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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN TOWNOFCLINTON Weddings andWeddingFes tivities Divide Interest. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ON POPULAR PEOPLE Marriage of Three Young Clinton La dies Contribute to the Gaiety of t"e Season?Several Business Items of <k>neiderabie Importance. Clinton, June 24.?The most Inter esting events of last week were wed dings and the attendant festivities. On Wednesday evening at nine o'clock, Miss Tallulah Neville was married to Mt. John Spratt of Ijaurens. The Rev. F. D. Jones performed the ceremony, and a large gathering of relatives and friends were present. The house was exceedingly attrac tive with decorations of ivy and pink roses. The staircase was banked with a trellis effect which was lovely, and was covered witli white cloth. When the time for the wedding came Mr. R. S. Owens and Mr. Carl Barksdale made a pathway for the briday party through the throng of guests, spread ing a white cloth from the foot of the stairs to the arch in the parlor where the ceremony was performed. In this parlor the immediate relatives gather ed, other guests looking on from the hall. The parlor was decorated in ivy and white roses, which completely ?covered the arch behind which Mr. Jones took his place as Miss Julia Cork of Rock Hill struck the piano (for the wedding music. ?fhe "first played the wedding music. She first the wedding march as the bridal pro cession appeared. They made a lovely picture winding down the beautiful stairs. There were six bridesmaids, three sisters of the bride and three of the groom. They came in pairs, and wore dainty lingerie dresses and carried armfuls of pink roses and ferns. They ennug in tin following ordor: Misses Fannie Spratt and Mattie Mae Neville, Julia Spratt and Eliza Neville, Nettie Spratt and Julia Neville. Miss Virginia Neville, first made of honor, preceded the bride. She wore white and carried a lovely bouquet of pink roses. Miss Rose Tdndsay of Yorkville, second maid of honor, followed the bride. SJic was handsome in pink Charmeuse and carried pink carnations. The bride entered with her brother, Mr. D. W. A. Neville. She was a vi sion In white satin with an enveloping veil of tulle. Her bouquet was of brides roses. Mr. Spratt attended by hie brother, Mr. Tom Spratt, met her and they took their places under the arch, the maids forming a group about them. Mr. Jones' ceremony -was mark ed by its solemnity and simplicity. It was over very culckly and there was eager pushing ' <-ward to greet Mr. and Mrs. Spra??? In the dining room wedding cake and cream were served. The beautiful array of presents was exhibited in a back parlor, where the-guests reg istered ih the bride book. There were nearly one hundred out of-town guests, from Laurens, Now berry, Greenville, Walhalla, Rock Hill, Clomson, Greenwood, Abbeville, Ches ter, Yorkville, Atlanta, Klberton, Ga., and Charlottsvllle, Va. Nearly all of the near relatives of both parties were here as well as num bers of intimate friends. Mr. and Mrs. Spratt are spending their honeymoon at Saluda. A Surprise Wedding. Miss Mattie Mao Neville's engage ment to Mr. William Harden James of Atlanta, had been announced and the wedding was to be in the early fall. However she yielded to the persua sions of Mr. James *nd many of the relatives from a distance that it fol low, her sister's. Mr. James' relatives nvere notified by telephone Bind the wedding was solemnized Thursday morning at eleven o'clock, it being Im possible for his friends to arrive the night before. The house was darkened and the lights turned on for the ceremony. THe bride's only attendant was her fdster, Miss Kllza Neville, who wore a white dress and carried pink carna tions. She entered with her brother, Mr. D. W. A. Neville. She never looked lovelier than in her Wedding dress of white sat'n .with an overdress of cm broldered silk net. Her veil was fas tened with Hilles of the valley and her bouquet was of the same (lowers and orchids. The groom's best man was Mr. .lames Glenn of Chester. The Rev. P. I). Jones performed the ceremony. The romantic nature of ths affair and the youthful appearance of the bride and groom cast around ihe large gathering of relatives and friends an atmosphere of excitement and emotion and the saying was never better veri fied, "All the world loves a lover." Mr. and Mrs. James left on the noon vestibule for their futuro home in At lanta. A Itomantlc Wedding. Miss Lizzie Holcobbe, who on the evening of the 10th of June graduated from the Thornwell College as