The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-01-08
THE ElkS GIVE
THEIR ANNUAL BALL.


On New Years evening the Elks CAV
| their annual New Years Ball at tn
Kitchell Hotel, the most enjoyable al
fair that has been given in Greenwood
for some time, surpassing any OF thu
dances ever given by this popular club
The dining room of The Kitchell wal
tastily decorated and fitted for the oc
casion, and the floor was in ideal cordi
tion. Several mammoth bowls were
kept filed with delicious combination
punch which was not altogether neg
lected by the merry dancers. Ross
Superb Orchestra furnished delightful
music for the occasion and received
many encores to their catchy waltzes
two-steps and barn dances. @ Ff
At least seventy five dancers graced
the floor on that evening and it would
have been indeed difficult to have found
prettier or more graceful set Of
dancers. Although the dancers in our
city are not quite SO numerous as the
sands Of the seashore, Greenwood takes
pride in the fact they are almost in q
class to themselves. Complimenting
the visiting dancers as highly as possi-
BILE, we gladly call them their equals.
This favorite pastime was enjoyed
until the fourth wee hour of Saturday
morning had become sweet memory Of
the past. Then they went to their res
pective homes, finding it useless to ex-
press the extent to which they apprec-
lated the generous hospitality SO kindly.
rendered them by "those dear Elks".
About two o'clock refreshing lunch
was served in the lobby of the hotel.
A most enjoyable and prominent fea-
ture of this dance was the numerous
chaperones that added SO much pleasure
to the evening. The fact that Green
wood has so few dancing young ladies is
easily explained they have seen At to
attend as chaperones. Among those
who so charmingly chaperoned the Elks'
New Year Ball were: Mr.. and Mrs. W. L.
Anthony, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Sims, Mr..
and Mrs. McGehee, Mr. and Mrs Burnett
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pharr, MIR.
and Mrs. e. D. Stone, Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Provine, Mr.. and Mrs. 0. L. Kimbrough,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson, Mr.. and |
Mrs. s. L. Gwin, Mr.. aud Mrs. ]. W.
George Of Yaz 70 City, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
7. McShane, Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Chand-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Turner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Calhoon Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs, Her
bert Cartwright, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Montgomery, Mr.. and Mrs Stump, Mrs.
7. F. Steele, Mrs. j. W. Bell and others
Among the others dancing we're Miss
Mary Il. Topp and Mr.. James Gordon
Gillespie, Miss Virginia Topp and MIR.
Monroe McClurg, Miss SaIlie Steele and
Mr.. Prosser, Miss Stella Steele and Mr..
W. Harry Scates, Miss Lizzie Collins of
Hardy and Mr.. Lewis Aldridge, Miss
Hobson and Mr.. G. W. Priestley, Miss
Gist and Mr. J. Stansbury Sanders, Miss
Mary Augusta Smith OF Indianola and
Mr.. Albert Metts, Mrs. Pearl Hutton Of
Grenada and Mr.. G. G.. Nichols, Miss
Cooley Of Grenada and Mr.. j. H. Pettey,
Miss Catherine Walton OF Lexington and
Mr.. Simmons, Miss Hammond Of Yazoo
City and Mr.. W. G. Neal, Miss Willie
Ray Of Malmaison and Mr.. Chas. Pardue,
Miss Ruth Rhyme OF Lexington and Mr..
John Hoskins, and Messrs. Leon Stein,
Vernon Purcell, Weston, Herbert Ham
mond. Joiner, Robert DeIoach, Gordon
Mclntyre, Robert Somerville OF Green
vile, Ed Smith Of Oxford, Will Priestley
OF Yazoo City, Ewing johnson. vohreis
Austin, B. U. williamson. Walter Pillow,
Maury Humphreys, Will Bell, Willis
Tabor, W. c. George, Herbert McShane,
John McLemore and others.
The Elks have always been prominent
In all the four phases OF activity-the ,
economic, political, social and psychi-
calm Greenwood life. Their annual
New Year Ball on Friday evening last
was social event that is truly charac.
beristic Of what Elk means socially, and
one that will be recorded III the annals
of our local society ss the function Of