Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- if Xocal flews 1 : personals : y-- 4). W. D. Wilson spent Sunday in I C*MA%4Amkiirap ji Opdi Ulliuuif,. |: Miss Dora Rambo of Greenville is visiting Miss Ira Hamilton. ! B. T. Cochran is spending a few. 1 cays at Tate Springs. j ? R. H. Kay of Honea Path spent Sunday in the city. ? J. G. Hagen of Colnumbia spent , the week-end in town with relatives. . ' Miss Wnise Miller of Greenville | is visiting her sister, Mrs. Manly. |i , I Larkin Nickles of Mean Chapel! ^ was a business visitor in the city' Monday. > ' to. j J. D. Duncan, a good farmer in the Byckstand neightborhood was here Monday on business. 1 ] Miss Mamie Tucker of Greenville spent the week-end with Miss Mary' Sharpe. Mrs. Fairley Tiddy and children! of Monroe, N.- C., are visiting Mrs.' A. W. Clark. . ! Wallace Cheatham of Columbia! epent the week-end in town with relatives. < i Kempton Billings of Atlanta is J . spending a few days in the city with his father. < ' i Mrs. K. L. Dargan of Spartanburg spent the week-end with Mrs. ^ S. G. Thomson. 1 Mrs. F. S. Hayes returned .homo VUIanefU (The Swaiiovvs) - Go The light, almost playful ; you feci the singer is laughing a I beautiful tripping waltz theme away with it. A record to m; want to hear?and own. \ icior Red Seal K \ | "Valu A new record by V To hear this record is to great artist. It exhibits the be his power to gild a song with hi: Victor Red Seal R "Medita - I AnewHeifeta Here is ctiii another rccord ing, haunting melody, that Heif penetrates into the innermost re Victor Red Seal R We will gladly play, anytirr New Victor Recor< !. | ' j . I. filBiiiiiiiHiuuuiimimiBiuimiiiunnxrmii nfl? The McMun Friday after spending some time in i Tva. 1 '< ? I R. L. Barmore of Donalds, is on \ the grand jury and is busy looking' after the affairs of the county. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hicks of Due : West, were visitors in the city Sat- 1 urday. j Misses Hattie and Hannah Roche ^ of Columbia spent the week-end at 1 home. jJ Miss Pansy Cooper of Livingston! is visiting Mrs. John T. and Mrs. Joe Evans. i' Mrs. Gertrude Sign is in the city I for a two day's visit to Mrs. E. C. J Hemphill on South Main street. J1 Miss Eleanor Schroeder spent last 1 week near Honea Path with Miss Anne Crawford. Miss Carrie Belle Scott of Green- ji ivood spent the week-end in the city < with Miss Lila Belle Richey. John T. Magill and A. D. Kennedy < two good Due Westers, are serving 'j on the grand jury this weelc. L David Leslie of Camp Jackson pent yesterday in the city with his ^ parents, Wr. and Mrs. W. E. Leslie. J( Olin Greene of Greenville spent ^ the week-end in the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Greene. 1 - 1 c Mr. and Mrs. Mundy are over from c Hodges today spending the day with Miss Clara Wham. ^ Dr. and Mrs. Guyton spent Sun iay in Williamston with their home Folks. | f Bert Langley and Clint Davis of !j Greenwood, spent Sunday in town with friends. ) Capt. W. C. Shaw of Lowndes-!< /ille^was down attending court to-!j iay. He is a witness in an important jj raurder case. Maser'Walter Lee Manly and Littie Miss Ella Maude Manly are visit-' ' I ing their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.^ Miller in Greenville. L 11 ] SutMJ htj tlli-Curri / 1 ] ( passages 01 cnis song make s she sings. At inter,vals a appears which carries you : arvel at?a record you will jj ccuro, 7463V || l| les" P Orville Harrold ||| j I ! realize that here is a truly autv of Harrold's voice and | | s own spccial magic. C48V2 ttion" | i violin solo to wonder at. A slow clingetz plays in a manner which :cesses of the soul. ; ccord, 64769 ie, these or other j is for September ray D*w Co Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Smith and 1 :he two childi'en were spending 1 Sunday and Monday in Abbeville 1 arith Mrs. M. T. Coleman. J J. A. Sehroeder, Jr., Earle Davis j< and Manning Syfan of Atlanta J spent the week-end in the city with 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sehroeder. Miss Edna and James Carroll of Monroe, N. C. ,spent the week-end I in the city with their grandparents,' Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Eakin. Mrs. James Hutto and sons, Edivin and Benson of Livingston are' visiting Mr. and Mrs. John T. and Joe Evans. Jamee Rowland, chief engineer of the Due West and Donalds Railroad company, was in the city yesterday on business. Mr. and. Mrs. John Holland Hunter of Clinton are spending a few days in the city with Mr. 