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Historic St Philip's Church Again Opened Stately Edifice, "The Westmin ster Abbey of South Caro lina/* Remodeled Follow* ing Fire a Year Ago By Harriette K. Leiding. (News and Courier) Today Historic St. Philip's Church wili be reopened for service after hav ing' been closed for nearly a year's time. The church building has been remodeled following the . striking bj . lightning of this edifice and a par g|tial burning of the structure at the northeast extremety of the building used as a vestry room and rector's study. When the committee consisting of J. C. Bissen, F. G. Davies. H. C. Cheves and the Rev. S. Cary Beckwith was appointed it was decided not only to repair the church, but also to en large the structure and provide space downstairs near the chancel for the choi r. ' Accordingly, the entire east wall of the church has been removed, and a new; choir bay added and a sanctuary access to these being/ secured by a great transverse arch which rises forty feet clear above the marble pavement. Thus as in the year 1837 the church has been extended eastwardly. The new. sanctuary lies beyond the choir bay and is semi-circular in shape with a. semi -circular dome. Under this sanctuary lie various graves that k: could not be disturbed for the build ?7Jug program. Thus most beautifully and reverently have Simons & Lap bam, the architects, in charge, met the building requirements and at the same time Succeeded in keeping untouched the hallowed resting places of those who are sleeping the sleep of the just. New Organ Erected. The new organ is erected in the gallery of the church buiMing under J the roof of the choir bay, but con trolled from the choir bay. This bay . with stalls designed to match the old pews of the church, is elevated two steps above the floor level. On a marble platform stands,a new altar of fitting design, placed three steps above the level of the choir, and from this elevation shows to great advan tage. Later rt is planned to place, just behind the altar, a stained glass window, representing an All. Soul Wfn k dow, as a memorial to. the dead of the parish. Colored Workman Solred Problem. It has been a difficult task to find a workman to reproduce.the rose-like coffers of the curved., vault of the new. sanctuary to .match the. design of the old ceiling, but an old colored workman was discovered, it is said who remembered the secret. Thus once again is St. Philfp's indebted to that race for help as it was bravery and daring of a negro who saved St. Philipps from burning once in the long ago. This exploit has long been celebrated in a poem. "How He Saved St. ? Michaers," but the error arose from: the fact that, many years ago on.-the site now occupied by St. Michael's Church there stood from 1681-82. according to Dalcho, the ? Mother Church of the diocese, known as St. Philip's." The building was said to be of black cypress, which showed some indication of decay, and proved too email for the Increasing population by 1710. Accordingly an Act of Assembly was passed in March of that year for the "erecting of a new brick Church at Charles Town to be the parish Church of Sf. Phil ip's," the name St. Philip's being first found in connection with the wooden edifice, in a. deed conveying a lot ad joining the church "to the Rt. Hon. Joseph Blake, Governor, and his suc-i cessors, in trust for the use of St. Philip's Church, for a yard thereunto j forever." Meeting street was originally called) Church street, but upon the removal j of St Philip's to the present site, "a j few poles north of Queen street," the! street on which it was erected took; the name of Church street. Old Church j street became the "present Meeting! stret, from the "Meeting House," now! known as the Circular Church, direct- j ly to the east of which lies St. Phil-j ip's western graveyard in which isj found the tomb of John C. Calhoun. j Illustrious Dead Rest in Churchyards.' The remains of numerous iHustri-j ous men, says Elise Rhett Lewis, lie in the eastern and western church- j yards of this church, which for tvjj hundred and forty years ha? been! identified with the history of Charles- j ton. and upon the walls within the church are many memorial tablets, in-! eluding one- erected in the vestibule to those young men who fell in the; War between the States, every young J man of the congregation having en-1 tered the Confederate service in the! war for Southern rights under the! Constitution. . Some of the oldest graves have 1 been there since before the church opened for service on Easter, 1723, but no effort is here made to date these. graves, names alone being given. Among those who here rest are Robert Daniels. Landgrave and Gov ernor; George Logan. Speaker of the ?Commons; Co?. William Rhett. the hero of the defense against the Inva sion of the Spaniards and French in 1766 and of the expedition against the pirates. 