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Society news Teltpkone 347?J .? ii? Miss Blskenay Wat Hostess Miss 1*1 Blakeney entertained at brktKtf Thursday afternoon at her home on Cheanut Street. The playj,rti were member# of the hostess club, aud al"40 ^rt1, William L. Goodale and Mrs John Mulleu. Miss Lillian Yates mfl Ml-f Mullen made the two highest scores. - Mr. and Mn. MoKaln Hoata Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKain entertained with a bridge party Wedneaday evening at their home on Green atreft The guest* were members of their bridge club and Mr. and Mra. Clarksou Hhaine. The affair waa Informal itttd . late In the evening, refreshments were aerved. Mot With Mra. Cantey Mrs. Pearce Cantey gave a bridge pany Wednesday afternoon for the players in the club of which she la a member. Mra. Joe MoKaln and Mra. Dan Mac-key were additional guests and high score winner? for the afternoon was Mra. Ralph Shannon. After Die game, Mrs. Cantey aerved a delicious aalad course. Compliments Quest Mrs. W. D. Whitaker had aa her guest for the week end, Miss Elizabeth Kennedy', whose home la at Betty Neck Plantation below Camden. Saturday. Mrar- Whitaker entertained with a dinner party in honor of her guest, and among those present were: Mr. and Mra. Alfred Kennedy, parentB of Miss Kennedy. 'Covers were laid for ten at the dining-room table where a lovely bowl of yellow chrysanthemums carried out the party color scheme of yellow and white. fr Auxiliary To Meet An important meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary, will be held Friday afternoon December 13, at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. A S. Llewellyn. Miss Marie E. Thomas will be the speaker. A Christmas program has been arranged with music and a reading, and each member is asked to bring a locker cover, in order that they may be sent to the Veteran's Hospital in Columbia before Christ* mas. When matches first were invented, their heads contained poison, and they soon became the leading weapon ot poison murderers a/nd would-be suicides. Today/^they no longer are poisonous. OH! A Picture from Home A REAL GIFT Those who are away will cherish a picture from home. Why not arrange to have yours taken today? HAVE PHOTOS TAKEN NOW! Special Xmas Prices GO _r j J Monarch Bros. Studio j Personal Mention Mr. and Mrs. William Oglesby, of Sehna, Ala., are on a visit to friends here. James Blakeuoy, of Winston-Salem was a guest Wednesday at the home, of his sister, MIsh Dal Blakeuey. Mrs. MoOaskill returned with them for a week and from there will visit! her son, Sam in Goldsboro. N. C. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mills of Durham, 1 N. C. were weekend visitors with the 1 letters parents Mr. and Mrs. S. A.I MrOaskill. Mrs. John Devlne has arrived In Camden from Torrlugton, Conn. She will spend the winter ul the home of Miss Olive Whit Dredge. J i Born to Mr. and Mrs. Melton Metlcu McCoy, a son at the Camden hospital, ! Monday, December 2. He has been uamed Charles Uoyd McCoy. Kucker W; Crowder, Jr. and J, B.j Orowdor, of Greensboro, were the week-opd guests of their sister, Mrs. Charles H. Btogner and Mr. Stog.ier. Mr. and Mrs. DougtTl Blsaell, of Charleston, attended the CamdenCharleston football gamo Friday evening and remained In Camden for the weekend with Mrs. Blssell's father, C. H. Yates, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Burchlll Moore and their family, of Charleston, spent the weekend with Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whitaker, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Moore arrived In time Friday to attend the Camden-Charleston football game played at Zemp field. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kelley, df Spencer, N. C., were here over the week end visiting relatives In Camden and West Wateree. Mr. Kelly left here a good many years ago and has been employed in construction work. They are the parents of eleven daughters but no sons. Several of the daughters are married,^. * ' ^ Hostess at Lovely Tea \ffs. H. G. Marvin was hostess at a lovely tea Saturday afternoon when she entertained In honor of Mrs. Ralph Colt, of Greensboro and Miss Carrie Quakenboch, of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Colt and Miss Quakenboch were Mrs. Marvin's guests for Thanksgiving and the weekend. The reception hall, sitting room and den were prettily decorated with flowers, and In the dining room, where refreshments were served, the centerpiece was a low bowl of talisman roses and gerberer, with matching candles ?|n four sliver candlesticks. Miss Charlotte Shannon and Mrs. J. W. Cantey presided at the tea and coffee service and Mrs. Robert Marye assisted in" serving. Twenty five guests called during the appointed hours. I Entertain Stewards The Rev. and Mrs. Bryce Herbert! gave a delightful dinner at their home Friday evening in honor of the Board of Stewards of the Lyttleton Street Methodist Churoh. For the occasion, the house was prettily decorated with flowers and evergreens and at dinner, : toe guests were seated art a long table In the dining room. In the center of the table was an effective arrange ment of fruit, small pine cones ana ivy. (Fifteen guests were present. To Meet at "Little Hedges" j The Camden Garden Club will meet on December 9, at "Little Hedges" with Miss Fannie Fletcher as hostess. The hour of meeting has been changed to 3:30 p. m. for the winter months. Arrangements for Christmas decoration will take the place of floral exhibits for this meeting. # D. A. R. Meets Today The Hobkirk Hill Chapter D. A. R. will .meet this afternoon, Friday/ | December 6 at 3:45 o'clock at Cherokee Hill, the home of Mrs. H. G. Carri8on. All members are urged to bo present. Experiments in transplanting of the meat-eating Venus fly-trap plant from its restricted home in southeastern North Carolina are being conducted by botanists. Fifteen thousand of North Caroina's three and a half million popula-j tion are Indians. j Met With Mrs. Ztmp Mrs. W. R. Zcmp wan hostess to the V. l>. C. Chapter on Monday afternoon. l>ecember 2. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. K l?. von Treaokow. After reports from officers and committees a moat Inter eating account of the . forty-fourth annual convention South Carolina division' U. I), C., hold in the Wade Hampton hotel, at Columbia. November 4 to 7, was given first, by the President who represented the chaptor 1KB stated that our delegation numbered eleven. Miss Minnie McLeod, of James Island, was elected state president. Mrs. Charles Boiling, of Richmond, Va., president general U. D. C., was present and took part in the exercises. Mrs. H. E. (irahnm, Mrs. \V. J. Dunn, Mrs. 0. H. iiautu and Miss Elizabeth Kennedy told of business and social features. This chapter tlod with Charleston for new members enrolled In 1940. , A live oak will bo planted In honor of General Robert E. I^eo and one In memory of Miss Minple Clyburn. The President read un article describing the huge bronze and stone monument with figure of Jefferson Davis unveiled In his honor at the general convention, V. D. C., Montgomery, Ala., November 19. It was purchased for $20,000 by contributions from U. 1). C. Chapters In different states. The state of Alabama added $3,000 to the above amount. Permission has been granted Duke University press to publish a complete .edition of works of Sidney lauiier, Southern Poet, by his son. Charles I-anlor. The president thanked those who assisted In decorating the float for the Christmas purade, which was a combination of England and America, with forest of pine and Robin Hood and his "merrie .men", showing the marvelous courage of the yeomanry. Roll Call for January will be the same as December. ''Constitutional and Legal Rights of Secession and also "Hospitalization In South Cities duPj lng War Between the States". Our selection being (Columbia, Camden and Liberty Hill. Mrs. R. M. Kennedy will be hostess for January. Christmas Hymns were sung and after adjournment, the hostess served refreshments.?Mrs. John Cantey, Secretary. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week beginning December 8, at Camden Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stogner superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor J. B. Caston at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "What Think Ye of Christ?" Evening subject: "The Christian's Future Home." Training' Union at 6:15 with C. H. Stogner, director in charge. Prayer and praise worship Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public Is cordially invited to attend all services of this church. Christmas Bazaar Next Week The Annual " Christmas Bazaar, sponsored by the Auxiliary of Bethesda Presbyterian Church; will be held on Thursday, December 12, In the church school building, from 10:00 a. m. until 10:00 p. m. A turkey dinner will be served from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Every effort has been made to make the bazaar more attractive than ever before. Here you will fiind all soils of good things to eat and a large assortment of gifts for Christmas. You can give your order for Christmas wreaths and trees. You will see attractive gifts made by the Handicraft Workers in jhe Smoky Mountains. Some of the latest religious books, and pictures and calendars. And of course plum puddings, fruit cakes, candles and nuts and novelties too many to mention. Be sure to come to this Old Time Bazaar. The planet Jupiter is so large that if it passed between the earth and the moon, one-Third of the space would be taken up. CHILDREN EAGER TO 1 3EE "SEVEN WISHES" Tho play "Seveu Wish?*" produced by the Clare Tree Major company, hikI sponsored by the Camden Junior Welfar? league will be offered ill the | auditorium of the Camdeu High School thia afteruoon at 3:30 o'clock, j Camden and Kershaw county chili dr?n are eagerly awaiting the coming 'of King Chernamor and hia beautiful I queeu who will b? the leading principals in the play. [ The story of "Seven Wishes" la one that every child lovea and will listen to over and over again. The opportunity to see this exquisite fairytale produced by living characters is one that few will overlook. The Chronicle would like to tell briefly the atory of "Seven Wishes" but that would be ?polling it for those, who have not heard it. And ?o, we refrain from doing anything that might detract from the Interest that should feature this fine production, made possible for the children of Camden by the alert group of young ladios of the Junior league. CAMDEN GIRL STARS IN PuAY Vaasalboro, Maine, Dec. 4?Tho many friends of Eleanor Smith, gruudI daughter of Mrs. Harry Marvin, who has been a winter resident for so many years at Hobklrk Inn in Cam^ den. and wltli^whom her granddaughter has spent many seasons, will be Interested to hoar of her histrionic success in the class play at Oak Grove School for Girls in Maine on Saturday night, where she played the leading role with an unusual understanding and poise In an original arrangement of a boarding school play In which Miss Smith took the rolo of the headmistress so effectively with her Oxford glasses, graying hair and sedate manners that many of her own teachers and schoolmates could not recognize her. From the first line until the last curtain call, Miss Smith kept her character in a way worthy of a veteran actor that surprised and delighted everyone. Miss Smith is In the eighth grade at Oak Grove School for Girls in Maine, which she entered last September, where she has already made an 'important place for herself in the activities of her own class. Miss Smith will spend the Christmas bolldays with her mother in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Grace Episcopal Church The services for Sunday at Grace Episcopal church, with Dr. Maurice Clarke as rector, will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 a. m.; church school at 9:45 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon by the rector at 11:15. ! Young people's meeting at the home of the rector at 7:00 p. m. Visitor? welcomed to all service?. 