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? For ialei Ring'tl impto<?d
Cotton Seed. Apply to B. Ciittuingham,
Lancaster, S. C.
?Call at L. M. Co's and got
Floridora cotton feed.
T \V. McMurray.
? 8 good milk cows for sale.
It. .1. & J. I). (Jlenn, It F 1) No 1
Lancaster S. C.
? For rent ! 4 room cottage.
Apply to \V 1* Bennett. !-?t
? Mr.las F Hunter, our new
postmaster, qualitied and assumed
charge of 1 ho ollice last Saturday.
mr i; vv .Jones is retained as assistant.
--Services at Unity wero largely
attended Sabbath. VVaxhaw and
Monroe, N (J wero represented.
? Mr .1 Davis Caskoy of Newcut,
cut the cap of h;s left knee
last Friday while trimming brush,
inflicting a painful wound.
? Mr D M Carnes of the Flint
llidge section had a good young
mule to drop dead in harness Saturday
afternoon while hauling a
load of manure from his barn to
bis garden
? Mr Jan II Knight, of the
Primus section, who has been
seriously ill of la grippe the past
week is considerably improved.
? The State board of railroad
assessors, at a meeting held in
Columbia Friday, ieduced the return
of the Lancaster ?& Chester
Kond from $3,500 por mile to
the figures placed on that company
last year, $2,750 per mile.
? Last Sabbath was a busy day
with Kov J Meek White. lie
preached at Unity at 11 a. m ,
and S p. m, and conducted two
funeral services between these
regular services.
?The County Supervisor has
arranged with the supervisor of
Chester county to work the nine
' convicts sentenced at the recent
term of court here on the nrannr of
--Chester
county. They were turned
over to the Chester authorities
yesterday.
Lancaster County Alliance
will meet in the court house at
eleven o'clock on Friday April
14 Every alliauceraan in the
county should be present and of
course every sub will send a full
delegation. Now please bear
this in mind as it is very importaut.
J. F. Nisbet.
Rev. J. G. Clinkscales, of
Wofford College, will be with
Rev. R. E. Sharp uext Sundav,
and at 11 o'clock a. m., he will
deliver an educational address
at the Van Wyck church and at
3 that afternoon a similar address
at the Belair church. The
public is invited and urged to
attend.
? Miss Florence Patrick spent
Saturday and Sunday with her
cousins, Rev and Mrs J Meek
White at Unity
? Master Sum King, the little
son of Mr W A King, who recently
lost one of his eyes by being
accidentally struck in it with a
rock thrown by another little boy,
was taken over to Rock Hill Monday
by his father, and fitted with
a glass eye by Dr Miller of that
city. So well does it match that
it is difficult for one to tell which
is the artificial e>e.
?The Ladies' Clubs, with the
cooperation ot the Town Council,
propose to take charge of the town
cemeteries and make tbom beautiful
places. It is proposed to begin
the work at once, and, in our
judgment the s oner, the bolter.
The keeping up of o.ir town cem
eterios has been anything else
but a credit to tho town. In this
connection, wo would suggest
that the ladies also interest themselves
in the beautifying of the
'coil t house yard. No doubt the
r*t\nnfi' onnoHiMuAH ?n/\nl/l
vwuiitj mi|? I * inui WUMIll UC ^IIIU
to give them all the assistance
deeded.
fci'Ul Ui Ibflt \h?ir laltfs of fcni:
llfcer sG Tut' iiHVo H*it b( vh hi i o ^
that* hall: what they wclo u|l lo
Apt 11 1st of last yvavi
? Miss Fannie Helms, daughter j
of Mr Fvuns Helms, had one of {
her lingers caught in the u.achin- i
ery at the cotton mill Saturday t
and so badly meshed that it had to I
ho amputated by Dra Funderourk !
and l'oovev. i
? We are requested to announce
that a call meeting of Tabernacle '
Camp, IV. (). W., will ho held <
to-morrow night, April Gth. 1
inat. t 1
? Mr VV J vJulp lost a lino nnilo
hiBt Friday.
? A hawk in swooping down
upon a brood of little chickens at (
Mrs Vinev Gregory's, near Dix- i
le, last Friday broke its neck in a ,
nnil H l'l? tnien /.?
|iomiii n n u 1 uiiuu, |
? Miss Callio So .veil, a stu- |
dent of Winthrop, came over Sat- i
urday and spent several days with
her parents. t
?FloridoraCotton Seed, 75 cts '
per bushel. H M Cnlp, It F. L>. i
No. 4, Lancaster. 3t ?
