The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 01, 1925, Image 5
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,
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