Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Local Matters Mr. T. B. Clyburu of Columbia is up on u visit to relatives*. Capt. J. H. Filr.patrick of Washington, Ga , is here for a few (lays Mr. and Mrs T. F. McDow, of Yorkville, are guests at Mr. R. E. Moll wain's home. Mrs. Ada Hough is visiting her daughter, Mis. Cloud, at Rock Hill. Mrs. 1\ Y. Williams will leave tomorrow for u visit to her mother's fauiiiy at Belton, S. C. Mrs. J. Wylie Porter has returned home from a visit to relatives at Kershaw. Before buying, selling or renting, it will pay you to see T. S. Carter, the real estate agent. The Union service next Sunday night will bo held in the Baptist church. Rev. .1. T. Dendy conducted the union service last Sunday night in the Methodist church. Mrs L. C. Payseur is visiting her little grand-son, ?T. E. Poore, J*., ut Columbia, S. C. Mr. Samuel Leonard of Gainesville, Ga., is visiting relativo at Heath Springs. Capt. J. W. ilamel of The Kershaw Era was in the city yes terday. Mr. It. Miles has moved his stock of goods into one of the Riddle stores South of the hank. Mrs. J. J. McKeown and sister, Mit-s Bessie Jordan, have returned home from a visit to relatives in York and Chester counties. Miss Hattie Elliott, of Yorkvillo, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. Mackorell, returned home Monday. The contract for the election of a Methodist church at the cotton mill has been let to J. M. Gibson and work will begin as soon as the material arrivos. A protracted meeting is in pro gress this week at .Camp Creek Baptist church.' Rev. Mr. Walters is assisting the pastor. Mrs. W. S. Taylor and children of Washington, D. C., ^who have been spending several weeks with relatives in this county, returned home Monday. The county campaigners will speak at Kershaw to-day, at Meath Springs to-morrow, at Carmel Friday and at this p!ace Saturday, which will complete the canvass. In order to entitle him to vote in the primary every voter's name must be on the club roll of the precinct at which he expects to vote at least five days before the primary election. Mr. J. D, -Nisbet, who lives about six miles North of town, has discovored iron ore on his place. He says that it appears within a few inches of the surface over five or six acres but he has no idea to what depth it poe9. For Sale! A good grade Jer sey railch cow, with young calf. Apply to W. Q. Caskey, Newcut, 8. C. Mrs. J. M. Kiddie haR sent, to 1 this otiice a tomato which weighs 27 ounces?the largest wo have t seen this year. n ii Rev. J. M. Steadmau will re- 11 turn homo Friday and will /ill his K appointment to preach in the J' Methodist church Sunday morn- ' ing. _ tl Mr. W. J. Cunningham has F sold a pair of his tine Berkshire f< pigs to Mr. W. D. Gamble of o Florida, and will ship them today, b _ " S WANTED, FOR CASH:? ci Any description of Scrap Iron, w Copper, Brass, Rubber, Dvy n Bones, Beeswax etc. Hunt up, and bring in this stock at once. 2t. L. S. Davidson & Co., Warehouse uoar L. & C. Depot. tt ? A Messrs. J. T. Funderburk and V W. B. Plyler are enlarging their cl store rooms occupied by the Fun oi derburk Co., and W. P. Bennett b by the addition of twenty feet to aj the rear end of the building. Mr. Tl 1)1- -I i ' i.uuo. i>iiu kmori na? mo contract, w ? Ol John Porter, a colored hoy ni about 20 years of age, of the k Dixie section has been adjudged insane and committed to jail M awaiting papers for his commit- II ment to the asylum. a ? S Dr. T. J. Strait lost a very ei fine nuilo on his Cedar Creek li place last week. Capt. H. S. ti W right at the quarry also lost a d fine horse, and several other par- hi ties in the vicinity had mules to e< die. It is thought that bought nj corn caused their sickness. n WANTED.?An honest, energetic man to solicit Life Insurance "t in town and county. Salary based on guarantee or commission, ci Apply to, IS< E. Lee McCallnm, Dist. Mgr. Aug. 16, lm. Camden, S. C. u ? ei ?i ?i? ? * - - - itii b. iwary Aiumis, wile of Mr. t< W. A. Adams who moved from this county to Rock Hill about or y year ago, died on the 12th in- j stunt, at the Highland Park Mill e at Rock Hill after a protracted ill- 0 ness of consumption. She was tj about 45 years of age. Her remains were brought here wednes- . day and taken to Union Baptist .