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Short Locals.
Wednesday, June 11, 1902.
? loo cool the last two or
three nights l'or cotton.
?The showers came in time to
benefit spring outs greatly.
?Mr. Will Roddey has accepted
n position as compositor in Tin:
Entkrpkisk office.
f\y\c% nP I n 1 ? ,1
uiiu u i u II1V11.-<ICI a 1UIIW lilUI Ab
is being torn away I Ins week?
the old Franklin academy.
?Mrs liicbard Harper has
been sick lor more than a week
with typhoid fever.
?Tkusteks?For School l>e.sk-.
and Supplies write Sheridan A
Hart, Greenwood, S. C.
?Some 40 people we*:' . ;> to
Rock Hill (o hear Bo! J ior
lecltire Friday night.
?Mr. II. S. Ilarper ' been
confined to his room ' n sickness,
but. is able to be p again.
?A number of 'ph nes were
burned but by the lightning
Saturday afternoon
?Married, Sund y by M.igis
trate Caskoy ,Mr. A. I. Broom and
Miss Katie Garland, both of the
cotton mill.
?Miss Ethel Vjm la in lingham,
one of the 13 recent graduates
of the graded school, will
go to Lexington, Ky , to take a
course ill a business college.
?The infant child of Mr. W.
l\ Stoimer died Sunday morning
of lung trouble, and was
buried at Fork Hill church that
afternoon after funeral services
by Rev. S. N. Watson.
?Dr. James II. Carlisle, tlie
venerable president of Woflbrd
college tor many voars past, has
resigned that position on account
ot his age and declining health,
it is rumored that Dr. II. N.
Into 1 .a/iu Oil 1<!j
successor.
? A. small tenant house on Mr.
??. v. <i11Miiiv;ii<im a wesi oi
town was destroyed by lire last
Saturday afternoon. The fire
originated during the thunder
storm and is supposed to have
been struck by lightning.
? He it said to the credit and
bnm.r of the numerous pupil of
1 Tie late Prof. L. Shurley that a
move is on foot among them to
mark his last resting placo with a
suitable monument.
?The Lancaster & Chester
trains began operating Monday
morning under a new schedule.
e differing from the other only
about 15 minutes. The morning
train leave* Lancaster at 0.45 and
returns at 11.30. The afternoon
train leaves here at 5.15 and re
turns at 9.30
?Dr. .1. II. Thorn well has improved
very little, if any, Irom
the painful injury which he re
ceived on May 25. He had start
ed from his homo t<? the church
and in descending tho stops his
loot slipped and he tell spraining
his anklo so badly"!hat he has nor
since been able to bo out. A
phone jiiessaire yesterday stated
that, the Ooctor had been and iyet
very sick.?Fort Mill Times.
?The Baptist and Mel no li I
churches were closed Sunday 011
account of tho absonce of their
pastors. Dr Boldridge left Saturday
to attend the commencement
exereie *a of Furmin univer itv
and the Greenville Female
college, and lie v. Mr. Stead man
I
1 was witnessing the commence <
ment exercises of his alma mater, ;
Wofford college. Botli will he i
in their pulpits next Sunday,
morning and night. i
?Mr. W. J. Cunningham is
having a well bored for the con- i
venience of his tenants on French
street.
?The hank is using a bit ol
their surplus to repaint their
building and furnish it with some
additional furniture.
?A chicken thief raided Mr.
Alex Steele's foul house one night
recently and carried off about a
dozen fine spring chickens.
?The chain gang has worked
and put iu good condition the
Cinger Cake road up to the
Potter road.
J ?While the storm was in
progress hast Saturday, Mr.
. Starling who is working in the
new mill was shocked by light
! ning.
?See announcements of Mr.
[ John R Faile lor county supervisor,
and of Mr. M. J. Long lor
| county superintendent of educa|
tion.
?Overseers of the public roads
in obiain n copy of the new road
!\\v bv calling at the ollice ol
I W. Q. Oaskey, county supervisor.
I ?The 7-montlis-old child ol
i
i Mr. William Dealer died at the
cotton mill on the 3d ol whooping
cough.
?The entire county was visit^,1
i <; i i " ? ? * 1
cu ?a line fiiiuwer ouiuraay
afternoon and another Sunday
afternoon?not thorough seasons,
but good growing rains.
