The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 03, 1925, Image 3
News of Bethune
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Uctiitim , S. July l.?Mrs. c. c.
Padgett was hostess to circle mim
Ju r one Wednesday afternoon'. A full
attendance was present. . After dis
pensing with the business of the nu i i
ing. ice cream anfl cake were served.
Circle number two w-a? entertained
Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Aman
da McKinnon. The study period was
devoted to Home Missions. At the
close a social hour was enjoyed dur
ing whirh ice cream and cake were
served* The hostess was assisted by
her daughter, Miss Mary McKinnon.
A moving picture of the Life of
Christ was given in the high school
auditorium under the auspices of the
School Improvement Association
MAY'S
AMERICAN CAFE
BETHUNE, S. C.
CHICKEN DINNERS
LUNCHEON SERVICE
BEST SANDWICHES .
AND ICED TEA
ALONG THE ROAD
Drive Out This
Evening
PUMPS
PUMP PIPING AND
PIPE FITTINGS
Hardware and
Farming
Supplies
G. L. KING
Bethune, S. C.
D. M. MAY'S GARAGE
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BETHUNE, S. C.
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
TIRES OF ALL MAKES
FIRST CLASS REPAIR DEPARTMENT
ALL GOOD ROADS LEAD
TO OUR TOWN
THE BIG SPRINGS
JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY'S
FINEST PLEASURE RESORT
EXCELLENT HOTEL SERVICE
COTTAGES FOR RENT
SPECIAL RATES TO SUNDAY SCHOOLS,
CAMP FIRE GIRLS AND BOY SCOUTS
FOR RATES AND RESERVATION ADDRESS
THE BIG SPRINGS
BEJHUNE, S. C.
Thursday evening/ Appropriate musir
was furnished by local talent during
the picture.
The Young People's Sunday School
classes of the Presbyteriau church
were given an outing at Big Springs?
Friday evening by their teachers Miss
Stella Bethum and Mr. .). K. Sev
arance. The young folks assembled
at the school building and were taken
out to the springs in a truck. After
swimming and partaking of a picnic
lunch the jolly party returned early
in the evening.
Material has been placed on the
ground for the erection of. a brick
bungalow for Mr. L. C. Watford. The
building will be placid just south of
Mr. Watford's present residence. The
sidewalk is being paved from tho
Bethune Mercantile to the hardware
store..
Mrs. K. T. Estridge is quite ill,
having suffered a slight stroke of
paralysis last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Parker of
Berkeley, Calif., were guests of Dr.
and Mrs, E. Z. Truesdell Thursday,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith have- re
turned from their wedding trip
through the mountains of North Car
olina.
Mr. and Mrs. C, C. Padgett were
guests of relatives in Cheraw Sun
day.
Mr. Joe Estridge of Weldon, N. C.,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I K. T. Est ridge.
| Mr. and Mrs. Neil Johnson of Pol
lock were guests of relatives here
Sunday. They were accompanied home
by Mrs. Johnson's mother, Mrs. C. L.
Mays and little Misses Harriett Nel
son Mays and Gene Bethune.
Mr. Letf Mays and son, James, of
Florence, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Mays.
Dr. E. Z. Truesdell' made a pro
fessional trip to Columbia Monday.
Misses Margie and Effic Mae Par
rott have returned from a visit- to
relatives in Hartsville. They were
accompanied home by little Miss MaCy
Best and Master B. F. Best.
Mrs. C. H. Wall of Andrews is the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. O. Ward.
Mr. Mark King of Neeces, spent
tho week end with his family, who
are visiting at the home of Mrs.
King's father, Mr. N. A. Bethune, He
was accompanied home by his son
Robert King and his sisters, Misses
Louise and Cecilia King.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lane have re
turned to their home in Cartersville
after a visit of several days to rela
tives 'here.
Mrs. Alex West and Lop West.df
Camden were guests of Mrs. Hattie
Heustiss Sunday.
Misses Wilnra and Jeanette Morgan
of Marshville were visitors in Be
thune Sunday.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. G. W.
King entertained a number of little
folks in honor of her daughter,
Myrtle's birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davis are re
ceiving congratulations on the arri
val of a fjon Tuesday morning.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Will' Ham
mond on June 30, a daughter. -
Rev. W. V. Jerman was the gue3t
of his. sister in Andrews last week.
Mr. Jerman'a appointments, during
his six week's vacation, are being
filled by the Epworth League. .
Dr. and Mrs. Turner of.1 Kershaw
spent Monday at the home of Mrs.
Turner's sister, Mrs. K. T. Estridge.
Mr. McSween of Darlington who
has been very ill in the Florence
hospital is recuperating at the home
o^hts^sister, Mrs. Otto Hatfield.
