The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 22, 1926, Image 5
By Mint Nettles
ttirthday of Robert K. I jf
The birthday of General Robert K.
was fittingly observed by th*
toeing of the banks and appropriate
haj?tl exercises in the school audi
torium- The school sup^Vintendent,
jf. < i. Richards, Jr., had arranged
A most delightful and attractive pro
gram which was rendered in a stage
wetting of Confederate flags, over
which Old Glory waved, and the pic
ture (?f the South's chieftan held a
prominent place. ferns were em*
hlematical of the evergreqn in our
hearts for the Old Sot^th for we must
not forget to keep in touch with those,
nighty days which produced a Stone
wall Jackson and which knew a Rob
(?rt E. keo.
Dr. Edwin Muller opened the meet'
|ng with prayer and "America, The
Beautiful/' was sung by thq audience
led by the high school glee club.
Among other music rendered was a
quartette by Mrs. J. G. Richards,
Miss Catherine Wallace, Mr. C. V.
Villepigue and Mr. Hollis Cobb; two
solos by Mr. Cobb, both old Southern
songs; a selection by the glee club,
the "Bonnie Blue Flag," and "Dixie."
Mrs. N.*R. Goodale made~a plea for
the sale of the iStone Mountain coins
which must be put across this week
and read several beautiful tributes
to the dream and completion of this
wonderful memorial. The speaker for
the occasion was the Rev. I. deL.
Brayshaw who gave a most interest
ing and eloquent talk on the life and
character of General Lee, a message
shot to the core with the glory of
the past and the sunshine of tomor
row, a message that was not a fun
eral chant for the dying but one to'
quicken the pulses of the living pres
ent.
There was an after-meeting of the
high school teachers and pupils and
a few others interested to perfect
. plans for putting across the sale of
the coins, Friday or Saturday of this
week was the time selected. Mr.
Heyman offered? to buy ten from the.
first boy or girl who sold ten. These
were to be given as rewdrds of merit
in different grades and for different
subjects in the schools. ,Mr. David
Wolfe duplicated this offer. Mrs.
N R. Goodale offered a coin to the
Boy Scout who sold the greatest num
ber of coins, also one to the high
school piipil who wrote the best essay
on "The South in the making of the
Nation." ? ?
Ye Gods! Write this upon Columbia's
shield:
For all within our fair communion
Whether in forum or in field
It was the South that made the
Union.
The winning essays are to be read
on Memorial Day and the coins
awarded at that time.
Archimedes ' was the first practical
physicist.
Majestic Theatre
Today, Friday, January 22nd.
Ramon Navarro and Harriett
Hammond in
"THE MIDSHIPMAN'*
The great story of the Naval
Academy and the United States
N'avy.
Also a Sennett Comedy:
"Tame Men and Wild Women"
Saturday, January 23rd.
A:t Accord in a Blue Streak Wes
" WESTERN PLUCK."
?Jam-packed with action and thrills
Also, k Clyde Cook Comedy:
?STARVATION BLUES."
A . <1 "WILD WEST" Pathe Serial.
Monday, January 25th. '
Th< play that held Broadway spell
bound for two years. '
"THE CIRCLE."
^ :th Eleanor Boardman and Mai- j
Com McGregor.
A powerful picture of tangled ro
mance in society's innermost
places.
Tuesday, January 26th.
Raymond Griffith in
"HANDS UP."
Hay and his high hat have hit
home again with another hila
^us comedy, "Hands Up",
l aid in the Civil War . period.
And, shades of Robert E. Lee,
v^hat a comedy it is!!
Wednesday, January 27th.
M irion Davies with Conrad Nagel
in
? I IGHTff OF OLD BROADWAY."
? - thi? greatest triumph of Marion
Havies' career. Romance! Com
ply! Drama! A story of the
?lays when Broadway was a pas
'urr and 42ttd Street a Lan<V
Thursday, January 28th.
? - anor Boardman, Lew Cody and
R<inee Adoree-in
EXCHANGE OF WrV^S."
' '?M-d on.Cosmo Hamilton's Stage
Success.
f ne play that kept Broadway howl
?ngl Now funniest film of
marriage ever shown.
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PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mr. K. B. Pitt? are spend
in g the, week in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A, S. INiine and Mrs.
