The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 17, 1924, Image 5
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Mian Louise Nettles
HIM Chapter Al Ker*haw.
,\ tfcijghtful occasion In tho history
j ^thkirk Hill Chapter D. A. R. was
_ ?hl, combined social and, business
|j[ mcl,ting ht Ul in Kershaw last Thurs
I ternoon when Mis. John Ste
- was the gracious hostess
Almost the entire membership accept
the invitation, driving to Kershaw
In time for the 4 MO meeting.
The regent, Miss Leila. Shannon,
?lvSi(M, and many things of interest
t(, p. A. U. work came up for discus
sion, among them the observance of
Labor Pay by the Chapter- and
schools and K- was decided to bring
(his matter before the 4 schools and
make telling results in tree planting.
??He that plpnteth a tree is the ser
vant of God. He provideth a kind
ness for many generations and faces
iiial he hath not seen."
A committee consisting of Mrs.~Gi
K. Taylor and Miss Ernestine Bate
man WftF appointed to introduce or
promote in the schools the plan of
saving or thriftiness. The U. A. Ii.
stand for happy American Homes
and believe that thrift and economy
make them. It war, Emerson who
.aid : "A creative economy is tho
fuel of magnificence." 1
Delegates were elected to the state,
conference which meets in Newberry
in November. Ilobkirk Hill will be
represented by Miss Leila Shannon as
regent, Mrs. John Stevens, delegate,
Miss Minnie Clyburn goes as a state
officer.
Mrs. Clifton McKain then read an
interesting paper on one of South
Carolina's Revolutionary heroines.
And the regent called on Miss Louise
Nettles for an impromptu talk on
"what we have to be proud of in
Camden." This voluptuous subject
could only be touehed in high places
and with the speaker's overflow of
sentiment in that direction it was
more difficult to stop than to begin.
The guests were then invited into
the dining lHu^nffri^re a salad course
with accessories, followed by ices, was
' served.
Next the guests were ushered into
the breakfast room Where at a table
lovely in its appointments the chap
ter regent poured coffee, and then the
ride back to town, getting home iif
the dusky October evening with a
lingering memory of one of the chap
ter's most delightful meetings.
O'Cain-Weaver.
Friends in Camden will be interest
ed r, in the announcement of the
marriage of Miss Annie Laurie O'Cain
to Mr. Frederick Stuart," which oc
curred at Aberdeen, N. C., on Wed
nesday, October 15th, the Rev.
Euclid .McWhorter officiating. The
bride will be pleasantly remembered
in Camden where she resided for sev
eral years. ^They will make their
home in Aberdeen. The young couple
were visitors in Camden yesterday
enroute to Florida where they will
?'pend some time.
Majestic Theatre
Programme
FRIDAY, OCT. 17
Betty Compson, Elliott Dexter,
and Zasu Pitts in
THE FAST SET"
Also a Sennett Comedy and
"Bee's Knees Contest"
1" pair Humming Bird ^lose to
First Prize Winner
6 pair Humming Bird Hose to
Second Prize Winner
pair Humming Bird Hose to
Third Prize Winner
SATURDAY, OCT. 18
Charles "Buck" Jones in
THE CIRCUS COWBOY"
And a Mermaid Comedy
"Wedding Showers"
And next episode of
"The Fortieth Door"
MONDAY, OCT. 20
Jackie Coogan
Hack again and at his best in
"LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSO"
Also Pathe News
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
Let's go!
"POWDER RIVER"
Authentic War Pictures
S. Official Motion Pictures
showing every division in action.
Four tfroat battles. See it with
your own eyes. No one can tell
>??u about it. You can't get it in
books. Complete history of Amer
ica's part in the great war. ?
Admission 50c
Children under 12, 25c
''resented by LeRoy Belk Post,
American Legion of Camden
WU?SDA? -WUIXA Y
Cecil B. DeMille's
"FEET OF CLAY"
^V?th Rod LaRoc<|ue, Vera Rey
nolds, Richard Cortez, Julia Faye,
Theodore Kosloff and Robert
Edison.
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Eleanor Mitchell spent last
week in Columbia,
ipiaa Mary Black well spent the
week-end in Kershaw.
Mrs. Lewis Lee Clyburn and Mrs.
Steve I'trry visited in CoUfmbia last
week.
Mr. and Mm* Frank V. l>ulliin;iu
of Bisjhopville visited relatives here
last week-end.