Rev. J.-M. Forbis and Ernest Trues
dell, Jr., spent Wednesday in Clin
ton. *
Mr. W. M. Stevens of Lancaster
was in town Tuesday.
Pipe- Organ Evolution
of Twenty CenCuriee
Waro t?iun 20 ago u barber
? ?;>Hde 1 1 1 ?? discovery that In moving his
rti'rrbr in ( !??' pur. suit o f ttlifk duties air
>v<., f<Mfved through the tubes of the
1 ' ?'oiitl IMIIK <?, (MUsin^ ll s?trl
UUsH'Ul .v ' ? 1 1 1 1 1 1 . So struck was In- l>y
I ($ pccnliahn that li# set about mak
ii ' tin in->i rutmnt which was (he foun
dation of th?< h'ni onto n A it or
experiments he iimdvOi
llute. in which air was forced by bel
lows through an Inverted cone which
I*mI to flutes CO&rMl?d by a keyboard,
ihr pressure being kept uniform by
water. After a thousand years a rival
Instrument made it a appearance. This
was- of a similar pattern, but, instead
Of wot or, weights regulated the pres
sure. In p.. I an organ w?s erected at
WltK'hrST^r, I'ngland. It had -ti bel
lows and ten pipes to each key. Two
men who sat at the keyboard "blew
ami sweated enormously." Later, a
firm of organ makers Ux Germany sue
eeeded In erecting the first really big
instrument. The primary stops Old
not dlft'er very much from those of to
day, Although various novelties wero
Introduced. Among the- Innovations
were the nightingale and cuckoo stops,
while others represented cock-crowing
and goat-bleating. Though these
novelties have now fallen Into disuse,
An organ with one of these nightingale
stops is st 111 to be seen In Rome. It
was not until the Nineteenth century
that the problem of the regulation of
air pressures was solved by the Intro
duction of the hydraulic blower.
Dime Novel s Brought
Him Fame and Fortune
Era st us P. Beadle, the originator of
the dime novel, which type of publica
tion occupies a chapter In Edmund Les
ter Pearson's t,Books In Black or Red,"
published the first dime novel, accord
Ing to Mr. Pearson, In 1860. It was
a small pamphlet with orange pink cov
ers. The firm of P?eadle & Adams con
tinued their business until 1897.
Beadle, a descendant of American
pioneers,, and soldiers, was born In
Otsego county, New York, in 1821, says
the Detroit News. Working as a boy
for a miller, he found a need one day
for letters of some sort to label the
bags of grain. lie cut the letters from
blocks of hardwood, as Gutenberg's
preuecessors had done. Tbis experi
ence Interested him In printing; be
learned the art, and by 1832 had a
printing shop of his own. In 1858 he
moved to New Yorlc to test nn Idea
which had come to him; the publica
tion of books to be sold at 10 cents ?
song books. Joke books mrd ? finally
novels. The first of these books were
mainly historical novels of the Ameri
can Revolution, or t^irly pioneer life.
About nine-tenths of the settings, then
and Inter, were American.
Little Known About Saint
Very little Is known regarding Saint
Bartholomew, one of the disciples of
Christ. He Istsupposed to be also the
Nathaniel mentioned in the tlrst chap
ter in the gospel of St. John. He is
believed to have traveled on a mission
into Armenia, and to have there suf
fered martyrdom by being flayed alive'.
Himselt one of th? gentlest of men,
he was destined by the irony of fate to
gijve his name to one of the most
frightful massacres recorded in his
tory, and to the London Saturnalia
known as St. Bartholomew's fair. Tids
famous festival was celebrated an
nually In Smithfleld, where many
Huguenot refugees located, pn August
24. for over 7.r>0 years, arid was finally
abolished in 18.>5, by which time It had
degenerated 'Into an orgy of drunken
ness and debauchery.
Mythical Snake, Stories
There Is a snake of the South At
lantic states, foolishly feared by the
negroes, who say It will put Its tail in
its mouth, stiffen Its body and roll
along like a hoop, aiming to let go of
Its sting-tipped tail and dart It into
the first person it meets. Similar
stories are told of a closely related
species, the wampum snake, common
iA swampy ground In the South, and
both are called horn snakes. In fact,
both species are perfectly harmless
and spend most of their time beneath
the ground, burrowing deeply Into the
soil. The former in. blue black above,
marked with three red lines, and flesh
colored below, with black spots; while
the latter 1* uniform bluish-black
above and banded with n** on tha
abdomen.
"Tragedy" and " Comedy "
At first tragedies were brought on
the stage as means of reminding men
of the things which. happen to them,
and that it Is according to nature for
things to happon so, and that. If thou
art delighted with what Is shown on
the stage, thou shoulds^ not be trou
bled with that which takes place on
the larger stage. After tragedy, the
old comedy was Introduced which had
Q magisterial freedom of speech, nod
by its very plainness of speaking whs
useful In reminding men to beware of
Insolence. ? Marcus Aurellus.
