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* Local and Personal Mention. * 3Mr. W. W. 3all, -of Columbia, spent the week-end in the city With his mother, Mrs. B. W. Ball, and Mr. and 'Mrs. M. L. Copoland. Mrs. Dick Richardson and children, of Pinewood, arrived in the city last week to spend a few. days with Mrs. Richardson's father, Mr. J. II. Sulli van, on West Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar %Crews caie up from Waterloo Sunday to- spend the week-enid with relatives. Mir. Crows is now in charge of the bottling plant at Harris Springs. The friends of AIr. J. N. Wright -will be glad to learn that lie is somewhat -better after a serious selge of influ enza and pneumonia at his home on West Main street. Mr. Janies -Crews, now eml)loye(d in a large rubber manufacturing plant at Akron, Ohio, is spending a two tweeks' vacation in the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James T. -Crews. .Mr. 1). M. Norwood spent several days last week in Washington county, Ga., inspecting the drilling of oil wells which is now going on there. lie re 'turned home very much enthused ov cr the prospects of the companiy lie is interested in there. -Miss Sarah Bolt returned Sunday afternoon from Cameron where sue owent to act as a bridesmaid at the wedding of a former schoolmate. She continued to ("ray Court the same af ternoon to take up her work in the Gray Court-Owings school. Mrs. J. 1). W. Watts, 'who has been undergoing treatment in a Sumter hospital for the past several weeks, was brought back home Friday some what improved in health but not yet entirely well. flier many friends hope for her an early recovery. Mr. 'Oscar Henderson, the local cot . ton buyer, was stricken with influen . za the first of the week and was taken to the home of his relatives, MIr. and Mr. 0. 13. sAmmons, yesterday. Al though not ill, he was not at all well yesterday. News was received in the city last week of the successful examination 1passed in Washington by John Russell Minter, nephew of Mi'. E. P. Minter, of this city, fori a vice consulship. Mr. -Minter has been placed on the eligible list. and will very )iobablY receive an appointment at an early Mir. Thos. R. ii'nsteriy, Thmpun! by Messrs. Henry Franks, Frank' Calie, Lau rence liarksdale, Richard Dunlap and Fred Whani, left Sunday for )elr'olt to bring back a lot of Dodge cars for the Palmetto Auto & Accessory Company. On account of the lack of shipping facilities, it was found necessary to go up and bring them -back thriough the country. Mir. and Mrs. 0. 13. Simmons received a message a few days ago from theiir daughter, Miss Iothel Simmons, who ,is teaching in Maryland, stating that she was Ill of influenza und that an operatioin might be necessai'y to ob tain relief. They intendled going up to be at her becdsidie yesterday, but r'eceivedi a wire stating that her con diltion had( iunpr'oved and that theli' attendance wvas not necessai'y.. C11ILDRE1iN BUY TI l"iT STA3M11'S. Tihrift Wleek Observedi in .Sc'hools Here anid E xcellenit ite'sutdis (Oltaine'd. ~Thle week ending with Friday, M\arch fith which was set aside by the War Loan- Organization as Thr'ift Week in the schools, was observed in the city schools wiith excellent results. Thift stamps andl War Savings Stamps amounting to $1.12 swere' piurehasedh. This amount. was distributed among the gradles as follows: Fourith Griade-- 761 Tlhrift Stamps aund 3 i~Tar Savings Stampls. Second Grade-5T2 Thrift Staum and 3t 'War Savings Stamps. First (Grade 34 Thrift Stamps. Thii'd Grmade-32 Thr'ift Stamps. Sixth and Seventh (;radles-18 Thrift Stamps. 