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9 4 ?' i i LOCAL DOTS ~Tj a. 8fc - rB E ?Cotton, 1cts; seed 25 eta. f ?The Lancaster C. H. Far- ^ ri mors' Union will meet this morning at 10 o'clock. yj ?Rev. E. F. Rice will preach j 111 at Beaver Creek church Sunday m morning next at II o'clock. t*r ?Mrs. Mobley, widow of Berry B. Mobley, and children have removed from Kershaw to Heath Springs. ai ?There will uol be any ser- he vice at New Hope Sunday, the 8th, as the pastor, the Rev. E. nf O. Thompson, will be iu Ches ty terfield. fQ ?Mr. and Mrs. John Craw- of ford have decided to go to house a<! keeping. They will occupy the hi llood cottage north of Mr. J. M. llood's residence. 111 V^. ?The Lancaster Mercantile ;^r (](> company is now displaying an attractive line of new snrinir ,u * cr {roods, as will ho seen by announcement in today's paper. U1 ?Mr. John White, an aged ^ be Confederate veteran of the E Icetli moor section of Chester county, ^ died a lew davs ago, of srip. He W I was 75 years old and utimar. , an ned. ?Mr. Charles Lowery, a worthv citizen of Union county. th N. C., died Tuesday, of pneumonia. He was about 55 years old and loaves a widow and severa 1 ^i: children. co ha ?Mr. Harnett, of Kershaw, jj who is opening a harness shop ^ here, is moving his family into ^ Mrs. Ehrich's house on Centre street, recently vacated by Mr. J. McNincli's family.?Chester Lantern. nt da ?Out of respect to the mem- fr( ory of tlieir lamented fellow car- th rier, Mr. E. L). Tillman, whose death occurred Thursday night, \Sil the R. F. I). carriers of Lancas_ j: _i ? ? ? * tor uiu noc maite tueir usual rounds yesterday. ^ ?Among Lancaster's lastest ca business enterprises is the estab- th ment of a brokerage house, by of Mr. Ii. E. Craig, which is loca- to ted at the L &, C depot. Mr. wi Craig received a car load a day ba or two ago of Armour's meats. th ed ? Mr. J. H. Craig, wliose letter is published elsewhere, is a f T 1 t-jH former Lancastrian now living fV II in Alabama IJe is a son of . Mr. Harper Craig, of this conn ^ tv,and brother of Mr. dud Craig, bookkeeper for the Peoples' Supi di ply company. ?One of the most encouraging signs of the times is the fact th that many farmers are not only Bi making enough corn each year wi to do them but have a surplus to! Fi _ ^ M 1 ' Hfn. jr-.very now ana men we ini hear of a farmer who has more ili< corn than ho cm possibly use er and wants to dispose ot some m< of his crop. Occasionally a far- ah mer will advertise his corn for $1 sale, as is done in this issue, by $1 the wav, by Mr. Henry Thomp? oh son. It is not unusual, h nvowr, S. tor Mr. Thompsou to niako big Or T ' corn crops. Ho has been at it (J. for many years He has the Mi land for matting good crops, in W the first place, and sec uilly, he l'r thoroughly uaderstwids how to pr cultivate them. ry MHL. THE LA NO/ * i i. i ?Duncan Pomery, the infant Preparix id only child of Mr. and Mrs. The . G. Bell, of the Ileath Springs has had iction, died Feb. 8, aged 6 this wee lOiit.hs ?i\d 1 n TH.~ i? ? 1 - ^ ..J O. mo UU" oil ??? UL ?1 was at Salem. rebuildii ?Mr. J. Q. Adams lost his "ot erecl iluahle black mare Tuesday ght. She died of fever. A ?ne8 (^es^ ule on Mr. Adams's place 'mme,,8e hich was very much attached ,)n 1 the mare showed unroistak- 'us* as 81 >le signs of grief when the mare Tillman ed, making a mournful noise jyjr ^ id lying down beside the dead ^eeii cf)1 use . e caster fo ? Mr. J. S. Miller, who lives out to R1 >ar Pineville, in all probabili- pects t has the deepest well to be months 1 und anywhere in this section state?at the Carolina*. Some lime and ^n ' ;o ne oegan digging a well on Tillman s farm and is still "pegging ternoon 1 vay at