Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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By Miss Loufcw Nettle* All a Hospital Benefit. Mr* Janie Screven Hey ward will appear at the school auditorium in Camden on Friday evening, February 7th, at 8 o'clock, in a benefit reading of "Original Poems and Sketches of the Carolina Coast Negro" for the Camden iWpital. Admission tickets will be $1.00. Mrs. f!ey ward has only recently re turned from a successful trip to Jacksonville, where, to quote the Flor . Times Union, "An audience which taxed the capacity of the Woman's Huh, greyed Mrs. Heywnrd, who was ^ charmingly introduced by Mrs. Shan * nan Lining, chairman of the Litera ture Class, and through whose ef forts thi.sr accomplished reader was si'ouret.l this afternoon. "Bory on a plantation in the South land, Mrs. lleyvvard grew up learning and cherishing the traditions* and lore of the Southern negro, and yes terday impersonated in a charming way the old-time darky. She re ceived a veritable ovation from her audience.? rNews and Courier. Grace Church Officers Elected. At a meeting of the congregation of (irace church, Camden, held Jan uary 21st, the following officers were elected: Wardens, Messrs. D. A. Hoy kin, C. H. Yates; Vestrymen, C. J. Shannon, Jr., C. C. Whitaker, John M. Villepigue, H. G. Carrison, Jr., B. D. Hoy kin, J. W. Cantey, Li. -A. Kirk land, W. S .Burnet, J. K. Shannon, Delegates to Diocesan Council, D. A. Boykin, C. II. Yates, John M. Ville pigue, B. H. Boykin, Alternates, C. ~T. \Vhitaker7 C.^J. Shannon, Jr., J. W. Cantey, J. H. Clarkson. Mis.s Arthur Honored. In compliment to Miss Lucile Ar thur, of California! who is the guest of Mrs. Eben McLeod, Mrs. McLeod entertained at bridge Tuesday even ing. In a setting* of hyacinths and jonquils, the first harbingers of spring, nine tables were arranged for bridge. v The score prize for ladies went to Mrs. Iy<?e Little and Mr. J. Blakeney Zemp carried off first honors for men. After cards .jce cream and cake were- served. * ' Tuesday Evening Bridge Club Met. The Tuesday evening bridge club met this week with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shannon. lirs. Randolph Kirkland won top score for ladies and Mr. L. A. Kirkland for men. After cards a huffet supper w*vs served. Mr. and Mfrs. Whit Lenoir were the quests of the evening; GriAre Church Services. The services at Grace Episcopal church on Sunday will be as follow^: The Iloly Communion at 8 a. m. s Morning service and sermon at 11 a. m. ' \ Sunday school at 4 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend services at Grace church. F. II. Harding, Rector. Majestic Theatre PROGRAM FRIDAY, JANUARY 26th Gloria Swanson with Conrad Nagel in THE IMPOSSIBLE MRS. BEL LEW" Never have Gloria's silken beau ty and emotional fire been so lav ishly displayed as in this picture.u Admission 35c Children' 15c SATURDAY, JANUARY 27th Wesley (Freckles) Barry in "SCHOOL DAYS" Takes you back to your boyhood days. The wonderful days. For old and young alike. Also a Tor chy comedy. "TORCtlY'S NUT SUNDAE" MONDAY, JANUARY 29th Agnes Ayreg in "A DAUGHTER OF LUXURY"* With Tom Gallery, Zasu Pitts and Clarence Burton. A love and lux ury romance, studded with thrills nnd excitement. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30th iJorothy Phillips in a First National Attraction "HURRICANE'S GAL" The story is interesting and sup plies thrills a p^nty, including a storm at sea, tffl burning of the contraband ship and a battle with a hydroplane. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st and MARCH l*t Presentation Extraordinary Jackie Coogan in "OLIVER TWIST" You will never forget Jackie Coogan'a portrayal of Oliver Twiat. **? Admjniiiofi 50c * Children under 12, 15* % ' -Mrs. Loon Schloaburg leaves tbia week for a visit in Atlanta and Ma eon, Ga. ' Miss Elizabeth Carrlaon is visit ing in Charleston She will attend the St. Celia ball while there. Mr. and Mrs. llal'ry Wannamaker, of Orangeburg, were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hallett. Miss Louise Jones, of Norfolk, Va.,' is visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs. H. L. Watkins, J. T. Houston left Sunday night for Philadelphia, to resume his stud ies at the Pennsylvania Art school. Miss Mhttic Gerald expects to leave today