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My Minn Louise Nettle* fSLr ? T* J. Met With Mr*. Hallett. I The Tuewday evening bridge club let with Mr. and Mrs, |I. K. Hallett %is week. The substitutes were: [isst .s Clara Krumbhol*. Lucy Pom ro>% Frances Todd and tyr. Charlie ijlvpiguc. The acpre priatos wont to Ira, Randolph Kirkland . and Mr. alpli Shannon. After cards the hos jhh served a salad (''>111-^.^1 rfllln. [ml coffee. I l imrod Literary Society. There will be a public meeting of hf Timrod LiuAary Society on Fri ay evening:, April 20th, at 8 o'clock, i the grammar school auditorium, he best debater will receive a medal md the best declaimera will repre unt Camden in the State Oratorical Contest in Columbia. The following s the program: f)ebate: Resolved. That the pre?- ; ?nt tendencies in high school athletics j ire harmful. Affirmative. Negative. Cecil Wittkowsky, Basil Bruce Lawrence Jones. Morris Moguleseu. Instrumental - Selection ? Polly De Pass. Declamation? Elise Hardy. Declamation ? 'Margaret Hodges j Declamation? Gatewood Workman. Instrumental Selection ? Cordelia Johnson. Heading? Miriam Bruce. Declamation ? Jack Nettle*. Instrumental Selection ? Emily Wooten. Recitation ? -May Stockton Clark. Declamation ? Morris Moguleseu. Epworth League Pageant. "The Modern Prodigal" was^ por trayed in a pageant gi\Nm at the Methodist church last Sunday evening by members of the Epwortk League of that church. It wits p^ttily'H^rang <?(1 and all taking part carried" Strt their parts well. The church was well lilled with young people and many of rhe older people. Catholic Church Services. The services at Ihe'Cathotic church on Sunday, April 15th, will be as fol lows: Masses at 0:15 and 11 a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sermon on "The Gospel". All are cordially invited. Are You a MoVie Pest ? Or have you suffered from them? If you <lo any of these things, listed by a New York theatre-manager, you are a "movie pest1" and an annoyance -o all around you! People who read titles out loud. Gum chewers. , People who eat candy out of crack I ly paper bags. Mashers. Smart Alecks who applaud all the love scenes. Crying babies. Men who smoke. People who haven't changed their socks recently. People who hold up the line at the ticket window to count their phange. People who "horn in" afiead of their turn in line. People who kick the back of the seat, ahead of them. People who "have seen the picture, before" and tell about it. ? People who keep tin^' with the music with their feet. Majestic Theatre PROGRAM Today, April 13th. Carl Laemmle Presents House Peters with Virginia Valli and Josef Swickard in "THE STORM.'* A Universal Jewel. The greatest spectacular melodrama of the year. Admission 35c Children 15c Saturday, April 14th. Charlie Chaplin in "SUNNYSIDE." And L<wd Hamilton in "EXTRA ? EXTRA" And a Mermaid Corned v "HOLD TIGHT." Admission 25c. Children 1%. Monday, April 16th. Dorothy Dalton in a Paramount , Picture: "DARK SECRETS." With Robert Kilts. . ALSO PATHE WEEKLY NEWS. And TOPICS OF THE DAY. - Admission 25c. Children 15c. Tuesday, April 17th William- Fox Presents Shirley Ma son in - "YOURS VERY TRULY" An unusually delightful comedy drama. Also Charles Hutchinson and Lucy Fox in "SPEED." Admission 25c. Children 15c Wednesday, April 18th A Vitagraph Super-Special "The Son of Wallingford." With Winifred North, Tom Gallery and George Weddj A million dollar production that required seventeen miles of fllm to make. Admission 25c. r Children 15c. Thursday, , April 19th. The greatest comedy of the year; "Too Muck Business" With Edward Horton and Ethel Grey Terry and Tully Mar shall. You 11 enjoy kvery minute Admission 25c. Children 16c L,OCA& JtAPP&NZNGSl Miss Willie Alexander was a visi tor ?? Greenville this week. Mrs. L^eroy Wooteu has returned from a visit to Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wittkowsky spent "Thursday in Columbia. Miss Kllen Williams ia visiting her sister, Mrs, "Reddy" Met* at Camp Bragg, Kentucky. ^JKr.s. John Cantey, of Orangeburg, w visiting at the home of her siBter, Mrs. James