The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 14, 1920, Image 5
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>*%: * ?** ?*? f ?*
? onl. r. Ufcwry imrk aawl
M? mtrk are 'now t?. ??*? WO?
Wl |[uinpl<?> l*w* necta ",<en'
.too tto Maui""1" meniiWlat tn><*?.
L'iUtH w? Ik- (flail to pay f? ?k>
, ,iIb' latter M tliey wulfl get the
tdtHM't'"1 tl?nwM<w lll^KWl
. ,, labar,
rL. t?r,,n"?
^K-laHon nn'aer the ?un>t
*??* Ami a wimntttee
;nt(M| tO W?ke Vtol* t<f tftH)
, m\ report at tlic noxt mAoimc.
Kihvhi Muffler was ?leoted Pr?*
gjt^ ha* personal (ttorffl, V*efc
i'?rldo?nt.u^. Mrs. Wm. Shannon
.(vipctwl 1st. vt<v praHkkmt. We be
.,bat witti Hiwh ca|MilVk? ?wd flppu
, leadomivi^, 4iu> league to gotafc to
'formal undertake areat tfoitngs tor,
ukn qmk' ladlea of tilw town are
m invited to )ah\. Camden in
Ltiful. si> do not bo content to
cnj.iv the efforts of othem. but
out and 'lend a Hand, etKtm-raKe
^ Ux your prn-ieiuv and your
jtiin t Ik* Caiw !<*>>? ft vie l^ajrue.^
Mtdlng ?f Library AKsoclation.
In^Toeiilar ui'Mit-Wy meetlnt? of tlie
ran* Willi 1>o held ftt
? jjOirary next Monday afternoon.,
lv .Jt 5 o'clock iriimember wtmt a
Of meeting; wc luid test inont3it aiwl
p ii, it ?? prow weary In well doing," M
Lilou is to f??rwawl, Iter Insrttfcntiorm
L g,) wHh her. .-*> we cannot afftxrd
|#)w aw eiie of t.hem to "lag. ? Kvery
titutloii h for the ck>wn-flraU, or the
Jift of The < <)innMintlty; if % l* for
f Q|flift Htao<l hy It. and do your levej
,4 ft*r it. H<' a busy t>ee^-don't be
Bp in irtie hive; take.an a<*tive
?rest in every thin):, and waifcrfi Cam
j{rw. It. ts combbied effort that
iriffs jrrent .success
Woman's Missionary To Meet
monU>Hy iuo?>tii>g of tJie
^oawn'.< Missionary iSociety of tfho
don Baptivt Olnirxih will 1k? Itefld on
ilUy afternoon. Mlay lSH^. at 4:30
ok at the hoine at ^lrs. P. I>. Oam|>
^leinlKM-s (1,1V mpiftstod to attend
a fonflnl inxita^tlon is extended
}tll rishors.
Mj*s. Jol?u Wtfeirnn.
Secretar
Varley-I'lilllipH.
|Mi>v ofcttvla Hackney Yaricy, of
\teks. S. and Mr. MHilton IlirdtKOJi
i|K (?f Flor?Mice. were <tiilefcly umr
in tills city Tuesday, five Rev. W.
IMnlel. of tilie Mctiuxlist <4iufdi, ppr
liijf the eeivneony. Ml?s Yarley
h?ii n s<'1mm?1 teaclHM- in tlrfs <*oun
for flie jii^t year, and Mr. Pliittlipa
[t former Cjiniden man, nmv making
heme in Florence. r
[Mr. B. L. Team s|?ent several days
1 WD ton t li is wt ,-k.
Majestic Theatre
PROGRAM
Today, Friday, May 14th
M?rk Sennett's r.
Bis: Nve-lloH CV>mody Scoiwtton
"DOWN ON THE FARM"
Get th?*v old thrills awtilii?get ha<ik
to (irand (Kid Nature. Ottver lac
tates on ih?* progmm.
