The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 15, 1926, Image 5
If Y?u Knew
If you Know a note from, tau
Had a wealth of comfort in It,
Or for just one fleetingnninute
Would make bright a colorless room
Darkened now by pain and gloom
Where a frlond of yours is lying,
WnuK and helpless, maybe dying, N
Would you not with love indite it?
Well, it would. Why don't you write
it? ?' V . ?
If you knew a wo I'd from, you
Had a charm sad eyes to brighten
Hope* to raise and care to lighten
Strength to send a friend or neighbor
Braver to his daily labor,
PoWer to seatter every doubt,
Every dismal thought to rout,
Would you not with pleasure say
Well, it has. So why delayyjt? ?
If you knew today that you
Were an influence widely spreading
That wherever you go treading
You're a power for good or bad,
That within yourself you had
Both the means and talents ample.
To become a high example, ,
Would you sullenly refuse them?
Well, you havfe. So why not use
them?
? E^gar A. Guest.
Engagement Announced
An occasion of interest to a host
of friends, was^ the bridge party
given Friday afternoon, January 1, by
Mrs. Rrnest Patton arid Mrs. E. E.
Stone at the home of Mrs. Patton
io announce th? engagement of their
sister, Miss Eleanor T. Mitchell, and
F. I-. Witsell of Tolodo, Ohip,-^
k Greenville News. 1
* Miss Mitchell is the daughter of
the Rev. Alexander Mitchell of Green
ville but for the past two years hps<
been making her home in Camden as
an efficient and popular tdacher in
the city schools, Charming* in per
son and pleasing in manner 'she has
also been socially popular and much
admired aijd this announcement will
be of cordial interest to friends >ere
and elsewhere.
Marriage of Interest "j
Of cordial interest to a wide circle
of friends will be the announcement
of the marriage of Mrs. Clara McLeod
Latham to Mr. W. B. Rhoden, which
was solemnized 'at the Methodist par
sonage Saturday afternoon, the Rev.
J. T. Peeler officiating. Mrs. Rfioden
has lived in Camden since early child
hood and is well known and popular
in business and social circles. Mr.
Rhoden is also favorably known and
has won many staunch friends during
his several years' stay in Camden.
They are at home to their friends in
their cottage on Walnut street.
Visitor Complimented
Mrs. Ernest Wooten, who once lived
in Camden, but is now making her
home in Sanford, N. C.? is visiting
here and on Tuesday morning Mrs.
Frank Wooten complimented her with
a lovely bridge party, r There were
four tables, the score prize going to
Mrs. C. P. DuBose, while Mrs. Ralph
Stevenson cut the consolation. The
honor guest was also generously re
membored. After cards delicious re
freshments were serve*!.
Majestic Theatre
i ?
Today, Friday, January 15th.
Botty Bronson with Tom* Moore in
A KISS FOR CINDERELLA.**
A Paramount Picture.
Tho "Morning World" says: "Aj
much better pifcture than was
Peter Pan. Utterly beautiful. One
of the lovliest things ever seen in |
a motion picture house. .
Saturday, January 16th.
. Richard Talmadge in
"THE FIGHTING DEMON"
Startling, Thrilling, Sensational,
? I'uthlfSs. ,
Ai.d a Sennett Comedy, 'Tee For.
Two." " ^
And "Wild Westf^Serial.)
Monday, January 18th.
Joseph Conrad's ^
" LORD JIM. **
U:'.h Percy Marmont, Shirley Ma
-on, Noah Berry and Raymond
Hatton.
The story of a man who conquered
d' nnpers, evils, enemies without
t rv< ? and, finally himself.
Tuesday, January 19th.'
A picture made for the fellows
who think they know all about
>ve.
WHAT FOOLS MEN."
n I.rowis Stone,-. Shirley Mason,
T)avid Torrence and Barbara
I?<dford.
A P'i.-st National Picture.
^ edneRday, January ? 20th, and
ThurHday, Janu$ry~21st.
