Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* *" eese , .... a e .; .e .., 0e * Local and Personal Mention * * *. * * * * * * * * * * * ** .. o6 WIr. .and ilrs. .J, P. Gray, of Wood ruff, were visitors in the city Alonday. 'Miss Charlotte McGcjvanj who is teaching at Asheville, N. C., spent Easter at home. * Mrs. Alva 'Weaver, of Lake -City, is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. 31i. Smith. Mrs. It. M. Wolff and little Poy ire spending some 'time witl relatives in AVinston-Salem, N. C. Mrs. W. D. Ferguson and AMrs. R. V. Ii'by left Monday for .Norfolk, ,Va., to visit friends for a few weeks. Mir. William Gray,-of .Wofford, spent the. week-end in the city with his par -ents, Ir. .an'd Mrs. AV. L. Gray. 'Miss Flora Bennett, of G. W. C. spent Easter in the city with 'her -parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bennett. Mlss Jean Wright, who is attending Chicora college, spent Easter in the city with her parents, Ar. and Mrs. Geo. M. 'Wright. .Misses lary Burton and Rebecca Clarke, teachers in Gastonia, N. C., spent ,Easter Ili the city with 'holne folks. Miss Virginia Montgomery, of Spar tanburg, spent. a few days last nyeek in the city as the guest of Miss Dell Montgomery on East rMain street. Lttle Misses Elizabeth; Sue and Ruth Jones, of Spartanburg, spent the Ieekend with their father, Ir. M. N. Jones, at IDew Drop I-nn. Miss Eula Burns, from G. -V. C.,' Greenville, spent the week-end at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L, E. Burns. Mrs. 'James 'R. Davis has returned home after having 'been in a Spartan -burg hospital for several weeks under surgical treatment. Mr. Frank Armstrong, engineer of the Pickens .County 'highway depart ment, spent Easter in the city with his parents, Mi. and Mrs. John A. Arm strong. Miss Martha Fran-ks, of Winthrop, spent Easter in the city 'with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Franks. S'he was on her way to New Orleans as the rppresetative from Winthr Q college, at the meeting of Student Gov ernment bodies. Fleming-Roper. Ieautifui in levq'ry detail was the wedding of Miss' Carolyn Fleiiing, daughter of -Airs. J. 0. C. Fleming, and Cecil P. Rolper which was solemnized Wednesday evening in the first Pres byterian Church, this city, the cere mony ibeing performed by Rev. C. T. Squires, pastor of the .bride. Due -to both the popularity of the bride and groom and the prominence of their families, the . wedding which was pre ceded -by many social functions, at tracted w id' interest throughout the State. The churchi had been elaborately artistically decorated with white Kil1 ,larney roses a'nd ferns under the di rection of 'Mrs. (W. D. Ferguson, assist ed by L~rs. Frank H. Caine, Mr's. Joe Phinney and Mrs. Brooks 'Swygert. The ,entire altar was dra-ped in wvhite, form Ing an effective background for the tall, graceful 'baskets of Killarney ros es and ferns which wvere lplaced in groups on the altar. Suspended from aibove was an arch, twined wvith ivy and fern~s, from twhxichi hung -beautiful baskiets of white roses. Rlays of soft light emanating from hidden sourcce, 'blended with the color schienme of green and white. Long 'before the appointed hour, the church wvas filled with friends of the 'popular young couple, an artistic musi cal 'program 'being rendered by Mr's. IM. L. 'Roper', organist, and Miss Virginia E~vanis, of Greenville >Womnan's College, who sang, "Until" and "At Dawning," accompanied -by a'-rs.' Rtoper. As the notes of the wedding march from Lohengrin were sounded, the 'bridal -party entered led by the ushers, Frank .H. Canine, brother-in-law of the 'bride,' Charles 'Himghes, (David Childress "-zd :Houston .Roper, brother of the groom. They Jver'e followed alternate ly by the bridesmaids and groomsmnen, the bridesinalds 'weaing gowns of green and pink and carrying 'bouquets of Killarney roses. 