The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-11-17
LAST WEEK.
III BROUGHT CIRCUS VISITORS
AND CIRCUS ~TRADE-WHAT
is ON FOR THIS WEEK.

Miss Lucille Wright is visiting in the
city.
Mrs. w. A. Wharton is in town
staying with Mrs. w. A. Jameson.
Mayor N. b. Dial went to Charleston
on a short trip last week.
Miss Genevevie Wharton, of Water
loo spent last week in the city.
Mr.. j. b. Benjamin, of High Point,
is with the Laurens Harness Co,
Mrs. G.. w. Tune and Mrs."T. f.
Simpson went up to Greenville on last
Friday.
MI. Tillman Wardlaw, of Abbeville,
has been for several days with Mr..
l.. w. Simkins, Of Laurens.
Mrs. J. FL. Traynham and Mrs. @. d.
Barksdale went to Clinton last week to
attend the McCaslan-Scaife wedding.
Cadet Il. r. Webb was a member of
the band from Clemson which doomed
away at Columbia during Fair week.
President Lucas of the Cotton Mill
went to Charleston last week stopping
over for q day on his return in Colum-
bia.
The street vendors and restaurateurs
found Friday q red letter OCCASION
The merchants profited also by. the
presence OF so tremendous a crowda
Mrs. Bess Browns friends will be
glad to learn that she has come to
this city to make her home with her
son, Mr.. j. G.. Brown.
Messrs. II. S. league and P. B. Lock-
wood acted as messengers and carried
the returns OF the late election, State
and Federal, to Columbia.
The pay of Federal Commissioners,
Managers and Clerks of the late cleo
ton may be had by calling On Judge o.
G. Thompson at the Probate office.
Ladies of Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky,
Illinois, Virginia and Missouri ex-
hibited the def work Of their deft fin
gers at Columbia and carried off prizes.
A colored man on Mr.. Mart Poole's
| place lost ten bales of cotton and sew
eral hundred dollars by fire on last
Wednesday.
Two thousand and sixteen votes were
polled in this county at the recent
election out Of q registered strength OF
twenty. nine hundred.
A colored State Fair organization
was effected at Columbia during last
week. j.. j. billiard, of Laurens Is one
Of the Vice-Presidents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. McCaslan, Miss
Ellene McCaslap, Mrs. John c. Davis,
Miss Annie Bird Davis, were seen
among the crowd in town on last Fri
day.
One of the incidents of circus day
was the arrival Of a large number OF
Clinton's young people. They drove up
in a wagon and were seemingly having
fun galore.
We regret to learn that q week ago
to-day Mr.. David Childress, residing
three miles from the city lost his barn,
fodder and q valuable horse by fire.
The origin is thought to have been in
cendiary.
Miss Maud Terry is visiting Mrs.
ii. Terry in this city. Miss Terry has
several times visited Laurens and her
friends here are always delighted to
see her.
Miss Eliza McCaslan and Mr.. Ell. l..
Scaife were married OF last Wednes-
day at the home of the brides father,
Mr.. w. NJ. McCaslan, of Clinton. Mr..
and Mrs. Scaife have numbers of
friends in Laurens who are most sim
cere in their congratulations and good
wishes.
On tomorrow evening. in trinity
Church, Columbia, Miss Hottie Earle
and DR.. Robert Earle are to be mar
ried and three of the most attractive
girls in Laurens, Misses Claudia Irby,
julia Irby and Azile Wilson, are to be
present as bridesmaids on this most
interesting occasion.
Jesse T. Can't, of Spartanburg, Gen.
Greenville are candidates for Clerk of
the House of Representatives. Gen.
Gray was Clerk OF the last House, has
experience and is a very efficient Off
GER. Besides he is a veteran and went
into the wal when O mere STRIPPING.
Rev. B. B. Bibbs, colored, makes the
following appointments for Thanks
giving service the Goth inst: Zion Hill,
CrOSS HUI, IL "A. M; at Llttlo River
Zion, Belfast, 3 P. NJ; Bethlehem
Grove, Mountville, 8 p. NJ. White
employers are requested to notify their
colored employees.
Constable LangstOn ran down four
gallons of contraband in this city on
circus day. 1t was being tenderly
cared for by O colored man and was o
product of the old North State. It was
turned over to the Magistrate. But as
1T can by no means reach the standard
of our own good peoples outlets, it
must be poured out OR sold to barba-
rians outside the State.
The Robinson Opera Company are
to appear in the Opera House here on
Saturday evening. The troupe has been
playing in Columbia recently and the
newspapers give it q good send off. Very
probably it will be more worthy of pa
tronage than shows which generally
come here. II it draws q good house
the Managers of the Opera House will
be encouraged to secure other good at
fractions for the winter. Surely this
should be an incentive for people to at
tend.
Under Sheriff McCravy's call O full
convention of the Sheriffs of the State
assembled at Columbia on Wednesday
last. Sheriff McCravy was elected
Chairman and Sheriff Cathcart, OF