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tUURLOW 8. CARTER, i A Family Newspaper . For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. ' 5 TERMS: $1.50 A Yhab.
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StiVII-WH KLY toll ION. LANOASTttK. S. (J., NM'TEMBtK, 15. ti, rcbTTlHn) ,XV~
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OUR LEADERS.
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23 pounds li^ht brown sugar for $1 imi
K pound* Aibu -kit's Coiree for 1 01)
S> pounds good green cotlee for 1 on
1 pound fine Tobacco for 35 oeiit?.
tk?r Tin Ware VEIIY CHEAP.
WE KNOW
how clone nionep mutters are with
most people. We are prepared for
close lui\ers. Values that two or j
three years ago seemed almost ini- '
txissib.e are to-ilay an actual fact-*uearly
cut in two. Many are s?r? !
prised at the hue of <??oeeries 1
olfer. Some even arc incredulous.
A. <;i .ASS1-3H .
Coal Strike OH'.
Pittshnr?r. Sept 10.? The eoul
miner.-' strike, so far as the Pitts-,
hurg district is eoneerneil, is oil",
an 1 '22,1)00 (lioocrs will resume
work tomorrow at the ?."? cents
rate. There were only four ilissenl
ing voices when the resolution to
jro to work at once whs voted
upon.
or n eh o?i human, mange on borst s
dogs a .d al/ s'oeU, cured m HI miinio s
bv Wool ford's sniiiiiiiAf i i>imil 'in.iu
never fails Sold h> J K Jfuekey &
Druggist. l.uuciiMer, S C.
FRESH BEEF
AT AM. iiin?Hn my tnaiket in tin*
Davis 1 11 iI?1111 *_r My refrigerator
keeps it almost iee-eold I will deliver
i. in any part of town at any h-air de?
sired You ciri purehase lieef when
you wish, leave i? in the tefrigt tauir
and I will send it l your home any
i tune you may wsh it sent 'lids iu1*
* miires vour h\?e: ! > Im" kepi |? !" ? t \
i .* fresl.." V. K YOf'NO
July 20th, ISO"?3ni.
Tlio I iSiiu'Mstet*
T1IK NKXT Hcssion of the Lancaster
(i railed School begins September
iSlli, 18P7.?Tho building!
has been enlarged recently and
the teaching force augmented.
W e are now prepared ^to J givejea- j
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iidoiui iuiuiiiioii in |ii11)11s preparing
for it eollogo course, or for
special classes in a college course.
Terms reasonable. For further
information address
A. M. RANKIN,
Superintendent.
Aug 17, 1897?lmo.
Registration Books Open.
IN ACCORDANCE with the Act of
1K96 providing for th? registration
of electors, the hooks of the Supervisor* !
of Registration will he ojien at th**
court house on the first Monday I, i
each month for the registration ofeleo
tors entitled lo registration and Mep
open for three successive days in eacl j
moruri until the general election 01
1S95J. W. G. a. Porter,
It. M. Kirk,
ii. J. Fiyi.u,
Hoard of Registration.
Nov IS. 18?6-tf.
ACADKM1C, LITKRAUY
?AM)
?Classical School.?
rpiiK FORMKK Presbyterian High
X ^diool at Hock Kill, H (J . will'
he re-opened HKl'TKM IlKK 1st, 1SW7. I
under the control of Uaytdson Unllege.
The location, buildings, equipment j
au<l faculty are the very best, ami tlt<* <
physical, social, moral ami religious |
interest? of studonts receive the best!
* attention. Royi Mild voting men aiv |
thoroughly predated for College or!
University, or for active life except!
where a complete classical or prof?*<i
aionul education is desired.
Terms are mod -rate, ami amtillious
young men with limited time ami
means, of which they desire to make ;
the best use, should hy all means look 1
into the claims, facilities ami oppor- '
tunics of this School. Addr **,
A. It. HANKS, or |
K I . It A UN i?;h,
Kock Hill. SC.
Children Crv for Pitcher's r??torlii I,
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ATTEMPTED SU1CID
Young William Quirk Sends
Bullet Crashing
THROUGH HIS BR-A1
Ami Another Into I lis llroastNolc
to His Sister S lows the
Aet was Premeditated.
