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? . ? m wwr J. ? T~ Luai ? ' 'OINTMENTS OK HKV. 2. b' *.v; lTR J oily. 1st and 3d Hr(bbatb. . vJiil* iu k, 2d ami 4ll? 8aM>aih. II " iu. 8j Plea* ?nt 11 ill 21 and 4lh Hablmili, y m. N ? A I(tiriftti 11 in a j?ood secoud o hand biij???v., apply nv, this office. hi ? ('ohoh is bringing 74 cents. v ? Mrs. liosii lloke, ot Spartanburg, is the j?uoKt of Mrs W. 1?. 1' Knight. ? ? VII'm. Mutile Cuok of (Jtttmr- ^ ins County N. C is v'sitinp her 11 brother Mr ). A. C >ok at this ^ place. From hero sho will visit " her mother at Taxahaw. / ? 25 tialcs of cotton on the Few_1 I ? I . ? # * 1 ' ' ^ mi [Jiuuijriii were considerably damaged by fire ut Rock Hill Silt urday. * ? Rev. V. 1. Masters, trave- H 8 ling, agent of the Baptist Courier g spe ,t the day here with Rev. .1. JL H. Boldiidge, I). D , yesterday. ? T. F McDow, Esq., of York- j ville, WalterDunlap, Esq,of Rock w Hill, R. A. Dohson, Esq., and ^ E D Blakeney, Esq.,of Kershaw, . are attending court hero. ^ ? Magistrate L .1 Ferry turned p over to the country treasurer }l $108.75 this week, fines, etc., h collected in his court for the past ^ quarter. () ? Married, by Rev Thus Black li mou, on Sunday, March 19, 1905, 1 Mr Heck Eubanks and Miss Ellen ' ? Dunn, daughter of Mr Charles ' ti Dunn, all of Flat Creek township. ^ it --Married, at Unity, Sunday1 March 19, 1905, by Rev .1 M S White, Mr Martin G Kenniogton and Miss Lizzie Caioe. i? Work on tho Flint liidgo ,. Baptist church is progressing g rapidly and we are requested to ? ask all who subscribed to the j building fund to send the rut utnt j, to Rev R J Blackmon at their ,, earliest opportunity. f ? Floridora cotton sited ut $1 S per bushel, at my home or delivered at Lancaster. T W McMu:*- * ray, R F D Nr 1, Lancaster, S C. ? Mr .1 M Slaglo of the upper ^ section of the county has u gourd ^ which holds 9 gnllonf of wator. Ho calls it his "Jonah's gourd.'' ^ ?Oakiidge school district, wo are ii.fortmu, has decided not to p have the special levy recently voted for the school put on this year. v ?Tho improvements recently n made on tho East Lancaster par- f, sonago have nddetl much to op- p pciu'iitippH of the premise", says j, the new pastor over there. t, ?Tho chso against Mr L B h Croxton who accidentally killed Hump Wright, colored, in his sturo id Oheraw on Christmas eve night, was tried at Chesterfield ^ court last week, and tho defendant ] promptly acquitted. The case of 11 George Carnes for tho killing of a Dr B H Thurman was continued t.o the next term of court. ; ?The Newcut school closed last Friday with a public exhibi- : tion by tho pupils which was very ^ creditable, both to themselves and their teacher, Miss Caskey. j ? Willie Gattis of Bock Hill, ! ^ who witli his mother, Mrs W. O ' ? ^ A was run over l?y a wagon at that1 e placo 1 ? 81 Saturday and painfully !.. ~ I V hurt, one of the wheels running ' R over his chest end fuco, breaking | his collar bone and knocking out 1 several of his toeth. i ? i ?A case of unusual interest fo '[ bo tried at this term of court is ! t the suit against the Southern for o #50,000 damages brought by Mr. Lucius P Hell as Admr. of .Jno. S r Bell, dec'd. The action grows v out of the killing ot the 18 months old son ot Mr Boll in April of last yeir by a frieght train on the k Southern, the sad particulars of d which were published at the time, t 4> kinolit Burnett, ol itldtu look, Is visiting bur uuut, Mrs ) h Stover, at this pi -uie ?8evur.il member* of llie faiuy of ltiv \V C E..ait have hotn iek during the past ten days, luster John Knox, the youngest hild is seriously ill, and f< r nil days his condition has been u ourco of much anxiety.? Yorkillo Enpuiror. ? At the residence of (' A I * I y jr, the officiating notary public, n