Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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After Every Meal SEAUEOl TICHT^ KEPT RIGMT> PttHH it*around after every meal Give the family the benefit of it! aid to digestion. Cleans tecui too. Keep it always in the house. 18 Costs little-helps much ? TNE PAGEANT FRIDAY (By (J. A. liuchannan in ?Satur day's State). la three hours of color and beauty, ?.f symbolism, legend and history ('amden this afternoon relived in the pageant, "llamden, Yesterday and Today," the years that hare gone into .: h making. From those ancient days when the ? -.te of the now long since historic rjty was but a ?wilderness, given over to wildflower and wood, through the .ears of the colony of South Caro lina, the days of the Revolution, the -lorioufily and peacefully sentimental nours of ante-bellum yealNS, through 'the" war a/id Heconstruction to the today of "cooperation" and "commu nity spirit" was the story told? i: ra ph ioa 11 y, benutifu 11 y. All day visitors?who largely made jp the audience watching the progress ..f the pageant on <the Kirkwood links had been coming into the city and :>y 'i o'clock, half an hour before the ?:m?* set for the opening, the road to the links was lined for a mile or more with parked automobiles. Qth \s made the journey from hotel or '.ome afoot. Camden folk were in the minority, .?rhaps, among the spectators, be tween 1,000 and 1,500 being members ? f the huge caftt?many of them ie-cendants of the ipersons represent - !. And so also t'he costumes?dainty, .jairit?were many of them genuine, ; reserved from weddings and dances jiid receptions of days and nights ?>ng agone. The pageant, written and directed y Mary-Francis Black well, was pre -? :Ued b? \he Camden city schools. A blasff. from the.trumpet of the ?x raid?Clarkson Rhame and the pag ??ant was begun. Father Time ? iatewood Workman?the "official .mnouncer,4* explained ,the opening, ? ymbolical pi*clude, representative of *ne uncharted days when man had not come to Pine Tree Hill (Cam Jen's first name) to hunt deer and to build wigwams, stores and banks. Days of Wilderness The "Spirit of the Wilderness"? 1/ottk? May Vaughan?who then "held dominion," entered alone for a beau "iful dance to the music of the con cealed band. Following her were the "jolly tree nymphs" and the "bois t-rous elves," her subjects, and to The Greeting- of Spring" dancing "violets" and "roses." And as in life n the wake of the "flowers" came butterflies." Through intricate iance patterns they made their way ? o the foreground and then grouped hemselves in a semi-circle of vivid vulur to form a background for the iance of the "rain spirit's"?Margaret Ancrum and Mollie Blackwell? and '.he "dancing sunbeams"?Carolyn Woolen and Gertrude Zemp. Alter nately in the dance did "sunshine" ??nd then "rain" conquer. The en trance of "Naughty Jack Frost" ? KJeanor Mitchell?ended the Jxappy gamboling, the flowers, butterflies, ree nymphs, sunbeams, rain spirits f ed only that the little brown elves ^ight combine against the intruder to rhase "J?ck Frost" from the scene. In a flurry of little brown figures, h?? prelude ended. The tree nymphs were: Mary Jane Mackey, Alice DePass, Betty Cureton, Klizabeth McCaskill, Leonora Rhame, Willie Haile, Jean Harris, Catherine Roykin, Althea Sanders, Mattie Shaw, Caroline Houser, Elizabeth Zemp, Su ^an Kennedy, Caroline Burnet, Caro line Richardson, Emfly Pitts, Cather ine Little and Eleanor Brown. The elves: Clyde Brown, Chester Martin, Charles McGaskUl, McKain Richards, Willis DeBruM, Ralpn r?oodale, Leroy Love, Lloyd Bosh, Theodore Spradley, Carl Scarborough, Harry CapelT, Edward Beard, Lacey Rraysbaw, Henry Shannon, Albertus Shirley, Edward Holland, Vertua Medley, Harmy Graham, L? 3. N*tU?. Ifyer*. CUnace Sorp Oscnril. Pna* Per iv)ii Harry Rusaell, Jimmy WiUon, Marion Smith, Ralph Tra|>p, Jack Brown, J<ack Halsell, Bill Shan non, II. B. Shirley, Wilbur M<oseley, Raymond Lang ley, Carlisle Martin, Bruce