The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-24
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HOME COMERs FOR THE HOL
IDAYs.
Dancing and The Mlnstrels BY Way
OF Amusement for Week.

the bicycle.
The Graded Schools closed for the
holidays, Friday.
Mr.. j. T. Harris, Of Harris Lithia
Springs was in town last week.
Going to the Exposition seems likely
to prove a popular holiday trip.
Attorney Hunt, of the Newberry
Bar was in town last week.
Before the new year begins settle up
with the ADVERTISERS.
General j.. Gary Watts spent Friday
night In town.
Judge r. @. Waite is in the city to
spend the holidays with his family.
Mr.. Laurens p I is at home from
thurman University for Christmas.
Mr.. John Ferguson will arrive from
the South Carolina College today.
Mrs. w. w. Kennedy, of ST. Mat
thews, is visiting in the city.
Mr.. w. N. Wright is spending
Christmas with his family here.
Professor Il. w. Wright, of Glenn
son, is with his fathers family in Lau-
rens.
Miss Manette Hayne was the guest of
Miss Perrin Farrow for a day last
week.
There will be q meeting of old sol
diers at Waterloo, 31st inst to form a
camp of A.. O. vets.
Miss Laura Irby is at home for the
holidays to the delight Of her many
young friends.
Misses Eloise Wright and Lille
Miller are at home from Converse for
the Christmas vacation.
Measles in the Winthrop Woman's
college necessitated disbanding the
school till after the holidays.
People are moving into town already
with the view OF becoming factory
operatives.
Mr.. 8. j. Simpson, OF Spartanburg,
was in town professionally a few days
ago.
About three dances are booked for
this week, dancing being q popular di-
version in Laurens.
Miss Eliza McCaslan and Mrs. Owens
of Clinton, were up to do Christmas
shopping on Friday.
Miss Corinne Pitts left O few DAYS
ago for Savannah where she will spend
Christmas.
President Keitt, of the State Ali
ance, will be with the County Alliance
at the first quarterly meeting at Lees
vile on January the Sd, 1896.
A. special train will be run from
Clinton here Saturday evening in order
that the people Of that city may attend
the minstrel show here.
Miss Emmie Webb, who has been at
tending school at Abingdon, Virginia,
arrived home for the Christmas season
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. O. G. Fleming, Mr.. J.
Il. Crews, DR.. j. p. Simpson, Miss
Amelia Kennedy and Miss Kama are
people who went last week to the Expo
sition.
Young men at home for the holidays
are DIR. w. d. Ferguson from the Char
lesion Medical College, B. @. Bowen
from Virginia and Mr.. J. Y. CARING
ton from Atlanta.
Say don't you understand the bicy-
Gle offer? If you don't call at the Of
dee and let us explain. Don'tm lis try
Ing for 1t for q reason like that.
Surely you don't mean to let Febru-
airy catch you with nothing done. You
are going to work for the wheel this
month ar'nt you?
Monday was again an all around gala
day, with O balloon ascention and other
marvellous attractions. The streets
were animated and alive with q mon
ster varied crowd.
A great many of our friends have
been so good as to settle with us but
the ADVERTISER could have a much
merrier Christmas If some others
would pay up.
: There Is really no reason why YOU
should not win it-try for it, the wheel
offered by the ADVERTISER to the n
terprising boy or girl or older persons
who brings In the largest lumber of
new subscribers.
1t Is delightful to be served by the
Christmas week clerks. They are in
most cases pretty girls and so pleased
with their new occupation that it
is impossible to resist buying from
them.
Rev. A. j. Stokes has arrived with
his family from Newberry to take
charge of the Methodist church here.
He preached his first sermon on Sun
day to q delighted audience.
Editor Coffin Of the Southern Real
Estate and Financial Journal published
at Florence Is OF his way to Atlanta
through the country on horseback. He
will observe the soils and write up his
observations for his Journal.
Congress on account Of financial
straits failed to take O. recess and the
members viii not eat their Christmas
turkey at home. A goodly number Of
us who are not Congressman are in the
same strait as to the American bird.
The young peoples Society OF the
Presbyterian church will give O. G. @.
supper at the home Of Mrs. III. A.
Webb, Thursday evening, December,
10Th, at 7o'clock. The only cost will be
the admission fee which is ten cents.
The next meeting OF the Teachers
Association will be held at Laurens on