Burns. ;t Misses Mattie Gerald and Ida Kib? hie were visitors at Magnolia Gnrdem the past week end. Mrs. Robert K. Allen, after a sev eral weeks' visit to home folks has returned, to her home in New York. ' Mr. *nd Mrs. W. T. Stewart .after ?spending six weeks, in Camden have reti^rmd to their home in Philadel phia. Miss Harriet Nelson, who has been ' making her home in, Hartsville has returned to Camden for an extended visit. Miss Olive Khame, who has been in Charleston for the past ~ month, on account of sickness, has returned home. Mrs. Leslie Zcmp and Mrs. Frank Zemp have returned to Camden after upending sometime in Charleston with relatives. I)r. W. J. Dunn is in Baltimore undergoing treatment at John Hop kins. His many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. t Mr, Stephen Lewis' Clyburn, of the j United States navy, is spending some [ time here with his parents, Mr. and r Mrs. J. H. Clyburn. , Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy and Miss Lucy Pomeroy,; charming members of the tourist colony, left last night for their home in Pitts burg, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. James Burns and chil dren and Miss Dorothy Burns left last Wrednesday afternoon for a visit to the Magnolia Gardens. The trip was mode by motor. Miss Margaret Mills, Miss Kathar ine Wallace and Gatewood Workman represented the Camden Christian Endeavo;/ in the State Convention which met in Florence last week. Mt. and Mrs. John R. Todd aTid Miss Frances Todd, popular members of the tourist colony, left for. their northern home, Thursday morning, The^' motored through to Richmond. v Misses Nancy Lindsay, Mary Black well, Ernestine Bateman and Joseph ine Alexander motored to Columbia Thursday for a three days visit and will attend the Teachers State Con vention. , .Manager I. W. Dickson, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, is spending a vacation of a few weeks in northern cities. "Mr. E.i L. Hough is filling his position while he/is awav. Messrs. J. S. Hammond, E. J. Brown and T. J. Bass, of Latta, mo tored over to Camden Monday after noon to attend the meeting of the Masonic chapter. Mr. Hammond for merly lived in Camden. Mr. J. L. Hinson, of JLugoflf, has been named as a delegate from Lu gofT to the 11th annual good roads convention to be held at Greenville, S. C., April 36 to 21. Mr. Hinson as a member of the county board of commissioners has ul ways' shown his approval and interest in good roads and the people of LugofF are glad of his selection. Mr. Arnold W. Rabon.'of Valdosta, Ga., has been in Calhden the past week the guest of Mr. M. C. West and other friends. Mr. Rabon left Camden in 1888 to make his home in the Geor gia city and is now a well known merchant there. lie says the farmers of his county are still making cotton despite the boll weevil by plantinc" early. They were preparing to chop cotton when he left home. He says South Georgia is rapidly recovering from the ravages of the weevil. Exchange To Close. The Woman's Kxchange will close on Saturday, April 14th, and all per sons having goods unsold are request ed to call for same. The steamship Lusitania left South hampton, England, on Saturday, bringing a party of 230 American millionaires who are returning home after becoming tired of touring Eu rope. Billy Sunday Tabernacle Columbia, S. C. Friday, May 4th BROWN & PROPST Presents The World's Foremost Prima Donna "Soprano*'1' GALLI-CURCI Assisting Artists: MAM EI. BERENGUER, Flutist HOMER SAMUELS, Pianist Order Your Tickets Now. Every body is Going. Price in Auditorium $3, $2.50, $2.00 $1.30, $1.00. Chorus Stand Seats $2.00, $1J>0 ? Plus Tax. Seat Sale opens at the Columbia Theatre Bo* Office on Monday, April 23, Mail Qrder^ Phono ?499, ~ ~ SLICK NECiRO SWINDLBR. Works Colored Men of Camden For Automobile Stock. A brown skinned negro mini, sa?a to bo about. -15 yesr* of agio, and a , fluent talker, giving the name of l. A. I lemidon, was in Cumdon about ten days ago and succeeded in fleecing Home, of the Camden colored citizens out of1 considerable cash and hns not been heard from