The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 06, 1920, Image 7
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| luWbl Churrli BwJU. %4
I gjulsr wowing mid ?vt>alug tervleea
to conducted at the Camden JBafP]
^tlluroh Sunday by the p*atu> ?e t$?>
t)00 Nmrb Offset Court Kxpena?J
flaw coU?eted at the July term, of
rfivnfly held hnv n. arly offset
*ipen?es of the court. - a<S*ordfag
L fov** ?howu w h* <1,*rk Qt ?ourt
Lqpuru. The fine* eoiiewed amount.
to $800 and the <*Rirt expciu*.* for
diVeek w** flMO.flO. Iju addition
^ were nevernl aout to the chain
ftog tad penitentiary for looj? terra??
ouf w*?> getthi* n sentence for life Cor
Lkylnf hla brother.
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Committee Meeting.
lUe eoiuiultte from the Kxtnutlro
CcBimWtce appointed to phr& the
dab rolto will (meet at fche Cfou^t.House
IfoQdajr. AiiKnsf I), for this jiurpo*..
L. A. McOoweM]- ftecy. * '
Property Sold. m, *
The bouse aud lot on PeKalb Street
owned by Mr. W. R, DeLoache, waa
ioM tbto week to Measrra. B. c. Cook
tad E. C. Pearce. The sale w*?, mnda
through L. A. McDowell, real estate
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gpanhh- Amcrlca* Veterans.
All Kx-Soldlem who served In
i^.War with v Spain at home of
abroad, or those who saw service fc
the philllpine Insurrection of the China
relief expedition and their widbW* the
Ute Congress passed lawn <>t the ht
Bost interest to above class of soldlets
and if they will send mame aud address
to Walter S. Buchanan. National AM*
(je-Camp. Aruiy and Navy Unloh, Route
2, Louisa, Va., he will be glad ic> ad
ri* you fully as to your rights un
der the new law, prompt action will
toe/in the ipossible saving of money,
is the peusion commences' from the
filing of the claim. Mr. Buchanan, is
?Uo a member of the General Nelson
\ Cam ?. No. 1. United Sprffifeh
Wir Veterans aud the Presidents
Garrison, No. 104, of the Army and.
Nary Union, and wishes to assist his
eomifedes in every possible manner,
write him and enclose stamp for reply.
Fifteen thousand dollars' reward vf6r
tbe arrest and conviction of members
of th? mob who lynched William Ben
nett of Fayettcvllle, W. Vp.'. last 8un
day has l?cen offered by authorities of
Fayette county ftiul relatives of the
dead man.
Abandonment of Camp Zncliary Tay
lor at Louisville. Ky? has been decided
?pon by the waf department,
A statute of Abraham Lincoln, the
work of Saint Gluudius, famous scukpt
! or was unveiled In Lrondon on Wednes
'day.
Robert Bacon, former United States
ambassador to France, and on-ce a mem
ber of the financial 'house of J. P. Mor
gan and company, who dted ins-May,1
1919, left a grow estate of $7,58&,5Q6, i
according to transfer tax. appraisal til- '
ed la New York, Wednesday.
l)og(jLicense.
All iwrties arc notlf^etL that iff they
hare not paid their dog license, to do
so at once to avoid penalty.
H. C. Singleton,
City Clerk.
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Adluh Horse and Mule Feed
For Sale at McLeod's Grocery.
Majestic Theatre
PROGRAM
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Today, FYldiy, Aug. 6fti
; Ucalart Presents
Wanda Hawley In
"MISS HOI|BS"
A really delightful picture.
Also Fox Weekly News.
Admission _'.v Children 15c
Saturday, August 7th ?
NWOS THE SOCIAL LION"*
<*np of the famous Bringing'
Up Father Comedies.0 $ ?
? "THE QUACK DOCTOR^;-?
A Maek Bennett Comedy
And a New episode of
"THE LOST CITY"
Monday* August 9th
Klnjc Vidor Presents^
"THE FAMILY HONOR ? a
A ho a Fox Weekly News,. ? -
And a Screen Magazine.
Tuesday, August 10th
Metro Presents
HOPE HAMIL/TON in
"A MODERN SALOME" ^
Also a Pathe
Admission 25c Children 15c
Wednesday. August lltb %
William Fox Pr?a?t? *
^ GLADYS BROCK WELD In *
- "A SISTER TO SALOW
t Also a new episode of
"THE HIDDEN DANGERS"
Thursday August 12th - /
Program not yet awoonced,
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jg? PERSONAL MENTION.
