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mm FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939 THE SUM FIVE Society no Chit'Chat By CONSTANCE ARMFIELD The life of a columnist is just a round of ups and downs—one time there’s nothing to write about and the next time there’s so much it’s practically impossible to handle all. The latter is the case this week. The vents of our much-publicized sesqui- centennial celebration would have been a gracious plenty to write about, but on top of it comes May Day, marriages, engagements, and plays. What is a person to do? Since the sesqui ?ame first we had better take that up in the beginning and write about the perfectly grand Coronation Ball that was held Tuesday even ing in the College gymnasium. The decorations of the gym were the most elaborate ever. The members of the Eagles Club who sponsored the dance simply outdid themselves. Small pines were banked around the walls of the room and under the blue cov ered lights overhead hundreds of streamers dipped from side to side. At the upper end of the hall was ar ranged the elaborate throne for the queen and at the other end, the Eagles emblem. To the side of the gym was a special constructed stand for the College ‘N’ Orchestra and from here, the dance was broadcast over WIS. T. E. Epting presided over the crowning exercises when Miss Frances Greneker Wallace was pro nounced queen of Newberry’s sesqui centennial celebration. Mr. Epting introduced Zach F. Wright, honorary chairman of the celebration, who placed the crown on Miss Wallace’s head. After the awarding of prizes to the queen’s attendants, a floor show was presented for the queen's entertainment by dance pupils of Elizabeth Mower. And then—on ■with the dance. There were about as many dancers from out-of-town as from the city. And 83 nwh as your ■writer would like to list the visitors and some of the lovely gowns, space grows small and time shorter. The grand march of the evening was led by the queen and her attendants and dates and members of the Eagles’ Club and dates. Thursday Tea Prominent among social events of cur gala celebration week will be the lovely tea this afternoon given by Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Floyd at their beautiful Mayer avenue home in honor of Governor Burnet R. Maybank and Mrs. Maybank of Co lumbia and Mrs. Floyd’s nephew, Dr. Harold J. Bowen and Mrs. Bowen of Charleston. Mrs. Bowen is a sister to Governor Maybank. The tea will take place on the lawn of the Floyd’s colonial style home. A variety of spring flowers and shrubs will form a most attractive background for the party. Over 200 guests have been invited to call from 4:46 to 6:30. Greeting the guests at the walks will be Mrs. Fred Dominick, Mrs. Robert D. Wright, Mrs. Herman Wright, and Mks. Allen Johnstone. Miss Mary Burton will introduce callers to the receiving line. In the line with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd will be Governor Maybank and Mrs. Maybank, Dr. Bowen and Mrs. Bowen, Mrs. Der- rill Smith, Dr. Z. F. Wright, and Thomas H. Pope, Jr. The line will form on the left lawn just in front of a beautiful banked pansy garden Jn full bloom. To the side of the line, a colorful scene will be in view —a flower garden brilliant with blooming poppies, flocks, candy tuff, snap-dragons, sweetpeas, and red climbing roses. On a terrace of the right side of the lawn refreshments will be served at a beautifully ap pointed table. Mrs. J. D. Taylor and Mrs. E. E. Stuck will pour punch and serving it with cakes will be M!rs. Roy Anderson, Mrs. William Eeid, Mrs. R. F. Nichols, Mrs, Earl Scott, Mrs. Thad McCrackin, Mrs. Gordon Clarkson, Mrs. A. W. Mur ray, Mrs. H. M. Bryson, and Mrs. R. W. Kirkland. The front of the Floyd home will be thrown en suite for the ■occasion and music throughout the lea will be rendered by Mrs. J. P. Moon at the piano and Miss Mary Alice Mitchell, violinist. May Day The May Day exercises at Newber ry College this year will be unusually lovely. The program varies a great .deal from the one pi previous years The exercises take place on the col lage campus Friday afternoon at SiSO at which time Elizabeth Mower, cider daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Handy Mower, will be