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i ' f l LANCASTE Vol. XIII. LANCAS'I ON J Wft WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL SFXIS8 BISPLAY OF Millinery and White Goods ? Our Milliner, Miss Breilt, who is expe rienced and wp-to-date in her line, has sparec no pains to make this display a success We Cordially invite aii the t Ladies to come and insoecf OUT crnnrlc Tf von hnm -I ^ - " J v v not already bought, you will know where tc \ . buy. If you have bought you'll be sorry f We have goods that will make an old maid of 40 look like she's "sweet sixteen." fifcwgio't 1 -mniwmrt ai Qjk % T3 -w* r\ ww V\ /\ IKT A .? i theDate ?tmWA) Ht [ Lancaster Mercantile Co. L \ 'ER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL i, LTKK YKNll'K. irPi?? ! <=.?-> i.r. r t A ll*J A V1 uv/l lilli 'vee, two mile ~~ tho parish si The IVonle Move About Green- parish, La , w: imminent aanj villa in Skiffs. attracted huud . from Natchez. Greenville, Miss., March ? J sipping tliroug The backwater from the La--j men wero put grange crevasse is slowly rising! the levee. Th and nearly all of the city is sub- Natcho/., Red merged. Business is paralyzed railway, runn and people are moving about yille to Vidali the streets in the southern sec tjcc Qf a discon tion in skiffs The rise in the service on th last 24 hours is two inches The terminals at V: I sensational roports sent out from lovce are unde } I here that the city is in danger sa^,. from Claj I of destruction are highly cxag conveys the i J' geratcd and the facts do not (}le Tensas riv warrant any spch statements rapidly and t Rumors of grei>t\loss of life are under water, absolutely without foundation place will he c , s?/ar as is known hero nolipl,+Bylsrt T(> c[ parties with boats nave been at work rescuing people in the path- New (Mean: . i- - ?i - - J ' * ui imi nooa ana tne retugees second attempt are brought ,hqre. . vasse at Lucy It was said this afternoon that end again givi the mayor had instructed the of being disco city engineer to cut the protec and Texas an tion levee in the northern part have resumed of the city as it is believed it er force than will be the means of letting tlu still liopo of s water out through Fish lake vasso is now The country heyond the la&e is its water is in much lower than the citv and if territory. Tin the levee is cut it, will stop the spread as far a rise in Greenvillo and carry off cho and do unt much ot the water in tho city. oral more raili All trains left this afternoon effects if the ll< promptly on schedule time. The Governor lie; shut down of the electric plant break today ;ui is a serious inconvenience to that the place the pdoplo and lanterns in skiffs I The trouble h may be seen throughout the soil which hr town at night. beneath the n The flood situation outside crib work boi of (ireenville remains practical- soon as they 1 1 ly unchanged. The waters have tween the iini covered thousands of acres of be tilled in wit fine delta farms and are sweep- and the river c south to Vicksburg. The loss ? will ho heavy, but it is impossi- For liver troul 1 bio to give anything like a cor- tion ' reel estimate of the damage There's nothing wrought hv the flood. 1 hsn Little Kr Today Areola and Hollandale mons little had their first sight of the water. always e Rumors have been coming in , -.fl8ay.e (,oe|?.r n , t i i .i i Little harlv liii .11 <lay of breaks in tl.o lovoe |rom a|, ot^r both above and below the city, wea|cen PVf but tonight none were confirm tonic to the ti ed at the levee board oflice and ttio secretions i.,> 11 111 % ui?- [iu'mhk uiJiciu'd ;ui iH'c iiui:i- liver to tho fu ing and everything reported its functions na favorable. Hros. Tho protection levee in the ? northern part of the city was TV ILL C( cut by order of the mayor. The crevasses was made near the Ohcuferlield, Delta (>il work's plant and was done with a view of relieving interesting cas the situation within t Do eon fin- promises to prr es of the town, the hope being tion was up bo * J that the cut thus made will let |Ktie M. J. lloiu I tho water now standing in tho|thft fl),y j>oforo .. city How inio the bayou. The ,. } < i ? n .! 1 i? I .>n -i ceeitmg to omv Jevee at Cattish 1 oint, z()>iuilcs| .north of here, which was re j form, tho will ported to he washing la>t night, late Mrs. luni I 'is intact and n<> fiithm* trouble 'died and bv ? 