Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i> >*• Wm ▼MB PLORENCB DAILY TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 12, 1»20. tinned to Converse College, after aj TO HOLD CONVENTION week's visi Mrs. T B. T to her parents, Mr. and Haynsworth. A * * Mr. Thud Jones and daughter, Miss Belva left this morning to visit Mag nolia Gardens at Charleston. * * * Miss Louise MeMast ;r, ot Darling ton. spent the week end with Mrs. W R. Barringer. * * * Miss Flora Barringer returned from Hartsville last night where she has been spending seveial days as a delegate from Converse College to the Student's Volunteer Conference. She left this morning for Converse to resume her s'udies. * * * Miss Margaret Howard from Flora MacDonald. College. Red Springs. X. C.. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mis. Lee Howard. * * * To the delight of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomas are able to be out again after being confined to their home with influenza for the past two weeks. * k * Mrs. E. M. Hicks has returned from Hartsville where she weift to attend the Student's Volunteer Con ference. * * * Mi. Wilson McCa’l, of the Citadel ’f 1 “pent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. S. M. McCall. * * * + + + + + ♦♦ + + ♦♦ + THE IVEY RECEPTION > + * + + + + + * + + + On Thursday evening. April the eighth from eight-thirty to eleven o'c.ock, Mr. and Mrs. James Winston Ivey were "At Home” to their many Irionds at their residence on South hbv Street. This beautiful home l.r admirably adapted for entertaining, and on this occasion, with its accom paniment of beautiful flowers, hand somely gowned women, music, lights, extreme cordiality and hospi tality. it was the scent of th’e most brilliant reception that has been giv en here in many days. The profusion of flowers used In decorating- added to the natural at- tractlvenesK of the home. In the hah red tarnations and white hyacinths were used with pleasing effect. Here the guests were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. A. E. I«ike. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McEaehin, and then (directed to the drawing room) by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sessom.s. where Mr. and Mrs Ivey, assisted by their brother. Mr. W. E. Ivey, were receiving. The decora tions in this- room consisted of Rich mond and Bride roses, the combina tion of red and white being particu larly beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Smith, h’so, greeted the guests here, after which they were directed by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Webster to the dining room, which was made more attractive by the use of quantities of pink roses amf carnations and ferns. On tlie table was a handsome covet of filet and cut work, while the een- tP” piece was a large silver basket filled wHh ping carnations and as paragus ferns. Here delicious refresh ments in two courses were served, the color scheme of this room—pink and green being further carried out in the ic>s a'nd mints. As sisting in receiving in the dining room were: Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dud ley. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sydnor. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Murrell. Mr. and Mrs E. L. Mef'oy. and Mr. and Mrs. Jd G. Scott. The guests were then directed by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Lucas to the liv ing room, where they were met by Dr. and Mrs. S. R. Lucas. Here the many kinds of fresli spring flowers, carnations, hyacinths, wistaria, daf fodils, and spirea, gave the appear ance of a beautiful garden scen.o, making even the . coffee . that was served at two tables by Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Sallenger, Dr. and Mrs. K. M. Allen, and Mr. and Mrs. M. I) Lu cas, witli Misses Alma Timmons and Mary Japger. seem even more deli* clems. Dr. and Mrs. F. U. Lake as sisted in receiving in the living room. Stationed in Hie rear of the hall was Kaiserman's orchestra, which dispensed exquisite music throughout the evening. Particularly noticeable were tin* handsome dresses worn by the ladies of the receiving party. The hostess 'tfns gowned in del blue duchess sat in, embroidered in silver roses, and wore a corsage of Richmond roSes. Mrs. Abboit E. Lake wore flesh geor gette with sweet peas;Mrs. McEayh- in. georgette with sweet peas: Mrs. S. R. Lucas, white tu’le with silver lace, and ophelia roses: Mrs. E. H. Luces, wearing sweet peas; Mrs. Ressoms,|new developments in chemistry and ct m FARM FACTS Bottlers of Ch'ero-Cola Will At Columbia Tuesday. has arranged for the installation of 1 telephones, connecting all state dis'- Gather trict and territorial delegations. » it is said that this will be the first More than $16.00) worth of peanut time that such a system has. been in- | iavp j )e p n j n Colleton conn The cbero-Cola bottlers of South Mailed at any national convention. . Carolina will hold a dl.lrlct Thor, will b. BS tel.phonn. In ,.rv. * '» HM . r~r. < ™P- »■£ “ '» r p , . „ Ice. reaching the 48 state groups and Hniated that between 4,000 and o.