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?v,r V ' ' ' ' ' : ' T uvni". w - .v; ur? T wir " A PTt t rn "R > , T T^Tirrr I-3P 1 VOL. 2. NO. < Tatiarvtflrla H< L 1JZ. 1 J6. SEMI-WEEKLY, annotitnffc Another ^ -e.nU.Nv LEDGER 1852 R LANCA InrHw Mvstwv? I i/VO 1 . EVIEW 1878 EN* sTen. s. c? MAY 29. II Nfiura in Hri?# C.K 1 rERPRlSE 1891 >07 t-?: t* Niiw: PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER C l ? - Pi 1? opy. I UWI UHVIV 111 Crop Condition Day Exercises bration of J Carnes's 82n last Saturday. ilUUVUlULJ* Body of s?Children's Trunk. ?The CeleMr. Joshua New Yorl d Birthday Father Kasj Apostolic 01 Priest Found in Mrs ident last I k, May 26.?Rev. Qanto >ar, of the Armenian the j rnrch, of Hoboken, 1974 , www ttl . McKinley, widow of PresWilliam McKinley, died Sunday at her home in ii, Ohio. . .Tl-eod< reTilton, ournalist-author, who in tued Oenrv Ward Roech?r wriMA/uiig in nneviuc-T Officer Shot Negro. Charlotte Observer: ] Blake, a large muscular negro, who has been livi the Boyce place in South 1 lina. nnar Pinovilla ? ?? ollce lornado 10 1 Perry Number ofPersons! black Many Injured-C nK on mage to Propert Uaro bVi/vf llri II _ T> _ a m lexas. Killed and_ ireat Da-* / Mr. Editor: Ph space in thecolurai uable paper for soi cent occurrences ii The farmers i planting corn, cho N. J., was a Jase allow me 80me time It o? of your yal- wa8 found to me of the re- been lefi 1 this section. r??na rent b #re now busy three weeks ppitig cotton, nished room lurdered in this city jor ast week. The body wj day in a trunk which <jay t as security lor their ] y two Greeks who ago engaged a tur- death of Mrs. Henry She- tb( .1-. .tr-J 1 ? ,000,000 for alienation of fe's affection, died Saturi Paris, where he had refor a number of years... . persons were turned to Saturday in San Jose, Cal? ) burning of a boarding ? -I --VP- ? AlAVf TTOO and probably fatally wot late Saturday night by C Daniel, the town marsh Pineyille. The shooting place on the Southern Ra track just beyond the pass station of the village. E OUWV 1-OlUl, lex., mded A tornado struck t harlie portion of Wills P< al of cutting a swath 200 took through the town, ki ilway persons and injuri enger others. The dead: taniel Mrs T f! nmi?lao May vo.? he eastern * \ rint today, yards wide Uing three ing many etc. roor stands reported nearly Some farmers are second time. Small grain will vest. Wheat will b age. Oats are good 41 i 4- A of cotton are 01 > every where. ?' a tenemer planting the lJ-9?venth si The body soon be to h?r- Posture, witl e a good aver *R&inst the except where 8tr?p that p of the neck 1 ipieu ?UO fcuiru nour Jj0U8e it at 833 Westlhir- a^a(U0 treet. \J, Go: was in a kneeling janta h the head bouna ment knees by a heavy of the lassed over the back arooI1j anrl *R> LnnWlarl nn- - .... A splendid equestrian to the memory of Gen. J. rdon was unveiled in Atlast Saturday. Gen OleA. Evans was the speaker day .Six millionaires, them Pres dent Patrick had the negro under arrest, charge of retailing whiskey, ing seen him deliver a bott a young white man. Saturday night, accordi his own statement, Officer E told a young white man, , on a Jesse D.iuglas, 8yc , hav- Mrs. MeClellan'e cl le to The tornado cam southwest and (rave ng to northeast, carrying w ianiel tions of buildings an Mr. bris like whirling lea >ar8 old. hild. e from the * . , led to the 'ith it pord other deyea. Dead I LIB lUHtJt'liS nun have damaged (hei Tabernacle has I enjoyable as wel occasions recently dren's Day exercia off Sunday, 19th dnnidprl eiipppKB rtjuwut iruBiio , 11. der the shin, bad some very roust have h I as profitable of *f?e. The Chil as which came Dr. Thomp inec., were a Comi An infarnfllinp Ualho , The murdered man jnve8| een about 60 years in(jicf( grand ? briber >son of Fort Mill caiho mits Suicide. A har tt un, of the United Railways roent Company, have been ed by the San Francisco jury, the charges being y and attempted bribery, un's bail is $560,000.... idsome monument erected John Gaddis, to buy wh from this negro so that he see the transaction. The n and the whiskey had h changed hands when Dani reeled Blake, who swore th would die before he woul iskey horses, cattle and fov could tered along the pi loney storm. ardiy A severe rain anc el ar- storm swept oyer no at he as last night, causing d be mage to property and rls are ecatith of the \ 1 electrical rthern Tex; much daI some loss program of song etc. was rendered School, followed