?This is commencement week
at Due West?tlie Theological
S: minary, Krskine college and
the Duo West Female college.
?Mrs. Jackson, mother ol Mr.
J. Picket Lanoy of Dudley, died
at the home ot Mrs. Lanov last
Saturday at an advanced age.
? Mr. Arthur Lyerly and Miss
Nannie Bell, daughter of Mr.
G. W. Bell, Jr, were married
Sunday last by Rev. S.N.Watson.
?Yesterday Mr. T. B. Clyburn,
hftnUrnonrtH it. ?! I ?
?Ul>IVVV[lVi All I I1C I Ull 1 J/ . 1 W I 1? ' I I
general's oilice, announced Iha(
In; !iad finally determined not to
be a candidate for the oJlice of
I i>nmnt i-iiHor irpnor'.ll ?-Styti* i'.lli I
A * ' C- "
?Mr. A. O. Howell, county
superintendent of education, will
not be in town next Saturday,
but will be here Friday of ibis
week and Monday of next.
?The late l'rof. L. Shurley
was insured in an assessment >
company and Ids widow has been
paid $787.17 of tlie amount, and I
the balance $.1 ,0')0 is "prom: d" 1
J when they make an assessment ! j
____ l f W i . ..I A. Pa t>l n i. n* h a I
secured t lie cont i act tor const rn -t j
ing the new graded school build
ing, as slated in our last issue,
began tearing down the old
building Monday morning ami
work will be pushed forward as
rapidly as possible.
j ?The closing exercises of the
(Factory Graded school came off
last night. Thero was an exhibit
ol writing, drawing and examination
papers, and the pupils rendered
dialogues and recitations I
[and participated in a spelling.
mutch. Their work reflects nun li
credit upon themselves uiul their!
ox? dent t? ucher, M: > Ee? Rob
inson.
i ?The Hampton Literary so-|
.cietv will hold hh annual contest
I lor the orioty nu lal on IT: day,
June l'>, at N o'clock p. rn. Tiiej
debate will take place at the
courthouse. Alter the debate, j
the* society will i Ju-lrato Shakes. |'
! pea re's Merchant of Venice in a
series of table tux and recitations.
The prices o! admi don will be
25 cents tor adults nod 10 ( aits
for children. The queslh a,1 Are
! Ware of Conquest Justifiable?" 1
will he debuted by Dessie Stewart
md Waddy Thomson tor the
illirinative, and Paul Moore aud
Ethel Vanlandinghani lor the
negative.
?Barbadoes molasses?something
new and nice?try it.
Williams-Hughes Co.
? Work on INIr. (i. 13. Barron's
new dwelling on the old llicksonllunter
lot has begun.
?The wind Saturday afternoon
nnrocfed Mr. Ernest Stogner's
stables, 5 miles east of town.
?The new cemetery has re
cently been neatly cleaned off by
the street force.
? Died, on the f?th instant, the
infant child of Mr. It. A. Small.
of flie Flint, Ridge section.
?Sheriff Hunter is building a
third store on his lot near the
cotton mill.
?Congressman Finley has our
thanks for a largo map of the
United States, printed on canvas
and nicely mounted.
?Scattering hail is reported to
have fallen with the recent rains,
but no damage.
?Mr. Tj. S. Elliott was reelected
dispenser for Lancaster
last Saturday and Mr. Amos
Hough for Kershaw.
?Judge Jones and Mr. Geo.
\V. Jones are strictly '"in it"
when it comes to onions. They
have enough for the town and
half the county; and the}* are
tine, too?wo don't mean the
flavor.,
?Mr. J. M. Oauthen, Lan-j
caster's barber king, has again
bought out his only opposition
uji uiwii, ;vir. iv. .j. uofKiey. Jnn
evidently don't like a merry
time.
?Crops and gardens are looking
fine wherever properly worked.
And wherever you find poorly
worked crops this year you
will find some lazy farmers near
by.
?There will be services in the
Episcopal church next Sunday
at 11 o'clock a. in. and 5 p. m.,
conducted bv flic Rev. (i. Croft
Williams of Blacksburg. '1 he
Iloly Communion will be celebrated
at the morning service.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
?The A R P.church at Pleas-1
ant Hill was blown out ot plum
by the wind Sunday afternoon.
