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\PPOINTMBN !8 OK HK'". .? ' *." ITK. Unity, 1st toxl :M Hn:.' Olll* t i(? U, if i >111 ' hii Sanliath. 11 m. I'li-ismt Hill il l 'in I llli ShIi1>;?iIt p. in. When yon want Candy, When you think of Candy When you go to bet Candv _ ? . -J get at Mackorell's. ? Cup4.. ). 11. Fitzpatrick of Washington, Ga., is hero for a few days on business. Q ? The Lancaster Chapter I). C. will serve dinner on Monday of court week at the usual price. ? Mr. 11. W. Outon of Monroe, isitcd his son, .1. N. Outen, this week. ? Prof. Guinea of the Welsh Neck High School visited this county in tho interest of his school this week. ? Rev. Chalmers Frnser and Capt. J. (!. Foster left yesterday for Fort Mill to attend the meeN irg of Bethel Presbytery. ? Mias Allie Hood has gono on a visit to her sister, Mrs. \V. D. Gamble, Miami, Fla , and will probably spend the Winter there. ?The Bethel School, taught by Miss Daisy Horton of Heath Springs, closed Friday and Miss Horton left for her homo Monday. ?The ice cream festival at Sipps X Roads Saturday night was a big success. The proceeds will t>e used to purchase a handsome pulpit Bible for Bethel church. ?The sympathy of the community goes out to Dr. and Mrs. G. \V. Poovov in the loss of their little babe, Mary Elizabeth, whots death occurred about 4 a ni., last Sunday, Sept. IS, 1004, ago I 2 weeks and 2 day a. ?Tbo school at Heath Springs opened Monday with a large en. rollment. The teachers arc Prof. fl Ml -n % mm ' n. i. *jox, principal; j\lrs. JN. I". Wade and Miss Alice Mnckey, assistants. The rninistois of the town were present and inudo short and appropriate talks at the opening. ?The new otlico building ot the Lancaster Cotton Mills is completed and Secretary and Treasurer Waddy C. Thomson and his corps of assistants moved into it yesterday. It is up to plans and specifications in every particular and no mill in tlio State has of. fices more attractive in appearance or convenient in arrangement. ? Ueuben Mack, Mary Jordan and Daisy Jackson each paid #10. int n M n<riutrutn I'nwLnu'u nmifl ... n ? J " Monday for disorderly conduct in lieu of nerving 30 days on tin gang. Charley and Emma Gamhh also paid tines of $5. each in 1 let of ten days scrvico on the gang for disorderly conduct. We are requested to announce that a meetiug of the patrons o: the St. Luke school district wil be held Wednesday, Sept. 28th atone o'clock p. m. A full at tendance is desired, as importan matters are to he attended to among them the selection of ( aita for new school building. At - :.. - u.:.i ... -j! .i ?n.t n ujcuiiii^ r nuny cii lilt trustees of tho school district the following teachers wero elected fo tho colored graded school: Frinct pal, M. D. Loo, reelected; assistant touchers, M. I). McFurland, o Cheraw; Katura Fai ker, of St Matthews, and Lydiu Mcllwain, o Lanc aster. 