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I * Hawagfet Hedges THTJRLOW 3. OABTEBi |1 A Family Newspaper : For the Promotion of the, Political, Social, Agricultural arul Commercial Interest*. J TERMS: $1.50 a Ykak. EpXTOH amp Mamaokk. ) 1*at ajiiak in A 1> van or. StlVH-flfEftU hlilTlUN. i.ANOASTl'.i:, S. q. N( iUH.Ai Hiu; 10 .MIT intbi O l!. IX 1 - liliNwV ? WSI&mnJ k?i.o.vi', i1 n n n crscows n U U U LI C oafucMo I \\ ill soil 1" pounds good gr Coffee for >*1. r " " I pound of *K. ). K.'TobWn for 44 cents. * ?f "dust received a nice lin Fancy <bandies?cheap. For Slates, Slate Fein Pens and Ink, call on A - fiit - ASS ICli One .loor North of I. (' Pataeur's. m\m\ xBTitiii. STATE OK FOUTH ( AHOLl! COUNTY OK I.ANCAS"! KK In (he I'mhafe f'ourf. Bv (JeoritP Md' Witherst o n, / .' Probate J udye. W II V. K K A H . Henry S. Ply ha* made Hiiil to rue, to urant I Letter* ot Adminr-n ration of Instate of ami ifFeot* of Aaron Ply Tliese arc therefore to rife anil moniali al ami singular the k'nil ami creditor* of said .Inron Ply dece'd. that tliey be ami appear be m?? 1.. III.- r ?? I ' ' || .. .WU,. .1 mvutMIIV III I MMI.IU'.UI IM* lit* I LaiH'a>*t?*r on St 11 day of Novem I next, after ]iu !>l lent ion thereof, at o'clock in the forenoon, to si eaune, if any they have, why the > Administration should not hegrunl Given under my Hand, this tiny or October Anno Domini. 1M0 UKOHOK Mr Wl I II KU>1'0()> I'rotmte Judit J FRESH BEEF I \ T A Dli llmea at my market in I il- Davis building My refrineri keep* it almost ice-cold I will deli It in any part of town at any hour aired. You can purchase heef wl you wish, leave it in the refrltfert and I will send it t your home i , time 3*011 may wish it sent, 'l itis aurya yotir heef hein? kept peifei # / fre*h. \V. K. YOUNl July 20th, IN97?:hi?. L* ' Pflriiotrotinn Unnl/n finsn llUgiOllUllUll UUUIYd upcil. IN ACOOItDANCH with the Ac 1896 providing f >r the registrat ?feleotors, the boo km of the Supervb of Registration will tte open ut eourt house on the first Monday a"h month for the registration of el torn entitled to registration and k open for three successive days in ei month until tlie general election 119*. W. G. A Porter, R. M. Kirk. R. J. Fiyi.ti, Board of Registralioi Nov 18. 1896?tf. NOTICE TV? the Tax-payers of Lancaster Co ty . The tax book* will he open in office of the conntv treasoner for I. mster county for the collection of ta for the fiscal year 1897. from the I day of October to ttie 3lnt day of emitter, 1897 The following is the levy for ounry : I Hta' e 6 ni I ' County h I Interest on C & C R R 3 I Int. on C t' ?fc t' R It (Jills Creek I lot Oil " " pleas Hill 3 I WolintliUllonHl Hclioid fa* 3 I lAnCHi'f Gradtd Hobool I I Jones' X I'toadn 2 I Kershaw I 1 4>aK hurst 4 Tlie levies by township* are . i. .1....... ^ lit til \ WaxllHW ' lit t t'liiu tre?!i lis " " (irailftl ^pIumiI 20 " " ! Jone*' X Koadn) 1H [ liill* Creek 20i " . " (tlrnilMl "*elinol) 2H \ '* " (J??ne? X KovIm) 22j ; \ Ruford 1? L Flat Creek No 12 20 1 Pleasant Hill 10 No 0 28 ' '* Jotifa'XKoadH 21 " (Oakhurat) 23 Ce eek .0 " i JoltfM'X Kor.Ih) ]h Ueanectfully submitted. J K BLACKMON, 1 Co. Treaa., Lancaster Count* w*- .. I M.li., 4 l ' -vri who ITUI nwft <1 uikc B I i.?TTKIMI. 