The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 15, 1927, Image 1
I The Camden Chronicle
|y0LUMfc XXXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927. NUMBER 3
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LfjTTKK I' Iff >1*1 MIC, bANDKKo
* Th<*r? Was No Divihion Among
Directors of CliamlMT
fhe chronicle is in receipt of tin""H^jowmg
letter from Mr. H. G. .Sani
K(f>> sl cretary of the Camden Cham
K 0f Commerce, and we are print-1
Kg it below. Mr. Sanders claims The
B:hr?>ni< le was in error as to the direcHors
being divided as to making a
Khitngc secretary. We would not
Knte at tonally 4? a"y?ne UM injustice
Ha our news columns or in any other
Hv\a> if we knew it. The Chronicle
had no representative at the meeting
reported last week and we got our
information from one who was pres er.'..
who told us thut thefe was 1
Idivideil sentiment. The resolution in
favor of Mr. Sanders came after the
Bmatter had been under discussion.
The Utter from Mr. Sanders is as
"The last issue of The Camden
Chroiiiile in an article under the headling.
'Mr. Carrison resigns as head of
| Chamber.' contains these words:
-at a call meeting of the Cham
her <"f cmmerce held Wednesday afI
ternooii. the advisability of securing
| another secretary for this organizaI
lion was discussed. The directors
I were divided in the matter."
"This statement is an error, as the
H secretary holds- in his hand the enI
dorse ment of the directors of r- the
H chamber of commerce handed him afI
ter the meeting which reads as folM
lows:
W " 'At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Camden and Kershaw
I County Chamber of Commerce on
I Wednesday afternoon, April 6, ]'J27,
| a motion of Mr. M. H. Heymari, seconded
by Mr. James H. Burns was as
follows: That Mr. Sanders be endorsed
as secretary of the Camden
and Kershayv County Chamber of
Commerce and that his services as
-uc'n be 'retained. On being put to
question, the above motion was passed
unanimously.
"Subsequent. to this meeting at
which the secretary was endorsed,
Mr. Carrison sent in his resignation
as per letter in The Chronicle, charging
in effect that the Chamber of
Commerce was functioning only as a
tourist bureau and real estate exchange.
"The policy of the present secretary
has ever been, and his efforts
ever bent towards working for the
good of town and county, seeking the
co-operation, of merchants and profc--ional
men, as well as every man
and woman in Camden, and not only
I to draw new industries to our town*
| but to support those here. Our
I slogan has boon 'Trade at home and
| build up our town.'
| "ti'iorts and hard work have be6n
I directed towards securing new indus
trie- and a hotel, some of which have
I not materialized largely because of
non-response of some who criticize instead
of giving a helping hand.
"As to the chamber of commerce
being a real estate exchange, the real
estate business has no connection
whatever with secretarial duties, and
the directors long since accepted this
secretary's services with the full
knowledge that he was in the real
estate business.
"As the secretary sees it, 'the tourist
bureau' is an important factor in
the chamber of commerce work. He
makes every effort to bring and keep
visitors here through hundreds of letters;
advertising our beautiful little
city in every way possible with the
means at hand; welcoming strangers
and trying to give them every service
within his power, believing it to
be helpful to merchants, professional
men, hotels and citizens generally to
hold them here.
"The secretary wishes to thank all
who have so splendidly given their
support to the chamber of commerce,
and while he has not sought the position,
for this reason more deeply appreciates
the vote of unanimous confidence
given by the board of directors
and his re-election."
\
At a meeting of the chamber of
commerce held Friday afternoon and
called especially to consider the resignation
of President H. G. Carrison,
-Jr., as reported in the last issue of
The Chronicle, it was decided by the
board of directors to refuse to accept
the resignation of their leader. The
mecting which was made to conform
Rtrictly to parliamentary procedure
was under the chairmanship of Mr
H. Heyman who appointed a com
j^t-tee to inform Mr. Carrison of the
band's action apd* also to ipform the
president of a motion, paased by. s
Lunanimous rising vote, which carriec
entiment of appreciation of hii
Nh(.K(>KS ADMJi K1DN API'INL
V ittioiiH of (ireaf Kirhe* ( ?Uh,s |to>?
lo Steal Frazier IJaby.
Chattanooga, Term., April 8.
