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8 One Boy Kills Another in Abbeville. Abbeville special in Monday's News ?nd Courier: ClaytonSmr.il. a boy of ?bout fourteen years ot aye. an operative in the Abbeville Cotton Mills, killed another boy named Seym ?ur, of .about the j same aw, m the mill building! late Friday evening. It i- understood that the two] bo* s had I ad sotne difficulty be fore at'd had been quarreling with each >'li-r for a day <>r more. They hccra- engaged in a diiliculty Friday evening, and in* the j difficulty Smith struck Seymour over tho head with a heavy weight. Seymour was carried to 'the ofiire< < f the mill, where lie died a tew minutes later. Record-Breaking Fine Twenty-nine Millions Imposed on Standard Oil. Chicago, Aug. 3.?Judge Konesaw M. Laudis, today in the United States district court fined the Standard Oil company of Indiana .t29,240.000 for violations ol the law against accepting rebates from Railroads. Tho fine is the largest ever assessed against any individual or any corporation in the history ol the American criminal jurisprudence and is slight lv more than 131 ' times as great as the amount re-j ceiyed by the company through its rebating operation-. Tile j case will be carried to the higher j courts by the defendant company. mm Everybody is / / course we are pl< We are now i store-rooms and room to aecomn tamers. W e al back lot where \ sheds for your It We have plea GOOD G niu! I<?1s iif* ii i i vii ^ a v * r n I % 1 1 I Sell. We try to 1 of everything a PRICES. W be BEAT down but ahvavs *?iv< the lead. So < without fail wh c unmnciian Corner. .Near t BENNETTi Remember we buy duce line. I Tfl Homicide in Rock HillBrick Yard Boss Kills Negro. Itook IIill special in Sunday's Stale: "Tit" .Jones, a uearo employed a* the brick yard of j Mr. \V. N. Ashe, near Winthrop | college, was shot and instantly (kiled 'hi- aft moon about 7 o'j clock by Frazier Anderson, a l'or?-m;tn at the brick works. The ue.'io hud the rputation ot being trilling. It is said he was drinking ?ud was in a quarrelsome mood. A dispute arose during the settlement, ending in the shooting, which was done with a shotgun. | 1' is alleged that the negro was i advancing upon Anderson with an open knite when the latter lired, the entire load entering the negro's breast. Anderson at once came down and gave himself up to tlie sheriff. Boy Killed by Lightning. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug 4.? At Fulton, a small town on the Saint John's river, 15 miles from here, Charles Leidv, Jr., 14 years of age, was killed by a s'roke of lighrtiing today, the holt running down the front of a building and entering a door. It struck the boy 011 the neck, breaking the spinal cord. Three others in the building were rendered unconscious, but all recovered within an hour. Do you take The News? pT pleased and of cased. 11 our two large have plenty of lodatc our eusIso have large ve have a lot of orses. tv of / iROCRRIRS etive things to lave tin- I5KST t the LOWEST e do not wait to hv Competition ' ri<j;lit priee in nine to see us eu in town at i M:.V\ 1711 lie (ourt house. GRO. CO. I everything in the proIt Gro. Co. E LAN'JASiER NEWS, AUGUS ! Assessments of Telephone Compontes. At its meeting in Columbia Saturday tlie S ate board of iailroad assessors, as published else where iu today's paper, assessed the Lancaster Telephone comniintr (i f fta SDH I 1m Ivurulmw ! Telephone comp my at #3,760.; Camden company at $2,500 ; Chesterfield company at $2,100 ; Chester company at $2 000 ; Itock llill company at $7,500.; Winns boro aiul Hidgeway company at $3,240. These, savs the News and Couri r, are the 100 per cent valua tions and do not necessarily rep resent the taxable values. Another Unit Storm in the County A destructive hail storm visited the Louisville section last Friday evening. Among the farmers whose crops wev badly in jured are Mr. John M. llinson and his sons, Messrs. George and Sidney llitison, and Mr. S. W. Faulkenberry. There are no doubt others but we have been unable to learn their names.? The damage to crops is estimated from 25 to 50 per cent. ? Mrs. Aycock, wife of younir Mr. Aycock of the Cotton Mills community, died Friday night and was buried Saturday. We have been unable to l*?arn particulars. Business Notices. ?*T All Notices inserted under i ins neaii hi ilie rate 01 uatj un,.\ i A WOK!) for each insertion. No notice to be counted less ttian 2f> words. My high grade Jersey Cow for sale, fresh in milk. Not often you get such opportunity to purchase a tine cow. \V K. swaringen. LUMBElt, !.timber, Lumber, We have for mile several thousand feet of good seasoned lumber, also a big lot of dry rough edge eh< ap. 