tua! Mattn s j>
-?Mrs. J. 1). VVylie and Mix. ?.
L. C. l'ayscur arc visiting tin?
hitter's Mrs. J.'G. Poorc, Colum- |
bia, S. C. I
?Mrs. W. S. Taylor and child
ren visited relatives here this <
week. t
?Married op Thursday, April <
20, 1905, by Rev. T. A. Dabney, 1
Mr. Wylic Mchaffcy and Miss ? <
Helms, at the home of the ofTiciat- ?
ing minister. '
? Mr John Miller has moved to
his father's late residence, and
Mr W 1" Cloyd will occupy Mr.
Miller's cottage on Main Street.
?A protracted meeting will j
begin in the Methodist church ^
next Sunday and will continue ^
through the week. Rev Watson
B Duncan, of Rock Mill, will as- s
sist the pastor. ^
?The Methodist church was ,
very prettily decorated for the ,
Raster services last Sunday and (
the congregation was unusually j
large.
? Mr George Rlackmon went S
over to Rock Hill yesterday tc
have an operation performed on s
one of his feet which has been c
giving him considerable trouble t
from the effects of his stepping on 1
a nail several years ago. v
?Mrs. Geogc Williams and v
f
baby, of Lancaster, passed
through yesterday morning on s
their way to Savannah to visit ^
her relatives. Mr. Williams ac- c
companied them to this city and '
returned 011 the next train.? ll
Chester Lantern.
?Mr. A. Goodale, a juror, t
came to town Monday "broke
out" with the small pox. He
was very quickly granted "leave /
of absence" and he returned home
the same day.?Cheraw Chron- ^
iclc. ]
?Providence permitting, there will
be preaching at Douglas Pres- 1
byterian church next sabbath r
morning at I I o'clock. g
? Messrs. Leroy Springs and '
R. E. Wylie have been elected
delegates to represent the Lancas- |
ter Lodge K. of P., at the grand
lodge meeting at Beaufort, May s
16th. Messrs. Geo. W. Williams |
and Hazel Witherspoon were
elected alternates.
? Mr. H. IL Shute returned <
yesterday from Black Hawk,
Miss., where he has been spend- f
ing several months with relatives. (.
Ilis brother, Mr. Sylvester Shute, ^
accompanied him home and will ^
spend a month or so on the H
stamping grounds of his boyhood
days,
---The ease of W Alonzo (
Hughes, respondent, vs. Western ^
Union Telegraph (Jo., appellants, t
was restored to the d3cket in the t
supreme curt, and on 'Thursday H
lusl arguments were heard. J H j
Marion for appellant, 11 E Wylio t
for respondent, and P A Wilcox f
in reply. 3
?'The school at Rich Hill,
taught l>y Miss Jerusha Mitchell r
of Rock Hill, closed last Friday r
afternoon with < xercises bv the t
pupils and an address by Prof ?
Bank", Supt of the Lancaster ?
Graded schools. This is one of \
the most progressive schools in \
|be county. Two years ago the 1
school there was taught in ism ill c
one-room frame building, the en- <
folimont hardly exceeding 40 i
scholars Now the patrons havo
erected a nice two story building
And (ho enrollment for the session j
just closed vvu* morj than 100 (
scholars Mm* Mitchell has born
re-elected principal for tho next t
ecfiolasiic year of eight months
and her assistant will lie elected *
later. She spent Saturday and ^
Sudsy here with Mrs J 10 Black- ,
* *' nion and left for Hock llill Mon- :
j ,' day where she will spond the vu
cation with her parents.
- Col Spffngs Is having the old jw
' WitllCrhpoon"or "Kibler" lions . \
it the conie f Main and Arch *
Streets torrt clown preparatory to n
jrading the lot'for the magnificent s
lotel and storerooms he will ^
lave erected on the square. The '
'Boyd" house will not be torn x
Jown but will be moved later to *'
:hc l'oag lot on the square in rear f
if where it now stands. lie will 1
lave a x-room cottage erected
in his "Heath" lot, 011 Catawba J
dreet, out of the building he is *
low having torn down.
