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H M 1 L 1 , *> 4 I X. k / J I J ? .1 I I J _ Ttmslow Oa.rter W - > ' ANAOKP. lin de Svri UKAY, Al'KII. 1*5, l.s})S. | __________I HEADING FOR WAR. ! < <> I M The London Times Severely Criti { ses the President's Message. lex London, April 14. - -The Times, L,| commenting editorially this morn- 'p] i ng on the resolutions suhinittcd , ^ yesterday (Wednesday! to Con-rp| gress, says: 'They embody <le cj tnands which cannot be addressed cr to a sovereign power without 0f rendering negotiations and com! |H promise impossible. Even if they Rt do not amount in form to n de- j CI duration of war, these resolutions; |,i are accompanied by violent and j s< offensive reportsofferinggratuitous at provocations to the Spanish gov. j y< eminent and people in the eyes of (_) the civilized world. The Ameri- j p| can cause cannot but be seriously bi . prejudiced by the manner inlet whic'i it is now presented. I in 4 \\ e Mount, alter yesterday s in scent s, whether Conirress is a tit ir hotly to deal with a or eat national si issue, or to ad as the avenger of !] wrono. The situation is that hi Congress |1:ls declared for war in Ik everything I>111 name, although ai without having oeli ted, except in In the vaouest manner, the objects ' w for which it wishes to li^ht.'' w Other editorials assert that z* t4America is heading -deliberately yi for war," and that there is only the faintest chance now that the v delay will enable a peaceful sold- w tion. f( The Daily News says: 4l'resi- | jr dent McKinley has done the ut- w most he honorably could to avoid ,y, r->' war, but he did not make the u, American constitution which en r( iiuf e o wn r (lo/iicinti a ( \ tmrrnt< 1 The Daily Chionicle similarly ^ defends President McKinley against criticism. The Times says: 'America is! n lieing driven along by elemental! y forces which her coolest men and 1 shrewdest financiers cannot con- jj trol.' The Standard says: 'Thesteady I ^ current toward war reminds one . 11< of the course of the Niagaial i ver above the falls.' The Daily Mail thinks that! 'events are moving in the most desirable direction and giving America time to perfect her preparations to insure a speedy vielory/ v The Daily Telegraph, looking " r to the 'likelihood that after S|>ain has been defeated, the Cubans will m not suinnissively accept the terms America may choose to impose, says: 'It is no light task that America has undertaken in the interest ot humanity, hut one that i will tax the resourcefulness and' statesmanship of her rulers to the I , i very utmost. ' The Daily Graphic says: 'The war will not be child's play. There will l>e tragedies on Mie eas; but there will be worse ruirfxIioH in Cii ha. where the United States will have to face an army of a hundred thousand men.' I>ee, the Ooldbug. This man Fitzhugh Iiee, remember, is u gold de nocrat, a Cleveland democrat, a [>ersonal friond of the despised (Jrover Cleveland, j IIv that same Cleveland he was appointed consul general to Ua-j >nnn. Leu is "a creature of the money power," just as every other gold lug is.? (Jrcenville New*. ^hi'drort Cr\j P trn#*"' Ca<rrr??"e - l'yy your subscription. Oj *i> or a [ For the Ledger, the c VAN W'YCK 1TKMS. !,rav the 1 Fort The Van Wvck Kpworth League \ jt>(j d an entertainment at the resi. s.)ra nee of J M Yoder, last Friday pore ening and smnr of the youth, cued auty and intelligence of our wen tnniunity wore in attendance, dist: r and MrsOptiinns had a special , flat vitation to ho present. The : the i uux and belles had