Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/dciety Hy MIhh Louise Nettles Ciirrison- Wait* \Y edding Cards. Mr. and Mrs. Henry George Carri-' .s?ii have issued invitations to the jnnrriago. of their daughter, Eliza beth, to Major Sumner Waite, Infan cy United States Anuy, on Wednes day, the seventh of November at st>ven o'clock in the evening at Grace Episcopal church. A reception will follow the ceremony at the Garrison home on Broad street. ! ,Mi > ( un ison is a young woman of distinctive charm and beauty. She was tujycatcd at Sweetbriar, Virginia; St. Ma.vy's North Carolina and the Co luml'iji University, graduating^ from t ho last two institutions with honors. Returning in the autumn of last year from an Kuropean tour 6he spent one season in Southern society where sh? enjoyed enviable popularity. Major Waite is a native of Maine iukI is now stationed at Camp Ben ninjj, Columbus, Ga. He has a wide circle of friends in Army and social circles. ? To Meet With Mrs. Richards. There will be an important meeting of the Winthrop Chapter at the home of tht- president, Mrs. J. G. Richards, Jr., ?>n Monday afternoon,, October 22wi, at 4.30 o'clock. Ail Winthrop Daughters are requested to be pres ent whether they have joined this or ganization "of hot. Mrs. Villepigue Hostess. The Thursday afternoon bridge club was charmingly entertained last week by Mrs. John M. Villepigue. A pro fusion of early autumn bloom added to the attractiveness of the rooms The substitutes were : Mrs, .Ct>rq,?C. Annum, Miss Charlotte Shannon Miss Elizabeth Carrison. After cai'jis the hostess served a salad courfee with coffee. An Old Button, j t \ j . Mr. J. I'. Moore was showing (is yesterday an old button picked up in: a cotton field near the Quaker cemetef y one day this week. It evidently catfie from the uniform of some British sol dier, As it had the British crown with the letters 'R. P." ther^n^ey,^ l4ajt' far away from where the button wps found can be seen breastworks bi^lt ? during Revolutionary timps.y, ? . ? : ? . ? Horace Carter, forty years old, git>, of Walkertown was^ fcpken /ram, two officers near the King and QueJjn county court house, near Richmond, Virginia, and shot to death by a party of about ten persons. The negro was being taken to jail charged -with at tacking a white woman. The business block in' : AWevi^le known as the old Ashton corner was badly damaged" by flames- Sujiday. lie,, Io.s.n was estimated at three to fo?ur thousand dollars. : i ? During the recent flight elithe.giant Bailing bomber at St. Loi^is from - Dayton, Ohio, one of the fliers shayed himself while traveling at tfcp ratejof ninety miles an hour. He usedj a straight razor and said the,, ajrship., rode as smoothly as. a Piillifr&it. }' ? ? ? ? fi-.. f'OR KENT ? To couple without cHO dim, two unfurnished roomp for, light housekeeping. All c'dnvin irnces. Address P. O. Box" 280, Camden, S. C. ? t :? 20p4 Majestic Theatre Programme luday, Friday, October 19th W illiam DeMille Production "ONLY 38" ith May McAvoy, Lois Wilflon, Kiiictt Dexter, and George fawc<t, AIho a New Round of IMF LEATHER PUSHERS" Admission 35c-*-15c > \Tl RDAY. OCTOBER ZOth Stewart in a Universal At i rnction : M '.riRE OF THE MOUNTED" \ M or maid Comedy ?BACKFIRE" Wid "HAUNTED V ALLEY." Admission 25c ? 15c MONDAY. OCTOBER 22nd ? William Fox Presents WHO ARE MY PARENTS" Story by "Mr. X." W'ith All-Star Cast. \LSO PATHE NEWS Admission 25c ? 15c TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd Jack Holt in a New Paramount Picture : A (iRNTLEM AN OF LEISURE" Also a Rolin Comedy. Admission 25c? 15c WKDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24th Pola Negri In "MAD LOVE." With All-Star Supporting C*<1 n l/oy4 Clomwly Admission 25c ? 15c | ? ? 1 ? Thursday, october 2Sth, Katherlne MacDonald In THE SCARLET LILLY" - AdmiMion 25c ? 15c PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Dorothy Burns spoilt lu:<;t week end in Sumter. Mr. ami Mrs. h. 1), Hlukeney .spent Wednesday in Columbia. l)r. kdwin Muller is attending tho I .! esbyterian Synod in Spartanburg, Mrs. William Shannon is leaving this week for Columbia where she will spend the winter. Miss Olive Whittredgo who has been spending the summer in the north has returned to Camden. Miss Mary Blackwell, teacher in the Camden High School, spent the past week end at her home in Kershaw. Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley Wat kins, of Columbia, were visitors here last week end. ? Mrs. Julia Long Knapp, .who has been spending thev summer at White Plains, N. \ tJ litis returned to Cam den. . , . Mr. and Mrs. YV. II. Harris, of Pitts burg, are down for the winter and ara occupying their home on North FaL street. Mrs. J. M. Heath has, gone to Tam pa, 1' lorida, for a three months stay I with her daughter, Mrs. Vernon Mc Dowell. Miss Sarah Lewis who is attending Coker College at Hartsville, spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. (\ R, Lewis. Miss Kate Watkins, a student at Coker College, spent the past weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Watkins. Dr. and Mrs. John W. Corbett and their daughter, Mrs. Robert Marye, have moved, into their handsome new hi/me on Lyttleton street. Mr. and Mrs. Newton C. Boykin, who have been spending the summer at Quoque, New York, have returned to Camden for the winter. Mr. ajid Mrs. A. S. Paine left yes terday for Boston to attend the Na tional Textile Show to be held in the Mechanics building in that city. Mrs. H. M. Sill returned Wednes day from Montreat, N. C., where she has been spending the summer. She will occupy her home on north Lyt tlet6n street. Mrs. Karl Foster, of Boston, is a visitor at the home of: Mrs. Julia Long Knapp. Miss A?- Hearn,- of Hartford, Conn., is also a guest of Mrs. -Knapp. t ftlrs. S. Stanbury Brady and family, ?of ..jRuxton, Maryland, are spending the winter in Camden occupying a cottage formerly occupied by Mr. E. ii; Wooten and family. * Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Graham, who have been spending the summer at ^tibque, New York, are down for the winter and are occupying their home on North Lyttleton street. ... Mrs. K. G. Whistler is the owner of. One of the handsomest new cars seen here in some time. It is a dark ma roon Studebaker, with all of the com forts and conveniences added. Mr. J. Ferris McDowell, of Raleigh, trpent the week end -in Camden. He Was accompanied on the return trip as far as Charlotte by his father, Mr. L. McDowell, who * returned to Camden Monday morning. Mr. F. E. Coursen and family, of Stockbridge, Mass., have rented the property of Mrs. W. M. Shannon, on Rectory Square and will occupy it this winter. "* Mr. Coursen and family arc on their way down now and will reach Camden next week. They are making the trip by automobile. Fifty-two Advertisers.' Again this week it takes twelve pages to take care of the heavy ad- . vertising patronage of The Chronicle. The people of this section have been wonderfully good to The Chronicls during the past few years and that is a fact of which the management of the paper is very proud. Last Thurs day afternoon was the first week in many months in which the paper fail ed to get to its city subscibers calling at the postoffice late Thursday after noon, and from the number of in quiries at this office as to why the paper was late is pretty good indica ticr< to u r? thcit the pup^r is spprcci? ted. The delay last week was occa sioned by the fact that we had an un usually heavy demand upon our ad vertising space at the last moment. Wall street, New York banking houses have found it neccssary to substitute ex-policemen and ex-fire men for the boys who have for years been doing the messenger service for their banks, their principal duties be ing the transportation of moneys and valuable papers from one hank or brokerage house to another. The change has been brought about by the large number of holdups in which boy messengers have been robbed. Greenwood county farmers have shipped 70.000 pounds of tobacco thin season, raised on about a hundred acres. It was shipped to Timmoni vitle, Florence county, for sale. Babe Kuth of the New York Yan kees, knocked two home-runs in last Thursday'* game of the worid series, the first time that any batter has ever done the trick ? two coroplate circuits in two tUnea at bat in the tame world > ? ? ? . \ f ? ? , ? * GREATEST POWER IN WORLD (?! u-'- !!.'?'?< Opinion Is tho Lever Which Make* Possible All Movements for World'? Uplifting. Columbus dlseo\erod Amerku, but Amcricus Yespucius described it and us a result the continent hears tho mum* of t lit* historian rather than that of the discoverer, M. s. rittman of Michigan Stutt* Normal college, Ypsl l*i 11 1 i, Mich., told the Nallniinl Kducu tli>n association. "i'oinenlun, that great educator ??f tho Seventeenth I'i'iitury, put his thoughts Into written form, but he lacked a suitable press agent, and In ; consequence education lost two cen turies of possible progress," said Doc tor rittman. 