Mrs. K. C!. /eirouer of Gainesville,
!? la., is on a visit to her mother, Mrs.
Ci. G. Alexantlev,
Dr. Edwin Muiler arid Mr. Johli T.
Mackej are attending Presbytery in
Newberry this wttk.
Miss Ellen Bull, of Columbia, was
a guest at the home of Mrs. flflwis
Lee Clyburn last week.
Mrs. G. F. Cooley and g^^d
daughter, Carolyn Gilliam, spent last
i week in Clinton >vith the former's
sister.
Misses Harriet Steedman, Cynthia
Team arid Virginia Clarke, students
at Winthrop spent the weekend? at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. K. Hallctt wire
visitors here this week. They U m
Thursday evening for a two weeks';
stay in Boston.
Mrs. Kershaw de Loach and baby,
Francis Bratton, of Good Mope plan
tation in lower Carolina are visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' \V. B.
deLoach.
Mrs. G. F. Coolfcy will leave Satur
day for Jacksonville, ,,Fla., to carry
little Carolyn Gilliam, hi*V grand
daughter, to her home after spending
several . months with her in Camden.
- Capt, John R. Barxtell, popular
conductor of the Marion and King
ville division of the Southern rail
road, has been undergoing treatment
in the Fennell Itvfirmary, Rock Hill,
this week. His friends will be glad
to know that he is recuperating rap
idly. ? York vi He Enquirer.
Mr. J. Ii! Bradley, Mrs. Sarah H.
Bradley and Mrs. E. A. Campbell, 01
Altoona, Pa., spent Monday in Cam
den enroute to St. Petersburg, Flu.
Mrs. Bradley is the mother of Mr.
Bradley and fe eighty years of age
and was making the long automobile
trip with her son. jVIr. Bradley is
connected with the West Coasi
Realty^ -Company, of St. Petersburg,
Fla., and stopped here long enough
to give The Chronicle Job Shop a
large order for printing with which
he will placard the route from t arn
den to St. Petersburg in the interest
of his company.
.Met With Mrs. Biakeney.
The Kirkwood Book Club held an
, enjoyable meeting at Sarsfield last
[Thursday morning with Mrs. Eugene
Biakeney as the agreeable hostess.
The new books had come and were
drawn for by the club members. The
club decided to have a study course
this year and a committee was ap
pointed to decide upon the subject
and report at the next meeting. Sars
field, one of the pretty homes of Cam
den, was especially attractive on this
occasion, flooded with October sun
shine and filled with autumn's bril
liant hues.
After business a social hour was
enjoyed, the hostess serving refresh
ments.
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Woman's Auxiliary Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Auxiliary Branch B, of
Grace Episcopal church was. held on
Tuesday, October 8th. ,
Mrs. W. J. Mayfield reported great
need among the poor in our midst
and received a splendid response from
auxiliary members.
Anyone else interested in giving
clothing for infants or older children
will please see Mrs. Ida Heath, chair
man of supply department. ^ v
Saturday, October 18th, St. Luke's
Day, is set apart by the Woman'*
Auxiliary for a corporate communion
and presentation of its United Thank
Offering.
May our attendance and interest at
these monthly meeting increase and
to quote from "The Piedmont Church
man," "Our Lord passed on to us the
definite commands ? Look, Pray, Give,
Go!"
Call to State Conference.
Mrs. W. B. Burney, state regent,
has issued the following call to mem
bers of the South Carolina I). A. R.:
"The conference will be held with
the Jasper Chapter, Newberry, Mrs.
Walter II. Hunt, regent, November
11, 12, 13.
"The opening session will be hell
in the high school auditorium, Tues
day evening at eight o'clock. The
I day sessions will be held in the First
I Baptist Church. All evening sessions
i in the high school auditorium. The
I Tama>.*ec Board will meet Tuesday
i afternoon at two-thirty o'clock in the
parlor of the Newberry Hotei.
"Credentials Committee, Mrs. D. C.
Wright, chairman, mil meet nf four-,
thirty o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, in
hotel parlor. Send names of dele
gates to Mrs. Elmer Summer, chair
man Hospitality Committee, New
berry, S. C." J
> I.qvely Dinner Party.
Un Kriday evening lust Mr. and
Mrs. W. (J. Wilson were hi home t\)
ft few friends at a lovoly dinner party
given in celebration of Mr, Wilson's
birthday and also complimenting Dr.
and Mrs. John P. Graham. Covers
were laid for fourteen. .Sirs, Wilson
was assisted by her daughters, Mrs.
