Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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R. P. Kyle spent the week-end with Mrs. Kyle in Charleston. J. H. Prince of Anderson was?. a business visitor in the city Saturday. Misses Bettie and Maggie Evans of! Lebanon were in town Saturday shopping. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baughman of Bethia were visitors in the city Sat urday. Maxcy Johnson of Clemson spent Saturday ?nd Sunday here with', his 'father, J. L. Johnson. - i Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilkinson of Newberry spent the week-end with Mrs. Laura Faulkner. . Miss Patty Wilkes of Laurens* is visiting her sisters, Mrs. J. Moore Mars and Mrs. W. Joel Smith. ' ' J V, Miss Georgia Edwards of Green ville spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. C. C. Gambrell. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Johnson ,ahd son, Jack have returned from a visit to Churchland, Va. Mrs. Frank Welsh spent Sunday in Greenwood with her grandpar*n?? Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Durst. ..... . -J ? Misses Zula and Minnie Sutherland of Prosperity were shopping in Ab beville Saturday. W. D. Wilson left yesterday iVM#1 New York, going by way of Spartan burg where he stopped over Suqftfj^ M^ss Janie VancV Bowie of Win throp College spent the week?jeifa here with her father, J. S. Bowie. * Mrs. N. E. Wilson of Greenwood spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. i;uioretn onj>iuaga=. zine street. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tuggle and little daughter, Virginia, have re turned after spending three weeks^in Atlanta with friends. r , Misses Mary and Fanny DuPre >pent the week-end in Spartanburg i!?th relatives and heard Billy Sun day preach. v > Mrs. A. B. Cheatham and Miss Na rjetta Cheatham of Charlotte were over Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Cheatham. The Rev. H. L. Weeks has returned r1 a! *t w Vvio itrVav>A ka nroo/?lloH 11VIII uuiuinuia?errrc-r-c?tttz pT-crrerr for the congregation of the First Baptist church in the absence of the Rev. Mr. Skiimer. Miss Celia Chalmers spent the tfeek-end in Anderson with rela tives. M'sses Esther Todd and Mary Anderson visited friends in Green wood this week-end. Mrs. W. M. LaBoone and son, William, spent the week-end in Anderson with relatives. Mrs. R. S. Ellis and Leon Ellis 1 spent Friday in Due West with Miss Ercye Loner. '.4* ! Mr. E. R. Horton of Columbia was an over Sunday visitor to his daugh ter, Mrs. R. C. Philson on North Main street. Miss Martha Pressly of Sharon spent several days last week in the city with her sister, Mrs. Clifton J Sprouse. I Mrs. L. C. Campbell and son, Harvey, of Hunter, Missouri, are in the city for a visit to her sister, Mrs. P. J. Leach. ' Mrs. C. P. Townsend returned Sat urday from Spartanburg where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe Everett and attending the Billy Sun day meeting. Little Meta Smith is getting bet ter after several days of a serious cold. The little girl was seriously ill just before Christmas and the family and friends were anxious about her. Mr. J. B. Clark of the Due West ?- AiIvKaViII A j section was a viaivui 111 nvvvuvi j-Saturday. Moving to this county i two years ago, he has been very | successful nd recently bought a | home. His son was with him Satur day. it' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT. f- ? Mr. and Mrs. George T. Weeks announce the birth of a son, Saturday February 11th. The young man has been named George T. Weeks. Jr. SICK WITH FLU -Mrs. Otto Bristow has been sick for the past week with "flu" and is sjti-11 confined to the house. FROM DUE WEST Dr. and Mrs. F. Y. Pressly came .down from Due West Sunday and the Doctor preached an interesting J senmon to the Presbyterians in the morning. They* were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. -Maxwell Smith. I . A Young Sceptic Pearson's Weekly (London) A clergyman was in the habit of going up to his little girl's bedside each evening and telling her a story before she went ?o sleep. One evening he told her such a thrilling tale that the child, sitting up in bed, looked very straight at her father and asked: "Daddy, is tht a true story, or are you preaching?" v Or S 90 per cent of all motor vehicles are used more or less for business. There are few if any cars not per forming some utilitarian service. SOCIETY / Kjsjaiaiaiaiajajsisiaiaiajaipj FOR THE BRIDES. Mrs. C. H. McMurray gave a pleasant party