'TuMleity Is the trall ?hnzer which discovers and murks the put lis along which civilisation may march with safety. It Is the agency by which an established civilization makes known its virtues and Its bloss Ings. "The thesis, The pen is mightier than the sword, was once debatable, but not since the art of publicity has been so highly developed. Organised opinion Is the world's greatest power, and publicity is the creator of public opinion. Educational publicity, then, ' Is the trail-blazer, the llgnt-glver, the radio, tho opinion maker, the war ma chine of educational progress. ? Ex change. ?' HAIL-SHOOTING NOT FEASIBLE 8cheme That Was Widely Heralded Some Few Years Ago Has Gone Into the Discard. Statements Appear at Intervals In the press heralding new ways of mak ing' rain, preventing rain or fog, or forestalling the disastrous effects of storms. These Ideas are not new. Ten years or more ago certain countries in Europe were thrown into excitement, reflected 1n their newspapers, ovej; the possibility of a scheme called hail shooting. It was believed that by shooting bombs into the air before an oncoming storm it could be dissipated, thus averting consequent destruction to crops fro:;; or hull. Conirsry to the opinions of the best meteorolo gists a good deal of money was spent In experimenting with ball-shooting, but little Is ever heard of it now. Distribution of Rainfall. Presence or absence of dust particle? to the atmosphere does not, in the opinion of meteorologists, have any thing to do with the distribution7 of rainfall. As a rule, far more dust par ticles are present in the atmosphere everywhere )han would he essential, were the dust hypothesis correct, to bring about abundance of precipitation. On the other hand, enormous quanti ties of rainfall occur over the oceana where thdre Is least dust. Some places in the Hawaiian Islands have an an nual rainfall exceeding 500 Inches, and yet the air Is nearly dust free. The most dust In the atmosphere, except near Industrial cities, occurs over dry and semi-arid regions. Railroads Have Best ?f It. Assemblyman A. F. Johnson of Chau tauqua, states : V "Back In 1800," he explains, "a law was passed which required railroads and traction lines to cut the Canada thistles, dandelions and other weeds atang their right of way. Labor was cheap then and the law provided that If a railroad failed to do the work the farmer could employ a man to cut the weeds and Mil the railroad at the rate of $3 a day. "Now with labor charging $3 and $0 a day the companies in many cases And it cheaper to' let the farmer do the work. My bill would allow the farmer to charge the road a day if he has the work done." ? New York Sun. Crown Jewels Cause Argument. The crown Jewels of the late Em peror Carl of Austria, valued at $750, 000, were the subject rei-ently of a lawsuit In the Swlps courts. The Jewels were attached by two Jewelers, one from Frankfurt and the other from Paris, who claimed they had not received their full commission. The Swiss Judge dismissed the case with costs and the Jewels are to re main in a Swiss bank until their ownership hps been established. Both ex-Empress Zlta. widow of Carl, and the Hungarian government are con cerned In the final disposal of the gems. When I was going to church in the country, I fell deeply In love with the minister's daughter, writes a corre spondent. After the sermon one eve ning I asked her If f could take her home, nnd \>as promptly told I could. I had Just brought the horses out of the church stable when I met tny father. He asked where I was going, and when I told him that I was taking the min ister's daughter home, he said : "After you have me home you may come hack for the minister's daugh ter!" That ended iny first love, affair. David hns been teasing for monthn to own a do/, but I have put him off, aw I dreaded the trouble. But I hadn't the heart to refuse when be nnld : "Mother. It will never seem like I've been a little boy unless I ha\e a dog gie. " ? Kxcha n ge. Something ?