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Local Matters. I >i*, -1 as, 1*001*0, PHYfr*'ii iAN ANDHniuicox, <JHADUA IK<<K I!J- M.I-. Vih\V llOfPITAD MM I ICAIi C 'M.I OK, N Y. Offers Ms prnfts* ^eivices ml he people of Lancaster mi.<1 vieinny. QtV Office nVei K'tiik nf I It evidence with T. Y. Williams. ? Mr J.1 Funtlerburk of Tradesvillc, is reported quite ill. ?lT S Marshal Hunter is stopping over a few days with rela tives here. ? Dr S J Hinson is erecting a new drug store at llcath Spring. Mr S P Bennett has the contract. ?Mr NVm Hilliard, of Bowersville, Ga., is visiting relatives at Heath Spring and Uakhurst. ?We regret to learn of the serious illness of our old friend, Mr Evnn Boilings of Oakhurst. ? ltev Messrs Doggett and arrow wood dosed their arbor meeting at Taxahaw yesterday. ?Col lrby was the guest of Congressman Strait while here and ex Gov. Evans of .Judge Jones. ? Dr Courts of Hcidsville, N C., hfts located at Taxahaw in this county, for the practice of medicine. ?Mr Jag Mackey, of Georgia is visiting his father Mr L I* Mackey in this county. lie drove through in a buggy. ? We have just received a few nice Virginia horses that wo would like to sell or exchange. Stevens, Heath & Elliott. ?Mr J M Ussery of Heed Creek, Ga., is on a visit to his relative, Mr W D Ussery, near Oakhurst. ?Mr J D Winstead and family and-Miss Willie Poovey, of Fairheld county, are the guests of Dr G W Poovey and family. ?latest improved Hue k eye Mower for only $33.50, one of the best mowers on the market. Stevens, Heath & Elliott. ?Mrs Geo B Gatling of Kaleigh N C is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs L C Payseur at this place. ?The foreman thanks Mr D L Adams for some very nice grapes ami Mr W I) Lemmond for some delicious canteloupcs. We were glad to see our friend Mr J Li Tillman, Jr., in town yesterday. He is able to go ahout on crutches. ? Misses Shell and Corinnc Horn? of North Carolina, and Miss A nice O'Leary of Yorkville, are the guests of the Misses Payseur. ?Mr C C Cauthen, 4'Junius,1' of Oakhurst, is the guest of Mr A J Clark, editor of the Enterprise. He came up to hear the Senatorial candidates s|>eak. ?Died of congestion of the brain, July 24, 1H97, John Sydney, one of the twins of Mr and Mrs .1 It Vuughan of Pleasant Hill. Mr Wm Cnskey, telegraph operat ... I depot agent ' sor, S C and his wife are visiting the former's father near Pleasant Hill. ? I)r (i N liurgyss has moved front the Jacksonhnm sni'tinn of thin county to Waxkaw N C and will rem line the practice of his protension. - Mr John Kiddle left yester- j lay for Yorkville to accept a |h>sition on the Yeoman. Mr R., has been on the Review force for five or nix yeai s, and in an cxjhtionecd printer and a fast coinp<>M tor. afe#" I ! !? on human. mange on lior-nw flon.H mid all Mock, cured in an minute* I.'v Woolfurd'* Hanlitn v i.otioii. This never fall*. Hold I?> J K .l/nckey A Co., Druggist. l.ancaMer, H C. ?Mr.I II Stevenson, charged with rape on Ins daughter, gave the hond of $l,r>00. as fixed by Judge Jones, yesterday and was released from custody. ?Thanks! Many thanks to Mr S V Stover, one of the chutnpion watermelon growers of Dry * 'reek, for a forty jxamder presented to the editor lust Thursday. ?Rev N J Holmes, will preach at Douglas tomorrow morning and in the Presbyterian church at this place tomorrow night. The session of Douglas will meet at 10 a ui to receive applications for membership. The sacrament of Lord's supper will he administered after the 11 o'clock sermon. Campaign l>ny. There were about 000 persons J in attendance on the speaking at ! this place yesterday which took place in the court house yard.? I At 11 a. ni. the meeting wnsopen' ed with prayer by Rev. S N Wat; son. County Chairman Porter, after a brief address, introduced Col. Irby as the first speaker. He said he felt too unwell to make a speech hut felt it u duty to make ' the effort. Col. Irby's speech was ' about on the same linr. as at previous meetings. lie made an I # amusing classification of the conservatives, us follows, viz: Hyenas, who would vote