J. Smyrl llalsall and Mis;i Sadie
Wilson.
Mr. Wilson is one of ? Camden'*
most substantial citizens, being a
prominent merchant, a director in one
of its leading banks and active in
fraternal, musical and religious or
ganizations.
Held Their Second Meeting.
The second meeting of the Junior
Music Club was held- in the school
auditorium Wedn??j%y, October 15th.
The president asked the secretary to
call the roll and dues were paid, after
which musical current events were
read. The program then opened with
Aa duet by. Caroline Richardson and
"Kalherine Boykin. Fay Kirkland
next read an essay on primitive
music. Piano solos were rendered by
Virginia Haile . and Hetty Cureton.
Gertrude Zemp and Caroline Richard
son lead essays -on music. It was
suggested that the club bo named
after the famous composer Edward
McDowell, which suggestion was
j unanimously accepted. The treasurer
reported the amount of dues received.
The next meeting of the club will bd
an open one to which all are cordially
invited to attend. : .
Carolyn Hey man, Reporter.
The Circus Last Friday.
The Walter L. Main circus exhibit
ed here last Friday at two perform
ances. The usual large crowd was
absent, due primarily to business and
crop conditions, but the show gave
real good performances. Tney left
for Lancaster the following day
where they exhibited to record-break
ing crowds. The show has' an itin
erary through North Carolina and
Virginia and closes "at Fredericks
burg October 2o, when the entire out
tit will be sold to Miller Brothers, of
the 101 Ranch, and shipped to Mar
land, Okla.
Purchased Garage.
Messrs. T. B. McClain and L. T.
Stewart have purchased the. garage
outfit formerly belonging to the late
S. A. Burrier and will Conduct the
sanle m the future. It is locatcd 011
the wost side of Broad street in a
desirable location. The place has been
well advertised in the trade journals
and on highways and the new pro
prietors will no doubt do a good busi
ness. The garage is . well equipped
and enjoyed a liberal patronage under
its late owner.
Distinguished Physician Dead. -
Dr. Joseph J. Watson, distinguished
as a diagnostician and one of the
first authorities on pellagra, died
Wednesday night at his home, 1312
Blanding street, Columbia, after an
illness of several months. A physi
cian of great learning and recognized
skill, he stood at the forefront of his
profession and in his death the South
loses one of its most valued medical
men. Joseph Jenkins Watson was
born July 2, 1872, at Ridge Spring,
S. C., and was the son of Stanmore
Watson and Sarah English Jenkins
Watson. In 1886 the family moved
to Columbia.
Stormy Petrel Stirs Gastonia.
Gastonia, Oct. 15. ? Cole Blease, of
South Carolina, speaking here tonight
to a crowd of nearly 1,500 peoplty
voiced a Warning against the en
couragement of the federal govern
ment upon the rights of the states,
and charged the republican party
with aiding in that effort to deprive
the states of their sovereign powers.
The crowd that gathered to hear
Blease overflowed the courtroom and
the speaking was held in the open air,
Blease talking from the base of the
Confederate monument in the court
house yard.
Married Two Days; Killed by Fall.
Rock Hill, October 15. ? Fatally in
jiWd at the new Catawba river dam
\vh#f a crane which he was operating
gave way under the weight- of its
load, Charles R. Broadwell, aged 2fl,
of Anderson, died at a Charlotte hos
pital yesterday it became known here
today.
Injured Monday, he wax taken to
the hospital in an effort to save his
life. He had been married the Sat
i urday before to Miss Aileen William
( son, of Fort Mill.
When the arm of the crane broke
I the man was thrown on his head
against timbers nearby and his skull
fractured. Others on the great
machine escaped uninjured in mitaru
lous manner.
Unifies his bride of twn day?. Mr.
! Broadwell is survived -by his father,
W. (\ Broadwell and. a. brother, Pres
ton Broadwell, both of Anderaon.
The body, it is understood, will be
taken to Anderson for burial.
Standing Room Only, *
Put* "Pep" in the Turk
Constantinople. The now prefer* <>|
Constantinople. , Kinine Hoy, to Instil
the spirit of "hustle" Into tlx' prefec
ture. officials, lias given orders that no
chatr* In* allowed In any office except
the chairs occupied by the otllclals
themaeives. ??
