The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 11, 1916, Image 7
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TO light the Rayo
lamp you don't
have to remove the
shade or the chim
ney. Just lift the gal
lery and touch a
match. It is just as
easy to light as a gas
burner and it requires
little effort to keep it
clean.
Rsyo
Lamps
are the modern
lamps for the farm.
Simple in design ?
yet an ornament to
any room in the
house.
Use Aladdin Security '
Oil or Diamond
White Oil to obtain
best results * in Oil
Stoves, Lamps and
Heaters.
The Rayo is only one of
our many products that are
known in the household
and on the farm for their
quality and economy.
Ask for them by name and
you are sure of satisfaction.
Standard Household
Lubricant
Matchless Liquid
Gloss 4
Standard Hand Sep?>
rator Oil '
Par o wax
Eureka Harness Oil
Mioa Axle Grease
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If your dealer does not
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nearest station.
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Tombstones & Monuments]
When in need of Tomb
stones and Monuments see
me before you'place your or
der. Representing the Dixie
Marble Co., of Canton, Ga.
Samples of marble shown.
J. D. SINCLAIR, T
P. O. Box 35. Camden, S. C.
Dr- E. H. KERRISON
Ucntiit
Office In Tha
Mann BaBi^ Ffcta* lit
"TBK UIKTII OF A NATION."
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Till* wvndtnr r?f the VToTTd
come* to the OoltmblM Theatre for a
return engagement ?* thm? nights be
ginning Thursday matinee FH>. 17th.
with a matinee every day durnlc the
engagement, The seat sale will open
next Monday at 10 a. ii|? at t lie theatre !
box office. Money orders or cheeks on 1
Columbia hanks will haw Immediate
attention, to phone orders or scat* held,
curtain will rise at N:l"? nights and
2:JJ0 matinees. The price will range j
from 20o to $1.00 at matinee* ami ftOe
to $1.00 at all night KM'forutaueeH.
"Tile Hirth of a Nation" brings forth j
1>. W. Griffith's wonderful new art of:
pictorlall/cd speetaeie with music. The
tirst half of the production. which was
suggested hy ? Thomas Dixon's "The
Clansman." exhlldts the sa I Km t ewnts j
of the war between the States. The
formation of the Confederate ; Lincoln'*
call for troops. Sherman's inareh to the
Sea, the 'ltattle of Petersburg; l^ee*s 1
surrentior to Grant; and the awful
tragedy of Lincoln's assassination at
Ford's Theatre, April Hth, lKUfi, live
before the H|HH'tator of the Griffith
drama. In tfie second half the South's
"Second Uprising" ? this time against
the carpetbagger regime ? is shown In
a thrilling story of reconstruction days.
The romance of tlun' "Little Confeder
ate Colonel" Hen Cameron with the
Northerner Elsie Stoneman, and that
of the Unionist Captain l'hll Stone
man with Margaret Cameron, the South
Carolina lassie, maintain two threads
of continuous love-interest throughout
the story.
But the great out-of-door Is Mr. Grlf
flth's special field, tremendous battle
scenes and the wild riders of the Ku
Klux clansman are staged with thou
sands of participants. Kighteen thou
sand actors and three throusand horses
were employed in the making of the
picture, which cost half a million dol
lars and took eight mouths to produce.
Home idea of Its immensity Is gained
from the fact that there are no less
than 5,000 distinct and Individual
scenes. On the musical side Mr. Grif
fith attempted what was previously un
heard of in connection with motion
pictures. This was the sychronlzlng
of a cotnplete symphonic score with
the appearances of the important char
acters and the enactment o# the prin
cipal scenes. The magnificent Instru
mental music is played by a large or
chestra of thirty skilled musicians. ?
advertisement.
Colored Schools to Have Field Day.
The Kershaw county colored teachers
association met Saturday In the Jack
son school building and arranged to
(have Its county field day on Friday.
March 10th.
The association instructed its presi
dent to invite a good orator for the
May and to extend invitations to the
"ounty superintendent of education and
the officers of our schools to witness
the exercises and address us. "
The president was also authorized
to ask the county superintendent of
education to grant a holiday to all
teachers and schools that attend the
field day exercises. These exercises
vylllconsist of outdoor sports and class
room work in wlricfl~the pupils will be
allowed to contest according to classi
fication.
The final exercises of the day will
l>e held at 8:30 p. m. ill one of the
churches.
Each school that Intends to takejmrt
must notify the president not later than
Saturday. March 4th.
