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L ^HE Camden Chronicif
^*aBBgg=g=" I CAMDfcN, SOUIH CAKOL1NA. FRIDAY ap.,.. ? Trrr " .J?
NUMBER 2J*
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4S HEAD OF CHAMBER
/ ' f
a called meeting of the Camden
ber of Commerce held Wednesfternoon
the advisability hf ?e;
another secretary for this 01ition
was discussed. The
jth present were divided on the
r. Today we ore in receipt of
[flowing communication from
, G. Carriaon, Jr., president of
organization, which is Selflatory:
the Directors of the Camden
xr of Commerce, Ladies and
men: *
ter carefully thinking over the
discussed at our meeting yesafternoon
in which I stressed
cd of Such changes in our ortiott
so that it might be brought
>ir touch with the -merchants
lofessional men of the town, J
iccidekd to tender my re.sigr.al>resident
of your body effectvoo?i
as my successor can be
I. In taking this step I ant
c- i by no ill will toward any
i in our commercial body and
ladly serve on in my capacity
lirector of the chamber of comto
the best of my ability.
>wever, 1 cannot with consistbe
responsible as president cjrf i
ody for its future policies holdhe
opinion that I do, in effect,
steps should be tuken to have
rganization function in more
than simply as a tourist bureau
real estate exchange, though
we all agree that the former
y important factor as has been
trated, though not to the exof
all else as I see it. With
of feeling to all of my assovithin
our good organization,
h every assurance of my consupport
as a director and j
, I am, faithfully yours,
"H. G. Garrison, Jr."
Blind To Give ConceVtf
A musical concert will be given at
the Camden High school auditorium ,
on Friday evening, April 8, at 3
o'clock. This- concert will be giver/'
!he benefit of the work shop ojf
i&sociation for the blind, located)
ilumbia. The object of this sho/
teach the adult blind a tiriJde,
by making themselves self^iusng.
The program will eonsistW
c?instrumental and vocflll?
its, jokes and artistic paper-tearA
treat is said to be in storwfor
overs of music and fun and a
ty laugh guaranteed to all. 1 The
ic is invited and urged toTturh
and co-operate in a good and
thy cause. A small admission fee
cents will be charged to adults, |
ile all children in school, of whatr
age, will be admitted at twenty
Storm Does Damage
heavy wind, hail and wind storm
considerable damage in the
section last Friday afternoon,
chief sufferer was a negro jjJiurch
the Camden-Columbia highway,
is blown completely down. ^Other
I buildings were daipaged.; The
rogation has gone to work to
go what they can of the wrecked
ing and will no doubt have their
of worship restored. While
derable hail fell in Camden, no
go was done, except from elecy
which pht the lights 'out of
mission for a short time.
Ghronicle man was in Clinton
ay afternoon where the hail is
to have been more severe than
Hiy other place. One good lady
al section said that slje would he
d to tell of "the size of some of
stones?but "that they ranged
a partridge egg size to" that of
ke> egg. Damage to yrhite ways
window panes and auto tops test'y
to the size, however, for hun8
auto tops could be seen that
completely riddled * on top
tnany glasses knocked out. Some
?d bodily injuries,.from the pelt>f
the hail. :
Heard Sermon In Airplane
* v?rk, April 3.?The Rev. Dr.
A. Joling, minister of the
\ ?bcgiate Church, who broad"
^rlnon cvery gun<lmy through
* from the Waldorf-Astoria, re*
ctter last week from a young
Rapids, low., . in
j0. ? they had thoroushlast
*lonr of his ,er'
in t?1! * whU? lh*y *??
? Nob' , ?,TL Hp
8KNATK KILLS HKJlx;K BILL i
Senator Welsh A?k* That Lnfuvorable
Report H* Adopted
Columbia, April iZchw that
the Water to river toll bridge on the
<olum bin-Camden state highway was
bei.ig operated to pay the general ex
penses of Kershaw county were made i
by Senator James H. Hammond of
Richland in the senate |^t night
while speaking for a bill by Representative
Kreps of Richland providing
that the bridge be sold to tne
state highway depar tment and'ma le
toll-free.
_ The measure was later killed when
the senate voted to sustain an un
favorable report by the finan.-e commil
tee. An attempt by Senator Williams
to have the vote reconsidered
for the purpose of recommit ring the
bill was in like manner tabled.
