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[society news 1 Telephone 100 )viiss Richardson Hottest yjjs Caroline Hlc hard ton wus hostg at bridge Monday evening at her ?? b>tt,eU)U entertainj.# the member# of the Spinsters iul> and other guests Including u|s?e? Virginia Halle, Emily Pitte, UePatt. Adolo Savage, Olive Netlies and Mrs Matthew Ferguson. The ? ecore prize was awarded Miaa Gertrude Zemp. Delightful refresh.iae?M were served after cards. Entertains For Mrs. Strohscker Mrs- J Wallace entertained on Wednesday morning at a small but delightful luncheon in honor of her daughter, Mrs. H. O. Btrohecker, of Charleston. Besides the honor guest ,b08e at the party were: Mrs. E. N. Xt-Uowell. Miss l4il Blakeuey, Mrs. jC L). McArn, Mrs. J. M. Villepigue, >lrs. L> A Boykin, Mrs. Jack Whltaktr Jr. Mrs. J. G. Richards, Jr., and jlujs Lillian Yates. Mrs. Williford Hostess Mrs. J- I- Williford was hostess at bridge Wednesday ufteruoon, her guests being members of the Neighborhood bridge club and an extra table added tor the following: Mrs. Mortimer Muller, Mrs. C. H. Zemp ind Mrs. Harrington Yates. Before bridge games began the hobtess jerved an ice course. First and second high score prizes were awarded Mrs A. C. McKaln and Mrs. Harrington Yates. ! ? > Guests Of Mrs. Nettles The members of the Better Halves dub were guests of Mrs. William Nettles, Jr.. Friday afternoon at her home on Laun-ns street. There were two ubles of club members present and m extra table was added for Miss Olive Nettles, Faith deLoach, Mary Goodale and Virginia Haile. Cool, re tRshing punch was served throughout the afternoon and after cards the Hostess served a delightful salad Bourse. Score prizes in the bridge pmes were awarded Mrs. Jack NetBt-s and Miss Virginia Haile. In Honor Of Mrs. Sheorn I Mrs Ko? helle Sheorn, a popular Bunt- bri-le. was honor guest at a Bovely party given Saturday afternoon BbvtMiss Olive Nettles at her home on Laurens street. The rooms of the B'ettl'-s home were lovely with sumBer flowers ami the bridge players Bert- st at- d at six prettily appointed Bard tables. .Miss Willie Haile won Bhe top score prize. Miss Gertrude wmp cut the consolation, and the Brize for low score went to Miss Faith tl.oai li. A lovely gift was also preHated the honor guest. Mrs. William Hb&les. Jr, and Miss Dots Rhame Hrifed the hostess in entertaining. Garden School To Open fir Southern School of Gardening Brill open at Chapel Hill on July 22, fact that will prove of interest not Half to the Camden Garden Club, but Bo all others who are engaged in tryV to raise shrubs, flowers and trees Ha this vicinity. In addition to the H^tures. there will be field trips, plant Hhovs. conferences, and plans for garH(n construction. Of special appeal ' lecture on problems of southern For further Information about the Horse call Mrs. Clifton McKaln at H'fphone number' 182. Thompson-Johnson ^ Announcements were received in H?den on Sunday which read as fol Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Archibald hompson announce the marriage of H-ir daughter. Annie Belle, to Mr. nrdoch McNeil Johnson, on Satur^PF-July 1035, Camden, South Car([Miss Thompson is a native of AberH^1 -s- ' but has made her home H Camden t,,r the past three years, f- Johnson is a well-known attorney Canulen and Is now serving as a H*rober oi the house of representsfront Kershaw county. ^ ntarriage occurred early Saturmorning at the home of Mrs. John Hackey, with Rev. A. Douglas Mc J officiating. The couple left imHJ. te,-v ,0r a wedding trip to points ^ ua. H . Entertains For Visitors Mrs. David Klrschner gave H party at their home on Fair H1^ Thursday evening in compllHJ t0 Miss Shirley Slessinger, of I "?pxille. whose engagement to | He> Bahin has recently been an, H^oo. and also to compliment ^Bfii i?Us' h*lU;8t- Miss Eva Rotkins, (Hammond. Va; jke lower floor of the Klrschner HJf was thrown ensuite and was H mid-summer flowers. ;K VVlls ;served throughout the evmj a'ul i('G cream and cake were ter (,ining room. In the 1 Gibing table was a silver Mies f' W,tl1 p,nk Rl&dioli and K? h? the same shade burned In H? Miss Sl. ssinger and Miss WatB^sent ?i Klu's,a ?f honor, the hostess J v.pr"tty Kifts. Mrs. Marlon Mr* c,eW ^ork who is visit^ ttent>^ ara and Mrs. Sam ^ the ?