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BBTHUNK NKWS NOTKH. Happening** of Interest Am Told Hy Our Correspondent. Bcthune, S. C., Jan, 23.? Mrs, W. A. Peach, living just east <?f Beth'unc, died Sunday morning at three o'clock, after several days illness. She wan about UK years of ago and leaves a husband and three small children, one ?f whom is an infant. The funeral was held in the Scotch cemetery. Rev. J. M. Forbis, pastor of the deceased, conducting. Mrs,. Peach before hor marriage was Miss Sallie Kozier and in survived by hev father, Mr. Wil liamson Kozier, two sisters, Misses Bessie and Alice, and three brothers, Messrs. W. K. Kozier of this place, Martin Kozier of Cassatt, and Allen Rozier of N<*rf?lk, Va. Mr. Alex Brown, an old Confederate veteran living north of here died Sat urday. He had been in feeble health and his death \pas not unexpected. The third number of the Lyceum wilt b<j given Julhfi school auditorium next Monday evening the 28th. An excellent program is promised. Mr. Paul Hester spent the week end in Greenville with relatives. Mrs. L. K. Yarbrough of Sumter is upending this week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Estridge. ^ Dr. K. E. Severance of Columbia whh the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 10. Severance, last Sunday. Mrs. J. A. McCaskill returned Sun day from Kay City, Ga., after a two woeks visit to her daughter, Mrs. G, O. Torry. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mays of Carters ville, and Mr. and Mrs. D. ('. John son of Pollocks, were tho week end guests of Mr, and Mrs. 1). M. Mays. Mr. T. E. Hcaron and family of Clyde spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Hearon. Mr. B. W.-Best spent Sunday in uuiiesviiie with friends. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Bothune and lit tle daughter, Susanne, of Cheraw, were visitors here Friday. M isses Fannie Ii.ee Baker and Ma mie Lou McDonald spent the week md in Kershaw with their parents. Mrs. YV. H. Hearon was hostess Sunday at a birthday dinner served in honor of her son, T. E. Hcaron. ANOTHER FEATURE ADDED To Community Market Day For Ker shaw County Women. Miss Jennie Boyd, County Homo Demonstration Agent, who- is interest ed in making the Community Market of value to the women of Camden and Kershaw County, will add another fea ture to the market days on Tuesday and Saturday. Through the cooperation of the Washburn Crosby Company, Millers of Cold Medal Flour, she has secured the services of Miss Karen Fladoes of their Educational * Department for demonstrations to be given on Tues day, January iilHh, and Saturday, Feb ruary 2nd, at the Community Market held in the display room of the Ker shaw Motor Company at 10 o'clock. Miss Fladoes recently conducted the Columbia Record's Gold Medal school, which was enthusiastically received by the Columbia women. She is a graduate of the Stout institute and Columbia University, the foremost , School of Home Economics in the country, and comes well equipped to help Camden and the County women with their cookery problems. An attractive program of Sunday night' Suppers and Desserts and Cakes and Icings has been planned for the two days in Camden. The only cre dentials for admission are an inquir ing mind and a pencil, for those who wish to take notes. Printed recipes and special souvenirs will Ik* presented to the women attending each day. Miss Fladoes will give demonstra tions to the Charlotte Thompson Home Demonstration Club on Wed nesday, January .'{0th, at 2 o'clock, at the school building. Thursday, January .site \siii meet the LugotT Club, the meeting to be held at the attractive home of Mrs Sanders. Friday, February I v t , Mis- Hoy 1 and Miss Fladoes will spend in Ker -huw with the girls and women' ?? ' lubs. You are invited to attend all the demons! rat ions. Famous Word* of Famous Officials. Alexander the Great ? "One more I i ' 1 world to conquer, sweet dice!'' Patrick Henry ?"If this be treason, Isch Ka Dibble!" Helen of Troy? "A red-headed ma nia e An nmk" a jelly bean out of n king." Lcnine ? "Each report of my death has been highly exaggerated." Santa Claus? "It's all over but the swapping." Wiz Evans ? "Klnn orders will be signed 'per Simmons.' " Mrs. Hy. Ford ? "I'm the last per son in the world desiring to be first lady of the land." John the Baptist ? "Come on in, the water's fine." E. V. I)eba ? "I'm running again; but as R. Goldberg says, "It doesn't mean anything." Madame Marc*l!e? "Lcnff live the kinkr . _ LEASTS MENACE LIFE IN AFRICA Former German Territory Over run With Lions? Mission aries Clash. London.