The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-13
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DIR. Talmage has made his tonr OF !
the world andis az home again.
"A mar by tho name of Godbetbere
is postmaster at g Virginia post Office
call PurgatOry.
The colossal globe which was on
exhibition Ia the government building
at the Worlds Fair and which cost
$4,000 has beensold for $40.
-Dr. L. Dewitt Talmage has re-
signed his pastorate of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle and advises the members
OF the congregation to join other
churches.
New Hampshire cotton mills have
o capital of over $50, 600, 600 and pay
$4,000, 900 annually I'm wages. Over
100000 yards of cotton cloth are pro-
duced daily.
-Ex-President Harrison gets $IO,-
600 a year FROM the Stanford Universi-
ty for d few days of lecturing, and has
made some $4,000 from legal fees in
the past eighteen months.
General John b. Gordon, COM
handing the United Confederate We
terans, has appointed General S. ID.
Lee, of Mississippi, to the command of
/ VhO 0ORot eoiOhv O0oV VI UhG VhlSSSSSlpDl.
Pennsylvania is the first State in
the Union in iron, steel, petroleum,
coal and rye !; second in buokwheat and
potatoes fourth in oats !; fifth in silk
and wool, and sixth in salt and copper
--Nichola IL, Gear of Russia, and
Princess Alix, of Hesse, will be mar
ried in @ few days after the funeral
of the late Gear, which will occur some
time between the 10th and Goth OF this
month.
Under the law, any person having
an income of $1,000 per annum must
make q return to the revenue depart
ment but there is no tax to pay. II,
however, the income reaches $4,000 o
tax has to be paid upon it.
AN order was received at Wash
ington, Ga, q few days ago from q
Chicago merchant for fifty bushels of
corn. 1t could not be filled, as the
people of that section only raise corr
for home consumption.
-On the field OF Waterloo a topaz
seal set in gold was recently found,
bearing the arms and motto Of Wis
count Darlington, who vas killed at
! Quatre Bras, June 10, 1916, and had
lain undiscovered for 80 years.
The totals of bankrupt railroads
sold out within the past nine months
now stand: Thirty one roads, aggre-
eating 1903 miles, and representing
nearly two hundred and ffty-seven
million dollars of securities.
"A railroad line that runs from Is
mid, a harbor about 60 miles from Con-
stantinOple, to Angora, about 800 miles,
has 1000 bridges. There are 16 tun-
nels, the largest measuring 1.430 feet.
This is the only road that p%enetrates
int tho interior of Asiatic Turkey.
Honduras will be represented at
the Cotton States and International
Exposition. Woodford M. Davis, COM
missioner to that country, writes that
the Republic will be represented by an
exhibit, a feature of which will be a
mahogany house. There will be q
large attendance of Hondureans.
From the latest figures obtained it
is discovered that the average freight
rate in the United States is less than
in any other country. The average
per mile in Europe is 2.O2 cents, while
in the United States 1T is but ]. % cents.
Switzerland presents the highest rate,
3.37, followed by Norway with a rate
of 3 cents.
Senator PETERS sol has been drop
ped from the pay roll of the Senate as as
sistant doorkeeper. Until q short time
ago the Senator had three of his chill
dren in positions connected with the
Senate. His daughter is his private
secretary, n son vas assistant door
keeper, and another was. a special
messenger.