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1 | LOGALDOTS | ?The price of cotton In Lancaster today is 12 M cents per pound and cotton seed 63 cents per bushel. ?There will be a box supper at Tradesvllle Thursday night. December 23. The public is cordially Invited. { ^ ?There ..ill be a box supper at Oak Hill school house December 22. Everybody 1 s invited to come and bring well (Hied boxes. ?Mr. R. R. Riddle has purchased the J. Wylle Porter place on the Chesterfield road about four miles northeast of Lancaster. ?Judge Ernest Moore will go to Columbia Thursday morning to attend a session of the supreme court and circuit judges sitting en banc. ?There will be a box suprcr at Unity school house next Friday night, December 17th, for the benefit of the school. Everybody is invited to come. ?O. W. Reeves, colored, who lives in tne Kicn Hill section or tne county, killed an eighteen months* old hog last Friday that weighed 650 pounds net. ?There will be a box supper at the New Bethel school Christmas night, December 25. the proceeds to go to the school. The public is cordially Invited. ?There will be a box supper at Jones Cross Roads next Friday night. December 17. The public is cordially Invited to attend prepared to buy well filled boxes of good things to eat. ?The Hampton Literary Society' of the Lancaster graded school held a very enjoyable public meeting last night. Kach number of the wellarranged program was most creditable. ?Mr. I. N. Helms has returned to his home in this county from Westvllle, where he has lived for some time past. His many friends are glad to welcome him back to Lancaster county. ?We are asked to announce a change in the date of the Esther' Love administratrix sale from Dp-: cember 24. 1915, to December 28.! 1915. See change In notice appearing in this issue. ?The pupils of Lower Campj Creek school will give a play, "The Christmas Spirit," Friday, December 17th, In the school building. The public is cordially invited to attend. Adimission 10 cents. ?Mr. M. L. Beckham, county cotton statistician, tells us that up to December 1. 1915, 18.837 bales of cotton had been ginned in Lancasterj county. To December 1. 1914. 20,033 bales had been ginned. ?We regret to learn that the condition of Mr. John Dave Caskey, who has been at the Fennell Infirmary for treatment for the past several weeks, Is very critical. Mrs. Caskey is at the bedside of her husband. ?The many friends of Mr. J. K.1 Connors will regret to learn that he has been indisposed the past few, days. An attack of. grippe lias kept him away from the mill school'of which he Is the popular principal. ?Miss Minnie Coley's music class; will give a Christmas recital in the Central school auditorium next Tues-! day evening at 8 o'clock. The program for the recital will be published in Friday's issue of The News. ?The Waxhaw Rural School Improvement Association will give an entertainment at their school build-! Ing on the evening of Friday, Decern-1 ber 17th. Refreshments will be! served, the proceeds being for the, benefit of the school. The public is j cordially invited. M R. I1REWIXC.TOX APPRKt I AT IV K He Iicft Lancaster With a Warm Spot In Ills Heart For All. Just before leaving for Spartan-1 burg, his home, last Saturday, Mr.! Brewington gave use the following' statement for publication: To the Contestants, Their Friends and Supporters: It is with deep regret that I leave Lancaster, but I feel that I leave! some of the best friends that I have' here. The .contestants, their frlend3| and supporters have enabled me to| conduct one of the most successful campaigns that it has ever been my| lot to handle. The active members! of the firing line are the hardest! working young people I ever saw, and have been extremely good-natured and optimistic during the entire cam- i paign. If It should ever fall to my lot to come back to Lancaster county, I shall feel that I am again among' irienns ana win De graterui ror the privilege of once again greeting you. Yours most sincerely. J. C. BREWINGTON. SOCIAL NEWS. The officers of the Wesley Bible Class of the First Methodist church held a business and social meeting with their leader, Mrs. J. C. Sbepard. Friday evening. During the social hour a salad course was served. * * * Judge and Mrs. Ira B. Jones, Mlas