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[society news T?l?pbon? IOO Met With Mrs. McKaln Mrs Joe MeKaiu was hostess at Bridge Wednesday afternoon when she Bntertained members of her curd club Kind one additional gu?sl, Mrs. K. K. tfcCarly. Tup score prize wuh won Ly Mrs Baell Bruce. A sweet course Kvas served. Mrs. Morrison Hostess I Mrs Iionald Morrison entertulued Lkmlibera of her card club Weduuaduy Lfti-ruoon at her home at Brevard loiirt iflrs. Ralph Shannon and Mrs. uhn del.each were additional guests, 'rlzea were won by Mra. Juck Mullen |,?t Mrs. Morrison, The hostess serv|<1 a aalud courae. Birthday Bail Enjoyed I The President's Birthday Hull held t the Armory Friday evening wuh I)i<< high light In Camden society this Be* k The hull wuh gaily decorated In patriotic colors and music was Burnished by Phil Miller and hla or hestra. Joe Shannon was general lliuinniiu of the committee. Entertains At Bridge I Mrs. William Ancrum, of Norfolk; Lj.s.s Molly, Anderson, of Richmond; Mrs. Hlackwoll, of Warrenton; Miss Blaude McKechnie, of Bkelmorle, cotland; Mrs. John Villeplgue, and B is. K irk land Trotter were addition 1 guests at the luncheon which Mra. Henry Garrison gave on Wednesday Lr the members of her contract club, lie party was given at Mra. CarrlBon's home at the Precipice. Mrs. Mobley Gives Party I At Mrs. Mobley's pretty party Mon uy evening a Valentine motif was Binphasized in the use of seasonal Bowers, dainty tallies, and the refreshBents which were served after the Hntract games. Guests Invited inBuded members of the Plaze-u-plese Buh. together with: Mrs. M. M. ReasBiover, Mrs. James Gandy, Mrs. Wylie Heorn, Miss Drue Haxley, Mrs. F. D. Boodale and Mrs. Hubert Wilson. Gave Dinner Party Mr and Mrs. John Villepigue enterBincd at dinner Tuesday night, their Hirsts being members of their evenH bridge ciub and Miss I.illlan Yates H<1 Miss Ethel Yates. Pale yellow B<1 white spring flowers with pastel Bikay candles made an unusually Belv centerpiece for the table. High Borers in the bridge games were: H's.s Lillian Yates and Mrs. VilleWith Mr. and Mrs. Ancrum Mrs. John Mullen, Miss Ethel Yates Bid Mrs. John deLoach were among' Be guests at the party which Mrs. homas Ancrum gave Thursday afBrnoon for the members of her conBact club. Mrs. Frank Zemp and rs. J. B. Zemp won the afternoon's Bp scores and In the series of games Bding with this meeting Miss LilHn Yates was awarded high score Hze and Mrs. Frank Zemp second j U. D. C. Meeting Mis. W. Robin Zemp was hostess Monday afternoon when the John H Kennedy chapter U. D. C. held Its Hgtilur monthly meeting. Quite a Bu<> number were present. The presi-1 Hut read her report of the work ac-1 Hmplished during the past year. This j Hport was sent to the state conven-1 H>n at Rock Hill. Each member is Bpicsted to make a small bag in Bc-h to dt;op pennies?especially on ' nshine days and for thankfulness, B* many blessings afforded us. These I Btle bags will be collected at the Biic meeting. This is mentioned for Be benefit of members not present this last meeting. A full and most B' t' sting program was carried out. I H" poets, Henry Tlmrod and Ham- | I"1 Dane being especially discussed. j Bose taking part were: Mrs. Burwell j B>kin and Mrs. W. C. Perry. Miss Bnlmte West furnished the music for B* afternoon. Piano selections of B^'ly. old melodies beautifully renBr?d. enjoyed and appreciated by B>>" present.-^Contrlbuted. Mrs, Guion Entertains A. S. Llewellyn has had as her B'*ts for the past ten days her sisB Miss Molly Anderson, of RichB? l. and friends, Miss Maude McB'bnie, of Skelmorle, Scotland, and B" Alexander Wardlaw, of Glasgow, Bnland. While in Camden these Btors have been the Inspiration for Biumbwr of social affairs. Saturday Bernoou at 5 o'clock, Mrs. L. I. Hon gave a small, Informal tea In Bir honor at her home, Green Hill Bntatlon. Mrs. Gulon's home was Hcly in Its decorations of spring Bssoms from her garden. The tea Be was particularly pretty with it* Hterplece of red japonlcas and red Bted candles. Miss Leila Shannon Bred tea. The hostess' sister and Bther, Miss Mary Gulgnard and Col. Biam Gulgnard, of Columbia, were Bm; the guests at the tea. Personal Mention John Lawrence