'Miss Margaret 'Dun lap and Miss 10mmie Lou iasiington, gowned in pink, were followed by An thony 'Fuller and Marion Allen, oi Grpenwood. tMisses 'Rebecca Lake and Lil'la Todd enteired in 'beautiful gowns of green anil were followed 'by Truman 'Roper and ThornWell Dunlap. Misses Virginia -Bullivan and 'Mary Roper, in 'pinki, iwere followed by 'John F.' Snow gf Georgetown, and 0. B. Simmons. The -dainty little, flower girls were th'e little Misses IEvelyn RIoper and 'Itra Aylett Fleming. BSyelyn. Roper, in a pink taffeta dresit garried a little sil. ver bssket with green tulle, while lit tle Zjs0 Fleming, in g 4ress of green taffet'a, carrieg 'a silyog basket with pink tulle, John 'WeSITodd, Jr., in a blaok satin Lord 'lauft0roy suit, was -ring bearer.' - - The bilde, never looking lovIler in her girlish -beauty than on this occa sion, entered on the arm of her brother. Charles Fleming, by .whom she was giv en in !marriage and was met at the al tar by the bridegroom and his brother, Robert 1-1. -Roper, as best man. Her twedding gown was of Duchess satin w.ith panels oui theback and front made o0' irridescent beads, and boffant panels of tulle were on either- side. -'The train was of tulle, -banded oi either side with white satin ribbon and caught at in tervals -with real orangegblossoms. The veil, caught to the hair )vith a wreath of real orange blossoms was ehld high in the back in coronet style. She car ried a beau.tiful bouquet of brides' ros es. She was attended by 11iss Eliza beth Young, of Columbia, maid of honor, iwhose gown was of white ?chif fon and silver with pink and green trimmings, and Mrs. Frank H. Caine, platron of honor, who 7wore a green cliffon robe embroidered in silver ,beads. Miss - Young and Mrs. Caine carried white Killarney roses. The dames of lionor were Mrs. Lester Knight, 'Portsmouth, Va., sister of the gyoom, lit a gown of pink with silver trimming, and CMrs. Robert Roper, whose kown was of green Iwith silver trimming. They also carried Killarney roses. During the ceremony, McDowel's "To a Wild Rose'' sAsplayed softly by Mrs. M. L. 'Roper on the organ it- being fol lowed after the ceremony by 'Mendels. Aohn's Wedding March as the wedding vparty left the *urch. ,.minediately after the ceremony a brillant rdeeption followed at the home of (f1b1 bride's'inother on North Harper street.- The entire lower floor was thrca.n en' sutte and decorated with an abundance of Killarney roses, ferns an'd vases of valley lillies. Quantities of cut flowers were used which efec tively carried out the color scheme of pink and green, the same colors also being used in the favors and refresh ments. - As the guonts arrived they were wel comed at the door by Mr. and Ars. R. F. Fleming while in the hall were the 'Misses Bessie Todd and Olynthia Jones, 'Mrs. A. D. Gray and Mrs. James Powell. In the receiving line were the bride and groom, Mrs. J. 0. C. Fleming, mother of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Roper, !Parents of the groom, Rev. and 'irs. t. T. Squires, and members of the bridal party. Entertaining in the reception room were Mr.i. D. L. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. James Todd. MI and 'Mrs. Henry Franks and Mr. and Mirs. Will 10. Aleng usheired the guests to 'hc gift room 1where they were received by :Mr. ahd Mrs. Joe 'Phinney and Mr. and 'Mrs. 4H. Cresswell Fleming. In the brea"kfast room utilized as another gift room . the guests were received by Miss Irene Ray and R. Fleming Jones, while from the gift room to the dining room the guests iwere ushered by Mr. nd Mrs. Eugene Hudgens. In the dining' room, a color scheme of Green and white had .been beauti fully carried out, baskets of white ros es being effectively used. 