The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1923, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV.
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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923.
OKDEK RKVOKKD.
Judjfe Townsend Hear* Koad Matter
hiuI AUowfc Work tp Proceed.
ThrtemjK>r?ry injunction gotten by
v MVnesdalo and Jl. C. Bennett
i ? thtt^County Commissioners to
prevent the relocation of the road int
t Kershaw just South of that town,
r.mo Up Vr hearing before Judge
Townsend in Columbia on Monday,
February 12th. The Commissioners
showed in their return among other
h That this piece of road is a part
of State Highway No. 26 connecting
. ncaster, Kershaw, Camden, Sumt ,
ICntg.Klngstree. Georgetown and
many smaller places.
That the portion of this ro^d ex*
tending South from the town of.Ker
tZJ? two0 g"ade railroad
;;,iu""u\T\r'oZrhneurdtht^owTo'f
s:^onrigrx=:
L with 'harp and dangerous
t ur.es at several points^? - - ~-r
That at least two fatalities have
occurred at the railroad crossing
nearost to Korshaw, and many qfc
rious accidents on this piece of load,
many more than on any like distance
in Kershaw County. .
That when the County Commiss.on
,.,h reconstructed the rest of the ro.id
from Camden to Korshaw t hoy were
not able on account of lack of funi s
?t that time to relocate this small
Piece and a small piece of about the
same length on this same highway
next to the Sumter County line, and
that these, are the only pieces of
thin road in the County which are not
reconstructed so as to be taken over
for maintenance by the State Hig
way Department- > .
That the? Board of Commissioner*
asked for Federal Aid to lix th?f?
two small pieces of road, and the
survey made under the direction W
the State Highway Department and
the Federal Government have relo
cated this road just South of Ker
shaw on the East side of the rail
road in practically a straight
eliminating both dangerous raih-oad
crossings and making a much better
approach ? to the town of K?nhaVf
and that in the opinion of the Boar
it is vastly to the benefit of Kershaw
County and its citizens and- the pub
lic generally and in every way de
sirable that this change be made.
That it will bo impossible to se
,ure Federal Aid for this project
unless the grade crossings and sharp
curves on the 61 d road are chmmated
and wider' bridges put 1 n. that
the new location cap be niade much
cheaper than to attcmpt to ^ mmate
the railroad crossings by U"d?/P?h"
and overhead bridge so as V> follow
* h That Federal Aid to the amount
of $16,000 has been KrRn<*d J??
State Highway Deparment and th
Federal Government for these
pieces of Highway No. 26 neai Ker
shaw and at Boykin s Mill on the
Sumter County line. .
That all of the persons whose lands
are crossed by the new road location
have given the right of way e*ceP
about three, one of whom is the P1
tiff, Truesdale, right oi way ove
whose lands will be needed covering
about two and one-half acres, a?d
the other rights of way needed coVei
U" That" the needs' of those coming in
An the West side of the said ^'lr^d
from the direction of Three C s will
bo taken care of by an under paas un
der the railroad bridge
Rock Creek, and that it will J ot be
necessary to keep the old road open
as a puDiic roan.
That the lowest bids on the work
on this new location South of Ker
shaw is about $13,000, and that the
Federal Government is to pny half of
this coftt.
That the finances of Kershaw Coun
ty arc in good shape. That the
County is practically on a cash ba
sis, and should be able with reason
able appropriations and collections to
carry on its business without having
to borrow any money in anticipation
of the collection of taxes, a position
which finly t\*o or three of the coun
ties of the State occupy.
That the money borrowed from the
Sinking Fund has been fully paid
without embarrassment, and that the j
only debt for borrowed money out- j
standing at the February meeting of
the Hoard was $6,000.00 which wag
paid at that meeting, leaving the
County without a single cent of debt
for borrowed money.
That the Sinking Fund of the
County is now over - $100,000, and
with the same appropriations which
this Board has made to the Sinking
Fund continued for the next eight
or ten years all of the bonds will be
provided for at maturity without
further expenditure.
Thai on February l*t, 1922, there
were taxes uncollected approximate
ly $55,000, and cash on hand $17,
056.42, and there wm' then mrt*
standing of money borrowed in 1921
and unpaid $Vf?,0Q0.
That the Board has not apent all
of the money which it might reason
ably h*vp coTuWered as arailable frr
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TO IMPROVK WATER WORKS.
