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^ j |j locai. dots j| j j Cotton, 11? cts; seed 25 cts. ? Mr. J. R. Russell, of Mattli- { ews, N. C., died suddenly a few nights aco. He wag a brother ol Mrs. L. R. Helms, of Monroe. ?Miss Charlotte Jones, (laugh- ] ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jones, i accidentally shot, herself in the face with a parlor rifle a few days ago. Fortunately, the wound j is a slight one. ?The party of Kershaw amateurs came up yesterday after- , noon lor last night's entertain- | ment at the auditorium, notice , ol which will be made in our next issue. I ?Mr. William Bivens,an aged citizen of Union county, N. C., ( died Sunday at the home of his j son-in-law, Mr. John H. Wil- i liams, in that county lie was in his 85ih year. ? tyies E ther Mangum, daugh- j , - ter of Mr. John Mangum, ol Ohes t terfieid county, was married Sun- j day to Mr. A. I) M. Whitley, of j it..;.... - v' ? "" uHUJii unuiii.Vj . u. 1110 groom is a student of a Baltimore medical collego. ?The Waxhaw Mercantile Co., 1 which has been doing business iu the stand near the Rodman & Heath cotlou mill of Waxhaw, has been consolidated with the iirm ol Rodman & Niven.?Mon- * roe Journal. 1 ?There will be preaching at 1 Urills Creek church tomorrow ' (Sabbath) morning at 11 and at 1 * Pleasant Hill in the afternoon at 8 o ciock, by the Rev. C. S. Young. Everybody is invited to attend. ( ?At its recent meeting the Lancaster County Farmers' Union elected the following dele- ( gates to the State convention to | be held iu Columbia Jan. 22: ? Messrs. W. P. Caskey, J. ('lark r Robinson, N. B. Cousar and J. . T. Hance. ? Mr. Charles .Caskey and fam , 41? U 1 ' ny uiivc uioveu irora meir iormer ( home four miles east of Laiicas ter to the place at Elgin pur- y chased by Mr. Oaskey some time < ago, as noted in The News at the time. j ?Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller have adopted a little orphan girl, t Annie May Horton by name. The \ little orphan girl who is but two ( years old could not have come f into a belter home.?Jefferson \ Citizen. t ? Mr. \V. S. Lee, ot the South- s ern Power Co., passed through the city Saturday morning re- 1 turning from Croat Falls. He c advised the reporter of The lie- fl cord that tho work at Rocky j Creek was progressing all right, r and thut they would in the next a few days put two hundred addi- t tional hands at that place.? c Rock ilill Record. v ?A letter received by the ed 1 itor .just before going to press * from Mrs. Hunter in Charleston J states that her husband, Sherifl ^ J. P. Hunter is improving and that in the opinion of his attend- ' iug physician he will he all right * in a /aw days. Mrs. A. T. Waters, of Mount Pleasant, is also better. ^ 1 It depends upon the pill you take. I>eWitt's Little Karly Risers are the best pills known for constipation and ( eiok headache. Hold by Crawford Bros. 0 % t T&E LANOA | PERSONAL "J Mr. Hasel Witherapoon visited Charlotte this week. Mr. Marion Witherapoon spent Tuesday in Winnsboro. Mr. Ransom Horton, of the Kershaw section, 3pent Tuesday night in Lancaster. Dr. R. L. McMauu-*, of JefFer-J >on, has returned to Atlanta, Ga , o finish his course iu dentistry. Mr. E. E. Thorn well, of the Darlington bar, son of the lamented Dr. J. II. Thornwoll, of l^ort Mill, spent Thursday in Lancaster. Mr. Jatnes Stewart McCardell >as gone to Davidson College to complete his education. His ormer position at the Cotton Mills store is now being filled by VIr. Lee Sis: are. