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<" r. THUl^AY^ AUGUST 2XK l$U P: i, 'lv j| SOCIETY EVENTS =p= s , GEYser will be OF INTEREST TO WOttEN Mrs, Larry B. Dillard, Society Editor. Telephone 154 ERECTED AT LAKE A FISHIN’ Wunst"we went a fishin’—me. f _ .. f An’ my pa an’ ma, aall three— When they was a picnic, ’way Out to Ranch’s wood one day. An’ they was a crick out there, Where the fishes is, ,and where £ Little boys ’taint hi? an' strong, Better have their folks along! My pa he is fished an’ fished, 1 ■ An’ my ma she said she wished Me an’ her was home—an’ pa Said he wished so wors'n ma! d * 4 Pa said if you talk, er say Anything,, er sneeze, er play, Haint no fish, alive or ded, Ever goin’ to bite! he said. Purt nigh dark in town^rhen we Got back home; an’ ma says she Now she’ll have a fish 'fer shore— Ah’ she buyed one at the store! Nen at supper, pa he won’t Eat no fish, an’ says he don’t Like ’em—an* he pounded me When I choked—ma, didn’t he ? —James Whitcomb Riley. o CLINTON BOY WEDS IN FLORIDA , Announcement has been received here of the marriage during the past week of Miss Irene Pepper of Green wood, Miss., to Mr. Claude Glenn of Clearwater, Fla. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. 0. Glenn of this city and has a number ^f friends here who will learn with interest of his marriage. o MISS BAILEY ENTERTAINS With bridge luncheon On Friday. Miss Corinne Bailey charmingly entertained with a bridge luncheon. Two tables were arranged for the following players: Misses Elizabeth Douglas, Frances Gregg, Frances and Margaret Glasgow, Kath erine Robertson, Saint Clair Buist and Martha Alexander.. A lovely course luncheon was served. a V LITTLE GIRL CELEBRATES SIXTH BIRTHDAY Little Christine Williams entertain ed eight of her little friends on Mon day when she celebrated her sixth birthday. Many games were* playdd and enjoyed. Cake and watermelon also added enjoyment to the occasion. Those present were: Cleo Ober, Roy and Lavern Burgess, Ruby Nell Med- lock, Louise Caldwell, Gladys Harvey and Hazel Beasley. ■* j “THIRTEEN CLUB” HONOURED BY MISS MASON Miss Dorcas Mason was a lovely hostess to the “Thirteen Club” on Tuesday morning. Assisted by Mrs. Jodie Chandler and Mrs. D. W. Mason the hostess served a tempting salad course and iced tea to the following guests: Mesdames William Bailey Owens, T. J. Peake, William Scaife, Zee. McLees, Reese Young, Pringle Copeland, John W. Little, ,D. R. Ni- niocks, Barnie Parrott, J. W. Finney, Harris* Landrum, George Odiorne, Misses Anne E. Hatton, Nancy Ow ens and Annie B. Adair. is accorded the Laurens Orchestra, and the club is justly proud of its new piano—a Gulbransen. Miss Doris Young and Miss Margaret Dunlap dis played unusual talent in one of “Sis Hopkins’” one-act plays, and Miss Margaret Knight gave two attractive readings. Miss Elizabeth Douglas de lighted the audience with two vocal solos. The program was followed by a “cake walk” and Miss Doris Young and Dr. T. J. Peake were the recipi ents of a cake, which was auctioned for $4.50 and the amount given to the piano fund. At ten o’clock a very in formal “pound feast” was enjoyed and this followed by a square dance. All are looking forward to the next sociil evening. ' Mrs. T. J. Peake is chairman from Clinton and Mrs. Ross Young was acting chairman from Laurens. r ETIQUETTE By HISS FLO - Dear Miss Flo;—When a young lady is invited to a party, is it per missible for her to ask the hostess if she may bring a friend with her— a lady or gentlemen—whom the host ess does not know? (2) Are invita tions ever asked for persons whom the hostess already knows? L. M. » * • It is always permissible to ask a hostess if you may “bring” a male friend who is a stranger to her, be cause men who dance are always scarce, and hostesses are always glad to have an extra one. - However, in the case of a young girl—or older people—it is rather difficult, as you place the hostess in a rather embar- rasing ppsition. She has no way of refusing without being rude, so she must give permission, even though she usually feels that she has about as many extra girls as she can well "take care of. Of coure, if the lady is to be taken care of by the lady re questing the invitation, the hostess should never be requested for older folks unless they are distinguished strangers and unquestionably suita ble. (2) Invitations are never asked for persons whom tbe hostess already knows. It is proper, of course, to remind the hostess, if she is an inti mate friend, of another intimate friend whom she has ovrelooked. If the oversight was intentional, nothing heed be said. If it was not inten tional, the hostess will be very glad to send the invitation. MRS. MARTIN HOSTESS AT LOVELY LUNCHEON On Thursday Mrs. A. V. Martin was a gracious hostess at a lovely lunch eon in honor of Misses Frances and Margaret Glasgow, Saint Clair Buist, Katherine Robertson, Martha Alexan der/ Elizabeth Douglas and Frances Gregg. All