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GARNERED WITH SC1SSBBS News From Withlu and Without tlie County.CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Sorne^tems of Fact, Some of Comment and All Helping to Give an Idea of What Our Neighbors Are Saymc, and Doing. Lancaster Citizen, November 27: A real estate deal in which considerable interest maintains, was consummated luiday morning: '.hen John C. Edwards bought from Mr. L. C. Pnyseur the ! .... \loin alwnt 11 n \V IjOfll- ! 5iui f luimi *?n . (<?in .m w ? ..w .? pied l>y J. B. Mackorell's store. This ! is one of the best located buildings in i town. Mr. Edwards bought as an in- j vestment^ and Mr. Mackorell will con- i linue to occupy the building. The consideration is said to have been $10,000 Mrs. Connie D. Heath suffered a broken nose and other bruises as a result of an automobile accident Saturday night, when the delivery truck of the Lancaster bakery, driven by Mr. Ballard, collided with the car driven by Mr. Chauncey Gregory, in which Mrs. Heath was a passenger. Mrs. Heath and her little son. Earle, were returning from Columbia with i Mr. Gregory and Miss Leila Gregory, j The accident Occurred in the portofflce block of Main street. None of the ' other passengers were Injured and i: r.eitheh of the cars was'badly damaged. | t-TFire of unknown origin destroyed; the store ^nd meat market'of C. C. | Dabney in Brooklyn about 4 o'clock this morning. Practically all of the woodwork about the building and the j stock of goods was destroyed. Coming j at that time on Monday morning when j the building had been unoccupied since i Saturday night, incendiarism is suspected, though no clue to the origin of j the fire has been discovered Mr. , D. E. Boney of York, organizer and president of the Farmers' Mutual In- 1 suranee companies operating in York ! and Lancaster counties, was on last ; Friday re-elected president of the j State Association of, Mutual Insurance 1 - companies at Columbia. Mr. Bright i Williamson of Darlington, was elected vice president, and E. H. Wehman of i Charleston, secretary and treasurer. Dr. M. B. Humphries and Mr. E. Malley Ferguson are in Fennell In- j firmary. Rock Hill, and Miss Frances Anderson Is in the Charlotte sanatorium, while Mr. J. M. McCaskill and a Mr. Clements are at their homes in the mill village, suffering more or less serious injuries as a result of an automobile collision Sunday afternoon on the Camden road one mile south of! town. Gaffney Ledger, Nov. 28: The Caffney.High school football team came in forjpti good deal of attention Friday night, when they were guests on two separate functions given in their honor. They were tendered a surprise supper given by Mrs. Victor Lipscomb, and ! later entertained at a reception at "West End, given by the young ladies of ,the high school For the fox hunt to be staged one day this week, H. H. Daniels and Wade Humphries I have made all arrangements and are | only ..waiting the arrival of the fox, i which is an uninjured one caught in j the mountains of Kentucky. "We are going to have a dandy race and hunt," i ~*u TViniois "Already there are over twenty dogs entered and we have applications for other entries. Our fo\ is delayed in coming, owing to the distance, but lie is guaranteed to give our dogs the run of their lives. We propose to stage the race in a section where the dogs will have to do some sure enough running to catch him. which will be on the W. T. Humphries farm, located 011 the Dravo road. In addition to the James Me Swain dogs, there are several York county dogs entered for the race. Heretofore, out races have been run where the dogs caught their quarry too quickly, hence we .propose to get as many dogs as possible, then have the race whore it - will take front four to six hours steady