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i A Family -Veteraper: Fur the Promotion of the. Political, and J "pi^LfJ^ADTiNr'^'' bbi?i-ifitt~KLY till nun. ~ s. c . XT'~Ti:.u ij-.n X .. :>? Xrtm.i u m ;?v" mnn groceri s nd UUU1J Oo-nfections. Will sell 10 pounds good green ('offee for $ 1. 1 pound of '11. rl. R.'Tolibacco for 44 conts. I .Inst received :i nioo lino of Fancy Candies cheap. For Slates, Slate Pencils, 1 'ens and Ink, call on . \ < w S j . V * "? ?*"? ' tT- . One idoi- N'a i? oF i.?' l>aviMii's. i COLONKB IIOVT C?F/rs IT. I Contract for Publication of the Cotton Plant Awarded. The p tblishing commit It yeterday awarded the printing and editing of The Cotton Plant t?> Col .James A Hoyt, of (lie (Ircenville Mountaineer. I'nder the contract iho couimittco reserves to itself the right to aj>point. editors for the Alliance exchange <le. partmcnts. Aside from giving the Alliance news and exchange j oi ice list-, the committee's editors will have no control in the man agement of the paper. o When Col Hoyt was given a hearing Friday night before the committee lit* said that he was ambitious to reorganize the Aliiunco from the Blue Kidgo to < iSrond street, Charleston. To accomplish that end", ho promise*! to tiNOtlie power of The Cotton Plant. ?The State, 2tilh inst. FRESH BEEF ^ AT Afili'lin?my m:u he' in tinA | > ivis t>ui i 1111M relrlirerator tie- i>s tt alums: lee e?i!il. I wii <h iv?-r i> in any part ?>i t iwm at any hour j-ir?*il You eu:? purchase href wueu yon wi-li. lo:?v<* f in the refrig# r i < r Hilil 1 wilt smii.I jr t your home n y tune yn i may w -li ii cent This to* Miir-M your licet helm; kept (iftf. ct i fi'resh. W.K. VOUNti July _ ILli, I Jwyr.-f r iy.? wrgM??trir:yrr?n>i f,r ? Registration Books Open. JN A. tCORDANTK with tl?e Act of hlW providing f .r tin# registration , of electors, the hooks of the Superv hup of Registration will lie open at the court house Oil the tirsl Mnrwlnv 1 ea *li ill mill for the registration ofeleo tore entitled to reglHtration and kt j <>!? in f>r three sue *-*Hiv>? days in end , month until tin* neneinl election ot ?'J98 W. G. A. Porter, H. M. Kirk. U. J. Kiyr.n, II mrd of Regl-tra'Ion j Nov 18, 18?rt?tf. N0TICE~| . ' |. T-? the Tax-payers of Lancaster fouu-1 ty . The tax b.>.?k* will be open In the <yflloe of the county treamvier f ?r Lancaster-county for the collection of taxes for (lie fiscal year 18?7, front the ! *> h day of October to the Slat dav of Lett niber, 1HW7 The following U the levy for the, county : Hta c Ft mills County Ft " Intoiest oil C A <' K It .'I " Int on <' t' At k ' It It (fills Creek \ J " flit oil " " Pleas llill .3 " Constitutional School tax 3 ' Lanciisf r (traded School 4 * Jones' X rtnada 2 " Kershaw w~4 " Oas hurst 4 * The levies hy townships are : ...n... i - >inwn'> liUKi l*t lllllln j Wnxhww Irt " < 'oiiu C 10 " " ' (Jra'>?*?l Jcli'x>l 2i> " " " (Jom-V X HoiuIm) IS * <?iihCr?-.k * 2") " " * Noliuol) *l| " ' " X Ho ,.U) 22 j " lhif.?r<l hi " Fmt Offfk No 12 2i) " .IMca-nnt Hill li) " No 0 28 " ' ' Juiihh'XK'iriIH 21 " " (OuklmiNt) 23 " Ortar f'r*??*k IS " " " (J.>nr*'X Ilontla) IS HeMueotfully rubmltt?*?l, J K ni,ArKMON, C<?. Treat*., Lancaster County. "(). 1?." ACiKNT ARRESTK For ?Sclli~<r Li.|nor in Drv (ireei wood?The (Jitcumstanees. Sj>oeia 1 to The State. firernwood, Sopt 2.">. (love nor Fllerhe today reopened ii campaign against t!i?? ori.< in package storos. lV-fore the v aotment of thi* dispciwarv la I?recti wood was a p: ?h;; "11? ?