: Usal Matters
??n??i ? ? n? i ii i in? i?
? "A'o are moving into tlie Gan
son store aud offer the same good
bargains that wo have for the last
two weeks.
Bennett Grocery Co.
?Died, Sunday, 30' h July
1Q05, the infant child of Mr. and
Mrs II. 1\ Stogncr of the Autioch
section.
? Vlr. George Gamble, o f
Wildwnod, Fla., visited relatives
in this county this week.
? Mrs. J. C. Edwards is visiting
her parents in Chesterfield county.
It . 1 *
? n'.iyior s candy fresh from
the factory. J B Muckorell.
? Mr?. T. S. Carter and daHghtcr,
Miss Kssic Jones, arc visiting
relatives at Kershaw and Plesant
Plain.
? ?Mr. Crockett McMurray is
on a visit to his father, Mr. T.
W. McMurray of Jacksonhnm.
?Mr. W. J. Cnnninghatn went
over to Rock Hill yesterday to
attend the funeral of Mr. J. .1. ,
Hull.
? Miss Leslie Johnson is visit- (
ing relatives at Asheville, N. C. ,
? flower Pots all sizes, shapes
and forms, from 5 gallons down
to quarts. J B Maekorcll.
Mr. Trenholm Ilasscltiuo, of i
Florida, iR visiting his sisters,
Mrs. E. C. Lanier and Mrs. W. 1
M. Crawford, at this place. <
There will bo no preaching at <
Union Baptist church the second
Sunday in August. ;
S. N. Watson, pastor.
?Three lets with dwellings, 1
also vacant lot on Elm Street for 1
sale Apply to l\ S. Carter Agent. 1
? Mr. and Mrs. L . J. Perry (
have returned from a visit to the ,
former's daughter ai Bamberg.
?There will not be any Bervi- j
( ces at Unity next Sabbath. The 1
pastor is assisting in a meeting nt ;
Back creek, N. C., this week. t
?Rev. .1 H Boldridge, O. D., t
will preach a special sermon to t
the Jr. O. U. A. M., in the first t
Baptist church at II a. m., next ?
Sunday. All members of the or. '
der are requested to meet at their '
cull at 10 a. in. sharp. The public
is invited. "1
Miss l'earl Fewell went to
Lancaster yesterday to spend n
tew days with relatives.?Rock /
Hill Herald. a
? Miss Rosa Burnett is visit- o
ing friends in Lancaster. She t
also expected to visit Catawba, t
Losslic and li?ath Springs before
returning homo.?Rock uill Herald.
c
Married. ?t this place, Sun- iV
day,?July 30th, I905, by Magis- *
Irate L* J Berry, Mr. Bunyan v
Gregory and Miss Annie Mother- F
shed, daughter of Mr. Jas. it. ^
Mothershcd of the Creak section. 1
?The visitors from Chester 1
fc
who came over on the excursion ^
run by tho Springstein band Sat- ii
urdny apparently enjoyed them. A
selves while here. The music discoursed
by the band on the court
house lawn wus a fine treat for the
large crowd attracted by it. The rI
game of ball between the Lancaster
and Chester team which prom- 1
ised to bo very interesting was
broken up by u ccavy shower of .
rain in the third inning. The ox
cursionists, numbering about four
hundred, returned home at lo p
m. e
? Xtr. M arion Stokes, who had a
accepted the principalship of the ^
Van Wyck school has resigned
on account of ill houlth, and c
the school is in need of a teacher. n
g
Mr Stokes is now undor treatment
in Asheville, and it was upou p
the advice of his physician that
ho his decided not to traeh 1
44 tho present year.
OAWTOHIA. 1
. -V Bears tba K'nd You Hevo Always BfiUgH
*1'' - ; "r*
f
? Lost! Monday night, a pock*,
cl hook containing my pass to
Jacksonville F.a., trainman's 10
coipts and truveling card. Finder
will be rewarded by leaving at
Ledger office, or returning to (Jr.
T. (luzeltino.
' ?About20o phonos were burned
out at the telophono otlico by
the electric storm of last Friday
night
?For rout oroxclringj! I will
soli on easy terms or exchange
for good farm near town of Lancaster
ono two-story six-room
dwelling, situated in good com
tminily on Main street, two blocks
from centre of town. 'Apply to J
J Bluckmon. lm.
