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P'ity Miaa Uuivf NfUlte " M ? - ' ' - ' ' : Wedding in Kerthaw, Q^te a number of Camden went to Kershaw last night to attend the Sowell-Whitaker wedding and re ception, of which we hope to give a full account next week. Tho event has claimed eucittl inUrrcat aincc the engagement was announced some time ago, not only in the bride\s home town, but in Camden, the for mer home of the groom, where ho in k<> well and favorably knowrt. Savage-Warren Cards. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savage have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Hope Savage to Mr. Langford Warren, on Tuesday ihe twenty-second of April at' half after four o'clock iji the afternoon, Grace church. Miss Savage has spent her young :ife in Camden, her native town and s a young woman of mai\y admirable traits of character, charming1 in man ner and pleasing in person, a wide circle of friends regret that her mar /iage will take her elsewhere to live. Mr. Warren is a native and resident ,if Boston, prominent in business tfncr social circles of that city. The wedding will be a brilliant after-Easter event, and will claim social interest during the next fexy weeks. Immediately after the cere mony a reception will be given at tho Savage home on Laurens street. v Visitor Complimented. In compliment to Miss , Rosa Lee Hogan, of Indianola, Mississippi, a student at Converse College and at home with Miss Emily Wooten fpr the Spring Holidays, Miss Wooten entertained three tables^ at bridge Saturday. The dainty rose pink of the peach nlneenmq mnHn n nlf?n?irif rr>1r?r scheme and appropriate decoration for the rooms. The score prize was won by Miss Agnes DePass and tho honor guest was presented with a re minder of the occasion. After cards, 'empting refreshments were served *>n the prettily appointed tables. <? Horse Ran Away With Boy. A spirited animal attached to a buggy with young Clinton Outlaw riving made a spectacular dash down east DeKalb street Thursday after noon. The horse was running at terrific speed with one shaft drag ging, but the game youngster stuck to the buggy and the animal was finally stopped near the Court Inn, where the buggy was badly torn up. The young lad escaped without injury. Many people on the street watched the thrilling runaway, but were powerless to help the lad. i* V i Majestic Theatre Programme *> ? TODAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 4 A Reginald Baker Production "THE, ETERNAL STRUGGLE*' With Earle Williams, Barbara La Marr, Pat O'Malley and j Wallace Berry Also a Sennett Comedy Admission 3Gc-15c SATURDAY, APRIL 5 Richard Hattpn and Neva Gerber in "THE SEVENTH SHERIFF" A real Western with thrills and something to think about. Also a new round of "Fighting Blood" And a Mermaid Comedy Admission 36c-15c^% MONDAY, APRIL 7 Richard Barthelhiess with Dorothy Cummings and Dorothy Mackaill in "TWENTY-ONE" Joy, Song, Love, Dance, Youth, Romance, Adventure. A picture to charm both the old and young. Admission 35c-15c TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Douglas McLean with Marjorie Daw and Edna Murphy in "GOING UP" You'll laugh long after you leave the thontre if you are fortunate enough to see this picture. Re member "The Hottentot"? "Going Up" is better! Admission 35c-15c WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 If you think you're thrill-proof ? ' Try this one! "UNSEEING EYES" A Cosmopolitan Production with Lionel Barrymore and Senne Owen The greatest snow picture ever screened. Admission 36c- 1 be THURSDAY, APRIL 10 Mae Murray in her most versatile Creation "FASHION ROW" ^uzting, Daring, Different, Spark ling, Shining, Sissling, Seething. Pulsating with peril and passion. Earle Foxe in the cast 4 Admission 36c -1 Be .A Pleasant Occasion Lugoff. Monday afternoon, the School Im provement Association of Lugoff's flourishing: school celebrated "Caro* lina Day," which had been for con venient reasons postponed from Fri day the 28th. Mrs. Team Gettys is the efficient and gracious president of {he association and presided at the meeting. A musical and literary program was presented, which was pleasing, entertaining and instructive, the program opened by singing Dixie, after which several selections on the piano were rendered. Miss Elizabeth Clarke, of Camden, pleased the com pany with a beautiful and appro priate reading and Miss Rabon gave an excellent paper on Wade Hamp ton. Miss Louise Nettles had been invited to address the association and gave a talk on HaTnpton, Calhoun and other matters. Mrs. W. J. Dunn and Miss Louise Nettles were joint chair .men on a library exteff&ion committee some years ago, and as a small amount of that fund was still in hand they decided to present the Lugoff school library with a copy of "Women of the South