crowned Queeffi of the May. The maid of honor is Elizabeth Propes of Lyman and the Queen's attendants, are the fol lowing: Frances Baxter of New' berry, Elizabeth JJischoff of Charles ton. and Joyce Wingard of Lexing- ton, seniors; Marlon Ponahoe of Charleston, Ruth Haigier «f Swansea and Dorothy Day Wheeler of Pros perity, juniors; Evelyn Cromer of Newberry, Virginia Gaetjens of Charleston, and Harriet Harden of Newberry, sophomores; Catherine ■Collins of Georgetown, Ruth Monts of Clinton, and Jewell Schaeffer of Summerville, freshmen; Margaret Franklin of Graniteville and Evelyn McCrackin of Newberry, business students. The attendants will wear gowns of pastel shades made the same style—full net skirts and tight fitting blouses. Their picture hats will be of net trimmed in tafetta flowers. The train bearers, little Doris and Joan Dominick, and the flower girls, Harriet Reid and Kate Rutherford, will all wear long white dresses. The heralds will be two college girls, Frances Henderson and Madeline Shearhouse. After the crowning of the Queen by President James C. Kinard, several dances and orchestra numbers will be given for the entertainment of “her Majesty”. In the dances a “seasonal motif” will be carried out. The spring dance Is the May Pole dance. The dancers will wear green organdy gowns deco rated with daisies. A baloon dance will be put on by the summer group and costumes will be white organdy gowns trimmed with circles of varied colors of cellophane. For the aut umn of the year a Harvest Dance will be given. The girls in this group will wear brown organdy frocks trimmed in leaves and a neck less of nuts. The winter dance is the March of the Wooden soldiers. They wear white slacks and red mili tary-looking coats trimmed in black. All dances are being directed by Miss Truberg, physical director at Newberry, and by Miss Caroline Mayes, student. Marriage of Interest Much interest centers here in the marriage of Miss Lucille Florence Crump and Dr. Chester Edmund de Cordova which took place Friday, April 28. Lucille is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Crump of Har rington street. She trained at Roper hospital in Charleston and received a degree in nursing from the Medical College there. She later did pest-graduate work at Lyingin hospital i* Providence, R. I., and is now in the United States public health service jn Savannah, Ga., at the Marine hospital, Mr, jSqrdova is from Texas and is a graduate jn dental surgery from Baylor Uniyer- eity of Dallas. He Is now serving as interne in the Marine hospital at Savannah. After June the couple will move to Corpus Christi, Texas to make their home. They visited in the city over the weekend with the Crumps. You Guess Before so many more days have been torn off the calendar you will be hearing of the marriage of a lo cal boy and gjrl—both well-kown and well-liked, It is being told the marriage will take place anbn but since the bride-to-be prefers P9 forehand publicity I’ll just have to give hints and not names. She is an attractive light brunet and lives up in the Boundary street section of town. His home is in a nearby county but he has been working here in one of our Main street stores for quite a while. After the marriage the will live in an apartment on Boundary gtreef which they are busy even now furnishing, (Can you guess ? Still They Come Romance is certainly in the air— at least for some people. We hear of marriages and marriages-to-be on every hand. Now comes the news that a June wedding will be held in the city. The future bride is Miss Julia McAlhaney, daughter of Mrs. Josie McAlhaney of Boundary street, and the groom is Thomas Clyde Tin dall of Columbia, son of Mr, and Mrs. W. M. Tindall of Neeses. Julia graduated from Columbia college last spring and this year has been teaching the third grade in the school at Neeses. Well be hearing mMch more later about plans for this marriage, Sesqui Visitors The city is full of them—visitors from far and near for our gre*^ Celebration. Visiting Mr. and Mrs, William Tedford at their home at Park View Court are the latter’s parents, Mr, an< i Mrs. W. W. Cromer of Greenville.,. Mrs. Roy Shirley of Atlanta, Ga., is the sesqui vistor of the J, H, Wests on Calhoun street... Mrs. R. F. Nichols