Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Short Locals. Wednesday, February 10, 1904. t ?Mrs. Harriett Clark, widow of Charles Clark of Irvington, H died on the 30th of January ' last of paralysis aged 64 years. ?Over $50 was realized from the basket supper at Mr. J. D. Taylor's last week. The money will be used to enclose Shiloh cemetery. ?There will be services in the Episcopal church next Sunday atll o'clock a. m., and 5 p. m., conducted by Rev. G. Croft Williams. ?Senator A. C. Latimer has sent some garden seeds to the Enterprise office for distribu^ tion, and those who want such seeds can get them by calling at that office. C ?128 acres of land belonging to the estate of Wm. Vanlandingham was sold at public sale Monday and bought by Mr. Jack Caskey for $1065. The old par sonage and lot near same in Bolltown was purchased also by Mr. Jack Caekey for $315. ?r. it. massey and W. F. Swaringon were elected delegates to the Republican convention which meets in Columbia on the 24th inst. R. B. Mob ley, C. G. Mcllwain and Wm. McKenna were elected to the congressional convention which meets at Rock Ilill on the 18th. ?A letter from Texas brings the news of accidental death of ^ Mr. Amos Cook, son of Mr. John Cook who moved from this county some years ago. He was a locomotive engineer and * some how or other got a out in the side of his chest by a broken class in his cab and the out r? suited in his death, ? ?Rev. T. A. Dabney i9 taking orders for one of the most practical and useful books we've seen lately?an encyclopaedia of valuable business forms and tables that would be useful to farmers and business men generally. It is a book, too, within the reach of all who need such a work for ready reference. I ?The students of Tabernacle i High School will render "Ten Nights in a Barroom" at the < school building on Friday night, < Feb. 19th. The public i9 cordially invited to attend. Ad- < mission, adults, 15 cout9 ; chil dren, 10 cents. Proceeds to be ' devoted to school purposes. 1 ? What Manager M. I). Lee denominates a Farmers' Mechani- ( cal and Educational conference ] will be held at the colored school J V building here on the 18th inst. ? Magistrate H. W. Mobley of ] Heath Springs added to the ^ county treasurer's funds $39.90, fines and costs collected by him for the past quarter. ?Mr. Flannigan Faile, an operative at the cotton mill got one of his hands so badly mashed in a loom that it had to be amputated. The operation was made by Drs. T. J. Strait and W. M. Crawford. ?tion. A. K. Sanders of iiagood, one of the directors of the State penitentiary, stopped over here one night last week with his old friend and schoolmate, Mayor w Wylie. He was on his way to i Chester county to inspect the convict camps. ?Rov.T A. Dabney, who has recently moved his family here, filled his appointment at Flat Creek Saturday and Sunday. ?Miss Sallie Beckham, sistor of Mr. Jud Beckham of this place, was married Sunday to Mr James Watson of the Pleas ant Hill section, Mr. J. Montgomery Caskey performing the ceremony. ?Lemuel Parker, a young white man who was working at the Rollings-Crow saw mill in Flat Creek was struck on the head by a negro who was work ing there last Friday. Parker's skull was fractured and lie is in a precarious condition. WANTED?Persimmon, Dogwood, Hickory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on carloads James Cockshott, Charleston, S.C. o21,4m Died From Wounds. Robert Baskins, colored, died Sunday a few miles below Kershaw from the effects of a wound inflicted by John Morrison, a white man who attends to the railroad's water tank some three miles below Kershaw. It seems that Baskins and some other negroes were going down the railroad Saturday night cursing pretty boisterously when Morrison went out and told them not to come by his house behaving in that manner. But they kept on and he fired into them with the result above stated Tt is said that some of the negroes shot at him, the balls striking his house. Whether this was before or after he shot, we are not informed. The shooting was in Kershaw county. fire Sunday Morning. Sunday morning about 9 o'clock smoke was discovered coming out of the drug store of Crawford Bros., and upon entering the store it was found that the fire was in the back end of the room, among some boxes, and that it was making an ugly start Several who were there first, say that if the fire had had five minutes more it would, in all probability, have been beyond control, as it was near the kerosene tank, a barrel of turpentine and a cask of alcohol, all of which would "oon have taken fire. But as luck would have it, a few buckets of water were sufficient to extinguish the fire. The loss was small, the greater portion of it being from smoke to the building, furniture and fixtures The building and fixtures wer?