Betty Jones, Miss Pauline Jones Marion, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Jones and Miss Mary Heath Jones motored to Camden this afternoon for the marriage of Mr. Ira B. Jones. Jr., and Miss Minnie Craig Taylor, which will take place tomorrow evening. Mr. C. D. Jones will be his brother's best man. Messrs. J. Foster Moore, E. C. Mackey and John D. Wylie were joined today by Messrs. Norman Lynch and Jack Beall of Charlotte and this party of groomsmen motorf ed to Camden this afternoon for the rehearsal tonight. They will return to Lancaster after the wedding tomorrow night. LIME. CEMENT AND BRICK for sale by Edwards A Horton. I-tfc wqf= MlWf INGRAM WINS AUTO. Miss ( lndys Jones Gets Vlctrola and, ) .Mrs. ltc'i.MiKs tiie Furniture. Promptly at noon Saturday last, the great Ford automobile contest came to an end with a total of more than twenty-eight million votes having been cast for the active contestants. Messrs. Paul Moore, Luther Ellison and Joseph W. Knight were on the spot to count the votes, and it took nearly two hours to tabulate and get the final results, which showed that Miss Nell Ingram of Kershaw waB the winner of the first prize, the handsome 1916 model Ford touring car. which was bought from the local dealers, Plyler Bros. & It. B. Mackey; j Miss Ingram's votes totalled H>-| 416,000. Miss Gladys Jones was the fortunate winner of the excinisite Victrola, which was bought from Parker-Gardner Co., of Charlotte. Miss Jones polled a total of 5,631,000 votes. The winner of the third prize was Mrs. Herbert B. Rollings of Route 5, Kershaw. By running Miss Jones a close second, she turned in 4,666,600. votes, and is entitled to the beautiful Buite of furniture that was bought from the J. P. Mackey Company. The active contestants who did not win prizes, but who are entitled to share in the prize money, are Misses Nonle Bailey of Elgin, Annie, Hyatt of Van Wyck, Maggie Vaughn' of Heath Springs, Margaret Robinson of Lancaster, Route 1. and Mr. Jesse Blackmon of Lancaster Route 5. All of the contestants deserve the! highest praise for their hard work,1 and they and their friends and supporters have the sincere thanks of1 The News for the loyal work that has been done in the contest. Mr. J. C.' Brewington. who so ably managed j the contest, and whose unflagging energy and optimism was another reason for the success of the rnmpaign, was strictly on the job and the contestants found in him one who I could and would smoothe their path-1 way when the going was hard. One most notable fact that we are! glad to mention is that there was ab- i solutely no friction between the con-' teBtants, and the spirit of rivalry was! extremely friendly. The contestants were at all times jovial and inclined to make the work a pleasure as well as a source of profit. The total votes are as follows: Miss Nell Ingram 11,416,000 Miss Gladys Jones 5,631,000 Mrs. Herbert B. Rollings. 4,666,600 Miss Nonie Bailey 2,378,500 Miss Annie Hyatt 1.872,600 Miss Maggie Vaughn.... 1.174.000 Mr. Jesse Blackmon 1,049,000 Miss Margaret Robinson. . 465.000 Total 28.652.700 To those who are entitled to prize money we wish to state that upon receipt of a letter from each one of them, telling us to whom to make check payable ami giving proper ad-j dress, we will mail checks for the, amounts due them. HLA KKXKV-WI Llil.AMS. Beautiful Kershaw Wedding Sutur MJtV .% I I (TIltM >11 . A wedding in which many people in Lancaster are interested is that of Miss Louise Du Bose Biakeney and Mr. Edward Locke Williams, which was solemnized in the Kershaw Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon, December 11, at 5:30 o'clock. The church was simply decorated in green and white. Just before the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Zemp of Camden, with an organ accompaniment by Mrs. C. M. Robinson of, Dallas, N. C., sang very sweetly, "Be-: loved. It is Morn." Mrs. Robinson then played the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin and the bridal party entered the church Tn the following order: Messrs. W. K. Easley of Kershaw and Burnett Whittaker of Camden, then Miss Susie Hutchinson of Charlotte, Mr. A. K. Biakeney, brother of the bride, and Mr. W. Y. Dlllard of Kershaw, then Miss Anna Williams of Greensboro. Mrs. E. D. Biakeney, the