See tfobb* ?t the Majestic The
atre tonight.
Mr*. H. A. Harrier was a \isltoi in
CoJjuw^Ia last week. - . i
M|> J. E. ithaiu* ^s. *oiuc
thne Ht Glean Sffrlug*.
r, MUm Gallic Williams, of Kershaw,
[|f m ffiest of MlM Iffya H| lie.
' \Mr. ?ud Mm. J. N.' Klrveii of l>ar
itwt <?> spent H |Ui4<IS ' '<? ?
Miss Celeste Mum Cord 1a spending
July ami Auguat In Saluda, N. .0."
Miss Meta DeLoacbe, of Columbia,
W visiting Mr. and Mr*. John Nettles.
Mr. Clarkwou Rbame is visiting his
Aunt, Mrs. J, N. Klrven lit Darlington.
MUs Virglna Hhauklkn and ACIhs
Scase are vlsitlug Miss Clara Cure
ton.
MX** Mattle < tern Id left this week
for the northern markets, to do her fall
buying.
Mr. Erie resell' of Chrlstlanburg, Va,
?sppnt the week end with Mr. Joe Me
CaskiU.
Messes. Charlie Frew and Pride Slpw>
j son of Rook Hill were visitors In Cam
i den this week. L: . ' v . siu' ?
Shannon Heath has returned to his
ship after spending' his lj?ave of a<?
sbnee at home. - 1 . *
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. DeT^oaehe, wlflh
little Virginia, are at the Argyle Hotel
in Charleston.
Caleb WhUaker, having epent hi* va-,
cation at houie, has returned to his bu
siness at t'be North.
Mrs. M. L. Smith and daughter,
Miss Dorothy, are visiting Mrs. W. W.
Nates at Orangeburg.
Andrew Whltaker has returned home
after a two weeks visit to Henderson
vtlle and liaurel Park.
Miss Louise Nettles la-spending some
time with friends in Columbia, Green
ville aud Spartanburg.
r ^r. and Mrs. Ralph Stevenson iiave
returned rronr several weeks stay at
Mooreliead City, N. C.
Miss Mamie DeLoacbe, after a two
we<*k? visit to Miss Dottie Zemp, has
returned to her hom6 In Columbia.
/Mrs. A. B. Gerald and daughter,
/Mlfes'MJrlam of Augusta. ($?., are visit
ii'K wt the home of Mr. John E. Rhame.
. Mrs. W. (!. Evans and children, Mary
Esther and Joel, of Pallas, Texas, are
visiting Dr. and Mrs. 8. F. Braslngton.
Mr. and Mrs; L. D. Jordan of JBiih
opvllle,' vlsitedf Mrs. Jordan's pn rents.
M.r? Mrs. D. F. Dixon for the week
end.
-Mrs. It. W. White kpent 11, few (lays
in Camden last week returning to Mon
treal, her Summer- home, at the end of
the week.
Mr. Eugene Lenior, who is employed
as!/eity salesman for the R. L. Bryan
Co,, Columbia, is spending a few ''days
In Camden.
Mrs. Rebecca I >eLoache ' motored to
Columbia early i-n the week to spend
some time with her so<f, Mr. Elliott
DeLoaehe.
A clever comedy of a "inaiHhater"
and the man who cures friends? love
affairs until she became absorbed in
one of her own. Showing at the Majes
tic tonight.
Rev. M. M. Benson returned this
week from a trip into Chesterfield coun
ty where be has been assisting in re
vival meetings.
Mr. ami Mr*; Blakeney Zemp and
little daughter, Elizabeth are again at
home after a delightful 'visit to Dcrvld
son River.
Can you imagine what SELLERS
lui8 doiife for thousands of homes.
Watitff wxt weeks Jssue. Camden
1 Furniture Co.? edr.
Mr*. J. L. Guy haw as' her guests this
week Miss CasHeton Blnghamton. of
Washington and Miss Mildred Sanior
of Kansas City,
Mrs. C. A. Brasington. Mis* Loma
Brasington atul Mr. Karl Basimgt?n,
of Macon. Ga., are visiting &C the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Haile.
Messrs. Iiiighey Tindal and Arnold
Workman feft Wednesday for Detroit.
Ti&y will drive two vStudebakerx cars
from the factory tb C&mden.
Mr. Claud Williams WI19 has been
employed at Penns Grove, N. J., is
spending his vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Williams.
