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rLOCAL DOTS J =^g Cotton, lHc. ; seed, 20 cts. ? Tbe rural carriers will not "carry" today, it being a holiday. Mr. T. J. McMinch, of this place, has opened a marble yard in Camden. The business houses in Kershaw as well as those of Lancaster will close next Monday. The Rich Li ill Jr. Order will meet next next Monday night to! install their newly elected officers. All parties interested iu the Tabernacle school are requested to meet Thursday eveniug at 5 o'clock. As published in Wednesday's News, the banks and stores will be closed next Monday instead ot today, July 4th. The annual reunion ot the Confederate veterau9 of North Caro lina will be held at Winston-Salem August 19 and 20. It was reported to us that a mad dog was killed iu the Flat Creek section Sunday, but not | udui it nad bitten several dogs. ?Kershaw Era. There will be a big picnic at Heaver Creek Church July 17th. Refreshments will be served for the benefit of the church. The public is invited. Mr. M. J. Long, ot the Creek section, has the of thanks of the printers ol The News tor a lot of nice peaches, presented them Friday last. The ladies of the Methodist church will serve dinner today, July 4th, in the grove at the Graded School building, where the candidates will speak. Mrs. J. A. Bivens ot east Mon roe township died Saturday alter an illness of some time She woo . about sixty years old and a good woman. ? Monroe Journal. The Lancaster News is correct ; it was the Era's mistake : in alluding to Mr. Williams as , manager instead of superintend ! ent at the Oil Mill.?Kershaw i Era. The finest peaches that we have I seeu this season wore kindly presented to us Wednesday by Mrs. i J.A.Weaner,of the IieatnSprings section, who sjont the day in | Lancaster. The James Adams big ten' cents show will be here next week, giving an exhibition every night. The tent will lie in the Catholic grove This show was here once before and proved to i be a good, clean show. The annual picuic of the Lib : erty Ilill Uilles will be given at ! * ! ' ?T*H " ' ' * - ~ ' 1 i^r mueiiy mil on r riaay, Juiy lUtli.j The public is invited. The con gressional candidates have been ' invited and an effort will be made to have a came ot ball between Kershaw and Lancaster county candidates. of Mrs. Mart/ l\. Downs. | Mrs. Mary E. Downs, widow ot W. C. Downs, who died ihe 22rd of la9t October, passed away Tuesday night at the heme ot her nephew,Mr. John L. Adams, in the Elgin section, after anj illness of three weeks She was j a daughter of the late Rus Con<j nell ami was U8 years of oge. She leaves tio children. She was a consistent member of the A. R. P. church. The remains were buried at St. Luke church Wednesday at noon, the Rev. Mr. Brown conducting the funeral services. There is one preparation known today that wil 1 promptly help the stomach. This is Kodol. Kodol digests all classes of food, and it does it thoroughly, so that the use of Rodol for a time will without doubt help anyone who has stomach disorders or stomach trouble. -'lake Kodol today and continue it for the short time that is neces* j ?ary to give yon complete relief. Kodol is sola by all druggists, w-h & Death of Mrs. H. Y. Clyburn, Widow of Thomas H. Clybam. M rs. H. V. Clyburu, widow! of the la*e Thouias H. Clyburn, ; who was clerk of the court of Lancaster a number of years ago, died suddenly last Monday, 1 June 29, at her home at Pedro, , in Marion county. Florida, where she had resided for years.She was a native o? Lancaster county and i was 65 years and 11 months old. IJer many old Lancaster friends and acquaintances will be pained ( to hear of her death. ci-Im..- ! ?1 * o. vi^ mu u is survived ov three sous and cue daughter. Among: the sous are Mr. James Clyburu, a successful business mau of New York city, aud Mr. D. Jesse Clyburu, of Pedro. Fla. Lancaster to Lose a Good Citizen. Lancaster is going to lose one of its highly esteemed citizens, Mr. John F. Clyburu, who will remove with his family to Hartsville about the first of August, where he has accepted a position with the large mercantile house of J. L. Coker A Company. Mr. Clvburn has been identified with the interests of this community Inr a iinmlinr aI "Anm U" V ? VI JCOID, Lie W?k9 first connected with the firm ot Porter Brothers, but later, and for the last several years, with the Williams-Hughes Company. He is an exceedingly popular and highly efficient salesman, as: well as a valued cit zen, and his ; removal will occasion general regret both here and throughout i the county. Mrx. tJttlia Fleming /><*?