Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfe ?fr$nm suit Btuifijran. Entered at the Postoffiee at Sumter, S. C., as Second-class Matter. Mrs. H. H. Mittle, who has recent ly assumed the management of the Scmter Corst Shop has returned from a trip to Xew York. ^ Mrs. J. D. Pendh'ton has gene N't? Charlotte, X. G,, to visit relatives. Mm C. M. Trott and little daughter, of Charleston, are visiting Mrs. \V. \V. Mclver on East Liberty street. Miss Frances Smith, who has just ?returned from a visit to Richmond. . Ya,? leaves Friday to visit friends in Asheviile; X. C. Misses Margaret and Adele Van Keuren are visiting Miss Bessie Van Kenren. Miss Florence Oliver, of Columbia, spent the week end with Miss Coline Campbell. Major Walter Bristow, of ('amp Jackson, is visiting his sister. Mrs. J. Z. Hearon. Mr. R. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles, who attended the artaual meeting of the Southern Cotton Association in Montgomery returned Saturday. Mrs. A. J. Earn, of Winchester, Ky., is the guest of Mrs. W. E. .Thayer. Mr J. W. McKiever received a cablegram Thursday from his daugh ter, Miss Katie, in France, saying thai, she would sail for home on the 24th ; of this month. She is expected to reach home about May 20th. j Miss Marie Stoudenmire and Mr.j Edward Warth were married Saturday i the 17th. at S:30 p. m.. Dr. Rice "of fi- j ?ciating. They left on the 9:30 train; lor Columbia. They will visit Mr. j Warthas -relatives in Hickory Grove. Miss Lillian Garlington Rose and i Mr. Angus Preston Brailsford were] married' Saturday at 11 o'clock; at the First Baptist parsonage. Rev. j W. E. Thayer pei forming the cere- j mony. DEATH \r: ? Mrs. Hennie DeSChamps Green, wife of^J&r. W. McD. Green, died at' their home in Hendersonville. X. C, at j 1 a. mr Sunday, after a long illness.! aged about fifty years. The funeral services will be held at Rembert' cihurch at 11 o'clock Tuesday morn-j ing, the body arriving here on the 7:20 ! Strain tomorrow. Tuesday, morning! being taken at once to Rembert; ichurch."*' Mrs. Green is survived by! her husband and three children. Mrs.] Robert Rembert. of Lee county; Hen-; ry Green, who is attending the North Carolina State College, and Ralph i Green, "^^Hendersonville. X. C. ? * * ? ? 1 1 ? ? New Orleans, April 19.?The Ameri-; can steamship Rahda sank in the) Mississippi river with a full cargo of coal and machinerj*, according to cus-: toms officials. The members of the! crew and passengers fere , saved._] T^VntVX-BRATnTAM In the presence of a large number of friends the marriage of Miss Mabel j Bowman and Mr. Riley A. Bradhami [took place at the home of the bride's j parents on Church street. Wednesday [evening. The wedding march was I played by Girard's orchestra, and p*:< - i ceeding the ceremonv, Mrs. John D. It * I Lee. accompanied by Mrs. Stuckey, .'sang an appropriate selection. j The lower floor of the house was ! beautifully decorated with smilax, in terspersed with quantities of pink roses and an unusual number of iiand tsome "ii'l^ were on display. ; The dames of honor. Mesdames Horace Harby and W. H. Bowman ; were handsomely gowned in white fat in with -ace trimming, while the maid. ? Miss Natalie Norman..wore a beauti j fttl.dress of pink satin and lace. The ? bride entered on the arm of her fath er. Mr? P. G. Bowman, who gave her away, and was preceded by little Gus sie Williams and Horace Harby. .vho strewed her pathway with pink rose-. She was met at the altar by the \ groom with his brother. Mr. Ji. C. I Brad ham, as best man. and the ring I ceremony was impressively performed j by Dr. John A. Rice.?assisted by the I Rev. J. P. Marion. j The bride was never more beauti i ful than in her wedding gown of bro | eaded satin, embroidered in pearls, j Mrs. P. G. Bowman, her: mother, j were a handsome dress of grey satin ; and georgette. Immediately after 'the ceremony, a reception for sev?r 1 a! hundred guests was held, during which refreshments of cream and cake were served. After receiving the congratulations of their friends the bride and groom left in an automobile on a wedding trip, after which they will be at home at the home of the groom on Oakland avenue. This mar riage has created more than usual in terest in the community, as both Mr. and Mrs. Bradham are popular mem bers of the society set, and number ? heir friends by the hundred. * Mr. Bi'adham is president of the Commer cial Rank and Trust Company, and by his industry and business ability has already won an enviable place in fi nancial circles. The annual Field Day exercises of < olored schools of the county brought a /arge crowd to town Saturday. The exercises were opened with ad dresses at the Court House. Rev. J. A. Rice malting the principal address of the occasion. The parade was quite interesting. mor?