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\\?dciety\ | (By I<oulse Nettle#) f The City Beautiful. in Athens long ago young and old I ?er* taught a pledge. Each helped I \ke the pledge true until Athene beI Tme "Athens the Beautiful." Thie w*s the pledge of the Athenian youths I and maidens and the pledge of all who L came to dwell within the Athenian I catw- wil1 never bring disgrace I fo this, our city, by any act of disf honesty or cowardice; nor ever desert I our comrades; we will fight for the Meals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey the city laws and do | our bfat to incite a like respect and reverence in others; we will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense | 0f civic duty, and thus in all these j ways, we may transmit this City, greater, better and more beautiful ; jban it was transmitted to us." What B a noble pledge, and how worthy of I- irnittt't"'! today! Wjth a pledge like \t ^at made and kept by our people our town would indeed be ^Camden the V Beautiful," for Dame Nature has cast her sunniest smiles upon this spot I among the pines and the possibilities are great. Let us then make the Ath1 enian pledge our motto and "At heV I altar joyfully offer the hoiuage we I would pay to ho King." That homage j should mean loyal, unselfish service I and" sacrifice. On the second Monday in November we must have $ presiI denf for the Camden Civic League. Who will respond to the call of ^jvjc <"?V ________ ./ The United States Infantry in the Canal Zone is trying to find longer mules to carry guns. The weapons tickle the ears of the present-size animals, often causing serious complications. Beauty note from Puritan days in New England: "For ye complexion ye young girl may wash the face in show, the tingling cold bringing forth the blood and im?arting-j^~richk glow, of health which is the true beauty." The United States Government has "" more scientific experts at work on the eradication of obnoxious insects than all the other nations of the world jr. combined. A Madrid newspaper has offered $7,600 to any person who can torite an article convincing an international court of arbitration that Columbus was Spanish by birth. ~ * i 1 "% II Majestic Theatre FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. ! "Forlorn River"?-One of 2ane Grey's best stories, featuring Jack Holt, Ramond Hatton, Arlette Marchal, and Edmund Burns in a picture that is full of thrills, romance, wild riding, sKboting and " adveri- 1 ture in the wide open cattle country j with Jack Holt as an outlaw, a fu- I gitive from justice, yet a loyal friend and a gallant gentleman. By the same director that gave you "Born to the West*"? Also tworeel comedy, "Charley My, Boy," ' Featuring Charlie Chase. ^SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30. , "The Border Sheriff."?Featuring that well known cowboy, Jack ture, the kind you have been waiting to see. A burn fern up story of the West. Also "Should Husbands Bay."?a Hal Roach Comedy. And Chapter No. 8 of "Casey of the Coast Guard." ' y' i Children's Matinee Saturday Morning 10 o'clock^?Admission 10c ? -r? ' MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1. "Everybody's Acting"?A Marshall Neilan production with an all-star cast. Ford Sterling, Louise Dresser, Lawrence Gray, Henry Walthall and Raymond Hitchcock, in one of the piftjest pictures we have run in a long while. It's a i comedy drama ana you will"* love every foot of this picture. Also . Bathe News. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. "Poker Faces."?Featuring beautiful Laura La Plante. In this picture Miss La Plante is supported by Edward Everett Horton. That,, hoy Horton is so funny that even '? flicker of his eyelash can draw a ; latigh out of the hard boiled movie ohic. And chalk up Laura La Blante as the queen of .light comedy. You've simply got io see them in "Poker Faces" . They are both a riot. Also a Comedy. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER ?. "Into Her Kingdom."?Corinne Griffith in the mos*beautiful role Rhe has ever . played. Glittering ^ little grand ducness in royal jewels, a million people to pay her homage but she was lonely. Then into her kingdom a baby and the girl who had walked to the throne to the firrce best of drums and military boots, thrilled to the -patter of baby feet through the royal halls, fiung away her royal title of. .dnehosk proud to wear the coronet of Mother. Also Fables "Pirates Bold." " Thursday, noVWOKH <.