* ^iGV?land, Ohio, who u'St ?f ller 8,8ter? Mrs- Sftm H ere nl8? remembered with CsmiIr" and Mrs- J> Beaaley, H u*<len hospital, oa July 8,a To Me?t With Wateree Church 1 lit* Lee County Singing Convention will meet with Wuteree Baptist chiiK'h (in its 121.si session) on Sim dya, July 14th, at 2: So p. n?. We expert u new group of singers front Columbia to he present. A cordial invitation to all singers is extended, i A special feature of the convention will be a spiritual, '4?et the Church Roll On," by Lancaster-Elgin <juartette, with Mr. C. H. Uptou, of Lancaster, as bass singer. All churches of Kershaw county?of all denominations interested in the organization of a convention for Kershaw county will be expected to be present. A warm welcome to all.?L, A. Moore, President. Baptist Church 8ervlces The following services are announced fyj>r week beginning July 14, at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner, superintendent In charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J, B. Caston,'6t'11:15 a. m., subject: "Come Now 'ahd Let Us Reason Together." There will be no preaching service at the evening hour as the Lord's Supper will be administered at 7:30. It Is hoped that there may fie tr~<uII attendance at the observance of that\sacred ordinance. B. Y. P. U, Tuesday ^veiling at 8 o'clock. Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at 8:30. The public^ls cordially, invited to attend all the services of this church. Bethany Baptist Church There will be services at Bethany j (Westville) Baptist church on next Ixjrds day as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. m., Superintendent H. B. Gas] kin in charge; preaching service at | 11 a. m., the pastor in charge. The theme will be: "Ambassadors of Christ." B. Y. P. U. at 8 p. in., Miss Lucille Fletcher, director. Everybody is Invited to worship with us in these services.?Rev. James L>. Gulledge, Pastor. Red Cross Life Saving Courses With the assistance of Walter Rhame the Red Cross is giving instructions in water rescues, water emergencies and artificial respiration at Saddle and Paddle on Saturday afternoons at 2:30. Mr. Rhame has had expert Red Cross training and is offering his services free. It is hoped that many boys and girls and young people will take advantage of this important training. Protracted Meeting At Antioch Revival services will commence at Antioch Baptist church, beginning' Sunday night at eight o'clock, with the pastor, Rev. J. T. Outin, doing the preaching. Services will be held twice daily?10:30 a. in. and at 8 p. m. Children's day services will be held at' 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The public is cordially Invited to attend these services. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, July 14, A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school 10 a. m.; morning worship with sermon at 11:15. Vesper service 8 p. m. You are cordially invited to the services in this church. - : Sunday Vespers An outdoor vesper service is held each Sunday evening on the lawn of the Presbyterian Sunday school. Every one is welcome at this service. General News Notes Swifts are supposed to be the swiftest of bird flyers. : It is estimated that 80 per cent I of all adultB are Immune to infan; tile paralysis. ? Government surveys reveal that the homes of over 40,000,000 people in | this country are without bathtubs. Specimens of the "white oriole," I one of the world's rarest birds, have becu iuCyiVtJu uy Che tnnfthsonian institution from Siam. The National Guard Association of the United States has set as its goal in 1937 a strength of 210,000 officers and men. Uncle Sam is now the potential owner of more than half the world's cotton supply. Through loans on 1933 and 1934 crops he has advanced more than $315,600,000 on a total of over 6,000,000 bales/ Vines, re^ds, bamboo, and other vegetable debris often cover the surface of the Nile with such a solidly intertwined mass that elephants and rhinoceroses are able to walk from shore to shore. Harry L. Hopkins, director of federal relief ptrfjeefs. is holding firmly to the proposed pay schedule of $19 to $94 per month as wages in work relief projects, but has reduced the working time per month from 180 to 140 hours, despite the protests of labor. Secretary of State Hull side-stepped entanglement of the United States in the Italo-Ethlopian crisis by suggesting In effect that the League of Nations, already arbitrating the matter, continue its efforts to achieve a peaceful solution. Governor Sholtz of Florida, has informed President Roosevelt that his state enjoyed one of the "finest seasons" last winter in the state's experience. He estimates that tourists spent $500,000,000 In the state the past season. - 