1 ' "1* 'tki 1 %kM Cn fe? W*cnar*i Castsf FOR FMl'.F/XLKM ,TV | While Prohatc Judge of W Uw? J id if;;. d : i:j. Special t.? 'tyo Si do. eon! Charleston. Nov ... !; cell in the station : - < vi (<<>t MeConnell. wh at <>ne ti . indite of the pr<>h:dc< >" ; c ot ; 1 liamshurg count \. ?*hur: ,j| ^ I embezzlement. II" u , tins morning hy I > ec*! ve ; nn.ii warrant issued h\ M i Matthews ??f Wiiluimshur; amount of funds said to h tnken is somewhere in th horhood of *7'>o. i The sheriff of Willumisl: heen uolitied of the arrest deputy sheriff will arrive I 1 MeConnell hack, to Williai ler, MeConnell during his t l*" office was ijuile popular a ler, hwld in the highest esteem, ie,i was shown hy the handsu lore j?rit\ he received over hi <l?t nents. After his term o ' "i [ expired he reimimed in W iow |>urg for some tune and tin 'Hid 7 iftl. to (. harleston hist August ~"(l ing his young wife and fain him. Since that time lie I B' selling cigars, and it is s mm heeii doing very well. Mr MeConnell is an int man and of pleasant add re? tin* lis ahout 35 years of ag 'J'" I young wife, who is in the .t,.. i i ? in i niuM'ii i)\ci' me :i11: Ix-ii j v ?mr ? ? ? %tfm\ Hud Uecord for Oetol jti> Columbia, SC., Nov A. mat Filler be today yave out a view approving the Cottoi ers convention. llclev;at< i of Ikmui elected from many n The reports for Octol a ior* , tl,,. t hat the dispensary lost s j:i i. its husincss for October le<' present year as compared ' mi I y??f. i o> Uommissioner Yanco si fulling otT is duo to the () and the timers but more a low price of cotton. A t the total business for Octo _ lost. Murder Near Ilartsv u(i* Special to Tbo State. Hartsville, Nov. 5.the i ' an- Suton, colored, was killc<: R James, white, about fot from this place last ni<rht the ! reported that the colored Hlg were having a part; James entered the house a led the negro why he wu.* "t j and then shot him. The ? occurred on Mr James's j No Prohibition f*>r (ieo .'.""I At hintu V... el... i " | .Senate today defeated a i . which if pasted would hi i the effect of mnkinsr ( 1 ... 7 " prohibition Slate. The I I .. been (wilding in the L<-.r " Kince lust year, and has b hunstivelv argued. The ,) i the bill wtiH to 2d. NcuIPh latugt ^'iicss at tin p crop predicts u inininuiiii ] ten and one half million ; and that the price for n 'cotton will fall to 5 ccntn. n llucklen'M Arnica Hal The l?*Ml salve In the world nrui??w,Horri, Ulcers, ~all Kever Mores. Teller, ?'h?pi>e< ? htlhiHin , Oorns. and an nk Uiim and positively cures id/< g lay required It Is *uaraiiteei perfna or money t price 2ft cents per hoi For % P Hrim KNT TWO AUIIKSTS "illiims- Of IV;* Suspected til Munlo inn lhtilen ?cr. < i reenviilc New-. i ! 1 ! Deputy Sheriff Gilroath returi i"'l / ! yeWvdiy from e-iH\?r?I whei W;i< i''" !:" I ) Ml tl i I 11? ni ! i of Wil- ? 1 > : for !'i > Tihn nan nion w'l'i t \\ in!i; i.'rt'<I Aloert Ii!i 1 !t'i arrested iliv: ii r i! wa- < mi i>y :i re-iresentatii jrjst tvilu <1; Tilt? N'.'W- Mil' I :l -dateilieilt W! _r The obtained from him regard in;* (ii ivc iii'i'ii affair v. liiirli may In* accepted, t eonrse. as authentic and ah*oli tclv correct. nir,r 1ms ( hi Wednesday nitrlit somo on and the crm ' t'> Mr IJ-tiliMiiror's house an o t an v hallooed for him to come owl ashm*^. obeyed llm summons ami woi erm of over to the store, just