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Mis* Lrouit* Nettles Junior Bridge Tarty. t Miss Daisy Lang was a charming poetess to the junior bridge dOvotees j'liat Saturday evening. Tfce roon\a were prettily decorated for the plac ing of tables. The score prizes went to Sidney Zenip and Miss Francis Bls #>)!. The hostess served ice cream uid cako. Mrs. H. M. Kennedy Was Hostess. The Kirkwood book club had an agreeable hostess in Mirs. R. M. Ken nedy for the last meeting. As it was on Saint Valentine's Day,, an interest ing article on the origin of the day, and the customs attending its cele bration in different countries was read by Mrs. J. B. Zemp. Thte ex change and discussion of books was followed by a social hour, when the hostess served tempting refresh ments. Before adjournment a beauty fnl tribute to Wood row Wilson was read by Mrs. Leroy Davidson. The next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. John S, Lindsay. Engagement of Interest Announced. Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Sr., and Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., spent Tuesday in Kershaw to attend a.. bridge party given by Mrs. Plyler to announce the engagement of her sister, Miss Made line Sowell, to Mr. Andrew Burnet Whitaker, the marriage to take place early in April. % ? ? The rooms were bright and attrac tive and abloom with sweet peas in all their dainty pastel shades, pink how ever prevailed and with th<r fefcth'eiy ferns made a pleasing color scheme of pink fnd green, The news of the coming event was told by the birds on the hand-painted score c?r;'3 utt??Ciicu >tu individual bouquets of sweet peas and ferns. The *ore prize was won by Miss Brasing ton, and Miss Clyburn, another br^Ies to-be was presented with a dainty re minder of the occasion. The gift to the honor guest, Miss Sowell, was a case of individual silver, salt cellars. ? Aftercares refreshments served and the color scheme clexetly carried out. 1 . Mr Whitaker belongs to Camden by inheritance, birth and rearing, ?>' the older son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack W^i aker, Sr. He is a young man of sterl ing worth and character, and enjoys j unusual popularity in his native tawiL The bride-to-be is the daughter o? Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sowell of Kershaw;, and is one of that town's most attractive young women. I i * ? Joseph Diamond was convicted in New York Friday df the murder last November of two Brooklyn bank nj^s sengers and with hjs brother Morris Barlow. Diamond, previously convicted of the same offense, will be senterid^ to the electric chairr Majestic Theatre Programme TODAY, FRIDAY, FEB. 22nd. / Mr. George Arliss in THR GREEN GODDESS " With Miss Alice Joyce. Also a Bennett Comedy. Admission 35c ? ^tSc. Saturday. February 23rd. Harry Morey and Mary Astor in , "RAPIDS." An Allan Sullivan Production. Also a Mack Sennett Comedy. "PITFALLS OF A BIG CITY." With Ben Turpin. And a Mermaid Comedy. Admission 35c^? 15ci MONDAY. FEBRUARY 25th. Kmmett J. Flynn Presents in the Palace of the King." With Blanche Sweet, Hobart Bos worth, Edmund Love and Pau line Starke. Also Pathe News. Admission 35c ? 15c. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th. Paramount Presnts Rudyard Kipling's "THE LIGHT THAT FAILED." With Jacqueline Logan, Percy Mar mount, David Torre nee and Mary ?lane Irving. Also a Rolin Comedy. Admission 35c ? 15c. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th Paramount Presents Zane Grey's The Heritage of the Desert." With Bebe Daniels, Lloyd Hughes, Krnest Tofrence and Noah Ber ry. Also a Lloyd Comedy. Admission 35c ? 15c. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28th Vitagraph Presents George Barr McCutcheon's THE man from BBODNBY'S" W ith J. Warren Kerringon, Alice Calhoun, Wanda BjkWley, and P?t O* Ma lley. ALSO PATHS NRWS. ~ v Admiaidoti 35c? 15c. . . v.C ? ... -J PERSONAL MENTION. , , i* > ' { ? ' . ?!'