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* Local and Personal Mention Mr. 4d .Mrs. J. M. Rhodes and chil dren, of Newibern, N. C., are visitinj Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren Bolt. Mr. and Mrs. -P. B. Irby and litti Son, of Gastonia, N. C., spent the week end in the city with relatives. liss Juanita 'Wilkes, of Winthrol college, s'pent the week-end in the cit3 with her father, Mr. S. M. Wilkes. Mr. T. ILane Monroe .has been con fined to his home -for several days or account of sickness. TMrs. Hugh 3inford, of Mocksville N. C., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. E, P Minter on West Mlain street. 'rs. Vrginia Neville, of Clinton, hat returned to her hon ' after visitinf Mrs. 1. K. Aiken. . Airs. Elliot Osborne, better knowi as "Aunt Lottle", of Narnie celebrate( her 99th birthday last Monday. Mrs. James IR. Davis fnd littl( daughter are spending some time Witi Pr. and Mrs. J. M. McLees in Green. wood. Mrs. C. A. Moody and son, C. R Moody, of Florence, returned to theii home Sunday 'after visiting Mr. an( Mrs. T. Lane Monroe. -Mrs. M. P. 'Pentecost and littli daughter, of Atlanta, have been visit Ing Mr. and Mrs. R. -R. Nickels foi several days. Mr. -D. E. Cohn, reporter for The Advertiser, spent the latter part oJ last week with friends in Colum'bie and At. Matthews. 'Mrs. J. Moore Mars and Mrs. W. Joel Smith, of Abbev!he. have been spend ing -a few days with their 'parents, "Mr and Mrs. E. H. Wilkes. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Greene and chil dren, of Anderson, spent the week end in the city with Mrs. -Gr4ne's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. 1C. Crisp. Mrs. Robert Smith, of Barnwell, pleasantly remembered here as 'MiAs! Flossie Patterson, arrived in the city Monday to visit Miss Lilla Todd for several days. 'Mrs. 'Yancey Gilkerson and two chill dren, of Greenville, have been spend ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilkerson on South Harper street, Mr. Gilkerson came down Saturday for the week-end. 'Mr. and Mrs. Cecil P. Roper returned last week from their horxeymoon spent in Florida and are now' at home with Mrs. Roper's mother. Mrs. J. 0. C. Fleming. Friends of Mi'. Sai.. 1rranks, of Fountain Inn, will' .be sorry to learn that he is vpry sick at the home of his niece, .MrM. ,Allie Templeton, on 'Lau rens sti e;i Miss osi6 Anderson, who has been spending- several months in Spartan burg, isagin behind the counters at the Lawrens Drug company feeling very much improved after her vaca tion. Mrs. W, L, Gray was among those at teriding !he State Federation of Clt'bs in Colurgbla.last week, remaining over for a few days to visit her' daughter, Miss .Wit Lou Gray, state supervisor of adult schools. Mrs. ',.; flI. (Hudgens has returned from Wagligton, D. C., iw'here she has been vis n~g her' children. 'While in Washington she sapet much time in viewing the sights of the cty )and sur r'ounding" country, including Arling ton cemetery and ,Mt. Vernon. Mr. Clarence Gray, former mayor of this city but now of Polk county, N. C., was a visitor in the city for a few days last week. His many friends wer'e glad to see him again. 'While here he wvas a guest of his br'othcr, Mr. W. L. Gray. He was accompanied 'by -Rev. ThI~u SCHOOL BOYS WILL GIVE CAlRNIVAL Boys 'wiISwell Athletie Association' Fund' 'rom Proceeds of Amatent Show. A carnival, In which boys and girls of the .Iaur'ens high school will take important parts,: will 'be' given Friday night, Airil 27, at 8 o'clock in Terry's 01(d sta3 d. Proceeds of tfrb carnival will go .to the support of .the,Athgletic Associaion. -' Among the features of the carnival, (besides "fortune 'telling(' and other amuisesments, will Ibe ei. womarnleg xwedding~ According to the aplans b'e ing mnada by the 'boys, laughter will 'l9 the predominant feature of the evend ing. MIISS RAM SAX0ON IS . 'AWARDED SUJ[OLIISIP King's Daughters Award Scholarship for Couirse at Chautauqua Lake, N. V. ais '0ara .axon, daughter of Mf-s. C". L. S'xon, of this city, has' been awarded, an eight weeks scholarship in kind4)garten or story hour workc at Chia uqua ~Lake,.1j. Y., 'byg.h~e South relina division of' King's J.Mtght a. The awgdrd was made at the sta convontlon held .in Orange burg' wvek~ nd the .course Will nefigy, plub Meeting Th neaday Clubwwdil mecet ths 0fterx oo with Mrs. G. M Wright in ,* *~.'0 BANQUET -IS1IT BY WINTAHROP DAUGHTER Dr. D. B. Jhns6n, 1Preaident of Win. thirop College, is .Honor Guest' at First Anniversary Affair. Dr. ID, 3. Johnson, president of Win throp college, was guest of honor last Friday night at a banquet in the Lau rens Hotel given by the Laurens and Clinton chapters of Winthrop Daugh i ters to the Winthrop Daughters of the county. 'Fifty-five former Winthrop students, whose college years ranged from 189*1 to 1921, attended the -banquet and joined in the stunts and college yells, all of which revived the spirit of old college days. An informal reception was first held in the lobby of the hotel where former studeits registered. While members of the 'Laurens chapter sang college songs the 'banqueters entered the din ing room. Here the Winthrop colors of red and gold twere used In the .decor ations. AMiss Kate V. Wofford, as toastnias ter, introduced Dr. W. IH.