Zano Grey Presents
"THK VANISHING AMERICAN"
A Paramount Picture
h Richard Dix, Lois Wilspn and"
^*f>ah Berry.
story of the R?d Man's stand
?itfainst civilization. Without a
<ioubt the greatest picture of
fered the American public today.'
Admission 50 Cents.
Children under twelve, 25c.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mis* Dorothy Burns of Sumter was
a visitor in Camden last Sunday.
Cormier of Charleston
is gu^st of Dr. and Mrs. H. T.
Coocfale this week.
ty^jAVithers Trotter is on a visit
to relatives here before going to
Tamp* to make his home.
Mrs. J. M. Kirvftn of Darlington
ii the guest *of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Rhame and Miss Mattie Gerald.
Miss Belle Hope, Mrs. G. H, Keut- 1
gen and Miss B. Keutgen, of ,Allen
hurst, N. J., are guests at the home
of Hrs. R. W. White.
Mrs. G. G. Alexander left Sunday
night for Gainesville, Fla., where she
will spend sometime with her daugh
ter, Mrs. ,R. G. Zetrouer.
v Miss Alma Botts, ojT Abbeville, ar
rived in Cam4eu this week. She will
be connected with th*? Wnteree Mills
organisation as $ st , pher. -
Mr. Robert Stone of feoston is oc
cupying his home on North Lyttleton
street for a few weeks. He "has as
his guest Mr. Benjamin C. Tower also
of Boston.
Miss Annie Long, who. has been
spending the winter with her aunt.
Mrs. W. J. Jones, has gone to Dalton,
Ga., where she will teach music. Miss
Long is the fortunate possessor of
wonderful ipusical talent and a lovely
voice which she graciously and gen
erously contributed to the public's
pleasure while in Camden whore a
warm welcome awaits her on a re
turn visit. ;?
Library Notes.
The library is open daily except
Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:80 to
5 o'clock in the afternoon. Visitors
are welcome and the stranger within
our gates is cordially invited fto make
use of the library.
We need books as readers are in
creasing _and^ may we urge the resi
dent reader's to return tlje library^
books they may have in their homes;
they are charged against you at the
desk but tfie librarian cannot go
around and collect them.
We feel sure that the people who
keep the books out overtime do not
realise what an injustice they are
doing the institution ? one that is
bound to react to the disappointment
of?the* individual for we fail to get
subscriptions to put in new- books be
cause the ones that' are being asked
for are in your homes. Then will you
listen to this plea: search your book
shelves and return the library books
you find thereon. Surely this is not
an unreasonable request. Give the
library a chance.
Born ? to Mr. and Mrs. J\ W.
Thompson, January 12, a son.
Bull-Zeigler
? A wedding of interest to a wide
circle of friends in this and other
states was that of Miss Ellen Bull tp
T. J. Zeigler Saturday afternoon at
the home of M*. and Mrs. Lewis Lee
Clyburn, where Miss Boll had been
a visitor for the past week. The Rev;
John P. Graham of the Baptist church
performed the ceremony.
The bride is the -daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Bull of Miami, Fla.,
who with her parents, formerly re
sided .at ,Cheraw. The bridegroom is
a native of Orangeburg but is now
a commercial traveler with head
quarters at DaVlas, Texas, at which
place they will make their future
home.
Meeting of the Civic League
The above organization held its'
regular monthly meeting in one of the
class rooms of the school as the audi
torium was in use. It .was an inter
esting meeting and many important
things came up for discussion, chief
among them, the coming pf the
executive board, or committee vo& the
South ? Carolina Federation ''*of
Women's clubs, which is composed of
tiie officers and heads jpf departments
and numbers around twelve or four
teen women. The meetings will be
the 19th a Ad 20th of January, and
are to be held at Hobkirk Inn. The
luncheons, tendered by the club
women of the city are also to be given
at the Hobkirk. Mr. Thompson of
the Kirkwood, was also most gracious
in extending an ? invitation to the
special musical concert on the evening
of the nineteenth, and otherwise ex
tending* cordial hospitality to Cam
den's guests. Our little city will fesl
honored in having these representa
tive women within its gates nnd the !
doors of the homes in home-like Cam
den will swirig wide to receive them.