'and Mrr. ni Wolloon UIU4S. IT anavt. Mrs. J. A. Schrocder and Allen I Schroeder returned home yesterday I from Atlanta, where they spent last ?veek wit;h relatives. Mrs. E. V. Huff and little daugh-j :er and Mrs. G. E. Martin and laughter, Dorothy, of Atlanta are .pending several days in the city with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Schroeder. j Mr. Theo Richbourg of Clinton J spent a few days in the city with his' sister, Mrs. Chas. Wallace. He wasf '( >n his way to Tennessee to enter ;he Conservatory of Music. I ^ Mrs. B. A. Maultsby of Bennetts-' -? ?' r~> aile and Mrs. maunce uarner ui i Jnion have returned to their homes 1 ifter a pleasant visit to their 1 nother, Mrs. J. C. Klugh. Mrs. H. A. McElroy and daughter eturned to their home in Columbia Sunday after a week's visit to her jarents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McEl oy. ? Walker W. Edwards, formerly an 1 \bbeville citizen, but now a promi-| lent citizen of Due West, is in the | :ity serving as a member of the' jetit jury. . S. J. Wakefiefild, of Antreville, a nember of the Highway Commission ?vas here Monday to serve as a petit juror. On account of his official posi tion he was excused. Mrs. Ralph Tobin and mother of Brooklyn,.NVvY., arrived in the city Saturday. Mr. Tobin holds a responsible position in Abbeville. They have rooms at Mrs. Richard Kill's for the present. Miss Lofe Steymour- of Spartanjurg, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wharton >f Waterloo, Miss Lillian I^felson ofAtlanta and Mr. C. F. Nelson, of Birmingham, Ala., spent the weekend in the city with Dr. and Mr^. J. , R. Nickles. J. G. Huckabee, of Lowndesville, ; was another business man in the city Monday. Mr. Huckabee is the local representative of the Anderson Real Estate and Investment m A < if. Wiol/iiirv o cnn^DCQ oumpauyt aiiu 10 JJICUWU^ C* ouwwvu of the real estate business at Lowndesville. t THE BOOK CLUB. The Book club will meet with Mrs. j J. C. Ellis on Wednesday afternoon j r.t 5:00 o'clock. . THE BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. J. C. Hill was Hostess to the | Bridge Club Friday afternoon and j entertained fnost pleasantly at her! home on Ellis Avenue. There were five tables of players who enjoyed the games and the lovely plates of salad served at the close. Some of the ladies were out in new fall hats which put the League of Nations, the ballot and such trivial subjects utterly out of the runr:ne. j IN HONOR OF MRS. DARGAN ! Mrs. G. A. Neuffer gave a pleasant card party Saturday afternoon at her home on Main street, in honor of Mrs. Dargan who is in Abbevillt on a visit. Mrs. S. G. Thomson, Mrs. J. D. Fulp, Mrs. R. E. Caldwell, Mrs. W. D. Barksdale, Miss Edna Cox, Miss Plevna Seal md Mrs. E. R. Thomson were the I jlayers. An elaborate salad course vith coffee was served after the! *ames. | This is one of the series of Satur-1 lay afternoon parties with which I Mrs. Neuffer is entertaining her' large circle of friends. CUNNINGHAM-FOUNTAIN The following announcements have been received here and will be of in-1 terest to the friends of the bride i n this county: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. Cunningham announce the marriage of their daughter Willouise 'to Lee Stanley Fountain Major Dental Corps U. S. Army on Sunday the twenty-second of August nineteen hundred and twenty j Washington, D. C. At Home The Somerset House Washington, D. C. ATTENTION, DAUGHTERS! j Attention has been called to a mistake in the date set for the U. D. C. meeting. The chapter meets the second Tuesday in each month and therefore will meet with Mrs. J. M.J Wilkinson Tuesday, Sept. 14th at 4.301 p. m. Mrs. F. W. Wilson. GEE! AIN'T HE MEAN Hon. Thomas P. Cothran, the state chairman of the Democratic j committee, makes the statement' in j ;he Greenville Piedmont that the j vomen who register and take advan | :age of the privilege of voting must J. ;ell their exact age, 21 plus, will lot avail. The ladies must come icross. Opera House FRIDAY Your / .rdre Name, I . 7Vires, etc., here j" i( m r ! 1 'y / D^^PIdll ! i lilC Enthralim* kJ '.. cture Play of Modem me , ' Written by STROHEM >' . Directed by STROHEIM Starred in by STR0UE1M v > F you saw thc.t greatest of ail war dramas, "The Hecrt o? ' ' Humanity." you remember le perfect villainy of the young ..man officcr in that picturc? j . Vgant, beautifully mannered, j 'ack of heart. Well?you can I :e him again?this time as the J tar of the most gripping phoco :ama produced in many years. I ?nd all recollections of villainy -..