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Twenty-Fifth Annual Camden Horse Show I " Wednesday and Thursday, March 13th and 14th, 1935 B (Parking Spaces on Sale at Corner Book Store L 11 " 1 I I I III 1 HI ^ -- -J- I Held on Cherokee Club Property I Near No. 2 Polo Field I SOCIETY NEWS 1 Ttl?pkoM 100 | hi ??J Garden Club To Meet , The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Garden Club will be held Monday, March 11th, at the home of Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy at 4 o'clock. All member? are urged to attend. Club Met Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitaker entertained the members of their bridge club Tuesday evening at their home on Laurens Courts-spinner was served first and the contrast games followed. Mr. and Mrs. iS. B. Yardley of Greensboro, were guests of tho dub. The evening's high scores were made by Mrs. John Villepigue and j. B Zemp. Mrs. Zemp Hostess On Monday afternoon with Mrs. Frank Zemp as hostess the Thursday contract club hold its last meeting before the Lenten season. Prize for top score in this series of games was given at this time and Mrs. Jack Whitaker was the> ^winner. Mrs. Dakman Hay made the second highpst score. A delightful sweet course iva- -erved by the hostess after the Lara games. Other guests at the party were: Mrs. Edward Leadley, Mr.-. Will Goodale, Mrs. Joe Thomas Knc. Mrs. T. J. Kirkland. Honors Sister's Birthday Mr-. K. DuBose entertained infernally Friday afternoon in comphnu-nt i" her sister, Mrs. Mattie' spann. who celebrated her 84th I jirthday on that day. About a dozen i )f Mrs. Spann's friends called dur-1 ng inn afternoon. A white iced birth-j lay cake with gleaming white caadlas j entered the tea table in the living j oom. Mrs. Miller Boykin, of Kingitree, daughter of the hostess, asiste-i in entertaining. Hostess To Spinster's Club Monday evening at her home on .aureus street, Miss Mary Goodale lelightfully entertained at three tabes of bridge for the members of he Spinster's club. Others invited 0 the party were: Mrs. Clifton Mcariand, Mrs. John Davidson and diss Barabara Hickox. The card oom- were lovely with blue and yelow :ris and pink roses. Prize for lign score went to Miss Caroline tieha-dson. After carde the hostess eived a salad course! Mas Bridge Hostess Mrs. J. M. Dempster was a bridge 0-:css Monday evening, when she ntcitained at four tables of con' at her home on Lyttleton. street. Rr guests included members of the ha;:e-u-pleze club and Mrs. Dan lur.-hison, Miss Sara Wolfe, Miss Lit .ei ine Murohison, Mrs. William Ugers and Mrs. Beulah Hicks. There vere three prizes given, the two for n::. scores went to Miss Katherine lurchison and Mrs. E. J. MoLeod r.u the one for low score to Miss largaret Blanding. a D. C. O. C. Club Met The members of the D. C. O. C. lub w^re very delightfully entaramed Saturday afternoon by Miss ?ar.cy Nelson. Besides the threee aoles of members there was an cxta table for tho following guests: li -os Eleanor Kirschner, Jane Casan, Ina DeLoache and Fannie Mickle. ?"th the toy score and the floating lutes went la Miss Carolyn Cantey. *rs. Joseph Nelson assisted her aughter in serving a salad course fter the card games. - ? Compliments Guest Miss Alice Dabney, of Charlottes1-.e, Va., visited Mrs. Frank Wooten few days last week. In honor of tr house guest Mrs. Wooten gava bridge luncheon Thursday, her uests being members of her card ub and two additional tables of layers. Luncheon was served on nail tables at 1:30 and cbntract folded. The score prize award1 Miss Barbara Hickox and a dainty ut was presented the honor guest. Mrs. Ancrwm Boykin, Jr., assisted hostess in entertaining. Out-offun guests at the party were: Miss jne Peterkin, 6t Garden City, L. I.J 8s Jane Morton, of Albany, and ss Angela iDunham, of Long Isf Minn Kichey Hostesa Miss Mary Richey gave a pretty party Saturday evening for the member of the Night Owls club and Miss Dorothy Culvern, Miss Jean Van Undingham and Bob Culvern. The j ladies' hi^^ore prize was won by Mi S3 Carolyn Cante^ and the men's by Dickie Branham, who also won the floating prize. Late in the evening a sweet course was served. Luncheon Hostess Miss Phebe Knight wast hostess Satuiday, entertaining a.dozen guests at a luncheon at Cool Spring. The table in the dining room was attractively appointed, tones of yellow being used, with yellow daffodils as a centerpiece. In the bridge games Which followed the luncheon prizeswere awarded Mrs. R. M. Kennedy, 3rd, for high score and Miss Jane Peterkin for the low score. Entertains Better Halves Miss Virginia Ilaile, Mrs. Dess Goodale and Mrs. Irving Pearce were additional guests at the meeting of the Better Halves bridge club this week. The party was given by Mrs. Lee Mays Friday afternoon at her home on Hampton street. The prize for top score was won by Mrs. Basil Bruce and the one next high by Mrs. Ralph Little. The hostess served a delightful sweet course after the bridge games. Marriage Announced Coming as quite a surprise to