Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* to* PH^fcw at eMsater. 8. nCBAONAX NEWS. Mlia Marlon Sutterwhlte hu.s Rone to llartsvllle to visit friends. Dr J. W. Brlstow, a recent grad? uate from the MoUlcal College of South Carolina at Charleston, Is vi? it. >k relatives In the <-lty. Mrs. J. A. I.oryea and Min* Kdlth are visiting the Musts* Burnett on Washington Street. Mm. J. P. Hatlleld. acompanled by her daughter. Muriel. left Satur. ?tay for Charleston, where she will tait her daughter. Mm. jtatttgr Hutch nson. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. James loft Sat. urday for Charleston and tho Isle of Palms. Mies Rmlly Cecllo McKngs?left this morning- to attend nu miner) ftjttool it Wlithrop College. v9 Mr. J. K. Crosnwell has retwned home after a months trip In the north. Mrs. W. K. Crosnwell has returned to her home In Blshopvllle. after a 'tail In the city. Mr. : II. Clifton has gone to Char, ?eston >n buslnen?. Miss Agnes Herlot of the Provi. Isncf. section. Is visiting Miss Kath. ?rya Stubbs. Miss Pannle Buchanan, of Oxford, M. C , Is upending a while in Sumter. the* guest of Miss Katheryn Stuhhe. Misses Helen Woods, of Darlington, and Madeline Bedoll, ,i Qroenvlllc, are expected in tho city this after, noon to remain over for tho Yeadon. Carle wedding on next Wodnosday. Miss Iva Belle Hughson. who has ?een talcing voteo under Mmo. Julian. 4 la Columbia. Is at home to spend her /scat ton with relatives on Broad Miss Perk a Cleln. of Atlanta, Is the guest of Mm. s. Myerson. on Wright -ftreet. Minsen Lou and Addle Collier, of Clio res. are the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Kennedy on Oakland Ave. Dr. and Mrs. Archie China, accom nan ted by Mrs. M. B. DeLorme and Mrs. Carroll, have returned from At anta. where they went to attend tho annual commencement exercises of the Oeorgla School of Technology f^m wni< h Mr Alfred China L>n Lonne graduated. Mr. Alfied DeLormc returned with them from Atlanta. Miss Mary Marks, of Columbia, is In the city for the Yeadon.Earle wed. ding on Wednesday evening. Mr. Fred Nigels is at homo from Georgia School of Technology for the summer vacation. Messrs. Hoger and Bernard Shhlull aro at home from the University of North Carolina for the dummer. Messrs. Stephen and George Shore have returned home from Washing*, m and Leo University. Mr. Kddic II. Cuttino has returnojl homo from tho Citadei at Charleston for the summer. Mrs. Maggio May Ogior, of Savan? nah, Ga., and little Mlsg Vermcllle Joye of Estoll, S. C, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. II. May. Mr. J. A. Hudson, who hns been with the Sumtcr Lighting Company for several years, has gone to Parr Shoals, where ho has accepted a po. sltlon us electrician. II AMKR.IOIXilN Wl.niHXG. A Brilliant Society Event In lien. nettsvUle Tuesday Evening. Pee Deo Advocate. An event in Rennettsville society Tuesday evening was tho marriage of MIsh Lillian Humor and Joe V. Elgin of Abbeville. The marriage was solemnized in the Methodist church at 8.30 in the presence of a largo number of friends and relatives, the Impressive ring ceremony being used by Rev. Peter Stokes, the bride's pas. tor. The church was beautifully dec. orated in pink roses and green vines. Mrs. Elgin is the attractive daugh. ter of Mrs. Lillle P. Hamer of Ben. nottsvllle and is a graduate of Co. lumbla College, while Mr. Elgin is a prominent young business man of Abbeville, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin left Immediately after the ceremony for their future home, Abbevillo, S. C Miss Hamer taught for several years at St. Charles and has many friends la Sumter and Lee Counties. Comparatively few of the voters of 8umter havo enrolled their names on the club rolls and th so who have not. yet done so, should do so now. A littlo ovor two hundred of the thous. and voters In the city aro all who havo registered. Remember that tho voter must place his full name and bus to enroll In person. WILL MAKE ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. Senator Smith Will Attend All Meet. Ings During Summer Says Close Associate. In viow of the fact that it has been reported In this community generally that Senator Smith might not attend the campaign meetings oh account of work In Washington, it will be of in? terest to state that a very close per. sonal friend and associate of Senator Smith's this morning stated to a representative of The Item that