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h VOL. & KINGSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, i919. NO 28
STATE AUTHORITIES
*" DELAY ACTION
ITILL MEET AGAIN NEXT TI ES-!
DAY TO DECLARE NOMINEE
IN SllXTfl DISTRICT <
Because of the failure of the Dil- j
\ W>a county Democratic Executive :
Committee to report the returns of i
the second primary election, to the J i
State Demotic rati c Executive Com-!;
mittee, the latter body, meeting at j i
Columbia Tuesday, could not declare j;
the result or the race for Congress j ]
from the Sixth Congressional Dis-1s
trict ':
The committee, ho^e^er. atlopted :
a resolution, offered by Wilie r
Jones of Columbia, remanding that ]
the Dillon committee hold a meet-11
ing tomorrow (Friday), canvass the 1
returns and immediately report them (
p to the secretiry of the State commit- (
p tee. The State committee will meet \
at Columbia again next Tuesday at >
noon to caa* ass the returns from the , ?
Sixth distric , hear the contests filed' j
by the two candidates from the dis- j
triet in the second primary?E. J. \
Sherwood, 0: Conway, and P. H. s
Stoll, of Kiigstree?ani -iec'are the <
nominee. j
Attorney? for Mr. Stoll stated that 1
they are informed that the Dillon<
executive committee has never met i
and tabulated the returns and that. !i
up to Friday night, the boxes from j i
one of the argest precincts in the j
county. La tea. had not been turned j c
over to the executive committee, the J1
chairman of which is A. B. ^ordon,; j
of Dillon, who was then absent Trorr. j <
the county. According to unofficial j t
information, the box at Latta ga\ e i i
Sherwood 81 votes anu Stoll 41 votes. 1
The attorneys for Mr. .Stoll wanted <
a recount in Dillon county, due to the . t
apparent laxity of the executive 1
> ... Committee's method of handling the j
election returns there, but the State 1
committee ruled that it could not act j
on any master appertaining to the >
election in Dillon county, except in- i
. struct the committee to meet, until <
* complete returns were filed with it <
The rules of the party which have t
been crystallized into the statute law f
of the Stat* require that the boxes j
containing the ballots of any primary
election be placed in possession of i
the various county committees with- <
in thirty-au: hours after such elcc- I
u tions. The rules likewise prescribe <
the date on which the county commft-! i
tees^ shall : leet and canvass the^re- 1
turns. I
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' News From Salter*
Salters, Sept 15.?We are having i
snmp finp weather for the gathering, <
of cotton which is going on very rap- ^
idly. The crop will be very sort in <
this section, being abont one-half, i
With the present price, the outlook 1
is certainly gloomy for the fanner. 5
Miss Dulcie LiFrage has returned <
from a pleasant visit to her sister in ! <
Richmond. 1
Mrs. E. L. Shirer and children of '
' Gourdin, are visiting her parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. LiFrage here. ;!
Miss Lorena LiFrage left Friday |
tor Winthrop College having won a
scholarship to that institution.
Mrs. Mat tie Ferrell and daughter
Miss Emmie, returned Friday from a 1
pleasant visit to relatives in Marl- 1
boro county. 1
Mr. Isaac Edwards Davis left Mon- )
^ day morning for CI em son College, 1
\ where he will resume his studies the i
\ coming season. i
N* Salters school opened Monday the <
15th with a fnll attendance, the en- i
?11-^ lormir alroaHv thaTl 1 1
IVWJIICUV UTIUf. .W. bv a
last year. <
| Miss Judith LiFrage of Pennyman, i
? Va., is visiting her parents here, <
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. LiFrage, this 1
week. ! i
Miss Margurite Layton of Flor- i <
ence spent several days here last ]
week as the guest of Miss Carrie i <
Moseley. ]
Our enterprising townsman, Mr. j
[ Bo..-well ami C. W. Jr.. have ]
/^ opened a moving picture show at the ]
if ^town hall every Wednesday night. '
Come to Salters and see the high '
class pictures shown, you will enjoy <
it
? t \f?
