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Mr. J. F. Gibert was intownfrom
. - Calhoun Falls Tuesday, }).
Mrs. Egbert White and Mrs. . Ira
. Sprouse spent today in Greenwood.
Mr. R. M. WyKe, of Lethe, was in
town on business Wednesday.
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Mr. J. G. Cox went over to Athens
Wednesday and attended the Geor
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Ti Mall and Miss
' v Bertha Hall spent Monday- in. And
erson with relatives. \-{ Vl
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Mr. George. S. Smith* - v.Ware
? -" Shoals; was a business visitor to the
" city Tuesday. ;-\V .* '-v !
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Mr. J. D. Miller, Jr., .anf Miss
A'ddie Miller spent Wednesday Sn
the- city. u{...: ! *
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r- Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Cook, of Lati
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mer, were in town today . shopping
v in *ur different stores. .. T *
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Miss Mary Klugh is,oyer frofc*
> Greenwood spending this week with
Iter sister, Miss Louise KJugh.
Miss Fannie Bradford is here
? from Chester and will spend some
time with her sister, Mrs. J. R.
Power. .?
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson have
returned to the city after a pleasant
visit with relatives.: in the country
around Level Land.'
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Mr. and Mrs. arl Dixon, of ;
Westminister, were here Tuesday,
spending the time with Mr. arid Mrs.
G. J. Vandiver. 4 ,
; Mrs. Mott Gililam and Mrs. .
' Charlie Schram were in town Tues
day from {Sharon, buying spring hats ,
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Hiss Helen Boyd, Miss Qnnie
Hinton and Mr. Allen Etheridge, of
Greenwood, were in the city Tue^
day visiting among friends.
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Mr. an<l Mrs, Grief iSherard were
in the City Tuesd&y seeing the sights
and receiving the congratulations
,of their friends. ,
' Rev. J. L. Martin, D. D., went to
Calhoun Falls Tuesday to attend
the meeting of Presbytery which is
now in session.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McMillan
went over to Greenwood Tuesday to
feee the game of ball. They took
Rayford along to explain the game.
Mr. L. J. Davis, a prominent mer
chant of Donalds, and Dr. B. H Carl
ton, one of the county's leading phy
sicians, were visitors to the city
Tuesday. ' .
Conway Ferguson, of Augusta, is
in the city for a visit to his sister,
Mrs. Lewis Ramey. Mr. Ferguson is
a veteran of the big war, having
served with distinction in France.
PASSING THROUGH.
Rev. J. M. Dallas passed through
Abbeville Tuesday on his way to Cal
i houn Falls for the meeting of Pres
bytery. He paid the Press and Ban
ner a pleasant call.
IN COLUMBIA.
Rev. A. J. Derbyshire leaves Thurs
day for Columbia where he goes to
attend a Convocation on their na
tion-wide campaign. He will return
Friday night and will go to Willing
ton Saturday for service on Sunday.
BASEBALL THURSDAY
Greenwood high school comes over
to Rosenberg field Thursday after
noon to cross bats with Abbeville
high and a good game is promised all
who coxae out to see it. The regular
admission prices will prevail and the i
game will be called promptly at four!
o'clock.
THE DAUGHTERS MEET
The regular meeting of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy was held
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Henry Hill on South Main street.
There was a full attendance of the
uivuiw* w<
The chapter is adopting the pro
gram of historical study furnished by
the State and Tuesday "Savannah"
was the subject of study; Mrs. A. B.
Morse reading an interesting paper
giving the war history of the Georgia
totfn.
Plans were discussed for Memori
al day exercises which will be held
May the 10th.
A home talent play under the di
rection of Miss NizaKilgorg will be
the next mopey making enterprise
of the Daughters.
Mrs. Hill had several guests for the
meeting and served pun&h, and cream
and eake as refreshments. ,
! ' FOR THE BRIDE
Mrs. E. C. Lucas gave a morning
party Tuesday in honor v of Miss
Eagenia , Robertson. The guests
numbered about a dozen and taste
? * Wo a rivAn rJlA hride in
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that the guests M hemmed kitchen
towels for her . and each contributed
a favorite recipe for the beginning
of her housekeeping.
