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Thi VOL. 3. NO. 83. SEMI-W The Camp Creek Sunday School Picnic a Great Success?Good Speeches and a Splendid Dinner. Editor The Lancaster News? Please allow me space in your valuable columns to say that I had the pleasure of being present at the Sunday school picnic at Camp Creek, in the Creek section, last Saturday. Your hum ble servant hau the pleasure of mee'ing wi'h quite a number of friends and acquaintances and met with a hearty welcome from them ail. At 10 o'clock the Sunday school was called into the church and there arranged in proper position, and Photographer W. A. Davis being present,with his instrument in readiness, he proceeded to make a'negative of the Sunday school. Then all were marched out to thejfront, rearranged and a second negative made ol the school and church. The cngrega'ion again assembled in the church, andj the object of the meeting explained by the chairman, Mr. A. M. L Ilallman. The meeting was then opened with prayer by Bro. Sapp. The first speaker introduced by Chairman rjHallman was Mr. Claude Sapp, who promptly responded and made a very able address to the Sunday school? one that would reflect credit on a n V pnmmnnitu n?-?Ki\wni. t s* %mm?j vvuiuiUUii^f i?U'4 IIUII'M IU himself. Next introduced was Mr. A.C. Rowell, who addressed the Sunday school in an able, graceful manner, which reflected credit on himself and the school as well. The next speaker introduced was Mr. Joseph lv. Connors, who promptly responded and made a talk to the Sunday school, which was very impressive to the children and older ones as well. Yea, Mr. Connors' talk was not lengthy, but it was to the point unit in tlie. ai-viri? .... The next speaker wag Mr. Lewis Mobley, ol Heath Springs, who also responded promptly in a short address that was very appropriate and delivered in a graceful manner. This concluded the speaking ano the crowd was dismissed from the church. Then a bounteous dinner of the most delicious things was spread under the massive oaks that cover the churchyard . All present were welcomed and partook of the many good thiugs. It is always a pleasure to your correspondent to visit CampCreek and meet her noble, generous -x?^^ 1 ^ 1 1:? pcv/pie. itj?y uiey uvei iu enjoy many more such occasions. J. N. Outen. The Remedy That Does "Dr. Kind's New discovery is the remedy that does the healing others piomise but fail to perform," Says Mrs. E K. 1'ierson, Aobnrn Centre, Ea. ' It is cnrinp tue of throat and lnng trouble of lonf: ....... .i;?~ ? ?? ??? --i; > Ininuuiu^, nun WiUCl nt'illlliCUlM It)IIUVO(] only temporarily. New Diocoveiy is doing rne so much good that I fool confident its continued use for u reasonable lengtl: of time wdl restore tne to perfect health." This reknown cough and cold mined) and throat and lung healer in sold at J. F Mae key Co, Funderhnrk Pharmacy; 5(k and $1.OU. Trial bottle free. w * i 9 7 T A\1 Zt JL/iklN LEDGER I8b^ EEKLY. I Attention, Woodmen. 'I The Fork. Hill Ciunp, Woodj meu oi 'he World, will unveil s monument to the iate John b Snipes at Fork Hill church the c first Sunday in August. All \ members are requested to meet a promptly at 10 o'clock a. m. at r the residence oi Mr. G. W. Ellis, c Members ot other camps are cor- si dially invited to attend. a L>. S. Small, C. C. h Little Itirl Meet* With llwl Acci- |j .tent. 0 Little Miss Ella 1'ardue, about ,, cl 5 or 6 years old, daughter of Mr. W. II. Pardue, ot the Sincerity ^ section, met with a serious acci- y dent last Sunday afternoon. < While playing in the house with j other children she in some way j I fell and broke her left, leg above the knee. The limb was set by t Dr. R. C. Biown. . M , c The Winthrov Examination. 4l I tJ The result ot the Winthrop ; ( College entrance and scholar-1 ship examination held on the ( 3rd instant has not vet been ane nounced, and will not likelv be I, -n betore August 1. The delay, it is said, has been caused by the failure 01 the superintendents of ^ education in some counties to ^ sen 1 in promptly the papers for examination. Altogether, throughout the Sfa'e, 693 youug . . o women took tne examination. ^ There are 52 vacant scholarships. Mr. Arthur Moore Dead. i Mr. Arthur Moore, a young mam son ot Mr. D. F. Moore, a i prominent citizen ot Jhester i field county, died in Columbia I ; last Thursday, where he had fc undergone an operation lor ap- ? pendicitis. The body was taken p to Chesterfield county lor burial. Mr. Moore had a number of V tnends in Lancaster who will re J gret to learn ol his untimely a death. c 1 .Yff/ro K tit ft at (ireat Fall*, While IlesiHtim/ Arrest. A negro, named Jack Niabet was shot and instantly killed at (ireat . | Falls last Saturday by i'olieeman Smvrrh, while resisting ar- . fo I I rest on the charge of gambling. | The ball, which was fired from j a pistol ot large calibre, 19 said , to have entered Hie back of the ^ head unci passed out through the forehead. ^ The negro a; one time had : worked at the Falls but had be?ui discharged and warned not to ! come on the premiaes again, | which warninir he heeued for a while, but returned Saturday. He was reported to Policeman t | -jc Koin/. * ' ~ . ..o usmg vo^agea IU ( | gambling ami when the olficer t went to arrest liim he resisted, j with the result as stated. Mr. Sm.vrrh is no?v in jail at Chester, j i i Mrs. W. K 1'ardue and son. Master Henry, recently visited relatives and 1 I friends in the Jaoksonham and I'nity . ? sections. Mr. W. I'. Wylie, father of Mr. .1. T. 1 , Wylie, returned yesterday from a visit | to Knck Hill. 1 Mrs. Km est Dow die, of Sharon. S. r who is on an extended visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jones, of , 5 the Tank section, visited friends and relatives in Chester county last week. [CAST: REVIEW 1878 EK ANCASTER, S. C., JULY 22, i rhe Count if Line Survey. From present indications the, urvev being made ot the line;i etween Lancaster and Kershaw j ountios by Civil Engineers ] Vilson, Dwight and Colcick,;] ppointed by 'be governor, will , esuit favorably to Lancaster's J on'ention that the town of lver- | haw lies in this county. We \ re informed that the surveyors i ave located the corner at Hang- r tig Rock creok .just beyond the i ridge across the stream on the ( Id stage road between Lancaster ] ud Camden, whereas the corner j b located in a survey made by i Lershaw county last year is 300 t ards this side of the bridge. ] u course, the farther south the s orner is located the better tor t .ancaster. \ t Inch Neetletl It ft in# 'this Jt'eeA-. A fine rain, accompanied by , oneiderable wind, lightni.ig and bunder, visited this locality and . 1 lie eastern and north-eastern j ec'ions of the county late Monay afternoon. The rain did not , x'end southward and westward lore than two or three miles rom *o*n. During the storm a irire oak tre^ in the yard ot Judge irnest Moore, in East End, near chesterfield avenue, was stint terd by a holt ot lightning. Huge ' ections oi bark were hurled 50 t more yards, some of themstri ;int the fence and knocking oil ome new plank. Pleasant Hill Items. A protracted meeting, com- 1 uencintr next Friday, the 24th nst.. will be held at Pleasant dill A. II. P. church. Rev. J. 5. Mnffa't, I). I) of Due West, 5. C., is expected to do the reaching Miss Sue Marshall, who has 1 >een visiting the family of Mr. 1. C. Mobley, of Jonesville, and tlso her aunt. Mrs. B. F. Smith, >! Aaheville, A. C., returned i?>me Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Kutledge )f Kershaw, visited the latter's >arents. Mr an<i Mrn. S. Heck1 lain, Sr., this week. Mr. Charlie Caul hen left lor [lock Hill Sunday last, where 1 le will spend a while. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Nisbet, ot facksonham section, visited the attar's parents the past week. Mr. L. V. Cauthen, who has jeen sick, is now able to sit up iome. Ilex. Pleasant Hill, July 20. Fatal Stroke of Lightning. Macon, Ga , July 18.?An dectrical storm suddenly broke wnr knlUrltu 17 rnilna trnm lio?o w V V< * ??? I VJ?' liUlii II VI V J ;his afternoon and a bolt of lightning killed young Dan Ilarrell, u?n of Frank Ilarrell, and fatally njured a negro, besides shockng many others. Young ilarrell with others had assembled to play a game ol baseball when ! iL. L U i.ll ? um uoii leu mnong mem without w?miiiK. Mr. John I toed Holdridgo loft Monday for Ureenville to attend the Baptist Assembly, being the delegate of the Baptist Young People's Union. ER N] TERPRISE 1891 1908. P] Charlotte's Sensations. A Charlotte has been wrestling! with two sensations during the past few days. Miss Mattie1 , , J H liavis, stenographer tor (he Charotte Supply Company, mysterijusly disappeared Friday. The roung lady was traced as far as on Union, this Slat?, where the ^ ;rail was lost. It is not known ^ why she suddenly left home. Ihe following afternoon a young ^ narried man, Mr. John L. Boyd, ^ lollector for a furniture house, , ikewise disappeared, leaving a ^ icte for his wife to the effect gt>' hat he had to leave home. lie eturned Sunday night however. ^ Lie had been in Atlanta and op said he didn't know anything . l n | ibout his departure trom home? hat his whole experience was a , . en )!ank to him. , sh Later?The missing young voman was found in Columbia i I en Monday afternoon, in the waitroom at the Union Station, *'bare leaded and in a dreamy, discon-j ^ jolate mood," says 'he State of ' irePterdav. r " to tvt ^ Iba LNegro riangea at winnsboro. 