vale dictorian, although the youngest mem ber of her class, on the following Tuesday invited her surprised friends to her wedding. The wedding took place at nine o'clock Wednesday ev ening, June 18th, in the parlor of the Falrchild Infirmary, the Rev. Dr. Jacobs performing the ceremony. The room had been prettily decorated for the occasion, banked with ferns and palms. There were no attendants and the bride wore the pretty while lin gerie dress in which she graduated. The groom, Mr. Tail A. ?ramlctt of Laurens was accompanied to Clinton by a number of friends who joined those of the bride in wishing long life and happiness to the youthful pair. Mr. and Mrs. Bramlett left for their future home In Laurens shortly after the ceremony. Addiiinn to Clinton Business. Jacobs and Company has recently bought the Charlotte Engraving Com pany and will move the plant to Clin ton when their new building is com pleted, .which will be this fall. Pretty Bungalow. Mr. C.eo. Wright has begun building a pretty bungalow on Calvert Avenue between Dr. .1. Leo Young's and Mrs. Hunter's places. Dr. .1. Lee Young Buys House. The residence of Dr. F. D, Jacobs was sold recently to Dr. J. Lee Young who moved into it last week. It is one of the most attractive residences in Clinton and Dr. and Mrs. Young's friends are congratulating them on acquiring it. Dcaih of an Infant. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hell who moved from Clinton to 'Columbia had the misfortune to lose their little daugh ter last Monday week. The body was brought to Clinton for interment, and the Rev. S. O. Cantey conducted the funcivil. Mrs. W. D. Hell, Mr. E. W. Hell and Mr. J. D. Hell went to Co lumbia on receiving the news of the death Social Affairs and Personals. Mrs. A. H. Galloway and Miss Itich burg were last week joint hostesses of four charming young ladles; Misses Wise, Ervln, Kllgore and Wheeler. Tuesday evening at Mrs. Galloway's residence they gave a delightful re ception for them, issuing about 200 Invitations, which included the young society sets of the town. On'Monday afternoon Mrs. W. B. Oyens entertained delightfully at tea in honor of her niece, Miss Annie Graham Anderson of Timmonsville, and her daughter. Miss Nancy Owens. Friday evening Mr. Will Owens was host at an elegant stag supper given ln"*honor of Mr. John Spratt. On Saturday of last week Mrs. Will Bailey Owens and Miss Dorothy Owens entertained a number of young ladles at a spent-the-day party. On Wednesday night the young men gave a dance-in honor of the vis iting young ladles In town. Do Friday Miss Ola Young gave a .dinner'which was greatly enjoyed by the twelve young ladles invited. The Daughters of the Revolution combined pleasure and patriotism last Friday, spending the day at Duncan's Creek church plcnlcing. The spe cial object of their excursion was to honor the memory' of a Revolution ary soldier burled there, Lemuel Beasley, by erecting a tablet to his memory. . He was in the fcattlo of Musgrove's Mill after which the Clin ton chapter is named. The Musgrove Mills chapter lias re cently erected a monument on the site of the battle of Musgrove Mills, In the form of an enormous boulder of native granite with a bronze tab let appropriately Inscribed on it. Formal unveiling ceremonies will be held on the anniversary of the battle I In August when a large crowd will probably gather on the scene. Mrs. IT. L. Todd and children, of DR. G. B. STRICKLER CARRIED TO ATLANTA Father of Mrs. ('. F. ltnnkin, who has heeil Sick Here, Carried to Hospital in Atlanta. Dr. G. H. Strlckler, the noted theo logian oi' Richmond, Va., who has been sick at the home of his sos-in-law, Rev. C. P. Rankin, for several weeks and whose condition was precarious at one time, was so far improved yes terday as to justify his removal to Atlanta, where he will be at the Grn dy Hospital until he shows further Improvement. A private Pullman car was chartered for his party to Atlan ta and last night It was hitched on to the C. & W. C. train going to Spartan burg where it was taken by the South ern for Atlanta. Dr. Strickler was ac companied by his son, Dr. Cyrus Strickler, of Atlanta, his daughters, Mrs. C.eo. H. Denny and Miss Mary Strickler, and Miss Edwards, a train ed nurse. Dr. Strickler, who is Professor of Theology is Union Theological Semi nary, Richmond, Va., stopped over in Laurens several weeks ago to visit his daughter. Mrs. (". P. Kankin, while on his way home from Atlanta. lie was taken suddenly ill a few hours after his arrival, gradually growing worse and lor several days his life was despaired of. Under the