Morrison Lynching to Receive I 1 (
vestt" alien
w " C
A iininhor <?f warrants have (
icon issued 111 connection with the
Morrison lynching and a hearing I
vill be had before Magistrate
JaHkoy at Lancaster next F id ay tl
it 10 .? 111 !'he case is one of (
inch tiuusuul interest that it is |
fery probable that a special train N
vill bo run from here by the rail- g
oad company to accommodate the t
;rowd that will wont to attend ? a
Kershaw bra I
hidden Deatliot* an Aged Woman j
Mrs. Mima Ann Garris, an j,
iged woman who lived with her c
laughter, Mrs. James Wright, at ,,
he cotton mill, died very sudden- j
y last Saturday afternoon. She jj
vas apparently in usual health and ,,
vent out about the garden where
ifteen or twenty minutes later t
he was found dead. Magistrate
'erry held an inquest, the finding <
>f which was that she died of j
leart failure. Mrs. Garris was ^
bout 70 years of age and leaves j
hree children, all grown, survivng
her. Ilcr remains were taken
o Taxahavv Sunday for inter- ^
nent.
s
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Another Sudden I>?rtli ^
Mr. Jolut Taylor, of the Wild j
Tat section, a son of Squire John ^
Taylor, aged about 48 years, died
Sunday night last, April 23, 1905. ^
le ate supper as usual and had
lot complained up to the time of
[oing to bed. During the night
le awoke, raised up in the bed,
ltd before anything could be
lone for hint he fell back dead. n
t is thought that he died of ?
ome organic heart trouble. His ?
. \
emains were buried at the
towell grave yard Monday afterloon.
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>tlier Heaths
Mi s Hunt I v, wife of Mr .1 W v
luntly of Kershaw, nn estimable "
hiHlian hidy, aged about 73 '
ears, died la*t Thursday, April
10, 1905, after a serious illness of 11
ovcral months I<\ ur children 1
lUrvivo her. a
? A special front llnnu.org, S. ^
J , to Tito State, announces the
loath of Mrs M E Ferris, wif nf s'
_ , t
iev JhIm-z Ferris, formerly paeor
of I ho Baptist church at Ke?- '
haw. Mrs Ferris died in u hos- *
til ill in Philadelphia where she "
i.?d been- taken for treatment, w
laving been an invali 1 the past 14 ?
n
-ears
a
?Died, at the home vf his
o
nother, at this place, on Thursday ^
light, April 20, 1905, of consump ^
ion, Mr Quinn Wilson, aged y
ibout 30 years. Me leaves a wife
wul one child. Mr Wilson's home
vas at King's Mountain and he t
vas here on a visit to his mother ii
loping to be ' benefitted by the "
:hangc. Mis body was embalmed ^
ind sent to King's Mountain on j
Saturday for burial. v
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?For Rent! 4-room cottaee on v
Dunlap street. Also 2 3-room
:ottages on French street and 3 e
J-room cottages on Arch street, s
Apply to T. S. Carter, Agt.
(
Foley's Honey and Tur contains \
10 opiates, and will not consti- \
>ato like nearly all other cough ^
nediclnes Refuse Substitutes [
Sold hy Funderhurk Pharmacy. ^
BAWHER a? At. v fc. 1
kit moit ItMlIno iftlvo In t*"? worl<* H
uiniher Metiooi for TeAt& jf*
Instead of a county summer
cliool this year there will be held
district summer school at Yorkille
loi the teachers of* Chester,
Cherokee, l'*airfield, Lancaster
mil York counties. The school
viil open on Tuesday, June 13th.
\rrangcmcnts have been made
or board in Yorkville at Si 2. 50
or the school term of 30 days, j
The faculty will consist of Prof.
[. W. 'Thompson, Rock Hill;
hlllt \V. II- Hand ("hpstrr:
jupt. I). L. llrainlet, Kershaw,
Hid Miss llattie Goldsmith,
jreetivillc. A special teacher of
1 rawing will he appointed later
or two weeks.
Amoral of IVInj II F. Miller.
