The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-12-03
CROSS HILL Off

On to Atlanta Is all the 90 now
In this section. Those who have
been have epthused those at home
and as nobody wishes TO be out o,
the fashion nearly all are going OIL
gone this week.
Among those who have made
the trip we would mention: M. IT.
simpson and wife, Perrin Watts
and wife,-W. B. Fuller and family,
g. l.. Garter and family, r.. ID,
Nance and daughter, Col. j. III.
Wharton and wife, Prof. W. I. Nc
Elroy and wife, Mrs. j. q. Williams,
Mrs. JAMIE McSwain and son, sew.
eral young ladies and about twenty
young men and some darkIes. This
is enough to show to what an ex.
tent the craze has spread.
Our friend Luther Wells beats
the record for going to the EXPOSE
tion on short time. he loft this
place oil Monday night at 1895
o'clock, was at the gates when
opened Tuesday morning, went
all through it, took it all i'm, came
back to car shed got on train at
$40, Z. NJ. and at 2:30 A. M. We'd
nesday morning was back home,
having been gone just tw~enty-six
hours, travelled $50 miles and took
In the Exposition. Luther is a
hustler and Cross Hill is still ahead,
ifanyDody beats that send us word
and we will have Luther to try
again.
Mr.. N, B. Davenport and family
rave moved to his plantation on
SaIuda river. They will be greatly
missed. DR.. e. G. Simpson after q
residence of about fifty ears at
Cross Hill has gone with the family
of Mr.. Davenport.
Mr.. j. w. Simmons now occupies
the Davenport mansion.
Mr.. j. @, MCGOWAN has moved to
the plantation Of his father on Cane
creek.
Or. w. e. Goddard will occupv
the resilenceof Mr.. McG0wan's.
DR.. r.. w. Pinson and wife have
moved into their handsome resi-
dence on Main street.
Mr.. Mason Hill is building a resi-
dence on Main street.
Mr.. A. Nj. Turner had the mis-
fortune to lose q fine cow a few
days since.
j. w. Simmons lost a very valua-
bic and fine horse a few DAYS since.
Mr.. John Grant has rented and
moved to the place of DR.. J. f.
McGowan on main street.
MI. j. Y. Legare and family of
Darien, Georgia, after spending
some weeks with relatives and
friends have returned home.
Mrs. Anderson and daughter OF
Anderson have been spending some
time with friends and relatives in
town.
DR.. j. F. MCGOWAN and family
of Euhalee, Ga, spent last week
with relatives in town. We are al
ways glad to see the doctor.
Well the convention Is about
through its work and the biggest
thing that has been accomplished
Is paying the members $500 per
day and the taxpayers will have to
foot the bill of forty or sixty thou
sand dollars. Those who voted for
the $4.OO per day will have a hard
time explaining to the satisfaction
of the people. TO us it seems that
1t would be we'll to invite the $500
fellows to a back seat hereafter
"You can fool all the people
awhile, and some of them all the
time, but you can't fool all the peo-
pie all the time" The profits of
the Dispensary goes to education
so the more whiskey you drink,
the more money there will be for
schools, "pie for shame."
Miss Jane Austin died Novem-
Der 28th after a long and painful
illness. She bore her suffering with
exemplary christian patience and
placidly fell asleep in heaven. She
leaves One brother and a large cir
Gle Of relatives and friends to
mourn her death. SCRIBE.