( church for interment. - . n o The candidates for the U. S. ^ Senate spoke at this place yester- Q| day morning, and the candidates ft for congress spoke in the afternoon. The crowd of several hundred listened attentively to all the speakers. It would be hard to say which of the candidates for the Senate made the most favora- q ble impression. It was evident q that each one had friends in the ^ audience and not one will fail to ^ get votes hore. Mr. Cooper, the ^ reporter for the State and The C( News and Courier, was on hand, Q( and we will give his report of the p speeches in our Saturday's issue, g In Magistrate Caskey's ( ourt. b Lydia Emmons and Ivory 3 Crawford, both colored, were lc convicted of assault and battery o< Monday and sentenced to 30 days el each on the gang or pay a fine of w $10. On a new trial being refused ei they appealed to the sessions af court. b ?Jim Sadler col., plead guilty P1 to the charge of assault and bat- h tery and paid a fine of $5. in lieu N of spending 30 days on the gang, if ? Monday nfternoon Tom Mc- P Cardell col., entered a plea of guilty to the charge of assault b and battery and contributed $5. H to the county treasury in lieu of G working 30 davs on the miblic highway. Stops the, Couf/h and Works off w the Cold H Laxative Bronio Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No i Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. sc he Work of &lKhtniugr. During an electric storm in the ieath Springs vicinity Friday igbt lightning struck the dwellig of Mr. W. T. Mobley, knockig off a good many of the "shinies und injuring the corners of be building except one where the ghtning rod was grounded. The ghtning entered every room in lie house doing some damage. q Mr. Mobley" s bod room the icings of ?? window were knocked ut and fell across the bed where is children were sleeping, carcely a minute before the bolt line Mr. Mobley had gone to this indow and lowered it. It is mrvelous that none of tho family ere injured. I'hfi KI1IIIR ninrlit 1 i I?l?4 n i n tr ul ninlr u>^uv n^uiuiii^ on uva t-nant house on Mr. W. C. lobley's place, occupied by Alex Valker, col. It ran down the liimney, knoeked a clock and ther articles from the mantel oard but did no material dama;c Mr. L. R. Rollings.' gin house as struck the same night and e portion of tho roof torn off ad a corner of the building nocked out. The s:?mo night the houses of [r. .James Magill, Mr. Lucius ell, and Mr. James Broughton, few miles West of Heath prings and within a few miles of ich other wore also struck by ghtning but we have been unable ) learn the amount of damage one to them. Mr. Bell's is the ouso which was partially wreck 1 by a cyclone (several weeks !*o. eius from Waxliaw I^nterpriso. Belair i3 to have another store ; the old Huggans place. ?Prof. Bailes is the new prin pal of the Pleasant Valley High uhool. ?The presidency of Fur man Diversity will probably be tendred Dr. Boldridge, of Lancasar. ?At a church conference of iTaxhaw Baptist church last Sun ay afternoon a pastoral call was xtended to Rev. J. L. Bennett, f Marshville for the next associaonal year. ?Mr. I. N. Helms, of Sincery,v Lancaster county, has gone ito tho jug making business, lie as employed Mr. VV. F. Outen, f this county, to look after tho usiness, and they are turning lit jugs by the thousands, from 10-gallon down to a quart. he Messrs. Greene Now the Owners of Hotel Nicholson. The suit of Messrs. A. 11. Irec.ne & Son against Mrs. Callie 'nnningham for delivery of tho roperty in Chester known as the [icholson Hotel