The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-09-18
The Ncws-september Docsn't Bring
IL I'm Columns.
Mr.. Frank Wells is in town.


Mr.. r. f. Fleming, OF Greenwood, IL
visiting az the home of his uncle, Mr.
w. w. Jones.
Mr.. John O'Dell has gone to Glenr
Springs to seek health from ito famous
waters.
Mr.. A. L.. Hudgens has returned from
Atlanta, where he has been attending
a business college.
The calling of the Court caused the
streets to have an unusually inhabited
look on yesterday.
Mrs. M. Il. Simpson, OF Cross Hill,
spent several days with relatives in the
city last week.
Mr.. L.. w. Boyd, Of the Columbia
Evening Journal was in the city on
Sunday.
Miss Perrin Farrow has returned
from Virginia, where she has been
with friends throughout the summer
Judge Frazier, Solicitor Schumpert
and Stenographer Campbell are at
their posts in the court room.
DR.. j. p. Simpson paid q short visit
to his relatives at Glenn Springs last
week.
Cotton is beginning to come in,
on the square.
Remember, the neatest Job work
done at this Office on the shortest notice
and at the lowest terms.
Miss Mary Miller, of Ninety-Six, has
been elected to the position in the
Graded Schools resigned by Miss Eliza
McCaslan, of Clinton.
The appearance of immense boxes
Of goods have followed the return of
our merchants from the Northern mar
kcts.
Mrs. Fielding, of Greenville, for sew
eral years a resident of Laurens, was
gladly welcomed onlher return to this
city for a few days last week.
Mrs. j. p. Anderson and Miss Eliza
McCaslan spent q few hours with
friends in town on Tuesday on their
way from Clinton to LAGRANGE, Ga.
Professor Joe Holmes and family, of
Chapel Hill, N. c., are staying with
relatives in the Brooklyn side of the
city.
Mr.. H.. p. Burdette is now ready to
supply the demands of all Corners in his
newly reftted store room in Mr.. j. NJ.
Robertson's block.
The city schools opened on yesterday
with q fine attendance. Su%perinten-
dent Watkins expects to make the
Laurens system Of schools one Of the
best in the State.
Misses Mia Fricrson and Lydie Irby
and Messrs. S. M. Wilkes, Dorroh
Ferguson and d. A. Davis attended o
reception given at Clinton on Friday
evening.
Mr.. Wales Fike left this week for
Germantown, Ohio, where no has Sc
cured q prOfessorship in the Miami
Military Institute. We wish him much
success in his new field.
Ex-Judge Nichols, of Spartanburg,
attorney at law, was in the city on bus
mess connected with his profession
on Thursday.
Mrs. S. p. Richardson has returned
from q stay of several weeks at the
home of her nephew, Mr.. Will Bailey
at Clinton
We have Bulletin II, N. S., South
Carolina Experiment Station. Analy-
ses of Commercial Fertilizers will
prove of great value to farmers. Ad-
dress S. G. Experiment Station, Fort
Hill, S. G.
W. are requested to that
there will be a colt show held at Honea
Path, Sept. 28th. The people of Lau-
rens county interested in stock raising
are requested to come and bring all
colts three years old and under. Any
information will be gladly furnished
by DIR. j. F.. Shirley, Honea Path, S. G.
At the recent meeting of Enoree
Presbytery, Mr.. S. G.. Todd was IL
ccnsed to preach and Mr.. w. r. Min
ter placed himself under the care of
Preshytery preparatory to taking the
same step. Both young gentlemen are
from Laurens. The Presbytery will
hold it's next session at Greers in
Greenville county.
and Azile Wilson leave to-day for Con-
verse College.
The opening of the schools will thin
the ranks of the young folks to no
small extent and put an end to frOlick-
ing among the "Rose Bud" club, who
have kept the social ball rolling in
Laurens most faithfully all summer.
Reedy River Baptist Association con-
vened with Warrior Creek Church nine
miles north of this place on the eleventh
instant. Col. j.. Fl. Wharton was
elected Moderator, Rev. j. b. Parrot
and w. S. knight, clerks, and Rev. j.
d. Pitts, Treasurer. The. association
was largely attended and the delegates
report that they were most Hospitality
entertained. DR.. James Mcintosh,
Capt. Wister Gary and Col. Robert
Leaveh passed through Laurens on
Monday on their way to the association.
The train going in the direction OF
~Spartanburg was boarded al Lau.
rens on Tuesday afternoon by not less
than fifteen or twenty ministers and
delegates who had as o destination the
Enoree Presbytery In session at Glenn
Springs. Among the number were
Rev. DR.. w. p. Jacobs, Mr.. M. S.
Bailey and Mr.. Thornwell Jacobs, Of
Clinton: Rev. David Todd, Rev. A. G
Wardlaw and Mr.. O. w. Tune, of Lau
rens and Mr.. M. T. Simpson, Of Gross
Hill.
The call for o meeting of the true
Democracy on Saturday last was
responded to by about fifty persons
They were representative men Col