- jtion in olumbia on Tuesday. April thfi re p regeil tative8 of the District of 000 acres will he planted to peanuts 1.!, for the purpose of discussing Columbia. Alaska. Hawaii, the Philp- ln the county plans for the mutual advancement of pines and Porto Rico, the hnslnesx amt the .mud nf fhern. The convention architects have com Cola for the ensuing year. pleted plans for the Coliseum, includ- have bfen secured for dub work in The meeting will convene at 9:30 an ex(ra balcony that adds ap- Cherokee county ny County Agent a, m. at the Jefferson hotel and the Pi'oxlnidely 1.100 to the seating ca- S. (. Stribbling, and the canvass tor nininintr session will he evei-nrtve pacity. Work on the balcony and the membership has not yet been com- Th^ L. 6 Heckett,'fleld aJverHsing convention offlees. in the Coliseum an pleted. manager of the Chero-Cola company, n f*’ Coulmbus. Gr„ will preside over ! OPERA HOUSE : Thursday, April 15th this year, liundred and seven members | A whirl of merriment, youth, heauty ami tuneful melodies of memory haunting witchery. start May 3. The Chicago The first annual sale of Durocs at convention committee is spending $47 Sardis Farms, Union county, wa s held thTsessions^and in "addUion'To about 000 on changes to the building to ac- March 11th. The highest price re- Lucile 3d Chero-Cola bottlers from the va rious parts of the state officials of the Chero-Cola company will be pres ent. The plan of holding district con ventions is a feature of tlie Chero- Cola conipany' s advertising policy for this year, and district conventions have already been held in Jackson ville. Fla., Waycross and Macon, Ga., Montgomery and Lirmtngham and Nashville. Tenn. comodate the ' delegates bun 10.000 spectators'. and the more ceived was $555, the average for entire sale being $158< Smith Carolina stands second in u *11 d , i Ihe list of states in crop wealth per l UrbeVllle isrotners inproved acre with a value of $77.05. MarriCS Davis Sisters she stands sixth among the states in . tt rrop wealth per inhabitant with a At Parsonage Here a i, 10 ol $2 io.o8. A Freak Pig On Exhibition Series Of Phones Connect Delegations here ft captivating There was a double marriage at the Ala., parsonage of the Immanuel Baptist church here Friday when tw„ Flor ence county boys married-two Sum- ter county girls. T. B. Young, a prosperous farmer. The young couples motored over living near Florence brought in the £ with a few friends and were city Saturday a freak in the shape of > S quietly married by Rev. B. F. Allen, a pig with one head and two distinct! f Chicago. April 12.—Delegates at the The contracting parties wer eErn- bodies. The pig was born Friday j { Republican natoinal convention open f»t Tuberville and Miss Victoria Da- night and found Saturday morning. * ing here June 8. will lie able to eon vis, and Mr. Walter Franklin Tuber- It was dead when found and whether!* with fleproftentatives of other ville and Miss Dora Belle Davis. 1m it was born dead or alive is not)-* states without leaving their seats mediately aft/ the {-enpiony the known. Tlie body of the pig has been To eliminate a large part of the young couples left town for their put in a preserving solution. It confusion incident to conferences lie- homes in the county, the bridegrooms on exhibition at the Chamber of Com-1 * tween delegates on the floor. C. R. being brothers while the brides are merce and attention. isj* j;tm full of toe tapping tunes and laughs with Julia Gifford, \eil Pratt and halt score others. Chorus girls. In three temptations. 1'ook by Music by 1 red Jackson Geo. Gershwin I resh from its five months run at the Henry Miller 't heatre. New York. Same company as playing all the leading cities with same cast and produc tion. 'i'he Norfolk, Ya.. Ledger-Dispatch says: “To the wives of Norfolk: It your husband is a T. F». M. and needs relaxation, by all means, have him and hear “La La Lucille”—P»ut go with him." Prices: 75c. to $2.00 Seat Sale at P»ox Office. see take notice cast (Advertisement.) it is .absolutely necessary that everone taking part in “The Flower Shop” to lie on hand at every rehear sal a s the show will be given in Tim- monsville on Friday night, April 16th. On the following Tuesday night. April 20th. will be rendered in Florence. Tlie play would have been given here first, had we been able to secure the Opera House at an earlier date. This production is given under the auspices of the Civic League in TJgi- monsville, same as it is' here, and no doubt every public spirited person in the city and surrounding towns will attend. A full cast of tlie show will be pub lished Monday. iSornn of the l^ery best talent in the city are taking part and Mr. Hilliard, the director, who take* one of the leading roles is an .exceptionally fine actor. CHEMISTS ALL OVER )M KJNTRY GATHER IN ST. LOUIS FOR THEIR SPRING MEETING. St. Louis, April 12.—Chemists are arriving from all over the United States for the Spring meeting of the Aiiieriean Chemical Society which opens here tomoiyow and will con tinue s ix days for discussion of the r >nibroidered pink georgette: Mrs. their effect ftpon virtually every im- H. A. Smith, black embroidered geog-'portaut industry in the country, gert with sweet pens; Mrs. .1 . R.