1 en Winnsboro special in Sa'ur- bu lay's State : The first capital execution since 1893 was held herein the county jail today, in The victim of the execution was av a negro, John Wesley Shedd, th who at ?he June term of court ne was convicted ot murder in the first degree and sentenced by w Judge Gage to be hanged on Fri- jlf day, July 17. Shedd was con- ^ victed of murder, near Ridge w a.v, of t wo ot her negroes, George co Lawhone and Alice White o-' wj May 15, this year. te The iiiij Heaver Creek Picnic. \y One of the largest and most m enjoyable picnics thus far was' ^ he.U at Beaver Creek church last . If? Friday. The number present is estimated all the way from 600. U? 1000. There was a iot ot public speaking bv candidates; the meeting tor the oumose be- (\, LDg opened with prayer by Mr. W. S. Blackmon, superintendent ' of the Sunday school, and presid- W( ed over by tlie Lion. John G. fr* Kichard-, of Liberty Hill, co Amonz the speakers were 'ho t(l candidates for congress from tins district. Messrs. Kinlev, Butler and Polluck. A number ot can- i vi, didates 'or county offices also i <>n made addresses. A splendid pj dinner wae served. . M . tin Mr. Marion t'a&key, of Athens. <??., \ son of Mr. ami Mrs. Wylie (.J. t'askey, of New t ut, who has been visiting his sister, Miss Minnie Caskoy, who is 11 init** siek at the home of her parents. rciurnt'u iu ni'digia .mtntiay. Mission Kula Caskey, of Spartanburg, is expect- tri cd to arrive here today, 011 lier way to \v New Tut to see her sick sister. (.a $100 Reward, $100 He The readers of this paper will be pleased ,ll< to learn that there is at least one dreaded *5" disease that science has heen able to core ''e in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. ~9 Hall s Catarrh Core is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity ,u' Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re- sn quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's ,lr Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting y" directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying '1" the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient -trength by building up the I'11 constitution and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith iu its curative powers that they oflor Pe One Handled Dollars for any ease that it ' fails to cure Send for list of testimonials. '*y Address F. J CHENEY a CO., Toledo. Snlil hv ull tlmtnriutii 1 Tak* Hall'h Family lilia for ooLstipntioD. J EWS RICE 5 CENTS PER COPY nother Homidide in Chester. Chester Lan'ern: List night, ck Brice, colored, was shot and lied by his s ep son, Charlie ice, on S. M. Jones <fc Go's ace near Oid Purity. Jack is id to have been a very bad aracter, had been put off the ace and had been on the chainup. He came to the house lere his wife and her children >re, cursing and declaring that would kill every one in the use and shot through a window veral limes. As he was coin*? ound to try to get in at the e other side, the boy suddenly ened the door and fired, killz him. In making examina?n, Dr. A. M. Wvlie found an cvsted bullet which had been ot into his body before. Charlie came up and surrend?d 'o the sheriff. Rock Mill had three fires onday. The residence of A. eidham .vas damaged by flames the extent of $10,000; the rn <>t Pride R itteree was com etelv consumed, and the kitchof Edward Garrison partially irned. One ot the obles' land-marks Chester county was swept rav Friday afternoon, when e old Dr. D. G. Anderson home ar the Cedar Shoals mill site ro miles north of Fort Lawn as destroyed bv fire. The >use, which was occupied by iss Maggie Anderson, was mpletely consumed, along ith all of i's contents.?Chesr Reporter. The barn of Mr. Henderson inecoff. a Cabarrus, N. C., tarer, was structc by lightning turday nigh' and burned with i contents. A horse was burn nit tired, lifeless, spiritless feeling will ickly depart when using the ltestorative \ Hhoop's Restorative will sharpen a iling uppetite; it aids digestion; it will engthen the weakened Kidneys and >art by simply rebuilding the worn-ont rves that these organs depend upon, tst it a few days and be convinced. Sold Fnnderburk Pariuacy. w B PPTOIP THE BEST FOB BILIOUSNESS BITTERS AND KIDNE1& to death. On next Friday. 2-1 th instant, >unty Supervisor Perry will gin ihe le'iing of contracts for >rki?>ir 'he roads, as appears >m notice now running in theBe 1 umns. to which we have herefore directed attention. Mr. It. A. ('(trhrnnc, ?>f Kdgefield, sited his (laughter, .Mrs. M. J. tiroen, his return front a meeting of the ate l'ii|iiali/.ation Hoard, of which he a member. l.iitle Miss T.11 ian Illackwell, ofI>arigton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. addy It. Thomson. Mrs A. It. Woodward, ofl.atla, S. ( lilt Jk visit III Iter uivlnr M L' u 11 maii. flu- Hon. T. II. butler, of OatFney, ndidate I'm congress from this disct. was in town yesterday afternoon, e are indebted to him for a pleasant II. :at prostrates the nerves. In the sum* <r one needs a tonic to off-set the ousnary hot weather Nerve and Strength pression. Yon will feel better within 48 nrs after beginning to take such a remy as Dr. Slioop s Restorative. Its prompt tion in restoring the weakened nerves is rprising. Of course, yon won't get enely strong in a few days, but each day n can actually fuel the iinnrovoinent.