S. W. VanLandingham spedt Thurs
day in Charlotte.
Mm. Steve Perry and daughter,
Charlotte Perry, have joined Mr.
Perry in \Varrenton,.,N. C? for a stay
of several weeks.
Miss Mattie Gerald left this week
for the northern markets to purchase
spring millinery, Miss Ida Kibble,
who for several seasons has been
with Miss ^Jerald will return with
her. , / ?
Mrs. W. B. Derapsey of Rock Hiil
and Mrs. John Carter of Orlando,
Fla., arc -spending the week in (Cam
den, called here by the illness and
death of their mother, Mrs. 1). F.
Dixon.
Mrs. McCoy of Norfolk, Va., is vis
iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Mackey. She is the niece
of Mr. Mackey and as Miss Maggie
Lee Butler once lived with, her parents
in Camden.
Visitor Complimented
A lovely party of the week was
given by Mrs. T. Lee Little, on Wed
nesday morning, complimenting Mrs.
Clarke Adickes of York, who is the
house guest of Mrs. Ralph E. Steven
son. Four tables for bridge were ar
ranged in an attractive setting and
a color scheme of yellow brightened
the pretty rooms. Mrs. L. A. Kirk
land won- the score prize, a pair of
fancy candlesticks; Mrs. Robert
Marye cut the consolation, a dainty
handkerchief, and the honor gue?t
was presented with a pottery basket.
After cards refreshmenst consisting
of chicken salad, beaten biscuits,
sandwiches and hot coffee were
served.
Met With Mr?r? McKain
Notwithstanding the inclemerit
afternoon a goodly number of Hob
kirk Hill Chapter, D. A. R., attended
the January meeting .when Mrs. Clif
ton McKain ^as an agreeable hostess.
The meeting was full of interest, the
New Year bringing increased activi
ties to make the many demands on
thiss patriotic organization. Out of
town guests were warmly welcomed.
Mrs. Leonard Schenk's talk on Indian
legends gave the poetic side of the
Ind,ian. All lovers of nature have the
poetic in their make-up, and the In
dian is not an exception:
The world, or aril they know of it is
theirs
For thom the stars are lit;
For them the earth beneath is green
The heavens above are bright;
For them the moon doth wax and
wane,
And decorate the night.
Miss Louie Lang gave a musical
selection, and with delicious refresh
ments the meeting became entirely
?social.
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Play at Wateree School5' v *
A play will be given at Wateree
school house this evening entitled "Al
ways in Trouble." A very interesting
time .is anticipated and the public is
invited to attend. The curtain is an
nounced for eight o'clock.
PRIVATE SCHOOL
Conducted by
MRS. W. J. JONES
1502 North Lyttleton Street
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CAMDEN, S. C.
ADJT. GBN* CRAIG DBAD
Away at 8t, Au*untine WhiU
Attending National Convention
The sudden death on Friday at St.
Augustine, Fla., of Brigadier General
Robert E. Craig, brings a feeling of
genuine sorrow to his many friends
in Camden and elsewhere, who?e sym
pathies will go out to the bereaved
family. The following Associated
Press dispatch sent out Friday after
noon from St. Augustine, gives an
account of his death:
A shadow was cast today over the
national guard convention in session
her# through the death of Brigadier
General Rbert Craig, adjutant general
of South Carolina, who was found
dead in his room at a local hotel
shortly after the noon' hour. General
Craig attended the military ball last
night and was then evidently in the
best of health and spirits.
Although he did not appear at the
convention this morning, his absence
was not surprising as it was thought
he was probably sleeping late. How
ever, when he failed to come down
to luncheon, the door of his hotel
room was forced open and the body
found on the floor near the bed, fully
clothed except for the coat which had
been removed.
Death was apon medical examina
tion, pronounced due to heart failuro
or apoplexy. He was the lone repre
sentative here at the convention from
South Carolina.
General Craig, who was from Co
lumbia, had lived for many years in
Florida.
The following account of Generai
Craig's life is taken from Saturday's
Columbia State:
General Craig was the second
South Carolina officer to die within
a little more than two weeks. Bon
neau Harris, commissioner of agri
culture, commerce and industries,
having died December 31, his birth
day. General Craig's 46th birthday,
was just two days vago, Wednesday,
January 13.
