The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 23, 1905, Page 5, Image 5
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?Cotton brought 11 50 cent*
on this market yesterday; cotton
seed, 25 cents.
?Mr. W- J. Cunningham has
rented the Imperial hotel to f<
M - U *1 T ... - - -
Mil. u. ?* . miicueii, of lork, who I'
, will take charge the first of ^
January. S
?Jane Fraser wife of Rev. II. w
Fraser, col., of the eastern por- 1
tion of the county, died last 11
Tuesday night.
?The dogs returned tor taxation
in this county this year
number 1938, an increase over
last year of 329.
?The central phone office will
/ be closed Monday?Christmas C
uny, s<> you uad better make
your market and other orders
today.
?Miss Carrie Lowry, (laughter
of Mr. Jack Lowry, won ,,
the Williams?Hughes Co's
prize set of handsome furniture, .
as will be seen by announce j
ment elsewhere. (
?The News devoutly wishes 1
for each and every one of its (
f
patrons a happy, joyous Clirist- 1
mas. May you realize in full *
measure the pleasures you now
so fondly anticipate. ,
?Mr. Whitelord S. Blakeney, 1
formerly senator from Chester t
field, will be married on fho OfiH. V
? ? v?W AJVjtll
instant to Miss Virginia M. Cole,
of Rockingham, N. 0. ^
?Both banks will be closed
Monday and Tuesdav. As announced
in Wednesday's News i
the stores of Lancaster will also
be closed on those days.
?Three new rural routes will
become effective from Heath
Springs January 2nd. Mr. Ar
ista Cauthen has been appointed
carrier of No. 2; Mr. A. P ^
Horton of No 3 and Mr. B. C. <
Horton of No. 4. <
?Miss LIurt, the Lancaster f
Mercantile company's popular s
milliner, will spend the holidays I
in Oastonia. <
V
?Mr. ,Joe Bingham and Miss s
Bessie CJoan, both of the Wax c
haw Baptist church community, ^
accompanied by a few intimate *
friends drove over to 'Squire T.
W. Secrest's residence in Ij?m- c
caster county last Wednesday '
afternoon and were married.? 1
Waxhaw Enterprise. ^
Stricken With Paralysis. 1
The many friends throuhout h
the county of Mr. James H. Gard
uer, the well known Confederate c
veteran ol Fiat Creek, will be 1
pained to learn that he was strick- e
en with paralysis last Monday. \
' One side is affected and his con- t
dition is serious. I
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Mr Clarence Garvin, of The t
News force, left last night for t
Saluda, to spend the holidays. J
Mr. Charlie Grimes, of The c
News force, will spend Christ- s
mas at his old home in Oranpe- ^
burg. Mr. Grimes, by the way, '
has made many friends in Lan- t
^ master by his gentleman!}' de
portment and genial manners.
Miss Bessie McDow, of the \
graded schools' corps of teach- i
ers, has gone to Charleston to 1
spend the holidays with her pa- P
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. McDow. g
Broke Iter Neck.
'ate of a Colored Child Playing
about a Gin House.
Bess Reed, a colored }>irl about
Mirtoen years old, was accidenty
killed Wednesday on Mr. W.
IcD. Brown's river plantation.
L ?
>ne was playing about the gin,
diich was in operation, when
er clothes caught in the shaft
ng, which caused her to be hurl(1
violently against the ground,
reaking her neck.
Thornwell Orphanage.
jenerous Capt. White One
of Those Who Have Founded
Scholarships.
In a card to The State, Kev.
N. ,1. .Jacobs, 1) D., president of
fhornwell Orphanage, says:
"The Thornwell Orphanage has
ust received $1,000 to found the
Snima and Margaret Anderson
Jrland scholarship. This gift of
3r. J. C. Ovelaud of Spartanburg
iountv. The interest will he used
or the education of a fatherless
ind deserving child. It has only,
icen a few weeks since a pcholarillip
was founded by Capt. S. E.
White of Lancaster county. These
iberal donors have set an exunple
that deserves imitation by
)y others able to do so."
Death of Nr. Robert Caskey.
\nother Aged Confederate
Veteran Passes A
.."-J'Was
a Member of the
Famous 12th Regiment.
Mr. Robert S. Ca9key, the
,vell known citizen and aired
Confederate veteran of the Dry
Creek section, died Wednesday,
rom the effect of a paralytic
itroko received some time ago.
dr. Caskey was 0110 of six sons
t ^1. - i - * . r% * ?
?i nie laie oamuei Uaskey who
lerved throughout the war, all
>f them making good soldiers.