across tli nd was street, with the man. A fc which minutes later Mrs Ihillender hear ine ma- ;l s,,nntl from the store as if sonic s oppo- thiiiir had fallen, hut did not thin f ollice ?t the matter further until she Ik illiams- came alarinetl at the failure of he imi came hushand t?? return. , Initio- , She went out to the store an ilv with called liitn; no answer came hac ias hocn to her anxious ear and she wei aid has post ha>te to a neighbor's fu help. Keturnino an entrant elliirent was made in the InnMing and M is. He liallen^er was seen reolinj* an i'. His stuinhline ahout on his Unci's i city, is an etl'ort to jjet on his feet. Whe lit-. spokento ho inumhlcd incohcrcnti something ahout heing strickci kt. with yellow fever un<l it was the seen how terribly ho hail bee ?Gov. j hurt. ii inter- He was curried into the hum i (irow-dmd at intervals consciousness r< l's have turned to him. In one of Ins ri utilities. tional moments he was ipiestione r show re^nrdine the adair and state .linn on that a white man unknown to hii of the '.had committed the assault, with last The track leading away Jroi the store was evidont I v tnn?1? l> J **""" " ays tlu" a number nine, pointed toe, shot 1* stores:The track was followed for 11 coi to the j siderable distance hy the dog! hird of l?ut thoy were soon thrown o iher was the scent. Ahout a <pjurtcr of 'mile from the scene of the traced it was observed that another part He. had joined the murderer. Tl axe which was used in strikin the deadly blow was found hy M ? 1 lenrv | Ciilreutb in some bushes, where 1 by W ' 'K3t>n tossed hy the flcein ir miles jnmn* It is1 dim Morrow and John Sijiit people two white men of unsavory n y, and! putation, have been arrested i nd a>k Spartanburg on suspicion. Moi i there, few was sent to the penitential' killiti" several vcars ago for robbing tl O ~ > )laee. store of Albert Ballongor an since his iclcuso therefrom lu rgta. Ihmmi heard to make some ver direful threats against iho life (ie.iriria the murdered man. He was aimeasure i lurking ahout the neighhoi nve had hood the day- before the oriill orgia a was committed. I n less he en ill has prove an alihi he will find it islaturo very difficult matter to con vim ecu ex- the people of his innocence, vote on ,\s no money was taken froi the store or from the person t ,?ir naiionger it 18 simply 11 eft? ?cotton ^ murder. The deceased wi fluid o highly esteemed in the community hales, ]|n(| sufficient evidence to iu liddling p||cat,o anyone is secured shoi work will l?e made of tho eulpri Ivo. The funeral of Mr llallengc f??r <'?t* to?lt place yesterday and the pet HhfU'ii, .,|0 turned out cn masse to i>a 1 ... , , ;in ?rup? their last respects to one who ha Tio?Ktv? friendship and tho highest ei efu mletl teem ot the community in whic **' >V he lived. 1 How to (let or.'hi !'mo Wni'M. r Most of our lece-sfut {.?-n bej gati Iiiu without ii dollar. Thev !i:i ? < won sucoi l?y hard 'work and strict honesly. 