Team lian returned , from a visit to Miami. Mis# Rachel O'Daniel spout last week end In Clinton with relative#. W. C. Hough, of Cheraw, wus the week end guest of Mr. and Mi a. \V Robin Zem|>. Mra. Laurena Mllla viaited her sis ter, Mra. George McCutcheon in Columbia laat week end. Mlaa Madge Witherspoon, of Columbia. waa the guest laat week of Mr und Mra. N. M. Fohl Miss Bonneau Hull left recently for New York, where alio haa a position ua nurae in the Marine liospitul. Mr. und Mra. L. W. Boy kin and fain ily, of Montgomery. Ala., have moved to Camden to make their home Mia. Alma Schellenberg, county health nurae, ia attending a two week'# meeting iu New York City. Miaa I41I Blakeney waa culled to Atlanta, 011 Tuesday to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mra. Sherard Kennedy. Mra. Hugh Blllups und aon, of Washington, 1). C., are in Camden on a viait to Mra. Billups' mother, Mra. Frank W. Spencer. Mrs. A. G. Blackburn, Rev. John Blackburn and daughter, Miaa Anne Blackburn, of Columbia, were guests Tuesday ut the homo of Mrs. Ix^slie Zemp. Miss Mary Florence Little, a student at North Carolina College for Women ut Greensboro, spent last week end ut homo with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. l^ee Little. Dr. Maurice Clarke waa in Atlanta a few days this week in attendance upon a religious educational meeting, where pastors gathered from twelve stutes. He returned Thursday morning. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Murchison at Covington, Ky/-ih the flood area, will be happy to know that they have been heard from and are safe. T hey did not lose any of their property as their home is eight miles south of Covington on a high spot and they had all conveniences necessary. They were former residents of Kershaw county. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hornsby left Tuesday to make their home in Emporia, Va., where Mr. Hornsby has been made agent in that city, for the American Railway Express. Friends of theirs will be delighted of the promotion, but regret that it will take them from Camden. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Godwin, of Camden, announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy Pearl, to Herbert Tiller, of McBee and Hartsville. The wedding will take place on February 12. Met With Mr. and Mrs. Tobin With a full membership in attendance members of the Sans Souci club enjoyed a delightful meeting with Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Tobin at their home on Lyttleton street Tuesday evening. Narcissi and daffodils were used in the party rooms. Prizes were awarded Mr. and Mrs. S. W. VanLandingham and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Reasonover. Miss Goodale Hostess On last Friday evening Miss Mary Eleanor Goodale was hostess at the Sarsfleld Club honoring her sister-inlaw, Mrs. Abbott Goodale, of Clieraw. Covers were laid for fourteen guests and attached to the place cards for the ladies was a corsage and for the gentlemen boutonnaires. A color I scheme of yellow and white was carried out. Pre-Valentine Ball Tonight Invitations have been sent out for a pre-Valentine ball to be held tomorrow, February 6, at Sarsfleld club. A spagetli supper will be served. Music will be furnished by Phil Miller and his orchestra and dancing will! be enjoyed. The club has been the scene of many special parties as well as small private ones since its recent opening. ' And on this occasion will be specially decorated and a most enjoyable evening Is expected. Dr. McKee At Presbyterian Church 1 On Sunday, February 7, Dr. George 1 T. McKee, missionary of the Presby- j 1 terian church to Africa, will speak in i J Bethesda Presbyterian church at I 11:15 and that evening at 7:30. A1 special Invitation is given to all Presbyterian congregations In Kershaw county to attend these services. The public Is cordially Invited. Dr. McKee Is an able speaker and having I had twenty five years of experience In I Africa he is In a' position to give an accurate and intelligent interpretation of affairs as they are In Africa today. First Baptist Church 8ervices The following services are announced for week beglning February 7 