St'i'v ioo-. wi.ro hnin.r Uol/1 tlini.,1
' ' " * - * ? ' * ?wr X * ? ^ ? X ? ' C C I I V I 'J
when the storm started. The
pastor dismissed the congregation
and some ieit the house,
but the wors? was soon over.
? Mr. K. 8. Stewart, a student |
ol the i aivo-ity ot X, (J.,al Chap '
el Hill and brother ot Mr. J. M.i
Sti wart ??i thio place, is <tt homo j
to spend the vacation. At the;
commencement exercises Wed-J
nesday Mr. Stewart was awar.le I
the handsome gold medal oJlVred j
hy the Dialectic Society tor tliej
'nest debater. This makes the'
fifth gold medal Mr. Stewart lias
won on oratory and debate ?inoe
his entrance to that institution 5
years ago. Ho will graduate in
another year.
Il'ih th roi> 'm Coiii hirnccmeh t.
President Johnson has our
thanks lor an invitation to the
commencement exercises ol Winthrop
college, beginning on tlur
15th inslan* and ending on t( e'
l.Stli. Th !>.i calaiireat*! si rmcin
will he preached by Rev. <?. K.
Moore, I). 1)., J ?iriiihii univerity.!
:
will be delivered bv Hon. ,J. P. j
Thomas, Jr., Oolumbiu. The a idress
before the graduating < !n s1
will bo made by Senator P?. R.i
Tillman on Hie 18th. The gr?d-,
untiug class numbers the;
largest vet.
PTny-??liHm Stop* tbo Tlckllnf,
ud quickly wa? miUinromoa la Uu> Uum-.
Sunday School Picnic.
The Methodist Sunday school
will give a basket picnic at Baeconiville
on the 18th instant.
The members ol the other schools
ol the town are invited to attend.
Fare for the round trip, 50 cents.
The picnickers will leave on the
regular morning train of the
L. & (J. railroad tit 0.15, returning
on the regular tram at 0.30
p. m. Everybody is expected to
carry a basket.
IPs Lancaster's liailroatl.
The L it C It. R. Co. are moving
everything to Lancaster?
roundhouse, shops, etc , and a
contract has been let to rebuild
the roundhouse here. A coal
schuto for coaling their engines
is being built near the depot
here.
This company lias bought the
houses and lot of T M FitznntHelv
ltrr. viitiintrxl nou,?
the depot,ami have built piazzas
to the houses and otherwise
improved the property. This
is a genuine Lancaster road now,
except that most of it is in
Chester county. The officers
all live hero, the offices are here,
the roundhouse and the shops
are here, and the stock is all
owned by Lancaster people
}}'/to Was This /
Repoits come from various
i sources ; ml a mm Irrni over ii e
j state 1.i". ' n ace a irip !m
the eastern portionot this county
Saturday night and Sunday, sell
|ing lhpior to any body who had
the money, in any quantity the
purchasers wanted to buy it. Lie
| parsed through Taxahaw and
| down to Rocky lhanch colored
church where lie sold right and
left while preaching was going
jon Sunday.
j If some of the good citizens ol
that part of the county who have
; phones had notified Mr Li.J.Fade,
I state constable here, he could
'have had that violator of the law
bellied the bars.
Lero)/ Sj>rin(/s DaviAson ami
Minn Anna Stevens Marrietl.
A special lo The State from
Rock I!ill, June 4, says : Yesterday
evening at 7.30 o'clock a' the
'oniilir roeidnnnu in iloDutlnp
* 1 **
street Miss Anna, the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .J. II.
\V. Stevens, was married lo Mr.
Leroy Springs Davidson ot Lancaster,
the Rev. Chalmers Frase:
of Lancaster officiating. Owing
to recent family bereavement the
marriage was a very quiet affair,
only the family and a tew invited
friends being present. Alter the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. DavidIson
went opto Charlotte where
| they will spend a lew days with
the groom's mother, at'lei wards
I returning to their luiure ln?me in
Lancaster.
Letter Itrrrirrd f't/ the Cotrttt//
C/Htirwan.
The folio wing letter has been
received by County Chairman,
Mr. 11. K. CoflVy, and given out
lor publication without note 01
comment :
Columbia, 8. C.,
M ?y 20, 1002.