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Yarborough md the latter's sinter, Miss Eva Uelk, ot .Union county, N. C., 'pent a few days the past weak n this county with their uncle, Mr. I. N. Helms, and family. Mrs. R. D. Sim" and children, >f Waxhaw, who have been visting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Yandle, went home yesterlay afternoon.?Chester Lm;ern. Mr. W. T. Gregory, of the Jregory-IIood Live Stock com >any, returned last night from ,ue western mantels, wnere lie lurchased another carload of line nulea for llio Laucasler trade. ? w .. Cards are out announcing the ipprouching marriage ol lh. K. 3. Brown, one of Lancaster's prominent young physicians, uid Miss Daisie V. Mclntyrc, he attractive young lady of Ma"ion who taught for a year or ,\vo in the graded school here The ceremony will be performed n the Marion Methodist church he afternoon of the 22nd inst., tt 5 o'clock. Invitations to the :nming event have been issued >y the parents of the prospective iride, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas dclntyre, of Marion. Death of Miva l'henie Crockett. Miss NannieJosephine Crockett, in aged maiden lady ofLancaster, letter known as Mis9 Phonie Jrockett, died here Thursday ifternoon at her home on Cataw>a street. Her death was duo o ati attack of pneumonia, and dio was sick only a few days. Miss Crockett was a good, ;iud-hearted woman, a devout diristian and had many friends md acquaintances who will be rained to hear of her death. For nany years preceding her death he was h member of the Prebby erian church She was a daughter ' >f the late Kobt. LI. Crockett and ' vas (?7 yearg old. She leaves a ' >rothor, Mr. R. C. Crockett, of l Florida. The romains were buried ! esterday at old Waxhaw church. I The funeral services were con- i lucted at the home yesterday < norning by the Rev. Chalmers iVftser. ?A meeting will be held at }edar Grove school house on tho ? 8tli instant, at 2 p. m. to organ- < ze a Farmers' Union. County 1 )rgnnizer W. G. A. Porter will 1 n hand. i berry. lliy Fire ut Heath Sjtrintfs-- Several Hundred Hates of Cotton Htirnetl. A disastrous H e occurred in the town of ileath Springs at an early hour Thursday morning ? About 1:30 o'clock tlie' ' use 1 of the Springs Banking auu Mer- ' cantile Co. was discovered on tire, \ but the flames had made such progress that it was impossible to cheek them. The building and ' contents, including 375 bales ot cotton, were consumed. The com pany's store adjoining the warehouse was damaged, as was also ' the stock of goods. The total loss and damaie is estimated at $30,000, which is covered bv in-1 surauce. The origin of tho fire is not known. It started inside the warehouse. A considerable portion of the cotton destroyed belonged to different parties, who had stored it for higher prices. Maf/iatratc Caskey'a Record for 1 1007. Magistrate W. 1\ Caskey turned over to the county treasurer Wednesday fines, etc., collected 1 by him for the quarter ending { Dec. 31st amounting to $311.50, ! making the total amount collected and paid over by him the past ' year $1078 50, which is $328 50 ' more than the expenses of the j office, including the salaries of himself and constable. A fine record, surely, for Magistrate Caskey. lie is making his office far more than self-sustaining? in fact, it is a pouree of revenue , to tho county. Government Issues Utilfis/i Cotton Report i The census bureau issued a 1 report Thursday showing thai 1 the number of bales of cotton ' ginned up to January 1st. was j r 9,955,427, as compared with 11,741,039 last year. The report, was considered bullish, the future market advancing 20 or more points. It is now realized that the crop of 1901 is short and higher prices are confidently axpected. l*u nine- Kenn i m/ton Mr. VV. II. Pardue, son of the Key. J. M. Pardue, and Mrs. M. J. Kennington, daughter in-law :>f Mr. Geo. F. Kennington, were married here Wednesday, by c Magistrate W. 1*. Ca9kev. at bin ' residence. I ^ ' 1 STER NEWS, JANUARY 11, 19 Neyro Fractured Another's