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/ Short Lccais. ? _ . { (E ? =?~ ^7 ?~ Wednesday, September 1G, 1903. - ?Cotton is bringing 10 J cents . ^ on this market. ?That $2.00 watch at Hough's i Jewely store. Have you seen it ? ? ?Cotton is opening rapidly, much of it prematurely, we are told. ?Mr. Oscar Stogner is convalescing from a severe spell o f, < r iever. ?The outlook for a hay crop ( in this part of the country is poor ?weather too dry and hot. ?The Lancaster Gamp W.O.W. will meet in their hall Thursday night. Full attendance desired. ?The cotton seed market open ed this season at 20 cents here, 0t aud that is the ruling price now. ?Lancaster was blessed with a nice little shower of rain yesterday afternoon, and the dust laid. ?Those who aro interested in ; Mrs. Boldridge's music class will please note that scholars can begin their work at once. ?The JL)wight postotlice has been discontinued. Mail for ] that office will go to Wild Oat | hereafter. ?Mr. J. K. Vaughn and Missi Alice Cauthen, daughter of Mr J .Thomas Cauthen were married ; Sunday night at Heath Springs by Magistrate H. W. Mohloy. | ?ilow is tliis? I will sell you ] for $22.00 the best sewing ma- ? ^ chine you can buy. Ball bearing, i automatic drop-head and all the 1 latest improvements, others at < $11.25 and $12.50. B. C. Hough, j i : ~ ? v^vji. wjijjusntj uaiicasier iuer. \jo. j ?Mr. John F. Addison, who 1 was operated upon for appende- i citis about tjiree weeks ago, came 1 home Monday and will soon be ] able to resume his duties as I policeman. ! ?Mr. Senate, a Washington 1 specialist in granite, visited Dr. Strait's granite quarry last week, ' and he pronounced the granite i unusually line and very valuable. I ?Mrs. Eliza Hrasington, wife ! of Mr. Andrew Hrasington, died , at the mill Monday, aged about 40 years. IIer remains were i taken to Union church for inter s ment yesterday. ?Mr. J. Frank Mackey, son of Dr. J. F. Mackey at Lancaster, a j graduate in nharmaov. who has . i *r 7 ** i had considerable experience, has f accepted tlio position of prescrip- ^ V (ion clerk at. C. (). Floyd's drug?tore.?Kershaw Kra. ?The time is most here when ' a you will need a gun. You know J where lo buy it, but 1 wish to say 1 have a better line and at bet- . ter prices than over before. B. 0. Hough, Cor. opposite Lancaster Mer. Co. i ?Aaron Williams,a white man ( who killed his brother-in-law, r Win. iS. Gardner in March of last year, was convicted of murder in the Camden court last week and <j recommended to mercy. He was sentenced to the peuitentiary lor life. ? ?The remains of little Ilob^ hie Mackorell were laid to rest c in the low 11 cemetery last Sat- ' urday morning after a funeral ;i . service conducted by itov. i;iial- j t "jl ? mers Fraser, assisted by Rovjc / \V. IJ. Hodges, at the residence ^ of Maj. Kiddle. The pallbearers were little boys as follows: Kobert Cherry, Charley Cherry, Gerund Mellwain, John I'oag, tn Ira Jones and James Taylor. ?Mr. Ceo. C. lleath, formerly V..-I ll~ " lh i.uiKvnit), sueceeus in? lale [jq, J. M, Heath as manager of the OC( Heath Ranking & Mercantile coin- clt pany at Lancaster.?Wax haw j,u I?uterprise. ?Mr. E. E. Cloud spent a Ri couple of days in his store here tlx last week, superintending the W opening up of his new stock, to thi which he directs the attention of to the public in these columns. Sa ?Johnll.Yongue of Fort Lawn, the young man who shot William tni McClellan, a colored boy, a few ^ weeks ago, and who has since ^ been confined in jail, awaiting oa? the result of the wound, was re- mi leased yesterday upon bond, and of his father took him home. The . bov has fully recovered.?Ches- 