Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r~ 111 V rm SOCIETY NEWS w . . L . . . Attended Graduating Recital * vtt/' )fHW% V Krfeiuli in OMfym received wiib cordial interest invitations to the graduating recital of ,Mie? Caroline Richardson, daughter of Mrs. Robert Ma rye, and a student at Winthrop College. Among those from Camden who motored to Rock Hill Tuesday evening to attend M*ias Richardson's cental were: Mrs. W. L. lM'asa, Miss Dtta Bobbins, Miss Alice DeFuss, Miss Hetty Cureton, Miss Peto Boyk,,,. Dr. John W. Oorbett, Bobby Ma rye and'Carlisle W'oraham. Basket Ball Champions Honored The girls' and boys' basket ball teams of Charlotte Thompson school were entertained at l>avis' Pond \Y edneaday night by some of the teachers. After many games, weiners were x*oasted at the big bonfir,e; each one flxod his own "hot dog." The merriment ceased long enough to got down to the serious1 business of voting for captains and managers of the teams for next year. The following were elected: Iva Lou Ai rants, captain; Marietta Thompson, manager for the girls; Williahl Rush, manager; Clifford McLeod, captain, for the boys. In Honor of Her Niece <?:\ Mrs. A. D. McArn^ entertained about twenty-two guesrta at a party Saturday evening in honor of her niece. Anne Sullivan, who has been spending the winter with her. A color note of pink was used in the decorations and1 refreshments. A large Easter basket holding an Easter chit-ken occupied the center of the table. This was surrounded by smallov chickens and pink candles in silver holders. Ice crea.ni, cake and candy u eve served to the little guests. In the games and clever contests held during the evening prizes were won by Sara Sheorn, Margaret Osborne and Jack Villepigue. Hitting Low The gentleman of six feet nine inches had been arguing with the gentleman of four feet nothing. At last, in disgust, he. pushed him on one side, saying: "Get out of the way, you remnant. Why, if you putt up your socks you would blindfold yourself." r ? ? ?.1 . t&\ JMfe, Beo?fit at St, Mary'a Muqh interest centered in the (bene ftt bridge party given Monday evenMr. At St. Vary's Hah for the <*thMto Fhurch. The haH was tastefully decorated in greens and spring flowers and fruit punch, wafers and were served during the evenSg. HigH score prises were won by* Mrs. J. B. Queen, Mrs. M. McOann and Mrs. Ohapikjtn H. Burnett. Miss Minnie Clyburtt was awarded a prize for the low score. Bridge Tournament WinnerH Mise Helen Timberlake ami Mrs. Kathleen Watts were prize-winners at the bridge tournament held at the home of Mrs. W. J.. Dunn Tuesday evening. A delightful sweet course was served to the twenty-eight guests. This party was given by the Woman's Auxiliary to tho Kershaw County Medicij^ association for the benefit of tho Student Loan Fund. M isN Boy kin Was Hostess Members of tho > neighborhood bridge cluib were gu<l?t\ of Miss Minette Boykin Wednesday afternoon. Ot/h)er gUewts were Mrs. F. W. Spencer, Mrs. T. V. Walsh and Miss Charlotte Boykin. Bowls of sweet peas and other spring flower? brightened the card rooms. The hostess served after cards tea, sandwiches and wafers. Miss Drue Baxley received the first prize and' the consolation was cut by Mrs. T. V. Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Tindal Entertain A lovely bridge party of Monday' evening was that given by Mr. and Mrs. Hughey Tindal. Arrangements of wild flowers were artistically used in the card rooms. Players were invited for five tables of contract and supper was served on tho card tables before the bridge games. Mrs. Leon Schlosfourg and M. B. Williams were winners of the high score prizes and | S. W. VanLandingham received the low prize. Mrs. DePass Was Hostess Mrs. Lambert DePass was a bridge ! hostess Wednesday afternoon entertaining the members of her bridge club and the following extra guests: Mrs. Donald Morrison, Mrs. M. L. &mith, Jr., Mrs. John Langford, Miss Lillian Yates, Mrs. Ralph Little and Mrs. Kirby Tupper. Following the card games the hostess served' a delightful salad course. Prize for the higliest score was presented Mrs. J. Thorn/well Hay. ( . t ' i 1 1 Bridge Olympic At, Saint Mary's Hall The "bridge enthusiasts of Osmden a re reserving ?taWhsa each day now for the Work! Bridge Olympic to be Wd on May 1 *t at S^int Mary'a Hall. ' The same sixteen thrilling hands representing widely varied points of bidding and play wiM be released in sealed folders by a national messenger service to game captains throughout the world on the evening of play? to determine