Luat Maner^ 'OINTMKNT8 OF HKV. J. M r ITK Jnity, 1st h|i(1 ?d Sabbath. Uills v reek, 2d and 4th Sabbath. II m. L'leasunt Hill, 21 anil 4th Sabbath, p m. ?Bom, to Mr and Mia Walter P Davis, Ueby 23, 1905, a son. ?2 milch cowa, 7-8 Jersey, young calves, for Bale. Apply to S D Taylor, Lancaster, R F D No 1. ?The wheat nrd oat crops have been con6ideraply damaged by the hard freezes of the past two weeks. ? hid Crockett, col., was slightly cut across the neck by his wife with a razor at this place last Monday night. ? When you want good beef pork or sausage, at the very low. est prices, call on T. j. McNinch at his market on White Street. Phone No. 158. ? Lost ! a black sow, few white spots on her, long tail, about 10 months old, weight about 125 pounds. Notify J S Riddle. ? Mrs W P Per?*y of Chester is visiting her husband's narents Capt and Mrs L J Perry, at this| place. She will also visit relatives at Pleasant dill. ? Mr Thomas Lanoy who was shot by his brother, Mr Edward Linoy, in a difficulty at their father's hone in Chesterfield county, on the evening of 18th inst., an account of which was published in the last issue of The Lodger, died, from the effects of his weund, last Wednesday night. ? Mr Jas A Cuutben, of Dry Creek, who has been down with 1 the grip since Xmas, is himself ( I*gait), though hi* friends here I hardly 'tnew him .Vednesday with the heavy handsome bluck ' beard ho is now sporting. If those subsetibers who have not paid us knew how badly we need every dollar owing to us, wo believe that a great many of t them wculd comu up and pay us. ? From the Charlotte papers it is noted that Dr W O Nisbet and ^ family, of thut city, have just moved into their newly completed 8 home ou North Tryon Street. The new residence is an exceedingly c handsome and attractive one. ?Letter heads, hill heads, en 1 velopes, visiting cards, n? d all " kinds of job work, done in neat- * est style, at prices to suit Roy Strait ?The Pension Board of Lan * ? caster county, compose I of ML Hinson, Sr., J E Rowell, \V B * nruce ana ur W M Crawford, will meet at the court house the c first Monday, 6th day of March, B 1905, to pass on all pension clainr.a cubmitted to us by the H Pension Commissioner. % W G A Poiter, Chairman. 1 ?A reward of $2 30 will be ' piid for information that will lead 1 to the recovery of a Berkshire- * Guinea Boar, would weigh about * 175 pounds when he strayed from r my premises a month or so ago. ? W J Funderburk, Tradesville, SC. _ J ? Mrs. Betsy McGuirt, an aged and well knowqlady, died Feb- t ruary 14th affile home of her son, f Mr. J. W. HffGuirt, a few miles t north of town. Her remains were j taken to Tabernacle, Lancaster t county, for burial. She wa9 a f good christian woman and had a ( larire circle of friend* nnd an. quaintances.? Waxhaw Enter- y prise. 0 Murray's Horehound 1 Mullein and Tar willcure \ your cough large bottle for < JWo. .?The Ledger, Tho Atlanta Journal, Semi Weekly, and The Southern Cultivator, *11 three; one year for $2., but rouet be paid for in advance. t 'J ? See Mackorell's new ml v., seed potatoes and garden seed. -'The pluce to buy shoes.'? Cherry and Company Seo adv. ? Seo adr notice of dissolution partnership \V BCulp & Co , nlso notice dissolution il. B & M. Co with W P Bennett ? Last Wednesday afternoon a doe and her fawn walked through Mr W B Bruce's lot near Heath Springs. There was no man per. son on the premises at the time but later when tcld about it, sev oral men vent in pursuit, hoping to capture the fawn and make a pet of it. After following the tracks several miles without get ting in sight of the deer they gave up the hunt. It has been a number of years since deer were scon before in that section. ? Dr W M Crawford hewed up a gash ncro8S the hips of a yon tip negro, Leroy Edwards, who was slashed with a razor by i his father, Tom Edwards, last Tuesday night, while the former ? was endeavoring to protect his mother from an nttaek made on her by his father. The boy said ho was reaching for an axo when i his father cut him The row oc- | curred on one of Jusiico Jones1 plantations near town. i Mr. Undo Miller of Chesterfield 1 county has had some cotton burn* < ad, bat ho lacked a good deal of 1 setting tiro to it himself. He had sold nineteen bales