Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 D A Y S ON L Y FRIDAY AND SATURDAY m 4% And Thin Coupon M-fl Will I'urcliHHf / |U3 B" One of Thewe *TilJ1J SUMATRA 1 VW GEM RINGS Many different mountings to select from in ladies' SullUir? or Dinner or Gentlemen's Rings. S<?cial leaders, millionaires and * | our (Inest people keep their genuine diamonds in vaults and wear SUMATRA GEMS. A I.KADIAMOND KXI'BRT OF . NEW YORK WRITES: "I have subjected Sumatra Gems to acid, tire, water and microscope, and beg to advise that Sumatra Gems stand lip 100 per cent under nil these tests." Belk Department Store .... * * - Presbyterian Church Services (Services for the week at Bethesda Presbyterian church are announced by the pastor, A. Douglas McArn, as fol- | lows: Easter Sunday, April 1, church ' school 10 o'clock; morning worshipI with sermon and anthebi at 11:15. .Intermediate Club Friday evening at ! Junior Club Saturday ning , at tin- Sunday school building for an | Easter Egg Hunt at ten o'clock j \ oung People Sunday evening at six thirty. A Sunrise Easter Service will ; Ik1 held Easier Sunday morning on the church 'awn at *ix o'clock; everyone is-invited to ti s >e"\i'V. Mid-' week service Wednesday evening at eight o'c lock, studying Job, chapters , 10 and 17. The public is cordially'! invited to the services in this church j Methwlist Church Next Sunday Preaching at 11:15 by the pastor; I theme, "Life's Biggest Question An-j swered." Special Easter .Music will j be rendered. Preaching at 8 o'clock by the Rev. J. T. Fowler, Presiding Elder, after which will be held the Second Quarterly Conference.?C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Bobby Jones, former golf champion, retired for several years, tried a comeback in a big match at Augusta, Ga., but was badly defeated by Walter Hagen. # I . ' Engagement Announced The engagement of Frances Anc? i rum Boykin to William Clarence Boyd, -Jr., of Columbia, *was announced yesterday at an informal party following the Carolina Cup Races in Camden, the wedding to tuke place April 18th. Miss Boykin has a wide circle of friends here, having made her home in Columbia for several years. ,She is the daughter of Henry I>eas Boykin, of Cam/don, and tne'late Mrs. Anne Johnsod Boykin, and J>- widely connected throughout the state. Mr. Boyd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Boyd, of Charlotte, his t mother having hwn before hi# marriage Miss Klizabet.h Lyles, of Winnsboro. He is a graduate of Furman university, later receiving bis LL.B. degree from the the University of South Carolina, where ho was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Ho is associated with the firm of , Benet, Shand and McGowan here and I is also assistant secretary of the Petroleum Industries committee.? Sunday's State. Lieut. Commander Herbert V. Wiley, sole survivor of the ill-fated airship Akron disaster, has been ordered to the command of the Macon, sister shrp of the Akron. Neil Truesdale Offers'1 As House Candidate I Neil Truesdale; young Bethuno; man, has his announcement in this ] week's Chronicle asking election to the lower branch of the general as-1, aembly in the August primary, Mr. Truesdtole is a son of Dr. E. Z. ? Trui'Mlule, pf Bethune, and is a grad-11 uate of l'resbyterinn College at Olin- i ton. Since his graduation he has | < been a teacher in the Oakland schools j 1 of this c^Vj^y where he is popular with pupils and parents alike. He has a wide family connection through- i out the coupty and is considered a i most exempWVy young man, well 1 liked by all who know him. i ' } Bad Fire Narrowly Averted Thursday ; o J * <?<# Fire originated on the third floor of the Bank of Camden building 1 Thursday morning, but it was quickly { discovered ami by prompt action- on J the part of the firemen it was soon under control. Only a small amount of damage resulted?mostly frdhi ( water. Fortunately the water did not get through to the lower floor ^ and none of the bank's fixtures were { hurt. The loss is fully covered by t insurance. 1 ^ Camden Library Committees On Thursday evening, March 15th, < the board of directors and active com- t mittees of the Camden Library Asso- c t iation met wi^h the president, Mrs. Samuel Russell, to discuss plans for ( the year's work. The standing com- r mittees of the library, as appointed * for 11*34-1935, are as follows: I Library Committee: Mrs. Kennedy t Blakeney, Rev. Mr.