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charleston may rest sect; re. i I The Big Guns in Jasper Are in Position, the Harbor Mined and Mortars Pointed. Special to The State. Charleston, April 21. ? Charleston will bo one of the safest j port* on the Atlantic coast in the j event of war with Spain. There i3 not the least occasion for alarm or excitement when the , news reaches Charleston that war has been declared. The four big rifles at Battery Sergeant Jasper have been mounted. The eight new 12 inch mortars for the battery near the hotel are rapidly be in.r I .... 1 - ' .iiwiimv m, uuu in ;i lew ua\s tin* 1(5 mortar* wili ho prepared to Welch forth th e and explosivo shells. The war preparations are still going on at Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and soon the old ro ' habilitated lor tresses will he in lighting trim. The approaehos to , and the channel itself are laid j with torpedoes and submarine mines, and it will he impossible : for the Spanish gunboats to ap- ; proaeh Charleston, lest alone to I get near enough to shell the I city. Charleston olTcrs no strategic purposes to Spain, and it will seriously interfere with her plans of procedure about Cuba to come to Charleston to attempt to shell the city. The Spanish navy will have all it can attend to around the Cuban waters, looking after the safety of the Spanish possessions and intercepting American merehant-mon to come to Char leston. The commerce of Charleston is not invitincr ...w.iw.K - ir, i" bring a Spanish ffeet here. n.truiM of Ihf Uloud i\n?l Nrrvrt. <irit< need ?niflfcr with neuralgia. Tliia is quickly uiid permanently cured . .mis' Iron Hitlers. ? very disease of the It'.. I, nerves and stomach, chronic <>i ot ise, s.iei iin.l.s to lirowns' Iron ,'J'iM* r . Known uu 1 used for nearly n fpuac . of n century, it Viands to^dav n>rein >st -lonii our most valued mtirdiie. brous* Iron Hitlers is sold by all dealers. (Jpt the Itencfit. Old Party? Is the editor in* 0!li?ie Boy?Nope. Ohl Party?Where is he^ Office Hoy Dnnno; committed suicide hist night. Old Party? Heavens! Is it possible? What for? Office Boy?Took a tombstone on advertising and couldn't see any other way lo get the benefit of it. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. 3. IMPORTANT t Notice by Board <>f Registration. The hoard of Supervisors of Resistration f<?r Lancaster county met this the 7th lav of March, 1893, and organize 1 hy re-election ^ of \V it A Porter, chiirman and T M >n' ^omory Ci-key secretary. ^ According to notice already y iven, l!ie board will not keep the v joks open for the registration of p electors tietween the consecutive days in oacli month until thirty days before the general election this year. Electors who registration in 1800 and 1807 an I still remain in their respective poling precincts are not required t register. Tlioso Hon nave mnviul trum ??? . . v .* ? ? "HI 1/UV |/1 U ciiH'l to another will have to com ? forward and have iheir certitica' oil i ? i I to coal" i > their j>r? ent precinct. W < i A Porter, Chairman. ,J .\! Cnwkev, Secretary. L&nc-igr.er, S C., larch 7, 1H98. ? *>r'Sn bsorilx or The Lodger. * ... \ AN OPEI To Ml WE ARE ASSERTING IN 1 EXCLUSIVE USE OF THI " PITCHER'S CAST I, DR. SAMUEL PITCh was the originator of " PI that has borne and does / bear the fac-eimi/e signatun This is the original "PITCH uaed in the homes of the r years. LOOK CAREFULL" the kind you have always bi and has the sign at ur per. No one has authorit cept The Centaur Compan President. March 8, 1897. Money to Loasi IJl\VK M \ HK arrangements \vi brokers m New YorkCity thrmjj \\ hum I Hin utile to t>lH<>e loans, sen etl l?y ii lirst mortgage on itnprov cotton in mis, for six > ears time, nuv bio in in.