iof h er cele ' bration guest her sister, Mrs. Jack Gentry of Spartanburg,,,Dr, HsroUi J. Bowen and Mrs. Bowen of Char leston are taking in the Thursday and Friday events while visiting with the Richard Floyds.. .Mr. and Mrs. James Boylston of Charlotte, N. C. are expected in the city for weekend happenings of the sesqui.. .Miss Elizabeth Boylston, teacher at Mar lon, end Miss Elizabeth Potter and Miss Mary Nichols, also Marion teachers, were jn the city last week end. They expect to return this weekend for the celebration.,, Dr. H. B. McCullough of North Carolina was in the city Sunday and Monday,, Miss Mildred Adams of Columbia is the sesqui visitor of Miss Doris Armfield.. .Taking in the entire week of the celebration as guests of Mrs. E. E. Stuck on Johnstone street are Capt. and Mrs. L. K. Tarrant and daughter, Cornelia, of San Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. Cecil I. Butler and two HOJX (MTU* HO. Author of Sitter Mtry't Kitchen Last year we hod a neighbor in the country who planted pole lima beans along his garden fence. He wasn't a native but brought his idea from another state where he said “we figure the fence might as well hold up the beans and save us cut ting poles.” The idea is really a splendid one. Pole lima beans are far more pro lific than the bush verities and a few hills will supply the table. Aside from this they make beautiful vines that you might well use wherever you need an annual vine for shade. Figure on planting sweet corn where you had early peas in your garden. Of course you’ll want some corn planted before the peas are gone, but I always have, not several but many planting of sweet com so it will keep coining over a long per iod. As soon as the peas are through bearing, pull up the vines and plant corn, thinning after the plants are up to one foot apart in the rows. Corn requires considerable nitrogen which peas take from the air and make available as plant food in the soil. Whether you are building a new kitchen this spring or merely lifting the face of the old one, there are ever so' many fascinating new ideas to study. Look into the ready-to-in- stall cabinets before you decide to have them built by the carpenter. These new cabinets that are built down to the floor look built in and permanent, but are actually portable and can be taken with you should you move to another house. ge sure there is plenty of toe room at tfee bottom of any built-in-the- floor cupboard, This epp be best ac complished by making a recessed platform under the cabinet. The site **“' of the recess naturally varies but a space two to four inches deep is ne cessary for comfort. The height of your working sur faces is of the utmost importance, too. Here your own height should be considered, of course, but the av erage woman will find thirty-six inches from the floor a happy choice. Many modem ranges are made this hejght and with all the cabinets and work surf9fes ftb eyen thirty six inches you have an unbrokep Upe fpf your kitchen counter. Patricia dow I haven’t found anybody who thinks well of the new and increased taxes recommended by the special group of the Senate Finance Commit tee. Even Senator Sims of that sub-committee mildly dissented and filed a dissenting explanation. ’JTiroughout the State there is an ipipressjon that the legislature has not grappled the problem in the proper spirit. As I find the sentiment, based on correspondence and visits, this Is about tlje result. We have one of the best legislatures we have had in many years; we have a first-class man and proved executive in the Gov ernor’s chair; we have more sound thinkers and broadminded men ip public iif§ than in a generation. Yet, the general imprasaiqij js $h$t they have all backed off from the real pro blem or tried to side-step it. I find a wide-spread disgust at the ide a of the program of the Finance sub-oommittee. Without exception every one has expressed the thought that the business condition of the fSt^te calls for reduction. Summariz ing not only reports, letters and re marks of callers, but including men I have talked to from Charleston $9 Greenville this may be deduced; 1. That special report was prepared to befriend the Highway department and that any sort of new tax or in creased tax will be imposed in order to avoid touching the Highway de partment, 2. That the e»ly proper cSH 18 ? 