The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 16, 1921, Image 5
Local and P4rsonal Mention. *
Mir. H. S. Goggans, of Cross Hill, twas
a visitor in the city Monday.
'Mrs. 'Edward McCrady, of Greenville,
4 is Visiting Mr. and Mrs.'James C. Todd
this week.
'Miss Lillah Todd hns returned to the
cit3' after visiting Gov. and Mrs. R. A.
Cooper' in, Colutmbia for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cunningham, who
ave been alck for the past month,
have recovered from their indisposition
and.'are able to be um:) again
Mrs. Nim B. Sullivan, of Anderson,
has beet spending several days in the
city with har parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
MHIs l'tary Ferguson, who is now 1i
'brarian of the Carnegie Library -i
Greniwood, has been spendhig severai
days it the <ity witb relatives.
Mr. N. C. Hughes Jr., engineer of the
county- highway commission, went
down to Colum-bla yesterday to attend
-a meeting of engineers, where Ie reMi
a paper on top-soil construction
Samuel M1cGowan, Esq. of Washing
ton, 1). C., has been in the city for the
past several days and las been an in
terested visitor upon 'tle sessions of
-the Court of General Sessions.
Mr. W. Carl 7Whanton, of Waterloo,
was among the visitors in the city
yesterday. Asked as to the condition
of his father, Col. J. 1-i. Wharton, form
er state senator, Mr. Wharton said that
the colonel was getting along as well
as could be expecte(d and was the cen
ter Qf a ham:py gathering Sunday when
he cel'brated the fiftieth anniversary
of his iyedding dlay.
GREENWOOD BARS
THE PUBLIC ,DANCE
01,7 (Onundil 'Prdlilblis Enitertaluments
in Futttre of Certain Order.
Greenwood, March 8.-The dances
given 'in this city have become the
-snbiject 'of so .much uinfavorable crit
icism -that ut a meeting of the city
oouncil last 'Thuirsday night, strong
steps were taken, and all -public dances
were iule(d oit. The council let it be
Imown that' if necessary an ordinance
to this effect would be passed. The
so-called oratorical ball here last
spring was considered a disgrace to
Greenwood and was severely con
demunedby the press and the good peo
jdc of Greenwood. While these dances
may he no tworse than they are at other
0laces they are not ny'anted here. Pres
idents of colleges have written citizens
I)rotesting against a dance hcre in con
nection with the oratorical contest
wlileh is to be held 'here in April. The
chamber of commerce got behind the
dance proposition and at its i'(ieAt
41he council acted. It shou1i(l be inder
stood that the good people of Green
wooI are in hearty sympathy -with the
actiomof the council, and th-at they are
as strongly opposed to these (lances
as atre the presidents of the colJeges
who have tmade protests against them.
Thew following 'is 'the text of the resoluo
tion piassedi by the council and the let.
ter of the' chamber)C of comumer'ce:
Walewas, Public (lances cond~uctedl
in this town for the last two or thr'ee
years to Which all persons, r'egardiless
of charadter have .been admitted on
p~aymnft of' 'an ndlmittancee fee have
'given ise to much adverse criticism
andi condenumation by our religious antd
educatitonal leaders.
Thmere'fore be It reosolvedl Ftirst, That
we desire toe assure those who have
the religions and moral ,well-b~eing of
'the young people of this coimmmity
at heart that we are in full symjpathy
with them in all eifforts for thle pro'
s er'vtiton of thbe good. tinme of this
Secon, Tht wilte de do not think
it wise or nec'essary13 to) (enaCt an or'di
inancei prtohtibitinK uicih (dances nat
ithis: timeit. wei standi ready to (enaclt iiuchl
ani ord1ina nce if Itic pr'eva illin g sent i
.ment of the good ipeople is still dlisrc
garded.
Following is the let ter to 'the city
clerk( from the (eh-unbier' of commerce
in regard-i to the dlancie situiation:
Owin'g to thme fact that (Greenwvood
has sufferted to a gr'eat extent fr'om
4hle (crit'kicims .w hether tjust or utnjust,
dIre'ctedl at thle open publ,1ic (lances givi
en in (Gibbs trail on the oiccasion '?
the 1920 Oratorical Conitest we r'epect
fully.v reque(tl( that you sumbm I . t!'e
rcoumnme'ndat on tha't they oliill
priolhiit the hold(1 ig of publh ic dlances'
In the cIty. We believe that this ac
tion on the partt of the council is well
justifled as a Colice measure to protect
the good name of 'the etity and to pr'e
someil(' feat ures which ighit ar'ise and~
iorder to avolid the tepetitton of vio
1(ent criticism, wvhich attended the
gathein 1g of tihe young people of tihe
city, andt tihe visIting Rtdents at the
danmee muentionedl. which was ser'ioutsly
and ujustly dotrmImentalI to the repui
tation of GtreentwoodI as a mioral com
miunmity.