watch ful eyes of his children and physi cians, however, he took a turn for the better and thereafter showed steady though slow improvement and now he appears to be on the road to recov ery. Being widely known over the south, his condition was a matter of great concern to the public generally and the daily papers of the larger cities kept constantly advised as to his condition. DEATH BF WILL SUMEREL. Passed Away .it His Home in 1.aureus Mill Village. Mr. Will Sumerel, ,i. well known cot ton mill operative, died at Iiis home the Laurens mills yesterday after many months of lingering illness. Mr. Sumerel was about L'7 years old and leaves a wile and one- child to mourn his death. Mr. Sumerel was born in this coun ty, where he has hundreds of friends who join in sympathy for the wife and young child. For several years he has been a member of the Traynham Guards, in which company he has done good service, having been a non commissioned oflieer for some time. The funeral services will take place today. Dog Bitten Children Doing Well. All three of the little children who were bitten by a dog supposed to have been mad near Owings Station Sat urday, the 14th, are reported as <loing well under the Pasteur treatment. Neither of the three children, Ida May Hunter, Fred Wallace or the little child of Mr Crow have suffered from the bites so far and no fear Is enter tained for them. Moved to >'ew Garage. Messrs. McLaurin and Teague an nounce in this issue of The Advertis er, their removal to the new building erected specially for them near the depot. It is a inodernly built garage, outfitted With all late machinery. The floors are concrete and the roof of metal thus miking an almost fire proof building. They will continue to act as agents for the S-tudebaker car. Greenville, are visiting at Mr. R. 7.. Wright's. Miss Carrie Sadler returned to her home in Rock Hill Monday after visit ing Miss Jessie Dillard. Mr. and Mrs. Bothwell Graham and Both well, Jr., expect to spend the sum mer in Salnda, leaving this week. Mr. and Mrs. Will Owens spent sev eral days with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rob ertson at Clemson the past week. Misses Emily and Martha Phillip.; are spending several weeks in Maeon, Ga.. with Mr:?. Charles Akerman. Dr. L. S. Hays has returned to New York city wiher< hj has an excellent appointment, won by competitive ex amination, in Bcllevuo hospital. Miss Edna Shockley of Spartan burg will return home next week af ter a delightful visit to Mrs. E. H. Hall Miss Emmie Robertson is visit in: at Clemson. Miss Lenora Pu reell will leave thi week for her nome in Palatka, Fla. SHERIFF PUTS BAIN ON SOCIAL CLUB After Inspection Snttird.ii) Morning Sheriff Owlngs Gave Notice That the ( lull must lie Closed. Sheriff Owlngs, acting jointly with Chief of Police Bagwell and Rural Po llccinnil Reld, made a thorough in vestigation of the rooms of the Lau rens Social Club Saturday morning and following the inspection the or der was given by the sheriff that the club must cease to operate on pain of prosecution. It is understood that a meeting of the patrons of the club will be held this evening when a de cision will be reached as to what move to make. The investigation Saturday morning was not a raid, but a quiet orderly ex amination into the affairs and conduct of the club. A quantity of beer and some whiskey was found in the lock ers, besides beer kept regularly In -stock and In the refrigerator. This was not molested, but the manager of the club, B. B. Hill, was notified not to bring in 'any more and as soon as the present supply is exhausted, to discontinue operations. Sheriff Owlngs contends that the method of conduct of the club is in violation of the law ami as one piece of evidence lie has in bis possession a "coupon book" used by the patrons of the club. This book has seven cou pons in it. each coupon being good for one bottle of beer, the coupon sell ing for $1.00. The coupons are ex changed as the wet goods are ordered Sheriff Owlngs contends that this ex change of money for coupons and the following exchange of coupons for beer cnstitlltCfl a sale and so is in violation of the statutes. Each coupon is printed on both sides On one side is the following: No. Note ?Not good if detached. Laurens Social Club Deliver to me one Mottle of Beer in your keeping for my personal use. Must be detached by or in presence of porter. On the reverse side is the following: 7 for $1.00 Manager or Poi'tor or Laurens Social Club Please put on ice for me out of my private stock Seven Bottles of Beer. Date I am a member of the club. Returns to