i M t L & J t ii. iitilRLOW S. CARTER, ; EDITOR AND MANAGER. i W'UDN K-iDAY AND SA'I'IT K t) A Y KUBSO'K11'TION > ? l'K?' YE \it j t Lancaster, S. C. Sept. 30. 1005. I TI1E LANCASTKK LKDVKIt. j 1K52- n>or? Sad indeed it is for us to make , the announcement that the pub-, lication of the "old Ledger" will he discontinued after this issue, and we cannot help but feel that the announcement will carry sadness into every home * . . | throughout the county. The . older citizens, some few of whom have been subscribers since the first issue, and the many who have read the old paper from childhood will feel as if an old and cherished friend, whose fre quent visits always made them glad, had passed away. "The dear old Ledger," how often have these words, written by citizens of the county who had moved away out west, made our hearts glad and encouraged us in our work. Native Lancastrians wherever scattered over the globe know and love the old Ledger?the oldest institution in Lancaster county, and one of the oldest of the 154 papers published in the State. Fifty-three years is not a short period. It is more than half a century. Comparatively little is known of the history of our county prior to the establishment of The Ledger (1852), but since that time it forms almost a complete record of the doings and happenings throughout the county. The marriages, deaths, accidents, crimes, misfortunes of each year, are all chronicled in its columns. The political conditions, educational advancement, material development and religious growth of its people are there to be found. The patriotism of her sons, i.v ii i ii . . /? ineir gallantry in war, tneir ndelity; the noble spirit of her women, their devotion, their power of endurance are there recorded. No one could write a more complete history of the county for the past half century than it contains, No wonder it is dear to the people of the old county. Especially is it dear to the older people, and that esteem,in most instances, has been handed down from sire to son. Scarcely a family in the county, we venture, but has one or more old copies of The Ledger that is dear, very dear to them, put away in some secure place where it will not be molested. It may be it contains the obituary of father or mother, sister or brother, or perhaps it tells of the loss of a precious child. Its association with these sacred memories make it dear, very dear to natives of old Lancaster. And this issue, the last, in many instances tear-stained, will be carefully laid away with a feeling of sadness because it is THE LASTThe Ledger was established F'eby. 12, 1852, by the late R. o o?:i ? rnu _ i?i _ o; o. .tnuiuy. i ue ittLU oiiripson Harper was its first subscriber, and the late Evan Rollings the second. Their subscriptions were taken by Mr. Bailey at old Salem Camp ground. Mr. Bailey continued editor and proprietor of The Ledger until 1856, when the late VV. M. Connors, father of Maj. C. T. Connors who has been chosen to edit the new paper, became its editor and proprietor. In 1865 the kite David J. Carter pur chased hail interest in the paper, and became sole editor and proprietor the following year. In 1883 he associated with him his son, the present editor, who became sole editor after the death of his father in 1889. It will thus be seen that The Ledger has had but four editors: R. S. Bailey, W. M. Connors, David J. Carter and T. S. Carter, during the more than half century of its existence. Of its original subscribers seven are still living and getting the paper. They are: L. M. Cauthen, J. L. Tillman, Sr., T. T. Gregory, W. R. Bennett, Jeff Sims, Wilson Rowell and Philip Snipes. Of the thousand other subscribers to The Ledger many have been taking it for more than forty years. To journalism this editor now bids adieu. During the twentytwo years of his journalistic life he has endeavored faithfully and conscientionslv to keen The Ledger up to the high standard of his predecessors. I le has stood for honesty, purity, and sobriety