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* LAN 0 * VOL. VII. ^ > Biggest Sale of Holii p erecl in the 4 Countie jri A U/? Per Cent Reduction oti 5? ls;t7 by lli?> ON K thoroughly 1 (j tinted. Ii}ftinmtr lleaduuarter f\ date Jewelry and dimired me 5 R. BRANDT'S K U t ho t H If is a positi ve fact : We are p soiling u:ori*, :ui?l you buy the ? Cone or m'iii) iii uzaoo un?l wli-rl ; f! P.. BRAIN] g UNDER TOWER CLOCK. J mCNCRAW M?1 Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, &> WK have a nice line of Ludi ^ li FALL CALICOES, WOKS' i [2j n i i >j m-'i'i V/>l! I.-1 i ? I CLOTHING'ot hat a good ami well selected STOCK Iflh houjrht from the heat houses in the ImuHvh* I>rctis ShOe in town for * L A Nice Line of Heavy a ? if Call nud see us when ii right. We feel gratef ro the public In the past and will tuaki 98 continuance. ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED u,!??."'#, 'r>f- **' PJCjiMyfl BKHk'DY CO.. 4 /%%/%%/%%/%%% I UptoDate ' ? We Are The Peo ^ Abreast of t gressive Don't fail to pay us a visit \vl ? son what push ami the know led NKSS will do. Vou can't tail I ^ better fixej to do your (JINXI ^ County. For your convenience Ji nights and our hard cash, and contradiction that we ^ive inor ^ the sijuare inch than anybody. cotton under the snoot of our el ^4 drive your team to the rear end < ^ your bale of cotton ready for m ^ We will Uin Yf 5 25 cents per H ? REMEM ^ too, that wo are headquarters ^ CHINK LINK. If you break c ^ need a good belt, come to us; il w ^ anykind in our line, drop in am -T. ^ commodate you. N ^ Wo also pay the higluwt eosh ^ Ginnery. J) Thanking the public for past continuation of same, W We an ^ > Poag *fo * UHHUUV # ASTE LANCASTER, ! tzarsftS'S&arMV * r? R. I clay Goods ever yet Ofw. ,) every article until January 1st, .veil-known, recognized, undis- ^ s in abaolntely reliable up-to- ') rchandise. is tln? Biggest, Brightest, \ est Jewelry Kstablishment in ' counties. d selling cheaper, because we are II F<'|! f..- I l.n 1 1-- ? Lllll ....... ?/ i II<" kijAO I IIIUIK'Y. \ four i^n'soish. / The Jeweler, l CHESTER, S. C. 'j & Allison, | *CHANDISE. ^ Hats, Clothing, Etc., Etc. & es 1UUJSS FA ill:ICS, <& L'EDS, TRICOTS, HEN- ? y'NEI., Etc. K ren anil Men. Also, a nice line S' SHOES! We keep jX of SHOES that are reliable, K country. We give you the beat md Fancy Groceries- ^ ii town nnd we will treat you ul for the liberal patronage of e you prieei that will warrant a PT OAltDELL ? ALLISON. || ATUABTIC MPATIOH^^ i; *r MiiU|Mtl?a, C?MRl? are Uio Ideal Lam- i > er irrlpe, Lot oeete ciuy nitnril rrtnIts. Sim- i Oilraro. Neatreal. Can., at ?n Tork. *11. i !(Hinnoru I < UIIIIIUI J I J pie Who Keep ^ The Pro- f Times. ? ion von come ko town, and ^ ge of a Sl'KCI A L I?I 'SI ^ o see and admit that wo are ^ N( r than anybody in the ^ we have spent sleepless A we claim without fear of ^ o (iMNriNK SKUVICK to Only put your wagon of & levator ami in 15 minutes ^ if building and sret delivered ^ arket. ^ >ur Cotton at undrccl. J IBER J for anything in the MA- ^ lnwn, come to ur ; if you & f you want information of ^ 1 wo will do our best to a<v ^ prioo for o?tton aood at our W patronage and aoliciting a ^ ) youra tmly, ^ Harper. I EM 5. C., WEDNESDAY,! I)ecctuber S(tles-(la//. The first atul only public sales of land in this count.v this hill were made Monday by the Sheiili and the (Jlork : The first tract sold was thai <>f I. M. Meaty near Russell Place, | containing 1,040 acres, which was i sold for force Ins n V" purposes and | bought by W. K. Williams, j The next tract was bough' by j M. <Gardner tor $01*2. It contained *2.") 