The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-09
TIE NEWS OF THE STATE.
Some OF the Latest Sayings and Doings In
South Carolina.

is put forward as n Bucksville curios-
ity.
The loss from the recent Charles
ton cyclone is now run up to $4,000
COO.
The United States Court, now sit
ting in Grccnvillc, is disposing OF con-
siderable business.
Mr.. j. NJ. Ivy, Of Rock Hill, is
very i'll, and but little hope is enter
tanned of his recovery.
Mr.. Willie Gregg, of Marion, was
thrown from stumbling horse and, it
is thought, fatally injured.
The cotton receipts in Grccnvillc
last year were 1859 bales, against
1865 bales the year before.
-Opportunc rains in Lexington
county have gladdencd the hearts of
farmers and improved the Cron pros
poets.
Pink Smith and his wife have been
arrested in Spartanburg. charged with
causing the death Of their sick son by
neglect.
The supply of timers and carpcn-
tcrs in Charleston is not equal TO the
demand. Good workmcn command
fancy prices.
Miss Agnes Milligan, of Helena,
broke one arm last year by fall, and
last week she broke the other while
roller skating.
Captain Henry Sally, Of Johns
town, Aiken county, owns Il calf nine
months old that has bcca giving milk
for several mouths.
Chesterfield county iail has not n
~ ,l
Sheriff will have TO invest in n pair of
white gloves for the Judge.
-"Col II. G.. O'Ncill, of Charleston.
bought cottage on Sullivan's Island
the day before the storm The day
after it was in ruins on the ground.
The wooden warehouse in rear of
the freight depot in Ncwbcrry, was
burnt Sunday. Loss or building and
contents about $1,000: no insurance.
Colonel Jouctt p. Smith, manager
al the Mccormick manganese mines,
has got an order for 5000 tons Of the
orc. The next shipment goes to Eng
land.
CAPTAIN Andrew Wilson, the old
gunsmth, died at his residence on
Stump Creek, Oconcc county, on the
jlSt August, at the advanced age OF
lO3 years.
A remarkable revival has been
going on in Shady Grove BAPTIST
church, Anderson county, and over
ninety converts have been made in
seventeen DAYS.
The Anderson MteUgence, has
heightened its columns and added
column to each page on account Of its
increased advertising patronage. 1t is
now 36-column paper.
The municipal election in Green
vile, which occurs next week, promis-
cS to be hOtly contested. Mr.. a. B.
Williams, editor Of the NcWS, is nomi-
mated for aldcrmanc honors.
Louis Warner, a tiagman employed
by the South Carolina Railway Com
pany, fell from train near Charleston
last Thursday, and received injuries
from which lie has since died.
John and Sherman Brdgman and
Benny Emory, three young farmers Of
Grccnvillc county, have under perfect
cultivation five acres of tobacco. The
yield promises to be abundant.
Mr.. John w. ITamcl, of Lancaster,
has Cochin China rooster five months
old with legs fourteen inches long 1t
bill TO the ground when picking up
corn.
Mr.. William Sullivan, OF Lancas-
ter, while on his way to church few
days ago, saw an owl completely hob
blcd by small black snake being tied
around it in several knots. He dis
patched both the owl and the snake.
About one month a5o Mrs. Gull
purnia Finch, ont towards Walnut
Grove, Spartanburg county, died
Soon after that her daughter, Miss
Nora, died also. Sunday Miss Lizzie,
another daughter, died, and she was
buried Monday. There is another
daughter quite sick.
Some of the farmers Of Marion
are letting the fodder dry up on the
stalk, contcnding that it is not worth
the price paid for pulling it, and that
the corn and land is much benefited by
letting it remain OH the stalk. In the
northwest such thing as pulling fod-
der is unknown.
That trcstlc at Saluda is "oT its
fcet' as the printers say. 1t was per-
ccivcd that the dirt had washed out
from under some of the stills. While
il was not risky to cross, it is thought
better to clean out the dirt to solid
foundation and erect good trcstlc.
This work will begin at once.
DR.. Poole, of Gross Anchor, Spar
tanburg county, says it you wish to
raise large potatoes and q heap OF
them, go into you" patch with y long
pole and raise up the vines and stop
their taking root. If you have never
tried this plan give it trial this year
If you doubt it try portion OF your
patch and leave the others to grow as
they please.
John Price, negro living in the
upper part of York comfy, while fool
ing with all old muskct, had the right
side of his head shot away. A phySi-
clan put the parts together with aahe-
sive plaster and laid John under
tree, expecting his death momcmarily.
Strange to say, about dark John re-
qucstcd to be carried home, the parts
adhered and he is getting well.