->lnluient* itt the ra e ?f 7 j cent per annum. The brokerage s the charge tor abstract ami inspecti are small ami at the expense of t borrower. It E. W Y LIE, Atty. at Law Nov. 23, 4m. Jib 'I ? ' Gv ^V-V v? ? Wvr M A fife - # 411 fi 1 I' * t > I - 54 - Til it ( - 50 - TB By paying your subscrip he ahove popular papers at prio B IRK VOL' IN AKKEARS If so, you can give us your not 3 l>e due December 1st, next, fo our indebtedness to dato, aud pa; our subscription one year in ad anco and get the benefit of abov< rices. Address all oi T. S. C M LETTER DTHERS. HE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE 5 WORD "CASTORIA," AND ORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. IER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, TCHER'S CASTORIA," the same 10W s/on every ? of wrapper. lER'S CASTORIA" which has been nothers of America for over thirty / at the wrapper and see that it is ^% G&yftf&z&Z ZZ y from me to use my name exy of which Chas. H. Fletcher is T nnd Cnn Pnl/? "I L'auu rui oaic. Til I kill i " S'Tw o( K?"*' hind '? ) units Northir? | east of towi. for sale cheap. Dwdling Cl' | Willi two rooms, shed room and piazza, "r ^Pr'nK ^l,e water convenient. Ah mt I enant house ? ? t i on Twn-norne firm open All cash or j purl cash and part on time. Apply to Al.l.ISON <fe C'AUTKR, ' Heal Estate Aleuts. *!*. 4f ^ : \ i 4 $ . j '-.j . -??, *i 'i ' ! m i 11 . 1> V ^ ?V f? ft :ot I? Wi f Three ,'fiiH>e8 HueIt Week ' .? < k > cents for one y< < ^ r? \ 0 nmk' Sixteen Pages Every JI 'cet cents for one t mi :?:& u Free lor one yeai ition to The Ledoer one year io adva os we <juoto al>ove. I Cheap Enough. The Ledger (Seini weekly), The 0 New York World (Tri weekly) r and Home and Farm, all three paY , pers, one year for $2.15. The Ledger (Seini* weekly), The o , Atlanta Constitution (Weekly) and Homo and Farm, all three pa|>er8 one year for $2.25. The Ive<lger (Semi weekly) and Home and Farm one year forf 1.50 Or, all four papers one year for $3.00. pders and make r ARTER, I*,lb* /; f LANCASTER AND CHESTER RAILWAY. ' . "> i ..M ^ /? BETWKEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER. Schedule iu effect Daily except Sunday on and after July 26,1896. WESTBOUND | EA8TBOUND. No's. 9 uud 11. ! No's. 10 and 12. A M. P M. AJf.PH 9 0S 3 35 Ar Cheater Lv 11 05 6 16 8 60 6 16 Orra 11 20 6 30 8 43 6 05 KUOX'B 11 30 6 38 8 85 465 McDaniel'a 11 49 6 46 8 25 4 46 Kicliburg 11 50 6 66 8 15 4 3.5 Bascoinbville 12 06 7 06 8 05 4 25 Cedar Shial 12 15 7 16 7 65 4 16 Fort Lawn 12 26 7 25 7 38 4 00 Hydea 12 40 7 40 7 28 350 Mlller'a Croaaing 1220 7 50 P M 7 20 3 40 Ly Lancaster Ar 00 8 50 Train leaving Lancaaterat 7 20 a in. conuecta at Cheater with Southern going aouth, C & 1< going nortii and (J | OA N Veatt6ule auil local traina going west. Train leaving Lancaater at 3 40 p iu. conuecta at Lancaater with O It AC from Cauiden, and C ieater witli Southern going north und aouth and with C & L north. Train leaving Chester ni 1105 a m conuecta at Chester witli Southern rom i narmue. at i.ancaMter with (J R &. C lor G'aimleu Tuea.luy, Thursday ami ?