ho knew it for a fact that Senator Smith would be in the race from start to finish and would attend all of the campaign meetings, unless something unforeseen und not preventable kept him from attending. Senator Smith's family have already returned home from Washington for tho summer during tho campaign and ho was expected at his homo to. t day. Ho expects to remain in the State for tho summer, conducting his cam. paign with all tho vigor possible. - Salem Club Organized. The Salem Democratic Club met and organized Wednesday with the following officers: President, S. J. Blackwell; vico president, J. A. Boy kin; secretary, J. H. Warren; mem? ber executive committee, J. B. War? ren. Fourteen members were enrol1, ed and a committee was appointed to see other persons in the club district and seo that they are enrolled. Best Paid Superintendent In the Car. olinas. Supt. S. IT. Edmunds, of Sumtor, 8. dl is probably the best paid su. cently the board Increased his salary cently tho board Increased his salory to $3,500. Tho committee thought this duo Mr. Edmunds for the exception, ally valuable service he is rendering tho city, a service which is recognized at home and abroad. In accepting the position for another year, it is under? stood that he declined a position in a wider field offering about twice the salary. Supt. Edmunds stands in the front rank of superintendents of the United States, and Is an educator of wide and helpful influence.?Southern School News. Sumter people will be Interested to know that one of their number has written a play which will be produc. ed by local talent. Rehearsals are to begin Wednesday evening and tho play will bo seen in about two weoks' time. WHERE TO EMIOLL. Citizens should Place Names on Club Citizens of Sumter city and Sumtcr j county should place their names on their respective club rolls now while tho matter is before them or the! time for enrolling will pass and it will ho too late for them to register and' then they will be deprived of the I privilege of voting in the primaries next August. To vote every citizen has to register his name, residence I and occupation on the ohlb roll of his own club roll end this must be done within a limited time. The club rolls in the city are to be found by voters at the following places: Ward 1 Club, in tho clerk's office at the court house; Ward 2 Club, in Mr. R. J. Bland's office on tho fifth iloor of the City National Hank building; Ward 3 club, at W. 13. Boyle's stables in charge of S. P. Stoudenmire; Ward 4 Club, at Scaffc's store in chargo of Charles Thames. Manning Campaign Buttons Here. The Young Mens' Manning club has just received a shipment of campaign buttons that they ordered to help the boosting work in Hon. R. T. Man? ning's campaign for governor. The buttons are about the size of a quar? ter of a dollar, and aro of white background in the centre of which is a photograph of Mr. Manning. Around the top margin are the words "For Governor," and around the bot? tom margin are tho words "Richard L Manning." The buttons have made an immediate hit with those that have seen them. These buttons can be had of Mr. Ladson Boyle at the Booth-Boylo Live Stock Co., or of Mr. J. A. MoKnight at Cuttino and McKnight's or of Mr. H. A. Moses at the Bank of Sumter. Tho cotton crop in the vicinity of Sumter is exceptionally promising at this time and the prospects for a good crop is excellent. Enrollment committees should bo careful to hpvo each member enroll his full narrte on the club book. If a man's name should happen to be William Jennings Bryan Jones it must be recorded on the club book in full?it will not do to enter his name as W. J. B. Jones or William J. B. Jones?the entire name must be written out. The rules requiro the full name and anything less is ille? gal. Rolls at Once. MARRIED AT MANNING. Miss Mary Louise Hrockiiigton and Mr. James Warren Whlcuiaii. Manning, June 13.?A wedding of j interest to many persons in South Carolina was that of Miss Mary Louise Broekington and Mr. James Warren Widcman, Thursday afternoon, at the1 homo of the bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Brockinton. only rela.j tives and intimate friends of the bride and groom witnessed the core, mony. The color scheme of yellow and green was carried out in simple, but beautiful, decorations of daisies, palms and ferns. Miss Mary Purdy, of Suinter, sang very sweetly, "Because Your Heart," whUc Mesdames A. C. Brad