'I lie trustees have thi week received a shipment of tift; new double desks for tho branch o the white graded school, locate* at the Lancaster Cotton Mills. ? Mr. M. U: Btunsoti, representing tho News unci Courier, was in the city yesterday. ? Mr.Jud H. Usher of Dwight has u relapse ?f fever and is re ported quite ill"! ? Mr. Tlianev I lowers of the Primus section is reported very low with fever. Mrs. Preston Black mon of tlio same neighborhood is touch bettor. ?The protracted meeting at Pleasant Plains Baptist church closed Sunday. Twelve were re- 1 coived into the church by baptism that day. A call was extended to Rev. T. A. Dabuoy to continue as pastor for another year. ? Miss Berch Fundeibutk daughter of Mr. W. ,1. Funder 1 hurk, of O. K. entered the grad- . eJ school here this week. She ! will hoard at Mr. .1. C. Kllioti's. ? Born, Sept. 17, 1004, to Rev and Mrs. R. J. Blackmon, a son. ' ?The negro campineoting at Stocl llill in tho upper edge of this county was a very disorderly an air according to all reports. In all, hovgd negroes vrere sbot during the mooting which closed last Sunday. Only one, however, was seriously wounded. ?The ministers of both town and county, regardless of denon * ination or color, are invited to at tend a ministerial counsel at the court house on the 5th day of October at 10 o'cIock. 1. (J. Clinton. , ? Loiters remaining uncalled for in the post office at Lan-, castor for the week ending Sept. ' 17th, 1904, are as follows: Misses Maggie Creighton, Maggie Outlaw, Mrs. Nannie Vernon, Mrs. M S. Hudson, Messrs. J. W. Coward, J. C. Farmer, Jas. Harris Baskon, John Elliott, Battio Duvisom, Frank Couch, Robert Grciile, John Hilnud, G 11 Builes. J. M. Stewart, P. M. i ?On next Friday, Sopt 23rd, 8 o'clock p. m., at Franklin Circle room, gnided school building, there will be a public meeting of citizens for the purpose of organizing a Library Association, the object of winch is to establish and maintain a public library. The members of Cranford Club, Frii day Afternoon Club, Lancaster Chapter J). C., the Commercial i Club, .<Vankin Citcle, and all ; citizens of the community are i earnestly invited to nt??iwt I* expected that the meeting will bo \ addressed by prominent citizens. 1 Mm. Ira 1>. Jones, " A. K Bun'is, 44 T. S. (barter, / j '4 M. J. Perry, j 44 \V. M. Crawford, j 44 Oliver Blactrmon. 44 K. S. Hines, 'I - 4 J. B. ItiacUorell. t Items From Kershaw lira ? Messrs A. It Boilings, J.H | 5 Crow and Solomon Johnston left, > , Saturday for Florida. 1 ?Miss Fannie Horton, of Heath Springs, left Friday for Columbia, whero she has boen * chosen one of the teachers in tho ^ Hvatt Park school. 1 ' ? Mr. V . F. Hrower, who bus been in declining health for some t time, whs taken to Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Monday of j last weofc by Dr. J. E. VV. Hallo his family physician. , ?.Jim Watts a colored boy j about 17 years of age, foil from a v bicyclo while riding it Saturday a J week ago, and the fall was follow - cd by paralysis from which he f died Saturday morning. . -Tho infant daughter of Mr and f Mrs. J. A. Hilton, born July 2 4th s disd So;>t 14, was buried thofol/ following day, Thursday. The f funeral service was conducted I at the grave by Kov. .1. T. Den* <iy. \ < >11' Tor Sc' ool. Misses vl'try Barnes G reer, Nannie Todd nti<l Adello Lctnmond left yesterday for the Laura Sun dei land m hool at Concord, N. C. Miss Gteen expects to graduate from this school this session. ? Messrs. 