in War Times," by Andrew Page Andrews, of Vir ginia. The book that contains the personal experiences of those who lived in the thrilling days of the GO's. The presentation was made by Mrs. W. J. Dunn, president of the John D. Kennedy chapter, U. D. C. Mrs. Shell West gave an interesting report from the recent State Teachers Convention which met in Columbia and also spoke of educational conditions in the county and the many reasons why children were kept out of school and the great disadvantage and ultimate loss to the child. Mrs. Watts, prin cipal of Lugoff school expressed the 1 appreciation and pleasure of the as^ sociation and extended a hearty in ! vitation to the guests for a return visit. U. D. C. Chapter to Meetv The John D. Kennedy chapter of the United Daughters of the Con federacy will meet with Mrrf. W. J. Dunn, the president, on Monday af ternoon, April 7th at 4:30 o'clock. All members arc requested and urged to attend. Making Great Redaction. Mueller-Graves, of New York City, showing smart spring and summer fashions at the Guy House, on Lyttle ton street, opposite The Studio Tea Room and Gift Shop, are making great reductions on all foods before leaving Camden next week. ? A dr. Seventy-aix per cent of the Vassar College alumnae marry college men. ' w?#f*SONAl- MENTION. Mr. and Mrs. Sherburne Yardley, of Columbia, visited in Camden thu fk. A jig j^'nox Kirkland is a^<*nu> yu ( rM'\W Margaret Mills was among ^th'o Converse students who enjoyed I the spring holidays at home. Miss Marie Gthei Blanchard, of Concord, Mass., is u guest at the home of Mrs. II. W. WhiU\ Miss Sarah Lewis, who is a student jM/Cpktor College, is spending several days at home with her mother, Mrs. C; It. .Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Clyburn and son, of Asheville, N. C., are visiting relatives in Camden and at DeKalb. Lieutenant Fred Williams, of the IJ. S. Navy, is spending some time here with his parents. > Mrs. Achenbackt of Orange, N. J., is a guest at Mrs. R. W. White's home? Mrs* Hasson and Miss Sarah Has-, son, who have been spending soveral >Yeeks. here left, Monday for their home in Oil City, Pa. Mifjbs Sarah: H. 'Maher, who has /sjiendinf the winter with Miss D. E. Brown, returned to her home in Washington, D. C., last week. Be fore leaving Mijte Maher gave a luuc^fon at the Holly Tree Tea Room. Arafidiig^ those present were Mrs. T. I*. Ca;npbell and Miss Wallis^ Misfe.Mary Hough, who is a student at BowenHr Commercial College in CAluimVia, spent the week-end at home," having as her guest Miss Ze^ifts. Smoak, of Orangeburg. ' M/s. ' W. M. Shannon, now of Columbia, and Mr. and Mrs. George JjtrunfOft, of Chicago, spent last Tues day in Camden. Miss Dette Maynard spent last week-end in Florence with friends. Miss Elizabeth Ledford. visited rel ativos in 'Florence last week. 'Mcs, IT. L. Watkins and Mrs. Steve Perry visited in Columbia this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carrison left W'rt, 1?.. ' - 1 v 11 - * mill ill L uuiuiyuufi, VIM., lO visit Major and Mrs. Sumner Waite at Camp Benning, after which they will visit in Florida. Miss Rosa Lee Hogan, of Missis sippi, a student of Converse College, is visiting Miss Emily Wooten. Mr. J. T. Houston left Sunday night for Philadelphia, for a week or ten days visit. General News Notes Davis College the principal class room building of the University of South Carolina w*s partial^ stnoyad Jby tLrr Tue^y nif hf; f|Phe j ea\|?kc of the fire is unsown: i ,\\- i J, I). M. Penton, I0v ag*d white man wat? acquitted by a jury in Flor ence of the killing of Fay Ponton near Johnsouville two years ago The de fendant claimed that Poston tres passed on his lands after warning and that the young man flred the first shot. .. Insurance amounting to $40,600 was carried by the State Sinking Fund Commission on the building and contents of Davis College, the prin* cipal class room building at the Uni versity of South Carolina which was damaged by fire of unknown origin at a late hour Tuesday night. Secre tary Maloon J. Miller declared today that at least five-eights of the iloss is covered by insurance, but that the actual loss could not be estimated until contractors have investigated the scope of the fire. Claud N. Sapp ehairman of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives has' been presented witha gold watch by the members of that committee as a token of esteem. Carson Able, ah old Confederate soldier,' living near Wagener, Aiken county, died Saturday afternoon in his 98rd year. He was a deacon of his cfmrch for 60 years. He never took a drink of whiskey and was never seen in the courts. The body of a young woman, her head almost severed, was found in a trunk at Ogd?n, Utah, Saturday by a baggage-master. The trunk had boen shipped from Denver, Col., the night before and