* than live hundred school children being in the line of march. The exhibits of work done during .the year by the domestic science classes, under the driefction of Dr. Anthony, were on display at Lin coln school. Troy. N. Y.. April 10.?Dr. John Magee, the pioneer in the use of diph theria anti-toxin, died today at Ches tertown. Washington. April 1'.t.?The Bail road Labor Board announced today that it would not receive complaints from striking railroad men. Mien ARHSOX-THOM AS' Tindal. S. C. April 15 ?A beautif; ' wedding1 of interest was solemnized u the evening of April 11, a; 7 o'clock when .Miss Beulah Richardson and i . r ' Dargan Thomas were, umteu m mar i riage at the home of the bride's )':itii ! er. ihe Rev. L. B. McCord. of Mannin j officiating, with an impressive cere ; mony. The home was tasteruily decorate; ; for the occasion, white, pink an< ;green being the color scheme. In th ? parlor, where the ceremony was per formed" white roses and potted plant ?were artistically arranged and in th ? lining room, where the gifts were at j-iractiveiv displayed, pink roses, pot ted plants and'spring 'lowers wen : used with pleasing effect. The bride entered the parlor wit: ihe groom and was lovely in her wed [dig attire of while satin and georgett? ? She wore a becoming hat io mate] 'her costume and carried a beautifn j bouquet of white roses and ferns. i The nuemroiis handsome and use I ful presents attest the high esteem i :which this popular couple are held. ; The bride is the attractive daughte jof Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Richardson, o : Tindal. S. <".. and the groom is a pro Igressive planter of Clarendon count: ? Both bride and groom have man ; friends who extend to them bos , wishes. After receiving congratulations Mj land Mrs. Thomas left for their hom< j near Manning. S. C There are too many reckless driv ers in Sumter for the safety of th; i public, wheih? r traveling on foot o in vehicles of any description. 1 should be a chain gang offense, with j out the alternative of a tine to driv a car on the streets at a speed great : er than twenty-five miles an hour an< <a finable offense to drive at more thai r fifteen miles. It is not uncommon t' j eee two cars racing on the streets : the speed being all that the cars cat j deliver. J .Havana. April l 9?R. G. Vermaust captain of the steamer Lake Wilson has been committed to jail at Mavan : ~as cm the charge of using firearm? following- a mutiny on his vessel Three members of the crew were seri ouslyj injured. :D. A. R. CONVENTION Continental Congress Consider Patriotic and Educational Campaigns i ?> Washington. April 19.?American: Ization, patriotic and educational cam i paigns will be the chief subjects Ik 'fore the Continental Cor^rcafi of Th Daughters of the American Revolu [lion which convened today. I Bfttle Rock. Ark.. April in.?A ?cor I of persons were killed and many tr ljured as the result of the storms th,: swept Northwest Arkansas last nigh ' according to meagre advices receive today. W\E READ TO ' ? LECTURE HERE Noted Novelist on Redpath Chan tauqua Circuit. WH! Deliver His Latest Address. "Human Nature and Politics," Full of Experience Stories. Opie Rend, weTl-knawn novelist nnrf journalist, on the fourth night of th* Redpath Chautauqua here, will girt his new lecture. "Human Nature anc Politics." an address composed foi the most part of experience storie<. Ma OPIE READ. that have never been printed and nev er told before on the platform. Opie Read is like no one else in the world. On the .platform he shines with a brilliance all hid own. One minu,te his hearers are roaring with laughter, and the next minute they are staring at the speaker with hot blinding tears only to.break into fresh screams of laughter immediately af ter. Opie Read has written and lectured to a clientele numbering miliions. 14NADA HAS OVERALL-ITI? St. Thomas. Ont., A.p?-.I ):?.?Th? ?verall crusade has spread 1" Canada i.nd severa' c abs have been organized: Neu- York, April 19.?Fire starting >n the steamship Hal fried threatened he destruction <>f th.