- -All Is not !<?> In the life of British olllciale lu Tanganyika ter ritory, formerly (ioimun Ka?t Africa. Uons, leopards uiul elephant* menace the population ; mianiouary Jealouuy bewilders the pugan natives, and. witchcraft, practiced by the wild Wa pare of the Moshl district, cause* utany helpless lnfunts to be put to death annually.# Aspect* of life la thla new British territory are described in the 1022 report of the country, Big game multiplied rupldly la Tanganyika dur ing the war. I^lona frequently satisfy their taste for human flesh at the ex pense of life. Their boldness la In credible, und whole villages have been terrorised by their preaence. In the flrst half of tits year rewards were paid for the destruction of 800 lions and 800 leopards. In Tubora district alone 07 people were killed by lions. Natlvsa Are Helpless. Elephant* do great damage to crops, often ruining a whole ^plantation In a single night, or, entering the vlllagea, they strip the roofs of grain storea and scatter or consume the contents. The nntlve too often assumes a fatal istic attitude In the presence of dis aster, and becomoa unwilling or un able to help himself. In Tanganyika witchcraft has ub fatal effects on Infanta as wild beasts have on adult nntlves. To the Influ ence of the medicine men, says the report, may be attributed the bar barous practice of Infanticide which prevails among the Wapare In the Moshl district. Children born .with HOlim HhnnrmolMy, "?? m" - parents who have failed to undergo Initiation into certain tribal cere monies, are done to death by delib erate starvation and. jieglect, or .by exposure to the unhealthy climate of the low country. Often parents would not of their own accord abandon such children, and In many cases have pre ferred to give them away to strangers. Rivalry Among Missionaries. .When the elder# ?f the tribe were addressed on this matter, there was a decided tendency to recognize Its evils and to adopt more enlightened kleas, but a few were against the ab olition of the custom on the ground that the destruction of the tribes cer tainly would follow. According to these sages, life is altogether too pre carious, and the number of acts or omissions which they can cite as be ing fatal is amazing; even to plant ? tree was pronounced to be equiva lent to dooming one'# self to death. Another difficulty confronting Brit ish administrators in the territory Is that of rivalry among missionaries. "It !s greatly to be regretted that k spirit of jealous rivalry has manifested Itself In rprfnin between Chrlst'iHu missions of different denominations," the report declares. "It arises from a very natural and sincere belief In the superiority of that branch of the com mon faith which it la their pride and their duty to preach to the heathen, but it has often resulted In an undig nified competition to extend the scope of the mission beyond limits which a proper degree of influence and control would demand, and in attempts to sot up schools in Juxtaposition of those of another denomination. This open display to the pagan of reltgtous dif ferences cannot but react to the dam age of the Christian faith. . Natives Bewildered. "Christian missionaries, by offering one doctrine here, another close by, and still another a few miles away, must achieve little more than the com plete bewilderment of the pagan na tive, and It would be well If Christian societies would recognize that the principle of spheres of Influence la ultimately to the clear advantage of Christ lanlty as a whole, no less than to that of pagan populations." l H J Sample Houses Sent to Prospective Home Buyers London. ? Sending Mttle "sample" houses to home builders, is the plan of salesmanship being used by some London architects. These models are complete In every detail and are de signed to inspire pride of ownership In the person to whom they are mailed. { Facing n housing shortage, rivaling j that of any American metropolis, many j residents of Ixmdon have bought home j site* :n the city'? suburbs and ave con fronted with the problem of selecting the typ?' of home to be built. To help j them, the architects have started the ! new industry of building models t tin t ; sre mailed to possible buyers. Bride Deserted at Church Wins Divorce Mun?i?\ !n<l. .Wertlnx that her huxtiuuii drs?*rt?