*? look Forward To. Mrs. Blnks ? Everything we have In the house Is *0 old It in shabby. Rinks ? Have a Utile patience, my dear. Wh<*n they get n little older they will be antique. ? Boston Tran script. ~w Daddy Came First. The Boy and His Pup. HURT BY BURSTING FUNGUS ; gxploding Puffball C*u?e of Somewhat Unusual Accident at Valeiwonnaa, F ranch City. At Yulenclemieb. France, two people have been rendered so ill by the burst ing of a giant fungus that I nodical aid wu* required. The fungus was a huge puffball (Calvatla), a species whh'h Is often considerably larger than a man's head. The fungus which was growing In the wainscoting of n workman's cottage suddenly burst open releasing enormous numbers of spores. An Idea of the vast quantities of'* spores pro* duceil by these puffballs may be gath ered from the fact that one specimen examined at the Birmingham univer sity, England, wan calculated to have produced no less than 7,tKX),(KKMHK),(KK), Many puft'halls release their spores through a small opening at the' top, but the Calvatla spilt right open more or lens suddenly. The spores of these fungi have an Intensely irritating ef fect on the lining of the nose and throat and It can be believed that the sudden bursting of a large Calvatla In a small apartment would have most unpleasant effects. Formerly, we now learn, the spores of pulThalls were used In place of snuff, seeing that a small pinch would bring on the most violent sneezing. The Calvatla often turns up In most unexpected places and will grow where there Is any damp material like rot ting wood or suitable soil and moss. ? Scientific American. PLAYGOER SOUNDS A WARNING Like' a Great Many of Us, He It Tired of Stage Scene That Hae Been Overdone. Tin Just like you, I'm getting fed up on all these who-flred-the-ahot-in the-dark plays. You know : the stage blots out ? there's a hang ? and when the lights flash on again, the old - rulser ? Yes, that's It. And then we have to giiesa who flred the shot. J always go at the thing logically ana analytically. The miser, I pre mise, has heen shot. Then I proceed : who shot him? Hut that leaves me with the problem: who Is who? So I recapitulate and, to throw hew light on the thing, restate the whole prob lem; was he shot by whom? Or Is It who? And who Is who? But that's the same "who Is who" I had before. Or whom? No, no; whom was It shot who by ? ; And at that stage I always give up cold ratiocination and settle back to wait till the playwright confesses. By Ime I don't much care who killed tft# ghastly mlsqr anyway. Nor does < a ay ope else. And yet for almost three .8<wid~ hours, - they <n\ntlnue ? " But, as I say, I'm fed up. And ? the next tlme^-l give fnlr warning ? the very next time they provoke me by that stunt of turning out the lights at the critical moment, they're never going to And ouf who shot the old miser. I'm going trf shoot him myself. ? O. R.. In L,!fe. ^ < Needles* 1 6 Say. I had been married but a short time and was keeping house In a strange town when the minister called early one evening. T had been away from home for a few days and had neglected to dust the house upon my return. As It was almost dusk when my caller arrived, I hoped he would leave before It be came necessary to turn on the lights. But as It grew darker and darker, un til finally we could scarcely distin guish any article in the room, I ex cused the darkness by saving the con nection had not been made In that room. Just as the minister declared he must be going my husband returned unexpectedly from town, and, turning on the light as he entered the room, exclaimed, "Why all the darkness?" That' minister never saw me among his congregation after that.? -Chicago Tribune. Defining Its Status. Senator Jarnes W. Wadsworth of New York tells this story In the New York Herald ; "Some years ago the army appropriation bill carried a rider providing for the retirement, with full pay, of a certain brigadier-general. The rider was opposed by some members of the senate, chiefly because It was spe cial legislation. It <*sused considerable discussion. "Hoke Smith, then !n iho from Georgia, finally made a point of order against the rider. "Thomas It. Marshall, who was vice president, was In the chair and asked Senator Smith to state the point of or der. " 'It Is general legislation,' Senator Smith declared. " 'Overruled !' snapped Vice Presi dent Marshall; 'It Is brigadier-general legislation.' " Radio Crooks' Nemesis. The Installation of rndlo receiving apparatus by police departments of various cities Is gradually forming a network of communication that will undoubtedly prove to be a mighty factor In the apprehension of law breakers. 'Hie more Important points on the border of the United States, Canada and Mexico are now well linked by the new means of communi cation. x French RadU A decree of the French government provides th??t each owner of a receiv ing set shall pay 10 francs as an an nual fee. keep secret all Intercepted messages and cease operations wh mm tfce government m instructs. - --gf ? TRIP AROUND THIS WORM). Ri?