Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I CASH LOANS I I $50 to $500 I I YOUR CAR I I m LOANS AND I REFINANCING I CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE i I # I I v I I Stogner Motor I I Company I I 1111 Broad Street I! I PHONE 210 I! News of Interest In I And Near Bethune Bethnnp. Feb 15.?Miss Jerry Davis I of Columbia college and her roommate. Frankle <?raham, spent tho week end with Miss Davis' mother, Mrs Clara Davis. Miss Carrie Yarbrough. of Mayesvilli* was the week end guest of her parents, the iC-T - Yarbmug-h's Miss Mary Melton, of BennettHvillo, visited In the home of Dr E. Z Trues lel 1 during the week end Mr. and Mrs It. II Beach, of \Vailorboro, visited their daughter. Miss Kll/.aheth. Sunday. I. N. McLaurin, who is working with the San tee Cooper project at Holly Hill, is spending a few days with his family here Friends of Itev \V V Jerman will regret to learn that he is unite ill in the Camden hospital Mr and Mrs. Fred Tldwell have moved itHi^the home recently vacated by Mr ami- Mrs. Bobert Water#. Mr. ami Mrs H B. Flncher. who were married last week, stopped hero Monday enroute to their home in WaaiiinKton, D. C. Mr and Mrs. Norwood Thomas and children of Winnsboro spent Sunday with Mrs Salllo Robertson. Beth Thomas of Hartsville has been \ biting her grandmother, Mrs. Salllo Kotiertson. v.Sunday guests of the W. A. Outlaws were Mr and Mrs. Jack liowlo of Martsvllle and Mr. ami Mrs. lister Stevens and baby of High Point, N. C. Rev and Mrs. C. H. Floyd and chll' dren, Carlisle and lOrmine, of North, spent Saturday with the I). M. Mays The Floyd's were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Morse Saturday eve nlng. Jennings Watford Is attending the Chevrolet parts training school In Charlotte this week. Misses Helen Snell and Kmily Taylor spent the week end In Columbia and attended the picture, "Gone With The Wind." Mrs. Hattle Heustlss has returned 'from a visit to relatives in Martsvllle. Circles number one and two of the Baptist missionary society mot Monday afternoon- with Mrs. J. 1>. Crawford and Miss Maggie Fields respectively. During the social hour a salad course \vith Russian tea was served. Mrs. Jake Beam spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. P, Gordon. The auxiliary of the Presbyterian church met "Tuesday afternoon at tho home of Mrs. M G. King. In the ab| Htiitco of the president, the vice prosl! dent, Mrs. R A. Newsome presided. The nominating committee reported! the following officers for two ensuing years Miss Stella Bethune. president: Mrs. O. C. Pa to, secretary: Mrs. iv Z. Truesdnll, historian and the different cause secretaries. A 1940 Chevrolet belonging to D. M. Mays was taken from the garage of I, !> Barr early Sunday morning. The theft was not discovered until about nine o'clock that morning. A telephone message was received by Mr. Mays Monday afternoon Informing him that the car had been located In Waycross, Ga. Highway patrolman, Henderson, left Tuesday to claim tho car. BISHOP GRAVATT TO MAKE FIRST VISITATION TO GRACE "The Rt.Rav. J. J. Gravatt, D. D.t Bishop of Dpper South Carolina, will make his first visitation for confirmation to Grace Kpiscopal church next Sunday. In honor of this occasion, the rector. Nvardens and vestry are gjving a reception on Saturday night, from S:l."? to 9:30 to give all friends and parishioners an opportunity to meet him and his charming wife personally. The event will take place in Richardson Hall in the Parish house. HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS This is the place to come for your HARDWARE and FARM | NEEDS. We have a tremendous stock of all kinds, and everything is priced at the lowest possible figure. Courteous service and satisfaction guaranteed. BARRINGER HARDWARE CO. I P h O n 21 Mrs. West Of Kershaw Dies Kershaw, Feb. 6?Mrs. Caroline West. 73, died at her home In the Providence section of Kershaw county this afternoon. She was the widow of Will E. West and had been In declining health a number of years. Funeral services were conducted from Providence Baptist church