Special to The State.
Florence, Sept. l."?.?Todi
about o clock tin; sharp rcpo
of a pistol which went reverbcr
ting through every room and co
ridor of the Central Hotel start!*
tlu- inmates of that hostelry,
rush was made for room i?
whence the sound had emanate*
and here a hoi i i >le sight met tl
gn/.e of those who entercii. M
Win Quirk was lying in a |>ool
his own blood w ith one ghast
wound in his head and am thcr
his left breast. I Mood was gus
ing from his wounds and he w
gasping for breath.
l'hysieians were hastily sur
moned, and an examination sho>
ed that one ball had entered tl
left temple, had crashed throng
the brain, and, coming out on t!
other side; of his head, had lodgi
in the wall,. The ether l??ilI. w11i<
entered the left breast, lodged
the body.
When asked why lie shot hii
sy]^*, Mr. Quirk answered ineoh
rently. At first he said it was a
eidontal and then lie said he wan
ed to see the hammer go down.
The fragments of a note whii
were found in a spittoonwrro ta
en up and put together l?y se\e
al gentlemen present. The no
was direeted to his sister and in
lie said:
"When you get this I will I
gone for good. 1 hope you w
not think of inc. It is nil for tl
liest. IMoaso do not weur ai
mourning. Your brother,
Willie.''
Mr Quirk is a baggage mast
on the Atlantic Coast Line ai
has Ijcen spending his ho liday
Florence. For the past few da
his frientls have noticed a ehan<
in his demeanor. He seemi
gloomy and desjwuidont, as
something were preying on li
mind, and what it was no 01
knows.
Corpses Identified.
Denver, Col., Sept Id.?Tl
woman killed and partly creniati
in the Newcastle railroad wrei
who had a watch inscribed "Mai
ma to Mamie" has been identitii
as Miss Mary K Johnston,
Pomona, Cal. It is believed th
the corpse clasped in her arn
was that of her friend, Nell
Davis, of Pomona.
The charred remains of sevt
unidentified victims of the act
dent arrived in Denver today ai
will be buried here.
Sufitel/illifj to Know,
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I ' UJjl - II .1 ? M I I "V ? III ?- . I I IV I ?? N n?
that tti*' very b?-? nr ii< In?* for rosin
in# tlu* lire.I out nervous s',.h iii
health an I v'tftrl* U'eetrl liit
riil* medicine i* purely vegetali!
a-*!* 1?v ((Ivlrigt'iiio'oilir nerve owner
111 tUp stomach, emit y mti mutate* (1
Liver an I KM i > m, ?u I tthl* ttios-j n
Hutii lu throwing ofl'irn purl tie* in tl
Mood. K ootrl.1 Milteri lmpmv> s tl
appetite, aid* di '- tum. uii<l in pr
nouiic nl *>y Iho ? who have tr.eil it
tbe v: ry best blond puriil* r ami iter
tonic. Tiy i>% Hold for M? or $1
per b ittlo at Chaw ford liroa' l>n
rttore.
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E lli STATii OF PANIC H
a Yellow Fever Breaks Out in Vei
Jackson, Miss.
N BUSINESS SUSPENDED 1
A Newspapers Discontinue 1'uMieu- I>r:
tion and an Exodus is in I
1 *ro?;ress.?Spreading in
the State.
\
iv lackson. Miss., Sent 15. Tin* hart
Slut*- capital depopulated; it-> Im- the
a- siness houses closed: its newspa- ill:
r pcrs suspended; seven ca?cs of lyn
d yellow fever oliiciully announced foil
A at its very doors, with many sau
1, suspected coses at various points; in-.;'
d, an embargo on the railroads of 1
le the State and ?irave apprehensions hee
r. that the dread disease has obtained Tin
of foothold in numerous parts of the pan
!v State; wild alarm evcrvwhere; of 1
in such is the condition existing in'ami
h-1 the middle. ?ve>tcrn and norlhern the
as port ions of t he State today. taU
The worst fears of the medical, in 1
n- fraternity and the public have to .?
