The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-30
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.

Lancaster cotton buyers were Of
fering 19 IL cents per pound on the
local market this morning for good
cotton.
Ed Plyler having sold his moving
picture show in Kershaw, is spending
a few days with his brother, Millen
Plyler.
Billy Mcdonald of Kershaw Is
keeping books for the Catawba Fer
tihzer company during the busy
season.
The municipal authorities are hav-
Ing Lancaster's white way system
treated to coat of fresh green
paint. The appearance of the posts
is materially improved.
The ladies of the Lancaster EQUAL
Suffrage League were active yester-
DAY the occasion being Tag Day"
1t is understood that the league re.
allied quite neat sum as a result
OF the days efforts.
Young men composing the MEM
bershfp of the Bachelors Club have
concluded not to give up their quar-
ters, as had been previously an
nounced, and will continue to occupv
their bungalow.
Mrs. ]. ]. Blackmon has been IN.
ken to the Pryor hospital in Chester
where she will undergo an operation
for appendicitis. Those making the
Trip with Mrs. Blackmon were Mr..
Blackmon. DR.. ]. ID. Funderburk and
DR.. Z. ]. Hinson.
Reports have it that Heath Sprines
is soon to have a newspaper of its
own, initial announcements being to
the effect that the first issue would
appear yesterday. No copies have
yet been received in Lancaster but
1t is said that the Heath Springs peo.
pie are in earnest in their venture.
The work of repainting, repairing
and renovating the Royal hotel has
been begun and is progressing rapid
ly. The interior is to be materially
improved and the entire building is
to be screened. When the work ia
completed the Royal will be a splen-
did hotel.
There is decided local interest in
recruiting and it 1t generally believ-
ed that Lancaster will furnish far
more than her quota of men when
the call comes for volunteers. in the
event that the United States de-
clares war on Germany. number
OF the young men of the city are
heenly interested. especially in tn,
naval service.
The offices of the City of Lancas-
ter are now established in the
Springs Block on Main street, occu-
pying the building where Barnett's
Five and Ten Cents store was former
ly located and within the next few
days the offices of the Lancaster Light
and Power Company will also be
moved to the same location. Judge
Ernest Secrest. the city clerk and
treasurer, says that the municipal
Office will be kept open hereafter
from 9 a. m. until p. nj. each day
'Lancaster's Greater Minstrels"
will be the attraction at Mackey
Opera House tonight and indications
are that the local talent production
will be witnessed by capacity
house. Those making up the cast OF
the play have been at work for sew
eral weeks and they say that the best
song hits of the season, the best
Jokes and the best costumes ever
seen In Lancaster will be offered to-
night for the public's approval. Tho
proceeds of the undertaking will go
t, the local troop OF Boy Scouts.
Shortly before o'clock yesterday
morning, Will McCray and Will
Brown. two negroes. became engaSed
In friendly scuffiing match on
W. ,+,oet -o~~ 40 oil NV Tho
Slay finally grew too rough Tor Nc
Cray and he decided that he would
do a little fighting In earnest, where
upon he seized a piece of iron pipe
and struck the Brown negro terri
BILE blow over the head. The negro's
skull was fractured and his condition
fg said to he critical McCrav is In