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' ' V ' * V THl. llLOW S. CAR 1 Elt, # ^ Family Fetvcpaper i For the Fromoli'm of the Jfolitic.al, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Intcrestn. 5 TERMS: $1.50 a Ykar. Lui'iOH AN L> J1ANAUKK. I * ) FAfAliT.B IN AilVANMi. Sr-iflKVl EKl.Y rOHiiW. KM ~ N < >VK OKK TT'TmH ~~ < " ' '3 n! 8 ? ^ ^ epKciAi/rv faal^li1 is . UlilNNi l IS 1.0^ i>tii'.s! rnnn grocerys ^n<t uUUU Confections, j Will sell 10 pounds jxood uruen ?* Coft'ee for s 1. II: I pound of *R. It. * Tobbaceo , p(? for 44 cents. j ? '.Just received a nice line of I Fancy Candies?cheap. i. For Slates, Slate Pencils, ' .. Pens and Ink, call on A. (4I.ASSKR. >l>r< Oue door North of L U Payaeur's. t''11 eai 1 . MTITIIIN MITICK. jiiti BTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OK I.ANCASTRK oh In the l*rotmte Court. ! no By George Mc(' W itherstooti, A'sij i ,. Probata J udye. * W H E R E A H , Henry S. Plyler, c'? hue made suit to me, to grant him Htl Letters of Administration ??f the Estate of and efF-ets of Aaron Plyler, 'pP These are therefore to cite and no g*, moniah al and singular the kindied and creditors of said viaron Plyler Pr deoe'd, that tliey b? and a|>;>ear before me.in tbeCVmrt of Probate,lo be held at 11 Lancaster on 8th day of November next, after iiublieation thereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show am cause, it any tbev have, wliv the said n Administration should not he granted. Given under n?y Hand, this 22d col day of October Anno Domini, 18SJ7. GEORGE McL\ WITH E KIR POO K. 101 Probate Judge. I cle< j? i i mi ????n^? am FRESH BEEF * ! 11 :i AT ALL time* at my market in the Davis building Mr refrigerator ret keeps it almost ice-cold I will deliver It in auv part of town at any hour de? mi aired. You ca:i purchase heef when |ul, you wish, leave it. in the refrigerator and I will send it t-> your home any foi time you may wish it sent. This insures your heef being kept perfectly fresh. SV. K. YOUNG. fee July 20th, l>*97?Sin. mil Registration Books Open J noi IN AOOORDANCE with the Act of 11511 1S0U providing f.?r the registration tin of electors, the boofcs of the Supervisors jj jj, of Registration will he open at the tftniirt Iwtiun aii H?o A?hj? I oa<-h month for the registration ofelec ill torn entitled to registration and kep t|ft open for three suooesslge days In eael ,. month until the general electiou 01 1 IS98. W. O. A. Porter, tie It. M. Kirk, at R. J. Flyt.fi, Board of Registration. Nov 18. 1898?tf. co' w NOTICE : To the Tax-payers of Lancaater County / The tax books will be open In the ret oftloe of the oonnty treaeueer for Lao- * carter oounty for the nollecilon of taxee M< for the Aeoal year 1897. from the lftth th* day of October to the Slat day of Deeimbor, 1897 lin The following la the levy for the m county : HUue ft mills of Couuty ft " Interest on C A C R It 8 " ,n I ut. on C'C A U R K Oilla Creek 4 $ " ftn I at on " " Pleas Hill 8 " 4fonsliiutlonal Rehool tax ,H " no i.anoaster Graded Hchool 4 ' Jonas' X Roads 2 " Kershaw 4 " Oak hurst 4 " The levies by towiihIiIp* are . t"C| Indian Land 16 mills ?,r WaaiMtw 1? * Cane Creek 10 " nil " r Graded ?ohool 21) " u, " (Jou**' X Ro*?le) 18 Oilla Creek da 1* t " (Ckraded Hchool) 241 \ " " (Jones X Roads) 22j " Buford 10 hj< Fiat Creek No 12 20 1 Pleasant Hill 18 " " NoU '28 " * '* Jonen'X Koada 21 " fi^l c. ?k % :: ' 1 (Jonen'X Roads) 18 " by Respectfully submitted, pr J. E BLACK MON, Ce. Tree*.. LaoeMUr County Pr ----- an ?r AMPTOX CO MING HO.MH. ady to Torn Over Hi-. Oilh-o. Will Attend the Fair. ij In speaking; of tin* appointment Gen Longstrcet to succeed (ten unpton, the Washington corresnclent of the Atlanta Gonstilu m Saturday says. General Hampton's resignation s been in the hands of President Ivinley sitiee the advent of the ivsent administration, and the . ungo would have oeeurred at an rlier period had the importunities General Longstieet and his poieal friends prevailed. "President McKinlev had two ' jects in delaying action in thisj w celebrated ease. When Gen J ngstreet and his friends were muring loudest for General Linpton's political scalp the and old man of the Palmetto I ite' was dangerously' ill. The: 11 esident decided that he would | t accept General Hampton's { iignation until he was given j iple time to regain his health by extended trip to the Pacific I' ist. General Hampton has re- 1 re red from his late illness, and rlures that ho is in robust health , I weight* over 200 pounds. I ^ e President also desired General | impton to have an opportunity frame and submit his annual ' >ort on the business of the com- j ssioner's otlico. That report 1 < been eomj lcted and is ready ^ the printer. "Although General Ilampton 1 Is that he has Iteen treated with 111 liirahle consideration by the! t osident, the latter neglected to! Lilly the general that his resig 1 , ' | , , ? i non mm been accepted before ' nouncing the appointment of ? 