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The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 5

The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 5

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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929 THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, GAFFNEY, S. C. PAGE FIVE SCORES OP CHEROKEE C0UiNTY ph d- STUDENTS COMPLETE COURSES Getty, SIIORTNEWS IMS OF LOCAL INTEREST SOCIETY Mrs, I' W. Sofwimon, Editor. (Continued from page one.) She has written a thesm on "Divorce." She will be awarded the CITY AND COUNTY EVENTS BURGESS -ARNOLD Drive Measure Us Speed.

Power and Getaway will get an A. B. degree from the University of South Carolina next week, has been employed for some time with the state highway department in Columbia. Before entering the University he attended the Citadel. He is a member of one of thn fraternities at the University anil has held offices in campus clubs.

His parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Getty s.

NOTED. degree of Master of Arts June 12 Next year she will stay with hei parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. De- Camp, and teach at Gaffney High Itecent Happenings In And Around City and Other Events School A Blackshurg girl graduating from Gathered by the Local Editor.

college thi.s June is Miss Aletha lur ner. She will finish the two course TT Fife, 1 THE for teachers at Winthron College She specialized in commercial work while there and has already accepted a position as a teacher at White ROAD Stone. At college she held oflices in several clubs. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.

L. B. Turner. Parent of Twini. Twins sons'' were born Saturday to Mr.

und Mrs. Roy Tindall at the City Hospital. Mr. Tindall is connected with the local plant of the Gulf Refining Company. The children are grandsons or Mr.

and Mrs. H. E. Tindall, of Boaverdam. To Build House.

The Gaffney Manufacturing Company is preparing to erect an eight-room residence on Cherokee avenue next to the home of E. 10. Reid, it has been learned. The dwelling will be one and one-half stories, of frame construction. Exeuvation has already been started.

Miss Ruth Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Love, of Kings Creek, will be graduated next week from Greensboro College for Women Of unusual interest is the announcement of the marriage of Mids Wylmu Ray Burgess, of this city, to Erskine Mitchell Arnold.

The ceremony was performed by Judge H. E. Bailey in Anderson on February 24, but the announcement was not made until today, due to the fact that the bride was a member of the senior class of Gaffney High School and was graduated in May. Mrs. Arnold is the only daughter of Mrs.

Nat S. Burgess and has lived in Gaffney all her life. As a student in the high school she took an active part, showing much literary ability. Her charm and sweet disposition have endeared her to a host of associates who will regret that her marriage takes her from their midst. The groom is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. E. Arnold of Greenville, and attended Furman University. For the past year he has been manager of Rogers' Store in this city, where his manly qualities have won him many friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold left Sunday for a honeymoon trip to Atlanta, Birmingham, and other points in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Only the immediate families of the young couple knew of their marriage until the announcement was made yesterday. VISITOR ILL Mrs.

B. F. Abernathy, daughter of GIRL'S DEATH MYSTERY AT DETROIT UNSOLVED Daughter of Reputed Wealthy Parents Found Dead in Motel Room. Detroit, June 2. Mystery surrounding the circumstances of the death of Miss Mary Haydiss Lee, 21, former school teacher and daughter of reputedly wealthy parents in New York City, today blocked the police in their investigation of the case.

The girl's body was found in a hotel room yesterday. Difficulties arose through the apparently paradoxical position of the young woman's body when found and disclosures of a subsequent post mortem examination. So normally disposed was the body that a maid several times retreated at Greensboro, C. Before going there she attended Columbia College two years. She has always been considered a social leader at high school and college.

Her plans for the future are indefinite All the Cherokee county boys grad uating from Clemson College already have jobs. Wallace J. Camp will be awarded a diploma in agronomy. He is a charter member and secretary and treasurer of the Kappa Alpha Sigma organization at Clemson. Mr.

and Mrs. H. H. Camp of after looking into the room, believing the Midway section, his parents, will be present for the graduation exer Miss Lee asleep. Her hands were folded lightly over her breast and a near smile rested on her lips.

The bed was unruffled. When she finally approached and cises. Forest E. Clary, son, of Mr. and Mrs.

G. Ed Clary, will leave for Vir discovered Miss Lee vas dead the maid the county treasurer and Mrs. E. Li, summoned hotel officials, who called absorbers and special alloy-steel springs provide smooth, easy riding on rough roads or choppy pavements. Positive-acting mechanical four-wheel brake bring you quickly and quietly to a smooth, sure 6top.

