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Corn removes from the soil " fteli 'arKe quantities of gfcjp Potash. rW\ The fertilizer an- I i^MA ll'?\ ~^\ P''e^? must furnish I llI enough Potash, or the I I * Bry *\ I land will lose its pro- 8 yl ducing power. KS!i?r^J~^ilrvi! Rea'l carefully our hooks f tWMm oa erops scut A" GERMAN KALI WORKS, | ~S'fy'sAI .,J Nassnu St., New York. I .-rained Short Locals. Saturday, April 10, 1902. ?Mr. Oscar Clark ol Heath {Springs win in town Thursday. ?Mr. Julius Williams has a position with tho L. A. O road. ?The Craigsville ' o.?l, taught by Miss Lotta O--*on, closed yesterday. ?Dr. T. J. Strait spo ' i day or two in Yorkville ? . J Rook Hill litis week. ? Mrs Ellon It. Belk ot Dixie is visiting her daught< r, Mrs. L. M. Clvburn, of this p ice. ?Mr. E. B. Mobl?y of Rock Hill was in town a day or so recently. ?Mr. J. S. Mackorell, of Yorkville, was in town a day nr tivn tliiu v/4 v ? V-r V & A JkO liU ? ?Miss Maude Williams of Creek, spent hut w?e.c wiiii relatives at Heath Springs. ?The chaingang is working now about three iniios above town?near Gills creek?on the New Cut road. ?The Percino & Wright shows, which have been here t for about two weeks, left yesterday for Heath Springs. ?Mr. C. II. Harmon and As1 sistant Superintendent Robbiu-, of the Lancaster Cotton Mills, went down to Charleston's ex. position last week. ?Mr. W. II. Porter, who was in business at this place a year or so has a as bookkeeper with a Pambrook, - Fla , house. ?Mr. W. J. Evans, who has b*-en with The Lodger for a nuni ber of years has gone to Marion. N. O., where lie has an interest in The Democrat of that place. ?Bought out a drummer's lino of sample whips?150 kinds. Your choice at less than wholesale cost. W. P. Bennett. ?An altercation occurred in Iveishuw Smiqauy between E. L>. Hlakeuey, Esq , and a Mr. Yin' cent. Several shots were fired hut neither party was seriously wounded. )L ?There vviil he preaching at Camp Cheek Baptist Church on Saturday before the fourth Sun day in litis month (20th), at 3 o'clock p. m. A full attendance of the members is desired. Preaching also on Sunny following at II a. m. by the pastor. ?Contractor J. II. Starnes spent a day or two this week with his family in Waxhaw. He says the farmers of that section and along the river are planting for a large crop of corn, and are also giving the * i??. 1. .I--:- i-_ ? mn/ii'"i i/ui'm^n uicir lilllUS me proper attention. ?Last Friday, Maggie Smith, tho 1 1 vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson, of Chester county, was handling a revolver belonging to her ^ brother, when it was discharged. The bullet took effect in her heart and produced almost in/ stant death. v. *b . ( \ [ -?Dr. J. D. Funderburk is hav- 1 ing his residence repainted. ! Mrs. J. J. Graham is visiting '< friends in town. ( ?Mrs. Wm. L. Blackmon who resides with her son, Mr. S. Thos. Blackmon in town, is very ill. 1 ?Frank Barnes was sent to the chain gang last Saturday by 1 Magistrate Caskey twenty days 1 for carrying a concealed weapon. ?Memorial services in mem- 1 ory of tho late Mrs. J. F. M. Estrivlge will be held at White Bluff church on April 27, at 11 o'clock a m. ?Mr. M. M. Tillman of Van Wyck, is attending United States Court in Greenville. ?Mrs, M. E. Cauthen and her ! little grandson, Master George I fairy I'owvcy aic visiting id;*, Li. X. Vanlandiugham at Ilartsville. Cards are out aunouncing tho : inu-riaeo of Mr. W. II. l-to-id ?;irt 'Mrs. Till'a Riddle Rnwpl!l to take' place r.i the residence of the i brides' parcels, April 24. ? A protracted meeting is being ootid noted at the inethodisl church, ii? v. J. M. Sleadmsn, the pastor, is being assisted by Knv. ' K. Alston wiiices of Rock Hill, j ?Married last Sunday mornii g by