'Softly shad ed lights flowed from the chandelier which had bheen decorated with real orange'blossoms, and graceful vases of v'alley lillies, set'here and there, art fully completed the effect of the colors. 'Here :Mrs. .Rolfe E. JH'ughes and Mrs.. W. D. Ferguson, cut angel' cake and iwhite and 'green 'blook ice cream, wvhile 'Misses Gladlys Roper, Biernice Meng, 'Rika IRichards and Mart-..A Bai'ksdale served. IEntertaining .In -the (lining i'oom iwere Mr. and Mr's. J. D.. Watts, Mrs. Frank :8.pratt, Dr. -R. E. Hughes, (Dr. 'V. D. 'Fei'guson and Miss Willie Jones, while 'Mr. and 'Mrs. R. R. Nickels ,pinned favors. -.1'he guests, ushered to the p~unchi room by Mr'. and 'Mrs. R. V. IrbY, were received 'by Dir. and Mi's. C. 'P. Vincent, .Jr., while the ~Misses Laura Hudgens, Katherine Meng, Lau ra 'Vance Jones .and 'Harriet Todd pro. sided over ipunch bowls. E'ntei'taining in the punch i'oom wvere 'the Misses Bess andl Jule IChildrecss, Hattie Kate Eastenby, Betty Richards and Vir' ginia Barksdale.'- The -bride's -book in wbichi the guests roegistered, was pr'e sided over 'by the 'Misses Cornelia Mayer, of 'N'ewherry,~ and Harriet Humghes, IPaschal Childress and Joe Hale, of Abbeville. Assisting in the reception. were 'Mrs. *Lela~nd Gill man, of Pittsfield, Mass,, 'Miss Nanny Kate Hudgena; Mirs. C., K. Ray and Messi's. P. -D, (Huff, TV. C. Owings, andl John 'Wells Tedd. Quietly during the r'eeption the bride and groom stole niway in an automobile for Columbia to leave from tlle're on their wedding tour to poirnts iii Florida. 'For her going away costumne the 'bride wore, a Atntart 'brown and~tan suit Of crepe net waith tan accessories. The reception was atten<qed 'b'y about 600 guests, 'mnly of then being prom inent -o0ttt-bf-'own viditors among whom were: Mfrs. T. C. Gilfrmari, of Westfield, Ma~ss.,, Mrs. 0. B. Mayer and Miss Cornelia 'Mayer, of Nciw berry, the 'Misses Nannie K'tte -Hludgens, of Greonville, Margaret Roper, of Sums ter' Bernice 'Meng, of .Roct '11111, Gladys '4WDer, of Hattvilie, -Aberta F'armer, of 'Ander'son, 11, (. Gaines,. of Uentral, Joe (Hale; of Abbavi te, iMr. amnd Mrs. L. L,. XNaight, of ilhrtsmouth, Va., John 3. Snow, of Ge6rgotownl, 6Marion Allen,. of Greenwood, Mrs. Frank Spratt, of -Greenville, Miss Harriet 'Hughes, of Converse, Charles Hughes, of Dayid son, liss Mary 'Roper, of G. W. C., Miss Gladys '1fo)er, of C'oker, Miss Bernice Meny, of W.inthrop, ,Mliss Emmie Lou 'Washington, of Converse, and Miss Vir ginia IVans, of Greenville. I. The 'bride is a graduate of Chicora college and the groom Is a graduate of Clemson college. 0 0 0 Boyd-Guess Friends here of Miss Alsie Boyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. A. Boyd, formerly of this city but now of Greenwood, will be interested in the announcement of her marriage to Mr. Mack Guess, which took place at the Baptist parsonage in Greenwood Satur day afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. I. Jester in the presence of several friends and rela tives.' 