Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i seal Matters. Mi. H J llickson is up from Charleston spending a few days with relatives here. See note to debtors and creditors of the late llev P M Ply letin this issue. Mr. John Scott of Charlotte, wasinthec'ty yesterday shaking hands with his many old friends here. Wo are requested to call the attention of the Supervisor to the had condition of the ground bridge just South of Welsh's mill. Mrs. Gertrude Gregory of Landstoid, visited relatives hero this week. She returned home yesterday afternoon. Work is progressing rapidly on Mr. J B Mackorell's cottage iu West End and it will lie ready for occupancy by the 15th prox. Dr W II Wakefield of Charlotte, N C will be in Lancaster at Cunningham Hotel on Thursday, Oct ISth for one day only. His practice is limited to Eye, Ear, Contractor Knight has finished pimiug m me iron ironi or the Crawford building just South of the Cunningham hotel. It is the handsomest store front in town to duto. Mr. C J Henry has purchased the Drennan place just East of Mr. .1 E Taylor's on Burr street, and will move there about the first of the new year. .Judge Ira H .Jones has purchased the Heath & Springs' "Brown or Sings place" just East of town ?147 acres. The prico paid was about $30 per acre. The Lancaster Court House alliance will meet in the Court House Thursday Oct 4th at 3 o'clock p in. E Everall, Sec. Lint of letters advertised for week ending Sept 2I?, lOftO: Dr Thomas B Kell, Banks Heed, dames Toney, A ,1 IVarsc, A S M ungo <? Co. Belle Nance, r. m. Lancaster, S C. M r. .John T Mackey, the newly elected Assistant Cashier of the Bank, came down from Fort Mill Thursday and arranged to move here the first of next week. He will occupy the Ewart cottuge in West End. The More* of the Lancaster Mercantile Co., and of the Heath B. ?&. M. Co., have been crowded with ladies the past day or two feasting their eyes upon the grand display of beautiful millinery and dress goods which these mammoth establishments are exhibiting. Iko Addison, col,, was almost instantly killed by getting caught in the shafting at the gin of Mr. T R Langley at Dixie last Satur-J ?lav. He wus so badly bruised up that ho lived only about tive minutes after being extricated from the shafting. I n ion Services Tomorrow night the union service will bo hold at tho A It 1' church and Rev \V C Kwart will preach. 1st Sunday night ut Methodist church and Kev J II Boldridge will preach. 2nd Sunday night will he the annual meeting of Bible Society and Rev A N Brunson will pi each the aermon. Mrs. A .1 Buss and children, o: Norway, S (J.,'are visiting Mrs, B.'s mother at Ihis place. Mrs Wylio nr,d children am Miss MozeMc Wylio of Winns< boro, are visiting Mrs. .1 F (Myburn. "Aunt" Betsy McPherson, said to ho 105 years of age, mother of bteve McPherson, tin blacksmiih, died hero last Friday evening. Mr. \V U Outen, of south Monroe township, has gone t(i Lancaster, S C, to engage in the Mercantile business. Ho is 11 clever young man, a son or Mr. .lacoh Outen, and deserves sue cess. ? Monroe Knquirer. Contractor Langlcy completed his contract for building twenty cottages at the DcKalb cotton mill on Thursday. He and his force of carpenters returned home yesterday. Sudden l>eatli of a Little Child front Mating Dyspepsia Tablets, Kstelline, the little Id months old danghtot of Mr. and Mrs. F M Walkup, who live near Tirzah church, died suddenly under very sad ircumstances last Tuesday. | A carpenter, who was building n house for Mr. Walkup, was taking "dyspepsia tablets" ? somt tniLtnt I .? ?'