The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 04, 1905, Page 5, Image 5
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?Cotton brought 10J- centon
this market yesterday ; cotton
seed, 21 cents.
?The many Ineeds of Mr.
Latin Hood are pleased to see
him out Again, after his lomr spell
of sickness.
?A ten pound daughter. arrived
at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. B. Watson la>t Wednesday,
the 1st instant.
? Mr. Jeff J. Reeves, of the Pri
ir.us section, tound on one el his
appie trees a good ripe apple on
the 30th ol October.
?Quarterly Conference will be
held at Tabernacle today. Pre
siding Elder Meadors, of Ruck
ilill, will preside.
?The Oakridge school is still
without a teacher. Any one de
siring the predion should com
municate with Mr. W. J. Vaughn,
of Heath Springs.
?Tlie indications are t^at
Monroe will so<>n have another
cotton mill, with a capital of
<$ 100,000. We are not now at
liberty to give the particulars.
\1 A ? VAQ Tan^n i? I
"-VUI. vrw t; v/ui iia> .
?Mr. A. J. Raskins, of the
Creek section, had a good mule
to die Thursday night, of lock
jaw, caused by the animal's getting
a wire nail in one of its
feet a few days ago.
?Master Lewis Roberts, son ol
Mr. S. B. Roberts, ol this county,
was badly hurt Thursday. While
hn.lllimr <<firn I tiiv.i itaii
? p v>x'? ?i i.??v ?? .is,wii 01 i ut?a a
slump, throwing the lad out and
the wagon running over him.
?The town authorities shipped
v-- to Columbia Thursday about If)
gallons of liquor that had been
seized here and in the county.?
The oflicer$ ot the law seem to be
helping out the Anti-Liquor Lea
gue right along.
?The merchants of Lancaster
have signed an agreement to
close their stores between one
and two o'clock next Monday,
on account of the meeting of
the Anl i Liquor League at that
hour. Everyboy is expected to
attend the meeting.
? Misses Cornelia and Hattie 1
Elliott charmingly entertained
a number of their young friends
v Thursday evening. The party
was complimentary to their guest,
Miss Myrtle Funderburk, of Tabernacle.
Refreshments were served
during the evening.
?"The Bill Wild West
^io\v," which gave two per/
./ormances here Thursday, in
the afternoon and at night,drew
a big crowd to town. The day
passed off quietly, no disturt
bances of any kind occurring,
and there was very little evi
dence of whiskey drinking. (
?Miss Florence Patrick closes
her work at Rev. J. Meek
* White at Unity this week and ,
v will open her school at Shiloh
C * next Monday. Miss Patrick is
' a splendid governess and music
teacher. The following young
-ladies have been studying music
under her: Misses. Evalyn
McDow, Adelaide Nelson,Bessie
Plyler,Lilian and Nannie Starns,
Ollie Williams, Stella Mae
Hough and Lois White, and all
have made commendable progress.
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?The mule of Mr. H. H. I
Glooch which had its le^ broken
by a rock thrown bv 9<>me unknown
miscieant, as noted in
Wednesday's issue of The News,
had to be killed. Mr. Gooch
was offered $'200. for the mule
just a few days befoio the animal
was crippled.
More fjqttnr Set zed.
Shnriff Ilnntnr (^nofnhln
James Hunter seized a lot of
liquor, seven gallons, last Tuesday
evening, at kGrace, a station
on the L. & C. road. The wliis
key had been shipped there in
the names of two negroes, and
is said to have been intende 1 for
use at a colored festival. The
stuff h ?s been forwarded to Coin
mbia.
Entertainment t>?/ the l)auf/htern.
There will be an entertainment,
under the auspices of the
Daughters of the Confederacy,
at the graded school auditorium
Friday night after Thanksgiv
ing The p'ay "All Tang'ed
Up" will be presented. The
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i'nn;ccus?io lur me v^oniecierate
monument fund and everybody,
therefore, is expocted to attend.
Carnen itnilejf.
Mr. Thomas D. Carnes, of the
eastern portion of the county,
was married in Rock Hill Wed
nesdav to Miss Nannie Bailey,
daughter of Mr. James Bailey,
of that city. The ceremony was
performed at Mr. Bailey'g home,
by the Rev. Mr. Duncan, pastor
of the Methodist church. Among
those present was Mr. Q. A. J.
Usher, of this county, who accompanied
Mr. Carnes to Rock
Hill.
The bridal partv arrived here
Wednesday on the Southern's
south hound passenger train,
driving out in the afternoon to
Mr. Carnes's home.
3tittslottur)/ Society Meeting
Iii accordance with announcement
made in a previous issue
of The News, the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society ot the
Rock Hill District, South Carolina
Conference, convened here
yesterday, in the First Methodist
church. Tim Society moots
again today, and will not finally
adjourn until tomorrow.