1 - -. - ; That a hypnotist can make his subject feel well-fed when actually empty has long been known, but now scientific tests have shown that even the digestive organs behave as If the stomach had received a full meal. Personal Mention George 11. li. Hodge haw gone to his borne in New Haven, Conn. Mrs. II. G. Banders Is on a visit to relatives in Birmingham. Alu ! Mrs. It. G. Zetrouer, of Gainesville, | Fit., is on n visit to her sister, Mrs. (l)rue Mcl^auclilln. Andrew Burnet left lust week for | Clemson College where lie is utteudIng summer school. Mrs. J. R. Belk, Miss Alleen Belk and Miss l^na Llncberger are 011 a trip to Washington. Br. R. K. Stevenson and Ralph, Jr., loft Buuday on a visit to the former's brother in l>altas, Texas. Mrs. Margaret J. Mills is on an extended visit toW mother, Mrs. Allan Johnstone, in Newberry, Mrs. Catoe G. Glover and children, of Washington, 1). C., are occupying their residence here for the summer. Mrs. Ralph Little and little son, have returned from u visit to the former's 'parents in Charlottesville, Vu. v Mrs. Louise Cantey, Miss Carolyn Cantey and Fierce Cantey left Thursday morning on a visit to relatives in Dothan, Ala. Mr. and M\rs. Clyde Flowers, of Charlotte, N. C., ure the guests of the hitter's sisters, Mrs. E. L. Daniels and Miss Evelyn Ilinson. Mrs. Frank Wooten who has been spending the last three weeks In a Charlotte sanitorium returned to her home in Camden Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fouts leave today by motor for a trip to Charleston. They expect to enjoy a weeks vacation there. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Acie ilatiield, at the Camden hospital, on July 8, a daughter. The young daughter has been named Harriett Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Brasington. of Selma, Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. William Brasington, of Columbia, were visitors in Camden on Sunday last. Miss Emma Howell and Marion Howell, of Hamlet, N. C., are the guests of Mrs. L. H. TrueBdale and Mrs. U. N. Myers, near Boykin Station. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Madison and Miss Margaret Bedford, of Charlotte, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Taylor, of Raleigh, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Sheorn for the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Alexander, and three daughters?Margaret, Bettie and Nancey Alexander, and Mrs. Luther A, Alexander, of Richmond, Va., have been visiting relatives in Camden and Lugoff the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beaver, who formerly resided in Camden, but more recently of Branchville, have moved to Greenville, S. C. Mr. Beaver is a track supervisor for the Southern railway and the change to Greenville | is in lipe of promotion. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Hall, and daughter Juanette Glynn, of Akron, Ohio, have b?en visiting relatives in Bethune and the Sandy Grove section. They were accompanied from Akron by "Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Aull, of Leesville-Batesburg, who visited relatives in this state. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Trotter and children. Massenburg, and Pauline, returned Tuesday from a camping trip at Folly Beach They were joined there by Robert Snowden and the party enjoyed bathing and fishing for a week. They enjoyed their stay in a sperlally constructed housecar. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. JefTords, of Walterboro, who have been visiting Mrs. Jeffords' mother, Mrs. W. S. Burnet, have returned home. They were accompanied by Mrs. Burnet and her daughter, Miss Mary Burnet, and they will all spend the month of July at Edlsto Beach. 1 . .1. ,| .1 X. j_jili,ni General News Notes I hp Home Owner* Ix>an corporation started foreclosure proceedings in 150 cases during June. A father, mother and tour children were burned to death when lire destroyed their home at Key West, Flu. John I). Rockefeller, Sr., celebrated hi* ythh birthday at his Lukowood, N. J., home Monday. l>r. Hepry Phelps Cage, nationally known optical scientist, has loBt the vision or his right eye by the accidental explosion of a ilrocracker on July i. W. A. Busby, farmer, was convicted by a Jury at Hattlesburg, Miss., of fatally stabbing Hubert Wood. He was sentenced to bo bunged August 9. Two of the young sons of Premier Mussolini, aviators, are in Africa, and are supposed to bef in truining for military service in case of war with Ethiopia. A heat wave in upper Now York state wus wiped out by heavy downpours of rain that continued for two days, with many bridges being washed out und other road damage done. Ed Jenkins. 