The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 10, 1905, Image 3
? Mr Edward Waller* of Cow I
pens, is visiting hi> sistor, Mrs
W M Moore. c
? Ed Boyd, col., for violating JJ
contract, and Ezekiol May hew, 8
col., for breach of trust, were li
each sent to the chuingang for 30 c
by Magistrate Caskey the
past wtek.
n
? A c ate glad to report that t
Mrs Virginia Green, who was recently
stricken with paralysis at
the home of her sou, Mr T C
Green, here, is rupidlg recovering
and is now uhle to sit up.
? Mr A T Cat ties of Wild Cat
g
killeil a large eagle at Lpm home
lust bunday. lis wings measured
0 loot and 7 lucltos from tip to *
tip, uud a foot spread measured 7
indies from oud to cud of too.
?Magistrate D K llall of la- ^
? A
diun Land turned oyer $28 to the
county treasurer Saturday, linos, a
etc., colloelod lor the past quurtor. ^
The Supervisor, as usual coinplimeuled
him on the neutuess aad ^
p
correctness of the keeping ol his
books.
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? Mr J E Craig sold a load of c
liuo canbage, beets and turnips ^
on this murket yesterday. Aside j
from his cotton crop Mr Craig j
sold over $801) worth of produce p
from his faim last year, aud is Sl
making a good and au early slait
to make even larger sales this j
year. Ho doesu'l worry over
the coltou situation. He planted c
leu acres to the mule last year ]
but is only pluuliug seven acres cj
to the plow this year. He .has ^
beeu gradually reducing hts cot- v
tou ucroano f?r tUc Pttst 8,x years. p
?Tlic estrniate of the York I
County Southern Cotton associat- C
ton places acreage reduction at ^
T0;2"9,Pcr ccnt ant* fertilizer re- b
duction at 19 5-9 per cent.
Thcsa estimates are based on ^
partial reports. President Spencer
belicves#that a complete report ^
would show nearer 25 per cent ^
reduction.?Yorkville Enquire.
?Joe Lindsay, son of Mr. and ^
Mrs. J. C, Lindsay, left the city
the first of the week for New V
?
York where he weut to take a
f
course in book-keeping, typewriting
and stenography at ^
Poughkeepsie.?Rock Hill Herald.
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?The first number of the Car- ^
olina Field, a new weekly newspaper
established at Georgetown,
S C by Mr. James Henry Rice, t
Jr., has been received. The (
Field promises to be a most ex^ ^
cellent and a most valuable sheet. ^
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Marriages r
Married, Tuesday, May 2d, c
1905, at the homo of the bride's ]
parents. Mr and Mrs J T Thorn- j
asson, in Fairfield county, Mr U ,
S Cborry, formerly of this place (
but now of Sumter, and Miss r
Orilee Thomasson Kev Mr Yar- j
borough of Fort Lawn performed j
the ceremony. Mr and Mrs Clmr. t
ry passed through Lancaster Friday
en route for the groom's j
homo at Sumter. Here's our j
JSy Slough and all your numer- ,
ous Lancaster friends join us in {
congratulations. ,
?Married, at White Bluff, by ]
J M Hilton, N P, on May 2, i
1905, Mr Cicero Blackmon, son J
of Mr .) Thomas Blackmon, and 1
Miss Ada Kstridge, daughtor of
the late Wylie Estridge, all of ]
White Bluff.
?The town council has found
it necessary to issue $7,000 worthy
of bonds so as to put the town in ,
a position to buy the electric light (
plant and make other improve- (
ments. The bonds can be issued
only after an election called upon ,
a'j petition of the freeholders.
The necessary petition is now in
circulation and it is being quite
generally signed. There appears
to be no opposition to the proposition.?Yorkville
Enquirer.
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S?i?s!oii Money lluw Com.'
clerk of n.iurl J F Uiegory 10.
eived u cheek yesterday ufterood
for $5,819 to bo paid by
im to the 253 confederate penioncrs
of Lancnster county. The
ist of pensioners accompanied the
heck.
The number of pensioners iu
ach class and the amount to ho
o paid each of them is as follows:
lumber. Class. Amouu.