Admission 2.V Children 15c
Saturday, May 15th
Ruth Hobinwl in a new euisode of
"TH*: ADVENTURES OF RUTH"
A HiiivUi Uoyd Comedy ?
"HIS ROYAL SHYNESS"
?Arul a r^irry Semon Comedy
"BETWEEN THE ACTS"
t i ?
Monday, May 17th
uMimrt Warwick, The '
iVramoiuit-Artwnrflt Star
ill THOl ART THE ItfAN"
AW. n i-v>\ Weeldy News and -
* Srreeti MaKa?hie.TJ
^ Tuesday, May 18th
U'fMuv iNirritt Present*
KMMY WBHIjEN In
"l-IFTING SHADOWS"
t>y Stuart Holmes.
AU> a Putftie W?*kfly Neww. i
AdmMo,, j.Vr Children 16c
Wednesday, May lWh -
William Fox Presents
m.AI>Y? BROCKWBLL to
The .Mother Of HU CUMnn"
AVc, a IUitSn Oirowly.
Thursday, May fctth
nJ'u?* W'aubburn to
u ^ ; TEMPLES TELEGRAM"
Y?i 1,Wl y<** **P with laughter.
aTn.n^,>r so to*r& at mo
,?y f<ftk appwwtnff **>
j
Al?r> Topics of the Day. ?
MEMORIAL DAY }\ CAMDKN
A Flue Dinner Served ami Ktoquriit Ad
' dress llrard
The May sun roee bright. fair and
lovol) #utF throw his radiant beaiua
over our tieautlful Httfc eity of jprwn
flehls, blooming flowers uud sinking
-M. ttlfo found the uuut4H>i'H
ulie John I). Kennedy OtMtrter, "bonding
to t?K? oars'" milking readv for the an
nual! dinner given by tibotn to the Oon
. federa to Votoruns of Kondwtw County
The ('luipior regretted very un?cli
that on aocouirt; of limited *paee they
j eoind jjftt Invito itihc legion of Honor to
Join tiuun at dinner and ttopft thai hv
jauothor year different arrangements
can Ik' made. Mrs. A>lhurtu? White an
ehuirmau, and MSrs. w. J. Dunn aw vice
Hialriuan wltli their offteleM commit
tee*, gave one of the most succetaful
and enjoyable dinner* in tihe history of
Mm chapter, and tth'e ikuve u<Memtun<-e
of veterans was indeed gratifying.
?A few well rtvosen word* <rf wetoomo
was given in beliaUf of taw elty bv May
or Dunw/wlui afco extended an+nvita
^lon froiu Mr. T. U?e Uttle to tJie vet
craba their wives add widow* to visit
the Majeutiie Tlieutre after dinner as
hfc* guest* Mfc?* Netties then gave a
few words of wcttcome from t^e <fl?a li
ter, and assured thtf veterans that the
John P. Kennedy is 100 |>er cent loval
to ?Uieiu, and wim stand hy tilieui to the
finish In .1921, for one of the very beet
State I&mnions that South Carolina ha*
ever had.
Mr, R. T, (iiKxliiile, as toast master,
allied on Mir. W, B. Delvoache, wlio
eloquently responded to the ?oawt, "Our
Guests" Mr. L. T. MIWw jiald a beaivtlful
tribute to Southern Woman-Jiood In re
s|H?nsi> to the toaxt "Our tiostMMR or
the U. D. C."
Mr. P. A. Kennedy Sr., as a represen
tative f^nn (Vmp lti^baixl Mlrkfland
TT. C. V.. told of fhe coming of the
Souith Carolina OrrMon V. C. 'V? to
Camden In 11*131, and urged our, people
,to be ready for It.
A telegram from I>r. 8. Baruch of
Now York <'it.v, sent greetlnga to hla
comrades of yore, and regrets that he
coufkl not be with them.
