Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Frank Bell, of Anderson County,1 was in town Tuesday. James Taggart, of Troy, was in town Tuesday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Link, of Bethia, ?*?? - ? ncrlotf wjjre vjsjiors i, Mrs. Clark Link, of Lebanon spent Tuesday in the city shopping. Miss Edna Cox, who teaches at In man is home for the holidays: Mrs. Mary I. Kennedy is in Ports mouth, Va. visiting her brother. H 1 Miss Anhie Bell, of Antreville, was in town today shopping. ' "D. L. Haddon, of Antreville, was i iere today on business. " - A. W. Jones of Columbia, was a bu9iiifrss visitor in town yesterday. - Mrs. S. 0. Botts, of Darraughs, was in town yesterday shopping. . Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Schfroeder spent Tuesday in Greenwood. . Mrs. William Harper, of Charles ton, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Ellis. Mrs. J. E. Brownlee and daugh ter, Mrs. Sally, were in the city shopping Tuesday. ^ Mrs. C. E. Peele and son, Vernon, left yesterday for Rock Hill to spend the holidays with relatives. ' Paul Knox and Miss Mary Knox, of Sharon, were in town today'shop-* v "pine- ' '5 "* : - "i- f? ; r ' .7 . * ," Miss Pauline Revere, the pretty milliner for Philson & Henry, leaves today for her home in Wake, Va. f /' Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Harper, of Charleston, are in the city to spend the holidays with Mrs. J. C. Ellis. John Armour will spend Christ mas in Washington, Ga., with his mother. Miss Anna Bowie, of Elberton, will visit Miss Howard Hill during the holidays. ? Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Raax-I^ffe and daughter, Miss Annie, of Gilgal, were shoppers in town yesterday. Tom Howie is spending today in Atanta looking at the pretty Christ mas things. Claude Nickles of Columbia, is spending a few dayfe in the .city with James Cox. .A1 R. E. Campbell leaves tomorrow jSfor Birmingham, Ala., to spend the ^olidays with his home folks. Mrs. S. M^harp and Miss Flor ence Sharp, oF Gilgal, were in town ! shopping Tuesday. * # . j Mrs. E. W. Lander, of Calhoun] Falls, was doing her Christmas shop ping in the city yesterday. Mrs. Mamie C. Wharton, who teaches in Union, will spend the j holidays with Mrs. R. E. Cox. * - > ) Mr. Joe Edmonds, Jr., will spend i Christmas at Shelton with Mrs. Ed-; munds, who is visiting her relatives. | i Mrs. Ada McNeill and Miss Gert-j rude Penney of Sharon, were in1 tswn shopping Tuesday. i Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wallace will spend Christmas in Cinton with rel-j ?tives. M. J. Raycroft left yesterday for j New York to spend Christmas with his sister, Mrs. W. J. McTCee. i Miss Lena Smith will leave in a few days for Tampa, Fla.f to visit . Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith. Mrs. Will Morrah and Mrs. Wardlaw, of Bellevue, were in town yesterday shopping. Mr. Wm. McCoy and son, Wil liam, Jr., left today for Kentucky to visit relatives during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mabry and son, Ned, and Miss Esther Bowen will spend Christmas day in Anderson with Mrs. J. O. Branyon. Miss Maudelle Powell, of Pansy, Ga., will spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. C. E. Williamson on Greenville Street. Misses Ida and Lula Penney, of Greensboro, N. C., are expected to day to spend the holidays with Miss Lizzie Penney. Mrs. M. R. Hatcher, of Townville, S. C., arrived in the city Tuesday to spend several days with her sister, Mrs. J. <3. Cox. Prof, and Mrs. D. H. 'Henry and son* of Clemson, arrived in the city today to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Francis Henry. Mrs. Erwin B! Stack pnd children of Monroe, will arrive Friday to spend the holidays with Judge and Mrs. J. Pv Miller. " ' _ Mrs. M. .T. Cojeman returned to Abbeville Monday after an extend * 1 L e<3 sxay in i^nariestuii wiwi *. ivi. and Mrs. Robert H. Coleman. t ? Miss Ruth Calvert is home from Haftsville tp spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Calvert. J. D. Kerr, Jr., a student at Wash ington and Lee is expected to arrive in the city this evening to spend the holidays with his parents. Mrs. Thomas " H. Pope and son, Thomas, Jr., of Newberry, will ar rive in the city F iday for a visit to her parents, Judge