The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-03-08
AN UNEVENTFUL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MAKING
READY FOR SPRING-PEOPLE
PASSING TO AND FRO.

Mr.. c.. G. Cannon has returned to
the city and re entered the cotton mar
ket.
Mr.. Perino Matthews, Of West Point,
Miss, spent last Wednesday in the
city.
w. A. Jameson leaves to-day for
market to buy his Spring and Summer
stock.
Miss Ellie Holmes has returned
from a visit OF several weeks to friends
at Glenn Springs and Spartanburg.
Mr.. Larry w. Boyd has accepted a
fine position at Lockhart Mills, Union
county.
Col. II. B. Crews was called to Ten
nessee last Friday on account Of the
Illness of his sister, Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. l.. w. Simkins spent several
days last week with relatives In Green
Vile.
j. B. Park, Esq, q Greenwood At
torney, visited friends in the city on
Saturday.
Senator McLaurin has returned to
Washington much improved In health
by a rest down in Florida.
Judge Witherspoon who retired
from the Judgship has resumed the
practice OF law at Yorkville.
The Board of Control have bought a
Cost, a matter Of $1S, 600. 90.
Miss Clara Hart, of Cokesbury, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. w. II. Richey.
Miss Hart has visited here frequently
and is always warmly welcomed.
Mrs. E. c. Doyle after visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Jones for
a week or more, returned to Seneca on
Saturday.
b. r. King, a citizen of Horny coun-
ty, offers 800 reward for the oonvic-
ton OF the assassins of Baker and
family at Lake City.
We are indebted to Congressman
StanyarneW Wilson for a copy Of Eleventh
Annual Report, Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The Register noted the presence in
Columbia last week of Miss Claudia
lrby. Miss Irby was the guest OF
Misses Louise and Lille Vance.
Mr.. and Mrs. St.. John Butler ha We
moved from Columbia to Laurens and
are boarding with Mr.. and Mrs. D. A.
Davis.
Mr.. j. E. Bass, the Manager of the
Cotton Mill Store, has gone North to
purchase b extensive and handsome
Spring stock which the Mill Store will
handle this season.
w. G.. Wilson s. Co. will soon have
In handsome new goods In their usual
line. Mr.. Robert Wilson, a mem Der
OF the Arm, went North last week to
select the Spring stock.
The Postmaster General has discon-
tlnued the Post Office at Milam's Sta
lion. AS a result the people at Milam's
Will In future get their mail at Lau-
ems
Now is a good time to arranee to get
the news for the year. Also to keep
up with the political movements in the
state and county. The ADVERTISER
IN at 81. 90 cash.
Col. w. H. Robertson, commanding
lst Regt. N. G. (c%olored) tenders his
regiment to the Governor in case OF
war and pledges 5000 colored troops.
Attorney General Barber is at Wash
lngton where the Vandercock case
was TO be argued on yesterday. The
constitutionality Of the Dispensary
Law is involved.
The ware house OF j. w. Givens
and contents, 1900 bales of cotton, at
FOUNTAIN Inn, Greenville county, were
burned on Thursday night last, entail
ing a loss of $4,000. Fully insured.
-Four white men, regarded respecta-
Bile hitherto, haze been arrested at
Pomaria, Newberry county, charged
with robbing a store and Wholesale
stealing. Wagon loads OF goods
were recovered.
Capt. j. N. King, OF Ninety-Six was
in the city Monday. lie has lately
been building bridges and Incidentally
political fences In Pickens and Green
VILE. Capt. King is progressing finely
with his race for Congress- Green
wood Index.
Rev. e. G. Rice has an appointment
to preach at Bethabara on the End
Sunday OF this month at II A. NJ. Mr..
Rice was formerly pastor of this
church, Beaverdam and Cross Roads.
He has been for eight years in Texas
and Is now visiting his old friends,
while he represents the Baptist Cou-
rier.
Hermann, the violinist who played
at the Opera House Wednesday even
ing gave q fine performance and de-
lighted those present, but, as 1t hap
pened to be one OF the most disagree
able evenings OF the winter, these
were of necessity, very few.
The Frank s. Davidson Company pre-
sented sold Farmer Hopkins' last
night to q large audience, and without
a doubt the most delighted one that
has ever assembled In Spartanburg,
Manager Greenwald Ia to be congratu-
lated on securing such an excellent at
MISUNDERSTANDING Herald.
The above attraction will be al the
Opera House tonight, March the 9Th.
At Spartanburg, on Tuesday last, DR..
Sydney j. Biyings, a dentist, walked
into the book store OF Thos. j. Trim
mier and shot him to death, also
wounding a son OF Mr.. Trimmer. It
would seem to be a good case in which
to set up the plea OF insanity. The
man was armed with q pistol In each
hand and after doing his BLOODY work