The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-11
A NEWS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Notes from Various Sc

Interesting Notes from Various Sour
Ces.
"A new waiting room and ticket
office at the depot in Walhalla has
been recently finished.
President Craighead of Clemson
College is only 80 years old probably
the youngest college president in the
United States.
The Port Royal and Western Caro-
lima railway will sell round trip tickets
to Texas and Western points on Au-
gust End and Bird at one fare for the
round trip.
Mr.. L. Motto Ragin has been
nominated TO succeed the late Louis III.
Des Champs as Senator from Clarendon
County. Mr.. Ragin is a member of the
Tillman faction.
Mr.. Thomas Girard, q master ma
chinist of Anderson County, and u gal
liant Confederate soldier, lost his right
arm on the 30th ultimo while attempt
ing to unchOke q threshing machine.
Judge Hudson has granted q per-
manent injunction against the opening
OF q dispensary in Darlington, and de-
clares the law unconstitutional. The
case will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
The summer meeting of the State
agricultural association will be held at
Chester this year, beginning on the
End of August. The Secretary of Ag-
ricu!ture is expected to attend this
meeting.
Col. John Scofin, who was assistant
to the Adjutant and Inspector General
of this State from 1875 to 1890, died on
the End inst. in Knoxville, Tenn. He
was a native of England, and was about
70 years old.
Red Hill Academy, in Edgefield
County, Is without q teacher for the
next scholastic year. The trustees
will be pleased to receive applications.
Address Wyatt L. Seigler, Cold Spring,
S. c., for information.
Rev. w. G. Neville, Of Frankfort,
KY, has accepted the call recently ex.
tended to him by the Presbyterian
church of Yorkville, and will probably
assume pastoral duties on or about the
first of August next.
The following cadets to West Point
have been appointed from South Caro-
lina:L L. w. Jordan, of Seneca-I. N.
Mauldin, alternate, of Liberty G. II.
Rembert, of Rembert-J. II. Fraser,
alternate, of Georgetown.
Capt. Robert w. Andrews, of Sum
ter County, was 104 years old July 4th,
and celebrated the day by walking
eighteen miles, and being sunstruck,
which latter occurrence prevented him
from making twenty miles.
C-The liquor dealers of North Caro-
Liza are getting uneasy lest the tenn
perance people of that State will work
for the enactment of q law similar to
our Dispensary law, and have organized
to prevent such u thing If possible.
The Confederate veterans of New.
berry County have organized a camp
which will be known as the "James
n. Nance Camp of Confederate
Y eterans," named for Col. James D.
Nance, of the Third South Carolina,
who was killed at Gettysburg.
Mr.. Charles Mayhem, of Columbia,
died on the 9th inst. after a long i'll.
ness, aged 81 years. He was born in
England, and came to this country
when a young man, living in Columbia
for 80 years, and engaged in the marble
business for many years. He leaves q
widow and five children.
"A special dispatch to the News and
Courier states that owing to the earth.
quake and extremely high tides, the
Golfer dam of the government dry
dock at Port Royal became weakened,
and appeared Friday night,
through which the river water filled
the dock. The Golfer dam is being
rapidly repaired and strengthened,
when the dock will be pumped out and
work proceeded with.