Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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L,i soiu-i - Met Monday I tables of quests wore invited; E with the members of the San! Eciub Monday afternoon^ when. Lore entertained by Mrs. Hufilson. Amid a setting1 of vari-j I flowers the tables were arI for contract in the living apdj I rooms. Mrs. Mortinjpr Muller, I high for the guests and) Mrs.! L Tlndal for the club members.' [each received an appropriate; I Mrs. Joo Thomas won the low, [prize and the consolation was i Mrs. M. M. Keaaonover. A I course followed the contract Engagement Announced Of wide-spread interest is the engagement of Miss Mary Cunningham Oureton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. C'ureton, tb Willis IhsLoache Sheorn, which was formally announced at a delightful pprty given Friday evening, by the bride-elect's* sister, Mrs Kirby Tupper and Mr. Tup[ per.-'? Miss Cureton, a charming member of Camden's young social set, is a graduate of Winthrup College and taught in the Fountain Inn school during the pas,tx school term. Mr. Sheorn, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Sheorn, is associated with his father In business. Mr. and Mrs* ^ Tupper's home at Mulberry plantation was attractively decorated for the party in crabapple blossoms and purple iris. Punch and sandwiches were served during the evening. Mrs. Zemp Entertains Club Mrs. Robert iStephr.nson, of Atlanta, Miss Julia .Seabrook, Miss Leonora Knight, Miss* Margaret Blanding, Mrs*. J. L. Willifordi and Mrs. J. H. Osborne were special guests o'f the Friday afternoon club when they met with Mrs. C. II. Zemp this week. The hostess served French apple pie with whipped cream, cheese and coffee. High score prizes were won by Miss Leonora Knight for the guests and by Mrs., Caroll DesChamps for the club members. Mrs. A. D, McArn last 'held the floating prize. Mrs. Barrett Was Hostess A lovely bridge party of Wednesday afternoon was that given by Mrs. Chap Barrett, when ^he en/tertained the members of her contract club and an extra table of guests. Invited ta play with club members were Mrs. M. L. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Donald Morrison, Mrs. W. W. Bates, Mrs. Lewis Lee Clyburn, Mrs. Retta McDowell, Mrs. J. Pulleyne, ,Mrs. John Langford and' Mrs Kirby Tupper.' High score prize was awarded 'Mrs.. Donald Morrison. Dainty refreshments fob lowed the card games. Book Club Met Thursday The Kirkwood (Book Club had an interesting meeting Thursday morning with Mrs. Ernest Zemp at her apartment on north Fair -street. Mrs. J. S. Lindsay and Mrs/ J. T. Mackey contributed to the program which followed the exchange of books. During the social hour Mrs*. Zemp served a delightful hmch. Miss Sallie Alexander has returned from Prosperity \vhere she visited relatives. Had Kn joy able Tea Saturday afternoon a small group ?f friends formed the guest list at a tea given by Miss Ktta Zenvp, Mrs. Calmer DufBoaa and Mrs. W. H. Da- * l*oadhe for Mra E. L AViHiams, of 1 Clreat Neck, L. I., who is visiting her v parents, Mr. and Mra E. I). Blake- ' ney. Lovely sprays of Lady Banksia roaee and other spring flowers were ^ used in; the living room, where the ' dozen guests assembled. The host- * ssses served a delightful tea course after which Mrs. K. C. Zomp and 1 Miss Virginia DeLoache rendered } several lovely vocal numbers. * Spinsters Met Monday ' The Spinster's Club had a very do- 1 lightful meeting with Miss Dotty 1 Zomp Monday evening. Miss Pete < Boykin was the only substitute. The hostess served a sweet course with ' coffee. High score prize was won by Miss Pete Boykin. Club Members Entertained ] On Tuesd&y evening Mr. and Mra. J. M. Viliepigue delightfully enter- ] tnined the members of their contract i club. Sandwiches and iced tea were < server! late in the evening. Scoring < high for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Viliepigue. i 1 ' Met With Mra. Tindal j Members of the neighborhood bridge club were entertained We<L ' rvesday afternoon by Mrsc Hughey , Tindah The rooms whore cards wero played were fragrant with lovely wild pink azaleas. Mrs. Julian Sanders, of Hagood and her^sisfcer, Mrs. Beck, , of Spartanburg, were guests of the , club. Winner of the high score prize was Mrs. Alfred McLeod and of the low score Mrs. R. E. Stevenson. Mrs. Oakman Hay cut the consolation. Mrs. S. W. VanLandingham assisted the hostess in serving a delightful salad course with coffee. Music Club Met Tuesday night the Music Study Club met at the home of Mrs. E. C. Zemp.J iShort talk?f on John Sebastian Back's life and woi-ks were given by Misses Elizabeth Buchanans and Katherine Kennedy. After this Katharine Kennedy. After this Charlotte Salmond sang Handel's "Largo," accompanied by Mrs. Charles Salmond, pianist, and Newell Wimberly, viofinist. Then Miss Virginia DeLoache played* the accompaniment for Mr. Wimberly'a violin solo, "Ave Maria," by Gounod-Bach. Miss Elizabeth Clarke an Charles Salmond have joined the club and give promise of 'being valuable members. * The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. Wimberly on May 2. It will 'be a study of Chopin and Schubert. Quarterly Meeting to Be Held The quarterly