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| * LOCAL DOTS j Cotton, 10$ cts;reed25 cts. ?There will be a Christmas m tree and concert in Waxhaw Christmas eve night, at the In etitute ?There will be preaching at Six Mile church tomorrow (Sun? <lay) at the usual hour, Ly itev. Mr. McKinstry. ?The merchants of Kershaw will close their stores three days during the Christmas holidays, beginning on Christmas day. \ ?rIhe well-known iaw firm of Green & Llines has been dissolved, ai will be seen by an nouncemeut in today's paper. ?There will be a Christmas treeat Taxahaw Tuesday evening. Dec 24. There will also be public exercises by the school. The public generally is invited to attend. % . ?Mr. E. B. Lingle, of the i Dwight section, recently elected president of the new ban*, has rented the Owens nouse here and, with his family, will move to town alter the Christinas holiday 8. ?Rev. C. S. Young, of Paint | Lick, Kentucky, lias accepted a call to the pastorate of the Unity, Gills Creek and Pleasant Hill A. R. P churches. Lie will enter upon his new work the first of January. ?There will be a Christmas tree at. New Cut school house on the nicht r?f lb? ok . -y-- ?? for Hie benefit of tlie school. Doors will open at six o'clock. Public cordially invited. ?Mr. W. 0. Geraty, of Yonge's Island, the largest truck farmer^ n the South, died this week. Lancaster farmers have bought uiauy a cabbage plant from him. ?7j mcaster seems to be a better market for eggs than Charleston, llere they are selling for 30 cents the dozen, while grocers in Charleston are advertising them in the News and Courier for sale at 20 cents. ?There will be a Christmas tree in the St. Luke church at Elgin, on Christmas afternoon, 2.30 o'clock. All are cordially invited to come and bring pre sents for friends or relatives. ?Mr. U. J. Hair, of Buford township, will celebrate his Gist birthday on the 27tli instant, with a family reunion, at his home, llis friends and the public generally are invited to a' tend. Everybody is requested to take a well filled basket. ?The Rev. W. L. R. Cabal I, of Georgetown, who recently ao cepted a call to the pastorate ol the Kershaw Baptict church, has reconsidered the matter and will remain in charge of the Baptist church in Georgetown, Jhaving been strongly petitioned to do BO. ?Oapt. VV. B. Plylor, in addion to being one of the largest planters ii^the county, is going to engage in the mercantile bu siness m Lanoaater about the first of January. He will use his store room on Main street now occupied by Mr. J. C. Edwards. He will handle princi pally hardware and groceries. v. j~" PERSONAL. ~j Dr. J.E. W. llaile, of Kershaw, visited Rock Li ill this week. Miss Kit'ie Stewart, of Rock Hill, is visiting Mrs. Mary Barron. Mr. Emanuel Hirsch is visitj iug relatives ht Lancaster. ? Ker I shaw Era. Mr. Ralph Foster, student of the Charleston Medical College, is :t home for the holh ays Mi*s Ilessio Thomson r? turned from Converse College yester day, to spend Christmas with her parents. The Rev. O". \V. Carmiehael. pastor of the A. II. L'. church, will spend the holidays in Due West. Miss May me Jones, studer.t of the College for Women, Columbia, has come home to spend the holidays. Mrs E. 0. Carpenter and Miss Isabel tlorn, ot Monroe, have returned home after visiting friends in Lancaster. Mr. II. Ilinos and family wiil spend the Christmas holiday? with relatives in iNorth Carolina, leaving here next Monday Misses Ola, Estelle and Leila Gregory, students of the Greenville Female College, will come home today tor the holidays. Miss Maude Gregory, who is teaching school in Georgia, is expected here today to spend Chri-tmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. Messers W. P. Caskey, ,C. L. McManus, J. Clark Robinson and N.B. Cousar, of the Farmers' Union, attended the State con vention in Columbia Wednesday. Master Elliott Springs, who is attending school at Asheville, N. C , has come home to spend the Christmas holidays with his father and grandfather, Col. Lerov Springs and Capt. S. E. White. Misses Shirley Montgomery and Elsie Hopkins returned Saturday from Lancaster, S. C., ITT 1> A ro I** 1% ? 4 - " * TT IID1D HICJI UHU UBtJIl "II jjH V1SH to Mrs. J. II. Wuherspoon for several days.?Concord, N. C., Times. Miss Eloise Foster, of the Abbeville graded school's corps ot teachers, and her sister. Mips Gertrude Foster, of the Sumter school, will arrive here today to spend the holidays with their mother, Mrs. L. B. Foster. The following Winthrop College students will come over Irom llock Hill this morning to spend Christmas at their respective homes: Misses Oallio Sowell, Mildred Cunningham, Julia and Hope Gregory, Jessie Porter, .Irtnin (Irnirr M unrorof WillJn?v. W ?...v ... .?! hl*i W U V? 1 I 1 Irtlllson, Pearle McManus, Celeste Cauthen, Annette and Perrine Stover. Mr. W. B. Knight arrived from Gastonia night, before last, to spend Christmas here with his family. After the holidays he will move his family to Gastonia, much to the-regret of th?ir n?