?? if I , ? [mH i ? T- H. Morton, of the Abney>aftc? tlvii, jlvft Saturday for Alexandria, La., where he goes to settle up the estate of hie -father, the ,late W. C. Horton, who died in 192). Mr. Horton has purchased the interests of the other heirs in the estate and will be gone for about a month. The proper ty comprises some 250 acres of valua- j ble farm lands, some of which are lo cated close to some of Louisiana's rich oil fields. A , Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Fraser-Camp bell of Duumore Tarbert, Loch Fyno, Scotland, and Mr. and Mrs. Junius Richards of New York are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkbride af C6ol Springs* Friends and relatives in Camden and throughout the county will wel come the return of Mr. W. IL Ilalle and family. They returned last week after making their home at Winter Park, Florida, for several months. Misses Wilbur McCallum, " Marga ret Chewning, and Mr. Johnny Hick; ard, spent Sunday in Rock Hill. Mrs. J. R. Green, of Newberry, Mrs. L. XV. C; Blalock, of Goldville, Mrs. Gary Martin and little daughter, of Laurens, and Mrs. Tench P. Green of Rocky Mount, N. C., are guests of Mrs. H. D. Niles. ~ Mrs. W. *W. Bates and son, of Orangeburg, aro on a visit to Mrs. Bates' parents, Judge and Mrs. M. L. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hallett, who have been visiting their son, Mr, H. K. Hallett, and family, have returned to xtheir home in St. Louis, Mo. Miss Bebe Scarborough, of Ashboro, N. C., is visiting Mrs. W. B. Aired. Miss Mary' Sanders of Virgina is visiting her niece, Mrs. H. G. Carri son, Jr. - ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? ! Mrs. Hickson of Cheraw is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. H. G. Garrison, Jr. Mrs. Isaac Post, a member of the tniir j?t colony here, has goviv *ur a short visit to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savage are vis iting in Orlando, Florida. Mrs. John Kirven, of Darlington, is visiting her sisters, Mrs. John Rhame and Miss Mattie Gerald. Miss Dorothy Smith has returned from an extended visit to Shreveport, La., where she was the recipient of many social courtesies. , Honor Roll Fifth Month. . . . (Grammar School.) fe*' First- Grade ? Peggy Baldwin, Char lotte DuBose, Peggy Pitts, Marie Trapp, Ruth Williams, Dona Ma? JCing, Daniel Carrison, Dorus Houaer, J. A. Rast, Ernest Wooten, Sarah Gardner, J. B. Gaskin, Anniq Kelley, Mary Moore, Mary Richey, . Dinnie Smith, Dorothy VanLandingham, Eleanor Watts. Second Grade.? Mary L. Blakeney, feather Furcron, Elizabeth Moore, Ro salie Moore, Golda Shirley, Mary E. Wt>ot;en, Mary Zeigler, Natpline Zeig Marion Bailey, Herbert Blackwell, Gardner, John Hilton, Bill Rhame, Luther Shaw, James Clyburn, Harvey "?>avis, Edwin Johnson, Fletcher .Moore, Cecil McCaskiil, Robert E. .McjGaskill, William Thompson, Eliga ?beth" jftaynesworth, Grace Moseley, :Mtiry E. McCaskiil, Pollye West. ' Third Grade ? Margaret Barnes, Prances Creed, Katherine Kennedy, Me?a Mogulescu, Edna Ray, Emily Zerop, Vivian Williams, Melicu Mc Coy, Reuben Pitts, Homer Baldwin, Samuel McCaskiil, Joseph Lang, Mary Jane OTackey', Olivia Buddin, Nancy Brown, Virginia Drawdy, Lila Ross, Margaret Watts. Fourth Grade ? Ruby Burns, Elea nor Brown, Mae Morris, Lois Turner, Alice DePass, Margaret Goodale, Em ily Goodale, Margaret McCoy, Eloise Rhoden, Sara Lynn Richey, Edith -Webster, James Seagle, George Rhame, Grayson' Shaw. Fifth Grade ? Ethel Snydor, Thorn ton Evans, Mabel Flowers, Irene Mat tox,- Myrl Rast, J. C. Johnson, Caro line Houser, Elizabeth Zemp, Ehiily Pitts, Elizabeth McCaskiil, Geneva Jones, Ben C. Lingle, Charles De Loach, Olive Nettles* Lenora Rhame, Carolyn McKain, John Henry Roberts, Henry Lee Clyburn, Adelc Savage. Sixth Grade ? Benton Burns, Robert Kennedy, Duncan Lang, Rochelle She orn, Catherine Boykin, Carolyn