The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-30
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Interesting Notes from Various sour.

-Ihe State Fair will open in Column
bia on November 18th and continue for
four days.
Col. Waddy w. Thomson has been
acquitted for the killing of Prof p. +.
howell at Greenwood last spring
"A dispensary has been opened at
Mayesville, Sumter County, which
makes about seventy in the State.
Constable Newton Clanton seized
about 200 gallons of blind tiger whiskey
at kershaw, Lancaster County, last
week.
Mr.. Nix Medlin, who lived about
1ive miles north of Pickens, died on
the 23rd instant at the advanced age
of 96 years.
Rev. A. A. Marshall, formerly of
Anderson, has accepted a call to jack
son Hill Baptis Church, a new organiza-
tion in Atlanta, Ga. -
The South CarOliaa.an Con-
ference of the M. f.. Church, South,
will convene in Laurnes. S. c., NOvefias>SS
Der 2lst. Bishop j. G. keener will pre-
side.
DR.. w. l.. kirkland left Columbia
last week for Nashville, Tenn, where
he goes to assume control as editor of
the Sunday school literature of the
Methodist Church, South.
The Winnsboro News and Herald
says that a firm at that place recently
shipped the heaviest bale of cotton ever
known or heard of. 1t weighed l. 900
pounds and was packed by hand.
Five hundred gallons of whiskey
and five hundred bottles of beer wore
seized last week by Constable FAINT in O.
warehouse in Columbia. The liquor is
valued at 1000, but no one has laid
claim to it.
1t is said that therc is q proba-
hility of the reduction OF the price of
board at Clemson College, as the trus-
tees have been investigating it and
found that the cost does not amount to
VI per month.
Saloon keepers throughout the
State are applying to Commissioner
IraXler for certificates to prevent the
seizure of the whiskies they have on
hand. During the last week he has
issued over 100 certificates.
M. w. II. Hunter, who has posi-
ton IN the government printing Office
at Washington. and who was hurt n
few weeks back by Il cable car in that
city, arrived in Ncwberry last week
Hc is able to get about on crutchcs.
f. f.. Whitikcn, civil engineer of
Tioncsta, Pa, was in the mountains
last week on 4 tour Of inspection, look
ing out the timber lands To ascertain
II there Is enough hard woods TO justi-
~ the establishment of a factory at
Pickens.
The railroads have given better
rates to the State Fair this year than
last year, and are going 10 aid c~&ry
effort to mako it a success. 1t tisl :
bic that some arrangement ~wlrf- .,S>>
made whereby the Clemson College
cadets can go to the Fair.
Secretary of State Tindal says that
the acts Of tho Legislature and the
bound copies Of the revised code Will
soon be sent out to the various clerks
OF court in the State for distribution
among the members Of the last Legisla-
turc in the several counties.
The Secretary Of State has been
furnished with Il map Of the proposed
new county, which is to have Honca
Path as county seat. The new coun-
ty takes in Donald's Bolton, and Due
West, besides several smaller towns.
1T will have G2S square miles.
Governor Tillman, in speaking of
the whiskcy sciZuries, says all that is
necessary to kill out the blind tigers is
to get one Of the Illicit dealers with
stripes on him, and that would set
tie the business. He said that he had
one man near the penitentiary
Mrs. Minerva Dial, of Laurcns, an
aged ana highly respected lady, and
rclict OF the late Lewis Dial, deceased.
died at the residence OF her daughter,
Mrs Malinda Crews, on Wednesday,
24th inst. Her remains were Inferred
IN the Cemetary at Chestnut Ridge.
Col. William lizard Bull, for MANY
years a resident OF Sumter County,
died at the residence of his son in Char
lesion on thd 2lst inst, aged 80 years.
lie was once uipn of immense wealth
and leader in social and political cir
cics not only IN his community, but in
the State at large.
About three miles from Salley,
Aiken County, on the 23rd inst, II. II.
Sally shot and instantly killed Henry
Glover, colorcd. a few words were
passed and Glover struck Sally dan
gcrous blow with an iron hammer in
the head. Thercupon Sally drew his
pistol and fred the bullet taking effect
in the neck.
Mrs. Sue Maxwell Pickens, wife OF
DR.. L. j. Pickons, died at her home in
Iendleton, 5. g., Tuesday morning,
brain. She was the only daughter of
the late Samuel f.. and Julia S. Max
WE'LL and was born at the old home
stead OF Capt. John Maxwell on Seneca
River, November 18th, 1912.
The Pickcns Couty Democratic cx-
ccutivc committee at IL recent meeting,
pa"scd resolution to submit TO the
voters of the county at the general
election the question of dispcnsary or
no dispcnsary for Pickcns County.
This vote is to instruct tho repres-
cntativcs to the Legislature. a box
for the pnrposc will be provided by
the managers at each precinct.
"A leading cotton seed oil manu-
facturer while talking about tho effect
OF the reduced prices OF cotton on the
cotton seed market, said that at the
outset Of the season the manufacture
ers raised the price of seed and had
kept IL up rs long as possible. The
general decentralization OF the market
had reduced the price OF crude
oil very much and il was found alb
soluteiy necessary to make reduction
OF 10 per cent in the price Of cotton
seed. This, he said was high Dric,,