'i on con do j. the same. II : !? are a do-/,en [ (? rules t><r getting on in the world: in !. It.1 honest Dish mesty so], s- doin makes one rich, an 1 when it i. does, rielies are vs ;i riu ->e. There is no sueli thing a*. dishomM -on.eess. is Work. The world is not i<? going to pay for nothing. Ninety >f per cent. of what men call genius i- is only a talent for hard work. Hnter into that business or e trade you like best, and tor which d nature seems t?. have litted you t. provided it is honorable, it 4. He independent. I ><? not ie lean on others to do vour thinking iv i or to compter ditiiciilties. d 5. He consetentions in the dis; charge of every duty. 1 >o your k work thoroughly. No one can ? rise who slights his work. :r ?. Don't try to hegin at the hottom and you will he surer of ,1 reaching the top sometime, k 7. Trust to nothing but (iod ,1 nun nam work. Inscrilic on vour ,r banner: 'Luck is ;i fool; pluck t. is a hero. [r s- He punctual. Keep your <1 appointment. He there a minute i, hefoic time if you have to lose a l(, dinner to do it. y j ib He polite. Kverv smile, ai i every gentle bow i>. money in n your pocket. n' 1?- He generous. Meanness makes enemies and breeds dis ((! tinct. ... i 11. Spend less than you earn. t j Do not run in debt. Watch the d little leaks and you can live on d your salary. ;?i 12. Make all the money you can, honesty; do all the good you ,n can with it while you livo; be your own executor.?.Wo of Steel. ;v! _ i-: True Commiseration. tTj Honest legislator?I've been a insulted, sir! I've been approachyjed by a rascally charlatan who y offered me $ 10 for my vote, le Sympathetic Friend?Terrible! g Terrible! Don't take it. It's lr j worth a hundred. Alliert Ballinger, who was so brutally as>aultcd and robbed in ; his store at Well ford Wednesday night, died from the effects of the n 1 injuries received Thursday mornr* ; ing at !' o'clock. ' Sam linker, colored, of Lanes 11 Creek township, takes the cake. 11e and his daughter made seven ls bales of cotton this year with the aid only of a steer that weighed '*,just 7!" pounds They used lit tie gu .no and had a small ration 1 bill. He-ddo the cotton they made I 175 bu-diels of potatoes and a M (plant t\ of corn.?Monroe JourII nal . e Something to Know. M i , . . . A . It may be worth something to k iow , that the very bent medicine for renter> ?0 I lug tt le lired out nervous system to ls 'health ami vigor la KlectriC Bittern. Tbh medicine in purely vegetable, ' | -la by giving tone to the nerve centres 1- | i the Mtomaeh, gently stimulate* the ?t <lver and Kidneys, ami aids theae orj sua in throwing off Impurities In the blocai. Klectrlc Bittern Improves the >r appetite, aida digeatlon, and In proj nouneed by those who have tried It an the very beat blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try lt? Hold for 60u or $1.0tl <1 |>er buttle at Crawford Broa' Drug I. Htore. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. 1 ! 1K NKKKY CASK CONCH'I) Ki). S. M. N'eely Convieled <?i" Assault of :i i 1 i_rli ami A^vrav.it ! Nature - Sentesjeed to t )r.e ^ 0.'S!' or S i ."><) - I ]). Tin' trial of S M N'eely, eharire.l wit.li assault and batterv witli intent to kill .Joan Harvey N?viy in Kork I lilt in May lad. was eoneluded in the Yorkvihe eonrt Thursday afternoon, when i 1? jury, after deliberating for about an hour, returned a verdiet of assault of a hiifh and siixixravated nature. The ei mum-dances attending the trouhle are well reinliered I?v our ; readers and eonse<juently we have made no etl'ort to publish the tes- i tiniony. On the trial however, Mr S M Ncely swore that before he plunged the knife into the haek of the | IIIX'L ..? I t I V.I..1 ? 