The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 30, 1925, Image 5
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ily MIhh Lou 1 we Nettle*
The River of Life
Thtr more we live, more brief appear
Our lify'f* succeeding stages;
A day ty childhood seems a year,
And j#! like passing age?.
I hr gladsome current of our youth,
I,,, passion yet disorders,
Steals lingering like a river smooth
Along its grassy borders.
Hut as the care-worn cheek grows'
/ >vant
Ana sorrow's shafts fly thicker.
Ye stars, that measure life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker?
When joys have lost their bloom
and breath
Anil life itsself is vapid,
Why as we reach the Falls of Death
Feel we its tide more rapid ?
ft may seem strange?yet who would
change
Time's course to slower speeding,
When one by one our friends have
gone ? .
And left our bosoms bleeding?
Heaven gives our years of fading
strength
Indemnifying fleetnees;
And those of youth a. seeming length
Proportioned to their sweetness,'
Campbell.
Was a Charming Affair
The Silver Tea given at the Metho
dist parsonage on the evening of Jan.
18th by the Rebecca DeLoache circle
was a very charming affair, v
The rooms were appropriately dec
orated with the Confederate colors,
and a portrait of General Robert E.
Lee held a prominent place in the
settings. At a table with dainty ap
pointment of snowy linen, glistening
silver and lights gleaming from red
tapers, Mrs. B. G. Sanders and Mrs.
J. A. West poured tea and coffee,
which, with wafers and cakes, were
served by four maidens in costumes
of the 60's.
Despite the inclemency of the even
ing, a large crowd assembled, and
were then presented with an oppor
tunity of meeting Rev. and Mrs. G.
T. Peeler, who have recently coma
among us.
Mrs. Spong Passes Crisis
The many friends of Mrs. Ernest
M. Spong will be delighted to know
that she is much improved after hav
ing been .critically ill since Tuesday
morning in a hospital in Camden,
s. c.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy Blakeney,
the former a brother of Mrs. Spong,
and Mrs. J. P. Little, Jr., and Mr.
Shelby Spong, sister and brother of
Mr. Spong, returned to Charlotte,
yesterday afternoon from Camden
where they have been since Wednes
day. Mrs. Spong is one of Charlotte's
most popular young matrons.
The twins of Mr. and Mrs. Spong,
a boy and a girl, are getting along
nicely.?Saturday's Charlotte Obser
ver.
The little boy has been named Er
nest, Jr., and Rosalin will be the
name of the young lady. Friends
in Camden of Mrs. Spong, who was
Miss Katherine Blakeney, are also
delighted to know that tehe is steadily
improving. The little twins have been
attracting great attention at the hos
pital.
Majestic Theatre
Programme
Today, Friday, Jan. 30
King Vidor's
"WIFE OF THE CENTAUR"
Here's the novel that set the world
talking?now in pictures.
With John Gilbert and
Aileen Pringle
Also a Sennett Comedy
"Black Oxfords"
Saturday, Jan. 31
Thfe story of a dog and a man
hunt in the Argentine
"THE SILENT ACCUSER" -
with Peter the Great as
the secret service dog and
Raymond McKee and
Eleanor Boardman 4'
Also the first of the
"GO-GETTERS"
With all of the Fightinf Blood Cast
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Monday, Feb. 2
RICHARD DIX IN
A Paramount Picture
"A MAN MUST LIVE" , ""
Based on "Jungle Law"
by I. A. R. Wylie
Also Pathe News
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Thomas H. Ince Presents
"IDLE TONGUES"
Based on the famous novel
"Dr. NyeM
With Percy Marmont and
Doris Kenyon
Also a Christie Comedy
Wednesday ac Thursday
Jack Holt, Ernest Torrence,
I/oi? Wilson and Noah Berry in
"NORTH OF 36"
By Emerson Hough
Even a more enthrilling story than
"The Covered Wagon". Over a
trail of over 1,000 thrills.
^With Sped.! MBftical Pro)
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PERSONAL MENTION
Mis? Kancy Lindsay is visiting in
Charlotte.
