The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-09-25
News Letters From Many
Sections.
CORRESPONDENTS
GIVE LOCAL NEWS
Happenings of Interest to Many Peo.
pie all over the County and to Those
Who Have Left the Family Hearth.
stone and gone to Other States.

son, Jr., who has been unwell for some
time became worse last week and it
was found necessary to carry him to
the hospital for surgical treatment
His father accompanied him to Spar
tanburg where an operation was per-
formed and it is thought he will soon
recover.
Our two other patients, Mr.. John H
wharton, Jr., and Mrs. Katie Pearce.
who have been off for treatment some
time, are improving and are expected
home in few days.
The new brick store erected by Mr.
W. Y. McNeal has been completed and
a stock of general merchandise plac-
ed In the same. Mr.. McNeal has Just
returned from New York where he Sc
leeted and purchased some additional
stock for the fall and winter trade.
Mr.. Arthur Lockwood is manager of
this new enterprise ana would be glad
to have a proportionate share of the
public trade.
Mr.. W. Carl Wharton of Greenyille
was here last Friday attending to bus
dness affairs and shaking hands with
his many friends.
10 her many relatives and friends of
Waterloo the death of Mrs. William r.
Crisp of Mountville, was a surprise
and great sorrow. Quite a number
from here attended the funeral exer-
cises at Mountville Friday afternoon.
we have known Mrs. Crisp for num-
Der OF years and take this opportuni-
ty of expressing our deepest sympathy
to the bereaved husband and children.
Death can bring no greater affliction to
a home than to claim, without warn
ing, the wife and mother. That void
produced in the heart by the depart
ure of wife or mother, with all her
love and tender care, can never more
be filled, and can be consoled and sat
istied only by divine grace.
The Baptist Sunday school here OBJ
served last Saturday as Orphanage
Work Day. When the children brought
together Sunday morning the result
of their efforts they had over eleven
dollars which will be given to Connie
Maxwell Orphanage.
Cross Hill, Sept. 23.-Mrs. E. p. Har-
rison of Greenwood visited Mrs A.
b.. French last week.
This correspondent failed to men
tion the name of Prof. j. Pierce Coats
the efficient teacher at Trinity. Ridge
in the list of teachers from here last
week
Mr.. r. A. Austin is having material
placed on the ground to build a large
brick store on his lot near the Racket
store.
Mr.. j. T. Matthews has been in
Asheville during the summer to re-
cuperate hi ealth. He came home
last week an. IS still quite unwell
Mrs. G. NJ. Hanna is still suite i'll
and her friends are apprehcnsive
about her condition.
Mrs. N. E. Boyce returned Saturday
from visit to her people near Clin-
ton.
Miss Irene billiard went over to
Clinton Friday and returned Saturday
We have had only few light show
ers since July, and now it looks like
the gale was upon us and the rain is
pouring down since early last night
Just before leaving for Philadelphia
last week Miss Kate Austin received
scholarship in DR.. Whites Bible Train
ing school, New York, and after spend
ing few days in Philadelphia with
friends she will go on to New York.
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Mountyille. Sept. 23.-On the morn
ing of Sept. goth, the spirit of Mrs.
Corrie Crisp passed from this life
into the next The hearts of all In this
community are saddened at the loss of
this dear woman but they bow in sub
mission and in reverence to the will
of the great Father, realizing that the
hand that shapes the destines is un-
erring.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Dendy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marcus Dendy. She was fifty-nine
years old, member of the Mountville
Baptist church and sincere Christian