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e-g- " 111 1 -"p ? S/scigyt By MUmt Louise NMtlia Chautauqua Pleaaea Camden The Hedpath Chautauqua waa the trail that waa the moat alluring to big, little, old and young in our town, for the pa at -week. The tent, pitched on the achool grounda waa packed each afternoon and evening with n bright, happy and appreciative crowd. Clean, wholeaome entertain,r< nt is good for the town and the coming of the vlmu'iMuquu is an annual event looked forward to with keen delight by our people. One of the important diacoveriea of the past quarter of a century is the value and importance of diveraion and pleasure in human life. The fact cannot be too well learned by those who study the religious and m.oral life of modern man and woman. A little play runs like a silken thread through the grey homespun of life and is essential to henlthful, useful life. And <whe*?\It jg; a community affair, like the chautauqua, it brings our people together in friendly intercourse and promotes a common interest' and cooperation in local affaire. We are glad the Hedpath Chautauqua is coming back next year. Miss Black well Complimented Miss Katherine DeLoache was hostess at a bridge party Saturday morn-, ing complimenting Miss Mafy Blackwell. The sweet pea was the charm flower for the occasion and quantities of them were used in all their lovely pastel shades. A miniature bride marked the place of the honor guest and a lovely gift conveyed an expression of best wishes. Frozen salad, sandwiches and iced tea. were served. For Mrs. Waite Honoring Mrs. Summer Waite, who as Miss Elizabeth Carrison is always pleasantly remembered in her home town, Mrs. Douglas A. Boykin entertained at bridge Tuesday afternoon. The rooms were abloom in the early colors of summer. Miss Ethel Yates won the scoreprize and Mrs. John C. deLoach cut the consolation. The honor guest was also remembered with a lovely and appropriate gift. After cards a aalad course with accessories was served. "notice. . jOn and ??ter..dateT the Water and Light office and office of the" City Clerk and Treasurer will open at 9 a.m. and close at 1 p.m., and will open at 2 p.m. and close at 4 p.m. Saturday office hours at both above places will be frorp 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. By order of City Council of Camden. w. p. Haile, Cleric. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. John Porter of Cincinnati il on a visit to his mother, Mrs. P. I. Proctor. Mias May Antley, pf Rock Hill, was | the guest of Miss Harriet Nelson last week. > Mias Cornelia Nelson, of Rock Hill, spent the week end here with relatives. Miss Willie Belie Mac-key has as her guest Miss Louise Kggleston, of Hertsville. Mrs. John H. Powe of Cheraw is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Guy. Mr. and Mrs. T, J. Clyburn, of Asheville, are on a visit to relatives in jCamdeh this week. Miss Mary Benton, who has boen spending the winter in Sanford, Fla.J has returned 'to Camden. Miss Marjorie Marshall, of - Darlington, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schenk the past week. Miss Polly DePass of Camden spent the week-end with her sister, Miss Agnes DePass in Yorkville.?-Yorkville Enquirer. Mr. K. G. Whistler, who is connected with the W. D. McAdoo interests in Hendersonville, N, C., is at home for a few days' visit. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nelson andl children, of Benpettsville, spent sev-j eral days here last week with the former's aunt, Miss Cornelia Mickle. Mr.'and Mrs. Ralph Shannon, Mr. and Mr? C. C? Whitaker, Jr., and Mr.' and Mrs. Nettles Lindsay attended the Martians ball in Columbia Thursday evening. Mrs. Ralph Shannon, Mrs. (Lawrence Kirkland and little^Miss Emily Shannon are visiting in Charlotte, the guests of Mrs. K. Hallett and Mrs. | Kennedy Blakeney. ' R-V For Mrs. Thornwell Hay. On Saturday morning Mrs. W. O.l jjttay. was hostess at a lovely bridge"] ; party, complimenting her daughterin-law, Mrs. Thornwell Hay of Wayj cross, Ga. The. rooms were flowerfilled, Dorothy Perkins roses predominating, the dainty color scheme of pink and white was carried out in detail. . The score prize was won by J Mrk. tyilph E. Stevenson, while Miss Elizabeth Wallace cut the consolation. There was also a lovely prize fo the! ! honor guest. Frozen salad, sandwiches and iced tea were served by Mrs* Nettles Lindsay and Miss Emma Villepigue. .... Miss Wallace Honored. I The first in a series of bright parties honoring Miss Elizabeth Wallace, whose marriage in June to Mr. Rapp Wallace Crook, of Mississippi, will claim social interest for the next few weeks, was given Saturday afternoon j when Miss Harriet Nelson was hostess at a beautiful party. The rooms filled with slimmer 1 bloom made an appropriate setting for the gathering of maids and young matrons whose lovely afternoon I dresses vied in -beauty with the deH-j I cate blossoms of early sumtner. The] game of anagrams was played, the I score -errds were adorned with hand-1 painted