The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 17, 1916, Page 5, Image 5
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Bon Sunday night, January
16, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Robimon, a daughter.
Superintendent Lingle asks us
to say tha he is now in a position
to pay any school warrants
except in extreme cases, and
tha teachers may now present
claims at his oflice.
There were 21,4246 bales of
cottoo, counting round as half
bale.\ ginned in Lancaster coun
ty, irom the crop of 1915 prior
to January 1, 1916, as compared
with 23,292 bales ginned prior
to January 1, 1915.
Congressman Finley has
named Col. T. J. Cunningham
as postmaster at Chester, in lieu
of Mr. John W. Dunovant, of
that place, whose term has expired.
Mr. Cunningham is a
brother of Mrs. L. J. Perry of
Lancaster.
The Camp Creek School Improvement
Association will give!
an entertainment Saturday I
night at the school. Music will
e furnished and there will be!
an address by Mr. Claude N.
^ Sapp and several others. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Thursday afternoon January
20, at 4 o'clock the Lancaster
chapter, U. D. C., will hold a
service in memory of the late
Mrs. N. C. Moore who was the
senior member of the chapter.
This memmorial service will be
hejd at the residence of Miss
Annie Witherspoon.
We were requested to withhold
the name of the author of
the Piny Grove school sketch,
which is to be found elsewhere
in The News today. The article
is quite interesting and we are
glad to say that we have an offer
of other sketches from the
same pen, which we hope will!
be furnished at an early date.
Lee's birthday will be observ-j
ed tomorrow by the Mary Anna
Jackson chapter, Children of
the Confederacy, by their holding
a public meeting at the Cen?-,
tralgraded school at 1:30 p. in.
The Mother chapter, as well as
the public generally will receive
a welcome at this, the children's!
first open meeting of their:
flmirishintr phnntpr
On account of trouble with
the furnace of their church, the
Presbyterian congregation cannot
hold their services in the
church at present. The morn-|
ing services are being held in!
the court house. Through the
kindness of their Baptist breth'
ren the Presbyterians worshipped
Sunday night in the Baptist
church, the Rev. Hugh R. j
Murchison preaching at that
service.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Lancaster Fire Company Adopt
Fire Signals.
In order to assist its members
in locating a fire when an i
alarm is sent in the Lancaster
Fire Company, at its last regular
meeting divided the town
into four wards, with Main and
Gay streets as dividing lines, ,
and designated as ward one,
that part of town lying west of
Main and Gay streets.
Ward two, that part of town
lying north of Main and Gay
streets.
Ward three, that part of town i
lying south of Main and Gay !
streets.
Ward four, that part of town :
lvincr souh of Main nnri Onvl
streets.
As every one knows any
ringing: of the fire bell means an
alarm, which should be immediately
followed by tapping to
designate ward in which the
fire is located. (
. One tap of bell means the
fire is in ward one, two taps in 1
ward two; three taps in ward
three; four taps in ward four. '
which alarm should be repeated ^
four times, pause and repeat '
again. We earnestly request (
tha every one read this notice 1
carefully, and by co-operating j
with the company, much valuable
time may be saved in get.A.
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MISS NEELY RETURNS
Popular Teacher Resumes
School Duties.
Miss Juanita Neely, who has 1
been undergoing treatment at i
the Fennell Infirmary in Rock 1
- Hill, was sufficiently improved i
ED to return to Lancaster Satur- ;
day and this week resumed her <
work* as eacher of the seventh
grade.
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PINY GROVE SCHOOL. |
A Sketch of Former Teacher
and Pupils Written For
The News by a Former
Pupil.
Piny Grove school house, near
che John Nelson old homestead,
in what was known several
years ago as the Jacksonham
section of Lancaster county, the
people of that community were
served with mails from the
Jacksonham post office, is yet
held in sacred memory by many
men and women who were pupils
of the school.
A glance over the news columns
of The Lancaster News
.shows a name now and then of
former boys and girls who met
at this school house day after
day.
As far back as the recollection
of the writer goes, Prof. R.
N l nfv Diinn?;n<--v. J
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of education of Union
county, was a teacher. It was a
one teacher school and one room
building with big open fire place
where round logs of wood were
burned and fat pine knots, both
wood and pine being plentiful in
the forests all around.
Capt. Thos. R. Nisbet, who
died at his home at Waxhaw, a
few years ago, was another
teacher. Miss Sallie Nelson, j
daughter of Mr. J. C. Nelson, j
taught two or three terms. She
married Mr. E. E. Boyce, and I
died at Due West three or four
years ago.