:Ie was the last survivor of the
>roihers.
Mr. Caskey was a member of
sompany I of tlie 12th South
Carolina regiment, and particiui'ed
in many of the desperate
engagements of that gallant
tommand. He was once seriousy
wounded in battle, being
.hot in the leg.
Mr. Caskey was about 70 years
>f age and was twice married,
lis first wife was a Miss Cautli
ii , tmu ins swum, ihrs. ?nuen,
vho survives him. lie leaves
lie following children : Colum>us
Ca3key, of Florida ; Messrs.
Yndorson and John Caskey, of
his county ; Thomas Caskey,
>f North Carolina, and Mrs.
foseph Mothershed, of this
:ounty. He also leaves two
listers, Mrs. Jane Barton and
diss Allies Caskey.
dr. Oaskey's remains were
>uried Thursday at Douglas.
Mr. P. B. Hilton, of Westville,
vho is attending adontul college
n Atlanta, spent a dav or two
lere this week with his sister,
drs. J. E. Rutledge. He has
;oue home lor the holidays.
PERSONAL
Mr. G. B. Barron, of Bennotts
yille, is here for the holidays.
Mr. Walter Dunlap, of Rock
Ilill, was in town yesterday.
Miss llattie Tavlor has crone
? O
to Florida to spend Christmas.
Miss Minnie Purdue has gone
to Florida to visit relatives.
Mr. Lvtle Hough, of Birmingham,
Ala., is visiting relatives
here.
Rev. R. M. Marshall, of Rock
IIill, paid a brief visit to Lancaster
Thursday.
Rev. S. N. Watson, of Heath
Springs, spent i'hursday in Lan
castor.
Mrs. M. W. White is visiting!
her mother at Riverside.?York
ville Enquirer.
Miss Dera::on, the Ileath-Jonei
Go's popular milliner, lelt foi
Now Ylirlr I MCI ,, i tr li 1
Mr. Wniter Curt-ton, now ol
Fort Worth, Texas, is on a visii
to Lancaster, his old home.
Rev. R E. Turnipseed ant
Rev P. B. Ingraham returned
this week from Conference.
Principal John A. Jenkins, ol
the graded school, will spend
Christmas at, his home in York.
M isses Lilian Gregory, Cath
erine Foster and ilessie Tliom
son, of Converse College, art
at home for the holidays.
Miss Juanita Wylie, of Agnes
Scott Institute, Ga., came homt
Thursday Jght, tc spond tin
holidays. Her father, Mayo:
Wylie, met her in Chester.
Messrs Wayne Green ant
James McCardell,of the Presby
terian College, Clinton, are a
lw? * 1- J
iiviuio iur me iiuuaays.
Mr. Ilobt. S. Floyd, one oi
Kershaw's leading citizens, wai
in town yesterday. He pait
this office a pleasant call while
here.*
Mr. Ernest Moore, Messrs
Greene & Ilines and Senatoi
Ilough wont to Yorkville Tliurs
day, on legal business.
M las Grace Whisonunt, the
efficient principal of t he cot tot
null school, has gone to Cherokee
to spend the holidays with rela
tives.
! M iss Maude Giegory, who ii
teaching school in Clarendoi
euumy, is at Home lor (lie holi
day 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis II. Elliot
and their third son, Mr. It M
Elliott, ol Black Hawks, Miss
arrived here Wednesday, t<
spend the holidays with relative!
in town and in the county.
Mr. \V. J. Long left Thursday
on a visit to his daughters, Mrs
Ramsey and Mrs. Ligon, of Yorl
and Chester counties, respective
iiy.
Mr. Lester Nelson, now ol
Anderson, is on a visit to Lan
caster, his old home.
Misses Sadie, Estelle and 01s
Gregory, students ol Greenville
Female College, are at homo foi
(lie holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wither
spoon will leave tomorrow loi
Gadsden, to spend Christ ma<
with the latter'a parents.
ITS - "The Old
< THE BANK OF LANGil
S CAPITAL
'S SURPLUS
? .
i jflj Loans made on Real Estat
If Collections given prompt;
% Interest allowed on time d
1 ? Your business solicited. '
the strongest Bank in Lanca
I
Basket Supper.
There will be a basket supper at
Union school house Friday nigh I,
1 Dec. 29'.h, for the benefit of the
church. Toe pub ic cordially invited.
Committee of arrange
; mem: Misses Blanch Small,
Minnie Fundorburk, Addie Llin
son am! Alice Shute.
