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m * " i Ik Xtwrrtski' 3Tpdp,cr. THURLOW 8. GARTER, j j Family Newspaper : For the Promotion of the Political, Soc*oJ, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. J TI-RMS: $1.50 a 'i kak. Editob and Makaobh. > * * * ' ) I ayabuc in adtanub. ShlVII-WH KLY EUII ION. IiAN('ASTKH, S. (1. ATJTTU.VI' T\IM>T FSTfiRUsimt:"o uo" OUR LEADERS. 23 pounds light brown sugar for $1 t N pounds Aibu *kles Coffee for 1 t 7 pounds good green coffee for 1 f 1 pound tine Tobacco for 35 cents. Tin Ware VERY CHEAP. WE KNOW how close mnnep mutters are wit most |>eople. We are prepared fc close buyers. Values that two c three years ago seemed almost in possible are to-day an actual faetnearly cut in two. Many are mil prised at the line of (Jroceries offer. Home even are incredulotu A. OLASSER. County Poor House to Let. SEALED PROPOSALS for keepin the County Poor House for tli year 1HUS, will be received by lb County Hoard of Commissioners a their office until the first Monday i September at 12 o'clock, M. Jlids must be made at a fixed suv for each inmate per month. Th County will furnish the land free < vent Redding and medical attentio will also he furnished. Bond will h required of the successful appiicani in ti>e sum of two hundred dollar; for faithful performance of duly. Tlic light to reject any and all hid is reserved. L. J. PERRY. County Supervisor. I janrnister liraileil Mil :o: TIIE NEXT session of the Lan caster Graded School begins Sep tcmher 13th, lb'JT.?The buildin, m bos beeu enlarged recently an the teaching force augmented We are now prepared to give cs )iecial attention to pupils prepar ing for a college course, or fo special classes in a college course Terms reasonable. For furth ?r information address A. M. RANKIN, Sujiorintendoiit. Aug 17, lsi)7?lino. Registration Books Open. I N ACCORDANCE with the Act r A 1 v.Mt providing f >r t'i?? registratio of electora, the of t lit* Supervise! of Registration will he open at 11 > court house on the first Monday i each in.mill for liio registration of elec tore entitled lo registration and k* | open for three Huoeessiv* days in eae month until the general election ? t".f?vs. W. < J. a . Porter, It. M. Kirk. K. J. Fiyi.n, Board of Kegiatration. Nov 1ft. 18f)0-tf.' SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) -ftTATE OF HOUTH CAROLINA county ok i.amcahtkk. Court of Common Plea*. C H Wolfe. Plaintitr. against ? W Wolfe. Defendant. Tn >I... Il..r..n.l-? T> nr m l. . w >..V i/cicu<i?in n TV TV one : | You are hereby nummoned and r? jui red to aiiHwer the coin plaint in thi action, of which u cu|>y la herewiti eerved upon you and to aerv a copy of your anawer to the aal|f com plaint on the auhecrilier at hie oftlc nt I ancaater Court Houm, County r Lancaater. and Htate of Koutli Caroli fia within twenty daya after the aer vice hereof, exclusive of the day c euchaervice; and If you fail to anawe the complaint within the time afore raid, the plaintiff in thi* action wil apply to tiie Court for the relief de tuanded In the complaint. Dated April 27th. 18117. It. E WYLIE, Plaintiff*' Attorney. \ W.H. L. POUTER, t?ea ) c c c L c To It W Wolfe, non?reaident Defend ant: Take notice that the aummona ate Complaint In the above action waa 11 "led In the office of \V H L Fortei clerk of the circuit court for aaid Coun tv and Htate, at Lancaater Oour -ffouae, on the 27tl? di^y of April 1897. Dated A prll 27, 1897. R E WYLIK, Plain tiff*' Attorney M-21-flir. " I inimil i T-ygr-r^: ?mi ? - ? ? ?l_.i MILLS STARTING UPj * H? J h i, HI Condition of the Cloth Market f^uch Improved, h AN INCREASED DEMAND Le >r todi ?r , i- . Iono J After Reing Shut Down for Some tjH> Time Several Northern .Mills I ! was I Begin Work Again. ; th,it ' I t, Eva Fall River, Mass.. Aug 16.? opei Most of the cotton mills which Stol have stopped temporarily started trod on full time today. The iniprov- Eva ? ed condition of the cloth market (i e I an<l Jio reported advancement of { didu it | M the cotton crop served to restore ; hy < a measure of conlidence among! Mat II manufactures. The curtailment ; fort: *1 has amounted to about a ?piar-|witl ? | ter of a million pieces. The to t ?* Eddy woolen mill opened its doors ahoi ' today after a four months curtail- He mcnt. It is planned to start only men s the dye house at present other falls i departments >>eing opened as the i tari j work progresses. The factory do I employs ahout 30O hands. (' Providence R I Aug 16.?T he and 1 Lonsdale company's cotton mills Eva today storted, after a shut down, fath giving employment to about r>,00<> roui ono.rnt.iv*?u 14 ?!?..