*d h??r ?t Jthe rhurrh whrrr thry worn mnrrtr-d nnd forred hrr c.? *|>ond hor "honeymoon" nlonr. Mrs. I,*?onr Lundbenr, of this Hty, has oh f ?? : nt*<l ji dlvorre. Mrs. Lundhprg ha* not ,?ppn. her h unhand ^Inc* he bundled her into ? cub Hnd KPnt her !n>me a few minute* after they Tv?r^ married *h<* *aJ<L iiUNZE TABLET TO 'OLD P1J5 >haft U Unveiled for llevolut ionary War Hero at thf HOMN Where He Waa Born, SVho cannot feel a thrill of mingled patriotism and romance nt thought of fhe recent commemoration at the an cient town of Danvera, Mass.? For there was unveiled a bronze tablet, voluminously Inscribed, upon the house In which Israel I'ptnnm was born; a ?ort of nunc pro tunc performance rflnce the tablet dcclarea lt*t?f to ba In memory of the two hundredth anni versary of Ida birth, while, In fact* ha waa born more than 200 yeara ago. Thera la acarcely another figure la American history that ao strongly ap peala to aentliuenta of daring and de votion aa that of "Old Put," the hero of Hunker Hill. We should doubt If there was another Identified with quite ao many dramatic Incidents. Every schoolboy, In Macauley'a phrase, la familiar with the storlea of his crawl ing Into a ahe-wolfa lair and stran gling the animal with hla hands; of his beU)g partly burned at the stake by In dians; of his leaving the plow in the furrow and riding 100 miles In a single day to Join the patrlota at Concord ; of his planning the battle of Hunker Hill and giving the command, "Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes"; of his message to Clinton: "Ed mund Palmer was taken as a spy, has ;been tried as a spy, condemned as a spy and shall be executed as a spy. ? 1*. S.? -lie has accordingly been execut ed," and of his escape froiu capture by riding down the Horaeneck steps where his llrltlsh pursuers dared not follow. A descendant of George I'uttenhairt, the reputed author of "The Arte of Eng lish Poesle" ; a veteran of Crown Point and Montreal; hero of the capture of Havana, of the overthrow of Pontine and of the Revolution, and a soldier who, In the days of Conway, Gates and Ch'aries Leo seemed Ignorant of the very existence of politics and of the possibility of Intrigue, the ancestor of men greatly and worthily honored In a ;;r aaa Imm* - v'uui-^ur- ts Hinmdant ly entitled to every token of affection and esteem that grateful memory can bestow. ? New York Tribune. Army Ants Clean House. The Indians of Guiana respect the "army" ants because of their house cleaning propensities. Every house, from the rude thatched benub of the Indian, to t lie solid wooden ones of civ ilization, are more or less Infested with, very large roaches and other insects, nnd also huge tarantulas, which come only to obtain the roaches. The "army'* ants come not Infrequently In tremen dous armies nnd in rtie course of a few hours leave the homes cleaner than they, have ever been before. In tbesp great tribes there is but a single queen. Her sole duty, after the colony is once started, Is egK-lay Ing. Periodically a brood of young queens and males are hatched. These little ants are winged and as so6n as they are mature all of them leave the tribe in what Is called the marriage (light. Bach queen finds a mate. They pair and the males soon die, but each young queen founds her own new tribe and, after bringing un the rverw ers, herself, this little crowd sets about to rear about themselves another great band of "army" ants. ? Detroit News. ' "Indelible Allegiance." The doctrine, known as "Indelible allegiance," was formally abandoned by act of parliament In 1870, Previous ly the English law held that every person born witihln the British domin ions, though he should be removed to another country in his Infancy, owed allegiance to the' British crown, and that this allegiance could never be re signed or lost except by permission of parliament. The enforcement of the "Indelible al legiance" doctrine of expatriation was one of the chief causes of the War of 1812. The same doctrine was originally in force In the United States. It was not until 1808 that the question was legally settled. Congress then passed a law asserting that expatriation or volun tary renunciation of allegiance to the I'nlted States by one of its citizens "Is a natural and Inherent right of all peo ple." ? Detroit News. What Did He Mean? In his announcements one Sunday morning the vlcnr regretted that money was not coming In fast enough ? but he was no pessimist. "We have tried," he said, "to raise the necessary money in the usual man ner. We have tried honestly. Now ue are going to see what a bazaar can do." Timea Change. t'olonel Hludgood ? So you got a i>irthday present of a knife, sub? one of those Birmingham knives, with 1?