Messrs. Willie ana jcnn onaw,.m.
Jieams, Mr. McElveen and Mr. Du- <
?ant passed through here on last!'
Thursday enroute to their homes in 1
Sumter. They had been on a camp ]
hunt in Georgetown county, where 1
they killed a number of deer.
DGE GARY ISSUES
WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Requiring all Records of Hyde-Grace
Election to Be Filed With
Supreme Court.
Columbia. Sept. 15.?A writ of
vrtiorari, granted at Abbeville on
Saturday by Eugene B. Gary, chief
lustioe of the State Supreme Court,
iloag with a lengthy petition and
voluminous exhibits, was filed today
vith Harry 1. McCaw, clerk of the
supreme court, by attorneys forTris:rum
T. Hyde, Mayor of Charleston,
ind W. P. Sellers, and Thomas H.
McCarthy, candidates for alderman
it large from wards 3 and 10, respectively,
in the municipal primary
it Charleston. The writ cites W.
Turner Logan, chairman, A. H.
Brouthers, secretary, and all mem>ens
of the city executive committee
A'illiam H. Dunkin, clerk of court of
Charleston county, and John P.
Crace to file with the supreme court
vithin fourteen days after the service
of the order ail of the original
natters of evidence, records, papers,
headings, documents and all the
jroceedings in any way connected
vith or affecting the actiqns or decisions
of the above named respond;nts
in connection with the recent
nunicipal election in Charleston. The
espondents, however, are allowed to
ihow cause before the cliief justice,
f they choose to do so, why the rec rds
should not be filed as directed
n the writ.
The petition filed with the supreme
rourt in behalf of Messrs. Hyde. Seland
MeCarthv is accompanied by
i great numhv <>? exhibits hearing
>n the allegation ir.ade in the peti;ion.
In conclusion the petitioners
issert ^hat the action of the execu:ive
committee and of the committee
>n canvass is illegal and void and
hat Tristram T. Hyde is entitled to
>e declared the nominee as upon the
face of the returns on the night of
:he election and is\ entitled to have
idded to his majority the challenged
rotes which, the petitioners affirm,
should have been counted in his fav>r.
:lerk of the Court JlcCaw worked
anight in assisting the attorneys to
jet their records certified, as they
ntend to serve them on the defendmts
tomorrow in Charleston.
Unless the respondents show suffi:ient
cause why the case should not
>e heard, it will be placed before the
Supreme Court at its next session,
vhich begins October 14 and the
facts presented hy the litigants wilt
>e reviewed.
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Conductor Killed at Poston
Louis M. Payne, of Andrews, a
conductor on the Seaboard Air Line,
vas instantly killed at Poston.
Georgetown county, at 11:45 Monday
morning when hit by a train while
le was crossing a siding near the
station. Conductor Payne was knocked
down by the tiain, which passed
>ver his legs near the junction with
the body, and crushed him horribly.
He was a native of Clarksburg, W.
^*a., but had resided in this State for
several years.
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In Honor of >^iss Cooper
A delightful social event was that
ield Wednesday afternoon of last
veek when Mrs. T. M. Cooper and
Mrs. H M. Coop*.- entertained at a
miscellaneous shower in honor of
Miss Emma Cooper whose engagement
to J. b. Lovett has been announced.
Amid much mirth a basket
gifts wa$ brought in by three little
girls draped in pink and green
the colors of the approaching wediing.
The bride-elect enjoyed the
many packages and the gifts were
iisplayed on the center table. After
this phase of the entertainment an
ice cream and cake course was serv?d.
The announcement of the approaching
Cooper-Lovett wedding has
:aused much interest, owing to the
popularity of both the bride and
?room-elect. Miss Cooper is assistant
tiome demonstration agent for Williamsburg
county and Mr. Lovett.
ftho has recently returned from service
in France, is a prosperous farm*?
nf tVio Inilinntowil section.
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Mr. L. D. Rodgers manager of McHams
& Rodgers ca'es stables left
Tuesday night for St. Louis, Mo..