_ O " """ raerous Lancaster friends. Mr. Knight has rented his house to Mr. W- D. Craig, who will oocu py it next year. Cotton Ginnera* Report. Another cotton ginners' report was issued yesterday. It gives the number of bales ginned up to 13th instant as 9,281,077. The nia'ket advanced twelve points ' when the fianrea w "O "*v made public. Masonic Officers. *f The Jackson Masonic Lodue ot Lancaster met Thursday night and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: 11. E. Coffey, Worshipful Master; J Roy Cunningham, Senior Warden; Julius E. BiacUmon, Junior Warden; John A. Conk, Treas 1 urer; Paul Moore, Secretary. Annua/ Sapper of the tlnniors. The Lancaster Council, J. O.I U. A M-. will li ivo '? 11 .... .4 . ' V Ito ctiiHU.ll supper the last Monday night in December, 80th, at the court hou=e. The following commit tee of arr. n^em mts has been ap pointed: Messrs. W. P. Caskey, C. 1'. Jordan, 11. M. Oulp, W. D. Chambers and II. N. Sowell. Tromlnent Fu rv < r Meets with Had Accident, Mr. Lewis Montgomery, one of the well-known mo<:< ^rs of the Creek sectiou, met wall a sorious accident Tuesday, at the Roberts ginnery. His coat catching on the shafting, lie wa< thrown violently on the machinery, breaking his left arm between the shoulder and elbow. ' The limb was set by Dr. Poovey, of Lancaster. The New Council. 1 The total vote cast in Tuesday's municipal election was 78. 1 an unusually large number considering the (act that there was , no opposition to tho ticket nom- : inated by the Democratic mass meeting. The following com pose the newly elected Council, , who will probably be sworn in 1 the first of January: Mayor, r. Mclver Ilughes. Aldermen < ?VV. P. Davis, K W. Sistare, L. C. Payseur, J. B. Mackorell, W. F. Laney, J. Foster Moore. Tax Collections Slow. The taxpayers of Lancaster county are slow about paying i their taxes this year, being very much behind last year's record. Only about $10,000 have thus i lar been paid, leaving on the treasurer's books jet to',be col lected something like $65,000, 1 including additional entriee. Those who have not settled with the treasurer tiro reminded of the tact that a penalty will be ad- 1 de l to all unpaid taxes after the olst instant The treasurer's ollice will no doubt be crowded the remainder of the month. First Quarterly Conferences. Presiding Elder Stackhouse, of the Rock Hill District, will hold his first quarterly conferences of the now year in Lancaster county as follows: Lancas tor Circuit, at St. Luke, Jan. 11, 12; Lancaster Station, Jan. 12, 13; East Lancaster, at Hopewell, Jan. 25, 26 ; Grace church, Lancaster, 20 ; Vanwyck Circuit, at Belair, Feb. 21. Presiding Elder Duncan, ot the Sumter District, will hold his first quarterly conference at Heath Springs (Salem) today and tomorrow. In directing the attention of the public to the Statement of our bank published today upon call of the State bank examiner, we wish to call special attention to the following features, viz: i 1. That we are carrying and 1 accommodating the greater part of the borrowing public of Lan- , caster County, as evidenced by i our Loans and Discounts. We < loan every dollar of ouf money i to the people of Lancaster Coun- 1 ty, taking care of our home 1 people. 2. That although the Country \ has been passing through a . "Money Stringency", this bank ( is one of the few who are able to borrow money as they may need it for their customers, as ( shown by t ur Re-Discounts. >. 3. That the public has Abso- i lute Confidence in the Safety of this Bank, as shown by over a I j thousand depositors who have . over $300,000 with us. 4. That our Casli Reserve of i over one hundred thousand del- < lavs evidences such a strong 1 condition as few Banks can Show) ' We protect our Depositors, as well as taking care of a friend. s 5. That our Surplus Fund and our Security to Depositors are larjer than those of al' the " other Ilanks in Lancaster com- s bined. # V U 14 r ,rT* yuur iMoney w ncn Its Safe; we ])ay you 4 per cent. , Interest, Compounded quarterly. Leroy Springs, c President. Geo. W. Williams, Cashier. Business Notices. ?j^^All Notice* inserted under tl this head at tlie rate of ON K CENT |; A WORD lor each insertion. No 1 notice to be counted less than -J?