at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10*6*5lock, with W. G. Wilson, Jr.f\ r superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:16 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: "God's Remedy f<ft Broken Lives." Evening subject: "Where Should We Put God First?" B. T. U. Sunday evening at 6:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public Is cordially lhrited to attend all the services of this church. TOOK BOTH GAMES Charlotte Thompson Boys and Glrla Victors in Two Games. The Charlotte Thompson boys and girls won both Karnes of a doubleheader from Central high school on Tuesday afternoon on their homo court. The Central Klrls. fresh from u victory over Uishopvlllc, scored llrst but the locals were not Ioiik in tying the score, and from that point were never in danger, winning by a score of 32 to 14. The boys' game wus u rough and tumble affair, neither side being ublo to play an open game. Central munugod one foul goal und the Churlotlu Thompson boys sowed up the guise 11 to 1. The games so far this souson huve ended in tho following scores, the home team's score is given llrst, their opponents' qcore follows: (Jlrls-r-40 Hethune 4, 41 Hillcrest 0, 4G Kershaw 23, 34 Huron DuKalb 8, 17 Kershaw 21, 28 Midway 11>. 24 Hill-crest 4, 32 Central 14. lloys?8 Hillcrest 4, y Kershaw 11, j 19 Huron OcKulb 13, 1G Kershaw 23, 28 Midway G, 23 Hillcrest 14, ll Central 1. Tonight the -buys and girls play Summerton there. Tuesday night in the Charlotte Thompson gymnasium Mount l'isguh will be met in a doubluhcuder and next Friday night the girls will play the Newberry College co-eds in a game in the Newberry College gymnasium. The following week the District Tournament will be held in Hishopville. Grace Church 8ervicec The services on Sunday, February 7, will be: Holy communion. 8 a. in.; church school 3:45 a. m.; Holy communion and sermou by the rector, Dr. Maurice Clarke at 11:15. This will be the first uuulversary of Dr. Clark's coming to Camden. It will be celebrated in church as a day of reunion und re-dedication and all members und friends are urged to be present. The choir will sing the an-1 them, "Hark, Hark, My Soul." Solos will be sung by A. C. McKain and Mrs. Charlotte Salmond Hrunson. The monthly meeting of the Lay members league will be Sunday night, 8 p. m. Services on Ash Wednesday, February 10, will be: Holy communion 10:30; children's service 3:30; short evening service 7:30. EARLY NEWS SPEED When Nathanlal Uounsavelt of the Alexandria (Va.) Herald printed confidential news ubout tho impending federal embargo in the War of 1812 an express rider horsebacked from Washington to Dostpn in what was then an unprecedented short time of 79 hours to warn scores of New England vessels to put to sea before the ports closed. As a result, Uounsavelt was haled before the bar of the House of Representatives and ordered into custody when he refused to tell the source of his scoop. John C. Calhoun charged that John Randolph of Virginia was the "leak." In 1933 Gerard Hallock and David Hale, Joint proprietors of the New York Journal of Commerce, established a pony Express with eight relays between Philadelphia and New York. This enabled them to publish congressional proceedings a day ahead of the other Gotham papers. Rival dalles were quick to follow suit, transmitting news from Washington to New York in twenty hours against the government's mail time of forty-four hours. Uncle Sam later took over the pony express. Then came the railroads to spin their steel networks. The first telegraphic flash, "What hath God wrought?" sent from the old Supreme court chamber in the Capitol to Baltimore in 1844, revolutionized news transportation. It was the practicability of Morse's instrument which led to the establishment of the Associated Press, United Press, Universal Service, International News Service and other wire services. Sholes' invention of the typewriter i in 1873 was a godsend to quick chron-! icling, and two years later Bell gave us the telephone. Bill Collins, superintendent of the Senate press gallery, remembers when a correspondent stood at the wall-type phone there for hours, reading the names of the dead In the battleship Maine tragedy. This was the occasion of the sending of the longest news dispatch locally? 