A-here he will buy a car loid of fine
iorses and mules which he expects
to arrive in Kingsftree Tuesday or
Wednesday of next week.
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I'. U. VAUGHJ
FROM INSA
.'believed to have gained
freedom by use of hosI
i'ital
1'ass key ?
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CojuniOijt, oept. lb.?T. L. Vaughn, i
lurmei au^x-i mtendent of the Odd ]
reiiow's Dome at Greenville, an inmate
ui the Mate Hospital for the j
insane under an order of the court, i
101 ousci sution as to his sanity, es-'j
capeu so nit: time during last night j
ana has not been apprehended., t
Vaughn was convicted before the 11
circuit court. pfrGfeenville county on ' j
j October 26, 1912, of criminal assault ;
upon a young girl, an inmate of the j
oipiiiiuage, while he was superintend- t
ent and was sentenced to die by elec- 1
(locution on December 20, 1912. I
Appeals to the Supreme Courts of i
the t.nited States and of South Car- 1
oiina held up his seatenc^for eigh- j
teen months, after whi^h time he was <
remanded to the State Hospital for 1
the Insane for observation as to his i
mental condition. ]
Vaughn has been confined in a 1
| ward on the fourth floor of the main 1
building of the hospital, la the opin- 1
i ion of the asylum authorities he had 1
secured a pass key and unlocked the i
door leading to the fire escape down <
which he escaped. i
The escape of Vaughn was made 1
some time between>8 o'clock last 1
night and 6 o'clock this morning. 1
\ auglian complained of a headache j
about 8 o'clock last night, according 1
to the statement of the night attend- 1
ant and said he would retire. This 1
attendant saw no more of him. At 6 <
o'clock this morning he went into t
Vaughn's room with a newspaper and 1
saw what he believed to be Vaughn's 1
body lying recumbent beneath the 1
ch^ntc nn his hed. At 7 o'clock the 1
night attendant went off duty and i
the day attendant came on. About J
an hour later the day attendant went t
to Vaughn's room to call him as he
had not appeared and found a dum- 1
my made of clothing in the bed and J
Vaughn gone. i
The hospital authorities immediate- i
ly gave the alarm and a thorough '
search was made of the building and i
grounds. They were forced to the 1
opinion that Vaughn in some way <
secured a key and unlocked the door
to his ward during the night. None i
of the window bars were broken and <
the night attendant, who said he was '
in anil out of the ward during the ?
i night, saw nothing of Vaughn. Dr. 1
C. Fred Williams, superintendent of
the hospital, says he has absolute ?
confidence in this attendant, and is 1
satisfied that there was no collusion '
on his part.
It was discovered on .searching the 1
grounds that a bench which had been 1
1 in the yard had been placed next to 1
the brick wall which surrounds the 1
grounds and that footprints resemb- 1
ling Vaughn's were around the bench. 1
A brick pavement runs outside this <
Vail anc in trie street at this point
were prints wnere an automobile had 1
turner, a-ound in the street. However, ;
.
as automobile traffic is very heavy 1
aiong this street, these prints may
bear m significance in connection 1
with the escape,
When he left the hospital Vaughn 1
carried with him a gray suit, an ex- 1
tra pair of blue trousers, a brown 1
hat and hlack shoes and was wearing !
a light cream shirt The hospital '
authorities describe him as being 1
about thirty-eight years of age, about 1
| five feet tall, weighing 120 pounds
and rather effeminate in appearance. ''
He has light brown hair, which is *
very thin, almost to baldness on the
top; has penetrating blue eyes, rather ,
protruding, is of light sandy com- i
i piexion and wears a No. 5 shoe.
