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-".-V;.,:-"- . ; ; ' ' ' " v'-:" ' *' * ' V ^ - \. ' .' ' ' ' - #- v * |. : \ * > , . I 0% lamkrg ifmtlib | f|, Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY, 28, 1908 , One Dollar a Year; IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS L v KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The county of Horry has just completed a handsome new court 1 < house and jail, costing more than $40,000. A $50,v00 mining company has been formed in Greenville to develop large properties in Rutherfordton County, N. C., where gold deposits have been found. Senator Tillman sailed for Europe last week. He was 'accompanied by Mrs. Tillman and Dr. J. W. Babcock. He will be away for several months, tirUi ttttrA nn nart in Dolitics this year. i > Sumter Methodists have let the contract for a handsome new brick church to cost something like $25,000.00. Jno. J. Cain, of Columbia, is the contractor, and work will begin at once. - The date of the meeting of the South Carolina State Press Association at Gaffney has been changed because it ;Conflicted with college commencements The meeting is to be held June 29th to July 2nd. , R. Lee Brunson, a prominent young white man of Florence, has been missing since Sunday a week ' TT~ ?'?"> eoon In thp union 2igU? nc WOO JK?OW OVVU -r t' . station in - Columbia, and had told his family he was going to Charla&'Jl l?ston. ' Jim Malloy, a negro, was hanged in Bennettsville last Friday for the murder of his wife. He said he v deserved to die and had made his peace with God. The execution was *. V quiet and orderly, and few persons witnessed it. Peaches from the Ridge section of the State between Columbia and . * Augusta are , beginning to move ^ North In carload shipments. The * cop is about ten days earlier this - year, and the prospects are that it will be heavy. V ;V. ; Dr. M. S. Gressett died at his home in Branchville last week. He was buried last Wednesday afternoon at i. the Ott cemetery with Masonic hon?L ?~ +*?o nlHAat P.iti tie was uuo vi w? ?. ? 2^f'-V'sens of Branch ville, and had been V " practicing medicine there for forty years. The following candidates have filed pledges with State Chairman 1 Wilie Jones: Cole L. Blease, of Newberry, for governor; Jas. F. Byrnes, of Aiken, for solicitor of '.v.... the second circuit; and Jas. A. Summersett, of Columbia, for railroad commissioner. T. A. Porter, a white carpenter, residing, near Glendale, was run over and instantly killed by an electric J car on Pine street in Spartanburg , late last Thursday- night. The man was intoxicated and was lying in a . stupor across the track. He leaves f,' a wife and several children. The Hotel Jerome in Columbia is V.v to be,enlarged to double the pres^ ent capacity. Work will start at : ' once. This hotel is the gathering . ' place of the politicians in South ' Carolina, and there is getting to be so many of them- the hotel needs "*??<wHnm(viaHnn more room iur LUCil avWiuuivuM?w? ; Gov. Ansel has refused to commote the sentence of Bose Cook, of "f ' Hampton county, who was sentenced in February, 1966, to ten years in the penitentiary for manslaughter. The petition was presented by Capt. B. S. Williams, of Branson, and commutation from the penitentiary to the county chain gang was asked for. TheState Supreme Court last Monday, on motion of Assistant Attorney r \ * General DeBrum, filed an order directing the dispensary winding up commission to turn over to the Attorney General the sum of 915,000 set aside by the legislature from the j . State dispensary funds for the purpose of prosecuting the criminal yV cases against certain persons in connection with the affairs of the late State dispensary, f . W. S. Brown, an insurance agent of Lancaster, was found unconscions in his room at Wright's Hos tel in Columbia last Friday morning about seven o'clock. By hard work physicians succeeded in re Storing him. He had very litue 10 .Bay about it, and soon afterwards left the hotel. Some think he attempted to commit suicide by inhaling gas, the gas being turned on in his room, while others think he , turned on the gas by mistake. 