Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, May 23, 1900, Image 3
, MARKET.
May 22, 1900.
COTTON.
Htrict good middling, 9^
, Good middling
Strict middling,
Middling,
PRODUCE.
Mutter (good), per pound, 12>$
Vggs, per dozen, ...10
(jnickeiu, 18 to 20
Corn, per bushel, *.,..60
l(aniH(bome raised),per pound 10
Shoulders (home raised),per lb., 8
Wednesday, May 23, 1900.
Short Locals.
?Mr. J. M. Hough of Landsford
was in town yesterday.
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?Senator W. C. Hough went
to Chester Saturday.
?Miss Connie Witherspoon
is visiting relatives in Kershaw.
^ ?Too cool for the cotton?in
fact any kind of vegetation.
?The candidacy of Mr. W. C.
Cauthen for County Treasurer
is announced in this issue.
?Less than a week till the
eclipse of the sun?Monday
next.
?Miss Alice Williams, of
Dixie, la visiting Misses Daisy
and Annie Young this week.
? Mr. Claud Crowell came up
yesterday from Camden to visit
his sister, Mrs. Frank Walker.
?Mis? Nora Caskey, of the
Douglas church section,has been
spending a few days with relatives
here.
?Mrs. O. C. Blackmon returned
last week from a visit to
her sister in Winsboro, Mrs. J.
j H. Hardin.
?The Heath Springs Camp,
Woodmen of the World, will
meet at the school house on
next Friday night.
?Mr. J. D. Adams, Jr , who
lias been taking a course al
Massey's Business college, Col
urn bus, Ga., came home Friday
a graduate from that college.
?There will be preaching at
( Jills Creek church next Sabbath
at 11 o'clock and at L'leesant Hill
at 4 p. in. by Rev. J. M. White.
? Miss Lillian Little, daughter
of Rev. J. W. Little, of Walkup,
N. C, who has been attending,
school at Marion, N. C., came
home Monday to spen 1 the vaca
tion.
? Mr. ,J II. Hardin, of Winnsboro,
came up Saturday on a visit
to his wife's people here, Mr. J.
M. Hood. Mrs. O. 0. Blackmon
and their mother.
i ?I)r. and Mrs. E. C. Brasington
spent Saturday and Sunday
with the former's sister. Mrs.
M. H. Johnson, and left Monday
for a visit to Monroe, N. C.
?List of letters advertised
for the week ending May 22,
1900. Miss M. L. Irhy (2)
Mrs. Annie Shan, R. M.
Walker. J. F. Gregory, P. M.
?Cotton is coining up slowly
and hud worms are depredating
in the corn fields, hoth the
result of the cool weather.
?A telegram was received here
yente day from Columbia an
nouncing the serious illness of
Mr. W. J. Beckh m's wife.
?Competitive examinations for
scholarships in the Wn (hrop col
lege will he held here on .Inly
20th, as will he seen from an ad
vertisement in the this issue.
?A charter has been issued
|l to the Carolina Lumber Co. of
Kershaw, with B. W. Ileath
and L. D. Jones corporators.
The capital stock is $10,000.
?A little son of Mr. J no. I.
Bowers was bitten on the foot
by a rattlesnake Sunday.
Though he sufFered much from
it, he is thought to he out of
danger.?Era.
?There will he service in the
Episcopal church Thursday
afternoon at 5 o'clock, conduct
od by the Rev. J. W. Can toy
Johnson.
?Married, May 19, 1900, by
, J. N. Estridge, N. P., Mr. Eli
Twitty and Miss Mary Holden,
daughter of Mr. Alex Holden;.
also by name official at same
I opur, Mr. George Twitty ai)d
Miss Bailie Plyler, daughter oY
Mr. Julius Plyler*
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i
?Mr. It. S. Crockett relume
Monday from Miami, Fla., whei
he has been lor several months.
?Mr. Robert Frazer, of Chei
ter, spent Sunday with his cousii
Mr. J. B. Mackorell.
?Mrs. Lillie Magill is visitin
friends at Fort Lawn. Mil
Mabel Clark will be in charge <
central office during her absenc<
?The trustees and patrons <
the upper Camp Creek school ai
requested to meet at the schoi
house on next Saturday, May '2(
at 4 o'lock, p. in., for the purpoe
of selecting a teacher lor the ne>
school term.
?Mr. W. U. Clyburn who a
tended the Southern Baptist cot
vention in Ilot Springs, Ark
and who was in a railroad rut
otr on his way there, passe
through town last week 011 hi
return home.