City Council Authorizes Expenditure
of .Twenty Four Thousand Dollars.
The members of the city council Ht
their meeting hold Monday evening
authorized the expenditure of nround
924,000 for water works improve
ments for the city. The funds for
these improvement a will be financed
by the bank* of. Ctundon and the luons
will be met from the earnings of the
water and light department, entailing
no extra taxes on property owners.
These improvements ure necessary to
meet the requirements of the rating
bureau of the Southeastern under
writers and thereby keep insurance
rates in the- same class. It is thought
that, a reduction .will be made in the
rates to light consumers during the
coming spring. It is also likely that
special rates will be made to those
using electric appliances for domes
tic purposes.
The proposed improvements and
'the approximate* cost of same are
given us follows:
? Three electric pumps, installed
complete, $6,000.
Electric control valve installed at
stand pipe, $625.
Power and light distribution panel
installed, $600. i -
Office filing cabinet, $240.
Proposed four hundred thousand
gallon reservoir to be erected near
present city plant, $6,500.
Proposed Fair Street and LaFay
ette Avenue improvements, including
the laying of six-inch mains on theso^
two streets, $5,500. ? '
To1 Meet at Grace Church."
The Your^g Communicants Guild
will meet at Grace Episcopal Church
Sunday evening ?t half past seven
o'clock. The subject will bo "Un
conscious Influence."
Important Notice.
, The Chronicle makes no chargu for
social or church notices, but we would
again respectfully ask our friends to
please bear in ' mind that we do not
accept these notices over the phone,
and especially are they requested not
to phefae this office on Thursday
tnorning. The entire force is en
gaged in getting the more important
matters of news ' and advertising
ready for tho press and we have not
Ihe time to take them'over the phono.
To Meet Tuesday Afternoon.
The Circles of the Missionary So
ciety of the Camden Baptist Church
will meet at the Church Tuesday aft
ernoon, February 20th, at 3:30
o'clock. A full attendance is de
sired. ?
expenditure during 1922 and thut on
February 1st, 1923, the" taxes uncol
lected for 1922 were about $33,000,
with cash on hand fdr general Coun
ty purposes about $41,000, and with
cash in the special Bridge fund $14,
330.08, against which there was due
for borrowed money only the $6,
000.00 above mentioned paid on Feb
ruary 6th, 1923.
That under the law all unexpended
balances from appropriations in Ker
shaw County may be expended on the
County roadsand all the income from
the Wateree River Bridge after pay
ing the maintenance interest and sink
ing fund may be used on the public
roads.
That there was levied in 1922 a
tax of two mills, which can be used
only for the construction of high
ways and bridges in the State sys
tem under the general supervision of
the Highway Department. That this
levy amounts to $15,52-1.02 if fully
collected, and there has been ex
pended therefrom only about $1,
000.00.
That this Board ha^ pledged with
the approval of the State Highway
Department the funds arising from
this two mill tax and unexpended
against the Federal Aid for the con
struction of these two pioces of High
way No. 26, the one just South of
Kershaw and the other at Boykin'.*
Mill on the Sumter County line. And
to make up any deficiency in the col
lection of this two mill tax the Board
has pledged so much of the bridge
fund in its hands as may be neces
sary to fully match the Federal Aid.
That the County of Kershaw is
not due an'y sum whatever to DeKalb
Township by reason of its bonds, but
that the whole of said bonds which
were sold for $66,931.69 have been
expended within DeKalb Township,
and that the Federal Aid projects
done within that Township since
1920 have amounted to about $89,
000.00, and that the onl^ thing th?
County owes to DeKalb Township
growing out of its bond issues is to
see that its proportion of the two
mill road tax is retained for expen
diture within the township, and that
this had been done by the pledge of
this fund for the work at Boykin's
Mill to the Sumter County line, which
lies wholly within DeKalb Township.
On the showing made by the Board
of c Couhty Commissioners Judge
TV wnaend revoked the restraining or
der, and allowed the Board to go for.
ward with the contract for this im
portant work.
HIXJK MORTGAGE FILED.
Document Represents More Thun One I
Hundred Printed Pageh.
