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Friday and Saturday:..
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Salmon Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Pan Trout, Fresh
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Mrs. Tabor Makes Address
At the general meeting of tlje Woman's
Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal
church held on Tuesday, January 2,
in the parish house, Mrs. D. D. Tabor,
field secretary for the National
Woman's Auxiliary made a very interesting
and inspiring talk, her subject
was "Visualizing the work of
the* Auxiliary as Ood's^fcbrft and seeing
God's work as the work of the
Auxliary."
Those attending the Dioc^an convention
held in Aiken on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week were Rev,
and Mrs. F. H. CraighiU, Mrs. E. N.*
McDowell andH3Mrs. <Jli$on McKain.
Met With Mrs. Karesh
The Temple Sisterhood held its
monthly meeting last Tuesday evening
at the homo of Mrs. Sam Karesh.
The program was in charge Jpf Mrs.
Lawrence Wallnau. Each member
answered the roll with a Jewish current
event. After an interesting program,
Mrs. Karesh served coffee and
cake.
House Guest Honored
Miss Margaret Mikell, of Charleston,
has been the house guest of Miss
Ellen Knapp for a few days this
week. Miss Knapp entertained at
luncheon in her honor Tuesday morning.
Early spring flowers in tones of
vellow centered .the table and a
com^se luncheon was served at noon.
Besides the honor guest and hostess
those invited were: Misses Lucy Kirk?land,
Caroline Richardson, Phebe
Knight, Phyllis Carrison, Caroline
Houser, Willie Haile, Betty Cureton,
Pete Boykin and Susan Kennedy.
Treasurer Reports Taxes Collected
S. W. Hogue, county treasurer for
Kershaw county, makes the announcement
that 1933 taxes collected
up to January 1, 1934, are 55 per
cent of the total due for 1933. He
has so far collected $135,000.
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Gave Kitchen Shower
Sixteen high school friends formed
the guest list at a bridge party and
kitchen shower given Saturday afternoon
by Miss Ellen Salmond in compliment
to her cousin, Mrs. S. C.
Team, a popular bride. In the bridge
games the score prizes were won by
Miss Charlotte DuBose and Miss
Lucia Tobin. The floating prize fell
to Miss Frances McLeod. A dainty
gift was also presented t?he ho(nor
guest.
Late in the afternoon punch and
cakes were served from a candle-lit
table in the' dining room. At this
time the bride was showered with a
number of gifts for her kitchen.
Calling after cards were Mrs. Leila
B. Kirkland, M^rs. J. T. Hay, Mrs.
A. 4S. Clarkson, Mrs. Roland Nettles
and Miss Susan Team.
Miss Oakes Club Hostess
Miss Grace Oakes was hostess to
the members of the Plaze-u-pleze club
Monday evening at tbo home of Mrs.
John T.^Mackey on Hampton street.
Jriyited to play with club members
were Miss Annie Bolle Thompson and
Miss Sarah Wolfe. Miss Cornelia
Oliver won the prize for high score
and Miss Lucile Allen for low score.
Following the bridge games a congealed
salad course with, cofTe6 was
served. c ?
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Spinsters Held Meeting
Mi ss Lucy KirJUand won the top
score prize at the meeting of the
Spinster's Club Monday evening,
when Miss Helen Savage was hostess
at her home on Lyttleton street.
Miss Hallie Carson was a guest of
the club. After the card games the
guests were invited into the dining
room, where delightful refreshments
were served.
Mrs. DesChamps Club Hostess
The Friday afternoon contract club
met Friday morning of this week
with Mrs. . Carroll DesChamps as
hostess. Besides club members those
playing were: Mrs. Edwin Muller,
Mrs. J. L. Williford, Mrs. Alice
Marye and Mrs. Alfred McLeod.
Luncheon was served on the card
tables at noon. High score priz^avas
presented Mrs. Alice Marye.
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Shoulder Lamb, lb 17c
j. . Pork Chops, lbfw 17c
Skinned Hams, lb. .... 17c
Pig Liver, 3 lbs. for .. 25c
Spare Ribs, lb 10c
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Florida Celery,, 2 for 15c
Carrots, 3 bunches .... 25c
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Personal Mention
Mrs. P. R. Cureton is on a visit to
relatives in Sumter.
