The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 18, 1905, Image 3
Ltiiial Matter
? ?ointmknth of r.ev. j. m t?r itk
Jnlty, 1st anil 3d Kabbath.
Wills . re k, 2d and 4th Babhath. II
m.
fleisant Hill, 2-1 and 4lh Hnbbttih
t> in.
T i rr i 11?i ann rn in 1?tirrm 1?
Lot of icmnnnts mulling ut
)our price.
Williams Hughes Co.
? Horn, to Mr and Mrs Tom
Reeves, Fob 11, 1905, a son.
? Prof A R Banks is moving to
the Cloud house which be will
occupy with Mr Hardin. Mr R
JL Long is moving with his family
to Chester.
? Only Hhout eight more da) s
in which to pay taxes with the 2
par cent poualty. After the 28th
instant tho 7 per cent ponalty
attaches. Hurry! Hurry ! Hurry!
? Mr .1 B Porter, of Richburg,
who spent the past week with
relatives in tlie upper portion of
this county, returned homo Thurs
day accompanied by his sister,
Mrs L .J Simpson, and children.
J list received latest st)lesin
Slippers and Oxford ties, Tane,
etc. Wdliams Hughes Co.
? The Rev J C Johnes, of Rock
Hill, *?ho was to have conducted
services in the Episcopal church
here tomorrow, has postponed his
appointment until Sunday week,
tho 26th instant.
? Mr. R. E. Tompkins has accepted
a position with T. A. Gillespie
& Co,r;who are engaged in
erecting a power plant over the
Narrow Adkin river near Sal's.bury
for tho Whitney Co., of
Pittsburg and Salisbur ? Rock
mil 11 era Id
? Wanted ! Information as to
whereabouts of my large, Hpeckled
setter dog, brown head and ears,
laige brown spot across back and
down one side. Answers to name
of "Gill " . J. M. Riddle, Jr.
?Those who have not yet made
their tax returns for 1905 should
aUend to the matter at once. The
time for making returns expires
on next Tuesday, tho 28th, and
for each non-return a 50 per cent
penally is added.
-?Rev W E Thayer, D D,
Grand Chaplain A F M of this
State, will preach a sermon to the
Masonic fraternity at this place
on Sunday night, 26th instant, in
the Baptist church. The public is
invited. All masons are requost
e(i 10 meci ni me lodge room al 7
p m, ami match to the church in
a body.
?The monthly report of the
county trensuter, Feby 15th,
shown the county in a better condition
financially than in a number
of years. With continued economy
on tho part of the board in
another year or two tho county
should be able to get along with,
out borrowing money.
?Magistrate Caskey held an inquest
yesterday over the 2-year
oltl child of Nuocy Belk, col., io
the Creek section, which was
found dead in bed yesterday morning
by its mother. The jury concluded
that it probably died of
pneumonia.
? Mr and Mrs Allen Long and
Allen Long, jr., after a short
visit to Mrs Long's parents, Mr
I II A U II I I
umi mrs a iv nuiiKS, uavtJ gout) iu
Abbeville, S C, their fature home
where Mr Long will engage in an
extensive roal estate business
together with farming and cotton
oil mill.
?We aro glad to note some
improvement In tho condition of
Mrs C D Ratteree, who was recently
stricken with paralysis at
her home at Blacksburg and was
removed here to hor daughters',
Mrs .1 S Wilson, that she might
give her every care and attention.
Good yard wide brown sheeting
at 5 cents a yard.
Williams Hughes Co.
Foley's Honey Tar
tor children, se/t,sure. AJo opiatew.
9
? When you want good beef, To
.pork or suu?ago, at the very low *
eat prices, coll on T. j. AlcNinch
at his market on White Street. Iht
Phone No 158.
?Letter heads, bill heads, en- YCl
velopos, visiting cards, and all du
kinds of job wotk, done in K.eat- V/''
est style, at prices to suit. c<)l
Roy Strait. lo
? Mrs j B Mack of Fori Mill ,
Ml
spent several days of thir> week
with her brother, Prof A U
_ ,
Banks
? Our graded school did not p
lose a day during tho cold spell, (
whilo Chester, Charlotte, York- ^ ,
ville, Fort Mill and other towns
closed their schools for several yj
dnye.
?Tho Gregory-Hood Livo B|t
Stock Co., has applied for a char- ]
ter. The capital stock will be (j
830,000. <
?Tho Bennett Grocery Co. has in?
organized under its charter, W
P Bennett is president; E M Ben- nin
nett, vice-president, und Miss Plj
Daisy Benneit, sccy and treasurer
. del
Deaths Ho
The 6-weoks old infunt of Mr
and Mrs S S Steele of the Creek jj
neighborhood, was found by its wjj
mother dead at her sido in bed ?