details were carefully planned and the luncheon hour was followed by the playing of different ganfes. Mrs. Chris Adair, Misses Caroline Martin, Anne and Alice Glas gow assisted Mrs. Martin, and in ad- mtion to the honor guests others en joying Mrs. Martin’s hospitality were: Misses Mercer Vance, Corinne Bailey, Alden Bailey, Elizabeth Young, Eliza beth Lynn, Isabel Witherspoon, Nan Copeland, Margaret Stevenson and Mrs. Horace Payne. Dear Miss Elo:—Are buffet suppers considered good form in the country ? Having just moved to a smaller town, from a large city where they are in good favor, I am rather in doubt as to whether my new acquaintances would like the informs] buffet supper I am planning. As I do not wish to offend them, I would like your advice. Thank you. G. T. • * * * Buffet suppers are always delight ful, but should never be attempted except among friends who know each other very well. Therefore, I would advise you to wait until your new ac quaintances have become your friends, before attempting a buffet supper. Why not a delightful little dinner? Spectacle to Be Part of Ornamen tal Program offtake Lanier At Tryon. ^ s Tryon, Aug. 16.—A geyser shoot ing water sixty-two' feet in the air is to t be erected by the Tryon Develop ment Company at the main entrance of LakeoLanier properties on the Spar- tanburgsAsheville highway just south of this ity. , This spectacle will form a part of the ornamental structure which will mark the beginning of the seven and a half mile lake shore drive. Architects now are completing the plans, and ac tual construction, it is announced, will begin within two.weeks. The Lake Lanier dam is now com plete and water in the first basin of the lake measures thirty-eight feet deep. .Lake Lanier developers are build ing a seond property office on the third basin. The re-sale department will occupy the present office when the new one is finished next week. BRANCHVILLE MAN * DEAD IN HIS ROOM E. J, Thomas, Legion Head, Found Hanging in His Room. Suspect Fool Play. Branchville, Aug. 18.—E. J. Thom as, a highly respected citizen 33 years old, unmarried, and proprietor of a local pressing club, was found dead at his home here where he lived alone at about 8:30 o’clock Monday evening. Mr. Thomas was last seen Sunday afternoon about 5 o’clock going in the direction of his home, and as he / did not appear at his office at any time Monday friends, thinking that he may be ill, went to see him. Uppn enter ing his home they found his lifeless body in the hallway with a cord tied around his neck hanging from a cur tain hook against the wall. Appar ently he had just finished taking a bath and the body was nude. In his room - on his bed were found a few garments along with $31 and .some small change. Otherwise his home was in perfect order. There are different opinions as to the young man’s death, one theory be ing suicide, others believe foul play, as Mr. Thomas was reputed as carry ing large sums of money on his per son. An inquest into his death was held this morning by Coroner D. A. Ruple and the verdict of the jury was that E. J. Thomas came to his death by _ _ J. S. Wimberly"testi-, fled that it was his opinion that Mr. Thomas had been dead about 24 hours»j Mr. Thomas came here about ten years ago from Tampa, Fla. Openli* up a pressing club, he established for himself through honest and courteous dealings a very profitable business. During the World par he volunteer ed and went overseas. Upon his re turn here he became prominently con nected with the Ideal post of the American Legion, of which he was re cently elected commander, and took great interest in all civic was not known to Jiave *0 . had a number of sincere friends' who deplore the tragedy. If Mr. Thomas has any near rale* tives it is not fully known. 11 T«* * For the woman who’s wise- H05IER Dear Miss Flo:—At public dances, when there is a grand march, is it cor rect for the lady to take the gentle man’s arm? when crossing a dance floor, should the gentleman offer the lady his arm? F. R. * * • v The lady takes the gentleman’s arm in a grand march. Occasionally, we see, an older gentlemen offer his arm, because customs of a lifetime are not broken down easily by modem eti quette. Those of today, however, walk side by side. Many a woman pays too much for. prettiness in stockings. "Insisting on smooth fit, dilken beauty and real service, she supposes a high price insures these ntal things to her. In a sense, so it does,—often, though not always. v. ... » But when she buys WESTCOTT Hosiery, a modest price obtains for her,all these things! We know no maker who gets quite so much genuine value and lasting good looks into hosi ery as these WESTCOTT people. That is why we feature their make. And it lives up to all we say of it—and more. Much more! Come in tomorrow forenoon and see the new colors of WESTCOTT just hero from the mills. You will be keenly interested. In A(1 the Newest, Prettiest Colors IN HONOR OF