at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday by her pastor, the Rev. J. T. Outen. assisted by the Rev. J. B. Caston and the Rev. D. M. Sanders. Interment-was in the churchyard. Surviving are five daughters. M^s. Mamie Floyd, Mrs.. Arthur Jtoirdan and Mrs. Bill Cook of Kershaw; Mrs. Bryan Truesdale. Spencer. N. C., Mrs. George West, Cassatt; seven sons, Otis. Boyd, Dalton, and Racine, all of Kershaw; Aussie and Sidney. Camden and Claude West of Cassatt; five brothers. Amos Horton, Wtllard Horton and John Horton of Sheppard; Wiles Horton and Irvin Horton, Camden; three sisters. Mrs. Berry Osborne. Camden; Mrs. Sally Osborne and Mrs. Alice Young of Kershaw. Three C's Club Notes The regular monthly meeting of the Three C's Home Demonstration Club' was held at the club house Thursday afternoon. January 25. In absence of! the president the vice president, Mrs.! Hey ward Coates took charge. The meeting was opened with the project! song for the month, "Carry Me Back! to Old Virginny." Mrs. E. W. Croxton read a portion of scripture from Romans for the devotional--and thee lord's prayer was repeated in unison. The roll was called and minutes of previous meeting woro read by the secretary. The secretary read a letter from Miss Fewell announcing that tho Home Demonstration clubs of the county are giving a canning shower! to the Camden hospital. Our club decided to participate and all members were asked to bring, their canned! goods to the next club meeting. Miss! Fewell asked the members to be nice! to census takers and answer all questions. All business dispensed with Miss Fewell took charge and used for the subject of her talk, "Gardening." Everyone should have a garden for several reasons: For health sake; it pays financially; to can surplus tor %.v n?*r* Thrcn tttzvs to ms.ko vnnr garden pay better: Have a reputa-j lion for selling the. best always; specialize in one thing and hav^ things! to sell earlier than others. "Garden' and truck crop insect" bulletins werej given out and studied. The most, common garden insects of South Car-' olina are illustrated in the bulletins. How they damage the crops and tho methods of control are given. Several ways to control Insects are rotating crops, plant early, keep plants growing fast and free from grass and weeds, keep ground plowed often, destroy old places that harbor insects. During the. social half hour the hostess, Mrs Ben Coats, served hot coffee with cream and devil's food cakeSecretary. KIWANIS CLUB NOTE8 John K. deLoach gave a very interesting and enlightening talk on the "Origin and Activities of the Boy Scouts in the Camden Area" at the Klwanis Chib last Tuesday. ' All members were request^ to be; at the Camden Hotel by 5:30 on Monday afternoon. February 19, to attend the meeting of the Klwanis Club in Columbia, where they win have the privilege of hearing the International " Prealdent of Kiwanla, Bennett Of Knudson deliver his address to tha Kiwanlang of South Carolina. * HONOR ROLL PUPILS OF KERSHAW HIGH 8CHOOL - I The first semester f<?r the Kershaw j public schools ended January 22, 1940. The honor roll for the first semester Is given below. For a pupil to achieve th ehonor roll for the entire first semester he must have made no mark below a B either on his six weeks grades and exams or on his conduct. Grade* 2.?Danny Blackwell, Dale Clemons, Marian Fa He. Peggy Falle, Cecil Faulkenberry, Johnnie Faulkenberry, Tommy Gibbons, Joan Gregory, Virginia Holden, Betty Horton, Joe Hugh Hunter, Donald Knight, Walter Knight, Betty Sue McDonald, Berry Mobley, Mary Deaton, Margaret Ann Neal, Carl Phillips, Mary English Porter, Janet Ledford, Mickey Russell, Peggy Self, Patsy Turner. -r--. Grade 3.?Mary Baker, Vivian Baker, Mac Carson, Margaret Crlmmlnger. Jewel Gibson, Mary Ixm Hlnson, Virginia Jones, Sowell Jones. . Grade 5.?Jacqueline Blackmon, Evelyn Plyler. Grade 6.?Jacqueline Bell, Johnnie Brewer. Grade 7.?'Suzanne Blackmon, Jean Hough. Grade 8.?Sara Gardner. Grade 11.?Doris Fletcher, Hilda West, Sara Williams. The following pupils highly distinguished themselves by making straight A's for the