property, has een settled without a hearing in Durt, and the Messrs. Greene are ow in undisputed possession. The roperty includes a half squaro of round and the hotel building, am, &c. Tho building contains 6 bed rooms, dining room, par>r,&c., and is provided through ut with - water, electric lights, lectric bells, return call bolls, ith bath und toilet rooms on ich floor. Tho building may bo dd to be new having been rouilt after the fire in the early art of the year. Every room as b^en papered ?no two alike, ew furniture, including latest on beds and mattresses, will be ut in,and the crockery and table jrvice will all be new. The uilding will b? open to the pubc on the 28th instant, with Mr. Ub H. Ureene in charge, assiat1 by bis clerk, Mr. J. Ed. Sad >r. The name, Hotel Nicholson, ill remaia unchanged.?Rock [ill Herald. Raowt* Yoar B?w?li With CmmnM. Candy Cathartic. euro constipation forsver. 9.Mc. It C. 0.0.1"U, druggists refund mostt (For The Ledge (). lv. Items. Mr. Editor: ? As a few lion from the "Garden Spot" may u l>e out of place, I will give yoi readers a few linos and perhups I next week "Veritas" will ful recover from his watermelon fea and keep you posted. Tho health of the community very good except a few cases < fever. Mr. .Jackson Plyler ju over the line in North Carolit has fever in his homo, hut sic ones are improving. Mr. Hos< Beaver of tho Sapp's neighbo hood is yory sick with fever. W have had good rains and althoup crops were seriously damaged, y< with good seasons for a few weel we will have no right to compla ?ith our crops. Cotton is small but well fruitc and early corn is cut off but la corn promises to tie very -gooi \ 1 mure cuno in tniHcommunity tin tor many years. Somo good ho/ and some lino potato patches. A these things speak well for tl community. Protracted moetir is in progress at Tabernacle- Br Winn will be assisted by Br Wilks from llock Hill. Tv services each day at 11 o'clock 111. and 2 o'clock p. 111. Tabernacle High school wi open out in full the first Mondt in September and until then tl school will be run by Rev. W. ( Winn and wife. Prof. Shurp i Spartanburg will then take cluirj of the school with Rev. Winn ar wife as assistants. Now paron if you want to send your boys ai girls to school at homo, we clai that wo will have as good a Hi^ school as can bo found in tl state. We have first class teacl ere, plenty house room, health location, good roads, three mai per week, cheap, good board f< students, rates of tuition very lo and every effort possible will 1 put forth to make the school fir class in every respect. We ah have preaching twice per-mon ! and Sunday-school every Sunda; All we ask is to give our seho J a trial. Wo are sure you wai to educate your children as chef as possible and at th&'sarae tin build up your own communit; We are not making war again any other school, but we want 1 let you know that you have a fir class school almost at your o*i doors. Any other inforniatit you may wish, write to Pro Sharp or cither of tho assistan at O. K., S. C. if "Veritas" fails to recove though ho is rapidly improvinj you may hear from us again. Aug. 18, 1002. Citizen. Won a Hundred. Special to The State. Chester, Aug. 13. ? While tl tire was in progress here Saturda the pipes leading from tho lar< tanks sprung a leak which cot: monced burning at a lively rah If this bad been allowed to co tinue all of the oil ?about 20,0( gallons?would have been col surned, but it was a question ho to stop the flow. The Stands] Oil Co. 'a representative, M Johnson offered a reward of $1( to the person who would succe< in doing this. Messrs. W. 1 Murry and M. A. Carpenter, aft a few hours work succeeded putting out the blaze and we paid the $100. Thirteen liundri gallons of oil were wasted befoi the tire could be quenched. ?W. A. Hemphill, busine manager of the Atlanta Constit tion, died in Atlanta Sundt night, aged 60 years. The Dent Prescription for Mainr Chills and Fover is a bottle < Grove'* Tasteless Chill Tonic, is simply Iron ?ad Quinine ar tasteless, No Cure No Pay. >r. Silence and Defeat. Columbia Record. 