The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-04-03
INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL

= Rhode Island still rcmaino ,,,
uenseIy populated State in the Union
o, me population Of London has in.
1881. Vi ioo'ooo since
mere Is tea grown and gathered in
pound. 90 Pio
1T is estimated one third of the dwell.
tobacco. "'0i' vi
The Salvation Army has its eooa
usos In Boston the organization sells
wal ior thrcc cents basket to the moor,
-beavers have become so numerous
~, ~ 'ne southern part of Colorado that
eno Ianchmen want them killed Off to
save their property. VA w
-oh level macadamized road n
morse, horse can pull G,270 pounds but where
there IS grade of ten feet to one hun.
urea ieet his limit is | ,03O pounds.
:: a wise and venerable Boston ladv
puotcd as saying that "Christian
"s'oncc may be very good for the cure
for disease" 10 s'ou
1t is the opinion of experts that the
opening or China and Siberia will dis
o'ose large deposits of gold, and that
ASA, after awhile will furnish larg"
part of the worlds supply. 81
-, me Supreme Court of North Caro-.
49," IS called on to decide whether or
not the fact of coorcd man votina ,ba
Democratic ticket is sufficient nroToca.
tion to Justify his being expelled from
the church. van
The Waterbury American saws
People who are appalled, az the tbom1bt
of liquor license fee of al 600 ought tn
consider the case Of Fall River, where the
nquor Gealers are trying to see if thew
duced /" E'''00
Somebody once asked John Allen.
OF Mlssisslppi, why he continued in Con.
eress when he could practice Jaw and
MAKE great deal more money than the
amount of his Congressional salary
We'll" drawlcd Allen, ~ admit III 600
ism much, but it comes along powerful
regular"
Aaron ID: Weld, Of Boston, is prac
llcaily the sole owner of Ludlow. Mass.
town of 5000 inhabitants. MIR. Weld
IS president of the Ludlow Manufactur
ing company, a concern which furnishes
employment to nearly all the laborers
ana "hich pays nine-tenths of all the
'""SS CoiICCtcu III the town.
More than year ago Robert !
BLACK was elected mayor Of McKecs
port, IA, by majority of one vote.
Inc electlon was contested and the con
!csl mas Ecen going on ever since, hay.
ing cost up to this time some $4,000,
"nich VIII nave to be paid by the con.
teslahl unless he finally wins his case.
by vote of 1872 to 90 the Massachu.
selts House or Representatives rejected
ehc proposition for extending suffrage
IN that state TO women. The ma ajority
against the suilragsts was the largest
Tor many years, and was somewhat re-
markaole, in view Of the fact that the
ocpate, which covered two days was also
one of the longest.
Arizona now claims the oldest settle.
mcnt in the United States, and ia telling
ST. Augustine and Santa Fc that thew
are at least half Of q century behind
hcr little town of Tucson, the county seat
Oh o lima county. where there are about
oooo inhabitants on the identical spot
scttied by the Spaniards in the middle
OF the sixteenth century.
In sending to George Bancroft a
specimen or the pork raised on his farm
IN Vermont, Mr. Evarts wrote this
CHARACTERISTIC note, which was found
preserved among the historians papers
aitcr his death: Dear Bancroft: |
SEND you two roducts Of my pen to day
my usual ha Darrell Of pig pork and
my eulogy on Chief Justice Chase"
The women Of fashionable church
IN Bayonnc, N. j., arc wiping out the
deDt or that house Of worship in a novel
ana curious manner. Each has her "sclf-
denial bag" and whenever she thinks of
new ribbons, candy or any other little
luxury, she denies herself the pleasure
and puts the price Of the articles in the
bag instead. 1t is claimed that the
church debt is rapidly diminishing.
Congressman Cushman, of Washing
ton, is put down in the Congrcssiona
Directory as Congressman at large,
his State being without definite Con.
| grcssonal districts This rem nds him
OF story, He was once approaching a
town, where he was billed to make q
speech. and stopped at house on the
| outskirts to get drink Of water. He
met the farmers wife at the well.
| What is the political sentiment arouhd d
here ?" asked Cushman 81 dunno"
said the woman =" don't go to political
meetings. They say there is Congress.
man at large, and think the safest thing
for folks to do is stay home"