?* !Mlss Mary Burnett, from Charleston,
who has been in Camden for a month,
has gone on to Hendersonville for the
rest, of the summer. Her many friends
wfere loathe to see, her leaves.
iMlsses E 1 lea beth Brewer, Lucy Wray,
Edna Team, lx>ree and Civile Truesdale
sjHMit Friday i? Sumter. T8$ey were
;tu|gbe8ts of Mre.C. p. Wjmy. -?7
mr! Biilie King Is In Cheater for a
few days. Their many friend* hope
that Mrs. King who has been .with her
mother in Gastonia and is now visit
ing her sister in Chester, will return
with him.
. Mr. W. ET. Johnson, , Sr., leaves to
night for a visit to Mr. and Mrs, Harry
Ferguson hi New- York city. From
there he wWl go with Mr. and Mrs. Fer
guson to' Clipper Lake in the Adiron
dack mountains for a stay of several
'days.
A party motoring to Columbia yea*
terday found the road through Ker
shaw county very much improved, bat
very bad on the other side of * the line.
The county chaingang was working on
fcbft Richland end, - so there are hopes
of a better road all the way.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Blackmon and
little Gordon, Jr., accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. B. - D. Wicker, motored
through the country Sunday to spend
'a week from home, visU&ag^fr. Black
mon^ relatives to Camden, Lancaster
and -at Heath Springs.? Newberry Her.
dkfci'^y * , - ? '?.1^
SELLERS? always sanitary. Watch.
ne*l weeks issue. Camden Furniture
Co.,? a dr. --r
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Dr. Bftntch tux Birthday.
The (olio* in* paragraph relating to
the distinguished aurgeon and Confed
erate vote ran, Dr. Baruch, who Jirao
Mced uiedickn? hi C}a??dt'W from 184$
t* IHKl and was 6rf?Uh>ut pf the South
Carolina Medical "atfyoetatiou in 18T|
and chairman of the South Carolina
Safari? board if health lu; 1880, Is from
the Ne* fw| World of la?t Friday:
l>i Sluioa Ba curb of New Vork
ioefrebrated ?bia 80th birthday ' it bun
Kibe rou avenue home In Lou* Branch
yesterday. Many friends came during
tho day, briugiug flowers aud other
remembrance*. anion* them being
Mayor and Mrs. Ola rem* J. Houeeaiau.
S. W. Barueli lauded' from hia yacht
at Pleasure Bay and arrived with (his
wife In time for the celebration, i* did
Bernard M. Baruch, bis wife aud two
children. There was a happy family
reunion at which t<be former e*-Cou
federate aurgetip became ren?lul?cout.
Dr. Baruch wu captured twice, flrat
at $out>h 'Mountain, in 1802, and again
at the Battle of Gettysburg. He lec
tured Wo year* ago at fort llclicory
where he had been a prisoner."
Dr. Baruch's wife was, before 'her
marriage, Mis* Isabel Wolfe of Winn*
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H*r Brother Killed.
_ , Mr*?.. $. Walter Parker and son I^eroy
Parker, of this dty, left toere Sunday
by automobile for a trip to Durham, N.
C., for a visit to Mrs. Parker's brother,
Mr. Walter W. Gurganous ami bis
family. They reached Durham Monday
and their trip was saddened by the
fact that Mr. Gurgauoue had met deatto
Wat day by being electrocute^ while
at work. A press dispatch la Wednes
day's Charlotte Observer from Durham
gives the following details of the trag
ic death : t
Durham, N. C., Aug. 2-r-Walter W.
Gurganous. lineman for the Interstate
Telephone and Telfgraph company, in
this city, was electrocuted this morning,
when a wire with which he was work
ing fell across a trolley wire, sending
2.300 volts of electricity through his .
fiftfor fHMUhLavaa ftistantaneoilB. .
What Is SKMiKRs? Watcy next
weeks Issue. Camden Furniture Co, ?
adv.! ' ? ?.
York/ Aug. 4. ? J. Skottowe Wauna
maker. president of the American Cot
ton Association, and Mrs. O. H. Ma this,
noted woman orator and farmer of
(tadsden. Ala., addressed a meeting
held at Tiraah, six miles east of here,
in the Interest of the American Cotton
Association today. Approximately 10,
000. farmers and business men artd their
wives were in attendance. ? .
> Upmf recommendation of President
Wanna maker; a resolution wasa intro
duced and adopted providing for the
?purchase of the Tirzah. picnic ground
with the idea of holding annual meet
ings there in the interest of establish
ing a free system of world-wide trade
for American agricultural products. _
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Cashier Kills Himself.
JQ affne.v, S. C? Aug.^8. ? M. H. Mor
row president of the Bank of Blacks
burg, killed himself this morning about
10 o'clock, at his home in Blacksburg.