At noon a delightful luncheon was
served " ... 1 ' [ .
In the afternoon of Tuesday Mrs.
G. E. Calvert entertained sixteen of
the bride's friends at a. card party.
The games were pleasant and the re
freshments of cream, cake and
strawberries were enjoyed.
v The bride was presented with a
dainty pair of silk hose as a souvenir
of the occasion.
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Mrs. C. S. Jones is entertaining
this afternoon for the bride.
HER SIXTH BIRTHDAY
Little Ruth White the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Theo White, celebrated
her birthday last Saturday The little
girl was six years old and the day
was made happy for her by invijting
in thirty-five of her little friends to
her party. Games were played and
ice cream and cake was enjoyed as
refreshments. The dining room was
decorated in pink and white and_ a
big cake with six candles made a
lovely center-piece oh the table.
Each little guest was given a sou
venir of candy and went home after
^ perfect afternoon.
IN HONOR OF THE TEACHERS
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hill enter
tained at a pleasant tea party last
Friday night in honor of the teach
ers. Miss Montgomery, Miss Todd,
Miss Coan and Miss Ott. Miss Reep
and Miss Mary Smith were gtiests
also and to meet them were, Messrs.
Max Smithy Amos Morse, W. D. Wil
kinson, Owens Speed, John Calvert,
and Frank Harrison. A delightful
three course tea was served. The
evening was pleasant in every way.
THE MERRIE MATRONS.
Mrs. W. Joel Smith entertained the
Merrie Matrons Tuesday at the regu
lar meeting. Cards were enjoyed and
delightful refreshments were served
A PLEASANT DANCE.
Mims Cason gave a pleasant dance
to his young friends Tuesday night.
The huose was thrown together and
a delightful evening was spent by
the twenty couples present. Punch
was served throughout the evening.
HERE FOR THE BIRTHDAY
Mrs. J. M. 4Gambrell passed her
seventy-fifth birthday Wednesday and
her daughter, Mrs. C. S. McColl and
her two children came up from Ben
nettsville to spend the time with her.
Mrs. Gambrell is about as well as
usual which is good news to her
friends.
ARCHITECT IN CITY.
Mr. A. D. Gilchrist, an experienced
and successful architect of Rock Hill,
is in the city today conferring with
the building committee regarding
plans for the new high school Suild
ine. Mr. Gilchrist has a school under
construction in Rock Hill now and is
the architect who designed the beau
tiful gymnas'um at Winthrop College.
THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
| The first regt^ar meeting of the
Hospital Auxiliary was held Monday
afternoon in the Court House with
an attendance of about sixty-five
ladies. Mrs. Prank Nickles, the pres
ident presided over the meeting,and
Mrs. J. Allen Smith acted as secre
tary.
The first business of the meeting
[ was a report of the committee wno
j managed the Banquet. This oommit
| tee reported that two hundred and
! seven tickets had been sold and one
j hundred and eighty seven dollars
' was the profit on the banquet.
An outline plan of the work to be
done for the hospital will include a
! May pole dance, a tag day, exchanges,,
throughout the summer and a birth
day party during the month of July.
i A County fair in the fall and a ba
zaar before Christmas. The hospital
was opened on July 6th, and appro
priate notice will be taken on that
day.
The ladies of the auxiliary will
, can enough fruit and vegetables for
; the use of the hospital during the
summer.
The auxiliary has been organized
less than a month and it has in the
bafftk $374.00, about one hundred
and sixty charter members and one
, County Auxiliary.
What, disposition to make of the
money is the important question' for
the next meeting." The Jadies have
been advised * to take stock in the
hospital and in this way retire the
, debt that is bn the institution. The
matter will be voted on at the next
meeting. .
TROY GROWING
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Troy is beginning to grow again, |
and Emmet Foster Cox is the latest \
addition to the population. Emmet
Foster js the nine and a half pound
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cox and
he arrived in town Monday April
11th, Friends of the young couple
congratulate them and wish the
young man well.