in official and individual life, taking a positive stand on all moral and political questions, striving to better the citizenshipof the county by promoting the social and moral welfare of its people. We cannot say farewell without thanking our patrons for the liberal support they have always given The Ledger, nor can we fail to acknowledge the deep gratitude we feel for the many true and staunch friends The Ledger has made for us individually. Adieu, kind friends, adieu ! And while we wish you to give to The Lancaster News your hearty and liberal support, we hope the memory of the "dear old Ledger" will live in your minds and hearts as long as life lasts. "All honor the dear oltl Lkixjkk (the tir-t newsjin; er many of us ever fur tho brave stand it has alwivs taken r.?r Prohibition. It about to p: s-? a way from us forever, ami though wu grieve to see it no with all its cherished association*, yet we hope to t-eo it sink beneath the horizon in a glori.us burst of radiance flashed l'oilh by Prohibi tion's victorious snu." Tho above words are tho clos ing paragraph of a communication, "A Plea for Prohibition," intend ed for this, the last, issue of Tin Lkdokr, but received tOv> late toi publication. We feel that tht uuthor will excuse our producing it without having space for th? nnlim urti/dn #/? - ii I? I l.? viimi v ui nv.iv, I'm u 10 inuri iliU these words of commcudatioi should be recorded here. How few have any idea us t< the amount spent for whiskey ii the two dispensaries of this conn t>. The sales for the past yea from Sept. 1, 1004 to Sept. 1 1005, amounted to #79,506.75.? the equivalent of 1,590 500-poum bales of cotton at 10 cents pe pound. The sales of the Ker shaw dispensary were $29,194. of the Lancaster dispensary #50, 312.75. 1 he average sales at Ih Lancaster dispensary were ove $1 50. per (lay or threo bales o cotton per day the entire yea around. Comment is unnecessary I Lero :s no doubt as to whn the result of the election in thi county on the dispensary queatioi next Tuesday will ho. The ouT thins: we fear is that Lancasto will not. do any bettei than Mar ion and York counties, whici gave 6 votes to 1 against tho die peiisary. We would 1 iko to se Lancaster bent them?get 7 to ] ?If you want to buy land, or i you have land to sell, call and se T. S. Carter, Real Estate Agent. MUs Stoo White to l?o in Chester, Messrs. Nixon cV: Ztmniermun's originul production of Willuid Spcnsein Dainty Comedy Opera Miss Holi White, with uti ensenihle of 50 people, will he at the Chester 0| tern I loose on Thursday Oct. HHh. To enable Lancaster's theatre goers to ei joy this beautiful play, an excursion will he run, which will leave Chester immediately after the performance. Reserved seats will bo placed on sale at Crawfotd Bros. DrugStore four day* in advance. I'roKinsstvc ileutb Sp i gs 1 ho New two story brick hooding, en-clod by Mr Yuiicy Cnuihen, i> nt-ai ing eompletion and will l?e occupied !?\ Mr Will T.vitly, druggist, and Mi. .lack Mackey, proprietor of a inney restaurant an>i inai Uet The second story will lie nvil as idlices hv aoinr of tiie pi of'<*-ioiuil men of the to wit. Sevuial collages and Inni-os ai f i.-t the c'linsi! of construction ami will be occupied by out-of-town tesidei.ls who are moving in, in uiuui .?? m*- IM .11 n i i*ii I u HI K itinl in -end 11:? 11" children in School. (innind h:is been broken fur the . wo-stnry l?riok building of Mr. A. H Cnuthen. ? Healh Springs Cor The State. Items From lierslmw Kra Messrs. Beckham CI yburn and Mod/ C. Cunningham left Inst week foi Chapel Hill University, N. C. ? jMiss Mamie Croxlon returned to the Welsh Nec k High School at Uarlsville last week Mr. Ernest Clybnrn also left at I lie same lime to attend the same institution. ? The surveyors on bounding the disputed county line passed through town yesterday. They began last Tuesday at Harrison's Fold on Lyncho's ?iver and mo traveling westward. This 1" liminaty survey puis the lino about 7' yards above the old line ttii i