for the northern markets where she will be for several weeks pur chasing her spring stock of millinery and notions. Mrs. ?r. N. Kirven, of Darlington, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John K. Rhaine. Miss Olive Khaine, o? the Hank of Camden force has been confined to her home for several days. Mrs. II. D. Niles is substituting at the bank during Miss Rhame's absence. Representative Norman S. Rich ards, of Liberty Hill, was in Camden Monday enroute to Columbia to re sume his duties in the legislature. Mr. Richards had to leave Columbia the first week on account of an at tack of influenza. He had been n very ill man and his friends will be glad to know that he has greatly improved, o. Mr. George Wittkowsky, who has already won so many honors at Car olina, had an additional compliment paid him this week by being elected president bf his society, one of the two literary societies of the Univer sity of South Carolina. This fs a distinct compliment and we feel sure a well deserved one.* Mrs. William Shannon has gone to Columbia to spend the next two months with her daughter, Mrs. Ar thur Griffin. v ? Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw Shannon attended the wedding of their son, Mr. Carl Shannon to Miss Sonita Brenncn, of Columbia last week. Holding Court in CharlcHton. The Court of Common Pleas with Judge Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, presiding, called up two eases yes terday for hearing, one of these be ing finished and the other gone into perhaps half way. Judge Smith-: is presiding this week in the place of Judge Hayne F. Rice, who was called home, after the first week of tho court on account of illness in his fam ily. Judge Smith is well kftown here and o^ his arrival at the court house yesterday was greeted by many friends. Last week Judge I. W. Bow man substituted for Judge Rice. ? Tuesday's News and Courier. , Auxiliary to Meet. The Woman's Auxiliary Grace Episcopal church will have a special meeting Friday, Jaftuary 26th, at 4:30 o'clock. ^ Raided Filling Station. Thieves last Saturday night broke the locks on the pumps of the Caro lina Filling Station and stole a small- amount of oil. Previous to that it is thought the same parties drew all of the gas and oil out of a Ford car standing in front of the Majestic Theatre^^^-^ ? NOTICE. I will be at my farm at BwlPnont each Tuesday, at 12 o'clock, to deliv er corn to your wagons at $1.00 per bushel cash. I have also a lot of nice hogs at the same 'place for sale. Can deliver at the same 'time. S. F. Brasington, Camden, S. C. 43-45 sb Poor Hogs. A ' man while walking along a strange road in the country noticed a hog running wildly this way and that. While he was watching its ac tions a farmer came out of a nearby house. "What's the matter with your hog?" asked the man. "Well," replied .the farmer, "It's this way. My boy, he's deef and dumb. So he has been calling the hogs by beating on a tree ? an' now those here woodpeckers air about to run my hogs wild." ? Selected. Millard Smith, 0-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Smith of Dunean j mills, Greenville, was run over and i killed Mopday by a car driven by Robert Livingston, colored. Several children wore playing on (he side walk and this child ran across the ' street just ahead of the car and was run over. ^Hands chapped 7^ MENTHOLATUM heals quickly and Ith ir W Ail LACK KK1D DK AD. 4 v Famous I'icturv ?; Actor Iankn in Fight Against Drugs. r ? ' ^ ^ Ix)s Angeles, Calif., Jan IH.Wallace Keid, hero of filmdon, died this after* noon in tho Hollywood sanitarium in which he had been under treatment* for more than a month. The direct cause of his death. aocord'nur to phy ? W/qLL^Ct R?IP sicians at his bedside, was congestion of the lungs and kidneys, induced by the, patient's recent nervous collapse. According to l)r. G. S. Herbert, who has been attending Reid since he entered the sanitarium, the actor's health was broken by his fight to break himself of the use of narcotics. Ueid, who was six foot tall and whose normal weight, was 1K,"> pounds, had lost GO pounds d living the past several weeks. /J About a week ago relatives saijd he was improving and would be able to resume his work in the studio of the Famous IMayers-L^yky corpora tion by July at the latest. "I am winning the fight, mamma," was