Some of the pupils were John
Craig, Susie Craig and Elbe
Craig, children of Mr. Thomas
Craig; Willie Caskey, son of Mr.
TnUn ^
uvim i/avc v^aSKCy j VjreOFgG i
Craig, Judson Craig and Ida
Craig, children of Mr. Harper
Craig; Eula and Minnie Caskey
and, Marion Caskey, children of
Mr. Wylie Caskey, Frank and
Mattie Nisbet, children of Mrs.
Jemima Nisbet; John Nelson,
Able Nelson, sons of John Nelson,
Sr.; Nannie and Irk McCain,
children of Mr. James McCain;
Roxie Broom and Ben
Broom son and daughter of Mr.
Albert Broom ; Dora, Jennie and
Nettie Neil, Brown, George and ,
John Neil, children of Mr. Marion
Neil, Lester, Theo and Hall!
Nelson, sons of Mr. J. C. Nel-!
son * Willinm or?rl T TVf?1\f'
J . v UIIU 1JVIUI iVALIU U1
ray, children of Mr. Millen McMurray;
Minnie, Delia, Ella.
Alice, Ida, Emma and James
Helms, children of Mr. Dock
Helms, now of Lancaster; Minnie,
Currie, Haskell and Crawforw
Steele, children of Mr.
Harvey Steele.
Prof. Nisbet married Miss
Amelia Belk, daughter of Mr.
John Belk. She died while they
lived at Marshville, N. C. His
second marriage was to Mrs.
Louie Robertson, formerly Miss
Louie Walkup, of the Tirzah
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v.viiiiiiuiiujr. nicy live at ivionroe,
N. C.
Capt. Nisbet's second wife
was Miss Ella Lynn, of York
county. She and their two sons
Messrs. G. L. and Richard Nisbet,
and one daughter. Miss,
Minnie Nisbet, live at Waxhaw.1
Some who went to this school'
have moved away and some are!
dead, but a great number of
them live in Lancaster county.
Miss Dora Neil married A. D.
Hilliard and moved to Lancaster
Three or four of the Helms girls
died at their homes in the Unity
section. William McMurray
moved to Florida, and while in
the service of the Rutland
Steamship company with
headquarters at Miami, Fla., he
died of typhoid fever. He was
buried in the cemetery at Tirzah
church.
Miss Minnie Steele married
Robert Steele and they live in
the Camp Creek section.
Miss Lena McMurray lives at
Henderson, N. C.
Mr. Frank and Miss Mattie
Visbet live in the Jacksonham
community.
Mr. Hall Nelson moved to'
Cheraw.
Piny Grove school house took j
its name from the forest of pine'
trees in which it was located.
Some of the neighbors who liv
-VT_ TI Tn r*. a> I
ci ucmu; were mr. n. i\?. t^oneyv
and wife, who was Miss Lizzie
Glenn before their marriage,
they moved to Lancaster.
Mr. Curry McDow and wife,
ivho was Miss Eliza Neely also
lived near the school.
NOTICE.
The books of subscription to
the capital stock of the Thompson
Company, will be opened at
the Bank of Lancaster, Lancaster,
S. C., on Thursday, January
20, 1916, between the hours
:>f 10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
WADDY R. THOMSON,
WADDY C. THOMSON,
THE LANCASTER NEWS
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| PERSONALS I
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Mr. Henry F. Whitner, of Atlanta,
spent Saturday in Lancaster.
Secretary Ellison will spend
several days this week with relatives
near Altnata.
Miss Leila Shannon, of Camden,
was the week-end guest of
Col. and Mrs. Leroy Springs.
Mr. G. F. Cross came up
from Sumter and sDent thp
week end here with his family.
Mrs. L. S. Elliott, Miss Kate
Elliott and Mrs. Millen Plyler
are spending a few days in Columbia.
Miss Margaret Evans, of
of Chester, were the guests of
Miss Kate McManus, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. J. R. Wallace has returned
to Ataka, Tennessee, after a
visit to relatives in Lancaster
county, his old home.
Mr. J. Crawford Witherspoon
was a recent visitor in Lancaster
at the home of his aunt.
Miss Annie Witherspoon.
Miss Maude Holley of Winnsboro,
is expected today for a
visit to Mrs. A. P. McLure and
Miss Charlotte Jones.
Miss Frances Nicholson, of
tt~:? i
uiKui;. who nas oeeu the guest
of Miss Betty Brown, has gone
to Sumter to visit friends.
Mr. R. F. Fleming of Laurens
has been a guest for the
past few days at the home of his
father-in-law, Mr. W. McD.
Brown.
Rev. W. E. Boggs, who represents
the Presbyterian Standard,
was the week-end guest of
his sister-in-law, Mrs. L. J.