on their host aim oks and spent the evening very ! curt oasnntlv and may he profitably, who ic music was tine, front an or- for in accompanied by three violins. (] liose who took part in the exersos acquitted themselves very ?ffi? editahly. There was a profusion ,imj flowers on every hand. The two mux had button hole bouquets s|n,, id the belles had wreaths ontwin- maj 1 in their hair. The young thei dies thought Optimus needed ero unething to improve his looks. frjc id pinned a bouquet of lovely j allow flowers on his coat. Mrs . tng ptimus did not seem much j j leased with these proceedings at whether it was owing to the j q . ilor of the bouquet, or from an J , nagined oversight of these young . , _ j et b .dies in not entwining a wreath , A v i her hair like the other belles, : : is s le left us to our own conclusions, j [owever, Optimus appreciated is boiKpiet and wore it until it L'eainc very much faded. Mr "' id Mrs Optimus both enjoyed ein?* with the youni; people and *M ' ere carried back to days of yore |1' '' hen on ^uch occasions the very .'pliers seen led ladened with m'w untilful inspirations. *'in The yonner people decorated ' an W'vck church, beautifullv ?'?n ith flowers and ferns Saturday y " . .. ? ' will >r haster services Sunday morn- 1 ^ IIX. The inclemency of the . " , .. autl eather gave us a small eongroution: hut Rev S II Booth gave . , to t S an ahle diea^-iov x? i??o ? >cfIon of Christ. Misses Lonia and Emma Lee ishet, Birdie Stephenson and lyde Nivun, Masters Elwyn A tephenson and Taylor Nishet of 1'axhaw came down to see their ^ an Wyck friends and attended 10 Epworth League entertainment inlay evening. ' Mr R II Massey represented leu I ah church at Bethel Preshy- | try, at Clover, S C., last week, Our prosperous young Indian ' ^ .<and farmer, has heen adding ome more cattle to his already cell stocked farm. He purchased ome tine ones from the Cattle ,1 1 Cing of York and moved them to ** t lis farm last week, during the 0 vet weather and while the Catawba iver was very much swollen. 1 n6t n ferrying them over the river Baby Mine! t Every mother : n'r feels an i n d e sm scribable dread t)i( of the pain and . danger attendant upon the most critical pe- j dei fiod of her life. ' co, Becoming a , ^ mother should be : a source of joy , ?* to all, but the j ph suffering and diaper of the ordeal malce i its anticipation one of misery. **' MOTHER'S FRIEND is the remedy which relieves women of the great pain and suffering incident to maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is re- un moved by its use. Those who use wl this remedy are no longer de- ftr spondent or gloomy; nervousness nausea and other distressing con- on ditions are avoided, the system is eh made ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother's Tl Friend. It is a blessing to woman. w *1.00 PBRBOTTLE at all Dm* Stores, or sent by ?rpmi on rocoipt of prioe. annvc Containing Invaluable Information of rorc *" women, will l>? eent rfltt to any upon application, by 1 The RRtUFIKf f> KKCrT.ATOR CO.. itlaata. fle. urmit was t<^<> strong fur I e Indian ferryman, who Hat drift down the strea unately the young firmer a tree and as they paasi ng up into its branches ji lied there until he was r hv a boatman. His eat ; landed on an Island so nice below the ferry. 