THE CHRONICLE OF THE /LEEK , j
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with your own name ami a<l<beee, tlve latter for our information only.
Talking ju?t now with one of the
yountc ludiem, who preakk* at the
Corner Book Store, tho subject a roue
of what had been the most popular
hooka umonK the people of Qamden
during the p<y?t aeanon.
It seema that among" the booka
moat in denuMui liave been Galaworthy'a
"Flowering Wilderness"; "Two
Foraythe Interludes," (tho latter particularly
interesting- to reader* here
as the scene is laid in Camden.) Other
book* which proved popular were
"The Enchanted Winter,"' by Martin
Hare, a new writer; "Pageant," by
G. B. l4tneaHter; "Walls of Gold," by
Kathleen Norris; "Peter Ashley," by
DuBose Heyward; '"The I>a.st Ad#rrq"
by James Gould Cozuim.
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Lt. Col. Sidney G. Goldschmidt,
author of "Bridlewise," "The Fellowship
of the Horse," etc., has written
another book of interest to horsemen, I
called "An Eye for a Horse," which t
has just been published by Charles
Scriboea's Sons. Dirk Van Ingen.l
who knows horses, how to ride them j
arid how to write about them, says
that this is an exceptionally helpful;
book. Colonel Goldschmidt gives his
book the modest subtitle "A Guide to1
Buying and Judging." but the book is
a good deal more than that.
For instance take this paragraph
from Chapter Three, "The Thorough-!
bred Horse":
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"Queen Anne . was a keen racing
monarch, and soon after she us-:
eended the throne the Ihirley Arabian
came to the fore. This horse, prob-;
ably a Turkish or Syrian horse, was
the sire of "Flying Childers" and was j
the second of the three great sires'
who-e blood so predominantly per-!
nieates the thoroughbred of today.'
He was presented to Mr. Darley, .of
Buttereomb, York, by {jis brother,'
"an agent in merchandise abroad, who J
became a member of a hunting club, J
by which means he acquired an in -1
terest to procure this horse," whose
success at the stud surpassed even
that of the great horse I/Cedes Arab-!
ian, sire of Betty Leedes It isI
<m record that "no fewer than 2SI
sta|lions of Eastern bloo<l were im-j
ported durjng the reign of Queen
Anne, anjl thenceforth the breeding!
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of the thoroughbred proceeded on'
more scieivtiiAe linen."
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Our neighbor city of Cheraw in
OhetfterAeld county has gotten out a
very useful folder, showing the automobile
route from Jacksonville
through Camden and Cheraw, on to
Richmond. It also givee some interanting
information regarding this
city of about 4,000 population.
It is stated that it is one of the
oldest inland towns in South Carolina
and derives its name from the
Indians, Che raw being a contraction
of the name (Therokee. The first
white settlers camo up the Pee I>ee
And formed a little settlement at the
head of navigation early in the 1700's.
Planters occupied the country 'round
abouts and -the town was mapped out 1
in 1760.
One of the interesting figures of
the early life of Cheraw was Captain
Moses Rogers, who (.commanded the
S. S. Savannah, whic h crossed the '
Atlantic in 1KB). Earlier, in 1807, he
had assisted Robert Fulton to build
the Clermont, the first steaml>oat,
which made the historic trip from
New York to Albany, N. Y. Cheraw j
contnins a number of attractive hous-'
es over a century old.
The-region around Cheraw, like so
much of South Carolina, is historic'
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ground. Four miles North of Che-!
raw, on Number One Highway, General
Nathaniel (ireene assembled his
army for ^is Carolinas campaigns.!
It was there that (leneral "Light-!
horse" Harrv Lee, father of General
t
Robert' K. Is-e, joined him with 400
horsemen from Virginia, constituting,
the tun airy of his army. j
Chesterfield county is a large shipper
of peaches and dewberries and is i
a large producer of mad materials,.
sand, gravel and crushed stone. It '
also markets much cotton and lumber.
Nine miles North of Cheraw, and
about a mile from the highway, representatives
of General Greene and
Ixml (kirn wall is made an agreement
for the exchange of prisoners, the
only agreement of its kind made in
America during the Revolutionary
War. Thousands of prisoners were
exchanged as a result, among them
the British General Burgoyne, who
was captured at the decisive battle
of Saratoga" and who was exchanged
for General William Moultrie, the
American general captured at the
siege of Charleston.