Clerk of Court James 1{. Clyburn
this week received for record the lar
gest mortgage ever placed on record
here. It i* from the Yadkin River
Power Co., to the Old Colony Trust
Company, as trustees, and is dated
February 6th, 1923, and represents
the huge Hum of fifteen million dol
lars. It is known as "First mort
gage thirty year five per cent gold;
bonds" payable April 1, 1941, and is
on property located in this county.'
At the same time there has been filed
for record the same mortgage in the
counties of Darlington, Florence, Lee,
Marion and Marlboro in this state
and Scotland county in North Caro
lina. It is a printed document of
110 pages and it is estimated that it
will take at least two weeks to tran
scribe it on the clerk's books.
Bad Check Man.
A white man was arrested and
placed in jail Tuesday on a warrant
issued by Mr. A. K. IJlakeney for a
bogus check given him in payment
for an automobile. He gave him
three checks at different intervals
and Mr. Blakeney had trouble "with
them all, and seeing no other re
course he had him placed in jail.
IIo we verv there are lots of these fel
lows still loose and around Camden,
and if they were all placed where
they belong, we fear Sheriff Welsh
would have to ask for an appropria
tion for a larger jail. There are
men around Camden moving in re
spectable society who are guilty of tho
same practice and there is hardly a
merchant in Camden who does not
have more than his share of bogus
checks.
Deputy Collector to be Here.
Major John F. Jones, internal rev
enue collector for South Carolina ad
vises us that Deputy W. E. Harrell
of his office will, be in Camden on
February 26, 27 and 28th and March
1st; Bethune on February 24th, and
at Kershaw on March 2nd and 3rd,
for the purpose of "assisting taxpay
ers in the preparation of income tax
returns on the dates mentioned.
Opening of St. Mary's New Hall.
St. Mary's Hall was opened last
Thursday evening at 9 o'clock. The
address of welcome was given by
Rev. M. J. Reddin, who extended a
cordial greeting to one and all. He
prefaced his address by a few re
marks appertaining to the object
of the new hall, emphasizing the
fact that wo should distinguish be
tween use and abuse, right and
wrong. In behalf of the hotels, a
letter was read from Mr. T. 15.
Krumbholz and Mr. 13. I). Ticknor.
These respective gentlemen congratu
lated Rev. Reddin on his great work
achieved in such a brief period and
offered their support and co-opera
tion.
Rev. Hegarty spoke on the impor
tance of healthful amusement and
stated that no place was more adapt
ed than under the shadow of the
church.
The Hon. H. G. Carrison, Mayor of
Camden, gave a splendid address and
gave his since rest approbation of the
great work that has been accom
plished and stated emphatically that
lie believed in bringing young people
together, emphasizing his remarks by
giving a substantial check. Checks
were also donated by other friends
of Rev. Reddin.
Mr. Steve Robinson represented, the
tourists and in his usual witty
manner did honor to the occasion.
Rev. Reddin finally declared the
Hall formerly opened and thanked
his many friends for gracing the oc
casion with their presence.
Mules Killed by Electricity.
Two mules belonging to the Sani
tary Dairy were killed Saturday
morning about 0 o'clock, when the
team was driven to a trough ad
jacent to the pump house, which
through some defective wiring, or
otherwise, had in some way become
charged with electricity. When
the mules put their heads to the
water to drink, tfofr water was
charged and they jerked their heads
up, striking the metal roof of the
pump house. This was charged with/
sufficient voltage to kill the two an
imals as they struck it.
TIm? pump is run by etcctric cur
rent ffcm the city and in some way
one of the Hrc wires had come in
contact with the metal part of the
building, charging it and tht* damp
part o* the ground around, as well as
the water in the trough. ? Somter
Item.
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NBWft OF KIKKWOOD SOCIETY j
Happening* of Interest Anionic Oy,r i
Northern Viuitom.
Tlu? inclement weather of the pu# '
week, which interefere<| with* out
door sports, made teas, dinner and
card parties exceedingly i>opular \vith
Canuien'it winter visitors. The crown
ing cv*?nt of hoc in I gayety was the
Valentine Dance Tuesday evening at
tHe Coyntry Club. An invitation af
fair by the guests of the Kirk wood,
it wa < largely attended by cottagers,
istf from the other hotels . andi
Camdouians. Gayly decorated in red
and amber with eupids und hearts
everywhere in evidence as befitted
the birthday of jolly old St. Valentine
? the ball room at the Club House I
was transformed into a bower of
beauty, a fitting setting for the mer
ry danefcrs who tripped the light fan
tastic to the strains of the Kirkwood
Orchestra until after the mid-night
hour.