Ho]
yesterday morning. It was ap ()0(
parently woll the night before.
The parents havo the deepest ho'
sympathy of their friends in their
very sad bereavement. ^
? Mrs D M Hagin-s who was
a daughter of Benjamin Porter of
Lancaster county, died at her j5(,
home in Rock Hill last Tuesduy t
day morning uficr a protracted ]
illness, aged 50 years. She was a q0
member of tho Presbyterian churc Cei
and good a woman The Rock jhc
IIdl correspondent ??f the News ^cli
and Courier says of her: "None f,u
stood highei in the esteem of the 0?,j
community than she did us a (l
christian and as a neighbor." H!)(
?The friends of Mr Lawrence zer
Brown will regret to learn of his hei
death which occurred Wednesday, j
Fehy 15tb, at his home near 0<
Rocky Mount, in Fairfield county,
where be recently moved from an(
tho lower purt of this county. Ilis to(
illness was of short duration bar- n
ing bnen apparently in good health acr
the morning prior to his death. cor
Ho was about 50 )ears old and
leaves four or fivo children sur- >
viving him. Ho was a member
oc tho Presbyterian church and j^e
an exeraplarv, good man.
? Mr Thomas Vicory, aged Ma
about 60 years, diod on Tuesday ^
lust, Feb 14th, 1905, at his home
near Dwighlt where l.o recently Ne
moved from Pleasunt Hill town- 'y11
ship His death resulted from the
effects of grip. MrVickory was n^u
twice married and is survived by t,c<
his last wife and two children by Mr
his first marriage. He served in tioi
the Confederate army and was to
drawing a pension. his remains ?*
wore intorred at Salem burying W
ground on Wednesday. ra'
?Mr Lee Uaskins, the 15-year ter
old son of Mr li L Buskins of tho
Fork Hill section, died last Tnes- Pot
day Feby. 14tb, 1905, of measles, ly
He was a member of tho Baptist wi
church, and was well thought of
by all who knew him. nisre- Ihc
mains were intorred Weduesduy to
io Fork Hill church yard, after ,in
funeral services by Rev. R. J.
Bl&ckmon. rt I
er
The supremo court has render- no
ed a decree sustaining tho validi- coi
ty of the act of 1904 authorizing roc
Chester county to issuo $75,000
coupon bonds to refund the present
bonded debt of tho county, ele
The act exempts those bonds from thu
all county, Stato and municipal so
taxes. The opinion of the court Stc
is by Justice Jone-i. Jui
A cottoh mill with a capital stock JU(
of 25,000 will he erected at Ivain
Anderson county J jo c
wn-hlp Assessors for Lancaster
bounty
Gov Hey ward ha \ appointed
j following as township at-sessors
; Lancaster county for the two re
ars next eusuiug: Each is re* af
irtd to tile his oath with the Hj<
01 k of Court at once when his
nmisbion will will he forwarded im
him. 8a
Indian Land ? H N Patterson, th
hn W llall, M M Tillman. if
Wnxhnw ?J M Yoder, .1 K tn
tare, .1 Mark Single. 'do
Cane Creek?J Wren Tillman, p|
F Culp, S I) Taylor.
Gills Creek?.! DaiveCaskey, J tin
Craig, R J Harper. ed
Uuford?1) A Fundcrburk, W fr(
Lstri.lg , L .1 Fnnderburk. tei
Klat Crock?F M Lovry, R L ()f
ickwcll, Robt F Long. Fi
Pleasant Hill?.1 T L Stover, fl(
L Mobley, W .J Vuughan. cu
[Jedar Creek ?W T Vanland- e(i
ham, ,1 II Boll, ft V Stover. so
Town of Lancaster?W ?J Cun* an
ghnin, Ij M Clybum, W B
der. pe
Town c*f Kershaw??J NV Trues.
I, I It Hayes, C C) Floyd. , |,e
vm, Win a Suit and Get a Prize
a Cash
Boys, one and ail, go to the
atb-jones Co. store and they f()i
1 givn you free copies of 4'Tom
pkins,''a splendidly illustrated he
ak. You will also learn of of
ir story writing contest for *p(
ys where you will haven chance (>(j
win a suit of clothes and one
lue cash prizes of $50, $25, }
5, $!'>, and $5. Try boys and * c
ii ??f
lair Farmers Iteport oil ltednc
ion so
President Strait of the County K<
tten Growers Association re- di<
vi:d yesterday the pledges of
i cotton growers of Bel air tin
i >ol district. Each of the 67 as;
mors of the association placed ^11
posito his name the number of Th
?s planted in cotton ui 1004 ?>vi
1 t)i? number of tens of fertili- in
? used,also the maximum uuui~ 1 t
of acres ho will plant incotton ri^
1905 and tbo number of tons
fertilizers ho will use. The Fe
a! ucieage of 1904 was 1888,
1 of fertilizers 222? tons. The pi
als for 1905 foot up 1405 acres
1 1484 tons of fertilizer. The am
eage reduction is about 25 per g()
it and 33 per cent in the use wa
fertizors. Ac
The o&icers of this association noi
>: A P Spratt, Pre9.; .Ino A of
11, Secy., D S Will son, Treus.
