Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-08
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Miss Waters Entertained New
Century Club---Death of :
Henry Carson---Many
Social Functions.

The Misses Waters gave spend
the-day party on Monday for their
guest, Miss Lula Scruggs, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. The hours were
bright and happy ones and passed
all too quickly for the merry party
which was composed of Misses AL
ma and Bertha Woodward, Clara
Sawyer, Zena Payne and Mesdames
Eleanor A. Schell and A. V. Cox.
Miss Maud Sawyer will go to Co.
lumbia soon having accepted a po-
sition in the engrossing department.
Miss Bertha Stain, of Chester,
is expected soon to visit Mrs. F.
NJ. Boyd.
Mr.. o. S. Wertz has leased his
hotel to a party from Augusta, and
at an early date will be ready for
patronage.
Mrs. James White gave dinner
party on new year for her visitors
Misses Annie Lou and Ruth Gates,
and Mr.. and Mrs. uedgepath, of
Augusta. Besides these there were
about I6 other guests. The repast
was most attractively served in
courses and the tavors were unique
and pretty. The latter hours were
passed with social chat, laughter and
music.
Miss Elise Crouch was hostess on
new year for party of her young
friends, and an elegant 6 course
dinner was served. The arrangement
in the dining room was beautiful
and prettier sight, than this circle
of happy young faces, would be
hard to find. Merriment was had
over new year resolutions and in
the library sweet music filled the
air.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Ready also
gave an elaborate ne 81 year:dining
and besides number of their imme-
diate friends and relatives, there
were several out of town guests.
Mrs. P. B. Waters, Jr., honored
Miss Lula Scruggs, Of Chattanooga,
with o'clock dinner on Thurs
day evening, and the occasion was
one of the pleasantest social affairs
of the new year. There were IA
seated at the festive board, and the
centerpiece was bowl of fragrant
flowers. Seated with the hostess and
honoree were Mesdames James
White, NJ. T. Turner, F. M. Boyd,
o. D Black, W. J. Hatcher, j. L.
Walker, F. L. Parker, B. T. Cog
burn and Alice Cox and Misses
Malbina and Sara Waters and Zena
Payne. A course dinner was served.
After returning to the parlor the
hours were spent with a flow of
animated conversation, intermingled
with vocal and piano solos.
Misses Efie and Georgia May
Wates, of Edgefeld, and Nina Cum
ningham, of Augusta, were here on
Tuesday returning from visit to
Miss Ruth Forrest, of Rushtons.
Prof. and Mrs. John Waters, of
Vidalia, Ca, spent last week here
with relatives. Mrs. Waters is
pleasantly remembered as Miss
Helen Wright.
Mesdames NJ. A. Branno1, of
Spartanburg, Chas. Kneece, of
Batesburg, and S. A. Ram bo, of
Augusta, spent last week here at the
home of their father, J. R. Hart.
Mrs. Lallah Graydon, of Green
wood, visited relatives here during
the past year.
Mrs. E. A. Schnell of Greenwich,
Conn.,, who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Ivy, has
Joined her husband at Charleston,
where they proceeded to Florida in
their yacht. Their daughter, Miss
Iva Turner who was also here, has
returned to Randolph-Macon col
lege, Va.
The new years gift from the
Baptist Sunday school, to the old
preachers fund, which was result
of their class collections, was $50.
In a note from G. c. Brown, he
stated that Sumter made the lar
gest donee ion, with Johnston Sec
ond.
Miss .-ailie Waters was hostess
for the New Century Club on Tues
day afternoon and although it was
gloomy: without, warmth and
brightness prevailed within and
good cheer abounded. An hour was
pleasantly spent with The merry