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By *M?hh Uo'inc Nettlea May jlow softly comes tftp j^ruath of bloom . * rom qui ft garden closes! ^nd blended in a rare {perfume, 'be royal scent of roses! low tender is the* touch of May, (V'hile gentle winds are blowing, Uid in a sweet yet silent way, HI sylvan things are growing low brilliant is the 'morning dew Imdd the fields, of clover ! Jeneath the stainless arch of blue The mock-bird is a rover; is songs are echoed o'er the hills pheir boon of music bringing*? Till all the land with rapture fills ro hear his rapturous singing. ft'Imt month so .musical and bright So rife with vernal glory, All garmented in air and light, Like some Arcadian story, Ob! fragrant is the breath of May [n tranquil garden closes, And soft yet regal is her sway \mong the -spring tide roses." bohn P. Kennedy Chapter To Meet [ The May meeting of the John D. Kennedy Chapter U. D. C. will be held nt Deare Place with Mrs. Julia Long Knapp as hostess. The meeting will be called promptly at 4:30 o'clock and members are urged to be prompt Committees are asked to be ready to report as plans must-bo perfected ''or Memorial Day. Cards have been received in Cam Ion announcing the birth of a daugh ter, at Blockwood, New Jersey, on Sunday, April 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Loftis.' The little girl has been named Myrtle Irene. Majestic Theatre Programme Today, Friday, May 1st The Life Secrets of a Famous Beautv ! IFTH AVENUE MODELS" With Mary Philbin and Nolrman Kerry Youth, Beauty, Gaiety. Pleasure J' Where lights burn brightest Also a Sennett Comedy Saturday, May 2nd Richard Talnrvadge with Mildred Harris in STEPPING LIVELY" I'i. greatest stunt star in a great stunt pic-lute \No starting Universals Wonder Chapter Play "TilK RIDDLE RIDER" \\ th William Desmond and Hi leen Sedgwick Monday and Tuesday THE SPANIARD" With Ricardo Cortez and L.ta Goudal and Noah Berry Also Pa the News <? and meet the screen's most, i v inating love r, Ricardo Cortez ? ni Wednesday, Mav fith PROGRAM TO BK ANNOUNCED Thursday, May 7th Dr.i' from Universe 1's "White List" " I HE PRICE OF PLEASURE" With Virginia Valli and Norman Kerry The picture with a come-back ^' u'!l come back to see it again! May I)?y The name popularly given to the first day of May, which among the Germanic and Latin people has been asaociated from an early period with ?festal ceremonies. It was the eus torn on this day to start before dawn to the woods and fitvlds and return Jaden with green, flowering boughs and was called "bringing in the May" The celebration of May Day with a dance is an old custom, being pos sibly of Swedish or Gothic origin, but more probably from Roman or Egypt ian and Indian sources , The day and the month have been clothed with romance and beauty by people of every clime and some of the most admired characters in song and story center around the May pole. '"How fair are May's benignant feet O'er rugged vales and mountains, And how her magic pulses beat Beside the brooks and fountains/' Many a by-gone May Day has been celebrated in Camdlen and it was then, as now, flowfcry as Sicilian meads, and the old town has crownei ntaww a fair Queen of the May, who wouliK^ot have exchanged her floral <cro\vn for all the jewels that glittered in the diadem of the Asyrian sov ereign. And the older people, who no longer take part in the gaities will live in memory and before them all unbidden will float the visions of mother May Days, long, long ago. j But not-within the history of the old f town has there been such an elab orate celebration as will be given to day in the beautiful Pageant on his toric Hobkirk. See it! ?U. I). C. Executive Board To Meet The president of /the John u. Ken nedy chapter requests the executive board, which consists of the chap ter officers, with the addition of Mrs. C. M. Coleman and Miss Leila Shan non to meet at the Library tomor row afternoon, Saturday, May '2nd at 5 o'clock. Resolutions of Respect Inasmuch as it has pleased God to call into life eternal our beloved friend. Harriet Richardson Jordan, be i t Resolved. that we. the members of the Aid Society of Grace church, Camden, do inscribe a page in our minute book to her memory to re cord her loyal service to this church and society. Coming into our midst In the freshness of her young woman hood she soon won a place for herself by her winning personality and com