iy Bring Action For Daiuageg gu
gainst Tlie County. I
\ special f.om Lancaster to th3
ws and Courier says: The
iching of John T. Morrison, in nu
rshaw last fall, will in all prob- mi
1 ity bo hrougt into |)ublic no?
3 agaiu at an early date. Mrs
irrison, the widow, lias peti- inl
ned jlldiyo of probata Sinn/man
grunt lettors of administration an
hor lato husband's estate to one
T Castles. Inasmuch as tne
ue of tho cstato to be admimsed
on is only fc.venty live dol- mi
s, according to the widow's
\f
ition, tho inquiry has naturalarisen
why the exponso of ad- ^?]
nistration should bo undertaken ^
all. Tho impression here is on
it Mrs. Morrison is preparing
bring suit against tho county ca
dor tho constitutional provision co
ring the legal representatives of
)arty lynched tho right to ^ecov- l*e
exemplary damages in a &nm ^
t less than $2,00 0 against the
jnty in which the lynching'bCcbr
I. > lh
. . 8t<
In connection with tho recent
ction of judges, it is notable
it Wofford collego has furnished
many mento the judiciary of the
ito. Among them are Associate v!*
stice C A. Woods, Judge Klugh, h|'
Igo Dantzlor* judge Gage,
dge Hydrick, and Judge Prime
>ut of 14. w
[For The Lodger.
Legislative Snap Shots.
Representative J W Hamel has
turned to bis legislative duties
ter an absonco owing to his
:knoss.
In discussing the repeal of the
iu law Mr Verner, of Oconee,
id i hat some called tho lien law (
o poor man's friend, and that ?
a hill to abolish hell were iu~
iduced some one would call out
n't do that for it is the oqfy <
uco for a poor man to warm.
Mr Goo E Prince, a memboc-qf
o house from Anderson dofonL
Mr T P Cothrau, member
3111 Greenville, for judge of the <
itb circuit. Mr R W Memiugor '
Charleston defeated Mr W J <
shhurne, member of the house ,
im Colleton, for judge of ninth |
cuit. Our delegation support- I
Metnminger. Senator Llough |
pported Cothran, Capt Harael 1
d 1 supported Prince.
Tho house killed the bill to real
the dog tax.
The Richards bill to repeal the
n law was lynched in tho house.
>to 70 to 28, so the lien law
inds.
This house has made a record
r killing hills.
Col L C Hough, A R Hougb,
cj r\- i t ti? ?
ruy o uuvuison ttDCl w i< Uook
Kershaw and J Hazel Willier..
non and C T Connors have visitColumbia
since my last let'er.
The senate refused to pass the
>llock bill relating to a division
the fertilizer tax betweon
emson and \Vinthrop Colleges.
The bill of Senator Hay to re- 1
rvey the disputed line between
irshaw and Lancaster counties
1 not pass in the house.
The elloit to place banks under
2 charge of the State board of ,
scssors to equalize taxation on
ne was defeated; vote 62 to 33.
e bill places banks on basis
> i
th cotton mills. Our delegation
the house opposed the measure,
hink our county should havethe
;ht of assessing its own affairs. <
J Harry Foster,
b 15th, 1905.
casnnt Valley Items.
No ono was injured by the sleet
1 ice although several persons
t some pretty hard falls. There 1
s school at the Pleasant Valley
adomy every day last week,
twitbstanding the inclemency
the weather.
Mr Lester Wolfe aud his bride, '
Charlotte, spent Saturday and
nday in Pleasant Valley with i
2 former's parents.
Mr. J. L. Pettus was unfortuto
in loosing one of his fine
lies by being stabbed last week. <
\Ve aro glad to say that Mrs.
L. Patterson is still improv?
;
Mr. John Hall spent Saturday
d Sunday in Chester.
Tessie, in Fort Mill Times.
In the case of Marion Parr, the
II operative convicted of murr
in Columbia last week, Judge
cDonald ha? refused the motion
ra new trial, and the probabilr
{ tKof Purl* mill kft linB/?<i.l
w ?UMV JU MS & IT 1U UO 9" dU^CU
the day Bet for the execution aa
has no means with which to
rry an appeal to the higher
nrt.
