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* . ' * f? f Short Locals. Saturday, April 12, 1902. ?Mrs. L. R. Rollings visited her old home this week. ?Mr. U. A Funderburk was in town yesterday. We are al ways glad to see "Uncle Abel." ?The County Educational association will meet today at Tabernaclo. Lancaster will furnish a contingent. ?Messrs Frank Massey and | J. B. Mills of Fort Mill were the guest ot Mr. T. M. Hughs recently. ?Kershaw's chief of polio?, Mr. Thomas Ingram, was mar* ried on the (1th inst. to Miss Efnma Cauthen, daughter of Kershaw's postmaster. ?The two white tramps who broke into Westvilie's postoflico sometime ago were sentenced to five*years each in the penitentiary and $100 fine. ?Bought out a drummer's line of sample whips ?150 \ kinds Your clioic 5 at los *han wholesale cost. \V. P. Ben-mit. ? Considerable hi l'<dl throughout the countv wee < ago, but it difl 'nit lit- dam age. <Vt,. Vf M 'P: 11 / 1 ?i. i?i. m. 1111 iiij< i (?i v an i Wyck has?been drawr. a*; a juror for tho U. S. Court wliicli convenes in Greenville on tho 15th inst. ?Treasurer Cauthen's exchequer is $13.20 buier olf by fines,etc., turned over h.v Magistrate J.J. Roberts for the past quarter. ?Just received ?1 utt bushels Wonderful Peas They are scarce ; buy now. tf Williams.Hughes Co. ?The State Summer School is to be held at Winthrop this ~ -v. Tear begitiing June and lasting \)qut a month. ?%rs. Jennie Swoatt, ti wid o\v lady, died at the County Home a week ago yesterday of cancer. She was about 40 years of age and leaves one child, a daughter. ?A series of services will bo hel 1 in the Methodist church here next week in which the pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. A Wilkes of Rock Hill. ?Only about $750 of taxes remain unpaid, saysjTreasurer Cauthen, including additionals. After the 15th executions will . bo issued against those who have not paid. 4 ?Mr- 1 ioo Helms of the Osco-! f Mda section died of dropsy last ' fpSaturdty't aged 87 years. lie; leaVes son, Mr. Leander A Helms, and throe daughters,his J vx / wife having preceded him to the grave 11 years. ? Buy your Corn of Williams Hughes Company for S2i cents mar 22 tf ? Rev. J. O. .Johns, rector of j the Yorkville and Rock Ilill Episcopal churches conducted vices in that church here Thurs 1: day afternoon, returning home yesterday afternoon. ?The usual communion ser- ' vices are in progress at tlio j i Presbyterian church here. TlieM pastor is being assisted by Kev.|i J. T. Dendy of Kershaw. Ser vices will 1)0 held this morning , at 11 o'clock and tomorrow/j morning at tbejjamo hour an/ again at night. ?Mrs. Mary Mathis and *ber daughter, Mrs. Etv~ Caldwell. and her little ' 'laughter left I v Thursday aforn?on for Car" * . don where/,ie3 u 'h make their! home in futuie with the t forme/ 8 Mr. E. J. Mathis, it left several days ago and i \ sion company with a capital stock of $5,000, for the purpose of doing a general brokerage and commission business. ?Mr. Clarence Garvin spent Sunday and Monday last in Charlotte. ?Kershaw voted last Friday to issue $10,000 worth ol bonds to put in water works. The vote stood 50 to 0. ? I)r. J. E. Poore will move to Columbia early next week to enter upon his new work. His many friends here regret to see hitn and bis excellent little wife leave. ?Mr. Win. Mosier, the 22 year *>ld son of Mr. Franklin Mosier of the O K section, died II. Gregory. ?Rev. F H. Funderburk l?ft Wednesday for Texas where he eoos to teach school as we are informed ? lvev. ,1. M. White and family returned Saturday last from a risit to Sharon and Hickory Grove. ?Cotton in Liverpool this week reached the highest point of the sermon, 5 pence, cquivolent to 10 cents. ?Local weather prophets are predicting a continuance of the cool weather?new moon so far north ? If the weather is favorable, a great ileal of cotton will he planted next week. ?The early planted corn lias done nothing vet. ?Miss Maggie Hoke, of Los-1 lie, is visiting her sister, Mrs.j W. B. Knight. ? Mr. 1/. P. Olybilrn paid his brother, Mr. T. B. Clyburn of Columbia, a visit last week. ? Rev..I M. White will preach! at (iills Creek Sabbath morning! at 11 o'clock, and at Pleasant) Hill at <1 p. m. ?!