8on It is quite evident that tho idea mur us that JimTillmnn stands any chanco 1 ot of being governor is on tho wane, * C^1 ur and since tho truthful exposure of ^10 ' >y his character has boon received bv v OF II ly the people and digested by them st the possibility of such a tiling is How almost beyond question. There is still remains, however, some men v^ af who will vote for him at any cost. st a ?h< lowlr in Tho Indebtedness Of The Expo- *,ar" 1 this ik sition. "T1 A. 3ft Charleston, A nur. 15.?The 11 ln 1 ^ a sirr time for tiling claims against the ab,<-' # & ^ Ion e exposition company expired to- Tcxn S'1 day. The oLuiras to date aggro- iiore gate $269,120.44.. According to have the order of the court, all claims "onc? 1,1 which have not yet been tiled, will n'nis he debarred payniont.?The State. 5o"ei id ___ not t _ ers t 1? Ono Thousand Slain. ?b? 1 I be n '* . mills in Pokin, Aug. 17.?Tho viceroy in*' ?B of Szo Ccuan reports that impcr- and' H ial troops attacked the rebel pos- goed 10 scssors at Inchawan August 17. One thousand rebels were killed , and their leader Tong Yur Hung tb*- ' n ~ ton ?* was captured and executed. k,;,s 1 the ( iO - - ? ? - to bi II Tho Times and Democrat has seed never yet deceived its readers and ib it never will. Therefore, when iy we say that wo beliovo that Col. Tillman is not a tit man to bo )vi.u into J, cynv^riinn r\? t lio ? u *' K.. ' v> uui wi iuu unuu. wu siiv so u,:'"L . mud of honestly and without prejudice. moai it i . . ... foun We have investigated his past lifo case, id as far as we could, and we are or u ts satisfied that if tho people of the id Stato know him as wo do ho could noPj 11 not ])oll a thousand votes in the {.'g , jh State. cott< and 10 -? -n- ? or It! Char No one knows who Senator Till- lant* nah, >y man favors for governor. Tbore is not the slightest reason to bo> 3i" lieve that he will vote for his w nephew, Col Tillman, who has ^ always opposed hira politically. st, Senator Tillman is aman of brains ^)0 so and he loves his State. lie kuows Hi that his nephew is not the man for !' governor and we aie satisfied that ho would not dream of voting for j^| it him.?Orangeburg Times and ip Democrat. Y' ?A severe storm passed over un(^ tho southern part of Georgia Sat- ~;ou to urday night, doing much damage. ^ ?Popo Leo XIII has written tho n President Roosevelt a letter, in appl >n which was enclosed a beautiful C*lfc ' mosaic picture of the Vatican saiJ* ts L grounds. M r ?Tho supreme lodge Knights ? of Pythias, in session in San p j| Francisco, suspended John A. Honcnu "f/w iliA micjiioA " 1%?1* Xi/J. 111V Iiliouou i/l ?V IJillL million dollars. Campmeeting at Ploasant Grove commences next Friday ovening at s o'clock. wmmm 16 <f.r i i i ?mm y> Executor's Notice. . ?e n- All person having claims agaiust sl'*' 3> the estate of William Ganson, ?| j deceased^ aro hereby notitied to 1 c present them, duly proven, to the .u undersigned executors or to their 1 attorney, T. Y. Williams, Esq. ftl w Persons indebted to said estate rtl \v?!' make payment to the under- nia< signed or to said attorney. . 0 ' Maude Ganson, ^ Adam Ganson, rcsc 3(1 Executors. 1. Aug. 19, 1902.?lm. in The Lancaster Graded Schools, re This ad The annual session of the Lanr0 castor Graded School will begin Sept. 15, 1902. All pupils already assigned to grades, and those to , bo examined for assignment, will 89 assemble in the Court House at lu 9 a. m. fon; iy , . loot Teachers are requested to re port for duty, at the same hour l(l and place, on the Saturday pre* * ()j ceding the opening of school. jlCH) ]t The factory school also will he- 'pry uj gin its session Monday, Sept. 15. (jra Leonard T. Baker, Supt. key A fulmar living near .loflerC'ity, rent)., wis