John T. Mackey is a juror in United
States court at Florence this week.
George Tidwell, who is manager of
a J, J. Newberry store in Shrevoport,
La., was a visitor in Camden last
week.
Mrs. J. A. Williford has returned
to her home in Winnsboro after a
visit here at the home of her son,
Dr. J. L. Williford.
Visiting relatives in I^ncaster last
Sunday were: M?\ and Mrs. Frank W.
[Spencer. Mrs. G. K. Taylor and Mrs.
Annie S. Davidson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward II. Leadley
ami daughter, of Arlington, Vermont,
are here for the winter occupying a
cottage on Laurens Court.
Charles Trotter and his friend,
Gilmore Slmms, of Washington, D. C.,
were guests this past week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Brown.
Friepds of Mrs. Howard Singleton
will be glad to know that she is at
home much improved from a two
week's treatment at the Columbia
hospital.
FViends of Miss Helen Tindal will
be# delighted to learn she- is recuperating
nicely after an appendix operation
last Sunday, at the Camden
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Danfprth, of
bkaneateles, N. Y., have returned to
Camden for the winter season and are
again occupying the Villepigue home
on Lyttleton street.
Miss Mary Lee Blakeney, of the
University of South Carolina, was at
home for last week end. She had aa
her gueat Miss Daisy Pearoe Towill,
of Batesburg, her cousin. ,
Mrs. J. H. Clyburn is a patient at
the Camden hospital, where 'she recently
underwent an operation. All
her friends are hoping for a speedy
recovery for Mrs. Clyburn. ' j
Miss Caroline Richardson and Miss
Ellen Knapp, Dr. A. B. Whitaker,
Rob Kennedy gnd Van Knight left
Wednesday to visit friends in Charleston
and to attend the ,St. Cecelia Ball
in that city on Thursday evening.
Mrs. U. N. Morton and Mrs. T. R.
Reardon, of Atlanta, are spending
some time here with friends. Mrs. |
Morton and Mrs. Reardon will be
pleasantly Remembered by friends in
Camden as Misses Eva and Margaret
Trantham, daughters of the late
Sheriff J. S. Trantham.
Entertained at Hobkirk
Thursday evening at the Hobkirk
Inn Mrs. H. G. Marvin was hostess
at a dinner party in honor of Miss
Caroline Richardson. A lovely arrangement
of yellow and pink snapdragons
^entered the table, where
covers were laid for ten. After dinner
the guests motored to the
Chatterbox in Columbia for dancing.
Among those enjoying Mrs. Marvin's
hospitality were: Misses Caroline
Richardson, Susan Kennedy, Ellen
Knapp, Phebe Knight, Phyllis Carrison;
and Duncan Edwards, Moultrie
i Burns, Van Zan.jlt Knight, Frank
jWooten and<.Di^ Ahdrew Whitaker.
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Miss Shannon Hostess
> The members of the Wednesday
morning bridge club were entertained
Thursday morning by Miss Charlotte
Shannon at her home on Chesnut
street. Playing with club members
'were: Mrs. W. M. Shannofi? Mrs.
H. G. Marvin, Mrs. W. H. Harris and
jMrs. A. G. Clarkson. The morning's
^high score was made by Mrs. Alice
Marye and Mrs. Annie Davidsop.
The club enjoyed playing for the first
time with the new cards presented
to them at Christmas time by Mrs.
W. H. Harris. * _ :
Mrs. Alteram Entertains
Mrs. George Brunson, Mrs. Withers
Trotter, Mrs. F. H. Craighill, Mrs.
Leslie MoLeod, Mrs. J. Thorn we 11
Hay, Mrs. William L. Goodale and
Mrs. A. G. Clarkson were guests of
the Thursday afternoon card club
when they met with Mrs. Thomas
,Ancrum this week. Mrs. J. Thornwell
Hay scored high for the guests
and Miss Lai Blakeney for the club
members. The hostess served a delightful
salad course. Miss Ethei
Yates called after cards.
