Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ tar ? R LOCAL DOTS I1 1 i ^ a=?rSli ?Mr. Turner. Carter, a well known farmer of Chester county, r< died this week. ?Miss Kdna Harris, of Fort <l? Mill, has been elected a teaerer tc in the Monroe school. i? Miss Janie Fant, a young R lady ol Chester county, daughter w of Mr. C. E. Fant, died this week, of fever. K ?Mrs. Alec. Steele will cele- w brate her 7oth birthday to-day f|j with a family reunion at her home. h ?The King's Daughters will v, meet next Tuesday afternoon a' 5 o'clock, with Mrs. T. Y. Williams. Vj ?There is much activity in the wood business now, since the ^ farmers have "laid by." Many , wagons are hauling wood to town daily. ?Mr. W. II. Reed is having Cjv " ii a nice residence built on his lot at the corner of Meeting and ^ French streets. Calvin Mcllwain ^ ^ is the contractor. ?Tiie Lancaster Mercantile company is having the material hauled to build sheds on the lot nl ; *1 . - ' " hi rear ui me siore lor tlie stock 1 of their customers. ?If yoa rise early enough in SI the mornings you may see the at comet that, is attracting more or *** less attention. It may he seen after 3 o'clock until daylight, sp Look eastward. w, ?A "show mau," named Har- ni hy, was trie 1 in M igistrate Oas; key's court Thursday afternoon hi on the charge of disturbing re- J. ligious worship, lie was acquit- dt ted. G ?Mr. R. B. Crenshaw, of Cedar Creek, had a fine mule lii killed by lightning last Sunday tu afternoon. Two ot her mules be Sj longing to Mr. Crenshaw were H severely stunned by the same bolt. of ? An icecream supper will be R seived at the residence of Mr. he and Mrs. Thos. D. Caskey on Vt next Tuesday liiglit, Aug. 27, lor t.llft hftllpfl t r\( VI Aiwn 1AUJJC ^ church. The public is cordially j, invited. ar ?Monroe is to have a cotton re ware-house, built by the local cotton growers1 association. The ^ movement was started last Sat ^ urday, when over $1,700 was promptly subscribed to the capi- ^ tal stock, which is $10,000. m ? Mr. C. M. Jones, adjuster for the Carolina Hail Insurance company, which is represented here by Mr. A.J. Clark, spent three days in this county this ^ week, adjusting hail losses for the company. All losses were satisfactorily adjusted. K< ?A friend, too modest to give cj. his or her name, on R. F. I). No. ov 5, has sent us a peach by mail, pt accompanied by the following jr| note: ^Compliments of a friend. f There were just two on the tree, and both sorry specimens, but could not help but divide with the editor ot Hie News." ^ li 11 1 ? i... 11? Miss Ola Beckham, of Jack- <i? sonville, Fla., who has been vis- ya iting relatives here, returned j. home yesterday. teI / flf THE PERSONAL ~~j Mrs. J. T. Wylie is visiting jlatives in Rock Hill. Mrs. E. P Truesdale. of Cam an, is visiting Mrs. E M. Crox>n. Mi>s Emma Thompson, of ock Hill, is .visiting in Vanyck. I\/r. and Mrs. Vann Mungo, of ersliaw, S. C., spent Sunday itki relatives here. ? Marshville orne. * Mr. William Cook, ol Taxa aw, wad in town Thursday and asterday. Mrs. R. R. Allison and sons >turned Tuesday night from atawba Springs. Mr. W. G. Moore, now of iurtsville, visited Lancaster, his d home, this week. Mr. and Mrs. II. llines and nughter, Miss Kate, have re lrned from the Exposition. Misses Catherine and I-ucile rew, of Rock Hill, are visiting :e family of Mr. W. B. Knight. Mr. John M Beatv and bride, Monroe, are visiting the forer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. . Beaty. Mr. J. F. Nisbet and family tent two or three days this week their old home in the Jacksonjra sect on. Mia.S Mnrv Tlaria r\f r,?n/iimtor >ent several days here last eek with her eigter, Miss Cone Davis.?Kershaw Era. Miss Kittie McCrorey, who is been visiting her aunt, Mrs. T. Tbomasson, returned Thurpiv afternoon to her home in reenville. Mrs. O. K Williams, and I tie son, O. K. Jr., have reirned from a visit to Heath wrings and Lancaster.?Rock ill Record. Mr. William Denton, formerly Lancaster but now living in ock Hill, spent Wednesday ?re. lie was on his way to the sterans' reunion. Mrs. W. E. Taylor, who has 'on spending a few davs in art Mill with her parents, Mr. id Mrs. A. A. Bradford, will turn home to-day. Mr. S. B. Games, of Monroe, C., spent Wednesday ami lursday here with his son, Mr. eyeland Games. Ho paid this [ice a pleasant call Thursday orning. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McManus, Rock Li ill, are visiting relates at their old home iu the stern portion of the county, e are indebted to Mr. McManus r a pleasautcall Wednesday. Mr. John \V. Truesdale, of Br9ha\v, spent some time in the y this w-eic. He was looking er some farms h#?re that the oples Bank and Trust Co ,ve tor sale.?Rock Hill Reci. , Misses Lilly and Mary VValkup, k? 1- Wl- * ' ' .TiciiiioHii. rii., accompanied J their aunt, Mrs. Robert Hick- ] i, of Rickburg, whom they 1 ve been visiting, spent Satur- ' y in tho city 011 their way to ' mwyck to visit their aunt, Mrs. ( N. Nisbet.? Chester Lan- I n. 1 0 LAN'JASiEd NEWS, AUGUST 21 Mrs. Hasel Witherspoon is Fo visiting friends in Rock Hill. Mi?s Evelyn Frew, of Rock ^ Hill, is visiting Mrs. J. M. , Hood. Ins Mrs. Martin C. Davis, of Char- )y lotte. is visiting Dr. G. W. his Poovey and family. he Mrs. Lillian Miller, of Lancasler, is visiting friends in the 8U( city.?Columbia Record. ?el Miss Enola Harnett is visiting N friends and relatives in Lancas- Yo ter.?Rock Hill Herald. % ' Mrs. Albert Blakeney returnnet ed Wednesday night from a visit to relatives in Kershaw. - " on* Mrs. J. B. Mac!<ore!l and her jlt. sister, Miss Cornelia EHiott, , spent Thursday in Columbia. ,-n Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Paysuer air have returned fiom their ex- ne tended summer trip. They vis K ited Canada while away. Mr Mrs. J. C. Montgomery, ol Charlotte, who has beeu visiting her sister, Mrs. Clias. D. J lies, <n' returned home Thursday. yoi Mr". Lizzie Beckham left yes- j terday with her daughter, Mr-. J. D Parsons, to spend a while in Darlington ?Kershaw Era. Mrs. Ernest Brasineton and children, of Kershaw, whd have ^ been visiting Mr. M. II. Johnson lh< iiuu iHiiniy, returned home Thurs- of 1 day. me Mr. W.J. Cunningham and daughter, Miss Irene, and Misses 8|>e JDaisy and Pauline Horton re- 10 Fir turned this week from the Ex... an position. dor Mrs. Chas. T. Connors and ()t little grand-daughter, Nell Kay 8Uj. Spann, are visiting the former's p sister in-law in K >ck llill, Mrs. uar R E. Thompkins. cjll Mr. L. L. Harris ol Chester- 1 field returned yesterday from a >nv trip to various points in Tex is. be lie spent a month in the Lone _ 1 Cri Star State, and brought back some ot the pesky boli weevils r\ in a bottle.?Monroe Journal. Mr. Griffin Connell anil sister, abi Miss Ouis, of Gastonia, N. C., cro who have been visiting their ere cousin, Miss Essie Jones, return- trij ed home Tuesday. Miss Jones hfct gave a charming party Monday the night, complimentary to her mo guests. cot Dr. G. If. White, of Chester, ftS I president of the People's Hank , .on ot that c>tv, spent a clav or two in . . * , . , . pla Lancaster this week, as the guest , ot MayorII. Iv. Wvlie. During Ins nv * twc stav liere Mayor Wvlie and his truest visited several places of . P'a historic interest in the county, among them old Waxhaw church and the Huford monument. I)r. The White expressed himself as being ^ ^ most favorably impressed with ^ ^ the town of Lancaster, the farm ing lands in the county and the W!* fine crops they are producing _ , . . heli this year. acr< ler' Death of Mrs. Lewis Gardner. -j Mrs. Holla Gardner, wile of j real Mr. Lewis Gardner, died last we Wednesday, at their home in wot Kershaw. She had been in badlbly health lor some time. Her maiden ; lim lame was Kennington and she ; of ( was about GO years of age. She is ] was a member of the Baptist roa< :hurch. Her husband survives one ler. She leaves no children. The vrli< aurial was at Kerehaw. the ? , 1907. rmer Pastor of East Lancaster j 1 Given Trip to Exposition. R^v. P. B. Ingrah'im will <20 | Jamestown. udns; t he gift jit in the Both-d people todefray b i expenses. The pastor certain- b appreciates the kindness o. b Bethel members, and well e may, tor any one is blessed si o is called to minister into t> ib a noble, appreciative and u lerous people. ?Pee Dee Ad- t] :ate. a unit People Jltivitif/ Good Time. There has been consi derable -ivity this week in Lancaster's linger s"cial fet, more than e delightful function being Id. Tuesday evening Miss ^ ,te McManus gave a party at s home of her parents, Dr. d Mrs. It C. McManus. Wed<dav evening Misses Pearl and <> illy Mitchell, daughters oi . and Mrs. S W Yfi?