The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-13
SHORT LOCAL NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
RECENT. HAPPENINGS in
CITY AND COUNTY.
DOings of People in Which All
Sections of Lancaster Coun- =
ty Are Interested.


from the Methodist Missionary So.
ciety to the Upper Carolina Confer
ence to be held at Rock Hill this
week.
1t has been announced that funds
are now in hand for paying the man
ayers OF the recent Congressional
election and these managers can get
their money by calling at The Bank
OF Lancaster.
The Lancaster court officials, Judge
s. w. G.. Shipp, Solicitor ]. X. Hen
ry and Stenographer Harry McCaw
are all guests at the Royal hotel for
this week. Judge Shipp arrived in
the city Sunday evening while Mr..
McCaw and Mr.. Henry arrived Mon
day morning.
The city was thronged with visi-
tors for the opening day of criminal
court and almost an equally large
number is spending today in town
The stores were thronged with shop
pers all during yesterday and the
merchants of the city report that
they did splendid business.
Some of the best of Lancaster's
local talent is now engaged in re-
hearsing for an amateur theatrica;
to be given at an early date for the
benefit of the Boy Scouts Patrol Of
Lancaster. Much interest is being
taken in the affair by those assigned
to parts in the cast and it is pre-
dicted that the affair will be a sue
cess from every standpoint when it
takes place.
T. B. Smith, a well known Lancas-
ter citizen, brought to The Lancaster
News office Saturday hen egg upon
the end of which was inbedded
leaden shot. There is no explanation
as to how the shot was planted in
the egg as the hen has always borne
the reputation of perfect sobriety
and it is not even possible to consid-
er that she was half-shot when the
egg was laid.
Following their appearance here
last Sunday morning, Gov. Malcolm
r. Patterson of Tennessee and DR..
Edwin B. Stearnes of New York went
to Kershaw, where they spoke to d
large audience Sunday afternoon.
The meeting here was held at IL
O'Clock and Immediately after lunch
the two speakers left for Kershaw.
where they spoke Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock.
The blue print for Lancaster's
handsome new postoffice building has
arrived and may now be seen at the
postoffice where the print is in the
hands of the postmaster, who is also
custodian OF the site. The plans call
for a beautiful structure and the
Lancaster postoffice. when completed
Will be one of the handsomest Fed
eral structures in the State. Bids
for the erection of the building are
to be opened in Washington April IL
but it is hardly probable that any
contracting concerns OF this imme-
diate vicinity will bid on the work.
The Lancaster County Teachers
Association held its regular monthly
meeting in the Central Graded
school auditorium last Saturday
morning. The meeting was enjoy
able. interesting and profitable from
every standpoint. v. A Lingle,
county superintendent OF education
and president of the association, pre-
sided over the meeting. The invo-
cation was delivered by Rev. Hugh
X. Murchison, pastor Of the Presby-
terian church, and following this,
the regular program OF the meeting
was taken up. Miss Ethel o. Brock
OF the Lancaster schools read paper
and this was followed by a discus
sion by A. C. Rowell. Short talks
were also made by Chalmers F.. wes-
singer. Mrs. w. f. Taylor, Miss Jose
phine Foster and several OF the other
teachers present.
The Methodist church of Lancaster
was taxed to its capacity last Sun
day morning to Accommodate the
huge crowd present for the Anti-Sa-
loon League meeting. DR..
Edwin Stearnes of New York
city and Ex-Governor NAL
colmn r. Patterson of Tennessee.
were the two, speakers for the day