The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 14, 1897, Image 4

Newspaper Page TextCONDITION OF CROPb. Ifron ' dtiri Weekly Ripirt of the Weather j 11 i*i? Bureau. ;Stat ' j the The graitar p ?rtio:i of the week j'^hle was h ?t and dry, and crops over d'OIlia c ut ?rn p u*tl:ms of t!ie State conc ^lo.s. cm 1 ili i'i vary fast, hut tlie y1''^' general rain of i'i? ? h emi? op- 'n ^ piriuualy an 1 grea'ly revived ail ',as failing vegetation aitd although 1>1'(\! the woatli.?r bicinia unusually j ^^it conl, t'.i : t > nperat lie began to hav< riseii^iin bifora any dun age re lUK* suited. Young coin hi I begin to fail : *11 ju rapidly hut aside from the slight ^ cheek in its h uvtofora rapid f gr./wtli its condition was not ma- ; 101 l terially impiired. Some leaves, were sunburned and damaged as j s c fodder. Fodder palling is male j *?on ing rapid progress. Corn is up j parently tilling out ipiite well, al i^^l though there are a uumher of re In 11 ports of the ears being smaller than usual. , stap The first of the week was too j Jir? hot and dry for cotton which lost | ^ condition, due to excessive shed- | ding of leaves, stpmros, and in a j few instances of young bolls. i. The plant turned yellow, and sip- I * peareil to hedving. The greatest i .. ! sunt injury occurring in Hampton, Dorchester, Collet >n, Berkeley, * U ... WO 1* portions of Williamsburg. Orange-i burg anil Sumter counties, but n ? ... . . ! unci reports c?t like deterioration eame from the eastern portion of the j ^ State generally and from many j sections of the western portion. i * e . l)or 1 remature opening was also re- , i II us ported Imt this was largely cheek- | . * . . , . ,i rise ed hv ttie tnnelv rains and ) 1 i he cooler, cloudy weather. Pie-king1, . heel has begun actively in the extreme agri eastern counties, but will not be ! ~ . . l),,r general oyer the Statu for some i t , iii pne time to come. In hugenelel . . i . . supI county black spots have appeared I ^ /on the bolls, having the appear- ^ ance of rot, and alfecting the lint ! ^ nd seeds. The disease is new to .. . . Met ie region, and is as yet not very L. , * !the revalent. L. the There are many reports of ex - j js (>j cessive "weed" without a eorres- \ye? ponding proportion of fruit, while !ami small cotton is generally heavily ' an(j fruited. I . sist The July crop is fully up to an j {i?c< average over a large portion of |,|tc lie State, and in York, Anderson,' uid portions of pthcr western j() f veoulitics better than for many js j)( venrs. Taking the entire Sstsite, ! |jaii< the present condi,(iein, according j? l.o special lull reports, compares (i0... favorably with tb?*erop of recent jjr^ vcars at the same elate. sa\ e' < ;< ?\ KKNM KNT Ul-.l'e HIT. ishingteni, Aug. 10.?The J -etuti - for e-otton to the depart- | hclel me-nt </" agrieMi.ture indicates an iverai^ft t (in/l!ii/<n ?>e" vj* <? ? \ ? #?? ?, - - o -> ' -?ug "? " ' as comp&tod w ith SO.O <>ii July J tlio 1. an increase of nine-tenths of llie J" one point. THo average condition |>cnsi Aug J, 1890, was 80.1 and the|Statt Average condition on Aug 1 for i ?ng t the last 10 years is SO. 1. and Xhcro has been a decided im- anti-i provemeiit in Georgia, North Ca- l?een rolina and South Carolina. The conditions havo advanced, ten, Artei seven and six points respectively. Tn the lower Mississippi valley the improvement is much less Sped marked and' in Texas there is a' irr decline of JO points. very Ch. average of the States are rphe { as follows: ion to Virginia, 99; North Carolina . lit" VV )7; South Carolina, 92: Georgia, , C() |H *%5; Florida, 88; Alabama, 88; ^he Mississippi, 8r>: Louisiana, 90; ] Icxas, 78: Arkansas, 90: Tonnes- ()f M see. $4.; Missouri, *>?"