Bur net, Nello Goodale, Nancy Pearce, Caroline Richardson, Ellen Stewart, Helen Baker, Betty Cureton, Inez Gardner, Lucy Kirkland, Sara Mose ley, Arthur Davis. Seventh Grade ? Mary Boykin, Eve lyn Bruce, Lucile Clyburn, Virginia DeLoache, Evelyn Moseley, Carlton Hall, Joe Mogulescu, Rebecca Zemp, Louise Trapp, Cleo Hasty, Hazel Moseley, Joe Moseley, Elmer Watts, J Stanley Babin, Howard Hinson. Mrs. Hailed Was Hostess. The Thursday afternoon bridge club was charmingly entertained this week by Mrs. H. K. Hallett. The tables wefe attractively arranged in a set ting of daffodils and other early spring bloom. The substitutes were: Mrs. Richard Hallett, of St. Louis, Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., Mrs. Ran dolph Kirkland. After the game a salad course was served. All parties indebted to the estate of Bina Dinkins, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the tlYi dersigned, and all parties, If any, hav ing claims against the said estate will present them, dulv attested, within th? time prescribed by lawct ju r-i JAMES GETTYS, Executor. Camden, 8. C., February 21, 1924. ? ' ? - - . -- - ^ \ W k JOHN STEIN MET DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK John C. Stein, a white plan about 50 years of age, who resides a few miles north of Bethune, was the victim of a peculiar accident here Tuesday in which he died from injuries received Monday afternoon. Stein and Charlie Blackwell, of the same section, had come to Camden in a Ford car, and when returning home after they had reached a point about two miles east <>f Camden, the right' front wheel seized, causing the wheel to twist off and the axle to drag on the ground. Stein either attempted to jump or was thrown from the car, landing on his head and suffered concussion of the brain. The accident happened about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, and the injured man was brought teethe hos pital here where he died at 7:30 Tues day morning. Stein leaves a wife, who before marriage was Miss Lizzie Croft, and five children. An inquest was held Tuesday morning at C. W. Evans undertaking parlors and the verdict of th& jury was that the de ceased came to his death from an un avoidable accident. The body was carried to his late home for burial. MANY HUNTS ENJOYED. ( ? ? ? ? - City-Bred Folks Guests of Boykin's Crack Marksman. Boykin, Feb. 20. ? Pine Grove Plan tation, the hospitable home of L. W. Boykin, has been filled with guests during the past week end. Mr. Boy k& is an expert marksman, and all hunters are assured a warm and cor dial welcome at his home. His daugh' ter, Mrs. L. W. BGykin, Jr., is the charming anfl gracious hostess, and the long dining room presents an in teresting scene after a long day . of hunting, when Mr. Boykin pauses in carving the game to tell some vender ful story of hunting in days gone by, and turns for confirmation of certain facts to Pr, Pope and Mr. Hampton, of Columbia, who are also veteran hunters. Recent guests at Piiife Gtfove were Everet Rjsley, president of the Commercial National Bank of New York; Robert Warren, a prominent Boston banker; W. S. Glenn, presi dent of the Carolina National Bank of Spartanburg; Mr. Everet, of Spartan burg, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamp ton, Jr., of Columbia. Mr. ~Buykin says, that though city born and bred, thero was not a tenderfoot in the crowd. , Mr. and Mrs. Hustis, of Milwau kee, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. VV. Boykin, Jr., to whom they paid a visit in the early winter. Since leaving here, they have visited Char leston, Columbia and other places of interest in South Carolina, but have returned to say good-bye to their many friends at Boykin before going homo. , . ? A. L. White and Charles Willard, of Spartanburg, and Dr. Fred Williams of Qolumbia, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chantey. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cantey, Miss Bessie Blackwell, L. W. Boykin and Willis Boykin motored to Columbia Wednesday to attend the Wingfield Chase wedding. . The old Eastover Hunting Club has# , recently been reorganized tinder th*| name of the- Wateree Svvamp Hunting Club. The Club controls all lan^l oty both sides of the Wateree from Am' derson's Field to the Santee. Thijjj will form an extensive, valuable ana no doubt a' happy hunting ground# W. Ancrum Boykin, who . possesses great initiative and executive ability, is the popular president of this club. W. H. Ramsey of Wedgefield is vice president, and J. A. Byrd of Eastover, secretary and treasurer. Other char ter members are Harry Bates, the hero of ' many a hunting tale, and Thomas Ilaile, to whom nothing con cerning the paths of the forest and the habits of wild animals- is un known. "Tuck" is an unerring shot ji his campfire stories possess the wit and brevity of his after-dinner speeches, he is indeed a great addition to camp life. L. W. Boykin, Sr., L. W. Boykin, Jr., E. Miller Boykin, B. H. Boykin and Bolivar Boykin are also members of the club. Death of Rev. Robertson. The friends of Rev. B. Murray Rob ertson were grieved to learn of his death which occurred at a hospital in Spartanburg last week. " Mr. Robert son was born and reared in the Spring Hill section of Kershaw county and numbered his friends by his acquaint ances. He was a member of the S. C. M. E. Conference and was stationed at Enoree. He is survived by his widow and five children besides two brothers, Messrs. Sam and G. I. Robertson and two STsters, Mrs. Jack Davis and 'Miss Colxy Robertson. Edwin Denby handed his resigna tion to the, president yesterday a* secretary of the navy and the resig nation was promptly accepted. Mr. Denby made no statenant. i* HKHQW) OJK Nlc* Amount KealirctFr m ?* f I Christmas Seals. The sale Of Christmas weals for the purpose of raising funds for the South .'Carolina Tuberculosis Associa- 1 tion brought in $8JU.76 in Kershaw county. The interest shown in this' work^even in the most remote country schools ia something for us to be j proud of. Talks wore made by the teachers and seals- wore sold by them and by tho children in nearly all of our forty-six schools, only one hav ! ing returned the seals. Those who are teaching our boys and girls this fine spirit of service to humanity de serve all praise and appreciation .and the cooperation of every thinking individual! 'i ? In Camden the children in the grad' ed school sold nearly 10,500 seals, and the classes in the high school each bought a bdnd, four of them were five dollar bonds and two classes bought ten dollar bonds. Has any high school in tho state a better re cord than this? It shows that we have a fine public spirited, generous coming generation making themselves ready for service to their community and to the world at large by doing thoir utmost to relieve suffering and to improve living conditions for their fellow man. The bi^siness firms and merchants of Camden wero all a sited to Tniy bonds and the following were gener ous enough to do so. Needless to say the public will show its appreciation of them by patronizing them when ever possible: Electrik Maid Bake Shop, Camden Wholesale Grocery, The Fashion Shop, Zemp & DePass, Burns & Barrett, Standard Grocery Co., Camden? Furniture <5o., Miss M. E. Gerald, L. L. Whitaker, The Wil liams Insurance Agency, DeLoache 'Motor Company, S. A. Burrier, Caro lina Motor Cn R?.r.k of Csr.-.dcii, First National Bank, Loan and Savings Bank, Southern Cotton Oil Co., Cam den Veneer Plant, Wateree Mill, Her mitage Mpll, Northwester^ Railroad, Camden Water and Light Plant, City of Camden. . The following organizations bought bonds: Masons, Woodmen of $he World, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Civic Lague. The remainder of the fund was raised by the sale of bonds and seals to individuals. . The work to be done locally by the South Carolina Tuberculosis Associa tion will be announced later and it is to be hoped that every man, woman and child in Kershaw County will feel their shai:e of the responsibility in making it Count. k.y&taft i7,(^.