>r. Strait has received a letter from a big granite and stone company of Pittsburg,Pa , asking for a price on his granite lands lit ha ottered tli m a portion of these lands for f 100,000 Tlie delegates to l he convention r>i the H. Y. P. V. at (ialneV last | week report an inter -slin;* nr'o? in^. H 'sides Dr. Poldridgo, \v\] H Ilr?n?'!>, Vxi.., 1 M?ss t or noita iy 11 nt ji.iU';1..* * /?.Mrs L M. Clyhurn visited rtter mother in Divio this vnek. \ I ?Dr. J. E. Pooro returned i Thursday from Dwight, 111 Ho J says he came through one of the higgest snow storms lie ever saw this side of Chicago, reaching down into lvontuekv. ?A commission has la-en is , hi (id to Messrs. G. D lhtr/o>Jy iikI .1 ?>iiii Crawford as corn/-,t A ors of the Lancaster CoiytJ/^,./ I who is opening a printing business in that progressive city. They all carry with them tlie bost wishes of a host of friends. ??-Miss Blanche Moore, who went with the Wintlirop students to the Exposition last week, stopped over here on the return trip Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moore. ?''Modern Science in devising UTOVA bestowed 011 Women their greatest blessing." A tree S imple may be had of Utova Supply office, Lancaster, S. C. x tlaprtl ?Mrs Dr. 11. G. Elliott, of D.vight, visited relatives here last weeK. Micu Uncn \!.v - I ..1.^.3 .vv/ .n -iuuu vauue uvcr from Wintbrop where she is a student, and spent a few days with Miss Connie Witherspoon. ?Mrs .1. C Lindsay and children of Rock Mill visited i relatives hero recently. ? The County Alliance met yesterday at the courthouse. ?Hopes are yet entertained ( h it the fruit is not killed/ ?The early gardner has made hut little progress this spring. Heat too scarce. ?Mr. James Glenn, of York villo, was in Lancaster this week on business. ? Misses Odessa Plyler and Dessie Stewart have returned from a week's visit out at O K. ? Mrs. L ma Gregory McManus will leave Tuesday for Jefferson, Ala., where she goes to mako her homo with Iter brother Mr. W.I Sunday last of dropsy of the heart. Ho leaves a widow. His remains were interred nt Spring Ilill church after funeral ser-j vices by Rev. R.J. BlacUmon. ? As recently noted, l>r. K S. j McDow lias moved here for the practice of his profession. He is a well informed, progressive physician and we bespeak for him a good practice. See his card in this issue. IMioneNo.OO. ?The Williams Ilughes (Jo.| has a now announcement in today's paper and all who are in any way interested in dry poods, cloiliinp, shows, notions and other poods carried by those enterpris ing merchants, should read same. ?Most of those who visited the Exposition this week will re turn today. Some returned yesterday. ?Monroe had three fires last week. One of them promised to he very serious as it started in a frame building near several other frames, but prompt and efficient work by the tire company controlled the lire Hill ifc Nivens' stock of merchandise on the first 11 ?or was damaged to the extent of -t 500, which J was paid by an insurance company. ?Editor Buchanan of the Chester Reporter can scor<| one on Editor Hull of the Rock Iliil