brides, Mrs. Clifton McKain I won the score prize and gracefully presented it to Miss Mary Blackwell, who is to be a bride of the early autumn. A gift to the honor guest was a pretty reminfler of the occasion. . A sweet course was served on the prettily appointed tables, suggesting | the coming nuptials^ the oream was [frozen in brides Toses and the favors were artistic white baskets filled with mints. Winthrop Daughters To Meet. There will be a meeting of the LWinthroj* Daughters, FrMay evening, I May itat, WifKH?s. James Gundy at Park View Inn. "All'members, are urged to be present.. I . ' . I. I . H ) j To Give Recital. J' The music department of the CamIden public schools will give a recital at the High School auditorium, Fri|day afternoon, May 21st, at 6 o clock. They will be assisted by the glee club l andra very JnteTestrfng program is promised. Camden Man To Wed. L Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tomlinson, of Fayetteville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor, to I [j Lieutenant James W. Clyburn, now stationed at Fort Bragg. The wedjding will take place in the early fall. J ?Sunday's Charlotte. Observer. Mr. Clyburn is a Cfcmden man, the llson of Mr. and Mrs. James ft. Cly|| hum, of this city, and is a graduate J of Weat Point; Ice Cream Social I -There will he ah ice-cream social II at the Wateree baseball field Saturday night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The Wateree mills band will rpnder I a' musical program with 'special features including a number of stunts. IX splendid program is planned with | no admission to which ttrgp [JwrtWy inOtd.. Wallace-Crook Wtddlai Card*. Of cordial interest to a wide circle of friends here and elsewhere is the coming wedding of Misa Elisabeth Workman Wallace of this city and Mr. Rapp Wallace Crook, of Mississippi. The following invitations were issued this w6ek by the parents of the bride-to-be and were not general, but to relatives slid intimate friends only. "Mr. and Mrs. James Benton Wallace request the pleasure of your company at the wedding reception of their daughter, Elisabeth Workman, and Mr. Rapp Wallace Crook, junior, on the afternoon of Saturday, tbe fifth of June, at half after twelve o'clock, twelve hundred and'ten Broad street, Camden, South Carolina." ' "r ?? Miss Zentp Was Hostess. Complimenting four young ladies of the graduating class of 1926, Miss Ilorothy Zemp gave a dinner party on Friday evening at her home on Mill street. Covert* wcke laid for ten, and a four-course dinner was served. The table was beautiful in its appointments, the high School colors of gold and. black predominating in the dining room. Ffom the chandelier hung gold and black balloons. The table had for its center decoration a black bowl filled with lovely golden poppies and on either side of this were silver candlesticks holding ..unshaded yellow candles. The place cards were prettily done in vari-colored flowers and was the work of the hostess. The,, favors were yellow baskets filled with mints; The living room was in pink?-lovely roses everywhere. i After dinner dancing was indulged in, everyone present voted Dorothy a most delightful hostess. The guest list included Misses Kit DeLoache, Jumelle Haile, Mary Goodale, Harriet Whitaker and the following young' men from the University ofj South Carolina: Pat Bolton, Bill Burnside, Peyton Bray, Red Spratt and Hugh Billupal I_ Play Postponed. The play that was to have been given at Midway High School on Tuesday, May 26th, has been postponed. ' i I Hospital Auxiliary To Meet. The Hospital Auxiliary will meet on Monday afternoon, May 24th, at 4:30 o'clock, at the Hospital. Resolutions of Respect Whereas, It has pleased Almighty Gpd to call from our midst our brother and feHow -citizen, Q. G. Alexander, in the flowef of his young manhood, a veteran of the World War, a rnembdr of the local bar, and < a member of the American Legion, and . Whereas, we, the members of the American Legion Auxiliary, Leroy Belk Post Number 17, feel a deep sympathy for our bereaved members, his mother ahd sisters, and others of his family, .. Therefore, be it resolved by the American Legion Auxiliary, ' Leroy Belk Post Number 17, of the City of Camden, that we, as. a body, take this means of expressing our sympathy to the bereaved members pf his family, in their recent loSs. And be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the local newspapers for* publication, a copy ito his family, and a page in our minute book be therewith inscribed to his memory. _ , American Legion Auxiliary, Leroy Belk Post 17, Camden, S. C., by Mrs. John Whitaker, Mrs. Bratton deLoach, for the Auxiliary memorial Committee. Camden, S. ., May 19, 1926. The first opera, Dafney, was composed by Perri in 1649. The first opera house was opened in Venice in J637. ? A cubic foot of platinum weighs more than one thousand pounds. It was once so cheap that swindlers subfififcnyted.it for gold. Twenty-five thousand gallons of water is used to manufacture a ton of paper. Certain