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V. . S S S S S S S S . . , , . ,* * * Local and Personal Mention. * * e* * *50 *0 **e e Se.. , .\il. Joe Aiken, of Orecenwood. was a bu.. ss visitor In the city ..londay. p Mr. J. . Johnson, of Gray Court, was a visitor in the city Monday. Born to 'i'. and Mrs. (. D. Allen, Sunday, a boy. Miss Carrie 'Marshall, of Sumter, is the guest of Dr. and M1rs. J. 11. Teague. i-. and Airs. 0. 1). Riddle have re turined to their home in Atlanta after visit:n1g thei r mother, Mrs. C. .M. Riddle. mtcll Rebecca Lake has returned to the city after visiting Miss Tallulah ('udd in Spartanburg for several days. .'\r. and .lrs. .1. 11. Shelley andi son, WI'iiam, of Iartsville, are visiting .\It, and Mirs. A. L. Mahaffey for a few days. Mr. and Mi s. J. H1. Aloore, of Ports mouth, Va., are the guests of l'. an(d Mrs. A. L. alahaffey. for a few days. .Mr. S. .1. Wilkes is spending this week in lIigh l'oint, N. C., in attend ance i POn tl e 1"urnt1re iEx osition. lr. and Airi'.. Watts 4'avis, of *lin ton, wCT Visitor's in the city yester Ahrs. J. D. Weaver, of Atlanta, is on ' fI w days' visit to her brother, Mr. .1. 8. Denntt, of this city. .lMr. a111d Al's. W.:Ivl Wilson, of ( _ tonia, N. C., have heen spendin a few iay in the city with Dr. 1,. S. Fuller ~d .irs. D). A. Davis. M . l. Iloy C. liilton arrived in the city Friday from Colua mbus, Va., to .' nd a part of the summer with her mtlothe:r, .\irs. laitra liasterby. .i s Alpha )Jolt will reTurin to the city tle latter part of the week from anl extended visit in Marion, All illins a nd Newbern, N. C. .lisses Patty and IreOne Wilkcs are speowndillg some time in AIbbeville with their sisters, 'Mrs. .1. Moore Mars and Airs. W. Joel Smith, .\Irs. John Morgan and children, of 'nion, have arrived in the city to v!sit Mir. and irs. P. A. Simpson for a fow days. 1iir. and 'Mrs. J. II. Teague have as theIr guests Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Lang ley and Mr. Ed. Meish, of Sanford, Fla., an(i liss \larie Teague, of Mountville. Friends of \ir. 11. A. Sullivan, Jr., tvill be glad to learn that lie is expect e( to return to the city in a few days after undergoing treatment at the army hospital at Bristol, Va. Mrs. II. C. Davidson and little daugh .Mary Louise, of Charlotte, N. C., I nr' the guests of Miss Aurelia Vance at the home of her aunt, Mirs. (eo. Al bright. \r. and 'Mrs. W. II. Whitley and lit tle (ati ghter left yesterday for thei r home in Albermarle, N. C., after visit in thoir father, .r. .1. ii. Sullivan for Some itile. Miss Lalla Lee Lucius, of Ellliott, and' Aiss lIarr'iett Alayer, of Newherry, hav retlitne to 11 theu' irolies after visiting Miss C.'artrio Fleming for sev -:Al days. M. I. TIerr, who has been sick at hhome for several weeks, is show ina signs of imprtov'einenit butt hIs phy3 sie'l'mn has not yet given his e'rimis Msttn to i'eturn'i to his wvork. .\lt':. ('lar a K''nnedy has rt'urniedo~ to her homge in Lyvnchbuirg. \'a., after ipending tw 'wO) ek s wit h rt''atives int 141rtens, Heri Iwo sonts, L a wrencet and .Jack will remaiti lot' several ~weeks yet. .Mr. 'Vlyde F~o leri, of Groenville, nt a few liouris In thle city .Monday, (aming tdown froni Owings, whiichi Ito had "eovered"h' fot' thle GreenivilIe branch of the Dlx he Flour & Graini Comipany. l4wr'ence 'PooleI, (if En:TOr'e lioute 2,was a visitotr In Laurtetns .\ionday. 0II. (010 is speninI g is vac atito' at home neiar Inotee aftrt a very eI'ussfulI yearis' 'york at Th'le Shienan deah) Vol legilate Inst i tot and R. htool (f .