mructive addresses L. Duffie, Messrs. T. M. Belk and Re Kissick. The ream b, recitations, Rock Hill by the Sunday ^)r. D. G. 1 by short, it* nent young j irom itev. tt. Mil 1, comini O. A. Plyler, place this m< )V. E- M. Mc- throat with >st for an offer- ?Knn? o. rv'r.i< in uni I Kecord, May 27 : ?rv of 'hompsoo, a promi- Union physician of Fort impre tted suicide at that day. :>rning by cutting his Citadi a razor He got up occasi i/?!r onrl ml hi tlmutr on, tL is siare, 10 ine memthe Confederate soldiers of county was unveiled with saive ceremony last RatnrCol. A. Coward, of the al, was the orator of the on... .Fire in the Gaffney a KniliKni* Qof ?v? locked up. Daniel who is a p fellow, well built and able b( put a hand cuff on the n< right wriot ?.nd started ic the guard house with him after going about 20 steps, 1 reared back and said thi 1-1 r ?i lucky of life. The known >died, W. P. Lyon, Ellis c ?gro's mer, struck by lightr inaid II ai i y oueed, Rosf. , but by lightning. Blake A. R. Sanderson, F it he struck by lightning. dead : sounty, farliug. bud, strucK 'ark Spring, \ ing for the support day schools was 8ponded to. The cl exceptionally goo everybody seemed ly enjoyed the day On last Saturda t of needy Sun- wife for,the : liberally re- *him what h< hoir nave some told her he y d music and that was hu to have great- ting the raz< \ back door ii y Mr. Joshua and Mrs. Tl nuu 1113 razor, and she asked injc re 3 wanted with it. He of sev wanted to cut a corn Qafftw rtinK him. On get- loss.. >r he went out of the wido* ato the yard or lot, S*tur< tiomnson. ausnectinc shot t v cruiiuia^ uaiuiuaj UJU1Usuited in damage to extent eral thousand dollars. The Ledger sustained some ..Mrs. Sallie Feeney, a r, was convicted of murder lay ac Eastman, ^Ga. She O death W. 1* H;irrel1 ?t wuuiu go no iurmer. JUanie Gaddis to take hold of him young man who had bough whiskey tastened Blake b left arm, but the latter s about and thr6w him off. G it is paid, drew hia knife nnnrna(<lioil liloto n 1 told JNear Denton eigh i. The of Wardlow family w it the one fatally, when lie y the ertumed by wind, urged barns and other sma *ddi8, were destroyed. Ma and were killed. ? ? i?i t members ere injured, me was ovScores of 11 buildings uy animals i Oarnen celebrated day by having a his children, gran' & r (*a t - irro nHnliilHro f % o 0- ?*? On arriving at th venerable patriarc found that a great. his 82nd birth- trouble, dr reunion of all him, but coi Ichildren and then went n. aroused son e home of this alllj Went in ;h, the wriler heard him number oi re- lo him fount essed and followed her h< iiId not find him. She made back to the house, Theji ne of I he neighbors mercy search for him. They t)renr groaning and going umbin 1 him lying in a pool mornj ime. She claimed that he improper proposals to her. Jry recommended her to the ' ot the court.... James lan, a young man of Coli, was drowned Saturday ing in the Columbia canal. r* ??*i\j i D out, grabbed the uplifted took the knife and turut Daniel, who was clinging hand cuff* on the right. I claims that when he saw Blake had a knile he dreN gun, stepped back and fire rtV/ uru hand, Emory, Tex , May >d on nado bore down on lO the flvonini* IrOMl t!l8 )aniel but suddenly veering ' that circled the town, kill v his sons and injuring 40 i d. the . 25.?A torEmory this SGUth ncot^ to the west ing Rix peror 50. The ItiMves and friends preceded him, the filled with buggies that had conveyed to this particular 1 all had arrived, least two hundret A. i i: xi. ~ hail already 0f blood wit grove being His wile ' ;f wagon9, etc., Qf pt>rt Mill [ those people Qf tbe late '1 lome. When for a time there were ?t county. Tl i people pre dren. % t ^ h his throat cut. while ivas Miss Efiie Culp, bridg* , and a daughter ot carrie G. Culp, who was under supervisor ol York nian f ley have no chil- ....I work attempting to swim to the ) ovei* the locks. He was d by a strong undertow the locks. Lie was a line'or the Bell Telephone Co. Eleven convicts who were at on a public road near Nev\ ball taking effect as descril a foregoing paragraph. Blal to the ground. Another Hull Storm-Thin in the Crnif/at'ille Sectiot A severe wind and hail ? i ucnu >ed in Walter Martin, Mrs le fell Harvey, three negro Seriously injured : ? monds, Miss Cora ' ?ne Bell York, six other sous and between 30 storm croeH worft hurt K r ?. Brvhalter eg. Mi38 SimYork, Miss white perand 40 nennrir i u wall sent luciuuiiig uie friends