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II i I si 11 j ^ LOCAL DOTS ^ Cotton, 10? cts ; seed 25 eta. ?The new Council will fc sworn in next Monday night, 30t instaut. ?The Court 11 'use Farmeri Union will meet next Frida morning at 10 o'clock. ?W. D. Phillips, a white ma was shot in Piueville Sunda by Chief of Police Crump. ?Dr. Monrno TJ^u;?<? ? ?~J ; (VUU Ui 11 Annie Blakeney were marrie Inst night at Pasreland, ?. C.Monroe Enquirer. ?One of the heaviest rains i months fell throughout this sec tion during Sunday night, at companied by unusually hig winds ?Mr. J. A. Hoke and family of Catawba Junction, will mov to Lancaster in a few days. The will occupy the McCarde house in East End. ?Our distinguished felloe townsman, Associate Justice Ir 13. ./ones of the Supreme court lias been unanimously electei a member of the Red Cross Socie ty. ?Mr. It. P. l'lyler, one of th hustling farmers ot this county killed his two pet pigs Friday which netted him 901 pounds c meat. The pigs were about a yea oid. ?The streets of Lancaste were crowded yesterday?Christ mas Eve?with holiday shoppers Merchants were kept busy fron early morning until late at night waiting on their hundreds c customers. ?Mr. R. B. Allison, who ha t- been down with a severe attacl of the grip, is able to be up a gain. Judge J. K Stewnian, win was stricken with the same ail meut about the time Mr. Allisoi was, is still confined to hi home. ?The presentation of uUnioi Depot" at the school auditorium Friday night, by local histrionic talent, was a decided success the performance excellent, tb audience large /and the receipt liberal, amounting to abou $70. ? Mr. Walter West, of Col umbia, and Miss Laura Ilaile youngest daughter of Mr. ant Mrs. B. F. Ilaile, were happily * married at the residence of th< bride's parents, yesterday even ing at 9 o'clock.?Camden Chron cle. ?The other day at the Man Chester Mill a little boy about 1 years of ago named Pitman, cam* very near having his heat shot off while he and a play ma! < named Wright were tampering with a muzzle loader. The whoh load of shot glanced young Pit man's head. The escape fron death was a narrow ono.?Rod Hill Record. ?The case of W. J. Jones, el al, respondents, against the HaileGold Mining company, ap pellant, was heard in the Supremo court Friday. Arguments were made for appellant by Messrs Ernest Moore and T. Y. Williams, of Lancaster, and for respondents by Mr. B. B.Clarke, of Camden. The case was carried up from Camden. Tlfrf LANCAi | r PERSONAL Dr. J. B. Patrick, of Rock )e Hill, is visiting in Lancashter Mr. James Horton, of Ker3> shaw, epent Sunday night in 1 Lancaster. Mr. William Ingram, a mer^ chant of Rock Hill, spent Satur. 1 * v uay iu i>aiica8ter. Mr. Shacklefoot McCraly, of ,p Charleston, visited friends in (j Lancaster this week. ? Miss Dessie Lee Tillman has gono to Campville Fla., to spend Christmas with tier parents. > Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Tillman, of Cheraw, are visiting relatives h in Lancaster, their old home. Mr. Willie Koss Moore and r, j Mr. Roy Dunn, stndept* of Dave idson, are at liomi for the holi y days. Mr. John S. Riddle, who is now a commercial traveler, is w spending the holidays with his a family here. ' Cadets Claude McMurray snd Lee Skipper, of the Citadel, in ? Charleston, have come home for Christmas. e Cadets John D. Wylie and r? II. J.Gregory.of Bingham School r' N. C., have come home to spend ^ the holidays. Rlr. Caul R. Moore, who is teaching in Montgomery, Aiav, 'r returned home Sunday to spend 1 Christmas. < i. Miss Connie Wiiherspoon, who is teaching school at Mc jl Oonnellsville, is at home lor (he j holidays. Judge Ira II. Jones, of the Su- ? preme Court, has^ returned from i Columbia to spend Christmas with his family. 1 Miss Maude Moore, student i of the College for Women, Col- 1 r lumbia, is at home for the hoi- 1 idays. { Miss Etta Skipper, student of 11 the Charlotte College, came ( 1 home yesterday, to spend Christ- j mas. Q Misses Corrine Jones and , 9 t 8 May Ferguson, students of the t Columbia College, have come home to spend the holidays. ' Miss Fannie Corcoran, teacher ( of the Carmol school, is sn??r?ri , - C I ing the holidays at her home in . , Edgefield. 