Herald. The north bound presidential train stopped in Chester and was held 10 minutes for speechmaking, but it only slowed np a little as it passed Rock Hill. ?Rev. ft. (\ Caldwell of Heath Springs is in town. ?Mr. W. (J. Curcton and sister Miss Maggie. have moved hack to Lancaster from Atlanta, (i.?. ?The Poroino Wright shows gave an entertainment in the courthouse Sat unlay night last to a good crowd. Since then they have boon hard at work on a large now tent, which was finished yesterday, l .. l ? l 1 Mint which now gives mem aim pie room to present the public | with one of the most up-todaitej entertainments on tho roaid It is the opinion among some thait this show excels in every re poet the majority of the big circuses thait have passed through here '1 hey give their | first and 1 ;ist perfornuiuco under their new tent here tonight, when they leave Monthly fori Health Springs. The admission is 15 and 25 cents. Xrtr Ut'fltlrd Shottl It it i I it i n ?/ Smut ml. The election to decide the question of an issue of bonds to the amount of ^15,000 to he used i 11 building ne w quarters for Lame aster's flourishing graided schools, came olf^wcsterday 1 amd resulted in ai ' MO to 1 I I in faivor of issu: ^Js \ l'ou Know U'lial * When you tnke Qrov Tonic neontiae t li?? printori on "very h<" |C 11 simply iron !i * iVt'HM I'orin V11 ! For a Free Delivery lloute. The citizens of a section of count* v oast of Lancaster have signeu and sent up to Washington a petition for the establishment of a rural Iree delivery route from Lancaster down the Ginger Cake road to where that road intersects tlie Rocky River road; thence down the latter road to l'rimus and then up the Red fill road to I - tncasl pp ti?o 1 petition was signed by 109 heads of families, none of whom live nearer than a mile of any post office and very lew nearer than three to five miles of any. A large section of country, there-! fore, would be greatly benefitted by such a route and there is little doubt that it will be established. Mr. \V. G. A. i'orter who took au active part in getting up Ihe petition for this route showed us I a letter from Senator Tillman acknowledging the receipt of the | petition and saying that he had endorsed ii and forwarded samei to the Post Office department. An Aft Itomnf Man Since Engineer Wall got hurt the other day, Superintendent Audifor-C,nu i h'-Bumucss ?Manager McliUre has been at the thro!tie of the Extra train. As a railroad man be is a 4*whole team.'' By the wav, t tus is no new experience lor Mr. MoLisre. He used to . handle tiie throttle on one of tire . S. A. L's fast trains, and it has been said that he lost his seat on account <>t running so fast. So it ( you ride when this hustler is in f charge of the engine you had bet- ^ terhave your life well insured, ' lie walks last and very naturally ! he would run fast. See in t/ the Shoie. \ Lancaster's attendance at A Charleston's exposition has been ( good recently. Last week 40 1 [took it in and this week the following attended : ' Mr. \V. J. Cunningham and son b rank, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. ' Lazenby, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. 1 Miller, Misses Minnie and Lily 1 Miller, Mr. J. C. Bowling, Mr. 1 and Mrs W. P. Bennett and throe ' ' children, Messrs II. E Colley, ' D. F. Ilelms and R J. Glenn. Next week .1 party of some 12 c will attend from here, among ' whom will ho Dr. and Mrs R.C. 1 McManus and their three charm- 1 ing daughters. Miss Esther A Hough of Landsford, Miss Eva ^ Robinson, Mr A. J. Clark, edip tor of The Enterprise, 1 Misses Alice McNeill and .Joyce ^ Clark, Miss Annie Gregory and ' perhaps others. OyVGTOni A.. BeftrR tho /9 D0 K'n(l Have Always B,,r Fvtl From <i llox Ctir, ' 1 M .. ! 