it." The well is already daughter ore tlian 180 feet deep, and it a drop of water has yet rewar- erU*iUtlt >d hi8 efforts.? Monroe Jour rKe'' j of the lh started Mr. R. E. Wylie went over to moPlli,IJ? lesser Thursday to see a rela- ^ re, Mrs. E. 1'. Moore, who h s laj,en S-IC len desperately ill. While in (Q relurn e city ho also C riled on Sheriff jrentl(.ll i uuter, at the Pryor Hospital, -n uock hom he found in good spirits aji,n(,,lt id steadily improving. thought 1 ?The graded schools of Lan without i ,ster t closed the Gth month of son was , e present session yesterday. yesterday ?Mr. D. Eli Dunlap, a wellDeath of town former citizen of this Passe unty now living at Edgemoor, ^jr is been quite '11 for some time. mer w.jj is condition was thought to he caft(erco, tter when heard from two or jovv town ree days ago. (lie(1 Thll ?Mrs. W. T. Williams de- Lucknow 'litfully entertained a large where li . 1 . * 1 " # ' ' imuer ui ner iair menus l ues- tuna ago y afternoon. Elaborate re- shaw. 1I< Jsliments were served during acquaint] e evening. joining ci ?- ? to learn < nail Cotton Fire. Mr. W Lancaster had a small cotton tv Antrii e W<.*lnesduy afternoon, at ^815, am e L Ac U depot. .Just alter a llie Hj r had been loaded with cotton '"''Ct to L; e discovery was made that one Douglas the bales was afire. The cot- ?* a num 11 was quickly rolled out and ,ac'L llis iter applied. As,many as lour Ho wa8 v des were scorched over before w^e wa8 e flames could be extinguish- (,au?hter One bale was badly dainag- ^ illiams The cotton belongs to the r'ed i'i 1 mcaster Mercantile company, 1880. 0 id the damage is covered by was marr mranee. The origin of the Nisbet, o e is not known. tion, whe children iniuil Meeting of ClUzenn It ViV?. B L. Asaociation. R. II. an I The first annual meeting of t,,e 8eco e stockholders of the Citizens' Misses Li liiding and Loan Association Mr. \Y is hold Tuesday evening at the heartedn rst National Bank. The meet- siveness 1 was more than pleased with character e record of the association's op- was at al at ions tor the first twelve,' 'K com out lis of its existence It was were bro own that each share on which hurial, 2 had been paid is now worth pl^co at n A o rm ? t\ l \r f f or a. l no directors were ro- "" ' vices wp c'e<l, as follows : Messrs. r. j?(>v (jj,, Garter, U. G. Carnas, E. M. the Presl oxlon, J. J). Funderburk, E- caster. Hough, C, D. Jones, Ernest iore, F. B, Porter and II. E. ?Jink ylie. Officers re-elected: has been evident, G. 1). Jones; vice- with an a esident, R. E. Wylio ; ecreta- weeks, hi and treasurer, E. M. Oroxton. to be out 0 kSTER NEWS, MARCH 7, HM>8 yiq to llebuild. Sudden Death of Gregory-Hood company man?The Su , ? J , _ , 1 , While tn Died a force of hands at work UH Mail Carrie k overhauling the bricks ^ ^ irnt lot, preparatory to , " . ^ ^ J Lancaster s oldest ?* T1,e c'"?l?any will aiidc ble K F anv more frame build- , , . . , , . . has made his last ake the place of the old .. ? , .... . died Thursday eve ;royed, but will build one , , , . , . . ; Lancaster that m< i brick structure. Work , . , , . his patrons as usi 3\v bunding will begin NT 1 #1 . No. 1, apparently noil as practicable. , .... _ ment ot his acci Hotel Vhanges Hands. health. About 2 5. F. Tillman, who has afternoon lie was lducting a hotel in Lan- Mr. E. J. McCain, r some years, has sold 'nail box over the r. O. M Slielton and ex Carolina, in an un o spen i the next six dition. Mr Til Iir svith hi-< children in this *n bis buggy holdii Yorkville and Clieraw? matter in his h i Texas. Mr. and Mrs. evidently h id,in e leit here Thursday at in[tho box .when sti or Yorkvile to visit their taken to the home ', Mrs. Davidson. Sioele, near