2 A #90.00
6 It 72 00
17 C No I 48.00
104 C N 2 15.50
20 "C No 3 48 00
98 C No 4 15 50
Pensioners will call at orco and
et thoir money.
>oa tli of an Ajjut Woman
Mrs Jane Lucy, widow of the
itc Samuel Lucy, died at her
ome near Taxahaw last Sunday
lay 7, 1905, at the advanced
ge of 86 years. She had not
ecn well since receiving a fall on
4-u- ?1- - -
n_ ii.v. in uic cany pare 01 cue
car. She was a member of the
taptist church and her remains
'ere interred at Taxahaw Monay.
She leaves the following
hildren surviving her: Mrs Mary
loore of Charlotte, N C, W 13
.ucy of Arkansas, Mrs F M
.owry, Mrs J P Ingram and Miss
Loxy Lucy, all of the Taxahaw
fction.
icn'h of Mr W F Cook.
Mr W F Cook, a prominent
itizen of Kershaw, whose serious
lness was noted in our last issue,
ied on Sunday night last, May
, 1905, at the Rock Hill hospital
'here he was operated 011 last
rriday afternoon for appendicitis,
lis wife and children, Dr I. T
ircgory, and his kinsman, Mr Js
t. Cook, of this place, were at hi
edside when the end came.
Mr Cook was the only son of
"ulp Cook who was killed in the
he civil war, at the battle of
Vcvillian Station. His mother
lied when he was but six weeks
>ld, and he was reared by his
[raudfather, the late Amos Cook,
>r. He was born in 1859 and
vas 46 years of age at the time
This death. In 1887 he was
narried to Miss Mollie Gregory,
1 daughter of the late W Harrison
jregory, and she with four chilIren.
the oldest. Vrmic ->
itudent of the 3 C College, survives
him.
Mr Cook was a useful and pro
grcssive man and his death it
(specially a great Josh to the town
>f Kershaw, with which he has
jren prominently identified since
le moved there about twelve
fears ago. He was county chair,
nan of the Democratic party and
derk and treasurer of the town of
Soishuw at the time of his dentil.
-Ie was successful in business and
vas president of the Cook-Estridge
Do., 0110 of the most substantial
nercantile establishments of tho
own He whs u member of the
daptist church and u good chrisian
man.
His remains wore taken to
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lk*~i oimn iuuuimy morning ana
nterred in the Kershaw cemetery
with Masonic and Pythian honors
bat afternoon, after funeral services
at his home by his pastor,
Rov Di Itice. As a mark ol
respect the business houses of
Kershaw were all closed during
die funeral.
Richmond Plans $30,000 Stutue
of Fitzhugb Lee.
Richmond, Va , May 5.-r-At ?
mass meeting held to night it wai
resolved to raise $30,000 for the
erection of an equostrain statin
of General Filzhngh L?ee, the plar
being 10 have the memorial placec
and unveiled during the .lames
towu Exposition.
- The Ledger, The Atlanti
Journal, Sem: weekly, and Tin
Southern Cultivator, dl threi
one year for $2., but must la
paid for inadvance.
j -N??r/h Cu rot inn ill Holu iiie A.I
J?*ire<( lleuih S|>ri]ig8 Sat'oCraci
i ors
On Monday Oov Glenn ol
Norlh Carolina rendered liis decision
in (lie matter of h? norin<
the requisition for Fisher un<
1 m
O'Day wanted in this State 01
the charge of committing the re
cent sate robbery at tleatl
Springs. The hearing was ha<l
liti. t ltfii'n v Uonrv luiitii
| present and representing Soul I
Carolina's claim for th?- nu n '111
A list in N C count v cdlirinls insiste*
on their prim- claims bill wen
willing to i( lin^ui-ili thcni if Ihei
4 countv was reimbursed in whol
or in pari Ihe $500 or $000 Ibn
had been expended for ni' diea
; Attention, guards, board, etc , fo
tho wounded men. The State o;
South C trolina, it teoius, was uu
willing to share in this expense
Saturday Gov Hoyward wrot
Gov Glenn that J or tho present h
would relinquish tho claim of this
State for tho yeggmen,it appearinj
that North Carolina had tie bes
case igninst them, and on Monday
the North Carolina Govornor dc
cidod to hold them to answer li
the charge of carrying concoalo<
weapons in Anson county.