McOaftkill, Otis Price, William Henry West, Rufus Corbet t, Rosrcoo Johnson, C. W. Rhoden, Francis She been, Edward Jennings, Harold Capell Bolton Beard, Everett Goodale, Rav Moore, Billie Moseley and Horace Hall. The violets: Emily Shannon, Lena Stevenson, Elisabeth Goodale, Leila Chiistmaa, Sam Bissell, Helen Tindal, Gladys Haines, Alma Hunter, Edna Strak, ".Emily Sheorn, Mary Purser and Martha Bailey. Thu roses: Mary Louise Britton, Margaret Barnes, Catherine Ken nedy, Kate Shannon, Elu'aboth llaynesworth, Olivia Buddin, Betty Carfison, Mary 'Elizabeth Wooten, Mary Zeigler, Nathaline Zeigler, Catherine Brayshaw, Nancy Brown, Emily Zemp, Peggy Pitts, Mary Lee Blakeney and Zada Lang. The butterflies: Caroline Britton Eleanor Hopkins, Frances Mcleod, Denny Smith, Dorothy Van Landing ham, Charlotte Brown, Dfcna May King, Mary Moore, Marie Trapp, Jen ny CuHen, Charlotte DuBose, Mary Frances Little, Mary Richie, May Nell Trapp and Kstelle Myers, Quakers and Indians In the first episode was told the story of the meeting between the Catawba Indian chief, King Haiglc-1 ?Clyde Flowers?-and Samuel Wyly ?E. C. Hush. Wyly agrees to con duct the correspondence of the king and to survey the lands. Gifts are exchanged and the Quakers depart, promising to return. Indians: a dancer, Laurie Camp bell; braves, Moultrie Burns, Lynell i Fouts, Clyde SpAdley, Eddie Stew art, Joe Gardner, Ernest Shebeen-, j Fi.ank Mackey and Ned Rhoad; ! youths, Austin Shehtcn, Cecil Am i mans, Stanley Babin, Craig Rush, Paul Gardner. B. R. Truesdale, K. S. Villepigue, Elmo Brown, Beckham Russell, Gordon Spradley, Nacipp'i Shehoen. Harold Hough, Carlyle Evans, Grayson Shaw, Spain Player, Everett Montgomery, Robert Rhame, | Messic Robinson, Norman Cameron, Richard Reed, Albert Reed, George | Shebeen, Edward Shebeen, Wood row Haynes and Fennell Shiver, and In dian women and children: Margaret | Shaw, Janie Brewer, Mabel Shirley, Clara Bell Denton, Ruth Stevenson, Ruth Montgomery, Mary Sue Hollo man, Estelle Shebeen, Minnie De Bruhl, Nellie Gardner, Roavie Player, Ellie O'Neal Trapp, Edna Ray, LiRie May TrapQ), Clara McCaskill, Zulu May Hilton, Julia Miles, Evelyn Ward, Belle Blaekmon, Catherine De Ivoache, Jumel Rabon, Blanche Hall, Molly Moseley, Eva Kelly, Ella Out law, Leona Sanders, Lucie Wilson, Blanche Peebles, Mary Peebles, Elizabeth Ileed, Doris Evans, Helen Baker, Esther DeLoache, Vera Ander son, Alma Brown, Pearle Welch, May S bicker,?Sara Shiver, Myrl Rast, Viola Morris, Louise Smith, Mileta Team, Bennie May Robinson, Eliza beth May Bateman, Elizabeth Gas kin and Marvin Murphy. Quakers: E. C. Rush, Mary Frances McCoy, Ansel Bateman, Pearl Jones, Charlie Russell, Joe Mickel, Patsy Stewart, Alex Graham, George Chewning, Itenry George Dabney, May Shaw, Boykin Rhame, Thad Flowers and Carl Stokes. Days of Colony In two parts was told in the second episode told the story of the colonial days, the second being centered about the pioneer store of Joseph Kershaw, "father of Camden", played by John Kershaw deLoach, great-great-grand son of the pioneer. Tories and Pa triots meet and quarrel. There are words- of "tea", of "independence," of "treason." Characters: John Chestnut, partner of Kershaw, Charlie Spradley; Robert English, Charles Lorick and citizens in sympathy with King George: Mor ris Campbell, Jack Clyburn, James McCoy, Donald Storey, Ben Team, ?nd J. T. Ru?h; citizens who want ?liberty, DuBoae Blakeoey, John Mel ville, Walter Rhame, Clinton Outlaw, John Nettles, Leo West, John Lee, John Davidson and Dick Goodale, and riders, Carlton Hall, Elbert Moseley, Lucy Kirkland, Shannon Blackwell, Arthur Brown, Jim Clyburn, Jack Hopkins, Philip Knapp, Frances Montgomery, Henry Lee Clyburn, Thomas Wooten, Julian Burns, Doug las Kennedy, Virginia DeLoache, Rob Kennedy, Sarah Mills, Benton Burns, Thoophilus Hall and Edwin Moseley. Then the Revolution, June 1, 1780, the coming of Lord Cornwallis ? Douglas Montgomery?who leaves Ixjrd Rawdon?John Davidson? to establish