Miss Dorothy Burns and Eleanor
Mitchell spent the week end in Sum
ter. \
Miss Insley Howell of Kaston, Pa.,
is the attractive gu^st of Mrs. ('ale'/
Whitaker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Spigner of Columbia
were thi- guests this week of Mr.
and Mrs. fitoney.
Miss Mattie Gerald has gone to
the northern and eastern markets to
purchase her spring millinery.
Mr. A. Sam'Karesh, of the Fashion
Shop, left this week for the north
ern markets to purchase goods for
his store.
Friends aiv pleain.I to Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Riddle of New Jersey,
annual visitors in Camden, and they
an: again at the Court"\Inn for tho
reason.
Sheriff G. C, Welsh was m Co
lumbia Wednesday where he attend
ed a meeting of the sheriffs of South
Carolina in conference with Governor
McLeod.
Friends of Mrs. H. D. Niles will
be pleased to le4rn that she is im
proving at the Camden hospital where
she underwent a serious operation
on Monday.
Mrs. W. G. Wilson, Jr., and child
ren, Jean Ray and Billy, of Camden,
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrs. J. J. Davis and her sister, Mrs.
G. A. Stoud on Oakland avenue. ?
Monday's Sumter Item.
Troy West, formerly of this county,
but recently of Raleigh, N. C., was
operate^ on at the Camden hospital
this week for appendicitis. He is
reported to be recovering rapidly.
Friends of Mrs. Stevens, of Che
raw, who is the mother of Mrs. keroy
Davidson, of Camden, and John *T.
Stevens, of Kershaw, will regret to
know that she is confined to the
Camden hospital suffering from a
broken thigh as the result of a fall
at Cheraw several days .ago.
Hobkirk Hill Chapter to Meet
The Hobkirk Hill Chapter D. A. R.
will meet at the home of Mrs. F. I.
Proctor, on Thursday afternoon, Feb
ruary 5, at 4 o'clock. All members
are urged to attend.
Delightful Affair at the Kirkwood
On last Saturday evening at the
Kirkwood, Mr. Archie Forest of New
York was host at a most delightful
dinner party to which a number of
the^jfOunger set were invited "to
comfc a^d make merry." The table
wasTtrtmicafty and*prettily decorated
with carnations and sweet peas.
Covers were laid for fourteen and
an elaborate seven course pinner was
served. Later the evening was
spent in dancing. Those enjoying the
occasion were Misses Dorothy Smith,
Wilbur McCallum, Marjorie Hannah,
Ernestine Bateman, Patterson Bol
ton, Messrs. Roland Goodale, George
Little, Buck Smith, Mortimer Boykin,
Jack Watkins, Marion Williams and
Mr. Rex Walden of New York.
Mr. Forest is not a stranger in
Camden having been a guest at the
Kirkwood last winter, and he has
made many friends during the time
spent in Camden.
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Womatui Exchange Tea Room Opened
Monday afternoon marked the for
mal opening of the tea room in con
nection with the Woman's Exchange
under the auspices of the Parish Aid
Society of Grace church. The Parish
House, nestled among the pines on
Laurens street is convenient aryfl at
tractive, and bids fair to be this
winter what it has always been in
the past, a popular resort for the
many visitors who brighten Camden
with their presence and also for our
own people. The occasion Monday
afternoon was a silver tea and art
exhibit and was a success in every
particular. The room was decorated
in forest" greens, the dainty^ breath
of spring and the sunny yellow of
Scottish broom, that is seen so
abundantly everywhere just now. The
beautiful etchings ^nd paintings of
Mr. Hutty held prominent places and
are still on display. A table, beau
tiful in its setting of silver and china
fend having as a center decoration
a vase in old blue filled with pink
carnations and feathery ferns, was
presided over by Mrs. H. G. Garri
son, Sr., and Mrs. Wm. Shannon, who
poured tea and coffee. Among the
ladies receiving were Mrs. H. G. Car
rison, Jr., Mrs. Ralph N. Shannon,
Mrs. C. P. DuBose, Mrs. C. H. Yates,
and Miss Leila Shannon The refresh
ments served were dainty and invit
ing and typically Southern. The ex
change and tea room are under the
efficient management^of Miss Ethel
Yates and Mrs. Grover L. Black
well and a cordial welcome is ex
tended to all visitors.
