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J * Lan< V Vol. XII. To Wri1 * Advert .? . It Takes A1 dering Utoo Our Stock, an Imme: in all o m * Our first sh ' Millinery, L/B ^OO ( < went out of stores like riving daily. We will 1 Special Dispiai ' a the balance of April. k ' I W- I * ! Ilf '? ^ ^ 10 yards La\ cents.. Thompson's Corsets. Our p Dotted Silk r. cents. Our pri< 25 dozen Lad ^ Z. n f" c "I"? V* v> v?** / Oi.i. Utj, jy xs We can't me gains unless u paper. Come a Lancaster 1 ? 3ASTE LANCASTE to isements. 1 Our Time Ords to Keep Up Wehavehad ase Business ur Depart ents. ipments of Goods, qui,** r* hot cakes- New goods ar have a y nd Special Prices! ten ' ' srn for Twenty-five brand new $1.00 rice 82 cents. Tissues, worth 60 3e 48 cents. iesVest, 'worth 10 %/> K, shtion all our bar re rent the whole nd see us. Mercantile Co. R EN ;R, S. C., SATURDAY, AP THE DANGEROUS GOAT j DROUGHT INTO COURT The "Hilly" Was a Side Degree Not in Ritual ot the Woodman of the World. Rev. J L. Dates! Had Ridden Dim Safely. Special to The State. Yorkville, April 23.?The case of Samuel W.Mitchell, suing (he ^ Woodmen of the World for $25, 000 for alleged injuries while being initiated in the lodge of Hickory CJrove, this county, a I year ago, was resumed when C wuu nici> iins morning. q Sovereign Commander Root g identified tlie certificate given to plaintiff in favor of his wife. Mitchell again testified. He said he is still a member of camp and pays all dues, lie was roughly handled at initiation; no one held him on the goat; didn't know how he got off. lie was told to sit up, but said "How the devil can I sit up here?" Said ho had typhoid fever in 1884 and Dr. Ward attended him. lie hauled flour for Morehead on the afternoon before his initiation. He had asked Dr. Ward for a certificate as to his injury for his lawyer, but was refused. Said his credit is good at Hickory Grove. The goat, mounted on two wheels with a handle at the back, and the seat covered with something like sheepskin, was brought into the court by defendants, who intended producing it before being subpoenaed. The three defendants were sworn and told to operate it as they had on plaintiff Prnf T inlov -- - I , ? .1... UIIIIOJ abllll^ ilfl It candidate. There was much | merriment in the court room. a preacher's testimon v. i Kev. J. L. Gates and a number of witnesses said there was a man on each side and one at the handle during initiation of plaintin'. He said it was a side degree and not in the regular work, lie said Mitchell laughed and J hollered while on the goat and j aid "Get up" to the goat, lie ( was tilted forward over the goat's head, alighting on his feet, being |j supported by attendants. He i got mad then and wanted to fight , and said he was hurt, but re- , inaititxl lititil dm > ? < v. k.iiii iuc viunoill lllfflJUg a half hour or so. The goat was . bought by a private subscription of members. Defendant's counsel proposed loitering ritual in evidence but counsel on other side admitted I there was no goat business in it. llev. Mr. (dates and others had ridden the goat liie same as the plaintiff had done. Dr. Ward testified that. Milchell had lever some years ago and bad effects had followed. Hoi said Mitchell asked him last sutn inor for a certificate as to injuries. received, but he could not give 1 it; I Mitchell on the stand denied) , ur. vv aid a statements in slron/: . ' (terms ami thojudge adhionished ! j | him. - j( "I Stood in a l?ranprht with m> I oir and caught tins.' wretched nold." ?ays the sullerer. II.- [ i 1 need not pay a heavy penalty if he!] follow* hi- net of folly with an act of ' i wisdom. Souk the feet in hot water , ' with a few teaspoon fills of Perry | l>avii' Painkiller in it. 't ake a teaspoonfn) of Painkiller in hot sweetened water at bed time arid be thank- . i fill for so simple and speedy a way to ' | hreak up a cold There ie. hut one ( . Painkillf r, !' rry (> 1 Menstruation maitn 11 ?io<i Pa i us iu ShIcm, Hi us a/ Simmons Scuaw Vine w J 0 HP TT "O IT 4 JLSKIc RIL 26, 1002. y III ! ! ! ILgf????BC?W? Makes the food more del 1 ROYAL BA*I*Q POWO 5x-Governor I). H. Chamberlain Praises Hampton. In a letter to the Springfield iepuhliean ex-Governor 1). II. chamberlain speaks very kindly if General Wade Ilatnpton. lie ays : I venture to say that South Carolina has never had a great irator or statesman who could lave done what Hampton did ; :ould have led the state so wisely f.. 1 I T I ? > uv* iiiisiciinny us nampion mti n the circumstances under which le did his most conspicuous and iraluaide work. 1 am not saying that what [lampion did was the wisest thing ,hat could have been done. I am >nly expressing my conviction hat as t'ne leader of his people 11 a gioat, vital political and locial