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M I- VV ifilil Itli. 1 t f" ?? .r I I'V x r.? at ?? > ? : $ , i ". ;y <TA *? * b Lv Choi II fcv, >j Zi 1 fe *& 8 I ? Mr .1 11 \Y Stevens visited !()j Chester tins week. 11,,, i # ? Mrs Walter Kerr, of Rock in Ilill, is visiting her parents at to tiiis plaee. Af ? Mr \Y II .Jenkins of Iluilc rot f 1 old Mine, was married on Toes- ;n day evening last to Miss Bertlm l<? 9 Quant/, of Coneord, N vs Our old friend, Mr Jeff Sims, of Louisville, whowas badlydisuhl- ^ ed l>y being kicked in the side by a horse about two weeks ago, we ! def arc glad to learn, is able to be up 1 . ! me I 1 ? Lancaster has two original ' son package houses. Both were opened up Thursday. ? Mr Walter llinson killed son two partridges with a rock last eon Tuesday. of ?Congressman Strait returned on t> Washington last Wedne-alay Ho having received a telegram that hai Koine important measure was likely ? 0 come l?ef?ire the !mm1v. etl ?W (ianson left Thursday for hri the Northern markets llishroth- ne\ or, Mr Adam (ianson, who has agn heen visitintr hero the past few weeks, also returned to his home, ye* Spriri;rliel 1, Mass., the same day. ens There will he services in the Ha Kpi-eonal etiureh to-morrow at 1 1 o'clock a in, and 5 p ni, con ducted hv the rector, the Rev .1 i \V Cantey Johnson. 'j'0 ?J (' Melhiw, who represents ] the Southern Stock Fire Insurtinee Co., has distributed a small pam- su| phlet during the last few days jM), which makes very interesting i reading to property owners. j.)(j --Waddy, tho little son of act Mayor Waddy C Thomson, re- reji ^ ceived n very painful injury on 1 me upper lip, <in hist Thursday to i while out hunting with sonic young of men. The little fellow was ex- tha cruising his skill attiring a gun, sob when the gun re hounded with the t <? above result. a r< dei: ? Don't forget that K Brandt, . the optician, of Chester, will he hero next Tuesday with his com- Vln plete optical outfit for testing all tak eye troubles and scientiticall y adjusting glasses. If you need .. . - * the glasses, see bun. us ?The Kev \Y T Matthews, Chancellor of the Bresbyterinn Collegs of South Carolina, will spend a few days with Dr Hum mil phrevs, arriving here today. He tim will preach in the Lancaster Pre*- j,,,, bytcrian church Sabbath a in., and ,-,)r p in. ?The Kt Kev Bishop A Grant, I) D., of Belmont, Philadelphia, !11,0 ??.? <-? tha >. ?<> |>ivnn?-n 1111:1 UIU OVVL'lllll Episcopal district in the A M E H church, will he hero on the 15th of anil will preach at the court house i that night. All are cordially in- | . vitcd to come out and hear him. | u' j ke] ?Tho co inty hoard of assessors ; rftr finished canvassing the returns of t (j real and personal property on |)) t Wednesday. A great many as | sessments were raised in every , J con township and a numbed of reduc- I , tions made, 'the assessment on ^ machinery at Haile gold mine was ; , tho increased considerably -from $13,500 to $ 10,000. ? . M m u| I WII />r /v ? ?' V <; D oott for pill < OH*UH:pttOH, \\ ? TbD i? Hi ! * -?t mciliclne in the to 1 worM for ii form* of Cough** ami ho<i CoMm mii f.?r ( oimuiuptioii. Kver.v r()_ botlle '.* v.* 11 tranteeil. It will him! j not It ha* no ?r|M?| f..r t"' \VltO"|<ii ' oogh, Aalhftriiti, IJiiv F?- 1 ver lYcuinoiiiM, liroiicliili*, l.a (irijr? c(|, im*# i ol't it< tin' // '***) atul for Coohu mutton It I-* *afe for nil ti'M, |>le<i*ant n< ' I ? ink* Mini above all, u tire cure. Ill* ulwxy* well In Inke l>r King'* (,f New |f* I'i In in connection with !>r King'* New Discovery, n* tlicy regulate hihI lo e I lie atomach 1111 ?1 Itowrln. We guarunlo*' |ierfect *nllafaotloo or return money. Free trial bottle* at ()f Crawford Brnn' Drug hdore. Regular a!** .V? cent a am! I 110. ,n ' _ 1 South Carolina owe* lews per the capita than any State in the lTn*on, tor the amount being $12. Arkansas an< comes next with $13 per head. jut / wccotllii^ of Court. t. At tin* time we went t?