* insured, but there was no in 3Uranee on the stock. If that fire had burned the rlrnrr ufnrn flin Pimninr?Un *-*-* L4* V? ^ OVVI Vy V*1U VUlllllll^linili hotel would have been burned, and with the wind as it was, the Davis block would probably have burned and that would have burned the building in which the telephone exchange is, and that would have burned the Mrs. Clyburn building, Mr. John Miller's and the old Mayer dwelling, now owned by Mr. L. IJ. Koddey. Bo Lancaster narrowly escaped a very de9tructtivefire. As to the origin of the fire Messrs. Crawford think it must have started from a cigar stump being dropped, or from a loose match that was gnawed by rats during the night. Mrs. Louis Fraser who has been visiting her son, Rev. Chalmers Fraser, left Monday morning for her home in Decatur, Ga. She was accompanied by Mr. Fraser as far as Chester. Chain Ganff Abolished. ^ The chaingang was abolished on the first Monday in this ( month for the best of reasons? no convicts?all sentences hav- j ing expired except one and one \ only, and as a matter of course ^ the board of commissioners had no choice in the matter. In | fact the chaingang question solved itself so far as this coun- i ty is concerned. For a year or \ so there has been a sentiment ^ growing in favor of leasing out ^ our convicts to Chester or York or some other of the larger counties that can maintain a i chaingang, and thus make the \ convicts a source of revenue to ^ the county instead of an expense, as they were when the number was small. But that course was never adopted. i When we say the chaingang \ is a matter of history so far as < this county is concerned, it is ^ not to bo inferred that the courts and magistrates of this county will no longer sentence violators of law to the chaingang?sen I tences will be passed just as heretofore, and the commission ( ers may lease the convict to ( some other county wliero he will be required to serve out his sentence on the chaingang. Death of Mr. liichardtton. Mr. J. M. Richardson, an 1 industrious, upright and success ( ful farmer of the Creek section, died Monday morning, about halt past six o'clock of dropsey, the | result, it is thought, of injuries sustained in a runaway of his team while hauling wood some 1 three years ago. He was about 60 years of age and leaves a wife and six children. Mr. Richard | son was a native of North Carolina, having moved to this county about 4 years ago. The body was taken to Rock Ilill yesterday and interred beside that of a son who died a few years ago. ] Election Officera Daughter* of the Confederacy. j The Lancaster Chapter Daugh- J ters of the Confederacy held their regular monthly meeting in the ( reading room of the Commercial < Club last Thursday afternoon. The attendance was large, 27 members being present. The ? main business was the election ot officers for the ensuing year. The < old officers, who had served so J ' ] acceptably for the past term, were re-elected, as follows: Presi dent, Mrs. Ira B. Jones; 1st Vice j President, Miss Annie Wither j spoon; 3d Vice President, Mrs Leroy Springs; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Green; Corresponding | Secretary, Mrs. M. J. Perry; j Treasurer, Mrs. M. E. Cauthen; i Historian. Mrs. C. K Eoster. Mrs M R. McCardell was elected to ( the new office of Custodian, which . has been created Bince the last 1 annual meeting. ] Pension Board to Meet Friday* The County Pension Board will meet at the court house ( next Friday, the 12th instant, 1ft A/* It- a m All ? v vr x/*VT\sa* Ui AAA* ** A A WQl HCO | haying business before the board will govern themselves accordingly. W. G. A. Porter, Chairman. _ I Mr. Henry Dabney, of Rock Hill, visited relatives near Lancaster la9t week. 4 jSeasonabl \ ...at LOW P ? The appearance of our stor ^ Winter to early Spring. We W lot of new goods that are ver ^ the year, and you will be a$ M such nice goods so cheap. I W sonable, but it is a fact, tin L Goods, in faco of high cotton ^ er than any of like quality w ^ to our store at any time, if v W things at the lowest prices, y A miss our store now. / Black Dress Go L Black Dress Goods is not surpasse ^ lower than others. 