1 he futiorul of M?.j. 1> F Miller J
it the Mcthodi.-t ehu'rh last Sat- j
inlay morning v.as ono of the i
urgent attended funcruls hero for i
ears--the chinch and Sund or
eho >1 room being crowded so
tint many had to stand in tho
isles. Itev K F Tnrnipseed,
ho pastor was assisted in tho ij
ervice i?y itev .I II Koldridge, I). i|
) , of the H ipti.st church. The
ntermenl took place in West side
emetery with the honors of tho j|
lasonio fruternity of which Maj !
ililhr was a member and an of- <
cor lor years. Tho floral olfer- '!
wore many and beuulifnl ji
spcciail) lloral tributes sent by Jj
ho lainoaster Chapter U I) C. i
The pull b nrora were Cupt J P j
iunter, Maj ,) M Kiddie, Col i|
jcroy Springs, Messrs W T i
irefill y, .J M Hood and \V McD* j
1 row n !
In connection with ttiis notice !
I inn\ not ho out of place to stuto :
liat Maj Miller left two sisters \
iirviving him, instead of only one, [
s \\\.s stated In the notice of Ins
out h in Sulurda) 's issue, Mrs.
uito McMillan of Jefferson, and
lis \j. M. Blair, widow of the
lie Dr Isaao Blair, of Monroe,
- - + <*> ?i ^
> utii ol'Claude Wilherspoon
() ir community was shocked
unduy afternoon I ?y V ho an
on .cement of the sudden doutli ^
f Mr Claude Vitherspoou, which
ccurred at his mother's homo on (
Vhite Street a hour. 4 o'clock (
roni some organic heart trouble. 1
In was not foaling as well as '
siial, hu* was up, and at the J
linn lie was stricken was in con
ersation with Dr It C Brown,
bo had dropped in to see him <
lis death was very Midden and a
real shock to his many friends
ml tilings special grief to his
ged mother, his devoted sister
lid two surviving brothers.
Mr Withorspoon was a son of
lie lute Hon Goo MeC Witliorpoon
and was horn July t>, 1S55.
le .vas a prominent planter in
lie Western section of the conny
ar.d was highly esteemed as a
inn of business integrity, and all
Mil testify to the sterling quality
f bis character. tie was also a
lan of fine intellect and of liter- (
ry taste, unci was well informed <
n all subject# A polished gen- <
Ionian, a good citizens, esteemed *
y all who knew him, Claude (
VilLerspoon will he greatly miss.1
in our community. t
His remains were interred in <
be family plot in the Presbyter111
church yard Monday after- <
oon uf or funeral services, con- j
11 - led by Uov Or Eraser of the t
*i osbyterian church, with Mason- I
a honors, of which fraternity he <
fas fiu enthusiastic member. The
total tributes were many and 1
cry pretty, especially one?ado- s
ign of the masonic emblems the I
quare and compass being of
vergteen and tho letter G of
mall white flowers.
The pall bearers were: Active- J
il Crawford, -It b Crawford,
iV M Crawford, 11 E W'ylio, MS
V bhei spoon, Hazel 'Vitherspoon;
lonorury M P Crawford, VV Mel) 1
frown, .1 E Stewman, H Cunninglam,
VV II Ueevcp, T K Cunninjfiam,
,? P C Caskoy, .las P Allion.
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ITHH SHIRT jj
| WAIST GIRL I
| Is More Popular ? J
|Jhan Ever And|
| With Reason. 11
1 THE NEW I *
I SPRING STYLES |
1 i
& as shown here, are so dainty, W
| so attractive, it is no won- j| |
^ dor women like to wear ^
| them and men like to sec ^
!them. Come and sec A
the very latest crca- pj I
A I
tions in shirt waist S
i K??d' i i
| We know you will enjoy g 1
ji the visit. Especially as Q a
8 W 1
our prices will enable ? J
you to have a lot more ft
I?
changes than you 59
8 i
thought you could ^ Jj
afford. | J
| Williams=-Hughes Co. | j
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Notice of Election.
An election will be held at
Ueuth Springs, Lancaster county,
in Tuesday, May 9th, 1905, for
ho purpose of determining the
pi est ion of increasing the spocial
vy of that school district from
1 mills to 5 mills. All voters
i.ust present registration certitijates
and last tux receipt
Robt B Mac hey,
Chr Boar 1 of Trustees.
April 2G, 1905.
Notice of Election.
Whereas one third of the Free
lolders and one-third of the
'.lectors, residing in Dixie School
District No 17, in Lancaster coun
y, State of South Carolina, have
petitioned the County Board of
Education to order an election in
laid school district to decide
vhether or not a special tax of
our (4) mills shall be levied on
ill real and personal property in
=aid Dixie School District, No 17
'or school purposes.
