Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-23
JOHNSTON LETTER.
High School Commencement
June 3. D. A. r. Detach-
ment Met. New Century
Club Met.

Commencement exercises of the
High School will begin here on
June 8, the sermon to be preached
in the auditorium of the school.
Mr.. Avery Bland has been ap.
pointed mail carrier, and the mail
whistle will sound here the End.
week in June.
The large Ford garage on Main
street is progressing rapidly in
construction.
The semi-annual meeting of the
W. M. u, Ridge Association will
be held with the Missionary Society
of Philippi Baptist church on Satur-
day, 26. A splendid program ls
arranged, the subjects are of the
needs of the times, and the day
will be very interesting,
Miss Sue Sloan has received a
high compliment in being invited as
an honor guest at the National Con-
ference on community music which
will be held in New York May 81
to June l. This conference Will
be participated in by musicians OF
note of foreign countries as we'll.
There are to Be six honor guests
from Cornell University, and Miss
Sloan who was a student there last
summer, was selected by the splen-
did record she had made.
The opening reception will be
held in the Astor Hotel. and at the
day sessions the programme will be
occupied with addresses and discus
sions by noted musicians. The
evening sessions will be musicals.
Miss Sloan will attend. and will
visit relatives in New York before
her return.
The D. A. r. Detachment, no.
met on Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. M. T. Turner. Sometime ago
she appointed Mrs. J. L. Walker as
chairman, with Mrs. G. P. Corn and
Mrs. o. D. Black.
The chief business was in decid-
ing TO observe Flag Day on Saaurs
day 10, Mrs. Walker stating that
she had procured 1000 flags from
Mrs. Manning. Various committees
were appointed to sell the flags,
each one choosing a certain block
of Main street. The school child
rem are to canvas the town.
1t was decided to make pillow
cases and cloth was to be purchased
with the proceeds.
Messrs. HUT Waters and J. Neil
Lott, two of the merchants, have al
ready made contributions of cloth.
At the next meeting each member
was asked to bring scissors and the
cases would be cut according to
dimensions and made in the homes
of the members, each to take a GER
tain number. The next meeting
with Mrs. E. R. Mobley.
One of the most beautiful and en-
joyabie afternoon parties recently
held here was that of Saturday
afternoon, given by Miss Clara Saw
yer and Mrs. Herbert Edison, the
occasion being in the home of the
latter.
The rooms were all thrown to-
gether and were lovely in decora-
tions of Dorothy Perkins roses,
these being used in great quantities.
After all had been given gra-
cious welcome by the hostesses,
places were taken at the tables for
Rock, little Eloise Edison giving
pretty score cards. After an
animated game, an ice course with
cake in the color scheme of pink
and white was served by Mesdames,
J. w. Marsh and Walter Sawyer,
Misses Myrtis and Sue Smith and
Anna Harms.
Mrs. j. H. White has returned
from Srartanburg where she attend
ed the Music Festival.
Mrs. Charles Brannon of Spartan
burg is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Hart.
Mesdames Willie Tompkins and
F. S. Jefferson spent the past week
at Meeting Street with relatives.
Mesdames H. w. Crouch, L. S..
Maxwell and E. o. Crouch are at
home from a visit to Greenwood
and Spartanburg.
Mrs. Susie Latimer arrived last
week to visit relatives. She has
been visiting in the home of her
sons for year or more, and every
one welcoms her return.
Mrs. Bette Adams Is visiting
relatives at Barnwell.
Mrs. Charles Early and children