Blakeney-Helms.
A quiet marriage, unknown to
but a tew in advance, took place
at the residence of Mr. C. L.
Helms at Carmel last Wednesday
afternoon. The r.ontr?Mincr
parlies were Mr. Helms' daughter,
Miss Fannie Helms, and Mr.
P. B. Blakeney. Rev. W. R.
Ware performed the ceremony.
Mr. Blakeney is in every way
one of the county's best citizens,
and his bride is a young woman
possessing all the qualifications
to make a happy home.?Monroe
Journal
Fate of Female Balloonist.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 2.?A
special to The State from Anderson,
S. C., says:
Mrs. Maude Broadwick, wife of
Charles Broadwick, an aeronaut
with Riddell's Southern Carnival
Company, fell from a balloon here
this afternoon and was instantly
killed.
PERSONAL
Dr. J. H. Thornwell, of Fort
Mill, whs in town Wednesday.
Editor liamel, of Kershaw,
was a visitor to Lancaster this
week.
Mrs. G. B. Barron has gone to
Bemiettsville to visit her husband.
Uol. Leroy Spring* returned |
from Baltimore Wednesday
night.
Miss Daisy Y<?uup, now o!
Charlotte, visited Lancaster, t hi i
week.
Miss Willie Poovey, ol Fair
field, is vLiting her brother, Dr.
G . W. Poovev.
Mr. II E. Mcllwaiu. of Char
lotte, visited Lane ister, his old
Home, tIlia week.
Mr. C. E. Carter, now of
Charlotte, spent a few days in
Lancaster this woek.
Mr. J. C. Elliott returned
Thursday night from the
Western stock market.
Mr. S. W Heath, president of
the Southern Granite Co., spent
a day or two in Lancaster this
weed.
Mayor Wylie went over to
Rock 11 ill this week to be initiated
into the higher realms of
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mttsuury.
Mr. Mason Brunson, the News
and Courier's popular traveling
representative, was in town yes
terday.
Lite Rev. J. M. White, of Unity,
will attend the meeting ot A.
R. P. Synod in Due West on the
9th instant.
Miss Mayme Mackey, who has
been spending the summer in the
mountains of North Carolina, returned
home t his week.
Mr. Geo. W. Phillips and lam
ily, who have been living in Rock
Hill tor some time, moved back
to Lancaster this week.
Mis. L. C. Payseur returned
from Raleigh yesterday, her sick
daughter, Mrs. Galling, who she
went to see, being much better.
Presiding Elder Meadows, of
Rock Hill, was in town yester
day. He was on his way to
Tabernacle to hold quarterly
conference.
Mr. Claude Thomasson, ol Helmont,
N C., brother of Mr. J. T.
Thomasson, ol this place, has come
to Lancaster to accept a position
with the L. & C. railroad.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Dendy
and little daughter, Elizabeth,
of Kershaw, who have been vis
iting Mrs. Dendy's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. IS. Drennan, at
I Riehhnrrr. nanserl t.hrmnrh trna.
n, i ~"h"
terday morning on their return
home.?Chester Lantern.
The Rev. T. G. Boyce, D. I).,
pastor of Salem, A. R. P.
church, near Momphis, Tenn,
and senior editor of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian, will
arrive in Lancaster today, accompanied
by his wife, to visit
his brother, Mr. E. E. Boyce,
of the Unity section of this
county. Dr. Boyce is expected
to preach for Rev. J. Meek
White at Unity tommorrow at
11 a. ra. His many friends
will be glad to see him and to
L/VA ? L < ?V* ?\MAA AL A ?A ! ?-*
i liurti iiuii jjicav/ii agaiu, I
Fisher and O'Day Again.
Pinkerton Wants Pictures of
the Famous Prisoners?
Says they are Dangerous
Men.
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Pinkerton's National l)etec-|
tive Agency wants pictures o."
Fisher ?nd O'D.iy, recently convicted
here of safo cracking, as
will be seen from the following
letter which Chiel of Police
Hunter has received from the|
agency's Philadelphia ollice :
"With regard to the two safe
burslats (O'JDay and Fisher)
recently sentenced to fifteen
years in the South Carolina
State penitentiary, 1 would be
greatly obliged it you woutd forward
me photographs of these
men, for our criminal records.
Any expense connected with the
same, should he pleased to remit.
1 desire to congratulate you
on the fact of their conviction,
they being (especially Black
burn, al as O'Day) two of the
most dangerous safe blowers in
the South.
Thanking you for the favor of
an early reply," etc.
An effort was made by Artist
Amos to take pictures of Fisher
and O'Day at the time of their
preliminary hearing, but, on
ee. ing his camera, they hastily
turned their heads and pulled
down their hats, making tho
snap-shot an imperfect one.