for mcIjuu rin, Moderate conservatives who ' . . . - . > would vote for bim and conservatives who would vote for the devil ; l>efore they would vote for any of I the candidates. Col Irby was lis(tened to attentively throughout his speech of al)out 45 minutes. At the conclusion of^Col. Irby's speech the chairman announced . that Senator McLaurin was to have been the next speaker but was 1 prevented from attending on ac! count of sickness. The following ! certificate was exhibited to the I chairman who explained the reason of the Senators absence. Yorkville, S C., Aug 13, 1897. ('hairman of Lancaster County Democracy, Lancaster, S C.: At our very urgent solicitation, Hon John L McLaurin has been persuaded to give up his engagements to-day and to-morrow, of addressing the people of Lancaster and Kershaw, on account of his physical inability to do so. Having not fully recovered from bis collapse after the s|>eaking of yosterdry at Yorkville and in view of the effect of the continued strain upon his nervous system of the campaign of the past few weeks, we have prescribed absolute rest for the remainder of this week for him. Respectfully, W. G. White, m. i>. J. 1). McDowell, m. D. Ex-Governor Evans was th"?n introduced. He o|>oned with some amusing reference to Col. Irby which tickled the crowd immensely. This was in reply to some pleasant reference by Col Irbv to him. The speaker then turned in a serious way to a discussion of the tariff in line with his former speeches on the subject. lie made a connected speech explaining w hat he claimed to be the injustice of the tariff. In the course of his remarks some one asked him if Tillman and Mcl.uurin were n<?t together on the tariff, lie said yes, Tillman had voted that way to load the tariff bill down, but that m Laurin had voted that way because he claimed Ins vote was right. lie went on to say that it didu >t mattor how Tillman voted that Tillman's hide could nt?t cover McLaut in. That if m< Laurin had lain down with Republican dogs and i got Hons ou him, ho could not expoet the.farmer* to pour kerosene on him tut*I have the tlcas jump on them. >ir. Kviinn H|N)ko for ulxnit one? hour. The meeting wan a very quiet ami orderly one. Von demand the right to <lo I your own thinking, and you idionld concede the same right to other people. Deaths. Mrs Annie Neeley, daughter of Mr Harrison Lee, of Coion County j N C.,'nnd wife of Mr W l'ink Neoly of the Jucksonlmui neigh- u i borhood, died on Tuesday after ' noon Inst, after a lingering illness I( of consumption. She was about ai 3S years of age and leaves her husband ami three children sur 111 I viving her. She was an excellent woman, and a devoted w ife and rc mother. She was a member of ol Waxhaw Presbyterian Church pi and a consistent christian. Her j ol remains were interred at old T I Waxhaw cemetery on Wednesday ir afternoon. P' j ?Mrs Emma G Munn, wife of: Mr I) .1 Munn, died at her home |'s on Factory Hill, of fever, on j Si If " M Tuesday evening last after an ill- M ness of several weeks. The fami- S1 ly only recently moved to this A place from Camden. Mrs Munn was about 25 years of age. She hi leaves her husband, one child about six months old, and five 111 step children surviving her. Her death is a sad loss to the family ai all of whom were much devoted tl to her. She was a member of S Antioch Baptist Church in Ker- 1' shaw county, ami was a devout pi christian. Her remains were in gl terred in the new cemetery at this place Wednesday afternoon. ? Lulu Henly, a little daughter o^ of \I l*H \llirlllll llfillllf ?> ?l>n fn/. IS. . ??v.... i?t bUU IUV | I 11 tory, aged 11 y?ars, died last Wed- | tli nesday night after several weeks ai illness of fever. She was 11 yenrs and 10 clays of age. Her remains n( were interred in the new cemetery ft ; Thursday afternoon by the side of q her sister, Bessie Ilenly, whose g, death occurred just ten days be- ot fore. ? ' is An Old Colored "Woman's Narrow Escape. On Wednesday night last, a tenant house on Mr L J Cauthen's place near Oakhurst, occupied by Ben Ilobertsonjjcol., was burned. '?