Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t car ==Tfa E LOCAL DOTS r Si -a Cotton, 11 eta ; seed, 28i cts. ?Mr. J. H. Dixon, an aged Confederate veteran, died at his home in Columbia Saturday. ?Mr. J. E. Westmoreland, of Lancaster, killed a nine months' old pig Friday that weighed 263 pounds, net. -Ahandsome grand concert piano ?>as been ordered from New York for the Mackey opera house now being built in Lancaster. t t ^ ? a Biuioi o . ?j . vjfft5ll8 Will finish this week the repainting of Miss Olivia Emmons's handsome residence on Main street. ?The growing little town of Ruby, in Chesterfield county, is going to have a chair factory, capitalized at $15,000. ?Miss LulaSmith has a flower plant on which the largest leal is 42 inches lengthwise and 2 7 crosswise. The plant is about 5 l'eet high. ?The Juvenile Missionary Society will sell ice cream in store room next dooi to Hotel lloyal Friday afternoon, from four to ten. ?Mr. S. VV. Vanlandiugham, of Lancaster, has taken a position as bookkeeper for the firm of Messrs. L. Schenk & Co.? Camden Chronicle. ?The ladies of Mt. Carmel church will have au ice-cream supper next Friday night, 27tb inst, at Mr. W. T. Vanlandingham'a residence, for the benefit of the church. ?Mr. W. K. Johnson, oi # 1 Peachlatul, and Miss Mary Brown, daughter of Mr. C. E. Brown, of Wingate, were married yesterday in Chesterfield county, S. O., by Esq. Manghum. ? Monroe Enquirer. ?Mr. S. R. Williams, carrier on R. F. D. 6, received from one of his mail boxes a bag of nice apples. Mr. Williams thanks the giver very much for the apples and other good things to eat which he has found there. ?Rev. B. M. Grier, pastor of the Methodist church at Newberry, died Sunday night. He was junior preacher \yith the Rev. R. L. Duflie, now of Lancaster county, on the Blythewood Circuit in 1884. ? Mr. S. E. Bailes,of Pleasant Valloy, Tlie News'efficient Clemson College correspondent, has been elected literary critic of Palmetto Society, one of the college's literary organizations. Mr. Baiies is a member of the senior class. ?A new trial, has been granted, on the ground of after discovered evidence, in the case of Mrs. Ethel W. Blair, the handsome widow who was found guilty of manslaughter in her trial in Columbia last week for killing her husband. ? Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Fi'nderburk moved to Mooreaville this week, where Mr. Funderburk will have charge of the large mercantile business of Mr. B. C. Moore at that place. Mr. T. Ii. Eddins is in charge at this place. We understand that Mr. Moore and family will move to Chesterfield.?Chesterfield Advertiser. T3E L. ?The Rev. O. W. Carmichael will preaoh at Shiloh church next Suuday morning at 11 o'clock. ?There will be a baptizing at Bethel pool next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, by the Rev. T. A. Dabney. ?The autumnal equinox arrived strictly on schedule time, causing heavy rains and high Winds Sunday night and Monday morning. ?Miss Alta Gregory, of tho l);xie section, and Miss Blanche Craig, of New Cut, were enrolled (his week as students ot (lie Lancaster graded school. ?The Rev. Oliver Johnson, of Leslie, officiated at the marliage in Washington Sa'urday of his niece, Miss Alice E. John-, son, daughter ot Mr. J. Alpheusi Johnson, and Mr. Edmund S. Wolfe. ?A child of Mrs. Joiner, of the mill village, died last Salur day, aged about 17 months. The burial was in West, (Side cemete! ?John Boykin, a colored boy,! was fined $5 yesterday by Mayor Wylie for running over old man Hardy Montgomery with his bicycle. ? As ?nnniinr>o/l in HVV/V* t 11 UrtlUlUrtJ' B j paper, there will be an ice-cream supper tomorrow night at the residence of Mr. W. Hilliard, for the benefit of Weaver Creek Churcb. ? Mr. Waddy IJinson has accepted a position with the firm of Shannon, Stevens & Boy kin, i of Cheraw. His