i?bc l 100 >aids below the line run last year. ! itums From Waxliaw Enterprise, Miss Nettie Hnllmun, of Unity, is visiting at Mr. C. K. White's. ? Miss Maud Sapp, of Laneas , ter county, is here visiiiny . friends. ' ?Mr. William Howie, son o! ' Mr. ?J. Z. Howie of Belair, has i ' position as cashier with The A. ? ,V. Heath Company. a ?A son of Mr. li. C. NUbet * who lives in the lower *>*rt of thi: 1 township, hi.d his arm broken las Saturday ny b"ing throw;t l?y i mule he waa riding. ? Edward, the 15-months oh son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Niven of this p'ace, died Saturday morn mg at the home of Mr. Win ' Downs at Providence. it wa buried at Providence church Sun day. r II . 1A / \ 'VH ? xur. Pj. vv. inomnson, o . Lancaster e< unty, who was I school here at one time, hut* re turned to Wake L<*orcst College t lake up hie second year's work a ^ that institution. r ?Mr. C. N. Sapp, of Lancat ter county, who pitched hall fo the VVaxhnw team during the ear t lj part of the summer, has rc s turned to Wofford College 11 n Spartanburg to resume his sin y dies. r Mrs. Iiufus Taylor, who live - in the neighborhood of McCain' h Mill, died very suddenly Monda i- afternoon. Sho was out in tb o lield picking cotton and fe'l dead . Heart failure was the cause of ho death. Sho was thirty-fonr year jf old and is survived by a husban c and four children, llor remain were buried Tuesday afternoon a Tabernnclo church. What J<"-h \ Mi ley Says. Fh'-.ii Bennettsville Advocate. Josh Ashley says tint the din peusury is itas dead as the devil.' Wo hud not beard of tho his named gentleman's demise. M. F. Owens Bulled in $2,500. Winnsboro, S. C., Sept. 27.? Judge Prince grunted hail tO-d:o in the mi in of $2,500 to M. F Owens, of Bock Hill, who killei Anisic Sanders, colored, on Sep teinboi 22 The defendant vvu r? presented by Wilson & Wilsoi and Spencer & Dunlup. The dispensary profits lo th schools of Kershaw county on hi average for the punt 5 years hav< heen 3P>| cents per pupil. Th< amount for 12o2 was 112A cent per pupil, theso are facts. ?T. U (ioodale in Camden Messenger. If prohibition is such u failure why is it that Marion, which ad jo' n* I lie prohibition county r Matlhoio, voice ihe dispennan out by a vole of more than foil t<. dim / -VTinnsboro News at.( Herald. Cherokee, I'icketifr, Union Newberry, Marion, York-thes* are tlm six counties which bavi had the manhood to say at tin ballot box that they no longe waul revenue fmui an institulioi that is so corrupt in its manage niont, that it is proving a fester ing sore upon the body politic. BUY LAND! I |Gog(1 Land, Better Land, Best Lane ! Grand Opportunity to llov Lao Near the Town of Lancaster. I I iiit Acres. Oil Monroe and Lane.is'er road. I , Innse fa: in < pell, 30 acre- in for s . A open land fre-h except H acre*. Ijtl'J.t j> r acre. loo Acres > 10 n.Pes North of 1 ii-.iioas'.' r i Monroe road, 2-horse fir n > pe well terraced 35 acres in woods. '1\' story 7-room dwelling, erlbs, liar . gear room, notion house, meat lion t undone tenant house. Price $1.7(1 2oo Acres. 6 miles. N. of Lane istcr on < li rlt#= f road, 3-bnrse farm open, fine woo l Inial aud boiloDic $10. per acre. Acres Oemge F. Ferguson pill- e at K'ui Well improved, -dx-l.orc farm ? cultivation All nc.-is ?r. I nil di.\ a $4 000 Terms riis* I 25. tush1 ISO Acres, , The Miller * C'a- ton (.'raven p'a" . in suhurns of town of Lancaster. Fi timber, bottom lands, and rer-t. in g.. * state ot eu tiv.illon Two I n? 8 houses. tWO Acres. Tlie Miller "Cine i'r. ek pbie?- ' ^ miles \Ve?l of town, I lie h! ?'!. Idgln or 1 \ horse firm n en. A b ?ic < f 011,.n ? (| I e mad" ( ? die u r? (t ? ?l farm limn t 155 Acres, The M1I1.-1 Ke!.> ;?! 