The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-07-04
THE FACTs ARE THEsE.
They Relate 90 Incidents, Small and
Great that Make up News OF
the week.

the Week.
See statement OF condition OF The
Peoples Loan d Exchange Bank
Get your grip and go to Greenwood to-
day. Great day for fun this.
Really you had better take a share or
two or stock In the Laurens Cotton Mill.
Will stothart has gone to Augusta for
q few days.
Miss Sallie Jones is visiting her father,
Mr. w. w. Jones.
Miss Hattie Jones has returned from
a visit to Columbia and Newberry.
Much matter unavoidsbly crowded
out this week.
Miss Sue Owings, OF Power, is visiting
Capt. McManus' family.
John Poole, Clarence Babb and Perry
Wright will leave for Clemson College
tomorrow.
Mr.. b. III. Bale, of Philadelphia, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. q
Bale.
Laurens needs a dozen big cotton
mills; therefore let us get TO work and
build n tremendous affair.
Mrs. j. f. Bolt and family are visiting
Mr.. J.. d.. Adams and family at Pied
mont.
Miss Idle Irby has returned from a
visit to friends In Newborry and Column
bia.
The ADVERTISER is pleased to see that
Mr.. A. w. Hudgens of Easley has been
appointed postmaster for his town.
MT. Albert Anderson Of the Port Royal
and Western Carolina was In town for
a short while last week.
Again we should like to know If any
one thinks that athletic club. idea is
worth consideration?
The s. G. College Alumni Association
held a meeting Saturday. They deter
mined to establish q scholarship.
IF the great American silver dollar
contin ueslto go down, in the natural
course of events where is it bound to
land?
Mrs. Todd, of Due West, and Rev. Mr..
Todd, formerly q missionary of the A.
r. p. church to Mexico, are visiting Mrs.
10. g. Fleming.
Mr.. Willie Hillhouse, Of Waynesboro,
Ga, was in the city last week. Mr..
Hillhouse was telegraph operator here
for nso sc oS l,an s,.ry sa,,
In Laurens. b.
We are requested to state that in addi-
ton to the closing exercises OF Prof.
Ewart's school at Mountville, a first
class barbecue will be given by private
parties on Monday, 10Th Inst. Also, a
match game OF base ball is spoken Of.
The salary Of the post master at this
place has been reduced by the post office
department from fourteen hundred to
thirteen hundred dollars. The gross
year have been two thousand nino hun
dred and two dollars.
Greenville convention of the Episco-
pal church will in the church
Of the Epiphany at this place, Wednes-
day (to-morrow) morning and will be In
session hat day, Thursday and Friday.
The exercises, consisting of public wor-
ship and business meetings, are open to
the public.
Palmetto Lodge, No. 10, A. +. NJ, now
has one of the coolest lodge rooms mag
Unable. The floor has been newly car
peted, the walls M ceiling painted and
the room renovated in evory way. Pal
metto is in a very healthy and active con-
dltion and is doing a good work in the
community.
Mr.. N. b. Dial has returned from
Washington. He declined the Zurich
Consulshlp.
So far Mr.. Dial Is the only South Caro-
linian to be offered a foreign appoint
mont, He should have been given a
handsome position.
In the meantime Zurich's loss is
Laurens' gain.
Mr.. VIM. d. Watts has retured from
the South Carolina College where he has
Just completed the Junior year with
"proficiency."
Mr.. Watts will return to College as a
grave and reverend senior"
Mr.. r. Fleming Jones has returned
from the same institution. He has sur
viyed the period Of freshdom and next
year will be one OF the sophomore
tyrants.
There wa an excursion of colored peo-
pie to Spartanburg Friday. The Laurens
colored nine played two games of ball.
In the morning they played the "Howard
Gap" nine. For several innings they
were badly lett but soon pulled them-
selves together and were In a fair way
to wi. when their opponents stopped
playing, calming that outsiders inter.
fered so much as to make playing i'm
possible. The score stood Is to13 against
Laurens, but Laurens would certainly
have won had the game boon finished.
In the afternoon Laul ems obli.erated
the Spartanburg team by o score of 81
toe. Laurens, by the way, always wins.
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