and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary. Col. S. M. Beaty, of the Lowndes ville side; was here yesterday. He 'farms at home- and lives at home, bat he tells ttB.that .he can tell that .hard titees have struck the country. Miss Angela. Roche, of Sacred Heart Aca,demy, Greenville, and Geddings Roche, of Belmont Acade my, Belmont, 'N. C., are expected home today to spend the holidays with their home folks. MANY BODIES RETURNED New York, Dec. 16.?The largest number of American war dead to be returned to one ship?2,479?ar rived here today on the army vsins*K?ri Wheaton from Bordeaux, and St. Nazaire. From the mast of the funeral ship the flag for which her silent pas- j sengers fought hung at half mast, j Other harbor craft dipped their; colors as the transport moved into hgr piei*^ t Each casket was shrouded with an American flag as it was lifted from the ship's -hold. A military' guard will stand watch over the bodies until they are sent in "squads" and "companieV' to al-| most every state in the union. ^Vvvvvvvvvvvvvv' .. % OPERA-HOUSE V PROGRAM. \ S! THURSDAY V BILLIE BURKE V IN v "AWAY GOES PRUDENCE" V AND V INTERNATION NEWS REEL V 10c. 20c. * . * FRIDAY * Paramount-Artcraft V Seven-Reel Special V. "THE SEA WOLF" V v Atna a iwo neei i^eiuury V. Comedy V. V "UNCLE TOM'S CABOOSE" V V 15c 35c V V V v SATURDAY *j ^ WILLIAM S. HART V V IN x i V "SAND" V: V See how Bill Hart and the V1 V American Express Co. pro- , V.! V tect your funds in "SAND" V j V Also a Sunshine Comedy V \ V "HER DOG GONE WEDDING" V V 15c 25c V MISS GRACE SMITH BRIDE OF MR. S. J. LINK Of interest to a large circle of rela- t tives and friends was the marriage ( today of Miss Grace Smith, oldest < daughter of Mr. J. Allen Smith, and J ? Mr. S. J. Link, both of Abbeville. j 1 The marriage took place at 3:3oj o'clock this afternoon at the home of . the bride's father, on North Main i Street, in the presence of members of t the immediate families and a few in- ( timate < friends. The house was pret- j j tily decorated in pink and white car-! j nations and evergreens. | ( ShorNy after the arrival of the ' { guests, music played by Miss Helen ' i Smith, the bride's sister, announced! < the entrance of the wedding party. 1 Dr. J. L. Martin, the officiating min- i ister and for many years friend of j < the Smith family, entered first Fol- i lowing him came Miss Mary Smith, i maid of honor. The only other attend- ] ant was little Miss Grace Smith, niece i and namesake of the bride. Wearing i a gown of white chiffon and corsage < of valley lilies, the bride entered with the groom and stood before an , improvised background of evergreens ] where the brief but impressive cere- ] mony took place. Immediately after the ceremony : Mr. and Mrs. Link left for New York * and cither Northern points where they j will be for several days. . Among the.out-of-town guests were j Miss Meta Lythgoe of Atlanta; }ir. and Mrs. George Wright, of Laurens, ] and Mr. W. C. Cothran, of Green- 1 He. . 1 As Miss Grace Smith the bride has heen one of the most eenerally ad-!? mired and loved of the young ladies j of-this city. Mr. Link is one of the ^ most substantial of Abbeville's busi- ] ness men.- A host of friends fpllow | them with all good wishes and with the hope that life holds for. them many years of happiness and pros perity. ... ... DAWSON-BELL Mr. and Mrs. William L. Dawson 1 announce the marriage of their < daughter Mary. J, . to Mr. Jesse David Bell - " on Tuesday, December twenty-first nineteen hundred and twenty' Abbeville, South Carolina. - STORES TO CLOSE. All the business house of the city! will be closed on Saturday (Christ-j. mas Day) giving their employes a j holiday. OPERA HOUSE (ABE COMEDY 1 OH, DADDY! A LILTING, TI A SCALE OF : A JIM-JA AND A HAREM O BEAUTIFUL G i BEWARE OF TICKET ^ SPECULATORS NOVELTIES OF 1920 PRICES?55c, 83c, $ MISSIONARY SOCIETY The Junior Missionary society of ;he Methodist church gave an inter >sth)g .entertainment on Jast Satur day afternoon at the home of Mrs Fohn A. Harris to a number of their friends. The house was attractively decor ited with holly and Christmas bells, ^n excellent paper on "The Advan ce of the Child in the Society has i >ver the Child out of the Society" n'fepared by Mrs. A. 0. Roche, and in ler absence was read by Mrs. Henry