> pre-- ' Inst Tuesday evening the trial ' Peter MePherson, charged wit:; rning the A M K elinreh, \\a- ' progress. The euse was given * the jury Wednesday afternoon. 1 ter a short deliberation the jury I1 urned into eourt with a verdict ' not guilty. li K Wylic, Ksq., >resented the defendant. 1 u )n Thursday morning The State y Joe Harper, charged with 'I rder, was taken up. The dodant was represented by J T pen, Fsq. The jury found the cudant guilty of manslaughter h a recommendation to the s rey of the eou't. lie was teneed to two years on the 11 v im gang. A, Hie State v- Hen Charley Ilin d i, charged with murder was n dinned to the next term si the eourt. The defendant, a motion of his attorney ;o n T V Williams, was granted 1 I in the sum of SI ,.M?n. 1 vim 1 ira.Uev, who was convict Tuesday on tin* charge of ^ aeh of tru-t, was granted a v trial. Afterward- the ca?e a lin-t him was nol prossed. ci I'he petit jurors were di* charged h terdav morning and the equip, e ing Solicitor and have made a u ion in each ease to the court. w iVc feel satisfied after listening ^ Hie very elear and a hie charge tr your Honor as to our duties ^ t it would he unjust to our- ^ ies and the affairs of the county (, undertake to make at this time h eport upon the several ma'ters ~ minding our attention. { ' )uring our three days of ser-1 j e most of the time hi s heen St en up with our duties in Court.. \ll of the Magistrate hooks of \ county have appeared before with their criminal dockets and find them very neatly and prop i v kept. We have hy a com- j tee visited the poor house and I it neatly :i?ul well kept. The! mtes are apparently well cared h i11 We think the paupers need u re bed clothinir and recommend ! ?=? III t the Su|M*rintondent purchase 4\ alf dozen blankets for tin; use ! ni poor house. I,fl iYe have by acommittee visited jail and tind it very neatly1 n ;>t and the prisoners properly ti ed for. The ^raiul jury notic-1 C! the stairway of the jail has been repaired asreeommended u ^rand jury at last term of1 irt. iVo commend the county hoard commissioners for the attention \ y are giving the public roads the county. We tind that ere the chain L'an<r has been the ' die roads are much improved. hoj>e the convicts r. ill he sent every portion of the county as >n as practicable. We find the s| ivicts ate well and humanely >( tad. In iVo liuvn examined tho County ?m peivit-ors hooks :in>I find them ? itlv kept. S4 Wo commend tho County Board j ('omtnis-ioiiM s for their econo S) ml management of county ci nirs. " We find thut our county is out !l debt and have a nniall balance i r' I County Treasury. t| Wo haven't had time to examine <> i county ofliciala hooka at this m of court. But the Foreman \ other memlwra of the grahd . y will examine the hooka oft os taken up. I'lte ?rr:m* 1 jury It s discharged after rendering it ir report *?? Wednesday. The it lowing is the '? ItKI'OUT <>K T11 K. o JC AM) .IlKYt '* the Honorable .1. ('. King!), j [Voiding .lodge: i'he grand jory beg leuvo to unit the following as their re- , t at tliis term of the court. vt Wo have acted upon all bil's of ^ ict nent intrusted t<. u^ hv the t ho county officials before the u*xt term of the court and will >o ready to repoat to the eotirt. We present the Ohio River in^ 'hurJcston I{ I? for running Mi roight trains on Sunday Mnreli ?'<, tin s5)s. Witnesses: Rev C W limn M ihreyrt, Z ; Mite key, S P Benot, iik auies Burr. his We would acknowledge our in- ert ehtedness to your Honor for no our courtesy and kindness to us ho uring the prosecution of our du J a hi ies ns grand jury. tor Respectfully submitted, j ha< 11. .1. Gardner, Foreman. sni (evens *V Co's Saw >1 ill Iturneil. wa About "2 o'clock yeste: day xvtJ lorning the saw mill of Stevens %(>l : Co.. six miles east of town was nel iseovered atire. The flames had <MK lade too much headway to be iceessfully combated. The mill, mc' quantity of lumber ami some j,,n' f the machinery was destroyed. ( /oss about ft.