The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-05-22
Gossip Column.

Postmaster Of Greenville.
Mrs. r. T. Mcdonald and children,
OF Ora, are visiting Mrs. s.. p. Richard
son.
Car Accountant L. w. Boyd, Of the
p. r.. g.. w. O. r. r. spent Sunday in
town.
Mr.. N. B. Dial went to Charleston
last week on business connected with
his profession.
Miss Bette Watts leaves to-day to
spend q few weeks with her sister Mrs.
Simpson at Gross Hill.
Ryland Traynham is visiting his
aunt Mrs. DR.. Gibbon, at Charlotte,
N. @.
Mr.. d. L. Fulton, q student of the
Theological Seminary Of Columbia, was
with friends in town last week.
Mrs. Simpson, of Spartanburg, is or
a visit to her daughter Mrs. j.. N.
Wright.
THE DEL1NAToR can be ordered
through us without extra charge.
Simmons Bros.
Miss Lutte Wright has gone to Cuth-
bert, Ga, to visit her sister, Mrs. Il.
f. Jones.
Miss Lola Anderson, OF Greenville,
is with her aunt Mrs. T. F. Simp-
son.
Miss Mary Miller, of Ninety Six, is
on q visit to friends and relatives In
town.
Hail in various sections on Friday
evening last left the temperature con-
siderably reduced.
The law class admitted by the SUI
prone Court at Columbia last week
consisted Of thirteen, including q col
ored man
If you have anything to sell make it
known by a short advertisement. A
short notice, apply at this Office for in
formation, invariably brings inquiry.
A special meeting of Palmetto Lodge
A. f. M. will be held at Masonic Lodge
this evening when the End and Sd de-
grees will be conferred.
Attorneys l.. w. Simkins, g. G.
Featherstone j. II. johnson and f. p.
MCGOWAN went to Columbia to. attend
the Supreme Court last week.
We regret to learn of the serious ac-
cident met with by Mr.. Pink Elliott
last week while doing some carpenter
ing. He fell from the roof of O house
breaking his leg.
All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy. You will need a comforta-
BILE short nap. An easy chair from
Wilkes 81 Co. will meet the happy
state.
Gen. Buffers answer to the Alliance
catechism appears in the current pa
pers of yesterday. He occupies about
the ground taken by Gov. Tillman. 1t
will appear in u next issue.
Governor Tillman has offered a re-
ward of 800 for the capture Of G. T.
from the Laurens jail on the evening
of the 9th inst.
At the recent convention of the
stockholders of the p. r. & w @. r. r.
in Augusta DR.. j.. A. Barksdale, Mr..
w. l.. Gray and Mr.. J. J. Pluss, of
Laurens, were elected directors of the
road.
The young ball players of Clinton
and Laurens crossed bats here yester-
days. Two games were played, and
Laurens being victorious in both of
them. The first game being Z to s, and
the second 3 to 2.
DR.. and Mrs. H. K. Aiken left on
yesterday for Beaufort, DR.. Aiken be-
ing a delegate to the Grand Lodge,
X. of p. Mrs. Aiken will also before
her return visit relatives and friends
at Charleston and WATERFORD.
The Oil Mill Company paid g aivi-
dend recently of 5 per cent. Und, the
management of the late Robel Fl.
Yeargin the Company paid a heavy
debt Of 1926, 900. The stock is now val
liable and promises we'll for the enter
prise.
An effort was made last week to
have q conference of congressional
candidates from this district (the 4th)
to arrange a campaign. Soyfar Joseph
r. Johnson, of Laurens, fStanyarne
Wilson and III. l.. Farley, of Spartan
burg, and d. P. Duncan, Of Union, are
declared candidates.
Mr.. Johnson, OF Laurens, Is mere
looking after the party Of negroes who
were sent to the Penitentiary from
Laurens county for the "church" muir
der. He hopes to secure the pardon of
the men remaining in prison.-COlum-
bia Cor. News g. Courier.
Reports come OF great distress
among white people o. the Beaufort
coast of this State resulting from the
disastrous storm Of last autumn. 1t Is
charged that the great fund dispensed
by the Red Gross Society was almost
exclusively given to negroes.
w. G. Fleming, M. D., a colored man
living about three miles from town
met with q serious misfortune on the
evening Of Monday the 14th instant.
During a storm his barn was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground
together with all its contents. A very
valuable horse was also struck and
killed at the same time.
Mr.. III. L. Seattle, who has been the
Superintendent OF the city schools du-
ring the past session returned to his
home in Union on Thursday. Mr..
Scaife besides doing O great deal for
the advancement of the schools has
made numbers of personal friends in
Laurens who regret the summer hOii-
days In as much as 1t has brought
about his departure.
The two b~eneiciaries which Laurens