?The annual basket picnic of
Cedar camp, VV. O. W., will come
oft at tho r hall at Van Wyck August
iGth. All neighboring camps
their families and friends are cor
diully invited. At tho sanio time
and place an educational rally
wiil take place. State Su.pt. of
Educatiou Martin, Hon. 1). E.
Finloy nnd Hon. J. \V Hamcl
arc oxpq^ted to make addresses
on education and several speakers
have been invited to make addressoaon
wooncraft. Everybody
is expected to bring well tilled
baskets.
Serious Accident
M iss Minnie Scttlemyre, daugh
ter of Mr H G Scttlemyre, of the
cotton mill, met with a serious
accident last Saturday night.?
She with a number of others was
accompanying some ol the Chester
excursionists to the depot that
night when she and the young
man accompanying her, thinking
they were followiug the railroad
track to the depot, walked off at
the end of the coal chute of the
L & C railroad, falling a distance
of about ten feet. Both were i nurcd
but the young man's injures
were not serious, and he was ,
ible to go on to bis home in Chcs
er, but the young lady had to be .
aken home in a buggy and yes- (
erday was taken to Chester to ?.
he sanitarium for treatment. Her ;
pine seems to have been badly
njured by the fall and the attendn<r
physician fears paralysis.
rho Taxable Property in Lancaster
County.
We are indebted to County
Auditor Cook for the following
tateroent, showing the amount
f property assessed for iaxaion
in Lancaster county for
he year 1905 :
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Nnmber Value
torses 796 $ 11,793
nttle 5200 48,310
[ulos 3153 179,975 .
beep and Gouts 327 330
[<vs 3153 7,150
/fitches, etc 220 3,000
ianos ami Organs 370 11,160
chicles 2891 15.730
togs 1938 9,090
Icrchunliso 117,355
Incbinory, ate 125,195
looeys nnd Credits 11.800
lank Returns 09.080
UHuranco Reininn 01,000
,11 other property 105,685
Total il.2C4.185
teal Estate 1,374,300
tail road Property 26 0,930 U
Grand Total $2,815,413 8
'oUl of all property 19J4 2,003,825
acrc-ase over lust year $ 151,59 >
'oils assessed 1905 3792
" 1904 3309
Notice of Election.
1'nnmant to an act of the Legislature un
lection will be held at tho following
laces, viz: Laucuster C. H., Heath Springs <1
nd Kershaw on the second Tuesday in
LUgnst, 1905, for tho purpose of electing a
ottor. weigher for each of the above named
ilacet Polls open at 8 o'clock a. in, and 4
ioHo at 4 o'clock p. in. All qualified voters t
re entitled to vote. The foil .wing mrum- j
ers are appointed;
Lancaster. O. 11 ?J BCoutir, It J liar
ier. W II Canthou.
lleath Springs?D \V Hendrix, M I. (
leckham J 11 CreighloD
Kershaw?11 F Hilton, \V T Illackmon,
lenry Horton.
By order ot Board of County Commis*
rs. m. o. Gardner,
Co. Supervisor.
m
Disastrous Hail Storm
A very destructive hail st<u ;
visited the Western portion ofthi:
county last Saturday afternoon
it passed over an area two mile:
wide by about 3 miles long anc
in its path great damage has beer
done to crops. Those who snl
fercd the greatest losses arc: II M
Gooch, R B Snwell, W T Ballard
W E Wilson , E B Roddy, Leroy
Springs, Wm, Iluntcr, L'bus. C
Hunter, Willie Sowcll, IT. W
Bell, }. Q. Connor, Mrs. L. J.
Connor, II. J. Beckham, J. A.
Williams, Win Ferral, T. 1". Culp,
F. P.Giles and others.
Mr. H. H. Gooch was the heaviest
loser, his loss being cstimntet
at from $4,000 to $5,000. \V<
bavo been told by several that it
one field of 45 acres Mr. Good
conld not possibly make a poum
of scod cotton to the acre. Tlio
stalks arc hr.ro of leaves and broken
oH a few inches above tin
ground in this particular field.
If ho averages a bale to tho plow
on his 26 horso farm I10 will dc
much better than his neighbors
prodict.
Annual Meeting of Tirzali
Bible Society.