| The origin of the tire is unknown he but one thing is certain, the mem- fr bers of the family who were P< sleeping upstairs, narrowly escap- th ed being burned to death. In the pi rush to save themselves all forgot P1 Nancy McLure, an old colore<l woman about 80 years of age who D ' was unable to get down the steps M 1 unassisted. Henry Jackson was M was first to think of his old grand- M 1 mother and ut the risk of his li/o da went to her rescue. He found her ta ; sitting in the floor, clapping her I) i hands and apparently resigned to pi the horriole death which seemed to th await her. He dragged her from tr the building though the heat of vt the flames had become almost on- m bearable. Mr Cauthen's loss on tb the hoiiao was probably several hundred dollars. Hen lost almost tr 1 everything he had except u sewing . 0f machine and some furniture which t|, was in a room downstairs. His ge | loss amounts to at least. *100. j cn 1 Hen is a very good darkev and ^i his white friends sent some clothes r(1 for his family the morning after ^ tho fire and no doubt are helping him with other contributions. hi in Other Fires in the Comity. ^ Mr Kliiah l'ittman and family, L;, * ? ? til who live near Stevens' mill -|*cnt gj the night last Wednesday night at i his father's. During the night Ht ; h's house was burned: the origin m of the fire being unknown. He Hl lost everything except tin- clothing ho and his fumilv wore. I ^ ^ ?The kitchen of Mr Seaborn I I Suna, near W* Ii?t?* IMains. was m burned Wednesday night. It is <1r not known how the tire originated. Nothing was saved from the build- j ing. It required hard work to j j : save mi* S's dwelling. hj, ?Revs J S and A m C'roxtou J,,n will t>egin a protracted meeting . at Antioch, the new church pear vv( Stevens mill, next Monday. ! w< | For the Ledger. VAN WYCK ITEMS. Rev Ilenry Stokes spent hist eek :n Chestcrlield assisting Rev I' Attn way in a meeting. He turned to Van Wyek, Monday id reports a pleasant time with ic Chesterfield people and a good leeting. Mr and Mrs .1 M Voder visited datives at Leslie, the early part f the week. They were well leased with the thriving village f Leslie and its hospitable people, hey saw fine crops nil along their avel and every indication of rosperitv. Mrs Hick (fftrrivonof Ehenee/.er visiting her sister Mrs Sallie tewart, also, Misses Blanche and laud Stewart of Rock Hill, arc lending a few days with their nnt, Mrs Stewart. Miss Bessie Tillman and her rother. John Dixon, of Tank, e visiting relatives and friends *ound Van Wyek. Clerk of Court, \Y S L Porter id wife of Lancaster, were among lose who attended the Sunday i-hool pic-nic. Mr ami Mrs ortrr have many fiiends in this irt of the county who arc always lad to meet them. Rev ,! Burr Harris, his si>ter ula, and Mr Powers remained .*er after the pic nic to the doiht of their friends. They were ie guests of Mr \V R Tillman id family. Rev Henry Stokes left on Wed isday morning's Vestibule for short visit to his old home, reenville, S C. He will return iturday and till h'suppointuienU i Sunday as usual. Miss Lilla Jordan of Fort Lawn visiting Mrs R H Masse". ? Miss Sadie McCardell of ancasler is having a pleasant sit at the home of E W Nishet. Miss Blanche Smith gave a dejhtful lawn party at her pleasant >tne, Tuesday evening to visiting 1_ ? - ieuua vy e learn tne young sople had a delightful time and ie memory of that evening's easures will lii\ger long with its irticipantc. Messers J M Nisltet and John ixon Tillman accompanied by isses Sugar Tillman. Minnie iller, Bessie Tillman and Sadie cCardell sj>ent part of Wednesly, sight seeing, among the Cawba Indians. They visited Mrs unlup's Indian School and other aces of interest, and express emselves well paid for their ip. The Indians treated them srv courteously and seemed uch pleased to have a visit from lis galaxy of youth and beauty. There has been so much to atact the thoughts and attentions 1 our young people this week, at one of our young road Overera* thoughts wandering awav ? used him to forget that he had s hands warned out to work the md on a certain day. The overer did not put in an appearance, 'hen a friend reminded him that s road hands were in waiting, e remarked, 4tI forgot that we ere to work the road today, ive been thinking of what a nieo t ?