> blades, and s corkscrew, I presume, suh ? Cnlonrl Blugntss ? No, suh; a plain, old fashioned knife, with JG cork screws and one blade, suh.? Judge. Unseasonable. A little boy rushed up to his mother one s\wlt?Tlng summer nay And cried ??ut ' "1 believe there's a (Ire. mother!) May 1 h'o ?ut find s??e?" - ( "Don't be so stupid." repllwl his mother. "As If there'd be n ftre on a day like this!" ? London Humorist. Quit* Reasonable. Mr, l'ester ? Want mor* money? What did you do with the $50 I gave you yesterday? Ills Wife?-! s^ent It for a darting* little gold mash purs<j which will bei irtterJy njnries* unless too giva me soma *tu*n*L\ to rarrf^lR It. ' 1 \ Family In Need, We have been requested to call at tention to a cage of need ijy a home at 816 Mill Street, where the father of the family i? bedridden and they are in need. Any articles of bed cloth ing or cash from persona disposed to, under aid will lu< acceptable. Wafted Breath. A Texas attorney was delivering a fourth of July address. He held the stage probably for nearly au hour, ap parently without getting anywhere. At length he stopped and said in im pressive tones: "I pause to ask my self a question." A voice from back of the hall shout ed: "Better not! You'll only get. a fool answer." in I. 1 1 IH Legislators' Trip Called Off. On account of the death of Presi dent Riggs, of Clemson College, .and death of Secretary of State W. Banks Dove, the legislative trip scheduled for Camden yesterday afternoon was called off, and the trip-will be made at some future date. A Correction. We were in error in stating the date of the anniversary services to be held at Mount Moriah Baptis^ church. The date should have been Sunday, Janu ary 27th, instead of Sunday, January 20th. Rev. I^oykin and his congrega tion are expecting a large gathering on that day. A good many special in vitations have been mailed out, but the public generally is invited. "Colored Elks Organize. (Contributed) On Thursday evening, January 17th, between the hours of 9:30 P. M. and 1:00 A. M., a new Colored secret or der was created in Camden, in the person of I. B. P. O. of W.., or in other words the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks ot the World. The initiation was conducted by Dr. Roscoe J. Wilson, State Deputy and Exalted Ruler of the Atlas Chapter of Elorence, S. C., and his crack ini tiating team from Elorence. There were fifty-three candidates initiated and applications are now pending from at least twenty more. The cere mony will not be forgotten by those who received the degrees on that eve ning for many new and mysterious tasks were imposed upon the candid dates as they made their way through the realm pf Elkdom. The officers elected for the first ad ministration were: H. E. McGirt, Ex alted Ruler; Dr. C. C. Brevard, Es teemed Leading Knight; S. J. English, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; James Alexander, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Dr. T. J. Williams, Jr., Treasurer; J. W. Williams, Einancial Secretary; Paul B. McGirt, Recording Secretary; John S. Myers, Esquire; R. H. Haile, Chaplain; T. L. Collins, Inner Guard; James Young, Tiler. The Trustees elected were: A. R. Collins, E. C. Mc Girt, and I. B. Alexander. The degree of Past Exalted Ruler was conferred upon Dr. J. H. Thomas who with H. F. McGirt was instrumental in bringing til*: organization io our city. The organization promises to be probably the strongest of its kind in the city, judging from the number of candi dates in the first initiation, the num ber of applications pending and the type of men who constitute the per sonnel. The organization will be known as the "Haiglar" Chapter of I. B. P. O. E. of W., of Camden, S. C. Then and Now. Two of the older boys of Monroa were discussing the tendency of the time?. "When I was a youngster, a dime for a couple of sodas was show ing one'8 gallantry for bin girl at the soda fountain," said the older, man. "Yes," remarked the other, "and your best girl in the good old days would think you extravagant in pay ing 20 cents for a couple of helpings to ice cream. She would be thinking of buying a cottage in which to live ? and maybe canton flannel for ? ? " "Uh-huh! And most of them sam? girls have nice homes of their own now/' said the first man, with a side long glance at a youth nearby who was pilffing away at a cigarette. The youpg man then opined: "Your girl nowadays knows you for a cheap skate if you don't carry her at least a Ave pound box of candy once a week, and the best grades cost about a dol lar and a half a pound. You're right. This cost of high living is making a j lot of bachelors? and old maids/' ? H Monroo Enquirer. Midnight Alarm. "The Midnight