36 inch Cashim v 42 inch Melrose, nothing wears bet ^ Ihe yard 50 cents' 42 inchSurah 8 ^ 75 cents, per yard 55 cents. 45 in (value at $1, our price per yard 85 handsome cloth and worth $1.25 th inch Voils, special, at 50 cents. 45 cents. 45 inch Eoliene, $1.25 gradi Novelty Waisti: W pagne Waitings that came in last ^ so pretty and the prices so reason? ^ Prices : 10, 15, 20, 25 and 40 cents I 1 Guaranteed Taf m $1. 36 inch very heavy and strong K than $1.50, our special price per y colors, per yard 65 cents. 5 Great Values in up new lot of 6,000 yds, bargain T m cheap. Good width, all colors, per atHoents. Wide 12^ oents grade M grade at 12 cts. These are excenti W luster and will undoubtedly be rat 1 Low Cut Shoes ^ with Cuban and hijfh Colonial hee V one, two and three dollars, in blaol m vite you to call and see the wonder | E. E. C The Visitors. Mr. A. M. Ganson of Now York is spending a few days liere. Mrs. W. L. Lee of Anderson s visiting her daughter here, wrs. jonn otewman. Mrs. L. C. Payaeur loft ysster |l lay lor a visit to her daughter in Jolumbia, Mrs. J. E. Poore. ( Miss Bessie Mac key of Heath I Springs visited her brother, Mr. John T. Mackey, last week. ( Kev. Chalmers Eraser attend- < id a call meeting of Bethel j Presbytery iu Chester one day last week. , Senator and Mrs. W. C. Hough returned home Monday. The Senator will go back to Coumbia this week. Mr. A. C. Rowell, county , japorintendent of education, attended the meetfng of county superintendents in Columbia 1 this week. Miss Irine Cunningham returned to Lancaster Tuesday after spending several days in the city with Mis9 Susie Dunlap.?Rock Hill Record. Meeting ol Teachres' Association The Lancaster County Teachers' Association met last Saturday morning, February 6, in the graded school building at Lancaster. Notwithstanding the threatening weather, quite a number of teachers were present which added both interest and enthusiasm to the occasion. The meeting was called to order by President R. A. Dobson. After the intro e - Goods! RICES j o lias rapidly changed from i > are showing a beautiful ^ v desirable at this time of ^ ;reeably surprised to find t may sound a little unrea- M at our new Spring Wash m i, on many of them, cheap- & e have ever shown. A visit ^ ou are looking for the best ^ ou certainly can't afford to ^ -J- In point of excel- m IUU.D lence our line of M <1 in the city. Our prices are m ere, the 25 cents kind at 19 cents. ter and usually sells at 75 cents, >erge, very line and soft; value loh silk finish Henrietta, good ? cent". 45 inch Deep DeAlma, e yard, our price 95 cents. 40 ? inch Voils, the $1 grade at 80 M e at $1. K ? Th? line of pretty m II gO white and chain- V week are tine sellers. They are ible that everybody has to buy. ;he yard. & eta Silk?J Vothing to equal it for less m ard $1.15. 20 inch Tafetas, all V .Ribbons?"p'e'ned J afeta Ribbon?, pick d up very yard 0 cents Wide 10 eta jfrade m at 10cent9. .Very wide 15 centa onally good ribbons, with high H >id sellers. m New stock baa arrived, one, two and three strap Sandals la. New styles in Oxforda at ( and Russian leathers. We inLOUD J ductory exercises and the reading of the minutes, the programme lor the meeting was taken up and the topics which had been previously assigned were interesting ly discussed and responded to by the teachers present, the meeting being quite informal. A rising vote of thanks waa extend*.d Miss Gertrude Sherer for her interesting and instructive paper 011 ,kHow to beaut ily school and school grounds." The other topics were ably discussed as follows: "Should text books be used in the tirst grade ?" by Rev. R. E. Mood ot Oakhurst. tkliow can Lancaster county have a live Teachers' Association?' by Supt. R. A. Dobeon ot Kershaw. "Why some teachers fail to control their |pupils ?" by Supt. A R. Banks of Lancaster. Every teacher in the county is supposed to be a member of this association ; therefore, we not only ask but insist upon their attendance upon these meetings. Eva May Robinson, Sec'y. Basket Supper. The public are cordially in* vited to attend a basket supper to be given at Antioch school house Friday night, Feb, 12, The proceeds are to be used for church purposes. Misses Virgie Baker, Minnie Caskey, Mamie Caskey, Esther Stogner, Bertha Stogner, Laura Hammond, Lena McManus, Bessie Giles, Maud Williams, Lucy Baker, Committee.