( h urge a against Mrs. Annie Tomiuaon
and Frank Haskett, fornu-i policeman
out on bonds of $.1,000 each, in
connection with the kidnaping March
of Virginia Jo Frazier, two-yearold
daughter of City Commissioner
and Mrs. Fred H. Frazier, will be
dropped, W. H. Hackett, chief of detectives
announced today following
the arrest of two negro boys. The
boys have mude complete confoMon
<?f the kidnaping of the baby. HackeH
said.
Lewis Willis, 18. and Arthur Willis,
14, negro brother- in their -tatements
to officers did not implicate Haskett
or Mrs. Tomnsori, chief Hackett said.
"There is only one thing for us to
do and that is drop charges again?t
HaskeU and the woman. Mr Ha-ke''
said.
The negioes said Vuginia Jo was
kept in an attic m the Willis shanty.
Officers found three can< full of
ether, and one half full in their home.
Virginia Jo was under the influence
of an anaesthetic when -he was left
on the porch of a minister here tnr?vdays
after she disappeared from the
Frazier home, physicians said. Lewis
Willis formerly worked as a yard boy
at the Frazier home, and Arthur Willis
had been employed by a Chattanooga
hospital, Hackett said.
Arrest of the negro boys followed
days and nights of relentless pursuit
by officers .of the kidnapers of the
Frazier baby. She was returned i >
her- parents only after Mr. Frazier
had handed $3,333 in marked bills to
a negro boy at a street corner named
in a letter from the kidnapers to the
Fraziers. Of the ransom money,
$3,100 in Hi 1 Lis, the numbers of which
had been noted by police, was found in
the negro hoys' homp.
"A negro boy's dreams of hign
living, with plenty money to spend
on clothes with trips to the big cities,
led them, to conceive the plot," Hackett
said they told him. Lewis Willis
had recently returned from New York
; where newspaper and motion picture
accounts of kidnaping cases led him
to think it was easy money," Hackett
said.
Lewis Willis was out under bond
on charges of burglary of a pawn
shop, when he was arrested, Hackett
said.
Chief Hackett said that the early
theory of the police that the kidnapping
of the little girl was an "inside
job" was confirmed by the fact that
Lewis Willis formerly worked for the
Fraziers.
In the dark dirty attic of the Willis
Shanty where Virginia Jo was kept
during the three days of her absence,
which attracted nation-wide attention,
neighbors found part of the ransom
money and the ether.
When a negro boy presented $20
bill for change at a drug store near
the place where Commissioner Frazier
handed a negro boy $3,333 in the
hope that his baby would be returned
to him clerks in the store noted the
number of the bill was one of the
"ransom money" numbers with which
detectives had supplied them.
Lewis< Willis has been identified by
the clerks as the negro who presented
the bill, Chief Hackett said.
Detectives and county officers have
been searching for the negro several
days, since the presentation of the
bill. Lewis Willis, only a few days
ago returned from Cincinnati, where
he enjoyed "the pleasures of a rich
man's son" with a portion of the ransom
money, Hackett said the boy told
him.
Lewis, the older boy, shouldered
the blame for the kidnapping, although
Arthur admitted he played
nursemaid to little Virginia Jo.
Chicken Picks Up Diamond
Greenville, April 7.?A chicken,
scratching in the dirt on the farm of
R. L. Smith, near this city, deposited
in its craw a diamond valued at several
hundred dollars, which was lost
by Mra. Smith about three years ago.
News of the find was reported here
today.
The precious stone was found in
the chicken's gizzard by a young
woman who was preparing the fowl
' for cooking. Jdrs. Smith said thif
was the third rime the diamond had
been lost and each time was returned
in some unusual way.
past efforts and a full measure ol
- confidence in his integrity and ability
' to serve in the future. It is under
i stood that Mr. Carrison will continu<
I as head of the commercial organixa
? tion.
Editor of Colurnl
Heads New
Liberal Journaliat and - Jeff ersonian
Democrat Addresses
Unique Club of Camden at
Banquet Commemorating
Birth of Great Statesman
J. F. Md).
R. Charlton Wright. editor and
,>f 1 /JJL. Columbia Record,
wu.s the di.-t inguishcd gU?-M of honor .
i ikI the join, ;pal >|uakt i at u banquet
given in thi> r11 \ ,,n Phoinas Jefferbii'r.iia>
b> vtm- Society For
I'reventloi. of ( ,Ue!t.\ ;u (Julfers, a
cub rec -|y founded here and whose
membership is composed nf n number
uf .Sunday golfers who were recently
:>rusted upon criminal charges and
later acquitted b\ a Camden jury.
