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H Vol.
XIII.
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First Class S
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TO RUE
OUR ROCK HILL ST
reduce our stock at on
est goods here to conv
of Lancaster know wh
find this big sale the L
been preparing for thi:
cial things to ad?i to its attra
1 O u r C
On FRIDAY, JUNE 5U
be opened and we will start t
It will be impossible at this 1
* f* many of the good things we
a few things that will go at ;
^ SILKS THAT BEAT ALL Fi
ItKCOUDS! wi
Corded Wash Silks, theO Se
45 cents grade, at \r?i
Wash Silks, the be*? grade in fpi
white and colors, wuru ftOo.at 30c. Ija
RealChinaSilks,were 50c,at 3!)c
$ 1.50 grade 30.inch Tafeta/| A C La
extra good, at I.lu lot
$1.25 grade 3(5 inete Yafeta, ex- Fii
tra good, at 80c no
Wo have a few pice** of beautiful
silk embroidered Mulls that 54
we sold at 00c, to (foteat 25c. thi
l?i 11 a ui 1 Ir finiub rlHu>iMh ^ AN ?
were 25 cents, at ? i yc
$1 Silk Grenadines,sale G9c.
One very handsome Silk Grenaadine
Pattern, wasfIS, 10.501 till
WHITE GOODS AND 45.
LINEN* 1 75i
This is where v** have some
splendid values.
White Dimities, ?hki *!
8? cents, at 95i
White Satin Stripe T/trwns, g
were 8^ cents, at ^rCI
t N ice Book fold Lawns,
were 10 cents, at BI
Fine Book fold Lawns, were 20 Sh
cents at 12 Vc On
40 inch Lawn at only 10c. KO'
* Big lot novelty stripe Lawns at TI
8, 10, 12 and 15 cents, worth <
fully one third more. \
. 72-inch soft finish wash 9Hp! Sh
urgamhe, worth ihy, at liuvj
Blonde Linen, 15c grade, at 10c. Hi
20c " " 15c. t a
30c " " 22c. ()N
TABLK LINEN, TtTWELft.Etc *l
35c bleached Damask at 21c 00<
72 inch all linen Damask, good <>n
value 75c, sale price 50c I for
We wish to say u? vur friends am
beneficial to the peo|*U of Lancastei
ill at will draw the cash trade. We
fi our time will be here and yon
Mr. J. T. WYLLB, Hook^IIill, is
He will carry oni ottr methods of fi
just treatment toalL Kext toCrawfo
^ Drugstore. YinPi #> tcare and to
ASTER
LANCASTER, S. C., WE
tommer Goods Jj
OOO Worth
easonable |^jg|-g^
J OFF CH)
'ORE was overloaded with goods, an
ce we have placed about one-third of 01
ert into cash as quickly as possible,
at a good thing is, and appreciate it
>est thing that has ever come their wa
s sale for sometime, and have picked i
ictiveness.
Opening Da
, .. 1 v.-...t ~'..i ...i- --
i, iiuunl ti^m i> c:oik in mc morning', c
he greatest dry goods sale in Lancas
imc to quote prices and give a descri
have in store for you. However, we
ibout one-half their real value.
lie mercerized Damask, if Q A Child's 2-strap
is (>5c a yard, now xOvl Sandals
e our double size Towels at 10c Dest 10c Ilose, i
try handsome hemstitched and Drop stitch 15c
nged, were 75 a pair, now 50c 20c drop stitch ]
rgo size Sheets bleached at 30c LA DI KS readyn
" " " bettor grade, 50c 25c Waists, this
ce Curtains, 21 yards A An *50 and 60c Wais
lg, the pair for x jIu $1 Waists, this s
nor Lace Curtains,were $1.25, ^ .25 and $1.50
w the pair for 05c ~??, ready-i
r, . . OI , , Underskirts at c
ce C urtains 3$ yards lon?;, ,
i i * n- i regular price,
inches wide, were $.75,^ HC prori i\ro a
s sale price the pair CLOT IIINK^A
BLACK DRESS GOODS -\\re Rardlv exnoc
IH\ RP \ IN^
DnnuAino. opposition or cor
We haven't a very large stock line. We have
t every piece is a winner at will do the work
3 nrice we make. I \vn nvn Aironofc\/?L
ii ui v; w v u I OIV/L IV
c Caslimero, 34 in. the yd, 10c not mince ma
c Brilliantines, the yard 33c comes to prices,
c silk finish Mohair,the yd 48c 7.00 SuiU,speciu
c fine Tevill Serge, the vd 50c 7 502-pieceSuits
Voile,very fine, the yard 7~>c 10.00 fine all w
Crash,tucked effect,thoyd 7f>c Suits, special sal
c Crepe Worsted,very pop- 10.00 fine all \vo<
ir, the yard, 00c Suits, special sal
c Nuusveil, the yard 4Sc 5.00 Suits, spe.
