The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-01-02
In and Around the City.
THE COMING AND GONG AND MIN
CLING OF THE PEOPLE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
This is campaign year.
Miss Sara Ball has returned from Q
pleasant visit to friends in Walhalla.
Mr.. J.. o. G. Fleming after u two
weeks siege of the grip is out again.
Mrs. Archie Adams, of Greenville,
is visiting in the city.
Call at the Court House and see
specimens OF Wheeler's photographs.
Editor Bowden, of the Cotton Plant,
visited Congressman Shell last week.
Mr.. c.. @. Featherstone returned Sat
urday from o business visit to Augusta.
Miss Birdie Austin returned to Co,
lumbia yesterday.
Young people please bear in mind
this is the wedding season.
DR.. A. N. Talley, of Columbia and
DIR. o. b. Mayer, Of Newberry, were
in town last week.
You have until February LIST to pay
your taxes. BY the way, how much
has Reform reduced taxation?
No man with honest eyes can look
on Laurens from Irby Hill and not
confess that it is the prettiest town in
Carolina.
Don't fail to have some nice photo
graphs taken by Wheeler in Laurens
from 1st to 10th of Jan.
Governor Tillman, we are told, was
IN the county Saturday and visited Col.
Shaw at High Point.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, mother of
Mr.. j. G. Brown, has been visiting the
latter.
Mrs. S. c. Todd is extremely ill and
grave fears are entertained that she
will not recover.
Metsrs. l.. Hill and Larry CAN'T, of
Spartanburg, and ID. A. j. Sullivan, Of
Charleston, were in the city with SEN
ator Irby Sunday.
Clerk of the Court Meetze and Rep
resentative III. B. Buist, of Greenville,
were in the city last week and visited
Capt. Shell.
County Treasurer Mock tells The
ADVERTISER that considering the
tough times, people are paying taxes
we'll.
Should the city council contemplate
identifying the town and making it
comfortable by planting trees, now is
the time to do the work.
Thomas p. Cothran, ESQ.,, a leading
young lawyer of Greenville, and one of
the attorneys for the r. g. d. Railroad,
was in the city Saturday.
Col. j. A. Hoyt, of Greenville, spent
several days in our city during the past
week and was welcomed by many
friends.
Mr.. McIver, of the Southern Presby-
terrain, was in town Friday and called
to see us. Mr.. McIver is al "vneri-
ant gentleman.
N.-sses'AA LIZA and Mamie McCaslan
and Messrs. S. NJ. Wilkes, Claude w.
Garrett and w. w. Ball attended the
Greenwood ball Friday night and all
report a delightful time.
The delightful Van Bibber is about
to re-enter public life. Mr.. Richard
Harding Davis has written another
story about him called can Anony-
nous Letter." which will appear in
the February Harper's.
THE ADVERTISER is informed that
Mr.. j. G.. Brown has been offered a
a position in the North as a trainer of
horses at $4,000 q year, but will prob
ably not accept. 1t is said that he
was recommended for the place by
Senator 1rby.
The b'hoys, or the gurrls, or both or
somebody took the usual notion of ring
ing out the old year and they did it
with terrible energy and perseverance
numbering about three thousand hours
of gentle, grateful, innocent and un-
offending slumber. But b'hoys will be
b'hoys and gurrls will be giddy. :
Mr.. Thames, father, of Mrs. DR.. II.
K. Aiken, of this city, died in Charles
ton last week.. Mr.. Thames during
his long life was an active railroad
man and during q career extending
through many years held q number of
responsible positions in his line of bust
ness.
Mrs. Aiken, who attended the fune-
raj services, returned home yesterday.
Judge elect r. G. Watts left to-day
for Columbia to qualify as Judge of the
Fourth Circuit. He will be joined in
that city by his wife and children to-
morrow whence they will proceed to
their new home at Cash's Depot, Ches-
terield county.
The ADVERTISER wishes them bon
voyage-and may they fare prosper
ously.
Mr.. w. FL. Gilkerson will move to-
morrow to Mrs. Richardson's house or
Harper Street, where he will take
boarders, transient and permanent.
| This house is q delightful place for
boarders and in two minutes walk of
the square. 1t is needless to say that
Mr.. GilkersOn will make it pleasant
and comfortable for those who sojourn
with him.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!