The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 13, 1925, Image 5
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(iraadro*'* Slippers
Ah, little shoes with huge rosette
r\nd heel "La Marie Antoinette,"
|,o you have danced the minuet,
With courtly Marqula LaFayette!
,V hundred years youVe lain so still
The thought"comes with a sudden
thrill,
] wonder1 if you could forget,
\gairi to dance the minuet?
ji'or I tonight in old brocade ?
And petticoat with silver braid,
With patches, powder and pomade
Shall wear you to the masquerade
.My grandma's slippers! And I muse
When you last danced, oh dainty
shoes, j
|it was with bright sword and epaulet;
Your partner Marquis LaFayette!
\ hundred years! >Vhat interlude
.Since that far time! and I intrude
Upon your garret solitude
That you may dance with modern
dude! ? ' vY,
Mo! back within your ancient case
With by-gono gowns and yellow lace,
1 reverent lay each little hoe,
No modern man shall dance with you. I
Small slippers, you shall, not disgrace
The memory of that time and place, -i
When last, with flashing jewels set,
You led the reel with LaFayette.
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The above verses are quite appro
priate just at this time when every
thing is being, made ready for the
oming pageant, "Camden Yesterday
.?nd Today." And by-gone gowns and
yellow lace are being brought forth
from trunk, garret and rdlic room
to be worn by the descendants of the
men and women who danced tho ball
iven in Camden in honor of -Mar
quis LaFayette a hundred years ago.
Mrs. Riddle Was Hostess
Mrs. H. M. Riddle of New. Jersey,
who with Mr. Riddle has been spend*
ng the winter at the Court Inn wa3
n charming hostess at a lovely after*
ioon tea at the Laurens Street Wo
man's Exchange last Wednesday, "the
tea room always so attractive was
particularly so on this occasion, twin
<?d with graceful smilax and filled
with spring bloom and the table was
'ovely in its appointments of old-blue
china and silver. The drinking of ten
is a cult founded on the adoration of
the beautiful among th$ sordid facts
of every .day Existence. It inculcates
purity and harmony, the mystery of
mutual charity, the romanticism of
the social "brder. This quaint littlo
exchange with its delicate clatter of
trays and saucers, in the soft rustle
of feminine hospitality brings . an
added charm to the Asiatic ceremon
ial which commands universal esteem.
Mrs. Riddle's guests included a num
ber of Camden*ladies as well as mem-v
hers of the tourist colony.
Bamboo whistles tied to the tails of
pigeons in China waft plaintive music
earthward as the birds circle high
overhead. * x
The old West is passing. Two bro
thers employed a nooae to frighten
in acquaintance out of the cotintry.
An unfeeling, jury fined the brothers
heavily and they barely escaped n
'ail sentence.
Majestic Theatre
Programme
Today, Friday, March 13th
. A Companion Epic to
"The Covered Wagon"
ZANE GREY'S
THE THUNDERING HERO"
With Lois Wilson, Jack Holt and
Raymond Hatton
Also a Sennett Comedy
"The Riders of the Purple Cow"
. Saturday, March 14th
"Hoot" Gibson in
THE HURRICANE KID"
And a Gang Comedy
"JUBILO JR." ?
and
"The Go-Getters"
Monday, March 16th
Henry King has made a great
woman-picture in
"SACKCLOTH AND SCARLET'
With Alice Terry
Also Pathe News
Tue?day, March 17th
The ftory of a couple who had
all they needed hut couldn't get
what they wanted f.
"BORN RICH"
With Claire Windsor, Bert Lyteil
and CuHen Landis
And a Christie Comedy
Wednesday, March 18th
Cecil B. DeMille's
Wonderful Production
"THE GOLDEN BED"
With Rod LaRocque, Vera Rey
nold, Lillian Rich, Warner Baxter,
Theodore Kosloff and Julia Faye
Admission to all 50c
Thursday, March 19th
Barbara LaMarr in
A First National Picture
"SANDRA"
A lore* story set in splendor
Also Pathe News
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PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. A. S. Paine is visiting in
Spartanburg.
Mr. and Wrs. W. J. May field arc
visiting: in North Carolina.
Mill Ellen Bull of Columbia agept
the last wftjk end, with Mrs. Lewis
Lee Clyburp.
, Mr. and Mrs. >Leon Schloaburg re
turned Wednesday from a visit to rel
atives in Macon, Ga.