running to bag the game. Everything )H)ints to a real, genuine old time foxhunt; and say, even the weather man ; is with us." W. G. Eakcr, charged with murder, and Dewey Horn, charg <?d with homicide, were acquitted last Friday and Saturday. Several other I ca^s were disposed of. Eaker faced the charge of murder in connection ' with the death of Columbus Petty, which occurred a short while age following an automobile accident. The evidence showed that under the circumstances the accident was unavoidable. Dewey Horn, on Atuil 22nd shot Miss Fannie Crenshaw. She lingered untjl the middle of July when death ensued. It seems that Horn was cleaning a revolver when it exploded, the bullet striking the girl. The evidence, in this case was to the effect that the shooting was an accident and under the circumstances could not he helped. A very pretty home wedding took place at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. E. W. Humphries 011 tfic 24th of November at 4:31) o'clock when Mis3 Altic Humphries became the bride of Mr. Daniel D. Walker. Chester Reporter, Nov. Z7: Chester county ginned 10.7&2 bales of cotton up to November 14. according tu figures released Saturday by Mr. W. 1*. Marion, as compared with 22,577 bales for the same period the preceding year. The body of Mr. T. L. Lewis, who, died Thursday night at local hospital, was taken to Winnsboro Friday and in- 1 terreri, the funeral s< rvic being conducted by Dr. Oliver Johnson, pastor of the Winiuhoro A. It. P. church Mr. Augustus H. Wes'orlund and Miss Sarah Ethel King, two of Chester's' popular, young people, surprised their many friend yesterday afternoon when they mob-red nut to the home of It- v. J. If. Yarborough-, and-were united, in marriage .....There was never a more flagrant miscarriage of justice in the courts of South Carolina, as inio.uitous as have been some verdicts in the old Palmetto state, tha'n the decision c-f the I football committee at Anderson last . week, when by a proces * ol mental '( meandering that disregarded and evad- j1'1 ed facts and logic and was completely liinus anythiig thai rtsciitbled fair-! ness and justice, the committee arriv-!ct' ed at the conclusion tliat Douglas jm' Nims is eligible to play high school a foothali in South Carolina under the rules which' declare that no playet is j ni eligible to participate in the athletic contests of the Association who has ever taken part in athletic contests l^c for any remuneration/or compensation 1,1 whatsoever except prizes. Something was said about the rules of the asso- U{ ciation not being retroactive, which: was introduced plainly and simply to muddy the waters, as it is a known ! ('c I nij fact that Nims has played baseball for; 11 years for financial compensation, and , ^ ( -m ?r ;? Jin nmiM p-ei ineludinc; the,'1'' past summer, whereas the rules of the 1 association are certainly two years old , so at least.. Representatives of York. :',c Ch'-ster and Fairfield counties, including citizens of Fort Mill, Rock Hill, Chester, Woodward, White Oak. and , ov other towns along: the route, met at the ; Carolina Inn in Chester Friday and or- ? gnnized the York-Chester-Fairfield J M County Highway Association, which l'< has for its primary purpose the construelion of an up-to-date highway be- m twecn Charlotte and Columbia, via the j towns mentioned, which is to be known ; as tlie Carolina Short Line Highway ! St und after that the improvement of the t(> entire road system of the three counties ' hr involved. Officers were elected as ful- j lows; President, A. L. Gaston, Chester; * ' Vice Presidents, Dr. W. W. Fennel!, T. J or B. Spratt,v John t. Roddey, Ycrk; MJt Robert Gage and E. R. Lucas, Chester; 3C and Cordon Johnstone, W. M. Pat sick, tr and B. H. Hey ward, Fairfield; Secre- ,Jl tary and Treasurer, H. S. Adams, Chester