Preceding the dance several dinner
I part es were given at the Kirkwood
rami in private homes. ? ? ? ? ? y.
Mi. and Mrs. William II. Kirkbride,
of Cool Sprjng, entertained at their
h#ne n party of ten, bringing their
yuosts later to the Valentine Dance.
Mr. John S. Sweeney also gave a
uinner for eight guests at flobkirk
Inn. v
- v Saturday afternoon Mrs. Horatio (J.
Lloyd, of Haverford, Pa., gave a tea
in the Bog Bungalow at Ilobkirk Inn
for Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Stan wood,
M ss Kate Gillet, Miss Emma John
stone, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Spingarn,
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Willdck, Miss
Ctyffelle and Mrs. Gordon.
Mrs. William Lovett Goodale is en
tertaining Miss Dorothy Stauffl-r of
Pennsylvania at hi^r home on Fair
Street. "
After two weeks visit in Camden
Mrs. Robert Harvie Wessmann has
returned to Bayside, L. I.
Washington's birthday will be ob
s^rvod by Gymkana Races, and n
p^lo match on Field No. 1.
?.- Mr.; C. O. Foster has joined the
polo players now in Camden.
The ftiany friends of Mrs. Alexan
der Ttowbridge of Flushing, L. I., are
glad to welcome her again to Camden. |
She is the guest of Mrs. Edwnrd Du- !
Bose on F<air street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Balfe, who
were here early in the season, going
later to New York are again nt tho
Kirkwood.
Coming from Brooklyn for a fort
night's stay at the Kirkwood are: Dr.
and Mrs. W. V- Pascual, Mr. and Mrs*
E.' K, McGormick, the Misses Deely,
Dr. G. E. Deely and Harold Somers.
Many delightful affairs were given j
last week-end for Miss Elise Kirk- i
land and Sherbournc Yardley, whose
marriage Saturday afternoon at Grace
Church, Camden, was a most inter
esting event. For the wedding many
Philadelphians and friends and rela- ;
tives from various cities were here.
Saturday evening for the bridal party
a dinner of 22 covers was served in
the Kirkwood Grill, and the guests
later remained for the dancing. Sun
day Mrs. David R. Williams of Mul
berry kept open house in her usual
charming way for the visiting guests,
and other friends. Friday afternoon
Miss Leila Shannon entertained with
cards, and the same evening Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Savage gave a reception
at their home for the young couple,
the wedding attendants and the fam
ilies on both sides. >
Hotel Arrivals. I
Court Inn ? George E. Bell, X. V.; j
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Handin, Haver- j
hill, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lan-j
drith, Philadelphia; C. (\ Williams,!
Washington; Mrs. James H. Dunbar.
Miss Jane Dunbar, Cleveland; Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Allen, East Orange; Ed- 1
ward B. Nisbet, N*. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. i
F. H. LaPierre, East Orange; Hughj
Kennedy, Mrs. Shoob, Buffalo; E. B.
Mayo, Boston; T. Allen Hilles, Wil
mington; Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Smith,
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. T. Dodge,
Philadelphia; Miss. J. Sheehan, Utica;
M. H. Sheehan, Mr. and Mrs. I., j
Goodenough, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Agnew, Duluth; Mr. and Mrs*.
A. E. I>awrence, Boston; Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. McAlister, Greensboro, N. C. ,
S. Bryan Kneaffs, Mr. and Mrs. S.
L. Kneaffs, Short Hills; Mr. find Mrs.
Caleb Crary, Newtonville; Mrs. R.
D. Voight, Miss Voight, Norfolk; Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. G.
A. Christanny, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs.
George Henderson, Mrs. George R.
Henderson, Philadelphia.
Hobkirk Inn ? Mr. and Mrs. Frank
A. Myers, Woolmer W. Myers, Phil
adelphia; Mr. and Mr*. ChnrTeA Tra
vis, Jr., Ronton; Mm, R. 3. Fairish,'
Charlottesville; Mrs. L> L. Gunther,
Washington; John K. Winkler, N.
PAVING MEN MKRT II Kit K.
Thirty or More Kepresentntiv en of
Construction Company to be Here.