4 ' The hold-up men have again begun operations in the city of Columbia. Several persons have been held up on the streets at night in that city recently at the point of a pistol and robbed. Some arrests have been ' made, but there is no definite evi* dence against any of the suspects. It will be remembered that there were a number of robberies in that city last year, and they stopped when a. butcher killed a young white man -ri?? Tioi/i him iin. but was himself WUV ^ killed. ^ Ross Scott McKenzie, a prominent and well-to-do citizen of East. over, Richland county, had a nar' v row escape from death last Friday from drinking chloroform thinking it was whiskey. He was at the s . closing exercises of the Hopkins $ high school, of which Mr. W. D. Roberts, formerly of the Carlisle Fitting School, is principal. Dr. W.. W. Ray, of Columbia, drove up to the grounds and had some whiskey and some medical supplies, among which was some chloroform * in a beer bottle. Just before dinner Mr. McKenzie went to the bug' gy to get a drink and drank the chloroform by mistake. Physicians had hard work to save his life. h-. GEORGE R. KEITH KILLER. Succumbed to Injuries Received in Being Run Over by Train. Anderson, May 25.?While flagging his train across the North Manning street crossing this morning at 6.30 o'clock, Mr. George Reed Keith, fireman, fell in front of the engine. The trucks passed over his legs, completely severing both of them below the knees. He was quickly picked up and hurried to the Anderson hospital. At 10:30 o'clock he had sufficiently recovered from the severe shock accompanying the accident to undergo a surgical operation. Both of his legs were amputated above the knees. He was, however, unable to recover from the wounds and he died at 12:15 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Keith was about twenty-five years of age. He came here from Walhalia. three or four years ago to work for the Blue Ridge railway. He was a good and faithful employe and commanded the respect of all the orflcilas of the road- He was always attentive to his- duties, and the officials greatly deplore the terrible accident and subsequent death. Mr. Keith was a brother-in-law of Superintendent J. R. Anderson of the railway. FOR SECOND PLACE. Movement to Nominate Southerner for Vice President. Washington, D. C., May 22nd.? Alien S. Towson, a New York broker, a native of Virginia, is in Washington in charge of a movement to have nominated a Southern man for the second place' on the Democratic national ticket The name of W. G. Conrad, formerly of Virginia, but now a resident of Montana, has been mentioned as being one of several men who could solidify the Democratic vote, and bring to the support of the ticket the party vote in the South and West. While Mr. Towson and his friends are enthusiastic for Mr. Conrad, he says they will be willing to support any southern man for the place. mv- "./.wawm.,* txtoc in a 11 crura fpri at X 11C Uiuvciucuv nuu 4uui.ou.M. a meeting in New York city some days ago, at which it was decided that the time had come when it was necessary to disprove the theory that there was no presidential or vicepresidential timber available South of the Mason and Dixon line. Such men as Senator Culberson, of Teias; Senator Daniel, of Virginia; ex-United States Senator Edward Carmack of Tennessee, and others have been considered, but it understood they would not be willing to permit their names to be used for the second place on the ticket. Therefore the movement has been started to get the name of some successful southern business man who has the time to devote to the campaign, and who ornniri solidify the party vote. AGAINST DESECRATION OF FLAG. Senate Passes Rill to Prevent Profanation of Old Glory. Washington, May 20.?The senate to-day passed a bill to prevent the desecration of the flag of the United States with an amendment providing that its restriction shall not apply to banners or flags carried by military or patriotic organizations authorized by law. This amendment was to meet an objection by Senator Bacon, of Gergia, who had previousexplained that in his State Confederate soldier organizations had blended the Union and Confederate flags, a practice which he feared would not be permitted under t he proposed be permitted under the proposed A Brave Girl of Russian Revolution. "In the mines of Akatui, in central Siberia, there is a beautiful girl of twenty-two serving a sentence oi twenty years at 'hard labor,'" says Kellogg Durland, author of "The Red Reign," who has spent much time during the last year or two in Russia, and in the June