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[SOCIETY NEWS Telephone 100 ^ ! * P008ER?8TUTT9 f ? t? ' V ^ ; HS Wednesday evenlug. August 2, at e ^yt tie ton Street Methodist church ^ c??>deu' Mtaa Heleu foospr became tho brld? of Clydo Livlugstou gtutts. of Oihsou, N. C. Hev. Bryce Herbert, pastor of the church, officiated M,s. Robert Yongue, organist, Mrs. Archie P. Gibson, joloist, both of Latorloburg. rendered tiie wedding mualc. Dsher-groomsmett were: Bruce UrnBtead. of Durham |W. K. Pooser, of C^nierou; Douglas3 Hunsucker, Dr. M. A Livingston, Everett Stutts and Sbelton Stutts, all of Gibson. The ; 'bridesmaids ' were: Miss Margaret White- of Durham; Mrs. W. B. Austin, of Spartanburg; Miss Willie Storks, of Columbia; Miss Mary Richey, of Camden; and Mrs. Harry McArver, of G&etonla. Miss Elizabeth Stutts, of Oibsou and Winston-Salem, was maid-of honor. Mi * Herman H. Pooser, mother' of tbo bride, was dame of honor. The flower girls were little Misses Barbara Ann and Joan Woods, of Arlington, N j? cousins of the bridegroom. Master Charles Rlon Crawford carried the ring in the heart of a lily. The bride was given in marriage by ber father. Herman H. Pooser, with whom she entered the church. Her wedding gown of ivory duchess satin waa made with molded bodice and gweetheart neckline, held with pearl clasps. The sleeves were long, and puffed high at the shoulders. The full satin skirt ended In a sweeping train. Her misty veil of Ivory illusion was worn with a tiara of orange blossoms. x She wore a single strand of- pearls, and carried a shower bouquet of orchids and valley lilies. She was met at the altar by the bridegroom, who was attended by his brother, S. S. Stutts. of Gibson, as best man. After the ceremony, a reception was given at the home of the bride's parents for the wedding party and guests. Mrs Stutts is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Pooser, of Camden. She was graduated from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in 1937, and has been teaching lu the schools In Laurinburg. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Stutts, of Gibson. A graduate of the University_of North Carolina.""he is cashier of the Commercial State Bank, of Laurel Hill, where he and his bride will make their home. * Honored At Luncheon Miss Helen Pooser, of Camden, and Clyde Stutts, of Laurinburg and Laurel Hill, N. C., were honored Wednesday at a luncheon given at the Court Inn by Mrs. Harry F. McArver, of Gastonia, and Miss Mary Richey, of Camden. Attended Lancaster Marriage , Miss Harriett Stevens, of Lancaster, was married to Joseph Harold Croxton In the First Presbyterian church, of Lancaster, .on August 1. The bride was given In marriage by her uncle, John T. Stevens, of Kershaw. Attending the wedding from this section were: Mr. and Mrs. John T. Stevens, of Kershaw; Miss Annie S. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson, of Camden; Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdale. of Bethune. John Davidson acted as one of the groomsmen. Klwanlt Not?? We fully realize that there are lots of our members on vacation, perhaps at the World's Fair, the beach or at the mountains. However, we feel that th?rp nre some here in town who are on. or feel that they are on a vacation from the meetings. "There's no such thing." The attendance has been rather poor and we want everyone present next meeting. We are Indeed grateful to Pierce Cantev who had the program today, j ' for the interesting talk given by Miss; Thomas, the Kershaw County Tuberculosis nurse. We are so glad that Miss Thomas could be with us and % tell us something of her work here in the county. We all enjoyed what Miss Thomas had to say,and now_wfl IboL~ more like buying Christmas Seals than ever before. It was explained that it j is much cheaper to prevent tuberculosis than it is to cure It. | , , Mrs. V. J. Rector has returned home after attending the Foreign Mission conference at Ridgecrest. N. C., and} Tiaiting relatives in Asheville. _ | II Ml Will Mill 0 ' " r ' In Honor of Mis* Simon* One of tfcy prettiest partipa of the week w*s the bridge partyj given by Mr*. Stanley Bablu Thursday after-v noon at their home on Fair street. The affair was iu honor of Miss Ireue Simons, of Asbury Park. N. J., whose ^engagements to Simon llellman, of Qhester, was aunouueed several weeks ago. Miss Simons Is a recent graduate of the school of nursing at the " CaiudeA hospital and she will leave for her home in Asbury Park. August 17. Tables were arranged for thlrty-ttvo players iu a setting of spriug (lowers carrying out a color scheme of green and white, and the brides chair was marked with a aatlu covered horse shore on which was tied a bunch of orange blosspms. The party was also a miscellaneous shower iiud after the game the honor guest received many