The representatives of the South
ern Paving and Const motion Com
pany with headquarters at Chatta
nooga. Tenn., are planning their an
nual get-to-gether meeting and will
meet at Camden next Wednesday for
a general good time and tu,ta)k over
the business of the various projects
now under way.
The men come from North and
South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississip
pi and Alabama and there will be
more than thirty, consisting of super
intendents and cashiers of this great
organization. They now have under
way fifteeu paving contracts in towns
in the states mentioned, and it is
recognized as one of the oldest and
most reliable concerns doing this
class of work in the South. The men
on the paving job in Camden are
responsible for Camden being select
ed as the point for assembling this
year, as they arc all highly pleased
with this city, and wanted .their fel
low workers to come here.
Hotel Camden will very likely be
headquarters for the representatives
when they come here, and a banquet
iA also being arranged %0r them at
the Kirk wuod, during their stay.
lioll Weevil Machine.
Mr. I). CJ. Fletcher has the agency
for a patented boll weevil extermi
nator and he has been demonstrating
the machine in Camden for the past
week. He has the county rights for
Chesterfield and Kershaw county, and
| he claims that it is the best yet put
on th<> market. It tarries the usual
mixture, of calcium arsenate, molass
es and water. Mr. Fletcher says that
he will have it on exhibition here
during court week.
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Don't Blame the PostmaHter.
If you should happen to miss your
paper for any length of time don't
blame the carrier or the potofflco
force before you ask yourself the
question: "Have I paid My Subscrip
tion?" Your notice hns been mailed
to you and if you fail to take notice
of it your paper will be cut out. In
u few wkeks we hope to revise our
mailing list and will place the date
on the label and in the future
we will not mail out state
ments but will expect you to watch
your label. We have been doing: the
courtesy of mailing a notice before
the subscription expires but so many
people pay no attention to notices
that we are going to cut out this use
less heavy mailing expense.
Y.; M. Worth Colwcll, N. Y.
Among the arrivals at the Kirk
wood within the past week are: W. A.
Barron, E. L. Mayo, Boston; Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Robinson, N. Y.; Wil
liam Strathom, Pittsburg; Mrs. T. T.
Abbott, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Joy, Miss .Joy, Danbury, Conn.; Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Hall, Brooklyn; J. W.
Sander, Montclair; Mr. and Mrs. John
Howard Yardley, Miss Yardley, Mrs.
Sheldon F. Pott, Philadelphia; Farn
ha Yardley, West Orange; Mr. and '
Mrs. S. W. Horton, Albany; Mr. and ,
Mrs. \V. L. Walther, Weehawken; Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. McGarry, S. F. Me
Garry, Graft, Mass.; Charles P.
Hare, New Britain; Mr. nnd Mrs. Ran
dolph F. DeBevoise, South Orange;
Mr. and Mrs. Frailk E. Carter, De
troit; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hall, Buf
falo; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Read,
Ottawa; M r. and Mrs. W. B. Sear
borough, Englcwood; Mr. and Mrs.
John Fenneley, Kansas City; Mrs.
Thomlinson M. Ragsdale, Knoxville;
J. E. Duffield, Philadelphia; Thos L.
Gaskil!, Morristown; Mrs. W. ? A.
Dodsworth, I-ucy M. Dodsworth, En
glewood; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Burke,
Springfield; Edward F. Douglas,
George J. Grammer, Buffalo; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank A. Weeks, Plainfield;
Mr. nnd Mrs. Sidney .1. Cook, Jr.,(
Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Spit
zrr, Toledo; Mrs. George F. Haff,
Pennsylvania; Dr. Wesley C.'. Cowers,
Montclair.
It is proposed by several of our
winter visitors, who are interested in
presei*ving the historic landmarks of
which Camden has a large number ?
one of the most interesting of these
? the gravf of Agnes of Glasgow,
with only a tiny slab bearing the in
scription: "Here lies the body of Ag
nes of Glasgow, who departed this
life February 1780, aged 20."
This grave has been the subject of j
many curious legends. It Ilea Just
outaide the Quaker Burying Ground,
and to keep it undisturbed it is pro
posed to enclose I? In a simple man
ner. Contributions for this most
worthy cause may be sent ta Miss
C. W G filet. IFohkiHc Inn.
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BETH IJN K NKWS NOTKS.
