Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, September 16, 1903, Image 5
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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
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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
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\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.
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?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
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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 ,
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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.
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?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