The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 16, 1919, Image 7
Kill and Personal News
By Miu N.ttr..
pj4t)KlAl< l)AY
I fAtfMSN
ha* "", withered, nor ?*u#u?iu
thiw -luUfMovt*! crltibriiliou iu
^ ^UbiauU. w? wiih inov?'ii i,y jt?
Hiux-ewh iu Caiwlen. M$rly -frri
w nii'iuinK iiMJuberh vf Ihf .lujiu l>
Cluu'trr were "b^jdjuf t<? l ho
M WWplcUaf nrrttu^wiiHu^ for tlu>
P^jit <fii?u*r they served! t Im- vctoi-aiiN
I frntbnw <Vumty at flie artuory at
HI Tbe ball hud been wade t*ix?lal.
J-rfMrtiw.. live hmg w?ie
W it it suowy liueU Mild decorated
;*itb tall v?*<>s of white ond rod r<vjt'n,
Af Jov<h1 wdors of the .Confederacy.
jjr\ W. .f. Pi"1" waH ^ eUWcnt ehair
??i au<l willi the a**i#tant <if Jber capable
^aiuittHvi all went as smoothly as a
When the gtt?t?U were Seated
the <'kipter president Mis* I^uiae Net
d* wade a *hort addretw of welcome,
whkb the K?-v. W! $, (Jordan of
tb t KpWopai church reapcwdfd in IjIk
uxual flwjueut maimer. Dr. (Jordan aiso
inked tli*' bleashig and the veteran* pro
'reedMl to eujoy the dtuuer, ,whleb they
(jfclared to he tthe'betft of "the many
fo?xl on<* that had beei? served by {bis
Chapter. Mr. A. P. Kennedy made a
f<w well clioden remark* and told of his
J?sdre h? have the at&te reuiiion of
Confederate Wterans meet in Camden
ji?xt Mi*? Nettles replied that
ftou/d Chi .iv.tation 'be extended it
I ic >. .-.uir.'d by every member of
the .Mm U. Kennedy Chapter. Judge
Kus-cll theu thanke^ the ladies for the
j-ujoyable occasion and a motion , waa
passed that the presidents greeting he
published in the next issue of the,
tJbrouiele. By the oourteny of Dr. W.
J. I cigars wore passed. Au invi
tation frotti Mr. Lee little whh extend
ed {? the veteran* to attend the pie
lurc ? *h;?w. ilif doors of the Majestic
Mug thrown open to them.
Address of Welcome by President,
Following i* the rtddrej^Tof welcome
joihe Veterans delivered by Miss Louise
V.'iilrs nt their aiinuftr^hner~rfil''~Fri
V v.
day:
Dour Veterans: Once again it is the
l>riviI?*Kc of the John D. Kennedy Chap
ier t.t have you, the heroes of the 'OO's,
as their honored guests. and ray pri
vJlfgo as President of that Chapter to
ixf?-nd to yon a cnrdial wektfflfte. We
have responded to the prompting of our
Averts in the gratitude we feel for the
have ikmI ii.)'?!e service of our boys,
am! t!i ?'?<y we feel in their return and
fivrn thorn a "welcome home," But
wo lt'oke.l iLt the few Veterans inarch
ing in that pntcewslon we could but
ivntriK til;- difference in their home
coming and yours in '05. They camc
front victorious fields to n land of plenty
and prosperity-"-^ land free from the
withering tread of invading armies ? a
region nf busy cities, active industries,
vat* fields prepared and jiQanted for the
eoming harvest . and a triumphant popu
lation to welcome them home. You came
t? a land torn and rent by .an invad
tng army? its cities half empty with
their warehouses, and often their homes
in ashes ? its fields deserted and deso
late?Its people sunk into a poverty and
destitution from which it seemed they
|ft)ul(l never emerge. The invading army)
i.i'l torn -up your, railroads, burned your
brides, destroyed your granaries, stifled
your industries, and left the country a
weed grown WttdernP.HH, peopled by ft
foodie** Hint despairing popuUtiou.
Against the ubundaut ri'NituwH of the
North von ha<J put your lift' blood in
pledge yyti had staked your ull. mid
host. \ou hurled yourselves with t?*r t'iHo
force against the mighty wall ??f North
em strength, brave aud heroic to tht
eud. Hut victory come* t? ? the heaviest
purse and the strongest b*tallion?, and
while you were forced to accept tho
cross of defeat, you wou the crown of
the world's admiration for a valor and
devotion that will live an long ?s his
tory's pages tell the story of the bravo
and the true.
