The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-02
CITY TALK.
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK JUST
ENDED.
Items Cleaned Here, There and Every
where Personal Items and
Other News.


Mr.. Frank Wells spent Sunday in
town.
Mr.. Willis Washington found plenty
OF blossoms in his cotton on the Goth.
NJ. A. III. Jerry has gone to Asheville
to spend the heated term.
Public officers sold no property yes
terday, ~salesday.
Cadet Thos. G Watts has arrived
home from the Citadel.
Sheriff George S. McCravey visited
Greenville on the 9th ult.
Mr.. e. w. Wilson, of Columbia, Wis
tied X. Fleming Jones last week.
Mr.. John Bale is ut homo from the
Citadel having made a splendid years.
showing.
Mr.. John Ferguson returned home
from the South Carolina College for
the holidays.
Miss Mary Conner spent Sunday in
town taking the train for Georgetown,
on yesterday.
Miss Lillian Werner leaves to-day for
Newberry after a stay of ten days with
friends in the city.
Mrs. G. w. Murphy. Of Knoxville, is
q visitor in the city the guest of Col.
and Mrs. w. H. Martin.
Miss Lutte Jones left Monday morn
ing to spends few days with her friend
Miss Mary Bailey, of Clinton.
Lewis w. Simkins, Esq, visited the
city of Greenville on Friday last on le-
gal business.
John W. Henry has been appointed
DISPENSE for Laurens and the stuff is
now freely dispensed.
Miss Sallie Little has returned to her
country home after spending o few
weeks in Clinton.
Good rains fell Throughout the county
and the crops will be greatly benefited.
Mrs. o. B. Mayer returned to her
home in Newberry yesterday after q
visit to relatives here.
Miss Jennie Cocker after spending q
week with friends in the city has re-
turned to her home in Darlington.
Mr.. Charley Ward, of Darlington,
spent last Sunday with Mr.. w. d. Fer
guson.
Senator j. l.. M. Irby, having had
good rains and it being too wet to pillow,
was on the C. H. Hill on yesterday.
Mrs. Wister Wright was called to
Tnalrn0~ MI. 80 ~.
of the serious illness of her mother.
Miss Beck Bailey, of Clinton, and
Miss Matte Boyd, of Laurens, visited
Misses Mamie and Dora Franks, of
Narnee, last week.
Messrs. Perry Bcattie and w. p. Con-
yers, Of Greenville, were the guests of
Mr.. l.. w. Boyd OF Sunday and Mon
day.
Mrs DR.. Barksdalc and hcr little
granddaughter. Marion Evans, visited
Mrs. James Baxter and other relatives
in Newberry during last week.
Several parties we're arrested during
last week charged with violating the
~dispensary law. The warrants were
issued by Trial Justice Hudgens.
Miss Ruth O. Fuller a charming
young lady of Mountville, has returned
home after a short visit to Mrs. n. b.
Dial in this city.
Mr.. s.. M. Wilkes and his fair bride
reached home on Saturday, after their
tour Of a month at Northern fashiona-
BILE resorts. A host of friends well
coined them home.
Col. B. w. Ball has accepted the in
vitation to address the schools at Gross
Hill on Friday next. 1t is the occasion
OF the closing exercises of Professor
II. u. Majors schools.
Aliiancemen are to have a great en-
campment in York county in August.
1t is estimated that ten thousand peo-
pie will be there. Two days will be
consumed and in listening to speeches.
The Court of Common Pleas and
General Sessions convenes for this
county the Sd Monday Of this month
two weeks from yesterday. Judge w.
@. Benet will hold the scales of Justice.
In a great fire at San Francisco on
the 9th ult., the loss is put down at q
million and q half and the insurance
estimated at. eight hundred thousand
dollars.
Mr.. F. Fl. Burton, of Thomas sends
us a cotton blossom of the 9th last.
In that neighborhood every mar holds
the pillow and hog and hominy are the
staple products and cotton q surplus.
Mrs. DR.. Hugh K. Aiken visited
Charleston during last week, upon the
occasion of the graduation of Miss Hal
lie Thames, her sister. She will be
absent some time visiting friends and
points of interest on the coast.
The Town "Tooters'' make the well
kin ring with their practice, and in q
short while the small bov will be in
his glory as Emusic with it's silver
sound" flows from the lofty porticoes
of the Temple Of Justice.
Maj. Wales G.. Fike, q graduate of
our Citadel, and now at the head of
the Germantown (Ohio) Military Inst
itute, is visiting his mother and family
in this city, whore he is heartily
greeted by old comrades.
Two weeks ago our good correspon-
dent at Lisbon rendered us q kind invi-
tation to come down and share his early
beans, potatoes, cabbage, ETC., with a
finger in the cherry pies for desert.
We nov I.ulrn thanks and have laid