Mrs. Darling Belk Dead.
f Mrs. Lncindu Belk, widow of
t Darling Belk, died at her home
south o! town this morning. She
I was 77 years old and a fait hi ul j
. member of (Jarrael church. The
remains will he huried at the
old Belk graveyard tomorrow.
Mrs.Beltv is survived by lour cliil1
dren, Messrs. W. L., S. D., and
B. C. Belk and Mrs. Dora Simp
. son. She had been sick about
three weeks.? Monroe .Tonmal I
? 19th inst.
4 To Celebrate Emancipation
3 Day.
3 The colored people of Lancas
r ter county will celebrate Email
cipation Day at Lancaster, S. (J.,
on January 1, 1906. lion. It. II
^ Richardson, of Sumter, S. C., will
- deliver the address. Let all the
t colored people turn out on that
day. A grand programme will
be carried out.
f N. N. Greffc. Sen
3 Emancipation Committee.
I F. R. Massey, Pres.
, M. D. Lee,
Master of Ceremonies.
* Abraham Hummel, a protm1
nent New York lawyer, has been
* convicted of conspiracy in connection
with a divorce suit and
sentenced to imprisonment for
one year and to pay a tine of
1 $500.
>
Mrs. Frank .lames, young wife
of a prosperous Greenville county
farmer, was assaulted by a black
s brute one day this week. The
. necro is now m iail
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Professional Cards
JOHN E. WELSH,
DENTIST,
s Lancaster, S, C.
Office Up-stairs in Mason
T ic Building.
' DR. R. Cx. ELLIOTT,
Lancaster, S. C.
Residence 'phone. No. J1S7. Oftlce,
p Davis liuiI(1 incor. Main and Dunlap
streets; 'phone No. 72.
Will practice in both town and county.
All calls, day or night, will receive
prompt attention.
I
1 Notice.
r
I will let. the contract to build the
butments to the bridge near .las R.
Blackmon's, to tbc lowest responsible
bidder, on Friday, the 5th day of January,
1906, at 11 o'clock a. m. Reserving
the right to reject any or all
5 bida. M. C. Gardner,
Co. Supervisor.
Dec. 16, 1905,
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Reliable." ===== H
tSTER, Lancaster, S. C. ^
$50,000.00. M
$50,000.00. Jg
e, at reasonable rates. ffl
and careful attention. K
leposits.. ^
Ihe oldest, the largest and
ister county. ^
Christmas
Just a few days off. Our store
has been crowded for the past
two or three days, and while
sales have been exceedingly
heavy, we still show a full hana.
K.VPrv )imo irAii
M ? >/* J uiinv jr v/u want
SHOES
or anything in our line, remember
Cherry sells them for less.
CHERRY & CO.
Personal Property for Sale
The undersigned will sell at public auction
nt the iite residence <>t" -I Wren Tillman,
deceased, ou Thursihiy, the 28th
instant, the personal property belonging
to his estate, consisting of mules, horse,
cows, corn, fodder, farming implements,
etc. B. Cunningham,
J. M. Voder.
Administrators
CHAS. D. JONES, It. E. WYLIE,
President. Vice-Pres.
E. M. OPOXTON, Cashier.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF LANCASTER, S. C.
With re*ourcts exceeding
$175,000.00
I is prepared to transact all branches of
banking. and is abundantly able to taLe
care of its depositois ACCOUNTS AliE
SOLICITED from individuals, tirins and
corporations, who uiav rely upon courteous
consideration and the very best terms
that are consistent with good business
methods Interest paid on time deposits.
Only 4 Days
in which to make your Xmas
| purchases. We have the most
complete line of Xmas goods
ever shown in Lancaster.
COME
AND
SEE
us
and get our prices before you
buy. We have a fine stock to
select from and know you will
be pleased with your purchase
from us.
CLYBURN & ROBINSON
Another
Car Load
Of FINE MCLES and HORSES
just received. If you do not
believe that they are the very
best ever put on the Lancaster
market, call and see for yourself.
Come, too, before they
are all gone, for we are selling
them rapidly. And when you
come we want to show you some
of the nicest
Wagons and Buggies
that ever turned a wheel.
HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO.
Nov. 28, 1905.
MONEY TO LOAN
I am prepared, as usual, lo negotiate loans,
on improved cotton farms, in sums of $300.00
and upwards for live years. Interest at 7 per
| cent, on sums of 11,000 00 and over. Under
91,000.00. 8 per cent. Interest. No brokerage
or commission churned?only a reasonable fee
for abstract of title.
R. E. WYMK,
Attornev at Law.