8UCGC8HO r. I * "The first intimation of Gener-1 i Longstrcet's appointment to-11 y was conveyed to General * impton by your corres|>ondent. moral Hampton was in his office the genorul pension building rforming his oflicial duties, un- 1 nscious of his decapitation, i hen apprised of the Presidents 1 tion General Hampton remarked ? at it was not unexpecthd in view 1 what has l>een so often stated the newspa{>ers on the subject. < 9 added that he tendered his | ngnation as soon as President cKinley was inaugurated, and, , erefore, he was prepared to reiquish the office without delay. 3 said he appreciated the effort so many of his former associates the senate to have him retained, d it is gratifying to know that , many considerations were own him by the administration, j "Having completed his annual port. General Hamilton is fnilv * 1 epared to turnover the office to ' . i > aiKtcess >r in excellent coa lition ( * will leave Washington in a few vh accompanied by his daughter, attend the State fair at Coluui-1 . .. h , < It is anid that General Long-1 reet may encounter considerable Ificulty in securing confirmation! ' the senate. It is said that the j | csidont was subjected to intense j 1 assure to make this appointment (1 but for a positive promise ide soon after his election Gentl Longateet would not have en appointed. There is a gen si feeling that General Longwet is incapacitated for the du- 1 s of tbo office and the senate It os fully enlightened on the , The Ledger, 2 months, 25 cents WAGONS MUST STOP state Holds That Liquor Cannot bo 20 Hauled In. GOVERNOR SO ORDERS \u?l Four Continuing Original Packages From Augusta Are Held I * |? in Laurens. Hie State, Oct. 151. There will doubtless be more dilation growing out of the enoreement of the dispensary law i.s the State sees its requirements. I'lie latter phase of the onforcenent of the liquor law came to ight yesterday when it became mown that the Statu has taken he position that original packages 'annot be hauled into the State in vagons. The State claims that iquor can only be brought in by oinmon carriers and that wagons ire not common carriers. It is icld that this is what .fudge Si uonton has decided in Irs "O P" leerecs. The ense in iioSnt i'iikihk im tfnm ... r.,...W VW...VO 1||/AIUIII Laurens county and the agent of \ .1 O'Connor <?f Augusta is the ?arty immediately concerned, jovernor Kllerhe in some way got nformation that the agent hud ient wagons to Augustu to haul ti his supply of liquors lie vired the sheriff to keep on the ookout for the wagons on their eturn and sei/.e the whole concern arresting the drivers. Yesterday Governor Kllerhe got he following message from Lau ens: iov. \V. II. Kllerl?e: I have seized four wagons and cams loaded with liquor?original mckoges?sent by K J O'Connor o agent at Laurens. Must 1 hold .earns and liquor. Answer. O. 1*. Sullivan, Deputy Sheriff. Governor Kllerbe wired l>ack that the liquor and teams l>e held ind the drivers arrested. Tht teams are to be advertised ami add in Laurens and the liquor if to t>e sent here to the disjwnsary. No doubt O'Connor or his agent will bring a case in the Unitec States court to test the matter. Since the "O 1*" decisions man} stores have l>een supplied in thii way out of Augusta, and the is sue will l>e worth testing. Suicide of a Young Farmer. Sjiecial to The State. Greenville, Nov 1.?Pierce \\ Whitmire, a young farmer 01 Fairview township, committee micide yesterday morning bj shooting himself in the head witl n revolver. He was found in th< public road 12 miles from Green ville. He was 24 yoan old anc had la-en drinking heavily lately s?tnrfhino to Know. 11 may be wor'h aonielblng to koov that ttie v? r v taut medicine for reetor log the tired out nervoua ayetetn U health and vigor ia Rlectrlc Bitters fldn medh-ine ia purely vegetable ta by giving tone to the nerve centre* t the aiomaob, gently atimulatea thi .Ivor and Kidney a. and aids theee or ana In throwing o(T Impurities in tin bi?Nxi. fiiaotrieBftUra Improves thi ?i?eiite, aide digestion, and Is pro ikhucmI by those who have triad It an the v ry beet bipod purifier and aervt UmiIo Try IU Bold for (Oaor $i.0< par bottle at CraOfM Bros' ?