*?0o. N?, insurance. lie lire was of incendiary origin. ,!,m 'o Kehuild at Once. ! Ms Recently St Paul A M K chut eh l,u I this place was burned bv an in- i,:i Luidiary tire. The conglegation as decided to rebuild and will reel a nice brick cditiee. They live but little funds to start with, having taken about all of the isuranee iiiom v tlicy received to ay the delit on the building urned, but they are not to be s*? utdone. They will give their ibor, and a squa ! of iiands were ,N 1 ? begin yesterday matting brick. mt hey have several members who '') re masons and carpenters, who ?V( 'ill erect the structure. They ms 'ill have to rely upon subscripoils to buy lime, shingles, hardarc and lumber but the donations oxv 'ill he made, mark that down. nn< l number *?f the members inort- "" aged their homes to build the :ruoturo which was burned and we ley are not to be rutdone. If it ,ne ikcs tneir all, they are going to live a house of worship, anil a u)1( ood Huhstuntul one at that, j hey are to he commended for U'ir zeal in the matter and are oserving of help fioni other ' mrees. hit HCLTON APPOINTKH MAR SIIAL. . wi i . 's 1 hough a 'Lily-White" He I , Plucks the Plum Over Cun- '* ningham. 1,11 . , ?. . , ili" Captain Lowson l> Melton has ag; eon appointed I 'nited States 11, larshal for South Carolina. Such ,lMt as the news that was received l?y j telegram yesterday in this city ' ' nd was net alone agreeable to Cupt 'lls Iclton, hut to his friends here He nd throughout the State. Today ' -.til i the time set for the appointee uj? > qualify. f()| Marshal Hunter, the retiring mrshal, has given entire satisfacon during his term and has won i teem for himself throughout \j;l le State in all his oflicial trans ( ) L'ti ms. ? The State, lltli inst. . . Ma MAGK'S ff ?OriC:? OIL I: HE i REATEST PAIN REMEDY ON EARTH, i vil Perhaps you have exper'cnced nu. nin the convulsions of colic, the mot ing ilarta of Neuralgia, the gonics of Uhfuinati-i:i arid the ' " mddening throbbing of brain if n,u >, you cm appreciate the mission ili f Wonderful Oil. ! ?j{ It relieves pain, no matter its n-f) nurco or of how long standing. r t will ndieve almost instantly 1 1 Loipuch and Imwel complaints, his ramps, colic, cholera morbus, wil leers, sore and bleeding gums, wo nd there ia nothing gives quicker r< clief in dyspepsia, indigestion and . AKtralgin. Will cure u cold.aorc 1 1 liroat or croup quicker limn any nn< ther remedy. t*r 1 Vice 2.r? cent.s a bottle. jdri For Hale by, vll .1 F Mftckey Ac CO, at LANCA8TKR . 8. C. Kfli Another Killing in Chester. Chester. March 7. This mornr about x o'clock Henry 11 trcus shot McDuIlie Ksles three ;ies with a d* caliber Smith & osson once through the abdom, then above the hip, and tly in the throat. K-les ling id until o clock this after on and died. Kstes was a. soher nest, inde.strious young man of out 2'! years of nee. always atitive to his business, which Ik* 1 built up by hard licks from a all fruit stand to a good sized eery and b"cf market. Marcus 8 also a sober, honest, hard irking blacksmith, and was a rv quiet citizen. Both were ighhors, living alongside o h other, each with their families tli were voung. well-to do white n. Th'\v had had several misiletstandings, disputes relative their ?loin?*stie affairs, but their ferciices were al'.vav ; settled ieably. l.a-t Saturday night lispnte arose over an account ireus owd Kstcs. and this ml nated in this terrible shooting ray, the result of which is death Marcus has been lod /cd in iaii, il claims lu ha 1 to shoot m selifoltse. Con..no! Bain's Varniiig. 