The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-12-03
LOCALDOTS

The Methodist parsonage of the
East Lancaster circuit has been
moved from Tabernacle to Hope
we'll.
,ried on Thanksgiving Day,
N ,Ier 25th, bysH. ID. Thompson,
notary public, Mr.. Charlie Belk and
Miss Dot Belk, both of Union county,
N. G.
--Thore will be box supper at
Bufcrd school house t'ri1Iy night,
December 10. the proeeads u go to
the a.'rto,. The public Is cordially
invited
The Kings Daughters will serve
fried and stewed oysters, a salad
course aud coffee in the Jones Mer-
camille building on Holiday Trades
Day, next Friday. ~
ALI members of the Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce are urged to
attend quarterly membership meet
ing at court house next Tuesday
night. Important business to trans
act.
Mr.. ]. F.. NJ. Estridge of the Fork
Hill section was here on business
yesterday. Mr.. Estridge is a good
friend Of The Lancaster News and
his kind words in praise of it are
much appreciated.
Senator d. Reece Williams has
been engaged this week with joint
committee of the senate and house
in visiting the state colleges and
checking up their books and ac-
counts.
Cotton Is bringing 12M cents
per pound on this market today and
cotton seed 6S cents per bushel. The
Lancaster Cotton Oil Mill Is making
an exchange rate Of $500 pounds Of
meal for ton Of seed.
We are glad to report that Capt
d. r. Penny, the popular and eff
cient conductor of the l.. & c. Rail-
way, was able to return home this
week, considerably improved after
treatment at the Pryor Hospital in
Chester.
Mr.. M. v. Gaines Of the Eastman
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, was here this week in the interest
of that we'll established institution
A number of local alumni of East
man welcomed Mr.. Gaines to Lam
caster.
We have received several letters
to Santa Claus, which will appear
next Tuesday. We will be glad to
publish all letters to Santa Claus re-
ceived between that date and De-
cember 21, and ask that all our little
friends write their Christmas letters
early.
Rock Hill, No. 1918, b. p. O.
F., will hold it's lodge of Sorrow"
Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock at
the Pastime Theatre, to which the
public is cordially invited. Hon.
Of
the speaker.-Rock Hill Record.
Miss Nell Ingram of Kershaw,
one OF the contestants in the prize
contest of The Lancaster News, won
the local prize OF a $40 gold piece for
the best collections from November
20 to December l. The contest will
: close one week from tomorrow, De-
cember IL.
Mr.. Poney OF Columbia, state
supervisor for the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, attended the funeral
of the late Mr.. A. B. Lindsey, local
agent of the company. A very hand
some floral offering was sent by the
Singer Company and placed on Mr..
Lindsey's last resting place.
Mr.. l.. H. Rowell Of the Taber-
nacle section held family reunion
at his home on Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. Rowell has reared q large family.
There are thirteen children, nine
sons and four daughters, all of whom
are married and were present, eX-
cept one daughter, Mrs. Ida Hair,
who lives in Texas.
Rev. e. T. Hodges returned
Tuesday from Spartanburg, where he
attended the first meeting of the
Upper South Carolina conference.
Mr.. Hodges has been confined at
home since his return with severe
cold, on account OF which he will not
be able to fill his pulpit as usual on
Sunday.
Mr.. G. j Griffin OF the Taber-
hacle neighborhood, Lancaster coun-
ey. s. G., has bought the Dwight
Benton place, near Unionvllle, and
has moved to 1t. He will 60 into the
mercantile business. Mr.. Griffin un-
I'll two years ago was a citizen of
Waxhaw. The community into which
Mr.. Griffin and family have moved
has gained some good people.-Mon-
roe Enquirer.
Among the many new buildings
being erected in and around lancas-
ter are the two-story residence of
Mr. X. j. McIlwain, in the eastern
suburbs OF the town and four new
brick store rooms for Mr.. K. T..
Wylie near the Southern depot. The
MONIES or DR.. Eugene Funderburk
and Mr.. A. j. Roddey are undergo
ing alterations, the addition of
porches. etc.
While walking along Hampton