Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SHORT LOCALNEWS" OF GENERAL INTER RECENT HAPPENINGS CITY AND COUNTY. .Doings of People in Which Sections of Lancaster Coi r?. ty Are Interested. ? Lancaster cotton buyers wer ferlng 25 cents per pound for c on the local market this mornii Plans are being made by th? clals and congregation of New church for holding an all-day vice on Sunday, August 12. preaching will be done by Rev D. Mcllwain. The Lancaster County Reg tlon Board, consisting of Majo O. A. Porter, It. J. Flynn am S. Estridge met In the court 1 yesterday. Not a single applic for registration was received d' the day. Rev. II. It. Murchison, Mr Mr^. H. H. Kester. Misses bossli Kate McManus, Mary. Dorothy jEUza Mooro, Alice Arthur, Heath Jones, Laura Gilbert llams, Mary Gild^rsleeve V Lucia and Lewis Murchison camping at Big Springs this w Oscar Rogers is temporarily lnc as one Of the r>ttv nnllnc pending a meeting of city count which time another patrolman be elected to succeed Mr. Li who resigned on August 1 to r< to Charlotte. Mr. Rogers is ; at the county jail and is makin efficient city officer. R. S. Stewart and Dr. S. L. A two members of the Lancaster C ty Exemption Board, motored tc lumhia Sunday to confer with ernor Manning in regard to ce features of the work as applU Lancaster county. They wen companied by Pierce Horton Bevin Funderburk. Lancaster's young men are riencing considerable difficulty t enlisting in the navy just now cording to reliable reports. II pears that -the government is jr accepting only 10 recruits per from South Carolina and aftei desired ten enlist each week. < applicants have to wait until tin lowing week before their apj tions for admission to the sea I ing force can be considered. People of the Waxhaw sectic the county say that the annual clay school picnic of that sectlo be held tomorrow, promises t the most enjoyable event of the mer. Great preparations have made and several able speakers been invited to attend and d< short addresses. Indications that there will be a large c present. Dr. I). G. Phillips of Chester begin a meeting at Shiloh cli Thursday morning at 11 o'clock services to continue through week. Officials of the church extended a cordial invitation t( general public to attend all the vices. I>r. Phillips In ranked splendid pulpit orator and it h lieved that the meeting will pro be very successful. George Free, Malley Ferp and Robert Beekhain. three known young Lancaster men, to Columbia Sunday and enlist* the Quartermaster's Corps. U States army. Mr. Ferguson Mr. Beckham assumed duty mediately, while Mr. Free se< a leave of absence for a few da wind up his business affairs in caster. For the time being three local men will be station* Columbia. Quite a number of ' ?nc county men, some 25 in a(l, leave Lancaster tonight at o'clock for Rock Hill where the as delegates to the State Cot Junior Order United American chanlcs. The convention wi called to order tonight at o'clock and wilt continue thr tomorrow. Delegates chosen t< present the I^ancaster city co are: John Cook, H. W. Plylei M. Culp, J. S. Wilson and Joh Caskey. J. Leon ^Villlams of Washini D. C., representing the Rad Chautaqua Bureau, spent yestf in Iwincaster In an effort to clc contract with the Lancaster Chi of the Red Cross for his chata * to exhibit here August 10, 17 an under the ausplcies of the local Cross. In view of the fact thai Chautauqua held here two years was an absolute failure frc financial standpoint, officials ol Lancaster organization decided to attempt the venture. THE LANCASTE Thomas F. McDow, a well known' 4 member of the York bar, appeared ' before Judge Ernest Moore in this^ PERSO FDT city last Thursday and secured an * L.01 or<*er f?r ba'l 'or ^au Hauie8, a negro who is charged with the murder ... , , . ^, ... " ? Miss Jennie Ne? of his wife in the Bullock Creek . . IN 4. . v ^ .... Lexington, Va. section of York county. Bail was | placed by the Lancaster judge in Oralee Hugglns the sum of $1,000 and it