1*??u' Ross Moore and Ralph Foster returned to the S. C College yesterday. ? Mr. Bunyan McVianus and Miss Ola Funderburk of the Tradesvillo section, and ,1ns. S. Belk, of Taxahaw. will leave this week for the Welsh Neck High School at Harlsville. ?The following young ladies left for Wir.threp C(?llege yester day: Misses Josephine Foster, Min Jones, Bessis MoManus, Jessie I'oiter, Callio Sowell, Julia and M'aude Gregory, Boss and Maine Jones, Clarice Knight, of t!iis place, Miss Carrie .Belle ..p i?' ? . UU^IKIII ?li IVCI'SIIUW. ? Misses Carrie and Etta Bowhug left Monday for Limestone Institute at CJafTooy, S. C. ? Messrs J as. II. Ilamel, t.ewis Duncan, Marvin Conely, Wells Vaughnn and Claude Sapp, son of I). F. Sapp, of Sapp X Koads, returned to NVofford Col lege tliis week. ? Miss Itoxy Carnes, daughter of T. W. Carnes of Sapp X Roads, has gone.to the Wolford Fitting school at Spartanburg. ? Miss Nannie Irene McCardoll left Saturday to spend several days in Laurens with Miss Lilian Irby, and from theie she will go to the College for Women in Coin m his. ?Misses Ina and Jessie Lathar, daughters of Mr. J. F. Lathar, Miss llattio Craig, daughter of Mr. S. W. Craig, and Mie? Louise Taylor, daughter of Mr. S. D. Taylor, left Monday to enter Jones Seminary, at All Healing, N. C. ? Misses Dessie Stewart and Minnie Plyler will leave for Columbia next week to enter the Columbia Female College. Notice to Farmers. There has been general} complaint from exporters of cotton and mills in regard to extra bagging being put on cotton, which has caused them to issue no.ic.is to all buyers that they will not receive cotton with more than G yards of bagging and G ties, any tiling over this will bo deducted from gross weight cf cotton. We the undersigned will have to bo governed by the above, and we as'< all farmery and giunera to comply with same, as we have instructed the public weigher to deduct for any excess bagging over tho above amount. Lancaster, S. (J , Sept. 10, '04. Lancaster Mer. Co., Heath B. ?fc M. Co , Alex. Sprunt & Son, Per W. ? A'o are selling a great many goods regardless of cost. Come and see before you buy. Lancaster Mercantilo Co. - In tho second primary in Kershaw county, J. S. Trantham was elected Shonff, D. M. McCaskill, treasurer, W. F. Kusael Auditor and J. M. Sowoll supers visor. Macfeat's Busim-sn ii?o ^ been commissioned in Columbia, $2,500 being the capital stock. >Somc of Columbia's prominent men are behind the concern, and it will doubtless bo even more successful than in the past. A New .Jersey Hriitorn Testimonial M. T. Lynch, Kditor of tho Philip-Inn tr, N. .1. Daily Post, writes: ["have u-od nmny kinds of medicines for coughs and cold in my family t???t never anything so rood as Foley's Honey and Tar. 1 cannot say too much in praise of it." Sold by Funderbnrk Pharmacy. * "Ti Hon." Poss Thompson. loo Charlotte <):)-( rVi.r s iy> . Charlotte lias within In r limita noted man. During recoil-!a st ruction days lie was tvico a 1 member of the lower house ot the South Carolina legislature. 5 I In- name of Por.s Thompson is written in the records of tin 1 *a I on -to State. That same legi?da- 1 tor, the same Toss, is in Char- ' lotie, living here and doing well. "Ihck np dent lines, nigger," a hit of a black hoy said to tl^u driver of tin4 Central hotel 'bin- < yesterday. Little did the brat ( know that ho was talking to the ( Hon. ross Thompson, the form- ( it political ! uider of Lancaster county. But it. was Toss?the t j lion. 1'osh Thompson. He is the I regularly appointed driver of the 1 Central Hotel 'bus. That posi- t ti iti