Mrs. II. G. Marvin entertained sev
eral of her friends at Springdale
Country- Club on Wednesday after
noon.t
Friends in Camden were pleased
to see Mr. T. D, Ancrum now pf
Chester, who spent Sunday in his old
home town.
Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr., has gone
to Florida for a visit, joining Mrs.
Carrisoh who has been down )J>cro
for several weeks!
Mr. W. J. Jefifers, of New York,
who has been stopping at the Hob'
kirk Inn is a guest of Rev. M. J.
Reddin for several days.
Mrs. Nelson Downs and children,
left Saturday for Charlotte, where
'they wfll visit Mrs. H. K. Hallett
before returning to their home. in
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherbourn Yardley
and Mr. and Mrs. Cosmo Walker, of
Columbia joined friends here for a
weekend party at "The ttock" the
Kirkland plantation in the northern
part of the county.
< Cards, have been received in Cam
den announcing the birth of a daugh
ter to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Trotter, at
Titusville, Fla. The young lady ar
rived on March 2nd, and has been
named Elizabeth Alston Trotter.
Mr. and'Mrs. H. M. Riddle, who
have been at the Court Inn for the
season, left Thursday for Summer
villo and Charjpston. After visiting
the f&jhrfamed Magnolia Gardens they
will return to their home in New
Jersey,
Right Reverend William T. Russell,,
bishop of Charleston was the guest
of Rev. M. J. Rcddin the past week
end: He expressed his great pleasure
of the wonderful improvement' made
at the Catholic church and congratu
lated Rev. Reddin on his work.
Medical Association Entertained
Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Dunn entertain
ed the Kershaw County Medical As
sociation at dinner Wednesday even
ing. The 'rooms were abloom with
Jovely spring flowers, supplied from
Camden's generous gardens that are
juts now blooming in great profus
ion, the lovely I^enten colors of gold
?and?purple and white predominating.
A" delightful course dinner was
served at a table beautiful in its set
ting of dainty china and gleaming sil
ver. ?
Interesting and instructive papers
were read by Dr. J. W. Corbett and
Dr. C. A. West. Dr. Ralph Dunn o?
Sumter also read a, paper of merit
and Dr. Arthur Brown of ?umter
county was a guest of the occasion.
Camden Yesterday and Today,
~ Of mote than state wide interest
is the ooming pageant, "Camden Yes
terday and Today," and it is the de
sire of all who are "native to the
soil," and also alls who have adopted
Camden as their .home to make it a
success and in order to do this we
must have co-operation. Let us then
urge the parents to see that their
children are at every rehearsal?an
swer "here" at every roll call. This
is extremely important?may we im
press it upon the children and their
parents. Another request is that
anyone having costumes of any
period or any character, will please
loan them to the management. Take
them to Mrs. Bratton deLioach and
the committee will decide if they can
be used. We want nnd expect the
interest of every one in this big un
dertaking. Let us have "A long pull,
a sure pull and a pull all together,"
for Camden.
The date on which the pageant is
to be held has been changed from
March 25th to April 23. Owing to
the fact that there is sickness in
many families it was thought advis
able to change the date.
Camden Man Married in Philadelphia
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Miller an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Ruth Mather to Dr. William
Clarence Wilson, oil Thursday the
fifth of March, nineiecn-hundred and
twentyiflVe, Philadelphia.
Tho above announcement will come
ias a surprise and will be of more
than usual interest as Dr. Wilson is
a Camden boy being the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Wilson of this city.
He was graduated from Jefferson
Medical College last June and was
ono of eight selected from a large
class to an appointment in the Jef
ferson Hospital, a compliment not
only to Dr. Wilson but to Camden as
well.
Drums, which constitute the wire
lew n?wa broadcasting system of the
native African ?l*du can be Heard
SCRAPS AND FACTO
Intereating N?ten Gathered From
Many Soufce*.
"Certified" laundries, that use
cleansing: materials, chemically test
ed, and guaranteed not to damage
delicate fabrics, are now operating.
A wooden frame airplane will soak
up more than 100 pounds of water on
a damp day.
Members of the Turkiuh Parliament
mayors, teachers, government offi?
cials, troop4 and policemen, ave pro
hibited from wearing clothing which
is not, of Turkish manufacture.
Trees at the rate of 20,000 a day
have been planted by Western Ca
nadian farmers in the last 20 years.
Stym is ruled by a dynasty pro
duced by its own history and ioflu*
eiued by native traditions.
Courses in Latin are enrolling more
high school students than courses in
all the other foreign languages com
bined.
