The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-23
HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK In AND AROUND
THE CITY.

dOn. ". u. duncan was III tne CITY
on Sunday.
Gen. Farley arrived in the city on
Sunday.
Senator A. O. Fuller, as one OF the
Trustees, attended the Commencement
Exercises at Winthrop.
Professor Thos. r. Jones has charge
of important branches In the Summer
School, now in progress in the city.
Mr.. w. L. Gray, an alumnus of Wof.
ford attended Wofford College Com
mencement.
A water tank to hold so, 600 gallons
has peen built near the junction OF the
p. r. & w. @. Rail roads.
Complaint of lice upon the cotton is
general and 1t is thought that serious
hurt is being done the crop.
Senator Tillman is at his home,
Trenton, in old Edgefield, ''don't you
know"
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Wilkes, of
Charlotte, N. O., are visiting relatives
here.
Cleaveland and Carlisle are off At
lantic bar fishing-pestering the ''den-
liens Of another sphere"
Miss Hardin, Of Spartanburg, was
the guest of Miss Mary Camp during
last week.
Miss Addie Cannon, an acknowledged
belle and beauty of Concord, N. c., is
in the city visiting at DR.. w. g. Irby's.
Mr.. Luther Roper attended the COM
mencement exercises of Furman Uni
versity.
Miss Emmie Jones is visiting Miss
Louise Joynes In Columbia and attend
ing the commencement exercises Of
the South Carolina College.
The city cemetery has been put in
careful and neat condition by the Ia.
dies with the assistance of the city
council.
Mrs. DIR. H. K. Aiken, of Laurens,
and Miss Mamie Williams, Of Nash
vile, Tenn, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
A. M. Aiken, Chichester Bulletin.
June Number of "Products OF the
Piedmont has reached us and the
leading article "Bimetallic Prize Com
petition" is O valuable paper.
Misses Louise and Lille Vance have
heated term with their cousin, Miss
Hattie Young.
Wofford College Trustees honored
themselves in honoring Rev. John O.
Wilson of the Southern Christian Ad-
vocate with the diploma of D. y.
The fruit crop may be set down as a
failure in this part Of the country and
as Indifferent in the most favored
Save the blackberries, If you are wise.
GA Laureus county Reformer" in the
Columbia Register of June 10th NOM
mates Judge o. G.. Thompson, for
Congress from this District.
Mr.. J. N. Wright is now Freight
Agent of the Sea Board Air Line. His
energy, tact and popularity will carry
him to the topmost round in Rail Road
work.
Miss Mamie Clardy's school at Rock
Bridge will close on Saturday the 9th
with interesting eXercises--including q
picnic Let all attend and bring bask.
cts.
Messrs. II. Y. Simpson and @. G..
Featherstone have filed their pledges
as candidates for the Solicitorship of
RichmOnds in the field from other
counties.
AT the St. Louis Convention, South
Carolina was represented as follows on
| the committees: Permanent organiza-
ton, Il. B. Johnston; Rules, Robert r.
Norman; Credentials, j. H.. Fordham;
Resolutions, w. B. Grimm.
Again we urge our democratic
friends to look carefully to the matter
Of registering. Postpone, and it can
not be attended to in q decade. Don't
allow yourself disfranchised by your
w carelessness.
we are requested to state that there
will be Ice cream and refreshments
served at Mrs. Murphy's residence on
Friday evening next, the Goth inst, for
the benefit Of Rocky Syringe Church.
The public are cordially invited.
The city was full of farmers on Sat
urday and they report the crops clean
and well advanced. The early and
now fruiting corn has suffered in some
sections for want of rain. Gardens
have greatly suffered.
Jeweler johnson has offered a gold
medal for the best declaimer of the
Graded Schools, at the '97 commence
ment. Let other generous merchants
initiate Mr.. johnson and offer medals
for the best performances in other e
ercises.
The Port Royal and Western Carroll.
ma Railway, has been re-organized III
der the name-Charleston and Western
Carolina. Mr.. J. o. G. Fleming, OF
this city, is one of the corporators OF
the newly organized company.
The annual basket picnic at Babb's
Meadow on Reedy River about two and
O half miles southwest Of Merna, will
occur on July 4th. Several disting.
uished speakers are invited to enter.
tain the crowd and a pleasant time is
anticipated. The public Is cordially
invited to attend. Let every body
come.
Col. Marion Saunders, Sheriff of Sum,
ter county, died at his home in Sumter
on Wednesday last in the Seth year OF
his age. He served in the war In Co.
g. the Hampton Legion Infantry, and