A marriage of much interest to a large circle of friends war, ^3 that of Miss Mary Louise Hunter and 1,1 Mr. John G. Latimer, performed*Thurs- ^ day evening at Purity Presbyterian n manse by Dr. Flournoy Shopperson. Tc te fc Chester Reporter, Nov. 30: We un- ^ dorstand that the Monroe Hardware m Co., of Monroe, N. C., has about con- , e eluded all arrangements for opening a }1( branch (wholesale) in Chester. It is a| likely that the new concern will be j,; located in the quarters in the Crosby ni building on Gadsden street now used w for cotton storage purposes. Mr. Frank ol L. Marshall, who went to Monroe re- v< cently to work for the Monroe Hard- 53 ware Co., will have charge of the ware- si house here when the Chester branch is 13 opened -...Chester will have no 28 football game tomorrow for the first er Thanksgiving Day in several years, ar but will not keep some of the T fans from seeing a game, as a goodly cc njimbcr will accompany the Chester te team to Shelby, X. C., while others ox- m pect to go to Clinton and see the of 1*. C.-Newberry game The Chester te High School football team will play its last game for the season Thanksgiving Day at two p. m. with the strong Shelby, N. C., eleven on the hitter's t grounds. Superintendent Brockman made every effort to secure a game for the Chester grounds, but was nn- m successful. Shelby made a nice financial offer for the game, and will come f0 here next fall for a return game, hr Shelby was in the championship fight ca in North Carolina until a few days r. ago when eliminated by Monroe Mr. Frank L. Whitlcck, who has be. i fr in charge of the Virginia Life Insur- n< a nee Co.'s Chester branch for seyeral tii years, has turned down a very line of- th fer from the company to go to Detroit, al .,?.i ?Vi.n.i?n r\f n(UM<olinn? ?? Mil II., <i|IU tmu^v u? vj/v? m.vi..' tll there. Mi*. Whitlock was offered n very flattering salary, and the position tv also holds out most alluring prospects w; of rapid advancement in the matter of ei; emolument: but Mr. Whitlock decided, after tiiinking the proposition over carefully, that he would rather remain h< in Chester, where he has always lived 0:. cud for which le has a warm attach- ? meat. Mr. Whitlock has had phenom- | cnal success since going with the Yir- (( ginia Life Insurance Co., several years : ago, and at any time he desires to ! nu ke a change a substantial promo- ' lion awaits him.. There are a mini- j her of cases of flu in Chester: but the , disease is of a mild type compared J with the flu of four years ago, j though several have been rather tinwell with the disease for a day or two. i \t a meeting of the directors of j il:< Baldwin Mills yesterday afternoon th a n eolation was offered and adopted * to submit a resolution to the stock- '*!? CO holders recommending that the com-j6t im 11 stock of the mill be increased ac from $400,UCO to $800,000, or a stock ,c0 dividend of 100 per cent be declared. Wednesday, December 27th, is the F1 time fined for the meeting of stock- fj holders to vote upon their resolution. The White Bank will move into its new quarters in the old .\. C. j ? Fisch< 1 stand soon. This building, \v! : >i pt;i cl: used by the White I 1 Bank ai ?ut two years ago, is being g suitably re-modeled on the interior, I and will make most acceptable head- JI quarters for the bank. The White j Bank's present quarters will lie oc- j ( ntiinl \v.;lhin the no\'t few WOC-kS by Miss 1-ola bowman, of Newberry, who will conduct .