(!?I'uasetl Away in Tex<is Mrs. Julia Fleming, widow of, John P. Fleming, of Lancaster | county, died June 22, of liver trouble, at her home near Mt. Pleasaut, in Titus county, Texas, j having removed there with her family from this county about | tour and a half years ago. She was an estimable, kind hearted. Christian lady and her friends here will be pained to heat of her death. She was a zealous member ol the Methodist church. Mrs. Fleming was a daughter ot the late Simpson Harper, ot this vicinity, aud was about 50 years of age. She leaves the following sons : Messrs .lames, j Joliu, Chalmers, and Richard Fleming,ot Texas,and Mr.Wm.D.i Fleming, ot this county. She is also survived by two brothers, j Mr. Richard Harper, of the Elgin section, and Mr. John liar per, ot Texas. . ? Order of Union Services As announced in Wednesday's News, the congregations of Lancaster will begin the holding of; union services tomorrow night. i As the Methodists are tempora-1 rily without a house ot worship they will use the Presbyterian ! church when it is their time to hold the union service*. The order, agreed upon is as tollowe : 1st ' Sabbath in the month (tomorrow night), by the Methodists, in Presbyterian church; preacher, Dr. J. li. Boldridge. 2nd sabbath, A. K. 1J. church; preach er, Rev. Chalmers Frager. 3rd Sabbath. Baptist church; preacher, Rev. O. W. Carmichael. 4th Sabbath, Presbyterian church ; preacher, Rev. W. A. Fairy. PERSONAL jCapt. W. P. Plyler paid a visit to Monroe this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Carson, of Iversliaw, are visiting in Alabama. Miss Hope Gregory is visiting relatives in Kershaw an<i Jefferson. Mr. Lonnie Rollings, of Kershaw, spent Wednesday night in Lancaster. Misses Jnnie and Nannie Johnson visited relatives in Kershaw this wtek. Mr. S. M. Knight, of the Primus neighborhood, visited Kershaw Wednesday. I?r. Carl Foster, ot Timnionsville, spent Wednesday night and part of Tlmrsdav 111 Lancaster, his old honn . Mr. J. I,. Hill, of < .reettw <>o I. is spending a few days in Lam-aster with his friend Mr. Virgil Klliotl. of tliis otUee. < aUcts .Mi .Murray and Skipper. of the Citadel Academy. returned from Chareston Wednesday to spend the summer vacation. Miss Mamie Clyburti, of Bixie, has been spending several days with her I cousin, Miss Ada clyburn, in the llaile ?.old Mine section. Mr. T. J. Keeves, of the Kieh 11111 section, spent yesterday in Kershaw at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. ,J. K. Faile. ? Kershaw lira. Miss Josie Hlaekmon, ot the llaile Hold Mine section, is spending a month with her sister, Mrs. \V. /.. Hilton, at Liberty Hill.?Kershaw lira. state Vice Councillor J. K. Beamguard, of the Junior Order, arrived here yesterday on his way to Antioch to deliver a lecture last night. Mrs. S. B. Roberts, of the Creek section, who has been undergoing treatment at the Rock Hill hospital, returned home this week, greatly improved in health. Rev. and Mrs. R.T. Hlaekmon. of the Antioch section, spent from Saturday until Monday with Mr. Blaekmon's parents. Mr. and Mrs. \V. T. Hlaekmon.? Kershaw lira. Miss Blanche Cousar, who spent several months here helping to nurse her mother, ti... in#.. \t-- - 1 i.%iv 4U1IIKU1UI | Cousar, left yesterday for llartsville to I resume her work as stenographer for a I firm which she had given up on account I of her mother's health.?Chester Lant* I ern. 1 Snooting Sciut/te Xetir town. A difficulty occurred Wednes ( day oa Col. W. C. Hough's plantation near J own between Mr. Dock Bailev and a negro named Andrew McDonald, in ( which the latter was shot in the , forehead, the bullet passing out j near where it entered. Three 1 bullets also slightly grazed Mc- ? Donald's tier.t Tbo nrnnnil tt'ot < dressed by Dr. M. 1J. Crawlord. The man is not seriously hurt, being up and aboul. A Cotton fire Jfettnesdoy After- 1 noon?About .">0 Holes Uanififted. j Fire was discovered in the cot- ' ton warehouse a' the Lancaster 1 Cotton Mills Wednesday aftei- i noon, hut owing to the automa-'( tic sprinklers with which the:, building is equipped and to the ] efficiency ot the mills' tire de- \ partment, the llames were quick- | lv extinguished. About fifty ' bales were damaged, the loss being covered bv insurance. As the warehouse had not I been opened in sixty days, it is thought that the lire probably originated from a rat igniting a match. There are 1056 bales of cotton in the department where the tire broke out. l'lie Lancaster Mills, bv the way, have all modern conveniences lor lighting fire. In adtiou to every department being 1 eqiiipped with automatic sprink lers, there is a well-drilled fire company?one ol the best in the State. At a moment's notice, i a atnarl tr utrnuni f 1 7 " A I UVVUViJ ot VI 1 I uv ^ailUIIO j o( water a minute can be thrown upou a (ire. The Summer School f or Colored Teachers. The institute tor colored teachers, which opened