-Dial, mayor of the city, who welcomed the -distin guished educator and his "daughters' to the city. The response was made by Miss Wofford. ID'uring tli6. five course dinner, the Niirls" sang. "Hall 'iinthrop, All Hail". At the conclusion of the din ner, the folio~ing toasts were re sponded to by the banqueters: To 'Our" Dee * Bee-Miss Helena Buttman, Clinton. To "Our" Dithday-Mrs. Earl Owens, Laurens. To "Our" 'Alma Mater-Mrs. Larry Dillard, Clinton. To "Our" Clubs-"Miss 'Pearl Clardy, Laurens. To "Our" Selves - 'Miss Sallie Clowney, 1Laurens. To "Our" Husbands-Mrs. 14. W, Gasque, iLaurens. To "Our" 'Real Winthrop Daughter, Suzanne -Rutledge Johnson-Mrs. Al vin Curry, Gray Court. In the address by Dr. Jahnson, he said that he was very haippy to come to Laurens, it 'being the home of his grandmother. ; He gave a review of Winthrop college' and ' its work-a story that delighted his hearers. At 11:30 o'clock the "Daughters" disbanded, singing "Auld Lang 'Synne". The occasion iwas the first anniversary -of the Laurens County Chapter of Winthrop Daughters. LEAD NEWUERRY SERVICES Laurens Men Conduat Revival Ser vices in Baptist Church at Newberry, That two Laurens men are doing a great work in a revival service iiU the 'First' Baptist church, of Newberry, where 'Rev. E . V. Babb, native of this county, is pastor, and Mr. James Mc Cravy, of this city, directing the sing ing, is evidenced in the following news item taken from the last issue of The New.li'riy Herald and News, R. H. Greneker, for several years a citizen of this Olace, city editor: The daily and nightly services at the First Baptist church in this city are being very much enjoyed and appre elated 'by the 19eople of all denomina tions. In order to give the Methodist congregation the op'portunity to attend Mr. Babb's church Wednesday night, 'Dr. ,Daniel kindly and geeirously offer ed .up his wveely prayer servide for the occasion. Dr. Skinner and Mr. McCravy have 'won the hearts of the people of this community, fromn the lit tle tots on up. The preaching and singing have 'beeni all that the mind, heart and soul could desiire, and both preacher and singer' are doing good to New'berry. Each strikes a chord thft nieets with a responsive vibration, like a tuneful so~md -wave, from. the depths of the hushed congregation, and preacher, singeir and acaople are in ac cord. A large choir of sweet and musical voices, with 'Mrs. B3arbb accom panists by day and IMrs. J. 'P. Moon by night, assists the song leader, and adds greatly to the -pleasure, benefit and success of the gatherings. MAING FINE' CLOTII La~rit nsCotton di hches Luto Field of Nilrtings. With an order for 360,000 yards on Its books', .the 'Laurens Cotton Mills has irecently ilkunchedl into the 1field of shirting in its manufhaeturink opera tions and iilidre at'tAhe'blant during the past few, weeks hive abeen shown beautiful samples of tbis material which the mill is ,turning out. Hleretofore tdits >mil'. 'has only en deavored to iweoave ile coarser grade of goods, but tfib iuainpeloof ifiner goods being turned out now, ink colors and silk stripes, giyes eprenljse of success in this wider ;fld. 4 Mir. M. L4 Smnith states that the cot ton for this material was grown in this counmty and is proving satisfac toiy ,in evei'y i'eset.~ Presiding Elder t~o Preach 'Iev. ' J., 'M, Steadman, Presiding JElder, twilli jreach ai 4eesillie 4hurch Sunday, 'Aliril' 30th, at 3 "o'cOlck The seconld quarterly con~er2ees of L~au.. rens eirouit ,rill be held 'imeidiatelf after the preaching service. ORATORS A'D ATHLETES WILL AGAIN COMPETE Laurens Hgh School Representatives to be at State Meet. Few JHonors are Taken by Local Boys at Pled. mnt. A fair showing was made by the Laurens high school representatives at the Piedmont Oratorical and Athletic association ineet, held last Saturday at Clemson college. The only -honors Won ,by the local school were in the 100 yard dash, when Lillions Tidwell and 'Charles Barksdale finished second and third. The total score made *by Laurens was 4 points. .The time of'both Tidwell and Barks dale In the 100 yard dash was 10 3-5 seconds. The winner In this event made the ditsance in 10 2-5 seconds. In .the pole-vaulting, Barksdale fell out after reaching the State high school record established last year, 10 feet 9 Inches. This record was broken at the 'Piedmont meet by Odell, of Gaff ney, who vaulted '1' feet 4 1-2 inches. Thomas Wofford, representing the Laurens school in the oratorical con test, was one of the nine boys to par ticipate in the final contest, out of nineteen who were In the prell'ni naries. In the State contests to be held at Columbia next Thursday, Frances Knight will represent Laurens In the girls contest while Thomas Wofford wv4llbe in the 'boys contest. The Lau rens -athletes In the State meet will be Barksdale, Tidwell and Thompson. "The Sheik" Coming George -Melford's su'perb picturiza tion of E. M. Hull's famous novel, "The Sheik", which is the literary sen sation of the year, iwill be seen at the Princess Theatre Thursday end Fri day of this week. Agnes Ayres, Para mount star, and Rudoliph Valentino, who made such a hit in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," are the featured players. 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