-, t >w uiul since that law wis pis-v ! F town has refused to allow tl I'stablislniient of a di -pens -y her Recently Messrs Spencer e? ('. opened an original package Uo liere as the agonC of l'.n* liaih Lhptor company of Atlanta. Tl sentiment of the town is decide igainst the s do o lienor and ev< sineo the opcnln r f this >re, tl town comieil has heen ipiit tly work seeking some way to eln it. I lev < i ' t > i i ! ' h and today Sp-ei d (\ n-Ja1 1 .1 May, acting on a v. arrant fro .M:<gi rnte W < 1 An in. * l? the store and nnv-t d Mr t 'ol and his clerk, .1 1* Founds. .\ Sponee is out of town and \\ not arrested. The store was lo<i'd and sealed, and City Attorm F 1? < frier, who a ted for li State, says the </ood> will In' di posed of "neeordimr to law. Wo shall probably 11ft\ c? to :ia development > to see \v hat 4 -:i -cor in-/ to law" i-. . The arresti parties waived a preliminary boa in?r and j;avc *2 ><) bond curb f their ffppearniieo nt court. Tin are represented 1 >v Mc si l'i Simpkina & Park, and an A Inntii tirm. Attorney drier left bero th afternoon for i nion, whore ...111 4 1-1. A I I ' ill ? 111 mingm i;-'u .viirj 1 .AIM!-. who is holding . tint t!i grant him an ??i*?I r i\-*t r.iinr the agents fr.-sh < . . o:i ti business until further ord t the court. Y. (.!. W. a faikfikld .iritv sw "Not r?rn/rv'.M Moil Charged With Whitcnppii Mormons Acquitted K. 1*. Mohley, Jr., does Free. Special to The State. Winnshoro Sept. 2t.?A ho 10 o'clock this morning the jui in the Mormon wbitecap case re dcred a verdict of not guilty aft 11 deliberation of til hours. It said the jury stood eleven for :i (juittnl and one for convieti< when they came into the con room this morning at *4ai notified Judge Bond thev con not ngieo. The judge sent the hack telling them to try ngni and if a verdict could not reached in a short time ho won have to order a mistrial. I n a ho 15 minutes they came out wiyj verdict of not guilty. The homicide case of Mr K Mohley, Jr., who killed thecolc ?*d rariwnlur Mnscii-InKnurtn no White Oak about two weeks aj occupied tho attention of the cor today. Mr \V 1) Douglass ah defended Mr Mnhiey. Tho cs waa given to tho jury at. r?;30 tl evening and a verdict of notguil was rendered at 7:15. The en winds up tho criminal business f this term. 'Papa,' said a boy, 'I km what makes folks laugh in th< sleeves!' 4Weli, my son, wli mukes thomt' ''Cause thai where their funny bone is " " Mi RULK Mil IIMetropolitan Police Removed From Cliarlestoa. n CONSTABLE" GO A L S 0. ill The Proclamations Issued Monday Charleston Put on ?i Plane With the Other Towns. 10 t nlnmbia, SC.. S j>t 'J7. ? Ah" a: nmiii 'nil u in >ntli njyo ho jumlddo, v'rnor Kilerbo today i->ucd a pfiielitnation die ar, in:; tli.it from S *pt 3nth all p ile I . . . I t K?n - ol .VM ' eoiistunles woe IV I , , . , l> v.-ftnte I. .t. t;!(> same tin. tho in ti'opolitan polico coiYin i aioners, < ' wliieh the i*ovorfloi Imirman, i ue I n prnctuxfaiti m se I from ('liarle-ton. This was e. tahlished l?v Governor Evun . over two \ r, u;;o. During > 111! \ ' , ... campaign la t year woveriiQf i4jIlerhe pravt.ivtill v promis *d to e?t > i move the police. He says lie wi'dirs to ?;ivr all the eitios and Imvih an opportunity to enforce (V- I , , the law. ?v j Two Men Prink Whi .key Shipped Krotn North Carolina and, , After SulTerin:*, Die. ll I d- 1 , i Special to 'i ho State. xli ^ .it Tatuni. M irlboroC aintv, Sept. 25. A whiskey ti :.i of Smithor tiehU N C., made u private*shjp,ment of li.ju n*. to Clio, S (J., last Monday. Friday, Sunuel Fsirkt v a middle u^ed ir.an, si carpenter I?y trade, and Lawrence Parish, a yonnij n:an, die on of an lionor. able citizen, drank of this vJiidijey I to At ni<*ht 1T1 -y to<fk severe coli v i> ins and s :i'.'nreil much until about 10:3 > o'clock lie' . tot lav, Wiira nothdsel. in - proof ..." . vailing >ont,imcnt is lii.it some do* ! riotiA wibsUnco was in the liquors dnmk. S \NOTHF.K \(TOfNT. Bcnnettsville, Sept 25.? Lawrenco Pairrish ?