The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-21
LAURENs RUSHING.
THE NEW TRAIN ON AND HER NEW
HOTEL TBRONGED.
An Icy Blast Thursday -Relaxations
OF the Week.

OF the Week.
That bicycle-hustle for 1t while you
can.
Mrs. w. o. Prentiss returned to her
home at Beaufort on yesterday.
Pelzer lie now the largest cotton mill
operated In the South.
Miss Manette Hayne, OF Enoree,
spent several days with friends here
last week.
Miss Name Ferguson leaves today
for q visit to friends in Columbia and
Charlotte.
Mr.. Geo. III. Boyd has moved his line
Of hardware into the store just under
THE ADVERTISERS office.
No new counties, under the new Con-
stitution, car be created at this session
OF the Legislature.
The indications now are that the ses-
sion of the Legislature will not be- as
protracted as at first apprehended.
Get on q rush and win that wheel
you lack enterprise and pluck If you
don't win the wheel.
Saturday was a most charming day.
The town was full Of people and bust
ness lively.
Among the Governors appointments
confirmed by the Senate Is that of j..
D. Mock as Treasurer Of this county.
DIR. w. A. Stands, one of the stall
wart workers of the coming city Of
Clinton, was in the city on Thursday.
Municipal matters in Charleston are
muddled as to the matter of selecting
the police officially.
After spending some time with his
family here, Professor II. f. Wright
has returned to his duties at Clemson.
M. S. Bailey, ESQ.,, President of the
Bank of Clinton, was in the city on
Wednesday on business.
Bishop Capers will preach in the
church of the Epiphany on next Sun
day, morning and afternoon.
Miss Thruston, of Greenville, has re.
turned home after visiting her friends,
Mrs. j.. M. Philpot and Miss Mary
Camp.
Honea Path is to have in ten days a
town with Anderson, Greenville, Spar
tanburg and other cities.
Court sits for this county the third
Monday In February. Lawyers are get
ting ready. Judge Townsend will pre-
side.
Magistrate j. M. Hudgens on We'd
nesday last had two cases before him
for retailing. One he held: one he let
go.
Mrs. Calhoun, who has been on q
visit to her daughter, Mrs. F. p. Nc
Gowan, returned to her home at Nine
ty-six, on Saturday.
During the important session of the
Legislature just commenced we hope
to keep our readers thoroughly advised
from week to week of what is going
forward and what of interest is likely
to be done.
The new Ben-Della is being largely
patrOnized, sometimes to such an eX-
tent that 1t is necessary to connect par
lors into sleeping rGoms. This is along
the line Of good news.
Thursday last was q rude, savage
m1dwinter day. A cold northeastern
with rain and freezing and frosting the
trees and the earth as it came down.
Locomotion and all out door business
uarn N,,t nf tho n,,ootiop
M. l.. Donaldson, is the member of
the Democratic Executive Committee
which met at Washington on the 10th
and fixed Chicago as the place for the
'scrap" for the Presidential nomina-
ton.
The senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations of postmasters in
South Carolina: M. p. Tribble, An
derson; p: p. Poag, Rock Hill; j. P.
Little, Clinton; J. F. Gregory, Lancas-
ter.
In the Southern Methodist Review
for January and February, is the ad-
dress Of Rev. w. j. Daniel on Bishop
William May Wightman of the M. f..
Church, South, which was delivered at
the Annual Conference held in Lau-
rens in 1894.
Sir Henry Irving, the leading TRACE
dian OF the world, supported by Ellen
Terry and the London Lyceum Com
pany, will present the "Merchant Of
Venice" at. Charleston on the 24th in
slant. 1t will be bewitching of course.
There will be q field full of candi-
dates this year for the various county
offices. The more the merrier. And
THE ADVERTISER at the proper time
will be glad to make their ambition
known. Candidates are now recog-
nized for all the offices.
On last Tuesday evening q large
number OF the young people OF the city
attended o dance at Mr.. Fl. A. Webb's.
Everyone had q delightful time and
the music, a guitar and mandolin in
the hands OF two North Westerners who
were making their way back to yam
keedom, was very good indeed.
Rail Road Changes.
Under the new management result
Ing upon the possession of the New
berry e. Lanrens road by Mr.. w. c..
Childs, we feel confident that our COM
munity must be benefited. All
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