*? ladies' furnishings.. The home of Warren Hrice, colored, on the Columbia road about six mile.; from Chester was entered Monday about noon i i! no one was at home, * : ik1 a consider: ble quantity of cloth- >1 ing end other effects stolen. From ^ the vty the marauder or marauders J lr.d rume.gcd around, i! was evidently, money that they were wanting most. I ..Man Inge licenses as follows 1" ve been issued tliis week from the ' offie< of ,1 uege of Probate A. \V. Wise: Mr. Thov. lirooks and .Miss Nannie | q BRITAIN'S LABOR LEADER (Continued From Page One.) Sessional Chairman by a majority | flvo votes over J. It. Clyi.es. IIi? i ( action was due to the solidarity <?f j e Scottish Labor members, who , ted lor him to a man. ' l!y virtue of his position he will heme premier it the present govern- j ( ent falls. This will slightly change ( slate published before election by a ' , mdon Tory paper of the principal , embers of Labor cabinet, if it were | ( i ; ? .1? 1) I>ngfto* I m('(| 111 lilt' llt'UI 1UIUIV. II , J. 1^. Clynes, Premier; Arthur Henrson, Lord of the Privy Seal; Lord , ;il chine, Lord Chancellor; Phillip ; lowdon, Chancellor of the Excheq-I; r; Sidney Webb, Colonial Secretary; < Shaw, Foreign Secretary; fieri ^ llett. Home Secretary; Rantsay Mac- j maid. Secretary for India; J. JI.il lomas, War Secretary; Joseph (l ^dgewood, First Lord of the AdnrYr- [ I ty. ' j In this list MacDonalfl appears as j crotary for India; probably because 11 has written much about F.ritish rule J ere, based upon a trip made on an flcial mission. The caucus vote, how- J ?r, Indicates that ho and not Mr. ij ynos will l?e tiie first Labor Premier. 'J i ( eilon, both of Chester; Mr. Fain ( er.rson and Miss Kttie Sizemore, both >j Croat Falls; and Mr. Espy M. Can- ( <n. ot Concord, X. (\. and Miss Viola j Dixon, of Rlnckraock Mr. E. VY. ( i jng, Division Freight Agent of the j 'aboard Air lane, in a recent letter ! th" Chester Chamber of Commerce j id this to say: "We will possibly he >le to locate another industry in (tester soon." The Cnthcart house j i this side of Winnsboro, which has j en a familiar sight for years to pas- j ngers on the Soidhern Railway or ' aveling the Columbia highway, was trned down yesterday morning. : 1 Cleveland Star (Shelby), November !: Mrs. Hetty Lineberger, widow of ie late J. 1). Lineberger, Sr., gave | .000 Sunday to the women of Cenal Methodist church who have agreed i undertake to raise funds with which erect a handsome new parsonage ir the church pastor .. .The Shelby Igh school football team, which has ade such a wonderful reputation ami ; >coid for itself on the gridiron at )me and abroad, with Coach Curloy . its head?was tendered an elegant tnquet on last Friday evening by ; i i umber of Shelby lover:! of the spori [j ho wished to show their appreciation ;j the team's splendid work in this i] ?!*> substantial Way There arc j < 14 enrolled in the white schools of j ( aelby in the elementary department, ij 15 in the grammer department and |< 1 in the high school, making a total j irollmcnt of 95S; the average attend- | ice is 902, the best in all history. J here are 170 enrolled In the Shelby j ilored schools, with an average at- j > ndance of 115, making a total enroll- , ent in the white and colored schools ? Shelby of 1,223, with an average at- I' ndance of 1.017. j. GERMAN TEACHERS REBEL. ] heir Wages Are Only Five Cents Per Day. ! Objecting to a wage of twenty-three i* arks an hour, the teachers in Col- j. line's continuation schools have strucj; * r more pay. Similar action already!# id been taken by the faculties of votional institutions at Duisburg and * ?sen in Germany. | ] The Cologne staffs include teachers |?i !,? m.MIn cnhnnlo >ers, and expert hand workers. Some me ago they were conceded sixtyroe marks an hour, but their union legos no actual payments were made i this rate. At the prevailing rate of exchange, rcnty-threc marks hourly means a age of less than five cents for an ght-hour day. - San Francisco is to have a general j sadquarters building for all women's sanitations. ___ . , WE FAY YOU TO SAVE"-- | There Is a Feeling "OF COMFORT in the knowiedge jj at no matter what the future has In ; ore for you or your family, you are " eurpd attain** uiint bv a Bank Ac- I! unt. You can enjoy this feeling by ii arting a Bank Account with ua and Iding small amounts to it st you< nvenlence." Mof hickory ! grove HICKORY GROVE. S. C. automobiles \ SOLD BY j :ity motor! company j TiOCK HILL, S. C'. 