>f ('i I?> an ! S en 1! Parker of I/ittle Kock, both white men, dual suddenly this morning i within u few minutes ??f each oth or from the efleets of drinking , Jaimaioai ginger yesterday. ut ^ ? mi ^ m _ ' y IIKIR TO 230,00M. n j __ or A Man in Jail for Embezzling Inherits a Fortune. >n San Francisco, Sept 24.? W I ,rt Kairron. n.,w imprisoned in the 11j county jail here, charged witl 'Id ; embezzlement, has fallen heir to i !m quarter of a million dollars. n> James Karroo, the prisoner'! he uncle, who was a prominent mill 'hi | ing operator of Montana, died las l,l week ait Austin, la., lending prop i ? oriy vaiu<Hi at #500,000 to l?< 'equally ilivided between hi* tw< ' nephews. < )no of these is tin >r- prisoner. The other, Linnii nr Karron, is a barber in Sioux City In. No other surviving relative; irt nro known to exist. The Snr 'ly Francisco heir was formerly busi isp'nc>s manager of the Californii ,,s; Commercial and Souvenir Maga ty cine. . t''r> rf/huh/ Sti/n Sn t.'nndy cathartic, tin* nm wonderful medielnw ?lt?* -overy ?>f tin nee, pit i^not ninl rn'K-liiiiK i? tin >W 1 ln*i<\ net >?. fitly nii<l poaltively ot ^ kidney*. liver ami bowels, clMiainn Mr tin11'liilr-i hvi'hiii, dispel odds, our< ml beadaejie. IV ?r, habitual ronstlpatloi ioiiI bill iUhm'-s. I'll buy ami t?q Is ab x of n C 11 lmi?y; Hi, 'S< "><) rent* [ Sold* and n irtr,iniee?l to oil re by al I druggists ' * Us * CO .'TON. One month njjo?to be precise on Auir 24?--The State printed this editorial pantornph: This is n year in which no intelligent friend of Ihe farmer will advise him to hold his cotton for l.i'jf'i '! prices. The prospect indicate. a ten-million hale crop. .Just now there is a fjreat scarcity )i >1 cotton, and the starting no of m i >v idle norl'n nt mill--, *. lUplcd with the eetieral bull movement, add; stitl'ue s to the price. 1'ui this cannot hist unless there diould !?e unexpectcd <:i her., to the mnturinjj; crop, thc' ipplv will much exceed the -'..Mi. r d. In a month or so por!>i: ) a week or two there will 1)0 . slump, and from that time forward the price will sa-r. The In 1!. of the crop will not sell for tnor: than i? cents a pound. ise lantern sh >uld sell just asquickly ns th v can u,et tiieir cotton to J market. C i the 2 1th of August middling : spot -otton was scllinj* in New "j o: . at s cents. On last Satur tilv, Si pi -2~i, it was selling there at cents. Knock si cent a pound oir t!iat and you have the CohunIda price, f?J cents for middling. Our forecast has ueon singularly verified. "In a month or so"? indeed, "in a, week or two" ? there, was slum]), and cotton i> now -oiling in South Carolina for 1.08# tlian the (> eeuss we i stiinated 1 would l>e ttse average price. However, while it was wise to . sell just as quickly a the cotton could lie taken to market when tin; price was 7' or s cent it tnav not he v -e to do so now, when if 1s holo.v f>< cents. In the month that h .i lap-el miico Aim 1 fi 'I Is. Tin re i > no top crop worth a thought. Almost every who'' > I 1111 t 1111? i:i lliii i .? />^ ? * v I " ' pectivo \; ! I has liccn large. The expecte I ci'np in August was l'bfinijint) \,) 10,r>uo,rt(i ) lciles; mow it i t?,ooo.ooo to i.ii'Mi )?:i 1<>I The supply4 will not. exceed t tic demand it is not likely to equal Unit in the face of this reduc! tion of about 10 nor cent, the r I 1 price should have fallen It! per cent, would he unaccountable