| How to increase production, save Webster, yellow Kalin and tulle, with by-jroduots and lower the cosfof liv Russell roses: Mrs. W. H. Sydnor. ,n S. however, are the chief purposes Turquoise satin embroidered in sll- ° r t,,e sessions which are. expected to ver. wearing red roses- Mrs Murrell l,e attended by 1,500 or more cheml- pink georgette and lace, with sweet caI ex P ei, « a » a » technical ad peas: Mrs. Dudley, pink satin and v,se ™ of ,a, ' Ke agrciultural and inanu facturing interests. Among the subjects familiar to the laymen which are to be analyzed by these scientific explorers will be a •repe ; report of experiments showing the mi trllive value of the peanut; the use of lactic acid from sour milk in non- iutoxfi-ating beverages as an appe tizer and digestive substitute for al coholic drinks; quicked and cheaper georgette, sweet peas; Mrs. Scott, hire satin and black net; Mrs. Mc- roy. turquoise taffeta, with pink ro ses; Mrs. Sallenger. sapphire de chine; Mrs. Allen, apricot peor gotte with sweet peas: Mrs! M. 1). Lucas, white saMn and lace, wearing sunset roses: Miss Alma Timmons, b'iick velvet with bronze lace, 'cor sage of red r' ses: Miss Mary Jaeger.'methods of manufacturing sugar and embroidered French blue georgette, sweet pens: Mrs. F. U. Lake, black lace over blue satin. More than four hundred guests called during tlie evening. * * * MEETING ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Samuel Llaeot Chapter of the D. A. R. will meet Tuesday (tomor row) afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Mrs H. M. Ayer. the establishment of standards of sweetness by the use of a new device known as a “saccharimeter;” utili zation of corncob^ for obtaining new dyes equal t 0 those from coal tar; improved fomulae and methods of + + 4> handling rubber for automobile tires. It is stated that the cal) from manu facturers for the services of chemists in industry has so greatly increased since the beginning of the war that, although the membership of the ... Chemical Society has grown t 0 15,000, there are still not enough chemists to + ♦ + + ♦♦♦ + ♦ + * ♦ RECEPTION FOR GRAND ♦ * ORGANIZER OF L. A. to 0. R. C. ♦ lid a Hon ♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ On Tuesday^ afternoon. Mrs. H. H. MoClenagBB^delightfully 'entertain ed at her home on Jarrott street in hgnor of Mrs. S. G. Griffin, and her assistants. The recoffon hall. living room and parlor were tastefully decorated in ferns and fragrant spring flowers. Mrs. C. R. Paul welcomed the ^lests at the door and presented them to the hostess and honor guests who were in the receiving line. # During the afternoon beautiful mu sic was furnished by Mrs. C.' M. Gregg. Mr*. Gayle of Charleston de lighted the guests with several vocal selections. | A reading by Mrs. Tate of Colum bia. was very much enjoyed. \ delicious salad and sweet course followed by coffee was served. About fifty guests called during the evening. PERSONAL NEWS ♦ ****•*♦♦♦ Mr. Lawrence Barringer, after spending a week with his parents, Mr and Mrs. W. R. Barringer, has returned to Asheville. * * * Miss Louise Haynsworth has re- meet the demand. E. P. Costigan, United States tariff commissioner. will be one of the speakers at the meeitng as tariff leg is to be among the subjects to be considered. “LA LA LUCILLE.” If “Ln La Lucille," the breezy farce which comes to tb«> Opera House, Thursday, April 15th has no musical setting It would still lie an excellent entertainment. Written by •Fred Jackson, author of the well-known success “A Full House. File Naugb ty Wife." “Tlie Velvet Lady” etg., it could sMil lie played as a straight farce and give complete satisfaction. Tlie secret of Mr. Jackson’s succeas is that he Isn’t afgraid to.put a plot into a musical comedy and the suc cess of “I .a La. Lucille” is partly owing to the fact that tt has a plot. Twelve big song hits are interpo lated in the action of tlie piece and with a east which Includes such ev- pert furecurs ns Xell Pratt, Julia Gif ford, Lellj Tarsanen, Rene Mac- Keuzie, Marian Langdon. f'harlcs Fearing, Frederic Hampton, Vivian Gill, Paul Hamlin, Bert J. Norton, Robert Livingston, to say nothing* of its excellent beauty chorus “Lucille’* is a genuine hit. Abyssinia, it is said, gives great tuthority to the wife. It is herprivl- leges to abuse her husband, and she can divorce him at pleasure, where as the husband must show cause if he wishes to divorce bis wife. Miss Srillie M< Milliun of Colinn- Hall, superintendent ot the Coliseum, sisters, bin. spent yesterday in the city with; her sister. Miss Neilly McMillian. * * * Friends of Mr. Henry H. Husbands who have missed his smiling eounte- nance and word of good cheer in the usual morning greeting will regret to learn that he has been confined to his home by illness for tlie past two weeks. Today, however, he was re ported as being a great deal better. is attracting considerab’e j hhh$4MHMHHMHHHH« WATCH LOOK! double page advertisement in tomorrow. paper It Will Tell You all About the Greatest and most unmerciful price reductions of modern ‘times. Goods & Fashion Store, Thad Saleeby North Dargan Placing their entire Florence, S. C. 5,000.00 Stock of Spring and Summer Merchandise on sale at Drastic Price Reductions. Wed. See the Big preparations to Announcement in this Paper To-morrow and make attend this Sale.