1 Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, Decenfber 8, A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school With ft Bible clas? for ?very one from two years up, at 10 a. m. Morning worj ship with prayer and sermon at 11:15. The public is cordially invited to attend thoae services. MATHER TO PRE8ENT "THE REFUGEE CHRI8T" The Christmas pageant, n costumed play, presented annually at Mather Academy, will bo given on Sunday evening, December 15 at 5 p. m. Tho theme of the pageant shows that Jesus, hlnisolf, came into world torn with sorrow and war* It also shows His kinship with tho suffering of the refugee children of today, it give? us the Idea how we can help to bring about peace and a better understanding by learning to appreciate the music and customs from various countries now at war. At one time, British ships were grouped in six ratings, according to the number of guns they carried. "First rate" came from a naval term belonging to that period. Mrs. Julia Knapp - Dies Suddenly Juliu James l>ong Knapp, respected ruutl beloved resident of Camden, tor many years, die<l at tho Camden hospital Thursday morning at 2:30 o'clock at the age of 57 years. Mrs. Knapp was taken ill Wednesday evening and was rushed to tho hospital. Mrs. Knapp, a graduate of \Vellosley. was a member of the Grace Kpls* copal church hero and took much interest in the affairs of the parish.] She was also a Colonial Dame, a member of the D. A. R. and also the U. D. C. She has recently returned to Camden after a two years residence in France. Funeral arrangements are being held in abeyance until word has been received from the surviving children, who are Betty Knapp of Palo Alta, California; John and Phillip Knapp of New York City and Mrs. Henry Monderiore, of White Plains, N. Y. Mrs. Knapp was born at Darlington, S. C., 57 years age. She had the distinction of being able to trace her ancestry back to the Mills family of Camden and the James family of Darlington. She was a daughter of the late Robert Long and Klise James Long. She came to Camden from New York in 1910 and was ji teacher of the fifth grade of the Camden school* for one year. She was married to Dr. Arnold Knapp, of New York, in 1912, and four children were born of the union. Texas Woman Seeks To Locate Relatives Hannah C. Ferguson of 625 Livo Oak Street, Suit Antonio, Texas Is seeking to got in touch with any possible relatives she may have living In or around Camden. In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce Mrs. Ferguson states she has lived in Texas since 1872 and 1ms not heard from her relatives here In 40 years. Upon that occasion her daughter received a letter from one of the latham family. Sam ljatham was her uncle. Her mother was a Moore and her grandfather was Thomas Moore. Sho also states that she has cousins by the name of Monroe living near Cantdon. If any one knows of families of the above names who might bo related to Mrs. Ferguson, they are asked to get in touch with Mr. Heath at the Chamber of Commerce office. 1 . Two long term convicts at the Colorada state penitentiary in Canon City, were killed Tuesday morning when a home-made bonify apparently fashioned to aid In an attempted prison break,' exploded In a cell block. City Shocked By Attempted Suicide (Continued from first page) of consciousness he said that he was shot by a W. P. A. worker. Chief Of Police Alva Rush stated that from the account of the eye-witness and from the added statements of those who were nearby and rushed to the car after the shot there was no one in the car with Dunlap. The 45 caliber army revolver wfth which Dunlap shot himself was found on the floor, ot the car and taken possession of by State Patrol Officer Arnold whoso office Is heaHjy. , ~ Dunlap was well-llked toy all who knew him. As an extra man who saw service on the Camden Police Department. his courteous attitude and pleasant manner won him a wide following of friends. He was also a great favorite among the members of the military unit and was custodian of tho Company M armory and property on Rutlodge street. Prior to the time he went with the command to Fort Jackson he made his home with his wife and daughter on Rutledge street. Since going with the army unit to the Fort, his wife and child have lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ICarl McManus In Columbia. Dunlap received his commission as second lieutenant at the time the company went to the Fort. H. S. Little, who. was standing In the door of the Hasty Battery station, hoard the shot when Dunlap fired and looking up, saw ttoe soldier slump over in the front seat of the car, Dunlap was seated back of the steering wheel when he fired the gun and in falling slumped over toward the right side. The car cushion was blood-stained when he was lifted out. COMING ATTRACTIONS ' u At The Camden Theatre FRIDAY, D&CEMBER 6 Norma Shearer-?Robert Taylor "ESCAPE" wP.h Conrad Veldt ? 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