At their last annual convention,
held some time ago, the Odd Fellows ,
of the State adopted a resolution
calling on Governor Cooper to see
ithat the sentence of the court in ,
Vaughn's case was carried out. The
governor referred the matter to Sol- ,
icitor Martin of Greenville, who a ,
short time ago filed papers on
Vaughn and his attorneys stating; j
that he would request the court to ^
remand vaughn to Greenville for a ,
test of his sanity. ,
Governor Cooper this afternoon of
fered a reward of $200 for the ap- ]
prehension of Vaughn. }
Shortly after Vaughn was placed
in the State penitentiary he went into
an apparent state of coma, from j
which nothing could rouse him. His (
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N ESCAPES
lNE asylum.
movements were mechanical. He
Aould grovel on the floor and appear?d
dumb. The prevailing theory was
that he was feigning insanity and
mfcnv eminent alienists examined
lim. They pronounced him insane.
Since being placed in the State hospital
he Tias been under close observation.
He has been able to talk rationilly
for months and is a constant
reader of the newspapers. According
to Dr. Williams, the superintendent,
Vaughn has shown no decided change
n his mental condition for more than
i year. He has complained of hearing
voices, and at times he was
r*ague and insoherent in conversa:ion,
although able to talk intelligenty
on most topics. The authorities
it the asylum are convinced that
Vaughn is insane, said Dr. Williams.
When Vaughn heard of the action
>f the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
ie was greatly disturbed, and the
isylum authorities immediately took
lim out of the lining room, where
ie was serving a waiter, and conlned
him to his ward, later putting
iim to making clothes for his feliow
inmates. They gave him a sewng
machine to use in his xroom, and
jvea sent his meals there to guard
gainst a possible!, escape."^ When
Vaughn rebaived the papers sei-ved
jy SoUfcitor Martin two weeks ago to
have him taken to Greenville for a
jury to review his mental condition
>vith a view of having him sentenced,
ie was not as greatly disturbed as
ay the Odd Fellows resolution. However,
the hospital authorities were
vigilant in guarding him, and Vaughn
las been searched several times.
Some months ago he was given the
liberty of the hospital grounds, but
Lhis liberty later was taken from him
uid since that time he has not been j
allowed to come in contact with visitors
of other patients.
This is the second time that]
Vaughn has escaped. When he was'
in the Greenville county jail await- j
ing his trial, he managed to get1
iway and went unapprehended for!
tome time. He later was seen and
recognized in Baltimore by a Green-1
rille citizen who had him placed un-'
ier arrest.
At his trial he made a genera]
statement to the jury in which he
confessed to his misdeeds. His statement
was an eloquent plea for clemincy.
Admitting his crime, he said
to the jury:
"I feel that if you give me another
jpportunity after pleading guilty to
these charges and let me have anather
chance I can be of more service
to God than ever before. I feel!
that I can live a li/e of sublime ser-,
rice and consecration to God and to!
man. As dark as it mav seem, to
... i
you, as hellish as it appears, i ieei
that in the depths of my heart I can
?o forward to better 9ervice and 11
can make this plea to you."
His plea was ineffectual, however,
and he received his death sentence
from Judge R. O. Purdy, who acted
as special judge in"the trial.
Agencies throughout the country
are working for the apprehension of
Vaughn and it is believed here that
there is small chance for him to
make a permanent escape. Descriptions
of the fugitive were sent to
surrounding cities early this morn-1
ing and the authorities were cautioned
to look out for him in an automobile.
The municipal county and State
authorities are cooperating in an endeavor
to locate him.
At the hour of going to press today
Vaughn had not been reported
captured.
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LAKE CITY SELLS BONDS
Very Satisfactory Price Obtained by
Commissioners.
Lake City, Sept. 16.?The commissioners
of public works, of Lake City
Tuesday sold $150,000 worth of water
and sewerage bonds to Hillsman
& Company at a slight premium.
The price was considered a very satisfactory
one when the high debt ratio
is taken into consideration. The
contract for installing the system
ivas let to the McCary Company of
Atlanta, which was the lowest of the
Didders. Work will begin within the
next 30 days.
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Buster Brown shoes for boys and
girls, a fine line at PEOPLE'S MERCANTILE
COMPANY, Kingstree.
