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and Tean Featuring Gayietiew
(By Sprah K. Winkler)
Before ? large and cultured uudience
Benjamin P. DeLoache of ramden,
agisted by Miss Hurriet Fiahburne
of Columbia at the piano, guve
a inoat delightful song recital on
Sunduy evening at the Kirkwood for
the benefit of the Camden Hospital.
In the audience were many visitors
from the Kirkwood and the other
hotels, and a host fit townsfolk, all
eager to enjoy und show their appreciation
of Camden's gifted son.
Mr. DeLoache's voice, u full deep I
baritone of unusual quality and
strength, was at its best in the program
which consisted of the Aria
from Klijah by Mendelssohn, selections
from Beethoven, Chopin and
Nevin, and as encores several well
known old airs. Miss Fishburne
played most charmingly a number
of piano selections"and was skillful in
her uccompaninrtS*^. Camden will)
watch Ben D?*LDaeHe's musical career
with interest for there is every reason
to believe that he has a brilliant
future.
The customary lull following the
gay holiday season prevails this week
but the hotels are filling and Fcbruary
and March promise to' be unusually
gay. Small luncheons and
parties have been extensively given
during the week and many informal
teas,
At the King Haiglar Inn on Tuesday
Mrs. Frank^ Everett Hey wood of
Worcester entertained at luncheon
Mrs. C. C. Lorenzen, Mrs. F. I. Proctor
and Mrs. K. G Whistler, taking
her guests afterwards to the Majestic
Theatre.
At the Torii Shop, formerly the
Studio Tea Room, Miss Rutherford
gave a tea for her brother, Mr. Rutherford
of Holly Hedge, Miss Jackson
and Mrs. W. R. Miller of the Court
Inn oft. Saturday
M iss Ruth Richards, who has been
visiting friends at the Court Inn has
leturnyd to New York.
Recent arrivals at the Kirkwood
* arc Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shields, Mr.
H. M. Adams, Mrs. Charles M.
Brown, Mr. Melville G. Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fownstal of New
York, Mr/ff E. Duffield of Philadelphia.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seabrook of
Cleveland, who have spent many winters
in Camden, are again at Hobkirk
Inn where are also Miss Marjorie
Silcox and Miss L. G. Parsons of
Rochester and Mr. and Mrs. R. K.
Denworth of Philadelphia.
Among recent Court Inn arrivals
are Mrs. James S. Aitkin of Trenton;
Mrs. John Bradley and Miss Peggy
Stuart 'Bradley of Germantown; Mrs.
William E. Doane of Stockbridge; Mr.
and Mrs. Edward P. Mervin of New
York; Mr. A. W. McAllister of
Greensboro, N. C., and Mr. Joseph B.
Crocker of Boston.
Mr and Mr*. William Tyler Olcott
of Norwich and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Russell of Middletown, Conn., are
guests of Miss , Olive Whitredge and
Mr. E. A. Bell who has been there
since October is now located at the
Kirkwood. . vjfThe
many friends 'of Mrs. K. B.
Wilcox are^ pleased to again welcome
her to Camden. "She is passing the
winter at the Kirkwood.
One of the ipost charming affairs
. of the week was the opening on Wednesday
afternoon of the new Crescent
Lake Club. A large number motored
to the attractive club-house oil the
"here of the pretty little lake for tea,
in the' evening the rooms were
ft ^ned for dancing; The officers of
the club deserve great credit for the
| ?uccess of the attractive, club, which
*~TTSes t0 be ^Oebdingly popular
I dorin* the season. Receiving the
guests Were Mrs. Egmont voas1
B R r W* S. C. Zemp, Mr.
ft?"\G--Sandprr-and Mr, T. K'Trailerr
presiding at the tea table were
I Stevenson and Mrs. B. G. San<*'*
A succession of visitors from
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* ul ho8Pitality of the dub's offift
ai,d th6ir wiv<?a'*mnd in th?6v*|
people collt,n*<ftt of young
th^n?Tl,esday afternoon, January 11,
? tractive Holly Tree Tea Room
successfully conducted for several
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As in the past the Holly Tree will be
exceedingly popular daring Camden's
winter seadbn, for it if only a pleasant
drive down the old Charleston
road to this hospitable Southern
home where a delicious cup of tea
amid charming surroundings awaits.
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Former Camden c;?rl Wed* at Mil-,
ledKwille. Georxiu
The following in from tin- Milledgeville,
Gu., Union Recorder of December
30:
The lovely interior of the little
Episcopal church of Milledgeville
never former u more beautiful setting
than it did upon the occasion of
the wedding of Mia* Estelle Harding,
eldest daughter of the rector, Rev!