? Several of our townsmen,
among them Cashier Harrison and (
Mr WaddyJC 'I h ms >n, .vent down 1
to Heath Springs Saturday, to '
view the work of tho export 1
cracksmen.
? Dr .1 M Hunter, of Rock 1
Hill, camo over Saturday on a '
professional visit.
-- ?Vo are sorry to report, thoro (
is no improvement in Mr .i \\
Tillman's condition, which has
become quite critical.
? Mrs. M. E. Guinea was sum- j
moued to Lancaster yesterday by
a telegram to attend tho funeral (
of her sister, Mrs. Anabolic
Wallace, widow of the late John
Wallace. She was a daught* r of
the late Mr unc Mrs Juo. Vicls.
Her h?*tne was tive miles from
Lancaster. ?Rock Hill Herald.
Attempt to Wreck a Train
An attempt was made by some 1
one to wreck the incoming passenger
train on the Lancaster & i
Chester Railroad last Fhlay morn- 1
ing about three miles West of '
1
nvjrvu. a ?iiun piece or iron rail
had been driven down between
J
the joint of two rails. The ol>- j
stiuclion was noticed by the I
eugineer in time to apply the
emergency brakes and slow up
tho train so that it passed over the 1
iron without being derailed Efforts
are being made to ascertain
the party guilty of doing so reck
less a thing and will doubtless result
in tho arrest and conviction
of the guilty party.
Convict Kscapcrt
Mody Thomas, a desperate negro,
who was sentenced to the
gang for two years at tho recent
term of court for resh.ting an officer,
escaped from the gang last
Saturday afternoun. Mr VV G
Moore, who was in charge of the
gang, went in pursuit, and Sheriff
Hunter, who reached home that
night after an all day search for
the Heath Spi ing robbers, sot out
at ouce in search o? Mody, but up
to this time nothing has been
learned of Mody's whereabouts.
LancastcrCases iu Supreme Court '
1
Decisions were rendered by tbo
State supremo court the past week *
in the following cases which wont
up from this county on appeal: *
Mary M Reeves et al, appel- '
lants, vs George R Cook, respondent.
Reversed. Opinion by C *
A Woods, A J. *
Joseph Gregory, as clerk, re- '
spondent, vs Mary E Perry etal, 1
appellants. Modified. Opinion (
by C A Woods, A J. I
? An cffoit is boing made |
to have commission appointed to
inquire into the sanity of Marion
Parr, who is to be hanged at Co*
lumbia on the 14th instant. 1
.?' * Hi ..Vlili i*
HHATII
tSMi't* U Ciw'kjiucH Secured $J.?
Om* The ,7ob Was CloVvrly
l>oiuf
Ijancaslci1 Hils till excitement
Saturday over the big lohbery
which occurred ut Heath Springs
;ho night before. I'bo llcntli
Springs correspondent of iho
State jjives lliu following parlie
ultirs of the robbery:
"The vault and tuifo of tbo (
Springs Hanking and Mercantile
company was blown Uy burglars
Ibis tn lining about 3.30 o'clock
mid robbed of $1,000 in cash.
Fro.11 all indications the work
was done bv skilled bands, tho
loors being a complete wreck.
Necessary Icols were obtaiiud
from a blakstuitb shop nearby and
left scattered on tho floor after
finishing the wirk. One small
liole was drilled in each dooi near
U~ 1 I ! ? - ,
.uu itiuK mm uiii'dgi) coi ino used
i? the explosive
All the cash was secured except
i small amount left in a till. No
vulunhlo papers were carried
iway, hut they were thrown
iround on the floor in general.
Entrance was mndo quietly and
jnly one or two parlies heard reports
of the explosion, and lim e
being so indistinct were not n* Liced
ospocially.
The rohhery was discovered
About six o'clock and Sheriff Hunter
was wired immediately and
bloodhounds wero ordered from
the Stale farm by special train.
On account of some delay in getling
tho special out the party was
rather late in muking any start.
Every effort is being made to apprehend
the guilty parties, there
being a toward of $100 for each
capture.
The hank will suffer no loss as
it was covered by insurance in tho
Maryland Casualty company of
Bnltiinorp, Mil
The parties suspected are two
strange white men who have been
seen passing backward and forth
through this section for the last
few days. One is five feet six
inches, black hair and black moustache,
dressed in dark suit. The
jthor is five feet nine inches, light
tiair, poor countenance.
