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SOCIETY NEWS iMited by Mrs. Francaa M. B. fallen It?mi for this page Sridb. Telephone to No 1S8.V Jfter one o'clock in the. afternoon. Compliments Visitor On last Friday afternoon Mrs. Bob t Marye was hostess at a lovely bridge P?rtp honofluir M1m Blwche : * u of Mm#* Tbo llvin* room. ?nd dinlp* room whore the 'kuests assembled -ww lovely with a Lfusion of spring flowers from urs Marye's gardens. The top score orize was won by Miss Helen Savage !nd Miss Dolly Singleton cut the coasolution. A delidoua salad and iced course was served. Entertained Bridge Club ' The Monday Evening Bridge club wa8 entertained this week by Mrs. p 0. Houser at her home ou Pair street- Besides the club members Mrs. Houser'jJ guesU were My. and, Mrs! K. B. Pitts,' Dr. John W. Corbet! Mrs. A. C. R. Marye, Mrs. T. J. Kirkland and Mrs. Annie S. Davidson. At the conclusion of the game delightful refreshments were served. Miss Hall .Goes To Paw Creek Miss Stella Hall will leave this | *eek for Paw Creek, N. C. where she has accepted a position as industrial nurse. Miss Hall is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hall of Camden. She graduated at the Camden hospital in the class of 1926 and since then has been doing private nursing & the city. The friends of ft Miss Hall regret to jeani of her leaving but wish her every success in I'-is new field she has chosen. I Miss Kirkland Hostess I One of the pretty affairs gi^1?11 *as'k week was a tea at which Miss Lucy "Xirkland was hostess, honoring Miss Lucy McDonald and Miss Blanche Burnet, who. are visitors in the city. Sharing honors with Miss McDonald and Miss Burnet was Miss Mary Boykin who is spending her vacation 'here. "The home was arranged with a prolusion of lovely spring flowers. Frozen punch, sandwiches and cakes were served. Celebrates Birthday Mr. Bobby Marye celebrated his ninth birthday at Colonial Lake on Wednesday afternoon. ..After the youngsters had a j^Qod sWhfin, a <lsr I dightfal '.picnic shipper" enjoyed the "Beach" V i A I" Mrs. Tindal Hostess I frs. Hughey Tindal was hostess k week at the Thursday Evening B-Bridge Club. Besides the regular dab members the only pwier guest I wis Mrs. B. 0. Boykin. The top I score prize was won by Mrs. Tindal. I A delicious course dinner was served I on a beautifully appointed .table. To Go Abroad I Miss Dolly Singleton Will leave on I July 4th for New York where she I will join a party of school friends and I sail on the Aquitania on the 7th for I a trip abroad. Miss Singleton is a I very attractive daughter of Mrs. I C. P. DuBose, .of Camden. She I is a senior at Converse College, a I member of the Epsilon Delta Club and I of the Student Council, . she has I recently been n)edc^ of the. I senior class for the yaW. 1829. ! -^Dance at K^rkwood . I A delightful dance was given at the I Kirlcyood Club house' pn FViday evenI irig. The musid was furnished by the I Kid Coh-mau Orchestra which yras I splendid. A number -of chaperones I were in attendance. The dance was I from 9:30 until 2:00* - . I May bank-?Trotter I Mr. and Mra; John -Prarnpton MayI hank, of Charleston h^ve announced I marriage of their daughter, I Eleanor Johnson to Jefferson*Withers I Trotter, of Camden. .The wedding I look place on Saturday, June 29th, at I -he summer home of Mr. and Mrs. I Maybank, "Appledore," at Flat Rock, NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC I From this date on I am no longer connected with the sales or service I(,t- General Electric refrigerators in I tamden. ! W. O. HAY, | 15-I6sb i ~ ii *?** personal news notrs MU. Jumeit* JUU, u on , rj|it friend* in BennetteYill*. ?J?. b, a wmi?. I, vi,itillg relative* in ^f?w Jersey. Miss Olive Wbittredge left ThuriM day for her home in the north. Mr. end Mrs. B^M. Smith are spending a week at Myrtle Beach. Mr*. Robert Babin has returned from a visit to her son in Cincinnati. Mrs. A. S. Llewellyn returned Monody night from a visit to Richmond, Va. Johnnie Kickard has returned home rom Norfolk where he spent several days. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wooten left on ^Monday for Healing Springs, Mr. John Hlnes of Seneca spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burn*. -1 William Searcy and C. J. Shannon the 4th, left for Griffin, Gt. on Saturday. / Mr*'. H. K. Hallett and4 children will spend the summer at Myrtle Beach, Miss Kit DeLoache returned Thursday from a visit to friends in Anderson. Miss Blanche Byjrnett and Mrs. Helen Savage left 6n Saturday for Macon, Ga. Miss Carolyn Burnett is visiting Br. and Mrs. Edwin Kerrison in Charleston. Miss Adelle Savage left Saturday for a visit to Mrs. Manning Simons in Charleston, i -Miss Sarah Lynn Richey was the guest of relatives in Kershaw over the week end. Brainerd Wilson of Washington, D. C., is the guest of his auht, Mrs. A. A. Sanders. Mr. Buck Smith and IVtr. G. T. Little, Jr., are week-end visitors at Myrtle Beach. . Mrs. Carrie M. Davis had as her guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Rozier of Cassatt. Miss Lola Jennings of Jacksonville is the house guest of Miss Dolly Singleton on Fair street. Misses Willie Alexander and Jennie Whitaker left Wednesday for Washington to spend a week. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Bright Anderson, of Richmond, Va., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A,. ?. Llewellyn ? ? Margaret sioa'n of Wimisbore, N. C., is the guest of Miss Mary Goodale for the week-end. Mrs. W. F. McFadden and daughter, Caroline, have gone to Prosperity to visit the former's parents.-ftA* CA. Mrs. Cato Glover, Mrs. "/"Arthur Metts and Mrs. Ralph Shanrt<#'4|Sht the week end at Southern Pin^s. .. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert DePass' ^Trjf. W. L. DePass and Miss Sarah DePass left on Wednesday for Myrtle Bdacft. Mrs. Stanley Watkins and little daughter, of Savannah, are oW aTfcteit to the formers father, Mr. R. *?. DeLoache. a? Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savage spent the week=fe@4 in Charleston with Mj"$Manning Simons, the sister of Mrs. Savage. Mr. Bfelton Boykin "and his' two daughters, Misses Mary and Katherine, spent the wfeek-end with relatives in Charleston.; ? r r iW* A- A Metts, of Fort Sill, Oklahoma is spending the month of July in Camden- with his family on Lyttieton Street. Mrs.t Ralph Hkll ^nd little son, of High Point, N. C., are on a visit to .the. former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Myers. MiM Lucy Kirkland left on Monday Jwt for Blowing Rock, N. C., where ate'has ; been |choien councilor of the girls' iamp there.: Alexander ' Savage, and Miss Margaret Livingston, of Columbia, will spend the 4th with Mr. and Mrs, Henry Savage at Lake View, j Mr. and Mrs. George Brunson and son, George Brunson, Jr., of Chicago are visiting at the home of Mrs. Wil liam Shannon on Fair street. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whitaker, Jr. left last week for a visit to Mrs ' Whitaker's parents, Mr. and Mrs , Murt Coogan, of Philipsburg, N. J. i The Book club had its meeting this i week with Mrs. W. R. DeLoache ot Fair street. After all business wa! completed a delightful luncheon wa; I'Jfifft.'.." ? Mrs. E. B. Mobley, who has beei on a motor trip to Washington an< other Northern cities with her son Taylor Mobley of Lancaster, returne< home Monday. Mrs. William Shannon and he daughters, Mrs. Nettles Lindsay anMrs. George Brunson, have rented cottage at Myrtle Beach. They lef on Wednesday. Miss Frances Biaeell, a senior nurs of St. Luke's - Hospital, Richmond will arrive on Saturday for a thre weeks' ?tay with her mother, Mrs ,W. L. Wooten. I 7 ??-I"? Mrg, W. S. Burnett is horn* agrfiu after s delightful week spent with relatives in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs; Howard Thrower and Howard Thrower, Jr., left yesterday for a viait to Mr. Thrower's pother in Richmond: Messrs. J. W. Boyd and J. C. Nich olson will leave Saturday for a trip through the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Miss Thelma Flowers has returned from a visit to relatives in Hickory, N. C. She was accompanied home by Miss Pamela Carnee, of Hickory, who spent last week here. Mrs. Thomas Bedenbaugh, of Union, accompanied by her sister, Miss Benton, and Miss Richards, visited Mrs. K. L. Bell Tuesday. Miss Agnes DePass and Miss Polly DePass left on Monday for N/bw York to join Miss Ernestine Bateman. They will have Mrs. 6. K. VVinkler'.i upartment on Park avenue for a few Weeks. The many friends of Messrs. A. SjJ. Llewellyn, J. G. Richards, Jr., and H. Bissell Kennedy will be pleased to know that they are rapidly recovering from appendicitis operations at the Camden hospital. Miss Mary Goodale who is attending summer school at Rock Hill, was the week end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Goodale. She was accompanied home by her friend, Miss Margaret Sloan, of Winnsboro. Messrs. Edgai\ Herbert and Ernest Blackwell and Mrs. A. F. Kelly, and two small sons, Auttie, Jr., and Billy, of Rock Hil, S. C., were visitora in Camden last Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Kelly was formerly Miss Maude Blackwell of this city and has many friends here. Friends of Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr., will be delighted to know that he has greatly improved from a recent illness and is back at his office in the Bank of Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Carrison will leave this week for Myrtle Beach to spend some time in their cottage at that place. Met With Mrs. Houser. The Wednesday Morning bridge club had its meeting this week with Mrs. D. O. Houser on Fair street. At tl^p conclusion of the game a delicious luncheon was served. P ?... ? L^_! . l'|, II a gggSBSgi U_.ai.l- .. Farewell Dinner Party On Friday evening lust, Mr. una Mrs. Benjamin Hall entertained at a farewell dinner party honoring their daughter. Miss Stella Hall, who is leaving shortly for North Carolina. A delightful course dinner was served on a beautifully. appointed table. Spring Mowers gave color and charm to the rooms. Mlsa Savage, Hostess. Miss Helen Savage was hostess on Friday evening ut a delightful