struggle he played a high iart, a part which no other citizen )t the state was probably equal .0 ; a part which in my judgment 30 other citizen of the state at iny period of her history could probably have played so well. His mastery of men, of self willed, 3ven reckless, men was absolute, lis power of directing and conaollitig the torces with which he ltd to deal and to reach the remits he aimed at, was truly wonJerful. In the height of surrounding excitement he could be jpro n a u ti/l r?r?l 1 not a/1 i vn v IWIU VWiiWV/VVU ^ 111 111U111CU10 when it was easy to be unrestrained he could be moderate. Whoever else lost his balance, Hampton never did. Hack of all this courage and poise and self-control and supporting them all, there was be fond doubt a firm conviction that lis cause was the cause of justice if peace and of civilization. No nan who knew Hampton or is ami liar with his career can doubt lis profound devotion to jmbiic welfare. One may question the wisdom of his policy, may think mother and different policy might lave brought better results, but no one who well informed can question Hampton's fidelity to lis own best judgment. He iteadil.) followed the right as he irw it, and he was as sure to follow it in days of defeat as in lays of victory. lie telt the dings and arrows of outrageous ortune, as well as 'he applause md cheers of his fellow citizens, out through it al: he bore him iell, so tar as 1 can see, without nistake or fault, from the point )1 view lie took. Over his open rr ve nothing ;ould persuade me to utter dispraise or blame, il I could see the rravest mistake in his career, lor I feel sure ho was true at all times .o what he regarded as his duty. There is no higher praise, no rrAitf Ar si 11'fdao flioji 11 > 5 ^ rP#\ meel a front oris - s-'.h-cessl'iill., . people, to sco in 11 }\ of the applause chrt?! *d |it (i ( ract >n. an'i through li all to keep steadily on [.ho lofty and t rue path of honor ind patriotism, oven to the end, is u record which entitles Hampton to a place second to no one in the hearts of his people and he records o! his sta'** lUlKHnm fromt Viy-Halnanij 4 ^ ' < 1 I J*. ID T C Tt/ 'JKic ii. No. 6 ?naarituBii n ?i i._:?... . ? m URE icious end who!esotne ERCO., Nrwvopn, STATE PENSIONS. 'Much Delay i>u Pari of ( Hoards With ID purls. While the law provide?- that the pension money shall he distributed on the first Monday of April of each year, owing to the ptvt u VI VCI VC111I lUUUl > board and their failure 10 make reports to the state board on the first Monday of March, as required by the rules of 1 he state boards,the state board has been unable to examine new applications and dispose of them until today their second meeting The reports from some routine-; have been received since the first of April, and straggling applications from counties hav< been coming in up to the present, some in fact were recieved by the board to day. The members composing the state board are anxious to disbruse this fund at the earliest date possible, and any delay in disbursing the same cannot properly be charged to them. It is a fact, that if the board had held their meetings the oth day of April, for instance, which was beyond the date the last regular list was recieved 0 nd disapproved all those app! Nations that were not in due form several hundred deserving people, who as it is will receive pensions, would have been left ofT the list entirely; but the board having returned them for corrections, the delay caused lias resulted in their being on. The state pension board would li..c the various couniy papers to publish this statement, i {Signed? .J. P. Derham, Compt- Con. and Chairman, (.1 11 Mc.Mastor, \V. D. Starling, W. II. Harden, Dr. P. E. CriHin, State Pension Tjonr1. For K.oiiwm'Ii Trouble. "I have taken a great manv different medicines for stomach trouble ?t><1 constipation," says Mr- a Cei r > Dunkerton, Iowa,''but never I d good results from any as lrout < ha:aber'f.i t's Stomach and I.iver Table For sale by .1 F. Mackey Co Charter Applic <1 For. 'i hi Kiii^.-. Moun in y Academy i~ to ho i: >t] >rnt 1. Col. W. <i. Stephenson, the principal, and a fov. ? f o awake business men a in pub 10 spirited citizens thai 1 :>v terest< cl themselves in i he exc ! lent school ho hr- '<? *. it 1 ;ii 1 in?r u]> during the ln-t two vena liavo applied to tin ^"^rotary of the State for " ( '? i 1 *J, * ()'). 'i h'< ih> > ; ', II high class institution, in who. h I pvc'v eiti/en of Yov ;1! I;? j iiI j > ri < I ^ oiv v i'ilo 'it I man. I When you lark fncrt-v, ilo not r?d' 'i | your lood. feel dull and -tupid. aft e i estt n>f? a" you need i? do>e nl ty?-r atii'a rdoumrh and i iv r ! .1 , Tl: > ill make you t 1 lil i i )Ci"in and . iv yon ,1 boar For sale by .1 F. Markey ?v: r :