Surely fhe old eemtery ' was never
?e?re beautlfd th. r mi the afternoon
of May llt'h, and a targe crowd gaf.i
eWfl in honor of the time liono.e 1 Mem
orial Service. The exerclsls were open
ed wWh prayer, by Dr. Mutter, and Mr.
A^-. Wi1.1,kowelty In a rine iiH'rotltie
tory 8pee<'h. pre.sented the speaker of
tilie atfternoon, Pirofewsor Yates Suovv
<len, of ifte University of South Car*>
Wim. Prof. Snowden is not a stranger
In Camden, and'our i>eopIe looked for
ward wMtti pleasure to hJs coming, for
they knew that they would hear i fine
address, ami thoy were not disappoint
ed. The large alallence 'listened utten
tiively to one of the bedt a < hi reuses ever
given from t-hat staml. A stand that
Iwul been beautifuOTy decorated by Mix.
I*. A. Wlttkoweky, Mrs. (Jus llArsdli,
and Airs. S. C. Zeinp.
Tlu- pi-esldent of the John D. Kennedy
chapter .Mien announced <fche winner of
the U. D. C^modaJ. The committee of
j>u<lgesi ?was con>pcwe<l of M1hs I^elln
Shannon, 'MII'm* MHfmle Olylwirn. and
ttie (Chapter President. Tlie subject
wa? "Plantation TAfe In the Old South"
and tlie- comiuUtoe omifdder<><l a^tl-eotn
pofdttons good, aaid bhanked the pupils
for writing them, but made honorable
mention of one. or two. Nmnheir 7, fw
its charming natiinihiew. and poetic
ftMicy, written by Mttss Agnes SHuinnoan
N.um4>er 1. 'for it? originality and well
expressed thought, written by Ml?s Sa3
lie Pea we. Number 3, was alNo a good
l>aper. written by Mte* IOllmbeth Work
man. Tlie committee unanimousdy
a^twed orn number 4. as the beet iwper
and the l>o?nMful V. D. C. nietbil will
go to Miws 1'klna TUler. Sihe was intro
dirced by MHi? Ne+t)h?s and cliarmlligiy
Tend the sjilendld romiK>sition that won
It. i- ?.
Tlie .John l>. Kennedy <*hapter a]>pre.
cda<te? <rtie continued interest shown by
our 'peopl<? hi Memorial Day. and the
many favors granted 'the ready re?i>oii?e
to' a)H re<|UOf>ts mmk> by tdie chapter
prcHhlent is Indeed gratify big, and we
wish that time and sii^ce would p<?rmlt
us +o name aM. Atld To thank ail that
we are Indebted to, but we than if them
collect Ivffly and sfhaH look back with
miK^h pleasure to.Memorial Day 1020.
Married.
In Camdeu on April 30tJj. nt the
home of Itev. >r. M. Beuwtt, the cer
emony being jierfonnod by Mr. Benson,
MHi>s KffBe A. (hx'cn. of Gave. S. ('.. and
Mr. B. M. JenkftnS, Jf.. of Kline, S. C.
Mlks Green wan a teacher in the leav
er Dam w1hm?1 near Cawjatt, and the
cv?ii|<l<* kept the marriage a j?e*'.r??r until
tills week wlien their friends were t<ifld
iff tiie marriage.
Will Meet With Mrs. Shannon.
The congregation of ftpiscoinul
Church is expected <to ^>e present at tibe
residence of Mrs. W. M. Nluuinrm, Fri
day evening at 8:30 o'clock, May 1+th,
to destroy olfliga tionfc of the Parish and
cffe?nM? ma tiers of intere*?t to the Pnr
Wi.. Refreshment*.
MAItUIED? On August 21*t, 1010,
Jtifmn Hi Cook," and Sallie A. EH?rnmt
colored, luith of Camden, ft. O.
THE END OF ROMEO
Story of the Killing of an Elephant
Near Camden Many* Years Agd.