1 r I 1 ' i>i i . u. i. 11 a i (tin vv im u to liincas lor last night to his brothe in- 1 law, Engineer O. A. Wall, who p was bully hurt yesterday by fall j( ing from the top of a box car He was trying to cut oil some i limbs that, were to near the new broad gauge cars, when a limb to M which he was holding broke and | ' he fell with the axe head fore- * most to the ground. Some of his c ribs were broken, and his head | * neck and arms were badly hull, i It is hoped that his injuries willi not be latai. The accident hap-| pened near Kascomville.?('lies j ter Lantern. Conductor King informs the i Entkuprisk renorter float In yineer Wall is not seriously, l>ut painluly iiurt and that only one of his ribs was broken. IIo is unable yet to resuno his work. The Thrust of ihe Lance is scarcely more agonizing tlian t tio ( recurrent pains in ttie ah lumen whicti \Uow the eating of improper food or 4, free indulgence in ice-water TIip ?diate cause '?f cramps ami colic ; In th<* distent ion of thp bowels ^ Oiiick relief follows the ^^vi.V I'&inkilleir ' ^Itei ve it t h?' ol^Wncdicine Uncle Sam's Mail Service requires physical and mental ability of a high degree to withstand its hard labors. The !high tension to which t lie nervous system is constantly subjected, has a depressing effect, and soon headache, backache, neuralgia, rheumatism, sciatica, etc., develop in severe form. Such was the case of Mail Carrier S. F. Swcinl art, I of Huntsvillc, A!-.., he says: "An attack cf j su vra ni.i left me I with muscular rh ? ..nal;. .*n. headache, ] an>l pains that seemed t > be all over I inc. I was scarcely able t<> move for about a month when I decided to give I mucV Fain Pill? and Nerve Piasters a trial. In three days T was again on nu1 route and in two weeks 1 was free Lorn pain and gaining in flesh and strength. Sold by alt Druggists. Dr. Milos Medicul Co., Elkhart, Ind of Mr. t/. //. Chambers. Another ?hl Confederate snllier litis lalirn from the ranks if the survivor's of Leo's c?l? lilt ni'iiip \l i* T It t'l.... w. t?..v ??. ... ? . i'? I . 9J li. V lldlll* >ors died hist Friday afternoon it his lionio in the Douglas ricinity after only a few days llness. Tuesday before lie was ti his accustomed health and working in his farm. Wedneslay morning he was stricken vitli paralysis and on Friday a iccond stroke came from which le never rallied. Mr. Chambers was born in Chester county Sept. 5, 1S24, md was in his 78th year. Farm ng has licoi? his lifo long occupation and lie was a good one. tie served in the Confederate ivar and no one seemed to enoy more meeting with his old omrades in their reunions. lie las lived in this county the past fifteen or twenty years and nade many friends here. Hi? vidow and four sons, Messrs. kV. F., W. 1)., S. L , and .J. Y. Jhambors, survive him 11 is 'oinains were interred at Dougass church on Saturday.?Wcdlesday's Ledger. IMIc-liio Currit I*5!?-??! Mnni>r rvfiindMil if ir evur fniU. ipril Term Supreme Court. The April term of the supreme court will convene next. Tuesday, the 15th. The following cases will be heard from the Sixth circuit, which will be ailed on the *2Sth : RingstatT vs Lancaster and Chester II II Co , Mr. Joseph Mark for appellant and Mr Srnest Moore for respondent ; Pong vs. Charlotte Oil and Fcrilizer Co ; Friedhoim vs. ("res 'cut Cotton Mill ; Willeford vs. Ktna Life Insurance Co. O^QTOniA. Bears tho ^'1(1 Y3U H3VB Al'.N.iyS Ccii^ht ^ Cut This Out ? anil present withfto Cts loCrawV k??hi? linos., Druggists.Lan^Hter s anil receive a Inn* flv pai'ftiigo (3 months' t\ ? KKCK i ( El ' ....