Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Local and Personal! Rev. Roy Brown was here Monday with friends. Mr. Horace Traylor is in Char- I lotte for a few days. Mrs. Lindsay Fellers has re turned to her home in Prosperity., Miss Mary Carlisle Elliott has been visiting relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. John Carlisle of Bennetts ville, was a visitor in town Sun day. Mrs. Maggie Wylie of Colum bia is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Smith. Miss Marie McCants left Thursday for a visit to relatives in Lancaster. Miss Ida and Mr. Gibson Wylie motored to Columbia Wednesday for the day. Miss Priscilla Ketchen has been in Rock Hill, the guest of Mrs. Harry Foster. Mr. S. D. Dunn is in Balti more for treatment at John's Hopkins' hospital. Mr. R. V. Bray from the Rock ton section was a business visitor in Winnsboro Monday. Miss Mattie Martin of Colum bia spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. S. G. Martin. Miss Bertha Sweet leaves Friday for Sumter to go in train ing in the hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Douglas have returned to Washington, 1 after a visit to relatives here. The Misses Clark of Trenton were the week-end guests of Miss Beck Hanahan. Mrs. Mary Landecker of Columbia spent several days of this week in town with relatives and friends. Mrs. John W. Cathcart and children have returned from a visit to relatives in Spartanburg. Mr. Tom McDonald of Due West spent Sunday here with his parents; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McDonald Sr. Miss Lizzie Cathcart leaves Friday for Forbes, N. C. to take charge of the summer school at that place. Miss Estelle Wolling left Wednesday for her home, after vIsiting her grandparents, Mr. .and Mrs. J. G. Wolling. Mr. .William Ketchin of .a Hartsville came over Sunday and returned Tuesday, accompa-1 nied by W. W. Ketchin, Sr. Misses Annie Ketchin, Nell, Isabel and Christine Gooding,1 went to Charleston Thursday, returning Saturday afternoon. Childrens' Day Exercises wlll be held at the Methodist church,1 Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. All denominations are cordially>a invited to attend.1 Mr. Harris McDonald who:1 represented Erskine College in the Oratorical contest Friday night in Rock Hill, stopped over< for a. day on his return to Due Wesr. Mgssrs, R. V. Bray, E. S. Chappelle, E. H. Robinson, John W. Lyles and John H. Neal are] atter ding the reunion of Con federate veterans at Chesteri this week. Mr. WV. A. McDowell of this! place was a visitor in Chester this week for the purpose of attending the reunion of Con- 1 federate Veterans. Little F. A. DesPortes, son o>f g Mr. and Mrs. F. A. DesPortes,( was carridd to the Columbia ] Hospital Sunday afteanoon. Drs. 1 William Weston of Columbia t and W. B. Lyles of Spartanburg, I were in town Sunday where they were called to see the child. f It is regretted. that the child's I( condition is rather serious and I the entire community join in the s hope that the treatment in Co lumbia will be successful. c Special Service at Methodist Chaurch Sunday Night. The Rev. E. S. Jones, presi ding elder of the Rock Hill dis-t trict, Methodist Conference, willf preach Sunday night in the Meth- l odist church of Winnsboro. By a mutual agreement this will be c the regular union service. Af-c ter preacbing he will hold the second quarterly conference for Winnsboro charge. t Special Service at Salem Pres- r byterian Church. There will be a special Fifth x Sunday service at the Salem Presbvtenan church next Sun- ( day morning at eleven o'clock.i The pastor, the Rev. F. D.< Vaughn wil nprh deeting at Jackson Creek a Success. T h e farmers preparedness neeting held at Jackson Creek ?riday night was a most enthus astic one. Quite a number of armers of t h e community rathered to hear the talks that vere scheduled, however not all )f the farmers of the community vere present by any means. A rery satisfactory feature of this neeting -was the fact that the iegro farmers attended in large iumbers and showed that they ire really and earnestly interest d in the matter of preparing :his year to meet the food short tge. In fact every one present ;eemed to have realized the ,ravity of the situation and to )e satisfied