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\ Why Moses Tool; Oil' III- Shoe 'j < Kevermi'l i> M;j imin l?:i.\to ' :i < i' m'c.I minister in Yir?*ini wii Hutu tin . u S.uulay schu recently, lireil at by one 11 i - v't,'; this <ptc^t:oi fc\Y , v \ii I ?:-<! UVl>i\to t! it i>;V hi* s!i ?s \vh? lie wu- t ilkiif wi I -lo I, >rd < Cj* 11V: V'4 .. kiI!i :I D\')W II suy - the 1 Ii.itf'H '1 ''mivnt, \ by his wife wit it lime vv:. -1J:t i r* i >: .-L 1 ! , lit?' [ j\> ho t'l tSM.'MMi'i"' -1 :in<i . . .! t iki :ib .ll T.. 1 !:v :/ W 4 ) i.I.siK' i - r.i 1 he !, v it;, u,? :! yonM believe that !h;U: ti *\uV :< h ;v v: !? .? v;< -! i. . . ?*;P1 Vi> cup* ii . wot; cure \ <> iii. -.bruin %? ? v . ?; by K\vo:;rin;r v bene' ii- uiilt Ye-. but I ruined 111 y i>;irvu ? \ li: ;i i) 1 ???*?< T'iji! prime fmdor in any i tion -> prosperity is the welfare its t'.Miiuiiin people. 1 !i.' estimate ni the number tr;tn-ii- indie 1' S varies bet we 4n(ii(i.i >itti ?',u.(mo. i) ik*<>]>lt* c.-m't conic to i ur 1 1 ; Ii11 l: with themselve bf?'.'tiiso -well, if the truth mn l?f 4.I !) u-(> tl?o\ haven't :ur 'I' . ue Cloof* ant? IVtrrr*. \ n.> i 'd stillVr with iirtilifin. Till i ''ikiy iitu! ji imnlly euro l>'' ' * 'ron Hiltrrn. t vory 'lifonw i '' jrrvrs intil Mdiiku'Ii, cKrniii " Mii't'iiiii'i f<> ltr<>v i??* Ir<> iijwn uinl us- it f<*r ururly <T?; > ' oiitury, it inls i.?-di>y fori i * ' r ur pi o'f <>ii?(1 ri'imiliii * ' Hitters iu si ! iiy .ill di'iili'j'i t? ' vmaiw nn.akuwiri' import \vr No > u _: .it a. '!;it.- ;<i <il ipi rvihors < 11 let' liou'il iu< ,! ii <>;' "4.1 r-'! In > . -, ,|H| eh ilf of . r.'fi i linnaii :ir .f i ? ii it -ry C i v secretary fi .??.? to out iso uli'i ivl flfivvj, it, lyoanl will not keep tl bo-. - a n > t tor tit registration ( olei-.o: l? tween t itr cousociiUn da/a i t i-'h :non1'.i until tliirt diiVi . foro the general electic tin* war. E'r ' s wlio registration 18'M ;n I ! s07 :m i -til! remain i their r ,;?cotivo poling precinc are notroipiired to r? gUter. Tlio who h ive moved from one pr cinc! i.. .?t!iei* will have to cor for*.?r ! i.kI have th'ir certifies1, ah i i \ ?I t? conform *.0 their pr? Ient precinct. VV G A I'ortcr, Chairman. J M Cjtskey, .Secretary. Ij> . crater, S C., March 7, 180 jj ? ^ '""Subscribe for The Ledge Pay Up. '' - ' * AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. of WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA," AND 44 PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. r, ' /, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, cf Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator cf "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and c/ccs now //f^ f" on every bear the foe-simHe signature cf dcftoH' wrapper. Tin's is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has been used in the homos cf iho mothers of America for ever thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at iho wrapper end see that it is iho kind you have always bought, s-yf? s/<7' on ^'6 and has the s ign aiuro of wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaw Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. * March 8, 1897. " V '*crNTAU" eof*"Ny- " -U"',AT vo"* C,T?* v v-T- .> :n LS3UBR%E3BaEZ2&&SMMmm 'and For Sale. 7 V! %*' ". v!)H irritiut?'Ui>'>iis wiiii 11 I n U.rki il> linn. !i "" ? . of?n <l Mini HA ??n.? Norl I }\l^ ^it ii i "? 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LAV AY BKXNVKKN CIIK-TKK aX!) LANt'.vsTKK r1"1 f'.ule iti !! ; i Duil ; uiul i on Hi.nl utter Jii 88 1898. AL>THOUNI> | ! W! HOUND* N .'j. \i unit 11. J Nm'h. 0 umi 1 ii % M. P M \\ M P .\! 9 .. '.> Ar (.V '' r i,s 11 ? > 0 i S 50 "a 15 Oi r s 11 *ju 6 .'?? h ut "iiv? Knox's ii no St .'85 155 Mi-Duni-Ps 11 -U* 0 4< > to y. : -1'i id. hi >ii:: i' n H 15 I ! *> 15.4?? ? ir.tr i 1 ' ? 