The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
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.


practioing in Court of General Ses-
sions here Wednesday was w. b. viii.
son, Jr., of the Rock Hill bar.
Lancaster people are interested in
the announcement that the Camden
Horse Show is to be held this year,l
on March 29 and 80, the first horse
show of the season in South Carolina.
A number of local people will proba-
bly, attend the show.
More travelling men spent last
night and today in Lancaster than
had been here in some months. Both
hotels we're filled to overfiowing and
some Of the travellers were unable to
secure any accommodations at all for
last night.
Mrs. John T. Green, who recently
suffered a stroke of paralysis, is said
to be somewhat improved, which will
be cheering news I oher many
friends. 1t will be some time before
Mrs. Green will be able to leave he,
bed.
Lancaster people will be interested
in learning that Mrs. Ella McMurray
of Lancaster and James w. Green Of
Elmira, N. Y, were recently married
in Donaldsville, La, at the former
home of the bride where she was WIS.,
iting her mother.
The Lazenby Stock Farm, one Of
the best known stock raising con-
Germs of the county, reported yester-
day that the farm had calf 1S hours
old that weighed 12S pounds. This
is the largest calf ever seen in this
section at that age.
Latta C. Davis is planning to open
in ten days a pool room in the A. ].
Brown old stand on Main street He
will have three tables, and it prom
ises to be one of the highest class
places of it's kind. He will have
everything to make up a first class
pool room.
Miss Cora McAteer and Ellison
Flynn, both OF the Lancaster mill
village, were married last Saturday,
II, ID. Thompson, n. p, officiating.
The bride and groom have been
spending the last week with friends
and relatives in the New Bethel com
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Driscoll who
have been making their home at the
Royal hotel since coming to Lancas.
ter, are engaged this week in NOV
ing into their new home, the Ben.
nett house on Catawba Avenue Mr..
Driscoll is manager of the Lancaster
Department store.
Plyler's uptown store has added
first class and up-to-date meat
market to its stock and the new
market is doing a thriving business.
Mr. Plyler says that his market, like
his grocery, will supply nothing but
the best to the trade and that at the
best possible figure.
According to a report made public
by the director of the census yester-
day. there were 1927 bales of cot
ton ginned in 1916 in Lancaster
county, as compared with 22,379
bales in 1915. The quantities are in
running bales, counting round as
half bales and linters not included.
Miss Ruby Steele OF Lancaster
and Chester II. Neal of the Camp
Creek section were married in Ian
caster last Saturday afternoon, the
ceremony being performed by Mag
istrate John l.. Caskey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal will make their home in
the Camp Creek neighborhood,
where Mr.. Neal is a successful far
mer.
r. p. Bryan. representing the vi
tagraph Company Of America, spent
yesterday in the city and while here
closed with Manager George Parr of
the Star Theatre for a number OF high
class features. The features will be
supplied within the next few weeks
and II Is expected that they will be
very pleasing to the patrons Of the
Star.
T. p. Jones and John Jones. well
known citizens OF Great Falls, spent
yesterday in Lancaster on business
The Chester county men say that
there is a great demand in Chester
county for bridge over the Ca