Declaring thai this question continned
the entire stale and was not
a problem far Ker-haw or Richland
counties alone. Senator Hammond
charged that during the eight years
since its construction, the bridge had
yielded from three to five times its
cost .in tolls, and that these were
sufficient to pay interest on the
bonds, pave the cotnty roads and coniribu.e
to the general expenses of
Kershaw. ,
| "The bridge was built, by an act
[of the legislature which specified that
the tolls of fifty cents pox* vehicle
were to be used for payment of the
cost," said Mr. ^Hammond, "and the
bridge to become free when the
amount collected had been sufficient
to pay the cost. It is our information
that the bridge collections arcaround
$80,000 a year, and that its
total yield has been five times the
cost of its building.
The* state maintains the road on
both sides of the bridge, and a toll
bridge on a state highway is an abhorrence.
It will be advertised to
the world by motorist associations,
and the touring public will avoid the
state. It will hurt the state on the
eve of our period of prosperity and
expansion."
' Denying that the bridge was "a
gold mine for Kershaw county," Senator
Welsh of that county asked that
the unfavorable report be adopted.
"I dont have the figures on the
collections," he said, "but in the
period of greatest business during the
Florida movement, it never paid more
than $50,000 in any one year. Upkeep
amounts to $30,000, and tve generally
break even on revenues and expenses."
Mr. Welsh also said that the coun-1
ty was still paying for two earlier
bridges, which had been washed away,
an(i that, it had been under expense
hecause roads to the bridge had been
relocated. .A bill providing a free
bridge if the highway department
finished a hard surface from the Richland
county line tb {he "river was repeale^qtj
the present session, he added
when the highway department/ admitted
it coqld not -pave the road
within the specified time.
"Kershaw is a poor county," he
said-.1 "We have not been repaid the
cost of the bridge, and it is not fair
to take it from us at this time. This
bill provides that the highway department
buy the bridge and pay us
from the gasoline tax allocations,
which would be paying us with oun
pwn money."
Later" charges by Senator Hammond
that Kershaw residents were
being-passed for 12 1-2 cettt and 0 1-4
Welsh, who said that these rate3
were given to holders o'f commutation
books which were sold to anyone who
wished to buy.
Awarded Damages of $500
A case of interest to many people
in Lancaster that was settled at the
recent term of th^ court of common
"plbas was the suit for damages
brought by E. B. Huggins against
the Redpath Chautauqua for the
death of his son, Ora Lee. It will be
recalled that the son, Ora Lee, was
accidentally, shot during the Chautauqua
season of 1923 with a pistol
in the hands of one qf the crew boysfrom
which he died after an illness I
of about a week. *tfhe case has been'
pending for several terms and was
finally settled when a jury found a
verdict of guilty against the defendant
company and* attorneys in the
case agreed upon for damages in the
sum of $500.?Lancaster News, March
31st. .
To Preach Here Sunday
Rev. D. S. Hodges of Batesburg
will preach in the Camden Presbyterian
church Suuday morning at the
hour of 11 rift. The public is
cordially invited to hear him.
BIGHAM GETS LIFE TIME;
FAMOUS CASE IS ENDED
(liy \. H. little in Tuesday'#
Columbia State)
Conway, April 4.?The Bigham case i
i? ended, ho far as the eourta of South
Carolina are concerned. An agree- <
ment between statu and defense here
late this afternoon brought u verdict
of guilty with recommendation to
inercy in the case of Edmund I>. Highuni,
charged with the murder of his
brother, L. Smiley Bigham. Shortly
thereafter Judge M. |? Bonhaiir
passed a sentence of life imprisonment
upon the prisoner. Four other
muider indictments against Bigham,'
alleging the hilling of\^j:? mother, his I
sister and his sister's two .-.mall I
adopted sons, were nolle pr -ssed
hy agreement.
The motion of Mendel L. Smi li, iif
which he announced in e!o?p)ent
phraseology the agreement between
opposing forces, came abruptly after
foui state witnesses had been placed
011 the stand to undergo brief exam-)
ination and cross-examination. Fol-i
lowing the testimony uf Hattie S:n- (
gletary, negro woman, in the employ I
of the Uigham household at the time i
of the tragedy, attorneys asked the1
indulgence of the court for a confer-'
enco. Scarcely had five minutes'
elapsed before they returned to the!
court room, Judge Smith to announce 1
the agreement and Solicitor L. M.
Gasque to give brief assent.