Each school is also urged to pay its
oart in order to secure enough for pres
ents and other expenses.
C. C. I*owery.
Canada's Capitol Destroyed.
Ottawa. Feb. 4. ? The historic Cana
dian parliament building was destroy
j. ed last night by a lire declared unoffl
' daily to have been caused by the ex
plosion of a pas bomb or an infernal
" machine. Two women, guests of the
wife of the Speaker Sevigny, were over
come by smoke and perished. Several
policemen and firemen were burned
under debris when one end of thtrlui tid
ing collapsed. The number of persons
taken to hospitals had not been deter
mined early this morning. Fred Fl
Pardee, chief Liberal whip, and Wil
liam . G. Loggie, a member of parlia
ment from New Brunswick, are miss
ing, and it is feared they have lost
their lives.
It has l?een established that the first
burst Of flame In the reading room of
thfc house of commons was preceded
by at least one explosion and proba
bly by two. The force >of the concus
- sion was so severe that persons stand
ing some distance away were hurled
to the floor. A rigid investigation to
? I determine tne cause of the fire already
If has been undertaken by the Dominion
1 1 authorities.
Didn't Live Around Here.
Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 20. a? A local news
paper has received the nuclues of a
"conscience fund," with the request of
A. J. Smith, Youngstown, Ohio, for the
name and address of the editor *>f the
paper in 1870^ Smith who formerly
lived in Mercer, Pa., says that he was
a subscriber to the paper forty years
ago and got it for six months longer
than he had paid.
The fact that he owed the newspaper
published the extra fl worried him, so
he wants now to settle the account,
which was long ago dropped from the
records.
Nerve Strain.
The Los Angeles Times tells of this
conversation in the West :
"Many automobiles Jn Crimson,
Oulchr *
"A few," replied Keno Jake. "But
we've taxed an* regulated 'em so that
we're fast gettln' rid of 'em."
"Why do you want to get rid of
them?"
"Every time a tire blows out it
sounds like a gunshot and breaks up all
the poker games.'' ^ ?
?*> i ?
Minnie Taylor. n ?It yw?r old child,
wa* framed to death at her home near
the Lancaster Cotton MiHs Friday air
ternooa. 8he had been playing before
an open fire place with other children
when her dress caught fire.
? THE KlfiHTINU HOPK"
Laura Hope' Crews at The Majestic
Today in "The Fighting Hope."
Bethune a Live Town.
Col. A. U. Banks, who spent the
week-end hero with relatives, return
oil to Bethune Monday morning where
he Is principal of the school there.
Col. Hanks says that Itethune Is one
of th? livost little towns In the state
and he thinks that there is a bright
future for the Kershaw town. He said
that the new school building costing
Upwards of $lf>,txx> will be ready for
occupancy In about two weeks. This
Is the eighth new building that has
been begun or completed during Col.
Hanks' sui>erlntendaney of the school
In question. ? Monday's Columbia Rec
ord.
Death of a Pioneer.
.Tames Leslie died at Ills home In
Charlotte Monday morning. Death was
sudden, coming from heart trouble.
Mr. I/Cxlle was distinguished as one
of the pioneers in the cotton mill in
dustry in the South. He was the foun
der of the loom, reed and harness bus
iness in this section. He was 74 years
of age, and was born in Aberdeen,
Scotland. The remains were taken to
Montreal, Canada, for interment. The
Leslie Loom Heed & Harness Co., of
Charlotte Is known throughout the
South, and has a widely extended trade
in other states. Tills business will
be continued by Ills son, .Stewart Les
lie.
Rev, II. It, Browne Seriously III.
The numerous friends of the Kev.
H. H. Browne will regret to learn that
he Is seriously ill at the Florence Infir
mary. Mr. Hrowne arrived in the city
several days ago from Kingstrce and
entered the Infirmary for treatment,
the state of his health for some time
past having been a cause of concern
to himself and family, Mrs. Hrowne
came to the city with Mr. Browne and
is at the home of her daughter. Mrs. J.
P. McNeill. ? Florence Times.
Scrapped.
To faithfully serve mankind for 28
years, to take an active part in the
business affairs of a community ex
tending over a distance of 150 miles
or more ? to have a more or less prom
inent part In the commerce., of several
counties In two states ? to/be a fore
runnner, a pioneer of bigger things to
come and during all these years always
doing its part with but little grumbling
or complaint and then to suddenly be
the victim of the "man higher up," to
be divested of all its parts and trim
mings that might be of Value and have
the balance of its anatomy "scrapj>ed"
or "junked," seems a hard fate. Hut
such is the way of things in this ma
terial world and such is the end of
Southern railway engine No. 3824, for
th** past 28 years in constant service on
the Marion and Kingville division.