many friends | in Camden regret to see him leave.?Camden Chronicle. ?One of the most enjoyable I social events of the season was a delightful tea party given last Friday evening by Miss Clarice Knight. A number of her young Iriends were present. The refreshment feature wa9 ideal. The I building was lighted with Japan- , ese lanterns. I I' PERSONAL II Mr. II. ? Craig went to Char lotte Monday. Mr. E. L. Mobley spent Sunday in Rock Hill. Mr. John T. Stevens, ol Kershaw, spent Sunday in town. E. I). Blaken*-y, Esq., of Ker- 1 shaw, was in town yesterday. Architect H. E. White, ot Rock Hill, was in town Monday. Mr. P. H. Bussy, Edgfield, visited friends at Dry Creek last week. Mrs. John P. [Junior visited relatives in B?3Comville the past week. J. Harry Foster, Esq., paid a professional visit to Fort Mill Monday. Mr. Phil Moore, of this ofiice, *pent, Sunday in Rock Hill, his old home. Mrs. Sallie Koddey is visiting I her sister in Yorkville, Mrs. R. J. Mackorell. Miss Florence Brown has returned to Bishopvillo, to resume her duties as teacher in the graded school. VN'J A S1 E R NKWS, SEPTEMBE Dr. J. B Patrick, of Rock Hill, spent Sunday in Lancaster. Mrs. Craig, of Columbia, is visi ing her sou, Mr. R. E. Cr it-', and family. Mrs. S R. Williams and chil-j dren have returned from a visit, to the eountrjy. Mr. R. T. Bea >ent Sunday in Monroe wi ?s son, Mr. HI D -4 j vim iu. l> aiy. Mr. D. M- Jones, of the South?ri> Granite company, spent vester in Lancaster. Mrs. Minnie Williams has re turned trom a few days' visit relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mis. Lloyd Moore, ol j Fort Lawn, spent Sunday in Lancaster, their former home. Mrs. J. T. Amos went to Cher aw Monday to visit her daughter, Mrs. D. L. Tillman. Mr. W. A. Robertson, ol Lancaster, visited relatives in the city Saturday and Sunday.?Rock Hill. Miss May me Jones returns to Columbia today to resume her studies at the College tor Women. Miss lva Hull, of R >ck Hill, has beeu spending a few days with Misses Mavme and iie^ Jones. Mrs. B JN. Craip. and danghte are spending a week with relatives in Lancaster county.?Rock Hill Record. Miss Irene Cunningham and Miss Ivy Crawlord are visiting Misses Susie and Kitty Dunlap in Ilock LI ill. Mr. J. Hardin, of Chester, nn<i Mr. F. E. Culvern, ol lver-lia w, spent Sunday in Lancaster with Mr. M. B. Origler. Mr. E. V. Irvin, the Southern's agent here, has gone North to Spend his vacation- He is accompanied by his wife. Mrs. M. S. Witherspon has returned from a few days' visit fo her parents in Gadsden. Mr. and Mr9. J. J. Kiminer. Mr. George Hacker, lormerly of Charleston ^ut now living in Colleton, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Bertha Billings. Mr. Vernon Thompson, of this place, spent Sunday with his pa rents in the 1)wight section, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompson. Miss Maude Moore, one ot the gradeds choola' bright graduates, leaves today for Columbia, to enter the College for Women. Mrs. Samuel Rhea, of Columbia, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. Z. Welsh, returned home Saturday. Mr. B. N. Craig,of Rock Hill, who is the Recorder of that city, ?j... -- - ' I'oui/ jcBkoiuttjf iu me coumy with his brother, Mr. J. E. 7 I Craig. Miss Marion Johnson, of Rock Hill, has been spending several days with Mrs. Hazel Wither spoon. She returned home Sat urday afternoon. Mr. W. T. Dunn, one ol Lanc oter's brightest and most promising young men, leaves today for Baltimore, to study medicine at John Hopkins's, after a brief but highly successful career as a teacher. j / :R 25. 