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w 8 COUNTY NEWsf N'OTKS FROM MlliL VlliliACiE. Mr. I)oc Privett, who has been sick , for the last three weeks, is very low. Miss Kate Ghent is in bail health. While playing around the fire, thv clothing of little Ellen Steele caught on fire and she was badly burned. Rev. C. W. Burgess and family left last Wednesday for Scrauton. Mr. Wade Dabney of Kershaw visited friends here Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Jack Rollins is in bad health. Mrs. Bertha Hunter visited friends tlprp last Saturdav and Snndav. Mrs. R. S. Snipes is in bad health. Mrs. O. H. Adams and children and Mr. Dutch Snipes visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Snipes Sunday. t UNITY. r Special to The News. Unity, December 22.?Little Miss Velma Simpson of the Jackson Forest section visited Miss Mae Steele Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Steele of Lancaster were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Steele Sunday. Messrs. Ira B. Crenshaw and B. L. Dees are at home from the Southern rower Company to spend the holidays with their parents. Mrs. Joe Robinson and little children spent the week with her mother, Mrs. Mary Steele, of the Tirzah section. Mr. Mack Courtney of New Bethel was a pleasant visitor in this community Sunday. Mr. Grady McMurray spent a short while in the Tirzah section. . Mr. and Mrs. A. T. L. Hifi^oi'i spent Fridav with Mrs. James Hinson of | Dixie. Mrs. Simeon Starnes was the guest j of Mrs. Simeon Steele Saturday night. .Mr. ana .\irs. 11. L.esne layior 01 Buford spent Friday night with Mrs. D. V. Hinson. Mr. Able Nelson spent Friday with Mr. It. M. Steele. Misses Alline Nelson and Adelaide I Thompson spent Saturday in town shopping. Miss Lillie Usher spent the weekend with her parents In the Dixie section. Miss Maggie Belk of Waxhaw spent the week-end with her friend. Miss Laura McCain. Mr. Moffatt Hallnian of Unity visited his uncle, Mr. J. C. McCain, near Walkersville. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Steele spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. E. B. Steele's. Miss Mabel Threatt of New Bethel visited Misses Ada and Ruby Steele Sunday. Mrs. C. K. White of Waxhaw spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. M. I. McCain, in this section. Rev. W. W. Boyce is visiting his people at Pineville. Messrs. F. M. Steele and Thurlow Hallnian of Unity were visitors in the Union section last Sabbath. Mr. Oscar Hinson was a pleasant cauer at .\ir. ,m. w. tsunpsons Hunday afternoon. Messrs. 1). R. Relk and J. F. Nelson of this place visited Mr. Will Neal Sabbath. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Crenshaw of Westminster are expected at Mr. J. C. Crenshaw's Sunday. Master Alex Simpson visited Mr. Warren Helms Tuesday Mr. S. Rlackmon and little gran 1son spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Mr. J. D. Xesbit's. MIDWAY. Special to The News. Midway, Dec. 22.?Mr. J. M. Phillips visited his sister, Mrs. Martha Neal, of the Pleasant Plain section Sunday. Mrs. Charlie Byrd of Kershaw visited her mother. Mrs. Franl Morgan, the past week. Rev. W. S. Graham and Miss Hat tie Gardner and Miss Janie Holl; went to Charleston last week. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Gardne spent Saturday night and Sunda; with the latter's mother, Mrs. R. A Love. Mr. Thomas Robey of this sectioi was taken to the Rock Hill Infirmar; for special treatment. We are glai to learn that he is getting along a well as could be expected after th operation and we all hope that h will soon be well again. