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? "? H y Mim UbIm Neftlea { OMING TO CAMDISN jt w?.h wtfrgpnuiqe* pleasure that our people heard of the decision of ?hi South Carolina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy to hold their next annual meeting in Camden. An old-time Southern welcome will be accorded them, coming straight from the hearts of the people. Loving hands will gather the pine and srailax, the bamboo, mistletoe and holly to entwine with the laurel and make fn-aiit i t vi 1 their meeting place, which we art hoping is to be liobkirk Inn, in hlstorij^ grouhd ? a spot of memo ries and Traditions -that inspire in us Jove of country, and makes us will ing to assume the. new duties and larger responsibilities that have been laid upon us in this day of woman's * greatest opportunity this organiza tion is performing a splendid service n keeping alive jn the new South the spirit of the old. How wide the scope of this organi sation and how busy it keeps us try ing to carry out its five great ob jects: Memorial, historical, benevo* 'ent, educational and social. Yes, the South Carolina Division is a strong unit in a great organization that is rfoing forward by leaps and bounds. This lovely little city of ours has long been famed for courtesy and hospi tality?a community rich in historic interest and social charm and will sustain this deservedly popular repu tation by extending tp the daughters if the Confederacy a royal welcome in 1926. ?_ Mrs. John K. de Loach Complimented Mrs. George W. Brunson of Chi cago was hostess at a bridge party Friday morning, complimenting Mrs. John K. deLoach, ai recent bride who s to make her home here and who *ill bo quite an addition tp Camden's young married set. The party was given at the home of the hostess's nother, Mrs. William M. Shannon, ind the limited number of tables had i setting bright and attractive. Mrs. L. A. Kirkland won the score prize ind the bride was presented with a landsome pot plant- After the games 'empting refreshments were served. Camden Football Team Honored At the ManSm ^Washington last Friday evening Mr. Clarkson Rbanrfe vas a genial host at dinner honoring :he high school football team. The ong table where twenty-five guests were seated had as a center decora tion a vase of giant chrysanthemums n brilliant yellow and the inspiring :olors of black and gold that had A-aved over so many victorious fields were proudly flaunted on this occa sion. A tempting, four-course dj;iner was served. The after-dinner speeches vere witty, snappy and gay, showing Camden's young oritorical talent to oe developed in the not distant future. An attractive feature of the evening was the charming waitresses ?four high school girls, Misses Har riet Whitaker, Jumel Haile, Peggy Hopkins and Mary Baker Goodale. The host is a popular and valuable f nembrr of this team and after his graduation next June will be leaving for college, as this was a fatewell courtesy to his comrades with whom -ind for whom he had done such splendid team work. TRESPASS NOTICE ? ___ T:v?passing f^r cutting trees and shrubbery on our lands at Lakevifew s strictly forbidden. HENRY SAVAGE J. B. CROCKER 37-38-pd Majestic Theatre # ? Today, Friday, Dee. 11 Gloria- Swansonia !kr Most Sensational Success "STAGE STRUCK" And a Sennett Comedy "Moonlight and Noses" i. Saturday, Dec. 12 Jack Hoxie in A Blue Streak Western "TWO FI8TED JONES" And ^ new episode of "Wild WjMit" Monday, Dec. 14 Rudolph Valentino in "COBRA" The I>atin lover meets a female Sheik ? a Cobra woman who fasci nates as a serpent fascinates a tijrer. Nita Naldi as the female ' Sheik Tuesday, Dec. 15 First National Presents Anna Q. Nilsson, Shirley Mason, Ix-wis Stone and Tully Marshall in "THE TALKERS" By Marion Fairfax Wednesday, Dec. 1# and Thursday, Dec. 17 Lon Chaney with Mae Busch and Tom Moore in c _ "THE UNHOLY THREE** The mystery thriller td the Dwarf ?M Giant ? the Ventriloqwlat One of the greatest pictures in the > PERSONAL MENTION .< . . .,?r| . Mrs. John S. Lindsay is visiting iu Charlotte this week. Messrs. Donald Morrison and Jack Cuttle, both popular on Camden golf links, have returned for the season. Miss Marion Watkins, who recently fin^hed training at the Baker sana torium In Chat-lei^on, is at home on a visit. .4? > ? Mrs. George W. Brunaon of Chicago who has been on an extended visit to her mother, Mrs. William M. Shan non, is returning to her home in Chicago this week. Mr* and Mrs. D. H. Miller and fam ily, popular members of the tourist colony, have returned to Camden for th? winter. Mr. J. p. Crocker, of Boston and Camden, has returned to Camden for the winter. Mr. Henry P. Kendall, president of the Wateree Mills, is in Camden for several days and is occupying hia home, "The Sycamores." He has as his guest his yncle, Mr. John Plimp ton, of Liverpool. England. Mr. W. A. Anderson, a resident of the mill village, has been quite ill from influenza for several days. Mr Anderson a fresh meat vender and operates meat wagon that* serves the mil) villages and some of the resi dential sections of Camden. . Messrs. W. R. DeLoache, T. Lee Little and W. P. Thomas were in Florence this week serving on the federal grand jury. Mr. H. R. Lang was a petit juror for the first week of the