5 : ppos.'tc P-stofficc. Telephone 231 j j MOTHER IS FOUND.Children Had Hunted for Her Thirtysix Years. A search of thirtv-six yours, which extended all over the railed Slates, aided at Traverse City. Mich., recentv when Mrs. ('. <*. Mohcry of Omaha, Veli., found her mother in the Traverse City state hospital. Misfortune came to the family when ho children were young, and Mrs. Mo- j lery, with two brothers, were sent to i children's home in Kentucky. As soon as she was old enough to bo sent jilt, into the world she started the jrarch for her mother. One of the many cities indicated that "he mother had been plated in the Montcalm county home, but when Mrs. Nlobery visited the county she found f_ L.?? _ ? ! A CHRISTMAS 0IF1 ! A PIANO fo i "i i I lave you ever stopped an | your Christmas (lifts < > ! some member of your far ! of use. We are Exclusive A | makes of Pianos and liav ! floor ! MATHUSHEK WESER BROS. E IvIILTON WE HAVE TWO l THAT ARE IN EXCELLENT COf each, including 25 rolls of Music. I just traded for and you will have ! We also soil EDISON an | chinos and Records; also E Write Us for Anyth We have it or wc fear get it for y^ I our terms will be made to su.t you I W. G. RE IIOCK IIIIJ *:* :* *: *: : To our Friends 1 9 Redemption and Ex Stamps for the Series of : 1323 ; IF YOU'LL 2 Your War Savings Stan $ able to Cash them for you !: JANUAH' *. Z Otherwise you'll have to I; for your money. |: WE JUST ? j; We'd mention this to You Service we are offering to YOU. \ COME IX AXI) rJ ? THE FIRST NATION !; J. H. Sa.ye, President > ** ?* ?*? >% ** *? '< *? M |lilllllflliBtllf!ttHlill(lilltl!IIIUIIIil9UIHllS! Our Fartrii Are Advised That Cotton Growers' C Association Is No\ IT'S A WC nwoni'/Mi inn nii/1 w*r> lifl i ;; lUi" s prove a great thing for t E THOSE F Who arc members of this : vited to do their busine : through tlic BANK OF C "THE OLD I Is always happy to serve i jj fact all of its friends and I blc way. I BANK OF "SOLID AS ; M. L. SMITH, President : JAS. A. PAGE Cashier F = M:ss SALLIE SIFFORD, Ass*. Casl r!I2!lll!S3lll]l!l!I1!ttl!!III!!l]il!!!!Si:il?!lini!! " I that the home and all it? records had ) been burned years ago. She had vague 11 word, however, that her mother had ' been brought to Traverse City by a I I .Mr. Sheldon. Accordingly she wrote to "Mr. Sheldon," Traverse City, and the', letter was delivered to Capt. Karl ! Sheldon of the local lire department. 11 The captain ha-l never heard of the ; case, but the plea of the daughter caused him to take up the search, and he r.t last located the aged woman in ; il.e state hospital. He notified the daughter and she hurried there from i Omaha with her two brothers. --After one year,rind a half 01 Ari zona's board of pardons and paroles, 21ls3 Klsie TmIph declared lhat the , present method of dealing with criminal# is nl! wrong. rarewAMMVMamvMMAAnnnftRxn 1 OF PERMANENCE j r the Family ji d given thought to where >f the past have gone.' jj Whether or not they j jl are still in use or j [ even usable.' A few j ji moments' thought j [ f will reveal the fact j|! most of them have ]! 