Closing out clothing at one-half
:rlce at
.. C. Ilnuen & (on, Tanrom'n, :3 C,
Miss Christopher to Wed
Friends here of Miss Josibel Chris
toPher, of Atlanta, who ,is pleasantly
remembered as a guest of Dr. and Mrs.
A. J.i Christopher last summer, will
read with interest the announcement
of her engagement which was carried
in The Atlanta Journal Sunday morn
ing, as follows:
Cordial Interest centers in the an
nouncement by Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Christopher, of the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Josibel Christo
pher and LMr. Robert Henry Humphrey,
of Siwainsboro, which will be solemn
ized April 14.
Miss Christopher attended the Girls
high school and later Hollins institute
in Virginia, where she was a member
of the Phi Mu society. She is an only
daughter. and the sister of Mr. IDenc
Christopher.
Mr. i-lunzphrey first was a student at
Emory college, Oxford, where 'he was
a member of the Alpha Tau Omega
fraternityj aid of the B. V. S. society.
Later Mr. Humphrey attended the Uni
versity of Georgia, and the law school.
)uring the war he was In the navy.
life is now engaged in the practice of
law in Swainsboro.
000
A Surprise Marriage
Mr. Stanley W. Crews, of this city,
and Miss Alton Morse, of Woodruff,
were quietly marrieI in Spartanburg
yesterday afternoon by Rev. S. T. Hall
man, pastor of the Lutheran church in
that city, the ceremony taking place
at his home. The giom was accom
panied by .his two sisters, Misses Al
Ilene and Harlan Crews, and two of his
friends, Messrs. IDave Childress and
.John Inman. The iparty motored to
Woodruff where they were joined by
the bride-to-be, 'going on to Spartan
'burg where the ceremony Was per
form ed.
'Mrs. Crews 'is originally from Cin
einn'atti, but has been making her
home for the nast year .with 'her -uncle,
!Mr. J. W. Worse In Woodruff. She Is
an accomplished young lady, having
finished her education at Winthrop
College. The groom Is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Crews and is clerk and
treasurer of the city.
The happy couple is expected to ar
rive in the city tomorrow where they
will make their home.
31rs. It. B. Todd
ctra. 10llzabeth Donnan Todd wife of
1i. ii. Todd, formerly of this county.
died at her home in Greenville Tl'hur.
(lay and was hirlied at, SaIdy 'pings
chtlirebl, this coitlity, Satu rday, Rev. Mr.
Biouknight condiiteting the services.
Mrs. Todd was a (laughter of the late I.
M. Doninan, who dil in .Greenville on
ly a few weeks:3 ago. For several years
-;he had lived in P:arling-ton. but moved
to GreenvIlle abou;t. n month ago in
search of a more invigorating climate.
.Blesides9 her hiusband she is survived
hy two brothers, J. M. Donnan, or this
city, and R. C. Deotan, of Greenville.
Lente4s for Brazil
Dr. and( .\rs. A. B. Langston and
family' w.'il leave in a few (days for a
short visit to .\lrs. Langston's piarenits
in Kentucky and .will go from there to
New York to sail on April 6 for Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, to again take uly their
dtsinthe mission field. Dr. Lang
s 'ton returns to miss'ionary workc in
Brazil after a year's furlough at home.
While in this country lhe has preached
at1 various1' ti mes in local. chlie s aind(
his recitals of miissionariy acetiviti1'
in Soulth A merlea hav been i l~iIistened'(
'to withi deep initerest.
Sor h'ec at Old Field's ('huorch
Special I ervice will he helid at Old1
Fie'ld's 'Presbyterian clhuirch next Sun --
day; a fterooni. Sundi~ay school wIlv' l be
held at, 3 o'clock and regular service
at 4 o'clock. Ax. C. Trodd, 1.., of Lau
rcens, will make an address5 on someC
phlase of the "Piresbyterian Prog insive
Program". The puile is inivitedl.
('otloni a Littled Stronglifer
Trhe cottoni mariket showed an up
ward tendency yesterd~ay, buiit remiains'
very wia k. i.oca I po s are q ioted
aroundil II cents.
PALMETTO'( iLODOE, No. 19, A. F. Mf.
A ireguanr coiimmiention
of Palimetto Lodge. No. 19,
A. -N.I., will 1,' held on
liiDAY' .itit Marco I18th,
ojclait 7:-15 O'clock. .\lembers'l
By order if
Socretaury.W.M
Mr. IR. ('. Kliunk Te(lls aWndru
Story AIbout Rats. Ifend 1t.
"For months my place was alive
wilth rats. Losing chickens, eggs,.feed.
Fienid told me to try RAT-SNAP. I
dlid. Somewhaut dlisapp~ointed at first
not seeing many dead1( rats but in a few
days dlin't see a live one., Whiat weire
not kil led are not aroundi~ my place.
R AT-SNAPI surie does thle trick." Three'c
sizes, 35(, 650c, $1.25. Sold1 and1 giiar
anteed by Laurenis Hlardwar'e Co., Put
u~n nlrig Sonre, anmd Kcnnedy nro.