The engagement ring is worn by
Germans and Scandinavian* on the
third finder of the left hand during
the efteifc*i?eftt, Aft* oH the rltfht
hand after marriage.
. %To M??t With Mr?. I'ructor
The John I). Kennedy Chapter U.
1). C, will moot Monday, Fob. 2nd at
4 o'clock in the afternoon with Mrs,
Francis Proctor. This is to be one
of the important meetings of the
year as the division calls that will
place the chapter on the honor
roll if responded to are to be ar
ranged for. Those who did not pay
annual dues in January will pleaBe
remember to bring, or if that is
not possible, send them to this meet
ing. The division treasurer is urg.
frig the chapter treasurer to get the
books balanced in February, a month
earlier than usual. Members please
remember this; we gain nothing by
putting these little matters off and
we take up the time and make extra
work for others, Let us be consid
erate then and by our promptness
lighten the duties of others who are
giving their time, talent, and setv
vice to a cause that we have all y,ol
untarilyvespoused. The hostess ex
tends a cordial invitation to all mem*
bers and to any visiting members
of the organization.
Many at Community Market
I .ast Saturday was a busy day at
the Community Market. A number
of country people who had been kept
at homo for several Saturdays by
the bad weather, and bad roads were
there with enough sausage, eggs, and
cakes to supply the demand.
. It is hoped that the Camden peo
ple will patronise this market ex
tensively. Here they may buy the
best country products fresh from the
farms, and may come in personal
contact with the people who produce
them, thus securing an added inter
est with each purchase however small.
The market is held in the show
rooms of the Kershaw Motor * Co.,
from 9:30 to 12 every Saturday
morning.
Favors A County Home
Editor" Chronicle: The Wateree
Messenger ftas a notice of a mass
meeting to be held on Saturday at
the Court House at 11 a. m. to dis
cuss a petition sent in to the repre
sentatives of this county asking, for
a larger appropriation for the poor
of this county and if feasible a county
home, not a poor home, to be built
in the town of Camden for the old
and the sick who have no homes nor
any one to care for them.
The tax on this will not be great
for any and when you think that
this is not for public highways but
for "The King's Highway" and for
human souls, not human bodies only,
I believe the taxpayers will be glad
to give to a cause so just and so
necessary. Do you know that the
apprdpriattpn for the poor of this
county is only from $1.25 to $2.00
a month apiece? What human being
could live on so Small a sum? Can
not we share our little with those
who have- less ? Let us each realize
that but for the grace of God any
one of us may come to where there
is no place to go and no one to care
for us when we are old and ill. Which
orte of us could live on $1.26 or $2.00
a month? "Where there is no vision
the people perish."
"One Deeply Interested."
"FLAPPER GRANDMOTHER'
To Be Given Tonight at School Audi
torium by Local Talent
Don't miss it Miss what? Why
don't you know everybody's talking1
about "The Flapper Grandmother."
which is to be given Friday nfght,
Jan. 30 at 8 p. m. at the School Audi
torium under auspices of the D. A. R.
o Miss Helen-Roy Hosier of , tbo
Wayne P. Jewell Lyceum and Produc
ing Company, Atlanta, Ga., is direct
ing the play and she is greatly pleas
ed with the interest and enthusiasm
the cast is showing.
This is a delightful musicale com
edy play. The cast is composed of
over sixty. The lines are bright and
sparkling. The music and steps are
catchy. The costumes are most at
tractive.
Watch the chorus girls for pep, pep,
pep! The dear little rag dolls, the
dummy door knobs and the old fash
ioned ladies and gallants lend just the
right amount of charm and sweet
ness. The irresistable jelly beans al
most vamp "grandma" off her feet.
Grandma is living with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Spriggins, who is helping
her husband, Andrew, run an out-of
date country store in Blngville. Tiley
are assisted by Lena, the wild child,
and Belindy, the old fashioned girl.
Grandma's filled with modern- idea?,
and when she wins the money in the
Teapot Oil Dome, her dream is real
ized, and she and Belindy go to Paris
to have their faces made over. Come
Friday night and see what happens!