manding beauty- a place she . kepi throughout her allotted span,of lif<. ?by her force of character, combined with generosity, unusual judgment and that rarest of gifts "charity t-? a*I." Truly can it. be said of her this little community is a better and brighter place for her influence and ui the 1 icher for having known her. Leila M. Shannon >. Marie Z. Kennedy. Cotton Crop Condition ! .1. \Y. Jay <fc Co., cotton brokers land statisticians of New \ ork, in ! their cotton letter of April 28, makes the following comments on the con dition of the cotton crop in this state: "Preparations about ten days early. -About three per cent decrease in use of fertilizer, with grade equal ( to or slightly better than last Season. Plenty of mules. Sufficient subsoil imoisture. Scarcity of labor reported in parts of state, but on the average the supply is ample. Usual infesta tion of weevil anticipated. Weather favorable." PERSONAL MENTION Horn?to Mr. and Mrs. Miller Lit tle, Wednesday, April 27th, a daugh ter. Miss Sallie Alexander has returned from a visit to relatives in Charles ton. Horn?to Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Reese, on Saturday, April 25th, a son, John Hubert, Jr. Mr*. Kaplin and Miss Kaplin of, Macon, Ga., are visiting Mrs, Ix>on > ?Schlosburg.. M rs. Joseph Poulnot of Charleston was the guest of Mrs. N. K. Hood ale last week. Mrs. Keith Marks and sOn, of Rich tnond, Va., are visiting the former's father, Mr. L. L. Hlock. . Mrs. Sallie Wilson and Miss Char lotte lioykin, of Charleston, are in Camden for the Pageant. Mr. and Mrs. Jv. G. Whistler are | staying at Ivy L<x)ge Inn until they leave for the mountains. Mrs. H. P. Niles who has been ?spending two weeks with her mother in Newberry returned home Monday. Mr. J. Ferris McDowell, Who has been several 'months on a trip Texas and Florida, has returned to Camden. Dr. and Mrs. Carl A. West attend fed the meeting of the South Caro lina Medical Society held at Spartan burg last week. v Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holland, Jr., spent Sunday in Ninety-Six with the former's (parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Holland. Born?to Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cun ningham on Saturday, April 25th, a daughter, Margaret Rebecca Cun ningham. Mrs. N. R. Goodale represented the Civic League at the South Caro lina Federation of Women's Clubs in Rock Hill this week. Friends will be glad to know that Mrs. J. W. Sanders, who recently un derwent an operation in a Columbia hospital is doing well. Dr. E. H. Kerrison, who has many friends in Camden who are always pleased-to see him, has returned to his home in Charleston after a visit of several days, Mrs. Kerrison and the children will remain a while ! longer in Camden. Messrs. Ii. (J. Sanders and T. K. ? Trotter .vpent several days in the | northeastern section of the state and j portions, of North Carolina in the i interest of the Camden Pageant. They did sonic excellent advertising for the ! event?Vo bo held txday. .Miss Etui Robbins, superintendent of the Cumdtn hospital'is in attemi auce upon the meeting of the South Carolina. Nurses' Association at <'h< ? lev this week. .Miss . Robbins made th<- resp< n-" to the address of wel come in' lx half i f the association. Frie-nd.-t i;f Mr. Clarence .Morgan, of She'hurn , Vermont, were glad to him in Camden WednoMJay. lie has .ium rcturnwl. irom Paiis whore he and Mrs. Morgan spent the winter. lie came down for a short while to hoi; after his property and returned to New York and from there will go ti> his home in Shelburne foi the summer. Mcus-fen-Ancrum Cards The following cards have been is sued and were received with cordial interest by a wide circle of friends in Camden: "Mr. William Meussen requests the honor of your. presence at the mar riage of hi> daughter Joscphino Viking to Mr. Thomas Ancrum on Saturday, the sixteenth of May, at half after seven o'clock at Trinity Church. Hewlett, I?ng Island. I). A. li. Chapter To Meet Mrs. Leonard Sehenk will be ho. tess to the above chapter for the May meeting next Thursday May 7th, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. All members are cordially invited to be present. Transferring to Modern Hive* Hundreds and thousands of colonic? of bees representing the vast major ity of the bees kept in the United States are housoi in log gum and box hives, and produce fur their owners an