* - ? 1 1 f 1 1 1 * I'OIVMI IIIIAIUIU 1111(1 M'll ino I X > x on 11 taolc. During the day tin child got hold of the box and ate a number of the tablets ? it is no! | known how many. Its mother ! inquired if there was any harm ir ! them and the opinion of all war that they were harmless. The ch'h i played about in the house as usua i but in less than half an hour took a convulsion from which it died. The remains were buried Wednesday at Tirzah church. Tin sorely stricken parents have tin heartfelt sympathy ?f their man} ! friends in the sad death of tlieii | little one. mm We Want Your Opinion; Conn and (iivfl it. We claim to have the pretties! 1 stock of ifdixlti ever shown in I .?m caster county. Conic and see how near correct wo are. Our duinty China ware is t dream to those who appreciate this kind of work. Come am sec what an up-to-date Chini store looks like. The lamps urt prettier than ever and the priceswell, hero they arc, judge foi yourself: Small glass lam | chimney, all complete, 25c; larger, 30c, 40e, up to *10.00. A nice large cup and saucer 25( to 40c set. Plates same price. 100 piece Dinner Sets $5.50 t< $30.00. Kvcr> thing in Chinn marked down. Did you know you could lniy an N day clock, guaranteed for .*? years for $2.00! Come and >oe them. Look at out $2.00 watch while you are here. Also coiiio and bee that $5.01 hreech loading shot gun thai every one else charges yon $7.0< for. We have 50 guns on hund now to close out at little more than half price- don't miss thit chance to get a gun. Our line of I'ocket Knives and Razors is the hest we ever had: every knife warranted perfect, or t ? n.,.l 4 I.? ....: - I ciut ii itUM un iiuuiuri , |M K'U II all stylea 50c. Yon have seen out ads before and .know wo moan what wo say. So c.nne along and buy what you need. Don't forget: we still hole the Rogers ^ Rros' Knives and Forks at $4.00, and are still saving people 10 to '20 per cent on School Rooks. Respt, R. C. HOUGH & CO. A negro woman in Columbia gave birth to triplets Wednesday, l hey arc all boys,hale and hearty, says The State. f Our Kstci'iiicd Young Townsman, .fudge C I>. Joiicx, to Wed. The Charlotte News makes announcement of a brilliant church I w< (Mini; to tuke place in that city soon which will interest this community as the prospective groom is one of Lancaster's foremost young lawyer's, Prohate .Judge C I).Jones, and the prospective bride, Miss Lena Heath, of Char.. . lotte, who also has a large circle - . , | of friends at this nln.ro. The News says: "At 7 o'clock October 17th, i Try on Street Methodist church ? will witness a bridal scene. Miss i Lena Heath, daughter of Mr. B I D Heath, is to ?rive her hand in I marriage to Mr. Charles I) .Jones of Lancaster, S C. Dr. Chrietzberg will ofliciatc. Miss Ada Heath, sister of the bride, is to I be maid of honor, Miss Mary Mayer first bridesmaid, and Mrs. i A S DufTey, dame of honor. The i other attendants are: Bridesmaids s ?Misses Lola Heath, of this city, sister of the bride, May Kennedy, ! Klla May Williams and Kdith I Spetson, of Macon, (ja., Klla Mc.! Aden, Katharine Jordan. ; (iroonistnen?.Judge Krnest (iai rv, of Columbia, liest man: .Jack I Marion, Chester, S C ; Rocker j Ford, Augusta, (ia.; Hazel With orspoon, Lancaster, S C.: Ward Heath, Kershaw, S C.: Chappel M Heath, Columbia, S C.: Robert . Mayer and Frank .Jones, Char , j lotto. Fshers: Dr. Bart Witherspoon, land Messrs John Stevens of Kershaw, S C.; Raul McCorkle. ' Baxter Ross, Reece Williams and ! John