Gardner? Berry
Mr. J. C. Berry and Miss Mary C.
Gardner, both of Camden, were mar
ried ?in this city on January 11th, the
cerefnony being performed bv Judf?e 1
W. L. McDowell.
"
Window Dinplay and Sale of Hat*
? 'Be aure to see the wonderful dis
play in Miss M. E. Gerald's Shop
windows tomorrow, Saturday and
Monday. Hata on sale for 68 cents
and for $1.98, many' of which sold
for $10.00 and $12.00. A quick -sale
to make room for Spring stock. Don't
mit* this uppoitwaHyr ' Adv.
MEMORIAL COIN SALE
Going Good and. South Carolina Will
Soil Her Share Bays Gibbee.
Columbia, 8. C., January 13th. ?
Special to The Chronicle. ? Just ten
day* remain before the Confederate
Memorial Coin Campaign closes
througout the South* Two weeks
ago it appeared as if South Carolina
would fail to absorb its allottmont of
one hundred thousand coins, thereby
slapping her governor fp the face for
having dared to make such a pledge
for the State that fired the first and
the last shot of the Confederate
Way. Ten days ago representative
men and women from all over the
State met here in the capitol and
united in the determination not only
to dispose of the entire quota but that
South Carolina, should lead all others
and be th^ first State to go over the
top. Jt was reported to the confer
ence that a Piedmont editor had writ
ten that "No one could enthuse South
Carolina people over this proposi
tion." A vigorous and unmistakable
answer was given to this in, the reso
lutions adopted declaring that these
conferees would go back to their
homes and unite their people in a tre
mendous effort to sell eveTy coin by
the time the shadows fall on Lee's
Birthday, Tuesday, January nine
teenth.
"The reaction to this has been
wonderful," stfid Campaign Director,
J. Wilson Gibbon, tonight. "Thirty
seven men and women in towns where
ho campaign had been secured wired
enthusiastically that they would lead
the Canvass to victory. Our head
quarters has been overwhelmed with
telegrams, phone messages and letters
?from persons and places that had been
silent heretofore. Mayor Stoney per
sonally leads the Charleston cam
paign for a whirlwind drive on Thurs
day with all organizations enlisted for
^rhoupe to liuuse canvass. In Ander
son, President Mattison and Secretary
Fant, of the Chamber of Commerce,
wire that they will put it over. Spar
tanburg is making splendid progress
under Mrs. A. E. Woody and Mayor
Brown, Sumter, Florence and Rock
Hill arc humming- with their drives,
while in Greenville today Mrs. W. L.
Gassaway, the chairman, held the
biggest organization meeting of the
campaign, with addresses by Dr. D.I
W. Daniel of Cleinson, Professor j
Reaves of Wofford, while Dr. David j
Ramsey pledged all the girls of the j
Greenville Woman's College for coins.
The Executive Committee of the Stone
Mountain Association has just passed
an irrevocable resolution ordering
that a complete record of quotas and
coin sales for each town be placed in
the historic collection in Memorial
Hall. " Every banking town in South
Carolina has been given a quota and
will have written on its page in this
booklet the story of its campaign. If
it sells one half its quota then it is
only fifty cent, for the old soldier
and hisv meiTlory. Governor McLeod,
who is ex-officio chairman of the cam
paign,* sends greetings to Camden,
with an expression of his confidence
in its patriotic performance. '
? Elections at Grace Church
/The annual congregational meeting
of Grace chtfrch was held Wednesday
evening. At this meeting the reports
from the various organizations for
the year just past were read. The
wardens and vestrymen for the year
1926 were elected and the Relegates
fo the annual convention of the dio
cese. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Senior warden, B. H. Boykin, Sr.,
junior warden, C. J. Shannon, Jr.;
vestrymen, C. H. Yates, D. A. Boy
kin, J. T. Hay, E. N. McDowell, J. S.
H. Clarkson, R. N. Shannon, L.?.I.
Guion, Jack Whitaker, Jr., James De
Loache> Jr. J. M. Villepigue was
elected treasurer and W. S. Burnet,
secretary. ' ?