1 is expected :it that point- Ifew Mays before ^ a zoo cit^ feels effects. | a previous one Vickslwrg, Miss., ft!arch'-M).? |iro esUle fo The Hood situation in theim-l,. . , . , , thereby cutting , niv diate section is unchanged but Yazoo City is beginning to J Heirs, her niec feel the effects of waters from niece, who won the Lagrange crevasse. The under the first i backwater is rising at tlie rate j[or ^jood h of two inches a day and tho H(,e I|n(,e(. lhc eastern part at the town is par . tially submerged. One fatality ,,,s'lnp l"e at occurred there today, a negro will to probate. by tho namo of Stephens losing For two days , his life by tin- capsizing of a m,<i0r considers ?u: nr The river here h?9 again come tho to a stand after dropping two ?''idge Hough i tenths yesterday. The gauge would reserve 1 tonight registers 51.0. beneficiaries of LKVKK AHOUT To COLLAPSE represented l>y Natchez, Miss , March 2U.?? & Mutihoson ; IR P R i . '9?3 t the Arnolia le- j s below Vicbilia, m y 1 to of Concordia , ,m ?s boiling and in ft ? ' b L^er of breaking, rprlc /if ci rrlifuaftvc ?~ | IH "Wi ?ZT tSPML The water was, R W li tlio boil and 50 L-1 ^ v i to work to save n\,v*U^J? ?*S?tl 10 officials of the y ? River and Texas <?'?? 3 ing from Jonesa, have given noa' n]<'s^ . rrri ?,, 10 'ton Station, La.,. KM^ *FiP" v^'Fr! ' n form at ion . that V> er is rising very ^b^iuteiy ?-il!*i3 'tiioc ana 1 at tliat THEREJSM SUB&TlTUiX . \ ] !<>-"(l today. ? =:?a?ga miI ? OSK a CRKVA8SK (]le will are represented by JA*n. 3, March 29?Tne W. 1\ Pollock, Col. Edward Ale- , : tp close the ere- Ivor and Hon. G. K. Laney. failed, the upper This estate is worth s?V*fal ncr wav. I nstpad 1/ * J 11 raged, the lovee *hourtand dollars. It oonUi^V,,... ' id Pacific forces flnest body of timber in the?i?^awork with a larg- t.y, over a thousand acrw. 1 ever and there is originally belonged to the J ^ ^ "j* uccess. llit: ere estate. " 150 feet wide and . .. .<? f s , .. , 1 hose contesting the will #i;,H of f mndatiug a large , , . .a ?, * ) water will likely that undue "^ence was its Bayou La Four- rised with Mrs. TTuntlev aid (he old damage. Sev- signature of the will procured by oads will feel the i Ml (Ik* immediate ond or third pfnr"?. Improves the e and her grand i r^\ oi:''oli _,wtidK "u!* , , _ . . neyR. Druggists, $1. Jo prove it . ' beneficiaries cur(?flt sample of Klood IJaliu sent j will, free and prepaid by writinsHleod Q_' eirs. the honeficia- Balm Co.. Atlanta, Oa. Describe y ! ... tronhle and free medical advice , * first will, are eon- ?eut ,n 6#aled |eUer ^ mission ol her las' the case lma been supervisor'# Office Day#. ition. At the close rogular office days will jnts last evening bo Qn Wednesday and Saturday innounced tliat lie 0f oach week. The remaining lia decision. The dayft will lie required in the ' the last will are discharge of other duties. I j "j pcrrv Messrs. Stevenson, ^ g k'or. , thoso contesting. J j I _ nauu. n\ i* not choc ked Mrs. Huntley was a wonum Of am visited the . d is also hopeful 9tron^ P^.iudices and Mh*h> catl i)^ closed. nionle ; slio was very old ard in> with the sandy firm ; her mental faculties had is washed away grown weak, and by indulging nammoth lines ol j)er jn jier wliimsical ideals *nd njr erected. As . ... _ .old the space 1.0- l,umorm? hcr 1,1 "om u neaso fences will waB enf)i!ir Fusible for persons to h sacks of earth ingratiate themselves in her Cfciror hecked. and then induce her to 4* as desired. jles and coostipa- matter how the case is de, .. .. cidod.it will no doubt be annealed bettor in creation ... . . .. , . rly Risers th? fa- to the upper courts by the io*?g pills Far,yfleet a cure and bills. ?ers are different,. _ ... .. nu < iitvh Tllooa rofson, < anrrr, II* pi lis. 1 liey (JO not cor*. Krii'iu*.. Cnrl.iiui.|<-!I, Fie, * *' . i item, but act as a JIe?Uei??e Free, issues by arousing , and restoring the KobertWard,Maxey,s,Ga.,says: II performance of suffered iroui b.ood poison,tny turallv. Crawford bead, *aco at)(^ shoulders w?m one musn ui corruption,acnes 111 r.nues and joints,bnmiug,itching,"cabby skin, was all run down and riis1IMTKSTEI) couraged, but Botanic BloodBalm ?v \ cured me pet fectly, healed all the March 28?An sorefi and pave my ekin th j rich i ,, . glow of health. Blood Balm out p an<l o?e tl'?t now life into my Wood .11.1 uew iducc much litiga ambition into my brain." (ion A; fore .Ttidge of Pro- Williams, Roxbury, face covered sli yesterday and f't rj'i,.pl?5' ch,onlo1 f0r0 ?.n bark. of head, suppurating 3\velIt was a pro ting on neck, eating ulcer on leg, ' e ? will in solemn'bone pains, itching skin cut d being lliaj of the P?rfectl.V by Botanic Blood Balm / ,, . ,. I?sores ail healed. Botanic Blood l> Jiunlley. She ftajm cures nil malignant bleed will made only a ; trouble;-, u?h fv rc tenia, v;bs her dent il revoked | and scaies, pimples,running t-oius, , * , , carbuncles, scrofula, etc. Eepo- , and gave ncr on- ,, . , . ?, b. cially advised for all obstinate distant relatives j oases that have reached iho teo