Waterloo. The many friends of Mr. SV. Carl Wharton will be glad to learn that he has returned to his old home at Wa terloo after having lived In Green ville for several months. Mr. Whar ton moved back to Waterloo last week and has been occupied since that time Straightening up his home and plan tation. Mr. Wharton has always tak en a great deal of interest in the wel fare of his community and his coun ty and he is welcomed back Into the fold again to continue the good work that he loft off when he went to Green ville. Celebration at Ware Shoals. A "grand celebration, barbecue and festival" is to be given at Ware Shoals July 4 and 5, according to an an nouncement sent to The Advertiser. The day will be taken up with feasts of oratory edibles, athletic contests and other amusements. Geo. R. Rem bert, of Columbia, W. C. Irby, Jr., of Laurens, and Samuel J. Nichols, of Spartanburg, will be the speakers. The proceds aro to go towards the erection of a new Baptist church. The public Is cordially Invited. Change <>f Bridge Letting. According to the advertisement of the county supervisor found In another part if this paper, It will be seen that the date for the letting of the contract for the building of the bridge at Tumb ling Shoals has been changed from Tuesday, July 1st, to Tuesday. July 15th. The change of date was ma le because It was found Impossible to get planfl and specification} ready by tue date originally sot. Meeting of If. A. M. The regular meeting of Rising Sun Chapter. It. A. M., will be held Fri day night. Companions are earnestly requested to be present. Hrooks Swygort, High Pirest. HANDSOME BUILDING FOR CLINTON CONCERN Mounds Const ruction < ompauv Low* est Bidder on Jacobs Miiildinu nt (Minion. Tho Bounds ('oustruction Company, contractors on the county court house ami numerous other buildings in tills city during the past couple of years, were the lowest bidders when bids were opened for the Jacobs olllcc building 111 Clinton Monday The con tract calls for the expenditure of some thing around $25,000. Other bidders ?were Qrifllu Construction Co., Atlan ta. Qa., Smith Construction Co., Ath ens, Qa., now building the new Ore gon Hotel In Greenwood and John J. Cain, of Columbia. The contract calls for a two story building with basement, the basement and llrst story. t<> be used by the Ja cobs Advertising Syndicate and the third story to he rented out for Ofllces. The building is to be of reinforced concrete with all modern conveniences and absolutely llreproof throughout, Withal an olegnill structure Some inontht ago Mr Jacobs boughl the site where ;i coini r i.u hotel was begun several years ago and a small part of the brick werk of this struc ture will he used, though only a very small part of it, so it hi understood. The contract was not lei Monday, as some other little details had to he attended to, luti Mr Hounds was giv en to understand that he would got the work. When finished, the bnildlny will he an ornament to .'Union and one which would he a credit to a city much larg er ill si/.e. WILL UK ABLE TO VOTE. Registered Voters along Southern and Western Line of Proposed New County Provided Kor. Chairman .lohn M. Cannon, of the county board of election commission ers, has ordered boxes placed a! the Gray Court and Power Shop precincts, in Dials township, ami the Lnngston Church precinct, in Seuflletowii town ship, where voter.-, of those preciuts residing within the proposed now county line may cast their ballot in the approaching election on the tor mat ion of a new county with Wood ruff as the county seat. In making the survey for the proposed new county a large number of voters of rinse two townships wer?' cut off from their vot ing places by the new county lino. Mr. Cannon held that it would he de priving these voters their constitu tion right of suffrage to deny them the privilege of expressing themselves on this new county matter, so he or dered (he boxes placed at (liest; places and the citizens, of these townships will he allowed to vote. In case the election proves very close, the decision of Mr. Cannon to place boxes at these precincts will have, considerable effect if those boxes, were not placed at. these pre cincts, a great, many people would bo deprived of the right of voting who arc opposed to the formation of the new county. It is natural to suppose, that those people living along the edge 01 the proposed new county would be more opposed to It than anywhere else and by cutting them off from their voting precincts they (ould not have been enabled to make any effectual opposition and would probably have; been