his invariable greeting to his wife when she called on him. Mrs. Ueid said her husband contracted the drug habit during an illness nearly two years ago. His fatal seige be gan last November <vhcn, while working here on a picture, he sudden ly collapsed. He was advised to take a long rest and started on a moun tain trip with Mrs. Reid and Teddy .Hayes, his trainer. On his return to Los Angeles his condition showing no improvement,, he went to the sani tarium. Shortly before Christmas his fam ily made public the cause of his break down, Mrs. Reid declaring she be lieved the information might aid in arousing the American people to the necessity of suppressing the narcotic traffic. Reid was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1892, and educated in New York. His stage career began in vaudeville with his father in "The Girl and the Ranger" and later he entered the mo tion pictures in the early days of this industry, associating with Selig, Vi tagraph and Universal. His. cntranco was a? a general utility man and ho wrote, acted and directed. He was later employed by D. W. Griffith in the production of "The Birth of a Nation" and entered the Lasky employ in Geraldine Far rar's "Carmen." Honored Lee's Memory. The auditorium of the Grammar school was decked with Confederate flags, red and white bunting* ferns, palfns, and other pot plants, in honor of the one hundredth and sixteenth birthday of General Robert E. I>ec. In .the morning the exercises were in charge of Miss Nancy Lindsay's grade. A sketch of Lee's life or "rather the outstanding events in his life was read by Miss Clara Bruce. Mr. Bratton deLoach gave an excel lent address to the assembled Gram mar school grades. Appropriate mu sic was rendered. At one o'clock the Timrod Literary society of the high school assembled in the same auditorium and held beau tiful and appropriate e^jreises. In addition to the debate, recitations, etc., by the public, \he programme was filled with several musical num bers by Mrs. P. N. McCorkle and Miss Mildred Gardner on the piano and Mr. Hollis Cobb on the violin. Miss Mary Black well recited "The Sword of Lee," in a pleasing and charming manner. Miss Louise Nettles, presi dent of the local U. I). C. chapter, gave an informal talk on Lee; not on Lee the soldier and the laurels he had. won on the field of Mars, but on his exalted character and high ideals, his fidelity to every duty that made him the great man that ho was whose memory we love to honor. Reports were received at Havana early Sunday morning that the United States subchaser I>ewis had been wjecked off the Cuban coast. Lieut. AteJlfllnder Pearson, Jr., last week drove an airplane with one pas s?nger from McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, to Mitchell Field, Ltfng Island, a distance of 592 miles in 243 min uted, establishing a new record for , the disyuMfc. -s. z /? To Cel?br*te Anniv?r#*ry. Rev. J. W $oyk|n, pas to* oi Mt Moriah Baptist church and bis con gregation is planning to celebrate the fifty-seventh anniversary Of the founding of their church on Sunday, January 28th. Rev. &oykin ha? raail Od out numerous invitations to his white and colored friends and no doubt there will be a large audience present. These anniversaries have been observed before with interesting songfe and addresses and have proven very interesting. SHort addresses will be made by Messrs. L. T. Mills and (\ W. Hirchmore. .Ample pro . i >\>a will be made for ,whitu visi tors. * Mr. Turner in Charge. Mr; W. (J. Turner, who has been j c.iio of tlu? foremen of the county ?oad force, was last week made road iverseer for the entirf}' county. As most of the highway** in this county VkVQ now kept up under the supervWr main with the highway department t.ho services of a road engineer wft? mo longer needed. Mr. Gregory, win has been the county engineer, will re main with the highway department for the present. Mr. Turner is a very competent, man and wo believe the roads, will bo kept in good condition under his supervision. Lee's Birthday Honored in Camden. Cards were issued last week by Mr. and Mrs*! T! Kclmund Krumbholz to the usual Lee celebration, at the Kirkwood, Friday evening, January 19|h. Invitations to this event are always looked forward to with in terest and accepted with pleasure by a wide circle