Few Druae? in America
Druses are people of mixed orfg'.o
who Inhabit a district in Syria. Th^ir
religion is fundamentally Mohapime
dan, but thflr faith mingles the teach
ing of the Mosaic law, the Christian
Gosj>el8 and the Sufi allegories with
thoae of the Koran. They believe in
the transmigration of souls with con
stant advancement and - purification
Their teachings enjoin abstinence from
wine and tobacco, from profanity and
obscenity, and polygamy la nnknown
among them. There are a few hua
4rtd of this *e<9 In the United Siatea
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MOTION Pit TLKKS
To Be Shu* u On Ho* To Poison
Boll Weevil
The county agent has secured thv
United States Department of Agricul
ture's motion picture "How to Poison
the Boll Weevil", which he will sflqw
at various places in the county next
week. This picture, is up to date and
should he seen by every farmer in
the county, Jt is impossible to show
this at every school house, but it i^
hoped that the people will come from
far and near to- see this picture, as
it conveys the mutter of fighting the
boll weevil in such a way that every
one can set' the value of it and de
termine for himself whether or not
he should poison and what methods
he should use. # .
Mr. A. A.-McKeown, District Agri
cultural Agent, will be present at
most of these meetings and will make
a short talk in connection with boll
weevil control following the showing
of this picture.
There will also be shown at these
meetings one reel entitled "Four H.
Camp for Boys and Girls," which will
be of particular, interest to club mem
bers and their parents. This picture
is being shown in co-operation with
the Home Demonstration agent in
preparing for the summer encamp
ment which is to be held in August.
Admission to these shows free.
Everybody come.
Timrod School, Monday, July 6 at
8:15 p. m.
Jordan's Mill, Lugoff, Tuesday,
July 7, at 7:30 p. m.
Charlotte Thompson School, Wed
nesday, July 8, at 8:15 p. m.
Antioch School, Thursday, July 9,
at 8:15 p. m.(
Midway School, Friday, July 10, at
8:15 p. m.
Three C's School, Saturday, July
11, at 8:15 p. m.
? J. W. SANDERS,
County Agent, -
ELIZABETH D. BOY KIN,
Home Dem. Agent.
Shoots at 'Dog; Hits Four People
Allendale, June 25.- ? Four persons
were shot on Tuesday afternon when
a dog, believed to be mad, was killed
and the shot glanced, striking the
four persons seated on the porch at
the home of W. R. Hart. The shot
gun was in the hands, it is alleged,
of Wilda Gray, of near Barton. The
injured aj>p Mrs. \y. R. Hart, who
received a wound <6n the bridge of
her nose, the shot l^ri^ing between
the two nose bones; the s Hot has not
yet been removed; Mrs. h rfc*
whose head was struck by a glancing
shot which did not lodge but scraped
the scalp; Louise Spfadley, daughter
of Mrs. W. R. Hart, who was struck
on the nose, her wound being in al
most the same place as that of her
tnother's face but not so serious, and
Lucile Hart, \frho was wounded in
the neck, the shot barely missing the
jugular vein.
BOY IN BETHUNE
FROM THE BIG STORE
Fashionable Clothing
. Selz Six Shoes
Building Supplies
Grain and Provisions
BETHUNE MERCANTILE CO.
BETHUNE, S. C.
When the day's duties or pleasures drive away
sleep and bring worry and care to your bed-,
side, take
Dr. Miles' Nervine
You'll sleep all night and wak,e up in the morn
ing clear headed and fit for whatever the day
may bring.
1 . v You'll find this medicine helpful in every form
of nervous dis-order. (f > ?
BETHUNE DRUG COMPANY
BETHUNE, S. C.
School Is Out
Vacation time has come at last!
Millions of families will take advan
tage of Ford ownership to tour this
summer.
Wherever you live the roads invite
you to travel. You cai^ tour every day
if you own a Ford car. You can take
short trips or long trips, anywhere,
any time, any weather. A Ford car
will make this summer a happier,
healthier one for the whole family.
And it coats no more for five to ride
than for one.
Low prices and easy payments bring
the Ford car within the means of
nearly every household. It is the
most profitable investment you can
make with your vacation savings.
Runabout - - S2f*0 Coupe .... SS20
Touring Car - - 290 For dor Sedan - 660
On open car* demountable rim* and atarter arc 183 extra
Pull-air* balloon tire* $W extra. All prictt f. o. b. Detroit.
SEE ANY AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER OR MAIL THIS COUPON
Tudor Sedan
*580
T ? F,O.B. Ofi ott
Pleane tell me how ( can secure a Ford (frr on May payment* I
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