- Bush terminal ?i Brooklyn. After two explosion? ugs hurried to remove the ship t< Mis. St?bbs Entertains j Two delightful-events of this week were the bridge parties given by Mr?. C. L. Stubbs 'in Tuesday afternoon ; and evening at her home on YW-sr Hampton avenue. Tin- rooms were beautifully decorated with wild flow ers, crab apple blossoms and dog wood being used in profusion and ?transforming the home into a bower of loveliness, with the breath of ; spring in ; he air. ! In tin- afternoon eight tables were I arranged for bridge. Mrs. Solomons being the fortunate winner of the ' first prize, Mrs. a. S. Merrimon get - ling the consolation, while Mrs. Rich i ard Furman drew the booby. In the : evening there were five tables, bridge [again being the form of entertain ment. .Mi-. Flaum won the score j prize, while .Mrs. Flaum cut the con solation, and to Mrs. W. R. Phillips fell the booby. Delightful music was ; furnished during the evening by Mr. ? Julius Alfred Stubbs on the violin. ? accompanied by Mrs. Sadie Mims on the piano. A sweet course was served by the : ho.-!ess. assisted by Mesdames <'. S. Khigsmore. S. K. Rowland and W. y. : Spann. Those present ih the afternoon ? were Mc-sdames Leon Scott. Brunson. F. Levi. M. Levi. Richard Furman. J. j I.*.. Sumter. H. M. Stuckey, Guy Xew hall, W. R. Phillips, 11. A. Mood. . Jackson, a. J. Bynum, A. C. Phelps, j R, C. Williams. ('. P. Exum. Wilson Greene, A. S. Merrimah, Agnes Beg in, Nina Solomons. O. H. Folley, J. G. De Lonne. John Lee. Wilson, War ren Moise, Burgess, Emerson, Fowler, Moore and Miss Guthrie. in the evening the following oou ples enjoyed Mrs. Stubbs" hospitality: .Mr. and .Mrs. M. M. Piatt, Wither ?noon. Guthrie. II. Flaunn, II. M. Crowson. F. A. Bult man. C. J. Dwyer, McKnight, Harmon, W. R. Phillips. Stubbs. xotice The Democratic Clubs of Sumter Comity are hereby called to meet at iheir respective places of meeting on Saturday. April 24th. 1920. at such convenient hours as the officers may designate, except that in the City of Sumter. the ciubs of the said City of Sumter shall meet Friday afternoon. April 23rd. not earlier than u o'clock p. m. on said day. S.nid ciubs shall reorganize by the election of officers, executive com mittee and delegates to the county convention, which will meet in the <-oun house for Sumter county, on .Monday, the 3rd day of May, 1920. at 12 o'clock noon. Each club is en titled to ?nie delegate to the "conven tion for every twenty-iive members or majority part thereof, based upon the vote at the last primary. The Club officers are requested to give- thiq notice nil possible publicity, that a full meeting of the clubs may be had. JOI1X II. CLIFTON. County Chairman. FI. G. Osteen. Secretary. To abort a cold and p?v?.t ?W plications, take alotabs The purified and refined calomel tablets that are nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal virtue^ retain ed* and improved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c. ? PUBLIC NOTICE. N<nicc- is hereby given of the regu lar spring examination for teachers. /The examination will be held in-the Court House. Saturday, May 1st, be ginning at 9 o'clock. Questions will be given by the State si Board of Education from the text- . books used'in the public schools" .of the State. This is the last examination that the?:-{ County Board of Education will have,--. charge of, as hereafter the papers will?, be sent to the State Board of Exanr-V': iners. in Columbia. ;:' AH teachers' certificates will have to 's: be recorded by the State Board of .*; Estaminers after June 1st, as well ?s., in the counties where teachers al#: r employed. <V Any teacher not certain about heri, certificate should see the County Svt-r ?, perintendent of Education, so that if\^ renewals can be made, they may be" made before June 1st. Where not entitled to renewal .of h certificates, teachers should take the: . May examination. i Bv order of the State Board of Ed- ~ ucation. y J. H. HAYNSWORTH, .'C ;' Co. Supt. of Ed. ' ' ? c if London. March 1.?Earl Haig*s & train, used by him as commander of the British armies in France, is for sale. Consisting of eleven corridor coaches, it contains bedrooms, 'dress ing rooms.' sitting rooms, an officers', mess and kitchen. The furnishings include Wilton carpets and rugs and jj movable easy chairs. VHrW'T ? mr ? 'I' f 'i' v f ? y v v v v WVV TVTT 'f ? t f ? T 4 ? ? ? ? i ? g We^e Secured For This Event Over 100 Sample Dresses in X? // esy i arreias, The Swellest an cttuis 9 ewest Dresses Worth from $39.SO up to $50 BEING ARRANGED NOW FOR THE MONEY SA VING SALE Which Starts Tomorrow Morning at EVERY DRESS WILL BE SOLD AT ONE PRICE, $26.95 Which is cheaper than materials, etc. cost regular today-No charsres-No approvals-No C. 0. D. Altera tions free. Sale prices for this week only. Be on hand early?Don't miss it.