handsome dame of honor, wore a beautiful gown of white tulle over taffeta with silver lace and carried an arm bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaids wore dainty gowns of pink tulle over white satin and carried bouquets of Killarney roses. The maid of honor. Miss Lai Biakeney of Camden, wearing a beautiful gown of pink; taffeta and silver lace and carrying Killarney roses, entered alone. She j was followed by the little flower girl, little Virginia De Loache of Camden, dressed in white organdie, who scattered sweet peas in the path-: way of the bride. The bride's little j brother carried the wedding ring hidden deep in the heart of a white] rose. The petite bride entered with her father, Mr. B. D. Biakeney. She wore a beautiful wedding gown of Duchess satin and lace, made ankle length with a court train hanging gracefully from the shoulders. She carried a shower bouquet of Bride's roues and lilies of the valley. The[ groom was attended by his brother, i Mr. Oscar Williams of Greensboro.; Rev. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the Camden and Kershaw Presbyterian churches officiated at the beautiful marriage service. At the home of the bride's parents, a delightful reception was held immediately after the ceremony. During the reception the bride and groom loft for their wedding Journey; to New York, going by water frgm Charleston. The bride wore a handsome suit and hat of dark brown. Both young people are very popular. The bride is a young woman of charming personality and unusual mental attainments. The groom, who Is a native of Greensboro, N. C., has for several years been the law partner of Mr. E. D. Blakeney. He Is a very promising young lawyer. LOST?One male blue-speckled hound pup about half to two-thirds grown. Reward for his return or Information leading to his recovery. J. M. Carson, Kershaw, S. C. 20-4tc THE LANCASTER NEWS. I PERSONALS |v X X 1 ? < J Mr. Paul G. McCorkle of York was " here on business today. ^ Mr. W. P. Bennett made a business trip to Stoneboro today. Mr. John T. Stevens of Kershaw V was here on business yesterday. Secretary Ellison is in Charleston in attendance upon the Southern Commercial Congress. Miss Mary Heath Jones attended 1] the Blakeney-Williams wedding in Kershaw Saturday. t< Miss Alice Beckham returned last ' night from Columbia, where she ? spent the past month with relatives. 1Miss Marie Craig came today from AfnMnotn f* .. t ? 1 . ... 11 I aiuuma, \ia., n> ojjtruu lilt* UOlltlUVS j with her parents. Mr. ami Mrs. J. E. '' Craig. Clerk of Court Paul Moore went to Charleston yesterday to attend a _ meeting of the Grand Lodge of 3 Masons. Mrs. H. E. Coffey, Miss Pearl f< Coffey and Miss Willie Ferguson left d today for Charleston to attend the T Southern Commercial Congress. tl Miss Mary Moore will come home P this week from Converse College to ? spend Christmas with her parents, H Judge and Mrs. Ernest Moore. Miss Hattie McMurray and Mrs. Addle l). McMurray of Richburg 7 spent last Friday in Lancaster as the '' guests of Mrs. W. P. Robinson. ^ Mrs. A. B. Lindsey went last week _ with her son, Mr. A. B. Lindsey, j on his return to Jackson, Ga., and will spend several weeks with him. p Mrs. Nancy Eubanks. Miss Allie ft Funderburk and Miss Rosa Rogers _ of Buford are visiting relatives and f friends in Lancaster.?Monroe Journal. ( Dr. and Mrs. D. P. High and baby t of Wilmington are expected Friday 8 to spend the holidays with Mrs. c High's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. S Poag. s Mrs. E. V. Patterson of Burling- _ ton, N. C., formerly Miss Annie Sapp. j Is expected home this week to spend j Christmas with her parents, Mr. and , Mrs. D. F. Sapp. j {} ? / s C ? MJtjL mas a j ? 2 All Suits and CI {? a consideration Every 9 N<? Suit or Coat \vi 9 each sale. === 9 Six good Suits, value I 9 from last season, sal< 9 Eight good $10.00 Suits ^ tan, your choice at tlii 9 11 Suits, every one of o ^ been making a leadei 0 at this sale Long 9 Bight now when the ^ manv Coats and tliev n ?