b double width Worsted at 10c 1.00 Oassimere 1
G LOT NOTION SAMPLES 125 " ^
, , ? ti-i ir 2.25 hairline I ai
inped here at one third off .. ,,
1 1 , . ii t i 2.50 fine Cassim
} regular price, l oil will hml ... tJ . .
* ii- - .1 r 40c rercal Shirt.'
ne good pickings in the line. f)0c M;l(lras ,<
lOMPSON'S fmpfQlRalhrigan Und
GLOVE FITTING UUIbClb 75 cents per pah
\'e handle only Thompson's. sai0 price the pa
ort Corsets and Girdles at 45c . ^WNS BAT
miner Corsets 45c Ji ' rpjj;
Kh griuleO'orsets reK?h,r price ^ J
iDIKS' AND OIIJI.DItRN'S prettiest suinm.
T i.'/ id ho tvtt. ii l it lv . i . . i
v i v/ivi/.-> r>/\ ;\|?a !>:-? even sold at 10,
.2."> 3-strap Sandals at 08c Wo picked up tli
s Oxford Ties, solid, at Toe ago at less thai
ip 1 ..r>0 lino of guaranteed Ox saved them fori
ds and Sandals, this sale 1.30 run oil'at a nick
1 former patrons that wo intend to make thi
and adjoining counties. Wo will soil for cash <
will supei intend this business personally. A1
i may depend on us to keep the hall rolling,
a worthy young man, and knows how to pusl
p c pi r
please, I 4m I dm n V?
Enter
iDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1903
FIB r ADDATTTVfl Tin
i a M 111 1 IHJIIIUU JLFll
ILL 1
The Loss of Prop
Millions and IV
?- Th
indise By Randolph
l'acolot Mills, June t?.?T'
jfjL.lives, $2,500,000 in mill
other property lost, with men
indefinitely out of em
ment is the sum total o
(1 in order to disaster that has appalled
.11" very choic- whole section from Oliftc
The people l>?c?iet.
1 rsot. since the .Johnstown
1 hey will ,1<lo ,, i ? ... - -
uuo uivic ut'Cll SUCH H Cclli
y. We have ol tlu> waters and small w?
ip SOlllC Spe- that. the inhabitants of this v
aro awed into awful si leu
the scene ot desolation that
fronts them.
y Tiie cloudburst broke just i
Clifton early this morning i
G o'clock. Within an hou
1 , mills at that point and a sc(
mrdoors Willi, , , ^ ?
t I farm houses along the rive
iters history, been carried away and the c
ption of very came with a mighty rush t<
will mention Point.Inst
above the great stru
known as Mills No. 1 and 2
dam that confines the powi
I'at Kid the mills. Some idea of th
45c mensity of the flood ma
vile price 7c gathered from the fact tha
Hose at 10c not known at this writing w
[lose, 3 prs 50c cr the dam has been wi
lade CLOTHES away.
snle L5c Inside of 40 minutes the
ts, this sale 30c. r0[Je from its normal confiu
uile 00c tjie fourth story of the lirst
Waists, 95c ;i height of 41 feet. The
made Skirts and operatives were just going to
me third otl the early breakfast when the s
of a mighty rush of waters 1
ND GENTS' on their ears. From their t
IIINGS. ges that dot the hillsides
;t to meet with witnessed a scene, for then
npotition in this actually not time enough for i
the stuff that of them to get to the banks,
. Here is where will live on their memory,
ed, and we will one great hound the flood si
it 1? '
ncis ?m il 11. aowii me valley. An orna
tal swinging bridge that conn?