to Crow Bros., 1 uid had carried it to Jeff erson to ship. Hero it was burned on * Wednesday afternoon The fire 1 is supposed to have come from an ( jngine.?Monroe Journal. ( ?Mrs. J. B. Oatos, who lives iear Oakland Church, has bsen * juiio sick tho past few days with ' ijrippo. Tho four children of Mr. * W E Drennan, of Lancaster, who ive with Mrs Oates, have also ?een alllictcd with the same n(feeion. Mr. Drennan, of L ino is- ' er, who is an employee of tha Lancaster Mercantile Co , is at ( ho bedside of his children. ? Rock dill Herald. ? Col. Iletiry G Thompson, of Columbia, general ugent. for the dew York Life Insurance Co., pent Tuesday in the city. ?Tie Hampton Literary 80- (, ioty of the Lancaster graded chool hold its regular meeting d the school Society Hall Friday r fternoon. A most interesting irogram was well rendered hy all > he pupils appointed. The solec- ( ions for reading and recitation ( koro good, and tho arguments on nch side of the question "liesolv- j d that South Carolina should iave a compulsory system of eduation," showed much thought nd preparation. Jt is understood that the Colos- r us Gold Mining and Milling Co. P fill in tho very near future hegin c 15 L lie construction of a railroad from he mine out to what is known as ^ he nine-mile siding on tho Sea- ^ iourd Air Line, which is about p1 Iiree miles east of VVaxhaw. The 11 oad, which will bo a standard c 9 1 augo, has already been surveyod. 1 ?Waxbaw Eeterprise. 0 ? c reafro Frtrmors Convention. The Lancaster correspondent oft he News uud Courier gives the u ollowing account of the convon- t ion of negro farmers held here 1 ist Wednesday: ld Spunioh dollar cut half in two. This circulating medium carries with it an interesting history. The coin was giv?.n to Mr Mayer by an aged lady named Miss Burr, who in turn received it from i George Washington, the first president of tho United StutoH of America. Tho occasion of tho piece of money being given her by tho great American was that ho partook of breakfast at her homo near Lancaster in May, 1791, when she was a little girl. The breakfast consisted of mush and a pirchor of milk. The pitcher and howl which Goorgo Washington regaled himself from on that Mav J morning nre still in po-aession ot a branch of Miss Hun 's family. In his diary Washington jotted down the incident cf outing breakfust at "ono Hair's." An interesting question for The Hera'd's readers arises: Is there any other coin in existence, known to have been handled bv (icorgo Washington ? The query was igitnted at the mints In Washington several years ago, but r.ono jould be located. - Spartanburg Herald. Meeting of Township Assessors The Township Hoard of Assessors for the various townships in the county of Lancaster will meet on the first Tuesday in March 7t;i inst) 1905. It is the duty of Township Assessors to canvass ?ach and every return of persona' iroperty of th.ir respective town ihips, in order that individual et urns may tie t quuiized as nearly is possible. in every instance where a ma- . crial change in the return of any j ndividual amounting to one hun- i Ired dollars and over, the assess-1 ' ! u s will keep a note of the ch:iug"? nude and forward same by mail o the County Auditor so that ictice can bo sent to the parties | o raised mi order that the tax j viver may have the opportunity , o appear before the county board < if equalization. I he Town-lip Assessors ap" minted by the governor will take , intice and qualify at once. ;1 Tl o Chairmen of Township 1 V>sessors are ex-eflleio members f the County Board of Equnlizaion. .J no A Cook, Auditor Lancaster Co |\'b 21st 1905. Another Ginnery in Sight. I Mr. J. C. Lindsay is now ar- < anging to establish a big ginning . lant in the western part of tho | ity. He has several lots in view, , ut has not yet made selection. Tho .1 lant will be complete, in every j ^ etail with every modern ap- , iliance, the Mungo lystem being i sed, and tho ginnery will have a i apacity of about sixty bales a lay. Ilo will have tho plant in peration and ready for tho next rop. ? Rock Hill Herald. i( ?