The Tirzih Biblo Society held
its 4VJU1 annual meeting last
Saturday. The attoudanca was
unusually large and the addresses
highly entertaining and instructive.
The orator of the occasion
was the Rev. Geo. H.
Atkinson, nf Monroe. An address
was also made by the Rev.
T. H. L i w, agent of the American
Bi'olo Society. The collection
amounted to $17G.G0. The
following were made life members
of the Amorcicun Bible Society
: R-v. Goo. H. Atkinson,
Rev. J. W. Little, O. M. Sanrlers,
Mrs. M. A. Steele, Mrs.
Lou Robinson. Sixtoen persona
were made life members of the
Pirz ih Society.
The old officers were re elected
is follows : R N Nisbet, prcsiJcnt;
T B Nisbet, vice-president;
I L Walkup, secretary; T VV
VIcMurray, treasurer, and R J
3cllc, librarian.
uili. O 3E*. 1Z .
ftjara the ^ YOU Haia Always BOHgW
ae?T"
1 j.v r'i/M
Y| , it;
Willi
COST I
In order to-reduce our stock we
intil further notice. Wo don't in
;oods. We mention a few items
$1 Shirts 75c, 50 cents shirts 3
hod's 50c shirts ?job?at 25c.
$10 Suits $7 50. $7 50 S
MEN'S
That cost us fi
fou can pick them at these prices,
loublo knoo Overalls at 38 cents.
Some big bai
i?'oods, colored a
Laces, Kml>roi<l<
Don't wait till
5(1 over. Sale 1)
FUND!
i u! Springs Is Not In It.
>
l'lio Lancaster Capitalist Denies
s hia Responsibility for Certain
1 Statements Mmlo About
v Him.
1 Special lo News and Courier.
? Line i-stcr, July 29. ? it was
tinted in the Uennetlsvillo correspondence
of The News an d
Courier this week that Col Lcroy
1 Springs, of Lancaster, is thought
I to he the party with whom "the
' Pages are negotiating for the
sale of the Chester field and Lan
caster Railroad, which extends
I from Chcraw to Ruby," Accor :
ding to the same authority Col
1 Springs is credited with having
' made tho statement that ho would
* build a million Dollar-cotton mill
at Chcraw in the event a boat
- line should be put on the Pce-Dec
; up to that point.
W neu asked about these reports
Co! Springs informed your cor1
re-p indent that he know nothing
' whatever about thorn, cxcopt
what lie had seen in tho papers.
It appears, therefore, that tho
Beuuctsvillo writer has been niisirtfn?'IMl>/l
" r-. P.... ? '1- ' *
..v-u, ovy uti uo v>wi opriDg'B
connection with the ponding rail;
rond deal, and the proposition
i to build a mill at Chcravr is con
, cernetd.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
I
FOR COTTON WEIGHER.
I hereby announce myself a can
didatc for reelection to the office
of public cotton weigher at Lancaster,
SC. " J F Nisbet.
1 hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Public
Cotton weigher at Lancaster C II.
A J Baily.
FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT
HEATH SPRINGS.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for tho ollico of Public
Cotton Weigher at Heath Springs,
S. O. A L Mobloy.
IT'S A GOOD SIGN
and tells where wo aro located. ]
It caught the oyo of this young
miss and pleases hor. She is 1
already on hor way to our place
to purchase i
A 1)111CSS PATTERN OR TWO.
It's our dull season and things J
aro cheaper than usual. Specill
drives all along the line in
dry goods is unloading our big ^
stock. Buy something and get
a benefit. (
iams-IIuglies Co.
SALE! !
r
V.
are going to sell goods at first cost 1
itond carrying over any Summer I
to show you we mean business. ^
8c, 25c shirts 10c. Ton dozen 3
nits $5. #5 Suits $3 75.
PANTS, I
oin 88c to 84., }
Wo still have a few dozen 5oc. ^
C
rgains in white 1
lid wliitc lawns,
erics, etc.
the best is pick- ?
oirins nrtw c
w i*n * -KJL \/ f f
f
>urs to Please,
SBBUBK CO
SPECIAL 1
JIY PRICES ARE AS CHEAP I
Quick Sales, Sho;
r-VFor Fancy Stuff, 1 have the lino Kill
arc the best that are made.
All kinds of Canned Goods and Field
and excursions lean supply your wiui-?
