Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[soOKTY NEWS Tel^pho09 100 Spinster's Club Met Bus FaItli ik'lioach wa? hostess at W\m Monday evening, inviting memB%f t,M' ^i,'"sU,r'-s fiyv their weekly meeting. Miss Viry II-i; 1 , Miss Barbara Hickox and Tt<e? Mays were additional guests. B^for high seore "wajfiwon By Mies Bmssift Guthrie. A sweet course Bserved after cards. Mrs. Hay Hostess B, Qakman Hay entertained E?iVi of her bridge club Thursday Knooii. Others invited to the par vrll. Miss Molly Anderson, Mrs. Broil Ih'sOhamps, Mrs. J. T. Hay Mrs. D. O. IJouser. The afterKn's high scores were made toy Mrs. l viilepiffue and Mrs. Jack Whit jr. After cards the bostess Bed a <lclicious orange drink with Bwiche and cakes. I Club Held Last Meeting B'ne last meeting- of the Plaze-uKe club for the season was held the home of Mrs. G. E. Taylor B , ( nil g. Besides club mem H. ttio out were: Mrs. Beulah Hr. m Minnie Clybaim and Mrs. Hp. Cureton. Prizes were awarded Cureton for top score,and Miss Kgaret Blanding for low score. FolB:',' the bridge games a delightful Bet cour.se was served. B^lub Met With Mrs. Mackey B^e Neighborhood bridge clulb was Brined by Mrs. John T. Mackey, Wednesday afternoon at her home Hampton street. Mrs. E. H. >Ster and Mrs. Edward Oummirvgs were substitutes for the afternoon. Bely garden flowers brightened the Bms. where the tables were placed' contra.:. High shcore prize was by Mrs. Hughey Tindal, low Be prize by Mrs. Leonard Schenk, the consolation by Mrs. R. E. Been son. A tea counse was served B'ne hostess after the card games. Bride-Klect Honored Mrs. A. A. Reasonover entertained ut her home on Iaurens street at a J lovely iparty and kitchen ^linwcr, hon- ( oring M1r? Uu May Ilhoden, a bride-'! elect of the early summer. Upon her < arrival the honor guest was pres- j entod a lovely corsage of lavender and pink flowers. The UeaHono\erj| home was lovoly with pijvk roses and < other early summer .flowers to caiYyli out a lavender and pink color motif, 'i In the dining room, where punch, 'i sandwiches, cakes and mints were ,, served, old lashioned pinks and columbine were used as a center decoration for the table, Mrs. S. C. Zemp ' presided at the punch bowl and others assisting in the dining room were: Mrs. Marvin Reasonover, Mrs. Wylie Sheorn, Miss Christie Hey and Mrs. Raymond Moore. i In a kitchen contest enjoyed by the guests the prize was won by Mrs. Alfred Moljeod and Mrs. W. F. Nettles and they presented it to the honor guest. Miss Rhoden wa? also showered with a number of lovely gifts for her kitchen. Mrs. Floyd Reaver Honored Mrs. Floyd Reaver, of Rranchville, formerly of Camden visited friends here the past wook. On Thursday morning Mr*. Marvin Reasonover entertained at two tables of bridge, her guests being the members of the club to which Mrs. Reaver was formerly a member, Mrs. Joe Thomas, Mrs. Ralph Little and Mrs. Wylie Sheora. Prizes were won by Mrs. Joe Thomas and Mrs. James Candy. The hostess presented Mrs. Beaver a guest prize. On Thursday evening Mrs. I)ess Goodale entertained for Mrs. Beaver. Eight of her close friends were invited. In the games Mrs. Henry Niles won the high score prize and the honor guest was presented a gift. Strawberry short cake was served. Gave Lovely Dinner Party Miss Pheobe Knight entertained at a lovely dinner party Friday evening at. her plantation home, "Cool j Spring." Covers were laid for fifteen guests and dinner was served . at 7:30. | *??j Announce Engagement Mi's. Iy?u Pearce and Miss Ethel SoweM gave a very lovely tea Saturlay afternoon at Chesnut Flats, the Sowell home a few -miles below CamJen. The j>arty announced the engagement of Mrs. lVarce's daughter, Nancy, to J. Team Gettys, Jr. The lower floor of the home was thrown i'ii suite and arrangements of pink rosea and pink snajxlragons were used with pleasing effect throughout the* house. Mrs. Charlie t Sowell greeted the guests at the ()oor and presented them to Miss Mary Kmmi Hough, who in turn, presented them lo the receiving line which included, besides the honor guest, Mrs. lx>u Peaive, Mr?, J. Team Gettys, Mra. A. W. Humphries and Mrs. Newell Wimberly. Miss 'Pearce wore a long afternoon dross of aquamarine mous- i seline de soi with a shoulder corsage of pink rosebuds. Miss Sallie Pearce invite<l the I guests into the dining room, where the table was laid with a lace cloth and centered with a bowl of pink roses and snapdragons and burning pink tapers in silver holders. Pink and (white block cream was cut by Mrs. B. M. Pearce and Mrs. J. L. Gettys, grand-mothers of the brideelect ami