Woman's Home Companion the author then proceeds to tell the marvelous pathetic story of Marie Spiradonova, who was condemned to die for a "political crime,"but whose sentence was finally altered to twenty,years hard labor in exile, owing to the popular clamor for the girl's life all over the world. Negro Kills White Man. Boyce Stone, a young white man, was shot and killed at Greer, Spartanburg county, last Monday evening about seven o'clock by Henry Fowler, a negro about sixty years old. The killing occurred at Fowler's house. It seems that Boyce Stone, Jeff Hammett, and Ed. Duncan, three white men, entered Fowler's house and demanded that his wife make them coffee. This she did, and she claimed they made improper proposals and attempted to assault her. The men were drinking. She called to her husband, who* was workiner in a field near by, and as he ran to the house he was met and struck over the eye by one of the ; men with a partly filled bottle of liquor, making an ugly wound. His wife then grabbed his gun and handed ft to him through the window and he fired on the party, killing Stone. The two other white men then ran. Fowler went at once and surrendered, and was carried to jail at Spartanburg, as trouble was feared, 1 where his wounds were dressed. Stone was a bad character, and killed 1 a policeman there several years ago. The two white men were also locked 1 up. Sentiment in the town is that ' the negro was justified in the shoot ing. With our system of keeping ac counts, you don't need a pass book to bother with or forget, and you i always know your account. D. A. Kinard & Co. _ I COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston News. . Colston, May 25.?Last week's sunshine has put the farmers in better hopes. They had a busy week ploughing and hoeing. The union meeting will be held at the Baptist church here next Saturday and Sunday. Miss Annie Belle Darnell, of Norway, is spending several days here with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Varn were the guests of Mr. C. H. Brabham, of the Olar section, last Sunday. Miss Bertha All visited her sister, Mrs. P. P. Padgett, of Ehrhardt, ? A ri.A J - 3 iUBL saiuruaj auu ouuuaj. The young folks are looking forward to the annual picnic to take place at Alt. Pleasant church near Ehrhardt on the 28th. Mr. C. W. Clayton returned home from Orangeburg^ this week, where he has been attending school the past session. Mrs. Mary Wooley and daughter, Miss Ida, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton. Mrs. H. J. McMillan, Jr., is spend-] ing a few days with relatives and friends near Cope. Rex. Trinity College. We have received an invitation to attend exercises of commencement week at Trinity College, Durham, N. C., June 7th to 10th. The baccalaureate address is to be delivered by President John C. Kilgo, the baccalaureate sermon will be preached bv Rev. Henry Stiles Bradley, D. D., of St. Louis; the alumni address will be delivered by William Ivey Cranford, Ph. D., class of '91, Durham, N. C.; and the commencement address will be made by Walter B. Page, editor of World's Work, New York. The Washington Duke memorial statue is to be unveiled during the commencement exercises. Mr. Duke was the great tobacco man, who was one of the most liberal donators to the college. VETERAN SPECIAL. Special Train Colombia, S. C. to Birmingham, Ala., via Southern Railway. Arrangements have been made with Major General Thos. W. Carwile, Commanding South Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans, for a special train Columbia to Birmingham for the accommodation of the Confederate Veterans and their friends who desire to attend the annual reunion at Birmingham, June 9th-llth-1908. This train, which will be known as the "veteran's special," consisting of baggage car, high class coaches and nnllman sleeninz car. will leave Columbia 1-45 p. m. Monday, June 8th, going via Newberry, Greenwood, Greenville, picking up Veterans and their friends enroute. The Abbeville delegation will join the special at Hodges and special cars from. Anderson will be attached to the special at Belton. This arrangement will enable veterans from Orangeburg, Sumter, and points in the Eastern part of the State, also from Camden and Chester, to arrive in Columbia on noon trains in time to leave on the special at 1:45 p. m. From Rock Hill, Blacksburg, Yorkville, Union and