court. - \ Civic League To Meet The regular monthly meeting of the Civic League will be held next Mon day, December 13th, at the school auditorium at 4:30 in tho afterriobn. All members and all wishing to be come members are invited and urged to be prompt as the afternoons aro short. Do not forget that this is an important organisation and worthy of your very*best efforts. ? , ? u , , . ? . Memorial Services For Former Pastor A large congregation assembled at the Camden Baptist church last Sun day evening in a memorial service for a former and much loved pastor, Rev. L. A. Mitchell, D.D. Instead of the sombre draperies which usually characterize such occa sions the rostrum was banked with ferns and beautiful flowers more em blematic of the new life unto which this one loved and lost a while had entered for not till the light of morn eternal breaks o'er the hills of time will he fully realize the love and deep appreciation in which he is held by the Camden I|3ptists "for if a man's work abide he shall receive his re ward." ' / Suitable resolutions were offered and adbpted by a rising vote of the entire congregatior^and many beauti ful tributes were paid Dr. Mitchell by those who had labored with him in the more than three years of his pastorate-^-1900 to, 1910 ? in which he and his companion gave ' not only themselves but of their means mak ing possible the erection of the struc ture which is an enduring memorial to them. New Sales Agency Mr. W. R. DeLoach now has the agency for this county of the weil known Hudson and Essex automo biles. He has recently purchased the former Burr ier 'garage, more recently operated as the Broadway Garage and will use it as a sales room and repptr shop for Hudson and Essex cars. The new place will be known as the Hudson-Essex Sales Agency. Died in Atlanta News haa been received in Camden telling of the death in Atlanta on November 21st of Mr. William E. B. Clyburn, a former citizen of Camden and Kershaw. Mr. Clyburn was the eldest son of the late Captain and Mrs. William Clyburn, life-long resi dents of this county ? Captain Cly burn being clerk of court for this county for many years. After leav ing Camden they resided at Kershaw and from there moved to Atlanta. Mr, Clyburn was 62 years of age and Ts said to "haver died from a - heart - at tack. He is survived by his wife and several children, also by one brother and two sisters. He had numerous relatives and friends in Kershaw county who will regret to learn of his death. FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE To retain her beauty and charm , she needs the assistance of those i who, like ourselves, are experts' in the art of aiding Feminine Loveliness.' Proper treatment and dressing of the hair, diligent attention to the complexion, and care of hands and finger nails? all these are essen tial to the well groomed appear ance that every woman desires. Such a service do we render ? and you are cordially invited to make use of it. Will you call ? or phone for an appointment? We shall take a personal interest in serving you. Beginning December 12th'we will stay open antil 7 o'clock during Christmas holidays. " ' Telephone 149 Camden Beauty Parlor j j ? D# Bf. Davis ^ ii ii w ii i hi ^ I ! ? t-<. " / SCRAPS AND FACTS * loUrrating V Note* Gathered From Many Sources. It is estimated that the 11,000 tenants in the New York Equitable Building could get out in twenty minutes. The largest grain elevator in the world is that of the Canadian Na tional Railways at Port Arthur and ?Fort William, holding 9,500,000 hu shell. In an effort to make his insects produce to the maximum a British Columbia apiarist has shipped thirty pounds of bees and ten queens to Auckland, Now Zealand, where sum mer is just beginning, in the hopes of harvesting a crop of honey this winter. If sugar from dahlia and artichoke tubers can be grown to supplement sugar beets, California sugar manu facturers may soon run their factories all the year round. Nearly 100,000 goats, 2,000,000 horses and cattle, and 6,000,000 sheep are now grazing under permit in the .national forests of the United Statos. . John Muir wrote of Mount ^Rain ier V beautiful flowers: "This is the" "richest subalpfne garden I ever, found,' a perfoct floral elyaium." When Magellan circumnavigated the globe his command was, "Follow the flagship and ask no questions/' The ordinary house fly makes 830 wing-beats per second, which is prob ably tho world record for rapidity among all natural fliers. The first hen's egg laid in' Spits bergen has l^een mounted on a little stand and a suitable inscription placed on it. Artificial heat and sunlight must be supplied the hens of thenew hennery which promises to be a suc cess. Until recently 'hens were un known in Spitsbergen. As an American family, ^vas about to leave Tokio for San Francisco, they found their twelve-year-old daughter missing. The father of the girl put his collie on her trail and in less than a minute before the train was to leave, the dog arrived with the missing girl. The original "Royal" hybrid wulnut tree on Luther Burbank's farm has I for fifteen years paid in nuts and grafts an annual interest of 6 per cent on $10,000. Lemon rijids are now utilized for tho manufacture of pectin, the sub stance that makes