The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-19
MADDEN NEWS.
Cleft Out Last Weekly


Madden, April 3.-."April shower,
bring May flowers" and thus far we
are In the year 1915! Anybody thai
mas any poetry at all in his soul car
put feel the promptings of the Muse
on showery April morning. An all.
wise and all merciful God sends down
the showers to feed the children o,
men. The somber dress OF brown
which old Mother Nature doned 70,
the winter, has given place to call
Testtul green, the towering trees. the
growing grain all point to the harvest
How little and mean and contemptible
must ingratitude seem to Him who
gives the sunshine and rain?
owing to sickness our representa-
tives OF New Prospect school failed to
get to the township contest at Watts
Mill. The little speakers were almost
heart-broken.
Why in the world didn't you come
TO the speaking lath night, Maude
asked schoolmate who went up ex-
pecting to hear and holler for Pros
pect. Il couldn't 60, Laurence. | was
SICK but tell me would anybody beat
me? "Grattious mol" he lisped. "there
wathnt anybody there in your clath
at all!' and so the disappointment was
made less severe by compliment!
MI. j. A. Wofford was so sick Friday
afternoon that doctor was sent for.
upon the suggestion Of his physician
DR.. league, Mr. Wofford went to
Greenville Sunday to consult an eve
specialist to see If his violent head
aches were caused by the eye. He car
ried his little boy, Lynt also.
Mr.. and Mrs J. D. Culbertson left
for Anderson Sunday in their car. Mrs.
Culbertson Is in hopes her stay with
her mother for few weeks will be
beneficial to her health. She hasn't
been well In several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Zimmerman
came Sunday for visit to her mother
Mrs. Cora Madden.
Mrs. Josie Martin and Miss IIcttic
Cunningham were the guests Friday
OF Mrs. Thomas Finley.
Mrs. j. II. Finey's eye Is thought to
be better and she is getting on very
nicely now.
Mrs. Tom Shaw and Mrs. Mary Sims
went down to Columbia Saturday to
see their mother, Mrs lIstelc Davcn-
port who Is in the city hospital. They
stopped awhile Sunday afternoon to
see their aunt, Mrs. r. S. Langston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Dunlap and
Miss Lee Martin Of Laurens were
Mrs. langston's callers also. Friends
OF Mrs. Dunlap land it seems to some
OF her schoolmates of long ago that
she has in reality found the tabled
water for which DcSoto sought mas
much as she does not grow oldD
VIII be interested In knowing that she
is to represent the Laurens chapter d.
A. r. at Washington. D. G. in April
We wish her pleasant trip.
The little boy at my house was de-
lighted last week on receiving a long
and exceedingly interesting letter
from Mr.. Geo. l.. Pitts we'll known
Laurcns county man now in Texas. II
1t had come a little earlier would
have set it TO the Advertiser for the
school issuc-it may come later Gus
was a pupil of his for short while
and the liking was mutual. He saw
in The Advertiser Of the accident to
the lads eye and wrote to him.
Mr.. 7. S. Langston played two very
sweet sacred songs for his callers
Sunday afternoon on the fiddle, ac-
companied on the organ by his daugh-
ter. Miss Susie. 'Mighty to Save" and
Have yon?" When he finished he
qucrried, did anybody every hear
anything pretticr than that?"
Uncle Tom" said Mrs. Dunlap,
Nothing could be sweeter than that
tenor you have just played, unless