Magistrate Caskey, Mifs Nora Staruea and Mr. Frank Me j Mdffoy. ? R-?n Hillings wn? arreted I j Thursday by Constable Co.itior ! for non-payment of poll tax. lie ploid guilty and was sentenced by Magistrate Oaskey to pay a fin<? of $10 or go to the chaingang 20 days. ?Capt R. .J. Witherspoon has returned from Columbia where lv wont to attend n mooting of the Knights of Honor. ?Mr. J. II. Collins, of Asliville, has opened a harbor shop on Main Street next to the Cunningham hotel. ?JimMcCullough,who works at Crawford's drugstore, was called to his door last Sunday night and shot at by some un known persons who were on the outside He returned the fire but with what etl'ect is not known. ?Messrs. W.T.Gregory, W. j. Cunningham and Supt. Baker left yesterday for Spartanburir to inspect the new school building that has just been erected there- They* may also visit other model school buildings before returning. ? Rev. J. S. Bortar, who a nutn her of years ago served several churches in this county died at Tampa, F!a.. where he had gone j for the benefit of his health. I ? Messrs. J. S. Wilson, W. D. Chambers and H. I). Funderburlc leaves for Charleston Tuesday toI represent 'he Junior Order of ! Fnited American Mechanics at tlaoir annual State Council which ' | meets there Wednesday. ?News is scarce this wfeek ! We asked a man on the stre. } before we went to nrecs what lie I knew. He said that Dr. Strait, I Mr. Finley, Mr. Wilson and r. 1 Floyd were in the race tor Con ! cress, and that he knew that ihree ol them were point; to be |beaten. ?At the home of the bride's I mother, two miles north of' town. Miss Mary Adams and Mr. E J. Mathis, formerly ofj tho Enterprise, were united in the bonds of matrimony, Rev. J. M. Steadman performing the ceremony. The happy couple loft next day for Camden, where tho groom recently located. A long and happy life attend them. / * ? 1'he Ktnto Board of Control at it? recent meeting set aside $2^,000 profits for the public I scnool fund. When it will be apportioned it is not known, and when it is apportioned the first that is available will be used to make up the deficiency that exists in many of tho school districts. In this connection we suggest to school trustees that they do not consider the dispensary money in their calculations at .all, but allow it to be carried aver as a surplus to begin a new year on. ?A school bell has been added to Fork Ilill academy. ?Mr. T. M. Belle has pone to Camden to do some surveying for the county. ?Mr. R. P. Ply lor of Sapp's Cross Roads, lost a fine Jersey Wednesday. ?Mrs. F. M. Btognor of the Douglas sectio" is seriously ill. ?Mrs. S. J. Ilinson of Heath Springs is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. M. Crox'on, at this place. Mrs. J. B. Bell of Magill who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Cauthen, of this place, r?'! :l r I'.'itim ' ? . ..N v? W jr voi ? 1V4,1(? , lU'V^UIlI panied by Mrs. Oauthen and children. ? Last Sunday night some one stole a bog from Mr. Jack Hudson, who lives on C'apt. Foster's Waxhaw plantation. Shcrill' Hunter was sent for aud after doing some shrewd detective work traced the crime to two negroes, Will McNcal and Fed Foster, who woro arrested and ]Htt in jail They admit the theft?at least Fed does, who says he was led into the crime by McNeal, who promised him half the meat if he would help him with it?and then that McNeal wouldn't give it to him. ? A telegram was received here last Saturday announcing the death at her home near Charlotte of Mrs. .T. T Finn formerly Miss Williamson of this county. She was a sister of Mrs. J. F. Hunter of this place, Mrs. W. S. Lee of Anderson, Mrs. J. \V. Moore of Taylors vi lie, N. C, Mr. A. C. Williamson of Craigsvillfc, and Rev. J. Ii Williamson of Newberry She was a member of the Presbyterian church and a most estimable woman. ? Honor Roll lor Van Wvck School for month ending April 1), 1902: Willie Crenshaw, Ira Crenshaw, Vernon Rogers, Daisy Rogers, Kirk Yo;ler, Clyde Starnes, Walter Startles, Charlie Hyatt, T. R. Thompson. Teacher. Court Ejrprucns. Tho expenses of the recent term of court wore : Grand jurors, $ 120.70 I'etit jurors, ?