?: Indian ra||e( JinrLorv, 94; Oklahoma, "9>. |avei In the States of the central val- ^)(|t j *!?ys and in the Atlantic coast and w^et ?*>t gulf districts the week has agftj, oeen generally favorable for crops, ^'ortions of Missouri, Western / , ennesseo, Mississippi and Ken' ucky have, however, sutrered 0 k ? i drought, and excessive In ng the tirst week proved his over portions of the g cs. In the west gulf Sta week has b.'en very unfuvi , heing excessively warm a On the I'acilic coast t litions have I teen very fav . although extremely \va Vashington and Oregon. C< continued to make favora rress in the principal e? es, and while recent ra . proved hcnclicial in Nehrai Kansas, the reports indie the crop has been perniancn rod in portions of tin es. It is estimated that ; of the crop will he s, n injury I?v frost by Sept that the late planted will by Oct 1. Except over p s of North Carolina Flori< nessce, Arkansas Missouri i ahoma, where cotton 1c fair progress, the past w< not been favorable to t ile. Complaints of shedd general over the soutln Linn of the belt while woi rust are reported from so ions. In Texas, Eouisii Arkansas, cotton on uplai tTei in<r seriously from drou<? ;in<; is heeotnini* general o liern and central portions cotton reirion and tirst \?n c marketed during the \u lahiiinu, Missouri, Arkan Florida. Within the past twelve mon price t?f silver has fallen twei cent, and the price of wh risen forty per cent. '1 is inexcussalde in whe argument of the silveritcs 1 that the prices of silver i c.ll 1111 I'll I iipniliii'fiif>ill I? |Mwv,?vt(u4,H.W^VUI ing the Bryau campaign e of wheat rose and men >osed sanity contended t rise was urtiticially prcdu< ;ho "money power" in or vin the votes of farmers Cinley. The continuance rise is in cruel disregard interests of Mr Bryan am ear that the farmers of \ d are systematically delut betrayed by the plutocr ^\*nil street swindlers who upon paying for their p ) prices which utterly anni f?*ee silrcr arguments?si imonts being of greater val armors than high prices, dieved that the Farmer-' j e in 1 lie Western States v, ompelled t'< combine to | ii the price of wheat in on the free silver cause may d.? < i reenville New s. matorial t'anditate S (i Ma has been writing more lettc sending them out in circul i. This lime he is not aski support of the veterans date because he voted for t ion bill when he was in t legislature, but he is wr o the ministers of the Stt is asking their support of t dispensary scheme he h advocating upon the stun siuu Well Fails to Furni Water. Ial to The State. lion, Aug 10.?Union fe< much disappointed just no irtesian well that was count i furnish the water for t waterworks soon to he cre< ;re has not proved a sticcei horing went to a depth Feet without getting a sup| niter. This was the <lej I for in the contract. There v general sentiment in to' t has not yet heon <leci<l hot* the trial shall he mi i or not. nted-An Idea ? your Mmh; tl??y bring 7<*> w? jrtlUt W KDDRRUURIt A 00_ P>lmt i >Viwhinslou, D. C.. i?r U??lr pr?? < if uf *wo hniMlrea <nT?nfk>r' w^rf?4 ?- ; - at 42 3-4 cents. in ulf That's fVliat the Silver Dollar is v Worth at the New York [>r" j Price of Silver. nd I 4 '1L> New York, Aug 10.?Bar silver ! I ? made a new low record to-day i 1,11 i selling in this market at 55$ ,rn! cents, J- cent below the lowest], hie previous price and '? helow yes- | ),n totality's price. The quotation ^ ins for Mexican dollars was 42? cents. At the New York price of silver fde the silver dollar is worth 42.