The party which was staged at the
Retty Thomas Coffee Shop Wednesday
evening was also hi nored by the
presence of the golfers' defense counsel.
Attorneys H. I). Dlakeney, L. A.
Kirkland, Henry Savage, J>., u. }}
Clarke. .Jr.. all of the local bar; the
tiial magistrate. Judge W. L. Del'ass,
Ji., and H. I>. N'ilcs, editor of The
Chronicle.
An interesting program followed i
menu which included the serving of
fruitless cocktails, stuffed veal birds
ala country club and parboiled golfbalis
teed on cheese. The entertainment
feature of the evening was opened
by Ralph N\ Shannon, as chief
whippcrsnapping golfer, who briefly
explained that the purpose of the
meeting was to consider a permanent
oignniza'ion of the society whose
principal object is the pursuit of life,
liberty and unrestricted ^olf-playing
as guaranteed under the tenets of
Jeffersonian democracy. The society,
stated Mr. Shannon, is to meet annually
upon the anniversary of Jef-<
ferson's birthday and is to remain a
| body corporate until one of its Charter
.members shall be .found guilty and
J sentenced to a term of servitude upon
the chain gang or in the penitentiary
lor violation of the Sunday blue laws.
Nominations for high chief vvhippei
snapper and president of the new
society resulted in the unanimous se- j
lection of R. Charlton Wright for thoj
joint position when put* to a ^ballot I
by .Judge h. 1). Blakeney who acted
as master of ceremonies. Every
other member and guest of honor was
named an honorary vice-president rind
empowered to call a special meeting
at any time it shall appear that their
inalienable rights are becoming
jeopardized.
Other guests of honor who addressed
the society were W. L. DePass, Jr.,
who was presented as our next governor;
L. A. Kirkland, champion jury
selector; Henry Savage, Jr., instigator
of the Camden golf case and B. B.
Clarke, Jr., the evCr-ready toreador
of the blues. Charter members of
the society present were: James DeLoache,
Jr., Mendel L. Smith, Jr.,
Charles R. Villepigue, Hughey Tindal,
J. F. McDowell, John Whitaker, Jr.,
Ralph N. Shannon, Fred Harlowe anJ
W. T. Redfearn.
R. Charlton Wright^ whose outstanding
position as a liberal exponent
of Jeffersonian democracy and
whose widely quoted expressions regarding
Sunday observance have virtually
been an echo of Camden sentiment
made it peculiarly well fitting
that the principal address of the
evening should be delivered by this
man to whom the society would do
all honor and grant more and lasting
power.* His address which was
resplendent with facts in relation to
the founding of a government of the
people and for which our forefathers
fought and died was all the more impressive
by reason of the speaker's
earnestness and his frequent recourse
to tho keenly delightful wit which
seemed to flow as regularly and as
readily as from his editorial pen. Mf
Wright opened his remarks with
! tribute to the spirit which haW
prompted the day's celebration ir
i Camden and after formally addressf
ing 'the toastmaster, the gentlemen
I and his fellow whippersnappers h<
i continued:
I Text of Mr. Wright's Address
I Your emissary, whom you sent L
Columbia last Sunday to ask me t<
. be with you tonight, saw fit to sen<
f in a story to my paper in which h<
f said that I was to be the "guest cr
- honor" and "the principal speaker'
s at this dinner. I edited his copy am
- blue-pencilled the wordt deseribmj
me as "the principal speaker." I ma;
>ia Record
r Camden Order
>*y more than anybod> else *uys here
this evening, *?,! you mM> ,egret that
you tempted me, but 1 eould never1
envisage myself as a "principal |
?|>ettker." In this .espeet, ,f llo I
other, I very much resemble Thomas'
Jefferson who, though a fluent
writer, had the reputation, whieh en-'
dure* to this day, of being a vei >
poor speaker. Though one of the1
olest and most learned lawyers a:
^e Virginia bar, even in Ins' young!
nihilhood, he was so poor an advocate,'
and so lit tle litigious in an age I
notable for orator> and Iitigmusness!
among practitioners of the law. that;
he early deserted the bar for tin-1
more agreeable field of statesman-!