lovely gifts. Mrs. l^eon Scholsburg won the high score prise and the second high score prise was won by Mr*. William Wallace, of Chester, who was among the guests. - l^ater In the afternoon the hostesses, assisted by Mrs. Schlosburg and Miss Doris Babln served a sup-1 per course. ^ Mrs. Goodstein Entertains Mrs. Melton Goodstein, of Florence, who Is visiting her father, M. H. Heyman, entertained, with a delightful chicken supper FYiday evening at Qua Ward's tea room hear Camden. A color scheme of red and white was attractively carried out by the redchecked clothes which covered the Individual tables and the small bowls of red zinnias In the center of each table. The rooms were lighted with red candles. After supper the honor guest received a shower of gifts for her kitchen. Miss Pearl Handleman, of Porto Rico, was among the guests and the hostess was assisted In entertaining by Mrs. Hugh Milling and Mrs. Harry Baum. Benefit Bridge Tournament Friday afternoon, August 11, a bridge tournament is being given at the Court Inn to assist In raising funds for the Camden high school foot ball squad's summer camp lp tho mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Jack Nettles, Mrs. Charlie DeLoache, Mrs. Clarkson Rhame and Mrs. Joe McKain are In charge of the afTalr. Mr*. Good*le Ho?tesa Mrs. Dess Goodale was hostess to the members of.her bridge club Wednesday morning and Invited to play with them Mrs. Lewis Lee Clyburn, Mrs. Hubert Wilson and Mrs. Moore. High scores were won by Mrs. Goodale and Mrs. Clifton McKain. After the game liihcheon Was Served. The Nation'* Cotton Crop A United States cotton crop of 11,412,000 bales is forecast by the crop reporting board of the United States department of agriculture, based on conditions as of August 1. If realized, this will be 531,000 bales less than the 1938 crop, and 2,388,000 bales less than the 10-year (1928-1937) average. The average yield for the United States is forecast at 223.7 pounds per acre, which is 12.1 pounds less than the yield In 1938, but is 32.0-pounds more than the 10-year average^ (19281937.) J Lusitania H*ro Die* In Texa* Gainesville, Texas, Aug. 8.?Robert J. Tlmmls, 75. a cotton merchant who was one of the heroes of the Lusitania disaster, died today. jliay 7, 1915, shortly after Tlmmls and a fellow cotton merchant, Ralph Moody, had finished lunch aboard the Xaisitania, the ship was torpedoed. Tlmmls and Moody gave their life belts to two women and were plunged into the ocean. Moody drowned, but Tlmmls managed to kick loose from a piece of superstructure and swam for several hours until picked up by a rescue boat. He lost his sight as a result of the disaster but continued activity In business until a few pi?n^8 ago. South Carolina Cotton Crop^ A South Carolina cotton crop of 810,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight is forecast from conditions as _ of August 1. This prospective outturn compares with 648,000 bales made last year, 1,023,000 in 1937 and areragu -production Of 738,000 bales for the fly* years 1932-1936. The reported condition of 80 per cent of normal is the highest of record and the Indicated yield per acre of 310 pounds lint equals the record yield made In 1920. Mrs. L. L. Sarratt is on a visit to | her daughter in. Charlotte. > Personal Mention Mrs. Mattie 1. Turned visited relatives lu Maxton. N. C.. Sunday . Carl Schlosburg is spending hla vacation lu Blowing Hock. Mr. and Mra. C. P. Dulloae, Jr., left Tuesday for a visit to relatives in Greenwich. Conn. Mrs. O. H. Damn has returned from an extended visit to relatives In Alabama. Mrs. Edna Clyburn, Mrs. Lola Carter and Mrs. Loree Zeiup were visitors to Port Bragg Sunday. Mrs. Dorothy Culvern has returned from a vacation spent at Rock Hill and Myrtle Beach. Arthur McL Griffin, of Columbia, dras the guest here Suuday of Mr. and Mrs. Nettles Lludssy. Mrs. Nell Zelgler has returned from ; a vacation spent at Daytona Beach, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Moore and Miss Elizabeth Moore visited relatives in Marlon and Mulllns last weeft end. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Vaughan and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Speaks visited relatives In Fayettville Sunday. Mrs. Wilbur M. Barrett Is on a visit to relatives In New York and to attend the World's Fair. Mrs. Melton Goldstein and baby of Florence, are the guests of the former's father, M. H. Heyman. , 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McDowell and children, of Columbia, were the week i end guests of relatives here. Dr. and Mrs. John M. Brewer announce the birth of a daughter at the Camden hospital on August 8. Mrs. J. C. Cox returned Friday from I Hldgecrest, N. C., where she attended the Foreign Mission week of the Baptist assembly. Miss Betty?