\lei at D~ayton, Va. Dr.' John Thomas'Ihut ledwe has t'e tulrnied to the city with his bide, w~ho was Mliss Cuba Nutnez, of Swaitisboro, Ga. They' were married at thle home of the brilde's lparents last Wedneisdlay 11nd afteor a wedd~lI ing t'll in NorthI ('artoilna they returined lierte, w~htere' Dr. Htut ledge hits recently entered thle Ilra('tiee (f dlentistr'y. Senator' and Mt's. N. 11. h)!al antd family have arrived fr'omt Washington andt~ have opienedl up li thr' Laur ens home for a partt of thle summer. Sen. l~lhil arrived last week, but Mirs. Dia) stop~pedl over in G;reenisboro, N. C., to visi' friends for several day3s andl~ or rive'd, Monday, Th'ieir datughter, Mi's. Williams, of IBirminogham, Ala., is also s;pending awhile wIt h them hiete. C'alt, Felix W. Carlisle, formerly a den~I~tt of this city wvhen his SOn-in -fi' Br'oadlus C'lardy, was making he'adoutar'ters hetre, but now in the cot ton buiness in Spartian'burtg, -was a visitor itn thie ('ity Sunday. (Capt. Car liSle states that he has all the faeili th's in Sparitatiburg, wh leih he enlla a ''sporting town,'' for the cotton busi ness5 and is r'eadly to accommn'odate his ftndl~s to the limit. ,1. 1'. Ihl'ILNS & ('0. 2 S'T'QItP' IN I AUJiftNM' .SheIllIlllings Mrs. Janie 0. Shell announces the marriage of ier daughter to ir. le(nnedy Crawford Billings Monday, Jlune the twenty-seventl -Nineteen hundred twenty-one Glay Court, South Car olinia. At Iome after July the fifth Lancaster, South Carolina. 00 0 To Be Married Wednesdn y The following Invitation has been recived by fricids here o;f Aliss V . inia Rhodes, who ta.ugt domestic Science in the Laurens iigh -School u(hiring the past session and who m1iade n.1ny frienlds Vho will be interested fin the announceient of her ap' roaeh ing mnarrige: ir. aMn d .1l 1r-. F. I. R hodes Drtuest tho honi" iour of your pr :-en'eC at the imariae of their dauuhteur \'rginia to Mr. Leonl Franvce Yates rn Wdln'?sday evna'J1 July sixth Sd h:.ilf ht ;i ::ht'e oe First HaptiCnz Church*0 flarvle 1. h Ca.11 rollI'm SaLtrday afternoon. .luntle :, at the First .\letldit Chirelh pars;onaye, Rev. P1. F. Kil, o united in marriage Mr. ienry '1. Iearn ai nd Miss Pellerree Hlolland, both of Clini ton. It was a uiet affair, only a fcw friends being present. 000o 11llo.Sone Miss Maud1 B. Iobo, daughter of Mr. .. F. lolho, and ir. J. Roscoe Stone, of this city, were lappily married Satur day afterndon at the home .of the of fleiating minister, Rev. C. E. Vermil lion. 000 Mrs. Rolfe E. Hughes entertained at Bridge Tuesday evening in -honor of .Miss Carrie Fleming's hottse guests, 'Misses Lalla Lee Luelus and liarriett Mayer. After the games a teIp1ting salad course was served. 000 Tuesday evening Mliss Margaret Din lap entertained in honor of Misses Lucius and Mayer and her owni house guest, Miss Mary Bowers. After a niuiiber of games of l3ridge were played a salad cou roe was served. 0 0 0 Thursday iorning .\liss I Lillab Todd CentertaineId at Bridge in 0 honor of .ilisse i~ueius and .Mayer. DelihtfuII refreshmiens were served after I he salines. o Ii 0 0 00 tain\ed W nesday morning in honor and .\ises Lu Cus and oayer id(te Yo g rlewas thefor of edrtanert thbe I"'ae eig tory miuchb(enjoyedA dlicious salad course was served. Wednesda evening .\ise .ueius* Young . Brdg was la ed afe which ankla ourse ad sfrved. ,pn h -r.1 .\ CohViriiSiv t anedas hostessy frdashveing to a) numblfer ffrend in hoo wee\lss ithefusend.\yr rdge was Jaobd, Sati whiss arda lightfuersaon tors w serd 'i thee e of reaie hee tol eek. Frank Ioln aniiid lftml Sent the f teek-neding sreverwol wkwith laivs Mr's. J. . Colema n eti'ned'.