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HUGH T. BRAMLETT
GIVEN DEATH SENTEN
Granville Man, Refused New T
is Sentenced to Die October 17
For -Killing Mrs. McHngh
Greenville, Sept 16.?Hugh
B ramie t, who was convicted Thi
day night of the murder of his m<
er-in-law, Mrs. L. C. McHugh, 1
sentenced by Circuit Judge Jamej
Peurifoy to be electrocuted at
State penitentiary on October
1919, between the hours .of 5 o'cl
in the morning and 7 o'clock in
afternoon. The sentence was {
liounced bv Judge Peurifoy shoi
after he overruled the defendai
motion for a new trial. The case <
be appealed to the supreme court
is announced, and such an apj
will have the effect of staying
death sentence pending the decis
of the court
The principal ground upon wl
the defendant's counsel relied in se
ing to have the verdict set aside i
the fact that Bramlett was tempoi
ily absent from the court room d
ing the cross examination by
State of one of his witnesses, Dr.
L. Mauldin. It was shown that
was out of the court room from th
to five minutes.
The defense also took exception
certain parts of the judge's cha
to the jury and his refusal to cha
on a point requested by the defe
in regard to manslaughter.
Another ground cited was that
of the jurors was alleged to have
pressed an opinion shortly after i
L. C. McHugh's death to the efl
that Bramlett should be electrocu
E. P. Miller, the juror in quest
today denied having made such
statement.
C. S. Jones, fanner of Greenv
was arrested on a warrant charg
Jones with perjury and insubordi
tion, it being claimed that Jones g
testimony Saturday morning in
hearing on the Bramlett motion
a new trial that was not true. '
warrant for Jones' arrest was sw
out at the instigation of Solicitoi
Robert Martin.
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Compulsory Attendance Law
To Teachers and Patrons and Ti
tees:Under
the provision of the com]
aory attendance law, all children
tween the ages of 8 and 14 y?
must attend school for "four const
tive months, or for the full scl
term, if the session does not run t
long. The 8 and 9 month schools'
open some time in September,
otheis during October. It is the c
elusion of the county board of e
cation that all white children in
county must be enrolled by the f
Monday in November. After thatc
it will be the duty of all teacherf
report a failure to attend on
part of any pupil to Miss Belle B
per, attendance officer. The ne
schools seldom have more than
four month's term, and the law
quires in such cases attendance
the full term.
In this connection I wish to sa;
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me trustees auu urouicis uuik
Harper has been working for
weeks enrolling all pupils in
county, and this work is not yet d<
It is of the utmost importance t
the work be hastened, and I h
you will cooperate with her, andl
her in every, way you can. The o
pulsory attendance law will be m
or little to us, just as we treat
Lets make it a blessing to Willia
burg.
J. G. McCULLOUGH,
Acting County Supt Educat
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To Wed This Month
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ives of F
ence, announce the engagement
their daughter, Bessie, to Ira A. <
Vinncti-oo t Vl<5 weddinc
take place the latter part of
month. Miss. Ives is well known
this place having been enployed 1
the past two years as bookkee
for the Kingstree, Drug Co., and
Wee Nee Bank respectively.
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We take orders for the G!
Tailoring Co., makers of ^mens cl<
ing. Correct fit guaranteed. PI
PLES MERCANTILE COMPA!
Kingst?ee.
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One bale of cotton will buy th
Singer Sewing Machines today, j
would not buy but one four ye
ago. This will not last long. KIN<
TREE FURNITURE COMPANY
c BIG INCREASE IN
- TOBACCO GROWN
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PRICES PAID THIS YEAR COWT.
SIDERABLY LOWER THAN
jf" LAST YEAR
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Complete records of August tobac^
co sales in South Carolina markets
^ in the Pee Dee sections have been
^ compiled by the State department of
, agriculture, which report shows that
6 44^45^27 pounds were sold last
month against 34,629,820 pounds for
the corresponding month last year.
The average price paid was 24.68
cents against an average figure of
'^q] 30.40 cents one year ago. Although
there was approximately 10,000,000
* _ : pounds more tobacco marketed this
Hon i _
year over the sales of August, 1918,
the increase return was only about
iej?_ $400,000. The total amount received
vag for August last year was $10,528,^r.