'Fifth Or'ade-1'i2 Thr'ift Stamps, Sixth Oraude-- 10 Thrmife Stamips and 2 War' Savings Stamps, Seventh (Grade-5 Thrift Stamps and~ 2 War' Savings Stam'ps. Lauirens 'Mill School-9 Thrift Stainps. PresbyterinM Anxiliary to Meet. South Carolina Pi'eshyteriah Auxil iary wvili moet at GIreenvaic church, April 6th and 7th. Auxiliaries are asked to send names of representatives two weeks prior to the meeting to Miss Marie Bowie, chairman of hospitality committee, Shoals Junction, S. C. An Instructive 'program is being arranged and a full attendance 1s dlesired., (Miss) Louise C. Flening. Greenwood, S. C., March 12, 1920. Oyster and Ice (Crehm $iipper. The public Ia invited to attend an oyster and lce cream stippei' at IYoungs school house Saturday night, Mfarch 20, 1920. The procebda are to be used for the purchase of a musical AtrLoe t9 tii c~haol 'COURT ADJOURNBD THURSDAY. Criminal Court Adjourned Late Thurs day Evening After Disposing of Jail Cilses and Others Ready for Trial. The -March tern of criminal court adjourned late Thursday evening af ter having given most of the day to tile trial'of Turner Nance, colored, for forging the -name of Mr. Clarence Cun ingham, of Waterloo, to a check on the Palmetto Bank. After remaining out for several hours, the jury return ed a verdict of guilty and the court gave a sentence of three years and sirpended one half of it on condition that the defeadant return to the bank the amount of the loss, around $700. Ar.other forgery case tried during the same week was that of Albert Iasley, charged with forging checks on the in'erprise National [lank of Lauirens and the First National Bank of Clin ton. The total of tile two checks wits around $400. He plead guilty and waj given a sentence of two years at hurd labor. Defendants in both cases wele negroes. Wednesday morning the court took up the case of Barnie Wasson, a young whit.e man, charged with viola tion of the dispensary law. A verdict of guilty was found by the jury and a. sentence of six months passed by the court. .Thunsday morning the court placed a fine of $40 apon F. M. Farr, a prom inent citizen of Clinton, for failure to report for jury duty. Mr. Farr plead ignorance of the law as his reason for not reporting, but .Judge Sease held that this was not suf 'icient excuse. . Other cases heard during the week and not reported in the last issue of this paper were a,; follows: Cooksie Perry, convicied in his ab mence tor violatior. cf the prohibition law. Andrew Bonds, also tried in his ab sence, was found guilty of seduction and a scaled sentence handed d]own. 'Sam John, also tried in his absence, was found guilty of housebreaking and a scaled sentence handed down. Johnson was around the court house the early part of the week, but falled to turn up at his trial. Mr. ilierbert Martin, his employer, appeared in court Thursday afternoon and made a plea on the defendant's behalf, saying that Johnson had been informed that the case would not comne up for trial at !his sessiion and was eonseiueitly not present to testify for himself. The judge told Mr Martin that the excuse 1 111 .h1,At ,.bald in court, but that jobnson c'oUld secure temporary re lief by appealing for a new trial and givJng hond. Yesser Young, colored, was convict ed of violation of the prohibition law and 'was given a sentence of six monlthis or $500, sentence being sils pended during good behavior and on the payment of $100. .ohn Clardy, another absentee, was found guilty iII his absence of assault and battery. Villie It. Anderson, whose convie tion was recorded in the last issue of Tile Adlvertiser, but who( was absent at is trial, was applrehlend~ed in Win ston-Salenm Sunday ando broughlt black to tile city Mlonday night by ileput y Sheriff Ilicks Owings. Stole Iludson ('ar. Thomas M~ay, of Greenville, was ar' rested near' (Biarksdale S'tation last wveek by D~eputy Shleriff Owings oil the charge of stealing a Hudson01 toulring car from Dr'. Crenshaw, of (GreenvillIe. May broutght tile car down to Laur'ens Thursday and ar'oused suspicion whien lhe attempted to soil tile cal' at an uin reasonably chleap) price. ILocal peace officers got in toulch 'with tile Green ville poli1ce andl were advised that the car wvas stolen property. In the meantime May ha~d gotten wind of thle activities of tihe local officers and at temiptedl to make ils ecapeh. litmiry Friday mloring lie was accosted by Deoputy Owvings making is way to Greenville andl was put under' ar'rest. Officers came dlown' Fiday alfternloon andl carrledl tile car and11 pisoner' back to Greenville. W. M. U. Meeting P'ostponed. Tile meeting of the