The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-05-16
FACTS PERSONAL
AND BRIEF NOTES OF RECENT
EVENTS.
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Altamont Bible Institute.
Mr.. S. d. Childress visited Spartan
burg last week.
Mr.. Chas Henry, Of Spartanburg
spent Il few days in the city last week
Mr.. James Clark, of Grccnvillc, spent
Sunday in the city.
MIR. w. w. Simpson, of Woodrun.
was in the city yesterday
Miss Jane Ballow is visiting friends
at Glenn Springs
| DR.. J. A. Barksdalc was in Spartan
burg for Il few days this week.
Mr.. j. S. Bolt, of Honea Path, was
in the city yesterday.
Miss Jessie Scott, of Augusta is the
guest Of Miss Alma Shell.
Mrs. Anna Simpson and children have
returned to the city from WOOdrutlS
and are at their home in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Henry Holmes has arrived in the
city from Baltimore and is visiting his
mother, Mrs. S. II. Holmes
| Mrs Fleming Brown, of Spartanburg.
is visiting at Col. Balls Il few days.
Col. J. d. NJ. Shaw, Il leading cotton
farmer, is said TO have magnificent
field of wheat.
| Miss Lidie Robinson has returned
| from Waterloo where she was the guest
of her cousin, Miss Daisy Robinson.
Mr.. G. b. Bobo is attending the
I II,Nt
Springs.
Rev. b. j. Woodward attended the
meeting of the Southern Baptist Con-
vention.
Miss Sallie Watkins and Miss Lois
Estes visited relatives at Honea Path
last week.
The prospect is that the baseball
season in Laurens will be lively. The
games will begin in June.
DR.. j. c. Wilbur, the accomplished
physician Of Waterloo, was in the city
on Friday last.
Mr.. V. j. Dendy, prominent farmer
Of Mountville, visited this bailiwick on
Friday last.
and lot for sale in the growing town OF
Gray Court.
Miss Welch, of Anderson, was the
guest of Misses Lee and Mamie Nelson
last week.
\ large crowd from LaurcnS went
down to Clinton to participate in the
pleasures of their annual picnic on Sat
urday
Mrs. w. NJ. McCaslan, of Clinton,
was called to Charlotte on Saturday by
the illness Of her daughter, Mrs. j G.
Norman.
Teachers for the Laurcns County
Summer School will be as follows:
Frank Evans, Superintendent Spartan
burg Schools: J. Porter Hollis, Chester
Graded Schools: Miss Margaret Law.
Instructor in drawing.
MIR. and Mrs. a. Hun went down TO
Charleston on Monday to enjoy the
Spring Festival and will have a weeks
outing at Magnolia Gardens and the
Isle oil Palms. They will return by
way of Augusta.
The annual meeting OF the stock
take place tomorrow, May 18th. a
number of prominent gentlemen from
the county and from abroad are cN-
pected to be present.
Rev. S. G.. Todd filled the pulpit of
the Baptist church at both the morn
ing and evening services on Sunday
The services We're attended by very
large congregations.
c. G. FcathcrstOne and DR.. Hugh *.
Aiken as members of the order OF
Knights of Pythias and Rev. Il. II.
Jones, and Mr.. II. Terry, rs delegates
from the local lodge, went to Charles
ton Monday to attend the grand lodge
Knights of l'ythias.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Walhalla Cotton Mills,
held on the Sth inst, and attended by
Col. j. w. Ferguson and President w.
h. Lucas, the former presided. Mr.. f..
r. Lucas was reelected President and
Treasurer. f.. r. Lucas and w. T..
Lucas were elected directors.
Rev. w. A. NJ. Plaxco will be in
stalled as pastor Of Providence church
on Saturday at eleven a. NJ. The SER
vices will take place at the academy at
Clinton and will be conducted by Rev.
E. p. McClntock and Rev. j. B. Hood,
of Newberry. The public are invited
to be present at the installation. On
Sunday communion services will be
held at Providence church.
Messrs. Edgar Crews, Clarence Gray,
Sam Todd, Vance Irby, Fleming Jones,
Eugene Hudgens, Will Meng, Robert
Davis, Will Richey, Robert Walker,
George Ferguson, Wells Clardy and
others went down to Clinton Thursday
to see the baseball game between the
Presbyte terian College boys and Char
lesion College. The score stood seven
to three in favor of Charleston
The attendance at the Prohibition
Convention on Saturday was fair.
Robert Abercrombie, Rev. J. b. Par
rot and G. G. Fcathcrstonc wore chosen
as delegates: Rev. j. NJ. Friday, DR.. \.
G. Fuller and j. A. Putnam altcrnatcS.
a resolution was adopted as the sense
of the meeting that the state cOnvcn-
tiOn should name no candidates except
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Another resolution that the state Dem
ocratic Convention be requested to al
low an election at the Democratic
Primary upon the matter of each
county having on not having IL dispcn-
sary in the county.