The delegates to the Diocesan Con
vention are: B. H. Boykin, Sr., C. J.
Shannoh, Jr., J. S. H. Clarkson and
J. W. Cantey. Alternates: C. C. Whit
aker, J. M. Villepigue, E. N. Mc
Dowell and James 'DeLoache, Jr.
The^ reports indicated a very suc
cessful year. The fourth annual con
vention of the diocese of Upper South
Carolina will meet in the church of
the Nativity, Union, Jan. 26.
When Bullets Were Slow
Two colored gentlemen who had
just reduced the population in a farm
er's hen rpost were making: & get
away.
"Laws* .Hose," gasped Sam, "why
you s'^OJte dem flies follows us so,
close ?"
"Keep gallopin r.igger," said Mose.
"Th$m ain't flics. Them's buckshot."
Capsized
A man couldn't read, but he wanteJ
people to think he could. One day
he had a newspaper upside down. A
friend walked up to him and asked:
"What's the news, Sam?"
"Terrible wreck at sea," wa* the :
jyjUjyr. "Here's a ship upside down." ?
^ BUS1NBS8 TO GOOD
New Year Begiaii With Hi*** Point
ing Upward Says Report
New York, Jan. 8.? Upon the heels
of one of the ijnost prosperous busi
ness yearn -in history, the new year
is ushervd'in with all signs pointing
to, a continuation of prosperity, at
Ira *t for the first half of 1026. Fare
casts by financial and industrial lead
ers revealed almost complete unani
mity of opinion regarding the trend
of business during this period, but
many 6f them were tempered with
caution in taking a long range view
of tho entire year.
Seldom has the cheerful predic
tions which were issued for 1925
been more abundantly fulfilled. Tan
gible evidence of improvement was
noted in all lines of trade and indus
try; throughout the year, embracing!
such important measured of prosper
ity as recoftl-breaking railway' car
loadings, unprecedented holiday trade,
substantial gains in the earnings of
railroad and industrial corporations
which were passed on their stockhold
ers in tho form of higher dividends,
decided progress in the restoration of
European political and economic stab
ility and indication? that there would
bo little restrictive legislation affect
ing financial or railroad enterprises
from the present session of Congress.
As a barometer of trade, the stock
market functioned throughout the
year witfy undeniable precision. The
businoss prosperity of 1925 was fore
told ? in the fall boom of 1924, and
the sustained strength of stock trad
ing up to the close of the year, in
dicated that the time had yet arrived
to discount a reversal of trade ten
dencies. Underlying easy money con
ditions stimulated stock market oper
ations most of the year, but 1926 be
gins with firmer conditions prevail
ing.
extraordinary year in the history, ac
cording to Dun's Review of Trade,
with operations in many basic lines
running elose to capacity. In some
instances a tendency toward higher
prices was reported.
For the first time in history rail
way freight traffic has been main
tained throughout the year, at an
average of more than a million car
loadings weekly.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Mary Jones, aged 122, according to
rocords,!and Thomas Epps, 105,- both
negroesi jiied at the State Colored
Folks' nonic at Charleston W. Va.,
last week.
L. C. SHayjies, Arkansas negro, aged
30, has confessed to the authorities
of Rutherford county, N. C., that
pn the night of December 23, he shot
one Johnny Johnson, negro, to death,
and theft burned the- body to hide the
crime, } Both negroes Were road lab
orers. ? ,.ii
"Poor \Fool," a 14-year-old horse,
bought by a jockey in 1923, when he
fell an<) broke, his leg in a steeple
chase race at Leipsic, Germany, for
$4, has' since being nursed back to
health and strength won for his owner
a total of $26,000 in steeple-chase
racing purses.! 1
At Durham, N. C., Saturday, John
James, 29, was killed instantly when
his six-year-old nephew fired a loaded
shotgun into the man's abdomen. The'
gun was discharged when the boy
picked it up at play.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Walterboro closed the year with
resources of nearly three-quarters of ]
a million dollars. All the Walterboro
banks show healthy condition.
A man claiming to be a descendant
of Alexander the Great is now a post
master in the Sarikol Valley in India.