18 , or* ter Lantern. g " ?Rev. Dr. Roldridgo returned Mi Saturday Irom Blackstock where 110 he assisted Rev. A. Finch in a f*? protracted meeting. The Doctor au, was much pleased with the tin Blackstock Baptists, their uni- ov< form kindness .mil OV< _ ? ? ?.?? vttvit V?VI Vi uu hospitality. * am ?The many friends of Mr. tin If. M. Thompson, who lias been w'] attending the Birmingham BusinesR college, Birmingham, Ala.,1 !ye for tho past six months, will be pleased to know that lie lias se- vai :ured a responsible position as tin stenographer and bookkeeper with the Little Oahaba Coal Co.. Ire Ooleanor, Ala. rUt ?While assisting his father to 011 raise a house one day last week, 8(1 I Mr. Ernest Bell was badly hurt -,l it, by a portion of the timbers fall- u ing on him. Ilis left leg was am broken above the ankle and bad- tin ly mashed, his back hurt and his Th face badlv bruised up. Dr. tl _ " , 1 the strait was called and he reports wa the sutlerer as doing very well, ere ?The Friday Afternoon Club ^j?1 will resume their regular fort- ^ nightly meetings next week, the jro lirst being held on tho 25th inst. tat it, tho residence ot Mrs. T. J. Kit Strait. This club has an unus in laiiy interesting program lor the spi year, covering a wide range of lie interesting subjects and including apt i list of thirteen books, a program litt hat will elicit a great deal of Th reading, research and thought. dis liis ?The machinery of the Mill- . ng and Ginning Co. of Kershaw ^ ?nd the flouring mill of Ileath ^ Springs have been bought by the Lancaster Mercantile Co. and are ^ leing moved here where the ri W machinery will he operated by j he purcharers who have also , 1 II nought the plant ot l'oag tfc Harbor. They will be ready to gin ' . W11 he present crop of cotton. Mr. 1. L. l'oag will superintend the ^ nachinery. u t ?The Lancaster colored gra- Mr led school will open Sept. 21. Ml students of the town and disi ra net are requested to be present it the opening. Tuition for all Rr,r [radon from 1st to 7th, 10c. All an [rades from 7th to 9th, 15c. teachers' course, 50c. Those out- i ido, 50c. Music, $1. M. D. Lee, Prin. jro voi ?"Strength and vigor come tui >f good food, duly digested, syr Force,' a roady-to-Hcrvo wheat ent uid barley food, adds no burden, pat >ut sustains, nourishes, invig- tin' rates." 3-25-tf. gor HEAltT ltBXDKXG ACCI- \v'y, :\u re ho s; DENT time Willi Ins gra hie was 8 years o was an exceptioi Which Major ?/ M Ritltlle j[ls p-eeoeiousue Kills His lAtlle Hruml Son politeness atlaci . him and made L'erhaps the saddest, and most little art rending accident that ever 80Jely missed. jurred to any ot Lancaster's izens was the accidental kill i)e<(th of Mrs. f ; of little Robbie Mackerel I last ^rH j>()r;i m0( :i * * luiiy morning ov Major J. M. jq. K. Moore, t tlille, his grandfather, one of piaco, but for the 3 proprietors of The Review. 0j tjbarlestou, di hen the news was received here in cjtv [ast. it ill-fated morning it was hard jroin ^j10 effects believe that it was so. From wbioli was perloi turday's Ledger we take the pr(jVio?is. She hi lowing details ot this awtul jjitensely from ' igedv: injutt hv being A phone message from Fort bui:f*| by a rm wn yesterday morning brought eraJ vpM|/s al 3 distressingly sad news to Lan- ^ |]ptprmi.l( iter that our esteemed towns-1 in, Major J.M.lliddle, manager lion v. as necessi The Review, had accidentally lile. Sue was M, and almoRt instantly killed, j. Flynn i little grandson, II. J. Mack- se(,tl()(1 an excel ,U, Jr., ol Yorkville, while out eg(eeme(, ,1V uirrel hunting in the woods on Jas. Rlack's river bottoms Only a ar Fort Lawn. Lancaster, a love Maj. Riddle, his