The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-31
NO. l3.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

The Supreme Court OF Michigan
has rendered decision on the womans
suffrage law, passed by the last Legis-
lature. permitting women to vote at
municipal elections. The court de-
clares that the law is utterly unconsti-
tutional and void.
ELIAS r. Pyle, of Westch hester Pa,
for twenty-five months past confined TO
his bed by sickness, told his pastor
about two weeks ago that he believed
the Lord had power to heal the sick
and he would soon be raised and made
we'll. A few days ago he surprised dis
family by sitting up and is now able to
walk with comparative ease
Miss Lucy Cleveland, cousin of
President Cleveland. is the author OF a
book of poems, entitled 1.-The lotus of
the Nile" which is at present in the
process OF publication and will he out
| in less than week. Putnam & Co.
| are the publishers and according to
| Mr.. Putnam's opinion the work is u
masterful one, placing Miss Clev Gland
among the foremost ranks of American
| authors, as well as marking an era of
American literature
| Judge Culberson, who was one of
the strongest opponents OF the repeal
bill in the House and who was chair
man OF the silver caucus of that body,
has just returned to Washington froin
Texas, and reports that the people of
that State are with Senator Mills and
| the Administration for repeal, while
Senator Hansbrough has sent word
from North Dakota that the people of
his State demand repeal, and admits
that he made mistake in opposing it.
Louis a. Rex, tax collector of
Allentown, Pa, told q sensational
story last May about being robbed. Ho
claimed that while passing an aban-
doned shanty several mon waylaid him,
and after blindfolding and gagging him,
stole $3.50 from him. His bondsmen
discredited his story and investigation
T led to the conviction that Rex was not
robbed but had embezzlcd the money.
, He has been arrested and held for
trial.
+ A few of the graceful launches in
use in the Lagoons at the Worlds Fair
have been sold to proprietors Of sum-
mer hotels in the Wisconsin lake re-
{ gions. Tley are easy and cheap to
, run in aIv place wherc an electric
g plant is accessible to the wharf 1t
, Will, perhaps. please people who have
+ been squandering their substance for
: launch rides to know that the cost
{ OF running ono of the boats whole
n day, exclusive of crows wagc.S.-;t.+-ii,9lst y i,lt
. GO cents. '>'''''
= The cotton cNcharyc of ST. Louis
Il mas adopted resolutions dcnouncing the
e deiay OF sfo Senate in substance as
io4lo"s Continuing to throttle and
l. cypress all branches of commerce, to
|, dlmish the value OF all the, principal
|. agricultural products, thereby to forco
, the people and the government to tho
verge OF bankruptcy by failure to act
5 upon the sllvorqucstion." They furth-
er crltlclse Senators Cocllrcl! and Ncst
severely for seeking to defeat uncondi-
tional repeal.
--prosi6apf ,,1 NJ, f-,,>,..I...l -
+ living more quietly just now than has
ever before been possible for them in
this city. Outside Of working hours
{ Inc mite House sees very little of the
President. Mrs Cleveland still keeps
to her custom of either driving IN town
wlth nm every morning or coming for
nm IN the afternoon, when they ex-
tend Their drive around the country,
now SO glorious in its autumn dress.
!, Those who have seen Mrs Cleveland
lately say that she mover looked as
handsome
WIN. II. Derch of Reading, Pa,
u VINO was married about eighteen
P months ago, has filed petition for
i divorce. He alleges that his wife put
I poison IN his coffee a year after mar
rlagc, and when charged with it by
n him admitted the fact and said she'd
have him dead in forty-cight hours.
On another occasion she put vitriol in
: his coffee, fcarfully burning his mjurh
y and tongue, and placed pgison on
l potatoes, that made him very sick.
n one night he awGke and found her
- ,euhihg 0Ver nm with an open razor in
' her hands.
!, James A. Dcmaree, of Louisville,
u KY, who was practically the founder
U OF the Knights Of Honor died suddenly
Q on the 9th ult, at his residence in that
e city. Mr. Demaree was one of the
:. original IL who met in 1873 and formed
IL the organization which, at his sup-
i Sestlon, was named the Knights Of
u Honor. He has devoted the last
II twenty years to the order, and saw it
grow from membership of seventeen
II to l3o, 900, with lodges in every State
l. OF the Union. He has held the position
t. OF Grand Reporter since 1875 con
tlnuously, and was a prominent member
q OF the Masons, Odd Fellows, Ancient
ordGr OF United Workmen, Knights
IS and Ladies of Honor.
:, Virginia. Carrie Coates, a pretty
9 seventeen year old girl, and Sandy
u johnson, stalwart, good looking and
rs twenty, came into Wclch, Mcdowell
&c county, day on two ago from Hay
q Creek. The girl was seated on a spot
~ ted steer, and had Travelled thus all
VI night to escape her father who opposod
g peoples hearts, and Sandy being i'm
G pecnnlous, purse was made uD to
IL speed them on toward their destination
D. by the good means OF steam. When
the in pulled in, the couple. who
'r mad never seen one, wanted to climb
d. up on the engine cab, but where direct
u ed to coaches and cars. They rolled
d, away with the bridc-to-bc throwing
so kisses at the crowd
III Six hundred farmers and ginners
IL met at AcwOrth. Ga, to take action to
ot suppress White Caps. All the gins in
Cherokee, Barlow, Paulding and Cobb
were posted with notices warning the
1T owners not to clean any more cotton
Y. until it advanced to ten cents a pound
,e This dcmOraliZcd the farmers. as thev
le we"e threatened with fire if they haul.
lg ed any more cotton to the gins, and the
cs ginners were notified that they would
as be burned out if they did not shut
T. down their gins. AT this season of the
er year Acworth usually receives POO bales
Ic day. n the past week Acworth has
cs not received 30 bales. This is true OF
Y, all the towns in the four counties nam.
lg ed. The farmers and ginncrs pledged
lsb emselves to subscribe iiDoraily to a
,eyfound for the employment of detectives
ID to discover and punish the White
"a Caps. They also recommended that all
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