The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-25
TOWN rorIcs.
A Column or Newsy Bits Gathered by
Our Reporter I'm his Daily Rounds
About our City.

~ hn6b dutt Cnllut0h hI'
s%oiourning with friends In Atlanta.
Mrs. DR.. Brown and family OF AtIant,
are visiting Mrs. J.. w. Ferguson.
Mrs. w. A. Rogers, OF Spartanburg, Il
on a visit to Mrs. Joseph Sullivan.
Mrs. outz, OF Edgefeld, is visiting rel
atives and friends in town.
Mrs. Calhoun, OF Abbeville, is VISITING
her daughter Mrs. r. j. MCGOWAN.
MI. j. p. Anderson, of Anderson, hat
been visiting friends In the city.
Miss Carrie Davidson, is visiting
friends in Newberry.
Col. j. Gary Watts was in the city this
week.
Miss Emmie Jones Is at home again
She has been visiting friends in Seneca
Mrs. r. III. Nelson is visiting relatives
In country.
Mr.. Will Summons, of Georgia, is pay.
our city a visit.
Mrs. w. II. Ricbey and children are
visiting relatives in Cokesbury.
Miss Robbie Sharp Is visiting relatives
in Anderson.
Mr.. John d. Darlington was in the
city last week.
Mr.. b. G. Bowen went to Augusta on
business last week.
Miss seppie Bewley is visiting friends
in .Greenville.
DR.. l.. S. Fuller went on a business
trip to Greenville last week.
Mr.. Ryland Traynham has returned
from a visit to relatives at Princeton.
Miss Julia McGhee, of Greenwood. is
visiting the family of Mr.. w. II. Gilker-
son.
Miss Iona Posey, of Union, and Miss
Hannie Jones, of C~okesburry, are visit
ing tho family Of DIR. B.. +. Posey.
Miss jamie Rivers entertained her
many young friends on last Friday eve
ming with a delightful dance.
culJOI VI opdEGdiputB
Herald, was in the city for a day last
week.
Mrs. Ella Cavis and daughter, OF Spar
tanburg, visited the family of Mr.. Hair
vey Anderson last week.
MI. John Barksdale and Mr.. McLees,
of Greenwood, visited friends in the city
on Sunday.
Miss Allene McCaslan has returned
from a visit to friends and relatives in
Abbeville.
Mrs. j. N. Wright and her daughter,
Miss Lutte, went m~ountainward last
Monday.
Mrs. G. w. Tune and Mrs. Foster
Simpson and family have left town for
the cooler regions Of north Georgia.
Mr.. Charles H. Henry, travelling agent
for the Greenville News, was in the city
last week.
Mr.. G. w. Garrett and Thomas Watts
spent a few days in the country last
week.
The children of the Baptist Sunday
School had a delightful picnic at Holmes
Spring last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Conway Darlington and family
of Spartanburg, are on a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Frierson.
DIR. J.. p. Latimer and Col. G. w. Dill
lard, of a%reenville, were in the city on
business last week..
The Laurens watermelons have come
and the specimens seen on the streets are
poor.
The small boys of Laurens played a
very good game Of base ball with the
Mountvillo team on Wednesday oven
ing. The score stood 16 to 10 in favor of
Laurens,
Misses Bertha and Florence Visanska
and Mr.. Daniel Yisauska, after visiting
their uncle. Mr.. j. M. Visanska for some
weeks, left last week to visit friends in
Abbe9ille.
Capt. II. j. Duckett has been appointed
School Commissioner for this County,
vice l.. p. Davenport resigned. Capt.
Duckett has been a school teacher and
will make and efficient officer.
The hunt for nuisances was vigorously
persued in this city on last Tuesday.
Governor TiIlman's c%onstablry ralded
the premisis of an ex-saloon keeper. All
was found lovely and peace reigns. No
warrants we're issued.
DIR. Thomas Jones, of Barlow, Ga, is
visiting his brother Mr.. J. w. Jones and
other relatives in this county. DR.. Jones
has just returned from Guatemala,
his brother-in-law, Gen. Pierce Young,
minister to Guatemala and Honduras.
Many friends here, where he was to the
manor born, were rejoioad to see him
we'll and youthful.
1t has been quite a long time since
Laurens has had anything to compare
with the charming reception which Miss
Lyl Harris gave in honor Of Miss Jor,
dan, Of Admission, On Thursday evening
last. The rooms were filled with the
flower of the youth and beauty of the
town, to say nothing of the fair stranger,
not half a stranger either, whose pres
ence added so UNNECESSARILY to the
pleasure of all preQent. With so charm
ing a hostess the evening GOULD only
haye been immensely enjoyable and In
truth 1t would he difficult for any of the