the contract bridge champions of t he world, the states and towns. These hands are equally responsive to all bidding systems and it makes no difference to t'he Olympic judges what systems are usied by contestants. The Olympic committee has set a par consisting of the correct bidding and play for each hand. This analysis will bo sent to each player after the Olympic' Among those who have already made reservations are: Mrs. F. M. Zemp, Misa Nancy Dempster, Miss Mary. Eleanor Goodalo, Mr. Charles l)oylc* Mrs. Dalton Kennedy, Mr. George Hodge, Mrs. Woods Robinson, Mrs. Gaylord Tucker, Mr. ami Mrs. R. W. Fomeroy, Mrs. W. N. Kerr, Mrs. John Pulleyn, Mrs. Chapman H. Barrett, Mrs. W. L. DdPass, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John Langford, Mrs. J. T. Hay, Mr. ami Mrs. Henry Beard, Mrs. Alfred M. MoLeod, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Will/ifoixl, Mr. W. L. Woo ten, Mr. and Mrs. M. 1^. ^nlt-h, Jr., Mrs. Clifton McKain, Mr. W. L. DePass, Mrs/ Hughey Tindal. Reservations aro seventy-five cents] each and may be made with Mrs. Donald Morrison or Mrs. Rhetta Heath McDowell. Personal Mention . Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mandeville left Sunday for their summer home in Milford, Connecticut, after spending the winter in Camden. , Dr. and Mrs. W. Curtis Moore had as their guests for the week end Mrs. W. C. Irwin and daughter, Harriet; Mrs. Elma Scott, of Charlotte; Mrs.' M. A. Conder of Miami; Mrs. Ella Hough, of Kershaw. Mrs. E. C. Hill,lof Hortaio, is visitor*; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Moseley, Jr. William Lindsay spent Easter here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lindsay. Miss Bttlie Auten, Mr. and Mrs. Trade Henry and Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Smith, of Charlotte, were gueast of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander hst week. Miss Marjorie McCann had a* her guest for Easter, Miss Cleo Dsvls, of Boston. They returned Thursday to Greensboro, where they are in school. Benjamin P. DeLoache, Jr., arrived Wednesday morning from Philadelphia on a visit to his parents. While here he gave a recital at the school auditorium on Thursday, under the auspices of the United Workers of Lyttleton Street Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beaver spent Easter in Salisbury with relatives. Miss Kathryn Little, student at Winthrop, spent Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee Little. She had as her guest Miss Chadburn Bunch, of "Columbia. _. /' Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Danforth left this week for their summer home in Skanea teles, New Yoric. 1 Miss Carrie Rodgers, of "BennettsviHe, was the guest of Mrs. R. E. Ohewning bufc week. ' AJrvin Moseley, of Lamfberton, and Lehman Moeeley, of Charleston, were guests the past week at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Moseley. L. A. McDowell, the Tampa Morning Trihune, spent Easter hei^ with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.*U.' MdDowell. Dr. Carl A. West and Dr. George S. Rhame attended the meeting of the South Carolina Medical association in Spartanburg the past wee^, Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Brasington had as their guests for Easter their son, Cecil Brasington, and famijy, of Paw Creek, N. C. Miss Margaret E. Jenkins, of At-, lanta, spent Easter here the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jenkins. H. G. Garrison, Jr., and M. B. Williams made a business trip to Washington this week. 'Mrs. Jamas Gandy and Mrs. Wylie iSheorn accompanied them, visiting in Washington and Baltimore. Miss Tommy Gurthrie spent the week end in Charlotte visiting Miss Jean Marion. ^ ? .i ? I? Two school districts in Laurens county Have sued for the balance due them under the 6-0-1 -law for last year. The case will be heard in the supreme court in May. The amount claimed Is the 15 per cent deducted from payments last year by the state treasurer in settlements with all the teachers and school districts in this state. AH districts are ihvited by the plaintiffs to join them in the court action. ? - ?? <W WIZARDS IN THE POSTOFFICE They Read Unreadable Addresses by The Tens of Thousands a Year ! The letter with an undecipherable address is tanned a "nixie" in the I post offices, and in the large post offices there are a great number o i poorly written addresses on letters and packages with strange and apparently to the average persons hope-1 less spelling of names which are j translated, deciphered and