v- neen realized and the prevailing Kei
I... Lliuo.x.. nl V I... U. 1 ? - - '
V ... ii.in.llU7. Mil."* IICCII | llll- tT*'l
;li nounccd yellow fever. 'l'ho State :i<_r<
lie board of health has laid a general in i
d embargo on travel except out of er :
[ h the State, by means of an order Tin
in promulgated this afternoon and ing
uddressed to all lines of transpor- lot
n tat ion. Travel from infested eor
cplaces is absolutely barred. Th/ 'J
e- blight side of the situation is that ' ing
it the disease is of a very mild type, ten
The exodus from this caty, which led
[ It began in a small way several days inn
!c ago, has attained unprecedented dm
T- proportions. While the St:ite grt
to board ml vises :i 11 who enn to lenve snn
it the railroads say they enn handle tha
the largest crowds. The most: a h
he rigid quarantine prevails here. wa>
ill Yazoo City, Miss., has issued j hot
lie orders for a shotgun quarantine can
iv to he enforced. No trains are al- sull
lowed to stop except to exchange win
mails at the quarantine stations. tru<
er No passengers are allowed to leave niei
the train ard all mail and express j,v
jn I must lie fumigated, (iuardsarm 0|>j
.,s: ed to the teeth are placed along woi
ft,: the county houndaries. sail
,,(j At Touro there are some 200 sick I
|>eople and the utmost caution is wh<
being displayed in order to pre- fro
vent my possi ble spread of the a h
| disease. tun
The stormy weather since Satur- txxday
has had the effect of inereas ' (
i ing the number of cases at Ocean int<
iie | Springs. ; c|in
t|j Biloxi now has 40 cases of sick Jtm
^ ness. Of these 10 aro yellow for
^ fever, six are suspicious and a 0f
>(j diagnosis as to l.'J is reserved, jail
There have been 110 deaths at tha
llt Bi!?xi. and
lls KUMIOATION OK MAII-S. lib
lie Washington, Sept 15.?The '
postoflii-e department has directed wai
n the railway mail superintendents w'l<
ri- to fumigate malls from the infect- '',e
id ed districts. "V
OKOUOl \ gl AK\NTINKs.
Atlanta, (in.. Sept 15. ? Stir
geon Oenoral Walter Wy'nian has',
I AV
w taken steps to establish a strict
r- ,, , 1 . (,n
I yello a lever quarantine all along
" | Bnfl
? the west -rn boundary of (Jeorgm
tiei
from 1' lorniii to 'I ennes-.<jr. \-- .
el to
Florida is already quarantined .
>? elm
this erects a humor to travel from .
. . the
m the infected di-trict? all the win
eru
,0ifroin the gulf lo the leiiueHHOc
w?>
' line.
??* : nor
v' i ? ? ?- |the
"" | I Send 25 cents and get the am
' \ LkDokk two month*. I
VB MBit LYNCH!!
ngenee Wrecked on Robb
in Versailles.
'HE DEAD AND J.L1V1
jr^'d Out <>t" lull am 1 Sin
*l> Together by Their In
diana Fellow Citizens.
i ersailles. 11);I.. Sept K>. T
heen the most exciting day
history of this c ity. The
> of live men, who h:i<l In
fhe'l ?1111-i II ?_r hist night. W
!i< 1 hanging together to
le t ree near 1 ne jail t his mo
'tir years southern Indiana
n nlllictcd witii lawless gun
railways and express en
lies hroke up the depredate
lliese cranes alone their li
I latterly they have preyed ii|
citizens. I he citizens ii;
en the law into their own hai
his locality before, hut ne
>urh an extent as today. 'I
io brothers were lynched
her at Seymour, Ind., ye
i, ami the Meyer gang, tli
lumber, were struin.' ui> toe-c
it Shoals, I ml., 1 if years a
re have I iff ii numerous lyn
s of one lit :i time. 1 ?i11 tlif "
of live today breaks tin*
<1.
I'hat an eniisual state of f
existed is shown l?y the
initiation of the molt, w I
it to tIn? ferocity of lirst l>
three men in tlie jail and t
L'iriniv the living and dead
her and huntrini? them to
io troe. It is notable, t
t no outrage that usitnll\ roii
noli's vcn^'iico, no moid
? charged against tlio viotii
their death was decreed
so of long and exaspcrat
faring from robbery, some
ioh were aooonipaniod by t
0 of the victims. The cxe
nt of the day was not lessei
the suppressed hints that m
ects of the people's wr
lid lie made to sutTer in
io way.
t was I o'clock this morn
L*n horsemen seemed to or
m all quarters and dismount
illside near Versailles. Li
e was lost, for the details
n prearranged.