> Henderson, of Wilmington, returned to her home Saturday after a visit to her sister, Mrs. Chas. J. Shannon, 4th., and Mr. Shannon. Miss Ellen Salmond has returned from a visit of several months to her aunt, Mrs. Leila B. Klrkland in Old Lyme, Conn. Commander Shannon Heath attended the Rotary Club district assembly at Caesars Head, Monday, as a representative of the Camden club. Mrs. John Vlllepigue and her son, Yates Vlllepigue, are visiting Mtb. Villeplgue's sister, Mrs. David Perkins, at her home in Clearwater, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Hollls F. Coob and children, of Charlotte, are on a visit to Mrs. Cobb's mother, Mrs. Loma Led ford. Joe W. Jenkins, with the Langston Motor company, left last Sunday for Birmingham, where he will take a course In automobile accessories. Ml^s Pearl Handelman, of Netf York and San Juan, Porto Rico, has been a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Baum. Mr. and Mrs. Burchell R. Moore, Jr., of Charleston, announce the birth of a son at the Camden hospital, August 5. The young fellow has been named Burchell Richardson Moore, III. William L. Goodale spent several days over the week end at Blowing Rock, N. C., with Mrs. Goodale, who is spending the month of August there. Mrs. Sallye Massey is on a month's visit to relatives in Baltimore and New York. While in New York she will purchase fall goods for the Smart Shop. Mrs. E. M. Tldwell and daughter, Louise, of Greensboro, N. C., are spending the week with the former's sister, Mrs. C. C. Shaw, on Hampton Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. A. Kennedy Blakeney spent the week end in Linvllle, N. C? with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whltaker, Jr.. Mrs. Whltaker and her children have a cottage In Llnvflle for the summer months. ' Patricia Rosalind Is the name given to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Caskey, of Cedar Creek, who was born at the Camden hospital Sunday, July 30. Mrs. Caskey was the former Miss Idale Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Smith, of Camden. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Baum and B. H. Baum, Jr., left Monday for Asbury Park, N. J., to spend three weeks. They were accompanied by Billy Baum, Who will go on to New York, where he sails for San Juan, Porto Rico, to resume fyla duties as teacher of English In the high school there. Earliest For Cheraw Cheraw, Aug. 8.?Louis A. Adams brought a bale of 1939 cotton to market today, the earliest date of record for a cotton sale In this part of the state. It was grown on his farm near the North 'Carolina-South Carolina line. " 1?? Busy Bees Mt. Sterling, Ky.?Beekeeper A.* F. Shields placed crates containing 75 pounds of honey In his garage, Intending to return late in the day after swarming bees had departed and truck the honey away. But when he went back to the garage the honey was gone. The bees had carried every drop back to the hires. Female lobsters carry their eggs for many months on the under side of their tails. r I CI Many Changes Seen ^In School Faculties The annual report of the Kershaw county superintendent ot education to the state superintendent of education shows an enrollment of 3.71>8 white children In the schools of Kershaw county and 4,775 negroes, making a total enrollment of 8,643. From tigurea given by J. H. McDenlpl, the school attendance teacher, the average attendauce was 84 per cent for the white children, an Increase of 3 per cent over last years attendance, and 82 per cent for the uegroea. an Increase of 6 per cent over last year. Total receipts for school purposes amounted to |230,348. Of this $136,317 was received as state and fedetal aid. Total expenditures for the year amounted to $274,290. The total assessed valuation of the county Is $6,677,741. Thirty-four buses are operated for transportation of school children with a daily mileage of 1,067. Additional classrooms have been added to the Baron DeKalb school; a new auditorium and gymnasium built at Bethune; a new shop and cannery have been built at Mt. Plsgah and Blaney, and classrooms have be&u ydded to Pine Grove school also. The fall meeting of school superintendents and principals will be held lh the ofTlce of the county superintendent Wednesday afternoon, August 16. Plana are being made^to open tijl schools by September lO.