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pTUESDAY, FEB. 26. 1918. ft THE NEWS A c Before Advisory lltwinl. Fifty registrants from Lancaster county left the city yesterday morn-" ing ror v oiuinoia 10 ue t-A?uinit- i uv the medical advisory board. ?o? Will Meet Here Sumluy. The executive board of Moriah \V. M. U. will meet in Lancaster at the Baptist church on March 2. All members are urged to attend. "Tacky" Party at Camp t'reek. There will be a "tacky" party at upper Camp Creek school house Friday evening. March 1. Refreshments will he served and the public is cordially invited. Here Next Month. Income Tax Collector A. E. Tisdale will be in Lancaster again March 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9th; Kershaw, February 28. March 1 and n 2nd; Camden, today and tomorrow. ?n? Teacher's Aid l/ocal Hoard. The teachers of Central school and school No. 2 have been aiding the lo4 cal board during the past week in indexing the registrants under the new classification regulations. A Ootid Week's Business. Forty-two new. paid-in-advance subscriptions were added to the list NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY A MOB NEAR FAIRFAX Uitizcns Kmuitnl at killing of William W. ltiddle Over Trivial Dispute, String Up Murderer. Fairfax, S. C., Feb. 25.-?Between 50 and 60 white men lynched Waiter Best, a negro, near here early Saturday. The neero was a prisoner and was being carried to Barnwell by Sheriff J. B. Morris and Deputies John B. Ross and J. P. Oubbs. The lynching took place about 6 <-'clock, after Best had killed William Wilson In a local garage. The negro was said to hare been drunk at the time. According to those whc v/ere present, the negro and Mr. J T. Wilson, owner of the garage, had a few words about an automobile tire the negro brought to have fixed Best Is said to have demanded that it be repaired free of charge on the There la mora Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years tt was sup* posed to be Incurable. Doctors preacrlbec* _ local remedies, and by constantly falling f_ to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Catarrh Is a local disease, greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requ;res constitutional treatment. Hall'r Catarrh Modicine, manufactured by P. J. Cheney St Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Is a constitutional 0, remedy, la taken Internally and acta thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars rewsrd Is offered for sny case that Hall's Catarrh Medicine falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENKY & CO . Toledo, Ohio. 1 Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. j&W & .. - ^ 7.--,:T. .V' ?; v -r I wSw \ 1 IB km Hil Bi M B Vtt He ^ kKn Bk I 9H BOUTTOWN :-: cf The Lancaster News during the week ending last Saturday. The Uist is constantly growing, new names being added daily, and the fact that so many new subscriptions were received in a single week Is proof that the people like the paper. ?o? Make Negro I 'm list. Will Klder, a negro living near l.iihburg, was taken in charge by citizens of that community last | week on the serious charge of writ : irg an obscene letter to a white wo; man and was told that the charge I ag.iir.st hint would not be pressed on condition that he enlist in the army and upon the expiration of his enlistment not return to this part , of the country. The negro enlisted ' immediately. Kretl Starr to lx?ave. Fred Starr, who hno hoon /*?????? ' ed with The Lancaster News as bookkeeper and "general utility man" for the past year, will leave next Sunday for Dublin, (la., where he has accepted a position as advertising manager of the Dublin Courier-Herj aid. Mr. Starr has done good work tor The News and has made man) friends here who will regret to sec him leave the city. ; 'round that J. T. Wilson, Jr., now a soldier at Camp Jackson, had re paired the tire some time ago and guaranteed it. Mr. Wilson disclaimed responsibility and refused to make the re pairs without being paid for the work. The negro, it is declared thereupon used insulting language to the proprietor, who ordered hin: to leave the premises. On Ilest's re fusal to do this, the younger Wilson stepped between the negro and J. T Wilson, the latter being in feebh health. William Wilson then reit erated the demand that the negrc leave- bill InnlonH of " _ r .hu?vmv? v/i vuiU|)l/IU^, X.JC3I drew a revolver and fired on younf ' Wilson with fatal effects. Xegro Arrested. ( The negro ran away, but was la ter captured by a policeman ant [ placed in the town guardhouse. Th< , sheriff was notified and with tw< deputies came for the prisoner a ' once. Reeling, when the shooting be ' came known, began to run high am it was decided that the negro hat I better be taken to Barnwell, th I county eeat. The nesrrn had ?ni been carried Just out of town whei several men stepped up and sal tliey had to have him. The negr was taken away and strung to a tre and a good many shots were flred a him. The shooting occurred about ' o'clock and the lynching about ( 1 The sheriff stated that he believe I that e\ery road out of Fairfax wa 'guarded by men and that the on he took was as safe as any other. THE LANCASTER NE^ START! SATURDAY William Duncan a IN THE FIRS' ti _ r* i ber of friends celebrated her eighth birthday at her home on Friday afternoon. Varied games furnished amusement for the happy throng. Delicious refreshments were served. ?o? Mrs. Ellison Kntertalns. On Thursday afternoon Mrs. C1 i 1 Hard Ellison entertained at her home on Chesterfield avenue for the benefit of the Young Women's association of the llaptist church. A