jilliam. Mrs. Williamson, told "The. Story of the Christ Child," in a j nost attractive manner, which was [ jnjoyed by all. One of the most in-J ;eresting features of the afternoon ,vas the presentation of the certifi-j :ates by Rev. C. E. Peele to the girls' ,vho ha<^ reached the age necessitat ng their promotion to the Young Peo ples Society who were: Misses Ma ria Neuffer, Annie Hilda Syfan, Per nelia Culbreth, Gladys Edwards, Ju-' iith Hill and Margaret Evans. A gold medal for perfect attend-1 ance and Bible reading, prompt pay ment of dues and pledge was won by Miss Mary Shaw Gilliam. Those win ning the second honor for the above requirements were: Misses Frances Gilliam and Kathleen Lomtx to whom a silver medal was eiven. In opening the "Po Without Boxes" it was found that Vernon Peele had sacrificed himself of $4.26 worth of pleasure, therefore winning the prize. The total amount collected from their soxes was $18.56. Pelicious charlotte and cake was served. . Mrs. W. F. Nickles, the leader of j this society deserves great praise for her untiring efforts and success in aehalf of these young people. . Contributed. VISITORS FROM COLUMBIA , Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Nickles, and little son, Mack, arrived in the city Tuesday evening from Columbia to ?pend the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Nickles' parents, Mr. and Mrs. f. C. Cox. NOTICE. The annual meeting of tte policy holders of the Abbeville-Greenwood j Mutual Insurance Association will bo held in Greenwood on Tuesday, Jan uary 4th, 1921. J. R. BLAKE, Sec'y. 1 Greenwood, S. C. Dec. 20, 1920. 3tc. tEVILLE, S. C.) MONE HAT'S TAKING Tfc THE BIG' SK The McGregor Combat 4ROBBING MUSICAL COME: MAGNITUDE AND REGAL S M-JEM OF , FAVORITES medians F SIRLS SPEC The Famous "Dardi Solo Musicians is car by Insuring the I'roj: Many Mus wing to the enormous success of "Dardune ;ats and selling them at a big premium. Tc -CAPTIVATING AN 1.10, $1.65, $2.20. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING* The annual meeting of the stock holders of the National Bark of Ab beville, will be held in the bank office at 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, Janu-1 ary 11th, 1921. It. Lewis Perrin, Cashier. FIRE DESTROYS COTTON AND SEED Darlington, Dec. 17?Fire of un known origin last night destroyed the gin and storehouses belonging to D. T. McKeithan on his place near Darlington, on the Timmonsville road. The loss included 175 bales of staple cotton and 175 tons of cotton J TH 1.1.1 1. ? -L 1 ?OA ststsu. me uuai iubb was ayuut 90 v, 000. There was no insurance. AH of J the 'property belonged to Mr.. Mc Keithan. Asbestos thread can . be spun so fine that it takes about 32,000 fieet to weigh a pound. Give Him A! Bank and A 4 t What better present boy or girl than a Sa Planters Bank. Ju the bank as long as /. ...... Start the savings ha Planter Abbeville, >AY, DECEMBER 2" IE COUNTRY BY ST< OW is CCECf ly, Inc., Politely Proper DY OF THE EXOTIC EAST, S 1PLENDOR NEVER ATTEMI A JAZZY J A :iAL! A Whirlir anella" Orchestra of A RIOT ried Complete, there ier Rendition of the DAZZ ical Gems AND F 11a," speculators have hr--> buying up choi ? discourage this NO MORE THAN SIX SEATS WILL D ENTERTAINING. SEATS ON SALE - ifPrTV A LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS Donalds, S. C., Dec. 21, 192i Dear Santa: I am a little blue eyed, redheaded girl five years -old and the only one | at my house so I think you might be | real nice to me. I am going to a&k J you to bring me just one thing and is a nice big doll and you might bi$ng me jus! heap of other nicc things if you care to. Please remem ber all little children and my dadd? and auntie. Sincerely, Euphemia Gordon. CLEMSON BOYS HOME The following boys from Clemso* College are expected in the city to day to spend the holidays with their home people: Mims Cason, Weber ; Wilson, George Cann, Maxcy John 1 son, Sam Williams and Richard Swet I enberg. I '.V 1 ravings Dollar %Sbr ; W : could you give your ivings Bank from the st leave a dollar at you keep the bank* - Lbit early in life. i .. ... s Bank S. Carolina I rm THE MUSICAL 3RM. AT LAST! w ,TAG ED UPON 'TED BEFORE iMBOREE >g Jumble of Uproarious Hilarity OF COLQR LING SPLENDOR "EMININE BEAUTY CC BUY SEATS EARLY or c^m ^ t's a puv aiir I