Thus ended the celebrated Bigham''
case, which for six years had mad*
legal history in the courts of SoutM
Carolina. Three limes Bigham had
been sentenced to die. Twice he had
gone to trial with conviction as the result.
hight times, from various
angles, had his case been viewed by j
the state supreme court. 1
At .'5:15 o'clock this afternoon, the!
full day up to that time having beeft'
consumed in the drawing of a jury,'
Bigham entered the third trial fori
his life. Two and a half hours later;
his life was restored to him, but his '
liberty forfeited. . !
Testimony offered preceding the j
agreed verdict was in the main iden- j
tical with the testimony of the same
witnesses at former trials. Those;
placed 011 the stand were: K. Walter!
McW-hite, rosident of the Pamplicoi
section of Florence county, in which
over six years ago the tragedy was;
enacted; W. W. Purvis of Pamplico, i
Hattie Singletary, negro woman in,
the employ of the Bigham household,
at the time of the tragedy and Sher-1
man Myers, negro, who was employed
by Edmund and Smiley Bigham in
the wood business.
Dr. "W. L. Poston, whose testimony j
bad played an important part in for-;
mer trials, was unable to be in court!
today, due to illness. His testimony j
as offered at the second trial, however,
was read to the jury. <=> I
Beginning at 9:30 o'clock this morn-j
in&> by noon the first special venire !
of jurors was exhausted -in the attempt
to procure a trial jury. An
extra venire was drawn and met with j
virtually th^, same fate. At this j
.point, shortly after court reconvened j
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, attorneys
for the state withdrew thfcir objections
to five jurors. From these the
following jury Was en?f?aneled: W.
Chadwick Martin, fpreman; Lucian D.
Wfllaixl, Fred P. McNeill, W. C. Martin,
J. A. Phipps, W. G. Allen, F. A!
Singleton, A. D. Graham, Joe L.
Chestnut, D. H. Baker, J. L. Stanley,
G. F. Hardee. " :
Speaking in behalf of the agreement,
Mendel -k. Smith toid of the
trials the defendant had undergone
since his indictment over six years
ago, charged with the annihilation of
his entire family near the village of
Pamplico iiH; a lonely section of Florence
countyi Judge Smith told of the
prejudice that had been directed
against the defendant, of the terrific
strain endured by him during his 47
months' sojoi^n in the death cell of
the penitentiary and of the hardships
Edmund Blgh&m had been called upon
to endure throughout."The
Bigham case is ended," Judge
Smith's voice rang out through the
quiet court room; "the Bigham mystery
is ended in the courts of South
Carolina, because we have ehtered
into an agreement whereby we arc
going to ask the jury to add to a
verdict of guilty a recommendation
of mercy."
The attorney continued, in his individual
and eloquent style, which for
a moment held spectators, jurymen
and court attaches alike fepellbound.
as he reiterated his belief Jn the innocence
of his client. He recited the
nearly a still a day
destroyed by officers
(Rural police officer*, led by Deputy
henff (;, F. Coolly, haw been <JuitL' I
active, the past week capturing nearly 1
? still a day and destroying the prop. |
erty of illicit manufacturers. c>n'
Monday they went into the Cherry I
^reek section of West Wateree and j
lastroyed two barrels of mash and !
found a "worm." On Tuesday in the
Spears < nek section of West Wateree
they destroyed two barrels of
imqfh but found no still, and on the
>ame day in the Hall's Mill section of
t'? eastern pnit of the county they
destroyed a sixty-gallon capacity still
and two barrels of mash.
Wednesday they raided a still on'
John Bran hum's place in West Wat?rce
and destroyed a fifty-gallon out-'
Tit aToug with a barrel of mash.'
John Bran ha in, white, was placed under
arrest, charged with its operation.
Again on Wednesday they found
two -tills fifty-gallon capacity
in the Doby's Mill section. At
o"e of the stills they destroyed one
b .rn 1 ?f mash, and at the other there
^.i\cn empty barrels, showing
f operators had only recently,
macr a iun,
7 '1' officers made a search of the
?hm<e of Clyde Cunningham, white,'
a i'< miles south of Camden near
the 1 rick company's plant, where he!
spec ted of housing stolen;
JWflv? They found around fifty dol- :
jars worth of groceries and canned'
Tfoods, including two hams. - Clyde :
Cunningham and Gfover Taylor, both'
|white, were arreAd and placed in
,-a.l where thSyJ*e been unable td!
give bond. TJpaKn are suspected of
having stoleirVp jfoods in a night
jobbery last w?]??t the store of
^ X. DeBruhl and V&. Edwards near j
tm nrfill village.
par.. that fate and misfortune had
played in the course of the six-yearold
Bigham case and told again of the
unchanging assertions by the defendant
of his innocence. At the conclus
ion of the brief address of Judge'
Smith, Solicitor Lonr.ie M. Gasque of
Florence arose and in a-quiet mannersaid
that the state was not seeking!
the blood of Edmund Bigham, but that
he, as representative of the state,
sought only justice for the accused'1
man. In closing, he said that he, with '
his associate, Philip H. Arrowsmith of
Florence, had given careful consideration
to the agreement and had
reached the conclusion that under its
terms the ends of justice would be
attained.