is under- c'e 'n Kershaw. I All stood that bondsmen have been se- Carl Bennett of in- cured and the negro released. week-end at homt Great plans are now being made Copeland Mi for the Dixie picnic and the annual wa8 jn town Moud e of- Lancaster county re-union of Conotton federate veterans, which event will ( larenct Robins ng. take place this year on Friday. Au- spent Sunday at ho gust 17, according to an announce- G. W. Boyle of ment made yesterday. This is an- Saturday in Lane: ?ePr! nua?y the greatest picnic event in stanley WiUlal The I'anca8ter and hundreds of people spent the week.en(] are exPected to be in attendance this week. Several speakers of note Ralph A. Gregc have been invited to deliver ad- spent Saturday in istra- dresses and indications are that the Mrs. George Hi r W. | picnic will lie a greater success this to her home in At I W. year than ever. Keith Robblns louse . . ? , ..... at ion event of general interest to e at ,tock 1 v uring the people of the Unity section and Miss Jeanette li | adjacent territory is the lecture to her grandfather i I be delivered at the Unity school Miss Pearl Coffe an j j house Friday night by Prof. J. \V. nesdav to visit frie a ' ! Thompson. Prof. Thompson is a j jj Mack of Marl mcmber of tho Wlnthrop college Mondav in the cit " facultv and is a speaker of more r, ,, Wil- . . /. C. Reeves of (than ordinary ability. His address .... >d in to make abundant preparation for ^unday prospective hard times incident to war conditions by raising all man- Mrs. Kitty McLu ftK m ncr ?' nerpssary food stufTs in ar- Miasms Helen and I ^W,)r cordance with the food raising and ^iss Helen tiwin ' ? conservation program as promulgat- Charleston. y ed by President Wilson. It Is said Bruce Williams < ir^^' that It is almost impossible to find a N. C., Is spending single person in this county who has and in Heath Spri ^ not cultivated a garden with the view and relatives. of canning vegetables. Even the Misses Mayme ai ? smallest children have their little ton of Kershaw, wl 3 reuncil *ar(,ens to work- Probably five or itlng Miss Isabellc ' six times as much garden stuff as turned home. ^ ^ ' usual has been made In the county Mrs. Minnie Wo " ' and now canning activities every- Hard Wolfe of yi< where are seen in full swing. A visiting Mrs. Sail gton, good deal more corn than has been Mrfl james Hunte cliffe planted in Lancaster county In .. . . . , , Mr. and Mrs. W. ?rday many years is just now in fine con- A. .... . tie daughter motor >se a dition and the prospects for the v, _ .. . , . - N. C., Sunday an ipter greatest corn crop in the history of . ,A_ , A. " . ' here with relatives, uqua the county are encouraging. Seasid 18 enable rains in most sections have Mrs. *-*. McMai Red brought out all crops wonderfully In Robbie, are visit in, t the the past few weeks. Other condl- Parents, Mr. and ] i ago tlons have also been favorable and | *n "*6 IBxle sectlo ?m a assuming such to be the rase until | Mr. and Mrs. . ' the harvest time. It Is predicted that J Misses Kstellc and not I^ancaster county will mhke an ag- Louise Po&g and F ricultural record this year." I Sunday at Big Sprl (}!?:,! . Tr i . , , . . , , tne city yesterday I at Unity was scheduled to take place ar? on July 21 but at that time incle- Mrs. Ira R. Join Pe ' rnent weather Interfered. The ad- tor* Alice, ar serv- dress Friday night will begin at ^en. men, 8:30 o'clock. There will be no ad- C. K. Chreitzbei :11 at mission charged. was in the city y will ness. nder, S. Stewart, chairman of the Mr and Mrg_ w iturn Lancaster County Exemption Board, of Chester. are vis jailer in speaking yesterday about various parenta ? nn features of the conscription law. g " Mrs 1 M Sliirh said that he had received through ... , , . returned to their 1 the mail from a number of people ^len* desiring exemption their affidavits ^inday. oun" relative to exemption. Mr. Stewart Walter Taylor < 1 ( says it is agreeable to the board for the week-end with ov~ those desiring