He went to the itaaik as usual, after
btvaktet, bat; soott returned to <b).9
home, where he shot himself with a
revolver, death ensuing immediately.
Morrow has been in Blacksburg I
for some years at theTlead of the bank
of Blacksburg, and was repaired as
a very safe and conservative man.
Members of his fateily and the peo
ple of bbe town say that the prob
able cause of the rash act was ill
health, as he bad been a sufferer for
a number of years, as the reeult of
Injuries sustained in the wreck of . the
Fishing Creek trestle near York some
years ago. The Bank of Blackfrtmrg
was examined last week by Mr. Craig,
and it Is said that it? affairs were in
fine shape. A meetlpg to double the
capital stock of the bank }iad been
fixed for today, but was not held on
account of Mr. Morrow's death.
Mr. R. M. Knnedy, of the University
of Souttl Carol lma, spent a few days in
Camden the first of the week. Mr
Kennedy jind Mr. T. J. Kirkland are
the authors of the first volume of His
toric Camden and we "hope that the sec
ond volume will be finished at some
not very distant dajt, -
The Woman's Missionary Society sf
Camden Presbyterian Church held the
monthly meeting at the home of Ifrs.
W. H. Halle. The Society is interested
In getting un a donation to tieip build
a new chow in Soochow, China, of
which Mr. and Mrs. Palmer DuBose
are the workers. A committee was ap
pointed to 'wait on the different mem
bers and solicit contribution^ The
first organ used 'toy this church was'
bought by money sent from the Camdea
Sunday School of the Presbyterian
Church.
SELLERS ? is always at your ser
vice. Watch next weeks issue. Camden
Furniture Co.-^adV.
NOTICE.
Sealed bids wHl be received on Septem
ber 6th. 1920 for lease of the Theater
^partof Opera- House for a parted of
ooe year from Sept. 1st, 1920 to August
ftlst, 1021. Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids, also reserv
es the right tO use the Theater for pub
lic entertainments and public purposes.
By order o I City Council.
y H. C. Singleton,
Olty Clerk.
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OUR IDEA OF SERVICE IS TO SATISFY YOU. TO
SELL ONLY DEPEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE; TO'
SEE THAT YOU GET CORRECT STYLE; GOOD FIT:
YOUR MONEY'S WORTH IN EVERY PURCHASE. -
AND TO RETURN YOUR MONEY CHEERFULLY IF
AFTER TEST OF WEAR, YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED.
tOA.O?C.
frarirty Swift OHirtJjrt
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Bakery May Locate Here.
A bakery firm now operating In a
nearby town was In Cainden thts week
looking over the city trying to secure
a location for a twkery. ? If will table
location can be Keen r^l* and Hio iMM
aens wtll Uikc stock in the enterprise
It U very likely that it will come
here. The firm state* that they cati
they will put up $5,000 of this amount.
One grocery merchant tells U8 that ?he
spomlH around $250 ihm- month for
breA<1 made? In other cities. Monro**,
Charlotte, Columbia, Chester and Flor
ence are sending their trucks to Cam-,
deu weekly and this money could be
kept at home.
You wljl like Miss Hobbs. See ? her
nt the Majestic Theatre tonight.
SELLERS? last a life time. Watch
"ne^t weeks issue. Camden Furniture
? Co.-4-* dv. 1
Charleston Grocer Murde^d.
Ohurleston. Auk. -? ? A dastardly
murder, followed by robbery, occurred
early this morning in u grocery store
at America and Held afreets'," whetv j
John H. Schroder, the proprietor was
found hy ?a customer about 8 o'clock
ilying on the floor with his skull
crushed. Several hundred dollars was
missing, and a ft*unmer nearby was
the weapon used, it is believed, to strike
him down. His assailant escaped.
Mr. Schroder was still living when
discovered and was hurried to Ropqr
ihospltH.1. He died there a half hour
later. His custom vra? to keep con*
eiderable cash on ?hand, not dealtyg
much with tmnfca. iflti oVerr Monday
mm nil ik at the store he paid out ?ev
eral hundred <lollar* to collector* for
wholesale houses with whom "he dealt.
The police are working on the theory
that some one familiar with this cus
tom perpetrated the. murder and rofb
bery. Mr. Spliroder was about SO year s
of ago aud is survived by his widow.
He came io Charleston from Walhalla
25 years age, and relatives there sur
vive him. He was a nephew of J. I>.
Oappelmann of tttla city and was high*
ly respected in this community.
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