The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-01-06
LOCAL ITEMS.
buyers are on u "loaf."

Good deeds ring through Heaven like
Is bell.
~ Grand Ball will DO arranged for the
1+th OF February.
Our town has had a magnificent trade
during tho past fcw weeks.
All our schools opened with M IN
creased Jumbo of pupils after the holt
days.
Tho Worlds Week of Prayer opened
Sunday, Jan. 81, and will close next
Sunday.
The happicst faces soon on tho streets
these days, belong to merchants who
advertise.
Thc college boys, who have been spond-
Ing Christmas at home, have returned
to their duties.
Capt. Is. II. TILLMAN declares that he
will not be u candidate for Governor of
South Carolina.
Tho corporators of the Columbia, New,
berry and Laurcns Railroad will meet
in Columbia on the 18th inst.
During the absence / tho editor, next
wock j. II. JOHNSON Esq, will have
charge of THE ADVERTISER.
y number of young people attended
balls Mt Clinton and Greenwood and re-
port favorably from both places.
An exchange says, when II young lady
sets herself up rs II bell, it is fair to pro
sumo she wants someone to ring her.
All our churches have full congrcga-
tions every Sabbath, which shows the
increase in tho population of our town.
AS nothing stronger than water is al
lowcdin this town, wo would suggest
that our "city fathers" have the public
wells repaired.
Last week in speaking of the tourna-
mcnt, VIC ave Mr.. LEE SIMPSON 3 out
OF 9 rings, whom it should have been
eight out of nine.
n. j. HOLMES, Esq, had a now buggy
torn to pieces by allowing Il gcnHc horse
to stand unhitchcd. Fortunately, there
WAS no one in tho buggy at the time.
Mr.. ZErHESIAlt MADDEN, living about
ak miles from this place, died on Sat
nrday last. He was taken sick in the
morning and died about ! o'clock in
the afternoon, Of heart disease.
Mir. Il. B. CoNSoR will he absent from
his Office, on professional business, in
Abbcvillc, for five or six days, from
Wednesday, Dec. 9TH. Persons having
work for him will be governed accord
ingly.
1t is said that Lourons, up to his time,
has p]atronized the Augusta and Spar
tanburg Railroad better than any other
station on the line. If it il supposed
that this town is dead, it is Il mistake,
that's all.
We learn that On "Wednesday night
Mr.. PERRY JEANS. of this County, lost
his barn and contents, consisting of
fodder, shucks, &C., by fire. Other out
houses received serious damage. Sup
posed to bc tho work of an incendiary.
Everybody abuses newspapers be-
cause they are not always full of news,
but IL they would only try for once to
write II readable article when they had
absolutely nothing to write about, we
arc sure they would hold up on news
papers and appreciate the position of mn
editor.
But tor the efficiency of the Hook and
Ladder Company, and the timely as
distance of the citizens, black and white,
we would, in all probably, have to re-
cord the loss of considerable property by
the fire on Wednesday last. The roof
OF j. NJ. RIDDLE 81 Co.'S Shop caught
from II spark supposed to have been
from the engine. The damage Is esti-
mated at 5000.
The limo for the election of n now
Town Council Is drawing near, and
strange to say, candidates arc not
crowding the field. The position Of In
tcndan. Of the Town of I.alrens Is not
n desirable one, by any means, but
some good man, who will do nothing
moro than the law requires, but who
will enforce the law to the letter, will
certainly gain the lasting. confidence
and esteem Of tho good people OF this
entiro community