hut for two things?the distrust ol ' the government estimates of dam age to the crop ami the hand toll otolith policy ot buying for the | mills now prevailing all over the world. Hut in time the injury t< i? the crop will be proved, and ii time the mills will have to buy in quantity for their spring and sum 1 mcr spinning. Therefore, in time 1 the price seems sure to rise. Wo do not think thateven wiMi s a complete resumption of munii facturo and a demonstrated short ago in the world's supply, the prico will rise* for any long porio< ' alwive 7 cents in the home market > but such a rise is worth waiting i for if one can Afford to wait, am g. it seems now jwetty sure to come y Those farmers who can hold thoii cotton long enough will coitainlj ' not lose by it and may gam hand * ! sotuolv. Thoso home* mills fine i; can buy their year's siij>j#1 v o . * cotton at present prices ought t< t do so. I'liev are not likely t? get. it even a frnetfon cheaper and if they wait they are prett\ sure to pay more for it. (>f course there are many far mors who must sell, and mon^ I mills that most buy, from hunt 91 to mouth. It. is a great pity tha 1! the class of each is so inimerous I It is one of the penalties of otn i j southern lack of capital that judg ' nient in selling and buying mus j so often yield to the necessities o the pocket.?Tha State. 5- . ITHSHORRIBLSDlsS Of Tiijo McKenzie, a C Mate, at Kingstree. BLINDED HiS -BROTH While Prunk lie Fires :i L of Powder in His Brother's Fare. Speei 11 to The St ite. K i'l^st reo. Sept "if ?W enine near beinj* a fratriei 1 eurred in this vicinity lod Theodore M Iveir/ie, a deaf in of about :)?? .cais of a?re, shot brother, Walter .McKenzie. in fare with a shotgun, whieh. it said, wiil cause tie' loss of h eyes and disfigurement 1'or i Theodore McKenzie is said have been druns or Iriakin.; \\ lie did tin- - hot'.; -y an i wa over live or ?.ix l'cet away f; his brother when lie shot h The jjrun was onlv loaded v powder or instant death wo have been the result, as the enl contents of the iron was !>!< into the tlesh of the faee, tear and mutilating i> in a horri 'I'l 1-1 .. .i.iMv i i m \> w ,nnru i:i;iii ku tiering intense pain and \\] it is not thought that it will 11i:n yet lie will lie of little u>< himself or family the remain of iii-. life. Mr Walker MeKen/.io, Iwoonded man; is apout 85 VC of a<_ro. lie is a married i and Ins family are dependent u iiis exertions for a 1 i \ t-1 i Lio The MeKen/ies ar - a hard work set. of people. They are v well f!i ...'it of in their eoumnu and the oeen: ret; e of t< da\ ver- iiiurn rcgri v *H :>y ml \ knew til in. V _t at many men through the eountrv, irielnd'oig plenty really -\\i'il fellows, have got inl<* tli' if 11<rightly of wro Iv an>I \vc art' l?y no means that it isn't ri.rht.ly -that then no fv'ahi why any man slm puv more than $?'?.<'0 t<? $?>.<>?> a pail* of shoes, ami to say i least, the idea has this foimdut in reason, that excellent shoes : now made for $d. 00. To * | $s.n() to $12.00 for a pair shoes is simply throwing a' money, and in many eases thi . done iti ^ratify a mistaken 1 <> 1 hat none hut your favorite s! 1 milker is worthy to adorn y 1 feet. The reeetu improvemi in the machinery make it possi as shown hy the well known \ 1 Douglas $:' 00 Shoe, to prod a shoe today that will compart ' vorahly in stylo, wearing ipuil J and comfort with those ollcre $0.00, $$.00 and $10.00 per j , See the advertisement of the \ Douglas shoes which appears t i where in this issue. . A Stile Thimt for 1 nil. . A transaction In \vI?i? )? you fy.\ ! lose t* a sure thine I>i IOH?