*hip. In his day. of course, by whan 1
I mean in the days when he'led the'
forees of demoeraey against the!
fol-i-es of federalism under John;
Adams and Alexander Hamilton, hC
was not acclaimed us a statesman1
but denounced as a politician, and a!
v, r> demagogic one at that, hut '
"ne, in its passage, proved him to'
a Mutes man of a rare and high'
, order, whose contributions to the |
"ause of liberty the world overtfhave
mot b"en equalled by any other indi-i
vidual. It is this peculiar distinction!
of his, the passion for liberty, that'
sometimes led him into inconsistencies.
dreams and apparent radicalism,
that makes me appreciate all the more
that 1 have been given the opportunity
to speak to >ou on this anniversary
of his birth, however lacking'
I may prove myself in oratory. I
Because I do not think you would'
have asked me here if you had not
feh that, in some measure at least, i
1 value the heritage of freedom that
the first great democrat of all the
ages left to. you and me and all the
world where man struggles against
the shackles of intolerance. 1 felt
that your invitation brought with it
the implication that you perceived
that The Columbia Record was trying.
however inadequately, to hold
aloft the torch that Thomas Jefferson
kindled for us when he penned
the Declaration of Independence and
which he held aloft, in the face of
i bitter aspersions and in spite of the
j slanders of his enemies, throughout
all the years of his public and private
life.
I am aware that the proximate
cause I think that's the legal phrase
that moved you to ask me to speak
to you is the circumstance that, for
, some time, I have been openly and as
: vigorously as I could opposing Governor
Richards in his efforts to revive
and enforce certain ancient statutes,
[or such vestiges of them as have survived
the attacks of liberal men during
the past 137 years, and which
are described as "blue laws." These
laws have slumbered on our statute
books for many years. Since I left
my native state of Georgia and returned
to South Carolina, the home
of my ancestors, nearly tW?Jity-five
years ago, no governor ever thought
of dragging these effete and moribund
statutes out of the musty tomfc
| of the past. I am not familiar with
what happened before that time, but
we have the published statement of
at least one eminent circuit judge that
the sort of Sunday observance we had
before Governor Richards instituted
the Sabbath in our midst was the sorl
of observance the people of the stati
at large had had for over forty years
. barring of course, local ordinances.
My position, and the position tha
The Columbia Record has assumed
with regard to Governor Richards
activities, is well known. I woult
like to have it understood that I hav<
no wish to disparage Governor Rich
ards and I entertain every proper re
1 spect for the office he holds, but i
has never been my disposition oi
1 habit to venerate any man, or t<
1 submit to him for the mere reasoi
that he happened to have been chosei
1 by the electorate to fill a certaii
1 office. I have always reserved th
? privilege of criticizing, even thougl
severely at times, any man in publi
? office. At times I fancy I have bee
i wrong, but I have always tried to b
honest.
So that I mean no disparngemen
> of Governor Richards when I com
> pare his methods in respect of his sc
1 called Sabbath observance campaig
5 to the quite arbitrary methods c
f Procrustes to reduce all men to, or
standard of being. You will reca
1 that Procrustes, according to tfc
? Greek legend, was a robber who ii
^ i* ?Continued on Last Paj
SKI.I S I \ |{(i K I l< I<, 11 > \ I UK
Plant ln>lallt'd l o I ak?* ( arc ul In
crcaMHK Floral Hu?iut'H*
Mr N . K ( <iikI^h , |n? ji| i ,. ,i
t he F rtg idai rc roMipany, has ivvrnli",
sold oiii' of tin laigi**t plant* Inn
that has been p mcil nil) where in ihv
tatc. It bus hccii metalled at tingi'otMihiUM'
of tin* ('aniiicn Floral
io|npan> at their place mi West
Lauren* *trcei In fact he has placed
two plants in this gteetillouse. The
larger one has dimensions of H by ?'10
feet and has a storage capacity to
nnet thv ia i'ds of this growing in
?i u s 11 \ I..i a long while, ('old air is
generated hy two motors passing
through six coils and is so arranged
hat it s operated automatically, giving
an ('Nell temperature at almost
any degioe desired at all time*.
The smaller plant is operated hy I
two motors through two roils and r*
Used I'oi ki t pillg a vaiieti of cut
flow a* i s fresh at all times. The large
plant hav for the past week hecii
fi led to capacity with Master lilies.