^1 tl.V i cents. use , m ? , j ICIectric Hitters. life j Klei't c Bitt? rs is a medicine soiled i - \ for ?o>y s-hsou, hut perhaps more g*uijerally iieeUed when the languid, exv j be i loin-ted feeling pr-vails, when th? | liver is *orpid ami sluggish and the ()I " need of a tonic and alterative is felt, la I A prompt u-e of this medicine lias oh l on averted long anil perhaps fatal liils tnd i uus fevers No inedu-e will act mole I ... iloei.v in counteracting and freeing | the system from the malarial poison, cck Hadaehe. Iinligesilon, 0>m?tIpalion, Diziness yield to Klectric Hitters. 50c his j per bottle Mt Crawford Bros in<r ! Hrug Store. orn j 1 ins I" Europe hulls are made to me work, and prove more serviceable u Ana as well as less dangerous. They ujs ' arc considered expensive by farm- ^ " j,p j ers who have but few cows, but j ^ vor! if the young hull is trained to r' 0f j work he can furnish tread power j'1 |(>s 1 and perforin much labor that 11 I li ok would more than pay for his keep. I sas Idleness begets vices and the hull j is no exception. s H A NEW TRIUMPH. \ H eat I i>i? The Dreaded Consumption Can ilj Be Cured. J md i 11 01". T. A. Hlooum. the (treat Chemist ana ^ the j Scientist, Will Hend to Sufferers, (j {)f Tiiree Free Bottles of His i Newly Discovered Reme_ dies to cure Cbnaumps t cedj tion and All Lunir t (jer Troubles. # for f ^ Nothing could he fairer, more phll" a I antbroplc or curry more joy to the t afT. icted. than the generous offer of ^ 1 it u | (he honored and distinguished chetu'st ''''' T A Hlocum, M t' ,of New York City, " i(>tl He lias ili covered a reliable and ats absolute cure f ?r consumption, and all in- | bronchial, throat, lunj and cheat dt- ' ro- -eases, catarrhal air cilona general de- i lij cline and weakness, hiss of fleah and 1(.j, all conditions of wasting away; and to |,It>; make i*s ureal merits known, will . send three free hottles of his newly discovered remedies to any illlided 81 M r<ader of Tin: Df.ihikk. p3 p ..I Already h's "new seientilic system },11 of medicine" has permenatitly cured ; I thousand* of apparently hopeless coses. ' ' 1 The Doctor considers it not only Ins la', professional, hut ? i-? religions duty?u duty which he ow?s to suffering hit inanity?to donate his infallible cure. ; J lib has proven the "dreaded eon- , J V- sumption" to he a curable disease lm- ^ i s yond a doubt, in any climate, and has t on li e in his American and Kuropean laboratories thousands of "heartfelt "rf testimonials of g>uli ude" from those ^ of benefited and cured, in ull parts of the lie , wor,d- fi Catarrhal and pulmonary troubles 1 'u* lead to consumption, uninterrupted, I it- means speedy and certain death. Don't 1 | delay until ii Is too late Mlmply write i i T A Hloeuin, M C., WH Pine street, p lio New York, giving express and post- j 1 office address, and the free medicine I,is j will tat promptly sent. Please tell the ^ ip Doctor vou saw his offer in THE f | Ledger. -j '' Bridge to I^et. ' j'pHK CONTRACT to build anew H t bridge over Cane ('reek at Millers . Mill will be let to tne lowest responsible ; hie bidder, at the site of ihe bridge, on O i Tuesday, Augus*. 