by, v about 7 o'clock in IMson has Appendicitis Qever |mvinfE regaii iiit at-arms -J. b. M ilson, The cause c DllSO of Itenrpsnnlnlipoo ? r. ?, posiively known, I: to Columbia Monday that lie had poniet to attend the extra sea ge8ti0n, or he mi ie iegisla ore, but was 8tric:,en WIth p ;k in Lock Hill and had foody was brou-ht to ins imine hero. Dr. yesterday morniu >vas called in 'S' f '.m carrier?tl foioks, a llill and diagnosed his were foun 1 to bo i as appendicitis, but der Mr. Till mat: that he may recover to make out a moi an operation. Mr. Wil- plication shortly getting along very well strieken; which wi sum of money was his papers in the I Mr. ltohert M. JVtlaon ' ' ,, d Away at Lucknow. Mr- Tillman s si , . %l UM c away was a terribl ibert M. Wilson, a for- Jt , . . , r family and friends, -known citizen of Lan- , . , e ed to Ins wife anc " 'J father ?"r fel- his affection was sman Mr. J. S.'Wilson, roente& by tliem. irsday, 5th instant, at more than usual in , in Kershaw county, intelligence-and o e had removed some disposition?he n from tho town of Ker- friends of all with a had many friends and in contact, all of w ancei in this and ad- with the family in aunties who will regret unl'meb' end. of his death. Mr. Tillman was ., , . late John Lee llson was born in Coun ,T , , _ , , . ., __ , Vawyck,and was lr n, Ireland, April 2oth . , 1 ' 1 having been oorn 1 landed al Charleston ,s51 He leav{,8 a oring 1870, coming di- wa8 Ml8B 0arrie incaster, locating ill the Chester county, an section, where he rasid- ing children : Mrs ber of years, until, in Laurinburcr. N. C removal to Kershaw, man, of Charleston wice married. Ilis liLst ward, Walter and J Miss Sarah E.Williams, of Lancaster. He 11 of the late Stephen two brothers an , to whom he was mar- Mr. J. Lee lillman 872 and who died in !tv ; Mr\ Bea,lref n April 13th, 1881, he ?' I'?n?a?t" . . 1 ... ' , ' lillman and Mrs. J ?ed to Miss Sarah Jane yanwyck. f the Jacksonham sec The burial was i > is also dead. ihree cemeterv yesterda by each marriage sur- 5 o'clock, the fui y th^ first, Messrs. J. S., being conducted b d W. V. Wilson; by Fairy, pastor of t nd, Paul Wilson and church,of which M ula and AnnieWilsou. a member, ilson had all the wariness, generosity, imp til- National Bar an 1 readiness of wit *^ame8 Arrastrc istie of the Irish and lenn., was 1 times an entertain ,llu' inat^e a thoro panioti. The remains l'1'" a'* ^,s unlit to this county lor which lie the interment takimr client condition, h Duglas.i church yesler- ' *sm or r,l,ntJ0h''01 noon. The funeral per- ,na^e* re conducted by the ?Mr W II S< Imors Fraser, pastor of , . T ' . , , f,i oi the Lancaster 1 ayterian church ot Lannnd his brother, , had their horse :o I), A. Williams, uho ,,vith lhein in ,n , i ,, i i this week Both confined to his homo , , . ,, . from iho buggy, M ttOOK of grip for (several IRlnin . .,linlu| ?h sufikiuiitly ,ec<>vor<-<l ?urju i...,'uIbo r on the streets again. gy badly broken. 5 Mr. E. #>. Till- I initio tie Catne V V * I large of Duty HjlVlIlff I I man, one of An . most faithful D. carriers, ning. He left Drning to serve ????? ual on route ^ie "Merest ?f the trade . V. generally, we enumerate a in the enjo}- few Gf ^le ?lrticlen carried istomed good in stock at the present, o'clock in the * -j- % discovered by xa.S 9> Li68iQ.Gr at til i latter's Our candy supply is comline in North plete. Milk Kisses 5c a box, just the hit. L'-onscious con- Chewing Gum, endless va- i tan was silting riety ; Chicklets and other f ag some mail standard brands. , i : i . For a quick luncheon any ud, which he , j r 1 i kind of canned goods. oded to|depo3it Soft Drinks: Soda Wa ricken. He was ters, all flavors. ) of Mrs Marv Now