Bigham attentively listened while
the lawyer* discussed his life ami
liberty. Throughout the entire day
he kept up a splendid front. His
manner seemed altogether' cheerful
even while witnesses were explaining
gruesome details of the tragSdy.
Philip Arrowsmith, associated with
Solicitor Gpsque, and A. L. King of
the Florence bar, who since Bigham
was indicted"Kad~put up a remarkable
fight for his client, had nothing to
say on the agreement.
The court room today was not so
crowded as at former trials. The
opinion in this section was that the
entity day would be consumed in
drawing a jury. Even with that the
(court room was well filled.
I Juror after juror as he was called
! today declared that he had formed
I an opinion of the guilt of Bigham.
| One or two said that they had formed
jan opinion as to his innocence. -Sev!
eral declared that they could not convict
upon circumstantial evidence.
The defense objected to ten jurors and
the state to five who were later recalled.
Bases of opinions given were
in the main the reading of newspaper
articles in which the testimony of
former trials was given,. discussion
of the case with others who believed
Bigham guilty and the hearing of testimony
given at former trials.
Neither Bigham's wife nor his two
daughters were in the court room today.
Late this afternoon the defend*
nnt dispatched a telegram to his wife
j in Asheville, telling her of the out|
t-ome of the case. At the conclusion
?of the part trial today Bigham had
j nothing to say, f but he apparently
I was greatly relieved by the verdict,
although still maintaining his innocence
of the crime.
. ~ From The Florence Paper
* Owing to the wide-spread interest
n the Bigbani case and on account of
. local legal talent being connected
(Continued on Last Page)
UKTII I NK NKWS NO I KS
.
Happenings of Interrnt us Told By
Our Regular ( or r espondent
|
Belhuiie, April 5. Mrs. Kin in h
Blackwell, wife of Mr. W. (J. BUuk
woll, died at her home in the Union
section on lust Saturday morning lifter
un illness extending over several
years. Mrs. Black well is survived by
her husband and two daughters, Mrs.
Joe Gardner and Mrs. V. Beusloy and
two brothers Messrs. Hurley and Henderson
King. Funeral seivues were
held at her late residence by her
i pastor, tlu* Rev. J. A. (irahaiu, on
i Saturday afternoon and her body was
; interied in the Blackwell cemetery
where friends and relatives had
gathered to pay a last tribute.
Kittle Fannie Mae Kelly, the nineteen
months old daughter of Mr. and
Mi*. Flynn Kelly", died at the home
of her grandmother, Mrs. K. M. Kelly,
on Saturday morning. 1 lor death
came as a shock to every one for she
had been sick only a very short time.
Funeral him vices were held at Bethany
Methodist ehurch cemetery by
li.e Rev. It. 1\ Bucks, and the little
one was laid to rest beneath.a mound
of flowers placed by loving hands.
The Kpwor'.h League of the Beihuno
Methodist chureh staged n very
elaborate pageant, "Golden Youth,"
last Sunday evening. The occusion
being the celebration of the thirty
seventh anniversary of the organization
of the Kpworth league. There
were about fifty children and grown
folk who took part in this pageant,
all in costumes befitting the character
they represented. The Church
was represented by Dorothy Parrott;
Gulden Youth by AlvitfClyburn, the
Kpworth League by Gordon Watts
and Listen Holland was tlie Chronologer.
Special music was furnished
by Mrs. J. C, Foster, Dr. E. Z. Trucv
cjell and Miss Kathryn Trueadell. The
floral decorations were unusually
beautiful with quantities of potted
plants covering the entire altar and
tall Easter lilies in jardineres on the
window sills.
A very severe hail storm, accompanied
by wind and rain, passed over
this town and community last Thurs1
day afternoon about six o'clock, dam|
aging fruit and early vegetables to
some extent. The hail stones were
unusually large and fell so rapidly
that within a few minutes the ground
was covered. Mr. Walter McClean,
who lives in the Union section, reports
that the wind storm was very severe
blowing down his garage and barn.