'I was taken hank up the. bank stream by using the bus trees as levers against ent, and it was placed saf re the public can find it re? use. hir handsome constable ' time lately, while off of ial duty, to act the gallr free himself of some ext edged, heart burdened, cu fgers, in tho ears ox some : d, which we hope has foi r way to a tender jlieart, long will cheer ol r bachi nd and give him needed rel ndian Land tishing club is some tine tishing now. T e not caught any shad hut t e heavy catches of other kii imus is willing to modify lands, and will accept any < tind in the alisenceof tho si void to the wise, of this el unuuent. an Wyck has a new Doc ?m his patients call, Dr h piick. lie administers pal lieines in profusion, ami icnts a I agree his name is % iropriate. lill Dolittle has sold out s gatherings, l<? "Nit i" of the Review. The Kn <e Il ls lost :i valuable cor (lent, but Van Wyck's L b I?i?-* gained by tbc sale, devote all bis spare time interest of the club unci b tiorized agent for securing i nbers, and will be promc ho presidency of, the club nxttDMuiiig. U^ktiiiuu t r , ' ? 1 dandrufft ^/sease 'he beginning of baldne}s h dandr p iht scalp clean am promote a>th of the hair by the \use of fyersJfairTJiffi Attempt to Hun Mill. pscial to The State. Fort Mill, April 12?Theuli tire was sounded 1st night o'clock, and but fothe prori is of the night catch man ; Luna mill, woulriliave bee y serious cnntiagrtion. YV1 king his rounds he discove ight in the card roiu and r ig there at once ucceeded othering the flatm. Find > room smeared wh keros sounded the tire alrm. Sc. scresnt evidently ntended ittroy the building, it can in* from any di^Ufactica 9 hands with the lanagem the mill, for the ooers are sasant and affable, id they i E5 hands are upon ne best "ins. it was astonhing to w quickly the j>eop gathe 1/kM 4 It A ? I A ? r?* iui mi' ami in. w( ! On Tuesday aftorcm last, 'ccn Mrs McCardeh reside id theCottonMillH,a nd ante! txieh contained, eonjr <>t tides, two purses, 10 of wh ntninedafS. !>ill itrsoine sn lange and the otheg.me ehan also contained a j,(>u*and 11 ket of Mrs W FMcllwai he tinder will l>C'>er&lly nrdod l?y leaving BIds offie CASTOXA. .ho A VISION OFSl'DDEN DEVI lot ih. William Evans Drew :i Wli cs. Bonn and Escaped--Shentnui\s sd, Inluiinan Order. md es- News and (hairier. *'r Last Saturday Mr Willi lne ^vangf H gallant veteran, died , his home near the Kershaw c< i of hes **v ''ne* IIis Mineral wasattei t|)C ed by a largo number of friei ely and old comrades. The Death uly Mr Evans recalls an incident the late war that should he recoi has <'<1 i" history. It will, for his ages to come, fully portray int. character of the great leaders ;ra, either side, viz: (ien \V T Sh picl man and our own Wado Hat fair ton. On the 17th of Februa und 1865. Sherman's army cute and and burned the principle port dor of the beautiful city r* Columl ief. "ext day marched north towa do- ^'innshoro, destroying the r hey roa'l? thence to Wateree ri\ hey nn<^ on ^OI'th Carolina. ujH line of march was traced by l* homes he destroyed. Along line of march he made prison jad ?f a" the old men and boys, lull ! get her with the sick and mail | soldiers at home on furlough, this numhci, Mr Evans was c tured with several others fr t In? imtilediateneighborhood. 'I! lent . ; . were treated in the most inltuti manner, reviled and made to w u?