~~ "Lotry Ma*7." ^ III TURNER DIRS FROM INJURIES. (J her aw Resident Struck Down By a Fast-Moying Aqtomobile. ' * George H. Turner, ef*Ch?raw, died at the Florence Infirmary at 8:80 o'clock yesterday morning from injuries received Saturday night when he was struck down b/ an automobile driven by a negro whose name was given as Jim Walker. The accident occurred to the west end of Kershaw stieet in Cheraw as Mr. Turner was leaving his filling station. JJe was crossing the street, according to the report, when he was struck by a car going at a rapid rate of speed and displaying no lights. Mr. Turner suffered a broken arm and leg und wus injured internally. He was brought to Florence as soon after the accident as possible 'hut his condition was such that the physicians here held little hope for his recovery and later in the night notified his relatives to that effect. The hody was prepared for burial by Oulla's and carried to Cheraw yesterday afternoon for the funeral services there today. The driver of the car which injured MA7 Turner did hot stop and has not been seen since the tragic accident, it is said.?Tuesday's Florence News-Review. The announcement of the tragic death of George Turner brought sorrow to many 'in this county. Mr. Turner was 24 years of age and is survived by his wife, who was Miss Flora Thompson, daughter of Mr. and tyys. W. A. Thompson, of Cheraw. There are two children surviving him, Sara Wilena, aged 4, and an infant of a few months. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Irby Turner, Misses Mae Turner and Marie Turner, of Camden; Mrs. L. E. Barnes and Miss Annie Turner of Georgetown. ? It has been learned here that the negro who caused thfc death of Mr. Turner has been arrested at Pageland and is now in the Chesterfield county jail. Winthrop Students' Building Fund. *. The Students' Building at Winthrop has stood for several years still unfinished. ^Abput -$80,000 wm be needed to complete it. Dr. Johnson is asking the former students to give $20,000 of this amount. He himself will raise ! $11,000. . A drive will be put on in November beginning with the first week. The ; plan at present is to publish each j week in the Sunday issue of The Col lumbia State the amount given to date by each county. I Nearly every home in this State has felt the kindly, helpful touch of Winthrop College. Dr. Johnson has given the best part of his life to the work of making life better and easier and ier for the women and children of ? Carolina. Now^he is asking in completing this building so ly needed at once. Let us show appreciation of his work and our pat in the girls of our State by :ontrrbUtions we make to this s. Mail checks to Winthrop Stui' Building Fund, Miss E. L. V County Chairman, Kershaw ,ty. Watch for announcement, in week's Chronicle. * igs-may now join the-army. New lptions authorize thera as army i for such work as acting as mesm to carry reliefwappeala and pulling sleds across northern & .'*" m percentage -of safety-.lb e travel in Germany during 1925, rding to official statistics, was )7. During the first eight months 926 not a passenger on the sev-fivc. airplane roujes of that cpunwus injured. % le word starboard cornea from *he Saxon steorboard-?steor meaning n rudder or steer, and board, ,? Starboard gets its present ning from the time when vessels ? steered by a paddle or sweep ked from the right side. t' ?? I "i KING HAIGLER knttqp Stiof AND r T THE D. A. R. HALL in the V old Oourt House, the King aigler Antique Shop and Tea oom Will be opened at 10 o'clock t the morning, .Wednesday, Detmber -flrat. It will include rerything to be found in an update woman's exchange. No largea will be made for tickets, ?t charge of 10 par cent will p?-on fancy artieloa. ictiona, etc.. and 15 per cent on irniture. All intereated are InI ted to confer with Mra. D. O. louacr. Mr.^ l?an M. Jones, or personal mention Mm. Itttlph Shannon visited in Charlotte this week. Mr. Val Lipscomb, of Winnsboro, spent the week end in Camden. Miss 11a Bearden, rtof Westminster, was a guc*t 0f fri^l(i8 here the pan week end. Miss Elizabeth Clarke, who is a student at Winthrop College, .pent the 'Week end at home. M?. and Mrs. C. If. Yates have returned from an extended trip to California and the Canadian Rockies. Mrs. George W. Brunson, of Chicago, spent several days this week with hormother, Mrs. W. M. Shannon. Miss Ethel Yates has returned from a visit to Chester, where she was the guest of Mrs. Thomas Ancrum. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Graham and son, who have *bccn spending the summer in Rock Port, Maine, have returned to Camden. Among the college boys at home for' the week end were Sidney Zemp, from the Citadel and Leroy Davidson from j Clemson College. Miss Emily Jenkins, a student at Winthrop College, spent the week end at home. She had as her guest Miss Emily Dantzler, of Orangeburg. Miss Kate Villepigue has returned from Washington, Greenville and Clemson College, whither she was called on a sad mission, the death of her sister, Mrs.^J. C. Furman. Miss Eleanor Brown and Miss Wallace have returned to Camden after spending the summer in the mountains. They hfcve as their guest, Mrs. Campbell, Miss Brown's sister. Mrs. V. J. Lipscomb, who is spending the winter in Rock Hill, was in Camden for the week end. She was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Harriet Lipscomb, who is attending Winthrop College. Miss Harriet Whitaker, of the University of South Carolina, and Andrew Whitaker, of the College of Charleston, spent- the week end at home, having as their guests, Miss Eunice Middleton and Robert Wilson of Charleston. 4 " 1 ' 1 1 mm Mrs.If, M. Stuckey Speaks in Camden. A large and representative audience of Camden women greeted Mrs. H. M. Stuckey of Sumter, President^ of the Woman's Auxiliary _ .of . the South Carolina Medical Association. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. W. J.; Dunn, "President .of the Kershaw County Auxiliary, and after prayer ana (he singing of America by the audience, a violin selection <was given by Miss Isabell Branchley with piano accompaniment ?by Mrs. J. H. Chapman. Miss Cartwright also favored the audience with a vocal solo. Mrs Dunn then introduced Mrs. Stuckey, whose gracious and winning peri sonality won undivided attention. In a graceful, charming and most interesting way she pictured . the life of Dr. J. Marion Sims, in whose memory the Woman's Auxiliary of the Medical Associatipn of South Carolina has inaugurated a biovernent?-the purpose of which is to establish a memorial. Dr. J. Marion Sims was born in Lancaster, S. C., in 1813, died in < Mew York city 1883. Mrs. Stuckey saidjn part: "Military heroes are honored by having statues erected to their memory and their deeds have been record^ ed upon the pages of history. But nothing has been' done to commemorate the wonderful achievements of Dr. Sims, though forty-three years have passed since "Sfs deaths And in their failure to honor him; the people of South Carolina have Bhow.ii remissness."" A memorial day for "Dr. Sims will be observed by the schools of the State November the 13th* ' The afternoon included a delightful social feature as all present were fated to the hospitable horpe of Dr. an* Mrs. J. W, -Corbett, where an' informal reception was held. The room*7 on ihe^lower floor were en suite and filled with autumn > blooms, while cheery fires glowed in the open.finfe places. In the dining room, m* table lovely in its appointments held as a center decoration an artistic Vase of swansonia and ferns. .Tea was poured by Mrs. Will ism ShaHrtSii and Mtffl Bobbins. Sharing with M*s. Stuckey as honor guests were Mrs. Juline Mills, Mrs. Ralph Dunn and Mrs. Cr-'X, Lemmon, all of <Surriter, and all Auxiliary officers. The United States supreme court op Monday rendered a decision in which it is held that the president has a right to remove postmasters and other officeholders from office without the consent of the senate. The Baby's Cold Continual doting* with Internal medicine - nfrsote dallcat* tittle stomach*. Treat cold! itarnaM jr with Vicke. You just rub It on. yiCKS u <1-J- W jOJI. - -* 3? ^"V "-?%>' - . JTCW5KStctTT r"^ j&f'&K :-. v''rfiti , WINTER Q)MES EARLY. Entire South Shi vera a* First Blasts of Winter Arrive. Camden, along with other Southern towns, experienced its first winter weather Monday and Tuesday of this week. A slight fall of snow accbitfpanied the rahi here Tuesday afternoon and overcoats and heated buildings were much in demand. Reports from over the South as furnished by the Associated Press stated that'snow, rain and near freezing temperatures continued throughout the South Tuesday. A mixture of snow and rain fell intermittently in., Atlanta .throughout, the day and four of the Southern states besides Georgia reported snow falls. Peaks in the Blue Ridge mountains of North 'Carolina were snow capped following a heavy fall in the mountain section. Virginia, Kentucky and South Carolina were the othef states visited by the first"'snow Hurries . ojf the winter. Temperatures in the. South ranged from withip 2 to 3 degrees of freezing in several sections to 85 to New Orleans. Rising. temperatures in Florida followed that state's 'first touch of wintdV Monday