Crawford, of Lancaster, S C I Following the ceremony will be a reception at the Manufacturers' Club." J 2'*V"TIavo Vim na'il vimr inh I - ". . " ' " - ' script ion Russia conies next to the United States a* a producer of petroleum. Her output last year was 53,000,000 barrels, out of which the govf eminent got $14,000,000 as rx< ise r ?jFALL C I ; GRgflTE : /II Eyas ai EVERYJ > III!' SlTill Si Thorn spent ma: the leading ]>lill ''kiilfik -rv ? '1 ? Hi ? ^ <11111 ^ ! chases. Our J] decreed bv the ? ? \ tiuus us liere-h i 1 Trimmed Huts i i sure. -Heath I ! Gov McSweeney Yesterday ) pardoned Allen Neese of Lexing j ton county, who was convicted of , manslaughter in .June, lbi?4, and sentenced hy Judge .lames A Id rich ^ to o leven yeai\s in the penitentiary. I The governor commuted the sentence of two years on the chuingung imposed on Sand Griftin of Williainshnrg county ! in October, 181)1), for high and ; aggravated assault to 12 months ion tho nj^. The prosecutor asked tho commutation; thoro wore no serious consequences of j the diiticulty and it was merely a [didiculty between two hoys. The governor also commuted to eight years and six 'months the I sentence imposed on John C j Turner, a while man, and an exit.'ont'ederato soldier, convicted of manslaughter at the spring term, I l^l>2, in Marion county. Letter tft Itev .1. II. Holilridgc, Lancaster, S C Dear Sir:?"The Golden Hog" ? Its the nicknamo they've given the dog on the label that goes on the L M Paint cans. House-owners say that he is golden to them for he covers the paint that lasts them longer and costs them 'ess than thin paints or white lead. There is a reason for it. We put our whole business energy into making the best Paint, the cheapest paint, the only paint that stands the addition of large quantities of 1 in.-*, seed oil. We don't ask you to take our word for it, but put an Insurance Guarantee on every can. Please oblige u* by obtaining our color card from Messrs Crawford Bros. Yours sincerely, LONGMAN & MARTINKZ. The success of the combined j bear element in checking the up I ward tendency in the price of cotton ought to help concentrute the attention of the planter upon his wheat lands. No matter what ?? ii.. * mttv <'o iut3 price 01 couon, good huBiness aanso culls for n large wheat acreage again this year.? ? Yorkville I?nquirer. ?PENINGr Ulllllll WW.WWJ ST BISPLAY OF re Turning He BODY IV m of (liir ny necks in New iners, searched f ained big red net lillinery Deparn I iff a( ors of Fasti a* fore a**e sure are elegant and < Banking i $ Florence hud another lug tire] last Tuesday night. $10,000 j worth of propei ty was destroyed. In reading of the habits ol' the Japanese we learn that they have j no curse words in their language and an oath is unknown to the .laps. Their social customs are such that the .Japanese do not know what a kiss is and they would think it a strange proce* . dure were tney to see American ladies kissing each other, as they do. For our part give us America, North Carolina, Union county, a land in which they kiss and cuss. ? Monroe Knipiire**. wnwMu/?B?aiHBaKanaanBBn Jloney Loaned. f NEGOTIATE VOIlfG (iK mtis 1 no i.11 jirny. tl funi s id rerso aide rates It If V I K. , I tut I'VJ It' I.HW. 3*wsz:jarf' . ... GIN NOTICE ! | 117 E HAVE HM)Ot:? GIN, en *V g<m-and ot hei in ie- iimtx stiliej old -done said, mar Flint Htdjje, overhauled and made t s (rood as new | and wi'. (.in yt ur cotton I In- | resent ' season a1 ?l jerha'e. We |*iiar.ntee| sat isfaeiion of any thiiif; reason or I in tiiisiin ss wnv W A PEItHV A M)N. Sept IT intM?