Mr. doodah has placed numerous
smaller plan's in private homes in
Camden and ha- fitted (lie meat
market of Mr. (\ A. Davis with a
huge refrigerating plant.
The Camden Floral company has
presented a busy season for the past
couple of weeks?r utting, packing and
shipping Master lilies. From the one
greenhouse on Mast Laurens street,
it has grown to sueh proportions that
it has been necessary for the com!
puny to buy additional land and they
now own five acres at the western
tend of Laurens street, upon which
I they have erected and have under
| course of construction fourteen glass
I greenhouses, with much of the land
in outdoor cultivation. They have recently
grown and shipped away from
( amden fifty thousand Master lilies.
They also specialize in growing carnations,
snapdragon;', sweet peas and
potted plants of various kinds.
To give some idea of the magnitude
| of the business twelve packers have
been engaged for the past several
weeks, and all told they have twenty
. persons on their payroll. These
flowers are not only sold locally and
thn ughout South Carolina for decorations
and funeral occasions, but
their tiade by express and parcel post
extends as far north as Washington,
D. ('., and covers the Southern states
as far south as Miami, Florida.
Mr. William L. (ioodale is president
| of the company and has charge of
! the sales department. He is ably
1 assisted by his brother, Mr. N. R.
' Goodale, Jr., who has charge of the
i growing and shipping, and it takes no
! little patience and study to plant
j these bulbs and have them timed to
j come up ami bloom at the right time.
It is an interesting industry and well
I worth a visit to these greenhouses.
j Camden (Maya Bishopville Here Today
Last Friday afternoon the Camden
; Bulldogs played Wedgefield in a good
game of baseball. Camden, however,
had their rivals beat from the start
making four points to Wedgefield's
none tn the first inning. Radcliffe
knocked two home runs, a threc
bagger, and a single out of five times
> at the hat. Burns, Sheorn, Nettles
i and Sowell also batted well.
Tiiday Camden plays Bishopville
here. This promises to be a good
, game of ball and it is hoped that all
I will turn out and Support the local
I team.
t
i Catholic Church Services ?
, Maunday Thursday at 8 p.m. the
Adoration Hour of the Repository anc
t reading of the Scriptnral account ol
, the Last Supper will be observed at
Saint Mary's Catholic church, locatei
1 at the corner of Lyttleton and Pin<
s streets. Other services at this churcl
- will be observed as follows: Gooc
- Friday, 7 a.m., Mass of the Pre
t sanctified and Stripping of the Altar
r 8 p.m., Tenebrae services. Holy Sat
o urday, 7 a.m., Blessing of the Nev
n Fire, Blessing of the Parochal Candle
n reading of the Prophesies, Litany o
n the 'Saint,""the Mass of Easter Eve
e 4 and 8 p.m., Sacrament of Penance
h Easter Day, 10 a.m., Celebration o
c the Holy Eucharist.
n Until further announcement ther
e will be but one Sunday morning serv
ice and that will be at 10 a.m. Nigh
t services, night prayer, instruction an
i- benediction will continue at 8 p.n
?- Non-Catholics are always welcome i
r. the services in this church,
if
|C Invited to Easter Services
U Tho public is invited to the East<
^ services at Bethel A. M. E. Chtrrc
located on South Broad Street.
Rev. P. H. Ruff, Pastor
f?! F. E. Moses, Superintends
? p
UK I III \ |<; Nh'WS NOILS
H.ippi niiixs of Inirr< h| I old |{v
<>ui IC^ ul.tr ( orrt'spondfui
/
|{( ' ? u ? A |? il 1L'. M i \\ i||,ain
riiompx,,, {\u.
(lu.I at hi.<* home Moiulay morning
itfu-i a long illr^Ntt. Mr. Thomp
son \Wi* about seventy years old. ||(. ,
is. MJi vi \? <! by his wife, t \s i> daughters,
Mi.v < (, N ii holcou ,,f Society
Hill ami Mrs. L. L. Fields ?f Hethuue,
unit tvs.. sons, II. S Thompson ami
Tillman Thompson both of Hethuue.
l'Uiierai services wore hchl at Sands
Grove chunh at If <>Ylo,k Tuesday
a 1 tornouii, fomiucted hy the Rev. \S
V. Jennau with the hunal services
under directions of the Masons.
