Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-04-19
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Angeline Bacon Chapter Meets,
easter Wedding" Thurs
day Night. w. c. I. U.
Met.

been appointed sponsor for the
South Carolina division Sons of
Veterans, for the annual reunion
OF April 25, to be held at Rock
Hill. and also for the general re-
-.unlon of May, to be held at Blr-
mingham, Ala. Her attendants ac-
cording to a general order issued
bv the divisio- commander will be
as follows: matron of honor, Mrs.
F. NJ. Boyd, Johnston; maids of
honor, Miss Eva Fewell, Rock
Hill, and Miss Annie Rothrock,
Aiken. Every one here is delighte
that this honor has come to Mrs.
Boyd and especially is the Mary
Ann Buie chapter pleased that the
chosen matron of honor should
come from their number.
Mr.. James White spent the week
end at Coker college with his daugh-
ter, Miss Halle White.
The children of the Confederacy.
Angeline Bacon chapter, held very
interesting meeting on Saturday at
ternoon with Miss Sallie Dozier and
the members planned for an Easter
party on the 2lst. The arranged pro-
gram as outlined by general histo-
r!an, was carried out by the chapter
historian Miss Frances Turner. The
subject was Southern poets" the
chief one discussed being James +.
Randall of Georgia, who wrote
Maryland, my Maryland,'' and
@'The mocking bird" There were
several selections read. The social
feature was very pleasant and the
cordial young hostess with her
mother, Mrs. J. A. Dozier, served
banana cream with pound and Lady
Baltimore cake. Music was enjoyed
from the pianolo.
The Easter wedding" of Thurs
of this week promises
40 be the most fun provoking affair
ever held here, the participants all
being men. The bridal party is all
in readiness and the BRIDES costume
looks as if it were imported. There
will be musical program after the
usual order and flower girls, ribbon
bearers, maid of honor, best man,
dame of honor, twelve maids and
eroomsmen. Mr.. John w. Marsh
will be the bride and Mr.. Leon
Stansell the groom. The affair will
be at the opera house.
While burning off ne" grounds
Mr.. Thomas Holmes of the Philip
ri section had the misfortune to
lose O,0O0 feet Of sawed timber,
the high wind spreading the fire.
The many friends of Mrs. Alice
Cox will! regret to learn of her eX-
treme illness at her home here. For
the past year or more she has been
Sick but was able to be up most OF
the time.
Mesdames II. G. Edison and G.
P. Corn were hostesses for a most
charming afternoon party on thurs
day, the occasion being held in the
home of the former and was in COM
pliment 10 Mrs. Carl Richards OF
Birmingham. The ideas of Easter
were we'll carried out and every
where were lilies and ferns and
other spring blossoms. The nostesses
greeted all cordially and the guests
were refreshed with fruit nectar
by Misses Elberta Bland and Sue
Smih from a very handsome hard
painted china punch bowl with cups
to correspond. Progressive rook was
means of amusement and the tables
were with baskets Of tiny Easter
:. eggs and the score cards were bum
nv RABBITS. An animated game was
played. Block cream and cake was
served the color scheme being gold
and white and the favors were little
white rabbits. The AFTERNOON passed
most pleasantly and every one was
delighted to see Mrs. Richards
The monthly meeting of the W..
c.. T. U. was held on last Friday al
ternoon in the home of Mrs. Matte
Denny president. The union decid-
ed to devote part of meetings to
>the study of the manuel and also
adopted the plan of the model mem
bership. On April %, Baby day,
the union will have rest room and
distribute literature. A letter was
read from the Door of Hope, Co.
lumbia, thanking the members for
the much appreciated box of cloth
ing and food. This was valued at
SIS. The committees all had good
reports to give. The subject for the
meeting was the Il. I. L.", and
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