We, the V uited Daughters of the Con
federacy, more than lifty thousand wtrong,
represent the flower of Southern woman
hood. and we are absolutely loyal U>
our great country aud * glorious flag,
aud we proved It by our deed* in tho
lust great struggle, but we ueed not and
will n??t ft?rgft or cease to venerate tka
exalted character and splendid virtue*
l)f the Confederate aifldier. Our organi
sation was the first to offer Its services!
to President Wlleon. Wo led In buy
ing and nelling Liberty Bonds and War
Havings Stamps. We equipped and sup
ported seventy beils In hospital No. 1
jllflt oUt^ide the city of Paris. The first
bed was named for Jeffersou Davis, aud
South Carolina was the next on the
, field with a bed named for our gallant
Kon, Wade Hampton. The I'niteil Daugh
ters of the Co iiifederacy *boM 000 schol
arships, and spend aunually $65,000 to
educate tlu? descendants of Confederate
soldiers and lit them for life and citi?en
v 1 1 i P that they may be wonthy of the
splendid heritage. I tell you this to
show that we are not merely a sentl
mental, social and memorial association,
but a live organization, meeting the needs
of the hour uud proving ourselves worthy
descendants , of the men who followed
I.ee and .Tackson. While in \ irginla
not long ago I visjited some of the famous
battlefields where you won laurels, and
where many of your comrades now sleep
At the' ('rater the guide pointed to a
mound covered with ivy and myrtle, aud
said: "One hundred and seventy-five
South Carolina boys arc sleeping there
? the s|M>t has never beeu marked."
"What tights they fought ; what
wounds they wore,
Are all unknown to fame;
RcmenVbpr on this lonely grave ^
There is hat even ?i name."
At Seven Pines there is a National
Cemetery, beautifully kept, spread with
a verdant carpet, and each grave glHtflV
ing with a marker of polished marble,
over which in their majestic beauty Seven
Pines are waving their ever-lasting green.
The best blood of the South had flowed
in those cross-roads. We lost thousands
of men and many of our most gallant
(iflictMs. but there was nothing to mark
Confederate valor. The keeper, a North
ern man, said >fco me: "Its all for
the Cpion, M and I replied:
"(iod and our "consciences alone
(iive Us measures of right and wrong
The race may fall unto the swift
And the battle to the strong;
Hut 'the truth will shine in history
And blossom into song."
The South bus no cause to be ashamed
of the part she lias jdayed in the life
of .the Nation. She did not give Bene
dict Arnold, or . any men of his stamp.
She did give George Washington who
made this great republic possible, and
> lie ahx> gave Thomas Jefferson who made
It popular. But, someone says, "what
about Lincoln, who made it permanent?
Wel|, the. South can claim that honor
50 Years
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Ks?.nSSmaa
toohtmwsii
tt.
These famous old
Virginia Mills have
been making fine white
winter wheat flour for 50
years ? flour that in all that long period
has been in great demand by the good
bread cooks of the South.
Flour made by the Piedmont Mills not
only bakes the best bread, cakes, biscuits
and rolls, but itcontainsalloftheoriginal
nutriment of the wheat. At the same
time, It is white and sweet.
"Piedmont" ?'Puritoii" "Argos Sctf-Wsof"
are brands under which the fine
products of the Piedmont Millsaresofd.
Make their acquaintance, if you are not
yet familiar with the splendid baking
results they give. c
Sold now in pre-war quality
THE PIEDMONT MILLS, Inc.
Fin? Winter Wheat Flour
LYNCHBURG* VA*
alao, for I-iiuvIu'M grandfather waa *
Virginian, aud lducolu wm born in Ken
tncK\. The Smith has given Woodrow
WUmiu, the mau of the -hour, who ia
shaping the deatluy of the Nation and
t huii auy other one niaiC?y? dic
tlte t he ifi ins <>f peace that ara to wake
the World safe for Democracy .y ? The
South fave the famous Thirtieth 1>1
viaiou that broke the Illndenbucg line.
< > 11 ?? nf our spt aki'itt told me lant wwfc
that the Twenty-Seventh Dlyltiou waa
in the fight the first and last days, but
the Thirtieth wns "ou the job" all the
;niw. l)o \ou thiuk tt juat happeued
svi? I helieve that Kate held tbil honor
In store for the 8out>h. The laud that
hud worn with ao uu?ch dignity tha sad
cypress leaves and the wreath of willow
has at last been crowned with laurela.
The blood breed* true! It wan Con
federate blood that broke the line. The
ii n i>a fa id icil valor, courage and beroiam
of the Confederate soldier lias been re
produced by bis descendants on tha fields
of France, and thoae boys will tell you
that nothiug ho thrilled them as when
the baud played Dixie ?
"The good old song we Hang
When leaden bullets nvarked <the time
A nit silver hughes rang
The linen that tind an echo
In every Southern heart:
The strains *t>hat melt our very soul,
Until the tear-drops start.
The moth to dust aud powder ?
