The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-08-05

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

IN her usual delightful to the
ladies of the Fortnightly Social Club at
her elegant home on West Main street
Wednesday morning. Punch was served
by Miss Wessie Lee Dial, while little
Misses Emily and Rebecca Dial, the
two charming daughters of the hostess,
waited upon the guests with a delicious
salad course and ice tea. Nations was
the attraction of the mornings enter
tainment.
Mrs. Dial's guests were as follows:
Mesdames G. c. Featherstone, III. X.
Aiken, w. r. Richey, Jr., r. e. Cope
land, M. l.. Copeland, w. III. Washing
ton, G.. f. Rankin, r.. T.. Babb, w. H.
Anderson, Misses Annie Gilkerson, Pau
line Anderson, Will Lou Gray, Wessie
Lee Dial and Lila Hart.
Misses Julia Gilkerson, Mary Todd
and Willie Mae Childress, three favor
ties in Laurens society, left Thursday
for Saluda, N. c., where they will be
the guests for two weeks of Miss Annie
Jameson, formerly of Laurens.
Miss Hattie Lee Guess, of Denmark,
arrived in the city Saturday afternoon
to be the guest of Mrs. N. B. Dial.
Miss Guess has visited Mrs. Dial on for
mer occasions and enjoys an envied pop
ularity here because of her beauty and
charm of manner.
The Rev. w. E. Callender, rector of
the Episcopal church here, has gone to
Richmond for the month of August,
where he fills the pulpit of Monumental
church for that time. Mrs. Calender
and the children leave in a few days for
the mountains.
Wednesday evening, in the new store
room on the first floor of the Enterprise
Bank, the young people of the city en-
joyed an unusually pleasant dance.
Miss Carrie Moore, of Selma, Ala, is
the guest this week of Miss Pauline
Anderson.
Miss .Jessie Epps, of Due West. is
visiting the family of DR.. C.-Ls Pe2le,
Misses Rosa and Hattie Davenport, who
have been guests of Mrs. Poole, re-
turned Thursday to their home in
Greenville.
Complimentary to her attractive WISH
tor, Miss Halle Jones, of Sumter, Miss
Helen Crisp was at home to a large
number of her friends Wednesday eve
ming at her home on Church street.
Miss Crisp is one of the most charming
members of the younger set in Laurens,
who has just returned from a visit to
friends in Columbia. There she was
joined by her friend, Miss Jones, and
together they will enjoy much of the
ran,ninipr ,p,,D,o. In-n -
The reception Wednesday evening was
one of the most enjoyable of the sea-
son. The attractive feature was a
"~literary contest" in which the guests
were asked to form kilograms of words
each beginning with the letters of Miss
Halle Jones' name; second, forming
words from the letters of the word
"providential;' third, giving words be-
ginning with the syllable Com and
fourth, giving words ending in the svl-
liable %"ence," this proving a most inter
esting contest. The judges of the pa
pers decided that Misses Willie Mae
Childress and Zelene Gray had tied for
winners and these two young ladies' cut
for the prize, Miss Gray winning. The
prize, a beautifully bound volume of
Gilbert Parker's Right of Way" was
presented to Miss Gray with a few con-
. no Wy "a ~ is ADOIIN.
Miss Crisp was assisted in receiving
by Miss Eliza Sullivan. The punch
bowl, over which Miss Hattie Kate
Easterby gracefully presided, was set
amidst a veritable forest of palm and
fern trees in the specious halls of the
Crisp home, and was overspread with a
mammoth Japanese umbrella with the
soft japanese lights pendant therefrom.
Miss Nellie Poole served cream and
cake.
Those present to meet Miss Jones
were: Misses Ada Gayer, of Washing
ton; Jessie Epps, of Due West; Rosa
and Hattie Davenport, of G~reenville;
Annie and Elizabeth Richey, Willie Mae
Childress, Beff Shell, Josie Sullivan,
Margaret Miller, Ina Little, Eliza Sulli-
Easterby, Zelene Gray, Grace Simmons,
Lucille Martin, Mamie Kate Hudgens,
Willie Rice and Messrs. Gordon Gar
lington. of Greenville; Sam Allen, of
Enoree; York Briddell, S f.. Boney,
Brooks Sullivan, William Lancaster,
Yancey Gilkerson, Ossie Anderson,
Charles Simpson, Gus Simmons, Brooks
Childress, Douglas Gray, Grover Peter
son, Frank Spratt, Clyde Franks, Coke
Gray, Creswell Fleming, Tom Ray,
Henry Yeargin, Albert Simpson, Tom
Switzer, Dudley Young, Pierce Irby
and Frank Crisp.
Mrs. O. b. Simmons returned Thurs
day from a visit to relatives i'm Green
wood.
Miss Lalla Mae Dial left Thursday
for a short visit to Miss Gladys Banks
dale in Greenwood.
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