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Local Miner* _ iT , m ,m, I, n Mf. J. Wi IMlmati id nttend' ing the Hireling of the State board <t( \Hses4011* ill Columbia this week. ? . / * S?h) novv announcements in this issue: J. K* Stewman for Probate Judge, ant! \V. P. McManus for county Snpt. of Education. v **" The Trustees and patroou of Tabernacle school are requested to meet at the soli >ol house on Tuesday, 15th, at 5 P. M , for the purpose of making arrangement a for school n^xt year. J. II. Stewart, Ch'rm Br'd of trustees. Mr. J. VV. Knight has left a sample of his oat ciop at this office. He says the oats from two bushels of seed bought from King & Co,average noarly head high and that Mr. J. VV. McAteer has a field of the same variety that averages waist high. Duriog the storm last Monday afternoon lightning ran into Mr. W. T. Beckham's over the phone wire but beyond frightening the household did little injury. Magistrate Cauthen of Kershaw turned over to the County Treasurer $59.40 the past week?fines, collected the past quarter. $15. wftf turned over to the Count v Treasurer Mondav bv ' t *" * ?r j Magistrate Oarnes of Wild Cut?j fines, etc., collected the past quarter. Rev. W. C. Winn requests us to announce/tbat he will hold no 0 service at Carnes School house next Sunday. The Carnes school will open Monday next, July 14th, with Miss Maggie Ragsdale as teacher. Mr. C. J. L. Moody, who moved with his family to Summers field, Fla., several yeara ago, is back on a visit to his old friends in Lancaster county. The negro lodged in jail here last week, supposed to be Jtlto Lowry the murderer of the SFhelby policeman, has been released, having turned out not to be Low. ry. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Butler, of Greenwood, are visiting at Mr; J B. Mackorell's and Mrs. T. C. Hicks. i Mrs. W. B.Alexander and children of Nashville, Tenn., are the guests of Mrs. Alexander's sister, Mrs. L. C, Payseur. Mr. W. J. Johnson, of Jones ?v a is ? . s a* l a . i a itoaas wouia do aeugnieu 10 bear bow bis neighbors brag on bis fine cotton crop. Mayor YVylie sent Lee Dayis, ? colored, to the county chain gang Monday for 20 days for carrying a concealed razor. i. * The union service next Sunday night will be held in the Baptist church. Rev. W. C. Ewart will preach ths sermon. Sheriff Hunter and night police, man McMfcnus caught eight negroes playing cards in a field near towii about 2 o'clock Sunday morning. it was a big surprise to the darkies when the sheriff slipped into their camp and bail them before they knew of his presence. They plead guilty to the oharge of disorderly conduct in Magistrate Uaskey's court Monday morning and were fined $5. each making an aggregate oi 940. for the county treasury. 1?wrc ilW. O^lAd Hudldt) oC ttoj&e, Ark.i id visiting ber daiiguUr, < Mrs, T?. 0, Paydeur, . < Mr. Wnlttf G. Cttrelotl attdtttl- , G(i the funehtl of hit! uncle, Mr. 11 , G. Anderson, in Chester eountVj last Saturday. I 'I'll** P/kiint v llaint*#! r\f Ssnnar. - saw % j i^/u i v? v a mj/v? visors of Registration will be at Kershaw July 25th (one day only) ' for the purpose of registering ] qualitied voters. t i Miss Adah Bradford was elected < teacher of the Osceola school last { Saturday. The school "-ill open J Monday, 14th inst. ( ? i No prayer-meeting at the Meth?- \ odist church to night, the pastor | having been unexpectedly called | away for a dav or two. j Tirzah Bible Society will bold < its 45th anniversary July 26, < 1902. Rev. H. W. Bays, D. D., * of Rock Hill will deliver the an- j nual address. The public, and especially friends of the cause are * invited. . , * ? 1 Mx H ? \r MnMonna nkn k.