that canv occasion. At eleven o'cloc M. McKissick pre sermon, which w? all present. Dinu onrouH in f ho rti*t neigiiDors ana B to enjoy the Cotton a :k the Rev. E. Dema ached an able is enjoyed by Houston, ler was then planters of ' vta ivVii/tK nr n o Wlttl A flt.ri If < .. ? - bern, loppers in Texas K nd $2 a Day. " J'1"? Chiel the cc Tex.?The cotton 9j10t rex?? are concerned a nrr?r?r?rr ilia mirtvn N. O., escaped Monday. . . . . Gails was fatally shot Satat Hope Mills, N. C., by of Police Arnitt.. . . Davis, >lored Pullman porter who and killed young Gist at le, has been captured and visited the Uraigsville s< lust Monday afternoon, i considerable damage to gr< crops. So far as we have able to learn the hail was he at Mr. S. D. Taylor's place, i much injury was done to c< *.i t. * a\ 1* action ... . , . . provided with storm doing ... . ? to this fact is due the 3wmg ^ (jea{j 1 "?en ? , . It very building on ftviest , . , poor farm was dei where .. well as several costh otton, , J . A he greatest destru J AO ?? V A * cellars and > small numi the count y nolished as r residences, ction. how optvuu i/??v o a sumpiou8 feast i ter thanks were tz R. L. DufTie, all j themselves to the the inner man. We appreciate th nvtnriili TUj nilivu r- (?o ?? *vm ndeed, and af- farm laborei iven by Kev. work in the present helped demanding satisfaction of ping cotto wages in fin e kindness and kut *',e nGKt *i 11 #\n to work this ^ ""6*" 18 no pp, who are quitting wjnd various territories, erf0rd $2 per day for chop- ntt su n. lhe cuslornary cj-ops ^ past has been $1.25, (jie ] ;oes positively refuse wa8 | i season lor less than * w in jail at Union.... A and hail storm in the RuthIton section ol North Oaroli nday night badly damaged A portion of the roof of hospital at Rutherfordton blown off. . . . Willie Bran1 ? 1 -J l * uiwugii it is hoi niougiii uia Taylor will have to plant a^ain. Window-glass in b sider.ce were broken by lh atones, and a number of i especially in ihe orchard broken or blown down t wind. 1 Mr' ever, occurred in th tlement. Many of lis re, will die. e hail trees, were Gainsville, Tex., i\ iy ihe tornado struck Gribl t.ndav wr?r.kin<r 1 e negro setthe injured j1 1 av 25 ?A >le Springs irvn has b i 11 _ UV/Ul IVDIUO ||VJI reunion occasaion Mrs Carnea, and i many year? yet wi earth. Mr. Carnc grandchildren an children (includinj rikI wives broil ?J* vu bing | i by Mr. and uav they have th us upon this ? Quite a ?s has children, friana will 4 d great-grand- era?e reunir 2, the husbanda week. In a r/ht intr? iIia timed elsew IUII, 1 ed wh Grani number of LancasHake in" I he Confed Mr ni in Richmond this day a ddition to those men- er. M rhere. the following *?: i-yuar-oui ooy, was arawn iile swimming Sunday, at te Quarry, N. C s. W. F. Broom spent Sun,t Fort Lawn with her fath r. S. K. Killian. ir i -1 m i There was also some h the D wight section, bu enough to do any serious age. The rainfall in some ities was very heavy, were > adly washed by the pour on Mr. A. C. Willian plantation, about four f- ?. - -J - ' ' :,il i" \njr two persons and ' , "0t score. Dead: Harl danilocal ^ey, James Mc(Jlo< Lands children, down- Injured severely: ison's Cloakev, Sr., father miles children, may die; I "HII injuring a OS MeOiosjkey, both James Moot the dead Jiih Jackson, family by marriag ber of 176. One hi 1}were present on t ferred to. The ott in other states. r% -?w ?w ;e) to the num- ?ither left mdred of them ?r will leav he occasion re Richmond : >ers are mostly liams, Mes mon, W. M, Participant. Oaakey, Rol ? er, T. K. O ? - - - - ?r? in II yesterday afternoon jeS8i< e this morning for wood Judge D. A. Wil- today sr8 John S. Black- days. , Blackmon, W. Q. >t. Steele, B. A. Gain fPkp unningham and Ha- 5 lllu sh Virginia layior and Mis* j Lathan, students ol LinCollege, are expected home to spend the summer holi NoWQ Does Printing ltvuii for others. Whv irom iowii, hiid on oiner in that vicinity. ?Two citizens of St. Mo., started Wednesday t< all the way to the Jamc Exposition. They expect t< the (lialancA. nhmit Oftrtft piace? may dm. The tornado deva? ing land about two r Louis, ? [> walk Mis8 Susie May istown has been spending ? > cover Lancaster, returned milaa vesterdftV. wVlAPA ?h stated *rrowniles long. Oloyd, who i few days in to Kerahaw a in nmnlnv. 8ub*orib? to Tb ? i6 N?w?. I sel Ferguto n. can't J w? do yours? ? ? ? ? ? 1 A I by Aug. 19. luiivo I I j t -- ?w. v ? ? ed as telegraph oper ' % tor. 1