China, Crockery and
1 have a full iino and can please you boll
Come to sec my 5 ai
%/
counter. He sure t<
test?closes on Aug- !
Yours,
J B JWACKO
WHY Everir Man anil Wiman
The NeW Yoi
Becuuse it is tho strongest company in t
orauso its policies protect ono million I
ectinso it litis over 300 million usscUs.
Because it has over 3S0 millions Lloscrvt
ecauso it paid in dividends in 100 1 ovc
ecnuse it is purely mutual. It lias no
Because its assotts belong to the policy
ccauso it does not invest in stocks and
ecause its policies contain only one
premium "
ecauso tho insuicd leaves to hi- \vi 1 i .
Ba law suit,
ecauso its policies are incontestable an
Because it paid in 1004 #40,000,000 to
ocuuse it is tho best estate you can lea
ecauso it gives you tho best protectioi
for the money.
Because you can't afford to carry anything
best.
Call on .J. 10. BLACK MON of Lancis
plication.
EBtsr;: ss*:- 7*1 z&zscis. tc; :
SATURDAY AND
On Saturday and Mon
dollar's worth you buy fi
refund you 10c of the am
words, if you buy $1.00 1
pou 90c; if you buy $5.00
|>4.50 and so on. In addi
;ral discount, we will mt
;losest prices ever made i
xood ioc colored lawns, for Saturday and !\
iood 15 and 20c colored lawns, for Saturda
oc 40 inch white lawn for Saturday .and Mo
rood fast colored Calicoes, for Saturday and
iood 8c curtain Scrim, for Saturday an i Mr
iood 9c Bleach, for Saturday and Monday (
iood 8c Bedtick, for Saturday and Monday
'ull 3 yard lace Curtains, worth $1.50, for S u
'ull 2 1-2 yard lace Curtains, sold for 89c,
iood 8c apron ginghams, for Saturday and
6 inch white Homespun, for Saturday and 1
iood 6 1-2 checked Homespun, for Saturda
- ??,1 i.:_, c c.? 1? 1 ** - - 1
iuuu sinri lur oaiurudy ana lUOnaay 39
iood 50c shirt, for Saturday and Monday, ;
iood $1.50 Parosol, for Saturday and Mond
iood $1.50 Rugs, for Saturday and Monday
,adies' 10c Hose, Saturday and Monday 7c,
'ull size ladies' petticoat, sold for $1.00, Sa
loys 25c straw hats, Saturday and Monday
5ovs 15c straw hats Saturday and Monday
iood 75c Corsets, Saturday and Monday, 4:
iood 50c Corsets, Saturday and Monday, 2j
iood 5c Pearl Buttons, Saturday and Mond
len's 50c elastic seam Drawers, Saturday a
This is only a few of
jains that we are offering
lays. Be sure and be on i
orget to ask for your libe
E. E CLC
rOTICE
IS CAN BE MADE.
rt Profits!
r'-i IVo.-erves and Jollies
es, for Summer ric-ntcGlass
Ware
1 in price and quality.
lid 10 cents
> see my eon
>7
C ?
' ' U $*xi? S llm*
Should Insure in
iv L4fe.
lio world,
families.
3 Fund,
if ^5,1)00,000.
capital stock
holders.
industrial securities.?
condition "payment of
or ostato a legacy an I not
<1 nonforfeitable.
its policy holders,
vo to your iV"iily.
1 and investment combined
else >vhon you can ?ret the
ter and ^ive him your ap:czsl"
isr ar A; usams.
MONDAY.
.day, for every
om us we will
Lcunt. In other
worth, it costs
if isnnin -
, 1L Lo )'UU
tion to this libike
some cf the
in Lancaster.
Ionday, 4 \-2 c.
y and Monday 9 1-4C.
nday, 9 1-2 c.
1 Monday, 4 c.
mday, 4 1-22.
i 7-8c.
4 3"4C?
:ur 1 ty an 1 Mon lay $1.10
50C.
Monday only 4 1 -2 c.
Vic nday. 4 3-4C.
y and Monday, 4 1-20
!QC.ny,
98c.
, $1.10.
turday ami Monday, 69c.
15c.
1 oc.
Sc.
)C.
ay 3c.
n 1 Monday, 42c.
the good barfor
these two
land, and don't
:ral discount.
)UD
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