exemption to use the Taylor. rta'" mails if they are willing to run the Thoa F Hefttv Y risks involved but that he would ad- rh>asa>ht> where ,, vise all parties to bring the papers vacatjon am' in person. The mails sometime go astray and should the papers fall to Miss Bernice 1 expe- reach the local board, the responsi- P?ints North ibout billty would rest upon the Individual . ' 11'nory. 4 uc- and not the board, as a result of Miss Josie Moi t ap- which the claim for exemption count Camp Creek sectio now not possibly be allowed after the Margaret Long. week time limit has expired. Mr. and Mrs. ' ? ? Charlotte were in Dther LANCASTER CROPS for a few hours. FAST IMPROVING jlica-' Cowan ot tight- j Cotton and Corn Are Very Suntla>' '? Lancas Promising Here?Much Cecil Cowan. of Foodstuff Produced. Mrs. Lewis Per Sun- Crops in Lancaster county are im- Miss Nanna l'errj ? to i proving by leaps and bounds, ac- today from Union. o' belrorcliu* to an arti0,? ?PP^ri?K <" D B SeweI1 0 o,.,? ! the Columbia State Sunday, written . . sum-1 ? ? .... among the visitor: by Joe K. Connors of this place. The , been " day m Lancaster, have article says: diver "Despite the fact that on account Mark P. Join , the unusually long cool spell at Smith and Boyd 1 1 i., ? --- - - rowil """ "'"""""''K 01 me winning season cimia\ in v nariui in the spring practically all of tho ^jr and >^irs cotton planted in niuny sections of mchburg are visii will the county rotted In the ground and father S L) Tavl< mrch consequently had to be replanted, i',e which caused the crops ,n those sec- ot 1 *be Hons to be about three weeks late, Nva's anionK 'be . have there is now in all of the county >c-st?*r<lu> in Lane ) tHe especially during the past two weeks Mrs. Edward sor" of good weather, has made wonder- Taylor, of Heath S| as a fui progress. The fields are fairly her father, S. 1). T s be- free of grass and it is predicted that ... , Mr. and Mrs. A \e 10 with good workable seasons front .... , children, and It. 1) now on and a late fall Lancaster , . . . . ... tored to Asheville, ;uson county will produce a bumper crop well of cotton. Certainly a good average Mrs. Andrew Jc went crop will be made, although a num- have returned to :>d in ber of planters curtailed their cotton'ivisit '? 'bo family 1 nited acreage this year. The cutting of and Mrs. w an<* the acreage in cotton was for two children, Francis tut- reasons, for the purpose of practic- Timntonsville are ured lng more intensive methods of farm- here. ya to ing and in order to diversify crops. Ur amJ Mrg } l*an- but primarily for the reason that the Mia8e8 Bessie and the farmers had previously determined niotored to Hi* S R NEWS TUESDAY, AUG. 7, 1 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley ft children. Mrs. W. R. Th NALS. children and Mrs. W. C. left Friday for the inoun * Rev. and Mrs. D. W. il is visiting in children. Bessie, Katherir jorie, and Dr. J. W. Kelli ... to Greenville Monday to is visiting ills unI tives. i ?- - ? ... Mr. and Mrs. John H. Camaen spent the son, Crawford, Mrs. E Crawford and Miss Elfr< issey of Kershaw j have returned home ai lay- | days tour of tho mountain on or Columbia \y. H. Dye and Orrin me- mon, Jr., of Columbia, Greeleyvllle spent week-end in the city, the l3ter- Mr. Blackmon'8 parents, Mrs. Orrin C. Biackmon. mson of Lugoff I at home. Misses Sarah Miokle ^ Lillian Truesdale of Kers ,ry of Kershaw | stewman un(, Beulah Lin| t e city. j c aster are the guests of > imphrtes returned Porter in the Dixie sectir lanta Sunday. + .pent the week- ijiq CALL MORE I nth relatives. lugglns is visiting! THIS C1 n Jefferson. v will leave Wed- Local Hoard Complete? nds in Greer. Examining the Fir: Columbia spent Summoned, v on business. | The Lancaster County Charlotte was in |joaI.,j yesterday completer for a few hours. of IIU1j<inK physical exam is. Jr. and daugh- tlto tlrst 365 men calle e visiting in Cam- county under the Selective | tion act. While it has nc 'K of Hock Hill possible to secure exact fii esterday on busi-j the examination, it is i j that the three physicians . 