A friend of The (-lironU'.le ha*< furn
ished us the following story clipped
from a recent eoqry of the youth's Com
panion with tf?e request that we repro
duce same: 1
Near the statue of WapMngton So
Boston's Public Garden. the writer feH
into taik one night with ft mraa<H, ofd
uaan wlio had a cast in his eye, and
Who soon confided that Ikis name was
Jilmes Lester, and thfct he was on fur
lough from a home for disabled sol
dier* '* To quenttons about his milita
ry service be made short responses,
and floiiVjr mid," I hire ? queer kind
ot^taoarj. ?fae ain't to be trusted
for anything that happened wttfetn, ?4y"
thirty vx-alis or so, l?ut hIw is (tuu> hh
a '?cluck 'bout things ttMt lutpiteited
wlili the old dlniis, >a> |s?*K? to 18QQ."
It soon u<i4>cnivd that the "cItvum"
was It In favorite suhjtH'i. lie had rWu
froui uijintx man to ringmaster lu what
he desorUied iw a Halo. oM?fa?hloucd.
one-ring circus.
The first Interest!ni; tljiii;; he told
?was the story of the death of Borneo,
H famous Hivphant that was with Bit
ley's circus Imfortlie e war; h ?vmaek??
i?i> hnixHtome hea&t, not ignite ?p tali
M Barunin's .Iniitho. but prohahl.v as
heavy, for lie was round aiul fat, and
had nmisuallx Ireuvy tu^ks, WttM) lils
k?vp<?r, Ccol^c West, Uianhcd hi in
through the streets or twuul the ring,
Borneo received general applause ami
loo many apples ami peaiint>. Possibly
this tivatmcnt gave hhn a "lrn'fTMnil
head," but it Is more proltublc that bis
in,iin kvaiuo aff?vted hy a certain <H?
ordor, now better undcrstiHHl by ele
phant kegp&p tliaii It was then. At
any rate. Borneo "turned rusty" in l??e
summer <?f 1N55. first showing an usjf'y
'tcini>or at BaJelgh, Virginia.
"There Mr. HaMey advised OMffe
\Vwt fo tie Borneo up ami thump him
goOd, or be wouhl Ik* sorry ?ton^ day,"
Maid the ohl ringmaster. "But George
Weat hud I?een> with Borneo (V?r e/leven
years without needing to punish hiiu.
severely, and he hated to lieglu. Geo.
was a sort of hookworm, anyhow?
fond of reudlng poetry and such. There
wasn't a cruel or a mean thing 4ft
George West's nature, and he got aftonK
with men and animals equally well.
Hut It's a plt.v he didn't iiced Mr. Hat
ley'h adviec. >
"About that time West was taken
sick, awd could not ride his hor?e along
side the elephant, ?s he usually did,
hnt rode in a buggy just boMnd h im,
so that"1 Honieo <\?uUl hear his voice.
Louis' Baker, oUr boss canvas man, was
ail ways anxious to be an elephant driv
er : so lu* rode close behind Borneo, to
leant the business, and the olei?lu?nt
knew it Mrf Mtow would roTl lils
wleke<l lit tie eyes round at Baker, but
at a shan> word from West the Avould
resume the march. So things XVent on
well enough-till Went recovered, about
a weok later, and we were ? showing
at. Greenville North Oarollnn.
"The performance wAs to begin with
the usual grand entry Into the riug
at two o'clock for the afternoon ncr
forinance; but W?>wt was late in will
ing from the hotel, and bis Romeo was
chained to i>osts in front of the en
trance to the performon# tent, ami thus
ol?tr\j<ted the way, the grand entry
was delayed. So Baker offered to take
the (Repliant out of the way. and was
allowed to try bis ,hmid at it
'Must In front of Borneo was a
stand of neats for colored folkK The
day was hot, amiAthe canvas walls of
the big tent were all rolled up three or
four fee* p> i>ermlt the air to get-In.
