The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-12-15
LAST WEEK.
WHAT THE ADyERTIsER LEARNS
FROM TUESDAY TO TUESDAY.

Dr.. Blue Mountain Joe died in Nortl
Carolina several days ago.
Mr.: A. B. Byrd, OF Bolton, was II
the city last week.
Mr.: Waters Ferguson spent severa
days IN town last week.
Saturday last was "up TO datep for
lively day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Lucas went t,
Spartanburg for a brief stay on Sat
urday.
Congress will probably recede foI
n holidays from the 22d instant t,
the LIST of January.
Mrs. w. b. Owens and Miss II. Craig
OF Clinton, were in the city on Satur
day.
Miss Eta Cathcart, of Charleston i.
to come to Laurens in a few DAYS. a.
stenographer at the Cotton Mills.
Miss Azile Wilson will leave YER,
soon to, oficiate as bridesmaid for a fail
daughter of Cheraw.
1t is rumored that the holidays will
bring a number of charming visitors
to the city.
"A regular communication of Pal
metto Lodge, A. z. M, No. 10, will be
held Friday, 18th, Z o'clock P. nj.
Col. j. III. Traynham, of Laurens, is
IN Observation-Disclosures Her.
aid.
Christmas is coming. Read the ADJ
vERTIsER as a key to goods and
goodies.
Miss Caro- Adams has gone to Glenn
son to attend the Commencement ex-
ercises.
Mr.. Frank Hammond, one of Green
vilie's representative men, was in town
on last Thursday.
Comptroller Norton says that taxes
must be paid by the 31st day of Decem.
Der to avoid penalties.
Mr.. j.. w. Ferguson, Of Laurens was
IN the city MISUNDERSTANDING
Herald, 9th inst.
Capt. A. r. Byrd passed through the
city yesterday from Bolton to Lau-
rens.--Greenville News.
Miss Helen Cox, who has had charge
OF the millinery department in Mr.. w.
A. Jamieson's store during this season
returned to Baltimore on Thursday.
MI. e. P. Minter has been sick for
several days. He will probably go to
his home in Laurens, Monday.-CC-
lumbia Register.
Misses Blanche Bishop and Mary
Stoddard are visiting relatives in
Laurens.- Correspondence Greenville
News.
Miss Mary Lou Matthews, a charm
ing young lady of Gross Hill, is visit
Ing her sister, Mrs. j. G. Reeder.-Ab-
beville Medium.
Entertainments at the Opera House
are beginning to be a feature in the
life of the city. This should be the
case only to a far greater extant than
obtains at present.
Kenneth Young, a South Carolina
negro by birth and a barber by pro-
fession has written a novel entitled
~'Selene" and is said contemplates writ
ing a good many moro.
Just ten days before Santa Claus
will start or his travels. All DESTROYS
OF assisting this jolly old friend of
small boys and girls will do wisely and
well to read the ads. of the ADVERTISER.
We have only space to say that the
ladies' of Rocky Springs will give an
elegant entertainment at the church on
the 10Th inst, for the benefit of the
church. Mrs. Rosa F. Bell is one of
the patronesses and a delightful time
for all is assured.
The Gift Show at the Opera House
Saturday and Monday nights and the
open air concerts Of the Root-Tea-nO
Medicine Company have been making
things lively in the city. In fact, there
was some attraction at the Opera House
almost every night last week. Good!
The first annual commencement ex-
ercises of Clemson College began on
Sunday and will continue through to-
morrow when the graduating class will
receive their diplomas. This gradua-
tion will give the College an alumni of
thirty-seven.
The Mozart Symphony Company
who played here on last Wednesday
evening gave an entertainment of rare
musical excellence. The selections on
the program were of q high order of
music and each 'as so rendered as
to prove the members of the COMPANY
artists Of great merit.
The marriage of Mr.. Edible Julian
Watson of the reportorial staff of the
Columbia State to Miss Margaret
Smith Miller of Hawkinsyille, Ga, Is
announced. The ceremony will take
place on the 18th instant. Our con-
CALCULATIONS in advance.
Mr.. Joseph Jerry, one of the thrift
lest farmers of the State and residing
four miles from the city had Saturday
on the market q wagon load of fine
turnips. They weighed from four to
nine pounds. He has more than three
hundred bushels.
Bryan will lecture In Atlanta 23d
Of December. He will begin his tour
In January and take in Columbia
Thus all Carolina will have an OPP
portunity to hear him. The trou-
BILE Is the horse is gone and the stable
door open.