41... I-.. .... I > ... r, a*. 111'" I.UU'I Ii;i?l struck liitil or the arm with a ? stick and several witnesses swore i that ihev saw an ahrasure on liis i arm. such as mi?rht have been t made by a stick. Mr .1 II Necly 'denied this, and stated that just j before lie was cut S M Neolv had ! cursed and abused him in a very j? \ iolent manner and that lie turned his back and was walking away 1 from S M Necly when the? latter ] cut him. The judtre charged the jury that even if John llurvey Necly had J struck S M Necly with a stick and the former was out be the laiim S M Neely would not he wlmlly . blameless, and it' the jury believed that S M Feely cm.sod and abused .John Harvey Neely in a violent manner and the latter struck S M Neely with a stick, and S M Neely I then cut him with a knife, the jury might return a verdict of I assault of a high and aggravated , nature. When the verdict was returned, Messrs W B Wilson and I) K Fin- ' ley, attorneys for S M Neely, I { made a motion for a new trial, j ^ which was argued yesterday morning, hut was refused. The judge then sentenced S M Neely to one year's imprisonment in the county i ; ju.il or to pay a tine of $150. He, 1 paid the fine and was released from Icustody. ? Hock Hill Herald. Lost at the Circus. i ^ # _ I The circus was at Lincolnton yesterday, as were several parties i.. i ..i ?i . f ' n mi uitu picniv 01 IIHtiicv and; wanted to <r??t rid of it. One of these, Mr Pleasant Stroml, spent sjejoo trying to heat a gambling game before lie concluded that it couldn't ho did. 11< had a lot of fun hut it came high. Charlotte ()hserver. (Jen. Lee ()tr for Cuba. ____ Washington, Nov 5. General* Loo, in pursuance of hi* instruc| tions, loft Washington curly in the afternoon on his way t<? Cuba. This fact is believed to exhibit the confidence of the administration ! in the satisfactory outcome of thoj 1 pending negotiations with Spain. >1 A Sure thinq for You. A transaction In which yoli osnnm ; lose is a sure ihlnfc sick i headache, furred ton^u**, fever, pi es , and a thousand other ills are cau>-?d 1 hy constipation and sliiKwIsh llv?r. 1 <'a-carets tandy t'a larilc, the woo; derf-a* new liver stimulant and intestinal tonic are by all druKgiinH vuarati teed to cure or money refunded ?*C C ar t aaure ihltitf Try a box t-slay: 10, 25, SO cents Hamples and book et free at all diUKKtata L O I ' U ' t 1 1 i r 1' l C iffrt IT? ?4'>' /i iT Ai'irtl'"! In W(i UnjCioSii All Uli'Cb ill Groceries. ? . 3 !'i '3' ' ;?'nr <! ? v. ran:.! ;. '-! > j>o it..is liulr i . i- ; on wv ii:iv? !; , of ( 'IiewillLf Mild S;l! in t'uvn. Ai-i> \\" .in", a ip.-c of \<?t i< >)>. . 11 ii a - ' m 11. it's* and (lent ' II* * . V-." . * 'J; . J. * *? <>. CLKRK'S S \ !, . s?mcf im mz. COl'NTY OF LANCASTKli. Court of C?IIIIIUHII I'lra -ni'lio K Ko-? ami T. ' ? t,.| . .;i rlu*r, l'l.iintiM' , vs. I'. KiiH'liru' itaii.iM', AIcxamlt-r I?: rl>?.-r and oilier^. ! >? fi'inlaiit?. 13 Y VIUTFFnfa il'Crt't .l ort! r in 13 almvo slaHnl < * <.*, mad*' I?v JudijtW. <' liciiel on s li <lay <>f <). i?.I? i* lst?7, I wi I ?'Xp<>S" i<? (iiii.li ? ! < . at I.atit'HHter i.'oiirt Hoii-n. in said >iat?