first semester: Grade 5.?Jacqueline Blackmon. Grade 2..?Johnnie Faulkenberry, Janet Bedford. Exclusive of the first grade thpre are 67 pupils in the Kershaw public schools who have been perfect in attendance for the first semester. In view of the wide spread of influenza this speaks well for both the parents and the pupils themselves. Met at Home of Mrs. Vincent The Flat Rock Home Demonstration club met Tuesday, February 6, at the home of Mrs. S. P. Vincent. The meeting was called to order by the president. The devotional was led by Mrs. T. H. Young, Jr. The club sang In unison, "All Hail to the Power of Jesus' Name." The secretary read the minutes of the last roll.,ethsh the minutes of the last meeting and called the roll. A business session was called. In addition the club program was completed for the year. Mrs. H. B. Gaskin presented her pro-! gram on religion and welfare. Miss j Fewell gave a talk on gardening for home and market use.' She said to select our best produce for market always. Also she gave out bulletins on garden and truck crop Insects. Then she took up outlook for farm produce for 1940. The outlook for cotton Is less than 1939. The livestock is to be better. The demand for fresh vege-, tables and fruits are better. Again she urged us to make plans early and work toward our fruit and vegetable crop for market^ A^fter a short social hour the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Everett Catoe in March. There were eleven members present. 8TOGNER NAMED KER8HAvZ LEADER BY BROTHERHOOD Charles Stogner ot Camden has been appointed chairman of the Kershaw Baptist Brotherhood, vice C. L. Rasor of Kershaw, resigned, according to'announcement yesterday by H. E. Coleman of Columbia, chairman of district No. 1. t Mr. Stogner's work as assoclational dhairman will include the securing of a key man in each of the 29 Baptist churches in the Kershaw association each one of whom will In turn be ret sponsible for Interesting and enlisting the laymen of these churches In the promotion and enlargement -of the lo^al and state program of the Baptist Brotherhood movement. * "V-*. - ; ?? Representative Joseph W. Martin (RrMass.) told Topeka, Kan., Republicans Monday night, that "the gravi est danger to the peace and security of the United States today is not from some foreign invasion, but from allowing pressing home problems to go un solved. . .We must put our 9,0(H)Jfl of un-employod men and women btfl to work. . . .Our front line Is not{fl the Hhine. . .It Is at the farm gateifl the factory door. "Dump" was the title of a muskfl composition of a melancholy chars! ter In the 17th century. I I buy everything from homefolks* ** ? - :?: i "I ALWAYS BUY ARCADIAN NITRATE, the American SODA* for the same good reasons that I always trade in my home town. I know that my neighbors will give me good quality at a fair price. They want my friendship and my business for many years to come. "Since homefolks started making ARCADIAN right here in the South, we have been getting better soda in a better bag at a lower price. During the 11 years that the big American nitrate plant has been operating at Hopewell, Virginia, the price of nitrate of soda has ' r? -i - , come down 40 per cent. And, under preeent conditions, it's good to know we have an American supply of soda. , * "Yes, sir, I say: Look for Uncle Sam on the bag! Always ask for ARCADIAN NITRATE, the American SODA! Buy everything from homefolks!" THE BARJIETT COMPANY HOPEWELL. VA. SALEIOH, N. C. COLUMBIA, t. C. ATLANTA. OA. ~ > MONTQOMERY, ALA. * NEW ORLEANS. LA. MEMPHIS. TENN. I L_?i?!?J- I - m. WT - II* NtiMtiN fUMMunm 1THE AMERICAN J NITRATE OF SODA ^ P;HOKWiu viMWU THpF p NfTWBMttfnCOMMMY SAVE WITH SAFETY| ' H ' 1 4 H "^"jM r^ ' CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE ! First Federal Savings & Loan Association 1 OF CAMDEN, 8. C. 'M 8AVINQ3 IN8U RED UP TO $5,000.00 ^! INTRODUCING I THE NEW DEEPER SLEEP I - ' I dsauhj/ieit I Simmons Company has doubled the BEAUTY REST guarantee. II ?Make the test. That's all we ask. 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