The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-11


Orleans The marriage will be cele-
brated very quietly, on Tuesday, No
vember 10th.
This wedding will take away from
Hattiesburg one of its popular young
hostesses, as Mr.. Clarke and his bride
will be at home. after the first of jan
uary, at the Desoto Hotel, in New
Orleans.
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Mrs. Douglas Harper arrived here
Sunday from Prentiss, Miss, with Mr.
Harper. who has typhoid fever. Mr.
Harper was placed in the Infirmary,
while his wife is the guest of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. ]. II. Turner, on
Bay street.
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Mrs. j. M. Chandler and the little
folk, Gladys and Herbert, have re-
turned from a visit of seven weeks to
relatives in Fort Worth, Mansfield and
other points in Texas. Mrs. Chandler
anu b-"uyS, VIM hdu DcSn qulle ILL., tue
latter with typhoid fever, have COM
pletely recovered their health.
Misses Conner's Card Party.
A pretty feature of the week was
the card party given byMisses Bette
and Lucy Conner Friday afternoon,
their guest list being drawn from both
the married and unmarried sets.
There are always quantities of love-
ly flowers in this home and for the
party, besides the other cut flowers,
chrysanthemums were used every
where in profusion In addition, clus-
ters of these long-stemmed floral beau
ties, one Of red and one white, were
given to Miss Lora Haney for the first
prize and to Mrs. F. C. Hathorn as the
second prize.
Vel ow and white daisies were used
round the punch bowl in the hall,
where Misses Lucy Conner, in red
crepe de chine and Mackie Powe, in a
white marquisette frock, served punch
There were seven tables for five
hundred" in the parlor and dining room
and here, after the games, a plate
luncheon, in two courses, was served.
The guests were Mesdames w. @.
Rodgers, j. w. Davidson, M. G. Field,
j. H. Turner, r. N. Collins, Z. r. Far
rell, M. L. Thompson, Jr., C. M. Sigler,
B. D. Moore, w. w. Crawford, Robt.
Field, e. L. Robbins, M. A. Hoffman,
F. C. Hathorn, Kennan, R. ]. Nc.
Caughey, H. T. Mounger, Tom Nor
row, P. L. CASTOR, e. j. Hale, E. F,
Rush; Misses Bessie and Mackie
Powe, Alice Haney, Jane Fuller, Lora
Haney Mabel Greer, Sallie Keith and
Richardson, of Delaware.
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Scwanla Club With Miss Greer.
American Beauty roses, quantities
of pink and white carnations and chry
santhemums made the parlors of Miss
Mabel Greer's home almost spring
line on Saturday when she was hos
tess of the Sowania Club.
Miss Annie Rose Mcleod was chair
man of the meeting and papers were
read by Miss Greer on General Fed
eration;' Miss Bette Conner on "Jen
ME June, the Mother of Clubs" Miss
Bessie Powe, ON What Women's
Clubs Have Really Done"
A general discussion, Brief Bits of
Biography" followed with vocal Sc
lection, Till The Sands of The Desert
Grow Cold,' by Miss Venable, and two
piano selections, valse, by Chopin,
and "Reverie,"' by Jorda, played by
Miss Ethel Powe.
Miss Greer served a plate luncheon
at the close to the club members pres.
ent, who were Misses Ethel Turner
Lora Haney, Norma Powe, Anna and
Jane Fuller. Ethel and Bessie Powe
Corinne Venable, Leila McWilliams
Mary Pierce Folk, Bette and Lucie
Conner, Annie Rose Mcleod, EtheI
Hill, Bessie Haney, Ellie Montgomery
Gertrude Olsen, Mamie Thompson.
The only guests were young ma
irons who were former club girls
Mesdames A. v. Hays, Ellis B. Cooper
H. T. Mounger, f. G. Hathorn, c. M
Sigler and Robt. Field.
. Miss Norma Powe will be the hos
, tess this week, entertaining Saturday
. afternoon at social meeting for mem
. bers only.