insignificant amount of. honey compared with what they might he made to product* if they were "trans fer red into movable frame hives and handled by improved methods Much of the honey produced by colonies in box hives is wasted by crude methods of securing the crop. These colonies aro reduced in owning value by un controllable swarming, and the an nual loss of bees which die in win ter because otf no protection and be cause of insufficient winter stores h great. Since the care which is es sential to the production of large crops of honey can be given only to those bees in movable frame hives, it is to the tadvantagei of all who have bee* in box hives imd combs to transfer th?m to movable frame hives and make a study of the beAt meth ods of bee keeping. ? In connection with this line of work, Mr. E. S. Provost, bee specialist from Clemson College, will be in Kershaw ?county on May 5th and Oth to put on demonstrations in transferring bees to modern hives. The demon strations will be given at the follow ing named places: Tuesday,VMay 5th R. B. Ross, North Camden 9 a. m. C. W. Hasty,, Camden No. 1, 11 a. m S. A. Jones, Kershaw No. 1, 3 p. m. Wednesday, May 6th A. G. Bradley, Camden No. 2, 8:30 a. m. R. T. Holland, Camden No. 1., 10 a. m. H. P. Oglesbee, Lugoff, 2:30 p. m. Hugh MeCallum, Lugoff, 1 p. m. Everybody interested in bees is urged to attend one or more of the above mentioned demonstrations. JOHN \V. SANDERS, Countfl^Agent. Meeting of Missionary Societs It is very gratifying that at each successive general meeting, the Moth odiri Missionary Society is able tn report?itKTfa*et-l?interest -and pro gross in its affairs. The last meet ing was held at the parsonage wi'.h .Mrs. R. W. Mitcham, leader of Sophie Zimp i irele in charge of thO devo tional c-\e!vi-e<. One c-*ipe< ialiy good ?feature of the. afternoon was the Vocal duct contributed by Mrs:. S. Z. nip and Mrs, Edward Huddin. with 31 r<. Peeler accompanying. , After the devotional exercises were concluded ihe president proceeded to call fur reports which were various a> well a> iliuminating. The finan cial report for the first ?|U.?rlt r show-j ing an encouraging inerea ? over ;t year'- fir.it quarter. M v -.1" . (J. . San?k'j>.. deJejcaLc. l?i the State (onft rente at I-nke City read notes from the conference and the president who also* attended the meeting announced that without be-! inn instructed to do so she had in-j vited tie conference to Camden for it-:} next meeting, and that though?other j invitations had been given, these were withdrawn that the vote for Camden might be unanimous. A rising vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. De Loache by those assembled express ing appreciation of what she had j done. After the enrollment of names for Foreign Mission study the meeting adjourned till th<? third Tuesday in May. MAN Rl'NH AMVCK Injures Several MfmherH of His Family and Is Found Dead Denmark, April 28.?Yeaterday afternoon Luther Kobinfroiv, about thirty-UVo yoars of age, a farmer, living about two miles from l>eb* mark, suddenly ran amuek, tried to kill his wife, attacked his mother-iiu law who was ill in bed, slashtxt his baby's throat and body with his jack et knife, wounded his brother-in-law, raced from the 'house across a field and when found some hours later was lying in a "horse wallow," a small potfl of water about <ten inehtvs deep dead. Whether death was pre meditated or the result of heart fail ure is not known as there was no sign of a struggle. While the baby is in a serious con dition it is expected that she will survive, Worry over the loss of his money and his wife's monoy in a recent bank failure is attributed by Rome to have been the cause of the deed. i Robinson first attempted to cut his 'wife but she evaded him ami then i ho tried to cut his mother-in-law, who was sick in bed, members of the family stated. She managed to get out of bed wnd escape him and then he snatched the youngest of his six little girls, about two years of age, cut her throat and lacerated her body. She is in a grave condi tion but there is a chance for her recovery. In the meantime his brother-in law, Mr. Chitty, tried to stop him but he was overpowered and re ceived a cut over his eyes, Robinson then ran ?eross the field. This was late yesterday afternoon and at 11 o'clock last night his body was found face downward in a small pool of water, not more than ten inches deep. As there