The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Miss Susie Simpson of Renno visited
In the city last week.
Mr.. John H. Cunningham of Lanford
gave us a pleasant call on Friday.
Mr.. Arthur Crawford of Wares Shoals
was in the city Saturday.
Mr.. j. w. Copeland of Statesyille N.
c. is visiting at Clinton.
Mr.. Carl Wharton of Waterloo spent
Friday in the city.
Mr.. Hiram Culbertson of Exon was
IN town Saturday.
Rev. John Washington of MI. Olive
was in the city a few hours on Friday.
Misses Annie and Lucia Simpson are
visiting at Glenn Springs.
Miss Halle Thames returned to Char
lesion Monday.
Mrs. G. H. Jordan of Switzer is visit
ing relatives in the city and county.
Mr.. Stuart Miller of Abbeville is Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Virginia Miller.
Mrs. Spencer M. Rice of Union VS.
tied MIR. and Mrs. Brooks Swygert last
week.
Mrs. c. M. Clarke and little Miss Re-
becca Clarke r visiting at Simpson
vile.
Mr.. o. B. Simmons and Miss Grace
Simmons are spending a few days at
White Stone Springs.
MI. Ernest Easterby, one of the
popular and younger statesmen of the
city is clerking at Minter's.
Miss Mary Miller has returned from
a visit to relatives and friends at Green
wood, Abbeville and Due West.
Mrs. S. M. Gilbert of Summerville
ls visiting her brother Mr.. C. H. Gas
que.
Mr.. J.Y. Cooley and family have moved
from Lanford to Leesville where they
will reside in the future.
Miss Helen Hix is employed in the
dry goods department at j. E. Minter
& Bro.
Mrs. j. E. Philpot has as her guest
this week one of her schoolmates, Miss
Hattie Vernon of Wexford.
Misses Irene and Jennie Philpot of
Augusta are the guests of Capt. and
Mrs. j. M. Philpot on Sullivan street.
MIR. Clyde Franks has resigned his
position at Kennedy Bros. as he expects
to enter the South Carolina College
this fall.
Master Percy Harmon and Miss Car
rie Harmon of Waycross, Ga, are visit
ing their grandfather, DR.. A. C. Full
Ter.
Capt. Alex j. Smith of Lisbon went
to Spartanburg Saturday afternoon to
spend g day or so with his mother Mrs.
Julia Smith who is in feeble health.
Hon. j. j. Watson representative in
the Legislature from G~reenville county
died at his home near Travellers Rest
last Friday after a long illness.
The Laurens Baptist Association will
meet Tuesday Sept. 26 with Mount Olive
Church, located in the southwestern
part of the county.
Mrs. William Beamers of Columbia
was the guest of her mother Mrs. Irby
Balentine at the Ben Della Hotel dur
ing the past week.
Rev. E. G. Watson went to Fairfield
county Monday afternoon to engage in
a p%rotracted meeting with Rev. Geo. P.
White at Sandy Level Baptist Church.
Mr.. William A. Simpson of Banks
dale left Monday for John Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, Md, where he
goes for an operation for appendicitis.
In the absence of Pastor Pitts the
pulpit of the First Baptist Church was
occupied at both the morning and eve
ming services Sunday by Rev. j.. M.
Shell.
Miss Dorcas Gaines, after spending
the summer in Laurens returned to AL
bermarle, N. c., on Monday, where
she is engaged in teaching in the
graded schools.
Mr.. Martin H. Burdine of Gray Court
was in town Monday. He has just re-
turned from a delightful visit to his
son, Mr.. HUME Burdine, New York
City.
Messrs. L.. E. Burns Of this city and
j. G. Burns of Greenwood are in Bal
timore and New York this week buy
ing fall and winter stocks for the Red
Iron Rackets.
Mr.. Yancy Gilkerson is now with o.
b. Simmons Co. He is a popular young
gentleman and salesman. For the past
year or SO he has been holding a nice
position in a large dry goods store in
| Charlotte.
Mr.. Clarence Cunningham was in
town Monday from Waterloo. For a
number of years he resided in Charles
ton. However he returned to his old
home a few months ago and is now en-
gagged in having a modern dwelling
built on a portion of the Rosemont es-
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