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BF M [ LOCAL DOTS J] Cotton, 11 cts ; seed, 30 cts. ?The County Farmers' Un ion met here yesterday. ?The Moriah ^Association is in session at Sprintr Hill church. ?A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Ilagiiis, ot this place, Thursday, Oct. 10. ? A s?m was born to Mr. and Mrs. James McMurray, of New Hope section, Tuesday. Stli instant. , ?:Jurors, witnesses ami o hoi s interested are reminded of the fact that Cour'. convenes here next Monday morning. ?Mr. A. L. Siogner, of the Ar I inch sertion, was painfully bitten on the neck by a largo spider one dAy this week. ?The remains of Mr . A. L. <i)i8ton, who dfed Sunday at a sanitarium in Morganton, N. O., were brought to Chester, her late home, for interment. ? Mr. Robert L. Belle, ot Bu lord township, had his left hand badly lacerated in Laney's cotton gin last Saturday morning.? Monroe Enquirer. ?Mr. J. W. Elms has accent ? jr ed the position of teacher oi the Belair school and will assume his duties as such in about two weeks.?Fort Mill Times. ? \lr. James While, a wellknown farmer south of Lancaster, was hurt a lew days ago by accidentally fa ling from his barn loft. Lie has had to-receive medical attention. ?Crops are unusually fine this year in the 0. K. section. A prominent vtizen of that community tells is that some of his neighbors will make from 8 to 12 bales of cotton to the plow. ? E q. S. J Richard-on, ol Union county, N. U., was stricken with paralysis in an Atlanta hotel this week. lie accompanied a young lady to that city to be treated in a hospital. ?There will be no service in the Episcopal church here tomorrow as previously announced, owing to the illness ot Mrs. Marshall, wife of the pastor, the [lev. 11. M. Marshall. ?Three small white hoys in V Lancaster county, the oldest 13 years ol age, have demonstrated their ability to pick a ba'e ol cotton the day. What better argument against race suicide could be aske l??News and Courier ? i he regular fall communion aervice will be held at llie Presbyterian Church Sunday morn ing. The sermon will be preach ed the Rev. W. B Mcllwain, missionary to Japan, who is now at home spending his vacation, Air. Mcllwain was born andjreaied in this county, whore h? ha^ many relatives and friends, ?As will be seen by an nouncerneni elsewhere, the hustling Plyler Bros. hav? reentere* the meat business, having pur chased the market of Mr. J. R Threatt. They enjoyed a tin? trade when they conducted ? market beh re and they will n< doubt do evi n a better and 1 irgei business now. They will dobotl a ret Ail and wholesale business and buy cattle, hogs, chicken^ tprkeys, etc. THE IANCAt ?The Bank of Pageland,! Chesterfield county, opened its doors to the public this week. ?The Friday Afternoon Book Club was charmingly entertained i by Mrs. L. C. Paysour yesterday I atternoon. ?The first frost of last tall occurred Oct. 11, a year ago yesterday. It was loHowed by a killing frost the next morning,j the 12th. v I ?Mr. S. J. Vincent, of Pleasant Hill township, brought us another com ireak yesterday. It is a cluster of 38 ears, a b^r of them containing grains about the size of pop co 11 ?Mr. A. L. S'ogner sent us s' rdav a strange bird that had been wounded by shot and captured by Mr. \V. G. A. Porter. It resemblo* the grail itorv specie . ?The little son o! Mr. and Mrs Samuel Hammond, of the mill village, died Thursday mf?rniing, aged about one >ear l'he burial was at Fork Ilill yesterday. x ? Mr. l'orter Bade9, son ol Mr. Z. T. Bailee, of Gold Ilill, was brought home Irom Asheville a lew days ago and is seriously ill ol typhoid tev?r. Mr Bailes has been a student at a school ill Ahlieville.?Fort Mill Times ? Mr. J. T. Funderburk of Dudley was in town last Saturday. Mr. Funderburk came near losing three fingera in b cotton press last week. They were painfully hurt as it was.? Monroe Journal. ? Mr. John Crawford has accepted the position of secretary of the i ancaster Savings Hank and Trust company, whose headquarters, as prev ously stated, are in the offices of the First National Bank. ?The lire alarm was sounded here Wednesday morning, about 8 o'clock, but it turned out that no building was atire. only the burning out of a chimney at the nt Vtf T> D I>. U1 v>> iu>, iv, iv. lviuuir, in West End. ?Presiding Elder Srackhouse will hold quar'erly conference atVauwyok today and tomorrow. Conference on East Lancaster will be held at Bethel next Friday, I81I1 instant; at