1718; and Thomas Hep worth. Chief Justice; all here repose in "God's Acre." "The good Governor," Robert Johnson, lies near the chancel inside the church, while Chief Justice Trott. Chief Justice James Graeme. Charles Pinckney, Peter Leigh. An drew Rutledie. Speaker of the Com mons, and Roger Pinckney. last royal provost marshal, lie in the eastern cemetery. The tomb of Benjamin Smith stands next to that of Col. Wil liam Rhett. his ancestor, while the Brewton family Ii*' in the cemetery north of the church. Later on many statesmen and heroes of the Revolu tion were buried here, among them Christopher Gadsden. William John son, Rawlins Lowndes. Edward Rut ledge, Coi. Isaac Motte. Thomas Pinck ney, Major Benjamin Huger. Major Thomas Grimball. Daniel Huger. Charles Pinckney and John Lewis Gervais. Many Interesting Records. The register of births, marriages, and deaths from the year 1720 still exist*, but the old minutes of the pro ceedings of the. vestry previous to 1732 are missing and this most valua ble historical record is thus lost. In the first vestry of which there is a record, appear the names of three Huguenots, Col. Samuel Prioleau, Mr. Gabriel Magnigault, and Mr. John Abram Motte. These offices were not sinecures, so many duties being put upon the vestry and wardens that persons had some time almost to be forced to serve under penalties for refusing. On one long account of deb its and credits this quaint entry oc curs: "10 Nov. By Detta, received from Benjamin Smith a fine recovered by jJusice Gibbs from Peter Brez, forj knocking down Mr. Pinckney's negro."i In 1733 Mr. John Laurens, of Revolu-j tionary fame, was elected to serve as one of the wardens. When annual election took place at Easter there were elected not only the vestry and wardens, but "five com missioners of the highway, six pack ers, five wood measures and five firemasters. The civil and ecclesiasti cal affairs of the town were settled in the porch of the church. A free school established by the assembly. 1712, was united with the school of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and was connected with St. i Philip's church until the Revolution. In 1734, by the efforts of the ves try, a work house and a hospital were established. The Gazette of 1748 gives the information that "Frederick Hol zendorf. chirugeon of St. Philip's hos pital, Charles Town, has removed his residence." In 1740 took place the trial of the great Whitefield for conducting serv ices without regard for the Prayer Book, which ^resulted in the loss of this eminent and eloquent preacher to the Episcopal Church. A great fire which destroyed a large part of the town?the loss being estimated at a million and a half dollars, also oc curred this year. In 1743 the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel established with its own funds and voluntary subscrip tions a school for the training of negro teachers, to be sent out to in struct the negro and Indian children. Among the contributors were the Hon. Charles Pinckney. Joseph Wragg, Benjamin Smith, Robert Pringle, Ja cob Motte, Col. Othniel Beale and Sarah Trott. This school continued for twenty-two years, supervised by the successive commissaries, the Rev. Garden, the Rev. Clark and the Rev. Robert Smith, afterwards first Bishop of South Carolina, who in 1783 organized an Academy of Learning, and spared no trouble or expense in securing the best classical teachers. This academy became, by the passage of an act in 17;85, the Charleston Col lege. Destroyed in Fire of 1835. St. Philip'a escaped the great fires of 1740, 1778. 1796 and 1810. In that of 1796, when the French Protestant Church was destroyed, the steeple of St. Philip's was afire, and was only 'saved by a courageous n^gro, who climbed up and tore off the burning j shingles; for the signal service he I was given his freedom, the story ol I which as has been said, is splendidly ftold, (although attributed to the "wrong structure) in a poem "How he I saved St. Michael's.'' Unhappily the beautiful church, so rich in historical Interest, was completely destroyed by fire Februray 14, 1835. St. Philip's was rebuilt with re markable prompitude and energy; and in-spite of the great financial panic of that year, the cornerstone of the new building was laid in 1837. the first service held under its roof May 3. 