Check all your troubles at the box
office, 'cause it's a laugh from start
to finish! Tickets will beon sale by
the school children. Reserved seat
tickets may be secured at Dr. Robin
Zemp's Drug Store. Go there and
pick out your seat. General admin
sion may be exchanged at Dr. Robin
Zemp't for referred seats.
HAVE CVRlQUli WAfS
OF DESCRIBING TIME
Primitive People Sometime!
Ufe Puzzling Expressions.
' The tli>t Ume > ?ui hegiu (o jiiierio
gule a Ni \\ 11 ( ubuUt Hit? UlUC
a llith.' .,i,i< UN !U lLlC II hi t"' \v ill
pyBJslo jf\M bj| poinun- up into tllV
Then un <>U} stager will It-li ynij that l^c
is pultUlUg Ho lUv spot \vliUh llie ^UU
would havi* readied had it bren day
time---a gmid Ulvn, In a land where
clocks. iuv uniiuagluud.
"My: sun will be ' buvk in a (|nhi
Chew." declares the Javanese, meaning
livo miniUevihe time It takes to chew
a quid *>i Mil ih. Alter Wtt.iilUtf 1?;111' all
hour you return ami May, "It is Uu\v
'key,' cooking time (the time it hikes
to Oook a 'kay' of rice), and he h noi
here." .M?ri v,". says the native; 'he
has sent u message ttiat ho cannot ho
here until a 'gangtang' cooking tlnni"
(the limo it takes to cook a "gangtang"1
of rice, about IK) minutes).
"The lion cmue in lhe silence of the
land," explains-the African Hftbwentfc
ruce. meaning at midnight,
An exasperating custom of the lllx
niarck Islanders Is to tell you thai a
thing happened us long ago as It takes
to walk from some place you have
never heard of to another place yuu
have never heard oft In one village the
standard expression for four hours was
the time that It took a laine old woman
to hobble hulf way to the other side of
the Island. Thrit was as clear as any
clock-reading to th? villagers, who had
known the old lady for years?but It
didn't help the stranger much!
Some tropical races say, "That hap
pened .KTst before the turning of the
smoke." Along the coast a stiff wind
suddenly blows In from the sea shortly
before sunset.
The natives of Madagascar have one
of the Jolliest primitive time systems.
Midnight they call Center of Night; 2
a. m. Is Frog-croaking; 5:15 a. m. is
Glimmer of Day; 5:30 a. in. is Unlaisy
People Awake; 0 a. m. is Sunrise; 0:1."
a. m. is Cattle Go Out; 0:30 u. in. is
Leaves Are Dry; 9 <1, nS. is Sun Over
Eaves; 12 noon Is Sun Over Hoof
Ilidge; 2 p. in. is Day Slips; and so it
goes in detail until!) :30 p. in. which is
Everyone in Bed.
The Nandi, an African race, have a
rather similar toll of hours, puzzling at
first to the newcomer, but as clear to
thomselves as any numbered hours to
us. A Nandi afternoon runs thus:
Noon, the Siyi lias Stood Upright ;
12:30 p. in., the Goats Have Drunk
Water; 1 p.-in.,'the Sun Turns; 1 :30
p. in., the Drones Hum; 2 p. in., the
Oxen Feed; 3 p. in., the Goats Have
Drunk Water; 1 p. in., the O'xeu Are
Watered a Second Time; .4:30 p. in.,
the Goftts Sleep; 5 p. in., Take Goats
Home; 5:30 p.m., Goats Enter Kraal;
0 p. m.f Sun Finished; 0:15 p. in., Milk
Gowrf1; 0:45 p. in., Can't See Man Nor
Beast; 7 p. in., the Heavens Are Fas
tened; 8 p. in., Porridge Is Finished;
9 p. m., Those Who Have Drunk Milk
Ah> A?tfe#b! 10 p. the Huts Are
Closed; 11 p. m., Those Who Sleep
Early Wake Up; and 12 Is Night's
Middle.?Manchester Guardlnn.
Narrow Escape
Karl Hoblltzeile, president of fhe
Interstate Amusement rompnny, who Is
id Houston for. n few days, tells of
meeting a very absent-minded old man,
who came to visit the Dallas Majes
tic. He talked with Mr. Hoblltzelle
for a while, find then after looking all
over tjie theater, said he would Jour
ney on.
