Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 r LOCAL DOTS ^ jj ?Cotton brought 9jc. on this market yesterday. I ?A son was born to Mr. aud ( Mrs. It. E. Craig, of this place, Monday, Aug. 27, 1900. >? ?Tlie attention of members of ^ the Democratic executivo committee is called toChairman Wil * liams's notice elsewhere. ^ ?The ladies of the Franklin Circle will serve ico cream on v court house square TIiiun.Iov i h afternoon, for the benefit of the Public Library. I ?Rich Hill and Fork Hill will "N have a picnic at the Forty-acre Rock next Saturday, Sept. 1st. 1" The public is cordially invited to I attend, with well filled baskets. ?The Building Committee of e L the Camp Creek Haptist church 1 will meet at said church on Saturday, Sept. 1st, at 2 o'clock, and t at this lime the school house will be disposed of. ? A mad dog was killed 1 a-1 ], Friday on Mr. William Vick's ^ place, a few miles above town, by Messrs. Samuel Hinson and ts " "" j(inn Fiverau. ine animal hit Mr. Vick's dog before it was killed. Mr. H. A. Knight of Plains, S. C., died last Sunday at his liomo He was forty-years old and was unmarried and lived alone. IIo e was a good and highly respected v citizen. He was a son of the late V Mr. James Knight.?Monroe En ' q uirer. > x ?A recent traveler over the Coil road tells us that it has been put in tine shape by the overseer, Mr.Elmore Evans, and his hands, t . The road is said to bo well work- e ed from "Jacobs's llollow," in C the suburbs of town, to Jones I Cross lloads. t< ?Mr. John \V. Kims, who has s been confined to his home for c several months as a result of an accident at Catawba Falls, has a recovered sufficiently to again ? rl take upjliis work, and left a lew ^ days ago to teach the Catawba school near Chester.?Fort Mill j Times. r ! 11 ?The campaign meeting here L last Saturday passed otr quietly. Lt was held on the court house /square hnd whs presided over by s / Magistrate W. 1*. Caskey. Sevfl 1111 ' 1 r erai ntinureu persons were pres- 11 out. The candidates made speech li es along tlie lines previously published io Tue News. t< ?Camden received its tiret bale ' , oi new cotton last Fr.dav. hi was raised by Capt J. .1. Hell, of j Wes' Wateroe, and was bought | by Springs it Shannon, at 10 ( cents per pound. Chester re * cived a new bale the same day. ' It was marketed by Mr. W. II I 1 Davis, <P II dsollville, and weigh j ed 530 pounds?price not stated, j heath oi Mrs. E. .'/ Gordon. i11 \l,.j i,' \i f'..?n... .i:? i :-l i i, j j, . vjwhumi mru in || Geoigelown Monday of last week and was buried in Columbia I lie following Wednesday. She was d formerly Miss Ellen M. McM ir- ' b ray, daughter <>t Mr. J.ohn L. Me Murray of Lancaster county, j. She was a member of Shiloh ( A. . 11. I'.) church during her resi. 7 dence in this c unity. She was t a sister ol Mrs. (J. \V. Williams, ^ o! Jacksonham, and was a in >st ! M. 1 \ -Atimable lady. She was f>3 years iyd and leaves a son and a daugli b PERSONAL J, Miss Amelia Beckham, ol lvoek lill, is visiting friends in Canaster. Mtss Mottie Steele, of Creek, * visiting her sister, Mrs. I'. F. icDtUiiel. Miss Belle Chambers of York i visiting her sister, Mrs. K E. Clison. Col. and Mrs. Lerov Springs irent to Atlantic City Saturday lisiht. Mr. II. E. Coffey, now of liock III I, was in town Monday and esterday. Miss Kate Barton, of Great i'alle, is visiting relatives in jancaster. Mr. E. G. Thompson leit last veuing for Wake Forest, N. C., o reenter collate. Mr. W. T. Gregory has renrneil frr?m ?? ?.... j-j -:-!1 * v... uu cA'ollUfU VlHlt l<) Jleveland Springs. Messrs L. P. II tdcloy and J. L Conn >rs speut Sunday and londay in Kershaw. Mrs. L. S. Dividsou, of Kerhaw, is visiting Mr. Marion Vithorspoou and family. Miss Alice Bailey, trained urse ol Columbia, was the guest 1 Miss I).?t Smith Ilie past week. Mr. Mike Johnson has returnd from an extended trip to Asheille, Lake Toxa-vay and other i lints. Mr. S. P. Tate, of Bridgewater, i. C., recently visited hisdaugher in this vicinity, Mrs. John 1) nianis. Mrs. Charles I). Jones and litle daughter, Miss Mary, return d yesterday troni their visit to tharlotle. \T r K M M..1U.. ? ? . *?