1). Robinson. Jr. men of which numbei iting the former's found to be physically < I and these men were disc! and son "MaOk." the tim" b0ln* by th,> iome in Columbia! 8 discharKe however i | inanent and any or all c may be called at any til it Kershaw spent government challenger, his father, S. ^-doubtless be sent at an i | Of the remaining 128 j ins gone to Mount ; accepted by the local boa ie will spend his cept 30 made claim for on some ground. These , . . 0 . I exemption are now in tin iavis left Sunday . , .. the local board and t to purchase fall hoard. The boards wi j these claims as rapidly ; atgomery of the ] and when it becomes poss n is visiting .miss proximate tlie number of itional needed, a second c H. S. Drown of 1?'her increment of men the city Saturday i hv the county board ter county's quota is lit( his number must be rea< Hock Hill spent ,. .. . vice in the national army ter with Dr. and , 0 , , , . Icro Sonloiiili.lv 1 1.1 .i the the hoard has ri ry and daughter, <iers from the war dep; ? , returned home summon 10 per cent ad ' that number, since it is f Charleston wa*;,hat army su?"Keons will n i spending Satur 'hat percentage of the m< ly the civilian physician? geons. ason, Whiteford h Ilorton spent te. , a y y rrvVV V>*Wt John Taylor of % ting tiie former's a sf ? IV/I^n Wax haw, N. v.. X If 1C11 . visitors spending 2 aster. J V Mohley and son, ^ firings aro visiting 2 J aylor. . II Bobbins ami Y It will ougtas- Plyler 1110- j . X. C., Saturday. prices we ? dins and children ^ ^liifc Qf ? Kershaw after a > OU11S, OlXai of C. C. Gregory. ZZ^TZHZIZ^^ZIZZZ . McD. Jones and and William, of > I AAIf AT Till visiting relatives 1A/UIY ft 1 1 11J X t C. MoManus > Pfl/lH Bcflc/l Kate McManus ^1^ iprings at Mcllee Jfc * V fc tuth Mackey, and j* $5.00 Beach Ch $6.50 Cool Clotl >r Wln.ton-Sa.em, a|)J j^g 5 his vacation here ~ Ings with friends & $10.00 Cool Cl( V nd Virginia Crox- ^ ho have been vis- j JL ^ i Heed, have re- ? iJlYQ, ZoT^c.. '.re f $2.50 Straw Ha II. Lindsay and ? QQ fa H. Terry and lit- QO Straw Ha ed from Hamlet, d spent the day __ nus and little son. i "1| g Mrs. McManus' % drs. J. R. Porter ^ JL w^M ? Andrew Gregory, ^ Francena Milling,; 1 earl Coffey spent j W ^^ % ^^ ^ ^ A ngs. IIVW V W V V 917. /lorrow and {new fiction at pbr99 ora.on and local library Thomson ^B Several New Books Have Been M ul/) Kellar and ? , , . XT r?J . ? Received and Are Now at nff ie and Maar motored Public 8 Disposal. Hg toi visit rela- ^B E. II. Quite a number of new books have ^B MA! . recently been received at the local vita Poag and lilit.nl.? lizabeth T. several vol- H Featur . . r, ' umes of popular Action. The follow da P.oaB in, is the list: B T<>M" rter a ten- , ... ^B IM Local Color, Irvin Cobb. i ^B Out of a Clear Sky. Marie T M |CARL C. Black- Daviess. I spent the ?ppe Shadow Line, Conrad. I i guests of xhe Brown Study, Grace Rich- ^ol Mr. and mond. turo. The White People. Frances H. HI Till"It! if Camden, Burnett. ^B C*LA1>' haw. Irene The Definite Object. Jeffery Far- ^B ??HK ?le of Lan- no'- ^ Will liss Louise His Family. Ernest Poole. Film )n Enchantment, Temple Thurston. |m viol \ Oh Mary Be Careful, Geo. Weston. IB The Stingy Receiver. Eleanor \l?-' HI m,.#. <1EN foil. fjj ?? OUNTY The Yeoman's Adventure. G<o/|H CO.MP Th Banks of Colne. Phi'potts. n9 ' To the Last Penny. Kh in Le>?t .i(?5 fevre. -SmBW^Ssi Greylake of Mallerby. Crihb. Simple .Simon, Lyons. *. 4. 4. 4. , Exemption .. . ? , Mistress Anne, Bailey. 4. 1 its labors ,v , _ . , T,. Dabney Todd. Westcott. 1 x>ttc!Tinations ot . , I 15 U ol. The Bride of the Sun. Leroux. a. id in this ? t? Pip. Ian Hay. 4. 4. 4. 4. . j Conscrip- e ?. .. I . , w.iuiu iii me rincs, iionore Will- I ?t yet been s(e NOTICE?] ?ur s from The Bronze Eagle. Baroness' Jones-Ell understood Qj^y urday Undertow, Katherine Norris. ^or ,bo c Till the Clock Stops, J. J. Bell. ilsqualified ? , , . The Balance, Bellamy. harged tor _ _ . , , , Mary-Gusta, Joseph Lincoln. tc.i )oai ( changing Winds, Ervine. 