* j am ir io nave with nr. r ft rl ut tho cnmpmeeting. Messrs .1 11 \V .1 Crenshaw e attending mt Prospect campeeting. They are drir ing a pair id mean business. Chester girls em to have more charms for em than girls of old Lancaster. The Sunday school pic nic was success and enjoyed l?y the any who attended it. The adc.-h'h of Kev A \\ Plyler and r Wehor were fine and enter ining to those who heard them, sv 11 W Hoon did not make an dross owing to tho accident of s horse being cut in a wire nee, which required his attention d others to keep the animal om bleeding to death. I)r Potts itched the cuts and from what 5 can learn the horse is doing, )ll. OiTiMua. All INcajX'H Convict Heard From *4I**ig;titii'i*x'** .Joe Ilanimand, the negro who was sentenced to two years on the chain gang for rol?hery and who made his escape from the gang last .January after serving a few months of his sentence, is said to he lurking about in the Oakhurst neighborhood. He is reported to have gone to the house of Bill Shields, col., who was the prosecuting witness i against him, one right this week land called on Bill to come out but Bill didn't go. He is also reported to have attended a negro preaching Sunday night and to have had four pistols on his person, and to have said that he defied any man I to attempt to arrest him. m mm MACK'S TASTKI.KSS <1111.1. TOXIC WITH IKON. A I'onUire. I'eim'itieW ami tf fei lmil i are I or ? h 'lis anil fevei. If V? a/fff run toe erenj bottle In aire sat is/act ion.? II hen trr burr iikc'c n sto tem en1 our honor is buck' o) it. -ami JI \E S. / )A'O CI'lilt, ,Y() !\ J )\ It is a true tonic, A Sure appetizer, A complete strengthened A perfect Mood purifier. To restore hen/tb and sfrcii'Jfh tiller reeoreri n l> J'rom Hi/ions, Intermittent, Tij/tlioitl tint' other fevers. PRICE 50 Cents A BOTTLF ? For sale by -I F Macke.v ?VC<> , I.aNuahTKH, W. t;. FULLY DECIDED. No More Doubt an to What is an Original Package. Tuesday the attorneys in the Guckenheimer case ap|>eared l>efore Judge Siminton in Greenville and he issued the following j order, which shows very clearly all that he intended to convey in his definition of the meaning of an original package: United States of America, Dis j trict of South Carolina. In circuit court. In equity. Fourth , circuit. S. Guckenheimer, A. S. Gueken- | heimer and M. S. Guckenheimer sons, compliants, against W. I W. Seller*. F. M. Davis, et ?l defendants. Decretal order. This cause came on to he heard on the bill, the rule to show cause and the return thereto. Hearing the same, and the argument of the counsel thereon, and after due consideration thereof, and it having been alleged in the bill and shown rt the hearing by affidavit that each of the bottles of liquor mentioned in the papers was shipand delivered to common carrier, singly sealed and marked, or in packages of two or more bottles securely fastened together and marked, and transported in a car of the carrier and under cnntio of the carrier, and so received sale in the State of South Carolina I from the carrier, and olfered for ! in the same form and condition m i which it was nhipped, and so each bottle or package of two or more bottles as aforesaid was and is an original pack,.gd wi*bin the scope and meaning of the opinion tiled in this ease dated Aug. 6th, 1807? It is ordered, adjudged and I 'I l?u 1 n <? *? ? " fo i?? !.? ?/* \ivv i t urn ?i i.' ? M ?i l > l IIJ II III'' tion do issue as prayed for in the hill, to remain in full force and effect until the tinal hearing of this cause and the further order of tho court. j Charles II. Simon ton, C ircuit Judge. ' August 10th , 1807. ? 'j:> cm(i gale tin- Ledger S months. Suhscrihe now. V Cotton Wcljflier Jit H'vitii spring.. Pursuant to the now law vein tivo to tin1 appointment of tottv? weighers, Mr II 1' Mohley w atyestcrda}appointed cotton weig tier for tlx; town of I lent h Spring bt the county hoard. Mr M., pre seated a strong petition to tin i hoard for hi* appointment. i ItiiKKii'K, Wagons and I lament on Time at fasti Prices Car load of liny <!