|sD0,w|> coac* of tu^i? review i? in South Carolina last year and 8,000 of them had little or no medica^ supervision.' It in a curable disease if taken in1 t i nu> and given proper caro, also ? preventable on?*. Help the Tuberculosis Association to do the work. Visitor Complimented. Mrs* W. B. Aired was hostess at an enjbyable bridge party Wednesday afternoon, complimenting her house guest, MIhs Bobe Scarborough, of Ashboro, North Carolina, The rooms were brightened with a profusion of cut flowers and pot plants. The score priae was won by Mr*. Jack W hi taker, Jr., and the guest of honor was also remembered. After the game, the hostess served u salad course with hot coffee. i ? ? ??? .?. -?? ? * Government agents at Scranton, Pa., on Friday seized 45 barrels lab eled "varnish", which turned oUft to<>e grain alcohol. The stuff had - bteen consigned to a varnish concern at Thwfop, Pa., at which point there was no such concern. Beautiful Display of Millinery. ?? \ . ? ? h m m Miss Mattie Gerald is displaying a wonderful selection of hats and no tions at the Quality Shop. She has just returned from the northern mar kets, where she purchased the latest , in everything pertaining to Millinery.' Miss Ida Kibble, the efficient and ar tistic trimmer is with the Quality Shop again this season. MADE THE SAME AS THIRTY YEARS AGO 1~^OR 30 years physician* have M proscribed Gude's Pepto-Man JL g?n because it contains a form of iron whicl\ is readily absorbed, docs not upset the stomalh or affect the teeth, and is a splendid tonic and blood enricher. At your drug gist's, in both liquid and tablets. Free Trial Tablet. Sf.t.JfhXuSi' value of Gude'M l'epto-Manvau, write today for ?vuerouit Trial Vackaye of Tablet*. Send no mo??y ? ju*t name utu) adtlreaa ta M. J. lireltenbaoh Co., 68 Warren St., N. Y. Gude's Pepto-Man?an Tonic and Blood Enricher Rli^H Gertrude Miller, who on Jan uary became Ohio's first woman con stable, has already announced that she wiU.be "death" to bootleggers. Hayes Bus Line ' CAMDEN TO Columbia, Sumter, Bishopville, Hartsville, Kershaw, Lancaster, Charlotte. For information Phone 181, Camden Hotel . * PHONE 44 GROCERIES AND MEATS FRESH VEGETABLES OYSTERS \ ? Four Deliveries Daily. ,-V. v * *? % Phone Your Order Early . McLeod Rush Co. ? . V ' - . ? " '? ? ?,- ? - * ? ? : ? Roysterfc- "cured" fertilizer is certified fertilizer mmmm* ' ' ' . : ' ? , ... *' " ' ' ' Jj V , T . . ? - %ii* fifA More profitable crops result from the use of fertilizer that has been thoroughly 44 aged" ; . ^ ? You can't look at the ordinary bag of fertilizer and tell how good it is. You have to risk the time and money of a seas6n's work before you KNOW. It isn't known to be good until you get ? your money! Certified Ffftilizer Eut Royster's ''cured" fertilizer is like a certified check. It is certified by the forty years " we have spent in learning the needs of the soil you work. It is certified by the experience of - successful farmers all about you, who^say "Royster's fertilizer in creased my earnings." "Cured" Fertilizer is better plant food it It, is C6rtified by the "curing" ? a feature of Royster's fertilizer which increases its value because of a more complete chemical ac tion, making the plant food readily ^available to.the plant. (Royster's goods age in great bins for four to six -months. They are then re milled and bagged). Ask for "Royster's" Stop guessing about fertilizer. Look for the name "Royster" on your bags of fertilizer and you have found the assurance that your crops will have proper feed ing from seed time to harvest. F. S. Royster Guano Co. 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