The way to find out what Olds-mobile can do, and how it does it, is to drive this car yourself and make your own comparisons. Then you'll discover, as police. A police surgeon, alter cur sory examination, declared deatli due to heart disease and the body was re moved to the county morgue. SATISFY yourself that this finer Oldsmobile possesses speed, power, and getaway to meet your every driving requirement. Take it out on the road and try it.

You'll find an eager response to the accelerator that stamps it a car of 6pirit. You'll find brilliant 6peed at your command more than the average driver evar Ubes. You'll find an even, eiiortless flow of powiir, with an ample reserve for any emergency. And with this thrilling performanceadding even greater enjoyment to driving Oldsmobile's big 62 horsepower high compression engine provides bull-dog stamina that enables you to maintain touring speeds hour after Use Another Teacher. With a total enrollment of high school and 13 grammar grade pupils enrolled in the summer school which opened at the high school here yesterday.

Chairman N. II. Littlejohn, of the board of trustees, authorized Principal C. A. Borts to increase the number of teachers from three to four.

Fish Fry Thursday. A fish fry will be served on the grounds of the Isaak' Walton Club Thursday night for the members of the club and their friends, it has been announced. Persons who desire to attend are re-quested to notify F. W. Carpenter, the secretary, by Wednesday night so that due preparation may be made.

Dance Thursday Night. Ray J. Houck, manager of the Majestic Dance Orchestra, yesterday announced a danco will be given in the grill roor of the Majestic Hotel Thursday night. He also said the orchestra will give a concert in the court house here ext Tuesday night. The members of the orchestra are Howard Gaffney, trumpet.

Raymond Westbrook, trombone; Thomas Davidson, saxaphone; Broadus Putnam, saxaphone; Thomas Henry Robelot, drums; and Miss Evelyn Crawford, piano. Mr. Houck said he hasben elected here, however, another examma tinn hniisps on thn neelc nnd uossett, is ill at tne home ot Her parents on Petty street. Mrs. Abernathy came down from her home in Winston-Salem, last week ior a visit.

RETURNED FROM FLORENCE Mr. and Mrs. Yancey McCraw and Mrs. Virgil McCraw have returned from Florence, where they spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs.

L. G. McCraw, While there they visited face and closer examination showed a broken neck with a traumatic hemorrhage which indicated the fracture thousands already have, that this NEW LOWER PRICE TWO OOOft tflOAM occurred before death. ginia where he has accepted a job with a civil engineering firm a short time after he gels his diploma from Clemson. His chief interest, aside from his studies, has been with the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Victor Cheek, of Blacksburg, majored in architecture and will be given his diploma in that department. He is one of the youngest boys to graduate from Clemson this year. He has been secretary and treasurer of the Cherokee County Club and a member of the Phoenix Club. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.

J. E. Cheek. Robert Goodman Pridmore will be connected with the Sand Hill experiment station near Columbia after he is graduated from Clemson. He majored in agronomy and was a member of the senior dancing club and assistant traffic promulgator of the 5ntjF finer Oldsmobile QJ5 i unsurpassed in per- f.

o. b. factory, formance andvalue Bumper Extra. its price. I Myrtle Beach.

DELIGHTFUL GARDEN PARTY The home, garden and civic department of the Woman's Club held a delightful meeting on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. Claud Fort, with Mrs. Charles Sparks joint hostess. mm hour, and to conquer hill after hill in high.

Four Love-foy hydraulic 6hock After the short business session instructor of the band of the Cen-1 Mrs. Victor Gaffney read a splendid college speedway. He is the son of tralized High School at Blacksburg rose culturp nml round Mr. and Mrs. J.

G. Pridmore. I J.1 i. lL. I Cherokee Garage table discussion on this subject was very much enjoyed by those present.

lor the next year, ana inai me ui-ganization will be kept in practice through the summer months. Samuel Vaud Stacy also majored in agronomy at Clemson. He was a charter member of the Kappa Alpha Sigma organization and flagman on the Clemson speedway. He is the son of the late Senator Richmond Stacy and Mrs. Stacy.

Another Gaffney boy will be ready COTTON MARKET Late in the afternoon the guests were invited into the garden, where the soft rays of the setting sun caught rainbow hues from the brilliant robes of larkspur, lilies, poppies and other royalties from the to practice medicine when Jack Pitt garden court. Cotton was quoted at 18V2 cants per Bound Monday by Gaffney buyers. Delicious iced punch and wafers man, son of Dr. and Mrs. J.