Number One Highway through
Cheraw and Chesterfield counties, follows
very closely the route of the
old Metropolitan Stage Line, the
main mail route from New Orleans
to Washington, along which stage
coaches ran until about 1K40, when
the railroad era commenced.
The Chronicler. >
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Schools At Bethune j
Are Closing Today
The graduating clasa of the Be*
thune high school pre?ent?d a play,
entitled "The Old Fa*hione<t Mother,"
Friday evening, April 2**th. The
play was sponsored by J. H. McOaniel,
the high school principal.
Itomotion exercises of the seventh
grade will be held in the high school
auditorium Friday morning, May 5,
at nine o'clock, K. R. Burns, principal
of the grammar school, presiding.
The graduating exercises will be
held Friday evening, May Mh, at 8:15
o'clock.
The following high school students
are expected to receive diplomas:
Mary Frances Baker, Thelma Davis,
Edith Clepra Estridge, Elsie Mae
Hammond, Gladys Joyner, Grace
Mungum, Alma Newman, Ida Outlaw,
lx>ttie Outlaw, Juanita Watkine, C. K.
Cuasudy, Jr., G. ?S. Oatoe, Jr., W. E.
Davis, Jr., Boyce Estridge, Willipm
Estridge, Grady Horton, Alex 'McDonald,
Jr., Lawrence King, Forbis
Morgan, John Edwin Williamus, Jrw
Saw i\\rsshlngton-ikhiladelphia Game
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. 'Smith, Jr., W.
L. DeJ'ass, Jr., W. Arthur Clark and
Allen J. Murchison forme<l a congeninl
party, who witnessed the Washington,
club defeat the Philadelphia
Athletics in a base-ball game Sunday
in Washington. The party had the
pleasure of a close-up view of President
Franklin I). Roosevelt. and his
jvarty as they alighted in front of
the White House on their return
from church services.
They left Washington Sunday evening
and an all-night drive put thein
in Camden Monday morning ready
for their business activities.
Mrs. J. H. Osborne, Mrs. W. D.
Whitaker, Mrs. Edna T. Clyburn und
Mrs. Frank W. Spencer leave today
for Asheville to spend several days.
Quarterly H. Y. I*. U. Rally
The ftccond quarterly meeting of
the Kershaw B. Y. P. U. Association
was held on Sunday afternoon, April
.'10, with the Thorn Hill Union. The
meeting was opened by a song service
led by the choirester. Following
this was the devotional exercises j
which were conducted by Bennie
Byrd, of Mt. Plftgah.
1 The ft ret part of the program consisted
of sword drill conieata be- |
tween the Unions of the association
to determine who should represent
the association in the summer assembly
which meets in Greenville in July.
Miss Myrtis Gatoe, of Mt. Pisgah,
won first place in the Junior
1 con-test, and Miss Margar-bt Brown,
also of Mt. Pisgah, won second place.
In -the intermediate contest Bennie
Byrd, of Mt. Pisgah, won first place,!
and Miss Ruth Raley, also of Mount!
Pisgah, won second place.
Following the contests was a very
interesting and instructive addrefta on I
"leading the B. Y. P. U. Members'
to Tithe," by Rev. Luther Knight, |
pastor of Mt. Pisgah church. Misses
Lula Robertson and Annie Belle
| Watts tendered a beautiful vocal
duet.
; The report of the committee on
awarding of banners showed that Mt. Pisgah
won the attendance banner. I
The Junior union of Mt. Pisgah won;
the junior efficiency banner and the
Thorn Hill intermediate and senior
unions won the efficiency banners forj
their unions.
The next meeting will be held the j
fifth Sunday afternoon in July with!
tlu Mt. Pisgah union.
Rev. Nealei pastor of the Thorn j
Mill church, closet! the meeting with
prayer.?A. J. Smith, reporter.
Association Opposes Repeal
j The Union Meeting of the Kershaw
i Baptist Association, which is com-!
\ .
posed of .the twenty-seven Baptist
churches of Kershaw comity, met at
Beaverdaro Baptist church near Cam- 1
den on Saturday, April 29, during
Which meeting the following resolu- ;
tion was unanimously passed:
1 "Be it resolved: That we, the mem- !
hers of the Union Meeting of the I
, Kershaw Baptist Association, unalter- |
! ably opp<xse the repeal of the 18th |
Amendment."
F\ E. Blackmon, Moderator,
J. T. Littlejohn, Clerk.
Good Rain Tuesday
j A much-needed rain, accompanied j
I hy wind and lightning, fell Tuesday i
evening until early Wednesday morn-1
|ing, which was worth untold good to!