- Francis Craighill, i C. T. Baldwin, Miss Dolly .Singleton, 1 Miss Sara Wolfe. Finance Committee: L. A. Wittkowsky, Mrs. Reuben B. Pitts. Rooms Committee: Mrs. Thornwell ] Hay, Miss Lillian Yates, A. S. Llew- i ellyn. * Entertainment Committee: Mrs. ? John deLoach, Mrs. Charlie Zenvp, 1 Mrs. Mortimer Boykin. ' < The chairmen of these committees 1 "reported their suggestions to the J meeting for approval. Mrs. Donald Morrison, librarian, presented an in- c teresting and inspiring report of her c work in the library, to dafe, ami, also, s a proposed list of books to be pur- r chased as soon as possible. Under i the leadership of Mrs. Russell, the s Library Association is looking for* 1 ward to an active and progressive c year for the Camden Library. Wright's Market To Open Wright's Meat Market will be the name of a new place of business to f open probably Saturday in the store 1 room belonging to llirsch Brothers 1 and Company, one door south of thetf 1 store. It will be in charge of J. H. Catoe, of Clinton, and they will carry 1 both native and Western meats; as 1 well as a line of fruits and produce. Hospital Receives Duke Money ( Allocation of $872,323.87 to hospi-j < tals and orphanages in the two Carolinas by trustees of the Duke endow-i morn was announced at Charlotte on. i Tuesday. Of this amount the Camden hospital will receive $<">,187, and thr ("hildrcff's H ome of Camden will ! receive $30?5j645. City Council Entertained Thursday evening at his home on I.yttleton street Leon Schlosburg onj .?-rtained at :i dinner party in honor I of K. M. Kennedy. Jr.. retiring mayor, j The host's guest list included: L. A. ! Wutkowsky, city attorney; ' W. F. i Nettles, chief of the tire department; and the present city aldermen: Henry Savage, Jr.. J. C. Cillis, J. E. Ross and S. W. Yanl-andingham. Favors at each guest's place designated his ! position in city council. I In behalf of the aldermen, S. W. Yar.lAndir.gham presented to Mayor Kennedy silver sherbet dishes and i a plaque which bore the names of the j present city aldermen. Boy Scout Notes The Viking I*s?tr??l of the li-.y ! S.-out.-s met at the Scout House ? n j Tui?day night. The members present were: Henry (>. ( arrison, <?i>l, Ra fh E. S tevi r. -<>r.. Jr.. Edward S'erref,. Alls-rt 11 i?y and David W -:'ej Wallr.au. A f'fl toe bu.s.l.e.s.s wa.s owr .CS, f[ , -hno-r; - were s?-rve I by li- : y> t at; ;-<.n. r i patrol leader. A ..gr.tt'u. 11 me wa- nu<: by a.l at:>r. .-I Ralph Stew-n>on. J . I Assistant Scr.be. j R. L. I Veil (iocs To Hospital ; It. L. Bell, formerly of Wcc\.,.?, | 'now of ( amJin, who has been in J I bad health for a long while, was &k!<>n to the Columbia hospital last Sat- j j urday for an operation, which he | was not in physical condition, how* I ever, to undergo immediately and ne is receiving treatment to build h:rn up and is responding to the treatment. Mr. Bell's friends hero hope for him a speedy recovery.?Kershaw Era. f4 Cane Given To Mayor By Fire Department Member? of the Camden ^ire IfyJ l>artment gathered at the Palmetto Teh iioom Wednesday evening to enjoy a dinner given in compliment to, the retiring mayor, K. M. Kennedy, Jr. About thirty-live were in attendance and the g-ueata of honor bolides Mayor Kennedy were Mayordeet J, H, Opborne, A. S. Llewellyn, Mayor J. J. Sanders, of Wateree Mill tillage. Frank Mayer, of the fire dopartnent asked that the department give t rising vote of thanks to Mayor Kennedy for his hearty cooperation vith the department during his four rears in office. In behalf oljthe department Chief W. F. Nettles prelented him with a handsome walking >ane suitably engraved, which MrKennedy highly appreciate?.' I "Lob" not having fully recovered I'oni his recent accident to his ankle, ho new cane was put into service mmediutely to aid him in walking. Grace Church Services Kov. Francis (raighill, pastor of; Jarce Episcopal church announces hut the Rt. Rev. K. G. Finlay, Bish>p of upper South Carolina, will mike the address at the Three Hour Service on Good Friday. The ser- i ice will begin at 12-o'clock noon. Alymn will be siui-g at the end of each lalf hour period. Bishop /fplay reincsts that those who cannot attend he whole service enter and leave luring the singing of a hymn. Services for Easter Day: Holy' -ommunion at 7:30 a., m.; Holy Com- i nunion and Easter'music at 11:15 a. i n.; Children's Easter Festival at -1 >. m. The public is cordially invited o attend all or part of this service :ommemorating the crucifixion, of our jord. Mrs. Stevenson Hostess Mrs. R. E. Stevenson gave a pretty ' faster party, Wednesday afternoon ; ind invited as her guests the mem- : >ers of the Neighborhood Bridge Club i md the following additional friends: j Mrs. E. H. Sterrett, Mrs. W. C. San- 1 lerson, Mrs. Henry Niles, Mrs. John . T. Mackey, Mrs. F. D, Goodale, Mrs. j I. B. Queen and Mrs. J. B. ^Zemp. The salad course served before the ard games very effectively carried >ut the Easter idea and spirea nnd mapdragons decorated the living oom. High score prize for the vistors was won by Mrs. W. C. Sanderirtn and for the club members by Mrs. Leonard Schenk. Mrs. Hughey Tinlal was presented the floating prize. 