*a<ur?lay; also C & L from north. Train leaving Chester ; 6 15 p m fonuacls with rtouthetu i.om Columbia, U (J <Si N from Atlanta unci C & L ) sar rnirw, V) year. ffl, * nco we will send you any one of m SUBSCRIBE NOW! If you are not already a mib seriber to The Ledger subacrilH) now and get tho benotit of our ft awif, omittances to1 i odlfor, unt'UMter, N. C. . *~3? *-C-jc t Tckled because I extracted his tooth without M a t pain. I can do the same for you. Neither ^ pain nor after effects result from my extrading. My methods surest pleasant- W ness and satisfaction instead. M I've tl"? experience, the "know how" and u ii facilities for doing all branches of scicn jj* utio dentistry at the least cost. Special attention given to Gold * Crown and Uridgo Work. No charge for m w " - examinations and estimates. U " 3, tc.Rutledge,9 nlisl5 I * LA NO SI Eli, S. C. ** -c3?** - -*??*3.. -93- -as- -<x-*? A $5,000 Cash Offer! ^ This paper announces, in connection with The Atlanta Weekly Constitutution, a new offer in which everyone may have a chance, Os^. SEND IN AN ESTIMATE, 0N_-^> I THE COTTON CROP SEASON OF 1897-98 CONTEST BEGAN MARCH I-ENDS SEPT. 1/98. TO ENTER THIS CONTEST TOU MUST SUBSCRIBE " *? IN CONNECTION WITH LIEJDQEJR, AT THE EXTREMELY (PQ flfl LOW PRICE OF H)LiUU In connection with this Clubbing Rate, we will, if you send your guess with the subscription price, forward all for you and thus ^ 81VE YOU A CHANCE AT THE SPLEMOIP CASH PRIZES AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO OURSUBCRIBERS! llerw II la, r ewd ll all very mrrtully and b? aara to a aadorataad ?be larmai Klrat Award) Tothe aubserl- Hrrand Award) To lha aub- Third Sward i To tha aublararauiarrtlan naming the acrtbaror subacrlbera naming acrtber aamlng lha arroud ' exact number or nrarral in _ " . Ihr exact number of balm In Ibr Aral ncxl nearest wa will aail aeareal wa will giro If Itiacotton nrnp of liW-O we will give If Uih eaiimata la reoSvwd lhe roll mala la raoalved ' clif if the rail mat*- la ratx'ival 52,500 ?7J2?? M*rch: $1,500 w.1ch: 11,000 1 "&:ri"ApfU- 2,000 *Apr": 1,260 760 If During Mayor < Cflfl If During Mayor t AAA If During May or enn June. IN* I ,DUU June, I gut. ......... I ,UUU J una, IHNg, DUU : "JRBWat* 1,000 "BSXtWZ-.7 SO "IZStlSS. 250 SO, THAT THE FIRST THREE FRIZES AIAOUNT TO S5.000 IH CASH. Vrvip ^norilll V l^c EXACT figures are not given during Ihia con1 . trlt ,hr moBey w,u v>e pg.dout to (be NEAREST TO THE EXACT figure*. Somebody will gel the money, it does not go back to the The Constitution by ?nv means. Those who solve the problem at the longest range will rej cctve proportionately the highoat prlres, as you notice the figures grow less as the time expires and because the number of bales received up to certain dates, as the tine advances, can be known exactly, leaving shorter time and probabilities to figure against. In all three of the cases submitted it is distinctly understood that, should more than one correct or equally correct estimate be filed in the contest, the amount of the prixes so earned will be divided equally among the correct answers. The prixes, are offered in cash. "I"here is no "missing word" in this, no probability for some one to know absolutely the correct answer, out this is brain versus brain, skill versus skill n^nrl! *Fr<u? fim , , ures verms figures. Every man is interested in (he cotton crop, the amount of the Crop varies the price ami the piice of cotton in our territory is the barometer of the people's prosperity. ? On Such a Vital Problem You Ought to Hake Figures. THE CONTEST CLOSES SEPT* 1st The estimate is to be made upon the total United States Cotton Crop for 1897-98, the crop that has already been gathered and is now in the ceuatry aa official figures et receipts will show it from Sept. 1, 1S97, to Sept. I, 189.8 t his is not the crop that is I# he planted this spring, because the tiguics thereon will not t>e obtainable until Sept. I, 1899. It is for the crop already in and marketed, official figures of which will be announced