I crops and gardens. No damage re-1
I suites! from the wind and lightning.
Music Club Met Tueaday
The Music Study Club held ite
monthly meeting at the home of
Newel W-imfberly the evening of May
2. First on the program was a piano
solo, Schubert's "Fantasia," by Mrs.
Charles Salmond. Following this
was a violin solo "Prelude and Allegro,"
by Michelle Mascitti, played by
Mr. Winvberly, accomp?nie<l by Mra?
Jamee dandy at the piano. Miss
Hallie Carson gave an interesting
sketch of Franz Schubert's life, after
which MHss Virginia DefLoache,
accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
Salmond, sang Schubert's "Hark,
Hark, the Lark!" and "By the Sea."
Then Misses Elizabeth (Buchanan and
Charlotte .Salmond sang a duet,
Schubert's Serenade," with Mrs. Salmond
at the piano. ?
When the .prepared program waa
completed Mr. Wimberly played two
victrola records, Anto^.'Hvorak's "Indian
lament" and Fritz Kreisler'a
"Caprice Viennois." Mr. John* Landrum,
who is staying at the Wimberly
home, added much to the pleasure
by rendering several piano selections.
Miss Betty Oureton ami Mrs. Jaa.
dandy were welcomed as new members.
The club hopes they will continue
to meet with them
The club will meet next with Miss
DeLoache May 16, instead of May 30.
Misses Cureton, Clarke, and Carson
have charge of the program which
will be a study of Chopin and Stokowski.
School Play Tonight
If it is laughs that you want, come
out tonight, Friday, May 5th, to
Baron DeKalb high school, where the
faculty and some of the patrons will
entertain you with skits, jokes and
fun at 8 p. m. Admission is 10 and
15 cents and all proceeds go for the
school library.
To Our Jewish Friends
On next .Sunday night, we shall
preach on the "Second Coming of
Christ"?a theme in which every Jew
and Gentile in the land tshould be
vitally interested. We wish to extend
to all our Jewish friends a most
cordial invitation to be present, and
hear this message. You will enjoy
the musical program as well as, we
trust, be interested in the sermon.
Song service will begin promptly at
8 p. m.
We shall gladly welcome you to
any of these services during this
week and next. C. F. Wimlberly,
pastor.
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Begin Closing Earlier
Beginning next Monday, the 1
of Camden and tiHe Firat National 9
Bank announce thai they will clc* 1
at 2 o'clock in tl>e afternoon instead I
of at 8, except on ^Saturday? when i
the usual 'hours -will bo obsenil?
This arrangement will continue foj
force until Labor Day an Septentigjl
Owens?Michiotes
Announcement has been made off]
the marriage in Columbia on Tui*a
day, April 25th, of Miss Alice OwemM
and Gits Michiotes. Only a few II
friends of iho couple were present 9
during the ceremony. " ? >9
Mrs. Michiotes is the daughter &M
Mr. and Mr*y. Belton Owens of this 1
county.' 9
Mr. Michiotes came to Camden ser^?
eral years ago and is engaged in tl? 9
cafe business, being owner of tb ^
New York Cafe.
Baptist Church Services -J9
The following services are an- 9
nounced for the week at the Firit.^B
Baptist church: Sunday school atrli .9
o'clock, Mr. G. O. iStogner superin- 1
tendent; public worship conducted by 1
the pastor, J. B. Oaston, at 11:159
a. m.; subject, "How To Have A 9
Strong Church." There will be no;*
evening service as we are plannhg I
to worship with the Methodist con- 9
gregation at that hour. IB. Y. P, U, *
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to I
attend all the services of this drarch. H
: J or the Summer II
l;^h
IVe offer delicious well- 1 |H
1
cooked Meals and Rooms j H
ivith Bath, hull //<>/,/j
? Service at Boarding Honst ll
prices. Get our rates for
the Summer
Hotel Camden B
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BOSTON PUBLIC SALE! fruja^M^S!