F. H. Harding, to Mr. William S.
Jette, Jr., formerly of Memphis, bu;
mow of this city at eight o'clock
Thursday evening.
Ixrhengrin's bridal chorus announced
the approaching of the bridal par
ty, the two ushers, Mr. Charles DeSaussure
Clark, of Atlanta, and Mr.
Jere Moore'entered first. Miss Sarah
Allen came alone and took her stand
at the altar, she was followed by the
two groomsmen, Messrs. Miller Bell
and Edward Bass. Miss Millie Napier
entered next. Miss Lucy Hurding,
the bride's sister, and maid of
honor, entered alone? and was- followed
by the bride on the arm of Mr.
1' rank Bono. The bride was met at
the Hltar by the grooni and his best
| man, Mr. William Fraley, where the
impressive ring ceremony was per1
formed by the brideV father. During
the ceremony Schubert's Serenade
was played softly.
Misses Allen and Napier were similarly
attired in lovely gowns of delicate
pink georgette beaded With
rhinestones and carried arm bouquets
of Ophelia roses.
Miss Lucy Harding, the maid of
honor, wore a lovely creation of flesh
georgette and carried an arm bouquet
of Columbia roses.
The bride was radiantly lovely in
her wedding gown of white .satin and
Elizabeth crepe, fashioned along
straight lines and heavily beaded in '
crystals and pearls. Her veil was
caught in her hair with a coronet of
orange blossoms. Her bouquet was
of bride's roses showered with valley
lilies. *
Following the ceremony, a brilliant
reception was held at the home of
th^ bride's parents, Rev. and Mrs.
F. H. Harding, on the Hill.
Forming the receiving line were
Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Harding, the
bride's parents, Mrs. W. S. Jette, of
Memphis, Mrs. J. Candler Smith, of
Baltimore, mother and sister of the
groom, and the members of the wedding
party.
Immediately after the reception
the bride and groom left for a bridal
trip to Baltimore, and upon their return
will make their home in this
city. ^
Mrs. Jette is the eldest daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. F. Harriman\Harding,
recently coming to this city from
Camden, S. C., and has made many
friends here. She is a young lady of
personal charmT.
Mr. Jette is a graduate of Georgia
Tech and has recently moved here,
accepting the position as assistant
engineer at the Georgia State Sanitariunj.
He is a member of the S. AJ
E. fraternity.
The out-of-town guests attending
the Harding^Jette wedding were Mrs.
W. S. Jette, of Memphis, Mrs. j.
Chandler Smith of Baltimore, Mr.
C. A. DeSaussurc, of Atlanta, grandfather
of the groom, Misses Margaret
and Ellen DeSaussure, Mr., and Mrs.
L. M. DeSaussure, Miss Louise Clark,
antj, Mrs. and Mrs. J. C. Clark, alkof
Atlanta.
. To Meet Monday
The January meeting of the Camden
Parent-Teachers association will
be held in the school auditorium on
Monday evening, January 10, at 7:30
o'clock. Not only those who are members
of this organization but also
every .one interested ill the schools
and children of this community is
Urged to be present.
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Met lit Lugoff w .
Lugoff, Jan. 4.?The December
meeting of the Lugoff School Improvement
association was held last
Thursday in the school house. After
the ^business session a program of j
musie and readings was enjoyed. Delicious
refreshments were served by
Mrs. J. Clarkson.
MEETING OF BOARD
H. G. Garrison, Jr., Succeeds His
Father as Chairman of Directors. f
The .first meeting of the county
board of directors of Kershaw Countywas
held on Tuesday of this week.
No changes had been made in the
personnel of the board since the last
election except that son succeeded
father in DeKalb Towrt&hip, and also
that Mr. H. G. Garrison, Jr., succeeded
Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr., as chairman
of the board?the selection being
unanimous.
No other changes were made with
the exception that Mr.r Henry E.
Munn who won in the primary over
Mr. S. H. Mickle, as road superintendent,
took charge of the road forces.
Mr. Munn .was present and gave assurance
to the board that he stood
ready at all times to co-operate in
every way for the best interests.
A resolution had already been
passed to the effect that all members
of the road working * forces retain
their same positions for the time
being. Mr. C. A. Johnson remains
superintendent of the chain gang and
the superintendents of the various
"jiired gangs retain their position;
' Attorney l?. T. Mills was unanimously
re-elected as county attorney
and - also as cleyk to .the board.