Happenings of Interest Ah Told Hy
Our Correspondent.
Bethune, S. C?, Feb, 1G~ - Miss Mar
guerite Davis was at homo to a few
of her friends at a card party Wed
nesday evening. Refreshments con
sisting of hot chocolate and wafers
were served. Those participating in
the pleasure of the evening were:
Misses Kathleen Clyburn, Mamie Lou
McDonald, Stella Bethune* Messrs.
I/enlie and I^eonel Best, Haskell Til
ler and Loring Davis.
Miss Mamie Lou McDonald; teacher
of third grade; was called to McBee
Thursday morning, her grandfather,
Mr. William So well of that place hav
ing' died the night before. The burial
was held at McBee Friday. Miss
Alene McDowell substituted In Miss
McDonald's absence.
Mrs. M. O. Ward and daughter,
Katherine, spent Saturday In Colum
bia.
Mrs. l/oonard Yarborough and chil
dren, of llartsville, were week-end
guests of relatives here.
A public meeting of the Calhoun
Literary Society will be held at tho
auditorium in the graded school
building Tuesday evening. A splen
did program has been arranged and
a good attendance is expected.
Miss Helen Pope Ward, of Cokcr
College, spent Sunday With her pa*
rents here.
Mrs. Frank Be.ahl and children, of
Chester, - are spending several days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Mays.
Miss Kathleen Clyburn spent the
week-end with relatives in Kershaw.
Prof. C). R. Bell made a business
trip to McColl Friday and Saturday.
Miffli Virginia Watts of Winthrop
College spent last week with her
mother, Mrs, Maude Watts.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Padgett spent
Sunday in Florence with the latter's
sister who is very ill In an infirmary
at that place.
.Mr. Ralph McCaskill, of Columbia,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J, A. McCaskill.
Mr. Lonnie McCoy, of Columbia,
was a visitor in town Sunday.
Messrs. J. H. Hughes, Mark King
and family of Neeses, were guests of
Mr. N. A. Bethune Tuesday. Messrs.
Hughes and King returned via Ker
shaw leaving Mrs. King and son fo^
several days' visit.
Mr. Percy Mays, who has a posi
tion with Nesbit and Wilapn Co., is
working several days of each week~?t
a branch office in Bishopville.
Drive to the Right.
A good citizen who owns a ear and
is a cpreful driver himself ? ever on
the alert for the safety and conven
ience of. others ? asked, us a few days
ago to request drivers of trucks and
wagons to use the same methods of
driving that is exacted of the auto
owners, and that is to always drive
to the right of the road. Now that
tho? streets are being paved it is caus
ing quite a bit of annoyance to auto
drivers both in meetihg and passing
heavy trucks an^ wagons on tho
streets most frequented by travel.
To Have Cake Sale.
Circle Number Four of the Pres
byterian C'hurch Auxiliary will have,
a cake sale .Saturday, February 17th,
at tin* Standard Grocery on Fast De
Kalb Street.
Death of Mr*. Frank McDowell.
Mrs. Lula McDowell, wife of J.
Frank McDowell, died at their home
in the Westville section at three
o'clock on last Saturday morning and
was buried in the Damascus ceme
tery at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
the funeral services being1 conducted1
by Rev. Wood row Ward, pastor of
the Damascus church, of which Mrs.
McDowell was a member.
Mrs. McDowell, who was before
miv:*riag?_? Miss Lula Moore, was H
years of age and for twenty years
had been a constant sufferer from
rheumatism. For the past six years
?die had been confined to her bed.
Prior to her illness she was an active
worker in the church, and her sweet
Christian spirit enabled her to bear
her affliction and suffering in per
fect resignation and without com
plaint. She was always considerate.
of others and as far as she could,
always stood ready to aid them when
ever" in her power to do so. Her
amiable disposition and friendly acts
won for her many friends, all of
whom sorrow at her death.
Mrs. McDowell is survived by her
husband and two daughters. Misses
Fannie Belle and Rebecca, who have
the sympathy of their friends in
their sad bereavement.- -Kershaw
Fro.
Washington'* Birthday.
Thursday of next week being
Washington's birthday a special din ?
nor followed by dancing will be givon
m the evenirig at the Kirk wood,
Gymkana races and polo will fill
the afternoon and the winter's guests
will be kept boay Celebrating ?be
birthday of the Father of his country