meeting of the Woman's Missionary Societies of the Kershaw Association will be held with Cedar Creek Baptist church Saturday, April 8, at 10:30 o'clock. All churches are urged to send delegates. Supper at Tim rod The ladies of Timrod will serve supper at the Timrod Baptist church Saturday evening, April 8th, at 7 (80 for the benefit of the church. The public is cordially invited. Program By Garden Clqb The Camden Garden Club will hold their next meeting at Grace Episcopal Parish House, Monday, April 10, at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. H. A. Smith, who is state forester, will give a lecture and frtiow glides of historical trees of South Carolina. All those interested in forestry are invited to attend tip? lecture. Another attractive feature of the afternoon's program will be a talk by Mrs. Samuel Russell on English gardens and slides will be shown of many beautiful gardens throughout the talk. P. A. McDonald Seriously Injured. Sumter, March 31.?P. A. McDonald, salesman for C. C. Pearce and company of Columbia, was seriously injured late Thursday afternoon-when his car turned over on a curve on the (Tharlotte highway, two miles north i of Camden. Mr. McDonald was brought to the Tourney hospital here, where he was- found to have sustained a broken collar bone and three fractured ribs. His condition tonight was still serious, but it is believed he will recover. Tom B. Pearce of the C. C. Pearce company said last night Mr. McDonald had been with his firm for about 20 years and was well known over the etate. Although he travels out of Columbia, he lives at Sumter and represents the produce company in the Pee Dee section. ' The salesman was on hj^ way from Camden to Kershaw the accident occurred. He was picked up by one of his customers and- carried to the hospital at Sumter.?Columbia State, Saturday. About 8,000 workers in the Ford factory at Dagenham, England, are j on a strike against w?ge reductions. J Personal Mention ? r* Mr*. Hazel Die*, of Port Elisabeth, | Jouth Africa, Mrs. George Hart ami | Urs. A. Y. Cartwrigfrt, Jr., of York, 9 vere dinner guest* on Monday of Dr. i uvd Mra H. K, Stevenson. I Mi** Lila Ho**, a student at Coker, L vas Here with her parents, Mr. and | E? Boas, last week for Spring a lolwlaye. '/ I Mra. W. L. Goodale h?kf returned I 'rom a trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., r vhero she was called on account of | he iUnesa of her mother, Mrs. W. H-i | Harris. Friends of Mrs. Harris will j >e pleased to loarn that slh^ is im- | proving and accompanied by Mr. Har- S r\is, will return to Camden at an early jj late. v; Mrs. Sam Kvarvs and her mother, j Mrs. J. A. Sterne, have gone to West > Virginia to visit rolatives. . / Mra Parlor, of St. George, is hero jj >n a visit to hor daughter, Mrs. Joe ! McKaln. v ^ j Guests last week of Mrs. J. R. j Montgomery were Mrs. Sarah Sal- j uond, of Columbia, Misses Lucia C Cross and Anna Miriam Smith, stu- I dents at Columbia college. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Baker and Mr. j ind Mrs. Warner Willey left the past j week by automobile for their homes \ in Pdattsburg, N. Y. j Messrs. Hughey Tindnl, T. V. ; Walsh, Jr., W, M. Alexander and Mr. j and Mrs. Samuel Rusaell attended the | Rotary meeting held in Charleston I this week. J. M. H-offer, optometrist of this city was in attendance at the South j Carolina Optometric Association 'held j in Columbia this week. j REDUCED PAY FOR VETS President's Program for Reducing Service Compensation in Brief. Washington, D. C.?In brief, the Roosevelt order reducing veterans*i benefits by $400,000,000 a year provides: Payment of pensions authorized to veterans disabled by disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty in active service. Rates to be paid for service connected disabilities are: 10 per cent disabled?$8 a month; 25 per cent $20; 50 per cent?$40; 75 per cent? $60; 100 per cent?$80. These are 20 per cent reductions under present aids. Pensions authorized to widows, children and dependent parents of veterans who died of disease or injuries incurred or aggravated in line of duty in active service. Rates continue as at present. Payments authorized for non-service connected disabilities and deaths of veterans who served 90 days in the Spanish-American war, Boxer rebellion, Philippine Insurrection and World war, provided disability was total and not due to personal misconduct. Latter allowance will not be made to unmarried person with income of more than $1,000 a year or to any married person or one with minor children whose income exceeds $2,600. Pensions of widows and children of Spanish-American war veterans cut 50 per cent. Excludes peace-time veterans from domiciliary care. ' . \ i i. The body of 6-year-old Barnara Wiles' was .found crumpled beside her doll baby carriage in Brooklyn, N. Y.