The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-19
FACTS Personal
AND BRIEF NOTES OF RECENT
EVENTS.
BE sure and come to the fair.

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DR. p. b. Connor is at home again af-
ter short vacation.
President Lucas, of the cotton mills,
has returned from Ashville.
w. w. Ball has gone on a dying bust
ness visit to Florida.
Mrs. L. N. Boyd has returned from
Cross Hill.
Mr.. David T. Copeland, of Jacks
Township, was in the city Monday.
Miss Swink, of Woodruff is visiting
Mrs. Babb, on Main Street
Miss Jones, OF Cartersville, Ga, is
visiting Mr.. w. N. Wright's family.
DR.. Rolfe Hughes has purchased the
Vance property on East Harper street.
Mr.. D. G. Durham, of Greonville, was
in the city last week.
Mr.. G @. Featherstone has recov-
covered from slight indisposition.
Miss Pearl Sullivan has returned
from visit to Tumbling Shoals.
Miss Lucy Ladshaw, of Pacolet, who
has been visiting Miss Meta Sullivan
has returned home.
Miss Nanrie May Wright has re-
turned from visit to friends at Green
Vile.
DR.. and Mrs. b. II. Lucas are visit
ing their sons, Capt. w. E. Lucas and
Mr.. G. l.. Lucas.
Don't forget that we have the best
cotton market in the South. That fact
was established fully last season
Main street is lively boulevard in
the afternoons. The young men with
their fast horses make gay.
Mr.. N. B. Dial attended the meeting
of the state executive committee in Co
lumbia last week.
The city schools opened Monday with
a fine attendance. The outlook is for
prosperous year.
Mrs. Lidie Darlington delightfully."-
entertained the card club last Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. Henry T. Jones and son Hugh
left Thursday last for their home near
Rome, Ga. Hugh will return.
Hon. r. w. Nichols had the misior-
ture this week of having his hand very
badly cut in cotton gin.
j. Willie Jones, Jr., came down from
Greenville Saturday and spent Sunday
with his fathers family.
Miss Katharine Jones left Monday
for Eufaula, Ala where she will as
sist her brother, Thos. f :, in College
work.
Misses Bessie Barnett, Rosa Lee Bur
ton and DOrcas Gaines left on yester-
day for Rock Hill, where they will en-
ter Winthrop College.
Prof. Joseph Holmes, state geologist
of North Carolina, is visiting in Lau-
rens, his native heath. He is always Il
welcome visitor here.
Mr.. Walter s. Gray, OF Woodruff,
was in the city Saturday. Mr.. Gray
ought not to be visitor here = he
ought to live here.
The factory store will have its open
Ing on the 26th and there will be
magnificent display Of merchandise
there.
The furniture factory is running
beautifully now and fine suits are being
rapidly turned out. President Wilkes
has done remarkably we'll in getting
this enterprise on its feet so quickly.
a report comes from Greenvile that
twenty of the up.country cotton mills.
spinners of coarse fabrics, will run on
short time on account of the high price
of cotton and the low price of CLOTH
Misses Meta Sullivan, Louise Richey,
Bessie Todd, Emma Hudgens, Marie
gene and Lillette Caine and Willie
Jones will leave for Converse College
on Saturday.
Representative Stevenson, of Che
rev, a candidate for speaker and an
| able man, was in the city last week.
He is splendid man, but should retain
the leadership on the floor while the
speakership goes to Weston.
Mrs. Dorcas Shell and Miss Gena,
VII leave for Texas at an early day to
maze their home with Mrs. Shells
eldest son. Mr.. Thomas Downey will
occupy the house formerly occupied
ny MrS. onoll.
Mr.. James II. Machen, of Princeton
has been appointed after a competitive
examination to scholarship in the
| South Carolina College. This scholar
snip is awarded by the alumni OF the
College.
Col. Wharton was in the city Satur-
| day. The vote of Charleston and Spar
| tanburg elected Col Wharton. Char
lesion deserves well at his hands and
| he should see that new union depot is
| built for the town. The influence of
the Charleston Post had much to do
with his Charleston vote And the
| Spartanburg Herald, edited by Car
| lington, a Laurens man did splendid
work for him in the powerful empire of
| Spartanburg.
| Many relatives in Laurcns are de-
| lighted at the election of Lewis Dor
roh, a son of the late DR.. John Dorroh,
| to the house of representatives from
| Greenville county. He is youngster of
character, independence and Unusual |
ability. We recall an article or two
that he wrote for the Greenville News
several years ago which manifested
this trait in marked degree and we
| know that Greenville county has done
well in electing him.
| Miss Rosa Elmore, of Columbia, is
teaching in the city schools for few
weeks for the accommodation of her
friend, Miss Perrin Farrow, and is the