1838, and the church was conse crated by Bishop Bowen, November 9, 1838. The new church was built on the old foundation, except that it was extended twenty-two feet east wardly, and the ground plan little changed^ In regard to its external appearance the new church did not differ greatly from the old building, but many alterations were made in the interior. The Communion table, a sacred link saved from the fire, con tinued to be used. In the earthquake of 18S6. St. Phil ip's was seriously wrecked. The walls were cracked, the west porch destroy ed, north and south porches shattered, the roof broken through by falling of iron columns and bricks from the steeple, and the galleries displaced.) The cost of repairing the building after this great disaster was nearly $20,000. Damaged By Lightning Last Year. In 1744 occurred two violent thun der storms, one in April, the other in June. The lightning struck the church during both of these storms, damag ing the steeple and the organ in ex actly the same places, the first caus ing the death of Mr. Furncss. who was hanging one of the bells which used to hang in the steeple. Early in the '50s a clock with bells was pre sented to the church by Mr. John Campbell, of Beaufort, the uncle of the then incumbent of old St. Helena Church, in Beaufort, the Rev. John Barn well Campbell. The bells were given" to the Confederate government to be cast into cannon. By a strange coincidence, during the year 19 20, St. Phillip's was again struck by light ning and badly damaged by the con sequent fire. The church is now open ed after extensive repairs and exten sion to the east, the work being per formed most revently and in perfect accord with the original architecture, by two architects of Charleston, as sociated together in business. Messrs. Albert Simons and June Lapham. with! the advice and assistance of the dearly loved rector, S. Cary Beck with, whose name is found at the ?Jose of a long j list of notable men who served this church and community, Gadsden. Howe and Johnson b*dng some that come to mind most readily. Edward McCrady says: "The early history of St. Phillip's Church is but a part of the colonial history of South Carolina, and. as it has been said of Westminster Abbey that it was a par* of the Constitution of England, so St. Phillip's was interwoven into the very fabric of the Province, ami has been aptly called the Westminster Abbey of South Carolina." Company Chartered. Columbia. June 13.?The Cash Gro cery Co., of Sumter. was chartered by the secretary of state today. The capital stock is $4.000. Et. J. Alex ander is presidenr and treasurer. .1 es se S. Turner is vice president; ?'ladys y, Alexander is, secretary. SOLDIERS BEAT UP CIVILIAN Calhoun Man Stripped and Left in Woods St. Matthews. June 12.?While on his way to Sandy Run Lutheran church today a young man by the name of Livingston was held up by three soldiers from Camp Jackson and brutally beaten, stripped of his I clothing, robbed of the car in which he was riding, tied hand and foot and I left in the woods. Young Livingston ! was engaged in carrying relatives to [and from church. He had taken some i of his people home and was retum I ing for another load. He overtook I the three soldiers and was ordered to stop. They gut in the car, taking i ihe back seat. After they had got j n. one of them struck Livingston in the head with a pistol, rendering him unconscious. They then took charge of the ear and drove into the woods near Cridois' springs on the state road. The boy was stripped of his clothing and tied hand and foot. He was then left. After the party had gone the boy regained conscious ness, worked himself free and went to a negro house and gave the alarm. Sheriff Hill was immediately notified and was soon. upon the scene. Upon his arrival he was in formed that the soldiers in the stolen car had already passed through St. Matt lews and were on their way to ward Charleston. Jle communicated at once with citizens at Elloree. who waylaid the road. In a few minutes the soldiers appeared. Magistrate Evans and Rural Policeman Ballard .iad assembled a good force, and when the soldiers appeared, found j themselves at once in their clutches. Sheriff Hill was soon on the scene and arrived at Elloree within a few minutes after the soldiers were ar rested. They had in their posses sion an ordinary .32 Smith & Wesson pistol, two hand bags and The clothes of the assaulted boy. The men admitted the assault and made statements, giving their names, ad dresses and the details of the af fair, as above related. The names as given are Herbert Annie, Brockton, Mass.; Leslie W. Edson, Whitman, Mass.; G. B .Logan. Eureka, Cal. Logan says that he is the one that struck the boy, but says that the others assisted in the other parts of the affair. The entire community at Sandy Run at once turned out to give the sheriff all assistance pos sible and the sheriff states that co operation on the part of citizens both at Sandy Run and Elloree was splen did. The men are tonight in jail here under warrants charging them i with the offense. Considerable ex-j citement prevailed for a time| throughout the community. - Moving Pictures Great Civilizcr. Papeete. Tahati. May 5 (Delayed) ?The greater numlw of the films displayed at the only picture house