>2:> 10 / 1 * II ? ii i.^u Witnesses, 885.15 Total $ 1,750.25 Attention. //>>/>- wet! Demoerutie Club v Hopewell Democratic Club will meet at Hopewell on Satur day, April 20. at 2 o'clock p. in , for the purpose of electing ollicers and delegates to the County convention to be held at the courthouse on the first Monday in May. Let us have a large gathering on that da v. II. .1 Fiynn, T. Recce Dangler, I'rest. Secretary. i;... Quite a crowd loft here yesterday morning for the Dallas reunion. Following is a list of those who went: Hon. J N. Estridge, of White Bluff ; K.J. )d. Steele of Lancaster ; 1). E. Walters of Dwight; Col. J. N. Crocket, ("apt. J. O. Foste^/Vapt. Jno. M. Perry, W. B. ? ?JV Minor Clyburn, W. VT. 11 jratfr W, !' 1? i v M! : < v? ,? * ^ Cook and Robert BtK . h?w; Hon. W. U. j Hail Gold Miue; R. 1. 0 of Kershaw ; Mrs. E. J. Williams, Miss Lottie Fleming and B. H. Bennett of Jones X Roads, G. M. and E K. Plyler of O. K; W. A. Steele of Jacksonham, and W. J^&istare and D. T. Mehatfey.The first two go as delegates, the next two as alternates, the rest as visitors?some of them to Bpy out the land with the possiblo intention of moving out there. Robert Belk expects to spend most of his time with his uncles ut Ellisvile, Mies., Hugh and Van Me Ma u us. VV m. Cook carried his fish hook. Death of Mr. Jl'm. 11. Sims. Nearly everybody knew Mr. W. 11. Sims, and to "know "Bill" Sims was to like him. His death, which occmi rod at Mis home in the upper -cion of tlr~ county j Monday afternoon, will ho learned of with sorrow. His illness I was of short duration. Only a J tew week-, ajto he was in town j looking r<> >u-l and stout. A day or so alter tli.tl ti s accidentally; fell, bad!" hurting his left side. While confine ? at his home from ; litis injury !( vo opee, hiid despite nil th.it oouid bo done i for him. 1 _r \v m r^or.n-i worse .until ile.f r. L-vo l him >' !?i s I suffering. Mr. Sims was about 54 years of age but was never married, lie was a son of the late lameaJed Mnthip.s Sims and a brother of Messrs. I). M.. II. \1., T. J., and J. B. Sims, and of Mrs. \V. M. I?bteknion. "Irs. M. J. Long. rs. \V. J. Long and Mis. W. F. Siariygen. lie live! in this county all his life except a few years he spent in the West, lie was a successful larmer, a good manager, and an honest big hearted man. lie was an enthusiastic Mason, being a member ot Jackson Lodge No. 53, and his remains were interred by the side of his parents in t he cemetery at Creek yesterday, with Masonic honors. ? Ledger, 10th. News ot Exchanges. Mrs. Fannie Beckham, who has been visiting at the home of Mr. W. IT Stewart, returned to her homo in Lancaster Monday afternoon?Rock Ilill Herald. Cotton is still on a rise, but jit is to ho hoped that the farm ers of ?outh Carolina will not allow themselves to be fooled into r?ln.ntin<* :i hi** cron of cot& O O I ton at the expense of a provision crop. The way to keep prices up is to plant an average crop of cotton only and make plenty of hog and hoininv?Kock Hill Herald. Capt. W. F. Rutledge gives ns the luiiowiug recipe as a sure ] potato hi:;: ex'ennin 'f'r. .Make ja 6trong tea of cedar twigs boiled .in water and sprinkle (tie potato vines. Me says about two ap! !