Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-02-16
JOHNSTON LETTER.
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president, found it would be impos-
sible to be present, so Mrs. Bremen,
an active club woman of Georgia,
will be the guest Of honor. The pro-
gram committee has a good pro-
gram arranged. Mrs. J. A. Dobey,
as leader of for the lesson study
made it verylinteresting and the dis
cussions were full. Mrs. H. D. Grant
gave life sketch of Mrs. Humph-
ry Ward; MRS. Edith Wharton, Z"
Mrs. W. F. Scott; Beatrice Har-
raden," Miss Eva Rusbton; Ger.
trude Atherton," Miss Zena Payne;
Amelia Rives princes Troubetz
kay)" Mrs. J. w. Marsh; selected
reading, Mrs. w. F. Scott; paper,
DO women write more bad books
than men?" Miss Clara Sawyer.
During the latter part of the after
noon the hostess assisted by Mes
danes Olin Edison and John
Wright served a prettily arranged
salad course with coffee.
On the evening of February
%, the Emily Geiger chapter, D.
A. R., has planned for a delightful
colonial entertainment, IAN old
time colonial hot SUPPER" the oc-
casion to be held in the home of
Mrs. James White. All who par
ticipate will be in colonial costume,
and the viands served will be of the
times. .,'. -.
A most. interesting debate was
held at the high school on Friday
afternoon at the meeting of the
Woodrow Wilson society. The
query was, resolved, That the po-
sition of trustee, in the schools,
should he open to women" There
were six debates and the arguments
of each side were so good that the
judges decided that it was tie.
The society is doing splendid work
and they had an excellent picture
of Woodrow Wilson, hung upon
the walls of the library.
MIR. and Mrs. J.. NJ. Turner cele-
brated their golden wedding on
Tuesday. A pretty incident of the
day was the sending of large bas-
ket of fruits and flowers to them
by the Mary Ann Buie chapter, D.
of c., Mrs. Turner being one of the
elderly members of the chapter and
Mr.: Turner a veteran of McHenry.
At the meeting of the w. G. T.
o., on Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Hattie Parrish, there was splen-
did gathering, Mrs. T. R. Denny
conducting the meeting. There were
good reports of the officers and su-
perintendents and Mrs. James
White superintendent of rescue
work, stated that the box for the
Door of Hope wss being packed. The
subject for the afternoon was Sci
entifc temperance Instruction, this
being chosen as the matter was now
being presented in the schools, sew
eral of the grades using this subject
in regular essay work. Miss Eva
Rushton stated that she had given
this subject to her pupils of the 10th
grade and that they would compete
for the medal. A beautiful prayer
was offered by Mrs. A. P. Lott that
temperance might be we'll presented
in the schools. Several good papers
we've read. "The best methods of
teaching effects of narcotics" Miss
Eva Rushton; Hygiene and its i'm
portance, Mrs. L. G. Latimer and
Community responsibilities" Mrs.
o. D. Black.
One of the prettiest afternoon
parties of the past week and one
that was greatly enjoyed by each
guest was of Wednesday, when
Mrs. w. F. Scott entertained the
Pi Tau club. Mrs. ]. G.. Edwards
of Edgefeld was a guest in the
home at the time and it was genu-
inc pleasure to all to meet with her.
Bright spring flowers adorned the
rooms and after the guests all ar
rived several tables Of rook were
enjoyed, Mrs. Oliver Hamilton re.
ceiving the prize a box of CORES
pondence cards, and Mrs. j. w.