a well fortified port, Sted man?Harold Funderburk ? having been" ordered on to post sentinels, take over all stores in the town. And after an interlude during which wa? danced a highland fling by Lot tie May Vaughan and Carolyn Woo ten there- wu presented the legen dary eptaode of Affnes of Glatfoir'a run. Im-ti t#? legend runs came to Camden in search of her lover. The Indians accompany her, uttoropt to amuse her, aid her in her search. All however in vain. The battle of Camden, August 1780,o Baron ? IVKalb r? Ctarkson Hhame?endeavoring tQ rehearten the retreating Whigs is fired upon and mortally \vounde<l that Ix>rd Corn*' wallis arriving may say to him, "I am sorry, sir, to see you, not sorry (that you are vanquished, but sorry to see you so badly wounded." . Washington and LaFayetto <? George Washington's?Bissell Ken nedy?vis rt May 25, 1791, furnished a colorful episode:, the costumes of the day, the sudden arrival of the honored guest; the address of wel come by Col, Joseph Kershaw,, in tendent of the town and chairman of the reception committee; the reply of Washington. ? . "May you largely participate in the national advantages," the president closes, "and may your past sufferings and dangers, endured and braved in the cause of freedom, be long con trasted with your future safety and happiness." A round ?-f applause from the as sembled "citizens" and then while Washington and Kershaw looked on was danced the stately minuet. Again cheers and the president rode away. The dancers wereiiKlihu Schlos burg, Hubert Brown, Butler Moore, Jack Nettles, Robert Bruce, .Job Mills, Ward Hough, Clarkson Khamc, Ab bott (lowlale, Capers Zemp, Billy Lindsay, Joe MeKairi, Faith deLoach, Jumoiie Mailt', Fay Kirkland, Gladys West, Kit DeLoache, Dolly Singleton, Peggy Hopkinjs, Helen Savage, Har riet Whitaker, Mary Boykin, Sarah PcPass, and Elizabeth Lewis. And in turn ihe visit March K, is2r?, of the Marquis de LaFayettc?? T, Kirkland Trotter?reproduced from' data found in the Southern Chronicle Of March 1, 1K25. Greeted by the of ficers arid soldiers of the Revolution r.n l by citizens the inarquis advances to the fore to be formally greeted by Col. Henry G. Nixon?Mendel L. Smith?a famed orator of the day. Other characters: Robert Durham Salmon, mayor, played by Henry Sal mond Porter, givat-gfreat-grandson of the mayor; Brigadier General Blair, military officer of the day, by Alfred Mclvcod; Maj. John Cantey, chief marshal, by.John Cantey Villepigue, great-grandson of the marshal; Wil liam McWillie, assistant marshal, by John Whitaker, Jr., great-great grandson of the assistant marshal; Captain Deas, by Willis Cantey Boy kin, a descendant of Deas, and Gov. John Lawrence Manning, by John Lawrence Manning. J Old Virginia Reel And reviving the beauty of ante ! bi'llum days. The Spirit of Old Cani j den?Mrs. John Whitaker, Jr??wel comed the guests and two by two j the couples?quaintly attired.?arriv j ed. Once again the Virginia reel was j danced ancl those of the "old regime" I among the spectators watched and remembered. The dance ended and in the distance a group of negroes took up the singing of the old spir ituals: "Swing Ix>w Sweet Chariot," etc. In the Virginia reel group were: Joe McKain, Clarkson Rhame, Abbott Goodale, Jack Nettles, Hubert Brown, Elihu Schlosburg, Capers Zemp, Leo West, Hoyt Trapp, Ward Hough, Rob ert Brucc, Sidney Zemp, Butler 'Moore, Thomas Brown, Elizabeth ?Lewis, Gertrude Zemp, Mary Cure ton, Elizabeth Clarke, Frances Bis sell, Rebecca Zemp, Sarah Gettys, Bunny Lang, Virginia Nicholson, Mary Goodale, Virginia Haile, Evelyn ?Bruce, Helen Savage and Virginia Nettles. A dance interlude of Victory ? Carolyn Wooten?and Defeat?Ju melle Haile?and in turn n spirited episode of Reconstruction days, rep resenting a visit by Wade Hampton in his campaign to redeem the stato from radical rule. A charge brought a group of Red Shirt riders? high school boys?to the center where they waited the arrival of General Hamp ton?Jack