?The old livery stable oppc
site' the court liouse has bee
pulled down by contractor Larq
ley preparatory to constructing
six room dwelling for Mr. Job
A. Miller, work on which is to b
started in a short while.
? Mr. A. K. Sanders of lit
good spent Sunday with hi
friend and schoolmate, It. K
Wylie, Esq., and left Monda
for Charlotte via Chester t
inspect some convicts there, h
being a member of the board c
directors of the penitentiary.
?Mr. J. M. Lleath has let th
contract for a handsome clever
100 ii residence to he eoostructei
upon the lot on Elm Street re
cently boughtot K. E. Wylie, Est
air. VY. 11. Lvu?Hni has the con
tract and began work Mouda
morning. The building will b
of the Collonial style of archi
tecture, with a 15 foot hall. 1
will be covered with slate, anc
besides the 11 rooms, will con
tain two bath rooms, a pantr
and a number of closets an
spacious piazzas.
.1 HYA.ii'lzi-./
Among those who passed th
examination to practice medicin
and surgery in this Slate were
L. L Gregory and W C. Twitt
oi Kershaw, and W. S. Moore c
Ileatli Springs.
Notice.
The contract for tlie repairin
of Camp Creek school house u
Cainp Creek Baptist church wi
he let at the school house, to tli
lowest bidder, on next Saturda
May 26th, at 3 o'clock, p. rr.
W. T. Morris,
It. Chairman Trustees.
Tea hers' Examination.
The summer examination c
applicants for teachers' certif
cates will be held at Lancastc
courthouse on the 15th of Junt
\lf it )n 11 t )wi iicnol li/\i i wo A *
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plicants will furnish their ow
stationery.
J. II. Thompson,
Co. Supt. of Education.
The I)inpenHarf/ School Monet/.
Lancaster County's share c
the Dispensary "deficiency
school fund is $1,217 ; to be aj
])ortioned among the school dii
tricts in which there is defic:
that is the districts which d
not receive $75 from the regi
lar school funds for each schot
in the district. It requirr
about $ I J),000 to supply th
"deficiency" all over the Stnt<
This leaves about $81,000. Di:
pensary money to be apportioi
ed among all the schools of th
State, according to the enrol
ment. It is supposed that thi
will he apportioned soon.
Too Much If ooze.
In a difficulty late Saturda
afternoon between Messrs. (let
Kennington and J. Boh Lanj
ley, Jr., the latter was shot b
the former,the hall taking ef'et
111 tlin loft climil/loa non a
j i ? 11 iv ii/ ouv/iiiMri in (ii til
shoulder blade. The troubl
occurred in the Sincerity neigl
borhood. While it is pninfi
the wound is not considcrc
serious. Too much "booze
is said to have been the cause
Hone to Charlotte.
A number of our people wet
to Charlotte Monday to atten
the Mecklenburg celebratio
yesterday -and today. Anton
tin in were: II. E. Wylie, Esq
Messrs. W. J. Cunningham, 1
E. Mcllwain, \t. S. Elliott, .1
M. Heath, J. B. Walters, W. 1
Culp, It, J. C oates, J. L. Poaj
j Herbert Young, Ii. II. Pardu
|and John Elliott.
fe FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN.
?*
Two Lrttenfrom Women II?-lped Through
lie "Change of Life" by Lydia E.l'ink*
s- . hum's Vegetable Compound.
[L . * Ok a it Miis. 1'iN'KiiAM :?When I first
! wr >te to you I was in a very bad condition.
I was passing through the
? che.nge of life, and the doctors said I
)8 had bladder and liver trouble. I hail
jf suf 'ered for nine years. Doctors failed
to do me any good. Since 1 have taken
e* Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Comj
poi nd, my henltli has improver' very
much. 1 will gladly recommend your
? medicine to others and am sure that it
}1 will prove as great a blessing to them
} as -t has to me."?Mrs. Deo. II. Juxk,
U01 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
:t Relief Came Promptly
* Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I had been
under treatment with the doctors for
t- four years, and seemed to get no better,
j. I thought I would try your medicine.
