The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-07-26
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.

Secretary OF State.
Union county will vote on the ques-
tion of closing up the dispensary, Aug
ust 18th.
Georgia's first new bale of cotton was
sold at Albany, Thursday for % cents
the pound.
In a lengthy speech delivered at Dill
Ion, former United States Senator Nc
Laurin made a fierce attack on the dis
pensary.
Yellow fever has appeared in New
Orleans. One death from the disease
was reported Saturday.
During thunder and rain storm
Friday afternoon lightning struck the
dwelling Of w. r. Jordan of Lake City,
killing his four-year old daughter.
The Synod's Home Missionary is
new paper published at Greenwood,
with Rev. F. H. Wardlaw, editor and
manager.
Harry Mabry, formerly of Union,
| fell from a steel bridge across the Eto-
wah river at Rome, Ga. and was drowned
| last Thursday
Rev. V. l. Masters of Greenville and
Rev. l.. j. Bristow of Marion have
bought the South Carolina Baptist and
will continue it's publication at Green
wood
Messrs. r. L. and G. E. Graham,
successful cotton manufacturers of
Greenville have leased the Banna Cot
ton Mill, located at Goldville, for
| period of l8 months.
Jesse Nelson, negro rapist, was
convicted and sentenced to 80 years i'm
prisonment in the criminal court at
Sumter last Thursday, just four days
after committing the crime.
Senator Latimer took part in the dis
cussion of the dispensary question in
the Greenyille District Conference at
Belton last week, saying that the dis
cussion was entirely out of place. Bis
hop Duncan was Of the same opinion
and soon stopped the debate.
Col. A. b. Andrews has been elected
president of the Blue Ridge railroad to
succeed the late H. c.. Beattie of Green
vile. Col. Andrews announces that
the road will be extended across the
mountains to Maryville, Tenn, con-
Meeting there with the Southern road
| to Knoxville
John Hyde, statstician and chief of
the bureau of statistics of the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington, has resigned his position. The
department is undergoing vigorous
investigation and Mr.. Hyde decided to
step down and out.
The special committee appointed at
the last session of the legislature to
make an investigation of the dspen-
sary has about spent the $4,000 allowed
for the prosecution Of its work and the
investigation is not complete The
committee will probably arrange to
borrow enough funds to finish up the
work. About $4,000 more will be
| needed, 1T Is thought.
Gillian Horton, a we'll known farmer
of Timrod, Kershaw county, and ne
| gro on his place were both struck by
lightning and instantly killed last Fri
day afternoon. One of Mr.. Horizons
mules was also killed at the same time.
MIR. Horton and the negro were plough
ing in field, and upon the appearance
of storm, they sought shelter under
tree. Lightning struck the tree, kill
ing the parties and a mule as stated.
a number of German immigrants
who recently passed through Charleston
to work in a saw mill near Columbia,
have returned to New York, alleging as
the refusal to work in this State that
they were not given wheat or rye
bread They were given rice and pork
which they did not care for and upon
the refusal of the mill people to supply
bread, they laid down the tools and
quit work.
Mr. p b. Tobin, manager of the
Augusta Cotton Factorage Company
that recently went into the hands of a
receiver, was arrested in North Aug
usta Wednesday night and placed under
bond for his appearance at the next
term of Court at Aiken. Mr.. Tobn is
charged with selling 100 bales of cotton
belonging to Aiken county farmers and
appropriating the proceeds to his own
uses. Mr.. Tobin is remembered in
Laurens as lad having resided here
good many years ago.
A dispatch from Charleston saws:
Three cars Of grist, 1,5OO sacks, ar
rived here yesterday in cotton bags
from the Cumberland mills of Nash
vile to Wulbern & Co., this being the
first shipment ever received here in
anything but the conventional burlap
bags. The bags were made by the
Royal Bag and Yarn factory of Char
lesion and the adoption of the cotton
sacks is probably the result of the
agitation of the matter by the Charles