The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 31, 1919, Image 8

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MOORE-STOKES CAMDEN, SOUTH CAR TELEPHONE No. 110 ONE DOOR SOUTH OF LEWIS a CHRISTMAS PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. 1 i. A. K'ii Ulnnd ha?) returned troirt u businesH trip to Raltlmore. . ? Mr. Keunedy Dlakeaoy has returned from a few weeks atay in New Yotk. Mr. and Mr*. l>avid Wolf? aro upend ing some tlino at White &pring8, Fla. Mro, Mdwin Muller has* returned from a visit to her parents lu Orangeburg. Mrs. Arthur W. Griffin of Columbia ih visiting Iter parent* Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shannon. I>on't fail to nee the Paramount-Art era ft Npeon! "Little \\\>meu" at the Majestic today. ? Mrs. Margaret <L Milter who haw been engaged in active Rod Cross work in Columbia Is at home for a vacation * Mrs. O. 10. i '.el I ha ? returned to her >u>me at WcNtvllle aft.er spending a while villi hor dautfliter Mrs. T. B. Clyburn, Mr. 1;. I>. Alfonf left last Saturday ? or Norfolk, Via., when; he will be with 'he American Hallway Kxpress Co., in that city. M rs. Valentine Noshlt, who has been , vjsiting at the home of Mr. O; J. Hhan ''ion, Jr., has returned to her home In Mirmingham, Ala. Mrs. (?. It, Orox'ton and little sou, A'Hlle Iloed, of Kershaw Iloute 1, spent 'avt week with Mrs. Croxton'n mother Mh T. H. Olyburn. Commander V. A. Dodd, of the U. 8. Navy was ft visitor hero last Sunday. . Hi; ??? a nephew of the late Mrs. 8. It. Adams, and was warmly weleoiAed by her friends. j Hev. J. C. Uow-Hii, a former pastor of the Camden Preabyterian Church, now pastor of tho 4th Preabyterian Church of Greenville is visiting friends here. ? * Lioirt Clareneo Banks of Louisville, Ky., a nephew of the late Mrs.' 8. It. Adams is a gucBt at Hobklk-k Inn. Lieut. Hanks has visited hore iu days gone by nnd has a number of personal friends who are pleased to see him again. Mr./!, M. Coleman went to Newberry Sunday to attend the funeral of bis brother-in-law, Mr. Will 8uber, who died ijt his home a few miles from Newberry Saturday. Mr. Suber leaves a wife and three children. - Ho wa? a .substantial farmer of Newberry county. , Miss 8elma Pajrrish has returned from a meeting of the Home Demonstration Agents at Winthrop College. The meet ing was adjourned a week ahead of time on account of the influenza epidemic. The regular work of the agent in this county will begin Saturday Feb. 1st. Those girls and boys expecting to participate In the Hub work this year are urged to com municate with the agent at once. Friends of W. Arthur Clarke were glad to see him back In Camden this week. He is here ou h fifteen day fur^ lough from Camp Greene, ut Charlotte. Mr. Clarke returned frptn oversea* the latter part of December and spent some time in a New York hospital bofore go ing to Charlotte. He hi able to walk around on crutches, but is still suffer ing from a stiff leg caused by a shrap nel wound while engaged in the heavy fighting around St. Quentin. He watt a member of the Thirtieth Division, and he aud the other Camden boys played an important part in ?ie3ping to break the Iijndenburg line. Ilis friends have kept him busy since bis return relating his war experiences. He has his usual jolly smile, aud the other boys tell it on him that his smile never left him during the trying experience* of the war; M rs. Itobt. Latta has gone to Cheraw where she wtill make her home with her son, Mr. A. L. Ivatta, of that place. Deaths. Mr. Thomas' H- Davis, a well known and highly respected citizen of thq An tioch section, died Friday last and was hurled on Saturday at 'Antioch Baptist ( 'liu rah after funerul services conducted by ltev. M. M. Benson, of Camden. Mr. Davis was a Confederate, veteran and leaves a wife three sons and two daugh ter**. He had been Jn failing health for a number of years and the immediate cause of bis death was bright'* disease. Mr. J. A. Nelson of the Blaney sec tion of the counYy died