of friends and acquaint ances, who arc fortunate enough to be placed on the guests' list and hon ored with an invitation. The beautiful Kirkwood with its spacious halls and broad- stairway ^is a classic reminder of other days when as an ante-bellum home the $(*auty and gallantry of the old South as sembled on festive occasions and tread the stately measures of the minuet or danced the old' Virginia reel. Therefore it made an appropri ate setting for a Lee celebration? the Confederate colors red and white werp used in decorations, and tho "Stars and Bars," and the "Southern Cross" mingled their folds with old glory. "We love both flags ? let smiles and tears ?Together hold their sway; One won our hearts in days a-gone One owns our love today. We claim them both with all their wealth Of honor and of fame ? One lives triumphant in the sun; And one a hallowed narri'e." The Kirkwood orchestra gave a de lightful concert that was much en joyed by all present, tfye old fash ioned melodies receiving hearty ap plrfUse and Dixie bringing everyone to their feet. Floors were then cleared for danc ing which continued u&til 12 o'clock. At the close of the evening refresh ments consisting of a salad course followed by . sweets and coffee were served. x ? ? This annual courtesy extended by Mr. and Mrs. Krumbholz is a grace ful act and it is thoroughly appre ciated by their many friends and ac quaintances. ? i Wilson G. Harvey, former govern or, who has announced that he will accept the appointment as a member of the state board of public welfare, may become the central figure in the investigation of conditions at the peif itentiary by the legislative committee, he having started several investiga tions of his own while governor. It was Mr. Harvey who conducted a probe into the death of Dan Murphy and he will likely give valuable testi mony in this case to the legislative investigators. The probe is sched uled to begin with open hearings in Columbia this afternoon, according to announced plans of the commit tee. A^s governor, Mr. Harvey con ducted an investigation of the alle gation that Dan Murphy did not die a natural death, but was killed. He also investigated other complaints at the penitentiary, and it is presumed,! he will offer what information he ! has to the committee from the two houses. 1 Killed Aboard Train. El Paso, Jan. 20. ? Harry Turner, live stock agent of the Southern Pacific at Tucson, Arizona; P. O. Cochran, of Juplin, Mo., and Herbert Brown of Indianolo, Oklahoma, w?*re shot to death at Lanark, N. M., twen ty miles from El Paso this morning while riding on Southern Pacific Westbound Train. The slayer jump ed from the train and escaped in the desert. He i* -reported to be" "insane. Headed by a fiery cross and an American flag, a dozen unmasked men and hundreds of original members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded through the streets of Waco, Texa*, last Thursday night. ' Thojnjen who were tried at Marion, 111., last Saturday of the HiprtW mur der, are to be tried again; but in the meantime hate been released oil bond. ' L . u, GKNpKAL NEWS N OTRH, ? lUmit of Intercut Gathered From a Many 8our??ii. The recorder of Columbia f in*H.J a white woman Friday $100 foY "lift ing" a pair of stockings from a Htoro and talking out with them. She said she w?h "in a hurry," and was going to bring them back.., Murray Quattlebnum, colored, was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill in the Aiken court Thursday for shooting Chiet of Po> lice Rodgerft of W'agcner, and was sentenced to five years. Twenty six hundred bales of cotton were destroyed in the burning of the Shippers Warehouse at Mont- : gomery, Ala., last Saturday. The j loss foots up half a million dollars. ; It is Kt.-iioi that ?!?'