Mesars. J. M. Moseley, L. B. Ogburn
and S. W. Rose, who have served so
acceptably as keepers at'the Waterec
toll bridg? were also re-elected.. ?
A rising vote of thanks was tendered
to Chairman H. G. Carrison, Sr.,
for the valuable services rendered
during his term- of .office for the
service rendered the county, and aleo
to the courteous manner in which he
had handled the affairs of the chairmanship.
Mr. J. T. Gettys, county superintendent
of education, was present and
took occasion to thank the board for
the way 1n which they had helped
him in the conduct of the school affairs
of the county. ? ? ?r~-:
On motion of Mr. H. G. Garrison,
Jr., it was requested that the board
deposit alternately each month the
funds collected from tolls over the
Wateree river with each of the three
banks of Camden.
The board requested that the mem
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ben of the county legislature detegv^L
tion meet with them in the directors
room at the court house on Saturday, \
January 8, for the purpose of die- r.
awing- matters of vital importance!
to the county's interests. ^
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Death of Mrs. Henry Johnson
Mrs. Flora Johnson, wife of former,
Representative Henry T. Johnson, and
mother of former Representative
M. M. Johnson, died at her home in
Bethune on Saturday night after a
long illness. She was around 70
years of age and most of her life
had been spent in the Shamrock section
of the county. She was well and i
favorably known and the announcement
of her death brought sorrow
to many.
She is survived by her husband
and four children?M. M. Johnson, of
Aberdeen, N. C.; Hoyt Johnson, of
Sumter; Mrs. Ed Crow, of Baden,!
N. C., and Mrs. Jessie Baker, of
Sdmter.
The funeral was held at the Bethune
Baptist church Sunday afternoon,
services being conducted by
Rev. M. B. Gunter and the burial
was in the old Scotch cemetery near
Bethune. Pallbearers serving were
A. B. McLaurin, A. K. McLaurin, '
J. N. McLaurin, Dr. E. Z. Truesdell,1
K. T. Est ridge and John A. McCaa- j
kill, The grave was banked with
beautiful floral offerings sent by loving
friends and relatives.
Sheriff McLeod Takes Office
Former deputy sheriff James H.
McLeod, having been elected to the
office of sheriff this year, on Tuesday
assumed the duties of that office, and
has employed Mr. Alexander Boone,
of the Lockhart community as his
jailor. ' Mr. McLeod is familiar with
the duties of the office as he has
served as deputy for the past six
jailor on several occasions and made
an effluent officer. Sheriff McLeod
and Jailor Boone participated in the
raid Wednesday -in West Wateree
when a large still dms captured. I
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North Carolina's first peanut expoMttiai
Mtor ITsy at "Windsor,
N. C* on Tuesday.- The exhibits included
more than two hundred dU- j
plays of the ground pea.
Officerw Take Large Still
Richland rural officers with Uvo
officers from Kerahaw county yesterday
morning deatgroyed a large liquor
distilling outfit just over the Richland
county line, in Kershaw county,
near English. Twenty-three 60 gallon
barrels together with 1,000 gallons
of mash were destroyed.
The outfit consisted of a 100 gallon
copper still connected with a 120
gallon steamer and a brick furnace.
Fifty-three one-half gallon containers
filled with whiskey were found
buried in a stump hole near the plant,
and were seized.
Officers participating in the raid
were: J. D. Dunaway, chief of Richland
rural police; W. T. Marsh, J. R.
Chrossland, A. H. Eleazer, and A. B.
Price, all of the Richland rural police;
J. H. McLeod, sheriff of Kershaw
county, and Alexander Boone, Kershaw
county jailor.?-Thursday's
State.
Death of Mrs. Campbell c.
_ Mrs. Herbert A. Campbell died at
her home on Walnut street, this city,
on Thursday last. The cause of hei
death is said to have been scarlet
fever with Complications.
Mrs Campbell before her marriage
was Miss Mabel Gertrude Henning,
and was 28 ygars of age; She W&c
born at Moline, 111., And togethei
with her father, Mr. C. A. Henning
had resided in Camden for a numbei
of years, where she had endeared herself
to. our people, who feel a deet
sympathy for the husband, father ant
two little children left motherless al
a tender. age* _ Resides her httaham
and father she leaves one daughter
Jane, three and a half years, ant
Marie, who was only five days ol<
at the mother's death;
She also leaves three brothers
Ernest Henning, of Albemarle, N. CRobert
Henning, of Seattle, Wash.