A minute later he returned, evident
ly much worried. "I hare mislaid my
hat. Has anyone.in this oftlce seen
It?" he asked.
"Why. it'u on your head," said Mr.
Iloblltzelie, pointing.
"Gracious," said the old man. "I
nearly- went of!" without If."?Houston
Post.
Leading Question
Mrs. Dean Bond, librarian of the
Indinna State Normal school, lias a
keen sense of humor. The other day
she watched a young man hunting
through the book stacks for a book.
He was heard to ask another young
man for the book for which he was
hunting.
It was called "Good Kaglith."
He asked for it in this manner:
"Hare you erer heard '(Jood Kng
Hah?"'
Mrs. Bond laughed. But she
laughed stUl harder when the fellow
came to her and asked: "Do yon
know '(Jood English*?*'?Indianapolis
News.
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More Corn Now
It took 00 rows of corn to make a
wagonload three years ago from a held
on the farm of V". H. Priri? of Tipton
county. Tenn. Hut for three years this
farmer has been demonstrating soil
building through crowing legumes, in
co-operating with the county agricul
tural agent, planting lespedeza and fol
lowing with corn and soy beans. In
192.'i, according to reports to the I. nit
ed State* Department of Agriculture,
only 'Jit row * of corn from tlila held
were needed to make a- wagonload.
Pica by Machinery
A newly patented mixing ma Mae
tnrn?: out pies at the rate (if fifteen
s mlni'te. - never touched by human
hands." Afrer the fins ar?? lined with
crust, trimmed and crimped on t!ie
edg<-/?. they ure patscd aiou* iv r<vr
?olr.? containing different kind* of
filler and automatically ?t<?pp**d to re
ceive the kind of material desired.
Then U>ey are pA*?fd along r* the
rtren. TV* fnVhert if <.novrn
M Sit ".4bfy er
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SCUAl'S AND FACTS
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IntewHting Nute* (iuthered From
Many Sources.
? jA:-? perfectly preserved grain of
wht*at was found embedded in a piece
of pottery used by a Sussex woman
2,000 years ago, It is on view in thy
Municipal Museum at Brighton, Eng
land.
The popcorn stand is another Amer
ican institution unknown in Europe.
When Roman numerals were used,
before the use of figures, all ealcula- j
tion was done with the abacus.
Seventeen states are represented
among the members of the football,
squad of the University of Pennsyl
vania.
A honey bee gives*off a scented
trail when it finds a new source of
supplies, that other bees may follow
through the air.
Chicago's horses decreased by ten
per cent during 1923, and motor
driven vehicle licenses increased near
ly ten per cent.
"The "Fly paper women" of Paris
streets wear fly paper hats when they
call their wares. - 1
The largest sheep station in the
world is at Tierra del Fuego, the moat
southern part of South America. One
company shears more than 2,600,000
sheep every year.
The Roya Society of England re
ports a hen which laid eggs and
hatched chickens but later in life
gradually became a rooster.
A valentine formerly meant a
young lady bethrothed to a man on
the first Sunday in Lent. The agree
ment was annulled if he did not give
her a present on the 14th of Febru
ary.
Sundays in winter as many as 60,
000 Germans pay ten cents each to
walk on the ice at Muggle sea just
outside of Berlin. ,
Football in England is first dis
tinctly mentioned by William Fitz
Stephen in his History of London,
1195.
Webster's dictionary, first publish
ed in 1828, was preceded over 900
years by a Latin dictionary compiled
by Varro in 11G B. C. -
England has developed more; im
proved breeds of livestock than all the
rest of the world together.
. The guinea is really a wild game
bird. In Africa, where there are still
many wild flocks, they are highly
prized by hunters.
The exquisite painter Koltsu was
often reproached by an industrious
friend for his fits of idleness. At
last he excused and explained himself
by saying, "You are a watermill?a
windmill can grihd only when the
wind _ blows."-?Allen Upward in
"Scented Leaves frdm a Chinese
Jar." - -
Rood Day is celebrated in Scot
land in memory of the invention of
the Cross. On this day branches of
rowan are set above the doors of
cow-houses and tied by scarlet thread
round the tails of cattle to keep
witches on the move.