515.24; This year $10,944,116.50. The
lur_ following are the number of pounds
the and the amount producers re- /
w ceived in 30 markets, the total output
being sold from 77 warehouses:
iree Market Pounds Price paid
Andrews __ 1,283,240 $ 227,015.94
l Aynor _? 1,197,520 296,234.84
Cheraw 99,025 11,704.62
* Conway ? 1,824,468 439437.96
*s0 Darlington- 3,106463 808,658.73
Dillon 626,155 150,277.20
0Qe Florence^ __ 1,560,488 366,360.85
ex_ Georgetown 286,852 57,083.55
Jrs Greelyville. 431,073 64,602.21
Fec^t Hartsville? 1,634,289 420,276.73
^ J Hemingway 1,854,765 -359,846.03
ion'| Johnsonville 1,344,555 274,887.15
a i Kingstree. _ 3,093,215 784,606.07 '
j Lake City. 4,706,001 1,357,985.64
jlle Lake View 1,267,894 295,756.57
i ' Lamar ? 880,200 229,380.12
ina Latta 902,806 176,652.48
* Loris 1,372,689 382,669.93
the Lynchburg- 673,677 146,104.93
?or Manning 2,221,760 456,387.79
^ Marion 1,641,758 361453.39
orn McBee 212,440 44,251.25
. j Moncks Corner 77,965 16,840.44
' Mullins 4,037,279 1,074,852.66
Nichols 1,771,730 522,509.87
Olanta 809,445 209,428.63
Pamplico ? 974.229 249,882.70
to I Sumter l,098*tt?> 210,^0.00
Summerville 133,207 22,628.93
jul- Timmonsville 3,213,653 971,086.71
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iar> Total 44,345,927 $10,994,116.50
jcU. The following comparison of the
100I vo'ume s?ld by producers during the
hat month of August ^he last 10 years,
will ^d the average price paid has been
the PrePared by the department of agriculture:
Year Pounds . Average
the Sold Price
irst 1910 2,068,385 $ 5.12
late 1911 944,301 6.50
. to 1912 5,064,085 7.53
the 1913 8,731,789 12.53
fcr. 1914 3,862,346 10.04
gro 11915 3,387,716 4.31
a 11916 657.816 " 7.88
re. 1917 18,954,777 21.65
f0r 1918 34,629,820 30.40
1919 44,354,927 24.68
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|iss Wise-Spigner
jy Norfolk, Va.. Sept 13.?The home
of Mrs. E. S. Wise in Cradockville.
ane was sce?o of a very pretty wedjja*
ding on Wednesday at 1 o'clock when
her daughter, Miss Ivy Pearle Wise.
ieJ was married to Edward Tindal Spig^
ner, son of the Rev. and Mrs. R. W.
omuch
I Spigner of Kingstree, S. C. The
3 4?1 ? ? !? <mlH?nrad.
... I house was aecoraicu ?iw. 6? ,
mtT asters, clematis and potted plants.
The Rev. W. Arthur Wright performed
the ceremony, and just before the
marriage Miss Eva Ellerbe of Columbia,
S. C.f sang "0 Promise Me.,
The bride wore an afternoon gown
of white georgette crepe embroidered
with beads, and her flowers were a
'or" shower bouquet of bride roses.
Miss Sue Moore of Portsmouth,
al
was her maid of honor. The groom's
*? sister. Miss Elizabeth Spigner, was
.,s the bridesmaid. Little Miss Dorothy
m | Wise, niece of the bride, was the ring
iere I bearer. The bridegroom had as his
per best man his brother, Hubert Spigt
ej ner, of Kingstree, Dr. H. Heyward
Westcott. nephew of the bride, of
Fainter, Ya.. and Henry Wise, the
?^e bride's brothy, were the only other
attendants,
y." After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
' Snitmer left for a trip through the
mountains of North Carolina.
ire*- Mr. And Mrs. Spigner arrived in
and Kinpstree last week and after a short
ars stay with the grooms, parents left
3S- Friday afternoon for Greelyville,
where Mr. Spigner will teach.
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