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T == Short Locals. ^ ?Oapt. JJ. J. WHberspoon is ^ visiting his sons at Kershaw. ?Mrs. E. B. Cook of Rock Hill is visiting her parents here. | -?Ernest Moore, Esq., made a business trip to Greenwood last ^ week. ?Miss Beulah Williams, of Greensboro, Ga., is visiting Miss Mayrae Mackey. ?Hie infant child of Mr. and Mrs. D. Furguson, died Saturday morning last. ?Mrs. J. W. Miller, of Jefferson, is visiting her parents here' Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. ?Mr. J. K. Connors, of this place, left Saturday last to take charge of the Van Wyck school. ?Miss Delia Caskey left Monday for a visit to friends and *el^ atives at Yorkville. ?Mr. J. F. Nisbet returned Monday from a visit to his brother at Marshville, N. C. ?Miss Hattie E. Helk, from , near Charleston, is visiting friends and relations in Lanaster county. ?Mr. J. Thomas Funderburk, of Dudley, came over Sunday to attend the funeral obsequies of Mrs. Maj. Miller. ?Mr. Oscar Williams is home from New York on a visit to his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Williams. ?Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M. Fitz patrick returned last Friday from an extended visit to Washington, ^ \ Ga. * ?Misses Mary Hood, , Elsie . ) Brandt and Ethel Latham of Chester, are the guest of Mr. J. II. VV. Stevens' family this week. ?Miss Lizzie Connors of Lancaster is visiting her'friend, Miss Lizzie Fridav. on street.?The State. ?Mrs. Joana Small of Monroe, also Mrs. W. W. Horn of Anderson, are the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Blackmon, of the city. ?There will l)e a picnic at Heath Spring on the day the Farmers' institute meets. The public is cordially invited to come and bring well fillgd baskets. ?Mrs. Fannie Fleming after i. an absence of some months visit |V ing her brother's family, at Union, P*k 'returned to Lancaster the past % week and is the gue^t ot Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cherry. ?Misses Ada and Mattie Cly burn who have been visiting the family of Sheriff Cly burn, returned home Monday. They were accompanied by Miss Ida Hinson of Rockingham, N. C. ?Miss Pearl Fayseur after an extended trip visiting friends and relatives at several prominent points in North Carolina, Vir } ginia and Maryland, returned to her home here a few days since. ?Mr. David Stover, of Heath ^ Springs, accompanied by Mrs. M. II. Cherry, came to the city on Saturday last. Mrs. Cherry will remain some days with her sons family, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cherry. ?Mr. J.W. Stogner,east of Lanv J caster, lost a mule last week. The mule was accidentally hurt | while being worked to a wagon, the breast chain breaking and the wagon running over one of its hiqd legs. f Kc ' rnmV**- ?V. -Ai GOME Not BUT 7 MANY A Your We Are Closii * v ?List of letters advertised for the week ending Aug. 15, 1809: Maria Colbert, Maggie Dunkins care Sam McWane, Mrs. Jennie < Moore, Johnie Boyd, Walker lleid, col., J. Watts. J. F. Gregory, I*. M. ?Mr. Willie M. Morris, of Creek, has accepted a position to guard convicts for the State, and ( left Monday for the DeSassure farm, below Camden, to enter upon his duties. "Will" is a hustler, and we wish him success in his new work. ?In the Rum creek section, .it this time, both the corn and cot ton crops are on the wane to that extent that very much depends upon an early and general rain? a good season to resuscitate and compensate in more than an aver- ( age crop of corn, peas, late melons, etc. Cotton has thrown oft' won derfully much and it is conceded that there is nothing to depend upon but the July cotton without the timely intervention as indicated above. ?Mr: Stough Cherry went to ( Heath Spring on Sunday morn ing last with a view, in the first place, of attending services at the Baptist church there and further, we surmise, acting on the principle that "the better the day the , better the deed" he sought and found a solace to his disquieted , nerves the object of his search being the society of one of its fair daughters?as cupid, ever on the alert, can be relied upon for the quality of his arrow and the accu racy of his aim. Wo bespeak for him ever so pleasant a stay and a prolonged visit. Ten cotton picking machines, invented by Angus Campbell and made in Pittsburg, are about to be shinned to the south for spr vice this fall, says the New York Tribune. Mr. Campbell has been at work on this invention for years, making one improvement, after another, as experience suggested. Last year encouraging results were attained, and an order for ten machines was given. If this season's tests prove satI isf^ctory it is probahle that his , ; * % % f TOTHI of a Few Spring a of EVE Within These Wal , DAY Mi Heads Before This ng Out. Sure E w. hackers, Rome Pittsburg men, a ill reap a ricli harvest in the j next few years.?Yorkville Enquirer. i Death of Mrs. It. F. Miller. I Mrs. Emma A. Miller, wife of Major B F. Miller, of Lancaster, died last Saturday at about 2 * o'clock of paralysis, of which she 1 had been a long sufferer. The 1 first, stroke came in .January, .. 