The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-05-19
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
Culled from Various Sources and Re
lating to Numerous Subjects.

Owing to i'll health DR.. Atkinson
will resign the presidency of the South
Carolina College for Women.
DIR. A. N. Tally, who for wears has
ON the board of regents of the
State hospital for the insane, has been
succee leu by Mr. j.. p. Glenn, of Ander-
son.
= Aningenius use Of electricity is to
warm the b%edclothes. This is done by
heating a system Of wire inside a dou-
BILE quilt. The current can be Iegulat-
ed at viii and the temperature main
tanned at the required degree
The cannery at Prosperity will place
an order for 6OO,0 600 cans for June ship
ment. They have about 40 acres
planted in tomatoes Or will have, and
they expect to pack 4 200 or 5000 cases
this season.
The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
decided that a druggist has a right to
decline to sell o water to q negro
II he pleases to do so. The negro gets
knocked out every time he raises a fool
issue of this kind.
The farmers around Rock Hill
have decided to plant about 1865 acres
Of tobacco. The leaf raised in this
county Is exceptionally fine, selling
much In advance of the tobacco raised
In the lower part OF the State.
Rev. Alexander Sprunt' of Rock
Hill, leaves New York, Saturday morn
Ing for England. After a bicycle tour
through the country be will attend as
a delegate the Pan Presbyterian coun-
Gil at Glasgow, Scotland.
The annual Alliance eLcampment
and picnic is to take place 1T Tirzah,
in York county, on July 81 anu 81. This
gathering is an unusual atfa'r. and
Two days and nights will be spent in
the camp. q
Rev. A. j. Diaz, the Baptist mis-.
sionary recently expelled from Cuba,
has gone to atlanta to live and ION.
nected himself with the Second Bap-
tist Church Of that city. lie left
Thursday night for IL ten days trip TO
New York.
1t Is stated that the Spanish gov
ernment has addressed q note to the
powers on the subject of the alleged
use OF explosive bullets contrary to
the international usages Of warfare,
which 1T is GAINED have been obtain
ed in the United States.
Taking the young end the old to.
Soe' 10 ioo"o UhdU UWenUy-SlN
years is the average at which people
die In London In England and Wales
only, more than a hundred thousand
persons are always slowly dying OF
consumption.
"A company has beer organized to
prospect for silver and copper in
Wayne county, Pennsylvania. There
are indications that these ores exist
In paying quantities in the region
about South Canaan, and the mpa
has paid $50 900 for an option on $50
q, res Of land.
In a magazine article just publish
ed Mr.. Andrew Carnegie says "We
should be quite willing to abolish lux
ury, but to abolish poverty would be to
destroy the only soil upon which man
kind a depend to produce the virtues
which alone can enable our race to
reach a still higher civilization han it
now possesses"
The ivy is never used for Christ
mas decorations. 1t was once sacred
t. Bachus and constituted almost the
sole leafy decoration at the Roman
Saturnalia. The early Christian clergy
desiring to weun the people from
their pagan practice AS far as possible,
orbad the use OF ivy, and the pro-
hibiLion has lasted until the present
age.
The bridge to be built over the
Tennessee river at Knoxville is to be- q
remarkable structure in many respects.
1t is to be entirely Of pink marble from
neal quarries, 1000 feet long, with one
arch OF 24O feet, 20 fee longer than any
other arch in the world. AT it's high
est point it is to be l05 feet above the
water, and is to have a roadway 80
feet wide.
The city of Montpelier, In France,
Is said 10 be the first to regulate the
kind OF wrapping paper in which arti-
Giles of food shall be delivered. Colored
paper Is absolutely forbidden. Print
ed paper and old manuscripts NAV
only be used for dried vegetables.
For all other articles of food new paper
either white or straw colored, must
be used.
In the Democratic National Con-
ventiUn ofl892 there we're 90 delegates
n under the two-thirds rulc 604 votes
were necessary to a choice. Cleveland
received 6lI3 votes on the first ballot.
The addition Of Utah to the list of
States will add four delegates this wear,
making IL total Of Oh, and Gl0 will be
necessary to choice if the the two
thirds rule Is maintained.
The Colorado Republican Convon-
ton has declared ior bimetallism and
protection. with free silver as the para
mount issue. Senator Teller was
chosen to head the delegation. No
instructions were given, except ODE
dience to his directions. Early in the
evening u telegram was received from
Senator WolcOtt declining to 60 as a
delegate, which simplifed matters
and averted the expected fight be-
tween the factions.
As an evidence of tho great impetus
the cotton milling industry has taken
in the State, it may be mentioned that
application was made to the railroad |
commission by several different new
cotton mill enterprises for the special
twO-thirds rate allowed on building
materials shipped to such concerns.
h rate Is allowed ia such cases by
agreement with the several railroads
OF the State. The applications were
all granted.