> ( Eustor does not come this year . .1 intil tho 23rd of April, which is, ho latest (late that Easter can j mssibly fall on. Easter full on \ ho 23rd of April in 1848, and vill fall on that date in tho year 1,000; hut those years and this i ^enr are the only years of tho 10th j md 20th centuries that it falls so J ate. Make tjQur druggist give ton Murray's Horehoun j Mulle and\ Tr Cures tour cough. 25c a bottl# ( A commission has been issued I to tho Southern Pickle Factory, of Sunimervillo, which will manufacture various kinds of pickles. Tho capital stock is $10,000. A Happenings in the Siate. i As Chronicled l?y the Alert Cor1 respondents of I ho Columbia Stato fike near richburo. Chester,Feb 23-An nccidentalfire * yesterday afternoon destroyed the residenco and partially all of its 0 contents of Mr James W Knox near Ricbburg. Thero was a small amount of insurance. S Spartanburg, Feb 23.?Arthur Leistor was convictod of man- J I slaughter and sentenced to three years at hard labor in the peuiten- " tiary or on the county chaingang. e c Barns Burned. k J tl Two barns on Mr H .1 Ziuker's C place, formerly Rawlinson's, t< about 8 miles southeast of York- }] ville, were burned last Friday night at about 9.30 o'clock, and two mulee and a horse belonging to Mr John Wherry, renter, were _ destroyed along with a lot of provender and other property. Mr Zinker's ?osh is about $250 and Mr Wherry's about $000. The origin of the 6rp is unknown. ? iorkville Enquirer. Diflinilltv ia f-lrnvo - -- (tromthe Spar tun burg Spartan.) | The House passed the now Fed- | eral di?- i* <* i:iii<>t t, Lancaster, S. C. I Resilience pliono No 1S7. Otllce, )avis ltuildiug. corner Main and j )nnlap streets; phono No 72 Will practice lu both town nml ounty of Lancaster. All call*, either * ay ornl?h*.. will receive prompt atantlon I Jan. 10, 1005 ?tf. 1 11 1 ? . i * State of South Carolina,' COUNTY OF LANCASTER. SY J. E. HTEW MAN, ESCiU I It E, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Mr W T Cuslles ade sflfe to me to grant him Letters f Administration of the hstate of and _ 0 r _ I rr* *? * ncn.-i.-i iii o un ii i morrison THESE ARE THEREFORE to Ite and admonish all and eiugular the indred and Creditors of the said ohu T Morrison, deceased."and that hey be and appear before me, in the burtoiProbnte, to ho held at Lances* ;r on the 25th day ofFtbruary next af ir publication thereof, at II o'clock in iieforenoon to show cause,if any they ave, why tko paid Administration tiould not he grnnted. f| Giveu under my hand, tliis lOtli day j Feby Anno Domini 1905. J. E. STEWMAN, \ Probate Judge. PLl THE 25 PI li'iliiriioii i b In the very bes let grown seed I TOES, Red rl White Bliss, Peei Hebron and otliei ;es, Onion Sets ai at MACKC riME ANt tOW IS THE Til CLOUD'S I To buy j our earl; We are showing thandise that is i ind the price It owest. ress Goods 2! ^ss?n II "1 O J I I*A DIES come Ihite Goods! MsaiM atnsooks, India Linen, Etc., at ttie pric I Our Embroidery ndenes! mi; autiful line of All oyer Embroideries In Andrew Hcoggins Bit nmPCTIPC I 36 Inch Unbleached E UllluOUuO 1 Good Checked Homei ood Calicoos, Fast Colors, 44 cents BIG LOT tOO Pants bougli Worth from | ? Per pair,; 300 Mad i for 50 cents. Y 29 cents. E. E. i The " NEWC LIERY AND SALE STABLE \N c lmvo opened up, ut the Kliott *? Crawford old stand, Sale Hid Livery Stables and are protared to sell stock cheaper tlmn inybody, for cash, or on time vith good papers. .... ?^-Call and see OUR STOCK >eforo buying. Satisfaction pinranteed.' LIVERY! LIVERY! With brand new ve. ' IJ1C1V3 Itlld gOOll fresh horses we are prnparod to give the best Satisfaction in the livery business. ... Very Respectfully, 11 o o r e & Sowell )ee. 1, 1004. jrr ER CENT iltftii \cren?e it selected inarRISH POTAlYiiimph Bliss, rless Beauty of PS at lowest print] Garden seed IRELL'3. [PLACE ME AND S THE PLACE y Spring goods, a line of luersecond to none aver tha>? the ring u beautiful line of eurlv Spring all the leading Slyles and Oolors. and pee wliat we ate showing on Counter We have a beautiful Hue >(la, also P. K., Dimities, I,awns, e t? make them go. r Htoek is complete. We can show Is line from 3J cents per yard to 3t) m ami Hamburg. We also have a i latest styles. sach Domesti c 8J cents per yard, domestic 5 cents per yard, ipun 4A cer.ts per yard, i per yard. PMTS. 4- I > * rv 1 v i in juiii, 1 25 to $2.. your choice $1. ris Shirts sold our choice tor Cloud Underseller.