Spartanburg, veterans can leave on regular trains arriving Greenville 8:55 p. m., connect' ing with the "veteran's special," i which will leave Greenville 9:00 p. * m., due Birmingham the following morning, Tuesday, June 9th, in time for breakfast, so that Veterans can get located before the opening session of the first day. ,,rrvn-? votopon'fl flnMftl" will have X li^ f VVVAMU W . . _ _ on board leaving Columbia, Major General Carwile and members of his > staff; Miss Elizabeth Norwood, of 1 Abbeville, and Miss Bonham, of Anderson, State sponsors, will join the special enroute and accompany the veterans to Birmingham, and it is especially desired by General Carwile that as many of the Veterans as can possibly arrange to do so join the special at Columbia or the most convenient point enroute. Those who contemplate joining the special at Columbia will please communicate with B. H. Todd, passenger and ticket agent, Southern Railway, Columbia, S. C., and those i who expect to join at Greenville, i communicate with T. P. P. Carson, passenger and ticket agent, Greenville, stating whether accommodations will be desired in day coaches i or pullman sleeping cars, and how many there will be in the party, etc. i Tickets will be sold at very low rates from all points, June 6th, 7th, and 8th, limited June 20th, 1908. Round trip rates from principal sta ; tions as follows: Abbeville, $6.40; Anderson, $6.40; Blacksburg, $8.05; Camden, $9.20; Chester, $8.15; Columbia, $8.55; Greenville, $6.85; Greenwood, $6.70; Lancaster, $8.75; Newberry, $7.70; Orangeburg, $8.70; Prosperity, $7.85; Rock Hill, $8.55; Spartanburg, $7.45; Sumter, $9.40. Pullman berth rate Columbia to Birmingham, $2.50. If two people occupy same berth the rate can be divided accordingly. See that your tickets read via Southern Railway to Birmingham and return. For further detailed information apply to Southern Railway ticket . agents or address J. C. Lusk, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. r? v *- " ' .* f1 SON KILLS HIS FATHER. Young Man Then Ended His Own Life With Pistol. New York, May 20.?Because he was about to be married again, George Sterry, 72 years old, was shot and killed today by his son, George Sterry, Jr. The young man commited suicide. The father was a member of the large wholesale drug firm of Weaver & Sterry, with a place of business at 166 Pearl street. He was engaged to be married to a young school teacher of Brooklyn and his engagement had caused serious family quarrels. The elder Sterry was president and the son secretary of Weaver & Sterry. The old man had been working at his desk all the forenoon. It was nearly noon when his son reached the office. As the young man passed through the warehouse on his way to the offices on the second floor of the " " 1- J. Ul. DUiiumg lie uiei uis ;uuugci uiuwer, James W. Sterry, and addressing him cheerily, asked him how things were going. He was told that everything was all right and continued on his way upstairs. It was only a moment later when the shots rang through the building, and when James Sterry and several employees rushed up to the office they found the old man sitting in his chair at the desk and George, Jr., lying on the floor by his side. Both were dead. There was bullet hole in each man's temple and a revolver was lying on the floor. Missionary Meeting at Cope. The Orangeburg district meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society convened at Cope, May Sth, 1908, Mrs. Wightman, the State president, in the chair. Her presence is of itself a guarantee of a good and interesting meeting. At the opening service on Friday evening, Rev. L. E. Wiggins read a Psalm and offered prayer. Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Herbert both gave short talks which proved helpful. Saturday morning a business session was held. Miss May Wannamaker was nominated and elected as secretary. Ten delegates responded to roll call. The district secretary gave her report, which showed an increase of $349.84 over last year. Orangeburg is the banner society for largest amount raised and St. Matthews for the largest amount per member. The district pledged $750.00 for the support of a missionary and raised all but $90.00. Total amount raised for all purposes, $1,381.61. Miss May Wannamaker read an interesting and instructive paper on Korea. At the Saturday afternoon service, Mrs. Wightman