^SeYAral changes have been made among tile superintendents of the county. W. R. Watson, from Prosperity, Is at Bethune. J. C. Foster who was at Rethune for fourteen years has moved to Landrum; J. K. Lee, Jr., a Kershaw county boy, has gone to Earhardt, and G. M. Falle, former superintendent of education In Lancaster county will teach at Mt. Plsgah. C. A Byrd, after teaching for seven ,years at Blaney, has gone Into the automobile business In Columbia, and J. C. Bickley, from Ward, will head the Blaney schools. W. B. Stevenson of Midway, went into * soil conservation work, and Ford B. Stanton is at Midway. J. C. Kluard is the new superintendent at Antioch. Mr. Klnard is an agricultural teacher. This school will have a new home economics department. E. M. Shannon has moved from Antioch to Flat Creek in Lancaster county. The high school pupils?from?Chartotte-TtnnirpsoTr will come into Camden and the grammar grades will have a very uptodate elementary school. The high school pupils from Oak Ridge. Providence and Tfctfrti Hill will go to Baron DeKalb at Westvllle. FIR8T 8. C. 8. FIELD WORK STARTED 8IX YEAR8 AGO Six years ago, In the fall of 1933, the government began a nation-wide soil-conservation program. The first field work was In the Coon Creek watershed In southwestern Wisconsin, an area badly eroded because of the tjrpe of soil which developed after the ioe age. When the glaciers crept southward over the North American continent, rounding off the hills*and filling the hollows, they missed an area where the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois come together. Here the high hills caught the drifting dust that followed the Ice age. The loose soil thus formed eroded badly when In later years the land was put to the plow ? ?- "~r Today the erosion picture is much brighter. The five-year conservation programs which the federal soil specialists worked out with abotft half the four hundred farmers in the watershed called for a shift away from cropping to more grass and livestock, and strip cropping on the contour for the cash crops that are rotated on the more level fields. More than 176 miles of terraces cover the steeper slopes. A recent survey shows that the valley Is producing about 5,000,000 pounds a year more nutrients since adoption of erosion control measures. Corn acreage Is down about one-fifth, small grains down to about a half. Hay acreage bap increased and -alfalfa more than 'tripled. These resulta were possible, the Soil Conservation Service says, only because most of the farmers who did not sign up in 1934, were convinced by the demonstration and are following the same general policies of conservation farming. HERE'S ONE CA8E WHEN GOODBYE I8NT GOODBYE New York, Aug. 6.?Modern times note: . Ifrs. James Paul Mills, who waved good-bye to her husband from the liner Normandle's rail here Wednesday, will be greeted by her husband when the ship docks at Southampton, England. HI. - ~ " "_r"' Mills, sportsman and polo player, of Old Weetbury, N. Y., left today for Europe aboard Pan-American Airways American Clipper., He ?buckled as be boarded the copper: "My wife will be surprised to see me." Thomas F. Horton Dies In Charlotte Kershaw, Aug 1?'Thomas F. Horton, 71, died at a Charlotte sanatorium Monday morning following an Illness of three weeks. Mr. Horton underwent an operation last Wednesday and was apparently recovering when he died suddenly this morning. He was born and reared in the Haley's Mill section of Kershaw county, and has always been u successful farmer and business man, owning considerable land, both here and in Louisiana. He was long prominent In the political life of his county, being a member of the county board of directors prior to the present form of commission government. Mr. Horton is survived by his widow. Mrs. Bailie Horton, and throe sons and two daughters, Sidney B. Horton, R. H. Horton and James C. Horton of Kershaw and Mrs. Dan West and Mrs. Ernest Williams, also of Kershaw. Funeral services were held at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Providence Baptist church, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. J. T. Outen, assisted by the Rev. John Dabney, of the Chester Baptist church, with the Masons In charge of the services at tho cemetery. inn keeper and sheriff slain in gun battle Rusk, Texas, Aug. 3.?The sharpshooting young sheriff of Dry Cherokee county and a tavern keeper shot each otiher to death early today over a load of beer. Myrtle Stanley, 25, was wounded in the pistol duel betwen Sheriff Bill Brunt, 29, and Esialh Creed, 42, In whose roadhouse inn she was employed. A murder charge was placed against her. County Attorney Ellis Lewis quoted the young woman as giving this account of the shooting. She and Creed were returning from ~KHgore with a load of beer when Brunt after several attempts to 'halL their car fhot the tire off a front wheel. \ As the sheriff approached on foot Creetf fired j once, the bullet striking Brunt tfrHRrb heart. The officer fired three or four times before he fell. One bullet struck the tavern keeper in the chest, another hit the woman in the leg. All three j lay beside the road nearly an hour until a truck driver arrived. Brunt, one of the youngest sheriffs in Texas, had served four years in the navy where he won honors as a crack shot. His 26-year-old widow