'I can drink ?. leave it alone.' i has said every man who has id a miserable d u ik trd. That I he < miid n s at - u nit of cv-tv . i . I . '? Hitsr uc ?; '111'.v' I*. I> il (Jowl), vvn I hoy :: >. ti?),0 )() to SO,000 jrv vt'iir. Wo >" tli !I. soraM", ( >?I ft?r suken wnvks about lis ovorj ilay, siii.l yi't it smile of assurance in your n will power conu's up a?rain I you suy, 4Thoy have jjone mi, hut 1 ? Ni'\cr.' Colonel (ieoroe W Ibiin, the II known Southern orator, speak ; on this subje ', s:i k: There was K<l<*nr Allen I'on, the i /.i... i' inn oi 11it" ivuvi'ii. * l.IKO 111 \* ik from out my heart ?pioth 'raven, nevermore." It evil spirit of liijuor that killeil ii. There was Tom Marshall, nw him address an audience of m?u people, whom he swayed th his eloquence as a ^iutit oak swayed iiva storm. loin Mar ill went down to the ?rrave a serahlo i^ nnkard. I he last le I saw him he wa> leaning ii11-1 a lamp-post for support, s hair was matted and hi> face I liody dirty from debauch, his then rapped and worthless and coat pinned over his breast. v as a miserable w reck, yet II with traces of aristocracy i>n him. He would tell stories drums, a story a drink, and so went down. Von say, 'Why didn't Tom irshall quit? He didn't want piit, or he could.1 I say Tom trshall did want to ipiit. He od at the doofofa Hlaeksmith >p one day and waid, 'If hy hold, il...? i t i ? ; iii.il Fit I 111 11 11 IIOI1 III 111 \* His till it cooled I could get rid t hi-i burning Appetite for drink, mold hold it.' He could not it. 4 I'liere was a preacher in Louislr. one of the most cloijuent n 1 ever heard, married a ;dth> ladv. He was fond of 1 wine hottle. He came home niirlit the worse for 11.> mr s wif<' auid to him next <!:iv, Ushnnd, you were drunk Inst rlit." Hsv left his home, his irgo and fled from the scenes of full. He drunk deeply. His fe and family left him. She nt to lire on a little piece of >pevty? all she had left out of r fortune. He signed the pledge I became hoIht for a time. He tured brilliantly against the nk and was invited to I^ouis lo to s|>eak He hesitated and Inst went, and in his lecture d: 41 am a preacher without a chary,:' father without chddrcn, a husband without a wife. All these evils have come upon me through the chink, and 1 will nev- ()f er taste it again." And, after all, Voi he died at the end of a drunken dehauch. a h It would take me too long to tell of others 1 have known. There sur was young Henry Clay, grandson nis of the great eonunoner of the same and name, shot i;i a drunken brawl, j (hp There were Crittenden, Patrick |jVt llenry, S. S. Curtis and (ieorge I) l'rertice, all of whom sleep in drunkards" graves. There was ,., the brilliant Dick Vales, who came Hm within a very short distance of being mesident of this country.- tio" ' , * i>uy The Templar. r; P.a * i ( H A (Vnuili i f'il IMxcovcry. i lie last quarter of a century records \ nr.'iy wonderful discoveries in medieine, j ^ 11. none tit:M have iiii'oiiiiiliiilii'il more for j Immunity ilian that (sterling old household ' remedy, Hrowns'I run Hitters. It seems to | contain the very elements of t?ood health, ' ' d (cither man, woman or eliiMi'an take 1 it vvillio if deriving the irreatest lienetit. ! .r eins' i- hi Hitters is sold 5?y ell detih *s ; ma Shot :t Wtuiiiin Dead. I pit* ; fVt j . * Sumter, March 7.? Yesterday not near Max osvillc, one ?,L:?nf ! so. Wilson a vontnr ne?rro man, shot ' j ami killed Kli/.n. .lane Weslev. Out Krom information obtained it j eon seems that the two neirroes had aj (juaj'rel about, a bottle of whiskey. I i / m i * i v nr: ii*j* nccrxm, a well Known lie ('nlumhia lu'irro, sa\s I"!i*? State, v!,v was found in t!i>' park last M ?:.<! ay '?ca nijrlit. hound hand ami fo >t with a rope ti? <I ti_r!11!\* around his neek, in an insensible condition. 1 Hi- was treasurer of a colored society and li.nl started to the' s iciety i a d v after dark wit * Si 1: .0 | p I of society funds in his p.icko t v I He was lieset I?y rohhers and left I in the condition in which he was ')e found. ! t I ltn> President Mclvinley has approv i?d the hill successfully pushed hy : t % i it . * j tlie ( on^ressnian Latimer allowing i,?, the Newherry College claim and 'VI . ii ci , thus t he college ?