<" V NVpfjor Randolph, Ma.v.,
i-io.. .i?rl a chicken and a turkey
<vi r?\hH>itril the spf-c.cs called
?Tuiken" at the N'e^ Kngland
poultry show !a<-t week. Poultry
men say it i.? . a very ?oothsome
fc-vJ for the dinner table.
MEXICANS SHOOT AND LOOT I
Number Of Pentonii Dw4 May Rweh
Fifty ?*y* American
Mexico Ciiy^Jan. UjC?**' N- Wym
k?op. of Berryville, Pa., representa
tive of the Bulck Motor Company, and
oiH- of the two American* on board
ihr train attacked by bandits Satur
day, gave the Associated Press a
graphic account of the ghastly affair,
lie was the first aurvivor to reach
Mexico City.
"I saw nine soldier guards dead, I
he said. 4,I believe all the guards and
most of the crew were killed. The
number of murdered Mexican pas- 1
sengers l# do 'not know, but some of I
my companions estimated them ail the
way from twenty to fifty.
"About dark Saturday I noticed I
twenty suspicious-appearing men
carrying rifles concealed, who boarded
the train as passengers at a small
station near Guadalajara. Presently I
they stationed themselves at the
doors of each coach, and without I
warning opened fire upon tho pas- 1
sengers in the second and third 1
coaches. They continued firing with- 1
out mercy killing many of the pas-j
sengers and all the soldier guards.
"I saw several dead Mexican wo- 1
men and children in addition to tho
ones I could not see. It was a ruth
less massacre and a most terriblo
sight. Even now I can hardly be
lieve that such nn awful thing hap
pened.
"I doubt if anybody will ever ac
curately know the number of dead
and wounded. I saw wounded men
die and others killed instantly. I saw
one aged woman, writhing in horrible
agony, her body shot open. I saw
a little baby shot through the heart.
I saw bodies so burned as to be al
most "indistinguishable from the
charred timber? of the coaches. Al
together it wni^ a perfect nightmare
"The sole and only mercy, which
I cannot explain, was shown to for
eigners. Not a foreigner was killed.
A number of Ge^rnans in the Pull
man, together with passengers of
other nationalities, were unhurt.
"We are all busted, but, thank C?od,
we got away nlive.
" "Although the bandits did not harm
any foreigners in the "Pullman, they
took all valuables from the men, but
? did not rob the foreign women. After
they had done their work of massacre
! and robbery the bandits, who had
I with them an expert engineer, ran
! the train to Yurecuare Station,1 looted
the town, wrecked the depot, destroy
ed telegraph wires, shot more Mexi
cans, disembarked all the foreigner,
and ran the train fo'r a short distance.
There they burned and wrecked every
coach, stripping the express car of all
valuables.
"Some of the bodies of the murder
ed victims were cremated.
"The bandits > next boarded the en
gine after loading it with the loot and
made their escape. Not a slhglfc allot
was fired at them, for the soldier
guards were killed on the first attack,
and the passengers were too fearful
to attempt resistance.
"I heard the bandits say 'We are
not bandits; we are Revolutionists.'
I asked one of them, are you
rebelling against?' He answered,
'Calles'." ? '
He said all male passengers in the
Pullman were lined up outside the
train and robbed, but were not hurt
physically. The women passengers in
the Pullman, were not molested. Mr.
Wymkoop repeated that nearly all the
train crew were murdered, but the
,conductor was spared.' He was unable
to estimate the number of Mexican
passengers killed because of the dark
ness in which the attack was made.
He described the situation during
the robbery -fes terrifying. The rob
I bors were shooting mercilessly while
they looted the train and set fire to
the coaches. Above the noise of the
shots and fire could be heard shrieks
and shouts. The Pullman passengers
saw the second and third-class
coaches" burning but were unable to
intervene or investigate.