Zio:i, 19th and 2'Uh, and at Lancaster also on the lat'er day, Sunday, the 20th. ?Itev. ,1. M. Steadman came very near being bitten by a snake last Saturdav. The snake i was hiding in some foragfe in his barn and he had a narrow escape. It *as a rnocoado and one of considerable size.?The DorehcsA V 1 icr Jungle. ?The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C Cauthen, ol Char. . lotte, died at their home in that citv Wedn 'sdajk. ni^ht, ot meningitii, aged about 17 months. The remains were taken Thursday to Heath Springs, the for ^ mer home of the parents, loi burial. ?The Hampton L'terary Socje. $ ty of the graded school has elecli ed the following officers for the > HOHston : James Be&ty, president r Will Johnson, treasurer; Johr i Boldridge, secretary; Ira Jonef , and Malley Ferguson, sergeants , at-arms. The Society willjhol l semi-moutbly meetings. 5TER NEWS, OCTOBER 12, H jp PERSONAL. | ' " W Miss Susie Mey Oloyd is visitin^ friends in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Ervin returned this week fr<>m their trip North. Mr. Lewis Boilings of OakIt u rat, spent yesterday 111 Lancaster. Mr. George lMyter, one of O. K's model farmers, spent a couple ol days in L ?uc u'er tnis week. I Mr. Abe Funderbttrk, of the Tabernacle section, visited bis son hor^, Mr. Charles Funderburk, this week. Miss Miry Cunningh >m, of Liberty llill, has returned to Lockhart, where she is engaged in toacbiug school. Mr. J. M. Yandle and tamily, of Vanwyck, who have been visiting relatives in Chester, have returned home. Mrs. J. S. Drenoan, ol liicliburg, is spending gomb lime wdh her daughter, Mr<. W. T. McMurray, of this county. Mrs. Gregory, of Lancaster, was the guest here this week of Mrs. Louise lihea,on Hampton __Rc? : Mill , - . *?vv ? IKH XVOVUlUi Mi-s Catherine Crawford, oi Chester, who has been visiting Mrs. J. Palmer King, returned home Wednesday afternoon. M'-ss Nellie Hough, of Laudsford, is the guest ot Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mitchell, on West Main Street. ? llcch Hill Record. Mesdames K. G. Ingram and Robert Griffith of Jefferson, S. C , are visiting their sister, Mrs. lila Shannon.?Monroe Enquirer. Mrs. C. A. Vaufthan and children wenl lo Lancaster Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Pool, and returned yesterday.?Clie-i tor Lantern. The Rev. J. T. Dendy, ot Kershaw, was in town Wednesday, lie came here to meet an 1 to accompany home Mrs. Dendy, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs W. T. McMurray, ol the Sincerity section. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Potts, Mrs. O. P. Heath, Dr. Robert Potts and Mis-es Annie Ardrev, Jett e Miller. Clara Kell, Helen lieatb and Georgia Howie leit l'?s: night for the Jamestown Exposition.?Charlotte Observer. Mr. J F. N.sb t. who represented the Lancaster County Far ' mors' .Union at the gre?t oottoi , congress in Atlanta this week returned home Thursday morn ing. He fives a glowing ac Count of the conference of snin _ ~ I ' ners and growers. Operated on for Appemlicitin. Ex-Auditor John A. Cook now manager of the People' Supply company, and also sec retary and treasurer of the Can caster Publishing company, wa . successfully operated on for ap pendicitis Wednesdey afternooi ) at the Prvor hospital in Chester ; lie was taken ill last Saturday \ and went over to Chester Wed i nesday morning. IIis friend? whose name is legion, will b pleased to learn that he is get ting along very nicely. % w,. Cotton Vickeil in One Day by Three Brothers. We haye published 8'ra? remurk ahle achievements by boys I in cotton picking this season, and j here are some m re extt aordinary figures Last Tuesday Frank Jack and Ernest Sim-, sons ol the late Uenrv J. S ins, of tlu eastern poriionot the county picked 1501 pounds of co'tou I Frank pinking 532 lbs; Jack |526,and Erue't, 503. The co lt on was ginned at Mr. J. E 1 Bowers's uin, and it made a bait we*'hum 522 pounds. Lancaster Bibte Society to .Uce SII ii (hi 7 Ni?/ h(. The Lancaster Bib'e Sccie.t> will hold its aunutl meetini lomorro'V (Sunday) nisi hi in iti( Presbyterian church. Tile pun lie generally is t o; ii liy invited to attend. The Souety iadom^i splendid *orU in ilii* cornrauuity and m coun y. Sw c * i s o gaaization a few years ago ii has distributed 11 arlv 2000 cop ics <>i the Bible. Every citizei should exteud botii financial ?n< moral support to so noble cau-e as that represented am being advanc e! by this SocietyIt is to be hoped that there vs iI be a large attendance at tin meeting tomorrow night, am tliat every one will go prepare! to make a liberal offering. The annual address will bi delivered by the Rev. W. B Mcllvrain. Business Notices All Notices inserted uncle ttiio Iiead at the rate of ON K CK.V A W()K1 > (or each insertion. X I notice to be counted less than i 1 worus. <'ablmge f-?r making kraut at Ben Lett's. t. \V.