000 Junior-Senio4 Recepton The lome of Mr. and '<rs. W. E. iLeng, on West Main street, was the scene Friday evening of the outstand ing s6cial event of the year among the younger -Ieople of the city when' the annual Junior-Senior reception was tendered by the Tenth Grade of the high school to the graduating class. A color scheme of green and white was cArried out in the house decorations, dogwood and ivy being used withi uch effect. The guests, among whom were many out-of-town friends of the young peo ple, were welcomed at the door by Mrs. B.'L. Jones, a high school teacher, and Mlisses Floride Moore and Kath erine feng, menbers of the Tenth -Grade. The guests were invited into the 'parlors, wlIere progressive con versation and dancing :was enjoyed un til they were ushered Into the dining room. Here delicious ice cream and cake were served, the Tenth Grade colors of white and gold being used as the prevailing motif. t1rs. M. D. Gibson and Miss Leila Walker, teach ers in the high school, cut cake and cream while a ilevy of younger girls, Misses 1-arriett Bishop, Caroline Hud gens, Legare Blackwell, Virginia Clardy and Illarlowe lahaffey, served. As the guests left the dining room they were served a delicious fruit punch by Misses Irene Wilkes and Laura ludgens. Assisting elsewhere in entertaining were Mrs. B. L. Clardy, Wrs. W. E. Meng, Mrs. J. W. Dunklin and Miss Carrie Sturgis. o000 Lawrence Crews to Wed The folicwing news item, taken from Monday's Greenville Piedmont, con cerning the engagement of Henry Law rence Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Crews, of this.city,- will be read with much interest by his friends here: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Moore of St. Al bans, announce the. engagement and api)roaching marriage of their daugh ter, Annie Stae, to .\r. Henry Lawrence Crews of Greenville. The marriage is to ta e place during the month of "S ---The merchani chandise and th' customer walks < ---We have coi We feel confider ---We urge you l where you get th Cai All Silk Pongee Beautiful Marq 19e yd. Satin Sliprn Wlay. 'Miss Moore is a young lady of charm ing -personality, and is a favorite among her friends no matter -where she may be. She is a graduate of St. Albans high school. Mr. Crews is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Crews of Laurens. After graduating from the Laurens high school Mr. Crews finished his edi REFR AN[ The Famous I Now is-the t and to secure th< bill you should u ing whiteiprovisi Our prices a S. . & I HOP A t who has complet< e ,fairne~ss of his .pric< >ut of his store to "lo< xiplete faith in the c t that a comparison o Shop Around-to e most for your mon< SALE OF DRES! riton Crepe Dresses, vali Taffeta Dresses, values B9e yd.. Ladies' Fin< 25c a uisette Bleached Pepi: Yard wid< AFTER EASTER SA All Ladies' Hats Goji ers $4.95 a Pair. "The Store of] LAUREl cation at Furman University. For the vast four years he has been coIr ected with the Southern Public Utilit s Co Mr. Crews is a young man of buisi1nes ability an(i has many friend.s who will be interested in the ann1ouncement of his engagement. 10n~graved Invitations and CardIls Advertiser Printing Company IGER A ) 'ICE BO White Mountain Lin Now On Display SAI WAll s COOLER DOES 1 DECR!ME ICre CAPASiTy. ROUNI 00( ime to purchase yq ubest results, and se the "White Moun on chambers. cre the lowest you Laurens, S. C. tes doe to $37.50 ath$16 ) k roeLdies fllevnodut pai comrel Sheestg eu 39c $3750 as16 hLE OF MIL4LINERY ig' at Reduced Prices Organdy 21 [EN'S Better Value" qs. C. Central Laurens Singing conventioi The Central Laurens 'Singing Con vention will inwet (with the Warrior Creek laptist church on Fourth Sun (lay afternoon at two-thirty, April 23rd. J . ( G. G I l I M & P il3, 1 ' evryi(iv" is " V t(I to ted.')" (C" G. GWINN, Conmiittee'. TORS XES e, in All Sizes, >ur Refrigerator, > save on your Ice tain" with gleam ill find. :es & Co. uality of his mer. outcome when a ur merchandise. 1-your mind. prices--.-to know 75. Buster Brown Silk se 69c a pair ieres 25c each ea Yard.