bridegroom-elect. Assisting in the dining room were Misses Blanche Hough, Elizabeth Pearce, Ben Mildred Sowell, Dorothy Sowell and Clarine Sowell. Throughout the afternoon a delightful musical program was given by Miss Geneva Morrison, of Bishop-* ville, Miss Virginia Ilaile and Mrs. James Gandy. Miss Pearce, the only daughter of Mr?. Lou Pearce, is a graduute of Brenau College and is at present a member of the faculty of the Bishopville school. Mr. Gettys, the son of Mr. and Mi;/. J. Team Gettys, of Lugoff, is a graduate of The Citadel and is at present in the -employ of the United States Government. Visitors Honored Saturday afternoon Mrs. Bratton deLoach was hostess at an informal tea at her home on Lyttleton street' in honor of Mrs. John D. Miller, of California, who was the house guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ancrum. Sharing honors with Mrs. Miller was Mrs. Howard Osborne, of Charleston. W. Va., who has been visiting her sonin-law and daughter in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. K. deLoach. Assisting at the tea were: Miss Faith deLoach, daughter of the hostess, Mrs. Louis deLoach, of Spartanburg, Mrs. J. B. K. deLoach, of Columbia,, Mrs. John deLoach, Mrs. Arthur Olmsted and Mrs. Cooper. D. C. O. C. Club Met On Saturday afternoon at her home on Highland Avenue. Miss Nancy Watts entertained members of the D. C. O. C. club and an extra table of guests. Playing at the guest table were Misses Paulette West, Barbara Zemp, Ann M. Olarkson and Ann J. Clarkson. The hostess served a sweet course before the card games began. Three prizes were given, Miss Helen Tindal winning the one for high score, Miss Louise McLeod the one for low score and Miss Lena Stevenson, the floating prize. Mrs. Ferguson Entertains Mrs. Matthew Ferguson was hostess at bridge Thursday morning, her guests being members of her card club and Mrs. Charles 'Shannon, 4th, and Miss Phoebe Knight. Prize for high score was presented Miss Knight. After cards the hostess served a tea course from a lovely tea table placed on the south porch. Miss Caroline Houser called after cards. Mrs. Zemp Club Hostess The Better Halves Bridge club members were guests of Mrs. Sidney T. Zemp Friday aDternoon at he|r hnma <\n Istreet? There were two tables of club members present and first and second high, score prizes were won by Mrs. Basil Bruce and Mrs. Sam Evans. A sweet course followed the card games. U. D. C. Meets Monday The John D. Kennedy Chapter U. D. C. will meet Monday afternoon, May 6th at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. S. C. Zemp, Chesnut street, with Mrs. Runwell Boykin as assistant hostess. D. A. R. Meeting This Afternoon The Hobkirk Hill Chapter D. A. R. announces a meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. R. B. Pitts at 4 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon. All members urged to attend. Boaverdam Baptist Church There will be services at Beaverdam Baptist church on next Lord's day as follows: Sunday school at 2:30,p. m.; preaching service at 3 p. m. The thepve will be, "Why People Turn Away From God." We urge every member of this :buroh to he present and visitors are always welcome.?Rev. James D. Gulledge, pastor. Bethany Baptist Church There will be services at Bethany (Westville) Baptist church next SunJay as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. m.; church worship at 11 a. m. The theme will be, "What Have We Added to Our Faith." B. Y. P. U. at 7:80 p. m. If Jesus should come next Lord's iay while we are engaged in these ?ervices where would you he found? Every body is cordially invited to vorahip with us.?Rev. James D. Guledge, pastor. CLERK'S WEEK AT A&P! I TEA Orange Pekoe 2 y4 lb. pkgs. 25c I OCR OWN TEA, */2-lb. Pkg 19c I CAMPBELL'S TOMATO SOUP 4 - 29c COCONOG 19c SWIFT'S JEWEL 8 !>.??. m BAKING POWDER 10c FLOUR Pain or Self Rising 24-lb. Bag 90c SHREDDED WHEAT, 2 pkgs 25c GR VNDMOTHER'S TO P" A Kl Whole Wheat ir).oz. ft ^ oEiEAD - - 8C ENCORE OLIVE OIL &"XT 35c II Sauerkraut3 No. 2 Cans 25" I IS ION A PEACHES, 2 Lge Cans 35c I SALAD DRESSING - 12? I SALAD- DRESSING jy"T 15c I ION A PREPARED mm e| mm W I til CllCCSO Alld I SPAGHETTI I Ann Page BEANS4 16-o C4ns 2&| I Bananas, 6 lbs. for 25c I String Beans, 4 lbs. for 25c I Yellow Squash, ... 5 lbs. for 25c I Garden Peas, ..... 5 lbs. for 25c B Fresh Tomatoes, .. 3 lbs, for 25c B Spring Cabbage,.. 