Lua! Matters
OMt '~>r !?wxifif "i i KI i kMl rii <! ! 11 a M -TT >?r
? Fur rent ! 4 room cottn?*<
Apply to \V 1* Bennett. c
- -Fhnidora Cotton Seed, 75 cl
per l>i!8hel 11 M Culp, 11 F. L
No. 4, Lancaster. 3t
?Mrs. L. I.. Ford, of Laurit
bur?, N. C., is on a visit to h(
parents at this place.
?It was reported Wednesda
that Modie Thomas, the ncgr
who escaped from the chain gan
here recently, had been capture
in Yorkville, but the negro caugl
there was not Modie.
?Major Connors visited h
daughter in Columbia this weel
? Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Samu<
Hammond, of the Primus scctioi
April 12, 1905, a son.
?Mrs. C. D. Jones and Mil
Metu Jones, of Lancaster, wei
in the city for the Winthrop pla
Monday night.?Rockhill Recorc
?The witnesses in the Skip
per case recently tried in Winn;
boro, arc being paid off here th
week. The aggregate amount
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somcining over $1,000.
?One Thousand bushels slight
ly damaged corn meal at 50 cent
per bushel.
Bennett Grocery Co.
?Mr. Robert Fly 11 n of Lar
caster spent a couple of days i
the city this week in attendanc
upon court. He is clever, an
\ve#\vere glad to meet him agair
?Camden People.
Mr. R. J. Glenn returned horn
Wednesday. He has made quit
a tour in the North since h
left here March 1st to witness th
inaugural ceremonies, having visit
cd New York City, the Niagai
Falls and other places of interc:
in the empire state.
?Bethel Presbytery convene
with Aimwell church at Ridge
way last Tuesday. Rev. W. I
Lingle was made' moderator, an
W. A. Hafner assistant clerl
About 60 delegates were in at
tendance. Rev. Dr. Frazer an
Klder R. T. Bcaty rcprcscntc
?l.n T ? ?
(>iv i<<iiiLdaiv:i ciiurcil.
?List of letters advertised fc
week ending, April 15, 1905
Messrs. Ed. White, Lamen Horse
Jim Wright, James Knight car
A. N. Adams, Luther Knight
Jim Williams, W. H. Greer. Mr;
Maggie Johnson. Misses Liz/.i
Fletcher, Mami btsoun, Pats
Barber, Dosley Kennington.
J as. F. Hunter, P. M.
The Charlotte Observer, wliic
for years has been one of th
Ledger's most valued exchange.'
has failed to come to us this week
We have missed our old friend n
little, for it reaches Lancaster a
7 a. m. on the day of publicatior
about four hours ahead of the at
rival of even our State dailies
and has been giving us the new
at the breakfast hour when othei
wise wc would have to wait unt
juSt before the midday meal.
?hor Rent! 4-room cottage o
Dunlap street. Also 2 3-root
cottages on French street and
3-room cottages on Arch street
Apply to ?T. S. Carter, Agt.
?Mr, Roy Strait, of the Led
ger force, is spending a few day
in Rock Hill this week. His place i
being filled by Mr. John B. Buck
ner an experienced printer, wh
is stopping over here for a few day
en route from Florida to his ol
home at Dayton, Ohio.
Dr. Struit has about consun:
mated ft big deal with tbe Exeol
9 sior Granite Company. He sell
the company 1000 acre? of hi
granite lands ? about ene-third o
hia Cedar Cheek place ?for $15,
000 in cash und one-third intei
eat in the company^ stock, whi?!
is capitalized at $200,000. I
branch railroad will be built froti
tbe quarry to Heatti Springs.Review.
?Pay for Tbe Ledger.
Anotlur Contfcderac Veteran Ha*
Go e to Ilia Itevmvd
Mr. K. W Mothershcd, an aged
j. citizen of the county, who served
51 throughout the four years of the
8 war in DePass' artillery and made
j a good soldier, died last Monday
afternoon, April 10, 1905. lie
was about 75 years of age, and
1 leaves surviving him seven sons,
'r viz: Jas. R., J. S., W. J., K. M.,
Robert, Oscar| and Thos. Motlicr^
shed, all of whom reside in this
eounty except the latter who lives
at Tampa, Fla. Mr. Mothershed's
remains were interred at Newhope
Tuesday.
js Aaron Williams Granted a New
k Trial
^ Aaron Williams, the negro who
was to have been hanged at Camden
for the rape of Mrs. Langley
last year, was granted a new trial
,s last Thursday by the court now
c in session at Camden, 011 the
Y ground of after discovered cvidence.