son, Mr.James witli elated hoj ddle, and his little grandson, antici pat ions, to d Cube Kiddle, colored, whom ?n Char,wh >y carried with them, went ^ K Moi,r0 er to the river on the train the suing before, camping out that the business ot rht. so as to be ready bright Live Stock fo. d early yesterday morning tor witti lor when i 3 hunt. It was about S o'clock remai,18 were br ien tlio accident happened. Saturiiay n ,ior Kiddle was watching lor a ' airrel which ho had seen on a early train and e on a very steep hillside. Sunday at Ilo tie Robbie had been ielt in the which she connei Uev some distance below while peVoral years age j Major climbed the hillside. hliahal?i ??,i r,. liluimig niieiiiiy Jor me reap- ~ """ '' arance of the squirrel in the syn,Pa'hy of th e, the Major heard a sudden s<?d dispensation itling in the undergrowth and ?looking in the direction of it The Second Chn s sure that he saw the tail of a ^ , mrrel, and aiming a tittle below lin( ^ as 'J lired. Supposing he had kuled m^uiorable i squirrel, he started to get it. the Second Bapt il was horrified when nearing ted on the mill ) place to hear his grandson new house of w< r, "Grandpa, you've shot me." . , R T R o little lellow had gone down ' /* > valley a short distance and sccrc^aiy ?? 1 1 s doubtless eudeavoring to hoard, having iep noiselessly through the un- dedicatory serin rgrowth up the hillside where text the 84th I's grandfather was, when prob- "One dav in ly a little ot his hair showing , J . . .. . & better than a tin m the undergrowth was tins len l^r a squirrel's tail. Major ra"ler "? a dc idle took the little fellow up house of the hoi ins arms and carried him to a the tents of wicl ing nearby and bathed his face, style was ditlac , apparently endeavored to and ;ak again, but closing his bright , . .le eyea, all was soon over. was t:lke" :it t! e distressed cries of the almost aim traded grandfather attracted which pays mc son and the colored man, who the indebtedness rried to the scene, reaching church and its sre just as the little lellow . , .il- i a mi u i eluding organ, hlft I >1HI I hA hmlu ried ou a quilt to the railroad, ^a,nPs? ?^clistuuee oi a mile or more, to At night thor ait the arrival of the train giving service he ich brought it on to Lancaster, ing at which tin the meantime while Maj.Kiddle ftnd p, ,. an( i the colored man remained , A i , ih the corpse, Mr.Jamesliiddle s lor 1 SSG' nt up to Fort Lawn and phon- speakers beingR the sad news here, which was the pastor, Revonce phoned to the parents, Messrs. 1). A. V . and Mrs. It. J. Muekoroll, of Hardin and .1 '1 rkville. _ Dn the arrival of the L. tV C. ., . * . (irndru Srhoot O in tlie re'liaiiis wore taken to ! home ot Maj. Riddle. The The graded cly stricken patents arrived Monday, meetii hour lator on the train from u,n0 tj10 rkville. i ii- i i ,, wi building under i Major uulaIe was completely ircome by the distressing acci- &blo auspices. it and is couiiiied to his bed cordis of teach in the severe shock to his nor- present at the oj is system. In his sad misfor-i>0f visitors ant .0 the entire community deeply Wlo a fow'rora! npalhi/es with him. 1 tie par- , ,8 too liave the heartfelt ay in- e oc^aslon hy of everybody in the loss of as follows : tir briglll utile soil. WHO w;ts ix ! MUiinriiii.enih'iit. leral favorite in this comrou Jcipal. Assist au r ^ \ ;>cV.I much of liis T. V. Williams, Missus Eloise ml parents. Knb- .and Gertrude Foster, Mr. J. K. IdJulv 27th,and c0tul0rs, and Miss Nora 1 lough. ^ ii.ulv orifilit boy. .. ?<r..u.i:... -2.1 1 here wore iilmut, _.)