? He was, also, the second consecu
tive elected adjutant and inspector
general to die in office, Gen. W. W.
Moore having died shortly after h?i
Was elected to the term preceding
General*s Craig's first. Major Ru.fus
Grant by appointment filled out the
unexpired term of General Moore and
when General Craig assumed office
was made assistant adjutant and in
spector general, which office he now
holds.
From 1896? until the time of his
death, save for an interval of three
years, General Craig had beeri con
nected with the National Guard of
South Carolina in various capacities.
September 10, 1896, he began his
military career, enlisting as a privatfe
in the Richland Volunteer Rifle com
pany.
He organized the Second coast ar
tillery company at Lancaster in 1908,
and December 31, 1908, was commis
sioned first lieutenant of the unit.
In 1912 he moved from Lancaster,
resigning his connection with the
coast artillery unit to become captain
of Company L, First infantry, South
Carolina National Guard, at ^Iart3
ville, July 27, 1913.
With the Hartsville company he
served first in the Mexican border
campaigns and with his command was
then called into federal service April
12, J917. He: commanded the com
pany, which became a unit of the One
Hundred and Eighteenth infantry,
Thirtieth division, through its train
ing period and carried it to the
trenches in France. Gassed, he was
invalided to the rear, and August 9,
1919, was honorably discharged.
For some months he was a patient
at the government hospital at Ashe
ville, from where he returned to Co
lumbia to inaugurate his campaign
for adjutant generalship. He was
nominated in the first primary of
August, 1922, defeating T. E. Mar
chant of Orangeburg, and September
1922, to thoroughly acquaint himself
with his new duties he became as
sistant adjutant and inspector gen
eral under Gen. Rufus Grant, serv
ing for the unexpired term of Gen
eral Moore. January 16, 1923, he
took the oath of office as adjutant
and inspector general and assumed
rank as a brigadier general. The
.primaries of 1924 brought his re
election over John D. Frost of Spar
tanburg for a second term, which he
began January, 1925.
His admininistration has been a no
table season in the life of the state's
National Guard and has witnessed the
constant improvement of the organi- ?
zation in the ..state, commended alike
by state and federal authorities.
Largely through his enterprise cer
tain lands at the abandoned Camp
Jackson were set aside by the fed
eral government as a training cen
ter for the South Carolina troops
and here General Craig with funds
supplied by the federal government,
built a permanent National Guard
camp, where last year the state in
fantry unit* -b*i4 their annual cn
canjpment.. ^
Apparently in the best of health
General Craig left Columbia Tuesday
might to attend the convention of
the Natidnal Guard association at
St, Augustine, Fla. lie was to have
returned Sunday.
General Oaig was born January
13< 1880, in Fairfield County, his
parents being Robert K. and Eugenia
Bookman Craig. When ho was two
years old he moved with his parents
to Columbia and was here educated
in the Columbia public schools and,
as he himself phrased it, "the uni
versity of hard knocks." He was a
graduate of the old Presbyterian high
school of Columbia, one of the best
schools of its kind in the state.
He was an active member of the
Shandon Presbyterian church and was
a Mason, an Klk, a member of the
American Legion and of the Focus
club and various other organizations.
Surviving him art?: his widow, who
before her marriage was Miss Louise
Mcllwaine, of Lancaster, two sons,
Robert E. Craig, Jr., 17 and Edward
Craig, 11; one brother, Marion B.
Craig of Jacksonville, Fla., and four
sisters, all of Columbia Mrs. H. D.
Butler, Mrs. C. R. Sudaiu, Miss Ruth
Craig and Mrs. L. R. Schwinn/
Friday Afternoon Coffee Talks
Last Friday afternoon was the
first in the series of coffeo talks to
be given by Mrs. C. L. Winkler at the
Woman's Exchange and it was a most
charming affair and a success in
every particular. Judge Winston of
North Carolina gave an interesting
talk. on his personal recollections of
Walter H. Page, the eminent North
Carolinian, whose dramatic life
spanned the two greatest wars in
history. Theee talks are to be given
every Friday afternoon at 2:30, we
understand, and the picturesque Ex
change among the pines on Laurens
street, which has recently been fitted
up in new attire proves a most at
tractive place for the meetings. A
charming place at all times to spend
the afternoon shadowed by the pines
and floored by the slanting rays of
sunshine. This afternoon, Mrs. E. C.
von, Tresckow will speak on the South
American Indians. An interesting
subject and a fluent, graceful speaker
assures an afternoon of profit and
pleasure.