12 I>5 ( h 8"> H < nl 15 7 1 7 ' 5' i'i I I'.vi, 1:5 7 ' 7 ?v I '10 Holes PJ 10 7 '? 7-s ;?<>U Ml;ir'?<i >-.-i ? 122?? 7 ' < P.V, r 7 80 1> I y Laucastei Ar no 85< ' l ain VI Hi- Dam'SHlcr st 7 :!>' in ij.ii iiiH'tn at ('hfoii-r \ uli pinutM'tn liii* smith. (' & 1, VT??I?>{5 not 1 ti .iti'l < C & N Vmi i&ule ami torsi trains j.oiit. Wt'St. H i aiii It' ivi l.:tnruNt?*r nt 8 4o |i in connects at Lancaster vi?i? o t'( 1 fr-iMi 1 annlm, and Chests witi .Souther 11 jr -inn tt >rlh tnd sMlth alii with C <fc L north. Train leaving 'theater 11* 11 05 a n connects at Chester with Mouth r> , r?>tn 'harhittM. at Lancaster with ( fi ?.t O lor t'niiil. n Tii.-s lay, I liursthi) and **a<unlay; also C ?V* L from north !*r . Tram l?*avuiAj I'ln-ster : 8 ! ? |> 11 0 fonnect* with ;>uthein . .oin '' >1'no to , <? <' .St. N i.ri .a 1 hints mai <' 1 w. , r *.?x-iVr. I $ ' N a* ; ear UA til (UMj 6'& J year. ; 5 ; R qr, f"8 a irLsft9 M V ir. vuiico we '.%"ill sou I you any on? of -*- ?1? <? SLi5SCIUUi: NOW! c , | If you nro not already a sub ,1 mrrlbcr to Tim l^'lgor Hiibticribc now and get tho benefit of our 0 ! clubbing rates. il: non ? V rl x 3 remittances to I iOd^er, I iiinciiHter, N. CJ. t - tf.? ji.'.i- -4 !< : "v # >fu C ^ 0 5 n &y i/.'? v 1 i?l\ 1 v . I 1 \"l"\ < X" | '? V ~ .> 'v.* * Q/jf" .it:- * - ^LP^fertiT *. vLviL'i i-i.-.i . ! Iff ^ ' J f* * * * f -v i. it * * V i *? >$ ' A ..??yv\ 0 :: ? Of far I This paper announce.*, in connection with The Atlanta Weciiiy Constitutution, a new oficr in which everyone may have a chance. : | ^ SEND IN AH ESTIMATE. ON , THt COTTON GROr SEASON OF 1897-98 CONTEST BEGAN-MARCH 1 ENDS SEPT. I. '98. , TO ENTER THIS CONTEST YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE FOB fee fp- - Tiii&LA"1>L> A. ~ ? IN CONNECTION WITH LEDGER, AT THE liX'i REAVfiLY (iU'i fi {) LOW 1'KICI: OP tLiliU Iti connection with this Clubbing Rale, we will, if you send your guess with the subscription price, forward all for you and thus <x_GIVE YOII A MICE .if Ti'E SRLEmO CiS!) PRIZES ?.;i EXTRAOMW QfFZBTO OUR SURCRiBERS! If* ft* ii i?, ri-titl it nil wry . r. IT. ]! > it ml lit* *urc >??n under* tifiijl t lie (rrmst lir"! \ w nt'iti I??tlK- ? r i*r . >i'pit ml An ??d: Ti Hip *<(!? Third \witrdi 'I ?> in** *u>>Irs nr.minjj norther miming Iho m r.?o4 t i , llc?r i i.p.I m Will nrxi m nn si w# will Rtfllf re .- I Ui?? ? g| nint i" retvtv*Ml S! 500 Onrinn Mitrch, n ?M.ya?Ap?ii. 2,000 !V'.; 1,253 :r .. 750 1 I. 1 .v I>r I | |I . Ml .ir I 11 Durtiu Mayor tiftSM f | vnj J i I |U June. IM4 w ?'J ' rn i.oca u.^-. tAr,r... 750 uxzziix,'.?: 250 SO, THAT T1 IT TO $5,000 IN CASH. "V(-vf f\ ^nf^ri'll! V ,>ir ' x ACT tiguros arc not given during this cob1 '4 1 w^|'*14. ten, the money will be paid out to the XKAKi?ST I O '1 111". T.XACT figure*. SitnrlwHlv will g? t the money, it iloct not go hack to thr The Constitution l>v an\ moans Tin-, who - Ivo the pmhtrm at thr longest range will recrive proportionately the JTighest |i|hri, n* \ u tciice the figures grow less as the time caI ire. nn?l l>ecau?e the number of bales rei *-i ved up to certain dates, as the ticie advance*, can be known exactly, leaving shorter time and probabilities to figure against. In all three of the rases sub'nitl d it i. <1 tinctly understood that, should more than one correct or equally Correct estimate he filed in the contest, the amount of the prizes so earn-d will be divided equally among the corre< t answers. The prizes are offered in cash. T here is no "missing word" in this, no prohahihtv foi some one to know absolutely the lorrcct answer, but this is brain versus brain, skill versus skill, pencil versus pencil, figures versus figures. Fvery tnan is interested in the cotton crop, the amount of the