48, is in the Jail at Charlotte, charged with having killed Paul Collins in Bessemer City, N. C., Thursday night. Jenkins says that lie does not recall the killing. Dr. Sarah Ruth Doun of Greenwood, Miss., prominent socially and professionally, must thiB week begin serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary for the cocktail murder of Dr. John II. Kennedy. Ruins verging on cloudburslH have continued in sections of China for the past several days und Hood waters are rushing through tho^vust Yangste river valley driving thousands from their homes. A pair of blue birds built their nest In the mouth of a brass cannon at Fort George Wright, Wash. Special orders were given sentries to guard the nest and the young birds against molestation. Gertrude Lanlgan, Justice of the peace at New Castle, Pa., and the ceiuenter of 1,000 or more marriage romances, was on Saturday married to James Nicholas Speed, and resigned as a Justice of the peace. Charles 11. Low, 70, retired railroad engineer, who escaped deatli in the Custer massacre, missing his assignment to accompany Custer as u mule driver because of the stubborness of his mules, died at St. Paul, Minn., Friday. Walter Bingham, 27, and Charlie Hamrick, 21, were instantly killed Sunday morning when struck by a southbound Southern passenger train near Gastonia. It is said the two men had gone to sleep on the tracks. Silas Strawn, noted Chicago lawyer and business man, in an interview says that the country would now be well into the recovery he forecast five years ago, except for what he called "governmental experiments." The military department of Paraguay is disbanding its army, pending the signing of a treaty or peace with Bolivia. In Bolivia the government js taking steps to employ its discharged soldiers in public works. Governor Earle of Pennsylvania, h/ts signed a bill designed to raise $60,000,000 by May 31, 1936, for the state's unemployed. The raoney lit to come from new taxes imposed by thq general assembly. The grandstand at the Rutherford county fair ground at Forest City, N. C., was destroyed by fire of unknown origin on July 4th. The 2,500 people In the stand when the fire started got out in orderly fashion. No one was injured. Kim'ichael Tower, located on the top of Clarkson's knob at Little Switzerland, N. C., built by Justice Herriot Clarkson of Charlotte, N. C., was dedicated Thursday. The tower is 50 feet high and Is located at an elevation of 4,000 feet above sea level. ; j MRS CLARK DEAD j Burial of Charlotta Lady Occurs In Beulah Cemetery, Near Camden. Mrs. Margaret 9. ciurk, 68, wife of W. J. Clurko, dlod at her homo ut j 300 Woat Eleventh street yesterday evening at 0 o'clock aftor an Illness of 10 days. Funeral services w^Jl bo hold at 11 o'clock this morning ftt the Douglas and Hlng mortuary. Dr. W. W. Peolo, pastor of First Methodist church of which Bhe was a member, will officiate. Durial will he at Dculah church cemetery, near Cam-I den, .9. C, Mrs. Clark had lived in Charlotte! for twenty-four years. Surviving Mrs. Clark are her husband, her daughters, Mrs. 11. M. Stanton, Miss Carrie Clark and Miss Belle Clark; two sons, Walter E. Clark, audi W. M. Clark, all of Charlotte, and [ nine grandchildren. Surviving also are her sisters, Miss Mary D. Holland, Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, Mrs. 13. J. Robertson, and two brothers, E. D. Holland, and R. T. Holland, all of Camden, S. C.?Charlotte Obesrver, July 5. Henry J. Owens Dead Henry Jackson Owens, long time resident of Camden and Kershaw j county, died Monday in a hospital In; Columbia, after a long Illness and hiB i funeral and burial occurred from the Camden cemetery Tuesday morning. Mr. Owens was born in the Cantey I Hill section March 9, 1860. and ho I came to Camden about thirty yuars! t ago, where he was engaged in farm- j ( ing. For a number of years he act-' ed as overseer on the George T. Lit-j tie farm near Camden. 