-:nu STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. C O U N T V O F I.ANCASTKR, I ti the ?' ourt of Probate. By Clias. [) Jones. Jtnlije of Probate WlfKKKAH, H J. BeeUhuill lne j made sun to me to grant him I.ette.s if Ad tn i nisi i at ion on t he est at e of ant! effects of Jumes It Massey, J r tl" I ! c? ased Tiiksk auk tukkfkokk to eite and ) admonish all ami singular the kindred J ant I ortMluor* nf I lie sai?l James K Mas j se y. Jr deceased, that they lie ami api pear he''ore me. in the ourt of l*ro? j I hnte, to he held at I ,une ister, H j J on tlie o h day of Oct next, after puh j lieuti iii thereof, at 11 o'clock in the i forenoon to -how cause, if any they ' j have, why the said Administration I should no. to uranted. (*iven nnuer my Hand and Seal this I 20 h day of Sept, Anno Donilni, 1000 Ir, , Cil AS. 1) JONKS, ^ i- '' I'rohate J ud?e. OF MILL] NOVELTIES EVE ire far ths Ls AB1 illiiicrv the pas) slipse this Wintei , 1L7 1. A. A ? Al. i ocit gelling hi he markets for tl ions on our isnini nent is teeming ion. Miss Thon to win your ai [?f rare beauty. * ?? MERCAF ?1 OU 1'LK ANNl i<M. iluy } <?u a Hottte For S>1 201? . 240 tiers, ahon? 1 mile North of I'riniUH, on llocky Kivef road, knowu i>h l'orti-r or Brj*ingto? place For $I ,6-V> , 8H1 acts near I>ry ?. <K posi?? 111 known ay M< < irilV ? ' > For $1,200. 202 acres near H?- <h Sjni -.^H, known a> Agnes < '..n <iar> place. For $760 , 182 sen ? adjoin iij.' 'nils of a W Hicklini:i fA-ibn ship, known King place. For $4(10 i(>0 acres in tub*.* t t-'ck t< w naliip, known as Graham place For $400., three small tracts <.f 17? aeies each ail aOjoinii >ti I'll' r?i township known as Frances Si.ijio' places. For $5?0, 115 ti res n ar Hc.?tb i~joinp.H, ki.own as Jes-e Ki t:h. place. F"i $0(!(j, 100 acres in t'eilar < iv-ck. township known as Tom B.t.. t* ol ce For $250. 50 acres known as K tir place* For Sloo, :jft acres in l'ni >n comity N (known as J J (I' i Hi n pi. c For SI42, 11 acr s known s J (iihsoi: place For $1 .(MM), 00 acres four miles Nort*? ? a*t of town, |>arl of M S.nis pi. cc For $220, 22 a<i es, Peter place, .house' For$300, 22* acres, Alien J Ma-scj plane, house. For $220, 22 acres, Arthur M place. For $2,12*1 '212 acres ? miles west ot town, three good tenement houses, two wells. etc. Town fronc* nv Fo? $4 000, I' itr.p.'triek Io n * 4d 2-5 ucti h, 2 sloty brick dw r;.ng two 2-room tenement hon-is two : lire liMins and other outlini.tlii g*. wet Is, easterns, etc. For $300 lot in Fast F.inl, 2 ro iri t? t.ement For $75n, each, two \ acre lies w'Jh cottage on each lot?in Fast I t For $650, each, two lots on From u street, new 4-rooni c< t age on e.e I o!. For $450 lot on French htreel 5s room house F'-r $.'i5u, each, time lo's oi. t? h street. 3? ro? in cottnge oil each I< ' Ki r $700. /<it sou h ol I, ?Si C <>OjOl, four two loom teln m?'lits For $65<i Fi'7pHtricl' lot a?lr?cet ( '?> M s. Hater's lot in town of Ketsiinw, our room cuft'ge. well on pi mi- k. Al-o town lot in K rshaw tor ^ ' &. Write fur price ol lot on which i-tcr* r< (im ami war? hou-e aie located '.In so vacant lots in tear For $1 mo, one acre lot, nice o> vs res'deuce liarn, g oil well of wj.ier, p' tup. etc F r $1 200. J F, Blackmon lot, new <i iiiiu eotlaee Iimiii etc T. S Car ter, ?g nU [NERY.^ R SEEN. sding Styles W?lTT Bf. \ season, we will r wild Fait. Miss us best ideas af tie most orogresimse ? a sli I'urwitli every! Iiiog * n d's artistic crt a(luiiration m .5 v. r We expect yon JTILE CO.