Mr. W. R. Watkins and family have
moved back to their, town home on
Lyttleton street.
New Barber Shop
All White Service
We will open on Saturday morning, January 23rd, on
East PeKalb Street, one door east of the Smith-Moore
Music Co., an all-white sanitary five-chair barber shop.
For the opening day we will give free a tonic or sham
poo with each shave and hair-cut. Special chair for
children and special service for ladies. We promise
you the very best service and prompt and courteous
attention and will highly appreciate your patronage.
Sanitary Barber Shop
J; S. MUNGO, Proprietor
JMr. J a me* DeLoache Honored
To honor Mr. James R. DeLoache
on the occasion of his eighty-fourth
birthday anniversary Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin P. DcJ/oaehe entertained
Friday' evening with a dinner party
at their home on north Mill street.
Relatives and Intimate associates
comprised the guest list and cards
following dinner was a feature of en
tertainment. Beloved of all because
of his genial nature and ennobling
character it is the wish of all Camden
that for "Uncle Jimmy" there shall
be many more such lovely birthday
cakes and Set-Back championship
parties.
Mrs. Clarke Adickes of York is the
guest of Mrs... R. E. Stevenson.
Young Camden Couple Marry Sun#y
Of much interest to a wide circle
of friends is the marriage of Miss
Beatrice Goodale to Mr. LeRoy Hough
which occurred at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Goodale, in this city Sunday after
noon. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. John P. Graham of the First
Baptist church and was witnessed by
relatives and a number of intimate
friends. The bride is a young woman
of many personal graces and, with
Mr. Hough who is one of Camden's
most promising young business men,
has many admirers and warm friends
in this city and elsewhere whose in
terest in this announcement will be
cordial and sincere.
Resolution of Thanks
Mrs. K. B. Furman, Mrs. W. A.
Freeman and Mrs. B. I). Carter have
mailed to Mrs. William Ancrum, pres
ident of the Civic league of Camden,
tho following resolutions:
"Resolved that the Executive Com
mittee of the South Carolina Federa
tion of Women's Clubs in session at
Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S. C.f January
19th and 20th, 1926, extend to the
Civic League of Camden, through its
president, Mrs. William Ancrum, its
most cordial thanks and deep appre
ciation of the generous hospitality ac
corded us on this occasion.
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"We also wish to express to our re
spective hostesses, who entertained
us so graciously in their homes our
genuine pleasure in this courtesy.
"In addition we thank the proprie
tor of the Hobkirk Inn for the use
of tho parlors and the courteous serv
ice rendered.
"To all others who have contributed
to the success of this meeting, we
extend our gratitude."
The First Thought for
Children's Colds
For severe chcst colds open pore* of
throat and chest with hot wet
towels. Then rub well with Vicks
and cover with hot Hansel*
Por smokers' sore throac or coaghs
let a little Vicks melt in the motitb.
Then at bedtime nib it well orer
throat and upper chest.
Mothers started using Vicks VapoRub for children's colds.
That was over thirty years ago. And more and more mothers
every year have been using Vicks ? now over 21 million jars
are used yearly. It is today the first thing a mother thinks
of when her child begins to sniffle or sneeze or show any
signs of catching cold. And you grown ups, remember this:
Vicks is also the best thought for your own colds ? because
Vicks Attacks Them
Two Ways At Once
(1) Its mcdicatcd vapors (released by the body
heat) are inhaled right to the inflamed air pas
sages, loosening the phlegm and casing the
difficult breathing. Ac the same time,
(2) It acts through the skin like an old-fashioned
poulticc, ' drawing out' ' the tightness and sore
ness, and thus helping the vapors inhaled to
break up the congestion.
This double action of Vicks usually relieves
the most stubborn cold over night.
V/ICKS
W VapoRub
A very simple, hut effective, way
to treat a head cold or relieve
nasal catarrh ii ro mrir a little
Viclcs in a bowl of hot water and
inhale the vapors.
Now Over 21 Million Jars Used Yearly