Nettles. The general reach ed the scene and began his address. On the edge 12 men, old and feeble? veterans of the Confederate war ? who were to take part in the episode to follow, made their way across the field. They halted to watch the scene, reproducing events still green in their memories. ? "In Memoriam" the last but one of the episodes. To the notes of Handel's "Largo" the Spirit of Camden?Fay Kirkland?entered to mourn before the simple altar her dead of various wars. The Spirit of the South?Bunng I>ang, the Spirit erf the North?Sarah DePass, the Spirit of the East?Bon nfau Hall, the Spirit of the West? -Kit DeLoachc?mourn with her. A bugle blowing "Taps". And from the rear a procession to spirited murhJ: Spirit of the Nation ? Elizabeth Clarke, Spirit of the State?Harriet Whitaker, Freedom?Helen Savage, Joatfce?Anna B*l) Watt*, Truth? Valnetta Troetdafe. "Give and Take/' Sparkling Comedy, a Chautauqua Feature "(Jive titnl Take,!* uproarious comedy kuocohh by Aaron Hoffman, wMch r?H*ent 1 \ hat) an popular Xyw York nm, will bo one of the big fotitum of the coming Uedpalh (Miaulauqjua. '(lie story of (bo play ?*entor? around a wealthy California fruit MfiiiWi> who lias spent il.rty years <>f bl? lile io tk*\Hoping a business for his son. who, when kIvoii tho reins. aUoiupt* to run tho husinesN on tho "imJustriHl doinocruoy" plan. Most umurtng and unusual situations, together with a delightful love story, character!** U?h? lr roaltrtible play, which will bo presented by a cast of Now York actors. " .i ?' _t ? * ??? era to generals, played by ivlativ<6?, and followed by the remnant of the CamdeVs veterans of th?? Confeder acy, entered: Joha I). Kennedy, play ed by .John Kennedy DuBo.se; Joseph B. Kershaw, played by - James De Loaehe, Jr.; JamesChestnut, played by Dixie Boykin; John Hordenavo Villepigue, played by John McCaa Villepigue; Zack Cantey Deas, played by Willis Cantey Boykin, and James Cantey, played by Charles Richard son Villepigue. Behind the aged liv ing Confederate veterans were tho World Avar Veterans, members of the Camden post of the American Legion. Together about the altar they pledg ed themselves anew to town, state and nation. Canj^jJrrmodny and a parade of tho 1,000 or *so character* of the pageant, comprised the final episode. The Spirit of Camden?Fay Kirk land?stands beside the altar; ami be side her: Education?Aileen Funder burk, Freedom ? Helen Savage, Jus tice?Annie Bell Watts?and Patriot ism?Margaret Laney. And about the center group: the Confederate vet erans, the World war veterans, the Revolutionary characters, the beaux *ind belles of ante bellum days, the elves, the flowers, nymphs, dancers, citizens, Red Shirts?a finale in a "riot of color. * The Spirit of Camden speaks: "Camden, our universal love Camden all else above, Camden, beloved Camden, We welcome you and all who come To fnd our town the home you love." C. A. B. Farmer Kills Self Anderson, April 28.? Firing a bul let of a .32 calibre pistol through his brain, Lawton Hanks, 28-year-old farmer of near Honea Path, diod by his own hand this morning. Tho shooting occurred at 7 o'clock at his home and his death following two hours later. The you n# man was never conscious after he shot him self. Despondency over the "financial condition of hia farm interests is said to have been responsible for the act. rr APKIL BUSINESS BETTER Business Situation This Year Com pared With That of 1924 Richmond, Va., April 28.??The busi ness- situation, at the end of April was more favorable than it was at the same time last year, especially in the outlook for the textile indus try and for agriculture, according to the monthly review of business and agricultural conditions in the Fifth Federal Reserve District issued to day by the Federal Reserve Hank of Richmond. Cotton mills throughout the. dis trict are operating full time and are selling their output as made, while favorable weather hiis enabled the farmers to make all seasonal prep arations from ten to