The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27
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The Legislature OF this State con
yenes to-day at noon.
CottonI was better last week, hui
there was no boom-no freshet.
Miss Emma Bailey, OF Clinton, has
teen visiting the family OF Mr.. w. w
Jones.
Miss Azile Wilson, who is attending
Converse College, spent a few days al
home last week.
The County Medical Society met in
the city ON Yesterday. The attendance
was not as large as usual.
DIR. Sampson Pope, late candidate for
Governor, was in the city burning last
week.
Mr.. George b. Anderson,i is in Colum.
bia serving as a juror in the Federal
Court, now in session there.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day
and it is probable that business will be
generally suspended in the city. LII
will not be a good day to bring cotton
to market.
Nothing could have been more pro-
pitious and delightful than the weather
during Conference week. During the
building Of the Temple, sit rained not
in tho daytime"
The ADVERTISER takes pleasure in
acknowledging kind attentions from
Rev. III. G. Brown, of Seneca, Rev. G.
=. Watson, Anderson, Rev. NIB. Kelly,
of Union, members Of Conference.
Mr.. l.. ID. Curry will visit our sub
scribers this week and we trust all
whom we have faithfully served in
sending them the news, will do their
best in these hard times to help us to
the best OF their ability.
Messrs David r.. Duncan, ex-Solici-
tor of this circuit, Messrs jennings, Of
Spartanburg, and Prince, of Anderson,
Attorneys, we're in attendance upon
the Conference, as Delegates, or Trus-
tees Of Wofford College
Conference on Saturday last fixed
Rock Hill as the place of its next meet
ing. Abbeville contested, but the
booming Catawba town was easily q
winner.
The parade of Boyd's Minstrels was
an interesting and pleasing feature of
to-day's happenings. Their brass band
is the finest, and renders the incest
music heard here in many years.
The Daily Item, Sumter, S. y.
Mr.. J. r. Harris, of the famous Har-
ris Lithia Water, with his usual libe-
rality, shipped hundreds of gallons
from his spring at Waterloo and placed
it on draught in the Court House, for
the use Of Conference during its ses-
sions.
Conference adjourned at 8 last even
ing after announcement of the annual
appointments by the Bishop in the
presence of a great audience. Resolu-
tions of thanks were offered for the
hospitality of the citizens, to the Rail
roads and to Mr.. j. II. Harris, OF Harris
Lithia.
Laurens will ever be thankful to
Rev. w. 1. Herbert for bringing Con-
ference to meet in city. 1t has
been q delightful occasion and will be
O green spot in the memory of each
one of lis. And as the delegates go
home after their arduOus work, may
each find all we'll and "his house in
ORDER" and every minister with the
exact appointment his pleasant dreams
had brought to his hopes.
A sad accident occurred in the city
on Saturday last. 1t was the habit of
Mr.. Joseph III. Harris, who is engaged
in peddling, on his return home to
take the cartridges from q pistol and
give it to q little son TO play with. His
| sister, aged about fourteen in the alb
sence of the father snapped tho pistol,
when the little fellow remarked:
"Shoot me, sister," and pointing the
pietol at him, it was discharged inno-
| Gently, q 30 calibre missile taking eff
feet below the eye. His recovery is
problematical, but we hope for q favor
able result.
a distinguished divine at the recent
Conference strongly intimated to the
Bishop in making an official report,
with much humor, that he hadn't had
his share of the lucky plums and good
drops,as they were annually dispensed
When he was a lad he was invited to
dine with two other chaps; they were
put at q side table; presently Amos
was heard to say: spa, Enoch sops
with the big end Of his later and sops
with both ends" He likened himself
unto the said Amos.
Now unless u good readers of the
ADVERTISER ONE to u help soon
and quickly there will be more than
one Amos in this latitude. See, friends?