>ru| lore. * ' * OWUrwCnrte titte** CO** A MURDERER SUICIDES ONE NI< 111 r IN Till-: PEN AI> 1110 col LD STAND. Stephen Bryant, n Marion Coi viet, Killed Himself With a Pair if Scissors. Columhia Record, <)et. 3<>th. Late last nightStephen Bryan a convict from Marion count) 'committed suicide in his cell i the penitentiary hv stabbing hin telf in the throat with a pair < I scissors. i He had hcen working in tl I hosiery mill during the da) j Evidently premeditating tl ending of his own life, he concert od a pair of scissors on Ins persoi lie was locked upas usual ahoi 5:3o yesterday evening. No; i ... 10:30 the 4'trusty turnkey hear strange gurgling, gasping sound 1 in his cell and called the guar? i Corporal Smith quickly openc ' ?lw, .w.ll -I I - - I uiu umir uim n most rovoilin spectacle mot his eye. In a pot of his own blood on the floor Bn ant, the convict, lay struggling i the last throes of death. He hii |ended his life rather than spec i the rest t?f it in prison. Coroner Green was immediate! notified and went at once to tl cell. He was fully convinced I; what he saw that the convict hr committed suicide and that it wi not necessary to put the count to the cxjienso of an inquest. J tssuftt a permit for the burial < j the l?ody and it was removed the prison morgue. Bryant was convicted of murde ! with a recommendation to mere at the recent term of court [Marion county and was turm over to the jienitcntiary authoriti , last Thursday night to serve tl [ remainder of his life in prison. This convict was very lately quiet farmer down in Muru count v. \ot fur from tiiu K?n . lived hi* son-in-law Pravett. Oi I da\ tne son-in-law saw fit to cha ? tine a aon of Hrvant's. The fath ) * I was very angry. He took h i shot gun and going to where Pr vatt wan working in the field ai ^ demanded why he had wbipp< the boy. Prevatt l>egan to e plain: * "Don't you do itagain," inte ' rupted Hryant. 4 'I will under the name circui stances," annwored Prevatt. Then Hryant emptied both ha rel? of his gun into Prevatt, ki ing him instantly. "You wor do it again," he said as ho walk off. At the trial a strong plea f insanity was entered for Hryar I The jury on this account, it r thought, while bringing in a vi i diet of guilty, snw fit to recoi 9 ruend Hryant to the mercy of t - court. Ho was sentenced to ii 1 prisonment for life in the sta . j }n iiit*?ii tiui J ?The negro Butler, who kill Policeman Wolfe in Orageburg r r oently and made his escape, w y captured near Denmark in Bar . well arninty, last Friday. lie w , taken to the penitentiary in C< i titnbia to proven* him tieing lync ? ed. ? A Sure Thing for Yen* * A transaction in wliiah you oaon loaa la a aura tblng. Btliouanaaa, at i headeebe, furrwd tongue, hnr, pi! ami a ihouaand atber ilia are oaua by constipation and alugalab Hv< ' taaaareu Candy Cathartic, the wo r darfji aawjlvtr aahnutant and Inu final Ufcrto art by all druigMt guara lead to oure or kaopay ra funded. C CaniMhthlDt Try a box tod* 10.96, 50 oaffU,. rtamplraaod book > tree at all iraggiata. BKl'TAL SPAN I \1H>S j Kill a (ienernl of the Cuban Patriots in Cold Blood. 11 avium, Oct. t?s. ? '1 he outgoing authorities have struck a heavy blow at autonomy l?y permitting, to use an unprejudiced word, the killing of General Castillo. Gen-, oral Castillo was not killed in open, fight, he was betrayed by a Cuban *'j guide ami was captured by the | Spaniards on last Friday and shot Ion Monday morning. It was, ^ more satisfactory to shoot him * than to treat him aa a prisoner of ie war. r Castillo commanded Havana province, and was beloved as an I able and brave general by every Cuban under arms. His killing '* will arouso a desire for revenge, that at present juncture will tend I to prevent acceptance of any au j I S I tonomy by the rebels. With an escort of seven men Castillo was lying ill with fever in ? a secluded soot, when the triiiite ' ?