1 e " 2t mi finudi of t evM is :?i ;: 1 .t 1 purcliu! j- conld w i an. P nis for 2,500 pound r lint, a good invesinient at lie pri 13() Acres, The Miller !.'Ho-ai pfcire," Soi side of Cano Cnek. 7 miles North uiwi'. rimii1 ii i in noiioiii* oil I - place. $10. per arte 112.1 A 1T? s, (j Tlie Phillips place, one iniie East towu will lit* Hold at a hitgain. a v I ah o have Home dt siiahle town p 0 pcT!y ami other c< unfy properly. I. will pay you to see mo tie To re hi.yi r ami 11 you have lands to sell i*. will j you to get me to sell for you on ri s aonahle ooin.nis-'ioi). T. S. Carter, .&gcnt* cos-T: It order to reduce our stock vvt t until further notice. Wo don't ii goods. Wo mention u few items $1 Shirts 75c, 50 cents shirts ; men's 50c shirts ? job ? at 25c. $10 Suits $7 50. $7 50 5 ; MEN'S j That cost us f You can pick them at those prices double knee Overalls at 3S cents. S Some big- ba goods, colored i " Laces, Kmbroid c Don't wait till ? cd over. Sale 1 \ FUND ! I?7? >\Oxc?*ui Chociurn M JIrJno Oi\, Wlnston-Saltm, N. 0. i Go to the ? LANCASTER MARBLE - f A N ^ GRANITE WORKS, For Good Work and Low Prices jft. J. McNinch, LANCASTER, S. C ' ? x ^.iratr**3>?U?> ? a????1^? For a clear complexion take J QRINQ ? Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take 1 Orino cleanses the system, and makes sallow blotched complexions 11 smooth and clear. Cures ; chronic constipation by i gently stimulating the ?n I stomach,liver and bowels. "> Refuao substitutes. Price BOo. SICKENING SHIVERING Fl I ,1W: of Auntie and Malaria, can Lo i t ?4' j lievod and en red ? itli Eicon i " j Bittei>. This is a pure, toni ! medicine; ?.f especial benefit i miitiiri.'i Tor it >< tin.. ...v. -I j t i v'c m.IIumu''' on I lit* ys mi ' 1 It iniirli t-? I, pi i!fern <1 to Quit ' " iii", !i vbg :i"i?" of this drug "" l?.iiI ?i* t r- IT ? tf. K. > Muniltn of 1 Ioi.i't'M in, I ex., writes: 4,M brother wu-' vi'i i low with malar si ffV"? jom! i *11 : Co., is sol I tug Wheeler tSc Wilsm sywin I mftchinos at eo?t. SALE! ) are going to sell goods at first cost, ntend carrying over any Summer t?i show you wo mean business. 38(\ 25c shirts 19c. Ten dozen Soils $5.$5 Suits . PANTS, rom38c to $4., i. We still have a few dozen 5oc. rgains in white uid white lawns,' eries, etc. 1 the best is picknnw ours to Please, ERBUBKJO such a -wonderful medicine. A few I 868 will put new life and strength into I e system of the weak and infirm suf- I rer. Mammoth $1.00 bottles at the drug I ores or sample bottle free. Write today. I m & 1 J. E. ipLEDfiE, Dentist, Lancaster, S. C. Working on credit doesn't pay, and my terms from this ti.ne, henceforth are sti ictly cash. \ Reasonable Prices. Gold Filling $1.50 Amalgam Filling 75 cts. Cement F'I ling 75 ct UUBBElt PLATE, Full upper set of teeth $12.00 Upper and lower set $25.50 These prices are strictly for cash. No work done except for cash or good security. J. E. RUTLEDGE, Dentist Notice to all Persons Indebted to the Lancaster Mercantile Co. As you well know we made some business changes tho first of 'ast year, and it is absolutely necessary that we must collect all past due notes and accounts, in order to settle with the late mom* 1 hers of our concern, therefore we I now ask our friends who we have | been so liberal with to now make 2 arr ingemoiits at once to pay us, ? past >iuo notes and a|! accounts 1 not settled promptly will be ~ pine- d to bands of our lawyer for ? collection Yours truly, ? Lancaster Mercantile Co. Rem-niber uuvh ??? on ester railwav. ^ fm-licdule inett'ect may 23, 190>. (dallyexcept sunday) c* westbound. ! lv lancaster, 6 30 a m 3 45 p m i lv fort lawn, 6 40 a m 4 15pm lv baaconvlllo. ft 50 a m 4 30 p m lv rlchburg, 7 06 a in 4 45 p m _ Ar cheater, 7 30 a m ft 1ft p m ar charlotte, ho r 1) 6ft a m 7 00 pm n ar coluinhla. ho r10 lft a m (| ea8tbound. r. lv columbia, ho u 0 05 a in 3 10 ? ?*? Liv Charlotte, Ho K 6 05 am fl 00 pin , Lv Cheetei, 9 00am 815pra 1- ' Lv /Zichhurg, 940 am 8 89 p m , Lv Bascomvlllo, 950 am 8 45 pm Lv Fort Lawn 10 00 a m 8 56 p m '.Y ,\r Lancaater, , 10 80 am 9 15 p m f* CONNECTIONS. ! Cheater?Southern, ^'eahonrd and Carolina & Northwestern railways. Lancaater?Honihor/. Itiliv. ay. n? A I*. 3f()LUKK. /law Prattle mgr s LFHOY HPHINNH. * Prvat and Traffic Manager. i