Alarm" is the titlo of a picture to be presented at the Majestic Theatre on Thursday, Jan uary 31st, as a benefit performance for the Camden Fire Department. The admission will be 40 cents and tickets will be sold in advance for this night. The fire boys are expecting a large attendance and want you to be there. RUSSIAN LEADER DEAD, (Continued from first page.) termed a disgraceful peace!, Lenine pushed through his plan. The alrqady existing fraternization between Rus sian and German soldiers at the front was urged on to tremendous propor tions. and after a ffrw montfraof the Soviet regime, Russia had signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk and was def initely out of the world conflict. Internally-, Russian life was turned upside down. Factories were taken over by the workers. Great estates were confiscated by the peasants, who divided them among themselves. The aristocracy sought any kind of safety it could find,, and the middle class or bourgeoise, became special objects foi* the hatred of the masses. Free trade was abolished and in its stead was es tablished a system of gbvernment con trol that rationed food, placing the workingmen in preferred classes, arid doling out little or none at all to the othdrs. The use of money was con demned, and grain, manufactured pro ducts and labor became the chief me dia of exchange. Four, long dismal years passed du ring whicji internal counter revolution, in many cases assisted by allied in tervention, kept Russia in a constant turmoil. Enemies of the communists assassinated some ^Bolshevik leaders, and in September, 1918, Lenine, him self was shot and severely wbundecl. Plots and cpunter plots, terror ahd counter terror swept Russia from one end to the other, and the bloodshed, misery and famine of these four black years have no counterpart in modern . *h?v?|ii all *0f thj? J Lenine, backed by the aulid JS disciplined communistic party 29 affairs. - In 1921, when the Sovty, -J went had awept aside all position, and when Russia cully intact in communist ha*I cept for Poland, Finland audtl, tic provincea, which broke of formed independent republics, L turned hia handa to the task ol] ing up the Ruaaia the revolutio, destroyed. To achieve this t, aUuction, limine, with the darijte characterized all of his major i began what he called a. atrsgctw treat from Communism. A com J tic Utopia might be possible iT3 to come, he said, but th? active, inuniHin as practiced during the m of the civil war had never btd tended aa permanent. It a war meaaure, and so in an ?pj speech, delivered in November, | Lenine publicly announced the] ure of past policies, and explain^ need for an economic departure, ^ met with a bad defeat, and ham dertaken a atragetic retreat," fcj mitted. "Before they have thrtg us definitely, let uh retreat and ? atruct everything over again, \ more solidly." He proposed at a partial re-establishment of iatic* /principles; a reversion to i trade: the imposition of tax*J land; abolishment of free transpo tion, and the acceptance of outside for the millions of starving Raul When this new economic policyj gained momentum and it app^ that Russia was coming back | bourgeoise regime, Lenine waij first to proclaim that the retreat j ended, that there was to be no 9 surrender of real communistic pi pics, and above all things, th.n L . , ??; " ' 'J * f iirulctririciii Vll/UIAIUII WA A%UOOi a IV not be surrendered. In the spring of 1922 Led health began to crack under the stn He became a victim of insomnia,) lyater on developed serious neti and gastric disorders. Always in tient of restraint, he wdolffWtj the commands of Russian physkj or theadvicc of his friends,- andi tinued to work. In the autunu 1922 he suffered a serious attack, 1 .for a long time his l,ife was despal of. A number of times he wa? ported dying, but under pressure fi his associates he at last consent^ take a rest in the country, and i in the year 1923 he appeared tt considerably improved. How from September, 1922, onward,! inc's position in the Russian gow ment was more that of a valued a sellor than that of a premier.. Htt tinued to propose policies, but mM appeared at meeting of the cound commissars. Physically, Lenine was short, ral plump, with a thick short neck, bf shoulders, round, red(face, high t head/broad head, nose slightly turned, brownish mustache uj short, stubby beard. He hai 1 described us looking more like ? a try grocer than a leader of rata MAJESTIC THEATRE Today, Friday, Jan. 25th Admission 35c & 15c ADOLPH ZUKOA PRESENTS THOMAS f a \ Gf>aramounl\ \0ieture J cMEIGHAN GEORGE ADE