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Local Matters ?The general assembly of ^ South Carolina convenes in an. nual session next Tuesday. ?Miss Lizzie Lansy, a pupil of the graded school, returned Thursday from a visit to her parents in Chesterfield county. ?1 huve on hand over 3.000 pounds Plug Tobacco to offer at factory prices to the farmers. 2ti. VV. P. Bennett. , ?A rural free delivery box in Pleadhnt Valley was damaged on the night of the 30tb ult., and if the party is apprehended he will find trouble in abundance. ? Miss Hattie Taylor, of Laocaster, passed threugh the city yesterday on her way to Due West, where she is attending college.?Chester Lantern. ? Married, at Osceola, by T. W. Secrest, N. P., on Tuesday afternoon, 6th instant, Mr. D. S. Short and Miss Julia A. Cunnup. ?Mr. E. C. Allison, Agent, has the thanks of the editor for a nice calendar, 1903, of the State Mutual Life Assurance Co., of W nrfoctof V1ODO ? Mr. and Mrs. Hike Sowell of the White Bluff section lost their infant ben, aged' 1 month and 3 days, last Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1903. ?Died, at the cotton mill last TueBday night, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Watts, aged about 7 months. The interment took place in the town cemetery Wednesday afternoon. ?Communion at the Presbyterian church after the morning sorvice tomorrow. The pastor is being assisted in the services by Rev. Mr. Hay of Clov&r, b. C. ?Mr. Arthur Robinson, of the . ! Sincerity neighborhood of this iceunty, we regret to learn, has smallpox. Mr. Robinson attends his father's mill and the supposi- j tion is that he caught the disease from seme one coming to the . mill. 1 -r-Mr. J. T. Mayberry, a pro- j minent citizen of Huotersville, V ' I N. C , and Mrs. Lula Ewart, sister-in-law of Rev. W. C. Ewart1 of this place, were married on * Wednesday last at the home of . the mother of the bride. Mr. ' and Mrs Mayberry are visiting Rev. Mr. Ewart and family. ?The balance of the slate f..r the roof of the school building has at last arrived and the workmen have resumed work on the roof, i During the recent raiu the contractors lost about $75 by damage to the plastering in a portion of , the building which had not been covered. 1 ?A Little grand child of Mrs, ; M. N. Johnson of Flint Ridge < while plaving with straws in the | fire accidentally sot fire to Mrs. j Johnson's dress while the latter j was standing in front-of the fire- , place en Xma? day, and but for the Mssisianco of her daughter-m \ law, Mrs .fumes Johnson, she ? might have be n ?orioii?ly burned. Ah it waa, only her dress was hill lied. ? Capt. A. T. Walters of Mi. Pleasant, S l\, made iin a ple a v anl c-11 yester*lA\. Ho wns i e milling lionn* frm the ? edside of his failo r, Mr. b.tni'l ;*11 i ?*, ?>f Wmf. hV.llr, N. nhnllS w he- u ?ja;?o ill ;h ja-o o*n ?!?? .?. i Hi* brothers, ti W. "\ n!<t i* <?t Willi 1>. Kit, I I X-r', lllXi .1 . 1 Walters of H?rt*vil!.*, S (5 , u-.ho returned lionm yonterdnj l'h?re was hut slight imjuovvinent in their fiber's condition and on ac count of his ad v?need age, he being now 02 years old,it i? feared he way not recuperate, though hr* * hofl been a remarkably healthy man all hie life and up to the past Summer had never had a physician with him. ? Letter* udv. as remaining in I the Lncaster postoftice for tko week ending Jan 10, 1903. Mrs. Mary Clinton, Mrs. Litie White, ' Miss Cora Boone, Mi?s Fannie Steward, Mr. J C. Williams, Mr. R. F. Croft, Mr. George A. Robinson, L. W. Caskey, G. W. Goodman, Calvin Grier Qare of W. L. Moore, John E. Star. Belle Nance P. M. ? Rev. A. L. Stougb, the venerable pastor of Flint Hill Baptist church, in Fort Mill^townsbip preached his last regular sermon in that capacity last Sunday. Mr. Stough has Ween pastor of Flint ffi it # mil ior two terms, aggregating in all about twenty yours. His work has been able and acceptable; but because of his advancing years and the wide range of territory that the big congregation covers, he decided some time ago that he could not woll continue his duties with entire