thenfriends here was the announcement j of the marriage of Miss Florine Mitchell and James McLeod Chewning, Sunday, March 3rd. They were mai ried in Mullins by the groom's uncle, Rev. C. P. Chewning. The bride came to Camden about a year ago from Vinetta, Oklahoma, to live and has made many friends here. Mr. Chewning is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Chewning of this city and is in business with his father. . The young couple are making their home at 1411 Lyttleton street, Twitty-Dixon Jack O. Dixon, and Miss Melvinia Twitty, both of Camden, were married at the Methodist parsonage Sunday evening, February 10. The bride lived some ten miles from Camden on the Liberty Hill highway. The bridegroom is connected with one of the old and well known families in this section. He i is employed at the Gladden gro?bry of Camden. The ceremony was performed by the pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church, Rev. C. F. Wjm/berly. Masquerade Dance The annual St. Patrick's Day dance in aid of St. Mary's Catholic church, Lyttleton at corner of Pine street, will be held on Thursday, March 14 in the church hall, at 9 p. m. This will be a masquerade affair and a pleasant time is assured everyone who attends. Three attractive prizes will \>c given; one for prettiest, one for most original and one for the funniest costume. A charge of 50 cents will be made, tickets on sale at the door. Clemson Trustee Dead St. Matthews, March 5.?John E. Wannamaker, 84, prominent /armer and business man, died at his home here today following a long illness. Wannamaker, who was chairman of the board of trustees of Clemson college, is survived by three sons and two daughters. MuJrder and Suicide Spartanburg; March 4.?Mrs. Edna Jackson, aJbout 29, mother of two small boys, and J. B. Golden, about 24, textile workers, were found shot to death around 2 p. m. today in a downtown boarding house. Remember When At first dark the lamplighter rode down the street stopping to light each street lamp and this was the signal for home owners to reach out and pull in the window shutters and fasten them for the night. Then a PApor taper was lighted in the fire, if it was winter time, and applied to the lampwicks and the family sat down to a quiet evening of books, music and conversation. About eleven o'clock the lamplighter could be heard on his return trip putting out the street lights?and the town slumbered.?Wallerboro Press-iStandarxL Personal Mention Mrs. Elizabeth Foster has returned from a stay of three months in Florida. Miss Beulah Cook, of Lancaster, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Sheorn last Sunday. Mrs. I). D. Ivee has returned from Anderson, where she has been on a visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Woodward, of LeRoy, New York, are here for a stay at their winter home, Holly Hedge. Mr. and Mrs. B. Cassells Zemp, who have been making their homo in Greenville for the past six months have returned to Camden. Mrs. J. W. Campbell, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. K. E. Stevenson has returned to her home in Gastonia, N. C. Miss Mary Pearl Powell and her mother, Mrs. Powell, and Pauline Lewis, of Conway were visitors in Camden last Sunday. Dr. G. R. Peeples, of Charleston, has come to Camden to fill the place of Dr. A. W. Humphries, Health Officer of Kershaw county, while Dr. Humphries is in Baltimore taking a course in public health. Flower Show Postponed The Flower Show of the Camden Garden Club has been postponed from March 7th to Tuesday, March 42th. It will be held at the Parish House of Grace Episcopal church and will be open to the public at 2 p. m. Any exhibtor may compete for prizes in the following classes: Single entries in the bulb division; ribbons, first, second and third places. Finest collection of bulbs horticulturally; prize, a book on perennials. Collection of the greatest number of varieties of bulbs; prize, green Lenox bowl. Finest collection of hyacinths horticulturally; prize, a trowel. Annuals, judged by perfection of bloom only; prize, a small garden spade. Perennials, judged same as annuals; prize, a pair of gardening gloves. Artistic arrangement, mantel-piece division; prize, a pink bowl. Prizes to ibe awarded in the other classes will be vases and shrubs. The following awards are for club memlbers only: 'Sweepstakes; prize, a book, "Old Gardens for New," presented by Miss Ruth Richards. Most outstanding artistic arrangement; silver cup presented by Court Inn. Most outstanding exhibit of the show; silver bowl presented by Mrs. Dacre Bush. The bowl and cup are to be held by the winners for one year. General News Notes Sixty-two dollars in pennies were the first returns received by New; York tax officers as a result of a two per cent sales tax for relief purposes. The North Carolina house has passed a1 bill to set up a board of cosmetic arts examiners, to have general supervision of beauty parlors. Coast guardsman of Chicago, rescued 11 fishermen from Lake Superior who had been marooned on ice floes over night. 