# Tuesday. She had been criminally assaulted. In frantic efforts to arrest her slayer the police arrested 200 suspects. The child's body was found in the basement of her home. Governor Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, is peeved with his legislature. v. He charges that the general assembly has been in session 12 weeks and produced "nothing at all" in the way of "real results." Determined to find out how the government budget stands and to fix its own fiscal policies, the administration at Washington has ordered that no now contracts for Federal improvements be let at this time. The order applies to public building projects as well as other things. The government has decided to permit partial reopening of banks in the hands of conservators, whore these officials believe it can be done with safety. Incidentally the senate banking committee is at work drafting stricter penal laws applicable to bank officers and employes. The body of Mrs. Agnes Little, 46, was found in a Philadelphia suburb on the grounds of a social club. She had been murdered. The police next day began a search for one Gaeteno Dinzio. They found him Monday in his room in n Philadelphia rooming house. He was dead by the suicide route. Three bandits held up the First National bank of Gallipolis, Ohio, Tuesday and made a getaway with; $15,000 or more. Beer bootleggers have appeared at Goldsboro, N. C., and soliciting orders promises delivery two days arteritis beer law becomes effective. A 15-year-old boy, of the Hudson school, near Akron, Ohio, has been I arrested by post office inspectors, ' and is charged with attempting to blackmail Mrs. Charles At Lindbergh out of $25,000. He admits writing two letters to Mrs. Lindbergh and added that he. does not know what he would have done with the money if he had gotten it. Laban L. Jenkins, 69, former president of the American (National bank at Asheville, and widely known in political and manufacturing circles,; died euddenly in an Asheville, N. C.,1 grill Tuesday night following an at-j tack of cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Jl Jenkins with several others was in-' dieted by the Federal court at Shelby, last week, on charges of misapplication of bank funds. He was a native of Gaston county and a life-long Republican. I U. B. iBlalock, president of the American Cotton Cooperative association, appearing before the agriculture committee of the senate on Tuesday, j broke the parade of opponents of the .pcpsident's farm relief bill, and gave his full approval of the proposed itie&aure. He said in part: <rWe have a president in the White House electunder a promise to give American Agriculture a new deal. We believe he was sincere in making that promise. Give him the machinery as carried in this bill and we believe the president wlil carry out his promise to American agriculture." President Roosevelt is seeking the passage by congress of a blue sky law which will place the sale of new securities under government supervision and in a way help to stop the practice of robbing innocent buyers by wild cat stock selling schemes. The roundhouse of the St. LouisSan Francisco railroad at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was destroyed by fire Tuesday with a loss of $300,000.... The district attorney at Chicago has issued a warning to home breWrera that after April 7th they will be liable to the federal tax on home brew and will be prosecuted on charges of evading the tax and operating 'without a federal license under the new beer bill. ?ASTER GREETINGS I We h.v* ?o*o. very charming Enter Card*. A?- I fJJt of CfcMSfc Peas' Easter Dye. and , other thing, suitable for thi. occasion. | DePASS* drug store 11 .one 10 The Store ^ We Deliver I < ? U * pCIETY NEWS I Telephone 100 .. I :amden heatre Togkamme teek Beginning April 7 7RIDAY, APRIL 7 he Great Jasper" With Richard Dix Also Comedies and News IATURDAYT APRIL 8 ynamite Ranch" With Ken Maynard ilso Serial and Comedies onFay&Yuesda y " [APRIL 10 and 11 rictly Personal" Marjorie Ram beau, Eddie illian and Dorothy Jordan Also Selected Shorts EDNESDAYTAPRfirii' "Employees Entrance" Also Comedy and Shorts With Eight Big Stars hursday & friday "42nd Street" Selected Shorts and Newsreels COMING;"" "State Fair" J - 1D 0 B B '~j^ Dress Up for Easter are offering for the next Ten Days Ladies' Dresses fl-98 and $2*98 Real Values Myli.h Women', and Men'. Dre.. Oxford. I | $1.98 and $2.98 A complete line of Men's Sport Trouse 98c up These are a few of our choice * yoU > VISIT TO OUR STORE WILL CONVINCE 1 1 | Potted Easter Lilies | ; Stately, gorgeous! Plentiful in buds ready x " to bloom. Attractively wrapped, ready to bring 5 I radiant Easter beauty into your home pr that $ of some friend or relative, Also? I , I | Yellow Callas, Azaleas, Primroses, | ? Amaryllis, Geraniums I | and our complete line of | Cut Flowers | ? Visit our showroom at 2 I I Laurens Street and j| . see our display of Easter Flowers 2 | EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 16 J J The Camden Floral Company I jjj Phone 193 Camden, S. C. 1 MK >SNK >MK >mc ?MK >**< )W 3MOMK >MOMK f I* 1 Quality tested ' for your Protection In the manufacture of Fortune Shoe* nothing is left to chance. All leathers and materials are quality tested before being made into the shoes. That is why you may buy Fortune Shoes with the full intHiirnnco that e%cry pair will give you the utmost in wear, comfort, and shoe satisfaction. W. Sheorn & Son *"" 1 . Zac ~r /$300 W AND ' J350 I CRAZY CRYSTALS I A MINERAL WATER For sale by I DeKalb Pharmacy I g Phone 95 Prompt Delivery B ^1