The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST
IN SHORT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
COMING AND GOING.

Mr.. L. W. simkins went to New
berry on Sunday.
Mr.. T., o. ingram went to Able
Vile for a few days last week.
See change In ad OF the lauren
Cotton Mill Store next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom McManus, O
G~reenville, have been in the city Wis
iting friends for several days.
Mr.. w. A, Johnson has just returned
o a visit to Providence, New Yorl
n other Eastern cities.
Ellerbe, Watson, Archer, Schum
pert and G.. ID. Tillman are scheduled
as on the ~Gubernatorial track.
Treasurer Babb asked us to note that
the goth OF this month is the last day
for paying taxes without penalty.
Mr.. Ryland T~raynham returned tc
Woiford College with the opening o.
the new session.
Mrs. Malinda Grows returned to At,
lanta a few days ago after visiting
relatives in the city for several weeks,
Mr.. Will Bowen after r%ailroading in
Florida for the last few months is In
the city visiting his mother.
Rev. s. II. Guignard, OF Union and
Mr.. Bean, Of Sewanee, were the guests
OF Rev. w. S. Holmes last week.
Col. and Mrs. II. Y. Simpson went
to ~Spartanburg last Thursday to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Simpson.
DR.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Holmes will
leave Thursday for Florence where
they will spend the remainder Of tho
winter.
The school house at Poplar Springs
was burned down on Wednesday morn
ing last at 3 o'clock. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Col. !. Ii. Wharton is mentioned in
the Register as a possible candidate
for Superintendent of the Penitcn-
tiary.
The Senate having taken a recess
until noon to-day, Senator Wallace
came up Saturday and returned TO Co
lumbia yesterday.
w. q. Wilson & Co. have Just opened
up n beautiful line of nainsook and
hamburg embroideries, which will
prove q delight to every feminine eye.
81 read THE ADVERTISER with in
%terest." SO writes Il prominent gen
tleman of another State and a native OF
Laurens, enclosing his subscription.
Mr.. o b. Simmons has purchased
the store house Oh Factory Hill at
present used for the Factory school
house.
New England is all right. Snow to
to the chimney tops and 40 below zero.
1t must come lower to pinch the aver
age Yankee.
A Ninety-Six correspondent of the
Greenwood Index, notes. the presence
OF Ms. Rosa Bell, of Rocky Springs,
in thai .owp during last week.
Miss Ida Fuller leaves in a few days
for Chapel Hill, n. c., where, to the
regret OF her innumerable friends at
home, she will make a long visit.
The Governor has pardoned John f..
Hunter, n white man, convicted and
sentenced last July for stealing a horse
Of Mr.. Childress.
Laurens can now call up Green wood;
Coronaca, Hodges and Ninety-Six and
the phone has been new al over again
tnesc last few days.
Mr.. G.. G. Cannon, who has been re-
presenting the Enoree Mills i'm the
cotton market here for several months
has returned to Spartanburg.
A writer over the signature Of
"Orangeburg" suggests ex-senator j..
l.. M lrby as the right man for Gov
ernor
You have until the 10Th of this month
to pay your taxes without the penalty,
should you have neglected that patrio-
tic duty until this moment.
The Annual Report OF the State Pen
ctcntiary OF which Col. w. A. Neal is
Superintendent makes a good showing
for the management. The State Com
pany, the printer, aud well done.
Wildwood, the home of the Misses
Hampton and Gen. Hampton near CO.
lumbia vas burned last week 1t is
the Bird or 4th time the "Millwood'
residence has been burned, inclusive
OF Sherman's pyrotccnic exhibition.
On account Of the Jockey Club Race
Meet 1T Augusta, Ca, February 9th to
10th, the G. d w. G. Railway will sell
round trip tickets to Angus a at five
cents per mile Tickets on sale Feb
ruary 7th to 10Th, inclusive with final
Emit February 18th.
j. Warren Blakely, a charter sub
scribcr Of THE ADVERTISER and n
Veteran, called on last Thursday, a
mighty cold day and inquired into his
financial standing with the paper. He
had a clear record to Jandary 1898 and
made 1T square with the same day 1899.
Mr.. j. O. G.. Fleming returned on
Thursday last from Baltimore whore
he attended as a Director of the Char
lesion & W estern Carolina Rail Road
at a meeting Of the Directors Of the
Atlantic Coast Line. He was in the
snow from the time no left this lati-
tude and reports quite a cold snap.
We we're shown last week a sample
OF a bale OF cotton, sold by Dick
Hunter, colored, for 81 cents which he
held for eight years and lad refused
ten cents for. The sample Is beau
tiful. Dick has six other bales OF this
ten cents cotton, which he is holding
for q rise.
Mrs. Matte McCaslan died at her
home a few miles from town on last