'Secretary of Agriculture Wallace predicts an 11 per cent increase in food costs during the first half of this year. Hitler extended amnesty to all Saar-landers serving one year or less, .when Germany took over the Saer basin last week. -Six persons were killed and a number injured when a severe rain and hail storm swept over the Honolulu area last week. President Roosevelt is said to be contemplating a visit to Florida, probably this month, for a few days of fishing. Seventeen of 20 Austrian Nazis, tried on charges of violating ttye stringent decree against possession of explosives, ware convicted and condemned . to death at Salzburg, Austria. John Fritz, aged 5 years, of Larrys Creek, Pa., is to be committed to a school for feeble mined, following his slashing of his 8-months-old brother during a "faith healing" ceremony, with a butcher knife. H. W. Mobley Died At Heath Springs H. W. Mobley of Heath .Springs^ died on Friday noon following a lingering illness. Mr. Mobley was S3 years of ago and had been critically ill for tho past two months. Funeral services were held from the home on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p. in. * Deceased was one of -$u> oldest and most prominent residents of the i Heath Springs section where he was 1 born eighty-three years ago. He is survived by his widow to whom he was married sixty-three years ago and who is in poor health at the present time. Over a week ago Mrs. Mobley suffered a slight paralytic stroke and has been bedridden since that time. For thirty-five years, Mr. Mobley had been engaged in the mercantile business in Heath Springs and for a number of years he was magistrate at that place. Surviving him besides his widow are six daughters and one son as follows: Mrs. Ed F. Hammond of Lancaster, Mrs. D. M. Hinson of ! ileath Springs, Mrs. G. 0. Hammond of Florence, Mrs. J. C. Bowling of Shelby, N. G., Mrs. Minnie Cauthen of Lancaster, Mrs. Horace Earl and Shala Mobley of Heath Springs. A large number of friends gathered at the home on Saturday to pay la^t tribute to one of Lancaster county's beloved residents. Interment was made in the Heath Springs cemetery. ?Lancaster News. I !- 1 1 " Long Service With Railway Steve Strak, a former Catrulen man, now residing in Charleston, was a visitor in (Camden this week, being called here on account of the illness and death of hh? mother. Tuesday murked the thirtTy-flfth anniversary of his first trip out of Camden to Kingsvillo as a brakeman over the Southern railway. Since that time, by close application to business and ho pest endeavor has risen to bo one of the Southern's most trusted conductors. He is now running as a conductor 'between Columbia and Charleston. Poultry Shipment Monday I II. 1). Green, county agent advises that on Monday, March 11th, there will be poultry shipments at 9 a. m. to 12 noon at Kershaw, rear of bank; from 1 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. ut Bothune, bought at truck. Prices to be paid will be: Fat Colored Hens, 14c lb.; Fat Ijeghorn Hens, 12c lb.; Roosters, 6c lb.; Young Fat Turkeys, 18c lb.; Old| Turkeys, 14c lb.; Young Guineas, 26c each; Fat Ducks and Geese, 8c lb.; Fat (Papons, 9 lbs and up, 18c lb. Mrs. Blackmon Dead Mrs. Dora E. Blackmon, aged 53, a native of Union county, N. C., died at the Camden hospital Tuesday night, and her funeral and burial was in the West Side cemetery at Lancaster Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Before marriage she was Miss Dora Helms. She had been residing in the Malvern Hill section of this county. *\or -tt* -j(| / v A?*?7A (^^gfoujer? |2ilL AU KEN S ST.- PHONE >93 | Woodrow Walker, 23 days old, was operated on in^ a Kansas City, Mo., hospital for a stomach operation. The anaesthetic used was a tiny sack of sugur soaked in whisky, and placed in the child's mouth during the operation, the whisky supplying the necessary intoxication for the operation. SPRING SLIP-ONS j Fresh?dainty f 49? The giddiest of frilly gauntlet tops?trim-looki n g tailoreda! Sizes 6 to 8 Vfc Here's a 'Cynthia9 Arch White Oxford for women & growing girls This superb new oxford is one of the outstanding successes for spring! All white, accented-only by its scroll and diamond pattern it offers a delightful contrast for pastel -frocks! The New Men's and Young Men's SPORTS SUITS are here! New Fabrics? New Belted Backs? $14.75 Here's the news in 1935 COATS i , Dress and sport styles! ! Ripple collars, jabots, wide lapels for dress! Action backs, half-belts, checks, plaids for sport! Wide ran^e of new materials! Children's Sweaters Smart Colors! 98e For rouph tomboys?for dainty - girts! V. crew, square . necks. 2 to 6 j You'll want a new spring I ]F BCL 1 when you sec these! Only f I $4*93 I Matela3i;es, sheers, jacket j! styles, new prints ar.d combinations, styled with tunics, peplums, elbow-length |i sleeves! Women's, misses'! I PURE SILK HOSE 1 Full fr.shtonedj ChifTon, silk plcot u>p?service. _ mercerized top, sole! New colore. 8 V* -10 V*l P E N N E Y'S