The prisonets, both of theui
are now testing in tho county jai
and their wounds are healing
rapidly. O'Day who was she
through and through, and wbosi
recovery was for a time exceed
ingly doubtful, isdoing well.
Memorial DayToday,
May lOtli, is Memoria
Day, and it will, as usual, tx
appropriately observed in Lan
caster, the exercises being con
ducted under the auspices o
the Daughters o( the Confed
oracv Capt W. II. Rives wil
act as marshal of the day. Thi
exsreises will he hold in tho at
ternoon, in the court house. Be
tvveen the hours of 4 and 5 o'
clock the I) tughtars will presen
Crosse* of Honor to those Vet
erans who have not receivoc
them. The memorial exercise
proper will begin promptly a
5 o'clock, the programme bein|
as follows :
Prayer, by Dr. Boldridge.?
Address, by Rev. R. E. Turn
ipseed.
Roll-call of t\ie Dead, by Oapt
Rives, Marshal of the day.
Music for the occasion will b<
furnished by Prof. ITerndon.
At too conclusion of the exor
ciaes the procession will be form
ed and marched to the cemetery
where the graves of tho dead sol
diers will be decorated witl
flowers.
Anr?ual2Meeting o? the Pres
Dyierian Aid SocietyTho
Ladies' Aid Society of th
Presbyterian church will hob
its annual raeetiug Thursday
afternoon at four o'clock, at th(
residence of Miss Olivia Era
raons. The following progran
has been prepaiod for tho occa
sion :
Prayer, by Dr. Eraser.
1 Singing of a flyran.
Roll cull, to be answered wit!
Scripture verses.
' Discouragement and Ditticu
ties in Heathen Lands, by Mrf
1 W. McD. Brown.
Encouragement and Pro*
pects.by Miss Olivia Eraraons.
> Missionary Hymn, The Soul1
(1*., ,...-1 O i
uij, iiuu who oftvior ? /vniwoi
by Mrs. Chalmers Eraser,
i Free Will Offering.
' Refreshments.
?
M Teachers' Examination\
\
I j The regular examination <
applicants for teachers' certil
i cates will he held on Friday
May 19, 1905, commencing at
x o'clock, n. m., at Lancast<
> court house.
5 W.M.MOORE,
J ^ Co. Sup't. of Ed.
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0 A Becoming Hat
e is u woman's pride and perplexit
1 It is her orido to worr il lint* nn
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% plexity to select It. It if onr ail
t to increase her pride and decreas
y her perplexity. Our millinery
Ail Becoming.
' There isn't a hat in our colle<
tion that you could call homely
* And there isn't ono that yo
' wouldn't vear with pride. Yo
* may thiuk all this heauty must t
* expensive. Come ami see ho
0 mistaken you are in that idea.
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Wepive away ono beau
tifill piece of China with eac
$5.00 cash purchase in our Dr
Goods department.
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State of South Carolina
- COUNIY OK LANCASTER
'* RY J E Stewmau, Ksiiuire. Proba
Judge.
WHERE AH, J no A Millei ami L
i. Lazenby made suit to me, to grai
tlieni Letters of Administration of tl
estate of and elFecta of R F Miller
a THESE ARE THEREFORE
cite and admonish all and singular t)
kii dred and Creditors of the said R
Miller, dece sod. that they he and a]
pear before me, in*?l!i > Court of Pi
i* bate, to he held at Lancasier. 8 C, c
Friday May 12th next after publit
? tion thereof at 11 o'clock in 1 lie foi
[. noon to show cause if any they hav
why the said Adniidistration shou
0 not he j*run ted
Given under nw hand this 29 day i
April Anno Domini. 19C5
J E Htewnaan.
Judge of Probate
6 Notice of Election.
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j Whereas one third of the Frc<
holders and one-third of tli
. Electors, residing in Dixie Scho*
- District No 17, in Lancaster con
Q ty, State of South Carolina, ha\
petitioned the County Board 1
Education to order an election i
said school district to dccic
whether or not a special tax
four (4) mills shall be levied c
h all real and personal property
said Dixie School District, No 1
j. for school purposes.