18 to bring all commitments of the State within the probable Income without new or additional taxes. So far as the business men are concerned mi rt of them who have been willing to express themselves tell me that all the efforts being made to get new industries for this State will be completely nullified by any more taxes of any kind. daughters, Rose and Amelia, of Rockmart, Ga.; and Mrs. Lawrence Spearmen of Davidson, N. C.... Down for the Coronation Ball Tues day evening was Mis* Mary §ailgy Owens of Clinton, guest of .the R. G Wallaces. Renew your subscription to The Sun now. MELTS OFF POUNDS This simple, well-designed dress (8430) has lines that melt' the pounds from you appearance. More than that, it’s a sensibly youthful style with spirited freshness and charm. The flaring revers and frills look so gay and young and provide ex actly the right way for a large wo man to wear the smart “touch of white” without aiw suggestion of and see if it doesn’t earn you many compliments. Pattern No. 8430 is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 50 and 62. Pattern 8441—It’s such a pretty dress, so gay and spring like! Girls will adore it because the tiny waist and the square necked puff-sleeved bodice have a delightfully grown-up flavor. This dress will be pretty in any fabric, so long as it’s taffeta. But other possibilities are flat crepe, 'or gandy and doted Swiss. Designed for sizes: 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. Send orders for patterns, together with your name and address, pattern number and size, and name this news paper to Patricia Dow Patterns, 206 E. 17th Street, New York City. En close 16c for each pattern. G wi; !"At' William Peery, first place win ner In the county high school spell ing contest held recently, and Viv ian Chapman, grammar grade win ner of first place, will represent Newberry county at the state spelling contest to be held at Win- throp college in Rock Hill Wednes day, June 31. The second and third places in the high school contest went to In gram Shealy and Margaret Reddin of Whitmire, respectively. Second place winner in the gram- mer grade contest was John Hug gins of Pomaria with third place go ing to Mariam Hendrix of the Sil- verstreet school. MRS. CANNON ENTERTAINS EMERY CIRCLE FRIDAY Mrs. C. H. Cannon entertained members of the Emery Circle Fri day morning at the home of Mrs. R. G. Wallace on Caldwell street. Tables were arranged for the members and a number of extra guests to play rook, 4 variety of spring flowers de corated the rooms where the play ers gathered. At one oclock, a three course luncheon was served. Clarence T. Summer THw ORIGIN OF NEWBERRY COUNTY (Writtervj for The Sun) Ancient history shows that Old Lady 96; then 96 district; now New berry county once practically held Newberry county in her lap prior to the 1783. For Statutory History shows that oul- South Carolina legislature passed a law in 1783 directing that 40 miles square be cut off form Old Lady 96 District’s expansive and be- flowered Apron; this evidently having been cut from the lower, or Southern part of this Old Lady’s apron, dur ing the year 1784 for Judge O’Neall’s Annals of Newberry; Chapter 2 page 13 for the Act of 1786 for laying off the counties therein mentioned etc: Abbeville, Edgefield and Newberry are spoken of as existing counties; Laurens, Spartanburg and Union are not only laid off, but also named in the Act. This shows us that the Statutory Law, or Acts of the legisature in 1786 recognized that these Three districts now counties; viz; Edgefield; Abbe ville and, Newberry as having been previous to 1786 cut off from Ninety- Six District. He (Judge O’Neall) calling attention to Newberry being spelled Newbury in the Acts of 1786. And too, 'Judge O’NeaU’s Annals, see chapter 2, page 16 states that dur ing the March term of court for New. berry district that the several jus tices after accepting the gift of John Coates of what Is now know as the Public Square, issued an order dated March 3, 1789 directing that a Sur veyor’s Plat be made of this public square consisting of two Acres, this was done, signed in presence of the order of court dated March 