11*07. Mr. John A. Jenkins, former ly principal of the Liucaster graded school hut now connected with one of 11 >ck Hih's banas, spent Sunday here. Dr. 11. L. Hi ugli, of Birminghatn A!a., has returned alter a few weeks' visit at his ol 1 home with his mother, Mr-*. S. lv Hough, of this county. Miss Connors Melton, o! Coiurnbia, who has been spending a feW (IllVS Willi I ur ? ....j - ..x,i iwu^i'ia, ! es Lizzie and Carol Connors, re- | lurne 1 home yesterday. Miss Delia Williams of Union county, N. 0., who has been spending a couple of weeks with her brother, Mr S. R. Williams, of Lancaster, has returned home. t Mr. W. T. Williams went to Washington Saturday, to accompany home his son, Master William Greene,who has been spend ing some tune vii.li relatives in the national capital. Mr. Vernio C ok, of Kershaw, is a guest at the Colombia hotel. Mr. <-ook has been a student at the Univirsityof South Carolina for the last few years and has a number of friends in the city.? Columbia Record Mrs. Lydia Harris Cra'g, whoj has b 'en visiting Mr-. George McC Witherspoou and her niece, Mrs. Annie Crawford Lindsay, and nepuew, Mr. Charles Harris Crawford, left Wednesday for Clemson College to visit her! daugh'er, Mrs. ii. N. liracKett. Mrs. Craig is the widow of I he lute Rev. J. N. Craig 1). 1). of Atlanta, who was pastor of the Lancaster Presbyterian church tor 12 years This is Mrs. Craig's first visit here after 37 years, a ad she s w many chuige*. Her friends both old and new gave her a v,ordial welcome. We beg to To all of the Ladie: country that we will he , OPE1S WEDNESDAY, THUf September 25 th Miss Phelps and Miss T work getting ready for yon agree with us, that their w for they have for your insj most stylish lot of pattern shown on this market befc We want every lady in t I come to see these hats, we 1 however, if you should se< want we will be exceeding rona^e. and we can assure i a ' I will have a Hat that will 1 in every particular. ! Don't forget the dates, September 25th, We will also have ready | of the seasons styles in Di our going into detail. He sure to come or yc Lancaster II | 5 Misses May Ferguson and Corrine Jones will go to Columbia this morning to out r the Methodist College. Mr. B. F. Ad ?in , woo lias sullVrtd with ear trouble for some time, went to Charlotte yesterday, to be treatel by Dr. Wakefield. Misses Bessie and Berth a Flynn, of New Cut section, Miss ivliel Porter, ot Dixie, un ' Mi*c? Georgia Plyler, ol Tabernacle, leave here this morning for the Columbia Female College. Mrs. C. A Broom, of Timmonsville, amir Mrs. LI. M. Smith and two children, of Darlington, who have been visiting Mrs. Broom's son, Mr. W. F. Broom, in Lancaster, spent yesterday morning here on their way to K'dgeway io visit Mrs. Cynthia Catena tn.?(hie tor Lantern. Mrs. Howard Chapman and children, of Spartanburg, who have been visiting the lormer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. v\v. C. thomson, returned h one yesterday. Mrs. Chapman re eived a telegram from Spartanburg yesterday stating that her husband is ill. Her sister, Miss Uessie Thomson, accompanied her to Spartanburg, to resume her studies at Converse College. Mr. J. A. Marks, of MecklenXT / % ' 1 1 uuig, i\. yj.y arrivea nero y'esterday, on his w y out lo Dixie to visit his brother-in-law, Mr. T. S Kiddle. He was accompanied bv Mr. Kiddle's daughter, Miss . Ida Iliddle, who has been visiting her uncle and other relatives in North Carolina. We are indebted fo Mr Marks for a pleasant call while in town. This is his fitst, visit to Lancaster in many years and he expressed * himsell as amazed at the town's growth. Announce s of the town and ive our riNCx tSDAY, and FRIDAY, , 26th and 27th. ohnson have been hard at [, and we think you will ork has not been in vain, >ection, the prettiest anc| hats that have ever been >re. ;he town and country to don't ask you to buy, e some things that you ly glad to have your patyou of the fact that you i 1 ? >e styusn ^nd up-to-date , 26th and 27th. ' for your inspection some ress Goods, space forbids >u will be sorry. Yours very truly, ercantile Co.