* tinl < onntv. at tin- < < int !! u-c -I i ivilltin til*- W'jral Imursof mle. on tin* irat Monday in |)ei*t*inlH*r m-xt Itt-iii^ tn* si x 11* day ef tli? inont li it In* f<>l :o\vit^ dt'HCiilied real estnt.*, viz : First?Olio lfa?'i lias in Indian I.at d i <m ijanca-ier unit late of South Carolina, ami contains I'wo Hundrtd and si xty-soven ('?(>?) Acrrs, more or lrns% md ih hounded <>ii the North t>v land* if T. Inmeljne Kurhet; l'.a-t hv lands if Mr* C V. Miller and J S "Miller; south hy land* of J I' Kai.es ami West ty lands of .J I' Mailt** and J 1" Ilairi*. Second. The other tract contains Kitfhteen ( IS) Arir*, Morritr I. ss. tin) lies in said Indian I.and Towndiip. County and SI ?tc nfoicsuid and i* hounded on the N'Uth hy land- ot I It Stevenson; Kast le; laud* of J T Kell and Ni r h < allium line; South i v diikim ??i .? > Miller ;t11' 1 NVe.ht l?y amis o John White. 0ir Terms of Sale, H ASH. /'urrliHM'r t<> |>ay f<?r papers This oth dav ot A'ov. I-97\Y. S. L. Porter-,* C. C. C. L. C. SHEBIFP'S GAXW. STATE OF SOI I II CAROLINA C o l N T \ OF I.ANi 'AS'l'I'.IJ, Court of Common Pleas. Hansom S Gray, I'laintif!, against W I) Therrell ami W ! ' Ha'iis, De? tendauts. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order in above stated case, made by J udge J allies Aldrirh, on 21st day of June 1897, I will expose to ptirdie sale at Lancaster Court House hi said County and State, st the Court House steps, within the legal hours of sale, on the First Monday in December next (be* tug the sixth day of the month) the following described property to wit : All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate in tiie County and .State aforesaid. in Indian Land Township, containing One hundred and tiftv (llifi) Acr?M, Morr or Leni^ and bounded as follows: On thefSoiilh hy land- <?f K M Miller ; on the Fast In lands of \V F Harris; North hy lands of I) O halts, tie^iiinniK at a Walnut tree, on the Fast bank of ltiu Suuar Creek and runs South ho Fast hi I 10 a I'o-t Oak Thence North hi' West lit til) to a K!?< k oak. Thence Fioth 41 West* 11 7it(o a sassafras slake on |>() I'nils line Thence South 74 West -- Mh to a Itliick oak. Tin-lice North 4b W**t -I to a maple. I hence Norln l(> W Si li so lo a St ike Tin lice smith N'J Wesi l .' fjU to a Walnut. Thence >orthsJ We-t jj .Vi lo n Iniek n tin* hink of l.iu mimi' reek. Them e down t lie meaioterh us< f i 'atie reek to the hrtrniniup; course Tne I) -tend i it WD I herrell Inivinrf coiiveve t sin ject lot'o- in n? u" n> I'l < I ii 11 tl* t In I' i' i defendant II' T Id art is, a |iurt of the shov* ies-rilc-d iioi I uaue I ia i m|s, 11 iei i <'d its t "a -.* vi/. : Tweets eiuhl (2- .? r ami luiiiiided on tne so th hy lands ot the said W I) Therr-h and D O I'otls, Sout h hy la' ols of K \t M 111 *r an d on the Ive, and West hy lamls ol .1 T Harris and kno.vn as a part uf the William *? I>a11km lamI I 11 ? sic *1 -H acre- will be sold last. If i lie renin) mler of the above land fails to bring enough to pay the mortgage ?1 lit, interest, taxes slid costs, i he said 28 acres will then he exposed io s:ie terms of -ale CASH Purchaser to pay for papers Plua otli (lav of November 1807. I,. M CLYBUKN, rt L. C. When Baby was sick, we Rave her Castorta. When ahe was a Child, aha cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, ahe clung to Castorla. Wbea aha had Children, she gave them Castor!*