|* v r * knee deep in the mud tehind wagon train, often had noih ,ls to cat hut a little corn, that ll 1? ' would pick up, left by the hot fed in the camps as they marc! 1 <s by. It rained every day, putt down in torrents at night; w no tire, wet clothes ami sin 3 111 tliey were chilled to the hei * '*s suffering from the pangs of li 1,0w ger, the inclemency of the weu er, and grieving over the dest 1 tion of their loved ones ut horn Alt along the march there w bommers and stragglers intei onnllv left behind to do their h rid work, On several occasi they met with a warm recept at the hands of the Confeder scouts, who left their worthl bodies in the big road to tell &ff? tale. It was reported to (Jenc Sherman when in Cheraw and ^ at once issued an order to retali I upon the prisoners in his char I The modus operandi was as i lows: All of the prisoners w formed nto a line, surrounded a company of infantry. An c cer read (ten. Sherman's ordt irm , . ^ 1 hat 'some of his foragers I !>een killed, and one prisoner i to lie executed for each one of It t men killed by the 0>nfedernte? A small box containing a ni ^ j l>er of )>eans was presented e prisoner to draw one; a wl bean was left; black bean \ death. Mr Evans and oth in^ around hiin drew white beat C,,t and their liven were wived for ^ time. A good ol<l man near Evans drew a black liean. T . told him that it wan death, of . replied, 'I am an old man, 1 hi ent . . . U never been in the army, hi nn 1 never Mouldered a musket. { ^ would not repine to die in front Kee battle, but it is cowardly to I rofj an unprotected prisoner. I hi four song in tha army and I lieve they are right. I have lx a deacon in the I'rosbyter I church for thirty years. Gr 1 bye. my friends. I will trust nee ' I /1?1 M il - J ' I uim ior mo i mure.' They marched thorn off. In jc^ ! minute*, tho sound of muske' rail they P?"' Sherma f(> 1 brutal debt. On the next < j. (Jen Wade Hampton's letter ! Sherman mm* received. (i Hampton wrote .Sherman ho I l?een informed of his brutal jders, unknown to civilized w fare; and that if anv more of ' soldiers warn killed he wuiih; WW IOBOO ret iliate, two t?? one, ofti^ :]WAR! WAR ! WAR! Not it it Spain, but High Prices. llavit.g opened up one of the nicest Pry (ioo<{s Stores in Lancaster, we lire ready for tlie fun. Our buyer, who spends the lariim irost part of his time in the Northern markets buying for t> different ut Stores, has scooped in some of the BIGGEST BARGAINS *('s Ever brought to Lancaster. Having a good thing ourselves we of are willing to divide profit* with our customers. "f LADIES' DRESS GOODS. nil _ ^ [ T_ZD the Brocndines 10 cents per yard. All the latest styles in Press on Hoods at the very lowest prices, Also a nice line of Silks, Satins, etc Calicoes at 2f cents a vard, the 5 cent kmd. 0 centcnlicoes at 5 cts. CHALLIES AT 2| CENTS PER YARD. 11P" Organdies from 5 rents up to 12A cents. Ladies' Shirt waists from rv, 33 cents up to $1 50. Lndics ready made Skirts from 08 rents up re<i i *3 50. ion j Men's Lnundried Shirts from 23 rents and up. Men's Over ; shirts 12.V- rents and up. Cottonades 7 cents up to 12^ cents per yard. Yard-wido r| 8 : Bleaching 5 cents. Bed ticking 5 cents. Feather ticking, only 8 a'd* I cents. uu 3,000 ^sn's and ioy's Hats the tho at 50 Cents oil the Dollar. 101*8 It will certainly pay vou to hoc us before buying your Spring ned lint. Wo carry by far the largest line of Hats in Town. Of Hoy's Knee Hants from 15 cents up. Hoy's Suits from 3b cis up "P fM>* Men's Suits at Si bS. Men's all woo! Suits from $2 1)5 up. om * shoes, shoes i nlk .... ? j( i Men s good Sunday Shoes at 7s cents, Host Tan Shoe at $2. Hrogans at Til cents. Ladies' Hutton Shoes at 4s cents. Regular m.~ so no shoes at bs uents. MisoosbO cents shoes at 50 cents. Childin'.v ren shoes from 1<> cents up. Old ladies common sense shoes at 45 'sos cents. '*''1 tv* ^ ^ A. ,0,1 X> UA" HJ'Ilt? V/dlL* Wo will sol I yiiii 'J Bulls of Thread. 