Monday night of taut week after an attack of pneu monia following influenza. He leaves 9 large family connection in that Hectlon, and waN a highly respected and honored citizen. The body of Mrs. Mary Hulalie Pearce, wife <?J Mr. I?. F. Pearcc, a well known grocery merchant of Columbia was buried at Beaver Dam Church in the eastern part of the county, funeral ser vices being conducted by Rev. M. M. Rensou, of Camden. Mrs. Pearce's death occurred in Columbia Friday. She la survived by her ihusband and twx> children. She was a daughter of the late H. R. Stokes of the Reaver Dam section. > ^ The, Chariwton board of health on Tuesday placod that city in quarantine on account of influenza. All schools, picture sboWs.. j>tc., were ordered closed. L * ? | The Churches will be allowed one mid day service only. . Negro Will f Probably Recover. Dowell Hudson, the negro, desperado, who last Wednesday afternoon shot to tenth policeman Robert Latta, and who was himself thought to have been fatally shot by citizens while he was barricaded in a house, seems now to hare a ^good chuuec of complete recovery. An exami nation showed that the moat serious wound was, where his left arm was shat tered by a rifle bullet. The other wounds Were only flesh wouuds. The negro bad something like seyeuty-five small shot in his face and chest He is still con fiue<l in the state penitentiary. Air. F. B^JRoyster, President of the P. 8. Itoyster. Guano Company whose ad vertisement appears in another part of t i f- paper, believes that no business can grow so large that the personal elemeut may be left out. Feoplc like to deal with a real man, one who owns and con tru!t? his own business, He is always s ttiug that the only drawback to biviof btril t: tti> a business which extends over many states and takes many factories to, supply Is that he cannot meet and talk to all his (Mstomers face to face as he did when he stnvtcd in business thirty years ago. But as the years go fcy and capable men whom he has traiued re lieve him* of some of his burdens, }ie feels more and more desirous of hear ing from actual users of Itoyster goods and will welcome letters from any old or prospective customers. He has spe cialized all his life on plant-foods for our Southern crops and soils and placos unreservedly at your command his own practical experience ahd that of his technical experts. Writp to him about ' your plant-food problems. Just address i A 8, Royeter, Norfolk, Vn. " "" >? n n ii i ? n Cotton Kxpori R?te? Reduced. Washing ton, Jan. 28,? ?Reductions of nearly 75 per cent In trans-Atlantic freight rates on cotton carried in Ameri can bottoms, effective immediately, wete announced today by the shipping board's division of operation*, -Sweeping de creases were made yesterday in rata on general fredgbt to meet cuts by Brit ish shipowners, and some k hipping board officials regarded today's announcement as presaging a rate war between the new. American merchant marine and Bri&k shipping Interests. Requests for the cut in rates on cot ton Were made by southern senators and. representatives in conference with shipping board officials. Religious Fanatic "Runs Amuck. ; Philadelphia, Jn,n. 28. ? With a loaded revolver In each band, a man who gara his name as "Omega, son of- Jesu* Christ," ran amuck through 'the streets nimr/tho center of tho city ^oday, shoot ing in every direction as a big crowd i tried, to capture him. Before he wis finally beaten into insensibility by a po liceman, lie had shot and killed three men and wounded rive others. T ' < * V ? ' * * ' ?. " . THE UNIVERSAL CAR The policy of The Ford Motor Company to sell its cars for the lowest possible price, consistent with dependable quality, is too. well known to require comment. Therefore, because of pres- , ent conditions, there can be no change in the price on Ford cars. RUNABOUT $500 TOURING CAR - - - - $525 i " V - coupe - " : : . . . $650 . SEDAN $775 / TRUCK CHASSIS $550 These Prices F. O. B. Detroit rshaw Motor Company CAMDEN, S. C.