Quietly ahout 4oo men marc
;> the town. The jail was
rge of William Kenan, Sht
shing's brother-in-law,
mer being at home on acoo
his injury. In front of
projier is the residence am
t were Acting Jailer Ke
1 Robert Harriett. Will
?k and Len Wen/.el, depot
diorly before 2 o'clock tli
* a knock at the door,
en Kenan and others opcnc<
v were presented with nis
three masked men and as
turn over the keys. This t
and then the nioh filed i
jail. Three of the prisom
ri, Jenkins and Shelter, w
the lower tloor, while < i or
I Andrew - were in 1 lie ii|i
Levi, Jenkins and S
>wrd tight and the former
t through the hrcust, w
skulls of the. two latter m
shed with a stool. lie
re in readiness, and adjust it
>MO aronnd the neck of e:
ir feet and hands were pinio
I thon the march began.
1'liey were not carried, hut v
D I several men at the end of end
rope, the live prisoners were drag
gcd a distance of 2<>0 feet to ai
CFS i ?ln* tree, where their bodies wen
suspended. It is said Levi, .len
| kins and Shuler were dead befon
i they reached the place. 1 )i?nt 1
j? resulted from strangulation in tin
case of (iordon and Andrews
I Justice of the Peace Charles Los
r> well held an impiest over the tiv<
Itodies this morning.
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, . CONDITION OF 11 IK CHOPS
his
in
. Drouth 1 nfavorahv Affects Al
liii. t
Sections Ka-t of the Rockies.
eon
ere
, Washington, Sept. II. Tin
the , ~
weeklv crop hulletm I?\" the agri
ru- ' 1
cultural department today t'<>r tin
week ended at s a. in. sept. I ".
nas 1
says :
The week has been excessive!)
nilhot
and for the most part dr\ ii
mis ...
nearlv all districts east of tlx
IICS
Kockv Mountains.
>uM
\\ ith suliicicnt moisture, tin
live
. eoiulitions would have been mis
nds
favorable to corn, but in most o
ver
..| the important eoi n states the crop
more particularly the late planted
tohas
sulTereu -eriouslv from droutl
ars ... . ,
and is being prematurely ruieneu
reo '
h M ucli of tin* crop is now froa fron
frost and cutting has begun in tin
go. i i '
. more northerly sections. In No
i"h- '
. . Iiraska recent rains have iuuirov
lob
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- . ..IV ..... ...Ill .III' I >11111 I II \ ? ? I" I
bio conditions in Iowa durin,r tin
. noxt two weeks sniui' of tho lat<
col
oorn will make fair viold, the oar
(?o- . '
. , lv crop havinjr boon rapidly ripo.n
Poll .
od under the excessive boat of tin
''1 , , ,
past two weeks with some dotri
niont to uualitv. In Kansas inos
to- , 1
, of tlso earlv corn has been cut,am
the
the late 'plant d is .siitl'erinjj I'roii
no,
< I rout h. SuliMMiurnt went her eon
ditioiis will have hut little etFcel
upon the ? rop in Missouri, when
, it has hem seriously and penna
he- . . .
nentlv injured.
