Ujai Matte .
.?If yon wish n nice fresh fish
phcm* or c ill on Lancaster Fish
Market nt I, C depot.
? Mr J I) Walters, of Choiravp,
is up spending u ic.v days -with
hie father and family in the "Wild
Cat section.
? Mr L A rornipsecd of I*itts-?
burer, l*a , is h?*vn spending a few
days with his brother, the Uov ?i
E Turmpseed.
?Come and see the wav The
Ltncasler Fi-h Market keep their
fish and vim wilt J '
, >?c tuHViuC'JO Tllrtl
they ere nice and fresh
?Mrs J T rl honmssoti and chil
drun have returned from Groenyille
where ihev spent the past
month with Mrs T's sister, Mrs
R M McCrorey.
.? Mr Spurgeon Cherry, of
Sumter, is up on it few days visit
to his brother, Mr J ,1 Cherry.
??W B Dollar Corset reduced
to 75 cents at Lancaster Mercantile
Co's. tf
?MIsb Maggie Leitner, of
Chester, is the guest of Mrs J P
Hunter.
? Camp Crook school opened
Monday with Miss Fannie Mcllwaio
as teacher.
?hour room cottage for rent.
Apply to W 1* Bennett. tf.
?The Lancaster Fish Market
arc selling the Inst fish that has
ever been sold in Lancaster. Give
them a call and be convinced.
? Misses Kva and Nora Hough
returned from the State Normal
school which closed nt Clomson
"Wednesday. Miss Huttie Miller
stopped over in Charlotte to spend
a fe v days with her sister, Mis J
P Hackney.
?The Lancaster buso hall team
if playing the Camden team a
Series of gunrs on the laller's
grounds this week. The game
on Wednesday resulted: Camden,
^ A * * ~
jlv euures; i/uncasier, a. Thursday's
game: Camdn 11; Lancaster
1.
-?The Lancaster Fish Market
keep Trout, Mullett, Cat Fish,
Red Sn upper and Croakers ahvays
OH hand at L & C dep >t.
?Dr J E W( lsh, L) I) S., 10
turned yesterday from White
Stone where ho has been standing
his cxainimit'iQ \ before the State
dental examiners for State license.
The D? ictor hns received his li-|
conse 0' <1 is i ow ready for business.
Ho is a 8'hi ?> ' tho Lie Dr
C C Welsh, k lino young man and
vre bespeak for him success in his
profession in the county of his
nativity.
?For rent \ c exchange! I wil
oil on easy terms or exchange
for good farm near town of Lancaster
one two-storv six-room
dwelling, situated in good rom"^Diunity
on Main street, two blocks
from centre of town. Apply to J
J Bhickroon. lm
?Mrs Nancy Patterson bad a
delightful family reunion on the
18tb inst, which wa-i the 68lh anniversary
of her hirtu. Hie has
e'ght children inel thirty one
grand-ch'ldrHii, and all w? re pres
nt i x.c< pi two orlhiec. H . id. s
41. ~ ~ . -
IJiewo were .1 l :i I i'?> ?l|ITC"''>"
relatives Mi ?! frj'iivN. n'l f' whom
faitook ! ! snmpti ??? > b?i*ki-t
tinner v i> eh w;n >.?'i /((1 ii> lh<*
leantifu! ro\ ? a<. h? r. hom'.?
J Men sat); i.'oi'T tippwrft til of
Jfort Mii! J imcs.
? The 8'ile of groceries regard*
1 iss of cost in order to make
room fot our removal to the YVil]iams-Hunites
store will only hist
he remainder of this week and all J
?>f next \\v? k. ('all early.
Bennett GroceryCo.
? If von want to carry some*
. 1
Idling nie hnvio to your family
give the Lancaster Fish Mmkrt a*
oall and got a nice string of ti-h.'
at tho L & C depot. j
? H tylar's candy fresh from <
the factory, J U Mackorell.
? Mih Lerov Springs i* visii- ,
ing relatives at Concord, N C. <
?The Situs' kcUwoI will oren '
next Monday, 251 h inst., wilh :
Mih Fly tin ?;s teacher. >
? Mr Richmond Stacy and
family of (xnlTney a to visiting Mr
>V M Moore and family at this ]
place.
? Mrs .1 \V Butler and dangh- '
tor, Mies Bertie, of Gainesville,
Ga., are visiting Mrs ("5 'J' Con
norn, llu former's sister, at this <
place. '
? L'lower Pots all sizes, shapes [
Rod forms, from 5 gallons down 1
to quarts. J 13 Muckorell. |
? Mrs 1' \V IInrdin unci Miss i
Fiorrio K<>! insnn uro visiting ]
relatives of the former nt. Ncrfolk, 1
Va.