Mr. and Mrs! Wymkoop walked all
Saturday night and most of Sunday
before they reachcd a station, from
which they wert' able to make a cir
cuitous railway- journey to Mexico
City. ^
Bandit Hand Wiped Out
Mcxico City, Jan. 12. ? Federal
troops today continued a ruthless
campaign of extermination against
the bandits who hold up the Guadala
jara-Mexico City passenger train Sat
urday night and murdered an esti
mated total of fifty persons including
passengers, train crew and train
guards. Death is being dealt without
mercy to the bandits and their accom
plices alike.
The War Department iRftued a
laconic communique today, saying
that an unknown number of the ban
dits have been killed in a fight and
eight prisoners executed, but behind
this, according to dispatches from
other sources there Is a story of swift
r" IP " ' ' " ** ? r
Mothers Treat Colds
The New "Direct" Way
No Longer N?c???ary to mO?km Chil*
dr?n With Internal M?4icin?* to
' Brook Coldt.
Children's diges
tions arc easily v?p
sot by too mucU
"dosing." Vickn
VapoRub tx'iuK eoc*
ternaliy applied^
docs not upset little
stomachs.
At tht liist cuirnof
> ? ? croup, sore throat,
or any' other cold trouble, apply Vicks
freely. There is nothing 10 swullow ?
you just "rul> it ou."
VL po Rub
Owk2IMhuo*Jaiu t/sto Ymam ?r
uiid uncompromising retribution by
tho Federal soldiery.
A detachment of troopers belong
ing to tho Fiftieth cavalry trailed
the main group, including about
twenty hand its, in a northwesterly
direction from Los Reyes, in Micho
acan into the State o^ Jalisco- The
bandits wero surrounded at a ranch
called Quitupan. Thore the corner
outlay was fought desperately and
most of them died fighting. Eight
who were taken prisoners are said
to have confessed participation in the
jobbery and were summarily execut
ed. Loot from the train was found
nn fivnry nnft nf the bodies.
Federal troops are still pursuing a
straggling group of the marauders
and appear to be executing all who
are shoWn to have boen accomplices
in the robbery whether they partici
pated activoly or not. It is said that
the government is determined to give
such a stern lesson that outlaws will
fear to attempt any repetition of the
Outrage.
Car Was Wrecked
A-Uuick- roadster, said, .to have heo.r
the property of Henry Norris, struck
a guy wire and later struck a "CetiT
phone pole when making a turn at
the corner of DeKalb and Mill streets,
headed north. The accident happened
about ton o'clock Sunday night and
parties saw the drivpr walk away, but
it is not kncJwn who was driving. The
car Was pretty badly wrecked but it
is not known whether the man in tho
car waS injured or not.
Some Heavy Fronts
The old saying goes that "three
heavy frosts and then a rain," but this
precedent has been broken during the
past week, for live heavy frosts have
occurred in succession. This promises
| to be broken Friday for the weather
forecast Thursday read as follows:
"For South Carolina, partly cloudy
Thursday, Friday; increasing cloudi
ness jvith rising temperatures follow
ed by rain; moderate to fresh north
west winds."
Tidwell-.Connell
Mr. L. Mf. Cqimell and Miss Willie
Mae Tidwell both of Camden, .were
married in Camden on January 9th,
by Probate Judge W. L. McDowell.
Ray-Ray.
Mr. Arthur Ray and Miss Mamie
Ray, both of Lugoff, were married in
Camden'on January 11th, the probate
judge officiating;
Dangerous Cough
?How to End it
To quickly end a dangerous cough
there is a very simple treatment which
gives almost instsnt relief and often
breaks the cough entirely in 24 hours.
This treatment is based on the famous
Dr. King's New Discovery for Coughs.
You take just one teaspoonful and hold
it in your throat for 15 or 20 sec onds
before swallowing it. The prescription
has a double action. It not only soothes
and heals soreness and irritation, but
also loosens and removes the phlegm
and congestion which are the real cause
of the coughing. So the worst cough
usually disappears quickly.
Dr. King's New Discovery is for
coughs, chest colds, bronchitis, spas
modic croup, etc. Fine for children, too
?no harmful drugs. Very economical,
as the dose is only one teaspoonful. At
all good druggists. Ask for
NEW
DISCOVERY
FOR
PRIVATE SCHOOL
Conducted by
MRS. W. J.
1602 North