G. Pitt- On Your Vacation DoNT risk discomfort and inconvenience that will result if you lose or break your glasses. v. along an extra pair for emergencies. You will also find satisfaction in having two styles of mounting for different occasions.

HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED R. C. GARLAND OPTOMETRIST Office in Peoples Drug Store FLOWER SHOW FINISHES were served from a flower-bedecked man, comes home next week with table under the spreading tree at a degree from the South Carolina the edge of this attractive garden. (Medical College. Before attending the Members of the club are looking medical college he traveled several JONESVILLE CLEAN UP forward to other meetings of this years and gained a variety of ex kind at a future time.

periences holding jobs in several American cities. He has not de Exhibition Held in High School ATTKND cided where he will practice The Honorable R. A. Dobson ex GRADUATING EXERCISES Mavov and Mrs. V.

H. I.inscomb pects to soon have as his partner and familv. Mr. D. W.

Hicks and 'n the practice of law his son, Ray Your Miss Meatrice Hicks left Sunday for mon. who will be awarded a degree Ocala, to be present at the the department of law at the graduating exercises of Miss Bess University of South Carolina June Lipscomb. '12. The elder Mr. Dobson is also Thpv will he tViP notc a graduate of the University of Building Proves Successful Event.

(By Mrs. C. A. Littlejohn.) Jonesville, June 3. The Clean-Up campaign last week, ending with the flower show on Friday morning, sponsored by the Civic league was a decided success in every "respect.

The flower show surpassed the expectations of even the most enthusi wm SA7 Banker South Carolina. Before attending the Mr. and Mrs. Hal Furlow. Knows- CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Little Miss Sarah Violet Wilkins astic members of the league.

A committee of local women had se- celebrated her sixth birthday at her STRAND THEATRE MONDAY ONLY lected the two prettiest yards on nme May at Blacksburg. The children played many games, each street in town and a committee, composed of Mrs. S. T. D.

Lancaster, Spartanburg, Miss Kate Hooper, Spartanburg, Mrs. La ml rum Sellars, Pauline and Miss Mahala J. Smith, of Union, inspected these homes on Friday morning to select the prettiest yard in town. The prize for the best gardens, a five dollar gold piece, was won by Mrs. Reuben Lindsay, the enthusiastic president of the league, and second honor went to Mrs.

Forrest then retired to the dining room, which was decorated with cut flowers. Musses Geraldine Wilkins and Margaret Cheek served ice cream and cakes. The following were present: Marie Wilkins, James Frye, Ruth DeAr-mon, Carolyn Whitsol, Margaret Elliott, Maurice Lee Jones, Rose Quinn, Julia Logan, Martha Turner, Aline Moss, Miriam Ward. C. W.

Love, Betty Jean Elliott, Jack Roberts, 1 Spears, and third, Mrs. E. C. Free Hames Avenue was chosen by the 1 N.e le Carolyn Westbrooks, judges as the prettiest street in Frances. Webber, Kath- town iieen wnitesiues, i.aroiyn Trouble held, Elizabeth Troublefield.

Dan a good proposition when he sees (me! University the younger Mr. Dobson studied at Furman University and The Citadel. Last year he was a candidate for the state legislature, being accorded a fair vote all over the county and leading the ticket in several sections. At the University of South Carolina he has been president of the law association, president of the senior law class, and first honor man on the scholastic records of the law school. Recently he was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa key and elected senior orator for his class.

Jack Creech, who graduates from Columbia University, New York, has not decided where he will work. His studies have been in the school of commerce, where he was recently fiven a prize for having the best essav in the institution on a business "nbject. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.

C. Creech. When announcement of honors at Wofford College was made durinr commencement last week. Howard Pegram, son of Mr. and Mrs.

C. M. Pegrnm of Gaffney, was handed for the best essay in the International Relations club. Since his ''eshman vear he has been among the student making the highest at Wofford. He received an A.

B. degree. Next fall hp will enter the South Carolina Medical school a Charleston. Tom Chrkson, son of Mr. and Mrs.

T. B. Clnrkson, camo home 'oni Furmm University with his ('inloma and bepnn work in his father's insurnnre office. At Fnrimn he mnde a fair average in hi studies "nH found time to nlnv on the tpflm four Two R'ncksbiiro' limber n-Vio were "nrtnatpd from Davidson nollpo'o in NWth Cnrolino wi'l both to work for hiehc degrees. Thn" are and G'pnn Frye.