since. , II** was riding in a "HcaddoV1 car, travelling in gopd style with his own driver, ami ? was well dressed, ilu ex hibited what purported to be certifi ; cates of stock in the "lieaddon Motor Co.," of Illinois, and urged the sale because it was owned, operated and controlled by colored people, lieaddon* claimed Carthage, N. C., as his home and claimed that he was an expert avis tor mechanic, having served in the workl war and gradu ated from a French motor school. From all accounts he had a fine line ] I to hand out to his prospective buyers and many fell for it while others were, skeptical. It is said thHt the same man has recently worked Sumter and Sumter1 county and no doUbt ha* moved on to new pastures. An inquiry at the state department by some of iho colored citiaens brought the statement that no such man had been granted a license to sell stock in this state. 1)IFJ) ON GOLF LINKS. Pennsylvania Railroad Official Passes Suddenly in Camden. John G. Rodgers of Chicago,, vice president of the Pennsylvania rail-, road, died suddenly Wednesday at 2:40 o'clock on the golf course of the Camden Country Club. He was one of a threesome wrth Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy and K. A. Bell, both of Buf falo, and had just begun to. play for tht* third hole when stricken with a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers haul been here for several weeks. f ? Funeral arrangements have not been completed hut' it was announced as probable that interment will take place in Dayton, Ohio. A special car was sent here Thursday by the Penn sylvania railroad. Mr. Rodgers is survived by his wife and four children, one of whom is a student at Princeton univofsity. After the Bootleggern. The city police force have been ac tive against bootleggers for the past few weeks and have been successful in making several captures. The latest was the capture of "Tobe" Kirkland, r.n old offender, who has been in the toils before. Kirkland was caught with a fruit jar while in the act of de livering it to a customer. Dance at Kirkwood Tomorrow Night. The spring dance, Saturday even ing. April 14th, will attract a large number to the Kirkwood Hotel. There are still a number of guests both at the Kirkwood and in the cottages and at the other hotels. Several dinner parties will precede the dance. , GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of Interest Gathered Fron\ Many Sources. Carrie Cody, aged 4, died in Union Thursday. The result of burns sus; tained by the explosion of a mugie lantern setting her clothes on fire. The father of the child and two other children also received bad burns. The Arlington, one of the largest winter hotels at Hot Springs, Ark., was destroyed by fii'e Friday after noon with a loss of approximately $1,500,000. The 500 guests of the hostelry escaped with their lives, but most of them lost their ^aggage. . Lieutenant B. E. Gates, army pilot, made a forced landing from a height of 9,300 feet over the Sierra Blnnca mountain range, Texas, Thursday, when his gasoline supply became ex hausted. ' He had a passenger with him in the perilous descent. John Blackwell Cobb, 'former vice president of the American tobacco company, was found dead in his pull - man stateroom on the arrival of his train at the Pennsylvania station yes terday on his way home to New York after having spent tht4 winter at Hot Springs, Arkansas. His death is thought to have been due to heart failure. By an order of the Interstate Com - merce commission the American Kail way Express company in to establish joint service with the Southeastern Express company for better handling of express business in southern ter ritory. The steple of Main Street Meth odist church in Greenwood apparently is the favorite nesting place of barn owls and C ? . H. Mutwon today captured one of the birds on a nest in the steeple. -Last fall, boys wb<? climbed into the tower captured five, of the big owls. The owl captured by Mr. Hutson was larger than a rabbit hawk. The five egg* io the nest were carefully saved by Mr. Hutson nnd ) laced under a chicken hen. He