The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-16
SHORT LOCAL NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
RECENT HAPPENINGS IN
NCITY AND COUNTY.
DOings of People in Which All
Sections of Lancaster COun-
ty Are Interested.

Local cotton buyers were offer
ing Is 1-2 cents per pound on the
Lancaster market this morning for
cotton.
Owing to the fact that the pastor
will be in Columbia. there will be no
service at the Lancaster A. r. p.
church next Sabbath, according to an
announcement made today.
b. r. Funderburk, the little 49,
months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Boyce Funderburk, died last Satur-
day night about 9 o'clock at the home
of his parents in this city. The little
fellow had been ill only about two
weeks and his death was a great
friends.
1t was out of the question for any
Lancaster people to get any negro in
town to do any work for them either
Wednesday night or Thursday night
The occasion was the presence in the
city of n negro minstrel show and
every negro in the city able to raise
"two-bits" was right on the scene
when the performance began.
People of the Lancaster mill viii
lage have decided to organize a CO.
operative store and with that end in
view have selected A. II. Robbins as
president and C. B. Jordan as secre-
tary and treasurer. The latter has
been authorized to solicit subscrip-
tions to the capital stock of the ven
pursuit.
Merchants of the city report that
business during the week just com
ing to close has been the best ex-
perienced in several months. The
fact that court is in session here
served to attract a number Of visi-
tors, and in addition the pretty
weather following the recent rains,
also served to bring many people to
town from the rural sections.
A large number OF delegates from
@oodmen of the World camps in all
parts of Lancaster county left yester-
day to attend the meeting Of the
Head Camp of the Order, which is
now in session in Greenwood. This
is biennial event with the Wood
y1Nan nd he nf vt;
tracted to every meeting.
The annual missionary meeting or
the Ladies' Aid Society OF the Lam
caster Presbyterian church will take
place at the manse next Tuesday af-
ternoon at $3.50 O'Clock The princf-
pal feature of the annual meeting
will be an address by Rev. w. S.
Patterson, pastor of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church. His
subject will be Foreign Missions"
Lancaster people have learned
with interest OF the marriage of Miss
Lila Gossett of Bolton and w. u. Nc
Cullough of Great Falls. which event
was solemnized in Belton last Sun
day. Mr.. Mccullough has a number
OF friends in Lancaster and is a fire.
quent visitor to this city. The young
people will make their home in Great
Falls where Mr.. Mccullough holds a
position.
Analyses indicate water to be OF
good quality and free from contain
fnation" is the wording of a report
just sent to this city by DR.. r. l..
Parker of Charleston, State chemist
and bacterioligist. Every quarter
specimens OF the municipal drinking
water are sent to the chemist for an
examination and the last report is
entirely negative as to bacterial indi-
cations of contamination.
Paul G. McCorkle OF York, con-
gressman from the Fifth district un-
til March 4. has been spending a few
days In the city on business and has
been warmly greeted by his many
friends. Although York citizen
now, Mr.. McCorkle Is even more at
home ir Lancaster than he is I'm
York. He says that his stay in
Washington was most delightful ana
that he will never forget the kind