? Mr T W McMurray lost n
fine nmlo fr >ni the heut Thuisday.
It was plowing corn in his bottoms
and when 'near the end of a
row began to stagger . it was
hitched out nt# oree and led lo the
shade hut died in u short time.
Severn) other formers hud mules
Lo give out that day hut we have
heard of no othe rs dying.
? -Tne saw :mill of Mr .lames
I3t>lk in Kershaw county, a few
miles r'rem the town of Kershaw,
was horned Thur sday night. The
migfn of the tiro is not kn >.vn
Mr llelk is u I*>ncnster county
man and his frf.eads in the county
will s\ input hizo with him m his
heavy loss
?Postmaster J F Hunter was
summoned to ("muulcu rbursday
afteinoon on account of the sudden
and s rious Ulness of his son.
Mr Frank Hunger, who went
down to Camden Mint morning to
witness the bull gumu. Ho was
ver\ nuieh better yesterday and
will bo able to b<e brought homo
today.
? --m mm Killed
by Liglitui ii?
A phone messngi; from Kerjhaw
to Mir J A Cc ok yesterday
informed him th .t fit Ir Gillam Hor
ton, a relative of iVltrs Cook's <vas
killed by lightning Thursday afternoon
on his plantation on
Lynches River, m mr Belhune.
All that, could ho lea rned was that
Mr H. lion and a .negro muii in
ilia employ wero plowing in the
lield v hen a shower oaiue up and
they took ret'njro under a tic.
Before the shower ended the tree
wn struck by ligTitnit g and loth
men were killed JVLr Ilorton was
ei good man and citizan and loams
a widow and several children stiiriving
hi in
? -? >
Lugo Hotel to be Built at Chta^vlja
Falls.
Tl*?< S-iut ^ern P.iwor Company
has U r. t ae contract for the
erection of n $T> 000 hotel at
Catawba Folia, to Contactor J.
S. Starr, of th.ie city. Tiie building
will bo n iliroM story structure
con tain mj.*: about 2S rooms.
The hotel is b<> uig l-ufjt for the
acootmnodat-ion. ? f iiic who
will be "nip' in t.hn constructioi
or t >.? uju1 at Catawba
Fall?, ami ./ter i ; work is
completed v/ijl piopa. iy l.?> used
as u public, hotel. Tr. Starr
expect* r?i wort' < ?n the
huiSdin^ ivoct < ?i : nod ir. may
b<? four (.?.* iii , } ov ' ha before
t'ae Aoci' is (j inp>.'
Nir. "!. ? .1 in j ji }i is p. cc op ted
a j.>09-!lion ih r'oiemm with Mr. j
Starr on IU
Oalaivbf Falls wi 'J no doubt.
breoiOK r?-> .t- Mi'vgrntr resort,
h(i?-i thy H.Miipieii ?ii r?f the dftiti
i ion, ^hict' - Roc<C Hill H*?ri
Li.
- Tt rc?. i :id will , d'.seli
iiIsm vagrant lot on Kl j> Sir c' for
fl?l? \pplv to I'. S. ' ^urt.r Agent
?The Lancaster Vi*b Markot
alwajs have fro .It f'i^b on hand.
Yrrostod t>n a S.iL usChargD |<
Mr J 1 Snipe*, of tins place :
iViih arretted by n Sheriff
Jrutchtirld ut Gulil-iburo, N C ,
.ist Wednesd ?y on .1 warrant
longing him wit!) an assault with
ntcnt to commit a criminal as<? 1
null on .in eleven > car old girl.
I'lm arrest v.an made at the re
^nest. i?y 1 ' i.'iMpti of Sheriff 1
I Innlcr of this piue, in whose
mndsthe warrant h?d 1 ecu placed,
rhe otreiise it is said was cnminitLed
Monday afternoon, and Snipes
lisappeaied from his homo in tho
nill village that ovening.
W l ? ? ? '? '
?? urn iirresion, onenu nunier
was notified and Snipes agreeing
!<? mine without requisition papers
Ubicf of Police I T Hunter, who
is aim ll'e Sheriff's deputy, was
*ent for him. Mr Hunter arrived
hero with his prisoner Thursday
night ami In; is now in tho rountv
jail to await lhe next term ?*f
uonrt.
Death <1 C \V I'roner
Mr. 0. W. R-uner received a
telegram last Thursday conveying
the sad intelligence 'hat his
brother, Mr. Robert Rruner of
Ivnoxville, Tenn., had died tlie
night before. No partioulaes
were given of tlie death, and it
is t upposed that ho died .suddenly.