rohhod, dcrcd and hi* h?u <? burned inknowu pnitieK, I ut there i* te as to the perpetrators wf Joed. NTENSE INTEREST TO FARMERS. High Priced Beef and Cotton Seed Are Related. ? Texas Cotton Seed Crushers' elation at a late meeting held t? s, passed a resolution confirming the high price of beef was due to jiiuge in seeu products. i lie roiig taken from tho Cotton and I Journal, throws some light upon subjeet: He rules adopted by the Texas >n Seed ('rushers' Association puts line with the other associations of lilhr kind in the South. It is probthat there will be no more Invasof Mississippi and Alabama by s mills in search of seed, lie cattlemen who were expected to expostulate over their alleged treatment during the past year not put in appearance ap yet, and not. The crushers do not seem srned over the threat of some of cattlemen to operate their own The fact that the Swift Comlias recently purchased half a II mills at different points was iommented on by any of the crush0 whom it was mentioned, save to effect that Swift would probably bio to use more feed than those 1 would provide. resolution was adopted deprecatany act of congress that may tend dure the price of cattle ami hogs.' alleging that the present high i of meat is duo 'to a shortage in products." " Is would seem to show there were sides to this question of high beef that in so far as Texas is concerned >rlce of beef is hound to vary with firlce of cotton seed hulls and cotsod meat, lu proportion as the s area of Texas has diminished, cattle-raisers have been compelled ity feed stuffs, and the only availfeed-stuffs in quantity Is cotton hulls and cotton seed .meal. Hulls been selling within the lust year vo in Texas as high us $14 a ton. means that the meat supply In future Is largely dependent upon cotton seed oil business, and that people of tho Southeastern States probably go much more extensively the business of raising cattle for purposes after they Hnd out as li about the values of hulls and as the Texas cattle man has d out by the necessities of the It would seem as though the ;rn farmer now has the advantage le Texan in raising cattle for beef oses and in handling cattle for { purposes. the cotton seed products that are ed for cattle raising and compei with other markets can be had L. at home through the Southern an Oil Company of the Carolinas Georgia, through any of its mills s headquarters at Columbia, S. C., lotto, N. C., Uoidsboro, N. C., Ati, Ga., Augusta, Ga., and SavanGa. . .. EXAMINATION. . competitive oxaiuiuatioo will leld at the Court House 011 23rd inst. for scholarships t? S?util Carolina College. A. C. Uowki.l, County Supt. Education. DTIIIi IF IIISIII tltt.K. otice is hereby given that on 14th day of July, 11)02, the 2rsigued filed in the Probate rt for Lancaster County, S. his linal return as guardian of na Lee Nisbet, and will on 10th day of August, 1902, y to said Court for a final hargo fron the duties of his trust. E. VV. Nisbet. ancaster, S. C., July 14, '02. E. S. McDOW, YSICIAN and SURGEON CATAWBA .HOUSE, South Side, Up Stairs. OFFICES PEN DAY AND NIGH tor I'liono DO. Notice to Contractors. will let to the lowest respon* 0 bidder on the last Saturday \ug. v30th,) 1902, the reing of a floor in tho court se, also, tho building of a now Ige over Bear Crook at rail1 trestle, on Camden road, ns and specifications will bo le known on day of letting at court house at 11 a. m. The it to reject any and all bids is irved. W. Q. Caskey, County Supervisor. ^ P7L J& VL/ / X^nnrt^ signature in on every box of the gonuine ixative Bromo-Quinine Tablets emetly that rurea a coM In one day .HTST LOOK AT HRR Whence came that sprightly ?, faultless skin, rich, rosy plexion, smiling face. She is good, feels good. Here's secret She uses Dr. King's 7 Life Pills. Result, ? all ors active, digestion goad, ho laches, no chance for "blues." them yourself. Only 'J&c at wford Bros, and J. F. Mack & CVs.