\londa fromsdashington, las we. After and idnast weeks1 oft frwiends.hst si'te. J. e. JacobsS. sad Motise Cand li(ucteattil' lowe guests:ofMr. Mewsn dMes. IKmennet i', ..f S Jabsr, .i' tiheiet ofts reatve hereOthns wek.. C.R 1',feece Young. Mranges G a t r.W.P acb,netained the "deMmns 11)ls "Tdesday aftenoo ast e Afutrya Mresant hou Cofeng Jr.hea host-s served a delicious saladl course, hot rolls tea( to0( theaf.oin ust:Ms -Mrs. John Daisad delihfldyen-r elub. rltie i ata COURT ADJOURNED FRIDAY Much Progress .Miade After O wens Case Disposed of but Many Cases Yet to be Tried. The court of general sessions ad journed Friday afternoon after dispos ing of aboutt a score of cases or about a fourth of the docket. A considerable Part of the week was taken up *with the trIal of Claude Owens, note(d else where, and after his case was dis posed of the court proceeded with dis patch. Of the seventeen mun sent to the chain gang as a resul. of this court, nine1 of them dre white men. In his remarks in disillsslg tle grand jury for the term, Judge Gary took occ'tsiol to remark 111)011 the large nnimher of white men In the court, saying thait tills condition was not peculiar to -laat riens county )ut existe(l in other' coun ties of the state where he hadi held Court. Juid.ge Gary said that he was not able to explain the eaise of this increase ill crime among the 'white Ieo ple, butt ur eged tile need of a deep study of the problei. Eigit of tile ine white mlen sent up were implleated inl robbery of some kiid, the niiith imu Claude Owens, being sent up ifr man sia laugter. The following Cases were d'isposed of since this paper was last is.,Ierl: Luther Writ, IarIceny of live stock, Convicted and sentenced to four at hard lahor. It was alleged that Wright stole a1 Cow and calf and ex. ried theom Into re(icdnwood county where he rOld them. -. P. Fuller aind Annie Adams were aequitted of the charge of house break Ing and larceny. Arthur Thompson w-as the prosecuting witness, the alih gation being that the defendants forei bly entered his house and took away a lot of furnitlure. The question of the ownership of the furniture proved a stumubling block in the way of the prosecution and the two defendants were cleared. R1a4ih Elkins, house bireakinlAg id larceny, was alleged to have entered Armstrong's mill and taken five or six busgels of corn. Ile was convicted and sentenced to -1 months at hard labor the judge taking into consideration 100 (lays of time which he had spent in Jail before his trial. George Davis, the negro man charged with shooting into the house of W. D. Sullivan, Jr., was convicted of assault and battery with Intent to kill and giv en a five year sentence. Conway Todd was acquitted of as sault and battery with Intent to kill. John 1Peterson was given four months for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. I4011 JohIson, eonv icted of using an animal without the owner's consent, was tried in his absen ce, Convicted and a sealed senteiie handed(l down. .1ohi Younag, con vIlted of violalion of the prohibition law, was givcn a six months' sentenve, but all hut one ionth was suspended during -ood be hiavior oin the payment of $O I. Plink Farmer was giveni a similar senitence 0on a simiIa r ehiarge. Fiank Chumiiiey', D~an Iolt. and .\a lion Mlarler, wite bioys foundit gull ty of hirenciy of auiitioobileI parits, weie giv en senilences of threte mloniths in the case of ('hiumley and 20 dlays In the ease of the other two bioys. Walter lHarnett, I losca G:irrett, ClIar ence Fianks and Fred Waddlell, youing wh ite pbo~ys conv~icted of encin ' g the iWatts Mills store, were gIven seni tenlces of tilrty dlays each. WOMAN is ELE("'ED IIEAlD 4W HAPTISTS~ P'rceden'lt Set by Northern laiptist s ill EIl tio lochi5eter Wlomnii. D)es ~Moines, Ia., June 27.