A paper by Peter Mark Kagct, of
"Thesaurus" fame, read before the
Royal Society of London in .1824, and
ontitled "Explanation of rtn Optical
Deception in the Appearance of the
Spokes of a Wheel " Seen Through i
Vertical Aperture," laid the ^founda
tion of the art of cinematography.
When General Sam Houston took
Santa Ana, the Mexican general, pris
oner, he drew a gnawed ear of corn
from his (Houston's) pocket, saying:
"Sir, do you ever expect to conquer
men who fight for freedom, when
their general can march four days
with one car of corn for his rations?"
A sprag is a round piece of wdod
thrust between the spokes of the
wheels of coal-mining carp that have
no brakes. y.
Diamonds are so numerous in the
Kimberly mines that jiverc they raai'J
koted indiscriminately and competi
tively they would become nearly as
common and as cheap as glass bead*'.
The Limberlost region, home of
Gene Stratton Porter, should become
the property of Indiana, says the
Izaak Walton League of America.
Opium pills are given children in
India to keep them quiet.
Queen Mary is a cross-Word puzzle
fan.
The gold that' went into the Afri
can jungle in great quantities when
the natives sold the Allies cattle and
foodstuffs during the war has never
come out nor been banked.
The original manuscript of a Bee*
thoven wecMing song, composed on
(February 6, 1819, was recently found
attached to another manuscript by
Beethoven's musical publishers in
<Leispic, when they were searching for
?Beethoven's piano, concertos written
in the master's hand.
There were 700 left handed sling
throwing Benjamites "who could sling
stones at an hair-brea'dth and not
miss" in early Asiatic times" of the
Judges.
The shortest name in the world is
possessed by Mr. I, native of Hang
chow, China, who is a medical student
i?V?Johns Hopkins Medical school.
Rembrandtused his-fatherVmill- as
a studio and<- the light came down
from a little window in the mill fall
ing on the easel in just such a golden
shaft as is often seen in his pic
tures. *
Minimum wages for women work
ers in the London, England, textile
industry, have been fixed at 27 shil
lings, and for men nt 63 shillings a
week.
Although women in Europe polish
great numbers of shoes, there were
only six white, foreign born women
bootblacks in thj; United States at the
1920 census.
It is almost impossible to buy a
glass of fresh milk in New Zealand,
where tea is the universal drink.
Eight hundred language and dialr
ects are spoken among the natives of
Africa.
The Mardi Gras has been celebrat- j
ed in New Orleans with revelry and
elaborate display since 1827.
A quid made from tobacco, leaves
of cocoa plant, and wood ash paste,
forms a bridge in one dioek of almost
every Indian one .sees in Bolivia.
Policemen at the White House must
be six feet tall. '
The copper toed shoes of sixty years
ago were invented by a Maine farm
er who found they lasted longer than
three ordinary pairs.
New half-dollars to commemorate
the memorial sculpture on Stone
Mountain and provide funds for its
completion have the figures of Gen
era! Hobert E. I.-eo nnH Rf(>n<>v?n]l
Jackson stamped on them.
An early instance of government
price fixing was that of Edward III,
whose ordinance compelled bow mak
ers to sell their best bows at three
shillings four pence each.
Ninety-eight per cent of the people
of New Zealand are oPBritish stock.
Speeding 29 miles an hour, George
Stephenson's Rocket won the prixe in
the famous competitive locomotive
testa of 1829.
Minneapolis has a nine o'clock cur*
few sounded by the fire stations and
l/*ft Church L?ri? Uiacy
Wilmington, N. C., March 8.?-A.
legacy of approximately $460,000 left
?to the First Presbyterian church of
?this city by the .late Thomas K.
Sprunt, was announced at the morn*
iug servico of that'church today by
?the pastor, the Rev. A. I). 1*. Gil
tmour, I). 1>. $
The bequest is divtdvd into two
divisions, payable in $10,000 install
ments over a period of 20 years. Ono
is to be used for such benevolent
purposes as the officials of the church
may approve, while the second is to
go for the support of the Kingyang
mission station in China,
Mrs. Schenk Sella Her Home
The ten room two-story ' residence
of Mrs. Leo Schenk, located on north
Broad street, was sold this week to
Mv. O. YV. Godfrey, of Mount Vernon,
New York. The lot has a frontage
of 100 feet and runs back to a depth
of 530 feet. Mr. Godfrey also owns
the Crocker building and the Carver
lot on Broad street, and several build
ing lots no>*th of Camden on the high
way leading to Charlotte. This sale
was made through the Camden Real
Estate Exchange.