is ooking forward with - interest to the Inn's reaction when she fees her -strange brood. The owls captured last fall Were bought by TI7 J. Brinson, proprietor of the Oregon Hotel, who plans to have them stuffed nnd mounted when the.y have reached adult owl hood and full development. Activities of Women. Though she is only 22 years of age. Miss Grace Haskins has the distinction of being one of the most successful movie producer* in the United States. The San Francisco National I/caguc for Women's Service has purchased property in that city upon which they will erect a $1,000,000 club house. In London the ratio of unroarrk*! females to 1,000 unmarried malea has increased from 1,138 to 1,287 in tte* age group of 20 to 29, and from 1 ,413 to in the * age group of 30 to 39. \ ?. To Arrive Soon ;i . 1 i ? \ ; - ' ' j pnc carload of "^lack, , Strap" Molasses. To be uaed in mixing with Cal cium Arnenate for pois oning Holl Weevil^, Will make an attractive price on barrels upon arrival at Camden depot. See us at once. Mackey Mercantile Company Former Camden Woman Bereaved. The following notice wan clipped from the Seal Beach, California, Pont of Thursday, March 29th, and will be read with interest here, as Mrs. Whit tington was born and reared in Cam den. She was before her marriage Miss Carrie Osteon, a Histor of Mrs. W. (J. Wilson i*nd Mrs. Rivera Alex ander. In early girlhood she married and went to California to lryj, but stfl has many friends in her home town who will regret to hear of her sorrow. "B. K. Whittington, for many years j a resident of Seal Beach and a for mer city marshal, passed away Thursday morning, March 22, at thtf Orange County hospital alter an ill ness of several months. Funeral services were held Saturday after noon at Marcel's undertaking chapel in Long Beach, Rev. Taylor, pastor of the Seal Beach Methodist church, of ficiating. "Mr. Whittington was one of the best known Citizens of this city. His health commenced failing while he was holding the office of city marshal, which position he, resigned that he might try a change of climate. A few months ago he and his family went to Banning hoping that the desert ail' might benefit him. They recently came back to Seal Beach and shortly afterward his condition became such that he was talcen to the hospital where he passed away last Thursday. The sympathy of this entire commun ity goes out to Mi's. Whittington and the bereaved children." Kingstree special to the News and ! Courier: There are a number of women in Kingstree who are sadder, but wiser, from having been "stung" by a fraudulent attempt to sell them silk hosiery from the mills at prices that would have tempted the money out of almost any woman's pocket. An individual, who called himself Jackson came along about the last of Janu ary.* He exhibited samples of^silk stockings in two different prices, either six pairs for $5, or six pairs for $10, and he showed one or fwo 1 sample nail's, but apologized for hot having his full case. Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York is to be one of the "dark horses" of the democracy in 15)24. Wants-For Sale WANTED.? -Reliable* men to sell Watkins products in South Carolina territory. 'If interested write or wire. *P. H. Preston, DeSoto Hotel, Columbia, S. C. 2-f>pd. LOST ? One dehorned white-face steer. Anyone taking it up and reporting to me will be suitably rewarded. Address Henry Savage, Camden S. C. 2tf WANTKl) ? An active partner who will buy half interest in and man age a well established paying busi ness. Splendid opportunity for the right man. For particulars apply to P. (). Box \.V',t Camden, S. C. 2pd FOR SALE ? Three fine Rhode Island Red roosters, nine months old, thor oughbreds. Address J. C. Whita ker, 114 Union St., Camden S. C. 2pd FOR SALE ? Delta Type long staple cotton seed. Apply L. .1. Whitaker, Camden. S. C. 2pd REWARD? F or return of pair of eye glasses lost Tuesday evening on Main or York street, h inder leave at Camden Chronicle office. if-.*Ip:i FOR SALE.? Young cows, fresh in , milk. From $30 to $75. H. -J. Mc Manus, Bethune, S. C., R 2. l-4pd FOR SALE ? 