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LOCAL DOTS ^ ?A son was bora to Capt. aad Mrs. J. Palmer King Sunday, August 4. ?There was a picnic at Pleasant Valley yesterday, which was 110 doubt a Kucce-s, though we have not heard trom it. ?There will be service iu the Episcopal church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by the Itey. II. M. Marshall. ?All who Kro interested in St. Luke church and cemetery are requested to meet next Friday to clean oil'the graves and grounds. ? Little Lessie, the six-year old daughter of Mr. J. W. Jennings, of the Craigsville section, is desperately, ill and is not expected to live. ? A Junior Order council will be organized a' D >uglass the afternoon of the 14th instant, ^ alter the Woodmen picnic to be held there on that day is over. x ? Mr. W. D. Stanies has been awarded the contract to build approach to steel bridge over Big Sugar creek, lie being the lowest bidder at the price of $640. Mr. J. O. Porter and family have moved to Lancaster, from the Dixie section. Mr Pnrfar wilt engage in the mercantile business here. He has rented a'store room ill the Riddle block and expects to open by Sept. 1st. ?The race for cotton weigher at Lancaster is becoming interesting. There are now seven candidates in the field, as will be seen by the advertising columns of The News. The election comes off next. Tuesday, August 13th. ?The annual picnic at Tirzah, York county, will be held next Friday. Ex Gov. John Gary Evans ami Col. Cole L. Ulease have accepted invitations to make addresses. President E. D. Smith, of the Cotton Growers' Associa tion, is also expected to speak. ?The annual picnic at Tabernacle Saturday was largely attended and the day much enjoyed by all. The dinner feature was all that couUl be desired, An address was made by the liev. Mr. Ware, of Waxhaw, N. C. ? Mr. G. W. Crenshaw, of the Cedar Grove Farm, who recently 111# i-i ? ? nau ms ngnt juroKen by the kick ot a mule, ami who lias sulfered intensely with same, is now out of danger and it is hoped that he will soon be able to be out again. ?The suit by Kershaw against Lancaster to settle the disputed line between the two counties was not brought up for a hearing in Cam leu last Friday as was expected, the court having adjourned befoie the case was reached. ? We are indebted to our good friend Mr. James N. Crenshaw, the gallant old Confederate veteran of iieath Springs, for some delicious peaches, which we re ceived Saturday. They were kindly brought op from Heath Springs by Mr. J. T. Barton'* children, who attended the big picnic there Friday. Mr. Cren shaw is one uf the fortunate few who have any fruit at all this year. '1 BE jj^ PERSONAL ^jj Mrs. Sallie Rod ley is visiting relatives in Fort Lawn. Miss Pearl ilunter is visiting relatives at Heath Springs. Mr. Boyce Righam, of Rack Hill, was in town yesterday. Mr. H. B. Pardue, of Fort Lawn, spent Monday in Lancaster. Presiding Elder R. E. Stackhouse, of Rock Hill, was in town Monday. Miss Inez McCardell has re' urned from hu extended visit to Charlotte. Mr. J. N. Spann, of Columbia, spent Saturday and Sunday with his family here. Clerk of the Court J F. Gregory spent Sunday with his father in the Taxahuw section. Miss Lillian Gregory, of Lancaster, is the guest of Miss Sarah Henry. ? Abbeville Medium. Mr. Sam Steele, of Yorkville, spent the past week at his old home in the Walkup section. Mr. A. J. McAteer, of Richburg, is visiting his brother, Mr. J. M. McAteer, in the Craigsvil 1 e section. Mr. J. C. Elliott has returned from Piedmont Sprints. Mrs. Elliott will remain there a few days longer. Messrs. John Marks and Willie Wallace, of the New Cut sec A u 1 : i * ? t hum, spent, ounciuy nigni at i\ir. IJ. D. Thompson's Mrs. L. C. Harrison, of Char lotte, has been f ^ending a few daye with her friend and former neighbor, Mrs. T. . Hughes. Mrs. Jno. A. McAteer of the Sincerity community spent Sunday and Sunday night here, the i guest of Mr. and Mrs. U D. , Thompson. i Mayor II. E. Wylie and daughter, Miss Juanita, left yesterday afternoon for Jamestown Exposi. tion. They will visit New York before returning. County Supervisor L. J. Perry 1 leaves today for Spartanburg, to attend ttie Good Roads Convention, which will be held there to day and tomorrow. Mrs. R. A. Long, ot Dixie, spent Saturday in Lancaster, be' ing her first visit here since her ' removal with her husband to the