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? LOCAL DOTS ^ * Sk Mr. C. II. Kvorall is (|uite sick at his home in the Jacksonham neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Lowis P. Clyburn are now comfortably sottlod in their now residence on French street. Fight cases of typhoid and nine suspected cases at NVinthrop, was the reported condition in yesterday's daily papers. It is now "tlraiulpa Amos," a daughter having arrived Monday, the Mth instant, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I). I,. Tillman in Choraw. Mr. James P. Wallace, of the Pleasant drove section of ciiout... ........... I died last Friday afternoon, aged ?'>1 years. Ho was a victim of dropsy. Married, on last Sunday night at the Methodist parsonage, by Kev. F. K. Hodges, Mr. Whiteford M. Sullivan to Miss l.ula Ferry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ferry, of the mill village. Capt. Sprinkle, the Southern's veteran conductor, known to many of our eiti /.ens, died Monday at his home in Charlotte. He served as conductor for 43 years. His "run" was between Charlotte and Columbia. The repainting of the Fresbyterian church is practically completed, two coatings having been applied. The work has been done, and done well, tinder the personal supervision of Mr. W. J. Cunningham, one of the officers of the church. Fine progress is being made on Lancaster's water-works system. The standpipe has been completed and the dam will likely be finished today. The brick casing around the boilers will also receive the finishing touches today. The various pipe connections will then be made. According to the government's report issued Monday 8,1SM1,782 bales of cotton of the present crop were ginned unto Nov. 1, us compared with (5,128,562 at the corresponding date last year. Notwithstanding the apparent bearishnoss of the llgures, there was an advance in the price of futures. The Nun-flower festival at the court house Friday night was a gratifying success. The attendance was good and all the various features much enjoyed by all present. About $.15 was realized, which the ladies will use to advance the cause of civic improvement and to i help the public library. We are in receipt of another unique present, this time from a bright young girl, little Miss Daisy Hilton, daughter of Mr. J. F. Hilton, of the Heath Springs section. On last Saturday Miss Daisy sent us by her fatlicr some samples of second-crop fruit?a ripe strawberry, an apple and a peach. It was not until last Saturday that i Mr. A. C. ltowoll received notice ol his appointment as county superintendent' of education, to till the unexpired term of Mr. W. M. Moore, who resigned, as previously announced. Mr. Howell executed his bond and forwarded it to Columbia Monday, and just as soon as ho rooAivpc ~?1,1 1 " 1 ..... I ./UIUUIUIVU W 111 l?KU charKO of the onice. Natl Death of a Little Child. Richard Evaus, the bright little son ot Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Wylie, died a! the home of his fond parents here Monday morning, alter a brief illness, ol membranous croup. All that medical skill and ttmd<r nursing could do was done to save the dear little one's lite, but without avail. Richard was the youuuest child I Mr. and Mrs. Wylie and was about two years ol ago. Of unusually sweol and lova <le disposition and winning wayH, he was idolized by the household. The entire community deeply sympathizes with the grief-stricken lamily. Ttie funeral services were conducted at the home >esterdav morning at 10 o'clock, by I)r J li. Boldridge, pastor ol the B ?ptist church; the Rev. W. A. Fairy, of the Methodist, and the Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Buscomville, tlie family's pastor, the Rev Chalmers Fraser, of the Presbyterian church, being unavoidably absent. Alter the impressive service* (he interment was made in the Presbyterian cemetery. The pall-bearers were Mtssrs. J. II. Witherspoon, W. J. Cunningham, C. H Crawford and R. E. Craif?