,1 sale price 4 40 norih and south I'acolet
,spo.sale pr 4.65 swept away as it i! had no
ool Tibet strength ot a cobweb. The
le price 6.90 operatives, some ot whom
>1 Worsted hastened down to the water's
ie price 6.90 in hopes ot being able to get a
sale price 3.30 io their work, backed up tin
'ants 69c horror stricken. In five mil
41 S9c it is said that the water rose
its,this sale 1 39 than 20 feet,
ore Pants, 1 90 'pjie Presbyterian church,v
>, salo price 25c was picturesquely located oi
39c nver side just between the i
ershirts, value waH ,j10 jjt building to go
^ stood out on a little pronioi
*r 0| land that made it a great*
1ST hi, DIM I- for the waters. The flood si
;S. upon it in a twinkling, h
the finest and lew minutes its lino mat
>r wash fabricsj withstood ihe li.ittle ol the
l.il l ? ? . ' * 1
;iim i.? cls. | ara-iiKo on-naught, Ttion wil
is lot sometime i a moment's warning the fot
1 halt' price and lion gave away and it. went <
tins occasion to on the maelstrom as it it
el a yard. been made of straws.
Hardly 'bad the fascil
s business very spectators recovered from
md make prices 8Cene when ,he ,iHle ,1:
no lit one-half of buildings comprising the p<
Our manager, 15ce' market, barber shop
h things along, blacksmith shop went, dowi
. w w wfore the inrushing Hood.
1 I lip went down in the rush of w
J one after the other so rjo
that the spectators ditler t
M
PRISE.
No. % 2
d i ormm
MIDI Jill
N UPPER CAROLINA.
>erty Will Reach Into the j
[any Have Perished in
'' 3
eir H omes.
jCflB
W. Smith, in The State.
velve which went tirst.
nnd By this time the river hud
4,000 risen 10 teet higher until its
ploy- waters were surging through the
f the third storv windows ot the mills.
this The walls ot the building known
m to as No. 1 and 2 mill were seen to \
be trembling and the crowds of ^
llood villagers were watching tliem.
unity closely when a scene on the red
jncler torrent arrested their attention,
alley A ratt which looked like the
co at side of a house was coming dpwn
con- the great red turbid mass ari waters
at lightning speed. Seated
ibove on the ialters near the edge was
about a child in his night dress. A. rift
r the in the clouds had let the sun
>re ol through brightly and the lace of
r had the baby was turned up to thelight,
lebris paie and appalled. Tlie ratt
a this struck tho falls just below with
an ugly smash and the oiiild
cture stepped on into the waters. The
is the great torrent turned the little
er for body over and over, dashing it
e im- against the rocks until it <iisap*
y he peared around the bend (4 the
t it is river.
heth lJardly had the warsJfeiuse
*shed wrecked been swept out ol sight
when there was an ouiujous
river cracking in the mill buildipgs,
ies to No. 1 and 2. The river instead
mill, of recediug as the wiseacres had
mill said it would do certainly when
their it reached 30 feet it went up With
ound a rush to 40 feet and the old part
>roke of No. 1 and 2 went down. The
:otta- other sections of the blinding
they gave away rapidly and the entire
> was structure went down with a trash
iiany that the mill people say ootid be
that heard for miles.
With The mill No. 3 was tha last
lrged one to go and a part at the
men- structure was left standing that
ected it is thought can be restored,
was The end of the mill nearest the
>t t Im tnu*n 1 1 '
v . i.v ?wn it m *> ici nt'u, tut* mnsner
mill room, engine room and filler
had room are also gone and Mr. Vic?
siae tor Montgomery, the president of
cross the mill, has already made ar3
hill rangements to sell some of the
nutes machinery that, was recovered a*
more old junk.
The branch of the Southern
rhich railway that passes the mill iiaa
i lll0 been washed away, a freight car
nil Is, that was standing in the rear of
j? the mill No. 1 and 2 was picked
ritorv UP by the waiers and tnrnel over
mark at the loot ol the road despite the
irged 'act that it was loaded as it if
'or a was a dry goods box. The work.
ionry recovering the bales ol oolton
Niag that were floating about in the
I bout whiles was begun as soon ns the
inda waiers De^an to recede at about
lowii noon.
LATKK.
Spartanburg, .luue 7?Sj^jrtanIia.e.(
burg county is the scene ot one
"* <d the most terrilic and disastrous
1 Hoods that have occurred in tins
??s t of.
county since the tiimous .tonus*.
?n( town flood. Indeed, many <ay
1 )e~ l he loss of property in far piore
,e^ than that of the Pennsylvania
fV's disaster, but that is wild ia?k,
tckly I_ y
is to1 Concluded on Fourth Pace.