country over two months ago. Mr. Vernie Cook, of Kershaw, I a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina, has been Nisiting Rev. R, C. and Mrs. Lizi zie Mclloy oil Park Ave?Rock ' Hill Ilerald. Miss Flat tie Robertson, of Heath Springs, passed through the city ' Saturday morning on her return from Sharon, where she had been attending the house party of the Misses Byers at that place.? Rock Hill Record. Mrs. M. E. Stuck and grand1 children,Miss Georgia Sober and Master A Hard Douglas, of Peat, ! S. C., were in the city a few hour1 yesterday alternoon on their way ; to Lancaster to visit Mrs. Stuck's ' daughter, Mrs. G. J. Derrick.? The latter and her two little daughters came over on the after noon L. <fc C. train to meet them. ?Chester Lantern. LANCASTER NEWS, AUGUST Mrs. Mamie Beckham and fam ily are visiting in lie it h Springs. Masters Carl and Lucius Bennctt are visiting at IIe*tt> Springs. Miss Daisy Bennett i - spend ing a few days in Rock Hill, v s itiug relatives and friends. Miss Lula Outen >s visitiug Misses Minnie and Ella Morris, in the Camp Creel; section. Mr. Ernest Clyburn, ol .Haile Gold Mine, is visiting relatives at Lancaster and Dixie. Miss Irene Swaringen is spend ing her vacation at Sherill Mineral Springs, Cabarrus county, N. 0. Miss (>nie Mackey, ot Heath Springs, is spending a tew days with Misses Bessie and 1) iisy Bennett. Miss Florence Brown will le ive Friday for the Jamestown Exposition. She will be accompanied by her friend Miss Young, ot Orangeburg, who will meet her in Charlotte. The young ladiewill visit Washington before returning. Death of Mr. Hubert Purdue. Mr Robert Pardue, whose illness was noted in The News some days ago, died Monday evening, at hi8 home in tho Sincerity section. He was a vicim of lever. Mr. Pardue was a sou of the Rev. John Pardue and was about 40 years ot age. He was a good man and was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. He was a widower and leaves several children, one of them, a daughter, being now sick I with fovor ITo io ..lo? : * . W- ?AV an rtiOLf aui yiveu by several brothers and listers, Messrs. Arthur, Jaines and William Pardue, Mrs. .loseph Lane, Mrs. Lesler Starnes and Mrs. Lester McGuirt. The burial was at Camp Creek church yesterday. Educational Haiti/ and Picnic at Tajcahaw next Saturday. There will be an all-day educational rally and basket picnic at Taxabaw on Saturday Aug. 10th. lion. O. B. Mart in, State Supt. and Prof. W. H. Hand, of the Department ot Education at Columbia, have been invited and are expected to be present and addre^s the people alongeducutiona lints. County Supt. Moore, of Lancaster, has also signified his willingness to attend and take charge of the exercises of the day. Following the picnic there will be a social event in the form of a box supper, or basket par;.. ?i,,> : ? -* * vy% i tin unoiD'll' <'I lilt? HCIIOOi improvement. The ladies, young and old, are cordially invited to be present with "lunch for two." A grand time is expected. The public generally is invited both to the picnic and box supper. W. P. McMaims. Taxahaw, S. C. Meetlno '(( Shiloh A series of meetings will be held at Shiloh church, beginning tomorrow, Thursday, and continuing through the following Sabbath. Only one service will be held tomorrow, but on the remaining davs there will be two services daily. 7, 1907. DrtiUi of Dr. It. A. Mc M<umn, of Chenter/ictA. Dr. Benjamin A. McManus. a prominent young physician ol | Chesterfield count.v, died of lever ; last Friday. He was a son of Mr. U. A McManus, lormerly ol : Taxahaw, hut now living in % Chesterfield. Lie was a nephew ol our fellow town-man, Mr. J. F Gregory, and was about 25 j years oi a^e. As noted in The News at the time, Dr. McManus graduated this year trom an Atlanta medical college.hi* brother, Dr. A. A. McManus, graduating about tbe same time from one ot Atlanta's dental colleges. The deceased was a young man of j sterling cha acter and leaves a I large circle of friends and relatives to lament his untimely end H,e w?s well equipped tor a success! ul professional career and had an unusually bright future before him. The burial was at the family grave yard at Union Hill church, in Chesterfield. Scfjro 11<> if V racks Another's Head with Iiase Itall Itat. Two young negroes, about 15 years old, Sim Heed, son ot Jim lieed, and Strait McMullen, son ot Leonard McMullen, had a difficulty