1 acres, and was sold subject to a prior judgement of about $ 11 o. The next tract was in Italian I ban 1 township, containing 2*57 J acres, bought by <>. Eaiber, .Jr.,at I $10 | or acre. Another small piece containing IS acres was bought by .J. S. Miller at $ 1 *2.d() an acre. The next sale was the \V. P?. Twitty place on the Rocky River road. The first part, "?() tic res, was bought by W. I?. Twitty at $7.25 an acre. The second part sold was bought by R. IT Allison at $2.70 an acre. The other part of the tract, 77 acres, was bought bv R. E. Allison at $0.00 an aero. A lot on the west sido of Main Stroef hfTf> iti tnvvn t u.loti iri >? <? (a the estate of the lato Jones Croekett, was bought by the Bank of Lancaster for $10G. The home place (dwelling and lot) just in rear ol the lot above referred to, was bid off by Col. J. N. Croekett at $750. yew Advertisement#. The Ganson Dry Goods Co.? Slaughter sale of Dress goods, Millinery, Blankets, Over coats and Shoes. Joseph Walker.?Bargains in Heavy and Fancy groceries. K. Brandt.?Jewelry for Christmas presents. Ttnjxrrtant Meeting Friday Sight. There will be a mass meeting of the Democratic qualified voters 1 nf tlio .i * ?-* it* *1%/. ...... - * I-"" " j ?# iiiu lun II 111 til*.* IIUll?C | Friday night at 7 o'clock for tho purpose of nominating a muni cipal ticket to he voted lor at. the election next -Monday. livery Democrat who holds a municipal i registration certificate should at ' tend this meet ing. ! yoti<'4\ All parties indebted to us, cs' peeially those whom we have carried over from last year and longer, must come forward and settle 1 at once as no farther notice will j be given. Remember we are not | doing a hanking business and ; therefore people owing us must 1 pay up. H. J. Grkooiiy A: Co. Jlapttnt State Convention. Tl T) * : _ Oa, i - / - ' ino jiapiiHi, imhih ? onvennon which met in Rock Hill last week was in every way a great success. The people of the place entertained the delegates handsomely. Kvery one seemed to feel that he had the best-home in the place and would be glad to visit that enterprising eity again. This speaks well for Hock Ilili. The different Boards all made good reports. The work of the year has made forward movements ITERJ DECEMBER 8,1897.! i notwithstanding tlio short cropt ami the low price of cotton. Th< 'outlook is in every way deeidedl) encouraging. Next, year the Con ' vention will meet in Darlington Rev. .1. II. Hold ridge, of Lancaster, was made president of tin Minister's Conference and .ludgf .1. II. Hudson was mado president i of the Convention. Some ten oi i twelve new nrpnehnu n-.i\ro into the* State during the yeat from other States and are quite an addition to the ministry o; this State. Besides llev. d. II. Holdridge Messrs. D. A. Williams, R. Yowm and Mrs:. 1\. A. Hough, Mrs. R Young and Misses Daisy and ! \nnie Young attended from Ban raster. From Heath Spring Rev Id. S. Croxton attended; from Kershaw Rev. Edmund Wells and Rev. and Mrs. d. B. Hozemat attended, as did also Mr. J. R Knight from Primus, and d. M Hough and daughter, Miss Lillie from Old Store. Or</? nized. A numbor of the cotton grow era of Gills Creek township met Saturday pursuant to the rail o the organizer and orgar' .od th< Gills Crook Cotton Growers' As sociation. W. G. A. Porter wai elected president, L. M. Clyburn vice president and W. 1'. Caskey secretary. The secretary was instructed t< enrol tho names of .all tho cotton ! eroworu ia tV%rk nwnsKi n mbr. n*< W " v"v' ^v' " WIIVJ (tit desirous of becoming members. Jtiifortl Township Orjonisrd. In obedienco to n eall from K B. Lingle, township organizer, th( farmers of Buford township ino at tho Buford school house at i o'elock Saturday evening, Decern ber dth, 1S97. Tho meeting w?