Notice is hereby given that J
election be held, by the trustc
of said school district on Satn
day, May 16, 1905, at Dix
school house in the said srhn
'a district, they giving at least tv
r weeks notice in a county newsp
per and by posting notices
three public places in said schc
district.
At which election only su
electors as return real or pcrso
al property and who exhibit thi
tax receipts and registration c<
tificatcs as required in the gcnci
5. election should be allowed to vol
Within ten days after said el<
' tion is held, the board of trustc
shall notify the County Auditor
ir the result of same.
W. M Moore,
H E Coffey,
Members Co Hoard Ed.
April 22. 1905.
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llfiliiHiiiu ill' to
In the very lies)
ket grown seed II
T(yES, If ed T
White Bli, Peer
Hebi'tiii and other
ces, Onion Sets ai
at MACKO
WHY Ever) Man and Wnn
: The NeW 1
, 1"^ e cause it in the strongest compan
f^et ausc its policies protect ono nnl
r' "because it bus over 390 million ass
u
(J ocauso it has over 380 millions Hi
J^ecaiise it paid in dividends in 190
^ecnuseit is purely mutual. It Im
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Because its assotts belong to the p
ecause it does not invest in stocki
ecause its policies contain only
^ premium "
y
ecause the insuiod loaves to his wi
Ba law suit,
ecause its policies are incontestuh
Because it paid in 1004 #40,000,C
ecause it is the best estato you ct
ecause it gives you the best prot
for the nionoy.
lecnuse you can't atford to carry anyt
best.
Call on J. E. BL ACK MON of L
plication.
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Kvcry week brings greater bargai
no fear of Competition. We know
Class Merchandise and that we alwa
te cheaper than our Competitor, the ev
C crease in our business, our motto he
wsite mm
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^ 72 inch White Organdie worth 401
ro 36 inch White Organdie in 10 to :
on any market, our price per yard 1
re 44 inch Pcrsion Lawn in white 01
Id yard 25c.
44 inch Pcrsion Lawn, in white o
of
yard 20c.
We still have a few more of thos
Lawns that we arc making such a nt
M i
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Wo arc showing great bargains in
i0 of Vallcncine laces arc complete, an
sec how cheap they arc going. We
in to 1 5 c.
^ ah ? lino Af nil Atfot* T 4-1%^
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a little cheaper than our Compctitoi
5 SKIB
1 We arc showing a line of sample
in the price is one third off the regulai
'7 other fellows out when it comes to
SIMMER 1
ir Hig job in Serge Coats and odd
ie price as long as they last, $1.95.
2.50 rants, our price as long as
vo 2.00 Pants our price as long as t
>a- 1.75 Pants our price as long as t
at Our 150 Pants is a hummer and
?ol them at 1.00 per pair.
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Sec our Millinery if in need of n
prices arc so reasonable that you v
I'll take that one.
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ork L(ife. >
y in tlio world,
ilion families,
etts.
asorvo Fund.
4 over $5,900,000.
,s no capital stock
olicy holders.
5 and industrial securities.
one condition "payment of
i low or estate a legacy and not
le and nonforfeitable.
100 to its policy holders.
hi leave to your ftruily.
ection and invostmeut combined
king else when you can get tho
ancaster and give him your apsasasaaaaasasaaaaasas
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ns at our store. We have
that we only handle first
,ys make the price a little
ddence of this fact is the inmost
square dealing to all.
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r? All I* Afi An Ann f U
w. w%?? ^Iliu
20 yard pieces Worth 20c
:oc.
ily, threat bargains, at the
nly, great bargains, at the I
e short length 10c. White
>isc with at 5c per yard.
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1 Laces this week. Our line
d you will be surprised to
have them from 2c. the yard
iy are beauties and the price
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Skirts that arc beauties and
r price, so that itist leaves the
what is your price.
Pants. 3.00 Serge Coat our
they last, 1.75.
he last, 1.48.
hey last, 1.25.
we arc making a noise on
mi
my thing in this line, as our
/ill have to say, put it in a box,
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