His relatives here and at
iVadeshopo had no knowledge of 1
his having been sick. Mr. W.
C. Heath, who was in Knoxville j
some time ago, saw him and
snvs tin:1 !v was apparently in j
pc ;. o* health. Ho loft Wades- <
bo: i: about twelve years ago, go- i
ing *.o Johnson City, where he
conducted a succnsful dry;
goods business until two years j
ago, wb u moved to Knox- t
villo. lie was 11 \or.rs old,'
and wa ih- third of four brothers
to di't suddenly wit-bin six
I
yp?\rp, Mr \V Brunor of
Monro1? being th^ iurviviug one.
?Monroe Journal.
Mr. Brunei* was well known in |
Lancaster, having conducted a /
drug businest- here some yeais
ago.? Lditor Lodger.
COST i
11. order to redueo our stock wh
until further notice. Wo ?'on't ini
goo L Wo nirniion a tV*\ Bonis '
i? 1 Shirts Toe, 50 coots slnrls B:
men's 50c shirts job at 25c.
910siii!h$7 50. $7 50 si
MEN'S
That cost us IV
You can pick ihetn at these pticcs.
ill r \ ?* "a
unuDMt icneo ^vermis in os corns.
Some big hai
goods, colored a
Laces, Embroid<
Don't wait till
ed over. Sale b
Y(
FUNDI
RHOIBSBBSltiilll
I
a Are you i
o'fiS PflOfon nnd wom<?n dlo flf*
3 *** "aiwoll luv. It is their
own fault, tool When sick they don't t;
consider tliocost if sick, for your lifo i
j as, thinds do not permit the disease to run
?. ienco has taught us what Checkers w
world which will equal its marvelous w
If known chronic or fatal diseases.
B' OTTLE
{""We want yon to try
Chockers. We want yon
touso this nicdicino'liom?m
cause it has merit, bccause
It will do you good, becauao most
_ n commences to search the system It wi
to the bot tom of every ordinary disease
druggist for a sample !>ottlc froo?or
?muunnoth dollar bottlo to-day.
"b" ChecKer Board an
i_? m 'S g k Cnll r>n yoni
FREE,
WWflWW
Ui*niite<l Itall
Henry lJrait, the colored boy
ho killed his stepfather, Simeon
Morgan, in the Elgin neighborhood
two week# ago tonight, was
granted hail in the sum of $1,000
by Associate Justice Jones Wednesday
before whom he was taken
on u writ of habeas corpus. The
Statu whs represented by It E
YVylie, Esq., and t lio defense by
Williams & WiPiams.
?Now is the time to buy your
crockery, glass and tinware out of
the Williams-1Iughcs Stock.
Beauctt Grocery Co.
Suicide Of A Murderer.
Ilo was to be Hanged in St. Paul
On August 3?The Story of
A is crime.
St Paul, Minn, July it).?Edward
Gottschalk, under sentence
to bo hanged on \ugu&t 8, committed
suicide today, by hanging
The prisotioi had torn a
piece of ticking from his bed,
wound it tightly around his l-.eck
fastened it to a hook in tho wall
of the cell, raised himself from
the floor and strangled to death.
Onn fin v in luiUrniieu luul PU ? ! a
V/.IV M?.J I .1 A. u\;i V?(tl J 1^nan
Schindeldecher, a hntchcr,
whs murdored in his shop on n
prominent business street. The
body was laterally hacked to pieces
wiih a cleaver. ^Suspicion fell open
Gottschalk anil a young follow
named Joseph Hartman. Gottschidk
was arrested,but strenuously
maintained his innocence, declaring
that he would be able tc
prove it if II - tman wore found.
On the day on which Gottschalk
whs held to the grand jury the
body of Hartman, heavily weighted
with iron, was found in the
Missisippi i ivc?". Iiartman's skull
had been crushed. Gottschalk
was plac< d on trial cn a charge
of murdsi ing Hartman, and when
tho case came upincourt, changed
his plea of not guilty, and con
fessed to the murder of Hartman.
lJay your subscription.
pre going to sell poods at first cost
lend v irrying over any Summer
>ii >*v you wo meun business
\ 25c: .-hilts 19c. Ten dozen
ins sr>. #5 Suits $3 75.
PaNTS,
oiu ;38c to 84.,
We >*ill have a few dozen 3oc
gains in white
iul white lawns,
3ries, etc.
the best is piekegins
now.