<> I . aAWiik J AU. V AU.i?iH \IOj nuu UMD | made a very efficient night police- j man here, has been appointed en . the State constabulary to take the , place ?f Constable H. J. Faile < whose death occurred a few weeks , ago. , The friends of Mr. Robert ^ Motharshed will regret to learn ( that his mind has become so badly effected that ho had to be taken , to the State hospital for the in- ' sane at Columbia yesterday. I ( |Mrs. Newman McCullom of , Bushnell, Fla., Miss Virginia McCullom of Polkton, N. C., and Mrs. M.J. Williams and Mr. Marion Spence of Thomasville, Ga., spent the * past week with their relativo, Mrs. W. Q. (Jaskey at Neweut. The annual pie nicof the Liberty Hill Rifles will be held at the Warrenton place on July 11th. The candidates for congress from this district are all expected to be present and make speeches. Everybody is invited to attend. I I i Miss Irene Cunningham has re- ' turned home from Rock Hill, accompanied by her cousin. Miss I Susie Dunlap, who has come home to enter the competitive examination for the Winthrop schol. ' arship. ( The trestle over Waxhaw Creek on the S. C. & Qa. Ex. was bur-1 ned early last Sunday morning and the passengers had to be transferred at that point Sunday and Monday. It is thought the trestle was set afire as no trains 1 had passed over it since Saturday. t During the storm Monday a1 handsome plate glass mirrow at1 Cel. Springs' residence was jar- i red from the Wall over the mantle i in his sitting room and shattered, j While its cost was only about $400. it was of such value to Col. Springs that money could not! have purchased it. It was a pre- I sent from his father to his mother ! shortly aftor their marriage, nearly half a century ago. Auditor Ceok has finished bis I abstract of all property in the , , county. The tatol value foots, up $1,962,100.. an increase of | QA 7HO. Atrai* the ftooftn?A/l for last year. Tbis does not include Railroad property, The i total real estate is $1,309,337; j i personal, $652,763. For 1901 the totals were: Real estate $1,215,, 035; personal, $710,364. In our [ next issue we will publish the to1 talfl by townships. Wo haven't the space to do so in this issue. WAITED* Scratfiron titter? i icMcri^tiou and old machtoer>. Any kiad o? f.rt wrecks or stoe5s?. ( Write for particular. Addrees f. B. Garftlnkel, Columbltti 0. C. ^ July 8, 1902-~lrtJ. | Death* < Mrs. Idn Vaughan, wife of Mr. | JohoB. Vaughan of the Dry Creek ( mnf I. ?? /liArl luwit ttoi n iwlaXr _f 11 1 \* , Uj IIIVU I (?Ol hJUiUl V4?J ) V III ^ ( >tb, 1902, after a short illness. No longer than last Tuesday she spent the day with friends in town. She took sick and on Friday was juite ill 1 ut was thought to be much better Saturday morning. During the morning she 'took suddenly much worse and before aoon died. She was a daughter jf John Truesdel and loaves her biusband and six or seven children 1 to mournQher death. She was ibout 42 years of age, a member 3f the Methodist church, and a woman highly esteemed by all who knew her. Her remains were interred at Salem burying ground on Sunday last. ?Mr. Ira Adams, aged about 20 years, son of Mr. G. R. Adims, of this place, died at his father's home at the cotton mill here last Saturday after a lingering illness of consumption.' ' The funeral services were conducted it the horn* of his parents on Sunday, after which his remains ] were taken to Douglas church and there interred in the family plat. ( ?A phone message toMr. Walter G.-Cureton announced the ' death of his uncle, Mr. Henry G. Anderson, of Fort Lawn, which J occurred last Friday ' afternoon. Mr. Anderson had been prostrate ad for five years from a stroke 1 i)f paralysis resulting from inju~ ries received by a bale of cotton, | which was being loaded on his wagon from his gin house plat* 1 form falling on him. Had he lived to the 14th Dec. next he would have been 53 years of age. He was married in 1875 to Miss. Lily F. Ingram, daughter of Col. T. F. Ingram of Kosso, Texas. Two children were born to them but both died in infancy. He leaves his wife and one sister, Mies