Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IM HH I j V' Miks Louine Nettle* Dance at S|>rlnKd?lc. nW springdale, ?<>w th? KeVh V Country Club was the aeene C?unl> ihmco Wednesday evening, ?( ??? Ur?T?t of the solo.. This attractive ' "'"^'""'usually filled for such occa ' for it holds a faseinatum for ; T' 1,1 and voung. The older ones !",h ?xhe AM* n,al ?re "! " in I he plantation home an, I , ii - and surroundings echo with unfor?ottell pas,. glU a,?i truly do "hen Youth and ! T.r^hr^h,? hours with ?f 0Ul ?f v"" is wore present and a fine orches }ri,m Columbia furnished the "" Among the ehaperm.es were: smS *mt m N- mm aSle, Miss Kate Villepigne. M,.. I cnoir Kntertains at (fridge Honoring Mrs. C. C Whitaker, Jr., Tula, mid-summer bride, a lovely b,S-e party was given Monday after noon by Mrs. Whit I-e.no.r at tl, home on Fair street. A variety summer dower* filled the rooms trfih their beauty and fragraneiv making ? pleasing setting fot the fiv, tables. Miss Lillian Yates won ,oP score, Mrs. Douglc Bissell, of Charleston,- carried off the booby ))Vizt. and Miss Annie Workman cut ;h, consolation. The honor guest, was remembered with an appropriate \,;ft After the game the hostess served ? block ice cream, cake and candy. Fngagonient Announced. Th, K(.v. and? Mrs. Edward A., M?, Howell oC>stis. Fla., announce i engage j^nt of their daughUr, Hol,'? But*, to Curtis Vance B.sh op of Greenville, the marriage to take ;,lace in the near future. ^ , The bride-elect is a South >aio iina Kivl. having lived in this State until recently. She was- educated iu Greenville Woman's college and ? aught in Greenville and Dillon, mov ing tu Florida from Kingstree. She is a sister of Edward A. McDowell, .Jr., private secretary to Governor Mc Leod. . , ? ? Mr. Bishop, who is an instructor 1 ,he English department of ^urman universitv. is a graduate of that 1 dilution and of Richmond university. Mrs. John Kersha^~Suffers Fall. Friends in Camden of Mrs. John K..r,haw and family will regret to learn that she had a painful and per haps serious fan at her home m Charleston last Saturday evening. At last accounts, however, she was rest mi; well and a large circle of rela tives and friends in Camden arc interested and wish for her speedy recovery. Ordered to I* ort Bragg. Second Lieut. James William Cly burn of Camden, who was graduated from West Point recently and is no*i on a leave, has been assigned to the S. cond field artillery at Fort Bragg, < i ar Fayetteville, N. C. I Majestic Theatre Programme TODAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST l?t. William DeMille Presents a Para mount Picture: "THE BEDROOM WINDOW." ^ ith May McAvoy and Malcolm MacGregor, Richard Cortez. Also a new Ga gg Comedy "SEEING THINGS." SATURDAY, AUGUST 2nd. \ywon Film Corporation Presents a Western Melodrama: "CYCLONE JONES." And a Mermaid Comedy: "DANDY LIONS" And "The Telephone Girl." WEEK OF AUGUST ith to 9th. TAKE-A-CHANCE WEEK." Something "New! ? Something Novel. A Big All-New-Surprise Show Every Day. Every Num ber a secret. No one knowing what the program will he until flashed on the screen. Are you willing to gamble on f,ur ability to entertain you with out knowing what the program is to be ? But really you won't be gambling, because we've got it fixed so you can't losie. Please help us keep the show a secret. Don't tell your friendA about it. Let thorn get a surprise too. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. William King is vUiting in Columbia, Mrs, John W. Corbett lias returned flow.' Charleston. Mrs, A..W. Burnet fs the gucat of Mrs, W. J. Dunn. Miss Margaret llogue spent last week-end in Hartsville, Mrs. Heulah Harfleld spent la>t week end in Charleston. Miss V irginia Smith, of Kowe&villu is visiting friends here. Mrs. Holiday, Of Sumter, visited Mrs. C, W. Kvans last week. Jack Nettles has gone to Camp Osceola for a month's stay. Mr. and Mrs. \V. J, May field are spending, sometime at Myrtle Heat h. Mrs. McCants of Cameron is visit ing her daughter, Mis. H. l'\ Zeigle;'. Miss Mary deSaussnre, of Charles ton, is visiting relatives in Camden, Mrs. Jelf Boyd has returned" from a visit .to relatives at Donalds, S. C. Mrs. William OrndotV, of Spartan burg, visited relatives here this week. Miss Cornelia Aldret, of Summe? vHle, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. M. McLeod. Miss Margaret Anerum is at Myrtle Beach for a stay of several (lays. .Mr. "nil Mrs. H. G. Can'ison, Sr., arc spending sometime at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Kirkland are in the mountains of North Carolina for a vacation. Mrs. Ellis Wilson has returned home froYtl a visit to Honea Path and Greenville. Mr and Mrs, Jack Whitaker have returned from a two weeks' stay in North Carolina. Mrs. E. T. Asbury is in Charlotte with her mother and brother, who are both quite sick. * Mrs. Dora Hill, who has been spending