17, at 10 o'clock a til. W. The successful tiidder will be required w j to enter into tsmd in double the R ' ! amount of the hid for the faithful per ho formanoe of the contract. Plana and epeCiflcattonM will he made known al G Ct? the letting The rlnlit to reject Miiy . and all bids in reaerved. '' L.J. PKRRY, ci of j t'ounty .HujafrviHor. CASTORIA : VVM For Infants and'Children. l" led j " '* j ^ OAJITOniA. I -rCCymx: I Fatal Fight At A Church. >l>ecial to The State. Yorkvillo, Aug. 11.?In i iltercation at a colored Bapti hurch at this place Henry June ilias Henry Fry, shot and fatal vounded Andy Darby. Both tl parties were colored. The shoo ng occurred about 11 o'clock la: light and Darby lived until 1:J his morning. The fuss origin ,cd over a white woman of hi character. Fry escaped and as yt lothing has been heard of him. CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. Kershaw, Saturday, .dug 14th. Oheaterfteld, Monday, Aug 11th. Marlboro, Wedntsday, Aug 18th, Darlington, Thursday, Aug llHti. Marion, (Saturday, Aug 21st. Horry. Monday, Aug 2drd. Georgetown, Wednesday, Aug 2ot Williamsburg, Thursday. Aug 2<$t v aiming, Friday. Aug 27th Florence, Saturday Aug 28th. HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a hottie or common giasa wit nine and let it stand twenty-foi lours; a sediment or settling indicati i diseased condition of the kidney rVhen urine stains linen It is posith vidence of kidney trouble. Too fri |iient desire to urinate or pain in tl ?ack, is also convincing proof that tl udueysand bladder are out of ordt. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledj o often expressod, that Dr Kilmer iwamp- ltoot, the great kidney reined ib fi I Is every wish in relieving pai n the back, kldneya, liver, bladdi ,id every part of the urinary passage t corrects inability to hold urine an cabling pain in passing it, or ba fleets following use of liquor, wine < icer, and overcomes that uopleaaat i<?.coimj ui m-iiiK oompeiieu to get u nanv times during the nigktto urina Plie mild hikI extraordinary effects < ^wamp^Koot Ih soon realized, tamls the highest for it* wonderfi u>ea of the moat distressing eases oil need a medicine you should ha\ he best. Hold hy druggists, prl< Ifty cents and one dollar. For ample bottle and pamphlet, loth sei ree by mail mention Tiik Lkuoe ml send j'our full poel-oftlce addrei 0 Dr Kilmer & Co., illugliamtou, ] f. The proprietor ?? this paper gua iitee the geuuinesa of 'his offer* IQZO at7S& & OSAKLBI TOM RAILWAY OO. Hchedule in effoCt Mny-S 1897. J North daily ' 32 8outhdail ccept Sunday. ' except Sunday M r ] 1 on Lv Camden A r It I 4a * Kcrwhaw 12 < IINI ' Heath Spring 112 t 05 PicHHUOt Hill II ) I 'J") ' Lancaater 11 : A ! 8 40 Hi veralde 11 ( 14 50 Hprlmgdel I 10 I I 00 Catawba Junction 10 -i 1.40 Hock Hill 10 1 i 05 ' Yorkvilie M : I 10 KlackaburK 8 2 No 3.4 | No 34 ally except Daily excc'i Sunday. Hunday. M North South P ! 00 Lv Camden Arfl ' I 10 * Kerahaw * 5 { 1 50' Heath Spring 4 2 155 Pleaaant Hill 41 2 40 Lancaster 4 8 : 105 4 Klveraide 2 2 M 20 4 Nprlnfcdell 2( !00 ' Catawba Junction 4 12 40 4 Rock Hill Lv 12 2 100 4 York vi I lv 4 10! ' 30 4 Blackaburg 4 8 i No 32 haa connection with the Chei r A Leno r Killrovl a Yorkvi lie, tin iiie H< ulheru Railway at Rocill, with the Heahoard Airline at Ca twba Junction, with the Lancaater < heater Railroad at Lancaster, an !th the South Carolina and Georgl ail way at Camden. No .43 haa connection with H. C. < eorgln Railway at C. niden, wltli tli ancaeter A Cheater Railroad at Lai wter. with the Seaboard Air Line i atawha Junction, with the f'outher uil a* v fit Mill J* - A Lenoir Kail road at York villo an It a the Southern Railway at Black, urg. Noh, 31 and 36 will carry panaengeri Ram tie I Hunt, President. H B Lumpkin. Oen P A K. Agr. an<i Man mfxiiil.i ITI.-H.li i I 1 r infants am Tho Eao-simile j Appears on Ev ; i i hi ii liifr I THE NEW YORK WORLD. TQRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. h 18 Pages a Week. Jr loO Pages a year. PH I ' J 1h inrper than any weekly or neini- j re weekly paper publiHhed una in the on- \ ly important Democratic "weekly" j e" pu 1*11 ?he<l to New York City. Three , le I time* as large its the leading Kepubll- { c in weekly of New Y"i k City. It will le !