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mam Ol ?& j *" LOCAL DOTS 2 ' ^ ?Plyler Bros have 111 their cat tie yard a cow that weighs 1,030 pounds. ?The Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at Mrs. J. N. CrocKett's Thursday, the 4th of " July. ? Mrs. Stephenson, widow of D. E. Stephenson, died in York cnuntv ft faw Ann a 1 "" __ J ?. - ~ " v? tmj o agu, ageu to years. ?Rev. B. S. Funderburk is organizing a class to take a course in the study of missions.?Chesterfield Advertiser. ?A son was born on the 25th ultimo to the Iiev. and Mrs. W. L. Lingle, now of Atlanta, but formerly ot Rock Hill. ? Miss Inez Broom, of Tiramonsville, has accepted a position with her brother here, in the store of A. J.? Broom Co. .. . ?There will be a congregational SJ meeting at Unity A. R. P. church next Sabbath, July 7th. All members are requited to be present. ?The stores, banks and other places ot business will be closed Thursday?rh?w *- " j v..w Uiuiiuua ruur-Il." , The mail carrier*, loo, will of course have holiday. ?Though it has been opened but a short time, the Taylor icecream parlor is one of the most popular places in town, especially in the afternoons. ?W. M. Dunlap, E-q., left, Wednesday afternoon for Char lo'tesville, Va , to take a course at the University of Virginia.? He will return about September 1st.?Rock Hill Herald. ? Mr. B. F. Allen, of Dillon, v-'lio was elected principal ol the Central graded school, has declined to accept the position.? The board ol trustees will meet July 15 to elect a principal. ?A special from Kershaw to The State says that Mr. Howard Williams, who has been suffering | lor years from the effects ot a bruised leg, had it amputated | last week. He is 70 years old. ?Mr. J. O. Raley and Miss Teresa Allhea Stubbs were mar\ ried last Wednesday night at the home of the bride in Cheraw.? The groom is a son of Mr. W. E. Raley of this place?Jefferson Citizen. ? Married last Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Black, Mr. K. P. Games and Miss Annie Adams, both of this city,the Key. A. S. Rogers officiating.?Rock Hill Herald. ?Mr. W. II Stevenson, one of the students of theology who preached trial sermous here during the late meeting of the First Presbytery, was brought to the hospital Tuesday by Dr. J. E. Douglas, of Fairfield, and he was oneratfid iinon at nnr# fnr a n_ pendicitis.?Chester Lantern. ?Misses Bess and Mayme Jones are going to have a house party, at the hospitable and spacious home of their parents, Judge and Mrs. Ira B. Jones, beginning on the 10th instant. Some twenty , or more friends of the young ladies from different parts of the State will be their guests. THE ?The 10-hour labor law in the mills of this state went into effect Monday. ?As the hard-worked "hello girls" will, like everybody else, have holiday tomorrow, housekeepers will do well to phone their orders today. ?The young p?ople of Lancas ter are arranging to have a picnic tomorrow at Heath Springe.? They will be chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. John T. Green. ?Lightning on Thursday last struck the barn on the farm of Mr. James F. Reid at Smith's Turnout, killing a mule but not destroying the building.?Rock Hill Record. ?Mr. John Swearingen has accepted a position with the Western Union telagraph company at Yorkville and is well pleaeed with his new surroundings. ?The child of Mr. Livingston, of the Cotton Mill village, died last Friday niuht, aged about 2 years. The remains were taken Saturday fo Lando for interment. ?Sheriff Hunter arrested a party of six gamblers last. Saturday, in the suburbs of town.? They were taken before Magistrate Oaskey who fined them $10. mi. - r* cnuu. xue lines were promptly paid, thus adding $00. to the county's funds. ?A search warrant for liquor was placed in SherilF Hunter's hands Saturday morning, which he promptly executed. Lie found whiskey in two houses in the mill community, six quarts at oue place-and t wo quarts at the other. The stuff, under (he law, will be held for 30 days. ?The editor is indebted to his 1 1 T...1 T V Oi. ftuuu nicau uuvif^o u, xu9 oton uiitii tor a lot of fine roast inn ears, pre sented to him last Saturday.? The Judge has been feasting on the succulent corn for ten days or more, while in most of the gardens hereabouts corn is just in the tasseling stage. ?The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. A. Hinson of this place, died on the 21st ultimo at the home of Mr. Hinson's father, Mr. E. M. Hinson, in the Flint Ridge section, aged 12 months and 14 days. The burial was at Union church. Poat-Offlce Improvement a. Further improvements are to be made in Lancaster's postoffice, at the instanc3of a govern ment inspector who was here a few days ago. A metal screen will be