The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.

Gen. M. l.. Bonham is critically ill at
his home in Anderson.
In Newberry four men found guilty
of gambling were fined SIS each by the
Mayor of that city.
The city of Sumter has put in a bid
for the Presbyterian College of South
Carolina, located at Clinton.
John s. Turner has been nominated
for coroner of Spartanburg in race
with dozen opponents.
Col. j. Townes Robertson, a gallant
Confederate soldier and prominent citi-
zen, died at his home in Abbeville last
Thursday.
The farmers of Pickens county, in
Convention assembled, agreed that they
are willing to take IL cents for their
cotton.
The Hon. Kimsey o. Huskey of Grassy
Pond, Cherokee County, has been de-
feated for the legislatuse in special
primary election in that county.
1t is announced that j. T. Harris, the
original mineral springs promoter, is
preparing to build modern opera
house in Spartanburg.
Howard B. Carlisle Of Spartanburg
has been elected to the State senate to
fill the unexpired term of Judge D. E.
Hydrick, resigned.
Secretary Hester Of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, in his annual report,
estimates the cotton crop from Sept.
1st, 1904 to Sept. 1st 1905 at 1866, 600
bales.
Supervisor Miles has ordered an cleo
tion in Spartanburg for the purpose of
voting on the "dispensary" or mo dis
pensary" issue, which will be held Nov.
18th.
Greenville county two negro tenants
brought suit against j. G. McCarter,
alleging that McCarter had violated his
agreement in not holding their cotton
for ten cents. He sold it for 1-2 and
the magistrate before whom the case
was heard decided that he must pay his
tenants the difference.
The first annual exhibition of the
Piedmont Fair Association, will be held
in Greenville the 18th of October
and Mayor Mahon, president of the AS
sociation, has announced that the Con-
federate Veterans of the State will be
inveted to hold their annual reunion in
theMountain City at the same time.
Mr.. t. w. Bacot, Democrat and
prominent lawyer of Charleston has
been appointed Assistant United States
District Attorney to succeed Mr.. Ern-
est Cochran, of Anderson, resigned 1t
is stated that District Attorney j. G.
Capers will remove from Charleston to
Greenville and that Mr.. Bacot will have
charge of the Charleston office.
A case of yellow fever developed in
Atlanta Saturday. The patient is refu-
gee from Pensacola, Fla. He was report
ed to be improving Monday The disease
is not at all likely to spread from this
case and extra precautions are being
taken to prevent an entry of any more
cases.
David Outzs, president of the Bank
of Johnston, died Monday morning as
the result of serious burns received Sat.
urday night while attempting to save
the books from the Johnston cotton
warehouse, which was on fire, and
which, together with one thousand bales
of cotton, was burned. Mr., Outzs
rushed into the burning building and in
hailed the flames.
b. G. Landrum, chairman of the dis
pensary board of control for Spartan
burg county has resigned his position
because, he says, things were not con
Quoted according to his way of thinking
by the other two members of the board.
During the recent meeting of the inves-
tlgating committee in Spartanburg Lam
drum appeared before the committee
and testified to the rather unusual con-
duct of his associates on the board and
wound up by denouncing the whole bust
ness as humbug. He appealed to Gov.
Hayward but the governor suggested
that he could do nothing in the matter
and for him to act on his own judg-
ment. Landrum promptly sent in his
resignation, but the Governor says he
has no authority to accept it.