This Is Intended to discourage the
Inveterate habit of Turkish otllclals of
eoni fort ably Installing their business
visitors, treating them to coffee, and
Kok*I|>1?k Interminably without getting
down to business.
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Change Names at Will
Klga. ? A recent decree of the cen
tral soviet authorities grants every
Hussian citizen over eighteen years
the right to change his family
name and ids Itrst name as often as
he pleases, with full legul validity,
simply by notifying the registrar of
the community.
First Mail Plane
Motor to Museum
Washington.: ? Tho engine use* I
in it lUeriot monoplane to curry
t lie llrst aerial niairin tho Unite*)
States hiis heon presented to tho
Smithsonian Institution h.v Karl
Ovington, a Snnta Harhani
(Ca? ) aviator, u ho; In HM.1, was
sworn in lis tin1 first aerial post
num.
Tho Oihclnl document, hearing
tho signature of IVsintaator Gen
eral Hitchcock uiul Chief In
spector Morgan of Now York
also will he presented to the In
slitttlhm. together with, a sit in
pi ?? of uiall en ivied on the first
trip and M photograph <>f th?*
W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store
GARDEN SEEDS AND ONION SETS NOW IN
Lawn Gr?u should be planted during early Winter,
better put it in now.
FLOWER SEEDS AI^D FLOWER 1 BULBS
Just in ? Whitman's' Candies. None better and few
as good.
KODAKS ? DEVELOPI NG
Phone 30 Delivery
Favors and Novelties For
HALLOWEEN
Complete Party Equipment
THE TRESCHIC SHOl'PE
DeKalb Street . . . .Camden, S.C.
** i .1. jC.i.i..
Going Down
Charles M. Schwab said In a re
cent Y. M. C. J?. address In Yonkera:
''Whatever you undertake. see It
through. Stick. at It till It's done.
Don't be always shifting round from
one filing to another."
Mr. Schwab .struck tho reading desk
?with his ll??t.
"Hoys." he said. "remlMUbor this ?
A rolling Htono not only gathers no
iuuss, but It always rolls down hill."
i One-third more mining, oil well ami
pumping machinery made in America
is now being sold in other countries
than before this year.
Sprouted beans were used to help
keep down scurvy in the Serbian
army during the war.
French automobile makers. are now
shipping many cars to other coun
trios.
Motorcycles manufactured in thi*
country and bought in Poland and
l)a n/.ig, number four times as .many
this year as last.
OUR POLICY:
Giving More to Get
More Business
Keeping- down the cost of selling* goods is the merchants big
job. That includes rent, salaries, insurance, taxes and other
, expenses. These go on daily whether sales are small or large.
Our policy to keep expenses do.wn is to sell more g*oods. And
,we believe the best way to sell more goods is to give greater val
ues and best possible service. We ai'e prepared to do this and
more and we are going- to do mo.re, depending on your apprecia
tion to bring us more good business.
Beginning Saturday, October 18th, 1924, we will give with
each CASH PURCHASE of $1M , and for each $1.00 Paid on ac
count or note due us, a numbered ticket . A duplicate number
will be deposited in a sealed box which will be opened in the
presence of witnesses on Saturday, December 27th, 1924, at 12
o'clock noon, and the person holding the lucky numbers drawn
from box, will be given the following valuable prizes:
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Prize No. /?This not definitely decided but will proba
bly be a COOK STOVE
Prize No. 2 ? National Steam Pressure Cooker, value. . . . $27.50
Prize No. 3 ? Perfection Oil Heater, value $11.00
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Prize No. 4? -Electric Iron, value $ 5.00
Prize No. 5 ? Enterprise Meat Cutter, No. 10, value $ 5J>0
Prize No. 6 ? Vulcan Plow, choice of No. 6 or No. 8, value . .$12.50
Prize No. 7 ? Plow Gears, Collar, Hames, Traces, Back
band, value . . . : $ 8.25
Prize No. 8 ? Football, value $ 2.50
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Get one or more of these valuable prizes by spending your
cash at the store which gives more to get more good business.
If you hold all lucky numbers you get all these prizes.
And don't forget this ? you are sure to get good service and
high quality merchandise at Lowest Prices. ,
Come in and take a look at these prizes. Everybody will .
want these and you are sure to want our merchandise. ?
MACKEY MERCANTILE COMPANY
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Camden, South Carolina