when, the mercury tumbled to as low as 46 degrees. Atlanta's minimum Tuesday was 37. Princess Eita}f Frederich, wife of the second sort of the former Emperor William of German^, has been granted a divorce from her husband on the ground of neglect and incompatibility of temperament. She is 4T and ho is 43 years Of dg?;iv~ In mbmoriam. Passed into life eternal on October 2nd, 1926, Mrs. Sallie V. Furman, beloved wife of C. M. Furman, professor emeritus of Clemson College. Mrs. Fuiman died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marion Coles, of New York city, where she had been on a visit for three months and in declining health for two months; She was bom in Camden, being the daughter of Mrs. Sarah McKain VIIlepigue and Captain James I. Villepigue, of Cfvil War record. She is. survited by two daughters apd one son, Mrs. T. C. Packenham, Mrs. Marion Coles, Nftw York city, and James Clement Furman, of Weaibury,*Long Island. AlB0~two atepsens and, two stepdaughters: A. G. Furman, Charles M. Furman, Jr., of Greenville; Mrs. W, I. Merbert, Mrs. E, R. Pendleton. One sistet, Miss Kate ViUeplgue, oF Camden; three brothers, Frank V. Villepigue, of Fort Worth, Texas; James Villepiguer of New York and Walter I.'Villepigue, of Washington,' D. C., also survive. Her retrains were carried to Green villa, where funeral services were held 1 and" interment in Springwood Cemetery. * Mrs. Furman had spent all her girl hood days in Camden, until her marriage and had many life-long friends, here, whose hearts are filled with sorrow by her death.' She has left behind her a sweet, fragrant memory that will never be forgotten by those yho knew and loved her. Quiet, gentle, unt assuming, she found her way into tho > hearts of all with whom she came in contact, for?"None knew her, but to love her." She. will be sadly missed, not only in the home circle* but by h friends in her old home, and throughout the Slate-in which aha was 'widely . known. H. M. S. -. ?- ?^.. j>~i.j,... . - ... Goes to Berlin, Germany. Major fi? C, vpn Trosckowf wko for the -past several years has been stationed in the consular .service at A^ica, "Chile, received orders this week tovN go to Berlin, Germany, where he will be stationed in the same line of duty. He left .Camden Wednesday for New York, where he will Sail for Europe on November 3rd. His wife and mother will not go with him at present, as Mrs. von TreBckow' ts-in Atlanta with her mother, Mrs. A. D.- Kennedy, who has been ill for some time. They will very, likely join Major von Tresckow in the early spring. U. D. C. To M*et,_ / " ' There will be a meeting of the U. D. C. Chapter on Monday, November 1st, at 4 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. G. E. Taylor, Mrs. F. Leslie Zemp and Miss Eilie Zemp will be assistant hostesses. All mdmb?fs are urged to come to thiB meeting as it will be the last before the State Convention meets here, and many matters of importance are to be discussed. Hobkirk Hill Chapter To Meet. - The Hobkirk Hill 'Chapter P. A. It, will meet next Thursday, November" 4th, at 4 o'clock in the afternooni witl^ the Chapter Regent, Mrs. R. B. Pitts, Miss Eleanor Brown will be assistant hbsteSs. Topics for discussion: "Ply- . mouth and the John Alden Home," "Quincy Mansion, Home of Dorothy Quincy, wife of John Hancock." Papers by Mrs. Leonard STchenk and Mrs.*" John Lindsay. AH members are cordially invited. It is reported that there is a stretch1 of water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile ^vhich the fish, refuse to inhabit. Card of Thanks. The Camden Chronicle: We desire ' through your columns to thAnk una friends and neighbors for the many kindnesses shown us during the recent illness and death of our husband anid father, Hampton Reynolds. The many expressions of sympathy has done much to help us bear the great burden of gFief that we are now undergoing. . Very respectfully, . Lou Reynolds and Children. * 4 ; . Men" Machinery "Capacity To mere than satisfy the exacting buyer of printing has ever been the aim of The Chronicle Press, and now, better than in any time past, is * ? this plant enabled through its increased mechanical staff and added equipment to serve Camden and all the territory round about. .. ,;,y f ^ " ~ "~T~. ' . /_ * ' ~ ^ -0 ^?he Chronicle 'Press "Acknowledged tho World's Best Piano " J -/ ;V; "'.v.-^ *' {} ' - '8 / n? rwy S The Tone f f the J is the I [ Soul of Music I THE KNABE IS THE OFFICIAL PIANO U kftbe METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY -y-j CAMDEN FURNITURE CO., J Camden) S. C. n I - _. .. ...._L ** ?" j