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Social and Personal News By Mi" *, IVir i.kaiu k kktino All ? n>'. :??'1?- MX-ial event of the v>? ?-k ti? the reciprocity meeting of the Civ to ,.H*ue held at the (iramiuar School oudtti afternoon. Mr*. J. H WjtNaee, ,<. popular 'preuideut <?/ th? League pre lllH| 4,ikI cordially weluomed the visit g WftniwUoDf. A motion WfUf p.iss.d Keud notes of ?ympathy to Mrs, K. vonTresckow, regent of ?the Hobkirk ill Chapter' 1>. A. it. and MM l<ouUte utile# president of John l?.. Kennedy |>aj*ter V. 1>. C. regretting their ub dice on accouut of illue*s. An ackuow nlgttiuMit whs ready for ? $50.00 (<hock put by the J/eague for tfetholarfchip* und. Tiio League akw voted $10.00 to ,o Wlulhrop WcUolarships to be sent to JtVatherstono of Greenwood, who is lainnan of "that committee. It was elded t?> fc'ive $2.fiO for nurses wehol sliip fund. Mr. I>. L. Kiimrd of Lau ub, will introduce the bill for Public ealth Nurses. Members of the Tongue pre pleased to know that .the Magnolias id come and that the planting and ex rwes would be on Monument Square 10;o() Friday morning Fobrnary 13. Is hoped t hut all Camden will attend" cse exeripises. The President then an uoeed that the social hour 'had arrived [as (Voile Truesdale, one of Cahulen'a ist talented and charming yountf 'girls prided at tll.e piano and with Mr. Ourto, t i|K>pular violinist of -the Kirk wood vhestra rendered ithe following delight proRranvine : Meditation, Thais Ma? jot: Ilondiho, Reethoven-Kreialer; uvenir, Drdla; Lipberfrend, KreUler; >nuet, l'aderewski-Kreialer. Miss Mary Martin then gave one of r charming recitations and graHously r|x>iided to an encore. Mrs. Ilenry own was tliq efficient chapman of the 'renlunent <v>m.niittee and the delicious cream ami cake served iby Mrs. N. Goodale, Mrs. Crovcr Blackwell, and ('. J. Shannon w^ere muclt enjoyed! e reciprocity meeting will be pleasant remembered not only by membero of League but by sister organizations rt enjoyed it so thoroughly with them. SS BALSKKTT TO WED BI T. ROCKAFELL/O Vt Vc dip tho following m>m a Wu?h ton pa|>cr?Joan Elio4, writing of pit ill society say?: "Atad now for an jHgonieiit winch I kuow will interest L Mn. W. T. Ilauskett is today a? inoiag tlio engagement of her daughter iKarot Abbott .Bansk^i, to Lieut^ Ft llockafellow^ U. ?$. A., of Easton, whu is now on dirty at Camp Den (2a. Lieut. Rockafellow who Is tho regular i\riny was in the West at <*1?hs of 1021 which was graduated id <>f time and ?ent to France last in or. Miss Bauskett i? a very charm em! talented girl. The wedding will I place next autumn." The bride-to is a <'nmdon girl nn<l has a Wkle ctr >f friends here who will be interested his notice She Apent last'Christ mas as t'ho jruost of her sif*ter \V. Trimtlinm and renewed the lasting tdships of her early girlliood. ' The alsf of this girlhood was fulfilled in prace and charm of the yoil'ng woman spent last Christmas in 'her -old town. * "* * Memorial Kxerei*** Postponed. )o fxcrciseH to have foeen held this ling nt flip planting of the memorial to the bo,v? of the World War 4hmm) |x>Ht'|HM><Ml on account- of the her and the funeral, and will take ! next Monday morning at 10 :ItO fk. x ' tatfhahle wheels for automobiles nvented in Kntflaud. ajestic Theatre ROGRAM Today Friday FVb. IStli. Thomas H. I nop Present* F.N ID RENNETT IN ' IAT EVERY WOMAN LEARNS A No n Fox Weekly Ncw? Saturday Feb. 11th Mrs. Kidney Drew Presents J'HLN CFMHERLAND IN IK ( HARMING MRS. CHASE" lirst Southern allowing of this f"iiture Will be here in Camden A :-?> a Mack Sen not, t Comedy "THE SPEAKEASY" And a Sunshin Comedy Monday Feb. Ifltli Wallace Reid Supported by LHa Lee in "HAWTHORNE U. S. A." A!?o n Fox Weekly New* Tuesday Feb. 17th <?oldwyn Present* r.KRALDINB FARRAR IN "S HA D O W 8 H l'his i.H Farrar1* be?t phay AN', a Pnthe Weekly News' Wfdntuday Feb. 184h. ^ViHinm -J?Y?x Presents ANNA INK TRAVERSE IN WHAT WOULD YOU DO" entertainment, but '"?t suitable for ehiklren Thursday Febfl 19th. A lUiTERITB CLARKE IN A GIRL NAME MARY" AU? Topic?? of the Day TO HtftllHiK TI1K swm.i rropoMHl Structure WUI He At Murray's Ferry and l ost Oue Million. Specltl tu the Newt# hiiU <V>urier C<>l miibui, tVb. II.?Legislative tlele fdtfoki of Charleston, llei-keN-v