hardware that we know the exact requirements of this district your needs. ; . * -.V Come in and Took around. You Will find them all ^ at the right price. % v ^