7 ( ? Miss Bess Jones, who is atten- y ding an art in&titule in Philadeh - phia, returned home Saturday night, to spend the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chap 3 man and children, of Spartan- ^ 3 burg, are visiting Mrs. Chap 1 man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 3 W. C. Thomson. J Col. H. G. Mcllwain and sons, Masters Walter and Henry, of ^ Rock Hill, snenr. \f/-.?rjo~ - > -I nJ 1" J 1 Lancaster. ; * Cadet A. C. Lee, of 01eni9on ^ College, is spending the holiduys c 1 with his sister Mrs. John A. j j Stewman. c Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Thompson, ( of Georgetown, are spending the q holidays with the Matter's father, 0 Chief of Police I. T. Hunter. ( Mr. S. II. Laney, of Chester- 1' , field, was in town last Saturday, <1 This office is indebted to him d for a pleasant^call while here. r STER NEWS, DECEMBER 25 Messrs Kelly and Frank Cun ninghura, students of the Pre* byterian College at Clinton, ar at home for Christmas. Misa Callie Hudson is spend ing the week with her sistei Miss Maggie Hudson, who is a school in Spartanburg. Mr. T. M. Fitzpatreok, c Washington, Ga., who has beei spending several days in Lan caster, rftinma/l 144 jusiy noiea in meJNews, resid up with their son in-law am laughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. T Williams. > ?Rev. W. C. Winn will preacl it Zion next Sunday at 11 a. m ?Mr. L. Wright accidentally lad a piece of one of his fingeri !ut off in the mill machinery Monday. The wound was dress >d by Dr. Brown. ?Mr. II. O. Thomas and Misi Carrie Threatt, daughter Mr. A Li. Threatt, of the Mill conimu lity, were married last Thura lay night, at Mr. Threatts's resi lence, by the Kev. Glialmer Eraser,pastor of tho Presbyteriai hurch. ?As previously announced ii ?he News, the annual banque if the Lancaster Junior Qrde chapter will be held at the cour louse Monday night. It in re nested that all contributions b< olivered to the committee of ar anceuients bv 7 nVWlr ii win w monua, night Mis9 Louise iluey, who is go ing to Bchool in Rock Hill, i spending the holidays with lie parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. A lluey, of the J lessor ham sec tion. Of the Lancaster grade< school teachers, Principal Bush has gone to Irmo to spent Christmas, Miss Ida Lee Mil to Washington, Ga., Miss Bossi ilarper lo Kingstree, and Mis Grace Whisonant,, principal o the Mill 3chool, to Wilkins villo. Policeman II. M. Langlev,o liock Hill, came over to Lancas ter Monday, to briug a prison er. Col. A. II. Banks and son Mr. John M. Bauks, wt n 10 Col umbia yesterday to spend Christ mas. Mr. E. W. Sistare and family will spend the holidays with re latives at Riverside. Mr. W. P. Roweii, of Claxton Oa., is visiting relatives at Tab ertiacle. Misses Annie and Fainii Kilgore, of Woodruff, are visit Lug Miss .JanieGrten Miss Mary B. Green and Mrs f. M. Pejry left Monday to at tend the Fair in Tampa, Fla l'hey will stop in Charleston di -heir return. Miss Phonie Mathis and Mis liena Hudson lett Monday fo Matthews Station, to visit Mis* Sallie Gibson. Mr. J. L. Poag has come homi io spend Christmas with hii ramily. Mr. M. S. Hull was a visito: ;o Charlotte this week. Capt. and Mrs. A. H. Greem trrived here trom Rock Ilil Sunday. They will make Lancas er their future home, as previ 1 , _ 1 rr?? ** - nrr , 1907. In directing the attentioi the public to the Statemen e our bank published today u call of the State bank examii we wish to call special attenl I- to the following features, 1. That we are carrying . nppnmmAflofj~ > i ?wV?..niiuuuuiivj mc grcuiur | of the borrowing public of L caster County, as evidenced >f our Loans and Discounts, j loan every dollar of our mo to the people of Lancaster Co ty, taking care of our he y people. 2. That although the Cour has been posing througl "Money Stringency", this b; is one of the few who are c r to borrow money as they n . need it for their customers _ shown by our Re-Discounts. 3. That the public has Al lute Confidence in the Safety 1 this Bank, as shown by ov* y thousand depositors who h; over $300,000 with us. , 4. That our Cash Reserve over one hundred thousand < 0 Ian< evidences such a strc s condition as few Hanks can Sh f We prote ct our Depositors, . well as taking care of our frie 5. That our Surplus Ki and our Security to Deposit f are larjer than those of all . other Hanks in l.nuon*t?* ... ??-v ? vvvvu tL/r V/VM _! coinbi ned. Deposit your Money Wh /<? we pay you 4 per cc , Interest, Compounded quart . ly. Leroy Springs, Presi(lent Geo. W. Williams, Cashier. - If'tien the County Farmer a* t ion trill Meet. , It is on the first Thursday r - Friday in January, the 2nd t 3rd, that the County Fa mi Union will meet at Antioch. i a ' not on I riday and Saturday this week as published in 'J News. The mistake in the ti of meeting may have been mi in transmission of the notict this ollice by. phono. 