l!l<r
^ j Cotton has generally sutierec
further injury during the pasi
I week and its general condition 1:
ite-1 ,
j I less favorable than reported in tin
! preceding bulletin. Marked de
terioration is reported from tin
jCarolinas, Georgia, Tennessee
Arkansas and Oklahoma. Ilea
and drought over the greater pari
1 M over the greater part of the cot
! ton belt have stopped growth am
' ?n caused much premature openin<
and shedding, while rains in Flor
1 ida have retarded picking. Scat
I tered heavy rains have also inter
j fered with picking in portions o
.In Texas and caused slight daniug*
l>y washing out open cotton ii
places, but improved the cro]
,IM* where still growing. In portion
of southern and central Texas
1,1 1 late cotton and the "top crop'
jm 'over northern Texas will not ma
\Mn ture unless frost is unusually lati1
" s* Cotton has opened freely through
ltI( out the cotton belt ; picking lui
made rapid progress and will ger
' orullv be completed earlier tha
usual. In Arkan as the crop wi
(< be gathered at one picking,
he v 1 1
CONDITION OF CKOI's IN TIIKSJ \TI
into,
,,r< t'olumliin, Sept. I t. Favorr
.(>n> hie weather prevailed llic pa*
wyek for harvcstingnnd gnth'M'in
jlotin* ripened crops, such as having
fice harvest, picking cotton, ninl
mis 'r,r *yrup and liar vesting corn an
bile but pa lures, gnrtbn
rore Into coin, turnips nnil general I
,j-k*s i nil crops not fully matured stan
?,t a in urgent need of rain, over tl
'6 1 i
icli,
n0(j Tho rcjHirts on cotton would ii
| dicate a further defdino in cond
vitliition due to tlie dry weather whit
' j We Undersell All Others In
I Groceries.
0
i, d s r i<: n :
1 IS pounds tr r?? i > 111 at * ? 1 Su^nr for !m uu
-< pounds lijilr lirnwn Suu.-ir I on
I iv" \\'o h:ivi? tIn* clieaj>est lino
of l'hewin?; and Smoking Tobacco
in town. * Also wo curry a nine lino
,, ??f Notions, such as handkerchiefs.
Ladies' and (ients* Hose, etc., etc.
i 1 C . S. < di irr^' I
I ~~
caused youn^ hoi! to shed freely
over the western counties, until
recently, the plant had continued
to fruit, and where il is yet in
' places put l ine on fruit sparingly
hut not generally, There are re
' ports of a small 'Mop crop'* over
tlit* extreme northwestern counties
hut over the larger portion of the
" State those holis and squares that
> usually form the "top crop" all
shed oil during and following the
A utrust rains.
Over the eastern counties tren
t erally and over a lartre portion <d'
1 the western counties cotton is
. opening rapidly, in places prcmu
. turely, and in Berkeley, Marion.
i ()ran?;ohurir, Iiambertr and con1
titruous counties from half to
' three fourths, or more, of the
' holls are open.
In one locality in Berkeley 7"
- per cent is already trathered.
In the eastern counties the plant
* is apparently dead, earned hy rust
' which developed over lat'tje areas
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...... I- uiv liiurr |iari 01 .\UlfUsl.
M;iii\ fields look as it' seared liy
'' fl'Ost.
Sea Island cotton has not shar
' t'd in the deterioration, on the
, contrary, improved in condition
1 ; during tlie wee!;.
The dry weather injured late
' corn to some extent.
HAD FOP (). P's.
' j Separate Bottles in Straw Can't
Be Shipped Say the Southern
and the ('oast I due.
Columbia, Sept. 14.? The dispensary
authorities are in high
' glee because the Southern and the
Coast Line roads will refuse shipments
of original packages packed
^ loose in straw.
i The Southern's circular rends :
' "Counsel J having decided that
1 spirituous and mnlt liquors in boti
ties when not packed in cases or
J casks aro not packed in shipping
| condition and that the usual form
i of release will not relieve the com
1 pany from liability in case of dain'
age bv wreckage, notice is hereby
given that on and after September
' lfith, 1SD7, shipments of spiritu
ous or malt liquors in glass loose,
not packed in cases, kegs or casks
1 will not be accepted by this company
for transportation.
Issued Sept. 0, 1 s?.?7, by 11 IS^iriith
irottornl fcoinrlil tfwv?r?4
n itV"' \ 1
\Yashington, I >. ('.
KtTective Sept. ] '?, 1 s!>7, Ap
proved hv ' M < 'nip. traffic man
" ager, Washington, I>. ('.
The Coast Lino circular reads :
Lienors in bottle* packed in sepu
r' rate eases will not be received so
' > packed.
l* 'I he tratlie managers of the road*
' had an interview with (iovornor
* ' Kllerhe two weeks ago. This docs
y not prevent other r< ad - from ha.nling
or shipments being made in .
K> separate cases.
OASTOniA.
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