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. List of Appointments for Asses* incuts. County Auditor Joseph W. Knlgh announces the following appoin ments for the purpose of making ta: assessments: Van Wyck, Tuesday, January, 4. Belair, Wednesday, January 5. Pleasant Valley, Thursday, Jai uary 6. Osceola, Friday, January 7. Dwight, Monday, January 10. Tradesville, Tuesday, January 1 Taxahaw, Wednesday, January 1 A. S. Mungo, Thursday, Januai 13, in the forenoon. Flat Creek church, Thursday, Jai IH?rv 13 In th? oflarnnnn Welsh's, Friday, January 14. Kershaw, Monday and Tuesda January 17 and 18. Heath Springs, Wednesday ar Thursday, January 19 and 20. Pleasant Hill, Friday, January 2 Carmel, Saturday, January 22. All able bodied male citizens b tween t)?e ages of 21 and 60 years ai required to pay a $1.00 poll tax. A male citizens between the ages of 5 and 55 years are required to pay $3.00 commutation road tax. A Improvements of buildings and ne buildings shall bp assessed for tax tion. All transfers of real esta shall be noted. JOS. W. KNIGHT. County Auditor, Lancaster Count AMERICA TO GIVE VILLA AN ASYLU: Sliitc Department Announces 'I'll United Stall's \\'ill Give Mexican Chieftain Itefuge. Washington, Dec. 20.?State t partment officials have decided tl Gen.'Villa will receive the asyli accorded a political refugee shot he enter the United States. This < cision was sent last night to G< Funston by the war department I transmission to Villa or his repr erit%tives. jf \ ?<The state department's agftitsfh -reported that alleged intermedin had requested Villa's immunity fr< arrest, saying that if this was giv they belived Villa would abandon t fight against Carranza and retire private life in the United States. The state department does not ct eeal its desire to have Villa elimin ed. Without him the revolution in t north certainly will fall, ofllcials I lieve. The intermediaries also si that the plan was for the retirenu from the field of the entire Vi army. Much interested is displayed officials here as to whether Villa v accept the promise of immunity as political refugee. Such immun would not protect him from pro cution within the United States charges of an ordinary charact Thi's government has nothing which a charge will be brouf against Villa, but it is said that lo officials at El Paso have informatl concerning alleged irregularities cattle deals in which Villa was volved and that this might be nu the basis of prosecution. Secretary Lansing announced tl Villa had a right to enter the X'nli States and would be given the sa facilities of doing so as any other f cigner. A dispatch to this effect i been sent to Gen. Funston, the sec tary said, to be delivered to Villa Then arid Now. The great amphitheaters of Ro were in reality theater structur hence their circular or semlcircu form. The largest of all the anch uiupiuuit'ttit'io, nit" * UIUHB^UIU Romo, had outside dimensions of ! by 615 feet, with inside dimensions 177 by 281 feet, while the great str ture at Pompeii is 342 by 444 t outside and 115 by 218 feet lnsi The new amphitheater at Yale i versity occupies a field of 25 acr the outside dimensions of the str ture being 750 by 950 feet and 1 playing field within 300 by 500 ft At Pompeii the seating capacity v 20.000; the Colosseum could seat 000 in its four-story tiers, while Yale structure seats 61,000. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The H Because o( its tonic an?l laxative effect. I.A T1VH BKOMO QL'ININK is better tlian ordii Quinine and does not cause nervousness ringing in head. Remember the full name look for the signature of K. W. GkOVK. * IT A/i ^ H JL MA%& M M I tjhmmoi H We've acquired a ' Kr people for giving a c r K pictures. y M |?j As quickly as th( M newest Paramount F ^ 9 as Mary Pickford, o ! Hfl E'nnJn?'.l. T T 1 T\ Oj h ricucni'K, IlUZL'l U ?| m Barry more and a hos m artists. S To enjoy the Para H extent, you should c it I to m'ss any of the ex t- here soon. j?8 The entire town is KB soon to appear at tl Hi H Paramount Pictur ance in Lancaster ' 2 6 one New York's 1 : I ?n i H J. lie I ? Star n Z The PJa< H K in 9E H Si to jjgl THE LANCASTER NEWS, COTTON BALES GINNED I M DECREASED 3,668,976 iat South OirolJna Production Smallest Since IS?It Totalling 1,008,220. . * le- ' \Y?*hitrgton, Dec. 22.?Thft iat ontIt cMttou aiiuung report ^'4 dhu. n.f ? J5 ^yrespondenfflS knfl? ' llct ^gems'Wli iSTilt'litout the cotttj&Q be^F } te^ and issued at 10 a. m. today, iiiygcr,, m. ,, that 10,3,253 bales of EfSViii*! rbF counting round as half bales,lh* es- tui'UvXli ,jjf been l^hjied' * 'acT A^lwifi^oalcs. ort?ff'}8 per t ^ ies the enflre crop ginned prior utf*I)ec.'i ' >m 13 last year, 12,088,412 en 92.5 per cent in 1913 and lit,$54,?? he 541 bales or 92.2 per cent in 19l2. ^ to The average quanity of cotton gipned prior to Dec. 13 in the last ten years' )n- was 11,476,189 bales or 89.5' per at_ cent of the crop. jie Included in the ginnings were be- 100,940 round bales compared with ,j(j 42,796 last year, 91,686 in 1913 Jnt and 75,772 in 1912. jja Sea island cotton included numbered 83,810 bales compared with. . 71,401 last year, 69,520 in 1913 and b>' <:o , ,r. <? into * rill * * 1 ? ' / ^1 Gfning prior to Dec. 13 in .South t a v.^ Carolina with comparisons for*-the I v ' last three years and the pero^rifage oji of the entire crop ginned In this state prior to that date in the same years, er. i follow: In 1915, 1,098,226 bales; 1914, lU. 1,328,482, 85.1 per cent; 19lf,?l,- (jtf ?a 276,4 2 8, 9 0.0 per cent; 1912, 1,?n 128,850, 92.2 per cent. -in in- ' h.\.\( ASTRIl ASTONISHED BY SIMILE MIXTURE !iat Lancaster people are astonished at [(>,i the INSTANT action of simple buck liorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed nu' in Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL re- i or- moves such surprising foul matter it ias relie\es almost ANY CASE constipure_ tion, sour stomach or gas. Ilecause \dler-i-ka acts on BOTH lower and upper bowels a few doses often relieve or prevent appendicitis. A short treatment helps chronic stomach I roil 1?1?? I .nnnnatnp Phnrmaov me | ea, Lancaster & Chester Ey. Co lnr Schedule in Effect August 15, 1915. snt Eastern Time, of WESTBOUND. HO Lv. Lancaster ...6:00ara?2:30pm Lv. Fort Lawn . .6:3flam?4:08pm Lv. Baacomville ..6:45am?4:28pm Lv. Richburg ....6:55am?4:43pm e Ar. Chester 7:30am?5:25pm de- | EASTBOUND. Inl* Lv. Chester .... 9:00am?6:45pm es. Lv. Richburg ... 9:45am?7:27pra uc- Lv. BascomviUe .10:00am?7:38pm the Lv. Fort Lawn ..10:30am?7:55pm >et. Ar. Lancaster ...11:00am?8:25pm vas ' Connections?Chester with Southern. Seaboard and Carolina & North'* {western Railways, j Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air Line Railways. Lancaster ,wth Southern Railway '""d Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days. jnry ''our druggist will refund money* if PA7.0 nor OINTMENT fails to cure nny ense of Itching, nnil Hlind.Uleeding or l'rotrudiugl'ilesinC to 14 days. 25c. The first application gives Ease and Kest. 5oc. oitiq " o/ * infficluieb reputation among particular K onsistently high class run of K ly are released we book the ?B 'ictures featuring such stars Id Marguerite Clark, Pauline Rg awn, Blanche Sweet, John tig t of other equally well known mount Program to the fullest ? DECEMBER 24, 1915. T"<^r ^ ^ ^ ? t Christmas ft. . T ^;(.