The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-11-20
Local and Personal Mention.

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Mr.. Il. o. Anderson is confined to
his home on account of influenza.
Mr.. r.. p Minter left Monday night
for New York to rcpensh fall stocks
Mr.. J. M. Donnan has taken up his
old position with J. &C. Burns G. Com
pany.
pr. ]. II. league is among those who
have taken influenza during the past
few days.
MRS. Chas. II. Rounds spent the
weekend in the city with relatives, re-
turning to Greenwood Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Youmans, Of
Brunson, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Fl. Sullivan for few days.
Mr.. James Davenport and family
have returned to the city after stay
ing in Grecnville for several months.
Sailor Ed Stephenson returned to his
duties at Charleston Monday after
spending the weekend in the city.
Mrs. w. M. CLANCY and Misses Ellen
Cromcr and Mary Simpson, Of Clinton,
were in the city shopping Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Blalock and chill
drcn, of Clinton, spent the weekend
in the city with Mr.. and Mrs. Ross d.
Young.
Mr. d. H. Counts went over to
Greenwood yesterday afternoon to
picit hic who l., cicly Of ~
fluenza there. Mrs. Counts has also
been sick but she is much better.
Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Thompson recciv-
cd a letter from their son, Gary, some
his commission as lieutenant He is
now stationed in Atlanta.
Mr.. Geo. Anderson, Of Greenwood,
was among the visitors in the city
here will be sorry to learn of the death
of his son, Pluss Anderson, which oc-
Cured at Camp Jackson last week
Mrs. c. e. Parker and little daugh-
ter, Julia, are with Mr. and Mrs.
Richey for few days. Mr.. Parker
came over with them from Washing
ton. Ga, but returned to his duties last
week.
Dr. Bon Reeves, who is now located
at Rochester, Mimi, with the Mayo
Brothers, was visiting in the city
Monday with Mr.. NJ. p. Gray. Dr..
Reeves is visiting his mother, Mrs. En-
mic Reeves ut Eden.
Mrs. b. l.. Parkinson spent yestcr-
day in the city Mr.. Parkinson was
Just preparing to enter the officers
training school at Camp Taylor when
the armisticc was signed and orders
issued disseminating further training
classes. He expects to rc-cnter Red
Cross work for the present.
Mayor G. NJ Babb has returned to
the city from Washington, ID. c., who're
he went to visit his brother, Col. Os-
car Babb, who was quite sick last
week. The many friends Of Col. Babb
will be delighted TO learn that he
passed through the ordeal Of an opera
ton successfully and is now recover
ing rapidly.
Miss Carolyn Crawley. who has been
secretary Of the Home Service Depart
mcnt Of the Red Cross for the past
several months, leaves this morning
for Memphis, Tenn, where she will be
one Of the corps Of instructors in a
home service institute in progress
there. Miss Crawlcy had just returned
to her duties after recuperating from
influenza at her home in Madison, Ca,
and had just gotten to work again
when orders for her transfer came.
During her stay here she has thor
oughly organized her department ana
done very effective work in solving the
problems OF families with sons or hus-
bands in the army The Home Ser
vice rooms will now be in charge OF
Miss Sadie Sullivan, who has been as
sisting in the duties for some time.