The court thought the
affidavits presented sufficient to
5" liietifu nrfiori"" '
u lit W lllill.
js Barn mid ^tables of Dr. <J 1) Nis
bet Uiiniodi
On Wednesday afternoon last
t_ the large new barn and stables,
s together with the windmill and
several hundred dollars worth of
grain and roughness at the Nisbct
home about three miles north of
n Van Wyck, was destroyed by fire,
:e the origin of which is not known.
^ Only an hour or so before the fire
' farm hands all went into the stables
with their -stock out of a
ie shower of rain. It is possible
:e that one of them might have
c smoked during the time they
c were in there and the fire have
started later from the stub of a
a cigarette carelessly thrown down
;t in the stable, but this is only surmise.
The property destroyed
belonged to Dr. J. D. Nisbct and
^ was valued at about $2,coo. It
was insured in the Witherspoon
agency for $500.
"Laughing harleyV !>.>g Gone !
<- Luck.
Auditor Cook has received a j
^ number of letters from parties no-1
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tifying him that their dogs had
died and wanting to know if he
ir couldn't take them oft" the tax
: book, but the following from
r, Charley Hammond, col., of Heath
e Springs, better known as "Laught,
ing Charley take thecake:
5. Mr J. A. Cook, Dear Sir:?
e Your honor, I have had bad luck
y on My Dog. It is dead. Some
one killed it. And what I dislike
about it is that I had sessed it on
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Ij yuui ua nsi. iNovv, aear sir.wnat
e I want you to do for me is this:
. Please take her off from your role.
. I think you have the write to do
Q so. I think you have the Power
lt to do so. Its hard to pay for live
, things and you know I don't want
.. to pay for dead things. When you
5 havD a load on your sholdcr if it
,s is taken off you would feel light.
Dear Mr. Cook, think back on
jj what the poet says: God's word
help the poor in time of trouble.
Now Mr. Cook, you can help me
n rite now. Now is the needy time.
11 Mr. W. C. Cauthen no doubt has
it fix on his book. Kind sir,
would you please see Mr. Cauthen
and have a consultation with him.
- If you will do that and settle this
s matter between von hoath von
s will shore to this nigger good. I
wont tell it to No one because
? some one else mite ask of you
s this same favor, for they have
^ been a lot of Dogs killed down
here this season.
I am yours as ever,
? The Wrong Man Hanged.
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f Memphis, Tenn., April II.?A
? Commercial-Appeal special from
Springfield, Ark, says it is report^
cd there that Marquis Mcadam
^ has made a death-bed confession
n to the murder several years ago
of Dr. C. C. Chantiess, at Center "
Ridge, for which Alexander '
Brinkley was hanged at Merrillton,
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T\v?? Woiin?l?<i i{obb<,i V, I
Fisher and O'Day, the men i
captured at Wadcsboro, N. C.,
and identified as the parties wanted
in this county for the robbery
of the Springs It. & M. Go's safe
at Heath Springs, arc improving.
Fisher had so far recovered
from his wounds as to be removed
from the hotel to the Wadcsboro
jail last Wednesday evening.
There is now thought to be some
hope of the recovcay of O'Day,
the younger of the two, who was
so seriously wounded. The requisition
papers have been arranged
nnd as soon as the men
arc in condition to be moved they
will be brought to Lancaster for '
r a T?t t ?
uiai nisi. i ncy nave occn identified
by detectives as " Connecticut
Shorty" alias John Fisher, and
Hun Robinson alias Clias. O'Day,
who arc wanted in Alexandria,
Va., for similar robheries committed
in 1903. Secretary R. R.
Ray, of the McAddenville mill, |
which was robbed of $2,000, ,
about six weeks ago has also |
identified Fisher as one of the .
'
men who was seen about McAddenville
several days before the .
robbery. Detectives arc confi- .
dent that the right men arc in (
custody as to both the Heath
Springs and McAddenville affairs.
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Ik Ile a ll'Uth Springs Itobber ?
A special from Charlotte, N.C.,
April 13th, gives tho following
account of tho arr9st of a man in (
that city supposed to bo connected
with tho Heath Springs robbery:
Aman who givo his name r
as John Smith, who is suspected
of being one of tho throe burg- j
lurs who rifled the safe of the .