> Paul V, Homar, Former Pautor, To Take His Family Alonu. Wv clip the following from the Car oltna Citizen, an it will be of interest to a wide circle of friends' in Camden, where Mr. and Mrs Homar are still lovingly remembered. The Camden Haj>tist church was Mr Homar's first pastorate, and they spent the first years of their married life hero, where he ami his charming wife enjoyed wide popularity Rev, Paul V. Homar, of Marion, Ala., formerly of Spartanburg, with Mrs. Homar and his two sons, Paul P., Jr., and John E, Homar, will leave in a few days for a trip around the world which will take about a y mi. They yHii go fust to ? uiKi* and visit Mi . Homar's danght .1, Mctl . I *?u'sa Green, whose husband is a missionary in that country, and after spe;ulimv sometime there, will ?ra,el leisurely through other countries, always go ing westward, and will reach the United States about this time next year. They plan to vjsif their rel atives here after the conclusion of theil- trip. Dr. Homar is a native of Spartan* burg, and is an older brother of Horace L Homar. He has been in the llaptist ministry for a number of years and is recognised as one of < the strongest preachers in the denomina tion in the south. He was pastor of the Baptist church at Marion, Ala., for a number of years, and was called to the presidency of Judson College, at that place, about fifteen years ago, succeeding Dr. J. H. Patrick, another South Carolinian. His health became impaired about a year ago ami he re signed the presidency, but the Irua tees prevailed upon him to remain for at least. tfnot her year. Early this year they"offered him a year's leave of absence, with pay, but he insisted that his resignation be accepted, ex plaining that the college was growing: and needed fo'r president a man who KEEPS CHILDREN WELL AND STRONG FOK children who aro woak aimI thin Pepto>Mang?n it* the ideal tonic, It contains tho iron they need for pure blood, bodily tinergy, and Ann, solid llosh. At this season every child will bonoflt by taking it. At your druggist's, in liquid and tablet form, Fr*i? Trial TmKIpU T? ** for viluu uf Oh?U''h lHiuio-lluii||?i), \vriiu toxUy for KflK'iou . Tilul l'm k-H'.- 4.1" TnMftit, Stfllil Ho roonoy ju*t tttttlVO h ltd udtlrcA.-t t<? M. J. lirvlteiibarh Co., 03 Warruu at., N. Y. Gude's peptoj^angan Tonic and Blood Enricher could giv?> his whole time ami" enthu siasm to it, which would ho impos sible for a man as ailing president. Tho trustees thereupon regretfully accepted his ^oaignation, and ho began making plarts for a long cherished .trip around the world. l>r. Ilomar's resignation us presi dent of the college was received with the keenest regret by the college of ficials and by the citizens of Marion. Several weeks a go the citizens pre sented him with a handsome silver service, the trustees of the college presented him with a check for a thousand dollars, and the col logo fac ulty presented him with a purse con taining $155 in gold, every member of the faculty contributing a gold piece. Mr. Uoinar's friends are hop ing he may decide to locate in Spar tanburg. He has a host of relative^ and friends in this section, as has Mrs. Bomar, who was a Miss Carlo, a sister of Haylis T. Earle. Miss Evangeline Puff is seeking the mayoralty nomination in West Hobo ken, N. J. Needs No Breikmst In Linger Wear Grufer Comfort You have probably concluded, that to be tough and durable a shoe must be uncomfortable. Ybii have a new sense of satisfaction coming with your first pair of Weyenberg Comflex "All Solid Leatker" shoes. 1 If you want work shoes that will wear longer, that will be comfortable and flexible, that will protect your feet and your health-get Weyenberg's Comflex with the double-tan soles ? we sell them because they offer ourcus tomers, at a moderate price, the best service that can be bought at any price. WILSON'S 936 Broad Street For cleaning, pressing, altering, repairs CALL THE EVER READY PRESSING CLUB 0 ? t ax r i e n I r n 11 jl I 5 " J. # Prompt Service, Reasonable Price 859 BROAD STREET CAMDEN, S. C. Special Six Weeks Offer Daily and Sunday N E W SAND CO V R IE R BILLY SUNDAY'S Meetings com- 1 nence at Charleston November 4th and will continup for six weeks. $1 The News unci Courier will carry his sermons in full and "comptctr details of a)) meeting*. If you are not a subscri ber send us $1.00 and The Ne^s and Courier will be sent to you for the full six weeks of his campaign. It is important that you place your order now to avoid missing any of. hi* sermons. **?. ? ? ' *-? . ? e- ? ,7v. .? .* "T_ ?% ?i~ ?