*ets ?1.1.00M. e?u Ati ; r , I <j 1 he smallpox situation at Pel M?v ham, a factory town in ttie upper I part of the State is .still serious. I The governor has authoii/ed the erection of u pest lions arid other v I -><M precautions arc hcin^j taken against a furtlicr spread of tlie disease. Kei. ? !,m.t Gel More |? I ?atl v#a ! ' Gel less. ? Why in it evexy sarsaparilla which tries to sell itself, ranges I itself against Ayer's as the stand- this ard ? Why is it that all have to j, offer extra inducements bigger jS,( bottles, fancy wrappers, cheaper price? anything, everything, but t'UM the one inducement of quality ? are Ayer's & Sarsaparilla has never been equaled by any cheap imitation of it, and quality j tells, just as blood tells. It Is l!ic Standard. Lill "I hive sold Aye 's Fnrsnjmrill i for mora mm than twenty-five yearn, an<! have never heard anything but words of prune from ^ . my cunt, mora; not a single C ' ipl int h.< . * over reached mo. A preparation mn.. po?- -?g gro it merit to maintai i.?i"har<*patation. I believe your ard.'.parilln to he the bout blood purifier that h.: ever been Introduced tp the general public. I often iear other manufacturers say that this is "as good as Ayer's," but n<? one ever yet ... heard i' said that Ayer's was "as good "as j any other kind. They always set Ayer's up > as the nt<v dard of aceUcnce."?& Jr. Boycr, Dolnth Minn. con ? ear hav The Columbia Water Power! wo i company, which owns heColuin- | n<l hiacanal, has recently made anoth or extensive investment in this vicinity. The company has pur I chased the Saluda factory power Qg and factory site on the Saluda | river, about 2$ miles front the city.?Columbia Record. In a Fit of ealo:i>lv. L uiEville. M iii '.I i n a tit jealously Leo Van Arsilale, u inn railroad man. tohiv inured .Marv Harris. mm imitate o oust'?if ill repute. hy euttin throat tro:n oar t<> oar. I'tir e<l Iiy an ollii-er. Van ArsilaU I it'll into an folj >i..im; room killed himself hy euttino his oat. Van Ar>!ale formerly ' I at l'arkville, K\. ltileklen's Ainioa Salvo. Il^ ln'M nil v- I 1 I lie Wn/ I-I I r iai'8 *>, l li' i?. .i i I !i 11111. Oi *n|i s. T. II. I . l.;>|i|-*'i itiunlS llilh.'o, tm lit*, iio 11 - i< iii nip s, I.II'I piif.lt i . i I . Oil"'. I?l/?-? . I T III) rtajnireit it s nu i t? ? I ..^ive o.-i a'i fi<Mi'<i or in in i'fni"t?it 'O Ji i'e.('.!? p?,r iiuX I I .*. *! * I t Ullnl 'l Kr..w S. BEnmT A' ill \ i-it ! - i I .? - : . I O'l Ids 1 >A Y. M. r li A "ul re in tIti oo <la > - ? n!. ! lofort will Iwiiii* with I. in; h;- com to optical otiiiil !' [ ii'.t>n?r nil troubles iitu! 115i 1 "nI!\ a<! linir irlii^><'>. 1J \ :. . ;lv 1 irl.'isM-s, in t ;; vku le will he (ilco-i it In ni< i t sin v i!c"ii inir to e ll !*'!' w:!ii him wiwiiin^ :invt!ii11'r in hi ntliei >. ? >\\ iu1.1 hi- < ;i o:. a ami lerionee ill the j?*'\ 11 \ -iness, larje stneU aii'l i;. i . :a!vjui es which <?1 law- -i ' .--.esi> :is?.iir<'<ll v in :i ji i i at t?? a ymi money. nTiiii h .i . \TK <>! ' S' It* ! ii V iiiit.l NA (HCNiY ? I-* I.A M'A- : M< I ii I/it: infill I' imrf. f }--ti i;.? \| i-< ' \\ |,.n( i , i iiti.il>- .1 ml . ?*. V II KK KA>. W s 1. i- ni, i, i t; < p niHiti* >-nit t in , ; > t Iiim) :i?-r? 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IMPORTANT ice 11 v Hoard of lte^i-l rat ion. lie hoard of Su|ii'r\ixirs of ri-t rat ion for Lam i-t. i units tlii- the TtIi iluv of March, N. and orpini/ed hv it oVetion >\ (i A Porter, rhtinm: tinfl lont?rouier\ ('n-ki\ -r< n tar\ uToiilin^r to iiotii*e ahcHilv ? ;n, the lioard will not keep the ks open for the registration of tors hot ween th<* consecutive ^ .......ii i'.i -i rui ii miii/i ii 11111 ii wnny s before the ceiic-al election i your. Electors who registration in > and 1>'.?7 :iii< 1 still remain in r respective poling precincts not required to rcobtcr. I'll one ? have moved from one pre t to another will have to come ivnrd and luce their certideates njxed to conform to their pros precinct. \Y (i A I'ortcr, Chuirmun. I M ('ii-kcv, Secretin-\. ncnstcr, SC., .Mm h 1S0S. rsi'Hst7unr. TO 1'IIK JJCDOKK. ii ted ! VII |?> ftios 1 10 forward and settle at the licnt convenience. Yn nu o forgotten the uniount y< mo but I haven' . ,('onr nettle. KeHpeetfully I. h. Kulledgc, IX O. S. 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