The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-02-13
STATE NEWS IN BRl
Interesting Notes h'om Vari,
CeR.

WIN. T.. Bell, of Abbevil
in dry goods and millinery,
an assignment to Il. Nj. Hi
benefit OF his creditors IL
arc thought TO be about $4,000
liabilities about $500 Sea
money and inability to mako.
tions caused the failure.
William McMurtrey, of e.
Mills, near Honea Path, died
Sth inst He was about eighty
old and was the father-in-law o.
late Malcolm Erwin. He was form
OF Belfast, Ireland, but has live,
this country for the last fifteen We.
He has crossed the Atlantic oce,
eight times.
-Governor Tillman has appointed
II. f. Young, of Charleston, r. w,
Boyd, OF Darlington, and j. H. Earl
of Greenville, commissioners
the act approved December 1S,
entitled an act for the proI
of uniformity of legislation
United States" These GEN
are to serve four years without y
ment. ll
The fly wheel of the engine
Spartan Mills broke in two on
inst, just few minutes befo
begun. Engineer Lewis was in
killed and two men who W
the engine room were \ W.
The roof of the engine room W.
ed OF and part of the brick w,
VIII cost the mill several thousah
dollars and it will be several weeks
before they can run again. The wheel
was thirty feet in diameter
Col. John f. Hobbs has been
sojourning at Hope Station since he
returned from the Worlds Fair, where
he was the Commissioner from All
stralla, and also employed his tir,
and opportunities in studying thea
dustrial problems of the day. Hetl
engaged in literary work for the
strlllan press at present, and is
work upon some books he will bi
out. He is also considering th
vlsablllty OF establishing shee
at Hope Station.
Governor Tillman says
surprised at the decision of the
trlct Court of Appeals at Washing
in reversing the decision of the l0
court regarding the Palmetto IT,.
mark. He says that an appeal will
taken to the Supreme Court of tSt
United States. The only effect ofNe,
recent decision, if upheld, will beM
allow infringemcnts on the businessS
the State when done outside, butW
Will not in anyway affect the busin&
in South Carolina %
Governor Tillman will shortE
select the commission which will wish
the battlefield of Chickamauga for the
purpose of laying Off the battlefield in
conjunction with commissions of the
same kind from other Southern States
who had troops in that famous battle.
Ihe South Carolina commission is to
9 "A "a MT fl,yt = =. 4,
by the troops from this State and ana
propriately mark them. Tho Legis4
laturc at its recent session appropri-s
atcd $3.50 for this purpose.
Senator Nj. G. Butler addressed 81
very large audience in the court house
at Bcnncttsville IN 2alesday in this
month. He discussed national politics.
reviewing his Ofiicia acts. He stated
that he had favorc. The free c0inag&r
of silver since 1881. He said nothing
that any Rcformcr could object to. =
and was attcntively listened to. He
was frequently applaudcd during his
address. The Senator WAS at his h~at,
and made fine impression. Scnatori
w. ID. Evans, in a few complimentary
remarks. introduced Senator Butler.
Governor Tillman. at the sugges-l
tion of the board Of trustees of Glenn /
son College, has written the United
States War Department asking that
Lieut.. Donaldson be again detailed
SO that he can remain in charge of |
the military department at Clemson
College as long as possible. Under
the army regulations he can remain at
Clemson for four years. He has been
there three years already, but his de-
tail will expire in July next. The
Governor says in his letter. "Hisg
tact and success in handing $50 raw
cadets, who matriculated in July last,
was such as to make us anxious to
keep him as long as possible"