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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.
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will cherish a picture
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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,^.
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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.
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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
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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.
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