My trouble was change of life, and I
'? must say that I never had anything
1" help me so much as Lydia E. Pinkd
ham's Vegetable Compound. Relief
g cane almost immediately. I have
better health now than I ever had. I
feel like a new woman, perfectly
j strong. I give Lydia E. Pinkhara's
Compound all the credit, and would
11 not do without her medicine for any'
thing. I have recommended it to
a several of my friends. There is no
jj need of women sxifTering so much for
Mrs. Pinkham's remedies are a sure
cure."?Maiiai.a Huti.kh, ltridgewater,
111.
Another Woman helped
" Dkak Mrs. Pinkiiam :?I t?w?k Lydia
^ E. Pinkham's Vegetable * ouipound
< during change of life and derived great
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y 136 Coydon St.. Bradford. Pa.
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>f THE LOVERS AGE.
Hy Rose Uunn.
e So long ago. I hold you love,
j. C lose to this heart of mine,
j So .'ong ago I felt your arms
About my neck entwine.
. So 'ong ago, I heard you swear
' "Forever and a day,"
So long ago you sealed the vow
y And parting went away.
0
So long ago, I stand again
And read the old love-light,
t The while you swear you love me now1,
Just as you did?last night.
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y The Veterans* Meeting Satnrda%
d ?A Catnpmeetinft to he. Held a\
I feat h Springs.
An enthusiastic meeting o!
e Dixie Camp of Confederate vet
? erans was held In the court
house Saturday last. Command
V ? - ?
ant W. (t. A. Porter presided
Seven members signified theii
intention to go to the approach
ing reunion in Louisville, Ky
The Camp's three delegates-11
Geo. W. Jones, W. B. Bruc<
e and W. B. Twitty, were givei
y their credentials.
The camp decided to holt
a two days' campmeeting a
Heath Springs some time during
the month of August, to whiel
>f all other camps and veteran:
generally, their sons and daugh
1 ters, and the friends of veterans
' ar< invited to attend. The ex
act time will be fixed later. Tin
following committee was ap
pointed to invite speakers and t<
make other arrangements fo
the occasion : John W. A. Por
ter, J.N. Estrldge and W. B
Bruce. Capt. John C. Fostei
?? was appointed officer of the day
-j_ with the following aids : W. G
s_ A. Porter, L. J. Perry, S. J
Benton.
o We invito the co-operation o
i- all in making this eampmeetinj
)1 a grand success,
(a W. G. A. Pouter,
e Commandant.
Gko. W. Jones, Adjt.
, "It is with * good deal of pleasuri
ant) ><af infant ion ttiat i recommeni
e oh; mberlain's tiolie, Cholera am
l- Dirrrhoea Remedy," says Druggis
, A. W. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Conn
"A ndy customer, seeing the remedj
exposed for sale on my show oasp,
said to me: "I really believe tha
meoicine saved my life the past sum
mev while at the shore,' ami she he
y can e so enthusiastic over its merit
) tha i at once made up my mind t<
recommend it in the future Recently
>' a gentleman came into my store si
y overcome with colic pains that hi
,* sank at once to the floor. i gave hiu
a dose of this remedy which helpe<
c him. I repeated the dose and in tlfteei
P mil otes he left my store smiling);
informing me that he felt as well ai
ever." Sold by J. F. MaeWpy & Co.
d ?
<1 li it h to fsOiitMvlftf Kentucky.
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The Southern has announeec
thnt it will sell round trip tick
ets from Coinnihia to Louisville
it. Ky., account of the Confederate
d reunion for .$11.15. Tickets or
n sale May 27th, 28th and 20th
g wiih final limit June 10th. Ai
additional extension of thefina
I. limit until June 25th, inclusive
I. may he obtained by depositing
ticket with joint a^ent at Louis
*, ville on or before June the 4th
le and on payment of a fee of 51
cents.*
An Anrlent Darkey.
Orangeburg, May 10.?The Patriot
of this week says: The oldest
iohabitaut of Orangeburg
county, and probably the oldest}
in the State, died last Wednesday
night a week ago at his home,
near Hranchville. lie was an old
colored man named Sibe Joyner.
H?< was born lu 1784, one year
after the treaty was sigued recognizing
Am. rican independence
and was 15 years old when Wash
ington died, and is the only person
in this country, so far as we
know, who has lived during every
Presidential Administration of
the American Republic. He lack
ed but a few months of living in
three distinct centuries, and, according
to some authorities, he
actually did live in three distinct |
countries. The old man always
voted ihe Democratic ticket and
was respected by his neighbors.
He was married several times and
it is said that he left 47 children
surviving him and a legion of
grand and great grandchildren.