Maryland Casualty company of
Baltimore offers a reward of $100
for each, their arrest and conviction.
?Sheriff Hunter was promptly
it i he scene of the robbery at
Heath Springs and his friends
certainly regret that his search
for tho robbers was fruitless, hut
ie did all that any man could
ievo dono under tho circumstances
Ho made evory effort to get on
[heir trail and followed the supposed
trail through the eastern
jeclion of the county. The faillie
of our sheriff to capture them
is not to he wondered at for a detective,
who was at tho sceno the
following day, has been frllowing
these same rohbers for more
than a year without ever having
affected their eapturo. Ho says
they are tho same fellows who
recently blew open the safe of
tho Mc'\danvillo mills. Ho had
the photographs of different cracks
men, and persons who saw these
fellows loafing about Heath
Springs readily recognized the
photo of one of them.
H25 Ite\var<t
A Howard of $25 will be paid
for the am st and confinement in
tny prison of tho person of Medio
Thomas, colored, who escaped
from the County chain-gang on
Saturday evening, April 1st, 1905
He is about 21 years of ago,
ibout 5 feot 10 inches high, slen*
let built, will weigh about 150
jounds; color: light ginger-cake,
[f arrested notify Sheriff John P.
r A? ? *
riumer or myaeir.
M. C. Gardner,
Supervisor Lancaster Co.
Lancaster, S, C., April 4, 1905.
I 4 \hii SWiiJjit|
I Aflillfi; iOUoi Mlsij IMUjVotiiijft
tiadfthtct of Mi abd Mrs W&} J I
i'ottng aged nboht 17 yean*. fior
remains were interred MoHday at
Bert1 or Creek church
? Died, Saturday, April 1st
19d5, at 1 L o'clock at tho home
of her son, Martin Wallace, in
the Sincerity neighborhood. Mrs
Annabel!* Wallace, widow of the
lute J .hn W Wallace. Sbo had
been in bud health since the death
of her husband nearly four years
ago. She was 52 years of age.
She leaves three children to mourn
her death. S. J., and A M Wallace
and Mrs Charley Everall.
She was a consistent member of
Zion Methodist church, where she
was buried Sunday at 3 o'clock
after funeral services conducted
by Rev .1 M White, pastor of
tho Unity A R 1' church.
? Mis Sarah Wallace, wife of
Mr D 0 Wallace, of Union counn
ty, N C , died last Saturday,
April 1 st, 1905, and her remains I
were interred at Unity A R P
church tho following day, the
funeral services being conducted
by her pastor, Rev J M .Vhite.
She leaves a husband and four
chil Iren, all grown to mourn her
departure.
? Mrs Agnes Caldwell, widow
of Goorgo Caldwell, and a sister
of Messrs J Davis, W. Q , and J
M Caskey of this count}, died at
her homo at Catawba Junction,
on Saturday last, April 1, 1905,
after a protiacted illness, aged 74
years. Three sons and one daugh
ter survive her. She was a member
of ihe Methodist church and
a lifelong christian. Her remainB
were interred Sunday at Neely's
Creek church.
? Mrs Rachel Amanda Tillman,
widow of W D Tillman, died at
the home of W N Tillman in
Alachua county, Flu., March 26,
1905, in the 83d yesr of her ago.
She was a daughter of the late
Maj Nelson Rell, and a sister of
Mrs M J Ballard, George and D
1* B Bell of this county, and
Francis Bell of Rex, Fla. Three
sons und a number of grund children
suivive her. She was a
member of the Methodist church
for seventy yeats, and wos a faithful
christian all of her life and
died in full hope of eternal rest.
Marriages
Married, Sunday, April 2,
1905, by Rev. It. j. Blackmon,
Mr. John E. Bowers and Miss
Nannie rlegler, daughter ot Mr.
W. Van Hegler.
- Married, by Magistrate J. D
GritTin at Van VVyck, Sunday,
April 2, 1905, Mr. ? Helms and
Misa Bessie Hulsey, daughter of
Mr. J. H- Hulsey.
? Married, at this place, on
Sunday, April 2nd, 1905, Mr.
Levi Knight and Miss Bleaker
Wright, daughter of Mr. Richard
Wright.
Married, April 2, 1905, by
Magistrate (James, at hie home,
Mr. Willie Mo9ier, sod of Henry
Mc9ier, and Mi99 Perlia Whitiker,
daughter of Mr. Jacksou
Whitaker, all of Dwight.