Notice is hereby given that an
election be held, by the trustees
pf said school district on Satur
Jay, May I o, 1905, at Dixie
school house in the said school
district, they giving at least two
iveeks notice in a county newspaper
and by posting notices at
hrce public places in said school
listrict.
At which election only such
:lectors as return real or personal
property and who exhibit their
tax receipts and registration certificates
as required in the general
election should be allowed to vote.
Within ten days after said election
is held, the board of trustees
shall notify the County Auditor of
the result of same.
W. M Moore,
H K Coffey,
Members Co Hoard ICd.
April 22. 1905.
?Floridora Cotton Seed, 75 cts
[vr bushel. H M Culp, R. F. L).
No. 4, Lancaster. 3t
?For rent 1 4 room cottage.
Apply to W I* Bennett. 3t
1
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THE 25 PE
IfiliH-linii til' fill
In the very best
ket grown seed 6 E
TOES, Red Ti
White Miss, Peer!
hickr<i 11 and others
wRiitru kiv- <1?1<
at MACKOI
WHY Ever) Man and Ita
The NeW Y<
Because it is the strongest company
et tin so its policies protect one milli
ccnuso it has over 31)0 million as^el
Becuuse it has over 380 millions lies'
ecause it paid in dividends in 1004
ecause it is purely mutual. It lias
Because its as setts belong to tlio pol
ecause it does not invest in stocks i
ecause its policies contain only o
remium "
ecause the insutcd leaves to his wi 1
Ba law suit,
ecauso its policies aro incontestable
Because it paid in 1004 ?40,000,00*
ecause it is the best estate you can
ecause it gives you the best protoc
for the money.
ecause you can't alTord to carry any*hi
host.
Call on ,1. Vs. BLAClvMON of Lar
lication.
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GREATER
Kvcry week brings greater bargain"
no fear of Competition. Wo know t
Class Merchandise and that we alwuy
cheaper than our Competitor, the cvic
crease in our business, our motto lion
white
72 inch White Organdie worth 40c.
36 inch White Organdie in 10 to 2c
011 any market, our price per yard 10
44 inch Persion Lawn in white onh
yard 25c.
44 inch Persion Lawn, in white onl
yard 20c.
Wc still have a few more of those
Lawns that we arc making such a nois
lace;
We arc showing great bargains in I
of Vallcncinc laces arc complete, and
see how cheap they are going. We li
to 15 c.
Sec our line of all over Laces, they
a little cheaper than our Competitor.
SHIR'S
We arc showing a line of sample S
the price is one third off the regular i
other fellows out when it comes to w
SUMMER
Big job in Serge Coats and odd IV
price as long as they last, $1.95.
2.50 Pants, our price as long as th
2.00 Pants our price as long as the
1.75 Pants our price as long as tlu
Our 1 50 Pants is a hummer and w<
them at 1.00 per pair.
MEMM
See our Millinery if in need of anj
prices arc so reasonable that you will
I'll take that one.
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ton \mm
selected maris
SI E POT A
iMinnpli Bliss,
less Beauty of
?(at lowest prill
(iai'ilcp seeil
RELL'S.
in Should Insure In
Drk L(ife.
in the world,
on families,
ts.
L-rvo Fund,
over $5,900,000.
no capital stocU.
icy holders.
mil industrial sccunlies.
no condition "payment of
nv or citato a legacy and not
and nonforfeitable.
I) to its policy holders,
leave to your tV"iily.
:tion and investment combined
ing else ?vhcn you can get the
icaster and give him your ap?es-^aasssssassiSQSSs
^
IRGAljjS '
5 at our store. We have
hat we only handle first
s make the price a little
lence of this fact is the inest
square dealing to all.
SPftCIMS
our price per yard 25c.
? yard pieces Worth 20c
c.
great bargains, at the
v, great bargains, at the
short length 10c. White
,e with at 5c per yard.
3
,aces this week. Our line
you will be surprised to
lave them from 2c. the yard
are beauties and the price
PS
kirts that are beauties and
>ricc, so that just leaves the
hat is your price.
w? vv
DTiliiN fr
mts. 3.00 Serge Coat our
cy last, 1.75.
: last, r .48.
:y last, 1.25.
c arc making a noise on
m
r thing in this line, as our
1 have to say, put it in a box,
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