Baker got# the leg slureklcK of ."<lie big
follow and was touching him up with a
whip very lightly, when Borneo turned
to learn who was 'host*lug' him. As
soon as he saw it was not West,-lie
grunted angrily land^mde a Jr*<? at
|kk>i* Baker, who threw hlmWflf oft the
ground and scrambled out of the tent
as quick as a <?t. As Romeo made a
Ipnge after Baker, lils long tiusks went
lin.V- the stand fl'lcd wiiu colored peo
ple of all ages and of both sexes.
"At that m^ftient West walked into
the ring from the front entrance, and
shouted ehmrply, 'Dut there! I>ut! the
word he ami other showmen then used
to make elephants halt or stoiv In
staa>t.ly Hornoo ralsc<l his head from tlie
remains of the broken KoaJ*< anu lie
hold. on eaob of his tUf&s wan hanging
a piekanlnny. lutAlarmed, and caught
by their clothing only. It was lu unlia
ble, and yctr the big eyes of "those two
little blacks wer?"fairly bulging out of
tlielr heads with terror, uiid^al the ne
groes on the stamd looked nearly ns
friglrtened*
"Romeo, seeing iris mdster In the
ring, Jot the two children dcAvn a?
carefully ciN if tliey were made of glass
and. with a merry twinkle in 'Mm eye
ambled over to the side of <?eo. We?t
looking for nfll tho world as if ho
>wou(k1 YUiy, 'I'm only having a little
fnn. No harm, meant/ .
,4Aft<T ittiftt we hart no trouble with
Romeo nntW wo reached Charlotte. On
the r<vad one night he took some offense
at a poor old borne dm wing a two
wheolod cart <ladon with a barrel of iur
IKMitine ami, l?efore he could l>e stop
|k1, killed the horse and broke the
wagon to pieces. ?
"Early in August we were at Cam
dop, South Carolina. on the road to
Columbia, nomeSforty mLlw away, and
we Irnrt to make the distance between
eleven o'olock Saturday night and noon
Monday. We breakfasted at mid-night
ami started at two in the morning,
with West riding one of (the beat hor
ses in the show alongside the elephant.
When we route 6> a small stream -with
a bridge, Romeo refused to cross more
fchtan half over the bridge, wWoh vex
ed* West. Sliding from the saddle, he
went -to the elephant's head and tried
to persuade and then to force, him to
go on; I Hit it <wh? no use.
"Now, George West knew that, If an
elephant fsnotav* a bridge to be unsafe,
there Is no u*e trying to Change the
tHMiM's uotkm, so lie aoou Ih'hmh to tMCfc
ltomeo i?ff the bridge, using Ills goud
pcetty. freely. Tlwit nut do the olephan*
angry, uuil he vented Ji1m spite on
West's valuable saddle horse, |?1<'K
.Hi*r up with lib* trunk ami killing
him hy throwing Hi in over the low rail
Uig of the bridge to the rooks below,
"That iiM(k> Wttrt furious. Calling
to the tiuiw canvas man to got eo|tcsand
|>Uia ready, he said t^ 'As noou
~UA 1 gel you aoros* this- stream I'll
uiake you pay for dial horse uml all
your other deviltries, or my name isn't
W ?*?.'
"He i'.mIc th?? clo|hant across the
stream, and you may In* sure lie was
given plenty of room hy 'the rest of the
?how; for we all saw that man and
lamia! wore going to have a settlement
ami. svitli ihe iirorses aud other animals
In our cure, \\jf? were Ik?nI away from
the 'seruumage.
"The roads wcw somewhat muiUly
froiu rccen t rains, (ieorge West had
mounted a fres'i horse auHl was riding
close to hks clutrgc, when we eame to
u fork in the roajk ami ltomeo turned
to the left instead of to the right, which
wusour proper course; so Wt*t, again
jumping from his horse, ran alongside
?the elephant and, hooking the curved
end of Ids goad in the hig car of tlie
airlmal, attempted to steer him in the
proi>er road. Here he slipiied. aifd
eaine to the ground almost, under the
i
animal's feet, lie fore he could get iq?
liJie enraged elephant was uiwn 1dm, ran
hks tuskw under him, and tossed the un
lucky man Into the air, It seemed to me.
fifty feet . No sooner did lie' fall <o
th ground tluui Romeo again tossed
him up. Great as was his' slate he seem
ed as nimble as a eat; nor did he ream1
tlM West -was, simply a ma>? of broken
hones and bruised flesh, \Vhlle tlds
tragedy was going on we wore all una
ble to luterfer. f<ir no one dared go near
the ennaged hrute.