that within a very hort time there is likely to be a rreat deal of trouble experienced n the matter of securing food tuffs. Senator Ketchin, Thos. V1. Seaweil and W. W. Turner iddressed the. meeting. Engagement Announced. One of the prettiest affairs in :he social history of Cowards ,vas the patriotic announcement shower given last Saturday af :ernoon by Mrs. E. L. Montgom irv, in honor of her house guest, VIiss Metta Gulley, of Rocky qount, N. C. Miss Gullev is erv popular in Cowards. having :aught three terms in the graded school here, and at present is :eaching in Mullins, S. C. Mrs. Montgomery's home was irtistic in its decorations of the iational cr'rs-red, white and )ue-and .very detail of the en :ertainment was carried out in ;his color scheme. The hostess vas assisted in receiving by Mrs red Coward, and the refresh nents, "Liberty Frappe" and ndividual cakes, were ser*ed >y Miss Olive Montgomery of Kingstree. A contest was entered into ,vhlch consisted of naming the :ountries represented by the dif lerent national emblems. Each iuest was also given a sheet of >aper with her own name ar anged vertically, one letter to mach line in the manner of an trostic. The hostess then an iounced that each one was to rite "Ways and Means of Man iging a Husband." These pa ers were collected and present d to the bride-elect, who read :he contents aloud ~amid much nerriment. Miss Gulley was ;hen asked to read each sign and ick up each stone along "The locky Road to Matrimony," at :he end of which she was show red with horse-shoe confetti and rifts suspended from the door vay in a shield. Souvenirs of the occasion were inap-sacks, to be used as crochet ags- These contained the an Tiouncement, written on a minia :ure Uncle Sam's hat of. the ap >roaching marriage of Miss Gui ey to Mr. Percy M. Dees, of 7innsboro, S. C. -Correspon fence of The State. Mr. Dees is foreman and as ;istant editor and manager of ['he News and Herald. ~owerful Drama Will Be Shown in This City Soon. A powerful but impartial story f the conflict between the North md South, wilh a vived and in ensely human Lincoln, vital to he plot and not merely a Ogure eard in the historical back ~round, is promised in "The risis," which the Big Feature tights Corporation will flash be ore an audience for the first ime here, Ideal Theatre, Winns oro, May 4. William N. Selis took the amous novel written by Winston ~hurchill, and made from it a hotoplay with a breadth and weep that will astonish, it is promised, the closest followers f the new art of great historical eatures. Churchill's book was vritten with a sympathy broad nough to grasp both sides of he dispute that rent a nation sunder, and is free from sec ional bitterness. Mr. Selig has 'ollowed closely the story as told y Churchill, and the results is powerful drama that partisans f both sides canisee without lifference. An elaborate musical score, based on patriotic and romantic hemes, will be interspered by a e symphony orchestra. NOTICE-I have a small, black nale calf, which was taken up t my place some time ago. )wner can get same by paying 'or this ad. and cost of keeping 96 Mrs. .T. M. McNaull. 'No Two A11ke We have safe-deposit boxes 'for rent. These boxes (or safes) are designed for the storage of valuable papers. Two keys are required to open a safe. No two locks alike. You keep one key, we the other. We rent these safes by the year. Call in and let us show you. The Wiansboro Bank MONDAY WE OFFER MONDAY O'CLOCK, ALL OUR CREPE=DE=CHINE M SPRING LINE. AT TI All these Wais sold for $3.00 This lot contains som< waist is a remarkable vi Barg LANDE "WTNNSBORO'S FAJ MONEY TO LEND on improved farm lands in Richland, Lexing ton, Fairfield and Kershaw counties. Terms 5 1-2 per cent; no annual installments re quired. One to ten year payments at option of borrower. JAS. B. MURPHY, Attorney at Law, 905 Palmetto Bldg. Columbia, S. C. RY our Velvet Bean "Aeal T L for hogs and cattle. A good stock of 'Corn, Meal, Bacon and a full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give us a call before you buy and save money. A. B. CATHCART SPECIALS SAPRIL 3Gth AT 10. SSLIGHTLY MUSSED ~AISTS FROM OUR IE LOW' PRICE OF ts formerly and $3.50. lovely bargains. Each lue. Dont miss these CKER'S 4HON CENTER"