The actual voices of Florence
Nightingale, Lord Tennyson, Queen
Victoria and Gladstone are preserved
by means of phonographic records
now in the British Museum.
Junior and Senior as applied to two
senators from a state refer to length
of service, or date of election, not to
the age of the men.
Gold is one and a half times heavier
than lead.
Fifty women have been added to
the Buenos Aires police force, to pa
trol the p?rks. Their uniform is a
black straw hat and a navy blue
dress. t
The first bill introduced in the
Pennsylvania senate at its current
session provides for the sale of $50,
000,000 of state bonds for road pur
poses.
The Radio corporation of America
is planning to build a $4,000 super
radio plant near Manila, Philippine
Islands.
All efforts to pull the submarine
S-19, which went aground off the
Massachusetts coast Tuesday of last
week, have failed.
Leon Trotsky has been relieved of
his duties as chairman of the revo
lutionary war council of the Soviet
COCK FIGHT NEAR CAMDRN
A If u In We Have To (Jo Away From
llumo To (Jet Thf Nt'ws
"Kecently attended a chicken fight
near Camden, the largest and beat
rooster fight I have mm or heart! pi'
in many a day," a friend of mine wh?
was there told me. Jt was a rather
peculiar one too, in that there wan lit*
tie or no belting. Kock Hill chicken
fnnpiers were fighting game chicken
raisers of SVinnsboro and Columbia,
and the Kock Hill crowd licked them,
to a t'nr/./.h\ In fact tin* Bock HD)
vtowd won ten out of the thirteeii
fights, 1 believe it was; and the
Winnsboro-Columbia crowd after
looking tin.* Hock Hill birds over
wouldn't risk their coin. Among
those present were a number of doc
tors and others. There wore \ about
100- or more people present for the
show and the fellow in whose yard
the fight was held churged the spec
tators $5 a head for looking in. Ho
had to have something for his trou
ble. Everything, went off in apple
pie order ?exceptr-ii would have been
more interesting if there had been
betting. Reafly, we had a right nice
time and were not mo,Vested by any
.body."
The above is from the Yorkville
Knquirer of last Tuesday. We learn
by "grapevine" that it was held in
the lower part of the county. The
sports did not let us in on this fight
and it was kept exceedingly quiet.,
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government by the Central commit
tee of the Communist party by a vote
of 50 to 2. The dismissal of Trotsky
is looked upon in London as an out
standing incident In world politics.
Raymond J. Bischoff, wanted in
Chicago for swindling stockyarvl
workers out of $4,000 to $7,000 three
years ago, hns been arrested at Los
Angeles, Cal.
LUNCHEON AND BRIDGE
?AT THE?
Studio Tea Room
Tuesday and Friday Morn*
irtgs^from 10:30 to 12:30 j
$1.00 for each person
For Table Reservations
PHONE 13-J
SPRINGDALE
COUNTRY CLUB
A Delightful Place to Dine
in Veritable Beauty Spot
Excellent meals served, cour
teous service assured
Lunches, Dinners And
Bridge Parties
Also Afternoon Teas 8 to 6 p. ra.,
18-hole Golf Course
Public Links
F. P. Farren, Manager
EXCUSE ME PLEASE!
It's Sunday, you know, and I
must 'hurry over to
Wateree Baptist Church
(Wateree Mill Village)
Preaching Every Sui&day
11 a. xn. and 7 p. m.
J, B. Shiver,'Pastor
Phone 65-W
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Sunday School at 10 a. m.
J. E. Robinson, Supt*
"We are journeying: unto the place
of which the Lord said, I will ghre
it to you: come thou with ua, and
we will do thee good."?Numbers
10:29.
DR. A. W. HUMPHRIES
Office at
DeKalb Pharmacy
Telephone 95
A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF VALENTINES
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NOW ON DISPLAY
A fresh consignment of garden peas and beans, white
and red onion sets. Also white multipliers. A com
plete assortment of garden and flower seed.
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DRUGGISTS
PHONE fO
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