The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-02
SHORT LOCAL NEWS
fOF GENERAL INTEREST
RECENT HAPPENINGS IN
CITY AND COUNTY.
DOings of People i'm Which All
Sections of Lancaster COun-
ty Are Interested.

ferlng lS cents per pound on the To-
cal market for cotton this morning.
John F.. Bowling, who has been
manager of the Columbia Tailoring
Companys local store yesterday as
sumed charge of the Il. and B. Tail
oring Company, which business he
purchased from his brother; Homer
Bowling. The latter has been APP
pointed r.. f. ID. mail carrier on
Route 4 10 succeed the late a. ID.
Hillard. w. James Evins, who has
been carrier on Route 4 will take
Route hereafter.
A few of the new one dollar and
two dollar bills have arrived in Lan>
caster and are exciting considerable
interest The bill of the one dollar
denomination is almost identical in
appearance with that of the five and
people receiving them will do we'll to
scan the new money closely Visitors
coming from Washington are well
supplied with the new bills as we'll
as with the new dimes, quarters and
half-dollars in silver money.
Charged with enticing labor from
the State, William Anderson, ne
gro, has been arrested and placed in
Jail. Upon complaint of j. Il. Craig
Magistrate Caskey issued the war
rant and when Anderson was ar
rested passes were found on his per-
son good for nine passages to Spen-
Ger, n. C.. 1t is alleged that the ne
gro had succeeded in persuading four
OF Mr.. Craig's negro tenants to leave
the farm and go to North Carolina.
Among the Lancaster people who
will leave tomorrow night for Wash
ington to attend the inauguration of
President Woodrow Wilson are: MI
and Mrs. w. c. Hough, w. f. Plyler,
Paul Moore, ]. ii. Witherspoon. F..
w. Hunter, L. c. Payseur, IL. II.
Horton and w. j. Cunningham. The
party will leave Lancaster at 1928
o'clock over the Southern Railroad,
travelling in a Pullman car reserved
for this city. Their car Will be at
tached to the South Carolina Inaug-
uration Special in Rock Hill.
Fire of unknown origin broke out
in Plyler's Meat Market at Midway
Yesterday morning about $50 and
the market, its stock of goods, furnl-
ture and fixtures, were completely
destroyed The building was owned
uy Sheriff j. p. Hunter and his loss
will be fully $1,000 with about $500
insurance, while the market. owned
and operated by Douglas Plyler, Will
be almost an entire loss. The fire
department did good work but the
blaze was so far advanced when dis
covered that little could be accom-
plished.
Efforts towards reviving the Lam
caster Chamber of Commerce are
now under way and those interested
say that there is every prospect OF
success. A call has been issued for
the Board OF Governors OF the Cham
Der of Commerce to meet next Thurs
day afternoon, at which time plans
will be considered for reorganizing
the body. 1t is believed that a
Chamber OF Commerce can be made
a powerful factor for the upbuilding
OF the town and the public generally
will await next weeks meeting with
interest.
Announcement has been made that
a SQUAD of navy recruiting officers
under the direction of Lieut. o. F.
Cooper of Charleston will visit Lam
caster on April IA for the purpose
o. trying to secure recruits from this
city and county for the United
States navy. The officers are making
a tour of the entire State and will
visit the county seat town in every
county in the State and spend one
day there 1t Is hoped that the en-
listments from South Carolina will
be materially swelled by reason OF
the efforts the squad will put forth
Lancaster people are somewhat in
terested in a case now being held in
Mecklenburg civil court In which
Luther T. Rollins is bringing suit
against the Yandle and Robertson
Company of PineviIle. Chief Orr Of
the Lancaster police force and Con-
stable ]. b. Conner went to Charlotte