*.. ifjiwuivjr , nu J/?rmendent ot ihe ll aile Gold Mine tore, spent Sunday night in Lauaster. Miss Etta Belk,of Hope, N. C., nd Mins Minnie Morris, of Creek, re visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. N. )uten. Mrs. Frank Mackey and childen of Lancaster are visiting her not her, Mrs. Uunn. ? Blacksburg Mironiole Mr. S un F. Massey, ot Osceola, pent Friday and Saturday in <ancaster. We are indebted to dm tor a pleasant call while ere. Mr. B F. Phillips, ot Lancaster, was in the city this week and tve the Herald a pleasant call, -ltock Hill Ileiald. Mrs. It. E. Mcllwain is in Muulotte with her daughter, Mrs L'.Nelis, w ho has been quite sick ut is now hotter. Mrs. George Catling, who has eon visiting her parents, Mr. nd Mrs. L. C. Payseur, left Saturday lor Columbia, to visit her er sister, Mrs. .1. E. Poore. Mrs. LC . Harrison and little angnt r, Miss Mab, win have ecu spending tho summer with olatives in Georgia, returned ome last Sal unlay. Mr. John Milliard, student ol lie national naval academy, mnapidis, is vi-dtinir hi- parents, lr. and Mrs. A. 1). Milliard. Me recently returned from a ruise oil I lie coast of Alrica Miss Ol i Beckham has return- 5 eel to Columbia, alter a visit to hor parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert j Beckham. Messrs It. L Hicklin and J. v W. itagsdale, of Chester county, attended the camp won meeting here last Saturday. Master Boyce Bighain, ol Rock e Ilill, is visiting relatives in l.an- \ nOi-'t r.? ? I - - * m * vn^ci, iiini iiiiiii(ics hi iVK'ssrs. J j J. Cherry and I), B Stover. I y Mr. E. J. Tillman, a cor.sposi- 1 lor mi the Reporter, took allying I visit to Lancaster 8a urday night to see his parents an l (nouns.? ^ Chester Reporter. j' Mr. 11. J. Mosior, of 8uinter, ^ has been spending a few d;ys in Lancaster county, his old h une. It was his first visit to Lancaster in five years. lie paid mis ollice v a pleasant call while here. Mr. Daniel Laney, assistant bookkeeper of Ihe Onarioston j Live Stoek company, at Tiinmonsville, is on a visit to his father, Mr. Samuel Lmey, in this county. ( Dr. J. B. Allison, ol York, has ( been spending a lew days with < his broth r, Col. It. E. Allison, 1 who has not been well recently. 1 The Colonel's many friends will t be pleased to learn that he has ? been improving (or the last day or two. ' Mr. Illchard Perry, Another 1 Aitetl Veteran, Pauses Away. t Mr. It. S. Perry, an ag d Con- < federate veteran and one ot the f county's most hiuhly esteemed 1 citizens, ot the Cedar Creek sec- ' tion, died last Sunday, lie was S4 years, 7 months and 2 days 1 , old. Ife was a man of marked uprightness of character and 1 , enjoyed the conlidence of all ' who knew him. lie was a mem- 1 ber of company I, 12 South Carolina regiment and made a ' goo 1 soldier. I' Mr. Perry is survived by the 5 following children : Mrs. 1). B. ' i Crenshaw, Mrs. T. 1). Caskey, i Mrs. Lewis T.Crenshaw, Mrs.W. * C. D.ivis, Mr. George \V. Perry and Mr. J. Frank Perry. lie . was a consistent member of the Btptid Chutch, and his remains p were buried at New Hope Monday. The funeral "Services were conducted by L)r. 1? ddridac. i _ i , Attention, Executive Commit- | i teemen! A meeting of the Democratic i Executive Committee ot Lancas- i tor county will bo held at the ; court house Thursday, Aug 30th, I at 11 o'clock a. in., for the pur pose of tabulating tbe election < rot urns. Every member is urged t to attend. i 1). R. Williams, County Chairinau. i Monroe's First Bale. * ? . . 1 Monroe Enquirer: Mr. J. A Arantof Chesterfield county ,S C , I brought t h? firsPbale of new crop . cotton to this market last Tues? ! day and sold it to Eairley A Stack. | | The bale weighed 455 pounds j and brought ten cents per pound. 1 Mr. Aranl usually puts the tirst 1 d bale on this market. lie is just;' i\ d iv later this year than lie . i was last yoar. Do you take The News? |i School House in Chester Co. Destroyed by Lightning. Chester special in Columbia state: baring ;? severe electric itonn Weanesdav afternoon t" ichool house at IQvan-* sla'ioti, ,hr?e miles south of here, was itruck by lightning and quioky destroyed by lire The buildng was completed about two P rears aire and was one of the o r arrest and hest equipped coun- * ry school houses in the county. ? file loss is < stimateu at nearly g M .000 ; about one-halt covered q >y in-ur.uioo. The school in the p tame community u'as destroyed >y lightning a litt e more than) wo years ago. Spartanburg Baptists Con- - demn Eynchings and Express Gratification at Voting Out of Dispensary. w Spartanburg special in News t\ vnd Courier: The liaptist Assonation of Spartanburg,composed >t forty-five churches in the A Jounty, at the closing session of 'I he County Convention, at friendship Church, 1 act night A inaniinously pissed resolutions v :ondemuing lynching ainirecom & mended that the churches of the Association ex lomunicate ine 111Jers who aid or take part in any c ynching for any cause. The re- j solutions received the strong enlorsement ol every d-d-gde pre- ^ sont. The recent lynchings in iliis Slate, were discussed and ! 