here Monday, with M. D. Lee a9 principal, is ] making good progress. Thirty- i five teachers are in attendance, Depositoi Like t busine ing to they what Bank < feel tV The Bank of Lane Grow With It. It war make thing it can profit Th Bai oJ Lanes "The Old fftucli is a verv good record for he opeuing. But there are t number of teachers in the t ! o u n t y not present, and j hey are reminded of the fact ' ;hat, under the ruling of the Sta'e board ot education, their ?ailure to attend the institute ivill operate against them here- ; ifter in the matter of renewal ot , iertificates. I tenth ot Mrs. Mart/ I .a than, Widow of 'T. IT. Lath an. Mrs. Mary A. Lath an. who, J ibout a month ago, as noted in , 1'he News at the time, accom- ( panied her stepson, Mr. W. A. i Latham of Wildwood, Kin., on , iiis return home from a visit t relatives here and in the enm>t\ lied a few days after her arrival i there. She had been in feeble ! liealth lor some time. She was . the widow ot the late J. II. La* | than and leaves no children. ' Ihe Sumter County Times. pul> lished at Sumterville, Fla., in its issue of June 2<7th, gives the j following account of Mrs. La- i than's death : Mrs. Mary A. Lathan died at ( the home of lier step-son Mr. W. i A. Lathan on Wednesday, June j 17th, after an illness of only a week. Mrs. Lathan was seventy three years of age, wa9 born and raised in Lancaster county, S. C., and had lived there all her life. She came to Florida to visit her son on June 4th, and had been Knim llicf- frro wtaaI-'a juov m </ nocna ? UCI1 < Death's angel called her home. ' She was a devout Christian i woman, having connected herself with the Presbyterian church in early life and devoted her entire lite to Christian duties. The remains were interred in the Wildwood cemetery Thursday afternoon, funeral services conducted by the Rev. E. D. Luter. REV I W WILLIAMS TESTIFIES Kev I W Williams, Huntington. W Va, testities as follows: "This is to cei^ify that I used Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, *nd am free to say that Foley's Kidney Remedy will do all that you claim for it" I rs ofeel that in bringing their iss to a bank they are helpbuild it up; in other words are giving something for they are receiving. The )f Lancaster wants you to lat way towards it. aster is Growing its your Account?wants to itself useful to YOU in any pertaining to finance?and handle your business with to you and to itself. Le ik F ister Reliable" Business Notices. ?AP"~AU Notices inserted under Ins head at the rate of ONE CENT \ WORD for each insertion. No lotice to be counted less than 25 ivords. ?OR RENT A good six room dwelling Apply to I A1 Hood 78-tt jMALL CARDS, with envelopes to match, suitable for invitations to entertainments, birthday parties, etc ADnlv at The News ntlifu WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY?Ablebodied, unmarried men, between ages IS and 35, citizens of United States, of food character and temperate habits, ivho can speak, read and write F,u>flsh. For information, apply to Recruiting Officer, 1 West Fifth St., L'harlotte, X.< .; 3 South Main St., \sheville,N.C.; National Rank Buildng, Shelby, X. (J.; 401 South Center St .. Statesville, X C ; Springs Buildng, Lancaster, S C , or 1G7}? West Main St.,Spartanburg,S.C. 7S-104 ro THE PUBLIC?Take notice that the Democratic candidates for the United States Senate, for Representa:ive from the Fifth Congressional District,and for Solicitor of the Sixth Tudicial Circuit will sneak at Laneas :er Saturday, July 4th. Speaking to aegin at 10 o'clock a.m. W.P.Caskey, County Chairman. Lancaster, S. C Iune "iii, 1908. 70-78 ALL PARTIES who have subscribed to the building of the new M. E. Church South will please call and set:le with Edward (J. Allison, Treasurer. 70-78 W'A XTEl > ?Positions for my sons, John and Willie Rlackiuon, recent graduates of (ieorgia-Alal ama Business College, Macon, Ga. Roth expert Uenographers and bookkeepers. Orrin C. Rlackmon. Lancaster, S. C. 7"?-7S WANT HI)?Customers for Fruit Powders at Mackorell's. 71-78 Notice of Registration. The otlice of Supervisor of Registration will be open, coinmencing July 1st, 1908, at D o'clock a. m., and closing at 3 o'clock p. m., for the months of July ami August, every day except Sundays, for the purpose of revising the registration books. All voter* will have to have new registration certificates. Call at office in rear of court house W. U A I'oliTER, July 24, lUOS?7?M?3. Chairman. A Valuable Place a FOR SALE 177 Acres of Fine Timbered Land Suitable for sawine Inmber- in nn? am\ one-half miles of the court house; 35 or 40 acres of this is open nn<l in cultivation. Apply to T. S. CAHTEtt, or to J. P. A E. C. ALLISON, Jane "25, 1908 ? 77-tf Lancaster, S. C. *