- The lloral tributes were strmingly beautiful. McKinnick-Griff in Mr. Harmon McKissick, son of the Rev. E. M. McKissick, of the East Lancaster Circuit, and Miss Lilian Griffin, daughter of Mr. G. J. Griffin, were married at Tradesville last. Sunday, by Notary Public H. W. x'olk. T- g LANCA Personal. ' (' Col. T. Y. Williams visited Kershaw _ Saturday. Mrs. Julia Porter returned Saturday afternoon from a visit to Kershaw. I Dr. Fonuell, of ltoek Hill, paid a pro- \ fessional visit to Lnuoaster Saturday. ^ Mr. Clyde Knight, of the Creek seetion, spent Sunday in Lancaster with his friend, Mr. C. L. Hailey. [ Mrs. C. I,. Hailey has returned from a c visit to her mother, Mrs. Maggie j Kvcrall, in the Jacksonham section. Miss Itoso Iiauch, an attractive young ' lady of Lexington, is visiting her cous- II in. Miss Mayme Jones. Mrs. Fletcher Carnes, of <>. K.. has gone to ltoek Hill to undergo a surgical operation. Miss Lillie Mohley, of Heath Springs, left Monday for Charleston, to attend ihe Woman's Missionary Union convention. Mr. It. S. Floyd, one of Kershaw's ) leading citizens, was in town Monday. jj Mr. Hasel Mohley, of ltoek Hill, vis- i Hod his brother, Mr. I.add Mohley, the past week. ? The ltev. C. I'. Carter and Mr. J. W. 1 Hates, of Van Wyck, spent yesterday \ | in Lancaster. Mr. John \Y. Truesdale, of Kershaw, J spent Friday night in the city, tlio guest ^ ofl>r. J. K. W. Halle.?Hock Hill He- i oord. j Miss Isabel Mellwain ami Mrs. J. IJ. McNeils, the former of Washington, c the latter of Charlotte, arrived bore Sat- J nrday to visit their parents, Mr. and t Mis. K. K. Mellwain. Mr. N ance Welsh, of Columbia, has been spending a few days with his pa- 1 rents, Mr. and Mrs. K. Welsh. ( Mr. Melvin Cauthen, son of Mr \ Lewis Cauthen, of 1'leasant Hill, spent Monday night in Lancaster, leaving 1 here yesterday morning for Arkansas, I where he has accepted a position with the Western I'nion telegraph company. The ltev. Chalmers Fraser is spending several days in <Seorgia with relatives. & His pulpit was filled last Sunday by the t ltev. Mr. Wilson, ol Chester county. Miss Kthol Tyler, one ofthe faithful and popular teachers in theeotton mills ' school, is in Charleston this week, at- c tending the meeting of the State Baptist Woman's Missionary Cnion. Her position in the school is being tilled during 1 her abscence by Miss Janie Johnson. Mrs. (leneva ltowell, of < >. K., has ( gone to Hock Hill to bo operated upon. Mr. B. NN"ill Johnson, who has been conducting the Hem Theatre in Camden j for several months, returned to his home in Lancaster Monday. While in Camden M r. Johnson made many friends and we regret to see him leave.?Cam- J den Chronicle. ? Miss Lucy Kverall, of the Jackson- c ham section, spent Sunday here with ^ I h.,r i~... ' ? *? ' , ... . ui?ii>?i-ui-inn nun MlSMir, HIT. HIKl " I M rs. ^L. Bailey. * I Misses Hope Gregory, Joyce ('lark, I'uarl McManus and Celeste Can then, Winthrop students, returned to their respective homes here Saturday night, on account of the outbreak of typhoid fever in the college. Miss Marie Uor- , ton came home yesterday. Mr. William K. Blackmon, of the i Haile Gold Mine section, will leave today tor Louisville, Ky., where ho will become a student in the department of medicine of the I'niversity of Louisville. j Mr. John 1.. ltarton, of the Stoneboro section, spent Saturday in town. He paid this oftioe a pleasant call while hero. Mr. Barton, by the way, is think- I ing of moving to Lancaster, if he can flrd a vacant bouse here. Mr. J. L. Boll, of the Heath Springs section, has been spending a few days here with his daughters, Mrs. J. M. s Cauthcn and Mrs. Mary Boll. Mr. .1. M. Knight spent Sunday with his family at Stoneboro. The Kev. \V. \V. Itatchford, of Tir/.ah, and his kinsman, the Itev. Mr. Batchford. of Texas, were in town Monday, t the latter being en route home, going t first to Vorkville. lie has been visiting, i and preaching for, Tir/Ah's popular pas- i tor. The 'gentlemen paid this ofllee a pleasant call while here. I Miss Ada A rant is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bert llegler, ot the Tradesville 1 section. ' Mr. Ilcnjamin Ktmnington, of Flat . Crenk, was one of The N?\\s' pleasant < all?'rs Monday. . Mrs. Mamie Withorspoon from I>en- . ver, Col., is visiting at .Itulue NV..I. 1 Montgomery's.?Connord, N. c., Times. lintel It'oj/nl \oW Vmler It# \eir . Munaf/enirnt. ' Mr. S W. Inniati, 'lie new " proprietor of the Mo!el It>yal, is ^ now i<> charge of 'hat popular no-telrvj having arrived here ' Sa'urday from Vorkyille, ac 1 Jcompanied" by bis family; als o * by Mrs. Samuel Gury, of Lowry- 'i jville. The Yorkviile correspondent of the Charlotte Ob- fl server has Ihe following to say ? of Mr. Inman and his removal ;o ) Lancaster : "Mr. 8. W. Inman and family, v of this plac *, left this morning: ? for Lancaster, where Mr. Inman * expects fo engage in the hotel i business. For a number of years Mr. Inman has been en- . gaged in farming near Yorkviile 1 and was recognized as one of the <] STER NEWS, NOVEMBEf nos* suocessfui fanners in the, < uniy. Heverul weeks ago he; eceiyvii a flattering offer for his rtn, which he accepted. Hisj numerous friends hope that he j vill prove equally as successful i mine host'." Mr. S. W. Mitchell, the former )r<>prie(or of 'he Hotel Roval, tune oyer from Cheslet Saturl iv, where he is now c