Saturday afternoon in compliment to Miss Mamie Devlin and Miss Margie Bradley, Abbeville's February brides. The house was lovely in spring flowers and many valentine hearts added to the scene. There were six tables for the play ing of rook, the brides' tables being decorated in white maline bows and hearts. After the games a" salad course with coffee and mints was served and each bride-to-be was [presented with a dainty piece of lin gerie, The afternoon was a most pleasant one. SEWING CLUB MEETS Mrs. H. R. Zimmerman was hostess Thursday afternoon to the members of the Sewing Club and a few invited guests. For once the regular routine of sewing was varied by a Valentine party, the games enjoyed consisting of hear! dice, progressive valentine and the wheel of fortune. The rooms were prettily decorated with red hearts i and flowers. A salad and sweel I course with coffee concluded the j afternoon. Besides members there (were present, Miss Harriett Coan I Mrs. Joe T. Hughes, Mrs. John T Cheatham and Mrs. John Armour. FOR MISS FORNEY I | Mrs. W. L. Peeibles entertainec I two tables at bridge Saturday af I ternoon in hono r of her visitop I Miss Edna Forney, of Greensboro The afternoon passed most pleas antly and a salad course was servec I after the games. U. D. C. MEETING. I The Abbeville Chapter U. D. C will meet mesaay anernoon ai i o'clock with Mrs. J. D. Wilson or Chestnut Street with Mrs.-Robert L ;Cheatham and Mrs. ^S. W. Wilson as sociate hostesses. Mrs. Frank W. Wilson, PreB. JUDGE DECIDES JAZZ MUSIC IS BARBARISM i . j Chicago, Jan 28?Declaring thai j the case smaokec\ of Ibarfbjarfsni j and the jungle Judge Arnold Heai j today fined Julia Rector, a dancei in the entertainers' cafe, a south : side black and tan cabaret, $20( j on a charge of conducting an "ob | scene and indecent show." Mis! i Rector several days ago demon strated her shimmy dance in couri to allow the judge to determin* whether the dance was indecent. Judge Heap scored the polic< department for allowing the cafi ; to remain open. "The very music is described a: obscene" Judge Heap said in hi: finding. i o/i+i'a^o a# noftt/\nc K/*fl 1UC ObillUiiO V/A tllC WV VI colored and white, were beastly The jazz is no dance masic; it ii not intended to be. It is barbarisn revived. The jafe writer is th< ! cubist of music." PI s or P? OT DIE SAM RYKARD TALKS TO JUDGE WATKINS Abbeville Negro Says He Pays Hit Debts and Judge Con gratulate* Him Greenwood, Feb. 10.?"If drink ing liquor is the worst thing you ever did, you'll go to heaven,"; Judge H. H. Watkins declared in j federal court here yesterday in! passing sentence on Sajn Rykard, j egro, of Abbeville, who pleaded j guilty to violation of the national, prohibition law in that he was: found in possession of four gallons of corn liquor. "How old are you, Sam?" his honor asked, looking over his spec-' 1 tacles. "Fifty-six, jedge." "We are about the same age,' Sam. Pretty soon they'll he passing1 by your coffin and saying, 'Don't Sam look natchel.' It's time you were learning to live a better life.! Do you think three years in the At-j lanta prison would cure you of; fooling with liquor?" "Jedge, I ain't in no persishun to say, but I ain't gwinter fool wid no J more liquor." "Sam, they tell me you are a| !' pretty good negro' and pay your : debts?" 11 "Yas, suh, I does pay 'em," Sam 5 j affirmed. 1 j "Some white people could go to ' | school to you a long time, Sam. If 5 your white folks will keep me in formed about the way you ar? liv ' i ing, the court orders that you pay a fine of $100 or be confined in Abbe ville jail until fine is paid," Judge Watkins concluded. icc. | Rock Hill, Feb. 6.?There will be > | three new departments in the State i Teachers' Association this year, "j.brnging the number up to 21. Miss ' Kate Wofford of the Commercial De partment x of the Laurens City [schools, is arranging a program for I the Commercial teachers of the state. I They plan to form an organization. . The music teachers under the leader I ship of Dr. H. D. Guelich of Win uthrop College, will have a program ' . | and will perhaps organize the De partment of music teachers. Prof. Otto Harris of Winthrop College is j endeavoring to get in touch with all jthe Geography teachers of the state j for the purpose of organizing a State | I j Council of Geography teachers.' i Those new departments will be of t' interest to many teachers in the ' state. ) j Already the departmental programs '| are being sent in to the Secretary, Jand will be published within a few > days. The following are some of the top 3; ics to be discussed in the department, J of science and mathematics, of which t! Supt. George Harris Webber of - Beaufort is president. The Present Status of Science - Instruction in the High Schools of - South Carolina. Prof. B. L. Parkin son. 3 Objectives in High School Instruc 31 tion?Prof. Verd Peterson. . The Project Method in Genearl ij Science?Miss Edrie Boylston. High School Science as Seen by 31 the College?Dr. Davidson McD. 11 Douglas. The Open Forum. Speakers limited to fifive minutes. vi\ni> i v lAimr jrtKA mm TOMORRO) FEBRUA TROFF THE, HYPNOT AWING A (NOT A Ask Your Friends Who ? >JE SHOW ONLY. OPULAR PRICl USUAL FEATURE PI( MUSCLE SHOALS NOT ACTIVE SOON Washington, Feb. 11.?Delays estimated irom six months to a year or more probably will be en countered by government officials before they are in a position to turn over the nitrate plant power stations and water dams at Muscle Shoals, Ala., to Henry Ford, should his proposed contract for thei*' pur chase and lease for a period of 100 years be accepted. Despite the most expeditions action by congress in the event it authorizes the war secretary to accept the contract, it was estimated today by members of the house military committee at tending hearings on the Ford offer that such a delay was apparently in escapable. Questions were raised at the hearing today by members, which in the opinion of some with long experience in such matters, would be necessary to be solved by the court, irrespective of congressional action unless the Ford offer was rejected. These involved the deliv ery of clear titles to Mr. Ford of government owned properties con nected with the Muscle Shoals pro ject but which are located on lands privately owned and whose owners claim they have options for the purchase of the buildings which they intend to e>xerci3e. It was the general opinion of some committee members after hearing the testimony of Col. John Hull, acting judge advocate gen eral of the army, that the govern ment may be compelled to institute procedings before it obtains the necessary titles to the lands for Mr. Ford and in doing this meet oppo sition from the owners, who would perhaps test their rights in the courts. Colonel Hull said it was his opin ion that the contractual obligations COE-MOf Quality f Reliable < growers 1 Sixty yea Formulars ( Hand R. E. COX, A. D. KENNEI % TO--N JV AND WEDr RY 13th V 1ST AND HIS SHO^ WOMAN MOVING PICTURE 5aw This Show in Green pictures stai ES 25c & 50< :ture program e i SWEET POTATOES SENT TO KING AND PREMIER 1 ? Qharleston, Feb. 7.?Southern sweet potatoes, served in \fae of \ the appetizing dishes'; made tij?ur . -> by Dixie housewivee, will fiOOP %e on the tables of King Geoiga aad Premier Lk>yd-<Jeorge of Cm* Britain, specially prepared pack ages for them having .been among a shipment of 2,000 pounds, . f?F-1 warded from -Charleston to 1ins- i ^ pool on the steamship Wekika. The Southern sweets are behtc sent to England for the purpose of introducing this excellent ' foo? staple through the joint efforts of the Southern Railway System, tie Carolina Company, steamship for warding agents of this city; and the South Carolina Sweet Potato Association. The potatoes were packed in fire pound cartons, each containing a. copy of the attractive booklet re cently published 'by the SootfeeB Railway System, showing recipes for preparing sweet potatoes in fte most approved Southern stykv and other literature giving infor mation as to the food value of tike swet potato and the extent of its I growth and use in the South, j Arrangements have been Hie J for the distribution of these pack i ages through selected British 6m$ i ers and it'is expected that they, win I prove so attractive to the fmiBw who get them that an additional market for Southern sweet potato growers will be established. 70 per cent of all cars prodneedl retail for $1,000 or less, 94 per. cent for $2,000 or less. were "non-enforceablo" and "anil and void" and could ot be su< ' fully preseted either iby the Alar Dama ruww cuuipanjr icj/ickw {ives or officials of the Air Nitnta corporation, both of "whm claim op tional privileges and have informed Secretary Weeks that they intend to exercise them before the Jfnad* Shoals properties are disposed ?f to private concerns. $ [TIMER'S fertilizers :rop :or . "<t w rs or all crops led By Abbeille, S, C. DY, Due West IGHT jrcnAV iLjun i Lth 15th IV OF WONDERS IN HALF I) wood and Anderson IT AT 8:20 P.M. C Including Tax 1 a rii i *nn i it