* I B ..j . _ .a OM1I.VM IIUIQ lllill ||(- \ the demand for woolen unti cotton ubsi i* goods is on the increase. Ins ?- Lawrence, Mass., Aug 16.?The Lain g repairs in progress at the Methuen 1 d cotton mills at Methuen are being jr0o I. pushed forward rapidly and it is n)(I( i- expected operations will he re- smn - sumcd in some of the departments der! r j next Monday. The mills shut spot .{down Aug. 7, at which time it is }l<r0 i-1 stated they would be idle three mec I weeks. The mills employ about \ ! - . I , 500 hands. rin. Salem, Mass., Aug. 16.?The to 1 I Naumkcag steam cotton mills rcm sumed operations today after a |'| shut down of 16 days. The mills ; will run 42 hours a week for the '|\dl (f present. The plant employs l," 100 people. '* I M..? 1> - ? ? Viitv>ui, I ;i. , .AUg. II) 1 IO Otll- ; ploycs of Cila'ltv.el eL Co., ^ c i manufacturers of worsted goods, havo been notified that the wages l ., . , . . , mar , paid in l^D'i would be restored on . , , M-.. levei bept. nth next. I he notice was . . , . whe i a surprise as the restoration was .1 est 11 granted bv the firm without s.di ; t . " , ...... I citation on the part of the hands. ; 1 II alt/.el and Co. employ several' . . . , t'ie hundred people. .Since 1892 two i reductions of wages have been , A I . ? , of t made, aggregating about 20 per ^ | cent, and until three weeks ago ^ ! the mill has l?een running on half ,, on t tune. The firm has of late received many new orders and the , , . .... torn employes are working full time. jj Off For The Gold Fields. |ast ? it, H a selv e San Francisco, Aug. 18.?The f t, steamer Norfork, with the steam iy 0 >( wheel boat, Mare Island, in tow, com - left for St Michael's this after- He, r,uoon, after having been delayed ahoi ~ ' for several days after her depar- tion . ur? was announced. Sho carried i era| 83 passengers and was heavily laden with supplies. A largely, crowd witnessed her departure and a scene of great enthusiasm } 'ensued. ami new , A RIO I .OA D KOR Til K KI.ONDIKK. nour '! Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 18.?The ' steamer City of Kingston sailed Oevi I* pftHft t this afternoon for Dyca and y<?ui Skaguay, Alaska, wiih 69 passengers. The numlier will prohah grea ly be increased to 200 at Seattle, a c. EKY TVME MEETING y And Evans Speak In Marl oro Tho County is Solid for McLuiirin. lenncttsville, S. C.,Aug. 18.? i campaign speaking took place iy m the Masonic park. ColI lrby and John Evans were only candidates present. It evident from the beginning , it was neither an lrby nor us crowd. The meeting was tied with prayer by Rev J L tes and the speakers were inluced by Chairman \V 1) J1S. Governor Evans, the first eanite introduced, began his speech mmplimcnting the ucople of dboro and the pleasure it afled him to once more meet i them, and casually referred he story told bv Colonel lrby ut being his political daddy, then went into a lengthy arguit endeavoring to show the C? A \t T 1 it > tn i-?i"iisiii?r .>!? i>:i(11"111 s If views, but signally failed to so. ol Irby was next introduced began by referring to his and ns's relationship politically, as or and son. Irhy received a nd of applause when he said vould not attack his foe in hi* ance or assail an opponent in l>cd, referring to Senator Meirin. 'he speakers both made fairly d speeches, hut did not receive ;h applause. The crowd was iller than expected and was or ly and well behaved. The idies were about on an averwith those nmdo at previous ting of the campaign, larlboro is solid for McLauSi'lfllrir \I?> t .sinriii - >o slowly improving. LLMAN AT WAGKNKITS. ked of the Dispensary and Took His I'sual Hand l'ninary. rial to Tlio State, alley, Aug 1*.?Senator Till i passed through yesterday ling on his way from Wagoner, re he had spoke to an audience mated at 1,500. The crowd good natured and nothing that unpleasant occurred to mar pleasure of the occasion, illman made his usual defense he dispensary, after which he c a hand primary which showhat the crowd was with him his issue. [e was hands off on the sonai\l question, saying that he the |>eople who to vote for year and they would not do o they could vote to suit them es this time. he advocates of the new counf Kdisto got the senator to e over and make his speech, in the course of his sjicech, ved up both sides of the (pica, the good and had alike. Sevother speeches wore made, 1 for and against the new