ham and J. B. Cantey formed an aisle of white ribbon from the corridor into the re? ception hall, w here tho ceremony was performed. Promptly at 5.30, to the strains of tho Wedding March from "Lohengrin, played by Miss Fannie Chandler, of Mayesville, the bridal party entered First came the Hev. L. B. McCord, pastor of the bride, followed by the bridesmaids, Misses Julia Phillips, of Chester, and Miss Joe Kinard, of Ninety-Six, and the matron of honor, Mrs. II. H. Brad ham, of Manning. When these had taken their places in front of a bank of palms and ferns tho groom entered, with his best man, Mr. Baron Caldwcll, of Laurin. berg, N. C, and then came the bride, with her sister, Miss Edna Brockin? ton, the maid of honor. During the impressive ring cere? mony Mrs. Chandler played softly "Traumerie," and then to Mondel ssohn's wedding march the bridal party went to the dining room, where an ico course was served. The bri. jdal party returned to the drawing room, where they received their friends from G to 7.3o\ Dr. and Mrs. Brockinton, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bradham, received at tho door. Mrs. Joo Bigby and Miss Loulic Harvin presented the guests to the bride' and groom, after which Mrs. J. B. Cantey and Miss Beulah Wilson ushered them to the hall, where punch was served by Misses Mattie Venning and Bessie Harvin. They were then shown into the dining room by Mrs. S. Oliver O'Bryan and Miss May Bradham, and served an ice courso by Mrs. J. A. Cole, assisted by Misses Isabellc Bradham and Virginia Wilson. The bride was lovely in a gown of duchess satin, en train, with trim? mings of laec and pearls. Her veil was caught with a coronet of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor was ?Ircssed in white crept meteor. The bridesmaids wore dresses of yellow crepe meteor, and the matron of hon? or green crepe meteor. At 8 o'clock the hide and groom loft In an automobile for Sumter, where they took the north bound train for their honeymoon. \ x x i?: x ATiox promi >x restixg. Will Ik* Brought out Later?Party Ix?avo on Fishing Trip. Plnewood, June 11.?The petition that was circulated some time back for the annexation of mis section to Sumter county is not dead, but is only temporarily shelved for good and sufficient reasons. In uue time it is most likely that it will' receive fa? vorable consideration. The steam roller is being fired up to start on its political crushing trip. Messrs. J. W. Weeks, R. A. Law? rence, E. C. Geddings, J. S. and A. F. Richardson left early Tuesday morn? ing for Brewington Lake below Manning, for a day's outing. Chauffeur Hurbcrt Spain was at the wheel. The club rolls are at A. E. Griffin's store. FLAG DAY OBSERVED. Elks Celebrate Adoption of American Flag in Appropriate Manner. The members of Elks Lodge No. 855, B. P. O. E., of Sumter appro? priately observed Flag Day Sunduy afternoon by exercises in the club rooms. There was a good audience present and the exercises were much appreciated. The celebration was of the l.TSth anniversary of the adoption of the American Mag or. the 14th of June, 1777, by the American congress. Exalted Ruler W. L. Hoyle presid? ed at the exercises, assisted by the other chair officers, J. H. Forbes, Es? teemed Leading Knight; J. H. Levy, Jr., Esteemed Loyal Knight; and B. Wralsh, Jr., Esteemed Lecturing Knight. The reading of the history of the flag was by Mr. Horace liarby, which was followed by vocal music by Miss Maggie Mao Seale and Miss Lucile B?ndle. A tribute of respect to the flag was read by Mr. Geo. D. Levy aid the patriotic address was .nade by sti William P. Robertson. Interspersed between the oth t numbers there was music by Sch macher's Orchestra, and music was also rendered at the beginning and close of the exercises, which came as a most enjoyable feature of the occa? sion. Cool, Comfortable Clothes Every Careful Dresser gives Special Attention to His Outfitting During the Hot Weather Season :: :: :: We've every good thing in Cool Clothes and Toggery for 100 degrees in the shade, and we'll make you comfortable for the balance of the Summer Season. BLUE SERGE SUITS . ? . $10, $12.50 to $25.00. PALM BEACH SUITS . . . $6.50, 7.50 and $8.50. Then to complete your comfort we've Straw and Panama Hats, Choice Soft Shirts, Thin Underwear, Wash Neckwear. Hosiery and many other Summer Things in new and exclusive Toggery. *Ibe D. J. Chi dler Clothing Co., Phone 166 Sumter, South Carolina