The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-09-19
NO. I.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Notes from Various Son,

-ReV. j. y. Adams, of Asheville, N I,
T., has declined the call of the Aiken
Baptist Church.
he census of the population of
chester shows 4,033 people, an increase
OF 1920 since 1890.
The first school in the State to use
Chapman's History of South Carolina
is the Chester Graded School.
Il. +. Watts, who was convicted in
Camden of killing John ID. Bethume,
was sentenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary
-Ihere are now forty-seven dis
Pensarles in operation in the State.
SiN have already been established in
Charleston
david Leathers, formerly of Oconee
county, was accidentally killed two
weeks ago in Tennessee while working
at Il saw mill.
-EX-Judge Thomas jefferson Mac
Key, who has been lost in France for
se'eral years, has turned up in New
YORK as talkative as ever.
The Newberry County Alliance
mas put itself on record in common
sense and business manner. 1t is
opposed to an extra session of the
Legislature.
Jesse and Pos Truesdale, two
white men, have been convicted for
0rutally assaulting Col. H. T. l..
PEBBLES last spring on the public road,
few miles below Camden.
"A son of j. III. Lindley, of Laurens
County, was dragged to death by mule
last week. He was grazing the mule
and had the rope tied around his own
Dody, when the animal became fright
ened and ran away.
Mayor Alexander, of Augusta.
proposes to remit all liquor licenses in
that city if tho bar-rooms will close
promptly at sun..down. This is adopt
ing one of the features of the South
Carolina dispcnsary law.
MIR. w. II. Bradford, one of tho
editors of the Fort Mill Times. has
been appointed to Il position in the
government printing Office at Wash
lngton. The appointment was procur-
cd tlrough the influence of Congress-
man Strait and Senator Irby.
Not since cotton was first brought
TO Charleston, nearly 200 year ago. has
there been such Il difference in the re-
celpts OF any certain day and the year
before, as was the case Sept 5th One
Dalc OF cotton was received, while on
september 9th last year the rcccipts
were 595.
Rev. Lucius Cuthbert starts North
this week to solicit subscriptions for
the First Baptist Church of Charleston
to repair damages caused by the cy-
clone. AS member of Aiken's relief
committee he has been authorized to
present the cause of the sufferers bv
the storm on the coast, and solicit aid.
-Ihe phosphate commissioners have
VISITED the coast and seen the havoc
made by the storm. The miners insist
that unless the royalty is reduced to
fifty cents ton, with guarantee of
lurther reduction when necessary, they
Will quit the field, as they are losing
IS cents ton when paying royalty
Of one dollar.
. United States Collector of internal
lteVenue Tor South Carolina. f.. A.
Webster, has rendered his resignation
to the United States Treasury Depart
ment, and it has been accepted to take
effect upon the appointment of Mr..
successor, and his uualifica-
tiOn in Office,
DR.. .Jos|ph Cross died recently at
the residen> = of his nephew near
Chicago, aged 81 years. Back in the
mites he was one OF the most eloquent
Methodist preachers in this State
He afterwards joined the Episocopal-
ians and at the time OF his death was
rector of church at Tampa, Florida.
Gov. Tillman has accepted the
pfo1iered services OF the American
of tho Snnth Sa,@i; an .or WORK In m Dehall
Hc has cnnmmninatna ,H.,,na cpuS' p sufferers;
nail Win Miu. UIo,'a pS wire ana
inu his th.nls and i,r;'in ,on, uHpress-
fnroncn w,ith ho,. ,n ,o 49,. iV,ns carlS con
nrnnnsed limo nf vonii. representative Oh Uile
FCivi, so,,,i"o "o' ;.; ~
nositinns IN ~ ~" .iiiliaIions lor
E0urtb Divi.inn ,;ii 10y hu5 iilt'ii service
C,oroiino IN Snnto,I W ~ Do i1ciu IN oouCil
foljoy.. IN Cdntn,,rI a on Ci, Co'o''o!, as
on Octobcr ~ Gborinn,, 10, urceaisii'c
October II at CoInmhio II Eo anu oii
snrv blonl,s and othnr i"t ol ncc9s-
sirSd ndInooa IT. ''o C,.;l iitoralh;Clon uc-
mission, Washinrtnn n - i'o' ioo Oo''i-
"A livclv fub3 - ,; ~,
South Carolina 1nIou,+iDn n,,o,, ~,
Gatfney post Office. II. Stobo Farrow,
Second Auditor of the Treasury, is
pushing the claims of vOunp Sans the