was consigned to Weed, California. A Federal grand jury in Chicago, is said to be preparing indictments against twentyfive persons, some of them prominent, fflr violation of the Volstead liquor laws. Abstraction of liquors valued at $900,000 without proper papers is the principal charge. Retiring Secretary of the Navy Denby wa,s given a rousing welcome back to Detroit, when he returned there from Washington Thursday night. In an after dinner talk Mr. Denby insisted that he had not done anything wrong while he held office. THE FEMININE WORLD Something of the Things They Are Doing From Day to Day. Norma Talmadge is probably the highest paid motion picture star in the world, it beiAg claimcd that she receives $10,000 ? week for her ef forts. ^ _ ?> Miss Elizabeth Criswell, a Phila delphia social worker, has been ap pointed director of the child welfare department of the Grenfell mission in Labrador. Mrs. Cornelius B. Stone, ? aged 94 years, of Texas, is probably the oldest Daughter of the Confederacy in the United States. Though she is- past 76 years of age, Lilli Lehman, German prima donna, is still teaching girls who aspire to! sing in opera. Rosamond Pinchot, niece of Gover nor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, has been selected to play an important role in a stage production. Madam % Amelia Besso, artist and war heroine, has been appointed by Mussolini to have full charge of the Facisti women of Italy. A jury at San Francisco awarded Miss I^eona Standford $2,600 for a pint of blood which she gave in an unsuccessful attempt to save the lite of Mrs. G. P. Ililliard, of* Santa Rosa, Cal. v y As there are not enough women to go around they are prized very highly in'Palmirs; Central Asia, and when a ?man desires to marry he musChave at least 100 sheep to purchase the wife with. The only woman bank president in Illinois, Mrs. Flora McCormick, of Emden, took over hef husband's busi ness at his death, and rjow conducts it with her four sons as cashier, teller and bookkeepers. Miss Irene Harrole, who is "cen tral" on the liner Leviathan, is the youngest telephone operator afloat. She is but twenty-one years of age, yet handles the 879 extensions of the big ship's telephone system like a sea soned veteran. All the farmers' bulletins issued by the United States Department of Ag riculture are illustrated by a woman ? Mrs. Elllen I. Wallis, a special artist and only member of her sex engaged in this, line of work. Dr. 'Mabel Elliott, of Benton Har bor, Mich., has returned to this coun try, after service with the Near East Relief, bringing with her three Greek decorations for her work among the refugees in that country. After an absence of twenty years, Baroness von. Horn, the ^former Vir ginia Carrington, of Richmond, Va., i has returned to this country. 1 ' u J* 'b*M tialidlni Torn Down. t vf ' '? ? . t -k ? ? *???? ' , . ; Thv old building on Broad at reet fqtrmerly known us the Rich home, in<l lately owned by the late Eugene 1 C& rver, has been torn down by; permission of Mrs. ( a 1 vei who now jijU the property in charge. It has j Jouk been an eyesore in itn uncom pleted condition and those who take a pride in the city are glad it is gone. It was one of the oldest building" in Camden, yet some of the lumber in it n good condition. It is lo cated in ant: a f the moat desirable j building lots in the business section, r A pair of pigeons had built their nest in the old building and during the time the workmen wero engaged j in tearing down the building and far into the evening the two "? birds hovered over tho place seeking to find their destroyed^ property. Many people on the streets watched the antics of the two birds. Inherits Small Fortune. Greenwood, March 21.-r-The Index Journal says:. Miss Emmie Cason, a graduate of the ' Greenwood hospital training school for nurses, has inherited $62, 000 left by a doctor whom she nursed at Modesto, California, according to information received by the Index Journal today from a Columbia Yriend of Miss Cason. The information came to the Index* Journal in th* form of a news item and- reads as follows: "It was learned here today that $62,000 has been deeded by Dr. Alonato Itios Mizwa of Modesto, California, to Miss Emmie Cason, a trained nurse who cared for Dr. Mizwa during his illness, and, having no relatives to inherit his money, he deeded the $62,000 in her behalf. Miss Cason seemed to be little concerned about her new for tune. She said : 'I am in no hurry to go to Modesto and collect my legacy. 