VISITORS The Mary Muagrove Tea Room was the scene of a lovely party on Friday afternoon when Miss Mercer Vhnce entertained in honor of attractive visitors. The honor guests included: Misses Margaret and Frances Glas gow, Katherine Robertson, Saint Clair Buist, Martha Alexander, Elizabeth Douglas and Frances Gregg. Tables were arranged for bridge and the play ers included the honor guests and Misses Corinne Bailey, Mary Henry, Melennee Thomley, Emmie Pitta, Anne E. Hatton, Collette Griffin, Mary Ruth Copeland, Annie B. Adair, Nannell Blalock, Miss Rasor of Mouqtville, Mesdames Hoface Payne, Chris Adair^ Barnie Parrott, D. R. Nimocks and Lonnie McMillian. Dear Miss Flo:—Is the use of seal- I ing wax on letters considered good jform? (2) If sealing wax is used, are bright colors correct? (3) Is “Very sincerely yours” considered a proper closing fbr a formal note ? Thank you.. R. W. Sealing wax shduld not be used un less you are an adept at making an even, smoothly finished seal. A plain colored wax is better form than the metal speckled wax. (2) The gayly colored wax is always particularly al luring to young folks, and if it can be made to-pour smoothly, it is quite permissible. (3) Yes. _ * i COUNTRY CLUB SOCIAL GREAT SUCCESS , The initial Thursday evening social of the Bois-Terre country club which is planned for a monthly entertain ment, was from every angle a marked success. AR dull care was driven '~"*way and for several hours many en tertainments of different nature* were enjoyed. Special praise and mention SEE JAMES W. CALDWELL The Magazine Specialist / Before placing your subscriptions elsewhere. I can give you the same prices as any other agency either in domestic or foreign magazines. Miss Leoitell Smith will teach a limited number . of music pupils beginning September the first. TELEPHONE 319 KEEPING WELL EPIDEMIC HICCUP t DR. FRKDBRICK R. GREEN BJItor •( “HEALTH” VERYBODY, at some time or other, has had hiccups. Generally, theat annoying spasms are caused by over eating or overdrinking, Ike presence of gas in the stomach, nervousness or ex citement. Evidently, they axe as old as the human race. In the days of Plato, the Greek phirosDpher, Eryxi- machos, an Athenian physician, told a friend of bis. who was attacked with hiccup at a banquet to hold his breath, to gargle his throat or to tickle his nose with a feather. About the same kind of advice that the victim of today gets from his friends. « But- sometimes the hiccups don’t stop. Every few days the newspapers . contain accounts of someone who has had hiccups for days and who cannot atop. Stranger still are epidemics of hlceunp. Such an epidemic. occurred in Wlnnepeg in 1919, when over a thousand casee were reported. Hiccup, of course, is not a disease. It is merely a spasm of the diaphragm, the muscular partition between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity. This spasm may be slight and tem porary or it may be the symptom of some serious disease. It is common In some nervous disorders or it may oc cur in the last stages of some diseases. But for hiccup to occur among hun dreds of people at once is most un usual The three Wlnnepeg epidemics all began in November, reached their height by the first of December and disappeared by the first of January. All ages were affected from a child of ten to an old man of eighty-seven. Strange to say, over 90 per cent were males. —*— No definite efuse could be found. But each epidemic was closely cou- nevted with an epidemic of Influenza. Influenza is a strange disease. When it came to this country In 1850, It was called the epizootic. After running all overRhe country tike wild fire, it be came milder and less frequent and finally died out entirely. For many years, no one ever heard of it Then in 1889-1890 It auddenl^ appeared as la grippe., “Strangely enough, this disease never seems the same. Some years most of the afflicted have ail the symptoms df a bad cold. Another year it wlll.re- •emble bronchitis or pneumonia. Then it will be marked by-nausea and vom-. itlng or so-called “stomach flu,’* while again it will seem to spend its ener gies on the intestinal tract. It has been noticed that, at some times and places, its effects are largely on the brain and nerves. Most cases of Re called sleeping sickness are due to in fluenza infection. It is this form which is most frequently accompanied by hiccup. None of the cases in Wlnne peg was fatal, although several died of sleeping sickness. Altogether a strange and mysterious sickness. Farmers Mercantile Co. “THE HOUSE OF BETTER VALUES”*. HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES . NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS The body of this new Advanced Six Sedan is an original Nash-Seaman conception and brilliantly exem plifies the ablest work of craftsmen known the world over for the distinctive beauty of their designs. »• V J. K. HATTON “On the Square” CLINTON, S. C. y fVlHi .-.A. * V .. ■.Art • 1