Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Baraca Boys Spend Exceeding
ly Pleasant Evening.

The Baraca class, better known
possibly as the young mems class
of the Baptist Sunday school, held
a very pleasant social meeting Mon
day evening. DR.. M. D. Jeffries,
who has faithfully taught the class
for the past year, gave his hearty
cooperation and assistance toward
making the occasion a success. The
class accepted an invitation from
Mrs. Mamie Tillman to hold the
social gathering at her home. An in
teresting program was arranged by
Mrs. Tillman who, with the assist
ance of several other ladies, also
provided delicious refreshments.
The parlor. library, hall and din
ing room were tastefully decorated
with a profusion of evergreens,
there being suficiency of holly to
be suggestive of the Yuletide.
While the young people were gath
ering first one young lady and then
another would preside at the piano,
sending sweet strains of bright
Christmas music not only through
out the suite of rooms but out into
the darkness, welcoming as it were
the approaching guests. By the
time the nearly four score guests ar
rived, DR.. Jeffries announced the
first number on the prog ran, a
geographical contest.
Of the many guessing contests
that have been conducted in Edge
field none have proven more inter-
esting or exciting than the geo.
graphical contests. They also in a
limited way have an educational
value in addition to affording whole
some social diversion. Mrs. Tillman
provided sixty-odd widely differing
objects or articles, each of which
'typi6ed or represented some state,
town, city, river or lake. One of
these articles, such as nutmeg, rep
resentingr; Connecticut, a sprig of
grass representing Bermuda, a star
representing Texas, a miniature bot
tls. of extract representing Cologne,
q red baton representing baton.
Rouge, bicycle rider, representing
Wheeling, was ninned'on each guest.
Each young man was assigned a
young lady as partner and was
given slip of paper upon which
to write the names of places that
were suggested by the sundry artl-
Giles. After about half an hour spent
in supplying the names, some Of
which were of necessity common
place and easy while others were
rather classic and difficult, the pa
pers were collected and turned over
to a committee composed Of Mrs.
+. i Minis and DR.. II. ID. Jeifries
to determine what couple had sup
piled the greatest number Of correct
answers. TIE suspense which usual
ly exists while judges are dellberaL-
ing and arriving at decision was
broken on this occasion by having
ambrosia and cake bountifully
served.
With the exception of the time
which some Of the couples spent in
cozy corners engaged in tete-a-
tete, the ambrosial feast was proba.
bly, the most delightful feature of
the evening.
Finally DR.. Jeffries relieved the
anxiety and suspense by announcing
that the greatest number of correct
answers were supplied by Mr.. Fran
els Sheppard ard Miss Josie Shep-
pard, to whom he presented beau
tiful two.pound box Of Huyler's
choicest sweets. There was tie for
the second place between Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Holland, and Mrs. A. Z.
Padgett and Roland Snuggs.
Soon after the climax was reach
ed the guests began to quietly steal
away, all with one accord pro-
nouncing this, the first social meet
ing of the Baraca boys, great sue
cpss