SEEING THE GARDENS
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Rogers and lit
tle Annie Rogers left Monday for
Charleston where they will spend j
Several aays seeing the beautiful
Magnolia Gardens and in giving
Annie her first sight of the ocean.
On their way home they will stop in
Columbia - for a $ay with Mrs.
Gertrude Sign.
MEETING TUESDAY
Owing tp the conflict with the U.
D. C. meeting yesterday afternoon
the meeting of the Parent-Teacher
, association will not be held until
next Tuesday afternoon.
PLANTING FLOWERS
i The Baptist are dressing up their
church yard. They are planting can
n'a"s, zennias, and either flowers,)
, and expect to make a beautiful dis
[ play later in the season. Mrs. Cliff
i King is at the head of the committee
and will look after the flowers.
AMONG OLD FRIENDS
Miss Alice Wardlaw is in, the city
and is spending some time among
^ her relatives and friends. Miss
I Wardlaw is the daughter of the late
Judge Wardlaw and come back to
Abbeville after many years and finds
many changes. Miss Wardlaw makes
her home in Princeton, N. J., and is
in the South visiting her relatives.
FROST IN SPARTANBURG.
Spartanburg, S. C., April 12.?
There was light frost in this section
th's morning ^md thin ice formed in
exposed place's. Early vegetables
were killed but it is not thought the
fruit crop was damaged as the leaves
were large enough to protect the ten
der buds. The lowest temperature
was 30.
MUCH COFFEE BEING
BOUGHT BY GOVERN
MENT OF BRAZIL !
Rio Janeiro April 12.?More than
300,000 sacks of coffee have beer.
I purchased in this city and at Santos j
! by the government since March 30
1 says the Coreio De Manha. The news
paper declares the government is'
thus carrying out its announced in
> tention to intervene In the market
i fov the purpose of raising the price
of Brazil's leading product and im
I proving foreign exchange.
HUMPHRIES?SHERARD
A beautiful, marriage of Wednes
day evening, of interest to a wide
circle of friends and relatives, wag
that of Miss Myrtle Humphries to
Mr. Grier Sherard which was im
pressively solemnized in the Provi- :
dence Baptist church at seven
o'clock. Rev. J. B. Bozeman officia
ting.
The chancel was embowered with
quantities of Easter lilies, spirea
and stately ferns. Southern smilax
trailed carressingly over the walls
and the edges of the floor baiskets
wbkh held clusters of Easter lilies.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother, Mr. Matt Hum
phries, wore a suit of twill, cord in-,
blue with trimmings of pewter gray
and an advance spring hat of new
design in pewter gray. White rose
buds and valley lilies formed her
bouquet
Miss Verna Humphries maid of
honor, wore a becoming frock of
pink taffeta embroidered in silver
and a cluster of KiNamey rotes at
the waist line added a bright touch
to her costume. > r : .
The bridesmaids,- 4iiss Myrtle
Webber, .toss Kathleen AikmB,
Miss Carrie May Gibert and Miss
Elizabeth l^hompson were attired in
yellow, blue, Orchid and green taffe*
ta gownb fiskioned with silver. They!
carried sweet peas. .
Prances Humphries and Velma
Jeme Wilkerson were the little
fflcwer girls. They wore frocks of
white organdie with pink sashes and
carried baskets filled with . sweet
peas. v.
Mr. Frank. Sherard was best man
and the groomsmen included: Mr.
Glenn BasMn, Mr. Walter Sherard,
Mr. Arch Humphries and Mr. Bill
Reid.
Before the ceremony Mrs. Glenn
Inman sang with great tenderness
apd sweetness, "Love's Old Sweet
Song," and "Because." The wedding
march, played by Miss Maggie
Evans, herald the coming of the
biidal party and during the cere
mony Miss Evans on the piano and
Mr. Gorgon Westward on the violin
rendered with exquisite skill, "To a
Wild Rose."
Mr and Mrs. Sherard are spend
ing ten days in Atlanta and Charles
ton, after which they will come to
their home in Abbeville.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Humphries and is
one of the town's most attractive
young women. She was graduated
from the nurses' training school,.
iTyor's hospital, in Chester, last
June, and has been connected with
the City Hospital and doing private'
nursing since her graduation.