here are of American manufacture, and. as the explanations are in Eng lish, it is necessary to interpret the story as the picture proceeds. The one who performs this office is a young man of French descent who was born in the islands; is a master of the Tahitian language; and is en dowed with the gift of eloquence?a veritable William Jvnnings Bryan of the South Seas. Standing In the centre of the gal lery, he plays upon his audience as a ! master musician upon his instru ment; rousing them to laughter, plunging them into despair and tears and inspiring them to roof-shaking cheers as the emotions of the pictured actors ebb and flow. The moving pictures have had a great influence in changing the life of th*? islands. They have brought j knowledge to the natives of the man- | ners and customs of other lands and j have changed the Tahitian's view point from that of an Isolated island er to the broad sapience of one who hnr- traveled in many countries. He I has se.pn pictured on the screen all the achievements of the white man; has viewed his famous cities: been instructed in his vanities and there fore no longer considers himself pro vincial. It is something of a shock to the average visitor who. believing the hectic tales told in books, expects to find a horde of naked savages, is met instead by the spectacle of brown women in Paris gowns, picture hats and high heeled shoes. Complaint Against J^hort Measures. I There is a matter to which I wish J to call the attention of the house- j wives of Sumter. It is in reference j to the system of measurements to J which we are subjected. The ven- j ders come around to sell their pro ducts, berries, beans or whatever they have to sell. They bring cans, buck ets and cups in which to measure the I merchandise. These people become I highly insulted and insulting, if a quait measure which is legal dry measure, is produced and usually re- | fuse to sell at all. if the legal mcas- j ure is insisted upon. Will not the : housewives of Sumter provide them selves with legal dry measures and 1 refuse to take for a quart, a little can full of produce which is usually short \ at least a teacup full, and amounts to quite a loss in a few weeks. These j venders charge outrageous prices and I then persistently cheat in the meas- i urements by using cups, cans and ? buckets which are always short. Even a quart measure for liquids is ncorrect for it does not hold .as much ! as dry measure. i Will the housewives unite to pur down this outrageous practice, which: is so obnoxious to those who like I justice and fair piny. Go and buy a legal dry quart measure it won't cost , much and refuse to accept any other ' measurement. In this way only will, we break up this practice. Housewife. - As the movie? get worse, the1 shrewd managers install softer seats. | --Flint. Mich.. Journal. - Stimmer dresses and some're thin j excuses.?Chanibcrsburg (Pa.) Public J ppiniont _ _^ Providence Improvement Association. Tindal. June 13.?The Proyidence school improvement association held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday afternoon, June 9. at the school house. The association had never been permanently organized until this af ternoon, when Mr. H. I>. Tindal was elected president and Theola Brogdon secretary. The following program committee was elected: Judge J. A. Hodge, Mrs. Broadway, Mrs. Davis and Theola Brogdon. Mrs. Broadway and Theola Brog don were also appointed to have the by-laws ready for approval by next meeting. Fourteen members were enrolfed and it was decided that dues would be ten cents per month, an addition al five cents for each absence or fail ure to be on program. The next meeting will be held in July. This time ice cream ami cake will be sold for the benefit of the as sociation. Theola Brogdon. Secty. State Crop Estimate. Saluda. S. C. .June 'J.?According to report of B. B. Hare, Agricultural Statistician in charge of the crop re porting service in South Carolina for the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agricul-. ture. the following estimates are noted which show the condition of the fol lowing crops on June 1: Wheat SO per cent of normal; oatn 84; alfalfa 91; hay 85; cowpeas 83: rye 86: cabbages 90; onions 91; I peaches 52; pears 60; apples 65: wa'ermeions 75 and cantaloupes 7". ( The report shows that the commer-! ciaJ acreage planted to water-melons this season will approximate 11,000 acres, cantaloupes 1.200 and cucum bers 1,500. Barnwell county appears to have the largest acreage, of each of these crops, and Blackville is one of the Iargst. if not the largest, shipping point. Other shipping points for mel ons are as follows: Barnwell, Lena. Furman, Allendale, Cave, Kline. Denmark, Ulmer, Scotia. Sycamore, Fairfax, Es till, Luray. Bar ton. Dunbarton, Hatcieville,. Bladock. Appleton, Hilda. Olar. and Tillman. The indicated production of wheat in the states is 1.848.000 bushels, against 1,785,000 bushels last year. The acreage of oats is shown to be 455,70'J acres, or 5 per cent more than hist year. The condition of 84 per cent forecasts a production of 10. 