Carl Henning of SanFratkiififl
Only one of the brothers, Ernest Hen
nlng, was able to attend the funers
which occurred from the residence th
following day, services being conduct
ed by Rev. IrdeL. Brayshaw, of Grac<
church, and the burial was in th
Camden cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Schlosburg ar
visiting relatives in Macon ?
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SI'K.NEK MAKES RECORD
(ii'tH !IiK>1 Percentage of CunvltiioiiK
ill Fifth Circuit
A. Fletcher Spignci of (.'olumbiu.
solicitor for the Fifth judicial circuit.
comprising Richland and Kershaw
counties, has mud? for himself
a remarkable record of convictions ,-,-y
In both counties of his circuit during
the year just closed. According to
the reports of the clerks of court
of the two counties there huve been
221 convictions against 22 acquittals
on cases actually brought to triul.
Of these, 137 convictions and 1(3 acquittals
were obtained in the Richland
general sessions court, and 81
convictions and six ucquittuls in the
Kershaw court of general sessions. ^
Such convictions rithge fryn).. aim* ..~J?
plu assault and larceny to homicide. . .
Violations of the prohibition law featured
the Richland court for the year. >
On this charge Mr. Spigner secured ;gjj|P
38 convictions." Thert* yittre fotlr ac- .
(lUitlals. Seven convictions of murder
and four acquittals were secured.
None of those convicted, however,
were sentenced to death. <3#
About <3r> per cent of the convic
lions were against negro lawbreakers
as compared with about 85 t)er cent
against whitest Of the 18 acquitted
in Richland county 7 were negroes
and I) were whites.
The popular age for crime ill Richland
county as revealed by tho figures
in Mr. Spigner's report seems to
be about equally divided between tho
early 20a and early 30s with the
early 20R holding a Might edge.
Fifty-six persons between 20 and 30
years of age were brought to trial
duripg the year. Very few of those < Apf
in the 20s, however, had renchcd an ^
!eyond 25 ycais. The same Is f
the 30s. Most of those within
30? were below 85 years of
Twenty-one persons below the
f 20 years were brought to trial. ig
those are found quite n num- ^
f 15- and 16-year-olds. Sixteen .A
oso tried had passed the age of
?ars; two were beyond the half
ry mark and one had reached tho
if 60 years.
Kershaw county two persons --jp
brought to trial on a charge of dde
and both were convicted. A
i Richland, violations of tho pro- 1
on law was the ease most prevain
the records. Of 33 cases on
charge brought to trial virtually
one resulted in conviction,
os of persons brought to trial
d from a youth of 12, tried ant^
ctcd on a charge of assault and ry
of high and aggravated nato
a man of 70 years, convicted :J.M
ckargo of violation of the piro- ?rf~:
ion law. Whites brought to trial ?^
ituted about 30 perftent.,,of the * !
in Kershaw county. Ofc\the six
ittals, four were negroos aW-two V|j|
, whites.?'Sunday's Columbia ~?pj
New County la Loat
Drone?, Dec. 30.?The new county
;ct was lost in the special eleein
Horry county yesterday. With
one precinct unreported the vote
1: for the new county, 713; ^
nst the new county, 694! A two- >
Is majority of the vote cast was A
ssary.
T Injured in
> the accompaniment of bonfires,
v'orka, and hilarity unrepressed,
New Year was ushered in here
lay at midnight. The crowd of
ry makers kindly removed the 3
lho bonfires, and Saturday mornthere
was nothing to cart off but
ew charred ends and straggling &
u hcs. A large crowd was out
>ying the celebration, and joy was /,J|
unfitted, but there were no acci- ^
ts or outward happenings to mar
deration, except a slight injury
one 'eye *u?i*hHd i>y Mr. J, 6^ ul
im from the explosion of ^ crackMr.
Team went to the Pryor
pital find had His eye dressed; but ,i
lunately the injury was not serious, *i|3
I he was able to go tp Camden Sat- j
ay.?Chester Reporter. 1
Attended BroH[fiig||f^^B
ilr. and Mra. L. H. Loftis went to 1
ward, N. C? Christmas day^ where -J
y attended the funeral of the
riser's brother, Mr. A. J. Loftis, v 'M
0 died suddenly in that city from .,3
1 effect* of smallpox. Mr. Loftis
s only 22 years of age?and was
married. He ia survived by hia .
her and several. brothers and