Maggio Anderson, surviving him. His remains were interred at the old Anderson burying ground in Chester County Satui\ day afternoon. He Carried a policy of. $1,000. on his life in the Mutuul of New York. Another Disastrous Hail 'Storm Mr. B. N. Cousar and Mr. S. D. Robinson, two miles Northeast of town, had their crops totally , destroyed by the bail storm vphich passed over this section Monday afternoon. A one-horse farm of Mr. John Edwards adjoining was also destroyed. The crops t on Mrs. Cicero Gregory's farm on Mr. W. T. Gregory's and on Judge Jone's place were also bads ly injured. The hail also destroyed the cotton on Mr. G. B. Barron,s place in town and did considerable damage to gardens. Hail also fell in the vicinity of the county home Monday afternoon considerable damaging the crops of Messrs. Jos. M. Caskey, E. T. Thompson and John Wright. The crops of the two latter are almost a total loss. Struck by LlghtsinK' During the storm Monday afterneen lightning struck the steeple of the Methodist church tearing open the ziuc covering, knocking out the ventillators on two sides ; of the belfry and the brictc down one corner of the tower, being conveyed off by the guttering on L ? ? eucu 8iue 01 toe tower, roe dam- \ age will amount to probably $50. tSITTay your subscription one year io advance and we will send yen the Home and Farm free one year. ! ' . I * fctttl Storm Jt'M B'fiH, Several farmers of the vicinity )f Elgla had their entiiS crops uined by the disastroushall storm ivhich \ isited that section last Siltirduy afternoon. Mr. U. J. Hur ier, Mr. It. HaginS, Ed SadIter, colored? and several others mil their ODtlre crops?corn and cotton?destroyed. ' The leaves md stems oven were all beaten off he stalks of cotton leaving them aire. We arc told that Mr. Ilarler cannot make a bale of cotton >11 a four borse farm. It was the nost disastrous hail storm which >ver visited that section. Later?Mr. Robert Phillips and Vlex Harper, col., also had their ;rops entirely destroyed by this dor 111 and Mr. J. D. Bailey's vas badly damaged. Ho will jrobably lose a two-borso far 11 on lis place adjoining Mr. 11 J llarler's. Convicts Captured. Anthony Cunuinghum and Tom Frazier, both colored, who recenty escaped from the county chain ?ang, were captured in Charlotte ast Monday morning. Mr. J. L. darton, Supt. of the gang, went ip to Charlotte and brought them jack to gang quarters yesterday. Incendiary Fire. Tbo dwelling of Mr. George Sims of the Longsville section waa robbed and burned on Sunday last. He and his family were spending ibe day at his father's when the bouse was broken into, robbed md set afire. It was thought the Sre was accidental until the meat box emptied of its contents was found in the yard after the fire. Ihero seems to be 110 clue to the perpetrators of the crime. Sher* iff Hunter went down Monday to try his hand in ferreting out the guilty parties. Burned by Lightning During the thunder storm last Saturday afternoon lightning struck the barn of Sam Crockett, col., on Judge Jones' place east of town setting it afire and killing his horse. The horse, barn and contents were all burned incur-! ring a heavy loss on Sam. > ^ Sudden Heath cf a ^egro Woman Edy Jackson, colored, wife of Isaac Jackson, died suddenly at her homo here Sunday night oi appoplexy or heart trouble. She had not complained at all but suddenly fell in the floor. She got up and said nothing was the matter but almost instantly fell again and waa linonnar.imiH Sh? w?o laid on a bed where she died. Fou Know What You are. Taking When you take GroveTs Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No Cure. No Pay. 50c. Teddy, Jr., Injured on Fourth. New York, July 5.?Theodora Roosevelt, Jr., bad his forehead cut ;.rv3 by a piece of fl; *ug giaac while celebrating Independence Day at Oyster Bay. He had placed a firecracker in an old bottle, and after the explosion found his forehead bleeding from a deej gash. Bystanders rushed to his assistance, but be walked to his mother, who sat on the veranda., and asked her to bandage the wound. He soon resumed hit merrymaking. The Beat. Prescription for Mat (trie Chills and Fever is a bottle oi Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Ii is simply Iron nad Quinine nn< vt _ n %t n ito t^uro i>o ray. educate Tear Howela With Caaearete. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever tto.tto. If C. O. C.fall, d*?i?Rl8isrelund noonoy _ .Tsyr - a? WOffOFD COLLEGE SPAKTANBUflO, S. C. II. S. ?NtI>KK, M A , PRESIDENT Full College Coutst's. FavorUblo surroundings The best influenced Neceasnry expenccH frotu $100 to $17i? for tho year. For catalogue or other information, apply to J. A. GAMEWELI,, Secretary. WQFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL Sl'AHl'ANBl'liC, S. C. Elegant now building. Careful uttontion to individual student. Hoard and tuition for year, $110. All information given by A. M. DrPRE. Head Master. j IInw A>*?j Your Hldnryi t Or. Ilobtm' .SpBriiBus ^lllacurcnll kidney Ills. 8*??dvIroo. Ac'd. Sterling llcniedy Co.. Chicago or N. V SOUTH CAROL.1NA MILITARY ACADEMY. One vacancy in the State Bene* ticiary Scholarship, is to bo awardon competitive examinations, foe Lancaster County. Blank forms of application should be applied for at once to Col. C. S. Gadsden, Chairman Board of Visitors. These applica tions, fully mndo out, must be in tho hands of the Chairman on the 31st July in order to receive attention. C. S. Gadsden. Ch Board Visitors. July 1, 1902.?3t. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that on the 1 st day of August, 1902, the undersigned, as administrator of H. Jackson Wallace, deceased, will make final return and set'lement to the Probate Court of r i? /"* i- o ? i uuucuaicr v/unuiy, o. v^., aim simply to said court for a hnal discharge aw such administrator. W. H. Wallace. Dated 1st July, 1002. ? 1 in. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAD Of the State's Educational System. Academic Dcyartmt at, i Lawf , Medicine, Pharmacy. One hundred and eight scholarships. Free tution to teachers and to ministers' sons. Loans for tho needy. , S03 Students. />/ Instructors New Dormitories, Water Works, Central Heating System. Fall term begins September 8, 1902. Address, F. P. VENABLE, President, Chapel Hill, N. C. July 4?2m. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass by walking, riding ! tishing, hunting, cutting wood or in any other way on my lands in GillsCreek township, 4.1 milesEast ofLantfaster C. H., containing 72 acres, bounded by lands of D. A. Funderburk, Itov. G. W. GanL ( aer and J. Wylie Porter. Tho law will be rigidly enforced against all persons disregarding j this notice. W. A. Blakcney. >I June 10, 1902. lir.. PILES HIn flbr?4 lk?t?rtirM of tb* danai^ with protruding piles brought on by constipation with which I was afflicted for twenty years. I ran across your CASCARF.TS In the , town of Newell, la., and never found anything to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from plies and feel like a new man." O. H. Ksitz, 1411 Jones St., Sioux City, la canov M CATHARTIC ^ \CWCOacta MASK Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. I>o Good, Never Blcken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, Ubc 60c ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... toftlag R.a.