twenty days earlier than in 1924, it is said. There are some unfavorable fac tors, however, it was stated in the review, among which are a scarcity of farm labor and a ? lack of funds with which to hire farm hands, high er fertilizer prices than in- 1924, a shortage of feed which forces far mers to buy high-priced grain for stock and lack of sufficient orders to keep coal miners busy "On the other hand, favorable fat - tors appear to outweigh the unfav orable ones," it was stated. "I>abor is well employed, and therefore the purchasing power of the public con tinues large. "Retail trade in March was good, comparing favorably with seasonal average and wholesale trade was better in most lines than in March, 1924. "The banks of the district are generally in a strong position and are able to care for any legitimate credit demands that appear likely to arise. Debits to individual accounts prove that a very large volume of business is being done, and commer cial failures compare favorably with other years. ^ "Building operations continue in record volume, causing increased ac tivity in all allied industries and giving steady employment to both skilled and unskilled labor. "Finally, the psychological atti tude of the public seems to be fa vorable for a fairty active business, but there does not appear to be much nervousness or fear of what the next few months have in store." Seasonal needs for crop planting increased the demand for credit at the federal reserve bank of Rich mond between March 14 and April IB this year, and the volume of member, bank borrowing roso from $.'12,082,000 to $'lp,052,000. Tho labor situation changed lit tit' during the mouth. On tho 'whole, springs demands for lahor have not yet developtld to tho expected de< gree, and ptmsoqueivtily there is somewhat morn involuntary unem ployment. than was tho easo a year ago. Road work and pub Ik- im provements are being carried on in reduced volume this spring, in creasing tho supply available for farm work. The textile mills of the district are nearly all operating" on full timo schedules, receiving matiy handto mouth orders, hut few orders for fu ture delivery, it. is sutid. Prices of cloth have gone off slightly during the month, in keeping with tho*de cline in raw cotton, and profits an*, said to he unsatisfactory. Spot cotton prices in the Carolina* moved downward during- the. latter part of March and tho first half of April, falling from an average of 25.02 cents per pound to an average of 2.'J.77 cents from March 21 t<> April 11. Toliacco beds have been planted, but plants are small as a result of cool weather, insects are reported l<> have, damaged many of the * young plants. ?r Fell Six Stories; Tnhurt A remarkable fall, and a narrow escape from death, occurred last Thursday, when Will Nye, a young white employe of the contractors of the new Citizens Bank building, fell through the elevator shaft from the top floor to tho basement and sus tainod only a slight, scratch on his ear. Mr. Nye managed to break the mo mentum of the fall by catching tho floors as ho fell. He missed tho last and fell in almost the exact spot where a fellow employe lost his life some time ago. He stated it was only the kind act of Providence that he was spared t<> tell the tale. Mr. Nye showed remarkable pres ence of mind in catching at the floors as he fell, which undoubtedly saved his life.?Rock Hill Record. No privately owned automobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, may be paint ed red or white, as these colors aro used exclusively by the city f<?r its municipal cars. HUDSON Again Reduces Prices (Effective April 26) Hudson Super-Six Coach $1250 Was $1345 * 5 Pass. Sedan $1695 Wai $1795 7 Pass. Sedan $1795 Was $1895 All Prices Freight and Tax Extra This is in line with Hudson's Policy of always giving rhe world s greatest values "The World's Greatest Buy" Everyone Says It?Sales Prove It LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS T. LEE LITTLE, Manager & C.