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I Short Locals. ... . . , . , ? Wednesday, December 10,1902. i ? ?Cotton seed are bringing 23 cents bere. ?8.25 is top lor cotton on this market. ?Born Dec. 6, 1002, to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Beaiy, u daughier ? rho Baptist State Convon tion will meet at Sumter next year. ? The basket supper advertised to be held at Rich Hill school house on the 12'h has been postponed. ?A lotter from Mr W. B Miller who recently moved to r|\.. v ii* - jvam siiya. no una ms lorce are j picking cotton at *1 per hundred ?Mr Townly Carnes lost two of his fingers one day last work while working at the saw mill of Mr. J arret Bowers. ?:rho v estibulo in front of It e posiotlice is to bo 'closed in ami /twenty more boxes put in. The material is arriving daily. ?Married, Sunday, Dec. 7. 11)02, at the horn* of and by Magistrate W. I*. Caskey, Mr. Wood Elliott and Miss Kate Manus, both of Lancaster. ?A bale of Mr. II. S. Plyhr'a cotton was stolen from his farm in liuford township ouo night last week. He was in town with his family the night it occurred. ?A basket supper will be given at Tradesville Academy Saturday night next, lor the benefit of the school. All are invited to attend. ? bee Barnes, colored, of the n> lank section, shot his wife, Mary J Barnes, last Friday night, the ha'I passing into the right brea.-t. Lee has been arrested :u.u led gt 1 1 * injail, to await the result of the wound aad the next term of c urt ?Mr. L). K. Hall, magistrato | ol iheaHant Valiev, was in town Saturday and turned over to the county $44.50 as costs ui.d fines in his court for the past quarter lie orought down his books for examination and they were iound i properly kept and all right. ?Mr. James M. Green of Char j lotto, formerly of this county,! lost his dwelling and most ol his household effects by firo one j night last week. The fire origi j nu.cd in a ?l>ed room upstairs and is supposed to have been caused by tiro popping out upon the carpet, lie had no insurance and the loss falls heavy on him. I ?State Constable 11 R. Mc j Manus scented pome b'iijd tiger ' liquor on the down train Sunday iU d passed Laucast >r and I ar i- j ed the train to see it, to its destination at Westville. lie found it was consigned to a fictitious namo and that it wan for a blind j tiger, and so he seized it uud sent it to Colunibia. ? Bob Barrett, the notorious whit-key dealer who for many years has operated just over tlie State line, has been convicted in the United States court, for retailing liquor contrary to law and sentenced to six months on u North Carolina chain gang, or he to pay costs and leave Union county within 4r? days, never to return. It is also provided in the sentence that he is not to live in any adjacent county in South Carolina, which, thanks to the court, secures Lancaster against this citizen. ?Two children of Raney Rodgers, colored, who lives 011 Mr. B. Cunningham's place, west of town, were accidentally burned Monday ovenincr nnri i * o ? one of them died yesterday * morning. The mother loft them i\r the house \vl tie lie went tot the pring and they accidentally | caught afire and their screams alarmed her when she rushed to the house and extinguished the fire, but one of them was severely burned. Magistrate Caakey, acting coroner, went out yesterday aud held an inquest over the dead child. ?Mrs .Judge J. II. Uudson of BeunoUsville died ou Tuesday of last week. ?For an excellent Flour chean call at \V. P. Bennett's. 4t ?The clerk of court adver tises valuable lands for sale ill this issue. ?See new advertisement of Williams-Hughes Co., whore Hows a steady stream of customers. ?Lancaster's churches were all closed Sunday except the Presbyterian, their pastors being away. ?Our neighbors at Camden are having a Stieot Carnival Oiis week. It began yesterday and continues through this week. ?i' ou sale.? Alow copied oi Iiicka* Almanac lor liJ03. I'rice 2-j cents, cash. Gaii at the i^NTBHi'hiSE oifice. ?J. F. Mackcy & Co. will sell bargains every day between now and Christinas. They were unable to wait on the trade on specific bargain days, so they have decided lo iiiuec every day a bargain day from now till Christmas. See their announcement* ?Go to Lancaster Mercantile Co. and buy goods cheap. They have cut prices to reduce stock. d3 I m ?Mr.L.J.Perry, County Supervisor elect, lias moved l>in I'mnilv to Lancaster so lie can belter Aite.ul to the exacting duties ci Ins t llice. lie occupies a portion oi Mis. Mollic I*err>'s residence. ?Judge Glias. Id. Jones lias moved into his new ollico on the second tloor of the Masonic building. lie is ready and anxious to turn over me probate's i dice as soon as his successor in ready, which will likely ho thid week. ?Just, bought big lot of Hour cheap. See us belore you buy. Lancaster Mcr. Co. ? Mr. Geo. W. Baker came up from Ins saw mill in Sumter Saturday. H i has moved his family hack to his (arm four mil s cast ot here. ? Mr. Ch ild, v Jo.'ih n in... ,?f - -J ~',v' the bookkeepers for the L.ine.is tor Mercantile Co., who was recently married, has gone to housekeeping and is living in the Mrs. Edward# dwelling on the corner of Cny and French streets. ?Mr. J. It. Knight recently pre-, n't 1 us with