*l?SS, f , headache. furred tniRii-, f??ver, ] . mil h ihotnattd O'her li s are ?*a hy coiotipit'ion a d slllRulsh I ' a*carel-? i a inly ! ;? I art it . Hit- i , I rf i i?m\% liver t-inn ml nml ii . *itin tonic art* by til druggists gin teed t? euro or money refir I. (' ar t hsure thing Try h Imx ( . ' I1,K, Wi m*mN ,Humpies ami hot . free at all druirgtsts | As stnall letters vweary the most, so also the smallest at r' disturb tis most.?Montaigne, gfrjflth mi human. mange ??n h 11 iloait *<?(1 mi/ stock, cured in M mit f l>V Woolford's (Sanitary r.otion. i never fulls. Hold by J K ;t/aekt 1 Druggist, Dam-aster, S C. W- >* < " U? * ' ' * " 1 *?>' >JF ijj) j.We Undersc1! A'! Others In flrAnartfln UlhtjL i iv6. leaf 3 .. a r- "B" !<: in = 1 s iit ii <I : !*: ii] i>i ir for "M o 'J |io umIw ii'jli t lim n >d:::ir 1 Ml ' We li:i .c tli." < !'." )lino of ('lifwiii r -in<! Si <?' in;f T'tl'iH'i'ft ^ in town. A Isd w<'< :utv ;i nii-o lino " of Notions. :i luiiNlkerohiofs, L:l 'lie-' :i li( 1 ( ion I >" I Io-.o, ele.. old. ? * - <11 C Tl'O* , / sr.\i:;: tit: lull. (>( Hxtlifls Fl'o!.l 1'.' S (.' (rn'.ilC Lis - W'hieh All Sli.If v. I. i; t < . For t!io nil >nnriion of many . who :ir:> s;iM to 1 . > r, in their ' v % ' i I'll'cct II | ill voir:*;* o:111 r;1'' t!io f( >llov> n * < 1 .1 ! . 'to to nro oivou: 'ifn , ... , >c -t ion i' -..ill not ho not l:r. t '.I . or :m\ i ' 'e, 'oil) ' , ... I?ct worn tlitf tir>t ?'. \ 1 April nntl im. . > ' . , the lirsl il'iv of aov 't.' . in nnv ltn vciir licro'iitor. to . 'mi. kin or iiltl * . iniuiv, or to lmii"> 1 witli such mMre tent, or to sell or expose lor silo unV will! turkev, 1 >:i:t:i 1 r . mil, mil' 1 'lil' woodeock or j<i: a or between t lio first dav of March and tlio ,s i lirst <Inv of ::iiv (love, or . ... :it :mv time during the voir to 11*11 * eaten, Kill or mjnrc. or to pnrsnu j with such inte.it, Wy lir. iitrht, any of the Wirds named m this j seetion. And tiny person so dome: shall We deem <1 ouiltv of a misdemeanor, .ami m m com iatjon nan , . . , , , thereof shall We line 1 n -t morn poll , .... than or Wo imprisoned not ?od. . > . more t!ian >'1 o :ys. See 1. Aft 1 seW. That it shall erv , . . . . . e not ie lawl ul I . * 11 (it OLV , , . ! 'Ms :t?-1. 11? Sv' , < ty e \ .'?> >uiv p:r t inl'jf , m , invito pheasant, <!< . r ?r wild 'e.i..oy, within the State, for ll of , live 151 years. Anv mm:- * i so out uoiMg shall ho deemed iruiilv of a Oi misdemeanor, and upon conviction , it .' thereof snail I?e lined not m >ro iiirthan ten . - < 1 ?> (loll: ; I ; Mlun*; . prisoned not more than ten (10) , . <1 "vs for each olFen.-e. llld for | t|M. TIIliKK AC^l'ITTALS. ion are Slaving dusliiied l?y .Juiif- Hot pay lllood at Hot Suppers, of ivav ^1 to The State, s is Oran?rehur?*, Sept *J4.? In court lion yesterday Frank. Hood, colore i, me- was aeipiitted of murder. Tin our affair occurred at a hot suppe* nits The ease was tried last term ana hlo, resulted in a mistrial. \ Lj This morning F.llis Ramsey, uco colored, was tried for murdering 1 fa- Russell ludson. lie lire?l at Laities thcr .ludson, lmt hit the wrong d nt man. A verdict of not guilt y was >flir. rendered. V L The last criminal case was that Iso of .Jack lhicknmn, charged with the murder of .Jacob Xeigler last Decenilier. All the parties involved were colored. The testimony nno> developed that Zciglor was a had pile* character, had threatened Luck man and at the hot supper was v.?n the aggressor in the affair, which [ri u resulted in his death. The jury was out hut a ft-w minutes and ilny: , >kici found a verdict of not guilty. ,r CASTORIA For Infants and Children. orpfH __ I ? -. .v . ? :