_ 9 Seven Ladies' Long B1 9 this season's styles, s 9 Seven Ladies' Long Bit 9 good material, well n 9 10 Ladies' $7.50 Black 9 showing Broadcloths 0 tion Lamb Coats, eac h uui tuuiur en A For convenience in p a our fine Coats in two lo ? All fine Cloaks in Pla A Mixtures of every 1 ^ $11.75, $12.50 and $ a sale ! HEADQU ^ We are receiving b ^ bona, Laces and numerc ? these goods out all mar w to come in and look at 9 our store headquarters, I Rol T1ECEMBEK 14, 1915. business Notices ICTROLA FOR 8ALB Hundred dollar Victrola. This is the beautiul instrument won by Miss Gladys ones in The News' contest. It will rove a nideal and acceptable Christlas gift to all the family. Will be aid at a reasonable price. Call at lie News office for particulars. 20-tfc WANTED?6,000 pounds cow, horse, mule, sheep, goat, mink, otter, iccoon, fox, muskrat, opossum hides, ee me before you sell. Capers authen, Lancaster, S. C. >ON'T FAIL to see Christmas Specials at Poliakoff's. Ileadquar?rs for solid leather shoes and other rst class merchandise. 20-tfc ,OST?In tlie crowd in front of the First National Bank Friday afteroon, a leather pocketbook containig $39, two ten dollar bills, three ves and four ones. Reward if reamed to Lancaster News Ofliee. 19-3tc AY, DON'T YOU want a watch for your boy or your girl or yourself ar a dollar, dollar and a half or two ollars or three dollars for Xmas? I 'ry the Ingersoll. the only watch in I lie world that is guaranteed at that rice. J. B. Mackorell. 18-5tc 1ERSHIRES FOR SALE?I have ten ! Berkshire pigs for sale. C. C. regory, R. F. D. No. 5. 18-19 \ 'OR SALE?Good horse and buggy. Apply to John B. Craig. Lancaster, toute 1. 18-19-20-e DDES WANTED?Until the first of January we will pay 1F> cents peri ound for green hides. Midway Meat larget. 18-19-20-p 'OR RENT?The Donnom Witherspoon farm, owned by Mrs. A. D. 'orbett, for rent. Four horse farm, wo houses, will rent whole place to ood man for three or four bales otton, including the river bottoms, lee me soon If interested. Or will ell place, 301 acres. T. M. Belk. 16-5tc HAVE a new Tyson & Jones buggy and harness and a good secondand rubber tire buggy for sale at a argain. J. E. Craig. 20-ltp iREAT S Ln3 tUi oaks go in this Sale in this Sale . . Garment ill be charged, sent on apj H12.o0, styles carried over 3 price $2.98 i, black, garnet, green and is sale $5.75 ur line Suits that we have r of at $13.75, vonr choice $8.75 Goats at \ weather is turning cold 111st be sold. Our loss will ack $3.50 Thibet Coats, all tale price $2.48 ick $5.00 Broadcloth ('oats, nade, choice at this sale $3.25 Coats, in this lot we are ;, Astrachans and imita h Coat is a great value at this sale $4.98 icking, we have divided all ts. id Mixtures, Zibeliiies and iind, formerly priced at 13.75, your choice at this $7.98 ARTERS FOR y every express, Towels, >us other things for Christ m ked in plain figures, where them whether you intend binsonLANCASTER'S LI < r t ?. : >: I THE OLD RELIABLE i i j OLDEST | LARGEST j BEST ! ' | | THE BANK OF LANCASTER j : Lancaster, S. C. i iALE*OF : . Nothing Reserved. Cost is not ? Must Be Sold >roval <>r altered at these prices. Spot cash with w ? Six fine Suits, formerly sold for $19.75, finest 111aterials, in broadcloth, poplin and gabardeens, your clioice of this lot $11.98 w A few very fine chiffon broadcloth Suits, formerly sold up to $28.7o, remember these are the finest W Suits made, no better to be had at any price, ^ your choice for $15.00 @ rour Own Price 2 and you need a good w arm ('oat. We just have too be your gain. w All fine Coats of all descriptions, formerly priced ^ at $6.75, $7.50, $8.50 and $9.75, your choice of 5? any Coat in this lot at this sale $4.98 A few fine $7.50 and $8.50 All Silk and Silk and W Serge Dresses, your choice at this sale. . .. $4.98 9 Two line $25.00 Crepe De Chine Dresses, 29 and 41, 9 they go in at this sale $12.50 ? One lot Children's $2.00 Black Pony Skin Coats, ^ sizes up to 14, they go in this sale at $1.98 A One lot Childr' fine $5.00 ('oats, sizes 10, 12 and 14, a they go in at this sale at only $2.98 ^ All our Children's $5.75 to $7.50 Coats go in at this ^ sale $3.98 Kvery garment is marked in plain figures with the former selling price and the sale price. You 9 make money by spending money at this sale. 9 I CHRISTMAS GOODS I Handkerchiefs, Ties, Shirts, Hose, Collars, Rib- 2 as selling. As far as possible we are putting 2 you can see and handle them. It will do you good 9 to buy or not. When you come to Lancaster make 9 Cloud Co. | EADING STORE. 5 ? ?>