125,000 words?to the New York Sun. Toduy 55 typewriters, 40 telephones and three-score telegraph Instruments in the Capitol's two press galleries relay spot news to an outside world. ?The Goldfish Bowl of tho National Press club. The Glenn L. Martin company of Baltimore, has recently closed contracts with the government of Slam, for the sale of $625,000 worth of airplanes for its army. A General Motors corporation announced plans Saturday night for reopening a part of Its plants, closed by strikes, today, and that 95,000 workers would be given work two days a week. Florida vegetable growers are opposed to a reciprocal trade agreement with Cuba, Insofar aa the importation of vegetables are concerned. Joseph McCaskill Died Suddenly Joseph G, McUuskill, well known citizen of ('aiodt-n, wum stricken surldeuly Wednesday afternoon ami died ' en route to the bospltul. Mr. McUuskill wan born In Kershuw county November 17, lxt>9, and wus married January 29, 1S97. to Miss Ida Dabney, who with the following houh survive i'rofossor Joe U. McCaskill, of Washington, D. C.; Lexle I,. McCaskill, of Hartsville; Ralph MeCask|", of Camden; und Cecil McCaskill, of Sumter. Survhing also are eight brothers und one sister: John O. McCaskill and James A. McCaskill, of Bethune; W. N. McCaskill, of Imncustcr; C. li. McCaskill, of Litchfield, Conn ; it' U McCaskill, of Camden; 'J*. M. McCushi", of Lucknow ; L. p. McCaskill, of Kings Mountain, N. C.; C. L. Mc#^ 111. of Cussutl; and Mrs. Laura McCreur>, of lilaney. There is ulso a large family connection throughout Kershaw county. Mr. McCaskill first came to Camden as a sulcsman in the store, of the lute Bauin brothers, and clorked in var-j Ions other stores in Camden. Ho wus ! popular with all who know him. He was a member of the Camden Baptist church und ulso a member1 of the Woodmen of the World fraternal order. Mr. MrCuskill's funeral will be held at 11 o'clock today, Friday, February I from the Cumdeu Huptist church I and the burial will be iu the Cumdeu! cemetery. ELEPHANTS PURCHASED FOR CIRCUS NEED WINTER EXERCISE Lafayette, Tonn.?Two huge gray bodies braced themselves and heav-' ed. Up went the 6,000-pound log into I the air. v Another heave and it landed high up on a pile of other logs. Adnlts and children, grandpurents ' and babies In arms, in fact all of' I-afayette's 900 persons turn out to j see the elephants logging at Harper's I sawmill near here. Many follow them from the mill' in the morning to the tract of timber about five miles from town, where' they have replaced half a dozen teams j of mules in the Harper's logging op- 1 e rations. ] 1 p I" ritz! Up Mitzi!" the elephant ' trainer shouts in the guttural tones 1 that elephants aoem best able to un- ' deistand, and up they go, guided by ' the big hook that doesn't pierce their 1 thick hides, despite its murderous looking point. The elephants were brought to Lafayette recently by Hoy Haag, nephew of a famous circus owner, and I Lafayette business man, who heard 1 that they were being sold at a show I j dispersal sale at Trenton, N. J. Ho | paid $4,000 for the two. He rented an old concrete-floored tobacco warehouse, bought up the full winter hay supply of several farmers, had a couple of steel hitching posts, bigger than a man's leg, set four feet deep in concrete near the middle of the warehouse, and waited for his pets to arrive. 1 hey arrived a couple of days af- . ter the warehouse was ready and had to walk the thirty miles from Gallatin to Lafayette because the branch railroad line to Lafayette had no freight cars big enough to accommodate them. Haag planned to use the animals in a small truck circus to be formed this spring in some Tennessee city, but the need for winter exercise for his huge pets turned him into the lumber business. Now they've fitted into the routine of lumbering Just as their relatives arc still doing in their nativo India. Reasons For The Flood Two radio commentators, Lowell T homas and Boake Carter, reported widely divergent opinions recently as to the part that denuding the watershed of the Ohio river had to do with the disastrous flood In that region. Mr. Thomas quoted the