A litlle 7-year old boy accintally
shot and killed himself in
arenden county Tuesday. An
Jer brother about to start out
inting leaned the* gnn against
e side of the house while he
apped inside and the li tie felw
meddled with the gun causing
i discharge, tho load entering
s side.
George Rogers, col., was con.
cted of manslaughter in Colum%
Tuesday for the killing of anher
negro about fiye years ago,
d was sentenced to five years in
e penitentiary. He was recentcaptured
In Savannah, Ga.
y* ,
OAlTOnXA.
Bear, tbo Si ?* KM Ycu "a*8 *!rtays 1
t
Dr I* O Klliott,
LhtlCHStOl-, S. C.
Residence phone No 1S7. Oflloe,
Davis Building. corner Main and
Dunlap street*; phone No 72.
Will practice in both town and
county of Lancaster.* All call*, either
day or nlgh\. will receive prompt at-?
tantlon
Jan. 10, 1905 ?tf.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
BY J. E. STKWMAN, ENQUIRE,
Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, Mr W T Tastles
made suit to me to grant him Letters
>f Administration of the Estate of and
3fleeth of John T Morrison
THE8E ARE THEREFORE, to
site and admonish all and singular the
kindred and Creditors of the nsid
John T Morrison iIpp?uu?i1 ' ?i
they be and appear before me, in the
Oourt of Probate, t> bo held at Eaucaster
on the 25th day ofFebruary next nf
ter publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in
theforenoon to ebow cause,if any they
have, why the paid Administration
ihould not be granted.
Given under my hand, thla 10th day
Feby Anno Domini 190*.
J. E. STEW MAN,
Probate Judge.
TijO
What, Cotton.
Equal to six cent cotton.
t t t t t
You have got what 1 want?M
want?GROCERIES OF ALL KII
& S Is h
Some of the boat AXES on ear
forget me. I eell for Cash and
rOBAGCO at Cost.
J. B. MAC
WHITE CC
Now is the tim
early spring WI
We are going to make a specit
lOpieces of Fancy .Mercerised White
waist suits or shirt waist, this sale 24 c<
P K sold 16 2-3 aud 20 cents. this sale 14
jold 121 cents, this sale 9 1 cents. 3 pic
this sale 81 cents.
We are showing a beautiful line of (
this sale at 5 cents.
TABLE LINEN. E
Lineu, would be cheap at $1 oO. this at)
sold 69 cents, this sale 50 cents. 62 lnct
this sale 46 cents* 60 inch Table Liuen
LACE 01
$3.50 Lace Curtains, this sa
$2.50 Laco Cnrtains, this sc
$1.05 Laco Curtains, this sa
$1.25 Lace Curtains, this sa
135 eta Liftco Curtains, this
20 coots Emorodories this sale
15 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .
12* 4 4 44 44 4 4 .
10 44 ? 4 4 4 4 .
8* 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .
5 <t ti it it.
We have a real linen Lace, heav^
and 1c per yard. They are great
Beautiful Line of
with insertion to match, that aro g
Come along L
miss this sale foi
prised to see the
fer in White Got
E. E.
In Masonic Building,
NEW
L1ERY AND SALE STABLE
We have opened up, at the Elliott
& Crawford old stand, Sale
and Livery Stablos aod are pre*
pared to sell stock cheaper than
anybody, for cash, or on time
with good papers.
?3?-Call and see OUli STOCK
before buying. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
LIVERY! LIVERY!
With brand new re.
hides and good
fresh horseawe aro
praparod to give
tho best Satisfaction
in tho livery
business. -
Very Respectfully,
Moore & Sowell
Dec. 1, 1904.
HIT
No. mil Prices
Solbme to see me.
+ + t* t:
ONEY; and I have got what y?u
^DS.
th at last year's prices. Don't
at Cotton prices. 2,609 Us
KORELL!
IOD SALE
111
te to buy your
IITE GOODS.
il salo on this class of goods.
Goods, Would t>e nice for shirt
mis per yard. 10 pieces Figured
eefits, 5 pleoe- checked Nainsook*
ices Checked Nainsook, sold 10 oehte,
Checked White Goods that will run
able Lio-n, sold $1 25 per yard, this
its. 72 inch Table Linen, sold $1 SO.
> cents. 72 inch Unbleached Table
le82oeots. 68 inoh Table Linen,
l Mercerised Damask, sold 65 cents,
, sold 40 cents, this sale 24 cents.
IKTAISS
le $2.75.
ile $1.75.
Je $1.35.
lo 98 cts.
sale 48 cts.
j &&S88
15 conts.
la* ?
10 ??
8? "
5 ?
4 "
|r edge we offer this sale at 6c, 5c
bargains. Wo are showing a
Valentine Laces
reat bargains also.
ladies and don't
411 I
r yuu win ue sur
barga;ns we otjd8r
Cloud
Above Post Office