<r Cm|U;, CUni*. Ss.tr..I, Hi* T.rfe. SIS MA.TA.RIA Bold and guaranteed by all drngIYU*I V'DAv gists to CVIE Tobacco Habit. fa Cure A Getd In One tidy. Takix Laxative Bromo Quiniha Tablets, All dmggiaU refund money if " falls to cu'c. L. W. vilove's sighuturo Is on each box. Qkc. I I have a nice lot of milch lows Willi young calves for salo or exchange for dry cuttle. ?J. M. llood. QODTR CARiiLlBA & GEORGIA ^ E1TEHSIQN R. R COMF&HY General Passenger Department. Schedule; Elleelive Jan. 15th, 1902. Eastern Time. south nor n i). No. 32. No :U No. 12 I Daily. Lkavkh. ! Marion 8 45a 2 OOp Thermal City 9 20a 2 45p Rutherfordum 9 60a 3 2<lp [Forest City 10 06a 3 45p Henrietta 10 20a 4 l(>p (Shelby 10 58a 6 OOp Patterson Kpg 11 0,8a G 16p Arrives IMacksburg '.1 30a 6 45p Leaves. Blacksbnrg 11 35p Hickory Groye 12 05p 9 10a Yorkvitle 1235p 10 20a Hock Hill 1 10p 1 15a I ittiawua Ji t 1 30}> 2 40p | Riverside 1 45p 3 10p | Lancaster 2 05 :> 3 50p Heath Springs 2 30p 4 40p * Kershaw 2 42p 5 30p Westville 3 17p 6 OOp arrives. Camden 3 50p 6 50p NORTHBOUND. LKAVe8. No. 11 No. 35. No. 33 Daily t'atudeu 8 30a 12 10p Westville 9 30a 12 45p Kershaw ?o 50a 1 05p Heath Springs 11 30a 1 40p Lancaster 12 20p 2 Oop Riverside 12 45p 2 25p Catawba Jet 2 45p 2 40p Rock Hill 4 OOp 3 OOp Yorkvilie 5 20p 3 3ffp Hickory Grove 0 05 4 OOp Arrives. , Hlacksburg > 50p 4 28p Leaves. Hlacksburg 4 48p Patterson >spg 8 30a 6 12p Sheiby 9 25a <5 25p Henrietta 10 50a 0 Oop Forest City II 20a 0 22p liutherIbnlton 1145a 0 37p Thermal City 12 30a 7 05p A rri vks. Marion 1 20p 7 35p GAFFNHY BRANCH. so tern BOUND. No. 14 No. 10. Leaves. Galthey 10 40a 5 30p Cherokee Falls 1100a 5 50p A rives. Blacksburg 1120a 0 lOp northbound. No. 15. No. 13. Leaves. Blackshurg 4 30p 8 50a Cherokee Falls 4 50p 9 10a A RIVES. Gatfney 5 10p 9 30a * 20 Minutes for dinner. Note?Trains Nos. 32 and 33 are operated daily Trains Nos. 34, 35, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15 and 10 areoperated daily except Sun.Int. 'injf CONNECTIONS MAI)C BY SOUTHERN TRAINS. Ac Mariou: No, 32 connects at Marion with Southern Ry train No 36 which arrived at Marion at 8:28, a in, from Chattanooga, Asheville and intermediate points? At Blacksburg: No. 34 and No. 11 connects with Southern Ry train No. 36 which arrives at Blacksburg at 7 45 a m. from Atlanta, Greenville, Hpartan burg and intermediate points.. At Yorkvllle: No. 34 connects witli O & N W train No. 70 which leaves York\ille at 10.-48, a in, for Gastonia, Lenoir ami intermediate points. At Rock Hill: No. 32 ami 34 connects with Southern Ry train No 75 which leaves Rock Hill at 3:30, p. m, forCheater, Columbia and intermedia te points. At Catawba Jet: No's 32 and 34 connects witli SA L train No. 32 which passes Catawba Jet. at 7.54 p m for Monroe and intermediate points, , At Lancaster: No's 32 and 34 connects with L ?fc C train No. 32 which leaves Lancaster at 4:45, p rn. for Chester and intermediate points. At Camden: Willi A C L (N W ot 8 (.) for Charleston, Sumter, Florence Darlington, Wilmington and inter-* mediate points. Train No. 08 which leaves Camden at 4;15, p m. CONNECTIONS MADE BY NORTHERN TRAINS, At Camden: With A C L (N W of S C) No 71 from Charleston, Florence Darlington, Wilmington, Sumter and imm invuiuio |>v/uii3 w uirn tti IIVI'M UL OHmden ul \1:15 a m with Southern Uy train No 77 from Kingsville which arrives at 1'amJen at 11:56 a in At Lancaster.* No. ,*33 connects at Lancaster with L & C train No, 10 for Chester ami intermeJiate points, At Catawba Jet: No 33 and 35 cosdects with S A L train No. 32 which leaves Catawba Jet at 7.54 p ni foi Monri ea*nl intermediate points. At Uock Hill: No. 33 and 35 connects at Rock Hill with Southern Ry train No 31, leavinu lb ck Hill at K.2<> p it. for Charlotte and points north. At Hlacksbutp.* No. 33 connects wiili Southern Ky Cams No's 12, 4:3s t< m, No 38 at 7:('5, p m. and No 40 at 7.45, |> in, for tciigts i?< rtli No's S3 aid 35 connects with Sontltein Itv I 'rain No. 35. leaving Blacksbnrg at r 11:25, p m fi r points south. At Mnri< 11: No, :w oonincts with Southern l<y train No. lit), leaving Marion a/ !!:4o. p ni. for Asheviile, Chattanongn an i i111?i mediate points Throug'i -ar s? rvlce w ithout ehanite between Maiion and ( liarleaton on trains NoV32 ami 35. K. H. SHAW, Gen'l. Pawengcr Agent