Chief Hunter thinks Superin
teudent Griffin, of ihe penitentiary,
where the men are now
confined pending their appeal to
the Supreme court, will have
them photographed for the
Pinkertons.
A Runaway.
Mr. T. K, Cunningham
Thrown from his Buggy
and his Collar Bone Broken.
Mr. T. K. Cunningham, one
of Lancaster county's well
known model and successful
farmers, met with a bad accident
Tuesday evening, while
driving through his plantation
near town. His horse became
frightened and ran away, throw
ing Mr. Cunningham out of the
buggy and breaking his collar
bone.
Drs. T. J. Strait and W. M.
Crawford are in attendance upon
Mr. Cunningham, who is now
getting along nicely.
Negro Killed With RockWas
Struck on Head.
Piedmont special to the News
and Courier:
Bunk Good, a negro about 17
years old, was struck in the head
by a rock last night, as he was
returning home from work by a
person or persons unknown. He
died today about 4 o'clock.
The verdict of the coroner's
jury was that the deceased came
to his death from a wound in
tfie head, supposed to have been
inflicted by two white boys,
Charlie Thompson and Rush
Kimball. The latter has been
arrested and taken to Greenville.
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Town Talk
makes bread that excels
in color, in flavor and in
nutrition
BENNETT GROCERY CO.
Weather SHOES
GOOD HF.AVV ?HT TTQ
? ^ v - ? A-.a , A ?JVUUKJ.
The kind that doesn't leak.
The soles are viscolized, making
them absolutely water - proof.
Every pair guaranteed. We
have a full line in Men's, Women's
and Children's that protect
the feet from wet and cold. We
also have a lot of cushion sole
Shoes for those who suffer from
sore and tender feet. Prices to
please.
CHERRY & CO.
shekiff's sale.
Statk ok South Cakoi.ina, )
County ok Lancastkk. 1
Emma A. Small as administratrix of
estate of S. K. Usher, deceased,
plainti IV
vs
Joel K. Usher, J. II, Usher ami others,
I >efendants.
PURSUA NT to the decree of J udjje
Pnrdy.in the above entitled cause,
tiled in the Clerk's otHce September
'27th, 1905, I will sell at public auction,
at Lancaster Court House, S. C.
on the IIrat Monday in November
next, within the le^al hours of sale,
the real estate belonging to the late
Samuel K. Usher, deceased, containing
J42 Acres, more or less,
Situate in Lancaster County, in this
State, and bounded on the North by
lands of John Robinson and H<rain
Steele, on the East by lands of John
Steple, on the South by lands of Billy
Plylerand on the West by lands of
Jackson Usher and Billy Duncan .
These lands will be sold by order of
f hu 1'nnrt of VotiU ?? *' ?" ' -1. ? 2?
y,..r i>, mjwuj >vi \my mi tut- indebted
ness of said estate arid in final
settlement of the same.
Termn of sale CASH. Purchaser
to pav for papers.
JOHN P. HUNTER,
Sheriff, h. O.
It K. Wylik,
It. K. A It. It. Ai.i.ison,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
?ct. 7, 1005. 3-w.
Notice to All Persons Indebted to
Heath Ranking & Mercantile
Company and Clyburn-Heath
Mule Company.
All persons indebted to the
undersigned by notes or accounts
are respectfully and
earnestly requested to come
forward and settle same at
once. These firms are now
in liquidation, and it is absolutely
necessary that all parties
indebted to them should
settle before November 15th,
otherwise we will be compelled
to place the accounts
in the hands of our Attornev
for collection.
Heath Banking C& Mer. Co.
Clyburn-Heath Mule Co.
Notice to Taxpayers.
Taxes will be due and payable without
penalty from October 15 to December
31,1905.
The tax levy for State purposes is
5!^ mills, for ordinary county purpoa.
es t'a mills, special county purposes
(L. <!fc C. It, K. bonds) 2 mills, constitutional
tax for school purposes 3
mills, making a total levy of 15 mills
on all taxable property of the county.
In School Districts Nos. 5,30, 32 and
4?>. there is a special levy of 2 mills
additional for school purposes; in
District No. 24, 3 mills; Districts Nos.
12, 17 and 39, 4 mills; District No. 88,
5 mills; No. 14, C mills, and No. 40,
7 mills. In Cane Creek Township
there iB a special local levy of mills
for railroad purposes; Gills Creek, 5
mills, and Pleasant Hill, 3 mills.
There is also a tax of one dollar on
each male citizen between the ages of
twenty.one and sixty years, except
?T-Confederate soldiers and sailors,
or those who are so disabled that they
cannot earn a support by manual
labor.
W.C. CiAUTHF.N,
Treasurer Lancaster County.
Miss Mary Cunningham, of
Liberty Hill, left for ITnion
county Saturday to teach school,
after spending several days with
her sister, Mrs. R. M. White, at
Evans.?Chester Lantern.
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