is not as exalted asVoeing i chairman ot the committee on 'I privileges of the South Carolina legislature, but it is safer for a negro. Boss Thompson is about- tincolor of Booker T. Washington, and has grey eyes. The white people and the negroes like him. "Yes, sir," he said to Mr. W. C. Heath of Monroe yesterday, "the life I now lends is better. Pi 11 ia true that I wore a silk hat ami biled shirt it) them days, but the man with the red shirt corue and I know that it was time for mo to git. As Hampton | came in on cno side of Columbia, | j I went out on the other, j "As chairman of that commitI tre 1 made something extra 1 j saw that others were getting 'dough on the side and made up my mind to look out for Toss. I The recommending of one bill brought mo in $1,300,I gave the ] other niggers $10 apiece and kont the rest.*' 1 Puss came to Monroe from , Ciiostei , and shincd slices and worked as a porter for the (llou; coster house for a time, from here lie went to Moon-sville. He j ' worked there till ho came here. j The Hon Po-s Thompson, ] member of the legislature frr..nj* Lancaster comity, durin the-1! years 1866, 1867 and 186 j. Fuss" lias imp1" d OR the j Observer repot tor. lie was never a member of the 1 gislmore from this enunly. but was always an 1 accomplished liar. ? L^ttor to ' Lancaster Lawyer. I.'inciistii', S. C. i 1 ); ! hr: As your business is . * people into and out of t: . >1. , suppose you consider their paint ;it niaKivs 'em almost ! a much trouble a-^ money,except j of course ma'rimony. Tliey buy poor paiut a good jdeul ; they don't i. can to; they don't mean to; thev don't know any better ; they buy without . 1 tninlcing. Bad paint isn't good. , It looks good enough for a year; jthen it begins to get rusty ; biP |changes so slowly, ono don't notice it. Looking isn't all. Tho busi: ness of paint ij to keep a house 'dry inside, tho wood ari l iron of j it; keep it from r nting and rustj ing. Takos good paint to do it. J Good and bail paint are sold ; at ono prico or about that. One 'can't go by the price at all; 09 ! with l awyers, thc? price lias j nothing to do with goodness or badness ; and costs are worse ! ' ; yot; the painter and sheriff i come-in for their share. But the probability is that a 1 man, who paints with Devoe, will conie-out on top. Yours truly, F. W. DhvokA Co. 1G Lancaster Mercantile Co. sella ! our paint. YY HA 1 Is LIFE ; In the last analysis nobody ' ; knows, but we do know that it is under strict law Abuse that law . even slightly, pain results. Ir^ regular living means derangement of tho organs, resulting in oonsti I pat ion, Ileadac'no or Liver trouble Dr. Kings new life pills quickly re adjusts this It's gentle, yet thorough Only 25c at Crawford llros. J. F. Maekey tfc Co , an !| Fiinderburk Plmrmttey. Foley's honey ana 7a, j for children,soft ,st'rc. No opiate' # S ' Notice o? Hie Public. 1 will hold '! i;i jk - ii t ;c ounty. l'in in* tonic i 1 not Plea-ant Hi I for 11.v when iohU <1. !. Montjronier \ 'a ko\. ;cpt. 'Jo tf Coroner 1 j C Notice of Increase o? Capita! Stock. Notice is hereby "iveu that a pecial inoetin;.: of the stockhnld is of the KnlcrprPe Mercantile 'onipmiy, of llcuth Spring-, S. will be held tit tho oIliac of aid company :il 11 eatli Spring-, S , on tho 20th day < i October, [ 1)0-4-. at tho hour ol' i" o'clock a. n , for the purpose oi cot -idcring lie question of inert using the captn! stock of said Corporation to Ihwntv-two Thousand Dtllara $22,000.) .1. A. Ilridgcs, \v t ii ' ? . ?? . i .1111 int i, 10 (J. (Jroxton, I Jerry M-iMoy, 10 M. C'roxlon, I?