5 lbs. for 25 jaaj* ,l h?m^? * " v^ v " .1 7. . - c " *? ? a i .)r i J li? ' . ...1 n II .1. . . . I .1 IIH Personal Mention I I/exi? Geiscnhmtm-r. of Charleston, sjh'iH Sunday in Camden. A, Stanley Llewellyn is on u businea* trip to Indiana ixdig, I ml. W. M. Young, of Hock Hill, visited his sisters here last week end. Mr. Quintard Joyner, of Omaha, i Nebra., is visiting Mrs. l?u DuBoso. ' Mrs. Frederick Robinson has gone to Now York for the summer months. Miss Ix)lu Haile Hilton, of Sumter, Npent several da y? with relatives last , week. Mrs. Susan Sturgess, of New York, ' was a rtx-ent visitor of Mrs. Frank Spencer. j Miss Tillie Geisenheimer loft last ( week if or the iNorth, where a!)? ?will spend the summer months. ~ Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Marsh, April 2<3th a daughter. She has been , named Esther Nilew Marsh. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilbar from Boston were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs., Frank Spencer. Mrs. \S. M. Whi taker an<t Mrs. Charlotte Boy kin have just returned from a visit to Dr. ami Mrs. Allen,, of MiMedgeville, Ga. Misses Betty Garrison and Harriet Beard, students at Winthrop College, spent last week end at home with their )?a rents. C. G. Kornegay and Sam Evans are attending the South' Carolina : Funeral Directors Association meeting in Greenville this week. I Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Dunn and children returned Saturday to their home in New York, after u visit to the former's mother, Mrs. W. J. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. I). Kirschner, and daughter, Miss Eleanor Kirschner, left this week for un extended trip to ipoints of interest in Texas and ( alifornia. They expect to be away about one month. Mrs. Charles Block, of St. Ix>uis, Mo., is visiting her daughter and sonin-law, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Eichel at the letter's home on Fair street. Ma*. Block will be remembered for her several previous visits here. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. B. D. j 3oykin, have returned from Old Point Comfort, Va., where they spent some- j time. Friends of Mr. Warren H. Harris vill lx' gla<l to know he is doing nicely after an operation at Charlotte Sanatorium on Wednesday. Mr. Hards will probably bo. home again within about two weeks. Miss Ethel ^ ates left, last week for Atlanta, where she will visit friends ! before going to Nashville, for a visit and from there she will go to Tahawujs, N. Y., where she will spend the summer months. After warning pedestrians in the street below that he was going to junvp, William Stana, .30, leaped from a 5-story New York building. He's dead. I he famous Atlantic liner Mauretania, for many years the queen of the seas, has been sold to a Glasgow junking concern and will be dismantled. The price paid for tohe ship as junk totals about $390,000. President Roosevelt says that the major part of the $4,880,000,000 work relief undertaking will be handled by existing government agencies, and it is expected that the work-relief drive will have attained its peak of operations by the middle of November. War babies" to the number of 120,000 joined the armies of France this week for intensive training, making the number under arms in France now total 420,000. I Ml. /ion Club Meeting Thursday uf lor noun, April 18, Mix. J, Li. McCoy whs hostess u> the Ml. y.i(>n Home lkmionsl ration club. Mr*, j I'aul llrown, president, presided. I>e- ! votional by Mrs. J. S. llrown, prayer i by club in unison. Minutes an<l roll J call by Mrs. Henry 1*. lielvin. Miss , Fva McCoy had charge of a "Friend* j ship" program. Those helping by j reading articles were: "Friendship," Mrs. W. L. Hunnicutt; "Iiove," Mrs. Mattie Pate; "Honor," Mrs. J. 11. McCoy; "Fruit," Mrs. Paul Brown; "Parenthood," Mrs. J. E. I'. Brunnon; "Service," Mrs. J. S. Brown; poems read, "Gardening," Mrs. Henry P. Helvin and "My Garden," Miss Ola lYuesdalo. Many recipes were given as a token of friendship. A few moments were dedicated to Faster ami during that time Mrs. Joe Pate gave the Faster pledge und read an artitcle on "The Jerusalem Wall." Business was discussed ami due to the resignation of the aoctrutalry, Mrs. Henry P. Belvin was elected, Mrs. Kathleen II. Watts gave a very interesting talk on schools, their needs ami duties of the parents as to their ooperation. Miss Fewell, our agent, gave un interesting talk to the members ami explained the duties of each chairman. During the social hour games were played ami <the hostess, assisted by her slaughter, Miss Fli/abcth McCoy, served a delicious salad course. Among the visitors were Mrs. Kathleen II. Watts, of Camden, and Miss Ola Truesdale, of New York. General News Notes ? i Two former generals of Greece, convicted of participation in the recent