To lion. II. Jo. CVfley, County
Chairman ol Lancaster County,
Lancaster, 8. C.
!>r 1 j- Sir?At a recent meeting
ot the sub-committee ol the State
! )otnocralic Kxeeutive ?'omuiit t?
a resolution was passed in-'met
ling 1110 to request 1 ho county
chairmen ol tno stale to ask the
! )emo- l a' ?c citi-seu* ol 1 h cil.. and
towns to entertain, at their
private rer.dances, . he c.aii idal ,s
i I ? ? i ' i ;.( .<" I ( Mi,
when they their placed to
"v
address the people. 1 am satisfied
that there is not a place in
the State where our candidates
will speak in wni .. the good
Democrats will not he pleased to
ientertain them, it the matter is
brought to their attention by the
county chairman. Many of our
candidates arc men of small
j means, and it is a great hardship
on them to have to stand such
heavy expenses in the way of
hotel bills, etc.
Trusting that the wishes of the
cornmi!tee may meet your approva!
and hoping that you will
do what you can along this line,
I am most re. oectfully,
Wilie .Jones,
.Jas. T. Kirks, Chairman.
Secretary.
1 >
I (Jotnhiff M?vri'Ufc of a Former
Lancaster Hon.
.Mr. Herbert M. Dunlap, one of
the leading young men of our
city, will be married on the 19th
instant, his br.'cp-io-be being
|Miss .Mary .Jon, Liuah'er of Mr.
and Mrs. J. It. Wiiherspoon of
Yorkviile. The e. icmony will
be performed in the l'resbyteriau
church 1thai city an 1 1 lie event
| is one in which society is maniI
testing much interest, both the
parties to the v on' net being
I deservedly popular and univer;
sally e do 'ued. The ushers will
| bo Messr.s. W. .T. Itoddey, I. B.
; him lap > ( Rock II il i, ('o ir Glenn
ami Gourde Wiiliamsol \ orkville.
Mr. W. M. Dunlap of St.Matthews
will be host man, and-Miss Georgia
Charlton ot Savannah, Ga.,
maid ot honor. '1 he bridesmaids
will be Miss Ophelia Davidson,
Miss Annie Watson, Miss Annie
Withers yoon, Yorkviile; Miss
Helen Tompkins, of ib-ck llill ;
Miss L ila Lowrv, A1 iss Sudie
Allison, Yorkville ; while Messss.
J. i?. Gr.ston, 11. ?J. Lindsay, J. il.
Beckham of liock llill, J. 11.
Foster, lohn Crawford of Lnncas
Iter, mil llarvev NVitherspoou of
Yorkvi.lt i11 be the groomsmen,
j ?Kock Hill Herald.
Count}/ Summer ScJiool.
The Lancaster Summer school
lor white teachers will begin its
session at the court house on
I Monday, June 1G, at 10 o'clock
a. m. For I'lrtber information
write to the county superintendent,
or to Mr. L. T. Baker, who
will have charge ol the school.
A. C. Howell,
County Supt. of Education.
Teach era * Cxu m i nuti on.
The next regular examination
lor teachers' certiticatea will be
held in the court house on Friday,
Juno 13th.
At this examination applicants
will be permitted to apply lor
stale certilicates. Every progressive
teacher should hold a
ceitilicale li'oin the State Board
1 dI Education.
For particulars apply to the
county superintendent of education.
Examination opens at 9 a.
in. and close at 4 p. in.
A. C. Howell,
Co. iSnpt. ot Edu.
A competitive examination, to
|tiil a vacancy o! scholarship at
I the I ailed Stains Military Acad'
en at \V e*t l'ant, >.iil he ne >1
j at Yotkville on Thursday, June
1 Ititli, 1902. For lurt.t.er inior
mation write Hon. 1). 12. Fin ley,
I Washington, 1 >. (J.
A. C. Howell,
I
1 me .1 *c S (' \ i; i V" 1 J. I HO ?.
Washington June 7.?'I he
j Charleston exposition authorities
I have been granted a hearing on
next Wednesday before the house
jcomtnttee on industrial arts and
ixpontions relative to an appro(
t.i.jou <?i' *150,000 which they
I desired.