481,000 bushels, or 65.000 bushels more than in 1920. Peaches in central and western countries were seriously injured by frosts in April, whiie in the eastern part of the state, especially Chester field county, conditions and yields are more satisfactory. Apples and pears did not suffer so much from late frosts as peaches though considerable injury is now being reported on account of blight. During the early part of May rain fall was abundant and farm work was delayed to a considerable extent. During a greater portion of the month nights were too cool and crop growth generally was very poor, except the last week of the crop reporting period when there was seasonal growth and development of all crops. Crisis in Cuban Tobacco industry. Havana,' May ?1?Cuban tobacco planters say that the suspension by Great Britain of its extra 50 per cent tax on tobacco imports will give little help in the present crisis faced by the Cuban tobacco industry. In a recent meeting of planters it was stated that the British dealers had stocked up heavily and would re quire little tooacco for some time. The planters also stated that their efforts to induce the tobacco workers' feder ations to accept reduced wage scales so that Cuban tobacco could be put on the market at reduced prices had resulted in so Plight a reduction of wages it was considered useless. Victim of Witch Doctor^. Havana. Cuba. June 13.?Provin cial authorities arc conducting a searching in'v'estigation into the mys terious disappearance from his home on a ranch n^a** Guantanamo of Can dido Martinez, as;cd 5 who. it is re ported, may have been a victim of witch doctors. Three men and a wo man are being held without bail for examination, one of them being known locally as a 'healer" and sell er of patent medicim-s. The aunt of the missing lad. his sole relative, says that his sister disappeared a year ago under similar circumstances. Slate Guard Encampment. Columbia, June 14.?All of the National Guard units in South Caro lina are to be represented on the state guard encampment to be held at Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, beginning on July 10 and lasting through July 23. two weeks. The va rious units are now drilling and mak ing preliminary preparations for- the encampment. It is estimated that there will be approximately a thou sand or possibly twelve hundred men on the encampment. On th" 6th of July a preliminary! y< hool will be opened at the Mount Pleasant camp, for non-commission- ; ed officers and other guardsmen who will be specified. Tin* truck company of Columbia, in th" Pacific Mills section of th" city. h;js just received live big trucks from ?he government, and instructions in truck handling and motor transporta- \ 'ion nrc heing given the members, i Amusements in Moscow. ' . ? Heslingfors. June 8. ?The chief dis traction of the people in Moscow is I the opera and ballet, say persons ' who have just come out of Russia. Exquisite performances are given , by singers and lancers, many of whom are highly educated and ro- I ireive 50.000 rubles a night. Tickets ! for seats are ost? nsibly free but are i unobtainable without ;i "pull" or emoluments for subordinates. Morion picture programs are de-j voted chiefly lo propaganda. The white man's real burden is a lot of <uher white nu n. ?Wiashington Post, Shower For Bride. Salem, Black River. June 1". 1321 This afternoon Fern Park was the i scene of a pleasant social event, j Mesdam.es E. W., Jr., and James !McB. Dabbs gave a linen shower in ? honor of. Miss Isabelle Workman, second daughter of Rev. \V. H. Work man, pastor of Brick Church. The bride to be will be married to Gary Edward:3, principal of the Mullin's Schools, next Wednesday at 4 P. M.. in Brick Church. This will be the 2nd marriage to take place in Brick S Church, the first being Miss Sally jKnox Witherspoon and Rev. W. J. I McKay. The parlor of Fern Park was deco rated with ferns and Shasta daises. The guests busied themselves with preparations for decorating the church for the happy event. Many who con Id not come, sent presents. Miss Pearl McElveen pre-: sided over the refreshments?jelly and [whipped cream, cake and pluhi acid j punch. Those present were the bride to be. (Miss Isabel Workman. Mrs. Work man, Misses Anna and Polly Work man, Mrs. D. M. Boykin, Mrs. Good man. Mrs. Pringle, Mrs. H. D. War fren, Mrs. G. C. Mathis. Misses Julia land Alice Warren. Rove McElveen. and Garland McCutchen. Little Harold Wilson and Eugene Dabbs came in to th^ tune of the wed ding march bearing a white basket overflowing with cite wedding gilts. James Me Bride Dabbs. husband of one of the hostesses sang several ap i propriate songs. E. W. DABBS. Death of a Notable Indian. I Pierre. S. D.. June 14.?In the re cent death of Chief Iron Lightening, j at his home near Thunder Butte in ! the northwestern part of the Chey- | enne Indian reservation, the country I j lost probably the greatest of the few ! j remaining famous Indian characters j ! who figured in the early history of J j Dakota Territory. j Iron Lightening was orje of the! ! sub-chiefs, who under Sitting Bull. J participated in the memorable battle Of thy Little Big Horn. June 25. 