Sunday, 5th in.st., Mr ,1 L )uten and Miss Mary Mosul* wire aarried. Mr Henry Plyler wi.th diss Lulu Outen and Mr llayOond Mo'.cr with Miss Maud >lylor, were the attendants, til ihe parties were from I'nion )ounty, N C. ? l'ho Ladies Aid Society of ho Presbyterian church will have n entortainmont at the graded chool 011 Thursday night, March 3rd. It will consist of Moving 'icturos of the eonllict in the fur iast, and an illustrated talk on upan and her people. There - ill ulso Wo piclur? a to laugh :i! s well as those that arc instrucivo. Miss Mao O litian of Kock Iill will sing some lomtifully Initiated songs, tho newest that re out. If you go you will see ow Marshal Oyaina looks on orso hack, !>ositlea numbers of ther celebrities of this great luaso-ilnp war. The prices ate 5, 25 and .35 cents. I la for a rorthy cause ami at tho same mo you will pick up a lot of ifoi mutton. Iiffhtty injured in Wreck on Southern Engineer A .1 Crow sustained a nicturo of the large bono in the iglit leg in a small wreck on tho outbern ntai Shelby Wednesday fternoon. liis brother, Engineer (?e Crow, wliilo taking tu wreck lg crew to tho m-cuc, was sine k n the head by a plank projecting Kim a car on lite sHo track at haron and painfully hurt. 'ain fully Hurt by ICunawuy Team Mr \V tl Sbuto, of the Flint lidge section, while returning onto from fown Saturday nMcroon was thrown from his wagon then about live miles out by hi. uiles running off unci painfully urt, one of the wheels of the nigon pussing over his head mul enrly tearing the sculp away. He nis unconscious for an hour or lore. Dr Klliott was phoned or and attended him, sewing up is wound, which was ahoul cioht iches long. He was ablo to he iken on to his homo that even* ig. 'Ii?': Speeches Messrs IS I) Smith and F 11 lyalt, president and secretary of lie Cotton Growers1 Association i this State, addressed a large nd interested audienco of farmers uring the recces of court here ist Monday. Their speeches zero well received and our farm rs more fully upprociato the pos ibilities of tno organization since earing them spoak. Both speuk* rs made the duty of the farmer iluin and showed conclusively hat tho success or failure of the aovement depended ontirely on heir action. There was no farm r who heard them hut was coninced by their strong an;l clear rguments pointing out tho u isdnm nd nocessity of tho acreage eduction, reduction of fertilizers nd even tho holding of cotton, "heir speeches willdo much good in he way of oncon agment to every ne interested in tho organization. County president T. ,1. Strait resided over the meeting, which pas an enthusiastic ono. Foley's Kidnoy Cure makes idnoys and bladder right. Don't lelay taking. Sold by Funder>urk Pharmacy. . , ns*- . - - . yr-'' j i ? !>:'< . -Mill** r?f t.'ttiUtl * ! Court convened here MdodaVi jjtidg" Purdy presiding, xvith Ho b licitor tind Stenographer Mct'ttW t ut tin ir pi *t. ?. Kltuoro Dut'i't:, was tried and i convicted ol b'liiM* breaking and v laiveny. Joe and Modio Tl)OinH9 f {>! :,Ji-d guilty to tho chargo of resisting nil ( ilic.cr, a? did Thomas St'ivi r, charged with house 4 'or- aUp.g and larceny. The case i of John !>1 ickinoi), oll'enso, mur- ] der, win continued. The case j of John B. Gregory, charged " it i m-s.i!j 1 ( with intent to rape, was stricken from docket. Tho following cases were remand d ; > magistrates: J.imea Barrett, curbing, etc., on the Sabbath; Will Hudson and Proston Ilorton, shooting on public highway and carrying n ilc? i! J ive.itjons ; Will Duncan and IVt Mcllwain, carrying pi to! ; John Jones, carrying ( pistol of unlawful size. ./oiin .i : c ? ? )' , charged witn murder was found guilt y of man slaughter. > J dm Sadler charged with murder was tried yesterday afternoon. ( The jury was still out at 