The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-29
REPORT
OF PERsONALITIES-MORE AND
MORE EXPOSITION GOERs.
A Few Drops OF RAMA Big Fire
Alarm and a Small Fire.
Read the bicycle offer.

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Read the bicycle offer.
O. @. Featherstone, ESQ, attended
Court at S~partanburg last week.
Get ready to see our great State Fair.
Contribute to its success.
Mrs. o. b. Mayer. OF Newberry, is
visiting her father, Mr.. w. w. Jones.
The Laurens Band gave q minstrel
show at Gross Hill Friday night.
Be on the lookout for subscribers to
the ADVERTISERS II you want a bicycle.
Mrs. B. w. Balland Mrs. l.. N. Boyd
visited relatives at Gross Hill last
week.
Mrs. J. f. Bolt and Miss Jane Bal
lew will go this week to Atlanta for a
few days.
Mrs. w. F.. Young left to visit rela-
tives at Georges Station on last Tues
day.
Mrs. j. A. Barksdale has gone to
Spartanburg to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Evans.
Atlanta has o double attraction. The
State Legislature is in session in that
city.
Professor Joe Holmes of the Univer-
sity. of North Carolina is with relatives
in the city.
Mrs. @. @. Feathersone will leave in
a lew days for Anderson where she will
| visit relatives.
Mrs. j. j. Pluss, Mrs. r. B. Bell and
Miss Lucy Barksdale and Miss Lille
Calhoun spent last week at the Atlanta
Exposition.
Fire in New Orleans on Sunday
morning destroyed two hundred and
twenty residences, with q loss of half a
million and rendering 700 people home
less.
A mistrial was ordered in the case of
Aughtry, in Columbia, indicted for the
murder OF Oliver. On a former trial
he was convicted Of murder and q new
trial granted.
1t is announced that Rev. j. E. Car
Isle, pastor of the Methodist church
and Miss Kate Roland are to be mar
r1ed in the Methodist Church at noon
on Wednesday the 9Th of November.
MIR. j.. F. Baldwin, a much respected
citizen died at his home, Mt. Gala
CHER, on the 18th of October and was
buried at Union Baptist church of
which he was q member. He was a
good citizen and will be much missed
in his neighborhood.
We regret to learn of the death of
Mrs. Fanny knight, q most estimable
lady and wife of Mr.. John w. Knight,
OF Owensville, at her home Oct. the
10th instant. She was a good christian
lady and member of the Baptist church.
Editor Moore of the Honea Path
chronicle, has purchased of Mr.. j. E.
Boggs the printing outfit formerly used
by The Democrat. He gave us q pleas
ant call last Friday, and a glowing &C
count of his enterprising town.-Easly
Messenger.
The ladies of the Methodist church
VII! serve an oyster supper, with q
spelling bee at the court house on Fri
day night next for the benefit of the
church. A nickel will be charged at
the door. There will be fine fun, the
oyster good. Let.all come.
Every young man, every young lady
wants n needs a wheel. Try for the
one offered in our columns to-day to him
or her who will send in the largest num-
Der of subscribers for the ADVERTISER.
Don't think you can't get up q largo
number, that you will stand no chance
for 1T. Try, and you will perhaps be
surprised at your success.
Col. III. Y. Simpson attended the Ma
con Presbytery during last week, pros
ecuting the call of the Presbyterian
church, this city, extended to Rev. DR..
Adams, of Americas, Ga.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Simp-
son and they will visit the Atlanta Elk
position while on the south side of the
Savannah.
John D. Kirby was convicted of man
slaughter last week at Spartanburg.-
The jury were all night celebrating
and when breakfast was served to them
in their room the constable who
guarded the door, being of q social dis
position, Joined in discussing the hot
rolls and coffee, thus making q jury of
thirteen. The Judge ordered a new
trial and that c~onstables' breakfast will
cost the county from 5000 to $4OO.
At about one o'clock on Saturday
night Laurens walked up to the firing
of pistols, ringing Of bells and the gen
eral hullabaloo attending upon q
fire. The alarm came from the
Jersey side of town and the cause
Of 1t was soon found to be at Mrs. Mary
Bowen's where an out house in which
wood was stored was burning rapidly.
The family residence was in great dan
ger and indeed considerable anxiety
was felt about the spread Eof the fire
all along the street, but firemen both
volunteer and the.members of the COM
pany fought it we'll and so successfully
that only the wood house was de-
stroyed. The origin is supposed to have
been purely accidental.
Col. III. p TribbIe.
This gentleman, an old Laurens boy,
has been appointed by the President
Post Master of Anderson. A great
many friends in Laurens will be glad
to know of the Presidents choice of
this gallant veteran for an important
trust.