10 acres good land* six miles from Camden. Fine stream, some timber. $1,000.00; easy terms. R. M. Kennedy,* Jr., or R. E. Stevenson, Camden, S. C. 49 tf EtiGS ? for setting. Ferris 287-.'iOO strain White Leghorns. Finest lay ers known. $1.50 for 15, $K per 100. R. M. Kennedy, Jr. , Camden, S. C. 1 tf-sb WANTED.? No. 1 Pine logs 12" and up in diameter. We pay CASH and the highest market prices and will take your logs the year round. Write or call us before selling vour pine logs. THE ZICKGRAF CO., Denmark, S. C. 52-3cb FOR SALR. ? Choice flower planta, standard varieties of summer btoommfl*x sorts. Tomato, egg plant} and pepper plants now ready. A p pTy W hater Green OoaserVatoiwf. (7- ?? f ' Stop a Minute! Each and every ingredient in Royal Baking Powder is wholesome. You would not hesitate to use any one of them by itself. Will the baking powder you use stand this test f1 * v Read the ingredient clause on the label and decide for yourself. I&eileisag IWiler Made from Cream of Tartar derived from grapes ' ' HI ? Contains No Alum ? Leaves No Bitter Taste , B. H.^Baum, Mgr., Camden, S. C, FOB SALE CHEAP? Pur? bred I>u 1 r Ot Jersey sow, about o n? year old, j fine how tor brooding'. Apply at j -The Chronicle Office. ? ?' . i FOR SALE.-"? One tract of land at j Knight's Hill, Kershaw County, j containing 2o 3-^4 acres, including ; mill pond, cotton gin, machinery, i ;uid a water wheel; also another tract at Knight's Hill containing <11 "S I1 acres, containing dwelling house, barns, etc. Apply to L. A. ? Wlttkowsky, Attorney, Camden, S. \ S. ?1S tf i WANTED ? An Industrious, ' capable ; man, UvftUy-livo to fifty years of , age in Kershaw County to han- j die local Jrcade delivering1 Unw- 1 h igh's Good Health Products direct to home. Largest, best, fastest selling line. Products on time, low est wholesale, no advance in prices. ?*" No experience, practically no capi tal needed. We teach ypu to man age your own permanent, profitable system. Largest, strongest Com pany, gives most co-operation. Write age, occupation, feferences. 'W. T. liawJeigh Co., Dept. 1767, Memphis, Tenn. f>0-2 sb V R O S T I' It O O F VEGETABLE PLANTS ? For immediate ship ment, extra fine stocky plants, Ear ly Jersey, Charleston Wakefield, .Succession, Flat Dutch cabbage, Big Boston, Ie? berg -Lettuce, Bermuda Onion plants, Early Beets, White Plume Celery. All frostproof. Pre paid* mail: 200, 60e) 100, $1.00; 1000, $2.00. Uy express: 2000, $2.fiOU 5000, $6.00; 11,000, $10.00. PARKER F Ail MS, Atlanta, Ga. WANTED ? Men ami wopien to take orders for genuine guaranteed ho siery tor -nreri, women, and children. . Eliminaton darning. Salary $75 h v.ock full time. $1,50 an hour spare time. Beautiful Spring Una., Inter national Stocking Mills,- Norn* town, Pa. ( 47-3 ?b WANTtyp ? i In rd\Vood ibgL Wo pay highest <*a?li price for Choice Ash, Poplar. Cypress and White Oak logs of standard specification. delivered to .Sumter ]?y- mil or truck. We buy logs twelve months in the year ami jrlve i (inference to lowers equipoped to brill*; in a steady supply. What have you to offer? Sumter HaitJ wood (Jo-, Sumter, S. C. 38 tf Kodakers Send your films to us n'nd get the best results ? from your snap shots. Write for price list. Lollar's Studio 1-123 Alain St. Columbia, S. C. WANTED: RESIDENCES FOR RENT We are having some inquiries for homes for next season and would like to have listings of all desira bl e residences for rent next season. CAMDEN .REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE ?We Sell Lots" Phone 22(\ Office Bruce Building EXPERT A I TO ENGINE REPAIRMEN look after (.-very motor job that COmcs u>l<> this *hop. We would not entrust the repairs on your engine to any other than highly skilled and paid specialists,? \V\; have every facility for turning out high grade reliable work prompt ly. Burrier's Garage iiroari .Street Phone 26 WHEN IN NEED of flowers send us your order. We have a complete line of cut flowers and potted plants at all times. Flowers delivered to any part of the United States by wirr. CAMDEN FLORAL CO. PHONE 19a Camden - ? ^ ? 1 1 C