\N LED?Customer* lor Brede's stent bread, 1 resh nil the lime. Maclcorell's Just received carol hulk liun* am c itiou seed meal. O. C. BIm 'k uoo. Have justj received a ctr load o Simmer Machines. riave live atyles t< select Irom. Easy payment*. A. U. Hiudsay, Agent Beginning with Mondty Oct. 14th Di Wakefield will devote bis whole time t practice in his Oh irlotte office, (in tli Hunt Building.) His work is liinitrlt diseases ot' Eye, Ear, Nose, and Tlirot and Fitting Glasses. W. II Wakefield. I will sell at public auction at luy home o the 2J day of Oct., the following persom property: 2 fine liorsos, 3 cows 2 Jersey I one with young calf: 2 fine I). I. O pij I 1 buggy, 1 surrey. 1 set double harness, set single harness, plowstoeks an I cultivi tors. I Kinibrel Organ it. good conditio cost $125?a bargain lor some one. 1 cool ing range in fine condition, I kitchen cal met. I large sideboard, 1, large hall stan 3 l>ook cases, I ban ranee sewing niacin i 1 large dresser and w.tshstand, 4 nice b. c steads. Ta les. dishes, chair' bedsprinu mattresses buckets, jars, picture frain and lots ol other things von will sec win ' <a - ; !;?> VUHIO IUO mini lO lit 1" ll iii. H J. liltickinou. Fork Hill, S. C. y.?28- 1 Tribute of Respect to So^ ? J. B. McGuirt.* > Whereas it pleased Almighty G< to call from our miiist Sov. J. It. \li Guirt, on the 6ih day of ?July, 191 - We, the member* of Cedar Camp, N I 79, while we hor in humble eubnil j h.oii to the will of God, feel heavi tlie I' 8* of our ster med Sov. He was a good Christian m/.n, Sin of Van Wyck Sunday school, au-1 al whs P.t'. C , Of Cedar < amp No. 7 Healwa.vs futhfully diHOha'ged h ' duties and wan like the Woodman ev g ready to lend aidto t he dependent on Sov McGuirt, was a useful man * tlie community ami all who came contact with him could hut feet I influence for (food. Tberefoie be it R Resolved. That in the death of S< d It. MCGuirt we have lost a true a tried fellow Sovereign and a faitld ii' ofRoer. . I Resolved That a page in our Mi ute Rook he dedicated to his me i1 ory. j Resolved. Tiiat a copy of tht resolutions l.e published in our con ** fy paper and the Sov. Visitor a that a copy he sent with our tend* est sympathy to tlie ber aved fa mil J. A Hyatt, T. It, Thompson. Committee \ A 5 A Spoon /tfmbA ? rjSILUN 'J |? | i? ?i ; Iff FULL ; \jj of Wear U if f\ At hark of bowl and j 1 V; M handle where ordinary [ f silver plated sjkioiis ' IVj / soon show wear, , I Holmes Edwards | r;in>* Inlaid Spoons, ' I stamped / v ~ 3-17. <. r.u ',r :U.':' o ft it.. ?__fl , / ;?. c inlaid with a piece f \ el sterlin/( silver, cnI \ f.'"Vr:! ' V' 1 hi.* each spoon j with so I i vl silver f 1 I "v. at less, than V / half 1 accost. (Juar, \ ! \. y five ye.'irs A I am also showing a full line i of 1847, and community silver. I am offering some special bargains in 1847. Come and see, 1 if it does not suit you you need , not buy?but the price is very > low. My stock of sterling silver * flat ware is very complete Am offering some very attractive prices in this line. Sterling f e Teaspoons $4.50 up. This is l less than the market price today, but 1 bought before the e rise. Seeing the goods places you under jio obligation to buy here. : B. C. HOUGH i Jeweler and Optician .. 7 'W 7 / <E)o you /7 / o^ea ? | { f / flour? a T\ | C^ot>I - 1 ?"?f "4" C O^, Clf. f " Oct. 8th, iqo7. b- ^ l- Dear Friend: .0 1 All flour is made out e? of wheat, but some wheat is better than others; |W therefore some tIonr is better than other kinds. /.I \\']>An \ All ?./.f rinl I?? Iiv.il j vvl ILUi UUU flour it raises nicely and makes good bread. I love good bread. We have )*- good bread at our house. v We make it out of Mary? land Queen flour. 9 Your friend, Jacob. !*,? P. S. The best flour there is in this town is us Maryland Queen flour. ,iv; and we get it from j Ferguson's m- ! I JUST RECEIVED?Lot of sp yresh Celery, Malaga Grapes, "J | Apples, Onions, etc. r-j y. j v HOICK l.O'IV F.-r >ale, 4 or 5 ' gm.tl Ituiltiiiitf Iota in I.anraxter, loca, ted in tlie bent and healthiest part of town. Apply to I. T. Hunter. 3t.