Mrs. Harris Hostess
Mrs. W. H. Harris gave a charming
bridge luncheon Tuesday morning at
her home on Fair street. In the contract
games which preceded a lovely
luncheon at noon Mrs. W. L. DePass
and Mrs. Moynahman won the prizes
for top scores. Among those playing
besides the hostess were: Mrs. Ward
Belcher and her guest, Mrs. Moynahman;
Mrs. Samuel Russell; Mrs.
W. L. DePass, Mrs. Alice Marye,
Mrs. William L. Goodale and Mrs.
W. L. Wright.
Married Camden Lady
Franklin Thomas Parker, 57, of 914
Barnwell street, died about 9 o'clock
last night at the Columbia hospital.
He had been in bad health for several
months.
iBorn in Louisville, Ky., June 19,
1877, he went early in life to Houston,
Texas. He came to Columbia
some 26 years ago. He married Miss
Callie B. Cureton of Camden in 1908.
A prominent man . in business,
church and civil life, he was at the
time of his death president of the
F. T. Parker Press Clqth company of
Columbia. A member of the Trinity
Episcopal church, he was at one time
vestryman, and also president of the
Men's dob of the church. a
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a
-JSnriiieT, a Knight Templar nnd^a <Rotarian
and leaves many friends
throughout the state to mourn his
passing.?Thursday's State. ?
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Lucky Piece Made To
Commemorate Train
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The Chronicle is in receipt of the
following letter from E, C. Schmidt,
director of news service of the Onion
Pacific System, Omaha, Nebraska:
"To commemorate the completion of
the now high-speed, light-weight,
streamlined Union Pacillc passenger
train, the Union Paciflc "lucky piece"
has been designed. The first of these
to be piade are being sent to our
American editors. Theso lucky pieces
are made of aluminum alloy, the
same material of which the new Union
Pacific train is built?as .strong
as steel of the same dimensions but
of only one-third the weight"The
Union Pacific is deeply appreciative
of the interest which has been
shown by publishers, editors and
writers in the development and construction
of this train. Its completion
in4January marks an epoch in
transportation history. The progress
of the experiments wihich are to be
carried on will be followed with keen
interest by railroad executives all
over the world. .
"A total of 1,000,000 of these
lucky pieces have beon made. * These
will be given to school children and
to visitors to the train on its exhibition
tour.
"You may be interested to know
that it took Ave tons?10,000 pounds
?of aluminum alloy to make the
million lucky pieces.
"It gives me a great deal of pleasure
to enclose one of these lucky
pieces for you. It conveys to you
our thanks for your interest und our
sincere good wishes."
The lucky piece above referred to
is made in the shape of a coin, having
a reproduction of ^his modern
train on ono side and being appropriately
inscribed on the other.
Epiphany Service at Stateburg
Sunday night,?January 14th, 7:30
o'clock, there in be an "Epiphany."
or "Feast of Lights" service at the
Church of the Holy C/oss, Stateburg.
Rev. L. N. Taylor, Church of the
Good Shepherd, Columbia, will preach.
The service commemorates the coming
of the Wise Men to Bethlehem.
Special music has been arranged.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Camden Public Library Reopened
Due to the generosity of Mrs. Mary
F. Charlton the library was able to
reopen on Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Charlton most graciously presented a
furnace to the Library Association to
replace the old one which was beyond
repair. The new furnace was inI
stalled by C. W. A. workers, superj
intended by Mr. Huggins. The association
wishes to thank Mrs. Charlton
for her gracious gift and the C. W. A.
for their labor.
The library hours are 9:30 to 11:30
-a. m. and 3 to 5 p. m., with the exception
of Saturday, when they are
8;30 to 12:30. ~ *" <
^ Met . With Mrs. Richards
Mrs. J. G. Richards, Jr., was bridge
hostess Thursday afternoon, her
guests being the members of her
c^rd club and Mrs. Edison Hicks, Mrs.
J. L. Williford and Mrs. Mortimer
Midler. After cards Mrs. Richards
served date souffle, toasted oheeso
sari^vri3fft? and coffee.