aiul Wit liainsburg Counties have agreed Upou a bill t*> ? the San tee river at Mur ray'ts Ferry, materially reducing tin1 dis tance between the <*>ast and the Eastern North Carolina boundary Hues. If the federal government will bear one-half of the expense the bill will provide for a bond iauue of $5<KM>00 for (be con 's lruction of a *teel bridge 200 feet in length across the stream and a causeway leading to the bridge on both sides of the river, uggrepating seven miles. Won a tor Penult*. of Berkeley, stated tonight that whether the federal gov ernment appropriated toward the con struction of the bridge or not/'a bill would be prepared if necessary for a *1,000,000 issue. The measure will be introduced in the ?*en?te by Senator Dennis and by Senator Young of Charleston County, and in the Housn by tho Charleston, ?Berkeley and Williamsburg delegations The construction of the .proposed Mur ray's Ferry bridge connecting Berkeley and Williamsburg Counties will open a territory on a direct air line from Hock in^bam, N. C., by wny^of Chesterlield, Hiirtwville, Monck's Corner and Charles ton. At present people living iu the Santee section have to detour many, miles to get across the Santee. A wan said today that he could hear the whistle of a saw mill in, Berkeley Oouuty from his home in Williamsburg .County, a distance of weven miles, but if he desired to drive to tho tniU in a car he would have to come by Columbia, driving 2^0 miles. It is hoped that if the bill i? com pleted that it will be introduced in the General Assembly tomorrow. Camden Hoy Weds in Missouri. Camden people will be ii*terented In tKb following from a Jefferson City, Mo., paper of a recent date. Mr. Lewis is the youngest, son of Mr. and Mi's. E. J. Lewis of this city. The wedding oc curred on the 6th' of February : "M iss Wjlda Tate of this city and Edgar C. Lewis of -St. I-ou'm were mar ried (this afternoon at 3:30 at the home of the bride, 327 West High Street, by Rev. H. M. Talbert. Ml?s Edna Boothby and- Charles Henken of St. Louis wtfre tho attendants. pnly relatives and a_ few friends were present. Mrs. Lewis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Tate and is well known and quite pop ular. Mr. iLcWis is a Helegraph operator in St. Louis. They will leave tonight for St.- Tioui*, where they will nmk? 4'heir home." \ . - Good Colored Woman Dead. . Jane Nelson, a colored woman well known in this conunuuity as a nurse, the wife of Allen Nelson, died suddenly at 1?er home ftlbout two miles north of Camden on Friday night February 0, in her .sixtieth year and was buried tit Sunders ttreek RaptiSt Cbuij'h ?<u Sun day afternoon. ^ By her first (husband, Charley Helton, *h?? had eleven children to reach ma turity, ten of whom survive her. Her death brings sorrow to many, both white and colored, us for more than a quarter of a centttry .she has always been ready to answer the call of sickness and suf fering and no one wan ever too poor tQ_ receive her service. The respect and affection felt for her was manifested at her funeral which was one of the largest ever seen in the com munity, and many of the white people have expressed their regard for her jjnd their appreciation of her faithful sr>r vices. Equipped Hotel With Refrigerators. Mr. Eugene . W. Crouch, of the South ern Scale and Fixture Co., of Columbia, was in Camden this week for the pur pose of putting in a refrigerating sys tem ut The Kirkwood Hotel, on Camden Heights. Thj.s is said to be one of the largest sales of this kind made by this company in this section in recent times. Mr. Kriwnbholz. 'the manager of The Kirkwood, has had placed a ?yMem that will take <? are of a large stock of perish able (Roods, and jn this way will be bet ter fitted to handle larger shipments which It takes' to supply this large hotel. Missionary 8ociety to Meet. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Mij*sionary Society'of the Cam den?Rapt in t?Chnreh will? hefd?-on Tuesday afternoon Feb. 17th at 4 o'clock in tbe home of Mrs, M. M. Benson. Members are urged to attend, visitors welcome. Mrs. John WiW?on, Sec. Value of Live Stock jn County. According to It. It. Hare, field agent fr?r South Carolina there were in Ker shaw county in 1010, 1,,400 horses val ued at $252.000 ; 4,.500 mules valued at $1,120,500; 8.700 milch cows valued at $513,300; 18,500 hogs valued at $307, 750. Dr. Carl A. West Office at Cljburn Drug Co. 