The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-25
LOCAL DOTS

Mr. Lon Houze received last
week five fine Holstein heifers, ship
ped to him from Virginia.
Rev. ]. H. Thayer is assisting
Rev. s. r. Brock in the protracted
meeting at Ebenezer this week
DIR. G. B. Pratt has returned
from his vacation spent at Piedmont
Springs, N. c., and is once more on
the job.
"A. G. Rowell, ex-superintendent
or education of Lancaster county.
was in town Saturday. Mr. Roweli
is now teaching at Camp Creek
The Ladies' Aid Society of Unity
will give an ice cream supper Friday
from to 10 p. m. at the residence
of Mrs. Ed Simpson.
Miss Virginia Cousar, daughter
OF Mr.. n. B. Cousar, has returned
from Charlotte, where she underwent
treatment at the Charlotte Sanitor-
ium.
Mr.. II. b. Robinson and Miss
Bernice Davis of the Robinson Cloud
Company, went North. tonight to buy
the fall and winter stock for their
house.
Mr.. c. A. Plyler reports that his
son, who has been in the Magdalene
Hospital in Chester for some time.
is better He still has some fever,
but is improving.
There will be an ice cream SUP
per at the Craigville No. school
house, near ID. f. Helms next Sat
urday night, August %. proceeds for
the benefit of the school.
A series OF preaching services
will begin in the Pleasant Hill A. r..
p. church Friday morning at IL
o'clock Rev. w. w. Boyce Of Rock
Hill will do the preaching.
Sec the call on page eight to
farmers, bankers and business men
to be present at the organization of
a County Cotton Congress at the
court house next Thursday, August
81.
There will be Junior picnic at
Unity school house September 4th.
There will be several addresses made.
All Juniors and the public are cor
daily invited to attend with we'll
filed baskets.
Mr.. Hugh Taylor OF Kershaw
and Miss Henrietta Robinson of the
Midway section were married Sun
day, August %, Notary Public w. F..
Estridge performing the ceremony in
the presence of a large number of
friends and relatives.
Mr.. ]. Clark Robinson has re-
turned from Charlotte, where he
stopped for several days on his re
turn from Baltimore. Mr.. Robinson.
after undergoing treatment at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital and the
Charlotte Sanitorium, is consider
ably improved
Miss Marie Craig will make a
talk at Craigsville school house,
North Lancaster district, Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. Miss Craig
has just returned from Europe and
will tell Of her travels during the
past few months. The public is cor
daily invited to attend.
"A rare opportunity will be at-
fored to all who can attend, to hear
Miss Marie Craig's talk on what she
saw on her recent trip abroad. In
view of the great conflict between
the powers OF Europe what Miss
Craig shall say would be of interest
to every one.
Among the recent school i'm
provements in the county we are
pleased to learn that a new school
building has been erected on Mr.. s.
ID. Taylor's place near the Charlotte
road and that the school house al
Elgin has been enlarged so as to
double it's former capacity.
Mr.. s. M. Barnette returned
home Monday from a ten days trip
to New York, Niagara Falls, Phila.
delphia, Baltimore and Washington
Mr.. Barnette says while imported
goods are very scarce and high on
account of the war in Germany, he
bought the incest line he has ever
had.
At the Farmers institute picnic
at Heath Springs Saturday, two
games of baseball were played be
tween Heath Springs and Bethune
one i'm the morning, the other in the
afternoon. The local team defeated
the visitors i'm the first by a score o
6 TO 2 and in the second game by {
score of 8 to o.
Col. Leroy Springs left Sunday
night for Washington in response Il
a call to him from Secretary McAdoC
to be present at the cotton confer
ence held yesterday in that city
While the conference was called pri
marily to discuss the cotton situation
3 representatives from tobacco state
will also be there and all these con
ditions will be brought to the atten
tion OF the government. Colone
Springs spoke optimistically Satur
day and seemed to think the govern
:, ment could arrange plans highi,
$ beneficial to the farmers during tn
2 war crisis.
browning ON Mrs. CarIYIe.