some time in North Carolina is at home again. Mr, and Mrs. Harold Boyd of Allen ; dale were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Boyd last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wittkowsky left this week for ftendersonville to spend several weeks. Miss Madge Witherspoon, of Co lumbia, is the guest of Miss W illie Alexander this week, Mr. Bur well Tindal, Jr., has re ^t*H4ied after spending two weeks with His parents at Manning. Misses Leila and Charlotte Shan non left Monday for a month's stay in the Berkshire Hills, Mass. " Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shannon and children are leaving today for a week's stay at Pawley's Island. Mr. and Mrs. David Cohen and children, of Darlington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Baum this week. Mrs. John Goodale and daughters, Nell and Margaret, have returned home from a visit to Anderson. Miss Mary Easterling, who has been visiting Miss Daisy Lang has returned to her home if r Charleston. Mrs. Rena Team Boozer and son, Mr. David Boozer, of Gafrney, were guests this week of Mr.' and Mrs. R. B. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Griffin of Columbia spent several days this week with the latter's mother, Mrs. William Shannon. Mrs. M. M. Rogers of Kingstree is visiting this week at the home of Mrs. W. K. Hendrix on Lyttleton street. Mrs. Mackey who has been visiting her son and family Mr. John T. Mackey, has returned to her. home in Lancaster. Rev. M. J. Redd in attended the fun eral of the Right Reverend Leo Haid, bishop of North Carolina, held at Charlotte Tuesday Miss Annie Workman, who has been teaching out west is at home on a visit. She will teach at Winthrop College next session. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bttrfifltl, ?>f Wil mington, N. C., and Mrs. John Mc | Creary, of Darlington, were visitors here this week. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Nettles and Mr. and Mrs. W. Robin Zemp are spending this week in the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. J. S. Rhame, Miss Olive Rhame and Mr. George Rhame have returned from Brevard. N*. ( ?. where they have been spending some time. Mr. Cecil Wittkowsky, who is spending the summer at Camp Osceola in the North Carolina moun tains, spent the week-end at home. Mrs. Alan Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Johnson. Jr., and daughter, of Newberry, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Mills this week. Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Thomas and, family, of Charleston. spent some time here this week on their way to Horse Shoe Mountain for an extend ed visit. 1 ? Misses Ruth and Edith Goodale, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Goodale, are guests of Mrs. Arthur E. Crane at her horr.e in Brooklyn, N. Y. " They will vitit other point? of interest and will be away from Camden about one month. j - * . . ' Mr. Charles C. llough, Mi Ms Eliza beth l.edford ami Mrs, .1. A. Bell s.pen ( several days la.st week in Hon* der.sonviUe, the guests of Mr, ami Mrs. \V. K, Hough. Mi'#, lUirwell Hoy Kin, Misses Min lift to Boykin, Jennie Whitaker and ?Drew Haxley spent Wednesday, in Hamlet, an enjoyable outing in the peach country. Mrs. A. S. I'ame and Mis. W. II. l'earce left Thursday by automobilo to spend a Cew days with Mrs. I'aine's daughter, Mrs, Shepperd, in Spartan burg. Miss Marion Wat kins, who has been spending her vacation at home, is returning this week to Charleston to resume her duties at Uaker Sani toi ium, where she is in training. Mrs. 11. ,). Harvey, of McHeth, S, ('., has been visiting friends here. Mr.-. Harvey is pleasantly remem bered here as Miss Nora Sawyer, having lived here with her sister* Mrs. M. W, Cordon, tluring the. pastorate of Rev. Gordon, We are sorry to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Zemp with their interesting little family contemplate leaving Camden in the near future to make their home in Florida. Thoji will be missed by a wide circle of friends amj their leaving is a distinct loss to the/ town. Mr. and Mrs. C C. Whltaker, Jr., whose marriage in New Jersey, on the 28th of June was a brilliant and interesting social event, have re turned from their wedding trip and are at home to their friends on North Lyttleton street. The bride is not .a stranger in Camden, having visited, here several times before her marriage and with charm, tact and graciousness won many friends. Mrs. Whitaker will be quite an addition to Camden society. GENERAL NEWS NOTES Mrs. .Mary Sanders, 74, seven times a widow, on Sunday afternoon mar ried A. J. Fuller, 90. Both the bride and bridegroom are inmates of the Jefferson Davis Soldiers' Home at Beauville, Miss. Unele Pat McLough lin, a bachelor^ 104, aebf&l as best man. Mrs. Elizabeth Sorber, trained nurse, is held without bail at Primus, N. J., on a charge of manslaughter, in