- ^ I ' betrayed him. The condition of i \' I his body has aroused indignation in I even among General Weyler's; L(*! officers. ! A manifesto circulated and signed by President Capote and Gcncrals Gomez and Garcia calls upon 1<? all Cubans not to accept autonomy. IV I Blanco Supersedes Weyley in 18 Control of Cuba. ty I j Madrid, Oct. 30.?An oQicial ' dispatch from Hat-anna received today announces that Marshal Blanco the new captain-general of J* ' Cuba has arrived there and has \' taken over the command of that "J island from (ion Weylcr, the retiring capUiin-general. es '10 rr v * ? uuiuiVl n UNCI 111 IJIIUl A' 1 UIU V 111 * bush. a >n S|>ocial to The State, lie Sumter, Oct. 30.?An Httempt was made last night by acme scoundrel to kill Deputy Sheriff 0.r J E Gaillard. Mr Gaillard had us occasion yesterday to go up into the Providence neighborhood and ^ chanced to tie passing along the ^ same road on which Magistrate Searles woh tired at from ambush a short time ago. A little after nightfall, as Mr Gaillard was driving along the road within half a mile of Magisr_ trate Seale's house, he was startled II by the crack of a pistol within 20 ^ ! feet of him. Quickly drawing 0(l his pistol ho fired three shots into the bushes where the would-be assassin was coneealed, but does ^ 1 not know if any of the shots took jB I effect. In the meantime his horse ,r had beoome unmanageable and ran ' j some distanee before he could be j controlled. n I When Mr Gaillard reached his t j sod's house at Gnillard's Cross ; Roads, '?o found thut ho hud a I very close cull, as the bullet tired ed at him passed through the right lupol of his coat. ' ? . v , a* .W? n- Judge Simon ton baa handed as down bis decision in the case of DA d- Tompkins Company against the Catawba Cotton Mi'Is at Chester. He decided to continue the injunction and receivership and apiot pointed J C Harden of Chester ?? teraporray receiver. The decree d provides for two sureties of $25,n 000. |*? Ssdud*. county is about ten gr: months old and has averaged a murder a month. 3 * ^ J I ^ ' I / ^ CtJ Wo Undersell Ail Others Li Ul Jl>\U lUOi I , I S T JC > : Is pounds Krutiiilatt'il Suijar ?"<>r 1 no JO pounds lijile. tirowti Siitfnr 1 (HI * v7~ ^Ve have the cheapest line of Chewin<? and SinoUino Tohaeco in town. A No we curry a nice line of Notions, such :is handkerchiefs, Ladies' nnd (lents* Ilose, etc., etc. If. s. (^li-irry ?V I Iro. THE FEVER RECORD. Decrease in Cases Expected?The Cold Snap Conies. New Orleans, Nov I.- From now on the no in Iter of yellow fe ver cases will grndually decrease, is the opinion of the hoard of health of this city. The anxiously awaited cold wave arrived here last night, and even colder weather is wished for tomorrow. The local forecast otlicials predict that frost will fall in the northern portion of Louisiana tonight. The cold snap has had the effect of increasing the mortality and also has caused the number of new cases to swell somewhat It is generally believed, however, that tomorrow will show ndecided improvement in the situation. Casostoday 3S; deaths today 12. | A Lifeless Stranger Found on the Jleech tit Sullivan's Island. The body of a lifeless man was found on Sullivan's Island Mmnlpv morning. IIo was apparently ii I tout 25 or 3<> years of age, stout build, with round chubby face, brown mustache and brown hair. I lis body was not mutilated in the least and could not havo been in the water for many hours. Ilo was evidently a mason of high rank for on one of his fingers was a handsome masonic ring showing he had taken the 32d degree. His body was taken charge of bv the masons who will make every effort to have his identity revealed and locate his family. [For The ledger ^ The rally at the A M E Zion Church on Sunday, Oct. 31 at, was a success. The church was divided by the pastor into six clubs of about equal strength. The result was as follows : til SI., \7 alloir' ' AJitj v/i i,iiu ? uiiuy Mr? Ellen Adams, Capt.. $13 00 "Queen Esther's Court'' Mrs Emma Cox, Capt., 13 75 "Morning Star"? ! Mrs Bishop Clinton, Capt., 27 25 "Household of Ruth"? I Mrs N E Moll wain, Capt., 27 77 "Star of Bethlehem" ? Mrs Malindn Hudson,Capt. 34 50 "Rose of Sharon" ? Rev. Blackwoil, Captain, 47 12 Total for building $103 39 Deficit at Bank tiount 1 05 1 t Total in Bank $162 24 The majority of the clubs agreed to continue until thev raised the total of $60 each. The pastor desires to than* all who h%ve contributed to the cause. The church will rally for the next three Sundays on Pastor's salary and remainder of the Genet al Funds. 8. J. Massey, < ' Trees. Building Fund. . ; . . ' . I i , Wt/FItch on human. man*** on horses doff* *?.d aU moo*, cured In 90 minutea , by WeoKord's -Seoiiary txHioa This never fails. 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