> oalled to order by K. B. Lingle After explaiaing the object of the meeting K. B. Lingle was unanimously elected president ?>f tin ! Buford Township Cotton <?rowers' | Association, T. S. Riddle, vice i president and .J. M. Knight, sec :retary. I An interesting and profitable i speech was made by T. ?S. liiddle I in regard to the interest of tin ! cotton grower* of Uancnatei i county. (rood talks wore alst I heard from E. B. l.ingle, .). 1i Hair and others. All that wen I present seemed to take much in terest in the meeting and we hojn . to see the organization in Union township second to none in tin j county. i < )n motion the meeting adjourn i ed to meet nt tlie fames school : house on the first Saturday ir , January at 1 o'clock p. in. K. B. Linole, l'res. .J. Al. Knioiit, Sec. i frre n* llrfcrrr Jtnyiny. Wo have jus* received a cai I load of Haydock and other gradoi i of Buggies and Carriages aiu ! road in agon?, with or without top | and the celebrated Mitchell Wag I ona, which are warranted the bes I on the market, all of which w< offer to the public at greatly re duced prices. He sure to inspec our stock before buying, and w< will either sell yeu or save yot money. Stbvbjp, 11 batii it Klliott. i >RISE. NO. 38. ^ BBHBHHHHHBUUUmnBBHni Kojril mukea the food pure, ) wholevjmc and delicious. r | >r! I r SWSER | Absolutely Pure ^ | issrvriT i .^gnn ws\a.? >saEUKBBiai KforeveMH , Thorn Confesses. i1 The jury in the case of Martin : Thorn,charged withe the murder of i Win. (luldon-mppe, in New York, on last Tuesday, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The trial of Mrs, Nack is to take place later. When Thorn had been led back to his cell after the conviction, he admitted that the verdict was just, - and that he, and Mrs. Neck, killed (juldensuppe. This acKnowledgri ment of his guilt took place while Thorn's cell in the jail was being 'J prepared for him. During the ' trial Thorn had been under the * charge of Police Captain Methven, , of Flushing. Captain Methven had him under his watchful 03*0 when the jail ollicials searched the cell Thorn is to occupy for a ) day or two. While this was being done, Thorn talked with tlm 3 captain, lie said : UI am contented. It was I who killed Guldensuppo and I cut tip his body. Every word that Mrs. Nack said upon the stand was substantially correct. When I 3 wan on the Htand 1 liod when telll inn the story as I did, but I liod > to clear myRelf. It is no use carrying it any further. I am guilty and am convicted. It. is * what I expected and what I sup. pose people think I deserve, and ? perhaps I do." ; Organize*! tit White llluff. I The farmers met at White Blurt", (Saturday, Pee. 4th, 1897, in an! swer to the call made by the J County Farmers' Association. J. N. Est ridge being appointed by the County Association to organ i/.o the Township, was present 1 , and explained the object of the 'I meeting. After which the fnrm ors organized l?.v electing J. X F.strid^e, President, I. <!. Coan, Vice-President, and II. .J. (.iard 11<*r Secretary. I lie Association t 4 then adjourned f?> meet at the 'all of the President. i J. X. ksthiixik, ii. .1. (Jahdxeu, President. ' Secret arjr. i PORK, 4Pork Sausage, BEEF. J Ton ran i.onv Ret fresh pork snu. [ sa^e as well an first rlass hoof at . my market daily. Prompt deli very made for all orders in any part of 9 (lie town. t W. F. YOUNG. ' Jnly 3S, l?i7(ly) 1 ?? Hnbserifec for the RNTEKPKI&H ? oa? vear II; tlx uionth 10 aanta.