The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-17
GENERAL NEWS FROM RIDGEWAi.

RlDGEwAY, Sept. IA. 4.-With new
cotton coming in and merchants open
ing their fall and winter stock OF
goods, our town is putting on Qulte a
businesslike air.
The Riageway High School opened
Monday with fAtteriag attendance
Mr.. A. E. Strobe, principal. MI
Strobe is a graduate If tho University
of Vi:gin:a. Both patrons ana EuPlls
are well pleased with tim.
The R:dgcway Ginning and Milling
Company started their machinery Fri
day. Everything worked well. They
have q capacity of for'y ba'cs day.
The improved Thomas system is used.
G.. P. Wray is president and general
manager.
As a c.tton market I,iageway will
be second to none. We will have foar
buvers in the market this season-tw TWO
with Columbian and two with Char
lotte firms. Market to-day Is to S
cents.
Last Wednesday evening found e
bright assemblage of Ridge"ay's
young people net in social gathering
.as the hospitable home of Mrs. ".
Herbert Ruff: Early in the evening
much merriment aud -" st was
aroused by a novel entertainment in
which each found subject f3r conveT-
sation from slip of paper upon which
was written the name OF some char
acter famous in history orin literature.
The papers had been previously pinned
where the wearer could not see them
and the names we're 70 lie guessed
from the conversation. La1cr on in
the evening daacings was INDUCED IN
-saae&As- the delight of those accom-
plished in this graceful art, and many
were the sighs when the time for !cav-
ing came.
On Friday evening the attractive
home of Mrs. John A. DesPortcs We
coined large party, he OCCASION being
a. uime reading given BY the ladies
of the Episcopal Church. Right mer-
rily did the evening lass. Some idea
Of the entertainment offered may be
gotten from the program given below:
I. Reading-tue Burning Prairie
by Miss Creight.
?. Masic-The Storm-by Miss B.
Mcclure.
;. Song-Dreanli"g Eyes that Hauats
Ne Still by Miss Moore.
I. acknowledgements by Miss
Ruff.
5. Reading-The Bells of Lynn--by
Miss Bessie Thomas.
6. Song-She was Soldiers Sweet |
heartily Miss Moore.
I. Reading-Mr. Charlton Thomas.
s. Reading g-GueSsing Nationalities,
Mark Twain-by Miss Ruff.
9. Song-The Rainy Dsy-by Mrs.
Herbert Ruff.
10. Readsng - Tennyeou's Bugle !
Song-by Miss Creight.
II. Reading-The Uncle by Mr..
:. E. Strod,.
Misses Rosborough, OF Rochelle,
Fla are visiting their uncle, Mr. G.
Logan Rosborough.
Mss Bessie Thomas, Of Colum bia,
is spending sometime with relatives at
Mt: Hope.
Miss Boatwrigh:, of Lecsvil!e. is
spending awhile with her sister, Mrs.
J. C. Spann.
MissL Lille Hearst is visiting her SIS
ter, Mrs. E. ?. Lipscomb.
Miss Fannie Creight, Of Winnsboro,
spent few days with her aunt, Mrs.
j. A. DesPortes.
Mrs. A. F. Ruff and daughter, Miss
Laura. of Rock Hill, are in town for a
short stay.
Miss Belle Moore left last week for
Spartanburg. Miss Belle will attend
Converse College.
Capt. John r. Thomas returned to-
day from Glenn Springs.
Nessrs. I. c. Thomas, ". II. Ruff
and Capt. W. J. Johnson have re-
turned from New York and other
Northern markets.
The doctors of our town report the
health of the community "distressing-
ly" good. SEAToN.