A negro man, who was caught under
the barn, sustained a broken leg and
Mr. McClean's stock was also injured.
Two large whiskey distilleries were
captured not a great distance from
Bethune within the past week.
Messrs. C. C. Pate, J. D. Munn and
S. P. Watkins found one Just in the
edge of Lee county Sunday morning
and one nearer Bethune in Kershaw
county a few days previous was found
by Messrs. Pate, Watkins and others
with a number of barrels of mash and
beer ready to serve. In bath instances,
however, they were unable to
capture the owners and operators,
i On last Saturday evening at the
high school auditorium there was a
.preliminary contest for the. purpose,
of selecting representatives in deCla-1
i mation and reading for the district
contest which is to be held in Columbia
April 31. Those taking part in
' the contest were Olga Brannon, "The
j Story of Patsy"; Willine Estridgo,
I "As the Moon Rose"; Margie Parrott,
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Toj
night"; Boyd Copelnnd, "America for
; Americans"; Charlie McCaskill, "The
j Man Who Wears the Button"; Lamar
jJerman, "Liberty or Death"; and Neil
i Truesdell, "Shall the Statue of Left
; Stand ip the Hall of Fame." All q?
j the speakers did themselves credit put
; the judges decided that first honor
| for the girls should be accorded' to
j Margie Parrott with Willine Estridge
'second, and for the'boys Lamar Jeri
man, first, and Neil Truesdell second.
Mr. J. Roddey Bell and, family of
Lancaster have be&n recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bethune, Mr.
Bell is treasurer of Lancaster county
but prjor to his assuming that office
was for four years superintendent of
the Bethune schools/ During his administration
great progress was made
in the schpols ana he is always a
welcome visitor to Bethune.
Miss Stella Bethune, Mrs. E. Z.
Truesdell, Mossrs. W1. A. Bethune,
G. W. King and G. E. Parrott left
Sunday night for Tampa, -Fla., where
they go to attend the reunion of
Confederate veterans. While there
they will he the guests of Mr. and,
Mrs. L. A. McDowell.
Miss Cecelia King of Anderson college
is spending the spring holidays
at home.
Miss Mary McKinnon has gone to
the Columbia hospital for. treatment.
Misse* Pansy and Kathledn' Hyatt
and Louise Tiller returned $6 Due
West college Tuesday after having
pent several days at home.
Lee Ernest Outlaw, Fred Josey and
Kirkland Watts, Clemson students,
have been at home for spring holidays.
, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gordon of AsheI
villc, N. C., are visiting relatives in
I town. - j
! Miss Mildred Billings, accompanied
jby Miss Helen Snellgrove, spent the
week-end" at her home in Lancaster,
-i , ' ^ #
Teddy deLoach, of Winnsboro, wai
a l^eek-end visitor to his family on
Saturday and Sunday.
reaTestate changes
mark close of season
Many cottugcr.s art; icinaining here
through April, uiitl although the two
larger hotels, the Kirkwood and the
( ourt ,nn' wi!l close on the thirteenth
Hobkirk Inn and lVy Udge remain
open until May firat and will care
for the many who prefer remaining
South until spring i? more advanced.
Mr. and Mrs Churl M. TainUi.,'
Mrs. Harry Seott (Jrays.m, Mrs
i George It. Cook, Mr. and Mrs J
t,TT v/'M'" a,,<1 Mrs.
Hobert \\. Pomeroy, Mrs. Woods
IV mM,.m ,V1'SS (),iv"' Whittredge,
Miss M. Kleu.ior Brown, Miss Wallis,
Mrs. M. J ( hurl ton, Mrs. Charles 1.
L "yi'[; " ian Stone, Mr. and
J, . 1 :. ^ irk over, Mr. ami Mrs.
Clhif ' Mrs- VV. N. Kerr, Miss
Klla ( ourvon Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Mea'M
Mrs. It. Z.-J^rrison v
among those keeping their Camden
cottages open until after Kaster
Remaining ut the Court Inn until
e hotel doses are Mr. and Mr.i.
I. H. 1 rue Mms Isabella I.nwrence,
Mrs. lie e?. Casicr. Mrs. K. C. Fisher,
v M,n. ' ( " Ehulger, Mrs.
H Y. Dennis, Miss Mary Dennis. Mr.
??< Mrs. J. T. Maker, Mr. ami Mrs.
n h- . ak> Mr :in(l Mis. William
II. Nisbet, Mr. and Mrs. A. D j>art.
ndge ami Mr. ami Mrs. .J. Alexander
Hnyden. .