"Mr.,Ralley, who had seen Mie whole
tragedy f.mm lihi hn^gv. at 01100 sent
inouuleiT lnesst'iigersf In all directions to
warn people.
"In the meantime ltomeo, finding hlw
vletem \Mxnt further injury, utteml a
itrlum]*haiit wreatn and started off full,
sliced down the road. We followed be
hind ildm. hut he .soon took to the
fields, outran us, and returned fo with
in* a hundred yards of where he had
ktilled .West. There lie stopped.
"Here th6 canvas men. succeeded In
There's ^Many a "Kick."
Where You Least Expect ItI
Look at this picture and ponder. Father thought
there ,wa? no more "pep' in the old nag, but his
wayward daughter discovered that there wii a
wallep left in each old hoof -and ahe used the
one horse power battering ram in ?*lf defence.
' vThlnlTfarm life is dead from the neck up? 'No
"kicks'*left in it? Ohf what a lot youYq^t
.to learn!
.. y*. . ? w"
See , the simple life exposed?*?get next * to
/Nature--? watch the All Star Comedy Cast tear
hhs veilJof secrecy from the romance of rural
[righteousness in
MACK SENNETT5
Bi& New FIVE-REEL Comedy Ssnsafion
'DOWN ON THE
FARM
*
V
AT THE MAJKSTIC TODAY. ADMISSION 25?. CHILDREN 15 CENTS.
OTUKK P1CTLKES ON THE I'KOtiRAMMK.
capturing hhu an<l in making hint fjist
4<> stftke* Tlint (lay h company
of militia from.. Oft union put the big
elephant to death. Thc.v fired hun
dreds of bullets Into Komoo lx*faro he
Hank to Ills kucoa ?n<l roiled over ail
the vor.v groitud , whore bo )m<l killed
the kindest miiwtor ever an elepiflant
had."
Ix'?Uu* Olark, u white dcespenido wJio
wUid, LteJiif? Iwtd tu W>e Jam ?l; Knfaula,
Oklahoma. made Iris osicapc lust .Satur
day. after s4mm?iIii? Jack Htmdcr the
JirtW. to deatli life tin* /latter \va? about
to ojicii tttie door of his eei1? Olark
-made hi* way to u thickly woodwl sec
tion cnv tihe Smidiau river, and tt was
thought that he \v<>ulri soon t*? cultured.
Straw Hata, Kool Cloth
.?V $2^00* ?' *?
Tropical Worsteds
? V
Palm Be&ch Suits 1
'' ?> ' . ' f ?'- ?? ***? ' T*%* *?
Summer Underwear
?. .,?4>mV.4?' - ' - -r-^?? l ? y?-'
i '? 'm ? ' '? Vr ''
??;;$ UJ ? ?' --t: -*\ '? "'V
Two piece and Unton-Sttittr?
- 'f t ' V ? ' ...i : K
V "?.* it . ' ' '? ?
Pajamas to suit the most
fastidious
)~?T :? - ? .:<??
A beautiful assortment of
Dcbbs Caps
% - ?7 *
How about the little re
creation necessary dur- *
ing the lull of Summer
? - ' V ^
? business?
Golf?Well, we have the
outfit for you.
? ? />
Everything you can de
*<*"? ' ^ ? *+4 ' m
. Y mand is now on display
at Y. ... -? ?
Tke One Price?Cash Store
0 A. D. * C.
&orif!y Srattb
U13 Btm4 Street Phwrf 2$