Annual Meeting of Dixie Camp
! Ed. Review : Please allow us
space in your columns to call the
attention of the Confederate vet*
erans to the fact that the annual
meeting of the Dixie camp, No.
1175, wi|l take place on the thiid
Saturday of this mouth, the 15th
inst., at Lancaster, S. C. We
earnestly ask all the members of
our camp who can to turn out on
that day, as business of import'
ance is to be done. Delegates to
represent us in the State and
United Confederate rouoions are
to be elected, and dues are to be
paid, which are always due in
this month. Please remember
the time and let ns have a full
mooting as is usual with our
camp. Geo. W. Jones, Adjt.
W. G. A. Porter, Com'dr,
r P L fl
j the 25 p
Mndion of (i
In the very lies
ket grown seed 1
TOES, Ked 1
White Bliss, Pee
Hebron and othe
ces, Onion Sets a
at MACKC
WHY tnerj Man and Wi
The NeW T
Because it is the strongest coil)pa
era use its policies protect one n
ecause it has over 390 million a
Because it has over 380 millions
ocauso it paid in dividends in It!
ecause it is purely mutual. It I
Because its ussetts belong to the
ecause it does not invest in stoc
ecause its policies contain only
premium "
Because the insuied leaves to his
a law suit,
ecause its policies are incontesti
Because it paid in 190-1 $10,000
ecause it is the best estate you
ecause it gives you the best pr
for the money.
Because you can't afford to carry an
best.
Call on J. K. BLACKMON of
plication.
DISPLAY OF S
1 We have now showing one of the
GOODS ever on display in Lancastt
SIL
This will bo a great Silk season,
at underselling prices.
27-inch Red China Silks Lyons dy
wearing silk at 50 cents.
Two touood Glace Tafetas in all tl
extremely popular for shirt waist su
The nev Chiffon Tafetas two tone
tier silks sold anywhere at $1. Spe
Special assortment of d?ess patter
checks, stripes and novelty mixtnrei
Natural Japanese silk 20 inches w
sell. Big value 21 cents. 27 lnc1]
Most popular slik of the season, $1
taffeta we are guaranled per yard 91
quality per yard $1.10. 30-inch bl
at $1.00 per yard.
WASH i
Our lino of Wash Goods are one <
of good? ever shown in Lancaster ai
this line will do well to see ours bel
SIC JOS tl
10 piecs 20c voiles, as long as the
Voiles, as they last, per yard 10c.
Irish Linen, extra heavy. Just the 1
worth $1.50, our price 89 cents.
/?? . *
nmsn, worm ijy cents onr prico 25c.
BI8 JOB IN
500 Menu' Shirts, sells everywhei
cents.
mm
Wo have added this line to our st
show and the prices are choaper thor
E. E. I
^*i ?inWJ
lNT
ER CENT ion
Acreage
it selected mar*
RISH POTArriumph
Bliss,
rless Beauty of
rs at lowest priori
Garden seed
)RELL'S.
iman Should Insure in
rAYi1r T IT'A
UliV L(llti. \
my in the world,
mil ion families.
SSOttS.
%
Reserve Fund. '
>04 over $5,000,000.
[jus 110 capital stock.
policy holders.
ks and industrial securities.
' one condition "payment of
widow or estate a legacy and not
ihle and nonforfeitable.
,000 to its policy holders,
can leave to your fanily.
otection and investment combined
vthing else when you can get the
Lancaster and give him your apPRING
GOODS
greatest collection of SPRING
>r.
KS
We have the most popular thing
ed all colors. This is a splendid
bo best combination of colors,
its at 50 cents.
effect in suit patterns. No preL
icial p*ice uerjard 69c.
ns of soft fine Tafetas silk in neat
i, worth from 60 75 cents at 50c.
ide. We have only 100 yards to
i Chiffon Taffeta in black Only,
grade at 75c. 36 inch black
ic. 36-inch black taffeta the $1.50
ack Peau de Soir, the $1 -25 grade
GOODS
Df the greatest collection of this
id any one needing anything in
fore buying.
? VOILES
y last, for 12}c. 10 pieces, 15c
Here's the real thing: 90 inch
thing for ladies' shirt waist suits,
36-inch pure Irish Linen, sott
I SHIRTS
re for $1.00, Your choice for 69
,1&HI
,oro and havo a beautiful line to
i you can buy them elsewhere.
Cloud