.M'- 'tnd Mrs. John Sweeney and r
Miss Sweeney, Mr. I, W. Hesse, Miss
Marie Hlnnchartl, Mrs. L. A. Hovev,
Mrs. Norman Day, Miss Nctltp r' ?
v;Vv' r?r;iaw Mra- 11 11 c,Jiy. Ml Aft
j 11i Mr' an<l Mrs. F. M. Wallis
and Mr. l.ouift Sledge ?<<> among the
many late oojourners at Hobkirk Inn.
1 he Frank Presbrey cup for the
nest net score made on the Sarsfield
rourso during the month of March ? "
waa won by Dr. J. Dod.ge Peters of ^
Now York with 02. V .
At the Kirkwood until the close are ?Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace I. Keep and
i*V. ^V.a uf Lockport,'- Mr.
wi-JMr*- Abort Keed, Mrs. George A.
H b' - Mr- ll,u* Mrs. 1
it. IS. htebbinH, Mrs. T. * Edahind
lioche8teramI " P^eyof
Never has Camden's tourist season J
closed in a more optimistic manner ?
than this year. On every side may, .rzJ
be heard rumors of property changing
hands, and several large sales
nave already been consummated. The
argest of these was Holly Hedge, the handsome
Bull eBtate, which was :
bought by Mr .Ernest L. Woodward ?
of Leioy, N. \ ,t for, it is said, the
price of $110,000.00. Immediately
following this purchase Mr. Woodward
also became the owner of the at- K
tractive place across the way, recent- ly
owned by Stephen Robinson. The
l','E <*",1.1, auid to have bee.. X
$31,000.00. By the purchase of-these ''
estates Mr. Woodward assures the
preservation of a benutiful and most
attractive residential section, and will
doubtless improve and add to their
beauty and thus improve the appear-,
ance oi the town. The Spring Hill ?
lantauon, below Camden, Iips b?en * ^
trarr hosed by - MT.CtnrkAVlftAim^f
New ^ ork City, Mr. M. L. Smith, Jr., r *L
making the sale. ' Many improve- T
ments will be made'n ml this interest- :
ing place will have a. fine?dwelling,
and shooting preserves. Millbank " bought
by Mr. Samuel Russell, Jr.,
a"d 'he Peake cottage purchased by 'M
; Ca,rPenter are also notable
of Camden's advancement. \i >
Already many rentals huve been ^
made for next season and the out- ?look
is that Camden will have an oven <
larger cottage colony another winter.
The Torii Shop, the Woman's Exchange,
Holly Tree, Mt. Pleasant, and ' i
the other tea rooms expect to close
around the middle of the month, The '
Torn will not cater after this week, a
but will be open for Easter gifts and
novelties and next season will have
new quarters in the Geisenheimer -4
house on Broad street.
The Crescent Lake Olub has been '
exceedingly popular with winter visitors
and will be an attractive place V
for gatherings throughout thd summer,
the lake and charming little club ^
house .being exceedingly alluring.
Several parties have been held at the
Crescent Lake this week, among them
TC'LnK t n ?drlnner wich Mr. and Mrs. Ji::
John L. Weeks a* hosts.
Mr. and Mrs. McKee Graham who
are pas-sing the late season at Hob- - ,
kirk Inn. entertained with a dinner this
evening at the Torii Shop for
Mrs. Charles M. Tainter, Mrs. George ^
Henderson, Mips Ella Coursen, Miss ^
Keller and Mr. Frank Coursen. * v/ .
i/ afternoon Mrs. Lawrencu
Kjrkland gave a bridge tea at her ^
cottage and on Saturday Mrs. Charles
Irving Thayer was hostess at a lunch- > ,>
con at the Torii Shop. jr S - -
Mr. Charles H. Kerner of^he King.
Haiglur Inn and Dr. JF. Dodge Peters - :
z return a
.CUrence Morgan who has been ,
at the Kirkwood for several days left? / *
Sunday for New York.
Mrs. K- B. Wilcox entertained 'utf
luncheon'^ the Kirkwood on Saturday .v
I i!r*' ?TMmn H* Harri? o? Camden.
Mrs. Wilcox returned North on Wednesday,
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Mr. aM Mrs. George W^ Robeson
of Rochester are spending two weeks
, with their son-in-law end daughter,
' th.
Kirkwood remaining there until this
close of the hotel on Ayrtt thirteeoth. ?X