0 speeches were mule deploring die recent taking of human iile without duo process of law. The)" Association also passed resolu J Lions expressing gratification to the voters ot this county for having voted out the dispensary. The resolutions declare that since the dispensary has been voted out ot the county drinking, crime ^ and lawlessness have been great- 1 ly diminished. c Governor After Sheriff fcr ( Allowing Mob to Lynch I his Prisoner. v 1 o Columbia special in Charlotte li Observer : Shetill Limehouse, t ?f Dorchester, is to be indicted a immediately lor surrendering to c t group of 15 men or less the y little negro lynched at Badham a Thursday a'ternoon. Orders io n this e ffect were issued by Cover a nor Hey ward to-day. lie has iddressed io Solicitor ililde orand the lollowing letter: ' Dear Sir: I am in receipt jf a copy ot the testimony I aken before the coroner's jury! in the matter of the State vs. ? ilio dead bodv of William Spain,! v ami have carefully read the tes-L timony that Sheriff Limehouse, of Dorchester county, having Spam in his custody and safely , locked in a cell, acting upon the j lemand of a lew men, took him out ( f the cell and brought him ii into the presence ot these men, r living as a re ison tor so doing . lie suppo-ed they wished an in-, Vestiga*ion. p t'urthei appears'8 Iroin the testimony that, when the men attempted to t ike Hie p prisoner from ins cliarg -, Sheriff j, Limehouse made or attempted to make no ell'octive resistance, allowing them to carry him , 1 'i'i m the ; tii and si o<>t hitu to 1 leath." jt 5 (gSyi Why Suffer Any Ix>nger With Headache? lave your eyes attended to at nee and save yourself from urther suffering;. It is a fact eyond a doubt that the most requent cause of headache is ome defect of vision. I make xaminations free and am preared to do the work perfectly. 15. C. IIOTXJ1I, Jeweler & Optician. 8-15-2 w. To Rose Everett. ibedient to the will divine, Hhe has answered n snducn call, torne away by a baud so kind To the mansi hi prepared tor us all. i fair girl, with disposition sweet, Whose mission 'twas to love: l smile for all, a cheerful greet, A nature much like to that above. l soul to music given. Ti.o* little of life was spent; 'he holy spirit o( heaven Was felt where'er she went. ih, last farewell, happy were we. Ignorant of the fateful day ahead, Vhen news of her so full of glee Should come that she Is dead. kS her name so fitly implied. Her life was like a summer rose; kind and faithful till she died. How gentle lovely Mary only knows. > Rose, plucked so soon from a beloved Host of friends, and family dear, .less them with a whisper from above, Their poor aching hearts to cheer. kiid as in days g-me-by, sing A song to father, mother, sister and brot her, 'leading that they in heaven shall ring The little hand once more together. A Friend. iusband Kills Negro for Making Improper Proposals to his Wife. Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 25. ? V special to The Sta'e trom dormice says: After an all-night base, W. L. Marshall early this doming shot and killed Lewis Iray, a negro, for improper pro>osals to his wife, 1'he negro rent to Marshall's house'~during lis absence. On being informed n f the all'tir Mai shall armed limself ami Varied in pur-nit of he negro. While he was resting ,t a store at Ellingham, Florence onnty, 'his morning, the negro talked in. He was recognized ,nd slu?t to death. Marshall has nt surren lered 1 he negro was , traveling barber. legro Killed in Yorkville Saturday Night. Yorkville sin News & Jourier : Hen Walker, a negro, /as .siioi and .*iiied in a house oca ted on the saint* lot anil bout 75 feet in the roar of the welling ol Dr. W. (J White, in forkville, la-t night. Walker nd two oilier nogi s were Ramb ing, it is .st itt'il. and it i? supposed that the killing .va-> the esult of a quarrel over cu'ds. t is Raid that both the other neroes took ah r.t1 in ihe v; outing. Walker workt.i .t one of the ical livery st?id and i- said to av?* gone to the hou^e at the nvitation oi ' V : Leg." o''e of is alleged si a ers, who was employed by Dr. White as a has ler.