-oV?aii b re a similar entertainment, at ) Hotel Rival, and Thursday filing Miss Nannie IIill Moore erlainel a number of her ^ Ling friends at the home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. Er- ^ >t Moore. e Woodmen l*icnic at Old ^ Waxhaw Church next Tuesday. \.s heretofore published in ^ a News, the annual picnic ot s! the Cedar Camp of the Wood* n will be held at old Waxhuw irch njxt Tuesday. Several akers have been secured for ^ 1 occasion. Congressman L). E. lley, of Yorkviile, will deliver j)( address on the Woodmen Or, the llev. O. C. Carmiehael, ^ Lancaster, will speak on the ,t iject of Education, and John ^ Green, E-q., of the Lancaster on the history ot Waxhaw irch and settlement. g" The public generally has been : 4.^.1 1 aster of this place, Rpent List iturday night in Rock Hill. Mr. L. V. Cauthen has some ?tton beginning to open. News Reader, l'leasant Hill, Aug. 22. ancaster Negro Shoots HimSelf in Monroe. Monroe Enquirer: Gus Rrooks, lored, of Lancaster county, S. ,, accidently*9hot himself with 9hot gun lust Saturday. He ant to pick up the gun and the igger hit some object, discharg g the weapon, the whole load king effect in an armpit and aking what is thought will rove a fatal wound. tit . ? .. vow nniiun m ill or two dangerous points? ta ire there is a deep gully on m east side of the road. pi jlcu '?ini mere win no doubt ^ a large attendance. tpn are Seen on a lirief Auto- I'C mobile Hide. through the kindness of Mr. sel Witherspoon we were en- ti ed to view 9orae of the fine pi ps between here and Camp bi ek, Wednesday morning, the 3 being made with him in?his idsome automobile, which, by way, was our first ride in a j tor car. Magnificent fields of ion and corn were seen on ^ h sides ol the road and as far the eye could reaco. Crops Mr. W. T. Gregory's La than ce are especially good. He ^ i cotton that promises to make > bales to the acre. The rows Cii about six leet apart, and the nt9, at many points,are lapped ween the rows The corn and ^ s are also exceptionally fine. > former resembles Capt. W. L'lyler's superb corn on tlie ^ irlotte road, above town, Lch we saw ou our return cc ?. Col. Springs also has a d of splendid young corn just >89 ino roftii from Capt. Ply-1 L he roads? Well, they are ly in better condition than expected to tiiul them. The st places are near town, proba cc jlist beyond the corporate C its. The Pteep hill this side a hhs creek, on Charlotte road, w< particularly rough and the tr Ibfrl pntlrol v Inn ?????>?. ' -- 5 nformatlon Wanted ?s /? Small drain Crop. Will the owners ?'f the thresh imachines in the county kindy tend us by the l>t of Sep tern* er a report of the numb r of ushelsol o ils and wheat threshd by them this season? We deire to publish for tl:e information, f the public the amount of small -ain made in Lancaster county liis year. If last year's figures re available, we should like to ave them also. Vie J'iiMIc Speuklnu at the Court //oune Th urtulu // AT/f/ft t. Notwithstanding the heavy 9,in at the time, quite a number t ladies and gentlemen asseoiled at the court house Thurs11V liiirVi! l'~?- I-- - 1 ' v ' iitanr ?ne ?i niress ot !ol. Z. P. Smith of Raleigli, N. editor ot The Ameticau, the flicial organ ot the Junior Orer. A speech was also m de y the Hon. Geo. Hell Tiramer* tan, o; Edgefield. These gen* lemen were returning from the eteraus' reunion and Junior Orer raliy at Cast oil school house, nd stopped over here to spend he night. Their very excellent ddresses were greatly enjoyed y the appreciative audience. Magistrate Caskev presided at le meeting and introduced the jeakers. Merchant to Move?A'ew Enterprises. The store room in the Ganson uilding formerly occupied by te Bennett Grocery company is eing gotten in readiness for lerchant G. C. Games, who ex- # ects to move into his new quar >rs next week. Ilis present uarters, when vacated by nim, ill be used as a lurnilure store yT Mr. Will Sowell, now of nmter. Mr. Shelton, brother-in-law of r. Elliott, is preparing to open restaurant in one of the store joins of the Cunningham?Benstt. building. Mr. J. O. Porter is busy getng ready to open a store, as revionsly noted, in the Riddle uilding. Pleasant Hill Items. Mr. ami Mrs .1 n w Miourtj U1 icksonham section, are visiting le latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. . Beckham Sr. They will reirn home Fc*d ?y, Anotlier car of sand has been mded at this place by Robert lachmon, of Rich Hill, to be tipped to Dr. Mackey of Lauister. Crops are looking tine in this ctioii- Some few farmers are jginning to pull fodder. Mr. I B. Clontz, the section