Perry.
Miss Sallie Stone returned
yesterday to her home in Chester.
accompanied by Miss Kate
McManus, whom she has been
visiting.
Mr. J. S. Wilson, sergeant at
arms of the house of representatives
came up from Columbia
Saurday and spent the weekend
here with his family.
Tvr?-o nr t> 0..1 i
iuiD. a. n. ouuer ana son. wno
have been visiting Mrs. A. J.
McNinch and other relatives
here haVe returned to their
home in Sumter.
Mrs. J. C. Miller and children
have returned from Lancaster
where they have been
the guests of Mrs. Miller's
mother.?The Jeffersonian.
Mrs. D. P. High and baby,
who have been visiting Mrs.
High's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Poag, returned yesterday
to their home in Wilmington.
Mrs. W. Shackleford McCrady
and son, and Mrs. J. B. Patrick
and son, are with their mother,
Mrs. Charles T. Connors on
Chesterfield avenue.
Miss Fannie Bost, of Salisbury,
sister of Mr. E. H. Bost.
and Mr. William Stuart, Bost, of
Greenville, N. CM are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bost in West
End.
Mrs. R. B. Allison's mother,
Mrs. J. P. Marion, and her sister,
Miss Mary Marion, who
have been her guests for several
weeks past went to Sumter last
week for a visit to Rev. J. P.
Marion.
FOR LOCAL HOSPITAL.
Committee Working to Secure
Infirmary.
Plans were set in motion last
week for a hospital for Lancaster
and at a meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce a commitee
was appointed, composed
of certain members of this body,
several of whom are doctors, to
devise ways and means of building
a hospital. The business
men of the town as well as all
of the doctors are heartily in favor
of the proposition and Ahere
is no doubt that the necessary
capital stock will be subscribed.
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i ne committee is alao to visit
hospitals in other places, with
a view to finding out what size
infirmary we need, the approximate
cost of the building, equipment,
etc. This committee will
make its reports within the next
few weeks.
FOR CONGRESS.
Mr. W. F. Stevenson authorizes
us to announce that he will
be a candidae in the Democratic
Primary during the coming
summer for Congressman from
the Fifth Congressional District,
and to thank his many
friends for their very substantial
support in the last primary
for the same position.
I JANUAKY 17, lf)l(>.
SOCIAL NEWS.
The Friday Afternoon Book
club held a delightful session J
last week with Mrs. Leroy
Springs. After several readings
and an interesting discussion of
several phases of United States
history, a social hour was en-i
joyed. The guests were invited
into the dining room, where at |
a beautifully appointed table,
elaborate refreshments in three'
COUrSPK WPTo uov\rofl TKn '
MV* *vu? X nc ucciutiful
centerpiece was a silver
basket of red carnations and
the place cards as well as the
refreshments carried out this> ;
warm note of color. As the ;
guests came out of the dining
room into the hall they were !
served coffee which was poured
by the house guest of Mrs. >
Springs, Miss Irene Withers of
Savannah. Each guest on departure
was presented with a
lovely Killarney rose bud. Mrs
Wadd.v R. Thomson and Mrs. P. |
Bradley Morrah of Mount Carmel,
enjoyed this pleasant meeting
with the club members.
Mrs. J. B. Machorell was the
gracious hostess of the Social
SUnrUr fllnK 1"-* T.??-J_
vmu icim rruuiy alternoon
at her home in West End.
A literary program bearing on
the lives of famous French
women was carried out. The
roll call was answered with
quotations bearing on art. The ;
following papers were read:
Use of Joan of Arc, by Miss
Virginia Taylor. I I
The Coronation of Charles
VII, by Mrs. P. M. Latham.
Trial and Death of Joan of' !
Arc, by Mrs. R. R .Riddle.
Rose Bonheur, by Mrs. J. B. ;
Mackorell.
Animals in Sculpture, by Mrs. j
Hazel Ferguson.
At the conclusion of this pro-j ,
gram the hostess served a deh'-i "
cious salad course and coffee.
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Miss Kate McManus enter-j;
tained the Chesterfield Avenue
club Saturday afternoon at her !
hospiable home on Main street. 3
in honor of her attractive guests ?j
Miss Marcaret Evans nf "i
O ? . Vi.
raw, and Miss Sallie Stone, of j
Chester. Rook was played at ;
four tables and this game fur
u ished entertainment for a !
couple of hours. Late in the aft- ?
ernoon a dainty salad course ?
was served by the hostess and ;
her sister, Miss Bessie McMan- ;
us.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. !
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STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. !