forced to go into the new county without having the right of protesting by ballot. In that case, Woodruff would have gotten the advantage of this area without the disadvantage of the opposition vote which is certain to he cast from these districts. Forming Tire Comvany. Mr. Traccy T. Lamar, of Auvusta, has been in the city several days so liciting subscriptions to (ho capital stock of a $500,000 automobile tire manufacturing company, the plant of which is to be located In Augusta. Mr. Lamar states that he has been very successful III di* section Of the coun try, automobile owners showing con siderable interest in this southern Indus! ry. Captured in Vslicvillf. Deputy Sheriff Rcld returned last Tuesday from Ashovlllo where ho had iroi to brill'; back to this county George Chappcl, a negro. Ohappol is charged with disposing of property under mortgage and had skipped to \ ovlllo to avoid arroSt, He bad been running a small farm on the Seaboard 1 bei Cen Clinton and MountVlllC. President Wilson Again Ap pears Before Congress. A IN URGENT DUTY TO REFORM BANKING For the Scc?ud Time Since His In auguration President Wilson Ap peared liefere the Joint Assemblies to Urge Currency Legislation. Washington, June 2:1. a ilxi it de termination to have currency legisla tion passed at this session of con gress was accepted by members of. the house and senate today as Pres ident Wilson's text Tor the currency message, which be personally pre sented to congress assembled in joint, session in the house ehamher. Moth Democrats and Republicans saw in the carefully worded appeal of t.ho president an earnest conviction that the money situation must by dealt, with before congress adjourn- ttltl committee work on the administra tion Pill which will soon be Intro duced in t he bouse by Represent it ivo Glass and in the senate by Senator Owen From the rostrum of the house chamber the president in carefully modulated tone? that carried his words to every corner of the chain her. read the brief message he had prepared, Crowded galleries, cabin el ofllcials, senators and representa tives. Democrats and Republicans But in a tense rIIoIICO as the vresldenl, with for<eiui earnestness told Ihoni. "It is certainly clear that It is our duty to supply the new banking ami currency system the country needs, ami that it will Immediately 11.1 it more than e\ or "We must act now what.'.", tj?) sacrifice to ourselves. I should bo recreant to my deepest eouv rtlnnsj oi public obligations, did I ho' im press it upon you with solemn til urgent Insistence." The occasion was the p ?> ddout'H second defiance oi the custom nl ; It) years Which sent presidents' sages, long, dull documents, to droned to weary congressmen 1 hoarse voiced clerk. The iff r moved smoothly. The senate Hid house gathered in the house , hin bor where the galleries already had been crowded and the members Chat ted while they awaited the presi dent's coming. The cabinet oilie r. , except Secretary of state Urynn mil Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who with their wives occupied gallery seats, bud places on the Moor of the bouse. President Not Ncrwms. A joint committee led by Majority Iscador Underwood and Senator Kern met the president and escorted > 11 in. to the Hoik's desk on the rostrum. Mr Wilson apparently was lees ner vous than when he first faced the big assemblage of legislators to deliver bis tariff address. As he spoke Mi., gathering sat In attentive llenee, marking carefully the points which the president's diction and intonation forced on their attention. When i" h.-nl concluded there was a burst 01' applause and be bowed his way out after shaking hands with Vice Presi dent Marshall and Speaker Clark At both bouse and senate end., ol the Capitol and among both Demo (rats and Republicans tonight tho conviction was deeply axed that the president's solemn and earnest Insist ence on currency legislation would result in Immediate activity In Lho legislative branch. Chairman Glass of the house banking and currency com mittee and Chairman Owens of the senate committee both conferred with thO president after he deliver ed his addrens and both proparod for the early introduction of the admin istration currency bill which now is being revised in some minor feature of phraseology. Tiie bill will go in'? both houses this week. Wann < rltlelses Adversely* The first authoritative statement on the president's message was criti cal and came from Republican Load er Mann of the house lie said tho message was a Ime 'example of el 1 sic; 1 English but there is nothing (Continued on PdgO Four. >