>?? of especial advantage to you during I r, the Presidential Campaign, us it i' published every other day, exeep i Sunday. ami has all ths freshness am timeliness of a daily. It cotubiues al ! * ttie news with a long list of interesting ! 'h departments, unique features, cartoom 1 Iv and graphic Illustrations, the latter he log a specialty. 1,1 yill these improvements have been t>r made without any increase in thecost, s. which remains at one dollar per year, ul Wo offer this nue<|ualed newspaper . and The IjKDOKK together one year ia for Jr The regular subscription re."* q e j it ow pupeeis $'J..r)tl. 'P i R. II. Allison T. S. Carter. j [\ ALLISON & CARTER, ,f REAL ESTATE AGENTS, re ?e Lancaster, S. C. * pKRSONH DEfilRING to sell Im1,1 t proved or unimproved town Ioih, :h or laml* of any description are invited m to see us. x A LLI8QN A CARTE it. r? . I II J 1 , mm 101 ? s ?? a ?. ? THE LANG Ah VI I 0 runjt isu/:/) tr/ci/x# ;.? ir #.? * C S^tthe lkdgku H i;j BJit the following rutcs; 13 ? 10 (I p I : CASH IN * . * o ? >t { ! One year. ^ ! ! Six months ki 0 : Four mon' io ; Two morii u L ? . ? I vdvkkt ? ! ?o 1 inserted at a 1 : for the first a each stihsoqi |s J Reduced ratet B or year. k : uha A : <1 d i In a i tin >a I ; he sent in on Wednesdays. A ?Corro.sjHi ie B subjects invi 1 ; not responsib 1 I of our corres a n a ' #- " ' <i ' 5^f~Sami)le conies w t I 4_ i Bon application. REMIT'] I. I B Chocks, Drafts and 1 (Orders should l>o made pa ! T, 8. O ART! 3 ? f M E* -V I c; ChHciferin Signature of ery Wrapper. m Tracaa-.a ;,?wtaiTrwffaTWMai LANCASTER ANI) CHESTER RAILWAY. BETWEEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER. Schedule In efFeet Dally except Suuday oil and after Ju>y 26, 1896. WESTBOUND I EA8TBOUNI). No's. 9 and 11. ! No's. 10 and 112. A M. P M. A M. P M 9 0s 3 35 Ar Cheater Lv 11 OS 6 15 8 50 5 15 Orra 11120 6 30 843 505 Knox's 11 30 6 38 3 35 4 55 Me Da n I el's 1149 6 46 8 26 4 46 Rich burg 11 50 6 55 8 15 4 35 Baioombville 12 05 7 n5 8 05 4 125 Cedar Hhoal 12 15 7 15 7 55 4 15 Fort Lawn 12 25 7 25 7 38 4 00 H-ydeg 122 40 7 40 7 28 3 50 Miller's Crowing 1220 7 50 P M 7 20 8 40 Lv Lancaster Ar 00 8 50 Train leaving Lancaster at 7 20 a m. connects at Cheater with bout hern golog south, C & L going north and (1 CAN Vestibule and local trains going west. Train leaving Lancaster at .H 40 p tu. connects at Lancaster with O 11 & C from Camden, and ("heater with Houthern going north and south and with C & L north. Train leaving Cheater at 11 06 a m connects at Cheater with Houthern roni Charlotte, at Laucaster with O A" &. C for Ohmden Tuesday, Thursday and Hafurdav; also C A L from north. Train leaviug Chester i 0 16 p in foilueets with Houthein liotu Columbia, (J CAN from Atlanta and C A L 'ronn T.enofr. nMdUis a torts, or oblldrvn who warn odlft lag up. ?houl<t take ilHOWN'H 1UON IIITTF.RS. '* *" take, rurvt IImujIh. lo4k v i >.?"* l uwo Amw 4 TKR LEDG il. J d it) A 1' A \I> SA TliicDA 1 J ill l?c sent to any addressj| advance. : j . ...$1.60 J .js 50 j is 25 3 isements j $1.00 an inch c ml 50 cent.^ for j i?mt insertion. : * by the month : \;; [; \;\'m \ \) i enients should saturdays and ; i : l >ndence on live ; i tod. we nro : i lo for the views ; < pondents. ' "... i i 'ill Iks wnt to any nddrosm 3 PANCES. Postal or KxpresH Moneya iyal>lc to, I E2R, Publisher. [ i ? 4

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