>'? cations is all that will he necessary. Tie says if i* good to get rid of other vermin, bod bugs | included ?Kershaw Kra The Harbor bridg 1 nv>r Sugar creek has been repaired and is again open to the public. The j bridge, it is thought, is now more substantial than if ba<s been for several years.?Fort Mil! Times. Rock Hill is to have another church. The Rev Mr. Thayer land members of the Raptist I church of Rocklliil have organized one to he situated somewhere between tne M anolifOor j and Highland Park mills. All arrangements have not boon completed, but the building committee has a lot in view and will probably have something more definite to give out in regard to the matter a little later on.?Rock Hill Journal. Harold Denton, the little son of Mr. \V. R. Deaton, who accidentally swallowed a bone collar button which lodged in his throat, was taken to the Charhospital by hi- father last An operation was nee ^ Ifhe button had^V ' ^ '' h 1 % I Postmaster Palmer of So. Glen Falls, N. Y., describes a condition which thous ands of men of your owri him, enclosing stamped ad - j j pSflroaZ&SB dressed enveii ! L- D. Palmer. ?PC for rcPb'. and get a per- ! I 9 sonai corroboration of what is I I 4 here given. He savs regard in?r 1 I 1 ^ *i - ?" / bines | i 1 Heart Curs: ] J "I Buffered ajtor.i.nr.c pain in the left 3 I 3 breast an<i i>etu my honMcrs f. m q 3 heart trouble. Vy .t*\<nld pili j I I tate, flutter, then '<i, In ats, uiitM I I I j c- uhl no lor.cer l.e in 1. :d. Kii'ht after 1 j nijjht 1 w.ilki.il t!.r, for to lie (!<>v "i * I ' would have meant .>u . a ikath. j ? condition scemid tl;n S' he pcluv whin 1 heirpo t ? Dr. s*": Heart Cure, i v it : i n ? >:: !' 1 ... - ' I to..! Dr. Miles' Aei vine with liie , Heart Cure and the effort was a; ton- ! J ear; 'y ieo ; similai .v..f< hirers' to five ti, remedies a traL" Soirl i-y t? !! TlirufC-Ms on guoractto#*.. J Cr. Ni'i'.is Vedicnl Co., E'kS.urt, Ind. : iii the boy's throat for somei thing like a week. Mrs. Doaton wont to Charlotte yesterday to : be wiili her son ? Port Mill j Times. While Vr and Mrs. T. W. | Plyler f?f V.tn u vck were out driving last Sunday evening, their horse became frightened land ran away, throwing Mrs. Plyler out of the buggy and hurting her painfully though not seriously ?Wax haw Enterprise. Fourteen bales of cotton on the cotton platform at Van 1 Wvok wru p n 1 inn*t rloct vm-ri 5 Ki> fire last Friday The lire originated from n -park from a passling loooi.iotivi The cotton i belonged to the Rodmnn-Menth Cotton mill of this place?WaxI haw Enterprise. Over in York. Yokville corro^ptndence Neva and Courier, 15tli: The lion. J. j J.Hemphill,of Chester, candidate | to succeed Senator McLaurin ; ! Dr. T. J. Strait, of Lancaster, (candidate for Representative j Finley's job ; the Hon. J. (J. V? 1 ii burn, who wants to succeed himself as railroad commissioner, have been in Yorkville this week, (shaking hands with the "hoys'1 ' and inquiring as to the health of the wivo3 and children. Mr. Fin ley was also here yesterday, having stopped over for the day on liio return from Columbia, w hei > ; he wont to attend the funer <1 cf J Gen. Hampton. He left her > for i Washington last night. K\ -cy j indication point* to stirring times politically during the comiuii summer. A white man was convicted yesterday tor stealing a calf j worth about $2.50 and sentenced t ?^Jtho chain gang or poniten'iary for two years While there is no 'doubt of the fact that he should l?av he* h eoti\ Hcd and i?u? i -1.?*?1 I if guilty, i! is probable thi*f lis 1 ! bo murdered somebody lie , 'sild -( have ^one ^eot free. Miss Maud Dennison, ot' Chicago, is said to he the only I woman harness maker in the I United States. She has joined the United Brotherhood of Leather Workers on Horse Goods and is the only woman i in the union, which has a memI bership of 10,000. Miss Denni,'.scva 28 years old, was born in luWviile and has worked at l^jfiade four years. 7