I he Rev. N\ M. Lovern, a Methodist
evangelist from Savannah, (la.,
will begin a revival meeting <>f two
weeks duration at thil Hethuue Methodist
church next Monday evening.
In prepa rat ion for this meeting the
women are holding cottage p.aye.
meetings dining t h i ^ sv? ek
founts ( uDinibM. ner D. M. Kirklev
ami some of the Darlington county
men held a meeting t.hi.s wet k to make *
plans to rebuilt! the Tiller's Ferry
bridge which was burned a few
months ag ?.
J he poultry car which svas at He.
thune 011 last Saturday carried 2,1U()
pounds of poultry to Northern markets.
About two months ago ft,600
pounds of poultry wax sold to this
company at good prices. These sales
put a nice little sum of money into
circulation in the surrounding community
at a time when it is s'erv much
needed.
i The School Improvement association
held an open meeting on lust
r rlday evening at the school auditoj
lum. I ho fatluTR woro especially
invited to he present on this occasion.
A most enjoyable program was
given as follows; Song, America;
stunts by the eleventh and ninth
grades; piano duet by Misses Dorothy
Parrott ami Knthryn Truesdell;
stunts by tenth and eighth grades:
music by Misses Truesdell and Parrott;
reading from James Whitcomh
Riley by Miss Ruth Watts; a group of
violin solos by Mr. Eugene Allen of
Jacksonville, Fla., n student at the
Hoston Conservatory of Music ad<lre??
by th,. H,.v. ilillhouse. pastor
Of the Presbyterian church. The
prize for giving the best original
stunt was awarded to the eleventh
grade and the- sixt.li and eleventh _
grades tied for the prize given the
grade with the largest number of
parents present.
A delightful affair for the little
folk was the party given by Mrs.
*. I. Hueks on Tuesday afternoon
celebrating the fifth birthday anniversary
of her little son, Francis.
I he, decorations were Easter rabbits
and the color scheme was white and
yellow. The children were entertained
with a most enjoyable Easter egg
hunt. Ice cream ami white and gold
cake wore served. - A score or more
?\ , 5* folk wt?r?' present to honor
little r rands with their gifts and
enjoy Mrs. Hucks' hospitality.
Mr. Arthur Graham of Rockford,
N. C., was a recent visitor to relatives
in town. Mr. Graham is superintendent
of the school ut Iiockford.
A large number of people froni
Bethune visited Magnolia Gardens
last Sunday among them being Misses
Mildred Hillings, Helen Snellgrove,
Darne Yarbrough, Heulah Pennington,
Lizzie Mae Riley and OUie Farr '
and Messrs. Mortimer Gardner, Conway
Gardner, Percy Mays and Dargan
Clyburn.
Mrs. A. K. McLaurin and Alvin
Clyburn spent the week-end in
Charleston, carrying with them to
view the beautiful gardens MTsses
Mary Ixiuise McLaurin, Lizzie Davis
and Malloy Hearon of Chicora college.
. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Davis who were
recently married'in Dothan, Ala
arrived in Bethune last Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have been
spending their honeymoon in Florida.
, VT V,av'n Severance, Lee Morgan and
I Truesdc11 8Pcnt the week-end in
Clinton, where they went as delegates
( to a meeting of the Christian Ent
deavor organization.
1 .t_^ro^* and Mrs. J. C. Foster had as
, their guest last week-end Mr. R. M.
' Foster, superintendent of the Cross
1 Anchor schools.
1 Messrs. Charley Madden and
. Dester King spent Sunday in Colum.
bia.
[ Mesdames Hillhouse, D. T. Yar-~
brough and M. G. King have gone to
Columbia as delegates to the Presi,
byterial which is in session this week,
f Mr. Eugene Flowers, superintend.
ent of the Cross school was a recent
visitor in Bethune. J. .
' Norwood Thomas of Columbia has
1 been spending several days with his
mother.
e Bethune chapter of the order
?_ the Eastern Star held its regular
. monthly meeting last Wednesday
evening. Mrs. J. C. Foster was rea
ceived into the organization. After
i. the business session a tempting salad
course with iced tea was served by
Mesdames C. L. Mays and D. G. Mays.
Mrs. Frank Beftrd and children of
Daytona, Fla., have been visiting rel- ^
ative.s here. Mrs. Beard is enroute
Lr t0M^^a^!ott , N* C't/**&?? Mr- Beard
n, will be located In tne fuUrfb:
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