was appointed late today to service out his term. Cherokee county is dry under local option. rubber tree dr0p8 leave8 a8 hurricane protection Rubber trees will not bend any further In a hurricane wind without breaking than the average tree of any other species. It Is the sap from t?e tree, and not the tree Itself, that is processed into rubber. But they do have a way of protecting themselve# from sudden tropical storms. Scientists of the United States De*( partment of Agriculture, who have been growing rubber trees in Florida to see if they would withstand the winters there, also wanted to know If the trees would stand up under! Florida winds. I They observed that once winds j reached hurricane velocity the rubber trees dropped their leaves. This eliminates wind resistance near the top of the tree and pressure on the tree trunk Is lessened. Afterwards, new leaves come out and there is no apparent damage to the tree. Many Will la Brown's Columbia. July 3L?A visitor finally found Willie Brown at the state penitentiary today but only after he was more specific. Sergeant Wardlaw Moorman Informed the person thatj there were tin Willie Browns, a Wlllj Brown- and a Wllltyn Brown at the' prison. f'-mM News Of Interest In Ami Near B > ' Bethune, Aug 16.?Miss Hetty Beat wua the recipient Monday night of a party In honor of her birthday when her mother entertained several frlenda at their home. Bingo was played during the evening and a aweet course was served. MIh? Frances McDonald, of Hartsvllle. was the guest lust week of Miss Mary Ellen MoLaurln. Mr. and Mra. It. 10. MoCasklll and little daughter. Betty Gray, have returned to their home after a stay of several daya with Mrs. McCaaklU'a father, In Waterloo, and an automobile trip through the North Carolina mountains. Mr. and Mra. l^aurence Mcl.aurln, of Columbia, were week end house guests of Mr. and Mrs J N. MoLaurln. llev. and Mrs. F. It. Morse have hail as their guest,} Miss Sara Laurence, of Atlantu. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Marlon, spent the week end with their daughter, Mrs. Jennings Watford. Miss Elizabeth Drayton, of Blshopvllle, la the gueBt this week of Miss Robbie Newton Marlon. Mrs. C. M. Mitchell, Misses Mary Ellen Mcl>aurln and Frances McDonald, John Dan McLaitrlu and Douglas Mays, visited Myrtle Beach last week. Miss Ixnilse Ortman spent the week end In Anderson with her parents. FrtendB of Mrs. M O. Ward will regret to learn that she Is quite ill at her home here. Tho Rev. J. B. Caston and daughter, Miss Jane Caston, of Camden, were visitors here Sunday and worshipped at the Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. King were week end guests In the home of Mrs. G. B. King. Mrs. R. E. Sims, of Rock Hill, and Miss Margaret Truosdale, of Rome, Ga., who have spent the past few daya with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdale. will roturn to-their respective homes the latter part of this week. Miss Jane Wilson, of Rome, Ga., was a guest In the Truesdale home this week. She returned to Rome Thursday, accompanied by Miss Margaret Truesdale. , Mr; and Mrs. T. K. Clemmens and daughter, Shirley, of Germantown, Pa., are visiting Mrs. Clemmens' father. F. M. Arthur. Mrs. K Z. Trnesdell. Misses Carrie | Yarborough, Stella Bethune and Margaret Trucsdell attended the wedding j of Miss Harriet Stevens and Joe Crox* I ton In Lancaster August 1. Miss | Truesdell was a member of the bridal party. A number of friends and relatives of Tom Horton from Bethune, attend? I ed the funeral of Mr. Horton at Providence church Tuesday afternoon. I I Poor Calf A farmer's son, Just home from school, seemed to take pride in using I college Blang, and at the breakfast j table called out: "Mother, chase the cow down this way!" Mother was equal to the occasion, and remarked to husband: "Give the poor calf some milk. Don't you hear him bawling?" Camden Theatre 1' * FRIDAY, AUGUST ll''' Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen Jane Lang In "CAPTAIN FURY" For a woman's iQVftthey carved an ?~ empire""out of wilderness :>QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO< SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 Humphrey Bogart in "YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH MURDER" Also Comedjes and Cartoons 10:30 Show Gail Patrick, John Howard and Jane Darwell In "GRAND JURY SECRETS" >000000000000 ooooooooooo* MONDAY and TUESDAY AUGUST 14?15 Baby Sandy, MIscha Auer "UNEXPECTED FATHER" Added: March of Time and I Latest News SOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOQ++OOOC WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 Oliver Hardy, Alice Brady Billie Burke, Jane Parker "ZENOBIA" ' ! ?POOPOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOO< THURSDAY and FRIDAY. 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