talked about the work done at the Scarritt Training School. Barnwell was chosen as next place for district meeting. TV 1 i-UI- lf? Unmharf During tills BCIVltC in ID. uu uiuun arrived direct from the board meeting at New Orleans, and was warmly welcomed. She was very enthusiastic over the splendid result of the year's work. Last year $174,000 was raised in Southern Methodism. This year the sum swelled till it reached $226,000. Nine new missionaries were accepted. Sunday morning Rev. Charles B. Smith preached from the text, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." At four o'clock there was a mass meeting for children. In the evening at eight-thirty Mrs. Humbert gave a more extensive account of the board meeting.- She spoke at length of Korea - and how thirsty they are for the gospel. $61,000 was appropriated by the board for that work. The service was concluded with the benediction by Rev. Mr. Wiggins. WOMEN POSTMASTERS WIN. Senate Rejects Nominations of Men Named by President. Washington, May 21.?The fight made by Georgia and Texas senators against supplanting women postmasters with male employees resulted today in the rejection of three nomina tions WHICH naa Deen oeiure tile dbuate since last December. The nominations rejected are: T. W. Scott to succeed Hattie F. Gilmer, at Toccoa, Ga.f John T. A. McCullom to succeed Mary A. Melton, at Qonyers, and Everett Johnson to succeed Jeannette D. McConnell, Jacksboro, Tex. Senators Clay and Culberson served notice on the postoffice department that they were opposed to women being ousted from their places and their opposition was so determined that no attempt to confirm the appbintments was made in the senate. Fearing that President Roosevelt would make recess appointments after the adjournment of congress and would displace the women in that way, the senators today insisted upon the rejection of the three ap pointees, and they at least are eliminated. Corn Enthusiasts. In Cherokee county the farmers are corn enthusiasts. They have planted about as much cotton as usual, but having sown little small grain, they are planting more corn. A few of the farmers have tried the Williamson plan two years and this year there are hundreds of acres planted after that style. More than fifty farmers of Cherokee are contesting for the prize offered by the bank. We wish tha* many of Bamberg's farmers would get enthusiastic on the subject of raising corn. ' .V ' i-! ' ' yj;& vvV;r; v.. vi.' THE STATE CONVENTION HARMONIOUS SESSION OF S. C. DEMOCRATS IN COLUMBIA. I Delegation to National Convention Instructed for Bryan?Fight Made on Gonzales. I The State Democratic Convention : did not finish its business till after midnight Wednesday. The only real contest was for choice of delegates to Denver, the fight centering about the person of Editor W. E Gonzales, of the State, who was beaten first for a place as delegate-at-large and then as alternate delegate-at-large. i The four delegates-at-large chosen are: Senator B. R. Tillman, Senator F. B. Gary, both by acclamation. State | Chairman Wiley Jones, of Columbia, H. H. Watkins, of Anderson. These were chosen on the first ballot. .Mr. Gonzales came out third and Mr. J. P. Grace, of Charleston, last. The faction fighting Mr. Gonzales cheered when this was announced. In the race for four alternate delegates-at-large Mr. Gonzales was defeated, being last in the race with five. The alternates chosen are: W. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield, j. P. Grace, of Charleston, R. F. Smith, of Easley, and T. B. Crews, of Laurens. The convention at its morning session adopted a resolution instructing its delegation to vote solidly for Bryan, "first, last and all the time." The district delegates to Denver selected by the various districts are: First District?T. R. Waring, Charleston; S. Julian Carroll, Dorchester; alternates, A. E. McCoy, Berkley; Dr. W. A. Kirby, Colleton. Second District?J. E. Harley, Barnwell; Lv J. Williams, North Augusta; alternate, Niel Christensen. Third District?Kenneth Baker, Greenwood; J. B. Stribling, Pendleton; alternates, H. C. Tillman, Greenwood; Coke D. Mann, Ninety-Six. Fourth District?B. F. Townsend, Union; Dr. VV. U. ?3iaCK, ureeuvint:, S. J. Nichols, Spartanburg; Clarence Cunningham, Laurens. Fifth District?J. G. Richards, Jr., Kershaw; J. M. Cherry, Rock Hill; alternates, W. W. Dickson, Winnsboro; N. W. Hardin, Blacksburg. Sixth