placed on top of the box [enclosure, extending to the coiling. A suitable sign will be put on the front of the building, and the postmaster will be furnished with a new and better safo. The Moriah Union. The meeting oi the Moriah Union at Bethlehem church last Friday, Saturday and Sunday was well attended, and the discussions and sermons were much enjoyed and appreciated by all present. Judge D. A. Williams was re elected Moderator,Mr. M. O. Gardner was elected Secretary and Mr. G. L. Mobley Clerk. The next meeting will be held io Lancaster, at the Second Baptist church, beginning on Friday before the 5th Sunday in September. LANCASTER NEWS, JULY 3, PERSONAL ~ Miss May Ferguson is visiting in Rock Hill. Mrs- J. T. Wylie is visitinu relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. George Cowan, of Rock Hill, was iu town Monday. Mrs. C. F. StoK and two sons are visiting relatives in York ville. Miss Belle William"1, of this place, is visiting relatives in Rock Hill. Masters Willie and Meldo Stoll are visiting relatives in Itock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Moore, of Fort Lawn, spent Sunday in Lan caster. Miss Nannie Gettys, of Rock Hill, is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. F. Phillips. Miss Ora Lemmond, ol Rock HH1, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fannie Jones. Miss Kitty McCrorey, of Green ville, is visiting her aunt, Mrs J. T. Thomasson. Mrs. W. B. Knight, who has been in Kock Hill lor sometime, returned home Monday. Mrs. Queen Gregory of Kershaw is visiting relatives at Jefferson.?Carolina Citizen. Capt. and Mrs. T. C. Hicks and Mrs. J. B. Mackorell are visiting relatives in Winnsboro. Mrs. Mamie Lumpkin, of Savannah, Ga , is visiting her siHter 111 1 lno r?rvii n i M U ^ ^ vvnu* J j 19( xx. L>, 1 wr ryMrs. George Galling, of Mississippi, is expected here Ihis week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Payseur. Mr. J. W. Vine .1, of Columbia, spent Saturday and Sunday with his father in this county, Mr. J. S. Vincent. Mrs. S. R. Kidd and children will leave in a day or t wo on a visit to relatives and friends in Rock Hill and Charlotte. Mr. W. C.Nrhomson, who is a [member of the stale board of equalization, attended its meeting in Columbia the past week. President Chas. D. Jones, ot the First. National Bank, returned Saturday from the State bankAra1 maMhi.if a? ?1'? I-'" ~4 ?/ w c* V tll^J 13ID Ul Palms. Mr. L. C. Harrison, formerly of Lancaster but now a resident of Charlotte, where he is connected with the Southern Power Co., spent yesterday here. Lieutenant Ross Tompkins, of the U. S. army, who has just returned from Cuba, is on a visit to his parents in Rock Hill, Oapt. and Mrs. R. E. Tompkins. Mrs. Ed. Huggins and children have returned from a visit to relatives in Jefferson. Mrs. Huggins attended the family reunion last Tuesday at the home of her fath er, Mr. Miles Threatt. About 100 guests were presentMrs. L. S. Elliott, of Lancaster, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. W. Q. Moore, of Uartsville, was in the city yesterday morn, ing on her way to Oharlotte to see her brother, Mr. N. E. Moore, who is in the hospital.?Chester Lantern. 1907. Mrs. R. W. Neal and little son and Master Louis Goins, of Rock Hill, hsya returned homo after a plea-ant visit to Mrs. Neal's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Kidd. Cadets 0. M. McMurr<y and Lee Skipper, ot the Citadel, returned home SpnJay, to spend I vacation. They are just back from the Jamestown Exposition. An Accidental Killinu. The inquest held in Flat Creek township a lew days ago by Cor oner Caskey, referred to in the last i?6ue of The News, was over t he body of James Gay le, a young colored man, who was shot and killed by Willie Seegars, also colored. The homicide occurred on Wednesday at Cross Roads church, on the line between L >ncaster and Kershaw counties.? According to the testimony taken at the inquest theshooting, which was done with a pistol, was accidental and the jury so found. Cotton Blooms. The first cotton bloom received at this office this season was brought here last Saturday, June 29th,* by Dr. T. J. Strait. It came trom the farm of Air. Wm. | McMurray 011 the doctor's Cedar Creek place. Mr. D. L. Adams sent *us a cotton bloom from the Massev Mill Place the same day, June 29th, but. it failed to reach lhis office until Monday. Mr. Roy Cunningham found a bloom the next day, on the 30th, on the farm of his father, Mr. W. J. Cunningham, west of town. A Mad l)o(f Scare. There was some excitement in Lancaster Sunday over a mad dog, which was running arau'/k. Tiie animal, a bird dog which belonged to Luke Gavin, wa9 finally shot and killed by Mr. Henry Sowell, on Elm 6treet. A num ber of other dogs are said to have