interpret-. ed with all ease by the "Hard Read-; jers" as such post office experts are | now known. I i There are twenty-five of these experls in the service of the post office; i department and they handle an aver-; | age of about forty thousand letters I daily, it is said. One of these experts, William J. Kleim, of the New York office, retired last Tuesday, having reached the^retirement age of sixty-five years. For twenty years he has served as a "Hard Reader" and has rated high as one of the geniuses who decipher the scrawls . and heiroglyphics on soma letters aft addresses. When Kleim first started he and his fellow geniuses were known as readers." It is amazing to be told that they decipher about ninety per cent of the misdirected and puzzling addresses given them. "You have to have patience, persistence and a lot of intuition, said Kleim. "And a knowledge of foreign lansuases is a help. Italians and Spaniards, for instance, spell American names purely by sound. You repeat aloud what they have written and you get a rough idea right away, in most cases, of what thegf: tttean. , He cited as a typical example, "alabn, wulscon." "You take that one, now," he said. "I could swear it was written by an Italian. I didn't have to puzzle very long over it. I figured it out, after ( repeating it phonetically to myself, as 'Allaben, Ulster County,' 1 was right. -i v "Hrai," preceded by a house address, might well confus* anyone but a veteran hard reader. (But the canny Kleim, after a bit of puzzling," detected a familiar note in it. It was "Chrystie street," as it sounded to a foreigner. The men and women who work in the hard reader section toss off poeers like that with, amazing nonchalance. ? . | "Kolspen pud dam kony, was trans- j lated correctly as "Cold Spring, Put- j nam County;" "vetrpat in Zrzk" became "Featherbed "Lane, the Bronx, and "cerowbuk", to the trained reader, bloomed in "Sears Roebuck." South Carolina beef cattlemen fared exceedingly well at the show and <*ale held at Savannah, Ga., Apnl 7, taking seven out of 10 first places as, well as showing the champion and reserve champion steers of the show. W. A. Campbell of Sheldon had the grand champion steer, which sold at $8.GO per hundredweight, and J. L. Gramlinig of Orangeburg, held the reserve champion, which sold at $7.40. The annual meeting of the state, bar association of which Thomas F. MoDow, of York, is president, has been postponed a week and will be held May 18 and 19, at Spartanburg. Officers are: Thomas F. MoDow, of "York, president; J. M. Gentry, Jr., of, Columbia, secretary; Ashley C. To-, bias, Jr., Pinckney L- Cain and WW-^ liam F. Cappleman, all of Columbia, executive committeemen. Judge J. 1 J. Parker, of thf circuit court of ap- ! peals, will be the principal^ speaker, at the state convention, while anotu-j or feature of the meetings will be a, conference of judges of the state *hich has been called by Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease. 1 4 * Spinters' Bridge ?lub At the home of Mrs. Jno. K. de Loach on Laurens Court, Mies Faith deLoach entertained the Spinsters' bridge clufo Monday- evening. Assisted by Mrs. deLoach the hostess served a delightful sweet course after the card games. Miss Nancy Dempster received the prise tor holding top score. Miss Hortenae James was a guest of the cWb. Young Ladjr Gives Pasty Friday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Redfearn. Miss Elsie Claire Redfearn entertained a number of her friends at a party. After many interesting games had been played the young people enjoyed an hour of dancing. Ambrosia, cake and candy Easter eggs were served by the hostess to about twenty-lflve little friends. "Seven Kinds of Honesty Needed" This will be the subject of the sermon by Dr. C. F. Wimberly at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church next Sunday night. This message will deal with the social, economic, political and religious questions of the hour. The public '?? cordially invited to hear this address. Fine musical program will precede the message. "Be Kind To Animals Week" The week oil April 17 to 23 has been set aside as "Be Kind To Animals , Week." Some points stressed are: "A (Humane Education (Society in / Your County;" that ap observance of "Humane (Sunday," April 23, in "~M churches and (Sunday schools will add dignity to their services. A Chicago citizen signing himself an "Admirer of (Sputh Carolina," bad Z I the following latter published in The I State of. April 7: >, "People of South Carolina: During a recent visit to your beautiful state, I was impressed unfavorably by only one thing. That ia the way in Which andmaJts are allowed to be abused. Ignorant and cruel people are allowed to handle fine, intelligent Western horses. Mules are half starved and uncared for. The harness is not comfortable but is such that it cuts '7,IS cruelly into the animal's flesh. The people have grown accustomed to it. To a visitor it is heart-breaking. Couldn't something be done about it, ?; at least about the harness?" I Tomato Soup Campbell* CANS 200 . Sweet Pickles MIXED Amerloan 26-OZ. ^ 7-OZ. JAR 8?