-A pie cedent was established by the North ern iBa ptist convent ion today when a'rs. Ilielen Ha rrett Monltgomeiry, of 1loehester', N. Y., 'was Ceectedl presi (lent. She received 9t9 of the 1,11(0 votes cast. At the same time the coin vention was prided1(C over 'iby Mr s. Grant hi'dmundls of P'asadena, Cali fornia, a vise-president, after E. 12. Tustin, of Philadelphia, retiring pres idlent, hadl been stricken with a severe illness. Other offleers elected Included: Recording secretary, Re'v. .\l. E:. Levy, Pittsfild, Mass.; statistical sec retary, Rev. C. A. W~alker, West Ch~les ter', Pa., and treasurer, Frank 12. Miner', D~es Mioines. Seattle, Washington, was selected for the 1922 meeting. PresIdlents of liaptist church organ lzatioins were elected as follows: ForeIgn MIssIon soelety, lier. W. fS. Abernathy, 'Washington, D). C.; I iome alission society, Charles h. Hrock, Denver; *:Woman's ForeIgn Mission so. clety, Mrs. Andrew .\aelelsh, Glen coe, IllInoIs; Publication Society, IL. S. Chapmian, Newv York; W~omen's hap tist Missionary socIety, Mrs. U. W. Coleman, Boston. A report by flautist delegates to the federal connellI of clhur ches (if Chi st In A merflea, otitlinedl coop~erat tlve methods in manl phases of church woriik andl i CVi rentloll of duptili.. Cation of service. It was voted to al - lot thIrty-five thlousandl dollars as the Your Home Is What You Make It The longer you and your family live in your home, the more it becomes a part of you. Your furnishings should not only be good to look upon and serviceable, but should carry out the right spirit of your home. If you have outfitted your home in keeping with your desires you re always proud of your home. The arrangement need not be elaborate nor expensive. A few pieces of furniture well selected do more to make the home look well furnished than many pieces of ordi nary type. Let us aid you in giving your home those touches of snug sociabil ity which impresses visitors and home-folks alike. Our showing is complete; the quality of our furniture will inspire confidence in us, no matter what you buy .or the price you pay. Come in and see the new furniture suggestions---you will be pleased with our reasonable prices. S. M. & E. H. WILKES & CO. LAURENS, S. C. PRINCESS THEATRE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JULY 5-6 JOSEPH M. SCHENCK PRESENTS "Ghosts of Yetrdy From the Play "Two Women" by Rupert Hughes Directed by Charles Miller "ENCORE!' cried the gay Parisian revellers as Jeanne La Fleur sang her "chansons" in the Bal Tabarin. You, too, will want to see Norma Talmadge "again" in her famous dual characteriza tion of two women who were at one time alike and different. PRICES: 15 and 30 Cents Unaptist fihare of the expenses ol t-- -- -....e COnnflell.I fikthainy, Junie 27.----The eropsq are suf ferinug very imutch froma the <I ry, hot A we'ather. The gardlens of this ('0om munliiity have bteeni comple(tely ruinel. Tfhere was aR I gfoo~f Ctrd.'. at the ii. gramn. The ft. Y. ,P. 1'. sent dlele'gates to the tflaterly mleting fin G'recn ville Monday, Jutne 27. Thei H. Y. P. 1'. wlgvean fce etcatm su ppet at the L 4h Everybody iscrdayin telt a eoifhv vtend. 't 'The WVoodmien wilfl tunveil a mlonu-i n(ntatCdar Grove thurh Studay B rb c e n B s nirig a f ten tilik July th it. B l ;iond ball teami had a g amte Satuttrday aftertnoon. The score was 21 to I fn favor of Diethany. ... -- .