'PHONE 73 ^ CAMDEN, S. C. DoUi Co P?hh Av?mi?i N?w T?m <v, carry a touch of Fifth Avenue to the fathering places of well dress&d men afl over the world Ihey represent the be^? thought of correct fashion. THE MEN'S SHOP Everything for The Man PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. J. L. Guy way called to Clieraw yesterday afternoon to attend the fun eral _of his ^brother-in-law Mr. Donald Pag1*, who died suddenly at that place yesterday. He was about 30 years of age. and leaves a wife who was before her marriage Mis* Howrle Powo. Mr. and Mrs. II. Ij Schlosburg expert to leave,the latter part of thd week for z # New Vork and the eastern markets. Miss Mollie Beard of Hart^ville is spending some time with relatives in Camden. Mr. J. X. MjcXutt, of Knoxville, Tenn "spent neveral days last week with his sister Mrs. S. X.I Burner Mrs. K.?P. Kicker left the city Thurs day for Camden to visit the Kirkwood Hotel for the remainder of the winter season.?Sumter Item. , Mr. I). W. Ilall, of the Schlosburg five and ten cents sh>re is in New York mak ing a selection of goods for his firm nt the annual showing ?>f this <*las? of goods. ITEMS OVER THE STATE I>r.-Geo. S. Lee, a homeopathic prnc 4iti??ner, of Sumter, was presented by the rand jurgy of Siunter county Mon day on the chargo of adultery. He was granted bail in the sum of $.100. The overcoat of the treasurer of the Presbyterian church of Florence was st?den last Sunday. The collection which had been taken at the morning service war*?m?the pocket of the overcoat. Several of ihe larger cities and towns of the state have wen fit to enforce quarantine regulations on public places because of the influenza epidemic.. Following an illness of several days with pneumonia. W. O. Burkett, one of Richland county'* leading farmers and business men died at his thome at Con ga ree, Wednesday. He was 38. Greenville barbers have raised the price of shaving to 25 cents and haircutting to <50 cents. Governor Ooop?*r was knocked down by an atffomobile Sunday while stand ing in front of his own machine which was being filled with gasoline, his ma chine being struck by another. The gov Cars Stored. We hrre storage facilites for ten au tomobile*. -Send your out of town friends caught here otpmight fco vm. Oity Filling Station, corner DeKalb and I/yfctletofr Str?*et?. 44-S ernor is /painfully, though not aerlouqly injured, and ifhysicians nay ho wiH be confined to his bed for a fow day*. Alexander Nofijfl, of Sumter, died Mon day morn in# from tetanus, canned from burns received while starting a fire ij) a Htove with kerosene. lie was a native of Syria and loaves a wife aud four children. K. .Johnson, a fanner about 40 years ?>ld, living five miles north of Hantsville was shot Hun day afternoon about f> :3() o'clock by a neighbor, J. A. Matuse. Tha,. weapon. used wqh a shot (?un. .lohtiHoti liv<>d ulx?ut Iwo ho.ura. U a !>!,>?'?rn that Mutuse had been to Johnson's home, the two llviujc only about a mile apart. And from all account* they have lived on friendly ternm. There is alleged t<? have beeu 11 quarrvl and dispute. Mrs. Thoniaa N. Seiuse, wife of Judge Hease, died at her -home in Spartan burg. Wednesday after an illness of a few weeks. Mi*. Heaxe leave* no child ren. but two udopted dauKliters, Mioses Dorothy 'and Lillian Heave and Judge Heawe survive. Street cor traffic yfa* resumed in Co lumbia last Sat unlay morning under an agreement an to wage* reached between the compny and the carmen on Friday night. A now wage t?cale'providing for a imininuitn of 44 cent* per hour and a maximum of K'2 cents with 12 days vu cntion witlr pay a year ban heen agreed upon. Drive In And have your car filled with gnu, nil, water or air without getting out of your ear at the City Filling Station, corner l)eKalb and Lyttleton Street 44-5 Announcing? The opening of an up-to-date Fancy and Family Grocery Emporium in the store room occupied by the late firrh of Moore Stokes Company, on Main Street, where we will be pleased to fill your orders in the Grocery ljne. Our Telephone number is no and our terms are Cash to all. Stokes & Evans