a sample hunch of pinders grown by him. It w,?s unusually full of fruit. Tie had 1 '-:n dl patch ?nat yielded aevera! bushels, at the rate ol 70 bushels to the acre. ?We are always in the mar ket to buy mules and horses and cattle. It you have any of either lor sale, don't trade until you see I S. tf Lancaster Mer. Co. ? Pretty invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Isabella Andrews, daughter of Maj and Mrs. L. I). Andrews, to Mr. Ernest Heath, son of Mr. O. P. Heath, on the 10th inst., at half past six o'clock, in Central MothodL! church.?Monroe dour nal. ? ivevcnue u nicer .1. I). Al bright wont to 'I'. II. Simpson's distillery, in the upper part ol Anson county, last luesday ami seized three barrels o| <*orn whi key. The distillery <v >. closed by the olfieer and the making ol now paw will cease at thai establishment for awhile^ The stills were taken up and stored upstairs in the still house and the door nailed up.?Monroe Journal. ?The late fall was a Godsend to those of our farmers , whope cotton was beaten down by hail during the summer. It made a lairly good crop, beaten up as it was in the summer. ? $1.50 Fur Collarettes reduced to 50 cents ; $2.50 Jackets reduced to $1.50; $5.00 Jackets reduced to $3.98. Lancaster d3',lm Mercantile Co. ) ?uio recently elected County Supervisor, Probate Judge, County Superintendent of Kducation and Coroner can* get blanks for making their official i bonds by calling on Mr. J. F. Gregory, Clerk of Court, at bis office. ?WANTED?Faithful person to travel for well established house in a few counties, calling on retail merchants and agents I Local territory. Salary $1024 ia year and expenses, payable $l0.7O a week in cash and expenses advanced. Position permanent. Business successful and , rushing. Standard House, oo l Dearborn St., Chicago. dl0,10t ?All persons who bad lodged deeds, mortgages or any other papers in the Clerk's oflice for recording prior to the death of W. S. L. Porter, will please call ! on me and cret same o - ? Julia J. Porter, Administratrix. Dec. 10, 1902-31. ? Dr.W.H.Wakefield,of Charj lotto, N. 0., will ho in Lancaster at the Ctinniugliftul Hotel, on Wednosday, December 24th, for one day only His practice is limited to the Kye. Kar, Nosr and Throat. On this day thr I doctor's fee will he reduced onehalf. 4t j Scare of' Small/>o.e Orer. I Until proper steps had been ta'-on by the authorities of the mill district to prevent furthoi spread of the smallpox, Ma;n street reminded one of (loldsmith's "Deserted Village." But when the cases there were 'quarantined and everybody vaccinal ed, things hcrearound a i sinned a very diUernnt ac] nu [The pity is (hat what \vnlinnlly aiul tardily clone wa* n< f done promptly, as the town 'council and the hoard of health jhacl hoped it would ho. But we've heard it said that "all s well that ends well." IUiski t Sn/t/trr <t! I'pffi *'a mfi iJret'h'. A has ket supper will he gi .*?. n Lit Upper Camp Creek ohurrn on j Friday night, Do. JUtli, ti c | proceeds lo he used to purchase a Sunday school library. A -'Mystery B ex" will he oic of the attraciions. L'he pnb'io .1 cordially invited to attend Baskets from 01 her eommur i ties will be appreciated. Chairman, tor Committee. M ortjan-Estrhhje. A beautiful home marriage was solemnized at the home ot Mr. J. F. M. E*1 ridge on Sunday (evening, 7th inst. The contract jing parties were Mr. William Morgan ami Miss Docenia Ks ridge, eldest daughter ot Mr. Estridge The attendants were Mr. Laney Broom, with Miss Queen Est ridge. .1. X. Estridgo, N;. 1*., 1 (illicMul >ui Mr. Robert Lnngley, one ot j Rock Hill's police officers, spent a few days hero and in the county with 11 is old friends and relatives Inst wee <. I Money refunded if it ever faiia. d I En J FLO | THERE SEEMS T I FLOY/ OF OUST STORE AT ALL I fflWHBRUE our Novc K er than any mo our business, bu i . much in the next 20 ' for our increasing sale; 'trading public of La j counties realize more 'that we buy at the ve add on our small p LET IT GO. I ! IFIPOB I for you to Dress Good with all the new and I ; <*&&**&*?****& wfR.*. ut" juaaies and Mis : te Carlos in the most , I Blankets and < assortment of these ch | Underwear?A1 dies', Misses, and Chi Furs?We have ti market. Hosiery?We sel j hers at 5 c, 1 oc, 1 5c., 2< Rugs and Art i here?the large velvet Xmas presents. new 1 i Shoes ?This is Oil gaining the shoe trade ling nothing but call S< | as the Hamilton & Bi |direct from the manuf; Heme I we have no oil stockbright and new at rock Respc )WI 0 BE A STEADY OXERS IN CUB TIMES. ~ MTlher 5>rl 1 wero rrr^'it _ _ " nth in the history of t we intend to sell as days. One reason s is that the intelligent o ncaster and adjoining1 and more every day ry lowest cash prices, refit for cash, and IT ANT see is our !$ and g%S . V?s '<VA> ti? u M tit <*.' ?RETTY TRIM MINGS *V, A ?ses Jackets?Monfashionable shapes. Comforts?A large eap. ] kinds?Men's, LaId ren of all sizes. le handsomest o.i thisi I I especi: illy good numdc, and 2cc. Squares?AU kinds t rugs going ta>t for , j r supply just n^eived. r brag line, and we are of the county by ofler3lid Leather, such own, and Wolie Bros, icturers. sm Hp>r * k ? A >w> a to offer?evorvthinor is * o : bottom prices, ictfully, high* f'-< i iU&!!Go ?j j.