1378, j when Custer and his band of 261! I men were annihilated. He is said to1 j be the last of the chiefs who were in control of the Sioux rfation at that time. He was 7G years old at the j time of his death and has for yews j made his home in the vicinity of [Thunder Butte station. ! Unusually tall and well proportion ed, even for an Indian, and possess ! ing a voice which commanded atten j tion and obedience although it knew ? no word of English. Iron Lightening I ! was a natural leader of men. In the I early part, of thin century following I the Cite Indian uprising, when the I Utes had been rounded up and sent j to the Cheyenne reservation, it was rron Lightening who went among them urging them to forget their grievance with the whites and settle 1own to peaceful lives. lie wa.s the iast Indian, so far as is ! known, to have continued to live with j two wives after thei order prohibit- j ing polygamy and further polygamous marriages among the Indians was i j made. Iron Lightening was called to I i the Thunder Futte station when this' order was received and told he must choose between the two women with whom he was living. "If the Commissioner has lived with one woman." the chief replied in Indian, "he wilt know how impos sible it is for Iron Lightening to sep larate hinwelf from two. Iron Light i ening laughs." i This speech won for him his case j and the two wives were retained. I They lived together in harmony, one, J doing the cooking for the family.! which among the Indians is regarded j as an honor, for nm- week when the j other came into power for a like pe- j riod. To Build Honse in a Day. r - Columbia. Jime 14.?The men of; the Bihlo Class of the Shandon Meth-j edict church of this city will Th?r*- j day build an addition to their church, j to serve as the home of the Bible i class. The men of the church will do the work all in one day. They will start early Thursday and pro pose to have a reception in the build-j ing {.lint night. The lumber will all j be cut in advance. It will bs a frame j I structure. The Women Voters of Berlin. Berlin; May IS?The majority of Prussian women voters are conserv ative ?u their political sympathies, a } compilation of the vote cast at re cent eh-ctions has disclosed. As high! as 59 pert cent of the vote cast by the j conservative parties was by women I electors: the extreme radical organi- i zation polled a woman vote, of 37 ! per cent. _ _ Pica for Poison Gas in War. j London. June 9.?Sir William J.j j Pope, professor of Chemistry at Cum-! [bridge University and presiden' of I the Society of Chemical industry, as- i I feits in The Chemical Age. that chem- j ical warfare has come to stay andj pleads for an open recognition by thei government of poison gas research. FJe says that in the war poison gas was less fatal and far less cruel thanj any other weapon: and points out that it would be simple to devise high explosive shells which would liber-; ate large quantities of carbon mon oxide, against which all known pro tective** measures are useless. "Xo reason." he says, "exists why j ;i chemical should not be made which) does not kill but produces local an-| acsthesia, causes violent sneezing for a few hours or leads to some form of physical intoxication which may prove of great military value." - ! Drat statistics. They are always j riddling popular beliefs. The centi pede has only forty-two Ic?s.?St. j Louis Globe Democrat. ? Montreal's hangman made over i twelve thousand last year. There is I nothing remarkable about that. Oth-I er uplifters atv doing as well.? j Hard ford Times, For 3Iis? K carman. Miss Sidney FCingman, one of the popular brides-elect of the season was the guest of honor at a charm ins: parry given by Miss Jeannette White at the country home of Mrs. A. f>. Harby Friday afternoon. Nasturtiums used in artistic deco ration furnished the $ color scheme. Tlu- game of progressive hearts was played. Th.