First Divhior of tile W. M. UJ., of the 1LurenIs Hait tist Association, will not he0 held at flethlany church on March 20th, as plreviously announcedl. Mr's. W. WN. Yeargin, in chlarge of the .program, has announced that tile prevalence of infhilenza has necessitatedh a chlange of Plans. Win n-Foxwvorth. Mirs. Frances IEleanor Wilnn, mother of Mi's. J. R. Murff, of this city, has annoulnced the marriage of her' other daughter, Nina 10lizabeth, to Mr. .Iohn Gary Foxworth, of Charleston. Tile marriiage occurred onl Charleston on the Fourteenth of February. ('artd of Thnnks. We wishl to thank 0our fr'iends and neighbors nyho were so kinid to u5 durti ing the sickness and death of our dear' mothler, Mu's. $allie Whlaley. May (lod's richest blessings rest upon each of them and especially Mrs. WN. WN. Hun..1 ter and M4rs. A. :W, afartin. The Childr'es. p ~ + SOCIETY. + P+ + ++++ *+ ++ + + Rhodes-Wilson. A home wedding took place last Sat irday evening at the home of Mr. and Ors. Dick Owiings on North Harper street, When their cousin, Miss Anna Rhodes, was wedded to Mr. T. Ml. Wil ion. The wedding look place at seven >'clock. The pretty and charming )ride was beautifully dressed in a blue divertone suit. The ceremony took lace in the parlor and wias a (uiet af 'air. The wedding service was said )y Rev. C. T. 'Squires. After the mar riage the young couple left on their honeymoon. Mrs. -Wilson is a be loved young woman of Laurens and is ield in highest esteem by all who know ier. She has been with Switzer Co. 'or the past year. Mr. Wilson Is a roung gentleman from Lake City and In a prosoperous tobacco farmer and will no doubt make a success in his chosen work. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson carry with them the best wishes of all who know them. 0 0 0 Halley-Peeples. iClinton, March 13.-A pretty home wedding which took place at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. id Mrs. Preston Urooks Halley of :1inton, March 6, at high noon, was that. of Miss Annie, Bailey and Iler bert C. .Peeples of E.,still. The only littendant was 'Dr. 11. R. .Johnson of Iistill, nephew of the bridegroom, iwho Eicted as best man. Only the two families and a few in Limate friends were invited to -witness the ceremony which was impressively performed by the Rev. Edward Long, D). D.. of the First laptist church. The living room was gracefully dee Drated with ferns and cut flowers. The bride and bridegroo mentered together to the strains of Mendels sohns wedding march. The bride was most becomingly dIressed In a stylish midnight blue tri cotine suit 'with hat and gloves to match. She wore a corsage of bride roses and swansonia. Immediately after the ceremony an informal reception was held and a buffet luncheon was served. Mrs. Peeples is not only one of the most charming but also one of the most llpplar ynong women of Clin ton. 'While -Mr. Pteples, who spent one year with the American army in France served in the Thirtieth dlivi s!on, and is a prosperous and well liked young business man of E~still. Upon their arrival they were met by sisters and brothers of the bride groom, and entertained royally at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ). I. Peeples, where they were served a course din ner. Only their pastor and his wife. the Rev. il0. N. Nungezer, 1). R., of the First llaptist 1 church of Estill were present 'with the immediate family of the bridegroom. The dlinner table was5 adlorned with carnations and candles. The honme was decorated t hroughiout wvithi fern. palmsw and1( carnations. .\r. and .\rs. P'eoples will make their home for the present with Mr. and Mrs. D). I. Peeples of IEst il. They wvere the recipients of many useful gifts of wvhich were two beau tiful chests of silver presenitedu by the two families. Quarterly Meet of W. M1. I', Quarterly mieeting. of Second Divis ion of W. M. UT. wvill nmeet 'with Poplar Springs church, March 27, 19 20. Morning 'Session. 10: 30-D-levotional.-Mrs. Lula .lonies. WVords of 'Welcome*--Mrs. l'ugenie SImpson. lieports-W. M. S., Y. W. A., ii. 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