Skull. Two young negroes, Charlie taassey, sou of Will Massey, and a son of Rich Dunbar had a difficulty Tuesday evening on the plantation ot Capt. J. A. West, at Antioch, iu which Dui b*r broke a ?un ovpr ^ i - ? c ?O fracturing the skull. The wound ed man, whose condition is serious, was attende I by Dr. F. O. Unison. AVc/#v> lireaku Lett at Oil Mill. John Jackson, a colored hand at the cotton oil mill, mot with a serious accident Tuesday night. Instead of removing the seed reel belt in the umal way, it is thought that he attempted to * kick, it off, and in doing so lost his footing and feli, breaking his right leg between the knee and ankle. The broken limb was set by Dr. M. P. Crawford.? .Jackson came here from New 08. Tenant Houne Burned. A tenant house on Mr. Ben Funderburk's plantation was destroyed by fire a few days ago.? It wag occupied by George James, colored, who had just moved in1 o the building two days belore the fire, lie lost everything he had. Ihe origin ot the fire is not known. fti??#? ??/ Miss ljotlie 1'feinuif/ in Texas, The many friends nud acquaintances in this county of Miss Lotlie Fleming, who moved from , here to Texas with her mother .ib-mt three years ago, will regret :o learn of her dea h, which occurred a tew d ?ys aao at her horn? in Ti'us frounty, that state, alter a lingering illness. She was a daughter ot the late John Fleming and was about 38 years of age. She was a most rstim- , Able lad . , was a consistent member ot the Methodis' church, and was greatly like 1 by ill who knew her; < Miss Fleming is survived by her mother, Mrs. Julia Fleming, And five brothers, Messrs. James, ' John, Richard Cha'mers and William Fleming. All ot whom reside in Texas except ?lie last aaiued brotner, Mr. William Fleming, who lives in the vicini;y of Lancaster. , Another Account of the Death of ' Mr. IV. A. Ingram, of Chesterfield. Mr. W. A. Ingram, whose , ieaUt occurred a lew nights ago it his liotne in Chesterfield county, as published in the last i-sue ot The News, was well and la vorably known in Lancaster, where he occasionally visited ? LI is f tther, the late Silas Ingram, at one time resided here, a number of yearn ago. Mr. Ingram was one of the largest and most successful farmers in Chesterfield. Three of his surviving children live in Kershav, Messr. John W. and E G. Ingram and Mrs Mattie Blackwell. The Carolina Citizen, of Jefferson, in its issue of Wednesday jf this week, gives the following iccount of Mr. Ingram's death : 1 On the first day of the year Jenth claimed one of Chesterfield i sounty's most promineut and 1 L?est known citizens. After be , ing confined to his bed for seven I weeks with jaundice Mr. W. A. j Ingram died at his home at ? Plains last Wednesday Jan. 1.? 1 Mr.Ingram was bornin Lancaster . county Nov 19, 1840, and was therefore a little more than G1 year* of "go. He was married in 1808 to Miss Sarah J. Miller- In recent ye irs Mr. Ingram has eii_aged extensively in the business f lending money, having out in loans at the time of his death 1 nearly #40.00ft. Tn fliio ? , - , ? """ I lie has aided considerably in thA i levelopment of his country, riiough he has never sought dlice he has always taken a deep nterest in public affairs In the 1 campaign for prohibition last lummer he was one ot th? most ictive workers in this section. lie was a member ot the Plains Baptist Church. The boreav d 1 vife and the following children ?urvive : J. W. Ingram and Mrs ;V. T. Blackwellof Kershaw, Mrs M. E. liedloarn, Thomas L. Ingram and S. F. Ingram of Plains, L)r. J. D. Ingram of McBee, and B. G. Ingram and Mrs I). LBlackwell of Jefferson. The re. nains were buried at the Plains i A 1_ / * iwine.ery, me mnerai services ?einK conducted by Uev. B. S. ^underburft. 