-ill sink into insignificance I .vhen you see Stroheim portray j i.cre the tempter who strives to separate Dr. Robert Armitrcn-j ' *nd his beautiful yov. g wife. I .Tere. ladies and gentlemen, it | he most absorbing picicre cr ' :'man passions thrt ever he.d *ou breathless from brpTi"!? j . > end. Ycu must I.::.J it. ; '.v playing. | | Admission Children 15c Adults 35c i HERE' * SEC There's a secret in a s Do you want to know wh SYSTEM! You'd be surprised if 1 many of our savings dep< deposit a certain amount in their savings account. Their balance is grow will yours if you follow t: INTEREST PAID I I ' v\i IP Plant I A ' "The Frien |j The Home of Over 300 PROSECUTIONS FOLLOW WAR DEALS Action Against Contractors Is Planned By Government?Millions Are Involved r , QW A ?npriart ry asuiugbuii, ... ? ~e merit of justice officials today were i preparing to push vigorously the, prosecution of more than three hun-j dred contractors alleged to havej been involved in controversies over war contracts. Millions of dollars! are said by officials to be nivolved in j the cases, which, it was stated, j wouid be instituted in both criminal! and civil courts in various sections! of the country. Most of the prosecutions will be started department officials said, as1 a result of information received | from the war department. Other (governmental departments were J x 1 ?low*I?no' tn TP unaersiouu tu uc -quest court proceedings against' some of the contractors with whom | they have dealt. The contracts which prosecu-, tions will be based, it was stated at I the department of justice, include j agreements for the furnishing of( various kinds of war supplies a_ ( well as for the construction of camps, cantonments and warehouses used by the army during the war. It was predicted by department, officials that many of the controverRIVER AND FOUNTAIN ONCE there was a Little River ! ? ~ ?A?1H o Hon 11 Hf 111 Foun rujiu:il? ucm a taiu in a garden. In the sunlight Fountain throwing its stream of water made wonderful colors nnd it sparkled and splashed as it fell into the big basin beneath it. "Oh, how beautiful' it Is," said the Little River looking up at the Foun"How 1. wish 1 could sparkle and make beautiful colors as it does in the BUUlipill." The Fountain tossed its waters higher aud splashed louder when it heard the Little River's lament. "I am sorry for you," it said, "for it must bt> quite dull down where g /Z/l/S* 0/0 WJjm WIM H g g^mml W m a you are, and very tiresome, mo. run_i -.. ? .?.. i..,,.., t? Y|WJ i.,,n<fh ninjj mi a* .vim iui\>- n> <?? 11 ,,.v ........ StOUCS. | "Tin; world is very beautiful up I here and as I dance and splash everyone who comes this way stops 10 ad: mire me. Ves. I pity you and I do I not wonder that you admire me and I wish you could be in iwy place." The Lit He River did not dare reply to the Fountain. It was too far aiiovo It, and as all the Fountain said seemed true io Little Kiver, it ran along i 1 S THE r : R E T successful savings account. at that secret is? N we were to tell you how ositors SYSTEMATICALLY each week or each month < .? "t ..otwhwsA&Si ' ? ing, and growing rast. bo heir example. . . \ . ON SAVIN68. . . arc Ranlr UO 1SU1111 I idly Bank." I i 900 Bank Accounts. 1 _ v : sies involving hones mistakes" on the part of the contracting firms probably would be settled out of iourt. - vvvvvvvuvrvvvu V V V V V V V \ S V\ V \ V \ \ ^ V V OPERA HOUSE S! ^ PROGRAM. , > N ** / N V TUESDAY Vx V charles ray V \ in / , k1 V "STRING BEANS" V V and . X ,V "The VtoiihUf Dagger No. 6" V . ^ v 10c. 20c. * v ? ' V W E D N E 8 D A Y * I ^ V1 V olive thomas V . v in' v V "OUT YONDER"' V / V and - s; W ";V 'y V western picture V " v -in s v :;0 V "'ONE HE MAN" ' V . V 10ct>. 20cta. V > : w V V V THURSDAY V % v A V V.' MADELAINE TRAVERSE V V "THE IRON HEART' V V AND V V 'DAREDEVIL JACK No. 9" V A 10c. 20c. v i liiil illil about Its work, still wishing It was beautiful. ' That night when all was still and the water at the Fountain had been) turned off, a big tree, swaying overj the river, spoke to it. "Little'River, I heard you complain-1 ing tpday that the big fountain wafrj very beautiful and jou wisneu you ? were like it," said the Tree. "Oh, yes, but I am only a lowly little river and can never hope to be like the lovely Fountain," replied Little River. J "Yes, the Fountain is beautiful," said the Tree, "but do you not know that it is your water that supplies the beautiful Fountain and if you were not here there would be nr'( Fountain?" Little River almost forgot to mow it was so surprised. "It cannot 1>? true," It said. "I never could jret up there; you must be mistaken." "It is true," said the Tree, "the water that sparkles and flashes at the Fountain romes from here. It is!1 true that some man-made power 'forces it to the fountain bed, but the water comes from you, L,uue iuvcr.: so do not envy the Fountain any more-' for without you the Fountain, would' not be beautiful." The next morning, in the sunlight the Little River ran so swiftly over the rocks and stones that it almost I jumped from its bed. it was so happy, and the big Fountain looking down upon it wondered how ir could seem so joVous. , Hut though- (he Fountain was as beautiful as before. Little IUwr never again envious for w;:s it V. from it that the Fountain zi>l beauty? Little Kiver never stopped to tell the Fountsiin what it knew. "I couiil not Ik* iiiiy happier.'' snitl Lift It1 lliver, "siinl it might ni.tke the Fount;iin ssk! to know that its loveliness came from a lowly lit;If river." (C'MiyrinlJt.)