/ac JAR JL M P Pineapple uZ'uZ. n2xkh 170 1 - x Sardines 3 cans 100 CHENILLE RUGS 3 for $1.00^v Eagle Milk Condensed CAN 180 ? v ;.j Tomato Juice Campbell? 2 CANS 13? Maxwell Hou?6 COFFEE lb. 29 < e Libbp'e Royal Anne CHERRIES S-N1 12H ? Large flO'70 S4?? x . ? PRUNES 2 LBS. ik I J V BtandArd PEAS 3 NO. ? CANS %-4+-l Bhoe POLISH CAN 10# I Baking Powder RUMFORD lb. 2St can % The nealth Soap LIFEBUOY 2 CAKES 15<r I i Evaporated APRICOTS 2 lbs. 25# -MARKET SPECIALS Pork Roast, lb 12Vac Pork T4il?* 3 lb? 25c Pork Chops, lb 15c Pork Liver, 3 lbs. J5c Pork Ribs, 3 lbs 25c Sliced Ham, lb 20c PRODUCE Bananas, 5 lbs 25c Fancy Celery, stalk .. 10c New Potatoes, 10 lbs. 22c Seed Potatoes, peck 25c Lemons, do*. 23c Strawberries, quart .. 15c Iceberg I^ettuce, head 10c English Peas, lb 10? e 9 L '' ' xv-'iyy Spring Plant Sale i| 'i ^ _ 'l^p Starting j rid ay, April 21st ""S| 1 * Call and see our display of Spring Plants for your (lower Mp boxes and the flower garden Dozen Gladioli Ruths Free to first 7 <*// Buyers j ^8 j i: I Ike Camden flora! Co., ' j Cannleii, South C arolina I - "kjf? All Fattreus St. ^ Telephone lc)j | . THE CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK '_.,B d 1 Contributions to this "Column" are most welcome. Names of contributors will never be printed?unless desired. Just siffiv "pen name," tojfother r?3|j with your own name and address, the latter for our information only. The other evening we were privileged to attend a supper which Mr. Bolivar Boykin gave at "The Cabin" at Boykin. We had a friend with us and probably largely for that reason at least fifteen gentlemen came up to pass the time of day, or rather evening, and chat for a while. It seems as if in places about the size of Camden people have inore time to "keep their friendships in repair." This is one?-ami by no means the least?-advantage of living in a moderate-sized town as compared with existence in a metropolis. ? * * We see that Mrs. Lucy Pomeroy Deans' "Netta Run" has won anotner steeplechase. 'WiTS makes two in a row for that mare. Camden sportsmen and sportswomen hope that the string of successes witt continue. * ? Chairman of the Board Taylor, of the United States Steel Corporation, voiced the belief at the annual meeting of that company's stockholders that business conditions in the United States are improving. Besides his expression of hope for "better things" to come, this executive spoke highly of the leaders/hip which President Roosevelt is giving his countrymen. If oniy the majority of the country's business men will hold fast to | this belief?and ACT ON IT?improvement is bound to follow, as surely as day follows night. #'(? M Through t)u> modern miracle of the movmg pictures, a number of ladies .$& and gentlemen interested in steeplechasing were enabled to see this year's running of "the Grand National at Aintree, England. The picture was shown at "Mulberry," that line old brick mansion, at the invitation of Mr.' and MrsDavid R. Williams, on Wednesday afternoon. An excellent idea of the great race was given by the moving pictures, the great crowd, tho saddling of the ^ /tf |l$ horses?the pick of all tho worlds tlho mounting ?of the riders, the par- , jg| ado to tho' starting post, and the thrill of the- start. Then the race, with its stirring contention, men and horses all striving their utmost to win this coveted' honor?the horAes coming toward you ^.1 | over the taps of tremendous brush jumps that you could not see over, like swift-fiy<ing birds soaring over the taps of trees. Much interest was evidenced by the l Camden sportsmen and women in Noel Laing, of Southern Pines, N. C., / * V and "Trouble Maker," who together won the Carolina Cup here last year. They finished the difficult 4 1-2 nvi!? course in good style, an achievement in itself, as some years only a couple of horses are able to cover the entire course, the most arduous anywhere in the world. 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