> li words. <1 Fancy Georgia (Jane Syrup just received (J1 i*. Bennett's. ____________________ t, V'?ti can save money b> exchanging see<L ^ for meal and hulls at Lancaster Cotton OiPSi Co FOR SALE QUICK?Ni.-e young bow and calt. Gregory-Hood Livei Stock Co. I ^ () e Carload of the celebrated Mag- . nolia flour just received at H< i neft s. 1 The Lancaster Cotton Oil Co. is now prepared to gin cotton at the new ginnery, it the oil mill Ginnery will run evcrA^ lay until further notice. Party who took from Lancaster Merc. Co. store through mistake a sack contain- ? ing overcoat, blanket and whip will pleas. \ retnrn to J L Todd, or leave at News office. STRAYED OR STOLEN?Shepherd pup about 0 months old 11 lack with brown ] on legs. Reward for information leading hi to recovery. C. O. Stogner. The Lancaster Cott >n Oil Co. is off.'ring in attractive exchange in meal and hnll^ tor seed. Call at mill lor basis of exchange. ^ FOR RENT?Six-room dwelling 1 in town of Lancaster fbarn, outhouses and well on premises. Buildings in good state of repair. Apply to vV. J, Cunningham. WE HAVE just received a cur </f Tennessee Wagons, al sizes, a caV Columbia Hint Hamilton bugg'es ande?j alsoa car Hackney buggies.?GregoryHood Live Siock Co. Headquarters at Bennett's lor Fruits,.^ Nuts, Candies and everything tor Christmas. ..KMM r ? ZAM' mm ? JH? I IIMW.i MM M<U?P??? STATE OF SOU I'll CAROLINA, COUNTY OF I.ANCAHTICB. In the Probate Court, By J. E. Stewnmn, Esquire, Prnhnto Whereas, Mary I). Orr, of Lulicastci ? Co., said State, has made suit to mo to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate ol and effects of Lewis Sowell deceased. THESE A HE, THEREFORE, to cite ? and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Lewis Sowell dcc'd, that they he and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lancaster Court House, on the 2nd day of January, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if anv they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. (riven under mv hand, this 16 day ot December, Anno Domini, 1907. J. E. STEW MAN. I'robato Jiiilgo. Doc. 17. 1907. g I Mr J. R. Wallace, one of the t successful young farmers of this county, left yesterday for a two weeks' tour of the West. ^ STATEMENT Of the Condition of rhe Bank of Lancaster Located at Lancaster, S O, at tbo close of jusiuess Doc lGth. l'J 7. UESOUKCES. Loans unit Discounts, $291,123.99 Demand Loans, 01 9o9.70 Overdrafts, 5,012.83 toads and Stocks owned by Bunk 9,7o2 59 iarikirn' Hnnui *" """ "" ... o.ow.uu ^uiuituro au<l Fixtures 1.000.00 )ue from Hunks ami Hunkers 71.030 79 'urrenoy, 14,834-00 iold. 2,005 00 ilver, Nickels ami Pennies, 1,211.27 blocks and Cash It<-u)s 11,570 48 $170,532 47 LIABILITIES. lapital, $50,000.00 turpi us Fund 50,000.00 Jndivided Pro tits less (Current Expenses and Faxes Paid, 20,-128.71 )ue to Hanks and Hankers. 0,255.18 )uo Unpaid Dividends 160 00 dividual Deposits Subject to < heck, 176.097.15 'iino Certificates, 123,056.24 lertitiod Cheeks 2,000.00 !ashier's Ob-cks, 535.19 lotcs and Hills Itediscouutod -10,'iOO.UO $170,532.47 TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) Oountv of Lancaster. J Before me ui.i e (4eo. \V. Williams,Cashier f 'The Hank of Lancaster. who being duly worn, s-iys that the above and foregoing tateiueut is a true condition of said Hank, s shown bv the lin<>b~ ?-?? - ; * * " UIO lit IMIII1 ll.lLl K. geo. \v. vihiiaus, casulkji. Sworn to i nil subscribed before me, this !)th <Juy < t Dec , pj07. \v t n\ illianiv, x. p. of s. c. lorroet Attest. Leroy Springs, ) 1*. Crutvi'urd, > Directors, ij. g. Payseur, j A Heal Wonderland. Sonth Dakota, with its rich silver mines, ton an/.a laruis, wide ranges and strange nitnral foriuations, is u veritable wonder*ud. At Mopnd City, in the homo of Mrs. 2 d (Jlupp, n wonderful ease of healing las lately occurred. Jl?r sou seemed near leath with lung and throat tiauble. ^exluustiug eouuhing spi lls occurred every Ive minutes, writes Airs Clapp, "when 1 iegan giving l>r King's New Discovery, he great medicine, that saved his life and outpletely cured him." Guaranteed lor oo?;lis and colds, throat and lung trouTes by Fuu lerburk Pharmacy. 5uc and 1 00. i'rial bottle tree. 'The following is in evi^dence for goods for .Christmas Trade HTfe can supply your wants in the way of fruits. 2?LDWIN APPLES Come let us fill your orders for them. FLORIDA ORANGES Sweet and nice. COCOANUTS s?esh arrival today, also Brazil and Pecan Nuts FINE FIGS In boxes. Something exquisitely nice. CANDIES Jtick, Ball and Penny Goods in endless variety. 3NOWFLAKE CRACKERS Something for the boys FIREWORKS A lively share of the trade is iarnestly solicited, all of which return in advance very many hanks, A.. W. Chance