"on Mr. nnd Mrs S. R. Frve. Both Wrp been members of the rollege "vr.npptra and "lee club pnd leaders religious activities at the institution.

ntpnn Frve was n-t editor of one the rnllepo and a mem-'r of the Y. M. C. A. council.

In his senior vpnr be visited other ool-Wo jn North nnd South Carolina nd 'pptured for the Y. M. C. A. Hp bpn awmvled a scholarship at University.

Paul Frve will return to Davidson to do "raduafe work and teach. He will add to his income by playing THAT'S WHY Mr. C. M. Smith, President, Merchants and Planters National Bank and other shrewd investors are buying and pjlanning to build in INDIAN HILL HEIGHTS The suburb, supreme, where you can buy choice lots from $149 to $299 each.

$1 OC Down, $1.00 Par Week, 10 discount cn payment ot $20, 2W discount fir all cash Payments to be made at the Merchants and Planters National Bank, no interest of taxes for two years. Lots are selling fast, don't wait to own your own "home sweet home," and stop bringing to that little wife of yours, a bundle of rent receipts. Why wait? Drive out' today to Indian Hill Heights and select your home site. Gold and Reese Roark, Jr. SUNDAY IN BLSHOPVILLE Mrs.

Wash Childers and family spent Sunday in Bishopville with Mr. Childers. TO REPRESENT FRATERNITY Robert H. Sparks, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Claude Sparks, who is a member of the junior law class at the University of South Carolina, has been elected delegate from his ira, ternitv to the national convention in Los Angeles, the first week in July. HEFNER-GARDIN Miss Marjorie Inez Hefner, of Mt. Airy, and Charles W. Gardin, of Gaffney, were married Sunday by 0. D.

Hancock, notary public, at his home near the Alma Mills. The bride wore a dress of, peach-colored flat crepe. Her hat, shoes, and bag were of the same color. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

W. N. Hefner of Mt. Airy. Mr.

Gar-din is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gardin of the Alma Mills.

After the ceremony the couple left for a short trip through North and South Carolina. After this week they will be at home at the Alma Mills, where the bride-groom is Ihe flower show was held in the high school building and prior to the speeches by Mrs. Lancaster, Miss Hooper and Miss Mahala Smith, the orchestra composed of children of first and second grade pupils gave a number of selections that were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. R.

A. Lybrand sang "An Old Fashioned Garden" with Mrs. Mary S. Geer playing piano accompaniment. Numerous baskets and vases of flowers were attractively arranged in two class rooms.

There were old fashioned flowers, the newest of flowers, bowls with one variety, bowls with several varieties and a most unique basket and one arranged by Mrs. JuX1 Lipscomb with the famous "fr varieties and all gathered from Mrs. Lipscomb's garden. There were different colors of some of the same class and the effect was exquisite, a lovelier artist's study would be difficult to conceive. The containers for the flowers was a superb collection, each adapted for the flower it held.

For the prettiest flowers Mrs. Paul J. Free received first prize, Mrs. R. A.

Lybrand second and Mrs. C. G. West third. It was decided by the league to raise at least $100 to beautify the new city and Mrs.

Mary S. Geer. Mrs. R. A.

Lybrand and Mrs. Forrest Spears were appointed a committee to arrange for a minstrel in the near future. H. T. Hames, mayor of the town, who has been very active in the campaign, present Every man and woman held by four walls what are yours? Romance of the Underworld to please and thrill every world.

Also PATHE NEWS Admission: 10 and 30 Cents TUESDAY ONLY Universal's two million dollar production. "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" Also A Comedy. Admission: 10 and 30 Cents WEDNESDAY 'BULLETS AND JUSTICE' Also THE POLICE REPORTER No. 2. "MIS ANGEL CHILD" A Comedy.

Admission: 10c to Evervone THURSDAY AND FRIDAY "CHINATOWN NIGHTS" with WALLACE BERRY FLORENCE VIDOR and WARNER OLAND On account of rain, and disagreeable weather, I will postpone giving away the RCA Radio until next Monday, June 10th, at 4 P. M. The lucky person will have to be present to receive the Radio. H. Russell Owner and Developer Two dollars and a few minutes of your time will start you on the road to home ownership.

Rothschild said, "You can't get poor taking a profit. Buy lots and take your profit later on." ed the $5 prize to Mrs. Lindsay for How About Bo-Beep? me prettiest garden and she very. Contemporary savs Himalayan graciously presented it to the treas- lambs can run forty "miles an hour urer of the league for improvement And that is just the kind to follow PurPses- Mary around these days. iM-wnMiiiiiiTiinoiinrii.

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