The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-03-27
STATE NEWS AND NOTES.

Senator Tillman has been elected
anniversary orator of the commence
mcnt OF ErskInc College in June.
Z l. Joshua +. Hobbs, the Ncwbcr-
ran who was formerly kn~g of one of
The South Sea Islands, is now associate
edltor OF the National Provisioner of
New York.
1T Is said $50 900 worth of new re-
S'oehccs are immediately in prospect
III Columbia, and work has commenced
on some OF them. Several Wholesale
stores arc also being built.
The fertilizer shipments from Char
lesion during February broke all re-
cords. Two hundred thousands tons
were sent out in the twcnty-cight days.
This was handled by all the roads lead
ing out of the city.
Thomas L. Brccdcn, a member of
prominent family of Marlb ro Coun-
| ty, committed suicide on the 18th inst
tlc was sick with grip and pneumonia.
lie Killed himself by cutting his throat
and then shooting himself.
Space at the Charleston Exposition
has been set aside for exhibits from the
l'hIllppncs, and it is expected that
some valuable and interesting relics
from these historical isles will be on
exhibition at this exposition.
The carnival to be held in Anderson
April to & is exciting much oppo-
sltion in religious circles, that being
Holy Week. Protests and petitions
are beng freely circulated by the
Catholics and Episcoralians.
The Governor has received a letter
irom Ada Dominick, at Prosperity.
aSHlng return OF two gallons Of whiskey
| seized by the const0blts. She says the
Whlskcy is for use in sickness, but her
husband is suspected Of wanting it for
blind tigcring.
The final reports from the county
supcrintcndents Of schools for Bam-
berg, Chesterfield, IIorry, Spartan
burg, Union and Williamsburg arc still
missing. Until all of these reports are
III hand the 100000 OF Iispcnsary
money cannot be distributed.
J. 5. Blalock & Son have made n
wonderful transformation about Gold
vile. The new cotton mill of 5000
spIndlcs Is nearly completed. Electric
lights are now beng put in, and by the
lirsi OF May, perhaps sooner, the mill
Will be IN operation. The new b.
room hotel was opened on Monday.
1t is kept by Mrs. Atkinson from
GlCcnvllc.
In locking over the old records in
the State House NJ. Jesse II. CAN'T
ound an original survey, signed by
Pat Calhoun and w. Anderson. The
drawing shows the survey Of the hnc
between "AbbcvilIe County and Edge
field County" The survey was made,
under legislative authority, between
The Saluda and Savannah rivers. A
road is shown on the map going to-
wares "Augusta." The survey is dat
cd September %, 1893.
The state board of pension commits
sioners will meet on the Isl Of April.
1t will then apportion the amount of
the pension fund TO 20 to each of the
classes and take up such matters as
come before it. There arc six counties
from which no report has yet been re-
ccINed, and if the reports from these
counties, long since due, arc not re-
cclVcd, the unfortunate pensioners
may not get anything on account of
the delays of the county boards.
It's understood that The Carnegie
Steel company, which recently went
into the Morgan combine, has scscc-
ted Charleston as It's port for exporting
business. The president of the steel
company recently visited all the sea-
port towns IN the South, Norfolk in
cludcd, for the purpose of selecting
port through which to do business with
foreign countries. After visiting
| Charleston the president Of the com
pany was impressed with the shipping
facilities and selected that port.
Mr.. j. G. GarlinA ton, editor of the
SpartanburS IIctald, has undertaken
10 prepare and publish handsome
volume that will be of incalculablc
value TO many classes of South Caro-
linianS. No library of the period can
be complete without it. Iii to be en-
titled Men of the Times" and is to
be u " biographical encyclopedia of
contcmporancOus South Carolina lead
cr5." The scope Of the volume will
include South Carolina authors, archi-
tccts, artists, agriculturalists, bankers,
composers, diyincs, doctors, engineers,
educators, investors, journalists, jur-
ISIS, manufacturers, minera(ogists, phil
anthropists, poets, politicians, states
men, travellers and warriors.
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