Has turned your eo*t of gray,
But Dixie lives *>n every lip,
The Southern Marseillaiae.
" 'Away Uowu South in Dixie/ **
Calls up a vision bright,
Of moonlight where the Suwanee flows,
And cotton fields by night.
And rows of tall Pafanetitoes
Against the starlit sky ;
And oh, to live in Dixie land
In DixiQ land 'to die."
The siici itiee, pain and suffering that
you endured do not belong alone to
your yesterdays ? 'to the war that was
fought over fifty years ago. They are
the foundations upon which the reborn
world is building its future ? its hope of
happiness. Its guarantee N>f prosperity
and peace. ^
MASTER JQHN STEVENS
DAVIDSON CELEBRATES
tjult? ft number (if girls and boys wore
invited to qboie in and make merry with
John Stevens Davidson last iSat;
nrday afternoon, the occasion being his
10th birthday. The pleasures of the af
ternoon included games at home, a visit
'to tlio Majestic Theatre and last, but
b.v^uo meaus least to the youthful par
ticipants a visit to the Ice creaiu par
ulor where delicious oake and cream were
served. They went home in the late
twilight
"Their eyes as slurs of twilight fair,
Like twilights too, their bonnie hair,
But all things else about them draw-n
From May-time and the cheerful dawn."
EXERCISES AT
THE CEMETERY
Surely the old Quaker cemetery was
never more beautiful than on Memorial
ftftbrnoon in 1919. It was a wilderness
of bloom, redolent of .the perfumes of
many flowers and especially beautified
by the. queenly magnolia. Bnobled by
the .presence of the live oak, that mon
arch of the Southern forest, while the
groat storm of war that had convulsed
the land seemed to- be hushed by the
gentle sghing of the pines fanned by
the soft breezes from the South. The
<?tand was beautifully decorated for the
oneasion in white and red. But the
"wtarry cross" mingled its folds with
Old (J lory showing fidelity to Confed
erate traditions and loyalty to our re
united country.
Dr. Daniels of the Methodist Chiyrch
opened the exercises with prayer and
Mr. 1 1. A. Wittkowsky in a short but
stirring address introduced the speaker
< f the afternoon, Dr. Edwin Muller.
Perhaps no address delivered from that
stand received more geni^ine applause
and admiration than did Dr. Mullet's.
It was patriotic, timely scholarly and
eloquent, Mhjs Nettles then told of the
desire of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy to remove from oblivion the story
of the Confederate Navy, and that the
organization .throughout the length and
breadth of the Southland was offering
?medals for compositions .on that sub
~JeeF." T/ftst spring the Jotm D. Kennedy
chapter offered a medal for the best
essay on the Confederate Navy to be com
peted for by the schools of Kershaw
County. The committee after reading
nnd re-reading each composition decided
in favor of the one written by^.- Mr.
George Wittkowsky, and he was de
clared the medal wwner. Miss Wilbur
MtiCallUm followed as a close second
and Miss Hannah Lazarrus deserved hon
orable mention. Mr. George Wittkowsky
wa's then called to the stiand and read
his composition. It showed good style
efficiency, and research work that will
be of much value to the organization.
The exercises were closed with prayer
T>y The "Rer. F. TT, TTardinf. rector of
Grace Church. - ?
MISS ELLEN DOUGLAS
BOYKIN ENTERTAINS
Miss Ellen Doiigfars Boykin was hostess
and Miss Lonfae Richardson guest of
honor ftt an enjoyable bridge party
Thursday morning. The' rooms were
converted into a bower of roses, gather
ed frma^fWrmlen's spacious gardens, where
there is such * gweross supply -this
spring. The guest of honor was pre
sented * pin? tug unladed ofths
morning and the consolation "was cut
by Miss Mary Wither* Klrhlaml. After
cards the hostess served a salad course
with coffee on the attractive card tables.
MK8. Kr^ABKTH McLEOI^ IHJAD
Itoath ('mm lit Blshopvlll* After Uit|
Whom; Hurled at Camden.
Krieisls and relatives* throughout the
county were grieved to hear of the death
of Mtk. Elisabeth Mcl>owell Mel*od,
which occurred ?t tin* home of her sister
Mr* W. H, I<h\v in B?*hopvllle last Sat
urday morning. ,
?he was the eldest daughter of the
late A. A. McDowell anil his wife Mrs.
Mary Reeves McDowell, and wan boru
and readed uear VUt'Rodk iu this coun
ty. lu her early girlhood her parents
moved to Otmdau aud reared a laife and
interesting "family its ami near thlnclty.
A* the wife of Captain James H.