() nnmio ' i-a, iin.iKiiiLV ctUU ' " 1 "i"'0 icil everybody to enrolled, among them some ten everybody love or fifteen from other places. > fellow will be Miss Eva llobinson is in charge of the factory school, which also opened Monday. irasfcetf Moore* >r?, wife ol Mr. The VlsUors> ortnerly of this ! past few months Mrs. J. M. Death lias reied in a hospital home. Friday morning Mr. <1). Ileece Williams visited of an operation Columbia the past week. -ined <m Sunday T y Williams, Esq., goes to .(1 been suffering Camden today to attend court, he t fleets ot an : thrown from a Mi?? Minnie Miller has return. '? ed from a visit to friends in Cheslaway horse sevnd her physiGans er* ?d that an opera- Rev. Dr. Bailey was the guest v?' uy to save her ?f Rev. Dr. Boldridge while here the daughter ol recently. of the New Cut Mrs. j. ]3. Mackorell is on a lent lady, highly vjsit to her parents in Yorkwho knew her. vUle> . nths ago she left ... . .. , , , . , ... U"ass Annie Lee bfiaw, ol fiish1", happy bride /Wp* ? ? , , opr.?f?, is visiting Miss Lizzie ies and pleasant , . , . . lilltnanof this place, make her home tere her husband, Mrs. E. O. Jones of Newberry , was managing is l'ie ?,,eaf ?f Mrs. Ira B. Jones, the Charleston her sister-in-law. !!or father was Mr. John E. Por%ter returned die died, and the Monday to Remberl to his lutn. ??^l ought, to Lancas- beriug interests. turning on the Mrs. J. VVylie Porter of Ker-f were interred , . , , .A. . shaw spent several duvs with her ipewell church. ... . u lather liere, Capt. A. JlcManus, ited herself with . , . last week. >. The oereaved irents have the Mr- 'L p- Llinev' ot Dudley e public in this ?*me over Monday trt bring his of Providence. daughter, Miss Lizzie, to re enter school. rr/t nrifirittcil. Miss Juanita Wylio left yesl day destined to teiday for Decatur, Ga., where in the annuls of she will enter the Agnes Scott ,ist church, loca Institute. hill here. 1 he ^jr \\r p Robinson left last jrsliip was dedi- week foi Troy to enter upon his I. Bailey, D. D., as principal of the Troy e State Mission High school. preached the . . . Mr. .J. II. Craig and his young on, using as his , . , , ? . . . . 7 , . brule, of Cordova, Ala., visited ialm, l Oth verse ... , , , . the lather of the lormer recently. hi y i i ?s i*> | ousand. I had Mr U' U" Ur'"*> 01 11,0 Now 0ut >orkaeper in iho 8ec^ou* . H *d than dwell in j Miss Florence Brown wont to kedness." His Kershaw last week to bo present tic, but forceful the opening ot the graded A collection school there in which sue will lie conclusion of teach grades 1 and 2. muting to $100, H. (J. Allison returned * >re than halt of Saturday Irom the northern mar. i tor this pretty kets. He visited the (iettys- V furnishings, in- ourg battlefield while in Haiti* pulpit, scats, inore. , . Mrs. J. J. Home and children c was a thanks- , , .... . , . , oumter stopped over with Mrs. ild ni that build-1 . . ... . i.J. ,J. mackmon on lier way lrom ire wore singing .... , , "a vi-it to Monroe, N. (J. I a number of s, among the Kugene Hough, eldest son of ev T A. Dahnoy, Mr. John Hough of (Jronwood, Dr. Boldridge, 9Pe,lt a few hours here with his ?.??. .. *i.. i. ? IT a \. i ^ V imams, It. 1'. master aim uu.uu, laso \ Davis. Thursday. - m Mr.and Mrs.O.J.lIenrv readied home last week with their sick school opened j little soil who was taken quite lg lor the lirst ill while Mrs. liunry was sumluitidsomo 110A' mering in Western 2s*orth Carlnusually favor- olina. The little fellow is holdBesides the full ing his own, but lie is yet quite ers there were sick. >euing a number Indigestion Tho lwhm!/!jmwv IMMKOf v 'K|.v A. 'li. Banks,f vUliuli tho ttso (>f MICK'S II. r.Oox, prin.i lOoU. 2/icrs. SOcfs. j? t toacliers, Afrs.j M* Drugstores wimae