'I his lumber is stored iu our Gin lot, will mnke special price on large lots Lancaster Mercantile Company. Notice of Election of Cotton Weighers. An election is hereby ordered to he held in the towns ot Lancaster, Heath >'prings, and Kershaw in Lancaster county, on the second Tuesday, the 13th day ot August It) .7, for tin- purj ose ot electing a public cotton weigher for ?mch of said towns, respectively. I lie following are appointed as managers of said election: Lancaster >1. N. Crockett, S. F. Massey, I. 7*. Amos. Heath Springs Alonzo Hughes, Herbert Willi ons, t). W. Mackey. Kershaw James Copelatid, I). J. Gardu r, W L. lilackmon. '/'he polls will opon at 7 a. in. and close at 1 p. in., at each ot said towns. L. J. Ferry, < otinty supervisor. ANNOUNCEMENTS. For Cotton Ifeif/her. 1 am h candidate forcotton weigher i nt Lancaster. ,1. I). Nisbet. I hereby announce myself a candidate for cotton weigher at Lancaster. A .1 . Bailey. I hereby announce invself a candi- I iIh'i- for < ottnii weigher at Lancaster. ! H. K. A. II I NHON. I hereby announce niyself a candidate fur the oflice of ' otton Weigher at Lancaster II. I>. Thompson. I h* rehy announce myaelf a candidate for < otton Weigher at Laocas- j t er. Lewis K. I>abney. \\ e hereby announce Mr. W. T. ! \ tnl andinghatn a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Lancaster. Many Friends. I her? by announce myself a candidate fur (Otton Weigherat Lancaster. Judson II. Itell. Tho MQWQ ,)ot'H Jo,) Printing 111C flCWo for others. Why can't we do yours? ? ? ? ? ? ?j \ ,?|pv 5T 7, I5H)7. A. J. BRO( FREE Ol We will give you a high cl $1.50 at any Art store, with e Investigate our plan and get instructive, entertaining and i 1800 Views in Foreign Coun interest in America. One vi< trade. 5c apiece or 50c per c All goods sold at our esta advance on our prices the St are absolutely FREE to you. Come to see us. A. J. E Lancaster, S. C. * 4 PER CENT INTEREST 1 Compounded Quarterly Bring or send us your money order or person Our deposits are surrounded by Our vault is absolutely fire proof. Safe, with its combination and time proof. In addition, we carry burgh every official and employe is bonded companies of the country. With ar plus, an efficient set of officers, a sti offer a safe place to deposit your m Remember, we Pay The First Natii (Under U. S. Government ('HAS. I). JONES, President. E. M. CROXTON, ( We Feed the If you perish, it is n eatables are here for you best goods for the least i elsewhere and go broke, who trade with us live w If you are not one of the the host of Good Liyers. to serve the public with bl cs at the best possible ] sidered. We are not ne1 know what you want. / 11 _ ? ?_1 TVT _ _ _ ( ^au or pnone i\o. 50 1 Fancy Groceries. Yours GEO. F. F Pleasant Hill Items. |)| Miss Jessie Beckham has ro Sf turned home from an extend d f()r i visit to her brother, K. S. Beck- ,,eHt era*i ham, of L'inewood, S. (.'. larjj bt*r Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Mobley ot tiru Kershaw spent Sunday night. ' with Mr. and Mrs. E. B John son. Mr -b ase Mobley,son, of Mrs. E. B. Mobley, lett lor Atlanta. <> Mondav to take a business course in a uiiHiiifcSH coneire mere. "'N' Hi i< Mr. S Beckham, Sr., and Mr. i?lac Waller J. Bowers spent Sunday \ >, ? with the former's hroth;*r, Dr. B. a" (.on S. Beckham, of Kershaw. News Re ado r. Pleasant Hill, Aug. 5. Sufc ? )M Co'S ^ PFER. ass Stereoscope worth ach $10.00 cash trade, started for one of these nteresting instruments, tries and all points of 11M f /in li4 t /-\ /-X I _ w v\ 11ii Lav-ii ^ i .uu ill iozen. blished low prices no :ereoscope and views Sroom Co. PAID ON SAVINGS We Pay You to Save. order, draft, post office al check. every possible safeguard. Our Mosler Screw Door lock, is absolutely burglar ir and fire insurance, and in the strongest indemnity nple capital, a growing sur ong board of directors, we oney. You to Save. onal Bank, Supervision.) K. E. WYLIE, Vice-President. Cashier. : People. ot our fault. The , and we sell the money. If you buy don't blame us. All ell and are happy, m, hurry and join We are prepared all kinds of Kataprices, quality conw to the trade and or your Heavy and i for business, ERGUSON. ie West Female College, Duo wpa, s. t; renirthened faculty Nh\v< arnpffie I, with t'h'KHor accommodation* 100 boarders Kleclric. light, steam . Complete waterworks and new. je. Attendance last session the in itiir Ibwtiim A . ... ..... j. ^ iai^r- ii ii II Iof rooms alreadv engaged. IleaoI catalog I'ii111 Sept. 1st the sident's address will he ttev. es Hoyce, M out rent, N. < Bridge (o Let. n dates as follows I will award iraets to repair or build ane\% the iwing bridges : Knin Creek bridge r Krvtn place, Monday, Aug 6th t, a hi. Cane Creek bridge. Mood IP, Tuesday, 13 nisi at 11, a, m. Os? a bridge, Ihursday 1 r>tIi inst at i. hi The right to reject any or bids is reserved. I.. 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