7 p. in. ,, on this casta r No Wills were found in tho folt lowing cases: Weary Clyhurn, violating di-pensary law: T S Small nn l Koxio Gcitys, adultry. True hills have been found in the ( following cases: Bud Gaylo, a. and b. with int. to kill; Robert Huntley. ro-ist i n ir an officer and aggravated assault; Macon ^ Clyhurn, attemj < at burglary; Win. Shelley, ?. and li with int. ^ to kill and carrying counceuled weapon; John Sadler, violating dispensary law, Luko Gavin breach of trust with fraudulent intent; Minor Billings, u. und b. with int nt to kill Serious y '5iirne?l Mrs #1 esse Sims of Union church < s return, md with a serious acci- . % dc'i la t Wednesday nltarnoon. f Wlim.: I nrning some trash in her ( garth n her dress caught atirc and, . i-? r* 7 | but for her presCnco of mind in ^ running to and laying down in n small branch thirty or forty yards , di?-l int -.lit would dotihl tola liavn I lost 11et fiio llor injuries, tnmiily aioug her sido and back. are quite serious but Dr I?!li'?tt, th? attending physician, says she is now out : f I'll danger and is rap idly recovering. A Distressing Accident ' A distressing accident happened in tho Beluir section of this conn- ' ty last Saturday, resulting in ( the death oi littlo Sam lingers, aged about 11 years. Mr Naa? lingers and his brother nccoin- ' panied by little Sam, the only sun of the former, were out squirr< I hunting when Mr Naso Hog < rrs after shouting at a squirrel I unbrecehed Ins gun and hurriedly ' reloading it quickly breeched it 1 again causing the accidental ex- ' plosion of one of the. shells, the shot from which took etTcct in little Sam's side, inflicting a wound from which ho died that night. The little fellow was ' standing about twenty-live or thirty fee t in front of his father , at the time. The dccpes* sym- , pathy is felt for Mr lingers in tho unfortunate accident of taking ma uiiio son i lite. - I Franklin Circle. Lancaster cor. The State : ? Oi.tt oi the most delightful meetings of the ' Franklin Circle" was held Monday afternoon at i the hospitable homo of Mrs. M. i J. Perry. It wan liko a glad reunion after the interruption canned by the inclement weather, and cordial greetings and j happy salutations were the order , of the day, The Circld has ta/ton civic im- * provcment as it-< special outside 1 work for the past year, and at 1 the meeting add' d the cemetery < improvement. A committee waa| appointed to perfe< t plans beau-|l tifyiug cemetery grounds tliisi spring. |< The legislature HI ito tcccot sea* ion pa$.seil tin aci providing for he .salaries of county officers* the -ompcusatiun being graded ac ording to the declaration of the ict in proportion to the population in?l necessary service required. 1 he State of Monday givos the salaries to he paid by each count ' n tlio State under the new act. following are the salarios to be paid Lancaster County officers: per annum Auditor $ 000.00 She rill 1,500.00 Clerk of Court 400.00 Supervisor 800.00 Supt of Education 000.00 Coroner 175.00 Treasurer 900.00 County commissioners $3 per lay not exceeding 25 days. Clerk >f hoard #150. Each county auditoiiis entitled to i fee of 25 cents f?t every trans > 1 of real estate recorded Each sheriff is to receive 20 units a day for dieting prisoners uul aeluul expense8 fjr himself ind prisoners or lunutics when :all cd beyond the county. The iberiff ot Lancaster roceivos $150 idditional for a jailor. Each member of county boards )f education shall receive $3 for lot more than seven days. Township boards of assessors ihall bo paid $2 a day per member for not more than three days, jxeept in countios having cities of 10,000 inhabitants, where the nembers may receive pay for not rtorc than 20 days. The niembors if the county hoard of equalization shall receive $2 a day for not noro than five days. Deaths Mr Richard \V Robinson, form al ly of this ceunty but who rejontly moved to Rock Hill, died it his home at the Manchester mil there last Sunday of pnoulionia uud his remains wero taken ;o ileuth Springs and interred Monday at Old Salem church fard. Ho was about 50 years of ige and leaves a widow and eight, ih'ldren. ? Mrs Elizabeth Giles, mother >f Mr F l* Giles of this county, lied at her homo near Rock Hill ast Saturday aftei a protracted llncts, aged 70 >ears. She was he widow of the lute .) P Giles. Fwo sons and a daughter survive lor. The interment took place! )ii Sunday, and Ml and Mrs F P Jiles, of this county, who wero with her in her last illness, came lonio on Monday. at*"auction l'bo effects of the Commercial Ulub, consisting of Billiard table, I'ool table, Chairs, Tables, Bookcase, Pictures and other furnishings, will be sold at public auction at the club rooms on Friday, March 31st 1905, at 12 o'clock ni. By order of the Board of Managers. Mar. 17, 1905.?td. Lotior to Williams-Hughes Co Lancaster, S. C. Dear Sirs : It's an old saying : tho boat advertisement is a pleasant customer. It happens to us continually in this way : A man buys Devoe for his house?he has painted it once in three years for a dog'snge, and thinks he Knows what he wants?buys 30 gallons, and has 10 left. He 9eea right-otf that 20 Devoe is as much ?9 30 of any thing else. Ho likes that; it comes quick; it is a surprise ; and he tells of it. The best advertisement is a ploasod customer. Throe years roll round. There isn't a sign that his house needs paint; he don't paint it. Next year he don't paint it. This 3omes slow ; it is a surprise ; but lie has got used to it. Still the best advertisement is a pleased ;ustomer. Yours truly, 52 F. W. DevokA Co. Lancaster Mercantile Co. sell >ur paint. ? . VI #it v: - - .>% v PLA * THE 25 PE llriluilinii ill' llm In the very best ket grown seed II TOES, Red T White Miss* Peer Helmm and other ces, Onion Sets an nf MAP.KO w iii r~t w ^ w WHY Ever) Man and Worn The NeW Yc Because it is tho strongest company e? nuso its policie* protect one unl ecause it has over 390 million ass< Because it has over 3S0 millions He ecause it paid in dividends in 190-1 ecause it is purely mutual. It hat Because its assolts belong to tho pc ocnuse it docs not invest in stocks ecause its policies contain only premium Becauso the insuicd leaves to his wi a law suit, ecause its policies are incontcstabl Becauso it paid in 190-1 ^10,000,01 ecause it is the best estate you ca: ecause it gives you the best protc for the money. Because you can't afford to carry anytl best. Call on J. K. BLACK MON of Li plication. .SPRING Our buyer has from the North where he select* choicest and up-to Sfrie ail Si ever brought to L These goods ar< ly. and in a few have them on di cordially invite < come and inspect DOMESTIC S 36-inch Andrew I Domestic, 10 y? 36-inch Brown f" cents per yard. Checked Homes] 4 1-2 cents. Good Calicoes, pi 4 1-2 cents per E. E. ( .. K r * >a1 NT :r cent lion kfeagc selected rnarU8H POTAriumpli Bliss, less Beauty of s at lowest prid Garden seed RELL'5. an Should Insure in \xAr T .1 "fn /ilY ' in the world, lion families, atts. serve Fund. 1 over #5,900,000. i no capital stock. >1 icy holders, and industrial securities, one condition "payment of dow or estate a legacy and not e and nonforfeitable. 30 to its policy holders, n leave to your fariily. ;ction and investment combined tnng else when you can get the oicaster and give him your apGOODS just returned lern Markets ed one of the i-date lines ol meri Ms ianeaster. e arriving daidays we will isplay and we me and all to our goods. iPECULS. 62^ 5 % m _ SUUgglllH Die* Is for 89 cts. dieetfng 4 3-4 mil, per yard, petty patterns, yard. "LOUD.