The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-30
A Few Words In Short SyIlablcs
of q Mostly Personal
Character.

The editor of this paper ran down to
Columbia on Saturday.
Note, tomorrow is the last day for.
paying taxes.
Good reading in the Advertisers
Clinton letter. Peruse it everybody.
Read the plain truth in Simmons
Bros. new adj. Then come in crowds
and enjoy it for yourselves.
Ash Wednesday, the 7th of Feb. is
the beginning of Lent, and Easter
falls on March 25th.
The minstrels, talented young anna
teurs of Greenville Ire expected in
Laurens on tomorrow evening.
The Alvin JOslin appearance at the
Opera House on Thursday evening will
prove the delightful entertainment Of
the season.
Misses MCGOWAN and Haskell, after
a visit to their cousin, Mrs. A. G..
Wardlaw. have returned to their home
in Abbevillc.
Court %convenes for this county Bird
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the month. Judge Ernest Gary will
preside.
Benjamin f. Whittemorc, carpetbag
Congressman from this State during
the eight years of good stealing, died
last week in Washington.
The attentive eye of progressive far
mcrs is directed to the ard of Mr..
Frank d. Bolt, of Alma, who sells
Fertilizers. Consult Mr.. Bolt before
purchasing.
Mr.. II. A. Lee, of Due West, will
conduct the service and preach at the
Episcopal church, morning and after
noon, Sunday, Feb. 4th.
Backed by the Washington Light
Infantry from down on Judge Pope's
battlcmcnts of the battery are safe and
Gov. Tillman need feel no %apprchen-
sion for his pets.
South Western Georgia is raising
her w pork and shipping can loads of
hogs to Chicago. Save your bacon by
raising and selling hogs.
Laurcns Lodge K. OF p, contemplate
the celebration of the 10Th Of Fcbru-
AIRY, the great Pythian Anniversary of
of the founding of their splendid order.
calvin Joslin," billed for Thursday
night is perhaps she best known the
atrical company that Manager Garrett
has booked for our Opera House in a
long time, if ever before.
The office of Jury Commissioner has
been abolished and the duties dcvolvc
on the County Auditor, Treasurer and
Clerk of Court. without compensation.
In other regards the jury law stands
Us formerly.
On Wednesday, the 9th a severe
blizzard struck us after our weeks of
delightfully."- warm weather. 1t is bet
ter SO, as Spring vas prcmaturely
hustling old Winter to the rear.
Mr.. r. A. Lee, of Abbcvillc, a theo-
logical student of Sewanee University
church, on Sunday last. He is a most
prepOsscssing young gentleman and
promises to do honor to his great call
ing.
Mr.. Eugene Wilkes left on Monday
to drum for the Furniture Factory of
Tocoa, Ga. Laurcns is losing one of
her best citizens and most promising
young men in Mr.. Wilkes and his de-
parturc will he greatly regretted. Mum
bcrS OF friends wish him well in his
new vocation and will watch his ca
rccr with interest.
The crowd in the city was largo on
Saturday last. The public square was
very lively. the m~ountebanks and ven
dcrs OF small and catch-penny articles
had Il booming good time. These tray
Cling gentry who hold forth on street
and are rafting takers, we
trust are avant couricrs of good times
to come and quickly.
Farmers will take notice that the
time is growing short for sowing oats
and other small grain. Housewives Of
foresight are watching for a dry time
and Il fine day to SOW English peas,
spinach, spring turnips, lettuce, rad
ishcs, cabbage seed, and to put out the
Savory onion set.
Rain or storm, hail or snow, the let
ter carrier must be out toiling along
the slushy streets. His duty compcls
him to face the p~itiless storm, and
rheumatism is frequently the result Of
such exposure. This however, may be
readily cured by Salvation Oil, the
| best of linimcnts.
THE ADVERTISERS columns of this
issue show how politics are c%tfcrvcs-
cling in the State: how "vaulting am
bitiOn' animates her sons to control
the destinies of people and nations.
What Il glorious inspiration is patri-
otism. THE jingle Of the guinea is
nc in it,"
Georgia too, has a Govcrnor-Gov.
Northern. He carried an army down
to Waycross, a border town, to catch
Corbctt and Mitchell if they attempted
to cross to his territory. 1.-THE King
and his men marched up the hill and
then marched down again" WAY
down South in Dixie"
The Laurcns Fire Department has
just received II lot of new hose, solid
rubber and the best hat has ever been
brought to Laurcns. Our fire depart
mcnt is what Il friend Of ours calls the
"Acme of Laurcns' Goal" Tho lad
dies are the finest that this earth af-
fords and of course they ought to have
plenty of good apparatus.
The remains of Mrs. S. G. Wright.
who died the 22nd of last March at
Meeker, Colorado, were brought to
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