- score prize, a box of French powder went to Miss Eliza beth Osteen. the consolation to Miss Mabel Platt. The guest of honor was presented with a car'' of lingerie ros ettes. She was uni 1 rally charming in a dress of mid-night blue and gray georgette. Delicious refreshments were served. Those enjoying the affair were: Mesdames Hearon. China, Moses, Lehman. Bruner, Courtwright. Bed enfield and Harby; Misses Caroline Dick. Dorita Moise, Frances DeLcrme. Margaret DeLorme. Virginia Thom as. Elizabeth Osteen, Sadie Sanders. Marion Coker. Mabel Platt, Bessie Nash and Antonia Pitts. On Trip of Scientific Research Around the Globe. Pago. Pago. American Samoa. June 0. ? Homesickness and the hard rule of the quarterdeck caused thirteen Americans, who wanted to tour the world seeking adventures, to leave the yacht Wisdom Ii by the time she reached here recently from Los Ang eles. Ca!., on a trip of scientific re search round the gl ?e. "All America wanted to go" Fred crick O'Brien, author, one of the ship's company, ^aid in telling of the re quests made before filing for berth3 on the boat. There were twenty offi cers, sailors and moving picture men aboard when the vessel left California. Six left at Tahiti and seven here. leav ing what Mr. O'Brien called a work able crew of seven Americans. Six: Tahitians were taken aboard as sail ors. The Wisdom, comanded by Captain I Edward S. Salisbury of New York and California, arrived here April 11. I She left Los Angele? January 19. On (arriving here Captoin Salisbury ent ered the naval hospital for a few days. The Marquesas Islands and point* ? in Tahiti, Bora Bora and Raiatea were I visited before the boat arrived here. } When the left yesterday for Apia, all Pago Pago went to the beach to bid her farewell. O'Brien and Dr. Malcolm Douglas. New York, another o the ship's com pany, plan to leave h- boat for a time, they said here, an? visit the unique Valley of Maloata in Ameri ican Samoa. This place is known by j the natives as the "haunted valley." Seldom visited places like the New ; Hebrdies. New Guinea, and New Cal J edonia are to be visited by the Wis dom before she head3 for the Far I East and India. i Weak Began on University Building. I Columbia. June 14.?The work of I renovating four dormitories at the rjriiversity authorized by the 1921 i legislature, began yesterday. , The four dormitories to be rebuilt this summer are Elliot. Harper. Legare land Pinckney Colleges. The first work is being done i Elliott. The I floors, walls, windows and other wood work is to be renewed. The legislature appropriated $32, I 000 for this work. It is part of the state's program of renewing the old buiMings at the University. Some of the venerable old structures have been in great need of repairs during recent years. Meeting of American Bankers/ Asso ciation. .Minneapolis. Minn.. June 3.?The American Institute of Banking. Edu cational section of the American Bankets' Association, holds its 19th annual convention here July 19 to 22. Approximately 1.500 delegates from almost every state in the union are expected to be present. Because of recent financial read justments, the meeting? promise' to be the most important held by bank ing heads this year. Five industry talks by men actively identified with each individual subject will be a fea ture of the convention. Men national ly known are to be sei 'ted to talk on milling, livestock and packing, au tomobie?. merchandise jobbing and tr ansportation. Another feature will be a sympos- . Sum on foreign trade, in which a num ber of prominent insti'ute men will participate; Questions of world-wide trade, and any relating subject which affects American bankers will be dis cussed. Tt is ptanned to have among the speakers a prominent banker, a man high in the administration in Wash ington, and an eastern educator, ac cording to members c!" :he program committee. Formed a number of ..ears ago at Richmond. Virginia, through the con solidation of n number of local asso ciations, the oi-ganization now has an active membershp of 4 1.000 through out the country. Originally, it was known as the America) Institute of Bank Clerks, but later, when it became a part of the American Uankers' Asso ciation, its name changed and both officers and clerks of banks were ad-, niitted to active membership. Many bank directors recently have become affiliated with the Institute as associ ate members. Local chapters of the Institute have been established in SI of the coun ty's principal cities, and six state chapters have been organized for the purpose of extending tue education al advantages of the organization to country hankers. Educational classes for the most par-; are conducted under agreements with well-known Universities, - but where this system cannot be effect ed, the work is under the direct super vision of George E. Allen. Education al director of the Institute. Many women will be found among th*- membership of the Institute and the active participation of women in tiie banking business is seen by their recent election to some v>f the larg er organizations of the American Hankers' Association. -i 'j There are gilt-edged *ecuritie??<. uni guilt-edged,?Boston Hcraldj ^ .