were no signs of a struggle it is thought that ho might have dropped dead, his heart censing to function because of the strain to which it had been subjected. Kobinson had driven his family over to his mother-in-laws Sunday, as the latter was ill. Word was received yesterday that she was worse and he drove his family there again, and it was at the home of his mother in law, on the plantation of John I). Turner, that the tragedy occurred. It is seated that he had brooded over the loss of his son and his wife's savings, which were deposited in the Hank of Denmark, which re cently closed its doors. The kirtount was several hundred dollars, it is Mated. It is reported that his wife had wanted to buy an automobile wii h hv jrrrrt rrf tin* money, but?t h ft. t hi* had not consented, wishing to ^ave tin* money with which to buy a home. Uohin f. n was buried th:*5 afternoon. !i< w". - always known as a pea -able ? farmer, : No\y Connected With Newberry Mill Newberry. S. Stockholder* of ! the Oakland Mills, in a special intf ' ing held in Greenville Tuesday, con formed the contract with the Kendall mill's of Boston whereby the eastern ?firm agrees to pureha.se the entire production of the Oakland mills, ii was learned Wednesday. I he agree ment involves a considerable amount of money. In connection with tie: meeting here, H. I'v Kfritdull, jT?v-v>di-?H of - the Kendall Mills, purchased a large block of the common stock of the Oakland Mills and will be one of the vice presidents of the Newberry plant. There will be no changes in the local management of the Oakland mills as a result of the meeting, it was said. Col. W. II. Hunt will re main president and James N*. Me Caughrin vice-president and secre tary.?-Textile Bulletin. Mr. Kendall is president of the Wateree Mills at Camden, and also has mills at Edgefield, Winnsboro and Paw Creek, N. In the seventh century, Omar, de claring that the Koran contained all that man should know, destroyed the great library of Alexandria( and used the books as fuel in the public baths. A buby crying continuously for u day and a night would develop enough energy to lift himself to the top ot Washington Monument. Music Club Notes , . The McDowell Music Club, whicn has postponed its meetings for sev oral weeks on account of the Pageant, ?will bold a mooting next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the High School auditorium, Misses bilizabeth Clarke, Rebecca tfemp. and Willie Porter will go t<> -i'oker College Monday, May 5, as, ?representatives of the Music Club in the piano contest to be held there. The Music Club recently subscribed to the Musical Courier and the Etude, and these magazines are being great, ly enjoyed by the pupils. Carolyn Hejumin, Reporter. MAYDAY CELEBRATION WATEREE BALL PARK May 2nd Beginning at 2t30, P. M. The following program will be carried out Races: Antelope Sack Obstacle Egg and Spoon Baseball Relay Big Tug-of-AVar May Pole Dance Dance of the Wood Nymphs Crowning of May Queen Baseball Game: Hermitage vs. Wateree Music throughout the after noon will be furnished by the Wateree Mills Band. Admission - 25c SAFE ALL You're all around when you ,buy Goodyears. Safe when you ride?bo cause, of their dependable quality. Safe when you buy?be cause there isn't a better value on the market. Why take chances? Play safe?put on Goodyears. BROAD STREET FILLING STATION l.'. N. MYERS, Proprietor ? What Would You Do if the Investment in Your Crop was Wiped Out in a Few Seconds of Hail? IN NINETY-NINE OUT OF A HUNDRED CASES, SUCH A CALAMITY WOULD SO CRIPPLE THE OPERATION OF A FARM THAT IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO OVERCOME THE LOSS. THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO PREVENT SUCH LOSSES?BY INSURANCE IN A STRONG COMPANY. WE HAVE WRITTEN HAIL INSURANCE SINCE RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES FIRST UNDERTOOK THIS CLASS OF INSURANCE, AND BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD MORE EXPERIENCE IN THIS LINE THAN ANY OTHER AGENCY IN THIS SECTION. WE HAVE SETTLED EVERY LOSS TO THE ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION OF OUR CLIENTS IN EVERY CASE. HAIL INSURANCE IS WRITTEN FOR THE GROWING PERIOD, AND COSTS THE SAME WHETHER TAKEN IN APRIL OR AUGUST. SEE US AT ONCE. Williams Insurance Agency R. M. KENNEDY, JR., OWNER JAMES DE LOACHE, JR., MANAGER ESTABLISHED IMS CAMDEN, S. C. ? * i, . ' ? ._? - i ." ' L ??. . -ran