The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-01-14
QUIET DAYS.
THE WIZARD OIL COMPANY FUR.
NISH AMUSEMENT.
A Few yisitors-Friday Nights Con-
cert Something to Look For
ward To-The Schools
Reopened.

Friday night. Go to the concert.
Now is the time to advertise your
fresh garden seeds.
Mrs s.. b. Dunlap is on q visit to her
sister, Mrs. Eloise She'll.
About seven families are inhabit-
ing cottages on Factory hill.
Twenty-Five cents will admit all
school children Friday evening.
Miss EN- Leak spent several days
with friends here last week.
Mr.. Jesse Vance is at home from Co
lumbia with measles.
Rev. J. M. Carlisle, of Union, was
in the city last week.
Miss Corinne Pitts has returned from
a visit to Savannah and Columbia.
A beautiful program for Friday even
ing we'll carried out.
The S~partanburg Iron Works have
been chartered. Capital $4,000.
Miss Willie Philson has returned
from q visit to Jacksonville, Florida.
Cadet s. r. Todd is here from the
Citadel for a few days.
Mr.. John Richardson has been up
from Clinton for several days.
Mr.. w. E. Lucas was in Charleston in
the interests Of the Laurens Cotton
Mills last week.
Measles and %whooping cough have
the town in charge. They are still rag
ing.
Mr.. McCuen of w. G. Wilson'S store
has left Laurens for his old home at
Princeton.
Mr.. e. L. Ewbank, representing The
News and Courier, vas in the city on
Friday last.
Misses Mahaffey and Switzer were in
town on q visit to Mrs. L.. H. Roper
last week.
Misses Emmie and Linty Jones have
recently returned from q visit to DR..
and Mrs. o. B. Mayer, OF Newberry.
Mrs. Josephine Watts went to Spar
tanburg on Saturday, to visit her
friend, Mrs. Frank Evans.
Miss Mary Miller, who has been stay
ing with her parents at Ninety Six for
the holidays, is back to resume her du-
ties in the Graded Schools.
Miss Archie Bozeman after staying
some time with Mrs Anna Hart re-
turned on Friday to her home at Nine
ty Six.
Why don't the police keep the stray
COWS off the streets. Over on Hampton
street to sec them wandering around is
nothing of a novelty.
Rev. L, M Roper and wife who have
been visiting in the city for the past
fortnight have returned to their home
at Rochester, N. Y.
Mr.. Tom Maxwell, who held the po-
sition of baggage master on the Lau-
days ago for his home at Walhala.
On the Sd instant with imposing
ceremony Mr.. George b. Cromer was
installed President of Newberry Col
lege, Newberry, S. O.
The public school at Beaverton OPEN
ed Monday the 18th inst, with Miss
Alice Blakely, OF Rocky Springs, as
teacher.
You may now safely sow early english
peas, spinach for an early tender salad,
and If you neglected il in the autumn
plant your onion sets.
Mrs Crawley and her daughter Miss
Margaret Orawley. who have been the
for some time left the city on yester-
day.
The Furman Echo for December is q
very bright and scholarly number and
will do credit to much older heads
$1.00 per year. Address. T.. @. Bates,
business manager, Greenville, S. 9.
Mr.. Frank Shell has returned from
Austin Texas where he has been resid-
ing for several months back and is
now at the home of his father, Captain
G. w. Shell.
On account of the sale of the Lau-
rens and Newberry road Laurens loses
Captain and Mrs j. w. Nix. They go
to Columbia where Mr.. Nix will have
another railroad position. Their many
Laurens friends regretvery much their
departure.
Hamlin's Wizard Oil Company occu-
pied the Opera House throughout the
evenings of the past week. They gave
laughable entertainments, and buying
q ticket gave n O chance at a prize
each evening. Some of the things
drawn were very much admired. The
show was very we'll attended indeed.
One Of the most successful enter
prises in the State is the Greenville
Fertilizer Company. For cotton, corn,
and the staples of this part Of our
Stale their goods give the best salts
faction. Experience is the best evil
dence and a number of years without
complaint, makes it clear that Mr..
Augustus Huff, the Eagent of the
Company is the mar to see and to see
promptly.
The Medical College Of the State ask
an appropriation of 80, 900 for q Den
tai Annex to the College. Their claim
Is well founded, and although the State
is poor and hard pressed, justice should
be done. We call attention of our To-
cal representatives to this matter who
will certainly be consistent and sustain
the State institutions without favor
itism.
A much larger sum has been secur ed
by the State for the privilege tax than
for the same period last year. This in
dicates preparations for @ big cotton
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