crop vat Irs the price and the price of cotton in our territory is the barometer of the people's prosperity. ?w! i On Such n Vital Problem You Ought to Hake Figures. THE CONTEST" CLOSES SEPT5-1 st The estimate is to be made upon the total United States Cotton Crop for 1S97-9S, th? i crop that has already been gathered and is now in the country as official figures of receipts will show it from Sept. I, 1N97, to Sept. I, 189S T his is not the crop that is to be planted this sj ring, because the liguies tltcreon w.ll not be obtainable until Sept. I, 1S99. I: is for the crop already in and marketed, official figures of which will be announced in September. ,,, _ K??,K .... rour ?iiiii.iic ac give otiioai ligures lor each of the la?l ten ciups. 't'hr conditions und-*r winch this last crop war grown and its probable output are e'e( in.-nis lor you to compute Irotn and will a*d in the correctness of your present estimate. I he figures given ! > I .it'..am, Atcxiindrr ?V Co., ?>f New York, arc generally received i '"'-iphotii the South n- official, nuil we given an exact copy from their laiest edition of Cotton Movement and Fluctuation*" as follows: jse -on Acres p'anted Hale* in crop || Season Acres planted Baleatncrop Is* ? sS . . . 18,061,807 7.046.8f t 1 . l8.067.qa4 6,700,464 . . 19,36*,??71 6,938,-"><? I 18*13 94 19,684,000 7i549a&f7 I '?> . . . 90,171,906 9,311,321 1894-95 . . , 2t.4Ct.000 9^901,791 thqogi . . . 20.H00.053 8,653,497 1895-69. . 18.882,000 7.157.346 1691-92 . . . 20,714.937 9.035.379 1896-97 . . . 22.341.000 8,757,<>64 Their figures will lie used In dcclJtng thin contest. j Their Estimate of the- Acre?ge f<-r the Crcp of the Season of 1897-93 is 23,320,000 Acres. - -tadn-e A?o lu.a fft-.rflfifl-.e I ' 1 fit f'""-If the p(tmiol?*re<t un4a|M?e t ' A. 9 ill's ViUiiUlii v 1^ 01 f .C 11, ill.I |.rn|w.? ti.,n i,re aw ?r2? I mmn \ ii'1 t le up 11 \hn liliiil'r of tial a I i < -.itoie | under t:.e eer-nd pr.ipbr l1'tr will 4?> W ..... i-mI It l||f ic-i 1 r . . r It It > KA If I -T e.liin il^^ti*#.* b.vti' . n |,te1 . t heir. ?, tueu th'- H. nr.. ?w me in ( r the aecond i. .SvMft iVMmtt *?4 im iuf t he lfilf.t ii- a" * -r*tIni .l? I vri i- If-.in u:i< tli". i i til..;- .te in onr d>1sh>n of the time ehnwa ateivc and l -in' i.n-r.- I nililn I it r .i. i.-ion, lliJi laet aallmalr would take ranX OMy I . .. 1 i.ra . 1. n |i .vhuely awarded i? aomeoae who bwiu.d IIm t>. rtrll. In tlie i?rnt- r n vkI. 1 iir 1 t ' >r - n ? ' oale at tfce Cutton Crop la that each and every . 11 V -.1.11 1 I s \ r a . ? r , I .1. ?.i The Weekly < .naCltutX>n. 11 vent through |ne til* advvrti*'-iiitdil In ?< tin,- .1 our ctuhblng oflkr, the -all art* Of the enttnn efn|? 1. 1 s u. .*1 ~nt ml: ii-n|i d envelope UMt hringe me money that pavs far Ike v .? inn >' au'ei. rl?<- Onw end aead rour ralliiiaie afterward, no forgetting ? or leuvlag or n d an .win* of tine conieal al th-tune yno sutwerilie nr an* nTher ,i - . 11 I . *. nd n ( male a l -rw .r ta. I ke eallcnaU meet .me wilh Ike euM-rlpliun I !' ,1 I e an a :?nt ofThe t Waetilutloa yoa m-.ke htm far ? :<r?t aad n. r ?: u.el t.olh t.< the eorre. tneaa ol the flrurea aa rou taten eC them and f. .? ' ine eeitinate wtinuld a parte eend ntnfw than one cellmate luntake 1 I 1 in I in ler . h II may wenre a pr-ee i?? earn eerrwi aMimaiw nt r l II i t .1 01u.n1 nui - a. they arn.l ciiwrr oi .iu aad aedee tha miee w.a v? < - iir. ewti nt the tnew prnpoatttone ?.-r |u -I at.au- 'imply -| ratlm.u lb? auotet al tvaiea .1 ?i|nn T 1 rea eery plain ff you wint U> -na.a aallmaUw V?? e ?r ran .1 n d-, , .i.i itner eua-antw ,,,* l>->e t forget ever >,? I. I - e iu to an .-all.11 ale rani - ?i.i. ci.t nittnu ok urn - I y 1 r e <x fe on o _ -d, ??d ,n? "i <! ! ... # i i. ' uif a* v * ? lnf 4 -..'jhi