County of Lancaser. j
In the Court of Probate. j
Dr. L. T. Gregory, a creditor of the j
estate of R. T. Hilton, deceased. Pe-|<
titloner. j
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W. Z. Hilton, as administrator of *
the estate of R. T. Hilton and ,
Daisy Hilton, widow of R. T. Hll- 1
ton. and Edgar Hilton and Lillie^ 1
Hilton, children and heirs at law, of
R. T. Hilton, deceased.
Persuant to an order of the Pro-13
bate Court in the above entitled j
proceeding, I. J. E. Stewman, Judge jj
of Probate, in and for the county of J
Lancaster, state aforesaid, will ooii l
at public "auction to the highest bid- i
der, for cash, at the county court
bouse on sales day, Monday, the 7th
day of February, 1916, in aid of
personal assets of the said estate, the
owing tracts of land, to-wlt: (li .
All that certain piece. parcel, or
fact of land land lying, being and
situate in the county of Lancas*?*. j
state aforesaid, containing one hun-,
dred acres and bounded on the north
| by lands of J. T. Blackman, south
I by tract No. one of the lands form|
erlv owned by the late J. F. Hilton.
| east by lands of W. U. Clyburn, and
west by tract No. three, of he lands
'ormerly owned by the late J. P.
Hilton: (2) All that certain piece,
parcel, or tract of land lying, being
-nd situate in the County of Lancas-,
ter. state aforesaid. containing!
venty (70) acres, more on less,
nr.d bounded north by Flat Creek,
south and east by the lands formerly
owned by the late J. P. Hilton
and west by lands of E. L. Hinson.
Purchaser to pav for papers.
J. E. STEWMAN.
Judge of Probate for Lancaster
County.
January 17, 1916. 29-Jtc
Business Notices
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WANTED?6,000 pounds cow, horse. ;:
mule, sheep, goat, mink, otter. V
raccoon, fox. muskrat, opossum hides. (
See us before you sell. Capers i
Cauthen & Son., Lancaaeter, S. C. J \
DOZEN REAL NICE PIGS for sale,! \;
fine ?tock, six to seven weeks old.lj!
Delivered In town at $5.00 a pair ?
while they last. Phone today. T. M.11 [
Belk. 2 5-tfcj 2!
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DR. C.B.PRATT 'M
DENTIST 'I
Hours, 8:30 a. m. to 12:30; 1:30 3
to 6:00. J '
Phone 28S. 1 ,
Office over Lancaster Pharmacy. 1!
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EDGAR J. HINSON 4
DENTIST.
Office in Moore Building, over E. B
Roddey * Co.
Hears, 8 to 18?I to 8.
Office phone 33. Residence 111.
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Condensed Statement of
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RESOURCES. It
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Loans and discounts $441,500.19 I
Overdrafts 6,484.05 J
Bonds 10,500.00 \
Banking liouse, etc., 9,542.18
I Furniture and fixtures 1,000.00
Due from banks 143,542.9' > j
I Cash and exchange on hand 30.510.07 I
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I Total #643.079.42
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LIABILITIES. :
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: Capital $ 50,000.00 :
Surplus and Profits ?
91Z4,ZZB.87 K'
Dividends unpaid 1,200.00
He-discounts 60,000.00 y
Deposits ... 407,650.75
Total $643,079.4 2
THE BANK OF LANCASTER j
"THE OLD RELIABLE" :
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I We Greet You I
WITH THANKS \
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I GREETINGS of the New Year to you all!. May it *'
j bring you the best in the land and that which you desire "!
I most of all things.
We give you our warmest thanks for the patronage 4
\ you have extended to us in such liberal portions, with the \;
? full assurance that no pains will be spared in the coming \;
S year to warrant a continuance of your friendship and :
* support. \'
j AGAIN WE GREET AND THANK YOU "
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COAL SHINGLES WOOD \ i
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MENDEL MIDDIES I
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Wo have just received, by express, a large ship- jj
ment of the Famous Mendel Middies. The quali- \\
ty and beautiful finish is apparent in these garments
at the tirst glance. Sizes 6 to 20... .$1.00
Fine queen Skirts, beautiful models, tine make j;
and finish; finest make and finish; finest quality jj
material $3.50 to $7.50 \l
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I Wo are receiving Now Goods by every express, u
\ Those are being marked, assorted and placed in V\
stock as fast as they come in.
\ We feel sure that we are able to take care of V\
your wants. If we haven't got the particular \\
art icle that you want we will take pleasure in ]
j getting it for you. \ \
Our Big White Sale Begins Tuesday, Jan. 24th. jj
! Look for Big Ad. in Saturday's paper. I
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IN THE LANCASTER NEWS.