<> men of the , American forces in Germany have j married with pevmission since Jan uary 1, 1J122, A $60,000 niiinumi nt to the late .John Wnnnamukcr, Philadelphia mer chant, is io be erected on the plaza of the city hall in that ciy. Lieut. William 11. Rohrback, naval pilot, and two other officers were seriously hurt when a 'seaplane fell with them from an altitude of 2,000 feet at Catalina Island, California, last Friday* Up to Saturday night forest fires sweeping ov<?r sections of Harnett county, N. C., were estimated to have caused losses totaling $10,000. ? White citizens of Blanford, Ind., a mining town, on Saturday morning gave notice that all negroes must be out of the town by 7 o'clock. There was a rapid and general exodus of the negro population. Worth Rowland, 5, was shot to death ^Saturday, near Lumberton, N. C., by Bernice West, 6, While playing with a supposedly? unloaded gun. Wash Griffin, colored, was convict ed in Greenville Thursday of murder ing his wife at Simpsonville by cut? ting- her throat. The jury was out four hours and brought in a compro mise verdict with recommendation to mercy, which makes the sentence life in the penitentiary. After the case ended Griffin confessed. Columbia, January 14.- ? Wade Hal lew, who early Friday morning es caped from the state penitentiary by sawing of his shackles and the steel door to his cell, is again behind the walls of the prison,' Kenneth McNeil, a Columbia high school student hav- 1 ing played a prominet pile in his re capture late Saturday. McNeil, while hunting saw Ballew lying in the gras.4 on the city cemetery property and Suspected his identity, lie notified the penitentiary official.* who has tened to the scene with McNeil as their guide. ? 'flirt officers and Hal low recognized eUeh other simulta neously and the escaped convict threw up his hands and immediately surren dered. He was carried back to the penitentiary and placed in the infir mary for treatment as he had sprained his foot in making his es cape and was able to walk only with th? aid of -h stick, ? ? Shannon (given New Field. ^ A shift in- thfc field of wtdfe inter est in the two states i* the recently announced transfor of J. K.' j^Kan non, special agent of- the Insurance Company of North America, from his Louisiana territory to North Caroli na, to aucceed James Coleman, who is retiring from that field to move to Atlanta to go into business with his brother. Mr. Shannon has served the North America ably for nearly three years under State Agent, Alon?.a Church, at New Orleans, ? To much practical ability as a company representative, Mr. Shun no,n adds tact and a general deport ment that ha* won much popularity for him among the Loulsimu local aueft|sl Mr. iilwwnoH- whe*e home if? in South Carolina, will be Special Agent in Nonh Carolina for tlx* Phil adelphia Un.d<r\N titers and the Alli ance, , both of which companies, iu addition to the North America ami the Rational Security, arc under tluv joint management for that territory of Robert N. Hughs, of Atlanta.? Inmirane-o Kield, Mi*. Shannon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kershaw. Shannon of Camden and waft burn and rriised. here and his friends are justly proud of ,this tine record and tribute. Pilot P. S. Oakes and Mechanician Williaift Aco,r werfp killed while test ing.?-Y>ut a mail plane at Cheyenne, Wyoming, last week. Reports that Russia is mobilising .to assist the Cermnns to drive out the ' French, are not believed in London. The hardware store of R. L. Wood ruff at Winder, (ia., was destroyed by fire last Thursday. He believes j.t was done by the Ku Klux Klan. Leads French Army In Germany ^AurooACTHa. Gen. Dettotitte Is In iinmediat* command of the French troops now in control of the Ruhr district o< Ctermany. At certaiu points he luu thrown his troops heyond the basin loundarles and Invaded neutral ter rtrorr. TIPES Why Change to Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires? There are four reasons ? one for each wheel of your car. Hut ser iously, there are many more than four reasons for the life of Penn sylvania Vacuum Cup Tires. We cannot give them all to you in this space, but call and we will convince you of their superiority. Burrier's Garage WE OFFER: At an attractive price, and upon terms if desired, a handsome old fashioned residence. There are ten rooms, and two baths, and the property is in pood con dition. If you are interested in the purchase of a high class home this property will appeal to you. Wo will take pleasure in showing this property. CAMDEN REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE "We Sell Lots" Phone 226 Office Bruce Building When in Need of flowers send uh your order. We have n cdtnpletc lino of cut flowers nnd potted plants at all times. Flowers delivered to any part of the United States by wire. ? CAMDEN FLORAL CO. PHONB 193 Camden . S. C.