near town Friday in which the McMullen boy was struck over tiie head with a base ball hat, fracturing the skull, lie was operated on by l)r. R. C. Brown. There is some chance for him to recover. His assailant, Sim Heed, is in jad. Prominent York Parmer Meets with Fatal Accident. Mr. James T. Fereuson. a nro O ~ ? J. minent faimer oi York county, met with a tatal accident last Saturday. As he was preparing to leave Neelv's Creek church, atter services, lie was knocked down by a frightened horse and his skull fractured. lie was taken to (he Rock Hill hospital and operated on, but he died Saturday night. lie was about *54 years old. An Apple of Strange Origin"Is it a Ilastard ? Nature seems to he doing all sorts of queer stunts this season, in order to make up for the practical failure of the fruit crop.? A dav or two ago a prominent citizen found 011 his farm nesr town an apple under a large water oak. The apple was in a chicken coop, under the tree, in which an old hen was confined. The paternity of 1 lie aforesaid apple lies, presumably, between the venerable oak and the ancient female fowl?or is it a cross between the two old sinners ?? Bro. Bigham, of tho Chester Lantern, a recognized authority on fruit and freakology, will please answer. Vlcnic at Antlock. As previously announced in j The News, there will he a big Masonic and Sunday School picnic at Antioch next Saturday. The public generally is cordially invited to attend. Don't forget to take along tho well-filled bas? Mr. Ira Mackey, ot Heath Springs, has accepted the position of assistant bookkeeper for the Bennett Grocery Company. A Sot able Cvent?Colored Church to Creel Monument to Its White Itenef actor. An event <>, unusual interest and significance? ne without a pri cedent, in t eae parts at least ?will occur in Lancaster county next week. A monument will be unveiled by colored people to a wh te man. The congregation fd Mt. Moriah, a ne^ro church abnu' four miles west of 4. 1 I ' ujw", win lormaiiy unveil, with appropriate ceremonies, a monument which they are having erected in honor of the memory of the ia'e James W. Williams, who dona'ed (he land on which the church and cemetery are loj cated. As is well known, Mr. Williams, who has been dead seme years, was a prominent and influential CiUzeu ot lite county. He was a gallant Confederate soleier, having served his country with courage and devotion throughout the war. As a slave owner Mr. Williams was kind and humane, and after emancipation his treatment ot the negro was ever characterized bv fairness and justice. He is to day kindly remembered by all all the colored people who knew him. Many of them no doubt recall favors conferred upon them by him. And the members of of the \t?. Moriah congregation are to be especially commended for the thoughtful and substantial tribute which they are going to pay to the memory of their lamented benefactor. The unveiling ceremonies will take place on Thursday, the 15th instant, the exercises beginning at 11 o'clock a. m. Addresses will be made by Dr. A. J. War . * ? ' - * nwr, ui ^narione, and i'rincipal M. 1). Lee, of I lie Lancaster Normal and Industrial institute. Remarks will also be made by the pastor, Rev. Z. Helton. The colored Odd Fellows of Lancaster will be present and participate in the exercises. Refreshments will be served at midday, and in the afternoon the young colored people will have a match game of t ase ball on their grounds in the vicinity of the church. The officers of the church cordially invite all their friends, both white and colored, to be present and witness the exercises of the day. The Masonic Ticnic at Heath Springs. The Masonic picnic at Ileath Springs last Friday was one of the largest and most enjoyable social events of the season. It is estimated that fuilv 2000 petrous were present. There was an abundance of good things to eat. Entertaining addresses were made by Congressman Fin ley, Col. W. W. Lumpkin and the Ilev. Mr. Hudson. Col. Lumpkin captured his large audience by his eloquence and humor. A severe rain and wind storm in the afternoon practically broke tip the bur gathering. Crops in the vicinity were considerably damaged by the wind, much corn being blown down. ?Our old triend Capt. John Q. McManus, of Antioch, called Monday, to let us get a sniff of a fragrant peacb, which he was taking home for Mrs. McManus, The peach came from Wilmington, N. C.