Neighborhood Club Notes
The Neighborhood Bridge Club had
a delightful meeting. Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. A. G. Clarkson as
hostess. iScore (prizes were won by
Mrs. J. L. Williford and Miss Charlotte
Shannon. After cards a delicious
salad course was served. Those
playing for absent members were:
Mrs. C. P. DuBose, Mr* W. H. Harris,
Mrs. J. H. Guthrie, Mrs. J. W.
CanteVj Miss Charlotte Shannon and
Mrs. J. B. Zomp. *
General News Notes
' President Rufus C. Dawes, of the
Century of Progress exposition, promises
a bigger and better show when
it reopens in Chicago next June.
A Battle Creek, Mich., man met
two policemen on the street. He forgot
about repeal and smashed two
bottles of liquor on the side walk.
He was arrested for breaking the
bottles on a public street.
A son was born to Mrs. Kenneth
Lecky near Sommerside, Prince Edward
Island, as neighbors were trying
to get her to a hospital in a
sleigh. The thermometer at the time
registered 10 degrees below zero,
j Roscoe Turner, speedy aviator, has
announced that he will make a try
at .flying from the Pacific to the Atlantic
coast in six hours. He has
already made a record for the transcontinental
flight of nine hours and
18 minutes.
Conservative estimates place the
total of the final death list at 50 in
tha Los Angeles, Cal., area as the result
of the flood that swept that sr^t
on New Year's day. The property
damage will total millions.
William H. Baker, Id, freshman of
Duke university, Durham, N. &, is
dead. While taking a gun., flom a
car at Aberdeen, Md., the weapon
was accidentally discharged and the
load entered his abdomen. ~~~
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Garden Club Mnettng
The Camden Garden Club held its
January meeting with Miss Fanny
Fletcher at "Little Hedges." The
standing committees for 1934 and
chairman of each were announced by
the president as follows: Plant exchange,
Mrs. Willis Cantey; membership,
Mrs. Henry Savage; program,
Miste" Fannie Fletcher; highway improvement,
Mrs. R. B. Pitts; publicity,
Mrs, A. W. Humphries; monthly
hints, Mrs. E. N. McDowell.
The president thanked Miss Helen
Phelps, retiring .secretary, for her untiring
service as secretary of the club
and presented to her a group of evergreen
plants. Miss Phelps responded
with a few gracious remarks.
> Mrs. Hunter, of the Court Inn, has
presented the Garden Club of Camden
with a silver cup. vShe suggests
that it be held for a year by the winner
of the artistic arrangement class
at the flower show, or that it be
awarded to the most perfect garden
work constructed by a club member.
Mrs, Hunter has acted as judge at v
our flower shows.
Mrs. Pitts, chairman of tho high- .
way improvement committee, reported
that trees wer^ to be iplanted along.
highway number one between Camden
and tin? river .bridge. iShe also told
the club of plans that are being made
to beautify the same highway east ; .
of Camden for two miles. Kershaw
county's allotment is $4,000 to be
used on this project. The club voted
to sustain the committee" in any steps 7;VT
taken in this matter. '
Mrs. Barnes judged tibe exhibits of
the afternoon and awarded the blue
ribbon to*an interesting collection of
twelve varieties of 'flowers growrj by
Mrs. Louis Guion.
Miss Fletcher, chairman of the
program committee, read an inter- 0
esting article by Lucy Wilson Baxton,
"How Flowers Get Their Names."
| , STATEMENT OF f
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CAMDEN
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 30, 1933
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RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts * $16,096.25 j
Overdrafts ..................... ' NONE
Furniture and Fixtures ......J. 405.00
U. JS. Government Bonds 20,025.00
Other well selected State and *
Municipal Bonds 4U.583.08 '
Cash in Vault and Due from Banks-.. 98/218.74
Other Assets 3,788.07
TOTAL * $188,111.14
LIABILITIES v
Capital Stock $80,000.00
Surplus Fund 7,500.00
Deposits < 1 150,442.91
Bills Payable NONE
Undivided Profits 168.23
TOTAL .$188,111.14
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