District?J. H. Manning, Latta; W. J. Andrews, Georgetown; D. A. Spivey, Conway. Seventh District?Thomas F. Brantley, Orangeburg; J. S. Wannamaker, St. Matthews; J. H. Clifton, Sumter. Permanent vice presidents were chosen as follows, each going in with out opposition. First District?C. M. Wiggins. Second District?D. S. Henderson. Third District?H. A. Thompson. Fourth District?Howard B. Carlisle. Fifth District?J. Harry Foster. Sixth District?Dr. Olin Sawyer. Seventh District?R. I. Manning. The first business of the night session was the reading of a report on constitution and rules by Chairman M. L. Bonham. The two resolutions directing the State executive committee to provide a separate box in the coming primary for expression as between prohibition and the pesent dispensary system, were reported without recommendation. They were tabled by the convention without debate and a resolution by Senator Cole L. Blease to change the day of the primary from Tuesday to Saturday was unfavorably reported. It was championed by him and others in the interest of the cotton mill vote but was finally tabled by the convention. The resolution calling for two campaign meetings throughout the counties this summer, one for congressional and solicitor candidates and the other for State officers, was adopted, also without debate. Dr. J. C. Mace's resolution requiring voters in the primary to be enrolled five days before the primary was adopted. The resolution of Col. R. B. Watson, of Saluda, forbidding members of the county executive committee from being candidates for county offices provoked a lengthy debate. The convention finally adopted a substitute by Mr. Ragsdale which forbids executive committemen from passing upon the returns of their own election, this being the point sought to be remedied. SCHOONER SERENA SINKS. Founders in Caribbean Sea?The ? ? 9~ T? A,, Crew Hi sea pes in Duau, Jacksonville, Fla., May 20.?A telegram from Key West says: "The schooner Serena from Bonacco with a cargo of fruit reports that on May 4th, at midnight, the schooner Haze, Capt. Whitmore, when about 60 miles from Bonacco in the Caribbean sea sank and is a total loss. The Haze was owned by Rodriguez & Roberts of Key West and shortly after sailing from this port for Bonacco she sprung a leak and commenced to fill so fast that the crew of six men took to small boats and were picked up by the Serena the next day and brought to this port." Not Yet But Soon. A traveller waited at a certain English provincial town in vain for the much overdue train on the branch line. Again he approached the solitary sleepy looking porter and inquired for the twentieth time, "Is not that train coming soon?" At that moment a dog came trotting up the line, and a glad smile illuminated the official's face. "Ah, yes, sir," replied the porter, "It will be getting near now. Here comes the engine driver's dog. ATTJKJUfr A1 ASSASSIN A1 lUil. ISSHj Bomb Placed Under Residence and Building Completely Wrecked. Geneva, N. Y., May 22.?One of j;?| the most dastardly attempts to commit wholesale assassination ever made y.fcs in this city occurred last night shortly before 11 o'clock, when the residence of Phillip Lanasa, one of Geneva's prominent and wealthy Italians, was almost completely wrecked by a bomb evidently placed under the house for the purpose of destroying - Jj it and the entire family of Mr. Lanasa. The building is practically a. total wreck and it was only by a ' v miracle that the members of the ^ household escaped. Although the work is evidently j/Js? that of the Black Hand, Mr. Lanasa ' '; $& says he has never been threatened, / nor has there ever been any attempt made to blackmail him. He stated that he never has had a word of vL'ffjjjj trouble with any of his fellow-coun- ' ^ try men, either in Geneva or elsewhere, and is at a loss to know why. any attempt to take his life or that 4^111 cf his family should be made. Mr. Lanasa and his two sons had retired for the night and were thrown bodily out of bed by the force \vvsHj of the explosion. They were not In? V:-Sj3 jured, however. Mrs. Lanasa said her daughter was in the dining room -.h^j^H at .the time. They escaped with a bad shaking up, but were entirely covered by debris. Three other per- i sons in the house also escaped injury. ? The entire city is aroused over this, . f the first outrage of the kind ever at- v tempted here. AN ELEGANT" RECEPTION. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Copeland Enter- ffi \ tain Most Charmingly. Last Wednesday evening from .' > eight-thirty to eleven o'clock, Mr. > and Mrs. J. D. Copeland entertained ^ at an elaborate reception in honor t of their son, Mr. Henri H. Copeland, ' and his bride. Mr. uopeiana 10 racnmg vu? heartiest congratulations upon the f winning of such a prize. Mrs. Cope* land as Miss Hammond, of Augusta# . had visited Bamberg several times,.. " and made for herself by her very charming personality and great brunette beauty, scores of friends, and > the fact of her entrance into Bam* berg society is received with keen ''' > The hall and parlors of this at- . tractive home were ablaze with C light, and beautiful with many col- ors of poppies. . ;-?aS| Assisting the receiving party were ,< Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Paul Riley. Punch was served from ai attractive corner1 of the hal! by Mir.? Mozelle Copeland, ):$ assisted by Miss ftaidine Ott. In the dining room a bevy of pret- y ty girls, Misses Mozelle Copeland, r,: Ruth Riley, Blanche Hair, Naidine l-i Ott, Julia Easterlin, Belle Cooner, . and Jerihie Graham, dressed in white and pink, served an elegant two course menu, the color scheme, pink ^ and white, being carried out with -the ice course. The table in this spacious- s room was covered with a handsome t;'. Battenburg cover, and from each corner was tied streamers of maline, which were caught up into the electrolier, and in this attractive setting r were crystal bowls of pink and white sweet peas. On leaving the dining room the attentive waitresses presented each & guest with a dainty box of bonbons.. Displayed in one of the parlors were the very elegant wedding pres- l|g ents of Mr. and Mrs. Henri H. . Copeland, and the study of these was of great interest to the guests. ' jj Mr. and Mrs. Copeland are very gracious hosts, and, if possible, on this occasion proved themselves more gracious than ever. The invited guests were: Mr. and w tv Rhoad. Mr. and Mrs. C. ' J. S. Brooker, Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank\^3j? Bamberg, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. David Felder, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klauber, - 4^ Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Jr^V^jpsH Mr. and Mrs. D. Dowling, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Hair, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J.'A. >: Wyman, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Hooton, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hooton,. Mr. and Mrs. Miles J. Black, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Free, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Brabham, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bamberg, Dr. t and Mrs. H. F. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Johnson, Ma^Jor and Mrs. Havelock Eaves, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Salley, r\t. qt>h Mm j. j. Cleckley. Mr. and Mob. J. W. Price, Mr. and Mm. R. M. Hays, of Greenwood, Mr. and / Mrs. A. W. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. E. < T. LaFitte, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Graham; Mesdames Doll Lewis and ^vjsH A. A. Zeigler; Misses Ha Ott, Pearle ' v.-(v. Counts, Willie Meriwether, Myra Hooton, Florrie Black, Roberta #>?$?? Johnson, Agnes Johnson, Bessie Lee Black, Clara Riley, Nina Riley, Ruby Clements, of Atlanta, GeDelle Brabham, Addys Hays, Kate Feldef, Xania Easterlin, Mamie Gee Jennings; Messrs. Chas. D. Felder, A. M. Brabham, C. D. C. Adams, of Walterboro, Dr. F. F. Johnson, Dr. V. W. Brabham, James McGowan, v; L l&i D. A. Kinard, W. G. .Hoffman, J. D. pHs Copeland, Jr., Capt. P. S. Connor, J. C. Guilds, W. P. Murphy, Dr. F. -f B. McCrack,en, D. M. Eaves, Jarrell -^?j?g Quatlebaum, J. F. Carter, F. M. ATT- T7* Tnhnonn iuwj v* x . vvumw. Blackville School Closing. v >< The Blackville graded school, of r v ^ which Mr. R. B. Hartzog, son of ? < *Xjss Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Hartzog, of this city is principal, closed last Friday. * J. F. Carter, Esq., of this city delivered the commencement address. : ^ Mr. Hartzog has been very successful in his management of the school, and has been re-elected for another year. Mrs. Hartzog has charge of