The above fa^ts were furnished
by a gentleman who lived near
the old man.?News and Courier.
?Wo were pleased to receive
a pleasant call from Mr. S. H.
MacCutcheoii, traveling repre
"> public meeting to composed of all
1 those voters who are resident in and
return for taxation in said District
s real or personal property of the value
. of not l"sa than one hundred dollars.
to assemble in the Court Mouse at
, Lancaster, S C., on Friday the 25th
. day of May, 1900, at 4 o'clock p. in., for
the purpose of electing a chairman
and secretary of said meeting, five
- trustees of said school District and of
t determining what special tax, if any,
not to exceed ttve mills,shall be levied,
'* as tbe majority present shall decide.
- on all real and personal property
within said School District for the
' maintenance of the puplic schools of
r said District This May 7, 1900.
, B. F. Miller,
W. T. Gregory,
W. .1. Cunningham,
I. Fi. Ta? lor,
C. T. Connors,
^ Trustees of Lancaster School District.
FOR
Heavy
'and
r
: Fancy
>
Groceries,
I '
I Go to I
S. M. Mathis & Co.,
1 Or Phone No. 25.
, ________
, Wintbrop College Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.
) TIIK examination for the award of vacant
I <cnolarahlpa Id WiDibrop Collage and for
1 the admission of new students will he held at
the County Court House on Friday, July 20th,
, at V a m Applicants must not he leas than
fifteen years of aire. When scholarships ate
' voce ted after July tJOth they will he awarded to
those making the hltrhe?l average at this examination
The cost of attendance, Including
board, tarnished room. heat, light and washing
' Is only W .Ml per month. For further Informa[)
tion and a catalogue, address
I'kkh I) n JOHNSON.
Rock Hill. & C.
i '
sentative of circulation department
of the New York Journal.
HnrciK
VI VWVl
Horses, Horses.
We have just received a carload
of number one Horses from At
lanta, every animal having been
carefully selected in person by
" our Mr. Elliott. In the lot are
some of the finest horses ever
f brought to this market. If you
t want a good saddler, or a good
driver, or a good combination
P horse, now is your time to get it.
We have just what you want and
need, so call and see for yourself
We take pleasure in exhibiting
- our slock, as well as vehicles
We will either sell or swap, and
r will sell either for the cash or
for good paper.
ELLIOTT A CRAWFORD.
Notice-LanefiMter 'leaded School.
1 To all whom it may Concern :
1 tition signed by ten voters and freeholders
resident in Lancaster School
t District, we. the undersigned, Trusy
tees of said District, do hereby call h
tr
TIIRONG or
EVERY
THE people kno1
gains. Our sale
the run. Many c
$ thfMr turn f/"? K??
m. i vii ii ivy iyiy
& have literally p
T Time merchants
^ and it has not ta
& it out. Cash buyi
5 they can do the 1
i
$ Now For 1
| SHOE I
^ In order to n
^ we offer the gr
? $3 shoes in tan, \
J $2. So. The ent;
^ Terry & Co's. $
^ black, at $2.25. La<
^ low-cut ties and sli
J They must be sold ?
^ time to buy shoes cl
i _ .
$ Doing a
?
| Shoe
?
^ Our clothing sales
yet we have some o
^ so come quick befor
^ still have some of tl
^ ly imperfect, at 50 c
I That Stocl
<*
rr*~ a?: ?
^ JL U X1I T1VI
^ We are nearly sol
but will get a fres
then we will be abl
J We find it pays tc
^ prices. We are dc
$ business ever done
* THE Gi
$ CA!
^ Lancaster, S.
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9
III STORKS
DAY.
w where to find bart
\Q /~v t~v 1 rx 1 ? - * A- --k
til C KCJJI UI1
:ustomers have to wait
served. Our prices
aralyzed competition,
can't compete with us
ken them long to find
ers naturally go where
)est.
Jnprecedented
BARGAINS.
iduce our shoe stock
eat W. L. Douglas
fici and Russia calf at
ire line of Cradrlnrk
3 shoes, in tan and
iies', misses and children's
ppers regardless of cost,
it some price. Now is the
heap.
Tremendous
Business.
have never been so large,
f those great bargains left,
e they are all gone. We
lat job lot of pants, slightents
on the dollar.
(of Millinery
e This Week.
c
Id out in this department,
h supply this week, and
le to supply the demand.
) sell millinery at bargain
>ing the largest millinery
in Lancaster.
\NSON
SH STORE.
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