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"WHAT A LUCKY! BREAK I ONLY A WiUtl |W? A ROYAU'J jbml Mom Mvm you Touch Coauo**. which Adopt* t)M k*jr>t?u*laa to your ft?gw >?wr? t Htmkww oogryif c?o fr?I MINUSUAL \ I VALUE I M 'IIWIT HMURIUI hey t*u?lon d evict DeKalb^Bharmacy CAMDEN, S. C. - ' ?f SOCIETY NEWS I i . . .. Telephone 100 * Douglas?Mllla Wedding The announcement of the marrtugo of Miss Josephine Douglas, of Terr? Haute, Ind., and Job Johnston Mills, of Boston and Camden, la being received with unusual Interest here? not only because of Its being the former home of the bridegroom, but also because of the civic and social prominence of bis family In Camden and in the state. ^ ^ The wedding was performed by the Rev. A. Douglas McArn at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bethesda Presbyterian church, Camden, and was witnessed, by members of the two immediate families. It was appropriate that this was the first wedding to take place in the church since it lids been so beautifully restored, as Mr. Mills is the grandson of the itev. William Wilson Mills, who was the beloved pastor of Bethesda church for twenty years. The young couple left immediately after the ceremony for Boston where Mr. Mills holds a position in the Boston office of Sacco-Lowell, manufacturers. of Biddeford, Maine. Mrs. Mills, an attractive brunette, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reed C. Douglas, of Terra Haute. ,She is - a graduate of the UDiversity of Indiana, at Indianapolis. Mr. Mills, a graduate of Georgia Tech, is the son of MrB. . Laurens T. ?Mills and the cv . ^ PEARCE?WEBB Invitations have been received to the wedding of Miss Thelma Pearce, the -daughter of Mr. aiyl Mrs. Edward Cantey Pearce, St., of Camden, and Elliott Webb, the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Lucas Webb, of 616 High street, Colunhbla, which takes place on February 6, the 30th wedding anniversary of the bride-elect's parents, in Lyttleton Street Methodist church in Camden, with the Rev. R. B. Herbert, the bride-elect's pastpr, officiating. ? Garden 8ohool ?? 8umter The Sumter Garden club announces garden talks by Martha S. Pratt, of New York city. Mrs. Pratt is an officer of the Federated Garden clubs. She was chairman of the International Flower show in 1936. She will discuss Wednesday morning, February 9, at lb a. m. "Flower Show OrganisationSchedule, Staging, Techniques and Exhibiting." Wednesday afternoon her subject wlll^be "What the Judge Expects of the Exhibition." Thursday morning at 1.0 o'clock her subject will be "Plannnlng the Small Garden." Club members and non-club members are Invited to attend the course in whole br in paft, Luncheon will be served Wednesday at 1 o'clock for those who register. For information about regis ting tthd feds, and to arabout registering and fees and to ari. Dunn. CameHIa Strew lit Augusta ' The Camden Oartlen i^JftifcTited to attend th# Camellia sh^r,9frhlch will be held in Apiusta, Cht^January 29 and 80. For fuller Information the members may call Mian Faiinie Fletcher. _ J ....... Hospital Auxiliary To Meat The monthly meeting of the Cany den Hospital Auxiliary wtl! be held <>n Monday afternoon. January 31. at four o'clock Vi the hospital. - 11 ' ... ; - Mr*. Villsplgus Was Hostsss One of the lovelloat partle* of the week was the bridge tea given by Mr*. John iVlleplgue Thursday afternoon at her home on Lyttloton street Mr*. VllleplKhe's guests included the uu'iiil)ci s of her club, Mr*. Harrington Yates. Mr*. John Mullen, Mrs. C. 11 Zeiup, Mr*. Mortimer Muller, Mr* J. T. Hay*,Mrs. J. G. Richard*, Jr., Mr*. Ralph Shannon and Mr*. John doLoach. At the close of the game Mr*. J. T. Hay was awarded the high score prise and the gue?la wore Invited Into thSdinlng room where Mr*. Robert Marye and Mr*. J. H. Osborne presided at the. tea and cofTee aervice*. In the center of the table was a lovely bowl of calendula* and white narcissi ?u<t yellow lighted takers in silver holders. Vases 6f spriug flowers were arranged in the living room and In the den. Mis* Ethel \ates us siftted the hostess In serving nnd a number of guest* dropped in for tea after the game. . v Mrs. Klrkland Was Hostess | Mrs. T. J. Klrkland was hostess or Wednesday afternoon when sho en tertaiued for the members of her clut and several additional guests. An ex tva table was also added in- honor 01 Miss Molly Anderson, of Richmond Va., the guest iu Camden of her sis tor, Mrs. A. .8. Uewellyn, and playing at this table were Mrs. Charles Kan lett, Mrs. Douglas Roykin and Mrs K. H. l/cadley. Other guests includ ed Mrs. H. Q. Marvin, Mrs. George