9 disappeared or else j !j I are no longer useful. J! i I Think then of the per- J Sjl J mancnce of the piano. jj j PP At every Iiour of the J!; day it can be a joy to | nily. It never grows out gents for the following |; e samples of each on our 11 GULBRANSEN | F. RADLE | LYON & HEALY, > USED PIANOS | | EDITION that we wil! sail for $200 ( j These are Pianos that we have to decide quick if you want one. id VICTOR Talking Ma- jjj Sheet Music. ing in the Music Line 5U. Our prices are reasonable and j ? ID & SON jj ,, - - s. c. - v W'v W-X-X* v v v X"X,v*!'v * > > v? i and Customers ! '* . *!' [change of War Savings $ 1918 are Due January 1, ;j; ?KESENT US | 1? i crlif \'mv we'll he i' J - a . promptly on ? ST FIRST I v wait a few (lavs longer X | THOUGHT now in the Iiojjo that the S ould prove a convenience ? | CALK IT OVER. f AL BANK, SHARON f J. S. Hartiless, Cashier : /?* >*i tj? v v vv * ! IIKISIiniMllMllIIIIIillllHCIIIIIIMIIIHHIBIEIM ? 17?J? I kit r nanus ? fche South Carolina; | ooperative Marketing v Functioning. iNDERFUL | eve that it is going to = lie cotton farmers. = ARMER8 | great association are in- p ss with the Association = LOVER. | RELIABLE" | its fanner friends, and in | customers in any possi- = GLOVER 1 A ROCK" | S. A. SIFFOR0, Vice President = . L. McELWEE, Asst. Cashier ' Piier J NO. R. HART, Attorney S! J IH!l!ll!IIIHW!2!l!Umill!illilJIIIIHniUilir 0 I Safe, at Least.?"How's your cam- j l>algp fund coming along?" "Splendidly, in one respect," replied Senator Sorghum. "There is f*> little J i>f it that it can't possibly start any scandal."?Washington Evening Star. P" Ell When You i i ^ * Away IF YOU SHOULD GO i Prom homo you can 1 his Bank as often a IT IS A COMMON THE For people wlio are t to come to 1 he Bank of business, to SEX] MAIL. WHEN WE RECEIVE By mail, wo credit th of the sender. All r are handled in the s Carefully. NO MATTER WHAT S3 You may need, if v( about it, a letter wil without delay. LET US KNOW THE S You need so we can j sidcration. PEOPLES BANK AN C. L. COBB, President J. H. B. JENKINS, Jr. Active Vice President C. W. McGEE, Cashier SAFETY FIRST?SER I ALW jL, Wood Alcohol THESE SNIPPY, CHILLY MORNINGS ARE A WARNING TO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS? THEY SAY IT IS TIME TO INSURE YOUR CAR RADIATOR AGAINST A FREEZE UP AND A BUST UP AND A PAY UP? YOU KNOW THAT RADIATORS HAVE A HABIT OF FREEZING AND FREEZING "BUSTS" THE RADIATORS 4\NO SOMETIMES THE ENGINE JACKET?A SUPPLY OF WOOD ALCOHOL WILL PREVENT FREEZING. IT IS CHEAPER THAN A FREEZE UP. I WILL riA YUUK L/M P\ VYIin WOOD ALCOHOL AT A SPECIAL PRICE?DO IT NOW. 1. H. CARROLL I T[ LOAN & ! BAi V * :> EXISTS AND ] SOLELY FOR 1 I $ That it renders PROTEC | VICE to the public in t | matters. Our object is to S Greatest Possibl ^ A fifiifdn nnA n virl C ? anu K. Our Customers'! WE INVITE YOU? ? ? To give us the oppo ? the same valuable s ? Loan & Sa > Ih N. MOORE, President i J. S. BR ICE, Vice [- rL\ M. PERG I M. E. McC Afraid for His Life.?Blake: "You look worried Jim, and terribly pale. What's the matter?" Drake: "The dealer who sold me my second-hand ear the other day said it would last me a lifetime." Go IWAY? . 'stiil enjoy the Sendee of s you like. miway, or who are too busy during the regular hours I) their business to us by DEPOSITS? em at once to the account equcsts for other Service ;ame way?Quickly and SRVICE? )u cannot come to see us 1 start the ball a-rolling ERVICE? give your affairs due conD TRUST COMPANY J. M. 8TROUP, Vic* President J. T. CRAWFORD, Vice President WM. 8. MOORE, Aset Cashier VICE AND PROGRESS AYS = NEVER WAS 4 A BETTER YEAR THAN THIS YEAR TO SOW WHEAT AND OATS IT IS REPORTED That Farmers of this section are sowing MORE Grain this Fall than ever before. ARE YOU AMONG THE NUMBER? WE BELIEVE IT WILL PAY YOU. FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE FARMERS* BANK Clover, - - S.C. ?ai_a^aia^_a> IE I SAVINGS | NK I ? PROSPERS ? 'HE REASON | !TION and needed SER- I y he handling of financial % provide the t e Convenience, | Jafety in Handling $ Money. ? I i I ri unity of rendering you | vings Bank j I President, X USON, Cashier, ? X)RKLE, Asst. Cashier. ? T