The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-12
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
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ioNS iSt lOIlC ISIc lOG SGNGGal wears
with her brother, the Reverend Wilmot
5. Holmes, rector of the Episcopal
church, n enjoys the esteem of q host
of friends in this city.
Following is the announcement:
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Henry Meares re-
quest the honor of your presence at the
marriage of their sister, Caroline Pas
teur Holmes, to Mr.. Thomas Jefferson
Ridgeley, Thursday, the twentieth of
noon, Sapphire, N. c..
AT home after September the first,
ID. C.
Miss Ina Little was charming hostess
to the Twenty-Five club on Wednesday
evening of last week. Despite the eX-
ceedingly unpleasant weather almost
all the invited guests responded, as
sured of an unusually good time at the
Little home. Miss Little was assisted
in receiving by Misses Mamie Kate
Hudgens and Anna Boozer. AT one end
OF the verandas, which We're lighted up
with Japanese lanterns, and amid a
cluster of pot plants and palms Misses
Elizabeth Simpson and Luida Thompson
served delicious fruit punch. Cream
and cake were served by Misses Vir-
ginia Simpson and Mary Hopkins. The
canning SdItlC vi lic evening WAS
anagrams, in which was found much
enjoyment, several evidencing great
skill. Those present were: Misses Will
lie Rice, Annie and Edna Sitgreaves,
Elizabeth and Annie Richey, Leila ank
Mae Dell Barre, Helen Crisp, Edna
Barre, Halle Jones, Sarah Dorroh, Luz
cile Martin, Eliza Neal, Ada Gayer,
Margaret Miller, Eliza Sullivan, Rosa
lee Franks; Messrs. Augustus Babb,
Charles Simpson, Clyde Franks, El,
more Boney, John Gilkerson, Fred Mel
son., Frank Spratt, York Briddell, Dud
ley Young, Coke Turner, Coke Gray,
Henry Yeargin, Ernest Easterby, Ford
Franks, Ossie Anderson, Creswell
Fleming. George Bale, Thomas Swift
Zer, James Roland, Brooks Sullivan,
Claud Neal, Grover Peterson and Rich
ard Simpson.
Miss Annie Jameson, of Union, is
entertaining three charming and D
lar young ladies of Laurens, Misses
Julia Gilkerson. Mary Todd and Willie
Mae Childress, at their pretty summer
cottage on the north end of the Boule-
ward in Saluda. Drives, tramping,
dancing, and these beautiful moonlight
nights have added greatly to the enjoy
ment of the party. The young men of
Laurens do not believe, however. in
giving the Saluda Swans" many
chances for already four of them have
been up, to join the party, Messrs Swyg-
ert, Childress, Gilkerson and Lancas-
ter.
Miss Julia Gllkerson left Monday
morning for Grecnville, where she will
be joined by her sister, Miss Annie,
and together they go to a house party
in Anderson.
Misses Childress and Todd will re-
main the guests of Miss Jameson for a
few weeks more.
Complimentary to her attractive and
charming guests, Misses Rice and Sulli-
van, Miss Ethel Simmons entertained a
large number of her friends Tuesday
evening at her home on Irby avenue.
She was assisted in receiving by Mr.. j.
a. Simmons, Misses Grace Simmons,
Margaret Clardy and Zelene Gray. The
weather was ideal and the guests were
entertained chiefly on the beautiful
lawns, which were lighted with Japan
csc lanterns. Punch was served on the
lawn by Miss Marie Gray.
Those who had the pleasure of meet
ing Miss Rice and Miss Sullivan We're:
Misses Sadie Sullivan, Wessie Lee Dial,
Pearl Adams, Annie Huff, Nell Stokes,
Ruth Payne. Mamie Tolbert, Lucia
Simpson, Lillian Peterson, Mary Bell
Fuller, Charlotte MCGOWAN, Annie Bell
Childress, Bessie Childress, Toccoa
Game, Hattie Kate Easterby, Ada
Gayer, Susie Gray, Mary Sullivan,
Sarah Babb, Nell Hellams, Pearl Clar-
dy, Jessie Bolt, Nell Reeves, Lalla
Mae Dial; Messrs. Carlos Moseley, Gus
Hart, Hart Richey, Thomas Nelson,
Frank McCravy. Mayion Wilkes, Rich
ard Simpson, Boyce Clardy, Coke Gray,
Fowler Childress, Roy Little, Tom
Bolt, John Crews, Duncan Sullivan,
Samuel Fleming, Douglas Gray, Earn
est Easterby, Laurens Barksdalc, AL
fred Barksdale, Gary Eichelberger, Ar
tie Fouche, Clyde Franks, Henry Year
gin, Charles Simpson, Brooks Childress,
Brooks Sullivan, Albert Dial, Pierce
lrby, John B~arksdalc, Asweld Ander-
SON..
Wednesday evening Mrs. r.. E. Babb
was at home to a number of the young
people OF the city i'll honor of her guest
Miss Pearl Adams, of Hampton, Ga.
Mrs. Babb was assisted in receiving by
Mr.. Rhett Babb and Misses Sadie Sui
Ivan and Sarah Babb. The feature of
the evening was Il contest in which the
number of peanuts in a bowl was TO be
guessed. These guesses ranged 1850,
the highest guessed by Mr.. Carlos
Moseley, to 200 the lowest, by young
Mr.. Huff. The successful guess was
532 by Mr.. John Watts, his being
nearest the number of peanuts which
was 500. The evening was altogether
n of the most pleasant and enjoyable
of the season. The invited guests
Miesoe Loo Diol Morv JoLo cod;o