connection with the death of her day-old baby. Palmer Cox, 84, author of the famous "Brownie" series of stories for children*, popular many years ago, died at his home at Granby, Quebec, last Thursday. Union barbers of Chicago are de manding increases in wages for their work due to the hair bobbing craze. The price for bobbing hair ranges from $1 to $1.50 per head in Chicago. Gene Tunney knocked out Georges Carpentier, French fighter, in the fif teenth rouitd in a fight at the Polo ^grounds, .,Nw' York, last Thursday flight- ' ? Kulogio . Lozkdo,' a Filipino, was elfctroctrted at Sing Si-rig prison, New York last Friday morning/' He paid the penalty for murdering a nurse in a New York physician's office. General Smedley D. Butler, head of the .police department of Philadelphia, has given out the information that he has been appointed to his office for a term of four years and expects to stick to the job. The statement was occasioned by rumors to the effect that the general was ready to throw up his job as an impossible task. Fir? caused by the destruction of a photographer's flashlight powder caused the destruction of a big ware house and a number of stores in Lynchburg, Va., Saturday afternoon, causing a property loss of $250,000. Albert C. Colter of Indianapolis, Ind., was killed near Asheville, N. C\, Friday when he was thrown from a horse he was riding Death was due to a fractured skull. < lien jam in F. Dors he i me r of At lantic City and Chester A. Dorsheim er of Harrisburg, Pa., both wealthy, are held in bail bonds at York, Pa., on charges of having murdered their father fourteen years ago. The charge is made -by a brother of the two men, Frank Dorsheimer, who claims that his parents, both now dead, sent him a spirit message in which they told him of the murder to get the father's fortune. The ac cused brother* take the matter light ly, asserting that the accusing brother is insane* The cemetery at Marianlorff," a suburb of Berlin, has been seized by bailiffs because of the failure* of the payment of back taxes by its present i owner*. A corps of guides will now be at the disposal of tourists in Paris. A notice, passed by the Paris Municipal council, reads: "It is desirable to preserve French and foreign tourists from the unwholesome influence of unscrupulous toughs without way pro fessional knowledge, who now prac tice the trade of guides." ANNOUNCING - the opening ot our nev Cash uhd Carry Store Saturday, August 2nd. Wo have believed for Homo tinu* that Camden needed a store ot this kind, as practically over) town ot our si/o has ope. NN t* \% i 1 1 occupy tho \N . It. Watkins Store aorosn tho street from the first National Bank. Mr Watkins is going to continue to run tho Parlor Merit. .Market in the same building. Wo believe this is going to prove a popular idea, as we liiui that Columbia's larger 1'iggly Wiggly, as well as other popular Cash and Carry Stores, have recently installed up-to-date markets. 'Ibis is going to bo an absolutely cash grocery store where nothing at all is to be charged and nothing is to be *doli\ ered. We are going to mark everything ? every package- down to an attractive price, and this will bo stamped on each and every package as it is placed on the shell". We especially invito every lady in Camden, who has any groceries to buy Saturday, to come in ahd look over our stock, a ltd sep the prices that we have, and compare them with either oasn or credit prices elsewhere. We believe we can demonstrate to you that it will pay to pay cash. Hosides the close prices prev ailing on each and every article, >\ e will have on a number of deals lor that day, For instance, lor every dollar in Trade we will return to you tive cents in cash. No rebate on purchases of less than $1.00. With every la-cent package of National Hiscuit Company crackers, such as Saltinos, T ig New tons Arrowroot, Social Tea or Zwieback, we will sell any ti\e cent package for one cent, lie sure to come to see us any tiin'e between 7 o'clock a.m. and 10 o'clock p.m., Saturday, August 2nd. In this store everything is placed whore you can get to it handily ancjl you can wait on yourself by taking a basket and going through, getting what you want, go by and pay the cashier and the transaction is through. There will be clerks, too, to help you select your purchases. . STANDARD CASH AND CARRY GROCERY Vesper Service To Be Held. On Sunday afternoon!, August 3rd, at 6:80 o'clock ft vesper service will .bo hold on the edge of the Hermitage mill pond at Mrs. White's place. This service is to he conducted by the Ep worth League of the . Methodist church and Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church and the topic will be "Christ's Parables of Nature." Contribution From Camden. Mr. George L. Kicker, treasurer of the Sumter County Tornado Relief Committee, has received from the Camden committee a check for $134.17,. this