1 have got along all right before I got it, and I'll live in comfort if I never get it.' "Miss Cason is widely known in this sta^e but resides in San Fran cisco for the winter. . She will con tinue her profession as a nurse." It was learned at Greenwood hos pital today that Miss Cason left here a year or more ago and went to Greenville. Later she went to Texas on account of her health and friends at the hospital had heard from ?her at intervals until Christmas. They had not -heard of her removal to California for the winter. TK1 AN<;i I AH DBBAT* All of the Team# Won on Their HorAe Grounds^ ( Wednesday's Columbia Htut c)' 4 \ ' y\H three high school teams in the Columbia-Camden- Lancaster triangle, debating on their native heaths lust night, were victorious. The Columbia affirmative team, meeting the Cam den negative team at Columbia, whs j victorious. I The Camden affirmative team, j meeting the Lancaster negative team 1 at Camden, wop the decision and the j Lancaster affirmative team, meeting | the* Columbia negative team at Lan caster, was declared the winner, so ? that all three affirmative teams enrried off the laurels. The results of the three debates held last night mean that all three affirmative teams carried off finals, which are to bo held in Columbia during high school week in the latter part of April. The query debated at Columbia, Lancaster and Camden was "He solved, That federal^, aid should be sought to j>qualize educational op portunities throughout the state." The debate at the Columbia high school last evening between Colum bia's affirmative team and Camden's negative team was followed closely by an interested audience. The exercises wore presided over by D. J. Jenkins of the University of South Carolina. The Columbia team upholding the affirmative side of the question, was composed of Miss Cavrie Nell Goff and Carlisle Roberts. Tho Camden debaters, upholding the negative side of the query, were Miss Emily Jenkins and Cecil Wittkowsky. After the arguments had been heard, opportunity for rebuttal wiih given, all of the debaters taking part in the reh*rftal. * The decision of the judges .wa&- unanimously in favor uf. the Columbia team. ' W. A. Clark, principal of the high school at Camden, accompanied his team to Columbia, whilo .T. H SnlH vnn of the Columbia high school fac ulty looked after the' interests of his team. The four debaters presented their arguments in good form, drove home their points .skilfully and gave evidence of thorough preparation and careful training. Tho announcement that Columbia had won the decision wa3 received with much applause by the audience. During tho evening, a number of selections were rendered in pleasing fashion by the Columbia high school orchestra. WARD OFF HEAVY COUGHS AND COLDS *r^v\nflFY your blood and build up Y~r your stVength with* Gude'a Pepto JL Mangan. It will fortify you agflnat colds; it Will help you put on flesh. Don't wait until a heavy cold geta ita grip on you; begin to take Gude'a now. Your druggist has it; in liquid und, tablet form. Free Trial Tablet* ferifcT.fflBiff v*lw of Qud?'? I'vpU. Mui.g.u., write today for gtmerou* Trlul of Tablet*. U?u4 no roonvy ? Juwt namu nml uddrcM t* M. J, JJifikultttCh Co.. U Wurron 8t., N. Y, Gude's pepto^angan Tonic and Blood Enricher Lancaster (iets Decision. Lancaster, April 1.? By a vote of iowx, to one, the Lancaster high Hchool .debating team, upholding the affirma tive side of the "federal aid t? schools" query", was declared the win ner overr the Columbia negative team here tonight. The Lancaster debaters were David Clyburn and Henry Poliakoff. The' Columbia debaters were Kirkman Finlay, Jr., and Ralph Barrow. Both teams shoWed careful preparation. Camden Wins Oat. , Camden, April 1. ? Camden's affir mative team won a unanimous deci sion from Lancaster's negative team schools" query. 9 . The Camden team was composed of Morris Mogulescu and Harrel Fun derburk. The Lancaster team was composed of Curtis Bell and Milburri Clyburn. Both teams handled the subject well. ? Wants Deed To Park. Mrs. C. C. Anerum and Mr. Ralph N. Shannon have been named as a committee to confer with Mrs. C. C. Rnltfw ? ?? rwi Mr?. Ncrtor,, cv.T.crs of the body of woodland just north of the residence of Judge M. L. Smith, with a view of turning same over to the city to be used as a park and playground for Camden. The pur chase was made by these ladies to preserve the forest and should it bo turned .over to the city it would be cleared of the undergrowth and straw and benches placed so as to make it present a better appearance and at the samo time be useful and a joy to the children. Let your first experience with a Franklin car be in the front Seat. There you can see the road in-, & / equalities as they come, watch the speedometer, ? V | ? . . ? ? . and understand why a Franklin can cover , the ?" -?V : ~ , NSSs=?v ? ' ? greatest distance in a day. 'Then take the rear * I seat for a run of 50 to 500 miles. You'll be ! 4 . ' v 'i surprised and delighted. FRANKLIN THE LITTLE-FRANKLIN COMPANY T. LEE LITTLE, Manager Distributor* for \ KERSHAW, LEE AND SUMTER COUNTIES