restaurants in Lisbon, Portugal, chain the knfies^and forks to the tables. . Passenger pigeons, now exterminated, were once so numerous that they broke down cottonwood trees on islands, in the Mississippi. River. -. Former Governor - James Doty's home at Green Bay was th<* firsf brick house in Wisconsin, the brick for which was hauled by boat all the way from Detroit. John Muir, the\jiaturalist, received his first botany lesson under a black locust tree that is still standing or the University of Wisconsin campus 11 ,?' I. 1 Notice to Executive Committeemen There will be a meeting of the Kershaw County Democratic Executive Committee, at the Court Houae, on Thursday, May 27, at 10:00 a.m. It is extremely necessary that all clubs be represented at this meeting, as there are several important questions to come up. At this meeting, the committee will grange the itinerary, decide upon the amount each candidate will be assessed and take up the matter of club nanles, boundaries and etc. R. 11. HILTON, County Ghmn. Legion Auxiliary Met The American Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs. Hughey Tindai on last Friday afternoon and a large attendance was present.. Mrs. A. Karesh has offered n medal for next year to the best all around girl in the eighth grade. This means in scholarship and character. A prize will also be offered to the girl in the eighth grade writing the best essay, the subject to. be given by the president of the auxiliaryv These are all for the next term of school. j The committee in charge of the poppies reported sales to the amount of seventy-eight dollars. During the afternoon music was furnished by the Misses Cecile and Loree Truesdale. The hostess assisted by Mrs. M. M. Reasonover served delicious ice cream and cake. j At the close of business the meet^ ing adjourned to meet next time at the home of Mrs. T. J. Kirkland. Announces Engagement. On Saturday morning, Miga May Rush and Miss Esther Garirn, at ! "Sandy Hill," the home of'the former,! entertained informally a few of their intimate friends. Upon arrival the guests were presented with crossword puzzles, which, after being solved, revealed the announcement of the engagement of Miss Olga Rush to! Mr. Robert E. Williamson, of Dar-' lington, S. C. The wedding will take place early in June. The one first solving the cross-word contest, Miss Sallie Pearce, graciously presented her pjize to the bride-elect. The "booby" prize, useful only to the bride elects was given over to her, also. Pink roses and dainty sweet peas added ?a charm to the already sunny rooms of Sandy Hill. A salad course was served in the dining room. Before departing the guests gave advice to the bride-elect.?Contributed. On a recant Friday the 19th the barbers of Mt. Horel>, ^Tisconsin, shaved aH comers for 13 cents a face, and it is said that most of the village male population over 15 years of age patronised the shops that day. .It.-,I'm LJHJM.UU1I.1 L.J * . iauw Jill.. Notice of Paving Assessments Paving assessments not paid on or before June 1st, will be subject to a penalty. CAMDEN CITY COUNCIL, "By W. H. Haile, City Clerk, 6-8-sb i) Majestic Theatre THE COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN FOLLOW THlS~CROWD XNir SEE THE BEST PICTURES THAT MONEY CAN BUY TODAY, FRIDAY, MAY 21 1 "THE RAINMAKER" With Ernest Torrence, William Collier, Jr., 'and Georgia Hale. A strong, red-meat love drama with the spectacularly colorful background o^ race-track, Mexican honky-tonk, raging tornado, and a wild, desperate striving for love and happiness. ^SATURDAY, MAY 22 ' "THQt WALL STREET WHIZ'r Featuring Richard Talm&dge. You can bet jjMlir-JKiul on-thU .being a good picture. Swinging action, contagious coipedy, delightful romance, tense drama, spine chilling thrills?that's what you're getting with this picture! Also "The Scarlet Streak" And a two-reel comedy ,,i "Long Pants" -? , ... ? MONJDAY AND TUESDAY MAY 24th-25th..... Sir Arthtrr Conah Doyb&'s Mastcrpece "THE LOST WORLD" j The strangest story of romance and adventure ever screened. See the mighty pre-historic monsters clash with modern lovers. Absolutely astounding?that's the only way we can describe this picture of all pictures. Never before have you seen anything like it. Imagine a group of explorers discovering a spot where/the foot of man had never before trod. And this group of men and a woman trapped? imprisoned in this Lost world. Now these marvels are bared to your eyes. You will gasp with astonishment and' wonder. " Something never to "be forgotten! Cast includes Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, ' Wallace Beery and Lloyd Hughes. Whatever you do don't miss this wonder picture. Also ^ Pathe Weekly' News Adults 50c?Children 26c SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY _ 10:00 ^M.?ADMISSION 10c gisT" ijliii ii iiV Mi ih ? * i ij m 4 CORETHRQAT Gargle with warm salt watar ^ -than apply ova* throat-yj?m (W?iyw^?w^nah ? ? i i ,i? PROFESSION AL NOTICE. 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