< < k and other* ! Buggies and eelehratcd Mitchelt wagons, all sizes and nil warranted! to he e?|ual to any on the market-. , jt?st received. Also, a full 1 in%r: of harness of nil grades and kinds.. Come and huy of us. We can., and will sell to you on time at I cash prices as the fall is so neat at hand. Stevens, Heath & Klliott, i 2 Doors North of Post t )lliee. Aug l-2n? .V'# ?Xo I'm/. 'I'll . ? ?m the ? iiv nil ilncrijis s sell IlKOVBrt'S TAsT LLK.-S ? HI Li, '1 ON I < ' for ( 'In I S :iinl M >i1 * i r |1 It |v? si?111 y ! r?ii ?i?:i? ice in it t-?st-? form ( h'.l ..e'i l"\i!. A'lnlt- pli fer |I to Ililt'M tlHtlHl II t III _ i l ill il s |'| ii'f. Slic Itucklcu's Arnica Salve. Tie- m'-?i ?iiIv- i" Hie ivnriil <>r Cuts Itiuifiif.Nipi'H. I'm.-re, ~:i'i Ului'iii-r Fever Sori-s. 'I'eMer. i-tipc'ii ii.?inis ChlU.lllili . Ul <1 ? l l\ III el UplOli h null |)>i|III|m l\ Mlfi'i li'e?, i r 11 C? i?y leijuireit ll is viiitnn teed >n givi* pet fee* <??'l.-fact*or inoi>?'.\ lefumleif price St cents per Imx P'.'l Hale Iiv: pro W'^nrd \Kr* iw I Look for 3!e ! I have just rei-elveil >? lot of good FI.OUK mi the very lowe-t price Migsr, I'otlVe, Teas, Cstmcd Hoods, Etc , in proportion day I will cut 2eenfa under Hiiybody in the Grocery line. Respectfully, Joseph Walker. (At Mackey's Corner ) t-tfT* Highest Price paid for Chickens and Eggs. LUMBER! LUMBER1 | fSO.OOG FEET ()? od laing Leaf Pine Lumbers' in lumberyard in rear of Stevens, Heal!" Elliott's HtMides which I will s*t at Mill prices on the yar<l. Orders lefi at nibble which cam not t?e tilled on yard will he promptly* tilled from milt JOHNT. STEVENS.. Aug. 1 dm | NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. 'FHK < OUNTY BOARD of Com? l in issioners diicets that all over? s ers of roads call ou* tlnir bunds until work their respective sections m ithout delay. Now is the time to work the.road*. Do Hot Mail until the busy season comes, but wmk Hum w?w, orr during tiiis month In some sections* I am glad to say they have already been worked, but, us \et, the work' *? very scattering thouglmut the (ounty* To tliese broad gauged, progressive I men who recognize their r?*ep? aaibil*-ties, and wlio ate determined to give*, i to the people the i esi rouds within the r jiower, I extend a word of con mendation. May your example be ?< I useful guide for others. ''lie influences which are being [ brought to bear in convince you of tlw* necessity for hetier public highway?, are so many, himI ao whlesptead tbjvt you cannot f,?il to realiz t Imt the pul>licdeinaiid is for improved uitaus of \ communication. Tlie i ivss, fit til sections of the Connfy, is earnestly striving to convince our people that our public highway h, as a whoLs, at ?e a disgrace to a civilized Count jr /unf that tiettet roads would result in un? told b in Jits to all our oeonle. Puhl'm ; *penkers ami wtilcrn, mote or lest* j eminent, .eitcrau.1 Mich Heniiaieatc*.. Kmi:ih'?. nmuiifaotii! tr*. e'eigymen; I lit wy ei -. tloct< r-, xrhoollio.vH, a I realize | the evil* n(tending httil roads. Then 1 let n* fail int>> lite line of nrogiesa Htuf . It will ii<>i he long no til our re wis will ' be on a plant with lho?e of our neii;Uj boring folate* Now, I am free to con ? i ft*- that under our present syHtnni of road-making not a great ileal can he accomplished. lit great impiovement can he made i f tlie overseers will give* the matter their earnt st attention, ai? 1 H j siving fourila>* lahor each yti.tr, the law requires; I t]o not expect a of the Overseers to he a John Loint McAdam, who wa- probably thegret i eat authority on toad making tn?* w ?ri<l haw ever known, hut I wutia ycu to do the very best you can whb \oiir limited meat.*. It in the duty t>f the overseer* to keep Hie underdrawn hi on the *ide* of the bridges cut own . ?? # % its not to shade the bridge* unit yovor attention i* < -perkdly called to >*?* matter. I*. J. PKKKY. ) Couuty r upervia