connSave Your Ufr. ty u-lng "Tmk Ukkat Hot'tli mucav kid.nkv ci iik." tbta remedy Is a irreat surprise on acit of its exceeding promptness In ivinit pain In the Kidneys, Madder Hack In male or female. It re's retention of water, and pain in lng It almost immediately. Have selves hy using this marvelous i. Its use will prevent fatal conlenoes in almoat all oases hy Its t alterative and heallug powers. I by J F Mackey A Co , Lancaster. "WEATHER CROP IULLKT1N. n I ( Ui ought Continues in Southern,* Portion of Texas. I ^ >' I * n . t Washington, Aug. 17.?The ! * weekly crop I ui I let in of the ngricultural departinenttoday: ^ * Drought continues in portions ^ of Missouri, Tennessee and south- j ern Texas, and the need of rain is f beginning to be felt in Indiana, c Iowa and portions of Virginia and ,, North Carolina. There has been too much rain in New England j and local sloams have caused some damage to crops in the Virginias. The conditions have been genet - ' ally favorable to crops in the southern) Stall's, Oklahoma, Kan -1 sas, Nebraska, South dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and in the * middle Atlantic States. On the I1 northern Pacific coast, the week n although warm, has been favor- * able for harvesting. In the prin- * cipal corn states of the central ' valleys the weather conditions of ' tho week have not been wholly I v favorable, being too cool, and v * i much too dry. Good rain > have, s however, improved the crop in s Kansas and Nebraska. The week 0 has been generally favorable to u jcotlon, except in North Carolina | and portions of S< vith Carolina, j * Missouri ami southern Texas, r where it suffered from drought. n Generous rains over the greater ! ^ part of the cotton belt have arrest- 1 ed pre*, >JLure opeuiug and shed- * ding, w * 1 ' The Condition of the State's Farming Interests. :L ? . . , 1 I he following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the | crops issued by Observer Bauer: a There is a great diversity in the , tone of the reports for the week, ( the correspondents being about ? equally divided in calling the week ,, a favorable or an unfavorable one. ;1 As a general rule tin- best reports ? eomo fr< )in the western portions '] of the State, where in places 'the c i crops aro inagniticent.' W^rius \ have appeared in many of the H eastern counties in large numbers, , and from meagre descriptions ? furnished, it is supposed to he the ( Army worm. They have destroy- _ .1 L ' ? ru imit'u grass ior liny 111 \\ il- ( liunisburg, Kershaw, llerKelcy, Colleton and Iteaufort eonnties, , and in places have attaekcd corn,'t rice and cotton. Their increase * in numbers during the week was t alarmingly rapid. They have al- i so made their apjiearance in a j number of other counties, but as tl yet in no threatening force. Corn varies in condition with ( 1 locality and soil and the culture i it received, hut that portion of I the crop already made is very | nearly if not quite up to an aver-' ^ age. Late corn is still very prom-! ising and will he greatly improved by the recent rains. Fodder pull-1 ing is making rapid progress over I the eastern counties, where it is i nearibg completion, and extend- t ing gradually westward, where f the crop is much later this year c than usual. i Chinch bugs continue to damage n corn in Chester. Fodder was sav- 1 ed in good condition. Cotton was not uniformly uf fccted by tho last week's weather; ! many reports indicate a reason ! | able improvement, and fully us r many noto deterioration, due, r chiefiy to excessive shedding of c squares and some bolls, some rot- > ting of bolls, while on sandy d lands the plant is rapidly dying - lm<I consequently lias ?|iiit puttin; hi fruit. Rust also haa develops ivcr large areas with greatest in ury noted in Sumter, Williams >urg, Clarendon and Chester, al hough not conlined to those conn ies. The crop is host in tin vestern counties, and Marlboro darion and the northeastern conn ies generally. Too much 'weed* with too litth ruit is a common complaint, hu otton generally is heavily fruit d. SLACK WKLI/S Ml'RDKR KI{ "wo Tramp Suspects Being Held. Strong evidence Against ()ne. Yesterday information reachci he city that two men, each sup osod to he the murderer of Flag inn Blackwell of the Atlanta 'oast Line, had been captured )ne of the tramps was caught a 'ee Dee, on the Atlantic Coas due road. lie denied that Ik ras the man, but said that In iron Id identify the assassin if In aw him, as he had been with hin evcral days. He gave the