1 As previously published, local sccrttaries are expected s he on ban 1 with their reports r - Lancaster Lawuer Honored. Mr. Ernest Moore, of tl^o L 9 Oistpr IIOK ?? ?J ? ~ "??i , nci VOW JVH Spe< 3 judge on the Supremo Co bench in Columbia last Fric r in the hearing of the famous c; ot the State against' Zimmern and Gibson. Mr. Moore is rec nized as one of the ablest i * most protound lawyers in State, and it will not be a m ter of surprise if he shall be el ed by the legislature to ajud ship at no distant day. It v ' I be recalled that Mr. Moore se ted as a special circuit judgf few years ago with distinguit-l i credit to himself. A Sunday Shooting in the Cour 7 s A difficulty occurred in / Aotioch section Sunday atl - noon between Messrs John Sni and Julius Catoe, ot that cc } munity, in which Mr. Sni] was fatally 6hot, tho ball ent ing tho cheRt and lodging in i back. It is said that tho trou grow out of a friendly -scuf Tho parties are about 35 ye t old and each has a family, j Catoe came to Lancaster Moui and voluntarily surrendered 1 the Sheriff. Mr. Snipes died of his wot r Mondav afternnnn fT?. -it.,,, ~ - f ol Mr. John Snipes, who In in tne vicinity }ol Lancaster ? one line. An inquest was h by Coroner Ca^key yes! day. 4 5 i of statement; ^ Of the Condition of pon S The Bank of Lancaster VIZI Located nt Lanoiiitcr NO, at the closo of and buBint'HH Dec. lGth. 10 7. >art RESOURCES. itin- Eonns and Discounts, $291,123.00 Demand Loans. iil ? * VV6 Overdrafts, 5,(512.83 ney Bonds and Stocks owned by Bank 9,762.50 Bank inn House, 5,800.00 )me Furniture and Fixtures 1,000.00 Due from Banks and Bunkers 74,039.79 . t Onrrcnoy, 14,834.00 lU7 Gold, 2.605.00 * ^ silver, Nickels and Pennies, 1,244.27 ildk Checks and Cash Items 11,570 48 nay * LIABILITIES. > ab Capital, $50,000.00 Surplus Fund 50,000.00 )SO- Undivided Proflts less Current r q? F.xpeuses orul raxes Paid, 29,128.71 T *i ^ne to an'l Bankers. 6,255.18 Due Unpaid Dividends 160 00 1 Individual Deposits Subject to Check, 17C.097 15 of Time Certiticntcs, 125,056.24 7ol- Certified Checks 2,000 00 )ng Cashier's Checks, 535.19 07/,. Notes and Bills ltediscountod 40,000.00 as $479,532.47 nc*S STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) did County of Lancaster. f (OVS Before me came Geo.\V.Williams,Cashier j i of'I lie Bank of Lancustcr, who being duly " sworn, says that the above and foreuoimr \ It til ol.O ? ? ' v o mrlinul-Ul IS II IHIO OOlldiUOn lit Kllid Hallk, us uliovu by the books of tile iu suiil bank. GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Cashibb. ?nt* Sworn to and subscribed before ine, this 19th day ot Dec , 19u7. W T Williams, n. p. or a. c. Correct Attest. i. Leroy Springs, ) \l P. Crawford, > Directors. L. C. Payseur, J [7?t- To be Married in Lancaster To(la?. i tul uivl j A popular young coupie will irs> be united in marriage here today. Mid ^r* Samuel Harper, of this ((f place, son of the late James H. The H:irPer> an<i brother of Mr. llobHarper, and Miss Ella Ben111" nett, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. 5 lo|B. H. Bennett, of Jones Cross Rotuls, are to v?ed at, 10 o'clock this morning. The ceremony l0 will be performed at the home of the bride's brother-in-law and sifter, Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Hagins, on Market Street. Dr. Bold ridge, pastor of the First an Baptist church, will officiate. It 3ial wjp j)e a qUjet weddjng, only ul^ members of the families lay being present. After the cerea9? mony the bridal party will be lan driven to the home of the bride's og" nurpntc - v ..v., nuore a reception will ?tid |je ^iven them. t^,e The News sustains a distinct iat" lows by the marriage of Miss Benec" nett, for she was one of the best ?e and most efficient, members of the working torce of this esrv" tablishmout. Slie is a young 5 a ialy of attractive personality, iec* of modest and unassuming manners ami gentle disposition. Mr. llarper, \yJio is a clever young Uil' man, is to be congrat ulatod upon the socuring so charming a companies ion for life's journey, pes , . ? . 'm Runaway Accident in Kershaw. pes er Mr. John Truesdalo, son of Mr. Frank Truesdale, of Ker^ shaw, met with a paintul accident in that, town Saturday afternoon. While driving a* pair ars " * ?. of horses the animals became Mr. j frightened at the explosion of / firocrackers on the streets and to rau away. The young man was , thrown from the buggy and sevind erelv hurt by being dragged ion ' . . i , some distance on the frounn TPf\ w~. 0 aj He was rendered unconscious tor some timo. lie was given pr_ prompt attention by Drs. Twitty and Cauthen. I