Met With Mrs. liurnet
The llobkirk Hill Chapter 1). A. K.
held the March meeting with Mrs,
WP S. bumet on the first Thursday
Afternoon. The attendance was large
and enthusiastic and it was voted a
delightful meeting in every particu
lar. ?
Many matters of national interest
came up for discussion?matters that
are to be disposed of at tho National
Conference in . Washington next
month.
< Miss Mary Edna Clyburn read an
'interesting and instructive paper on
.'.Eliza Lucus Pinckney and Mrs. Julin
Long Kntfpp read an account of La
Fayette's visit to Camden.
The social hour was a very enjoy
able one, the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
Marriage
Mr. Edward Barfield, of Kershaw,
*and Miss Geneva Bowers, now of Be
thune but recently of Kershaw, were
married on March 7th by Probate
Judge W. L. McDowell.
Four-Flushers of Industry
The people who are trying to give
service in .return for a living far
outnumber the four-flushers, but the
?latter are decidedly mpre conspic
uous.
The four-flushers congregate where
they can bo seen and heard. They
are quick to adopt new titH?s and
new nomenclature to describe their
activities. ,
Four-flushers are the dead weight
*>f industry. They thrive in those
professions and activities where the
service rendered is intangible. Gift
ed with an easy flow of language
and a prepossessing personality, they
wiggh* their way into jobs where
they stick until they are asked to
move.
School children in the mountain
districts of Washington carry rifles
to school to protect them from the
cougars and lynx which have been
driven to the lower lands by the se
verity of the winter.
MEULLER ?GRAVES
INC.
17 KAST in 1 It STKRKT, NKW YORK
exhibiting a delightful Collection of
COWNS, SPOKT COSTUMES, SWEATERS. HATS
AND IMPORTED NOVELTIES
AT THE
V1LLEPIGUE HOUSE
L.vttleton Street near Hobkirk Inn
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
Catholic Church Service*
Services at the Catholic church on
Sunday, March 15th, will be as, fol
lowat Masses at 6:15 a. m. and 11
a. m.; Sunday school at 10 a. m. and j
evening service at U p, m, The ser- j
mon at the U o'clock servicc will
be "Necessity of Avoiding Dangerous!
Occasions of Sin". Sermon in the
evening will be "Honor Thy Father
and Mother."
Wednesday evening services at 0
p. m., sermon on "The Second Word
Spoken from the Cross."
Friday evoning the sermon will be
09 "The Purpose of the Blessed
Eucharist."
All are cordially invited to these
services.
Good News For Postal Men
Washington, March G.?Additional
?pay due postoffice employes as a
result of the salary increase bill
which was effective as of January 1,
this year will be given in the March
14 pay envelope, it was announced
today by Postmaster General New,
Wat kins Property Sold
The largo hou$o and lot on upper
Lyttleton street, now occupied by
Miss Schermerhorn, und formerly the
property of the estate of the lato Ed ?
ward ,Watkins, was sold this week
to Mr*. 11. H. Sanders. It is in a
beautiful residence section of 'Cam
den and the lot contains a frontage of
?41 feet with a depth of 250 feet.
The residence contains eleven roomi;.
The sale was made through the Cam
den Real Estate Exchange.
HOLLY TREE
TEA ROOM
March 14, 4 P. M.
GOOD HOPE CHOIR (Col.)
Will Sing
"SPIRITUALS"
PLANTATION MELODIES
Benefit Woman's Auxiliary
Branch-of Grace Church
Admi??ion and Tea $1.00
ELIZABETH EAGLESTON SHOP
-- T H ? HOME OF
PRACTICAL, DISTINCTIVE AND UNUSUAL GIFTS
NOT TO BE FOUND ELSEWHERE
GOOD SHEPHERD YARNS
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' CLOTHES
212 GKEEN STHKET
OPPOSITE HOBKIRK INN
CANDIES
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An exquisite line of Norris Candies just
received today by express
? Prescriptions Filled Day or Nigrht ...? .
ZEMP 8c DePASS
DRUGGISTS
PHONE 10
(Incorporated)
is now open for business at 538 De
Kalb Street, next door to the Post
Office.
?
We carry at all times a complete line
of fancy and staple groceries and
every fresh" vegetable that the mar
ket affords.
Our prices are reasonable and ser
vice is unexcelled
PHONE 137 *
for a trial order and be convinced
DeKalb Grocery
Charles R. Villtpifue W. Arthur Clarke
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