nduettog lie Nicholson lluuse, ami tnov lis family ami effects to his new lotne. I iadden Death of the Iter. />. I'. Neill The many friends of the Iv-v. ). I'. Neill, of Timber Kidge, /a., will be pained to hear of us untimely de th, which ocuried suddenly on the 2nd inst le was a son of the 1 .!e Thomas ^oil 1 of the Unity section and vas born May ^7, 1870. He was i graduate of Krskine College, o. lie class ol 1 8'JG 11 s first ser non was preached at Unity A. i. 1*. church July 20, 1896, to i large and appreciative congregation. Shortly afterward he eeeived and accepted a call to lie pastorate of the Kbenpzer ind Timber Ridge A. R R diurches ot Rock Bridge county, V*., which charges he faithfully uid zealously continued to serve intil the end came. Mr. Neil 1 leaves a widow, who vas a Miss Gibson of Virginia, md one child. He is also surlived by four brothers and one lister, namely, Messrs. Marcus md William Neilt. nf lounty, N. 0.; Mr John llarkej ?hall brother?ol Waxhaw, and Mr. Pinkney Neill and >lrs. Hampton Harr, ol this iounty. I Program of Meeting of lVomun*nII Missionary Union. I The quarterly meeting of the Woman's II Missionary Union, 2nd division, of the 11 doriah Association, will be held satur- II lay, 2ist of Nov., with Union church. 11 Societies ofthe following named ohurch I s will send delegates: First and Sec-II ?nd Lancaster, Camp Creek, Hethel | Bethlehem, New Hope, Antioch, Kbe- II lexer, Union, Spring Hill. I PROGRAM. I 10:110 a. m.?Devotional.?Miss Tyler. Organization. Discussion.?Heathen; defined and I oeated.?Mrs. 11. C. Hough. Discussion.?The scope of a Christian iVoman's work.?Miss Dora Hinson. Adjournment 12:.'10. Afternoon. Devotional.?Mrs. .1. Can then. Report of \V. M. C. at Charleston.? I diss Minnie Itarton. Report V. \V. A. meeting, Charleston. ?Miss Minnie Morris. Discussion.?Or] than age work.?Miss linson. Adjournment. When yon want any printing <. send it to The News. Business Notices i ^j^^All Notices inserted under his head at the rate of ONE I'KN \ VVORI) for each insertion. Ni lotice to he counted less than 2" vords. AM I'A YI.m; i ighesf prices for all soit.n of h des ui my cotton seed louse or Ferguson's suire T. L. 11 i I on. 11-1 I 'Ol N'I>? A Mr.soisic gold rinK. bearing initials K. I,. A Apply to Jack [1. White, Lancaster, S C. 12 'OH SaLK -At a bargain, good second-hand bicycle and heater. Apply to J. K. Connors, Lancaster, A C. t.dS'l'?On street, near Lancaster Mercantile company's door, pair of tretchers. Kinder will please leave ame at New ofllce and get reward. I I'. Flynn 'OU WAliK?Several lin? Rhode Island Red cockerel?, now on exhibilon in iear The News otlice. A. J lark. 12-13 I'HK KKV. I lit") HICKS almanac for 190b, re?dy ov. loth, higher ban ever, by mail 35 cents, on news it aids. One copy free with Word ind Woiks magazine at tl * w*?r iVord anil Works Co, 2201 Locust treet, St. Louis, Mo. 12 ,VANTKI>?Vou to know that I will soil two thousand pounds of tobacco it ton per cent below cost for the next ixty days. .1. It. Mackorell. 10-17 IKUKAl li.it MY (UN will rnn only on Mondays, Wednesdays iiud Fridays f> j \ Sapps 11-12 "ROM THIS DATK m> giti will run only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Satnrlays. Jiia E. Bowers. 11-13 =? II. I9Q8 5 IKYOU WANT TO BANK WHERE YOUR BUSINESS WILL HAVE EVERY ATTENTION, WHERE YOU WILL RECEIVE EVERY COURTESY AND WHERE YOUR MONEY WILL BE ABSOLUTELY SALE-THEN BANK WITH f THE?OLD ?RELIABLE? The Bank of Lancaster I Keep Your Money at Hone By Trading Here Our stock is now complete with new goods and prices on a basis with low priced cotton. \xr ' we quote a tew items to sustain our claim. | 2000 yds 3-4 sheeting 3c yd I 1500 yds 6c plaids 4 1-2 yd I 1000 yds 10c outing 7 1-2 yd I 2000 yds 7 1-2 outing 7 1-2 yd I 2000 yds yard-wide sheeting 5c yd I 500 yds red wool flannel, a bargain 12 1-2 ydl We have some jobs in men's suits that cannot be matched! 24 men's $7.50 suits at $4.48 24 men's $10.00 suits at $7.50 Nice line overcoats and rain coats from $3.75 to $15.00 50 prs 14 wool blankets, worth double the price, these I go at $2.00 25 doz 50c overalls, double-knee, all we ask you 35 pr 100 doz men's 50c underwear, to reduce stock it goes at 75c suit We are headquarters for shoes, women's fine shoes at 85c pr up to $3.50 Men's fine shoes from $1.15 to $5.00 pr Don't fail to get a pair of our cushion shoes for men; every pair guaranteed. Our line of dress goods is complete from the cheapest tofl the best. g; Come to see us and save money. Yours to serve, s Funderburk Company I 300 BUSHELS Pure Appier Oats for Sale This is the best rust proof oat that grows. O tZ i- ' or> uis per Dusnei Lancaster, S. L. T.Y.WILLIAMS