Heaath Springs Hanking Company j
at Heath Spings, S (J., nlto the
McAdeu Mills at McAdcnville, j
was citugld here today by three |
members of tho Charlotte polico
force Word was scut from Lilesv.lle,
tho point where the other
two men wore captured, that the
third one of the party was coming
his way. As Smith alighted from
the train an < nicer grubbed him
and hustlod him to the police
station. The man is non-com
municutivo and declines to give
any information as to who ho is
or a* to whore ho cumo from
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Habeas Corpus l*roeeo<linjjs. 1
Two little colored girls, aged 9
and 1 1 years, were taken from
Jim and Shing Dunlap under
habeas corpus proceedings be- ^
fore Magistrates Caskeyand Perry ^
Thursday, and will be bound out
to some good person who will P
feed, clothe and raise them prop- 11
erly. The proceedings were in- c
stituted by E. R. Kelley, the e
grand-father of the children, be- a
cause of the ill treatment they re- P
ceived at the hands of Jim and "
Shing Dunlap, who were of no 2
blood relation to the children but s'
came to be custodians of them by P
Jim marrying their mother who ?
afterwards died, when he subse- 2
quently married Shing. The NS
children have been placed in the V'
custoday of Constable J. T. Ilun- a
ter until arrangement for binding
them out are made.
Squire Bniles Shoots Ilia Cousin,
and the Wound is Said to he t<
Fatal. b
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opociai 10 News and Courier. fl
Charlotte, N. C., April 13.? al
Squire W. O. Bailee, who is o
known far and wide as the mag- e<
is?rate who has married more r(
couples in the past few yoars than S
all of the ministers combined, ye6- ti
terday shot and fatally wounded rc
his cousin, Edward Bilos, a pro* ai
minunt young man of this coun- B
ly. It stems that bud feelings, pi
has existed between the Bailee c<
families, and that a quarrel ensu- H
od yeetorday ns the result of an ni
old grude. Bnlio's physician says O
today that his condition is rery a
critical, and the probability is that 01
^ w --wc x.-2 *sb
be c*Annot reoovoi from the cffeci
lif 'ho wound. Squire Builea hn*
bfcn urreeled ru<1 will ho given u
bearing at Fort Mill S. O. tomorrow.
G. W. 13, .Jr.
?Supervisor Gardner let the
buildnig of the bridge over Lower
Camp Creek Thursday to Mr. \V. a
C. Davis for $i 50. i
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What Pleasure a Woman i
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lakes in Being Well c
Dressed!
It means so much to her. Her __
lYiends come to regard her as " a 111
ivoman of taste." They defer to f|
ier judgment in all discussions on
he subject of dress.
Our Dress Goods and linens arc
1 tangible expression of propriety
\nd elegance in' feminine dress.
Jome in and sec what we have to Y
)lfer. We never urge you to buy. ?
It isn't necessary. These goods
Jo the urging themselves. Y
Printed colored cotton Fabrics Jj,
}f sheer quality, light summ :r
Ircsses, and ginghams and linens Y
or " tub' suits, will of course be J[
'cry popular.
For Spring Suitings we have
Taffetas, Mohairs, Spring llouctths,
Kmbroidercd Crape Cloth, 1,
Collicnc Cloth, Eutaminc Cloth, j_
VIousseline dc Soie, Serge, Briliantinc,
Lansdown, Panama Voil. 1
SILKS. Checked Figured I
/oulard Silks, Black Taffetas and J
'eau dc Soic, ,all in a variety of g,
;tyles and colors.
Very respectfully,
Williams-Hughes Co. pl
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^ Desperate Attempt to Com- I
mit Suicide. ^
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Spartanburg, April 13.?Alec J
fandiver Ray, a pauper, aged 84
ears, made a desperate attempt
r> Kill himself near the county
arish today. He was found ly- goi
ig on the ground near the parish mi
hurch, bleeding from self-inflict- pr
d wounds in the legs, throat and
bdomen. When carried to the co
arish he said that he had tired of pe
fe, grieving abont his little n1(
aandchild from whom he was (|r
eparated when brought to the an
oor house a month ago. He 25
ave the keeper $i to give to his jn
randchild and said that |he nn
'ould die. Ray used an ordinay
pocket knife in stabbing himelf.
His condition is regarded
s exceedingly critical.
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Alleged Robber Identified.