QEO. H. VIGHWT ADVOCATES
ROAD BOND ISSUES
S4 County Should ContineProgres.
81ve Policies Already Begun.
Editor The Advertiser:
Please -permit me the use of your
columns -to have soiething to say to
the people regarding the election to
be held on April-5th, owhich is adver
-tised in this- week's ipapers, for the
purpose of voting on two proposed
bond issues.
Our delegation, at the last session of
the legislature passed two acts, the
first of w'hich provided for an election
for the purpose of Issuing $30,000.00
in bonds for building. a road from
Clinton to Musgrove Mill. The other
act provided for voting on a bond is
sue of the sa-me amount for the pur
pose of completing the Piedmdnt High
way, which is now under construction,
from Owings Station to Fountain Inn.
It seems to me that the people of our
county should vote favorably on both
of these pirpositions. The road from
Clinton to Musgrove Mill will put that
section of the county into close touch
with the Cross .Anchor section of Spar
tnbnrg county and also with a portion
of Union County and iwill no doubt re
suit in bringing a considerable amount,
of trade inte our county. Clinton is
certainly entitled to this road and we
should all do our best to see that she
gets it.
As to the completion of the road
from Owings to Fountain Inn, we all
realize the importance of completing
this short link, which will result in
there being an improved top soil road
from IKinards, on the Newberry line,
straight through to the mountains of
weatern North Carolina. A top soil
road through Newberry and Lexington
counties Is -now under construction,
opening the way from Columbia
straight through to the mtoutains.
As stated above, these two elections
should certainly he carried by the vot
ers of the county, for In the first tplace
the roads to be provided are very tim
portant and In the second place, even
though times are hard, the cost to the
tax-payers of the county will be less
than one mill.
Lait 'week at a meeting of the Com
mercial Club, of Clinton, comprising
one hundred business men, they unan
Imously passed a resolution in which
they pledged their support to both of
these projects and in return they ask
the balance of the county to do the
same.
It seems to me that the people of
Laurens should give a very large vote
in favor of these two projetA, for the
City of Laurens, owing to its geogra:h
leial location, has received far more
benefit from the top soil roads which
have been built than any other section
of the counly and their position would
be most ungraclous. and selfish should
they not whole-heartedly support these
two projects.
Certainly citizens of Cross 11111,
.lointville, Gray Couit, Tnimbling
Shoals, Princeton and other comiiu n
ities, who have gotten the benefit of
impi avedI roads, should also give thtelir
unqualifIed indlorsement and should
they fail to do so, they wvould niecess
sarily be open to a great deal of right
coius citicismi for their selish attitude.
Inven 'those sections of the county,
which have not as yet gotten any bene
fit from the improved highways, should
supplort these two projects for the rea
son that the county should undertak~e
improved road avork each year' and
those sections not now benefitt(d, 50oon
wouildl be.
Th'le Hlighway Commission expiects to
have the new road between Laur'ens
and Clinton cuoon for traille in four' or
live weceks. Hly t hat tim th1W1le P'Ciemon!
iilighw ;ay fromn .auire ns to C ray ('our;
v.il! also haye leen coinpleted. The
comi iisslon ex ledts to is. gin a I a v'ery
early d (ate the eriect ion of a conicret e
brid(1ge overi Sou th tabun n (reek, on the
Pinciletonl road, which(1 wIll resuli t Iin
the fInal coimpletioin of that road.
The roads4, which the Iliiway Comn
mission has1 'oimplletedl andc Is new
buildi11ng, wvit h one ex(ceptioni, ar .h eing
minntalnedl ns State roadls, and on this
account .thle Super)Cv isor' ha sheen re
lieved of the uip-keep of these thlrough~
l ines. Th is is resuiltinog !n greatly Iinm
prmoved work on cross-couintry r'oads.
in conicl usion let mne ask the ipeople
of our euntIy to contIinue theoir p rogres -
siv~e pol1iciles and see Ihlit a favorable
vote Is east in -thie elections to be held
uin Aipril I thi en bothI projectIs.
Sec. of Iliihway C'omnuision.
2'larch 12, l192i.
Enterialued4 af Vaughnlsillihe.
Mris. D). R. Scur ry very del ighitfiulIly
ante rtainedl at her attractive country
10ome below (1ross 11111, Tbhiursday a I
tiernoon from fouri to six. After a
pleasant social houri a delicious sal ad
souirse swas servedl by the hiosI(es, as
disted b~y is. ii. TL. Seurriy and Mliss
Mardh (Goggans.
Mr is. Scurry was charming in' a bean
tifuli gown of black tafl'eta and old1 lce.
A.b)out 20 ladhics enjoyed -Mirs. Seurry's
ospitah4ty and all departed dleclaring
thnv hadt neavn' hna a better time
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comfortable; upholstered in fine grade of
tapestry.
We are also showing some very unusual val
ues in reed and fibre suites.
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Laurens, S. C.
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