nann if the fellow and said that he wn , mulatto of large build. in the meantime a train on tin Jujhi Fear and Yadkin Yallci oad, speeding along at night, hi i tramp on the track and knoeke< lim off. The train was stoppei ind when the crew went back the; bund a large mulatto unhurt sav bat he waa limping.' lie wa :arried to Favetteville, and get ing all right by the time tb rain reached that point, lie wa dlowed to go. Soon after he 1m* ?een released the message cam laying that the murderer was nulutto. The name he gave talli d with that given by the othe inspect. A searching part' icourod the town of Fayettevill Did found him asleep in a negn ihanty. Ho was placed in jail ['he l'eo Dec trump was then tak n to Favetteville to identify him A lien lie walked in the cell h iaid: 'That's the man.' This wa lot taken as conclusive evidenc m? 1 tin* conductor of I ho train up ?i) which Rlackwell was killed \va icnt up yesterday to see if h 'ould identify him. He statc< it first that ho thought he couli oco^ni/.e the form of the murder sr, hut that was all; the man t:i io smeared with dirt and greas hat he could not see his face well A'hat has come of this is no mown. The mulatto tramp ha l pistol. JOTTON WORMS IN ALA RAMA. beared They Will Seriously I hi mago the Crop. Selma. Ala.. August. Is?Th irtny, or cotton, worms have pu n an appearance in several locali ies in this territory, and it i eared will seriously damage th rop. The present damp weathe s favorable io their propagatio md if it continues they will gai rreat headway within a very foi lays. Who was it that told F. M dixon last year, that B. R. Till nan had lined his pockets wit I ebates and when charged with i >n the stand did not deny it ?Vhy? because Mixon was prescn vith strong corborativo evidence ?Record. .V I I# 1 ' ? ? ? i U J V -{ We UniLsell All Others In Groceries. L1HT : . | '20 pounds aramilateil Ku^ur for SI <10 ^ U4 pounds lijihr lirown Smjar 1 no 1'v'.?" \\ c have the cheapest line ' , of C 'hewing and Smoking Tobacco in town. Also we carry a nice line of Notions, sncli a> handkerchiefs, 5 Ladies1 and (ients1 lluse, etc., etc. tj If . ! ?. Cli ii-ry iV 1 Sro. KILLED HIS MOTHER . \ irt^i 1 Gallagher a Fiend in Unman Form. 1 Galveston, Texas., Aug. Id.? j Mrs Kate Gallagher, for 1'J years ja school teacher in this eitv, who . .... lived with her spn, Vigil, at 1 lith 'and K streets, was found today with her throat cut from car to | car, and the body carved beyond ! recognition. After killing her 1 i the murderer set tire to the bed. Virgil, the year < Id son of the murdered woman, has been j arrested and confesses that ho I1 committed the crime to get money to spend on a variety actress. The crime was deliberately planned 1 and executed. The young man 3 J had packed his trunk and was * ready to leave. lie had the furj niture insured and with the money expected to leave Texas* as soon las the tire insurance could be ad^ justed. But the fire was discov?ler^din time to pcevent chede- ^1 ' struction of the house and the ' bloody shirt the murderer wore ^ ' when the crime \vn? i?r?mmitt<?/l H | SNAKE STORY. n ~ ? ft . Messrs Harris and Windle Kill Ono r Snake and (let ."">4 Thereby. 1 V j '' Mr George 11 Windle, of Fort Mill, S. C., and Mr K 11 Harris, of I'ineville, saw snakes?a4 each ?Monday. Tliev brought the snakes in yesterday to prove the fact, having them in two large s bottles. The story i-> this: Monday, Messrs Harris and Windle went down to the former's s watermelon patch. They saw (' a large copperhead in the corner of the fence. As they approached the snake began to hiss, and the little ones began coming from *s I everywhere, and went into the ?| month of the large snake. Mr Harris got a large stick and kill od the old snake, ami got the 54 I young ones out of her. The ! snakes were about 0 inches long, / each.?Charlotte Observer. I TRAGEDY AT HENDERSON VILLE. i-1 I Mrs Hen F llood Shools and Badly fYounds Her Husband, 0| and Then Kills Herself. it j i- Asheville, Aug. 17.?At Ilcns dcrsonville, 20 miles from here, e this morning, Mrs Hen F Hood ir shot her husband, one shot break n ing his right arm and the second n taking effect in his left breast, in v flioting what may prove a danger ous wound. Mrs Hood then shot her self, dying instantly. The cause of tho tragedy was a fight of jealf, ousy. i ^ m t fegrltch on human, mange on horses f dogs and all stock, eure<l in 30 minutes I by VVoolford's (Sanitary Lotion. This never falls. 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