STORE S T-^_r A AM ? ? ? AT 9:00 O'CLOCK
Rare Opportunity! A Mighty Saving! Awaits You Here ! Come ! Save ! 1
| Prices Will Never be Any Lower! j
Fashions for Sweet ,
Miss June Graduate
Crisp. Dainty and
Practical
ORGANDIE
DRESSES
$288
Hu> Now for the Kntire Season at
These Prices
Pure Silk 12 Momce Pongee,
regular 2.r?c value. Sale "1
I Vice -a Vx*
9 4 Inbleached Sheeting. good
grade, worth 2.">c on present 1
c?tton market. On Sale J tlvYard
\N ide Sheeting, worth
lots more on todavs mar- ?> J / ^
kct. On Sa le . 2
l-'ather li> rd Sheeting, real
hcav > w eight ^p<-n Island
Sheeting 'lit Sale
2(1 > ards Jtsc
Kvelet I tat i-te, the late-l for 4>Q/t
Summer Presses. On Sale
It*-I tirade s-Ounce I father 1
Iteking t ?n **ntr XtXV.
"fruit ot the I iMini \ oileand
Mati-te, beautiful new t "w?
-hade-. On Sale 10i_
'I ard \\ ide Itleach and I ??ng -"\r*
t loth, a fair giade. On Sale
Pa von lied Spreads, Kxtra
I arge Si/e. so\lu."?. tin QQ/?
Sale OOl
Curtain Scrim. Colored Iter >*>/"?
ders. On Sale, ^ard
One lot of nice Prints, 4 ft
Inches Wide. < >n Sale. > ard
MEN! Buy your supply of Shirts and
I'nderwear for the whole Summer
now at a Great Saving.
M en's Dark Blue Heavy Work
Shirts. All Sizes. On Sale
Men's Hong Kong Shirts,
Triple Stitched, Double
Pockets, a real good quality OvV
The Famous Advertised Line
of the "New Yorker" Shirts, COp
a regular $1.00 value OOx#
The "Waverly" Shirt, known
all over for the best 75c /IQe?
Shirt, in all colors
Men's W hite and Solid Colored
Shirts. Guaranteed Tub QQr?
Fast. All Sizes Ot/v
Men's Athletic Shirts, (jet a 1
supply while they are so low
Men's Broadcloth Shorts, All "I Jfp
Colors and Sizes. On Sale Atlv
Men's Ileal Oood (Quality
Nainsook I n ion Suits. ,
Double Crossbar Back, All I
Sizes ^Ov ?
Men's Itayon Shirts and
Shorts, All Sizes and Col- ?
ors. ()n Sale ...
Manes Shorts and Shirts to 1Q/?
Match. On Sale tC^V
ONE OF THE GREATEST SUIT VALUES EVER OFFERED
IN THIS OR ANY OTHER CITY.
THE FAMOUS STILWATER 16-OUNCE BLUE SERGE
MENS SUITS $10.95
This is a Good Smooth Quality Blue Serge and are all
fine tailored and fine fitting garments. Men "U" can't
afford to miss this Suit Value. A small charge for alterations.
when done.
Friday Morning, May 5, at 9 1 Ap
BIG HOUSE BROOMS A AJL Only
100 of these brooms. Better be here on time
New Print and Plain Washable Silk II
Dresses
r
j We Bought Hun- rpftj
dreds and Got a \ ^3
Special Low Price \
$J88
Made to wear right
now and all through
the summer. Models
far street and
sports-wear. Made I
of excellent fabrics m
in bright and cheer- *
ful summer colors.
Misses sizes 15 to *
20. Women's sizes
30 to 46.
Men's Pure
Linen Suits
White and Natural Color, All
Sizes, Regular $">.00 Value. !
$2.98
The Famous
Chief-Tan
Shf>es for Children, in W hite,
Tan and Patent Feather
Straps, Oxfords and Sandal
effect. All sizes up to 11'/2?
98c
Men's Ventilated
Oxford*
In Black and Tan. All Sizes.
Regular $2.00 Shoes, SlightIv
Imperfect
97c
?One Fot Children's
Oxfords and Straps
79c
I'atont* and Tanft. "
up to $1.50.
Men's AH Wool If^H
Serge Pants
and Hard Finished Worsted I
Pnnts, values to $5.00. I 9
Men's I>eather
Bed Room Slippers ,
I'Argo sizes only, a refffllsr II
$1.00 slipper for
Men's Plow
Shoes II^K
Blacks and Tans, a res' H
stronjr shoe for hard wear,
not many in the lot, to Close It
Out for this Sale only I^H
^en'sT^Pomen'sT
"fhiUrea* ll^B
Tennis Shoes
Octagon Soap
In Original Wrappers
3 Cakes 5c
THE BOSTON STORE, Camden, S. C.
"MODESS" 111
Regular 25c Boxes, on
2 For 25c IB