>t< :: , ;OLOv *. r Cx < & 4'V,1i'" 7 ' ' ' ,t>1 ? T jL..z IT |=^===rtyST' as the 1 are strengthen * 1 season, so may 01 ation grow in mut Accept our your continued pr i I E. B. RODI The Leading Grocery. V \ A ?, ,? A, A A A A >. >. a a*AAAAAA^ [Buy It at Home Inrttiii .l iKeep P r o s! p et r! i 1 A MJL- * | Everythin FOR MEN: 2 One lot of White Shirts 29e ? One lot of White Shirts 79c ? Silk Shirts $1.69 a Ties 25c, 50c and 75c Q Suits $10.00 to $20.00 ^ Extra Trousers $1.10 to $5.00 2 Shoes from $1.50 to $5.00 Hath Robes $2.50 A New style Collars, two 25c Q Silk Mufflers $2.75 ? We cannot begin to mention all o 2 Christmas trade. The variety is endlei 5 member of the family. We mention < J but there are hundreds of others just j 2 are very close. j e ' FOR BOYS: A One lot of Suits $2.25 a One lot of Suits $3.75 ^ One lot of Suits $4.50 2 Trousers 50c to $2.00 2 Union Suits 45c W One lot new Ties 25c ^ One lot of Shirts 39c 9 Caps 25c, 50c and $1.00 i " It is easy to "buy it at home" w! 2 have the stock, and it is high grade, i 0 price. , i i FOE TE ^ Special Table Damask Sets, Napkins and 2 Cloth to match $8.50 to $10.00 2 All Linen Table Damask $1.00 to $1.50 yd W Colored Border Turkish Towels, special lot 9 just in 35c to 75c 9 Blankets for all the family. Crib Blankets 1 LANCASTER M 1 A^A A^A A^A A^A . ? Greetings | ?^i ties of friendship X edat this Holiday X ir business associ- X ual confidence. X sincere wish for ?X - ^ Silk Waists, pink and white $2.50 to $3.50 ^ Hand Bags 50c to $3.50 9 Ostrich and Fur Neck Pieces ^ $1.00 to $3.50 ^ Kid Gloves, the Glove that fits. . . .$1.50 j| L'nen Handkerchiefs in Christmas boxes 25c to $1.50 9 Phoenix Silk Hose 75c to $1.50 9 Special lot Sample Hose, Silk, all colors, a $1.25 quality, special 89c J if the different articles we have for the 0 ss and will be pleasing to any or every 0 ^ only a few of the leading and best sellers, 0 as important and as desirable. Prices % '4* $ FOR GIRLS: W Collar and Muffs $1.50 to $3.50 w Bed Room Slippers 75c to $1.00 4) Sweaters $1.00 to $5.00 Red Riding Hood Pla Shoes, patent leath- a er, cloth top $1.50 to $3.00 J Silver Mesh Hand Bag 50c w ' Kid Gloves $1.00 A Middy Blouses 50c to $1.50 ^ Wool Mittens, pink and blue. ^ hen the stock is there to select from. Wo ^ ip-to-date, and worth every penny of "the 0 ====== =========== EE HOME: 2 with pretty pink and blue border A' 48c and $1.25 Z Big 11-4 Wool Blankets in plaids, pinks, J? blues, tans and grays .... $3.50 to $5.00 X Satin Quilts, fringed with cut corners ^ $1.50 to $3.50 IERCANTILE CO.!" I ? 1 ? ^ ^ ^ ^ ? ? 9 _ _ _J| osperity. ^ )EY & CO. | Phone 276. \ a . ? iThis Christmas # ? ;'y I n This Town igFORXmas) * FOR WOMEN: X Colored Bed Room Slippers, old rose, red, A and blacks $1.00 to $1.50 a Kimonas and Bath Robes, pink, blue and ^ lavender $2.50 to $4.50 X" AH shades of Taffeta Silk. .$1.00 to $1.50 5 ome here regularly so as not cedent productions to be seen i talking about these picture:* le Star Theatre. IB es make their initial appear- MB Tuesday, December 28, with N atest successes, nS Unafraid" g Theatre | :e to Keep Warm. h ^ ?- ., , ,