The 3824 is now In the Rock Hill
yards, consigned to. the "scrap heap,"
but before it is sent on its last Jour
ney along the glistening steel rails to
that place from whence no iron horse
e'er returns, all of her brasses and
other parts that can he of use are to
be removed and then, 3824-^? good night.
The .'{824 was one of the first four
coal burning engines to l>e put in ser
vice on the old Three C'? railroad after
the track wajg laid to Yorkville in 1888.
These four locomotives, at that time
considered the last word In passenger
engines, were numbered from 1 to 4,
and on the panel* of each cab was
painted the name of a town. One of
.them bore the name "Yorkville," and
another, the "Lancaster," was the first
coal burning locomotive ever to run to
Yorkville. ' On her maiden trip to this
place, in th<*'.early i>art of Octolier.
1888, the "Lancaster" was In charge of
engineer Mid Manning and his son,
who was the fireman. -
The "Lancaster" and Its mates were
products of the Hinckley Locomotive
company, whleh has long since passed
out of existence, and of the four en- .
glnes originally owned by the old Three
G's, all of the numbers being mibse- ;
quently changed, only one, the S826, is
no# in service, and it is used only oc- 1
caslonally in extra passenger service]
from Colnmbia to Yorkville or to Char
lotte, as it in now considered too light
for naming the heafy cars that now
n:ake np the trains on the Marlon and
Kingville division and in a ffew more
months, or at best a few years, the
8826 will follow it* m*tp? to the happy
hunting grounds of all good engines. ?
Yorkville Enquirer.
MOmfT TO LOAN.
On Improved fern*, ftaay term
??mdsii,
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<\\STI.UN WHIRL TflKQLyy
(iroat I'iiutoplay to Ho Seen hI .\lajes
lie Tomorrow Night.
'I he Fascinating Cast lea have, for the
moment. turned their attention to act
ing .".iid scenario \. riling, ami their ver
sMlilu> has muv again .-.UhkI them In
go< ?< I >teild. It was rather ti big thing
to ? \pe? t ? that I he\ could turn out an
I'tftui 111 a new held ? if endeavor which
shoii'd have alt the charm of (heir spe
la!i.' dancing ami social entertain
mvi.i
I- i V crurn Castle was nlven a see
ua 1 1< to write; and together they were
to a< i the resulting |>la,\ the dra ia of
I hct ! i > w ii lives Judging h> the praise
rthi.lt has already rewarded the pro
i-vIiiciImm ..f "The Whirl <>f Life" at the
!(?h>bc theatre, their work lias brought
?tih.ti'cr success hoth to the Cort Film
l 'o i | 'i ra t Ion and to I hetuselves.
Naturally, the\ dance. A drama
which contained the Castles and noth
ing .t t he light fantastic would he un
thinkable. Hut the duuclnu Is subor
dinate to the pl??t- ??which stateuieufi,
Incidentally. is hy way of being high
| pr aise for tile plot I
! The actual life story has heen screen
hie a ; i/.ed, of course: the meeting audi
tin i \ cuts preceding It made a trllle
more romantic; the \illtan |>ersonltied ;
and events generally touched up, dra
mat i/.ed ami arranged. An\ life story
would need that before it could he
put ? i i-hed via the projector. Neverthe
less, romantic and adventurous as It
Is, I'he Whirl of Life" Is founded on
fact, and much of it actually did hap
pen '
Aliv Castle Is not Mrs. Castle at the
start of the play. She Is little Irene
Foote; so much ill love with the hand
some you uk dancer who chanced to
come up from a plunge near her In the
sea at Kye Beach, that she declines
resolutely to think of the eligible stock
broker her parents favor.
They will never consent to her mar
eying a man "whose brains are in his
heels." so, In the homely atmosphere
of Y oaken*, there begins a clandestine
courtship, dogmessenger and all com
plete.
? Like all good romances of Its kind,
it reaches its tlrst climax at the Lit
tle Church Around the Corner, before
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle start for
Paris.