<?iird oi l)ii cv'.>:... >lason Fruit J; and Tops. Also Fruit Jar A Bargain in Next Sixty Days. Buy you a In Vandyke enameled Yours a n s ; J D. A i 11 I ' I ill I!' m so SS i -0 '4 8 ? i! I ft* 1 1 I * io utiy goon morcnanutsu ready for l'all business closing on! shipment. A good season's busin remnants and odd pieces th d we store this week. It may he the vc anxious to get i id of and will t iki ^'w.T^Vi >~rv > 0IUj& d&ai We have a good stock of gooi make low prices for S jptotnbor. 50 cents goods, special price 3;> c soft fabric fast black, the yard '25 rose has been selling at 75 cents, ing better: special vai'.io 50 cents. 40 IK CH DRE one of tlie best clothes wo ha\ rah serge, very line and soft, w 30 inch new Yebolien, two c the yard *25 cents. 45 inch suitings, splendid for TAILOR M/ ,Vo liiivo just received ft ;? > ??1 shirts. One of the best numbers [>f plain prey material at nil wool mixtures at$'J.50, e |ua! t TAN OXFORDS A V COS l\ L AN OXFORDS at cost. Only : year size la pone. Wo are still makitvr ft R!': K1 e.iits and Pai.ts At SPECIAL PRI r r Ami * LmI ? !i v I n 1 r 1?'N t > I ] I|i < !.: rII?1 KIM i !H? M: ; i-i - i I . Carter iMtori: -ION \J, < MID. i I >i: M I' :; \l ?l '? I).. 11 C P?K<?\v \ ? K \\Y Kllltl) ?V HKDWN, ! I' i?\ lei l! ? ll! >1 Sur,*<'OI|s, I I'Tiri ?r. < Treat in : t 111-.' ?ii<s.? a: 'I I' 11 a |iii ?11 ^ < :!! | ???n! j ! iv<l tlay or i i'.' lii (>i)i i < aw foul ilros. | I? in; .? <*. ' I'll nuo: OlVt \ N 17'i; tto iiloniH : Ni s, 11 i.nd ;; ! 0<r * ? - J. .. n*.xc\*r*unvw ? I Ba;ir? : *> I'dvieration 1'AYS !i VUCi: DIVIDENDS i !V()l : < 1 .. i r.i !i ?I nl lU'ilidii \V : . 'Hi -:i' isf.ictinu 'nu' ->t > :<'u 1 y . mi r- ' a. l> ing Mil' \ ill ?st |?r el :ii; I < y luivo no Hiiperio s 1 tlHlrilot . 18 drill 111888. No ;other )'.i i i<' o l>t*'tor uilvrint'.; li 'cr now ami prepuce i 'i v.tivo i i n. Out* finiluatoH : : (leui <1 1.? t UK a - i t you, \\*r ; i ? i-ti* I humlr.-tls -ihoy art* in We otl'or special rates I M I'U'.S. t liu-ines^ College ( Will>ia, S. ( . | An.'. l'.Mi I tf. irs, Extra Ralurco Wrenches. Tobacco for the lilt boiler of ihe j ware, acid proof > Respectfully, m rp-g i IP i t i . % THE PLACE 4 V V, %\ w i) I lltl V!l! 11 :i M'1 >11 v* \ V .. < i : . .... . . I f V. tUV. ^*.111 I IJJ^ L stock unci making room for early e>< lvtj hits left u <jiiitc :i lot of will sell vo"e Visit our ;i*V thimj V !'i I' ' 1 w ' are must 2 your price. ; > ' ?; . al a.' Qsojijiiip.ia Is 8uiliibi'' for SI-iris ;m 1 Suits ami 1 >liic'v lirillintiu -hut lust.ro the uits. oti inch Poplar clot it, :i now cents. 1-2 i h host 1 domestic Mel for )Oil w> ; :;i. 1 fii-t '<1 ick noth ISS DE ALMA 'o ever s >11 ;.t . l.oo ~> inch Su$1.00, sj'O.-i.i! the v 1 T"> rents. >lors, X-ivv v.! (;.i . l?l(r ,!()H in ikir..? ciris, ilu yard cents. \DE SKIRTS I lit) t.f iiV'.iimu price walking is ti perfect {iiI'?s_r, wc.ll made skirt l'here :i!'0 s mi very pretty -kirts of o the average $.V01) Skirt. Wo arc closin r out our stock of tl? Mit on .! nip. (' ill before 'N, ! >d. or <'iif !v, and hoes' Civ Cloud.