satisfaction to himself and he resigned.?Fort Mill Times. Lancaster Lodge K. of P. Officers Elected for 1903 At a meeting of Lancaster Lodge No. 59 K. of P. Monday night, Jan. 5, 1903, the following offictrs woro elected for the year: R. E. Wylie, C. C. J. M. Porter, V. C. Rev. J. H. Boldridge, Prellato. J. M. Stewart, K. of R. S. und M. of f: w. 15. Knight, M. of E. J. F. Clyburn, M. A. VV. E. Taylor, VV. of VV. L. H. Pardue, I. G. J. C. Edwnrds, O. G. J. H. VVitherspoon, J. B. Mackoiell and G. VV. A'illiams, trustees. G. W. Williams, D. G. C. Items from Kersliaw Era. The election for town officers will^e held Monday 26th iust. ?The bankrupt stock of W. P. Red fern was bought yesterday by Mr. S. W. Welsh. ?Miss Sallie Ussery of the Gakhurst section, left Tuesday night for cooper, - Ua., to teach school. ?Married, December28, 1902, by W. F. Estridge. Notary Public, Mr. W. T. Caston to Miss Almetta Robinson, both of Taxahaw. ?The electric lights have been in use abont a week at the oil mill. They are working night .In.* u: it-- ? ' <>uu vioj uu?> zoning tue inucmnery inotalled. ?Mr. John R. Faile, has bought the Lewis So well house, recently occupied by Rev. D. C. Freeman, and will move there. ?We are informed that our old friend Mr. W. S. Horton met I /rith the misfortune of cutting his foot. We did not learn the particulars. I ?Mr. Fred Threatt, of Louis* iana, was married Sunday Dec. 28, to Miss Ella So well, of Jefferson, by Notary Public M. C. Gardner, at the letter's residence. I ? Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr E. G Ingram to Mis* Pearl Welsh, daughter of C-pt. F M. Wolsh, of.I iTcrson, in t l.o Jeff-rson Presbyterian church January 15th, 19C3. -- Mr. \j F. Sti '.tii.n, of Chariot ie, cone in on the down train Su*1 (Ii\ and remained until last evening lie has a of friends in !v''i slutw who are always Mud to o Iti 111. lie is one of the cIuhs of |'0: 3 'tt* who it iti ways m.kes ).mi icvI^.ihI to hi et. ( Seven Men Killed, i Pittsburg, Pa , Jan. 7. ? As a result of n collision between a pas* ' eenger train and the rear end of a freight tiain on the MonongabclA division of the Ponn-yIvania rail rottd tonight at Cochrane station, i just above Duquesne, seven men 1 are dead, one is dying ana five | others injured. ?For salo ! Nice Jersey milk cow cheap. Apply to J. Q. Connor ?A tenant-house on Mr. W. D. U88?ry?s place, near Oukhurst, occupied by Henry Cauthen, Oi.1., caught afire from sparks falling on the roof last Thursday bnt the fire was soon obseived and was extinguish d with but little dam* ?K??While out rubbit hunting last Monday ufternoon Edgar Cas key, aged about 10 years, was accidentally shot by his brother Charley, aged 13. Ten shot took effect in his leg and arm but the wound is not serious. Tbey are sons of Mr. J. D. Caskey and , were huntiug on Rum creek when the accident occurred. Family Poisoned By Snake Worms. George Ussdry, wife and child and the family cook wore all slightly poisoned one day lust week from eating turnips contain ing a snake worm, such as has been found in cabbage heads by a great many housekeepers this 1 year. The family were all very 1 sich for a while, but they usod ' whiskey freely and other antidotes ' and there were no serious results. ' an..U ...v. :~u e j s- -' ' xuv OI1HIVQ nuiuu WIIM 1UII11U 111 [UO turnips was several inches in ' length and about the size of a 1 large broom straw. Cooks are J advised to examine well all vego?i tables before cooking them as < these snakes are known to be very poisonous.?Rock Ilill Journal. * f ... Lynchers Rescued"By Mob. 1 Lewisburg, Tenn., Jan. 7.? ] Last midnight, 30 masked men 1 released W. P. Hopwood and W. ' H. Johnson from the Marshall * county jail. The prisoners were j charged with lynching a negro , named John Day is and a numer- < ously signed petition to Judge i Houston to grant a special *e?m t nf nn 11 rf tr> Irv itiam Un.1 ? ' W. ? ?? V*. J V IS V 11-1 UM14 UUCU I C* . 