Actually, as Is well known, the coll
ide trained their real life first step to
fame In the French capital; and so it
Is shown In the picture. During and
after tills time adventures are frequent
and thrilling. The villainous and re
jected stockbroker Is ever :n the fore
ground to watch hJs cunning plots foil
ed with a pleasant regularity. As a
finale, he actually attempts to. prevent
the opening of Castles-by-the-Kea, after'
which (though he falls) the last atom
of posHlble sympathy* desert* him.
It is. admittedly, rare tliat people
who come to lend a picture or a plav
the prestige ? f their names, do anythinr
hut ruin it. Tills would have iiepn the
casi with the Castles, too, had they
I r< tight nothing into tills film but their
uunt and their dancing.
It is not so, however.
As actors, they bring a very deti'ilt*
-art- and charm.
So "The Whirl of TJfe" is a picture
well worth seeing. ? New York Evening
Mail.
This picture will 1h? shown at The
Majestic Theatre tomorrow (Saturday)
afternoon ami night. ? adv.
The Pleiades.
Directly overhead, in the early eve
ning. plows th?> pearly shimmeer of the
Pleiades. "(flittering like a swarm of
fireflies tangled in a silver braid." This
remarkable cluster of misty stars em
braces the seven lovely daughters of
Atlas and Plelonc. They are named,
In the order of their brightness ? Alcy
one, Mala, Taygetta, Electra, Merope,
Celaend and Asterope. The "Seven
Sisters" are so beautiful that the Hosts
of Heaven crowd the path of the Milky
Way to gaze on their transcendent at
tractions. Long ago. before the time of
Hippar<'hus, the Light of the group,
the incomparable Alcyone, fell to our
planet in a stream of slderial tire,
bringing to her sisters on earth every
charm that makes a woman so lrra
sistable. Xavier do Maistre si>eaks of
Alcyone being seen on earth in remote
ages, ami that the exquisite statue of
the Venus of Milo |>erpetuates her di
vine loveliness.
Alcyone has returned to her sisters,
and her brilliant star the "Light of
the Pleiades," is seen shining near the
center of the cluster. It has been dis
covered that the star of her sister
Mala has faded from the group, only
six stars being now visible. Maia was
missed about the time of Helen of Troy
and It is thousrlit her divine beauty de
scended to Helen. There Is about as
much chance of this as the i>ossibillty
that our own delightful Dolly Madison
was an incarnation of the heavenly
Maia.
The falling stars known as the Ple
iad meteors, radiating from this Clus
ter, are believed to be fresh gifts of
'beauty, and sweet womanly attain
ment, Alcyone is still sending her earth
ly sisters.
Watching this IJridal Veil of Stars,
from Hobkirk Hill, I havp thought
these precious gifts must be falling in
Caraden, which may account for the
many charming women I have met in
this delightful city.
v ? Oscar Laighton.
Hobkirk Inn, Camden. ? . v
Honor Roll LugoTT School.
First grade ? .lack Wilson, Jemel Ra
bon.
Second' grade ? John I^ee, James Mc
Caa, Elbert Dewitt.
Thtrd grade? rBoykin Rosboro, Vic
tor Ward, Allie Amnions.
Fourth grade ? Jack Hammond, Leila
Wilson, liiomas Rosboro, Robert Cun
ningham, Margaret Rurdell, Thelma
Lee. /
Fifth grade ? J. C. Team.
Seventh grade ? All>erta Hammond,
Evelyn Cunningham, Thomas White,
Lorena Rat>on.
Death of Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Elisabeth R. WiUtt, iuulher
of Mr. SJdwln Wilson, and one of the
oldest members of ML Zion church,
died laat week at her home at ftt.
Charles, and wan burled at Mt Zion,
fnneral conducted by Rev. H. C. Ham
mood. She was about 85 years old. ?
BlshoDTille Uiiter sod Vindicator.
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Pick up the pieces. We can match them ? and possibly
improve on them. Our experience with thousands of eyes
has made us experts in that condition of YQLLR?L_ Come
in today ancTTet us have a confidential chat about your
eyes.
G. L. BLACKWELL
Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C.
We can say truthfully that the %)odge
Car is the best car on the market, and
refer you to all owners to verify our
statement.
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We have a large variety of Groceries to help you out
in filling your wants for any meal. The beet line of
canned goods to be found anywhere. In fact most any
thing to be found in the Grocery line, and a drawing card
in trading at this store is the fact that you can buy cheaper
here than elsewhere, because we sell strictly for cash to
everyone, thereby enabling us to give you a better price
than other houses.
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