189G ; the second in the spring J of 189.8 ; the third in December, j 1898 ; the fourth and last stroke on Friday morning last, from which she did not recover. Mrs. Miller was the second j daughter of tho lato John It. and ( Harriet Welsh, and was born on January 20, 1S42, in Lancas tor district. She was married ' to Major B. F. Miller on 1 Deceniher 17, 1S0S. There were nine children horn to them as the result of this happy union, all of whom, except one, survive her, viz : Mrs. L. C. Lazenby, Mr. John A. Miller, Mrs. K. B. Mack-,] ev.of Heath Spring, Miss Minnie. Mrs. J. 1* Hackney, of Italeigh, N. C., Misses Lily, llattie and Pearl. She leaves besides her!( immediate family five brothers 1 and one sister?Dr. C. O., Capt. 1 J. V., K /,, Capt. F. M. and Dr. 1 S J. Welsh and Mrs. J. T. Fun- 1 derburk. She was at the time of her death in her 5Sth year, and was a member of the Methodist rhurch of which she had been a consistent member for some time and a good christian woman. c Her remains were laid to rest in the new cemeterv, Sunday af, . j ternoon at 0 o'clock after funeral services conducted by Rev. .1. (i. \ Carlisle assisting by Presiding ( Elder, Campbell, at lier late home. The pall bearers were: Messrs. J. 1\ Hunter, U. E. Allison, Esq., * B. J. VVitherspoon, Esq., VV. T. Gregory, .1. M. Kiddle, Col. J. N. ( Crockett. ( J. P. Griffin, Lancaster, S. C.. says: ' For 1H yearn I have used and recommended Dr. M. A. Hinmonk Liver Medicine to all Painters as their best medieiae for painter's Colic and Torpid Liver. I find it far superior to i Zellin's.'"' ' * y ; SACt nd Summer Goo lRYT Is, New and Old. \Y PAS i Chance Again C inough. GAN Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tat ets are Elective, Elegant to take, an produce no unpleasant After-Result Lancaster's Market. On Tuesday, August 15, cotto ind produce brought the follow ng prices : COTTON. *ood middling, itrict middling 5; Middling PKODIIOK. Sutter (good), per pound,... .10 to 12j ?ggs, per dozen, Spring chickens, 10 to 1 Sens, fat, i 2orn, perbushel,. ( :Iams(home raised),per pound, .9 to 1 Ihoulders (home raised), per lb., ti^to The above prices are paid b nerchants for any of the abov lamed products, and is publishe 'or the benefit ot those who hav ihem for sale. In Diarrhoea Dr. M. A. Simmon Liver Medicine is inavluable. It give Tone to the Stomach, Aids Digestio md Assists ill corrvinir off m Impurities. ?Mrs. W. II. Gregory, of Kei thaw, who lias been spending vhile at Cleveland Springs stoj aed over here and will spend ew days with the family of Mi 1. F. Gregory. ?For the benefit of those wh lesiro to attend the encampmen it Tirzah on the 17th and 1 St nst., there will be a special trail eaving here at half past S o'cloc run over the S. C. & G. road. Ferguson Farm. Craiosvillk, S. C., Aug. 12,'99. Mr. Editor :?The health c ,his section is very good at pres ?nt. The farmers are all smile since the recent rains. Miss Bessie Crenshaw, of thi place, is visiting her grand parents near Jones ^ Roads. Sh ivill also attend one session < school while there. Mr. Robt. Shillinglaw and wif< )f Yorkville, are visiting Cap W. G. Ferguson. They repoi ^rops very poor in York count; r nn/1 ??n I I o /v * 1 J " ^ 1UI. aim iitio. nai vujr i\UUIU Df this place, are visiting the laughter in Union county, N. ( Rio Ikk. To prepare a girl to be a wife, and mother, give her Simmons Squa Vine Wine or Tablets. /] ' II i 0 ? . ' hhceT ds; HING SOVER )omes. ISON. i~ Marriages. d s. Married, Thursday, August 10, 1809, by R. H. Sapp, N. P., Mr. L. A. Courtney and Miss Delia . n Sistare, all of this county. Married, Sunday Aug. 13, '99 by R. 11. Sapp, N. P., Mr. Geo. 6 VV Griflin and Miss Mettie Iiich^ ardson, all of Union county, N. C. 6 # ^ Married, Friday Aug. 11, 1899, 8 by B. F. Adams, N. P.. Mr. T. B. 16 >0 Wells and Aliss Etta Johnson.?0 ' 0 Married, Sunday Aug. 13, '90 7 by B. F. Adams, Mr. B. K. Huny ter and Arabella Hunter, dauglij ter of Mr. Wm. .1. Hunter.' d e To keep young ?keep well, keep the Nerves calm, the body ruddy aud well fed, and with Dr. .M. A. Simmons 8 Liver Medicine to regulate the Stom8 ach and Bowels. i ?At a meeting of the Executive committee Monday night at . Wright's Hotel, Columbia, 8. C., a Mr. W. B. Strong of Lincoln, Ne>. braska was elected Music Direca tor at Winthrop College to sucr. ceed Mr. Wade It. Brown, who, sometime ago sent in his resignation. o . ? . . Xcwh Items From Kershaw Era, h A a ft a st J.1th. >1 Mrs. T. C. Stover and daughk ler. Miss Mamie, visited friends at Lancaster last week. M isses Mamie and Lula Huna - c t - .... ter, 01 Lancaster, are visiting the family of their uncle, Mr. W. S. Ilorton, near Kershaw. >f Mrs. \V. II. Gregory and Mrs. i. T. J. Gregory spent last week al tg Cleveland Springs. The former stopped at Lancaster on her return, where she will spend a week 18 with relatives. e For Headache caused most likely by . a Disordered Stomaehe, accompanied by Constipation, use Dr. M. A. Simm* ons Liver Medicine. 0 ' Keep the Stomach and Rowels "in t. good condition, the Waste Avenues . open and tree by an occasional dose of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. 8 Make Raby's Rirth Quick, Easy and ' almost Rainless by taking Simmons tr Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. J * m * 9 ' Always destroy the Dread or fces coming a Mother by taking Simmondquaw Vine Wine or Tablets. 1 To Care e*iuitp?ilon r?r?f?r. w . Take Cuscareta Candy CatharUo lOo or 2fie. UC.CC fall to cure, druggist* re feed auMf. 1