1 0 5 Mr. fJuliUH Catoe Granted Hail. The motion for bail made this week in Columb a before Associate Justice I'a H. Jones in (lie case of Mr. Julnn Catoe, charged Willi the killing ot Mr. Jolin Snipes in the Anfci< cli section, was granted by hi? honor, the amount oi Dan oem^ fixed at $2,000. The defendant was represented in the hearing by his counsel, Mi. J llarrv Foster, and the State by an assistant in the a torney general's oflice. Statement From the Books of the Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Lancaster at the Close of Business December 31, 1907. EE EU'la Halauce from ID 0 $4,089 85 Finos 1,292 37 License 1,907 50 Miscellaneous 103 15 I axes (5 mill levy) 2,0-7 80 faxes ^Comiuut iti n) 311 00 7,831 97 DI'liUUsEMES fS Hometery S 98(10 Qeneral Uanniug Expeii e? 781 b8 Lighting 128 14 Mayor's Salary and Clerk's Com.. 471 58 Police 1 734 G7 Sri.'ts Payment < & Machinery.. 1,9.2 53 Dash on band 2,702 39 7,8?1 97 Respectfully subraitte i by JOHN GUAWFOiiD, Clerk and Treasurer. We, the undersigue 1, having made a sareful examination of fh? ..? i-t. Ui >;UUU Grawford as Clerk and Treasurer ol the i'owu of Lancaster, do hereby certify that name are correct and iu accordance with rbove statement T S. CARTER, A. J. CLARK. Auditing Committee. STATE OF SOU TH CAROLINA, | Cot kt v or Lakcastkb f Sworn and subscribed to before me this 1th day of January, 190S. k \t cROxroM, n. r. or s, c. When the Stomach, Heart or Kidney nerves get weak, then tliene organs always fail. Don't drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. That is siuiply a maKeshilt. Get a prescription known to Druggists everywhere as Dr. Sboop's HestorH.tive, prepared expressly for these weak inside nerxes. Strengihen these nerves, bnilJ them up with Dr. Shoop's Restorative?tablets or liquid?an 1 see how quickly help will come. Free sample test sent on request by Dr. Shoop, llacine, Wis. Your health is surely worth the simple test. Fnnderburk Pharmacy State of South Carolina County of Lancaster In the Probate Court. By J. E. Stewman, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS,W. U Clybnrn has made suit to me, to grant him Letters ot Administration of the Estate of and effects of Thomas L. Clybarn, deceased. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and idmoni?ih nil ?1? *1 1 * .... ouu niugumr uie Kind rod ind creditors of the.said Thorn as L.Clyburn leeeased, that they bo and appear before mo, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lancaster Court House, S. C., on Saturlay, Jan. 18th, next, after pnblieation Hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to diow cause, if any they h ive, why the mid Administration should not be granted* Given under my Hand, this 3rd day of Fan., Anno Do.uini, 5908. J. E. SLEW MAN, Piobate Judge. A Cure for Misery ' I have found a cure for the ini-ery malaria poison produces," says K M. James of i-ouellen,,S. (J. "It's called Electric Hitters, and cornea in 50 cent bottles. It breaks up a case of chills or a bilious attack in almost no time; and it puts yellow j .undice clean out of commission." fhis great tonio medicine and blood purifier gives relief in all stomach, liver and kidney complaints and the misery of lame back. Sold under guarantee at J. P, Mackey Co., and Funderburk Pharmacy . Business Notices. vtr All Notices inserted under this head at the rate of ONE CENT A WOKI> Tor each insertion. No notice to be counted less than *15 words. Store room near Southern depot for rent. Apply to K. E. VVylie. I have opened an otllce one door north of IV . H. Stewman <& Co. store near me southern depot, where I will be found for business. J. F. Nisbet, business a^ent of the Farmers' Union. We have purchased a tine Jersey Hull which we will stand at the Gregory farm Kast of Lancaster. Urogory-Htogner Stock Farm. -i *