The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-11
LATE HAPPENINGS.
WHAT rs TRANSFERRING In AND
AROUND OUR CITY.

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Clinton, attended the Encampment.
Miss Louis Fleming. of Greenwood, IL
visiting at Mr. w. w. Jones'.
Misses Gray and Mobley, of Green,
vile. are staying at Mr.. S. w. Yance's
Mr.. Archie Adams, of Greenyille,
has been In the city for a short visit.
Miss Name Ferguson left last Wed.
nesday for Saluda.
Mr.. Jesse Vance is spending his sum,
mer vacation at home.
don't forget about The ADVERTISER.
The Encampment brought Messrs. r.
f. and Creswell Fleming over from
Greenwood for a few days.
Thos. s. Norman, q handsome stu
dent of Clemson, acted as Adjutant for
Col. Wardlaw at the E%ncampment.
County candidates must file their
pledges ten days before the 25th. Get
them in by the 18th certainly.
Unless your name is enrolled in a
club list five days before the election
you cannot vote In the primary.
The Harris Lithia Is at the height
OF the season with q large assemblage
OF pleasant guests.
w. B. Madden, of Greenville an old
lLaurens boy was in the city during
last week.
This Is the time to get your tickets
printed oh ye candidates-all job work
Is done promptly at this office.
Miss Marie Clifford, of Union, came
over for the Encampment as the guest
of Miss Josie Minter.
The meeting on Saturday was esti-
mated at 1000. The Laurens crowd be-
haved like men-suficient to say.
For want of space, important COM
m~unications are necessarily excluded
from this issue.
The closing exercises of Longview
School, in Gross Hill Township, will
take place on the evening of the 14th
inst.
Southern Cultivator and Dixie
Farmer, you should have. S1.O0 q year.
Club with THE ADVERTISER and get
1t at lower figures.
Our meeting on Saturday last was
we'll attended, numbering about 1000.
All passed off we'll and kindly, the de-
bate taking the usual range.
Our friends from round about the
county and especially the young and
pretty girls and they are all darlings
much enjoyed the encampment, and
we rejoice at it.
In the absence of Capt. Garrett, with
the band, the Laurens Guards were
very efficiently commanded by Capt.
p. B. Lockwood, of Col. Wardlaw's
staff.
The local county canvass begins to-
day at L%angston's church. The candi.
dates are a fine set of fellows. Give
stand on his merit. No bossism in
Laurens-no cracking of a boss's whip.
DR.. o. B. Mayer spent Sunday in
town. On his return to Newberry on
Monday, he was accompanied by Mrs.
Mayer, who has been spending some
weeks here.
Mrs. Sprowl and Miss Fouche, of
Rome, Ga, and Miss Mitchell, OF Nashf
vile, were the guests of Mrs. II. r.
Simpson and Mrs. q. w. Tune for a
few days last week.
The County Alliance held a we'll
attended meeting in the Courthouse on
Monday and adopted resolutions to fight
the cotton tie trust. Let every man
interested in cotton, and our mer-
chants, back the battle.
Keep in mind the Opera House at
traction for Friday night when Presi-
dent Craighead is to deliver his famous
discourse first heard as q commence
ment discourse at Trinity College, N.
@. Admission fee % cents, ladies and
children 10 cents. Tickets at Laurens
Drug Company.
A merry party OF yonng men com
posed of Messrs. j. l.. Copeland, o. O.
Copeland, A. B. Blakely, G. q. Little,
Warren Blakely and J.. Lee Young
left or Monday for a wagon trip to the
mountains Of North Carolina, and will
be gone ten days or two weeks.--
Ephram Young and Pink Williams.
colored cooks and "bottle washers"
tne boys. A good time Is
anticipated Clinton Gazette.
June Moore. a negro man, native of
York County, S. c., went to Liberia in
1871, and o owns three stores and
1900 acres of land, on which latter he
raises coffee and ginger. He is on o
visit to his old home. He is pleased
with Liberia and has no wish to re-
turn. Along with other things he
said: "Crime is punished surely and
swiftly and murderers are generally
hanged. 1t Is not often that they get
off on q plea of self defense unless they
have a mighty clear case, and it is not
often that aiury will say manslaughter
when 1t is really murder"
Laurens presented u the Judicial
District as candidates for Solicitor, two
splendid gentlemen, @. @. Featherstone,
Esq, and Col. H. Y. Simpson, we'll
known to all the people of Laurens, for
ability, patriotism and worth. They
had the best wishes of the Democrats
of the county. 1t was greatly desired
by their friends that antagonism at
home should be avoided. Considering