1 He was married May 18, 1913 to Miss Blanche 13. Turner, of Camden, < who with one brother, Bolton Owens, of thiH city survives. : He was a member of the Baptist j church und Rev. J. B. Caston officiated at the funeral. | Death Of Former Resident Many people of this section will mourn the death of Mrs. Nannie H. Peach, former resident of this section. Mrs. Peach was born August 21, 1876 and pussed away July 4, 1935, at her home in Morrison, "Va. Mrs. Peach was the mother of Capt. J. M, Peach and Detective Sergeant W. F. Peach of the Newport News detective bureau and also a niece of M. C. West, of Camden. Surviving Mrs. Peach are her liusJ band, J. E. Peach; seven sons, J Captain J. M. Peach and Sergeant W. F. Peach of Newport News; D. C. Peach of Great Fall, S. C.; E. E. Peach of Philliplne Islands and S. J. E. Peach, Jr., of Morrison; three daughters, Miss Eva May Peach, Miss Pearl Peach and Mrs. Herbert Collins, all of Morrison, and fourteen grandchildren. Interment was In Memorial Park. The per capita consumption of milk and cream in cities and villages averages between 37 and 40 gallons a year. Chinese government estimates there | are 20,000 drug addicts in the city of ! Nanking alone. | European scientists have detected | electrical currents In the heart a half j hour after apparent death from either ' monoxide or coal gas. New evidence Indicates all or most cosmic rays originate outside ; our galactic system, according to Dr. I Arthur H. Compton. | Francis Vane, secretary to Mayor i John S. Shepherd, Jr., of Plttsfl?ld< l Mass., is charged with stealing $25,I 000 worth of bonds belonging to the mayor. In a decision handed down by the Kansas supreme court, it la held that newspapers have a right to discuss the records of public officials and to call to the attention of voters facts they believe to be true relative to candidates for public office, Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt, 57, daughter of a Nevada silver millionaire, and former wife of William K. Vanderbilt, died Sunday at her home In New York following an attack of pneumonia, She had been ill since her son was killed In an automobile accident in this state two years ago. fjr; jr/jhm M Mit it & ? I / yi>" /m? ii.vr/ &/W ^| ml mi ifis? c*?ii tw. j??l* -o flow' ivgr sold * 1 Haiglar Theatre I Corner Broad and Rntledge Sis. TrIDA yTJULy'I 2th I Flual Showing of ' f "IN CALIENJE" I i The lund of Cucarachu | With rut O'Brien, Dolores Del Kio, I Edward Everett llorton, and I Leo Curillo. i sXfuRDAVrTuLY^i3th I I Tim McCoy in i I "Justice of the Range" ! Churliu Chase in "OKAY TOOT8" "Two Little Lambs" ? Cartoon I Comic und "RUQQLE8 OF RED | DOG" Serial, i LATE SHOW AT 10:30 I A Clue Club Mystery "The Florentine Dagger" I MONDAY and TUESDAY, I JULY 15th-16th Margaret Sullivan and Herbert ! Marshall in i "THE GOOD FAIRY" It played Rudlo City Music Hall. I In the cast: Frank Morgan, Regl- I nald Owen, Allan Hale and I < June Clay worth. | Also Todd-Kolley Comedy "THE I MI88E8 8TOOGE." j WED^ESDAYT jULVT7th I Mary Astor, Roger Pryor, Andy I Deviao and Baby Jane in "Straight From the Heart** | Extra Added Attraction: Eddie I Peabody's Shoestring Follies. I ~TlfuRSDAY7^LYni8tir I Robert Taylor, Jean Parker, Una I Merkle, Jean Horshoit, Nat Pontile- I ton, Tom Dugan, Ted Healey and I Mary Do ran in I "MURDER IN THE FLEET" I Mystery, tlirillB, action, ddnger, I advonturo, suspense, heroism and I Villainy. Jj - -* bihi mmbbbm??????*TO THE PUBLIC 1 We take pleasure in submitting herewith for your attention two statements, one as of June 29, 1934, and the other as of June 29, 1935; and wish also at this time to express our thanks for the patronage the j public has seen fit to bestow upon this institution. Statement at the Close of Business June 29, 1935 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $ 63,008.99 Bonds owned by Bank 146,180.35 Cotton Producers Notes 10,376.28 Furniture and Fixtures 889,80 Federal Deposit Insurance Premium 324.26 Cash and on Deposit with Banks 104,668.53 I TOTAL 1325,448.21 | LIABILITIES Capital I $ 30,000.00 ! Capital Debentures ; 12,500.00 ! ! Surplus 15,000.00 i Undivided Profits 1,932.07 DPpCSrtS: I Checking Accounts .1239,610.06 Savings Accounts 26,406.08 266,016.14 | TOTAL 1325,448.21 ?? ??? Statement at the Close of Business June 29, 1934 RE8OURCE8 Loans and Discounts $ 35,075.00 Bonds owned by Bank ,.r.v 141,5550.91 Cotton Producers Notes 5579.40 j Furniture and Fixtures 543.00 j Federal Deposit Insurance Premium 159.82 Cash and on Deposit in Banks ... 87,332.53 j TOTAL 1264,910.66 j t ? LIABILITIES Capital $ 30,000.00 j Capjtal Debentures 20,000.00 | Surplus 7,500.00 j | | Undivided Profits 24279.69 - ? Deposits: ! Checking Accounts 1200,681.94 j Savings 4,549.03 205,130.97 TOTAL 1264,910.66 j j I THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CAMDEN I 1 - Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation i |