to the wants of early 'he,ro hu ,l'cd Gardeners the evening, j - \j. M. Ferrv & Co.'s cele? tied conscious- i a. i o j i brated Seeds: can supply ,f Hnalh .w.i - | any tiling w anted in the seed I nit it is though 8 lung like con- \ Fr,'Us: , Wc keep up the B supply aiui demands in this I ay have been 5 line. aralysis. The jj Lemons?Fine ones, too. to Lancaster J J ^ PotatOeS g. His mail ? ?wv/w ccounts e*c., for seed in stock?Red bliss, n perfect or l'le v"riet>' m?8tly, lnoke^ 1 for. Come and get a peck i s last act was or a bushel. ley order ap- Fepper, Spice, Tomatoes, before he was Gr "d Pepper in c:?ns Jellies, Haking Powders, bh the cnirect Teas,choicest English breakfound among fast, Shimosa choice blemlluggv. idden nassinc Cigars, 2 fors, 3 fors, good . brands 5c, Cinco included, e shock to bis Duke's Mixture and other , He was devot pipe and cigarette brands. 1 children, and Your patronage solicited. datm::zt a. w. chance formation and 40-65 f genial, Rocial iaturally made \ [ ?? whom he came ! Business Notices. hom now unite ?? ? lamenting his Notices inserted under lamenting nis thi8 head at the rate of ONE CENT 1 A WORD fnr o?nl. - ??w . Iimcinuil. *>l) a son of the notice to he counted less than 25 words. Tillman, of ? ? ? i his 58th year, FOR SALE?Fine Berkshire pigs six T weeks old, $5.00 each. Leroy Springs, in January, 44_45 k widow, W ho Bay niftro. kind and gentlej| i Reeves, of for ladies or ycnng girls to drive, (.nil 4 tl,n fv?ll? r ou or addiess, W, T. Vanlnndlnghnm (1 ino ionow- 11-15 Lancaster, Route 3. . L. L. Ford,ot ?; ; ? 1'UK S/11jL?Lot of lino corn and lodder. Mr. John 1 ill- Apply to 1J. J. Thompson, * Arthur Kd- 1-1-15 Lancaster, It. F. D. 5. Karl Tillman, FOR .SALE Fonr good plug niules. , . , 11-15 Lancaster Mercantile Co. j also survived d two sisters: FOR HALE?All parties who spoke . . to me for Longataple Cotton Heed , of tills vicin- will please call for same, .as there are rard Gunning- others who svant to buy the seed. ' ^ I do not want to disappoint those to ; Mr. M. M. whom 1 have promised to Keep seed, f. M. Yoder, of w1r.it?1or call on, W. ILShute, ' 43-14 Primus R F. I). No 1. n i West Side FOR SALE.?Drug business at lleath 'e. . Springs, S.C. Capital stock $1500.y afternoon at (M) Annual .-ales $0,000.00. Clean oeral services stock, line location, good town and rh 1? Mr country hacking. Hold to dissolve V tne xvev. Air. (<0.p,irfnerslup. Bids received until ho Methodist March id) 'OS App y to, wm 43-44 Duncan, Hammond fe Co. r. Tillman was He;th Sl,ring8> s. c ? BKI DOKS.?Will award contracts to build bridges r>n Oedar creek, beik Examiner tween Crenshaw place and quarry. f r v Tuesday, March 17th, a> 11 30 a m. >ng, oi ivnox- On same day at the old Brown place here Thursday at 3. p in. ; at Gills creek, near Gra. ham place, Friday, March 20th. al 11 Ugh inspection am. Flat creek, Pitman bridge, * First Nation- March 24th. at 10 30, a. m. Bond required, and the usual rights s loumi in ex- reserved. 1, .1 Perry, 43 48 County Mipervisor. living no end- ? ' . . ivli itcvcr to FOK SALE OR KENT?My house and six-acre lot in East End. Ternii reasonable Apply to Beauregard Cunningham, Lancaster, s. C. iwoll, manager ' 7 ;?rr ,?;?" Garden seed and cabbage plant: at. Furniture Co.,; Bennetts. tf .fo- iO bowc) 1, j , ntki)?Users of t j pewrit. rs to lo run a.vnv onB on the News . illce to Ret ll-eir ribbons and f 'arbon paper, holh wn one ni.ht high grade. tf. were thrown ' ??? ? ^ ,, FOB S V I E.? At the News Ofllce. : 80W(! 1 f u 'j'y pewriter supplies of all kinds, inirjuriea. rile eluding Ribbons, t . rhon paper, t ami the hu - Manifolding paper, Stenographers ** Note books, &c. When you need any. thing, call on us tf