1 fused. The justice's action became known here last night and < shortly afterwards the masked i party appeared at tne door of ( Sheriff Wallace's residence. As- 1 sistant Jailer Marshall answered the summons and was forced to gire uj^the keys to the jail, which I was at once entored and r?riu oners released. The keys were then returned to the officer and the crowd quietly disperse, taking .the alleged lynchers with them. Today the whereabouts of Iho fugitives is unknown. Mrs. Mary Benedict Suicides. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 8.?Mrs. Mary Benedict, 34 years old, shot and instantly killed herself today at the home of her brotber-in-law, Dr. Frank Martin, in this city. Since the disappearance of her husband, John Benedict, from Athens, Ga., three years ago last May, Mrs. Benedict's mind has been affected. John Benedict, a well known Dusintss man of Alliens, Ga., ' bu->lhiud of '..id iy's *uioido, myiteriously disappeared and has never been heard of. Mr. Benedict started from Alliens on a bus iueb trip through tue northern part of Georgia ami the southern section of North Carolina. ilia route led through a rough ami uii pet.?d s?vCiion inflated t?y lawlc s wiiii*s and '.aids Afler Mr. iicnedtci drove fruiu a subur'o of Alliens neither tie nor his teaui was ever seen again and the authorities of Georgia and North Carolina as well as tho shrewdest detectives of the country who endeavored to find some truce of tho musing merchant concluden that he had been murdered and that his murderers had destroyed his horse und buggy in order to leave no due for the officers. / ^ ,, S=r : ~- j . . Ricli Wan Weds Secretary. W. II. Ilratlley. Worth $40,000,OOo, Mmries Wlnle StiicUon With Fatal Illness. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 8.? While sitting in a chair with what !S lu'linvo'l '-4 ? ~ . ?>? iu wo a 1UIUI UIUCHS, William H. Br?dloy, tho wealthiest mnn in Wisconsin, wus married 10 hi9 secretary, Miss Mary Hahnemeyer. Tho former Mrs. Bradley died on November 13, last. Mr. Bradley is said to be worth $40,000,000 and is associated with J. J. Hill in many railroad deals in this part of tho country. Judge Halscy wont to Mr. Bradley's house and in the presence of a lew relatives united the lumber., man and his brido. His frionds refuso to discuss his illness, but it is said he cannot recover. He is 66 years old. Mr. Wilborn Retires. At a meeting of the railroad commission yesterday Mr. C. W. Glarris wes electod chairman, vice J. C. Wilborn, whose tirno had expired. Mr. Wilborn, who has boen a member of the commission since 1894, was presented with a handsome gold-headed cane by the members and secretary.? Rocord, 8th inst. Due Negro Drowned and Another Killed by a Derrick. Special to The Observer. liock Hill, Jan. 7. Two moro larkies haye lost their lives al the Catawba Rower Company's plant on the Catawba river. YesLerday Mac Morrow, a good, hard-working negro, was drowned. The boat was only 25 or 30 feet from the bank when it capsized. There were several other men in tho boat, but they manag 3d 10 save tuemselvos. Xoung Ulaude Creighton, of that place, was in the boat at the time, and is he'had on bis overcoat it is remarkable that ho escaped death. To-day Dave Durham was killad accidentally. Early this morning the pole of one of the great derricks fell on him, killing him ilmost instantly. His body was crushed, and his limbs broken. The Best and Pu Medicines Ai Go We keep a full lino of the BE Accuracy and Purity is our Motto to ue, is compounded by a graduate (Jomoete line of Toilet Article band. We also carry Rubber Tub per foot. Packages delivered promptly to i answered from residence on Elm Si T. EUGENE F Sept. 3, 1902Corner Main and 102 Watch Tlirir 1 PORTER & j In MtiHonic Building. ?The American uoKliers arc dying in tho Philippine Islands with the cholera. ?Tho senate confirmed G. 1). Shore as postm istt-r ut Sumter. SHERIFF'S SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF L \NC \8TER, In Court Common Plena. William M. Gregory, J. Owen Gregory, Thomas 8. Gregory. M. Elizabeth Hlackmon. Alice Gregory ami VV. Russell Gregory, Plaintiffs, AGAINST Amos C. Gregory in his own right and as Administrator of the estate of JI/olltA I* nrnanro ,lon ?. V* a v^v/1 J , *ICl/ JOOCUi l PURSUANT to an order of court made iu the above case by Judge J units A Id rich, October, 29, 1902, I will well at the court housedoor within the legal hours of sale, at the rink of the former purchaser, to the highest bidder, 011 ttie Flrat Monday tit February, 190!1 being the second dav of the month, the following describe ! premises, to wit: All that piece, parcel or lot of land situate In the County and State aforesaid, containing ten (10) acres, and bounded on the North by lauds of W Russell Gregory; on the East by lands of M. Elizabeth Blackmon; 011 the Houth by lauds of said M. Elizabeth Rlsckmon; on the West by lands of Alice Gregory and Amos (J Gregoiy, Haid lands being a part of the estate lands of Willis Gregoiy, deceased, and designated as tract No. 1. There Is a dwelling ou the above premises, Terms of .?ale Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary pipers. J. P, HUNTER, Hherill L. C. C. D .Tones, Plaintiirs Atty. SHERIFFS SALE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In Court of Common Pleas. The Springs Rankiug and Mercantile Co , Plaintiff, v8. Mary E. Williams, De/endant. PURSUANT to an order of court made in the above case bv Judire James Aldrlch, October 25, 1902, I will sell at the court house door within the legal hours of sale on the First Monday in February. next being the second day of the month,the following described land, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate in the County of Laccaster, Stale of South Carolina, containing three humired and seventeen 317 Acres, More or Less. hounded on the North by lands of Joshua W. Hendrickfj on the East by lands now claimed by the heirs at law of George W. Crenshaw, deceased, (known as the Daily place) and lands or Heuben Patterson, and on the West by lands now or formerly of A. I). Millard and Thomas Harton?the said tract being known as the Martha Gil^ lum tract. Terms or sale CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. P. Hunter, Sheriff L. C. Green & Hines, Plaintiffs Attys. Lrest re None too [)o<l for the Sick. ST DRUGS^that money can buy. and every proscription .entrusted } in Pharmacy. >s and Patent Medicines always on ing for fountain syringos At 8?c any part of the city. Night eafla treot. UNDERBURK, DRUGGIST. Church Streets. ^ ^ ^ ^ CT AMD GO DOWN TO Partsr & Ss3pfens"it's NEW FURNITURE STORE, Iand buy you a lied to sleep on. Tliev arc- selling pver\il?in?? in the H??o??e Furnishing lino Cheap, f?u Cash, or on Time. Even \ tiling new and up to date. kdvortisement.s, STEPHENSON. Lancaster, S. C. ? fi.ou rrn, Annul CLOSING OFTT SAT/KM ^ -m. ? o o ' A On account of the Dissolution of our Firm?a Notieo of which appears elsewhere in this paper? we are now offering our ontire Stock of Dry Goods, Shoos and Clothing AT and BELOW Manufacturers COST! IN WOMEN SHOES?We offer all our $1.00, $1 26 aiul $1,50 Much at 86c, 90c and $1 00. Our $2.00 line at SI.10 aiiu $1.15; and our $2.50 and S3.00 line at $1.75 and $2 00. IN MEN SHOES?We offer Split Ties worth $1.25 for 85c. Best at $1.10. Best Oak l?.ip Ties for $1.20. Good Shooting at, 3c yard. Best aryd heaviest made at 5c. Wo will give you good plaids 25 in. wide for 4^e yard. Riverside, best niado, at 5^c. IN MEN SUITS?We offer the host that money will buy from $3.50 to $10.00-ALL A.T COST. Our Stock of Ladies Dross (tnurb AT f^lST Ladies Capes, and Skirts, and all kinds of Underwear and Shirti we will sell at MANUFACTURER'S COST. This Sale to continuo for 30 Days Only. Funderburk CoNEW i tlfDAl" . JL' 1111U#| THE LANCASTER CAFE. ?o o? _'!?; WE CATER TO THE WANTS OF THE PEOPLE. ?o o o o Having bought the Boyd Mar ket on the Davis Corner tve are now in position to meet the demands ?f the public. We handle Fresh meats of all kinds, Fish, Oysters and Country Produce and a lino of Heavy and Fancy j Groceries as cheap as tho cheapest. We also operate an up-to-date KKS'l AC RAN 1'. Tables served 1 with lu st tlu? market utTords. Cull ami see for yourself. Yours to serve, Thti Lancaster Cafe.5 P() R T K HQ&' \v 'I EHR Y, Proprietors. I