U. S. Weather Bureau as saying that mere man's work could not possibly affect an act of nature of such great proportions. Half an hour later Boake Carter, over a different system, broadcast impressions he obtained in a flight over the flooded area. He spoke of the bare hills that turned rivulets Into rivers and expressed the opinion that man had cut the trees to build cities and that nature Is now taking revenge on her despoilers. The Lexington Dispatch rightly asks: Is it not reasonable that the removal of timber from millions of acres, the sweep of forest Area across the thousands of hills eating out the water-conserving ground cover, and the erosion that thinned the protective grass on the slopes, may have bo Increased the speed with which the water moved down Into the valley as to provide that top tej) feet of flood water ??- Monroe Enquirer. General Motors corporation last year sold 324,758 automobile unlta In foreign lands, an Increase of 14.2 per cent oyer the previous year. Auxiliary To Meet Mnmbers of the American Legion Auxiliary are notified In this manner that the February meeting will be held Friday, February 12, at the homo of Mrs. Hubert Wilson. Mrs. It. B. L'hewning and Mrs. 1). F. McLauchlln will be hostesses and the meeting will begin at 4 o'clock. A full attendance is desired. Masonic Club Had Supper On last Monday evening the Camden Masonic Club held their Urst meeting of the year at Holland's Grill. Places were laid for thirty and el fried chicken dinner was served. 3herllT J. H. McLeod presided. CARPENTER AND BUILDER?Before you decide who Bhould do your any cIubb of carpentry work?outwork, telephone John 8. Myers, for side or Inside. All work guaranteed. specialize in cabinets and screening. Any kind of furniture repaired. I solicit your patronage. Telephone 268, John 8. Myers, 81* Church street, Camden, 8. C. 29tf. The output of rayon yarns in the United States last year, totaled 27?,626,000 pounds, the biggest turnout in the history of the Industry, and an increase over 1935 of 8 per cent. ' T? - 1 . . I 1 . [ "1 - II r--r m St. Valentine's Day?Sunday, February 14th i* fic'ii) e r s FOR YOUR VALENTINE There is no better way to show your true affection than the sending of flowers. It is a true . expression of devotion and Jjthoughtfulness. We specialize In appropriate bouquets Camden Floral Company 211 E. Laurens St. Phone 193 Camden, S. C. f \ Haiglar Theatre Corner Broad and Rstledgt Sta. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 FINAL SHOWING OF "MARY OF SCOTLAND" -With Katherlne Hepburn and Fredrlc March. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 GENE AUSTIN IN "THE BIG SHOW" AIho Comedies and i "Darkest Africa" MONDAY and TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 and 9 WILL ROGERS In "DOCTOR BULL" ] A special return engagement. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 Robert Kent with Rosalind Keith In "KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED" THURSDAY and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 and 12 Clark Gable with Marlon Davles in "CAIN AND MABEL" Surmounting all rivals In sheer, glamour and beauty. r 1 Camden Theatre FRIDAY, FEBRUARY S FINAE showing of "PIGSKIN PARADE" Stuart Erwln, Patsy Kelly, Jack. Haley and Johnny Downs. ! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY t William Boyd, Jimmy Ellison In a new Hop-A-Eong Cassldy Western "HEART OF THE WEST" Also starting the new sensational serial "dick tracy" MONDAY and TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 and 9 Edna Ferber's Great Story "COME AND GET IT" With Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer and Mary Nash. | WEDNESDAY, FEB. I0? ? Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Warren Williams and Frank McHugh in "STAGE STRUCK" r "Funny? It's a panic!" ; THURSDAY and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 and 12 | A drama that will make you stand up and cheer! A love story that will thrill you! | "THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS" I Already nominated as the best j picture of 1937. FP ? 1 ? ?1 < P "*"'5 j DePass' Drug Store | The REXALL Store ? i 10 .. ~ LPr escr iptions I.. y < Day or Night x"The Utmost Cere** J