3IX ARE PASSED BY CHARIOTEER (Continued from page one) o be jumping better, but dropped be- I lind Friar's Hope, owned and ridden | 3y North Fletcher, at the end of the sack stretch. EI Rey Keno was second and Friar's Hope third in a fast, driving finish. The second event,- the Kershaw Steeplechase, two miles over brush, offered everything that could be looked for in a horse race. Free Wheeler, whose action bespeaks his name, a fine, bay gelding, with remarkable pick-up, lunged into the lead in a few fast strides at the start followed by Thomas B. Gay's Brandon Brander, Randolph Duffey up, then settled down to a steady, strong stride, and clever running and riding by his handler. At the third jump Kanem owned by Mrs. Verner Z. Reed. Jr., and Noel Laing,, and ridden by the latter, went into the lead. Brandon was second, followed by Anderson Fowler on Mrs. T. H. Somerville's Yellow Feather. At the fifth jump Free Wheeler passed Yellow Feather and began closing in but the leaders maintained their positions throughout the first circuit. Kanem leading, followed in order by Brandon Brander. Free Wheeler, Yellow Feather, Northern Light and Mrs. Campbell Weir's Faun Ore. , On the second back stretch Kanem and Brandon Brander began weak I ening and Northern Light moved up. /fcoming down the final stretch all in a bunch, Free Wheeler responded strongly and took the event by half a length, with Kanem second and Northern Light third. The time was minutes, 66 2-6 seconds. The Wateree also offered spectacular and fast movement, the mile and p half flat race being won by Mrs. Somerville's Britannicus, II, with Carroll K. Bassett in the saddle. He was a half length ahead of Mrs. T. E. Proctor, Jr's. Starwink, ridden by Noel Laing, while Mrs. Norman Toerg's "0," with C. R. White up, was third. The time was 2 minutes, 17 seconds. In the Springdale steeplechase, two 1 miles over brush, the silks of Mrs. V. ! Z. Reed, Jr., worn by Noel Laing, again were victorious, with Our Friend doing the running. Mrs. Somerville's Battleship, piloted by Carroll , Bassett was second and Dorwood Stables' Greatorex, J. V. II. Davis up, was third. I The interest displayed by the vast I throngs which constantly grows from ' year to year, is a tribute to the vision : of the patrons, chief among whom are j Ernest L. Woodward and Harry D. j Kirkover, who set out to make j steepleehasing in South Carolina an j : institution, and it seems well estab- i I lished that they have succeeded and i I I that the Carolina Cup and the othef 1 events held annually on the Spring I dale course, one of the finest is fl America, have become fixtures. The events are held under the s?ne- fl tion and rules of the h^itional Steeple- I chase and Hunt Association, and is fl handled by the following committees: | Stewards: Algernon <S. Craven, F. Skiddy von Stade, Henry G. Vaugh*nfl Carolina cup committee: Jamy fl Boyd, Frank J. Bryan, Burwell H. I Boykin, Jr., Thomas Hitchcock, Harrj fl I). Kirkover, F. Skiddy von Stade and I Ernest L. Woodward. Committee of the day: R. M. Ken- I nedy, Jr., Caleb C. Whitaker, Sr., W. J T. Redf earn,-John K, deLoach, Henry fl G. Carrison, Jr., J. Blakeney Zemp? fl Henry Savage, Jr., Mrs. Dwight Part-J ridge, M. F. H., and Ward C. Belcher.fl Judges: F. Wall is Armstrong, Au- H gustus F. Goodwin, D. Walter Mabee, I Dr. Oscar Seeley. Clerk of course, Harry D. Kirkover; 1 starter, Samuel Russell; assistant starter, David R. Williams; clerks of I scales, Frederick H. Parks, Dwight fl Partridge; patrol juchges, Charlee P? fl DuBose, Jr., R. Watson Pomeroy, C. H C. Whitaker, Jr., J. North Fletcher; I paddock' judge, R. Watson PomeroyJ fl assistant paddock judge, Ralph WaM?<<fl Chase; timers, Jackson Boyd. F. Ara- H brose Clark and William Zeigler, Jr-1 J veterinarian, Dr. Thomas B. Bruce. j POPULAR BRAND J,GE. PKG. 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