in September. As a guide for making your estimate we give official figures for each of tha last tan crops. The conditions under which this last crop was grown and its probable output ara elements for you to compute from and will aid in the correctness of your presant estimate The figures given by Latham, Alexander & Co.. of New York, ara genarally roceivad throughout the South as official, and we given an exact copy froaa their latcot edition of "Cotton Movement and Fluctuations" as follows: Season Acres planted Hales in crop Season Acres planted Bales in crop 1K87 88 . . . 18,961.897 7.<M6.83i 1892-93 . , , 18,067.924 6.700.16$ 1888 89 . . . 19.362,073 6.93M90 1893 94 . . . 19,684,000 7,$49,817 1889-90. . . 20,171,890 7.111.122 l8oa-OC ... at Iti mr> ? 189091 . . . 20.800,053 8,652.507 |i 189s 69. . it.i^J.ooo 1891-93 . . . 20,714,937 9.035.379 II >896-97 **.J4?.ooo 8,757,904 Tlioir figure* will L>? used In deciding this centeet. Their Estimate of the Acreage for the Crop of the Seaaon of 1897-98 it 23,?20,000 Acres. Fallowing Art Iht Condition* tl th* Cont.iti :ZTUXti!?S.tZXl["IS: KXAtT Mtiuati* tp"t til* number of balre. thr prr/M lOnnl ttAtt IM iiwti gwgmltln will go t* th# nnarttl nllatlr. Iiut If th# Oral pmrM ?rr glrrn lor ih# W KAEKHT Wllttl, M*M htrtlg *amed toirreUjr th# eta. t figure#, lor* th# aa. und prima would ?? I* for the MMad mm* leMmaks sad the third prtia# forth# third trtrrtl catlraatc. Stnixt llmuirtiir shod 14 auiune # eorrwt aatimste la ee* dlrt#n# ef th# tit# the" * aftpse tad omaoa# thou Id ##ad oerract at U at a la la tint lalar dl vleiae, thh taat tehte* #wl4 tek# reek enty toiiaf th* #a? oud prttca. be. auaa lb# Brat had b##a pr#elouaiy >?ardad te www whe at Mad the mount oerrertlr in th# form#r period. TuiaD?The rouditioa praoadrut fhr wading a# aetimaM at the Oetgea Crey I* tbet sash had arury e# timet# in oat he arootn pentad hy a rear * tiihacrtptiou te The WmkJr OotwttteUea. If Vet through the paper puMtahlng the advertisement In acceptance of uer el a bfjln# Ilhhr. |h# csUmaM ef Lh# >11 Mil cane will b# forwarded. Tble #*u?t he aant le Uta KtenUcsJ #o*?>op# thai brte^ the M#s?y that Sir# f?r the ute rt| ti..n You cannot aabtcrlb# now tad ##ad T#uf aetimaM tftn inlg ee hl|tin?| ft er lea via* U out t<7 a- aidant ?r otlia wim er aot gaowtug ef Uta ooaiaat at th# uet# fou Mkearthe. er say ether rwini will antiu# one to arnd aa aetimate afterwerda. The that* eta mot# with th# #eheart pcloa, or sot at all. la tending your atlim tie by aa a?eat e/Th# unutlWuOoe, ye* ntk# bias year aant aa4 net our# IB ferwtrdlng i our etiatU. both ?a le the oorna.net af the Iniw si yee lalta ltd thaw sad th# oa-taintr #f th# forwarding of th# aatimal#. Should a party aead etn th#a *a# Idlaiti. hd or #he will ha mulled to e ahara ol th# prtre-fund uadar which it atp #e#or# pr't# far #aab llirnl aetfmaba Mat Purten# may ?uter th# raaWM m niter it ate# m they ail #ehecrl*ueee tad uadM the rulM the am# wa? mar rtorlra a prtM with #eeh of Uta thrre prapatWna. Poi'STM?la making your aaawar. )utt Mate almpiy -I rati ata*e the sum her af halts af cotton will be " M ?k# yosr Agar** r#ry plals. Ifyos w?at ta attt tttianata# uta# er if yes went l? r#i>e*l tha #ttimala# .es bar# asada, >aod #th#r xieaarlyrloe# - - -g? ? r initunni## fur ) o irtclf or your iri#u It will auUU# yos le aa tsUintta 4HDKKJW A I.I. CLI I1g|!t? SRDKM TO f LH^IDL-J-IECFi, \ . ? Mft" '* * #! ft R'.' TRfion s 0f.f ^ o(i< . ' l?y i it ill. | ofelp< . ft lit- 9 ii of R " ' i I. N * # d oou earl; *' . tor- vv? op"' i?I ttio< > . I'i9>- "Y? It. > n?, Toblic. W. < ?i j I ? K tr: > > ? ? - * PFRRY ^ 11 ? 11