31, 1789 by Philemon; D. S. William Caldwell, D. S-: This plat being on record In Deed book A, page 1180 and states that it was made in presence of an order of court dated March 3, 1789. Hence and therefore, counting from the year 1784 when Newberry first became a district now county, her 160th anniversary of her exist ence as a county certainly was in 1934—thus we are five years slow or behind time about celebrating New berry county’s sesqui-centennial. But let’s all boost ourselves all the more to make our Newberry County Sesqui-centennial Celebration a great er and a grander celebration so that its echos will go on down the next 150 years. WANT ADS NEW LOCATION—The New South Express lines are now located at 1311 Caldwell street, just below Dr. Lide’s. I. H. Wilson, Agent. APARTMENTS—Furnished and un furnished apartments for rent near business section. Rent reasonable. Call telephone 22-J. 2tp BOLL WEEVIL Molasses and Cal cium arsenate. Any amount. For sale by Johnson-McCrackin Co. ^-4tc WANTED—Fit cows and veals. FOR SALli—fresh hog lard, country hams, and middling meat. Will deliver in Newberry. A. Cecil Quattlebaum, Prosperity, S. C. 10-3tp LOST—A platinum ring with one large diamond in the center and three small diamonds on the sides. Possibly lost in the business section of the city around the first of Feb ruary. Reward. Finder please re turn to The Sun office. §tp FOR SALE—.Eggs for hatching— from pure bred English White Leg horns or New Hampshire Reds— prize winners—$1.00 per 15. R. Der- rlll Smith, Wholesale Grocer, New berry, S. C. NOTICE!—We renovate mattresses for $3.50 and do all kinds of up holstery. All work guaranteed. One day service on mattresse?. Tele phone ^3. 4U Qlenn street Carroll “fork Mattress Works. 6-3tc FOR RENT—We have for rent sev eral Safety Deposit Boxes in the Insurance Building. Apply to A. J. Bowers, Jr. FOR RENT — Upstairs apartment, possession given May 1st. Garage. MRS. T. C. POOL, 1727 Harrington street, GRAIN BINDERS—New and used steel or rubber Bull wheel. 6 to 10 ft. cut. See the famous McCormick- Deering line for sale by Johnson Mc Crackin Co. 21-4tc On Your Next Paint Job TRY Athyes R. M. LOMINACK Hardware MRS. W. P. SMITH DIES AT COLLEGE STREET HOME Mrs. Lottie Smith, 74, wife of W. P. Smith, died Monday morning at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. E. H, Kib- ler, on College street after a short illness. Mrs. Smith was a native of Toronto, Canada, but had made her home with Dr. and Mrs. Kibler for several years. She was a mem ber of Central Methodist church and had many friends here who regret to learn of her death. Besides her husband and daughter, Mrs. Kibler, she is survived by a grandson, E. H. Kibler, Jr., of Bos ton, Mass., and a great granddaugh ter, Helen Elizabeth Kibler; four- brothers and one sister, three of whom live in Canada. Funerai services were held Tues day afternoon at four o’clock at the residence with the Rev. H. , O. Chambers in charge, assisted by Dr. R. A. Goodman. Burial was in Rose- mont cemetery. SERVICES WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. LILLIE LANGFORD Mrs, Lillie Griffin Langford, 55, died suddenly Monday night after a brief illness. She was the widow of David A. Langford who preceded her to the grave some years ago and the daughter of the late B. F. Griffiin and Lillie E. Barr Griffiin. She is survived by one son, B. G. Langford, and one brother, John B. Griffin. Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning at the residence and interment was in Rosemont cemetery. JOHN B. LEVER DIES SUDDENLY MONDAY Funeral services for John B. Lever, 69, who died sudenly Monday at his Nance street home were held Tues day afternoon at 6:30 at the resi dence with the Rev. C. C. Vaughr.n in charge, assisted by the Rev. B. F. Rogers. Burial followed in Bax ter Memeorial cemetery. Besides his wife, who vias the former Miss Lila Saber, he is sur vived by two sons, W. C. and O. M. Lever; one daughter, Mirs. Ernest ■Taylor; one sister, Mrs. A. D. Row land; and two step-children, Mrs. John Cook and A. G..Farrow — Holiday Notice ' In observance of Memorial Day, this Bank will not be open for the transaction or business on WEDNESDAY, May 10 S. C. 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