been attacked and bitten by the mad dog. If such bo the case, they should either be killed or confined until the dauger period is passed. The people of Lancaster cannot afford to take any cliancts in a matter of this kind. One human lite is worth all the canines in Christendom. Pleasant Letter from an Alabama Subscriber. Mr: W. II. Gregory, a merchant of Jefferson, Alabama, in remit ting for three years' subscription to The News says: 1 thank you very much for sending me your paper. I always feel like I have a letter from home when I get it. I am very much interested in Lancaster and like to hear of her prosperity. Crops in this country are the poorest ever known here ? too much rain and ccld in April and May. Hoping you much success, I am yours truly, W. H. Gregory. Ice Cream Supper at Union. Th^re will be an ice-cream supper at Union church next Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, for the benefit of the school. The public is cordailly invited to attend. Committee: Misses Alice Shute, Hattie Hinson, Blanche Small, Mattie B. Stogner, May Adams, Bell Faulkeoberry. / 5 iiiidden Death of Mr. Dincknep Walk, up. Mr. Pinckney WaJkup? a prominent young citizen and faimer who lived icross the North Carolina line, in the vicinity of Tir-L. I * * - - tail uuurcn, <m?d suddenly last Friday. He hid been out to one of his lipids where his bands weie ploughing in peas, and seeing a grave being dug in a colored cemetery near by, walked there presumably to see who was to be buried, when he dropped dead. He was apparently in perfect hea.th and it is thought that his death was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel. Mr. \Va kup was a son of the late Harvey Walkup and was about 30 years old. He leaves a widow, who is a daughter of the Rev. W. W Ratchford, pastor of Tirz di church. The Tuzr.h communis loses one of its Vet and most useful citizens in the death ot Mr. Walkup. Tlie burial was at Tirzah church Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. McKinstry ot Waxbaw conducting the funeral services. is?y . Msva rrra>t?r tw?? An Ordinance. s WHEREXS, it has been reported that several dogs in town have bef,n bitten by n dog affected with hydrophobia, lhsolvdd, by the town council in council assembled and by the authority of tlio same; First Tliut all dogs found running at large in the town of Lancaster without i>eihg properly muzzled shall bo forthwith killed Second 'Ihat this ordinance shall go into effect ou the 6th day of July, 19"i7, at 12 in (Seal) U E WYLIE, Mayor JOHN ClUWFOUD, (Seal) Clerk Notice to School Trustee -r?>4VVK and Patrons. July the 1st is the time tor appointing Trustees to serve for the next two years You will please cull meetings and agree on a Board that you wish to serve and send me the names as early as possiblo I will reappoint the present Boards to servo in all districts from which I do not receive any n commendations W M MOO BE, 7-a-4t t'onnty fcjupt Education STATE OP 80UTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In the Probate Court. By J. E. Stew in an, Enquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Aliuetta J. Blackiuon made suit to uie, to grant her Litters of Admin> istration of the Estate of and effects of H. L. Blackiuon, dec ased THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and ailmouish all and singular the kiudred and creditors of the sai l It. L. Blackiuon, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probato, to he held at Lancaster Court House, S. O., on Saturday, July 13th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show muse, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. | Given under my Hand, this 27th day of June, Anno Uouiini, M?t<7. I J E. STEW MAN, Probate Judge. I Business Notices. ?*-All Notices inserted tinder IhuhonH.tlU 'O'1' ... ?? Vuc line ui vii fj i/iin i I A WORD for each insertion. No notice to be counted less than '25 ' words. I CENTRA L phone office will be closed tomorrow, July 4th J T Thomasson, Mgr FOR SALE ?Two grade Jersey cows with young calves at uiy farm 4 miles'north oi town J W Craig, It F D No 1 STRAYED from W T Gregory's farm 10 days ago, two male pigs, black and white spotted, six weeks old Reward FOR SALE?Two good Jersey milch cows with young calves J Davis Caskey, Lancaster, S C R No 5 SECOND Hand sixty-saw gin,feeder and condenser for sale ohe ip. Apply to W.J. Cuningham, Lancaster, H. C. If you want your oorn to grow buy "Cerealite" equal to Nitrate of Hoda. And great deal cheaper. The HeathJones Co. Remember the first thing you want in a box of Huylers on your trip. J. B. Mackorell JU8T TRY Chase A Sanborn Coffees and Teas, at Maokorell's Every package guaranteed or money refunded. The finest tea for Ice tea in the world. J. B. Mackorell. sm