Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-04-07
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Churches Hold Easter Ser
vices. Marriage of MIR. A.
B. Lott and Miss Amick.
D. A. r. Met.

mons had as their theme 'The ResuT-
rection of the Lord" and sweet Eas-
ter anthems were sung.
The revival which was to have be-
gun on Sunday morning, April 4th,
at the Baptist church will not begin
until Sunday, April 18th. The pastor
Mr.. Brooke received message from
DR.. Hardy ,of Georgia, who was to
assist him, that his mother was very
ill and he could not leave her. He
hoped to come later on.
In about three weeks, there will be
an election for mill tax addition
al, the money to be used for High
School purposes.
Mr.. j. Howard Payne has return
ed from the University Hospital
where he underwent an operation.
He remained only three weeks and is
gaining his strength rapidly. His
friends hope to see him out again be-
fore long.
Miss Vera Trotter of Leesville is
visiting Mrs. Walter Sawyer, and on
last Saturday evening she was COM
plimented with a charming dinner
party.
Mrs. John Fleming Marsh has gone
to Batesburg to visit in the home of
her father, Mr. T. B. Kernaghan.
Memorial Day will be observed
here by the U. D. C. on Sunday, May
9th instead of May 10th, and Prof.
Yates Snowden of Columbia will de-
liver the address. The occasion will
be in the afternoon.
There was much interest centered
in the marriage of Mr.. A. B. Lott and
Miss Amick of Chappells. which oc-
Cured on Thursday afternoon.
Miss Amick is a charming young
woman of many, beautiful traits of
character, and The groom who is one
of the towns highly esteemed young
business men, is in every way worthy
of his fair bride. The happy young
couple will make their home here.
The Emily Geiger chapter, D. A.
R., met with Mrs. Alice Cox on Mon
day, Mrs. P. N. Lott, vice-regent, pre-
siding.
Many points of chapter work were
discussed, and the finance committee
stated that they now had good plan
whereby to raise funds, to be carried
out on Saturday, and on the %, the
Furman Glee Club would come. From
the latter the money made will be en-
tirely for educational purposes, half
of the proceeds for Furman Univer-
sity and half for Mountain School at
Tomassee.
Thrift was discussed and Miss
Frances Turner was made thrift
chairman. Marking the memorial tree
and the spot of Revolutionary inter-
est will be decided later.
Mrs. M. R. Wright led the program
and Mrs. o. D. Black gave interesting
sketches of Emily Geiger, Dicey
Langston and Anne Kennedy. Mrs.
Harry Strother's paper was on 1.-THE
Women of South Carolina in the
Revolution"
The hostess served an enjoyable
salad course with coffee.
A public meeting is being planned
at an early date, at which time there
will be talks and an address on the
great Importance of education. Good
music will be an attractive feature.
Mr.. H. c. Strother went to Shell
byville, Tenn, last Thursday on a
business trip.
Mrs. j. R. Kelly of Charleston is
visiting relatives.
Misses Carrie Belle Stevens and
jamie Bruce of Coker College and
Miss Marie Lewis of G. w. c., came
home for the Easter holidays.
The friends of Mrs. w. L. Coleman
are grieved to know of her illness,
she having suffered stroke of par
alysis recently.
Mrs. Jimmie Wright, whom many
knew as Miss Sue Collett, was oper-
ated on Saturday at University Hos
pital for goitre. She had been here
for a week or more under treatment
Misses Isabelle and Bessie Bean,
who are teaching at Bamberg, came
home for the weekend.
Mrs. P. N. Lott was hostess for the
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