Mr. Sherard attended Davidson
college. and is verv nonular in his
home town, where he has business
interest. He is a cousin of Dr. S. B.
Sherard, of this city.
The out-of-town guests at the wed
ding were, Mrs. J. H. Sherard, Miss
Maggie Evans, Miss Carrie May
Gibert, Miss Elizabeth Thompson,
Mr. Frank Sherard, Mr. Walter
Sherard, Mr. Bill Raid, Mr. John
Calvert, of Abbeville; Miss Ruby
Westbrook, of Blacksburg and Mr.'
Glenn Baskin, of Honea Path.
A beautiful reception was given
Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Inc<
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THROUGH the Age!
quaint, quiet lassie:
the 1921 ballroom,
its mystery-rays int
Happiness, Sorrow,
ance of a Nation it
eyes, and lies, and I
Then SDeak the lips,
vcaled a mighty drai
two men, trapped ii
the right to rule th<
Comedy?"Leapi
W. T. Humphries at their home on
Depot street in compliment to the
bridal party and visitors. The living
room, where the guests were re
ceived, was bright with vases and
bowls of pink carnations and ferns
and the prettily appointed table was
graced with a basket filled with pink
and white carnations, the handle
tied with a bow of pink and white
tulle. . N
Assisting Mrs. Humphries, Mrs.
Glenn Inman and Miss Verna Hum
phries in the dining ' room we A
Misses Ivor and Hannah Brown,
Miss Gladys Twitty, ami Misses
3attie Lou and Catherine Little
john.?Gaffney Ledger. . ,
ABBEVIL1.LE COUNTY r. v
TO HAVE BUTTER CONTEST
On Saturday, April- 16th at 11.30
o'clock, the Abbeville County Butter
Contest officially begins. The object
of this contest, planned by the home
demonstration department, is to in
crease the milk and butter production
of the county. '
The contest is open to every woman
and girl interested, ia*d every home
demonstration club member is urged
to enter. " ?
Miss Elizabeth Forney, State ager*
in dairying, will give a demonstra
tion in butter making, April 16, at
11.30 o"clock in the Court House,
Every woman interested whether club
member or not i9 invited to be prefr
ent. After the demonstration, plan:
for the contest will be given in full
and a list of the prizes to be award<
ed will be read. Miss Forney wil!
answer any questions, concerning
feeding, caring for the milk or pack
ing butteir.
ON PLEASANT BENT
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hilton left
today for Richmond where they will
spend some time seeing the sights oi
the historic city.
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NAMING THE BABY
The baby which stirred up the
good people of Lowndesville so thor
oughly Monday and which was
brought to the County Hospita] dur
ing the day is thriving un<}er the
care of competent nurses at the hos
pital. In response to the request of
the Press and Banner, a good outfit
of clothes has been given the young
man and e has every thing necessary
Viio l>annmoae n nflmp. Cnl
Sol Rosenberg is ready to supply
this want and says the young man
should be called Chauncey Rake
straw. The "Rakestraw" is a first- r
class name but nothing but a help- ,
less baby would stand for "Chaan- -
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COMING HOME
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Calvin Hammond is at home. Cal
vin is a colored man who says lie
"used to work ' for Marse Aicfc
Douglass." He . went to HartnriDe -
with Mr. Harold McFal) and wezfeed
for him as.long as he stayed tkefe
but according to Calvin, "Mr. Jfae
| went to Virginia when de war was '
raging 'round" and Calvin is tack
looking, for money to send has faari
' ly to Abbeville and a "littje garde*
work." *
TH^ CIVIC CLUB
The regular meeting of the Cmc
club will be held Thursday afternoon
at five o'clock in the Chamber of,
Commerce rooms:
Mrs. Foster McLane, Pres.
MEETING OF VETERANS
There will be a meeting of the
Confedrate "Veterans Saturday at
3 o'clock in the Court House for
the purpose of reorganizing and to
elect delegates to the annual meeting;
J. M. Gambrell, Commander.
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