jelly "jell." Naturalists connected with the MacMillan expedition report finding blue grass in the Arctic regions. Purple sandpipers have also been ob tained in their first plumage, which is unknown to most ornithologists. To continue the work of creating new plantft and flowers, Stanford University proposes to take over Luther Burbank's experimental farm. There arc no storms or hurricanes on the Island of St. Helena. In the course of sixty years only two flashes of lightning were recorded. There are no motor cars, no lawyers there, and only five policemen. GENERAL NEWS NOTES The Charleston Bar has unanimous ly endorsed William H. Grimball of the law firm of Barnwell and Grim ball as a candidate to succeed the late R. Withers Memminger as pre siding judge of the ninth judicial cir cuit. An extension of thirty days, during which officers and directors of the bank will endeavor to work out a plan whereby the institution may open for business, has been granted to the Bank of Anderson by the State bank examiner. Judge O. G. Thompson, of Laurens, lori? in public life, holding the office of judge of probate of that county since 1894 and a Confederate veteran of note, celebrated his 82nd birthday just recently. He and Mrs. Thomp son celebrated their filat wedding an niversary last March. An aviation service field, to be owned and operated by the Vander bilt Airports, a newly organized aerial service concern, headed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., will be located in Columbia, making that city one of a chain of stations along a proposed route extending from Boston to Jack sonville. Mrs. Marye Was Hontew* The Thursday afternoon bridge club was charmingly entertained by Mrs. Ktobert Marye. In addition to the club members, Mrs, Marye had a guest table complimenting Mrs, John K. deLoach and the others seat ed at this table were Mrs. W. L. DePass, Jr., Mrs. Nettles Lindsay Mrs. C. C, Whitaker, Jr. The top score was won by Mrs. Nettles Lind say and the ? honor guest was pre sented with a fern. After the game? a salad course was served. PRIVATE SCHOOL Conducted by MRS. W. J. JONES 1502 North Littleton Street Children's Colds Ar* b?M t(?aU4 t*rn?1lf . Chock lb?m ov?f witNvut "doting" by rubbing Vtcfc* ?*? thro*t and,, Ch??t It V/ICKS w VapoRui A FEW HAVK RESPONDED Quite a number of our citizens havo responded to our appeal last week for a fund to help make Christmas cheer for the poor and needy. The Chronicle will accent any contribu tions sent to us and the names will be published each week, or those who so desire can leave their subscriptions with Mr. Wiley Sheorn, at The Wig wam, who has kindly volunteered to help raise this fund. Those who hayv contributed up tp dale are: W, L. McDowell $1.00 Mrs. M. C. Mayfield 2.00 Dr? Edwin Muller 1.00 R. Luther Stokes 1.00 Mrs. 'C. H. Yates 1.00 J. F. McDowell 1.00 Camden Chronicle . ,v. 2.00 W, R. DeLoache . '. 1.00 The Wigwam . 1.00 Mrs. W. D. Rarrett 1.00 C. C. Coster ........ *. 1.00 ; 1 Meeting of D. A. H. The Hobkirk Hill Chapter met for the December meeting with Mrs. Jno. S. Lindsay With Miss Louise Nettles assistant hostess. The rooms were bright and cheery and filled with Au tumn blooms. The Regent,' Miss Leila Shannon, presided, and Mrs. S. C. Zemp was in her place as secretary. The chapter regretted that Miss Min* nie Clyburn who so ably represented it in the state conference could not be present. However, the regent, who should not attend the convention on account of illness at that time, read a very full and interesting report ob tained from Miss Clyburn. Matters of interest to the chapter and asso ciation cnmc up for discussion apd 25 Miles to GaIIoki ? 58 Miles per Hour ? ^ ? >5 to 25 Mile* ino Second* Prove them to yourself Experience the thrill of riding or driving a CHRYSLER FOUR ? 68 miles per hour for eager mile after milo with purring smoothness, 25 miles per gallon even the super-power necessary for such speed and pick-up. A single ride will prove to you why CHRYSLER FOUR justly merits the tremendous popularity it has built up in a few short months. $455.00 cnsh down for the SEDAN FOUR, and balance on easy terms. ? Touring Car .... $ 896 Club Coupe . . 9tW> SMITH'S Coach 1,045 Sedan 1,095 GARAGE were diaposed of. Mrs. <J. E. Taylor Kavo an excellent and most interest ing paper on the Cherokee Indians and Miss Mary Blackwell pleased the chaptor with a reading rendered in her own charming and delightful style. Her subject "The Higwayman" by Alfred Noyes \n English modern poet. The chapter was pleased to have as a iruest, Mrs. Campbell, from a sister chapter1 in the norttf-eaet. Refreshments were served by. Mrs. Jas. H. Burns, Miss Mnry Blackwell and Miss Eline Mitchel. The hostess for the January meeting- is Mrs. Clif ton McKain., CXOTHCRAFT TiBwtl QvtlM* Styled for Town and Country . . .or < Across thus Raging Main HERE'S a coat for men! Men who desire "he-man"! style will choose it . ... men who desire warmth will demand it. It*s new Clothcraft ''Style." We recommend that you see the many distinctive overcoats by Clothcraft. You'll find smartly tailored garments that have "Style," warmth and wear. They must be good. The guarantee is in the pocket. CLOTHCRAFT TAILORED OVERCOATS $25 to $45 WOLFE-EICHEL CO. ' CAMDEN, S. C.