Martin and Mrs. E. N. McDowell The rooms were attractivo with vase* 'of greens and early spring flowers and after the game the hostess, as slsted by Mrs. J. T. Hay, served de licloifs refreshments. ^ Host* at Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Deas Boy kin were hosts to the members of their eve ning bridge club Tuesday at theii home at Boykin. A delicious supper was served in the dining room before the game. On the table was a crys tal bowl of yellow flowers and crys tal candlesticks holding yellow lighted tapers. Mr. and Mrs, Withers Trot ter were the only additional guests and the evening's high scores were made by Mrs. Tom Ancrum and Mrs Boykin. Hostess at Tea Room Mrs. Kennedy Blakeney entertained the members of her afternoon club Wednesday at the Woman s Exchange Tea Room. VaBes of pyrus Japonica and a bowl of pink camel lias decorated the Tea Room and af ter the game tea, coffee, sandwichefi and cookies were served. The only ^yt^tttutos^w^ro-Mrs^Juhti "VttleptgnB and Mrs. John deLoach. Mrs. cJohn Mullen, Mrs. William Goodie and Mrs.' Blakeney made the afternoon's high scores. Honors Visitor Miss Rhetta Blakeney gave a pretty party Saturday afternoon when she entertained with a tea in honor of Miss Nancy Watson, of Greenwich, Conn., who wa* a guest at the home of Miss Olive Whlttredge. Magnolia leaves arranged In a brass bowl, and ivory colored tapers In brass candle sticks made an effective centerpiece for the tea uble. - The hOste*# was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Kennedy Blakeney and her sister, Miss Betty Blakeney. Entertains Bridge Club Mrs. Louise Cantey and Mrs. Eldon Jones were the only additional guests at the lovely bridge party which Mr and Mrs. Hubert Wilson gave Thurs day evening at their home on Lyttle ton street. The high score prizes were won by Mrs. James Gandy and Hugh ey Tindal and the low score prizes by Mrs. Jones and Dess Goodale. After the games delicious refreshments were served. , Mrs* Cain To 8ps?k 1 The general meeting of the auxiliaries of Grace Episcopal church will be held Tuesday afternoon, February 1, at S;S0 at the Parish house. At 4 o'clock the adfne afternoon Mrs. James R . Cain Is to speak pn the Oxford and Bdinburgh confer ences. All members of isrles crf the different chji^f}ps: invited to ^endrthls, taj* at four o'clock.vf&ctU ,J 'n , MSL WKh^Mra^^mis Mrs. T. 1>? TLdtU* entertained with a pretty imrty Wod?*sday afternoon or the members-of her club and Mrs. prabham and Mr*. Elliott Sheorn Mrs. Clifton Mtfcqdn was awarded the high nriia and..the~coniHSls!i<>!3 prise was won by Mrs. Sheorn. Mrs ftbeorn also assisted her mother In gprving refreshments after the games Dr. and Mrs. MeKISMok Here Distinguished fiesta in Camden last evenlm -??r* Or ??d M?. I Rlon McKIsslck, of the University J 'tfr?3 had Mrs. Mc Klsalck were here to attend the meet tie Caro..? Worn..'. A=. [Club. A full account of the meetlni wlll b* round tir tie n?t Inn. ol Hie Chronicle^ , * . I. i .i y - Private Tuition English, Latin, French, J and Mathematics ^ E. W. Pritchard " TELEPHONE 518 Wl I1' / ' ' 'J mmmmOBBassssss==as(^Bammm.im\in i Personal Mention Mrs. Gertrude Brewer, o( New York, is on a vIhU to relatives here. Miss Gertrude Olllta visited friends In Chester last week ", T Miss Llla Ross has returned trow, a visit to relatives In York. George Carrlson, of Jacksonville, has returned home after a visit to' Mr. and Mrs. H, G. Carrlsou. Miss Margaret Osborne, student at Converse College, spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. J. H. Osborue.' Mrs. 1). M. MeCaskill and soi^ Dan 1 McCaskHl, visited the former's father In Rumberg last week. 1 - Miss Puuiette West was the week 1 end guest of her parents, Dr. and 1 Mrs. C. A. West. Mrs. Dougal lUssell, of Charleston, 1 spout the woek end with her father, ' C. H. Yates. 1 Mr. and Mrs, J. 1).- Hyrd and sou, 1 Elbert. visited relatives In Aiken on Sunday. Mrs.. Uene Coleman, of Suvunnuh, Ga., was the guest of her sister. Mrs k Gus lilrsoh last week. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Gordon, of 1 Sumter, spent the week end with relatives ut Cassatt. f Mrs. F. D. Rodgurs and young bou. ' of HeunettsvlUe, are visiting Mrs, Hodgers' parents, Mr. und Mrs. W. J > H. Halle. J. Sherrard Kennedy, of Atlanta, ' was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy on Fair street during the ' past week. J. Blakeney Zemp spent the week1 end with his duughter, Mrs. Fischer Black, and young grand son In Washington, D. C. Miss Emma Villeplgue, who Is working in Charleston, spent last , week end here with her mother, Mrs. ( E. C. Villeplgue. Miss Kutherlne Myers returned on Tuesday to Wlnthrop College after a visit to her parents, Mr. and MVs. U. N. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rosefleld and children and Mrs. Frank Rosefleld, of Sumter, who have been guests of Mrs. Gus Hlrsch have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril B. Busbee announce the birth of a son, Cyril B., " Jr., at the Camden hospital, Saturday, January 22. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Headrick, of Washington, D. C., have been guests , at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Purser. Mrs. Headrick Is the daugh. ter of Mr. and Mrs". Purser. ? ( Mrs. J. D. Douglas, Miss Douglas and Miss Josephine Douglas, of Ter re Haute, Ind., were guests for several t days recently of Mrs. Laurens rt. , Mills. ! r ?Miss Paulette West, Miss- Margaret Osborne and Miss Florence Savage were at home from Converse College spending several days last week with their respective families. Mrs. Carroll Jones and her daughter, Mrs. Bernice Dunlap, of Columbia, were visitors Wednesday at the > home of the former's daughter, Mrs. Henry Savage, Jr. . .. Miss Katherlne Kennedy, daugh.^r > of Mr. ,and Mrs. Robert Kennedy* had as week end guest, Misa. Betty Miller, of Richmond, Va., and of Con(- 1 1 verse College, Sgartantourg, S. C. ? Miss Kennedy -entertained Informally 1 at tea for Mlas Miller and other Con>> ? verse students. Mrs. Baldwin Was Hostess Mrs. C. T. Baldwin entertained delightfully for the Needlework Club members Thursday afternoon. Vases i of garden flowers were attractively r arranged in the living and dining rooms and late in the afternoon a tea course was served- All of the I club members were present. Miss Mumford Entertains Miss Celeste Mumford entertained t with a delightful tea party Thursday afternoon at the Woman's Exchange. The tea room was prettily decorated with* spring flowers for the occasion; > and at the table where the guests i were seated, each place was marked1 with a corsage of violet^ Few Condors Left, Survey Shows . .Seats Barbara, Calif .?The giant , American condor whleh once ranged from the Columbia river to Mexico Is ( reduced to a few email colonies In the California mountains, recent surveys have shown. - : Leonard Swanson of this city estimates thsrwRtr sr oottftrs live in r two colonies In the Santa Barbara i national forest. , Two small colonies . also are reported In Kern connty. fn the spring an expedition will try r to photograph the big scatvengerl'' W l their native habitat. -Cat Likes Hie OefVee Ehrhardt, Jan. 26 ?'Bobby/' Mrs. Lyles Ehrhardt's big white Persian cat. likes his coffee for breakfast? i and he begs uhtil he gets it He has had the coffee habit for more than f three years. With his breakfast, the cat Is, given e a saucer of coffee which he laps up I after he eats his food. He turns up [ his nose If It's too jcold, and prefers r a little sugar and milk, not too much of either, or he'll refuse It all. LEGUMES BOOST VIELD3 OF COTTON AND CORN Results of experimental work lu the Southern States over a period of nearly lifty years with regard to tlw cf* leets (t sununer and winter soil-con serving crops on the yields of sue-1 reeding crops of cotton and corn are) HununarUed in Southern Region Ag , iloultural Conservation Rnlleton No. It, issued by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, says County Agent VV. C. MeCarley. The new bulletin shows an average Increase of more than 50 per cent In the yield of seed cotton following a prevle is crop of summer legumes and a slightly higher average Increase, following winter legumes. An average increase of more than 40 per cent Is shown In the yield of corn following summer loguniea and practically the same average increase in corn yields following winter logNiuos. -The summary of the effects of summer soil-conserving crops on the yield of succeeding cotton' crops is based on twenty-four losts conducted in Alabama. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississip/ pi and 8outh Carolina. Under these tests the average yield of seed cotton per acre without preceding crops of summer legumes was about ' 50 pounds, while the average yield per acre following summer legumes was more than 1.15U pounds, an Increuse of over 50 per cent. Tn -tWrty-one experiments to determine the effects of previous summer soil-conserving crops on yields of corn the average yield of corn per acre without the use of logumos the preceding summer was twenty-five bushels'while the yield following legumes was thirty-five bushels, an Increase of more than 40 per cent. Mittie Robinson Dead MUtle Roblnsou, 68-year-old oolored woman died at her home north of Dusty Rend, on January 5, after an illness of three weeks. She is survived by three children?Willie 'Robinson, of Cainden; Joseph Robinson, of Chicago, and Fannie Wilrffcn, of New York, also three sisters and two brothers. She was Juried at Bethlehem Baptist church in West Wa. teree. Rev. L. W. Kershaw, a brother of the deceased, wishes to thank the friends, both white and colored for the sympathy shown the family at the time of her death. Equipment For Boy Scout* Due to the fact that there la no local outflttor for Scout equipment In Camden, arrangements have boon made for the Scouts and prospective Scouts of the city to secure their out t forms, etc., at the liutgta aud Barrett store Friday, January 28, from 3 until 5 p. m. Lawrence Russell, of S. B. McMaster, Inc.! of Columbia, will be at the Burns and Barrett store to display Scout uniforms and equipment and will take orders if desired. 'Jills arrangement lias been made so that tire Scouts who wish tP view i and obtain various articles may have i an opportunity to do so. fc , ' ? $500 Gift Awaits 8omeone j Atlanta.?The Atlanta postoffice Is waiting to play the role of a belated Santa Claus If it ?an find the person intended to receive $600 which came out of an envelope held by tho dead letter division. The money, In new fifty, twenty and ton dohar bills, was wrapped in a piece of paper beaVing only the words "Merry Christmas." It was addressed in care of general delivery to a postoffice in North Carolina from a small Georgia town. Postmaster Lou F .Livingston said no one had claimed tho letter in either state. He declined to disclose the names of the sender or the addresses on the envelope, but Bald the money would bo held here 12 months before going into J the general fund at Washington. * Turiff schedules II nine claBsifi^ations( have been raided by the Mexl? cun government, the Increases rang- < lng from 10 to 200 per cent. An Invitation I We invite you to open an account with us. Effic- , ient service, prompt delivery. A very complete line of drugs, drug sundries, electrical goods, candies, Prescriptions carefully filled by experienced I Pharmacists. ?o - '^B^v.*? H I DePASS' DRUG STORE K | The Rexall Store I Phone 10 Broad Street * ' ^ BSBBHBBMDBMBBBMBBBDBBBBBHBBBB^BWBBBBPBBBHppBr > -- -M-P' 1 11 l)n w A I H I B ufl m mA 0 J n L Wu B >1 t\ JP t/n jjL There's a "Harrell jSj '-vifw R of Type" In an In- fflj , v>Jl They Shpnld be 21 V HjKAl) THROUGH. Hi I g) and We'll Take J|i j |K) Them to Plocea and fflj l Protection Y o u "78 * INSURANCE ? K. . AND J ;|li I. ? -? . - .. - , - , ' Part Wool Blankets. Plaids and Indian designs. Singles ' in light and dark colors . ,.r 94c : '/= I ' 11 Here's a hot value. Sixteen only Street Dresses. Sixes 14 to 40. Dressep that were much higher in ptfce - $2.00 We list below what we feel are the greatest savings ever offered on Women's and Misses Coats! Two only Women's Styles at ^ $5.00 each One size 20; One size 44 'illl <1 i # 7 only Women's Coats that were much higher priced ? $7.75; Si A good assortment of better torade Women's and Misses Coats. These are featured ^ prices J $9.35 and $12.95 Don't miss these values? ^ you can save plenty. . v We Save three Boy's Buits that aire really priced low. Tw^paaU. Onsiixfl 8; m size 10 and one size 14 <?Q Alt yO#t/V _ 3 We are cleaning house on ell winter goods. A tremendous stock to be moved at a wonderful saving to you. Glance' with a keen eye down this savings list. You'll find truly sensational bar- * gains. Doffc't miss the Remnant. tables. Prices range from 5c yd. up ~ Men's Overcoats. Values y6u can't afford to miss. Just one each. Sizes 39, 40 and 42 $10.00 Another group of Overcoats Repriced to clear ee ) ' ^'* '.ijw*''* *'' ? "* Hwt, Blanket Lined J?ckete. Unmt price in yean. - Full cut and well made .* Men's sizes OiS's?c*-2S Boys' size* 89c 3 WrMMm Tiarett. Six. 16. Reduced to 54 inch Wool and Rayon Dress Goods. . Only three patterns. Unusually , I am, \ priced I 67c yd . ? One small lot of Rayon Slips* Shadow panel front. Adjust- J able straps; White and, . QNfc. ? rose 57c On all children's winter Coats. First group of eleven garment# will go at $3.65 -.1 ???? 1 ' i , ' '"T'i, Another .lot of children's Coats on which wC hare placed the very low price of - $4^5 am* -sih* rr&fc'ZZl :r=>." Notw ls the time to save if A group of ^Ladles* Sheas that were as high as $&S6. $1.77 pair u '1 Our own little Sunny Tucker -Children's Dressas^Stylea ggg that will delight any child. R&uced to close out at .';r ??? 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