revolution, were executed by a firing squad at"~Athens. Lloyds, famous London insurance organization, offers odds of 20 to 1 i against an early outbreak of war in j<t ; Europe. < A trio of machine-gun bandits held i up and robbed a mail truck at War- 1 ren, Ohio, and got away with $72,000 cash in one of the four mail |>ouohe.s i i stolon. i j Hannibal, Mo., Thursday last dedi- ( jested the Mark Twain museum as a I memorial to the noted author and humorist. |l President Roosevelt is now calling < upon congress to end its s]>endingjt spree ami warm* that now taxes must < be imposed to finance the soldiers' i 1 bonus and other proposals not pro- j vided for in his budget. Some time since throe Atlanta, Ga., i boys found $15,000 in gold coin and j bullion under a' rock. The owner of , t the land sued for its recovery. The ^ j supreme'court says that "finders is;] keepers." |i Cotton planters of the delta see-C tion adjacent to Greenville, Miss., aro "getting tired of all this talk about! hard timet*," and are going to "par- i ade" the "depression out of the del- < ta." They say that "times are bet- < tor." The plant of the Chevrolet Motor i .company at Toledo, Ohio, was closed i Tuesday when 2.340 employes walked 1 out on a strike. The company rerfus- 1 ?d a closed shop after making a con- < cession of 5 per dent increase in pay. The final count of the dead as the 1 result of the Formosa earthquake of 1 Sunday morning, places the number 1 at 3,186; the injured at 8,215, slight- i ly injured at 1,415 and the numfber of houses destroyed at 15,292. i Mrs. Julius B. Bridges recently ( gave birth to triplets?Isaac, Rachel ' and Rebecca?at Cedartown, Ga., and died shortly afterward The children i have been placed in an orphan home . for their care. REMOVAL NOTICE Wo have moved our office and ihow room to our No. 2 plant on Wat Laurens .street, for the Summer nonthi*?effective May 3rd. THE CAM 1>EN FLORAL CO. Win. L. Goodale, President. 6-8 ah. The fly in# clipper, weighing- with ts load, 11) tons, made the return rip from Honolulu to San Francisco >n Monday and Tuesday, and arrived ifter its 2,400 mile flight to San FVancjso, at 2:$8 p. m., Pacific time, Tuesday. This was a 'preliminary ound trip flight for the establishnent of a passenger ah* line to the )rient. "Country John" I*rossly, negro of dessmcr City, N. C., was convicted >f first degree nrur<ler in the Gaston oumty superior court, for the murder >f Sylvester Glover, also colored, res sly claimed self defen.se. He will probably go to the chair. A True Story When I was a yOung man working for the rail road in Chester, S. C., iherfi was a jeweler there named Brandt. He had come from Germany with little means, had built up a fine business and wins known as wealthy. One day I asked him if be could give me the secret of his auceesa. He said "why^ certainly my boy, it is ?asy?all you havo to do is save half >f what you make." While I have never been able to iollow that advice in full and pay livng expenses out of a small salary, [ have never forgotten the advice and' lave always tried to save something >ut of what I made. Folks, that is the big trouble of these times. There is little effort made to save but the idea seems to t>e, spend all you make or even more if you can. A few dollars each month put up in shares of the FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAiN ASSOCIATION where it is safe, insured and will earn you dividends, will be mighty helpful to you later in life. Adv. J. B. WALLACE, Sec'y. 6-7. UmdwJwK nr..ma"vi, ann^ v/l FUoftA WANPA BOTTV I MlLOREb CORA, MA01L, ?O?A t potty, AVAA/erTft, KITA, <3AKM( THRLMASne likcs TO ReCE?v? FLOUJCR^y |2iuA~UR,ENS ST- PHONEI93 | SAFEGUARDING _I YOUR MONEY ON DEPOSIT y ' I | It is gratifying to know that the funds you deposit in a *' | bank will be completely protected against loss. The result j is a feeling of security based upon justified confidence. 1 Deposit Insurance, a permanent addition to national law, I provides these benefits. ; r + , | I Created for the purpose of insuring bank deposits, this form of financial protection is available here to all of our [ i customers. Although $5,000 is the amount insured for each deposi! tor, it is not necessary for you to have this amount in your | i account before you can enjoy insurance. All amounts up to I and including five thousand dollars which you deposit with I ] us are FULLY INSURED by The Federal Deposit Insur| ance Corporation. I THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CAMDEN Camden. South Carolina ji Your Business Solicited, Appreciated and Protected I i- i _~?