1 Bailies' Handkerchief. M,>' 1 Paper Needles, and many other small articles, irt, We have with us Mr .John Dcnmstcr, an ex|)orienced Dry Goo on- man, who will take pleasure in waiting on our customers, ith Z*C<" Don't fail to call on us when in town. We. will tukeplea . in showing you through our stock. Thanking von for past fnv We are ere Yours for business, fhannon-Funderburk Co. ons ate preferred. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSU ess This stopped another bean draw. RANCE COMPANY OF the 'n?>to l>0 ,m<l noxt (i?y. aii NEW YORK honor to our noble, fearless Hump- o * ? IIH'HARD A MoCUHDY, President. >ral ton , m .. Assets over $ 258,000,< IK) 00 ne _ Hurplu* over HA (NX) IX 0 00 .jtc UK SHOVED THE QUEER. Iuaurancelii force,over M6.oo0,ooo 00 g0 INCOME 1S97. r0i A Water Tank Keeper at Rock Total Income 1897 $ 54.IH2 WW oo ..... Income f>er week, over 1,00000000 ere Hill lasses Free Silver. Income ach working ilsy lso.ooo oo niviiiua |H*r nour (ItariKl>y ii>k hour*) 86,108 00 >fli- Special to The State. ,r..| Kock Hill, Apr,I 12.-G. W. iSKTl.S.tST"" S? 87.) .? on inul llarnhill, keerier of the ' )hio Kiver Insurance written ?<! , . . . . , . _, . |Mld for In M <?ln '79 1.20.) 493 00 was and Charleston water tank at this Prcmlumk rvurlvtd inrtU his place, passed several counterfeit ~ I" !'7 ,, , ? ? 214,067 84 ' 1 Death losseM pil,l In H t! i.1 silver dollars here last Saturday, In'97. 116 477 00 ,m- the Lindsay market, 11 1" Ik,yd The larKe?t bet Company ach and Company., and others being in the world. Paid Policy Holdlite taken in. United Stutes Commis- era in 18D7, $2(1,992,055. was aioner C J Prideiaaued a warrant, q McILWAIN or. and Barnbill ?. arreeted today SPECIAL AGENT,' as, , by Deputy R r Thomaason. When the arrested Barnhill had throe of the ancaater, S. C. Mr coins in his pocket. He will be . ^'m Iwfora you 'his tried before Comnrssionor Pride inR,,re* He tomorrow. The counterfeit is a 1 .ve bod one iming exceedingly light RIGHT UP TO DATE. ?ve and slick, the milling bad and the 1 date blurred. Orders tilled from any catalogue i m ^ m promptly and at prices frequently ~ leas and never higher than quocill Whydo girls kiss each other while t*A tve . boys do nott Because girls ha to We guarantee all goods to ba be- : nothing better to kiss and the ** represented and should at )en 1 boys have. ftny llme Bn artic.U' bou?ht ,ro? J us not prove satisfactory to the ,ftn *" fierchaser a new one will l?e subHOW'S THIS! | stituted on its return to K Brandt. in ! We offer One Hundred Doilsn Re- Many years of honest dealing i? wnril for any esse of Catarrh tlist emi that feature of our business which 2Q 1 not be cured by Ha I'a Catrrrli Cur* has made for us such a sterling K J CHKNKY A CO., props., To- reputation in this part of the j j ledo, O. State. n s j \v? the undersigned, have knowr i Wedo all kinds of repairing in I..,. K. J-Cheney for the p??t 1> \>?rs. miio , . ? . | believe him perfectly honornb.e In si I our ?t low prices, and return to bud e-?t transactions and financially I all jobs looking like new. Our Rn by,ri.VV,'rtMn0l,t obll",l,,,>n#ma',t ! shop equipments are unsurpassed. iad Wsar *ru\ux. Wholesa'c DruggM*. n nn . si PV in Walol. Toledo, O WaMHNO. KinNan a ' D U U A Mill or AUKTir aboUraic Druggist*. To- j DnnllUI, Optician, ai" ! Midi's c'aiarrh ? ure U isken Inter- j Under Town I lock. Chester. H. C. his nally. acting directly upon ?l>c ?>lo,.d I and in i ii-? surf ? -> of the system M IlInK I at priee, 7*r. p?-r bottle. ><dil l?y all TO fllK OrmrgOO Testimonial* free. > , ^ .