McI?cod, Whe bad ample mean* aud op
portunity ol carrying out the generous
tmgniltim of her heart aud will ever be
lovingly reine?ulbered by fhowe who Wved
on and uear the old-tline Southern plan
tation for many year* her home. She
was a devout Christian, a consistent mem
her of the Baptist Chuivh, a loyal friend
0ih1 though modest and retiring <in tnfn
uer and disposition wa w loved and ad
mired by all who knew her. Death came
after a long and painful illness, through
whirl) she showed great patience and
Christian submission. She In survived
i *>y two brothers and three sisters? Mm.
J. Y. Reese of Kast>ver, Mrs. W. tt.
Law of RishfcvpvlHe, Mts. J?ton W. Clarke
of Augusta, the Rev. Edward A. Mc
Dowell of Augusta aud Mr. W. L. Mc
Dowell y*t this city.
The remains were brought to Camden
awl burled by the side of parents tdiQ.
bad loved and honored lu life.
It* was a bright May day and there
Were many beautiful floral tributes whose
aroma iilled th e air aud whose beauty
spoke of the pure and lovely character
that prompted the offering of love. The
tall -pines slug a lullaby aud her gentle
spirit but awaits the call into a new
life where tbe sable wings of death are
never spread.
"There as no death. What seems so is
transition ;
Thta life of mortal hreath
Is but a'suburt> of the life elysian,
Whose \portal we Call Death."
Cftitthyg- soon : "<>b. You Women" at
the Majestic. It's a story of the third
sex erected by tbe war.
^ '? '
THE MISSES
pOSTI'CK ENTERTAIN
An affair looked forward to with much
pleasure and brijght anticipations by the
younger wet was the douce on Saturday,
evening to which the MiKJ,w< Bos tick had
iriltttid invitations a week previous. More
than half a "hundred guests enjoyed tho
hospitality and brightness of this at
tractive home. Several young people
froty Columbia joined in the evening's
pieastire -and 12 oVlock on Saturday night
came all too won for tbem. Delicious
refreshments consisting of ice cream and
cake were served, during the evening.
MISS RICHARDSON
AGAIN COMPLIMENTED
Miss Louise Richardson, of Atlanta,
wbo for the past few rweekR has been
the attractive guest of Miss Mary Withers
KlrklanJd. and the recipient of many
social courtesies was again complimented
Thursday evening when Miss Hope Sav
age was the charming hostess at a de
lightful dance given ?t tin* home of
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savage.
The rooms of this handsome home lend
themselves readily to an entertainment
of this kind, as they were thrown e0>
suite and converted into a spacious
dance hall. The dancers wore refreshed
during the evening with delicious cake
and sparkling fruit punch served from
crystafl bowls embedded In*' ferns and
roses.
MAJESTIC
PROGRAM
? Today Friday May 16th.
The Paramount Star
T.1T.A r.vun TV
"SUCH A LITTLE PIRATE"
Never before shown in Camden
A Is*) a Burton Holmes Travelogue
An^j a' Lonesome Luke Comedy
Saturday May J7lh.
J. WARREN KERRIGAN IN
1 "THE TURN OF A CARD"
Also a Mack Bennett Comedy
"EAST LYNN VARIATION^"
With. Ben Turpin and Marie Provo?t
Monday May 19tli.
The- world's greatest tenor
CARUSO IN
"MY COUSIN"
Also a Lonesome Luke Comedy
Tuesday May 20th.
The Paralta Star
HENRY WALTHALL IN ?
"HIS R01*E Of1 HONORS
?x Also a LKO Comedy
- Wednesday May 21st
Hie Paramount Star %
ETHEL CLAYTON INV
"WOMAN'S WEAPONS" *
Advertised for showing some few
weeks ago, hut did not ooroe.
Also a Bray P1<*to*raph
Thursday May 22nd
The Metro Star
?BEBX LTTELL IN ilz .
"BLIND Mi}N'8 EYES"
Also a Pathe Weekly News
COMING SOON:
Company I* on Parade In Camden
ALSO ?> *
30th on Parade In Columbia
STYLE HEADQUARTERS
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We have set the style for Camden wHh several new
models in waist seam suit. We have plenty and in large
variety. ^There's ease, comfort, coolness and dash in
these fine mid-summer weight suits.
Do Your Shopping in Camden
Why Elsewhere?
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We are building up our Boys Department every
- day. Mothers are especially invited to come in and look
over our stock. If you have a special brand you like
and you? boy has been wearing, if we haven't it on hdnd
tell us about ? we will get it for you. Don5t go away
or order from' out of town. Let us do it for you. That's
our business and we take pleasure in pleasing you. We
are proud of our storev We want everyone in Camden
to be the same. Help us make it the store better than
any city ten times Camden's size ? all we ask is the op
portunity ? we will serve and please you. Tomorrow's
business is necessary Jo make us successful that's what
w? are here for. ^ v
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