?urs to Please,
iBBjjBK CO
ik 11 > proper medicine. You must not
lit stukft. Get tho l>o.st, but abovo all ?
without treatment. Our expor
ill ?! >. Wo know of no remedy in tho ?
ct 1 >n in tho pormauout euro of moat all *p
rnmi
I IlkL.g
:i y diao&so will vanish wlion Checkers
II 11hd out. what is wrong inside?It. goes tm
i and makes the sick well, fall on your ? g
wr:to us. Tho hotter plan is to buy a ?
id 24 Checker Men
r dealer or drnprffist for one of our full _?_
Tlnvkcr l>??ar<ls, printed in colors, with
hi no Checker men, FRER. If ho rofuscs ME
ante, write us and you'll bo supplied. B
r? Ilcliio Company, Wlmton-solctii, N. CL ?
mmwmA
?i.A? ivaiaouj .
ilV PRICES ABE AS'.i I.
Quick Sales, S
For Fancy ShilT. I have the inn
are the het-t that arc made.
All kinds of Canned Goods and
and excursions I can supply your vv i
China, Crockery;
7
I have a full iine and can pleaso y
Come to see my .
%/
counter. Be sur?
test?closes on Ai
J B MAC]
ujuv r? u- j ??
nm [ion nun ans wt
The NeW
Because it is tho strongest comp;
or an so its policies protect one i
ccause it lias over 390 million i
Because it has over 380 millions
Gcause it paid in dividends in I!
ccause it is purely mutual. 1'
Because its ussctts belong t ? the
ecuuso it does not invest in si<>v
ecaiiso its policies contain <<n!
i premium
ccause tho insuiud leaves to his
Ba law suit,
ecause its policies are incomes'.:
Because it paid in 1901 $10,004
ecause it i- tho best estate " on
ecause it gives you tho best pi
for the money.
I Because you can't afford to carry m
best.
Call ond. C. BLACKMON t
plication.
Sale Bo
Our sale for the k
a great success and
our stock we find w
summer goods and i
we will make a gre:
ever.
We still have some of those
petitors worried to know when
they are selling for 25c. We c
Underbuying enables us to unci
50 inch lirilli in!ine in navy, 5m
at "50; our hargain i ri> c 4/) ceitt>- l
Just rec? ived another lot ol the -:
dcj-irahle f r waists anil sui's that
the v.ir ' Another c ise ot fin?* 2 ")<
! iTVi'sin-.j i tntc'ies'in ; l 3C ' 1 .
U-<t '? :' V: 11 I ' 1 r , it .* h au'ii i
th it v < a In a 1 s in . a - >' '
I
1 Ladies' and Ti
1 H;a 1 . t: . ...
I a 51 << \ . ? 11. i 'i 1 . . 1
I ni.1!, e < h?- t < .
1 We are Headquartei
[i Men's Suits froi
! I Boy's Suits i'roi
Men's odd pants
Boy's odd pants
Everything going
E. E C
?L\; '^rJl\LCIj?b
AP AS CAN BE MADE.
r rt f >r> P J 9
snort 'refits;
Kill ! 1 \ . tllP [. '.(*
fickle*, ;*ir Summer i'io-nic.\ikI
(?lass Ware
on both in pi ico and quality.
7 and 10 cents
e to see my eon
ilfj; 27.
p.C>RF.?.L
man Should Insure ia
York Life. ,
my iti tho world.
Million families,
issnt t*e
Uestrvo Fund.
DO-l over '0(11.io.
n:i > no capital stock
policy h ddors.
;!;s ami industrial sccunlios .
y ono condition "p-iyuhvit of
wi lo.y ?; ?;, ate a loja *\ and u >t
utile and nonforfeitable.
3,()00 to its policy hold-. . .
i can leave i ? your tV ik ?
rotection an 1 invoslrnc i r -m. uueii
lvtiung else ?vlien you cm got llio
1. UK e . a -1 :.'c !.i:n >m v op-*
. . . i .. . %** .?_ iZ, ~cX"' * ' i
toming!
:.t i d? has been
in look i. ; through
'e have too many
n order to reduce it
ater sacrifice than
25c organdies for 10c. Com:
wc gut Fie >ame goods that
>niy ask 10u the yard for them,
lersell.
o. i ;;n 1 bi.tck, won':-! be c.i'-.ijj
lie y<l.
. beautiful chin\ silks that arc so
iv. arc making a run on at .pic
40 inch whi'o l iw'is that we are
r . S *?r our line of ' : lies muslin
i ..lices ?:e ' > reasonable
.v.- gI f . look .
den's Oxfords.
U v an u-" to close out
in; thing lit it will sin' you we wi I
rs for Good Clothing.
-ri $.9 OS tn <fc 1 S OA
* a LW v|.' i v,', v;
~n 69 to 4.00
50 to 6.6C
19 to 1.00
c.' l a ibar^ain ca/i
:loud