being the final remit tance of the fund contributed by citi zens of Camden and Kershaw county for the relief of the tornado victims of Sumter county. Previous remit tances totalled about $1,200, and this check brings the total contributed by Camden up to approximately $1,350. The exact figures cannot be given us all of his records and funds in hand were turned over to the lied Cross when that organization took over the relief work in Sumter counly. ? Sum ter Item. Suicide in Chesterfield. Jefferson, July 29. ? The town and community were shocked and sad dened Sunday morning when it was learned that Jeff Funderourk had committed suicide. It seems that after a conversation with his son he walked into the ad joining room and shot himself through the head, dying instantly. Legion Auxiliary To Meet. There will be the usual monthly meeting of the Auxiliary to the American Legion on Wednesday, August 6th at the residence of Mrs. W. Bratton deLoach on Lyttleton street at 6 o'clock. All members are urged to attend and all those desiring to join are cordially invited to be present. Bandit Hobs Columbia Drug Store Columbia, July 25.? Holding the proprietor at bay at the point of .in automatic pistol, an unmasked bandit tonight titled the crtsh register of the Price Drug company, located oil one of the principal business streets of the city, backed out of the door and I entered a waiting automobile and es "caped, W. I). Price, owner, was the only occupant of the store at the time of the hold up. He fired two shots at the motor car as it dashed away from the scene. Both shots went wild. The loss was reported at $17.80, all i the cash the money drawer contained. Columbia Boy Killed in Florence. Florence, July 2i>.? -Bertie Coward, 1(5 year old son' of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Coward of Coumbia, was killed near Coward, Florence county, this afternoon, when his automobile ran into a ditch and overturned His skull was crushed. The body will be shin 1 ped to Columbia for the funeral. Boy Scout News. The weekly meeting of Troop 2 ot the Camden Boy Scouts was held Friday July 2o. The meeting was opened with the Lord's prayer, then the roll was called and 18 scouts answered to their names. After the dues had been collected the scout master told us of having challenged the troop of scouts out at Wateree Mills to a track meet which we hopo to see come off in about two weeks. The hike that we had planned at the ?last meeting for July 26 was then dis cussed. All of the boys were sorry to hear J hat Mr, de Loach could not be with jis as he had planned but Saturday Mr. Mur.tain was on hand and about fifteen boys hiked out to the old pond. We spent the while in swimming or playing different games and everyone seemed to enjoy the day. Billy Lindsay, ^ Scribe. K|>I?m Defeats Jennings, U. I*. I'lpps Tuesday defeated 1.. I>. Jennings in the Vine for Mayor oi Sumter by the decisive vote of to IlM, according to unofficial count. The vote was the largest ever east in the city in a Immicipal primary and the "overwhelming defeat of the in cumbent came us a surprise to many, although it had generally been ex pected that he would lose by a smalt majority. Summer Session Satisfactory. The summer session for delinquent - pupils of the Camden schools, the first attempt at a systematized effort on the part of the school authorities as' ai) aid to pupils making up con ditions. came to a close with exami nations on July 21st. This work is to be taken as a marked success not only because of the response to it from the patrons Imt on account of the excellent service rendered by the teachers employed. For the class room work teachers were selected who have been regular teachers in the system. For the grammar grades Mrs. L. T. Mills, Mrs. (Jeorge Taylor and Miss Emily L. Zemp, and for the high school work Mr. W. A. Clark, Jr., Miss Agnes Corbet t, Miss Henrietta Zemp and Miss Mary Black well were as signed for the summer work. The school was run for a term of five weeks including Saturdays, end - ? ing with regular examinations on the work covered. Pupils attending were charged at a moderate rate which was considerably less . than that usually charged for summer tutoring. The number in the elementary de partment taking the summer work was fifty-five and in the high school department twenty-five. J. G. Richards, Jr. Elephants play football in the jug gles of Africa, forming the ball out of earth taken from an ant-hill. PrinA I .a/yctt o* in the *vor!J ? Si *. feel >i i. i n* li < > : 11 liriKlif. J.OOO [>oun.J? ifi wnfiht. L xhlb:tc-i r? v Anhfuirr Hurfh jf nr r m i r ? 'hrou;!i jut I ? ? country . CRAPE BOUQUET Something new and different - a delight ful drink with a won derful grape flavor ?a quality product from the House of Anheuser-Busch St. Louia 0A04 5' a glass at all fountains Chero-Cola Bottling Co. Distributor* Camden, S. C,