buffet >upper in her home at Lake View, honoring Miss Blanche Burnett of Macon, (ia. Charming arrangements of pastel Mowers were used in profusion throughout the lower floor, where th? guests assembled. Immediately after supper the young people attended ii dance given at the Kirkwood club house. To Dance at l'recipice. A script dance will be given at the Precipice Tea Room on next Tuesday evening, July 9th, from nine until twelve thirty o'clock. Music will be furnished by Coleman's orchestra. The following l&dies nave been asked to act as chaperones: Mrs. E. M. Boykin, Mrs. C. C. Brown, Mrs. K. G. Whistler and Mrs. A. D. Kennedy. During the evening light refreshments will be served. Library To Close. The public library will be closed from July 15th to August 1st, at which time the Librarian will take I her vacation. a The navy department on Saturday let contracts for the two 10,000 ton cruisers under the new building program. A contract was also let for an airplane carrier. These cruisers are to be 000 feet long, and are to carry eight-inch guns and have 100,000 horsepower. Scientists say that flies carry germs of typhoid fever, infantile paralysis, summer disorders and over thirty other diseases. Flies should be killed. FLY-TOX is harmless to people but sure death to mosquitoes, roaches, moths and bedbugs as well as flies. FLY-TOX was developed at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research by Rex Research Fellowship. Insist on FLY-TOX with its perfumelike fragrance.?Adv. Wilson Rice Married Sunday afternoon at the Baptist parsonage at Woodville, Rev. JCelley officiating, occurred the marriage of Miss Vera Huff, of Woodville, and Mr. Wilson Rice, of this city, the ceremony being witnessed by a few friends of the couple. The bride is an attractive and popular young lady, tfiie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Huff, highly respected people of Greene county. The groom is a native of Madison, the second son of the late E. A. Rice, founder and publisher for many years of the Madison Advertiser? and of Mrs. Rice, of this city. He has worked for several years in the print- ' ing offices of Madison, Covington and Camden, C., and is now a partner in the painting business with k's , brother, Mr. Rufus Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are making their home with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rice on Plum street.?Madison (Gu.) Madisouian. Mr. Rice made his home in Camden for twelve years or more where he was employed by The Chronicle. He made muny friends in Camden and throughout the county who will be interested to know of his marriage. Five persons were killed and two seriously injured when a new passenger airplane fell into Lake Constance, near Lindau, Germany, on Saturday. The plane was only a few feet above the lake when there was a sharp explosion and the machine sank into the lake. Marriage of Popular Young Couple Mr. Leroy Duncan Thornton of Iilaney and MUs Mary Ruth Brown of Cayce, were married at the horpe of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell on Sunday, June 30. Your Shoes S* Uncomfortable feet make in hours long, distancd^Jongv and patience short. Let's help the feet by rebuild- j ... Ing the shoes. * The RED BOOT Shop o Next Door to Kxprens ^fflce 619 Rutledge St. CAMDEN, S. C. ABRAM M. JONES Proprietor a After a sizzliny ret of ! tennis in a sultry summer sun-Iced 9 Myrtle Green Tea Room Follow The Green Arrows Myrtle Buelit StG Catering To Bridge Luncheons, Dinner Parties, Mid-Night Supper* Regular MeeTs . Rates By The Week Miss MargWel"BarheT Hostesses Mrs. J. M. Detnpetet, Mrs. G. E. Taylor. ? * m 119 |ifi a rrrr V TTb# # ^Jjgg^Jj^Jrrrr " Jl9'm.lM I I W'i^^ Industry I'roiptr? -So The CottonMill Dollar The following statement for the month of March, 1929, from one of South Carolina's most substantial wide-print cloth cotton mills, shows the percentage of expense distributed to various accounts. More than half of the wide print cloths made in America are produced in South Carolina. A mill of this type illustrates the present status of mill operators and operatives, as regards their shares in each dollar of gross sales. . T The amount paid to the operatives absorbs nearly the entire gross profit after deducting the other necessary expenses of interest, power, depreciation, cotton, supplies, etc. This statement is taken from the books of a mill which is without plant debt. The iYiill equipment is modern and upto-date, with upwards of. f0,000 spindles and 1,500 looms. Operatives "" ;T ^54,416.08 21.148% . Management 3,860.00 1.6 Supplies _ 14*290.85 5.564 :"J Sales Cost 6,145.39 2.0 ? Cotton ' 149;782.40 68.195 Taxes 4,050.00 1.574 __ Interest 2,000.00 .777 f Plant Maintenance 8,986.18 3.4927t* T~ Power 11,257.69 4.375 ^ Miscellaneous: Telephone, telegrams, insurance, office supk plies, auto truck, etc. .1,147.41 .446 r Profits 2,413.03 .939 $257,299.53 - 100% Of The Cotton Mill Dollar, the farmer receives about 68 cents, the operative receives about 21 cents, the stockholder receives less than 1 cent. 56* 6' 4# 3H 3* H* V? T J