The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-02
TWO In ONE.
sALEsDAY AND APRIL FOOLS
DAY.
The Jokefets and the Business Brought
by Them-Out on Factory
Hill.

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The editor heard nothing of April
Fools. Have they gone out Of Fashions
Col. T. b. Crews, left on Friday tc
spend q few days in Charleston.
Mrs. J. N. Wright spent last week
with relatives in Spartanburg.
Miss Azile Wilson is at home from
Converse College.
Judge r. G. Watts arrived in the
city on Saturday for a brief visit.
Mr.. Frank Hammond, visited rela-
tiyes in town during the past week.
DIR. w. @. Irby visited Greenville
last week.
Mr.. Frank Wells was in Laurens on
Thursday.
Mr.. Larry w. Boyd has been in Aug
usta for q few days.
Miss Lydie Irby is the guest of
friends In Clinton.
NV "A. Vt. WdTu1dW anu lhlully lClt
for Charleston by way of Augusta on
Thursday.
Mrs. w. j. Lake of Newberry, has
been for some days with MI. and Mrs.
II. ID. Lake of Laurens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdaniel, of Augusta,
were visiting Mrs. Nelson on Main
Street last week.
DIR. and Mrs. II. X. Aiken are now
occupying the late residence of DR..
Poole on Main street.
Mr.. d. A. Davis is on our streets
again after spending several weeks in
the North.
The time honored custom of running
away from school on the first day of
April was discarded by the scholars on
yesterday.
Saturday had an old-time look, the
streets being crowded with colored
people, showing that we are nee more
in a work-day world.
Every indication points to q glorious
fruit year and somebody ought to
utilize it in a booming canning bust
ness. Catch on to the handle which is
towards your hand"
The teachers of Laurens county +
making an effort to have q summer
school at Laurens for the county. The
plan is a good one and we hope it may
Mr.. r. Q. Davis, a progressive Lau-
rens farmer, has been to Darlington
and looked into the tobacco business
and will experiment on his farm near
be found throughout Laurens.
Treasurer Mock states that the taxes
years and the executions will be about
the same. So the Legislature acted
senslbly in extending the time to the
LIST of March.
On Saturday afternoon Miss Corinne
Pitts gave q most delightful tea in
honor of her guest Miss Nellie Jones,
of Savannah. Both young ladies were
YER from Converse College for O few
days.
The Swedish Quartet Company gave
q delightful entertainment on Wednes-
of the weather a good house was in at
tendance and a full purse Melted. The
Kings Daughters deserve a vote Of
thanks for bringing such q musical
treat within our reach.
The Methodist Parsonage Aid So
ciety contemplate giving an egg-hunt
on the afternoon of Saturday before
Easter, april 13), on the grounds Of
the residence of Nj. N. B. Dial. Quite
a number of beautiful dyed eggs will
be hidden for the search OF young folks
and children.
The new city counc'' have done we'll
trees. They have an eye for the or
namental as we'll as the useful. If
Mayor Dial will borrow Gen. Farley's
rabbit foot and use it over them, UNI
der the "pale moon light" the charm
may work and they may live. 1.-THE
fat mems club" of generations to come
will thank them as they take shelter in
their luxurious shade.
Salesday passed almost UNDECIDED.
The usual crowded hitching places and
shelters for horses and vehicles had
little patronage. The presumption
goes that the farmers have seized on
these first days of Spring with too
much e%agerness and energy to give q
thought to the hand shaking, talking,
and general buzz which as q rule is
an accompaniment Of salesday.
The Sheriff sold q house and lot at
Clinton to satify a mortgage. The
property going under the hammer at a
low figure.