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Charlotte, N. C., April 12.?A ^
dephonc message from Wadesoro
tonight says that Postoffice ^
ispector Bulla positively indenties
at one one of the wounded
llcged safe crackers, there as
nc Ginney, and claims to have ^
yidence connecting him with the ^
>bbery of the postoffice at Latta,
. C., recently. The man iden- fr
ficd is the older of the two men 1D.(
:ccntly shot while defying arrest,
irl whn rrnvc liio nimn 10
.. >?w w anu IIUIIIV CID J Ullll I
ishcr. Bulla says the man's
liotograph is in the criminal rc>rds
of the postofficc department,
[e did not know the younger
an, who gave the name of
'Day. The latter continues in
critical condition, while Fisher,
Ginney, Js improving.
*? v?T- sue..
PL ft
ITHE 25 PE
In tlie very best s
tet grown seed IR
TOES. Seed Tr
White Btiss, Peerh
lebron and others
;es, Onion Sets and
at MACKOf
IHY fupru Man onfl Ulnmn.
Ill LVUIJ man anu nuwai
The New Yc
^ e cause it is the strongest com puny ii
*^e< anso its policies protect one millio
because it 1ms over 300 million assett
3ecau.se it has over 380 millions lluse
scause it paid in dividends in 1001 <
ecanse it is purely mutual. It has n
3 ecause its assolts belong to the poli<
ecause it does not invest in stocks hi
ccauso its policies contain only on
emiuin "
ecause tho insuiod loaves to his wido
J a law suit,
jecauso its policies are incontestable
Because it paid in 1004 #40,000,000
ecause it is tho best estate you can 1
ecause it gives you tho best protect
for tho money.
scauso you can't afford to carry anvthir
best.
Call oil J. 10. 11LA.CKMON of Lane
ication.
EASTER BJ
mDl LOOKING FOR I
'I AIIIVC 's place to
/LUC V<J goods for EAS
ai a few prices that w
SILK MULLS. "[T01
10c.,
10 pieces Silk Mull, in all the buy T
ICV1U D UCDV tUlUlCj V/Ull t ll?j |
[itched for less than 31)c.; our ,
ice 24c per yard. 10 pieces
Ik Mull, in all the season's best ^0I
lors, worth 25c.; our price 15c hsw-ci
r yard. Fine Crepe cloth, just to ht
o thing to make a pretty Eastor cs* st
ess; we havo them in all colors wan^
d are making special price of Dorot
c per yard. Wo have Voiles v,? ho
all tho neat effects at 10c, 124 cheap
d 15c. I,inS?
cents.
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
Our lino of black Dress Goods
o second to none. Wo havo ()u
em in all the season's best Why?
lors, and our prices are just a kind I
tie cheaper than our competitors. ul0 sc
e our lino of SILKS and if you afford
o interested in this line you can y0Ui ,
suited both in cpiality and you,
ice. 40 inch white Lawn, same
oda other merchants sell folic,
our price 12?c. 40-inch
lite Lawn, tho 15c quality, our
1 A . A A 1 OA 1 I A ffl'ftnt
ico. iwc. ouu yurus oo nrm iu
;h white Lawn, best in town for ,uo co
c, our price 5c. 3,000 yards every
lome and Select li
Easter
E. E. Ci
NT
R CENT
Iiiii kea*e
selected mar*
ISH POTAiiinipli
Bliss,
ess Beauty of
Sit lAlVPfit !*!? -
? ? -?.? w? | w . a
I (lacdei! seed
CELL'S,
i Should Insure In
irk L(ife. \
i tho world,
n families,
s.
rvo Fund,
iver $5,1)00,000.
o capital stock.
:y holders.
itl industrial securities,
e condition "payment of
w or estate a legacy and not
and nonforfeitable.
to its policy holders,
cave to your fr"iily.
ion and investment combined
ig else when you can get tlio
:aster and give him your ap^
% - "UT. r'VTre'"' \RGAIN3
tiSTER BARGAINS!
come and buy your
TER. We will give
ill INTEREST YOU,
?icd Lawn, soils titS an
as long us they last yon can
KN yards for 50 cents.
SUPPERS.
i't miss seeing our lino of
it Shoes We fit tho hard
and have them in all the hitylcs
and colors. If you
u high grade slipper, such as
hy Dodd or Duttonhoter,
vo it; ancl if you want one
er wo can please you. Prices
from ?3.00 down to 50
CLOTHING.
v Clothing is all tho talk.
Bccauso wo handle tho
that fits you, and our prices
i reasonable that you can't
; not to buy when priced to
la it is a groat saving to
MILLINERY.
r Millinery bas provon a
success so far. Our styles
rrect and in the roach of
body.
rour Hat for
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