musical program by the Misses Jones, Misses Eliza Moore, Gildersleeve Wylie, Martha VanLandingham and Sara Williams was exuuisitelv ren dered, while garments for the fatherless children in France were being made by the others present, liming the course of the afternoon hot . tea and sandwiches were served. A . neat sum of $14.75 was realized, with which the association will pur. chase a Service Flag for their i church, bearing eighteen stars and ; representing the number of their . members now given to the service ; of our country. Hook Cluh Meets. The Friday Afternoon Hook club ' enjoyed a most interesting meeting ' with Mrs. Hazel Witherspoon on . February 22. The program consistl ed of "Why We Come Smiling Out of Hell," by Harold Peat, read from the American Magazine by Mrs. 11. W. Keller, and two enlightening ar, tides from Current Opinion by Mrs. It. E. Wylie. The movement waa , made and adopted during a previous ( meeting that any one absent when on uuiy ?nuuiu dp penalized 51.0(1 ! which should be used for lied Cross purposes. One member (ailed tc , respond at this meeting. A local case of charity was brought to the j attention of this club, which though ^ left for investigation and consider; ation. will no doubt receive its - hearty sanction and support. Tongue gelatin salad, beaten biscuit and hoi coffee were daintily served. 1 ??? , W. T. Gregory made a business 5 trip to Columbia Saturday. t| ?O Mrs. M. H. Barron spent the week - end with her husband in Union. 1 ??? 1 Miss Perry Bell Bennett spent th< e week-end in Uharlotte, N. ('. n Miss Martha CreiKhton spent Sun d day at her home in Rook Hill. Misses Dosia and Annie Caske; 0 spent Sunday at their home in El 4 Kin. ?o? 2 Miss Fny Powers, of Kershaw 5 spent the week-end with her pa ^ rents. Miss Jane Turker FlsJjer, of Cc e lumbln, is the guest of Miss Nanni Hill Moore. ine rign A MARVELOUS OU NOW FOR i It is the story of a terrific of fabulous value wherein a I stake their lives against dual nature and the fiendishness < ter the law and destroy men tunc. Every kind of thrill and d; water?is met with as the ? Hard-riding, quick-shootin ino- <-in odi-II t I'lfS VII VIU ill, IIIVI I 111 Mciuiu t supremacy with primeval fei We guarantee "THE FIGH c.>t Serial we have ever pres Dont Forget T1 ADMISSION: la SOCIAL NEWS By MISS GLADYS M. JONES, 'Phone 44. Birthday Party. Mice J.. ...??K - ?S, LANCASTER, S. C. HEATRE mnnvi n MAKU1 L. ind Carol Halloway r EPISODE OF .ting Trail TDOOR PHOTOPLAY. VDVENTURE. struggle for a mineral deposit fearless man and an heroic girl odds?the terrors and perils of )f a band of outlaws who shal's lives in their pursuit of foringer?of the air, the land and itory unfolds. g fighting men, afraid of nothime after time and struggle for ocity. TING TRAIL" to be the greatented. lie Opening Date ? Cents and 10 Cents. Dr. H. R. Murchison held services at the Presbyterian church in York Sunday. ?o Henry Moore, of the University of South Carolina, spent the weekend at home. ?o? Col. and Mrs. Leroy Springs returned Sunday from a stay of ten I days at Palm Beach. . Mrs. J. T. Wylie and her neice. Miss Virginia Deal, spent the weekend in ltock llill. ?o? Miss Annette Stover, of Stoneboro, attended the teacher's meeting held here Saturday. Lieut. Will Ross Moore, of the Coast Artillery in Charleston, spent Sunday at home. ?o? Carl Bennett and Elmer Sowell, of Camp Jackson, spent Sunday at tl.eir respective homes. ?o? Mr. and Mrs. Webster Caskey spent the week-end with the former's parents in Elgin. Misses Nannie Threat and Nannie Wilson spent the week-end with relatives in Heath Springs. ?o? Misses Ernest and Jessie Cloud, of Hock Hill, are visiting their i grandmother, Mrs. Ada Hough ?o? i Miss Elizabeth Sowell will leave .Thursday for Raleigh, N. ('., where she will take a business course. ?o Misses Mary Potts and (Kthel Vaughn, of Osceola, attended the teacher's meetings here on Saturi day. Miss Francis Nicholson, who has been visiting Miss Betty Brown, re. turned Monday to her home in Un( Ion. , ?o? , Miss Mary Plaxco, of York, and ; Miss Statia Phillips, of Clover, spent the week-end with Mrs. Mack Rob. inson. ' Mrs. Kittle McLure has returned home from Chatham. Va., where she visited her daughter. Miss Helen Mackey. Misses May Reeves and Sallie Williams, of Rich Hill, spent the week end with Misses Ruth and Melitta Faile. ? Miss Kathleen C'lyburn, who has been visiting Miss Isabelle Reed, returned to her home in Kershaw Sat urday. ?o? Mrs. Mary McDow returned home y Saturday from the Rook Hill in firmary, where she has been under treatment. Mrs. I. V. Meyers has returned home from the north, where she has been to purchase millinery for Hirsch Bros. e Miss Berniee Craham returned to Columbia Saturday, where she is taking a course at UtaBisrhaittask/ksfckiSW ness college. ?o J. T. Wylie returnedrt+tln??j,airp'a"ji?fN New York, where he bos hho<>(be** ft* purchase dry goods . for fttre tie J. (?, Wylie company. St ' o? se Mis. Joe Hough, Avhovhbns tertMn visiting her parents, ft4j. Nteud sAfrsBt^, J. L. lteed, lias returned "ted hta in Kershaw acconipM.nit?l,leia> hyr bj^ nephew, George lliiruplirjpfexie*. ? ? It KVKHSK1) .11 HOIK*'*: I?* < 'ASK l'lt< >M." NOnT>W*l Fort Mill. Feb. tSS.-aCT-h^TliouBrirtl Carolina supreme court?wrt hia reversed judgment Andaofll?r**k'TH a new trial in the case ro#- 1 A. Moser, administratri.v.ni. tdfl- -tie >? tate of Thomas Gastoir.t Aii>sMvs*m- tij> pelant, versus the Fir tFMi 1 IMHIt1 lien4f ui factoring company,. ayyesigm^Mttofrlq The opinion was writi<rn?tfe? liysJn^.^ George W. 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