1 IA TAM Il.\ S. Il?l The Lifted Veil, Basil King. are " ^ ' Thorglls. Hewlett. flour and IUO The Light in the Clearing. Irving I tory turr wh,?. Wi 1 Baeheller. I and ? i arl\ datt. The Morning's War, Montague. j from yo ?asspd and + Milling rd. all ex- n TUOI ULF TO COM KONT u exemption claims for so>li: l^XCASTKll FOLK? j I hands of FOIt SALE ho district j Lancaster people who have made I feeder a II consider I claim for exemption from military' tramping is possible | duty under the selective conscription! er gasol ible to ap-j act may find themselves in trouble I class co men addi- j if any of llieir claims are found to cantile C all for an- be untrue, according to a statement i will be is- I issued yesterday by Provost Mar-' $10 Lancas- j shal Crowder. The statement says! The reade ! men and that one man is to he appointed in Phased to ] 1 * one dreadei ly for ser- every county in the United States to been able ti on or he- 1 ear reports from loyal and patri-j infiurm ed^t uldition to: otic citizens who know that some requires con pceived or- j man or his relatives have made un- a. ts'om^Vii irtment to! true statements regarding exemp- faces of tlu ,.A. . .1. .... , , the foundati ditionnJ of tion. fhis local man will then re- patient strei estimated j port the matter to the exemption' iect about | hoard and lay before the hoard his1 faith In the . .-.if .i 1 Catarrh Mi n sent up proof ol the f..ets in the case. The Hundred Do t and sur-' appointment for Lancaster county j t0Al,jVireRB | has not yet been announced. I Ohio. Sold s Summer Apj At Low Prices pay you well to take advantage are offering on Men's and Boy: n Hats, Underwear and Oxfords ESE REDUCTIONS Men's Oxfords $1.00 Palm Beach Oxf< Ctlld Cool Cloth $5.50 Douglas Oxfords $1.00 Douglas Oxford $5.00 Douglas ()xfords ?th reduced to $3.50 *"!?I:"'**1" ('x'/'"!* . i Sli.oU Urossett Oxfords i reduced to $4.75 0 Palm Beach $5.95 Underwear h )th, Silk Lined $7.50 55c Gauze Shirts and 1 55c Athletic Shirts am 50 and 05c Wilson Brot |ii W/jfc Shirts and Drawers A A%A%>%J * j cy * A 75c Union Nuits ts Reduced to $1.50 $1.00 Union Suits .ts Reduced to SI .98 *iM , B!on Soi,s r n j j i Jo ao I Men's I)re? ts Reduced to !pZ."o j values up to $1.04 inson-Cloud Lancaster's Leading Store. 9 ?? r Theatre I >AY, AUCilST 7t?i, | SOUTH KHX in "THK H V OF MYSTEltY." iKrapli Blue Kibbon H H It HOW, WiEDNES- I Y, AUGUST 8tli, I Y LE HLACKWELL H JUNE EL.V1DGK in I PAGE MYSTEltY." H 1(1 Bra<ly-Mtt<le FeaHI>A Y, AUGUST Otli, H k'S BIUHKWELL 111 H It TEMPTATION." Q iam l ov Feat u. v. H AY, Al'(iUST loth, H DANA in "LADY H BAltNAULK." (> Wonder Play. \ii, WOMANHOOD, H : CiliOltY OF THE ^ t+++++++t+++ * NESS NOTICES + Mr. Nash will be at the liott Mule Co. Stable SatlURust 11. to buy mules ;overnment. J. C. Elliott, np. MILLING COMPANY? making l>est quality of 1 will give you a satlsfaclout. Ship us your wheat issured of getting flour ur own wheat. Catawba Company, Hock Hill. S. No. 60-6 weeks-np. ?One 70 horse power gin nd condenser; one self ; press; one 15 horse powine engine. All in first ndition. Lancaster Mer'o. 72?2t?np. f 0 Reward, $100 rs of this paper will be learn that there Is at least 1 disease that science has 0 cure in all lis stages and irrh. Catarrh being greatly >y constitutional conditions stltutional treatment. Hall's llcine is taken internally and e Blood on tin- Mucous Sur> System thereby destroying on of tlie disease, giving the igth by building up the corr1 assisting nature in doing its proprietors hive so much > curative powers of Hall's illeine that they ofTer One liars for any eas? that it fails n<l for list <>f testimonials. J. CHKNF.Y & I'O.. Toledo, by all Druggist, 73c. i parel f ; f i of the low s' Summer V * ? s ; Reduced irds $3.00 & $3.15 *f $3.60 V $4.50 X $5.40 A $5.85 X leduced T 5 )rawers 25c V 1 Drawers 25c V s. Athletic X 44c I 48c X 89c X $1.25 is Shirts 0, each 50c ====== Co. | .